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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-07-22, Page 80.. 1 •)• •o 'AGE EIGIIT TUI. L TCHNOW SENTINEL, LIJCKNOW, ONTARIO • . THURSDAY, JULY, 22nd,, 194 ` 70 FARMERS axA POULTRY RAISERS • lleed...4 If you wish: to obtain feed grains from Western Canada and need financial assistance . in your purchases, our local mana- ger- will be glad to discuss your regiirements with you. ,O :._iN E _A. L • ESTABLISHED • 1817 bank where small, accounts are welcome" Luckriow Branch:,V. IST. PREST, Manager 207 EW . CUSTOMERS EVERY MI. "A , new customer is born ' every 10.4 sec_ . onds: 'An old one dies every 21.6 'seconds. In- dustry loses 1,450,060 old cuustorners in a , year and gains x,020,000new ones who know no- thing of you , or of your product". - That's- what a top> official of the War. -P.ro- • duction • Board.,. recently told fellow Americans,. urging, businessmen to place no dependence on t. the traditionalway of; doing business, of mar- • keting, distributing and .selling urging them r the new to' : o on telling their story, . through advertising . whether they had .• goods to sell • or not. For'•Canada • his figures would be approx- •,.imately these:, 'A new Canadiah customer is born every three, minutes. An old customer dies every five • minutes: Canadian industry loses' 1.15,000, cust- omers a year and it gains 255,000 new ones "who' know nothing of 'you or ,your.. product". —The Financial 'Post. 0 these Liberal Policies which Advance Agri- uIture Benefit every Town dnd Village: ON AUGUST .4th lib ensure postwar progress for your community and your own prosperity at KEEP ONTARIO_ pit�sPRoU� Over' $7;000;000 in bonuses paid to - - Ontario farmers to encourage the production of pork and cheese. .. In co-operation with the Federal Government. a ' bonus of 40 per pound is being paid for clean wool. ' • . A subsidy of 55¢ per ton to sugar beet growers. • .. A subsidy on Western grains fed in the province. - • Marketing legislation has enabled fruit and vegetable growersto get higher prices for'their produce. • • • The Liberal Government in Ontario reduced interest rates on farm loans, from 5% to 4%. Provides loans on flax and other farm co-operatives including cold storage plants, . Re -opened Demonstration Farms at 'New Liskeard and Hearst. — Instituted County Agricultural War Committees. • .Reduced interest rates on Drainage . Loans from 5% to 3%. — Dispensed with collection of tax on ; gas for tractor use. . . ®-Doubled rural Hydro lines. —Reduced rural Hydro rates. by $1,250,000 per year and bonused rural Hydro lines by $ 10,400,000. .ELECT THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE. H. HILL for HuroflBruce WHERE DSO Y_OZJ !AVE? I knew a man, his name was.. Horner, Who used to live ' on • :Grumble. Corner; Grumble Corner in Cross -Patch • Town, And he never was seen without a• frown, . He grumbled at this;. he grumbled 'at. that; Hegrowled at the dog; he .growle.d at the :cat; . lie grumbled at. morning; he grumbled at night; • And to •grumble, and growl were. his chief delight. • • He grumbled so ..much at his Wife' that she* Began to grumble , as well as he; . • ' And - aiL,the _children, wherever. they meat.''7• r • . Reflected -their parents! disconternt. ,-. - .If the sky was dark and betokened ,rain, • Tien ,Mr. ...Horner- was.,sure to- comanplai p •:• .. And ifs.. there .was never a, Cloud .about He'd grumble because' of a threatened •drought. • Ibis meal .were never. to suit his, taste; He grumbled at having to, eat ,m haste • , The bread, was poor, 'or the meat was tough, .;Or rise he hadn't had half enough. . : • , • No matter how' hard ' his . wife might try. To• please .her. husband, with scornful eye • - ' He'd look round, arid' then,..With a- scowl . 1A.tItsomething or `other, oegiri-°to groW�.- ,4• One day, as I. loitered along the street, lVly .•old ' acquaintance, I• • chanced to meet, Whose face. was without the look of care And the ugly' frown that it used _to wear, "I may •be. mistaken, perhaps", . I ••said; . As; , after saluting, I. turned riiy head "But • it is, and it •.isn't, • the 'Mr. Horner Who .lived ' so long. on Grumble Corn�ert met 'him next day; and I. met him again,' In melting weather, in pouring ram,• •hen • 'stocks were up;. "and when stocks •were down; • • But a smile somehow had replace, e rown. , • It puzzled me ,much; and so, one • day, I seized' his • hand in a friendly way, • , • • And, 'said: ."Mr.' Horner,, I'd like ;to 'know What. can have happened to change' you s.o?"' • He. laughed a: laugh that was good to hear; For it told of conscience calm and' clear, ' • .And he -Said, with none . of the• old-time drawl': "Why, I've changed my residence, that is, "Changed; your residence?'.' "Yes". Said Horner, "It wasn't `healthy.. on ' Grumble. Corner,. And so I- moved; 'twas•a •change _complete;. And you'll find me now 'on Thanksgiving• Str et". 'Now, every day as I• move along • . ' The. streets so filled with the busy_, throng, I•watch. each face, and can •always •tell . • Where men and women and'children• dwell; • And many a ,discontented mourner ' • Iso spending, ' his days on • Grumble Corner, Sour and sad, whom I. long to entreat.. To take a house on Thanksgiving Street. -Father:' "Hope - :you 'appreciate, young roan, that in .Marrying my daughter You: are getting a big hearted,. • generous girl". Suitor;. "I do, sir, and I trust she has acquired those' fine qualities from • her 'father", ;The -New-Neighbors She: I can't make them •:.out. They have TIC! ;car, no piano, no radio, and she han''t;any jewelry, no furs— - Husband:.They probably have some money. • . LADY OF MERCY Taking her part in Canada's war. ,Oes.vice, R.M.S. Lady Nelson, once the proud flagship of the Canada -West Indies fleet of the CNR? is ' now a hospital ship. Known simply as .Canadian Army ship No. 46; ,' the .Lady Nelson,made her first .Atlantic •return crossing in May, - bringing Canadians from Britain, . some of them Dieppe veterans, and Americana from North Africa. When s•he docked, CBC's com- mentator, , Joan Marshall, went aboard; and here she' isshown chatting with Captain George W. Welch, first to command a Can- =adian hospital ship m this war. Miss Marshall described her vis it aboard. the, Lady Nelson in a recent Canadian • Pound -up' win; ram for CEC . listeners. O.