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LUCIICNOW ONTARIO.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1943
:EDITORIAL
f‘11/IIA'r. 1 DIED POR'
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THE LUCIENOW SENTINEL,' . LUCKNOW. , ONTARIO
THE GREAT LOVER
"My affection for Canada is so great that
nothing anybody can do er say can change .it".
The speakeris Col. R. R. McCormick, publisher
of the Chicago Tribune,organ, of the isolation-
ists of the middle west.
The colonel's affection for this country has
been clemenstrated on many occasions and is
soundly baaed on hisownerShip f several thou-
sand square miles of timber limits in Ontar'e
and Quebec and paper Milts which turn ou't'
the raw material for his own newspaper and
that 'of his isolationist cousin, owner of the
•New York pews. •
It cannot be said that 'Canada unaniinously
• returns the coloners affection, even though he
' The following premoniterY letter was the ffObriobs, with provinidal cabinet ministers on •
. last received by a father from his son then his visits to, this country His courtship has,
fighting in North Africa. • Shortly after its however, won him the approval of some other
countries. Japan, for instance, warmly com-.
receipt" the man was notified that his son had
been killed- in action:
mended the recent McCormick proposal of an-
nexing Canada to the United States, and in.
I should like you tolicnow what it is I died the days before Pearl Harbor, the Chicago Tri -
for, and for that reason I am going to try to .bune sponsorship of Lindbergh, and its un -
express my feelings and hopes remitting attacks on Lend -Lease and other aid
:
There is, 1 feel, both in England and to Britain, were warmly received in Berlin.
America a tremendous surge of. feeling, a feel- . There is .a deep pathos in the colonel's un-
ing which, for want of a better word, I shall . requited affection. Nothing that he can say or
call "Goodness". do can alter the feelings of Canadians toward
,.. .,,,.. It is noTe-irpressed,by the politicians 'or '- him. But he forgives our blindness to his vir-
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the newspapers, fin- it is far too deep for thern. ' ' tues, and -remains our -constant- loVer.'---The—
It is the heartfelt. longing of all the "middling
folk" for something bettter. , A world more ' The bacon for Britain program has suf-
worthy of their children, a world simple fered a blow in this district by disappointing
in its beliefs, nearer to earth and to God / gram crop yields. Wheat is a poor sample, and
I have heard, it so often among soldiers in rust has played hob with the oat crop.
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Printed Word.
England and Anierica, .in trains, in factories, ,01, * * *
in Chicago, in clubs in London. Sometimes so They have 'a successful softball league op -
poorly expressed that one can hardly reeoglii e erating in Durham, where they claim that any •
it, but underlying it all there is that craving town with a little gumption and' a couple of
for a new life.14 , martyrs who will act as- umpires, can do the'
This feeling is no less powerful or signifi- 1 ,
•,‘ same.
cant than the Renaissance was, and will, I ,.44' * $ $ $ ,,
hope and pray, surge over the whole world The coal shortage facing Canada today has
in a tidal wave -.--that is the ideal for which reached such proportions that the Prune Mini -
we are fighting.. sthr has declared the situation as a national
emergency and coal purchasers are now re -
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HASSERVED 4 PURPOSE
When this 'column is lread the erection re-
sults will be knoWn. As it is written, they are
not. ,
But, to review 'the campaign it has been
generally a rather drab and unexciting one,
livened somewhat by the injection --some at
the last minute—of a C. C. F. candidate in
almost every riding.
•The C. C. F. was not .represented in the
lOntario Hous'e at, dissolution, but it is quite
conceded that this condition.' will not prevail
t • when the new parliament convenes
C. •C. F. stock rose definitely during the
last two weeks of the'campaign, so far, at least,
as street talk was concerned. What,the ballot§
recorded you now know. It was evident from
. "eleventh hour" campaign speeches that both
the Liberal and Progressive. -Conservative can-
- didates recognized the C. C. F. trend for almost
overnight they directed their political guns at
this party, which had previously been viewed
with indifference.
If it has done nothing else,, the :`rise" of
this party has started; many people to think,'
along political lines' and particularily in COIT-
.-nection with an improved post war social order.
We do not mean that by causing people to
• • think they have been "converted" to the C. C. F.
Not at all, for not a few -who professed to vote
C. C. F., did so on no, other grounds that that
"they couldn't be any worse than the old
parties" • ,
"In any event this C. C. F. threat, or what-
. ever it turns out to be, may, prove to be a /very
useful shot in the arm to the old parties.
THE PROXY MUDDLE
The arrangements for taking the proxy
vote 'of Ontario soldiers oversea i seems to have
been- poorly 'handled, and not . clearly under-
stopd. A 'contributing factor in the few proxies
that were returned, and not a minor factor
either, was no doubt the indifference of men
and women- in the service ,overseas. Faced with
the task of going into immediate. actiotragainst
the Axis, few of Ontario's fighting men at sea,
on land or in the air would he greatly* con's.
cerned, we think, irrcEisting a vote by proxy
or ,by ballot; in the Ontario election,
Few there are however who will believe
• -that this proxy' muddle was a deliberate at-
tempt by the Hon. Harry Nixon to disfranchise
the men and 'women in uniform. \Not even Cel.
George Drew himself believes it, we wager,
but it was great •carnpaign,propaganda, and Mr.
ev--alke1---The -Glolo.e„, and u
to the limit.
quiredetO fill out a special government form.
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The ease with which minors can secure
cigarettes in Paisley is, as , The Advocate says,
"a minor scandal that merits immediate in-
vestigation and, if neeessary, prosecution of the
greedy and unscrupulous business men who
supply smokes to the' kids".
In a ' Survey -4 politics as it affects the
farmer, The Durham Chronicle Said in part
in a receht issue: "With the proper co-operation
of all fainters, 'the Federation of Agriculture
shOuld Pretty, well be able to look after the
farmer's interests If it can't, there is little hope
of expecting politics arone to solve any of the,
difficulties of agriculture".
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Huron 'County Connell passed a resolution
\ asking for the cessation of Daylight saving time. -
Said that it actually caused losses in farm pro-
ductipn. Can't quite see their argument. No
matter where we put our clocks the sun shines
just the same number of hours, says the Pal-
merston Observer y •
That's- quite true so long as the farmer
works from daylight to dark in the .rush season.
• Bait what about the hired man, who quits at
siX o'clock, or 'the farmer's son who has other
plans for the evening besides forking hay. until
ten o'clock.
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Not only does the coal situation threaten
to be serious this winter, but indications are
that ..there will also be a hardwood shortage,
and with this thought in mind it has been ad-
vocated locally that joint church services, ,such
as are currently being held, might well be
adopted during the winter months. The Wier-
, ton Echo in dealing with this same matter sug-
gests that if each denomination Wishes tooseling
to its own form of eeremony, hours of 'wor-
ship could even be staggered, so that the heat-
ing of one church would suffice.
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The plan for organizing farm commando
forces in Kincardine has been described by
- "The News" as a flop. There as little demand
fro* the farmers for' help and no volunteers.
The situation was abput the.same in Lucknow;
but why put all the blame on the town folk
as we heard one man doing' very emphatically:
If the farmer wanted hay or harvest help from
'the town he was required to register his re-
quirements. Had there been any marked en-
thusiastri shoWn by the farmers for such as-
. sistarica, we are satisfied . commando help
would have been made available. 'Maybe the
'farm labor problem isn't as acute as is made
out, or 'Could it be that we greenies and softies
town would just, he in the readon the farrn
when the rush is tin. -
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1943
L.-. Local and General
Miss Fiera E. Andrew is visit-
ing friends . in Toronto. ,
H. Hall is spending two
or three weeks in Hamilton.
Mrs. Shirley has not been:,en-
joying, good health of. late.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas*. Webster
spent the week -end at Oshawa.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McKendrick
of Windsor are holidaying.at their
home here. • • s.
Leonard Irwin Blyth spent
the week -end: -at his borne; west
of the village. •
Mr. and Mrs. V. N. P,rest have
been spending their vacation at
• Stamford and Kingsville.
Rev. and Mrs. Hugh McMillan
and children are spending ten
days in the community.
•New. Stocks of men's and Boys'
work Clothing. The Store with
the Stock. THE MARKET STORE.
Miss Margaret Taylor,, who has,
spent some time at her home here
returned to Wingharn on Tuesday.
MTSJ C. F. Richardson has been
sr. mg for the past two weeks
jn London with Miss Lottie Arm-
strong. .
---Mr:—Ilerb-Graham—apidLson-
Jinunie of Toronto are holidaying
with th'e foriner's sister and bro-
ther, Mrs. Ida Flynn and Marshall
Graham.
Mrs. N. L. Campbell and Lorna
Campbell returned to Toronto -
on Sunday. They, accompanied
Mr:. and Mrs. A. J. 'Wilson and
Mrs. 'Walter R. Horne left on
Wednesday to visit friends in Ex-
eter.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fisher of
Hamilton spent the week -end
with Mrs: David -Huston.
• Mrs. J. R. McNab is not en-
joying good health and was taken
to Wingharn• Hospital this week.
Mr. and Mi§."' Glen Moore, of
Hamilton were' recent visitors
with her mother, Mrs. E. N. Hod. -
gins. •
,• Mr. and Mrs. H. a. Fensham of
Toronto spent the past week, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wilson
of Hamilton were week -end vis-
itors with his mother, Mrs. J. J.
Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac MacLennan
and Marlene have moved. to the
apartment above T. W. Smith's
.parage,
Misses Pearl and Annie,Turner
returned, to Toronto on Tuesday .
after visiting with. Mrs. Allan
Turner. • ,
Angus McKinnon,' manager of
a men's wear store in Hamilton,
•a_holidaying 'at the home of his
ather, Dan T. McKinnon.
Mr. Jacle MacQuaig returned
-to Toronto Monday accoinpanied
by his niece, Joan, who is spend-
ing a week in Palmeriton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robb and
Anna, Mr. and Mrs. -Lorne Far-
rish and Winnie and Mr. John
son Jimmie and Graydon Ritchie. Farrish spent Friday in London
with Mrs. Farrish.
Misses Margaret and Ernestine
White, registered nurses of Tor-
onto,, were recent visitor S with
Mr. and .Mrs. Wm. Murdie and
Miss Elizabeth Murdie. •
W.- G. Webster spent the end
of the' week in Goderich Hos-
pital where x-rays were taken
in connection with a stomach ail-
ment from 'which he has been
suffering.
Mrs. Thomas Roach of Kinloss
is spending some time • with her
old friend and neighbor, Mrs.'
Annie ,Morrison, who is consid-
erably improved in health at
present and is able to be about
the house.
Mr. and MrsClifton of Loni
don, Mr. and Mrs. Cosby of Dunn-
ville and Mrs. Harrigan of Hes-:
peler wereweek-end visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robb.
Mrs. Harrigan is remaining for
two weeks.'
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. Andrew the past week were
Mrs. Thos. Dyrnock from West
Lorne, 'Mrs. J. Kelly from Kin-
cardine, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce 'Gain-
mie, 'Marion and Mildred from
Elora, Mrs.. L. Lawrence and Bet-
ty Joan from Fort William:
Mrs. Isabel Carson' i and daugh-
ter Tessie Ann: of Shgungvon left
on their return West this Week
after visiting the former's par
-
exits; Mr: and Mrs. John Howe
and her. sisterAMrs. Robert But-
ton. Mrs. Figgie of Windsor spent
the week -end here.
,
Mrs. Irene PatersOn of Kap-•
uskasing is visiting with her
mother and • brother in Kinloss,
and with friends here. Mrs. Pat-
erson will also visit with her son.
Orland in the Canadian Army at
Petawawa. Her son Ross is over-
seas. : •
Mrs. Jack lItiSsey left on Sat-
urday for Saskatoon where slie
will join her husband who is on
furlough from the West Coast.
Jatk is a member of the Can-
adian liayy, working out of y4-
quirnalt. During Mrs. Hussey's
a b. erkee.„,_,bes_ J21.
charge:6f. MisS Eileen Foran.
J. K. and Mary Edythe Agnew,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Agnew of ' Detroit are visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Agnew,,
and are spending a few days at ,
the lake at present. ,
Mr. andMrs., ,James Henry,
Harold, Donna_and ,Audrey _Jean
returned last week from a trip
to the Manitoulin Island where
they visited friends at Manithw-
ening, Little Current and South
Baymouth. ,
Rev. G. G. Howse and family
are spending: their vacation at
Goderich. Rev. Howse will sup-
ply, in the ,pulpit of Victoria St.
United Church, aPelerleh, for the
next four Sundays, while theepas-
tor,. Rev. A. J. McKaye is on Va-
cation.
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Sgt. Sidney Smith and his bride
formerly Gladys .Marguerite Ran-
kin of Pembroke, , visited with
friends at Zion the first of the
week: Their marriage took place
at Pembroke on Sautrday. Sgt.
and Mrs. Smith will reside at St.'
Johns, Quebec, where he is sta-
tioned with the R,C...A.F.
BRUCE SECOND HIGHEST. :
IN BUTTER' PRODUCTION .
For the first six months of this
year, Bruce county is secohd in
the province in the amount of
butter produced,. leading such
dairy counties as Middlesex and
Oiford and only a little behind
the leader, Perth.
• Department of agriculture stat-
istics show that there have 'been
2,690,386 pounds of butter made
in Bruce from January 1 to June,
30, In the same period last year
production was 2,551,282 pounds. ,
For the month of June produc-
tion climbed from 713,614 in 1942
to 788,705 this year.
Though butter •production
ahead, there has been a Marked At
drop in the .arriount of • cheese
manufactured 4n that .periocl. •
results.
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