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THE LTICHNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
"TIM RAMBLER"
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As might be expected the sea looker, rough and uncouth, but
affords a great deal of 'interest posSess a heart of gold.
both to •the natives as well as In peace time the fisherman
those who find there lot cast near 'is a familiar figiire both on the,
to its shores. History is full o±the high seas as well as the Great
romance of the sea as generations , Lakes region. He has been more
of man have striven to cope with or less pushed into the back-
ryany whims. In speaking of
our Eastern Coast it must be re-
mernbered-th.et all references per-
taining thereto -must, be made in
.,gerieralities. The ' eeason , is ob.;
VidUS,
For : one like Myself who has
• been pretty much of a land
lub-
beP.it is • sometimes difficult to•
• grasp the. attraction which the
sea • holds for those who devote,
their lives to it It is .riot an easy
by 'any standard of reckon-
ing.. I know of no calling -Where
you are so much at the mercy of
• the „elements., This fact seems to
be the accepted lot of the sea.-
farers and they do • not flinch
from theirresponsibilitieS wheth-
er it be in guarding our vast coast
ts • line Or i wrestling the food from
the sea ithelf. Added to the perils
attached to coping with the ele--
merits new prphlems •and many
old ones, man made, have made
the lot of the sedman one. which
• „ calls for the best that is in a man.
! • Too. often otir mental. 'concep-
t -ions of the seaman have been
based On, roMantic song which
has sought to depict him in his
• happier inpode. It is true that his
• life does contain an elerrient
f'Pleasure. These seafarers have
wheleheaiteck-way—of---armrsing'
'themselves 'which is understood
by :those with Whom they are as
soCiatecl. but Which I am sorry
to say is not fully appreciated.by
• one who has not experiencedthe
• like before. .
* Those associated with the sea
-inay be classified in 0 five groups.
•• The Navy, the Merchant Marine,
the Fishermen, the Shipbuilders
• and all forrris of Marine Equip-
• ment and :supply companies. So
• often we haVe pictured in our
• minds the idea of those associated
With the sea as ail being -travel-
lers on its surface when in reality
O - an equal number, on shore are in-
' • directly or directly a part ;of the
,• -whcle life of the sea as it pertains
to than. 0,
O Previous to the present war the
• Mention' of the term navy our
minds were immediately set to,,
-thinking of the , Royal Navy of
O Great Britain since ,the Royal
'Canadian_ Navy was little more,
than a token navy. However we
as Canadians 0 have every reason
ta be proud of the 0 fact that the
Canadian Navy has grown in
leaps and bounds 'until today it
•. .has over five hundred units and
sixty thousanc‘ men. There is no
O need for me to expand on the ac-
complishments of this finebran
_of Our fighting forces' ':":71itr.;4•'iii,'
As Mentioned' previously the
Merchant 1V1arine has commended
the mutual respect of all branch-
es of the services. They contin-
• ued throukh most cliffidlult and
' trying times to get the products.
•.• so badly needed in other lands to
• their destination. The gciOds de-
• -livered was what turned the tide
in North Africa and what filled,
the housewife's cupboard shelf in
Britain. The very nature 'Of their
• ,craft exposed them 'to the perils
of the sea, due to medern war
over, reat periods of thne. Many
• gallant adventures can be told
when all k over. Not a few lurk-
ing subs met their doom through
co-ordinated efforts .of the Mer -
...chant Marine and the other ser-
vices.
Right here . I might make • re
slight reference 0 -'an outstanding
difference in the personnel of the• /
tat, groups, both of which have
a just claim for -honor in their
own right. En the Navy as in all
the other fighting services you
have a much stricter diseipline.
Then again the, members d the
revir- are almost all 'specialists
in the particular line which they
• have been trained • for and are
keenly alert. The Merchant Mar-
ine personnel of course is more.
civilian in its nature, yet. none
the less fearless in their devotion
to duty and Willing o do a hard,
job with little recognition. The
Merchant -'seaman -may be a hard
ground by the other , services,
which appear tog be more vital
Yet, the fact remains that the
fisherman is doing a real job
under peril on the high seas by
PrOviding Nod for qur meatless
Tuesdays as well as our 'regular
needs. Never -in • the history of
needs: •• 0 • •
Never in the'history bf Canada
has ship building Played such an
important roll You have much
of this 'activity in the Great Lakes
region but down here in the Mar-
itimes •almOst any. sizeable
•geared to feverish
abustle •ship
a
with
nor
tempo,
building;
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• To indicate increased demand
• on Canadian supplies now, . the
Standards section informs us that
sales .of • 'Women's clothing ° in-
creased by 98 per cent during
first three months Of 1943, as- a-
gainst the same period in. 109.
•
Towns which were, as ghost towns
in depression days have taken a
new lease on life and housing has
becbme So acute that 0 the gov-
ernment has built homes for -the
,workers under The Wartime
Housing • Ltd. A recent • ad seen
in an east port paper offered • a
present to anyone -who had an
apainnent they were about to va-
Cate. "The present" would ,pro-
vide a nide holiday for anyone.
The sea is of vital interest to
1a11. It is part of our national
make-up so let us guard it zeal-
ously.
THE RAMBLER.
TIBURSDAY, JULY 29th, 1943 •
Ottawa Letter
(By M. Nicholson, M.13.)
during the last war and the in-
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flationary period following the
, Armistice. When wheat sold- at
$2.50 a bushel, it seemed safe to
• purchase land at high prices. Al-
though the prevailing rate of
in-
terest on farm lands in Westeen
Canada was 8 per cent, if wheat
could 'be sold, at $2.00 a bushel
or more it Was possible to meet
the, zpatments for interest and
principal. However, when the
price -of• wheat dropped tce less
than .50 eeet$'; a bushel ' at the
shipping Point, and when. crop
failure year after year reduced
• the yield, • it was impossible for
these, payments to be met,
While a great deal of assistance
Was given by the other parts of
Canada during the years„ of •
drought and depresSion, the debt
prOblefris have •never. been -faced
A.
. July 23rd, 1943..
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After being in session for 119
days, Parliament expects. to ad.-\
journ on -Saturday, to Meet again
on January 28. Provision ha
been made to stirnmon members
should any unusual development
in 'the war Make it important to
have. Parliarn'ent meet during the
interval. • ,•••: • 0
,A major piece of legislation be'
fore the House' this week has
been the bill inocinnection• with
the Farmers' • reditors4 Arrange7
Merit Act. Ever since the Supreme
Court ..of Canada declared •the.
debt:adjtietinentlegislation.of
berta •to be ultra- vires, farmers,
of Canada and particularly.;of the
prairie provinces have been, con-
cerned about their -.Position. ,A
great many debts. were
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Liberal Candidate
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in Huron -Bruce
Supporting the policies and Leadership
of Premier. Nixon
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Successful Practical Farmer
Who .Un-dentands-Yow-Probletns
• Born and. raised on the farni where be now lives in Colborne,'
Township.
• A Dairy Farmer operating 350 acres. •
•, • Twelve years' experience in Municipal Affairs.
• Two years a member of Huron County Roads Conunission.
O Fifteen years a director, of the Canadian Guernsey Breeders As.
sociation. Has represented 0 this Association on Many com-
mittees dealing with Provincial and .National Problems.
HIS PLEDGE
To represent ALL the. people „of
Huron -Bruce riding and to voice
YOUR Opinion the Ontario.
Legislature for FAIR, SQUARE,
'ACTIVE ADMINISTRATION. ,
••••••••••••asmotts•
A „VOTE •
for Hill' is a vote for a Govern-
ment which has' forged ahead in
action and achiivement in the
service of all. This is the time to
place proven performance ahead
of promise Or experiment.
•On Wednesday, August 4th, Next.
TE.FIR HUGH HI
and Elect to the' Ontario Legislature
• a Man with Wide Experience
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in a . realistic manner. Mr. G, H.
•r QastlOcin, member for Yorkton,
i mentioned meeting one et the •
O Priime Minister's ?lectors inethe •
Prince Albert district a year ago.
On being asked about conditions
in the communtty, he replied that
he purchased 325- :a hirty.
years ago : when it was a
:eredWithbush but had nom
gage. Mial, it is. all coV-ered:Nirith
• mortgge i
aant-the715aSt-is-ail gone. ,
Opposition 0 'members from the
West were' critical of the logs..
]ation, but recognized that if the
act had not been brought in the
farrricrs wotikiLbein-a-muen-reere..
precarious position. . •,,,, ,- - „, -
"The Member for MacKenzie
Wishes to thaiik the ,editOr of The
•Sentinel for carrying the "Ot•
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O iawa Letter." for the session.
__While .....itrequires considerable_
time and , effort each week to
• compose a stritable letter, it is
• One contribution. that: a member•
can make to help acquaint the
•taxPayers of Canada with .some
Of the problems of goverement.
CREWE.
Mr.' Elliott Rivett of R.C,A.F.,
Guelph, spent the week -end with ,
'his parents, Mr. 'and Mrs. Jack
-Mrs. Jim Hesson andMiSs Clara
Sproul of Stratford spent Mon ay •
ae.
with ro....2y
1patrick and Mr.
• Cecil k
Mrs. Bert Trelea,ven and Gwen-
dolyn • spent Monday with Mrs,
Vernon Hunter, Lucknow. .
• Mrs. Jesse -who spent the past
two weeks with • heir daughter.
Mrs_,_Shaekletan,_retnrned-toGpd
erimehr:oannaSamtujs. daWilfredy
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Drennan
.and family visited: on Sunday
with his parents; :-Mr.» and Mrs.
James Drennan near Kintail.
Mr.and Mrs. Jack Curran arid
farriiy were guests of Mr.- and
Mrs. Vernon. Hunter on Sunday.
• Miss Letitia Durnin of 'Fort
Frarices ,.ii visiting her brother,
Marvin and, Mrs. Durnin.
Miss Lorena Crozier is spend-
ing a two weekslliday at her
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borne here. Mr: Coli .C.:,-.ezier__WhO
spent the past two eics at his'
•home here left Wednesday for
Rivers, • Manitpba, where he will
be an R.C.A.F. estruptor
• Quests with M. and Mrs. T: -M.
Durnin last Sunday were Dr. and
:Mrs. Harry Hall, Goclerich, Mr,
and Mrs. Chas. Whitley and fam-
ily, Goderich and Miss Joan Whit-
ley of Toronto, 1Viiss Letitia Dun.
-niri of Fort Frances
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PARAMOUNT
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• The: Women's'Institute meeting -
was' held at the home of Mrs. A,
Ketchabaw with.Mrs. Robert Reid
presiding: ' , •
• Mr. and Mrs, Harold Button ,
and family -,of Hainilton visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Alex McNay.
Mae Webster of Lucknow is
with Mrs. Alex Mel*.
Engage Teacher
Paramount ;School noard has
engaged Mrs. E. Ramage of St.
year.
Helens, as teacher for, the comingyear.
•
Mr. and Mrs, O.: Brooks, Car-
, Visited witli'Mr. arid Mit. H.
Brooks, •
Mr. arid Mrs. Waiter tiexter
spent Sunday in
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