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The Lucknoiesi Sentinel, Lncknow,„ Ontario
THURS., DIRCEMINER 1.6tn, 1913
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOytr, , ONTARIO.
Established 1873
• Published Each Thursday Morning
Subscription Bate — $2.00 A Year In Advance ,•
To United States $2.50 Single ,Copies .5e
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Member of The C. W.: N. A.
L. C; Thompson, Publisher and ProPryar
. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1.6th,'1943
EDITORIAL
ake• Strioke'' Available •
,• The Durham •Chronicle conies up with the
Suggestion • that Canadian cigarettes be 'made
available to the boys overseas in the same
mariner as other necessities. •
Seems logicalr Locally there are sevetal
organizations making periOdic shipments Of
cigarettes to the boys front tcojmmiinity
.-and welcome the opportunity o doing this in
appreciation of their sacrifices. Yet, it, depends
where you are from, just how many, if. anv.
cigarettes you: receive from home. -Some boys
haven't eVeri. a place they can call home.
• By depending.on the folks at, home "keep-
ing the smokes coining", the confirmed smoker •
no doubt.. often finds it the' case of "a feast
or a famine": Others don't use the weed, 'or
Very moderately, and pass them on, or "smoke:
them up" because they have theni. ,
Where cigarettes are 'available to service
: men, they are Sp low-priced as to be within
the, reach of all who Wish to smoke.
To make 'Canadian tobacco' available in
• overseas canteens, would allow the boys to
have. their favorite braid if they wan
when they want it and as rnueli,',as they want.
• Cargo space, we think, would not be much
More heavily taxed than under the present
arrangement of getting tobacco to the boys
• over there.
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Keeping-Out Names ..
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• When a man gets intoa car and attempts
to drive it While under the..influence of liquor
he knows he' is likely to go '.„to jail if arrested
and convicted. He must also be aware he is
running,the risk of having his name creep into
the paper in connection with the cafe. Publicity,
in other words, is one of the penalties for
running foil sof the law.
This point was stressed the other day
•when an appeal was made to, the police of a
• • .neighboring city by a young man convicted ,of,
drunken 'driving, to use 'their influence to
• have his name kept' out of the paper. He was
promptly told that. that was a matter for the
newspaper's consideration and furthermore
. • that he was entitled to no, sympathy. '
People Who are convicted in. courts of
Blood donors at the clinic in LuCknow.next
Wednesday will have the. satisfaction' of know-
ing they have made the 'most valued of all,
Christmas gifts to some boy in the service.
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Many municipalities .are doing some post-
war thinking and planning. In Chesley a hos-
pital is an after -the -war ambition, while in
Teeswater' its an arena. What of the future in
Lucknow? ' •
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Rationing and merchandise shortages. on
top of the usual Christmas rush will make
the holiday Week -end' doubly appreeiatedby
store staffs. It's a three-day break—Saturday,
Sunday and 1VIonclaY. : •'
Because' there is nothing exciting:happening
in Municipal affairs; is no reason, for la* of
interest. It is the office that is important,. and, '
it is the duty of the 'ratepayers to. see..that
*these are filled with the best men available.
. The .suggesticjn to pay the 'war costsby
'caging ,IVInsso aridAdo1and sending 'em on
a world tenr,i:acimissinn 10, cents, isn't bad.
But we think Tojo 'should be included, and
make it a three-ring 'flea circus at 15 cents..
—Ottawa •Citizen,
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„ • The Royal Canadian. Navy has in excess
Of six hundred vessels,'today, compared to a
total of fifteen before te war.More than two
hundred are lighting Ships. Thisexpansion in
dollars and cents during the preSent„fiscal year
rep/resents a -naval exPenditure estimate Of
$500,000,000.
eiis an oreign e °cm y,
when founded in England in 1804, adopted the
siogan, "a Bible for. very man Ain his own
tongue without note and without comment"
: ,Since then millions of capies of the. Bible,
tributedto the ends. theearth._And in.. .a'
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printed in, a thousand tongues have been dis-
: world at War 'the SOelety
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In Chesley they spent $38.00 to raise
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.$670u00 in, the Salvation Arm' home front ap-
peal: There are few, if any, who wouldn't
consider that a good return for the promotion
costs which amounted to approximately five
per cent. And yet' the °Verai1 cast .of. floating'
Canada's War loads is Jess than .cine per cent.
Local and General
The Sentinel will appreciate
being advised of yourChristmas'
visitors, or ifycni spend. the hoi
ida.y. elsewhere.
IKelly,Ritchie of Goderich spent
the week -end here.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robb and
Anna and er.-Johri Farrish were
recent visitors in London: Mr.. ,
Farrish also made a business ‘ call
at WoodAtock. ' ' •'
Jack Kilpatrick is making a
very favorable redovery. from a
serions, 'illness with , phlebitis. •
• Jack. omas, atge ta be out for the ,
.first time early in the week.
Mrs. James Webster .who has
heen a long and patient sufferer
from a.hip fracture, returned •the
end of the week froth, a visit to
-Clinton where she was • taking
treatments. Mrs. Webster is able
to get about with the help, of a
crutch and 'a 'cane. •
"THE RAMBLER"-'
'Last week we. left off .in the
Acadian region at' • the town of
Annapolis 'Royal.. From here to.
:Yarmouth the highway is never
far. from' the: sea and. we. jOurney..
forthe most part 'through French
settlements. As you pass • through
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you will'see more ox cartsthan
you. might expect to find in all
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of Canada., A horse •seems to be
a rarity, The small :farms (where
they ••exist) 'areworked by • the
use of Oxen. The process SUI:e. is.
sloWk but forpSome reason seems
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• .paTt .ofthe scheme :of things since
these' 'folk . take' life in an..en-,
tirely• different attitude frorri
'What •we are. accustomed to back
in Ontario.In this: section which
German machine -gunners lying in ambush
on the Mora River front in Italy, "murdered
rn cold _blood" a platoon of .Canaclian•infantry-
men as they advanced to round up a group.
of prisoners who.. had raised their hands in
surrender: Their deathswill be .aVenged a
hundred fold by infuriated Canucks who will,
rend their fury on so treacherous •a. foe; •
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• anything but minor charges must be • :
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justice on -
''ready to take the resulting publicity. They have
no business coming to a newspaper or to have
anyone else come on their behalf, to have their •
•'names kept out of the press. Publicity has been
and r always will be, one of the best crime
• d.eterrents. Guelph Mercu
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And now Christmas is only seven shore—. ''
ping days away.
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And 'speaking of "arenas, do we fully .ap-
preciate.cnqs? In Paisley they are again coax-
ing the rink owner to, operate the • rink this.
winter. The bait is "a municipal grant. of $150.00
plus. free water,awhile the Rotary Club and
the Oddlellows, toss in an additional twenty -
'five dollars each. In 'Teeswater there's an
agitation on to finance an open-air skating
rink, to keep the children off ,the pond.,
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Numerous 'eentrei are 'e3operiencing the •
• This zero weather should add ' impetus to
need of, a reception committee to welcome
the December quilt -making blitz in aid of
home returning 'service menand women. Luck-
' now should have—such a committee appointed
so that an official welcome *ill be assured the
boys as they return:Well:aye already had one
yourig man invalided home, after paying the
youthful sacrifice of losing the rugged health
he enjoyed when he donned the Uniform. The
community, generally, recognizes the price he
has paid. A reception committee could officially
express this community sentiment and extend
best wishes for restoration of health that •will
perthit him to again take his place among us
in civilian' ,
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destitute Russian, civilians.
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Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sun-
rise' and sunset, two golden hours, each set •\\
• with sixty diamond 'minutes. .No reward is
• offered,. for they are gone forevir! Horace
. Mann.
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The City of Sarnia recently circulated a
resolution calling for a flat rate for hydro
paiker for all cities and towns in the province.
,Dr. T. HA. Hogg, chief engineer of the H.EJ".C.
States that legislation would have to, be
changed to perniit a flat rate and he is re-
ported! to have declared that—theresolution, is-, - -
impractical and unsound at the present time.
It will take a lot of explaining by Dr. Hogg
4' 'to show how- a flat rate I'S, practical for rural
• hydro, but is impractical' in urban centres:
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Saturday, is children's 'day in Lucknow,
when pliblic schOol pupils and pre-school age •
• children 'are guests of the Business Men's As-
sociation at a matinee at the Sepoy Theatre. .
•Due to the war -shortage' of sweets, Santa Claus ,
' has announced that he wcin't be able to get
here until his annual nocturnal visit On phrist-
' rnas eve. The .Old chap is doing pretty well
to make it by then, but he knoiini• that war •
or no war Christmas must be observed. But
underlying it all is the fuller Meaning of ,
hristrnas, and the 'true reason for its per.,
— jettiod
....Seamen's Version of,23rd Psalm• _ _
The Lord is my pilot; t shall not, drift.
lighteth, me across the dark waters..
He steereth me in the !deep channels. . •
, • He keepeth my -log• : •
Heguideth me by the Star of Holiness for
His name's sake. ••
• 'Yea, 'though I• sail 'mid the thunders and
terimests of life, I shallrad no dariger'; for
Thou art' with me. Thy love and Thy are, they
shelter • me.
Thou prepared a harbor before me in the
Homeland of Eternity.
Thou anointest the waves with oil; my. ship
rideth calmly. ••
Surely sunlight and starlight shall favor
me on the voyage I take, and I will rest in
the port of my. God forever.
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years, they no dqubt haye' work
ed'out a mode of Aivirig par-
ticularly adopted to the needs Of
the district,
•• We. passed through the Section
..the forenoon which. afforded
-U-S an sappaitianity To Seelliede
votipn to church attendance. As
previously stated this being. a
French district naturally the pre-
dominance of. the Ronan Cath-
olic faith was everywhere, evi-
dent: It was most interesting to
note the various •mcides of trans-
pprtation. All' types from priin—
itive to modern were in evidence
—two -wheel ax cats, four-wheel
team oxen, horse and buggy, car-
hnsses and trucks_as welL
as :the more modern makes of
My last article 'took is -thru
the apple district whereby these
good' folk gain their biggest re-
venue' from the fishing industry.
I Must admit that sorrie of -my
Previous' conceptions at humble
fishermen,- eking out .,an exist
ance the hard way 'with little re-
turn, was jolted somewhat. If
the appearances of dwellings are
any evidence of the success fin-
ancially it would appear that they
must enjo3f a „fair return for their.
labours. • As we journey south
from Annapolis Royal we come
to the ,now important centre of
Deep Brook.' Anyone who has
followed the activities •of the
Canadian Navy. will realize -the
importance of this centre which
previous :to the War was but a
simple quiet village. . •
. • A---lew miles further along we
came tothe very quaint town
of Digby. Here we have an Eng-
lish influence • since there is. a
Mixed, population of English and
'French. Most striking 'is the many
evidences, of old English archi-,
tecture. Digby has quite an im-
portant shipping centre. From
here • one takes a ferry to St:.
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vrk---eliteti—
shartens the trip to Mpntreal by
almost a day or if you are south:.
ern bound to the if.SA. . ".
There was ane name which ap-
,peared on' more business places
in _every town.. than enough:. I' .
am sure there were three to six
in every town and in at least
five towns or villages. This fam-
ous faniily. of Merchandisers was
called 'Comeau. This reminds me
of the tourist, who travelling:..
through Northern' Ontario dur-
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ing the, height of the road build- •
ineactivities, returned t�
comniuriitY. and in telling of the
wonders of his tenir said,.There •
was a Frenchman' up north that
thought, a lot. Of himself,_Every-'.
where you Went there were
signs pointing to his place. His
name" was •Detour". lylaYbe this,
guy, Comeau meant, come on,
/clan know, Anyway they seem -
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ed to prosper.' in business. Other
towns such as Weymouth, Met-
ghan and Port Maitland all
forded many. points • of interest
from the various twists and turns
in the road which gave them un-
usual settings which only are
realized by' association with rocks
and the sea. ' .
THE 'RAMBLER.
Did You Ever Wonder?
0•11•060,==.01.01.
.Trans -oceanic flying is com-
monplace today, due to war. ex-
igencies. Butas a peacetime .corn7
mercial venture it still ,presents
some serious problems. • High-
speed super de luxe ."snare -no -
expense" air liners are a present
possibility, but Or freight and
express and reasonably -priced
trans-oceanie air passenger 'ser-
vice would run into
Such a long hop as frornjWash-
ington to Cherbourg or from San
• Frantisco to Honolulu would re-
quire ,s9 beavy_anclAnilkY a. fnel
load as to make the pay -load of
• passengers or cargo unprofitable.
One simple solution to the prob-
lern would be a string' of refuel-
ing' fields strung along • trans-
oceanic air ,routes.. Application• '
to, construct such •a seadrome
• chain actually has been filed With
the CM! Aeronautics. Board.
Each seadrome Will provide a.
floating • platform 70 feet above
the surface of the ocean 406 feet
wide. at the centre, 280 feet wide
at the ends, and 3,506 feet long.
This platform will be support-
ed on, 72 metal columns extend-
ing 'so deep into the water that
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surface of the ocean may be the
platform will remain level, for,
the buoyant -elements that- sup-
port it are beneath the portion of
the water that is affected Ly
wave motion, ,and the streamlin-
ed, open-work character of the • .
structure ' allows wave§ to roll ,
along practically 'unresisted 'bre- .•
neath the flight deck.
_The 'wide central' space will.
Muse a hotel on one side of the
flight strip and provide plane -
parking space on the other. There
will also be 'provision far the '•
complete refueling and servicing
of, Planes, as well- as cta radii? sta-
tion and weather observatory.
• Electric power enables six pro-
pellors •to help move the. Sea-
drome' into position and can serve
to keep it where it belongs even
if the 1,000 -tan anchors should
fail:They also are used to keep
the,runway headed into the wind,
an essential 'factor for airplane
landings and take -offs.
Three such seadromes would.
make the flight from Washington
to Cherbourg possible in three
successive 800 -mile over -ocean
hops plus a finaljump of 890
ai.l. these-. hops ',are
short enough to be men° icallr
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