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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
Established 1873
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Th'e Luoknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario
THURS., DECEMBER 30th, 1,943s'
L. C. Thompson, F'ulotisher and Proprietor
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30th, 1943 -•
EDITORIAL
THE OLD YEAR CLOSES
• On the threshold' of 'the Ne.wfYear there
are few of us who are not inclined to look pack,
and meditate 'on-theidays that are gone. For
some the recollections are full of success and
happiness, for others a .sense of failure in the
accdinplishmerits, and for -o-the'rs-,--deep
sorrow.
•To those who ,have suffered 'bereavement
the ringing out of the: old year brings a very
definite realization of finality in this life..For
.thern, 19431ecoines indelibly fixed in memory
bythe sorrow is has ,brought: To: others it is
but the passing of another year and is. quickly:
forgotten.. In" many other homes where lonli-
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riess prevails because of the war there is little
to distinguish between the Old „and the Ne
Other, than .that 1444 brings new and bright
:hopes 'for the rennion of loved' ones again.
"The past twelve months have been event -
'fur and cheering ones- for' the. Allied Nations,
'for there has been a very definite swing in '
the tide of battle in our favor. Bid the road
ahead is still long and hard. •e wave
wishful thinking -ofa few months ago, that the
'war would be over by Christmas ha's vanished.
The :future is full of hope, yet the, sobering
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THEIR SERVICES APPRECIATED
At the year-end it is timely that we should
express a word of appreciation to The Sentinel's
• faithful band of rural correspendents, who week
after week throughout the. year report "the
doings" of their community—and, without re-
niuneration. •
• Their services are sincerely appreciated by
• The Publisher, but we often wonder if they
are. sufficiently appreciated in the community
• in Which they. serve, . Rural correspondents,
• like the • Publisher, are dependent, upon, and
welcome,- the assistance of the residents of their
community in reporting t ri ws. They can't
be expected to, know ever thi g.
On • the other hand we have heard cor-
. respondents accused ..Of ''-purposely, omitting, .
items : about sane one in the community with
whOm,,they were not on friendly terms, Such -
'conditions cannot be tolerated. and every news-
paper -reporter, worthyof -the--name should -
report the news as it happens without discrim '
But the next time you are inclined to find
fault with some item your correspondent has
ornitted, first ask yourself what you did to
assist that correspondent in Obtaining the ned- •
cessary information, sufficiently accurate in
detail to appear °in print. ,
• The compiling of a:, weekly news budget
• IS no easy • task, and those whO faithfully do
this work week after Week, are contributing
a real 'service to their community and to their
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. local paper.
•In 'appreciation Of these services, andon
behalf of : all Sentinel readers we extend a
• sincere "thank you" to all our .rural correS-
pen
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.THE NEW YEAR
Ring out wild bells, to the wild sky •
. The ,flying:Cloud, the frosty light;• .•
The year is dying in' the night; •
Ring Out wild bells, and let him die.
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Ring. out the old, ring in the new;
Ring happy. bell,, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the, false, ring 'in the true,
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Ring out a slowly dying. cause, •
And ancient ,forms of party - Strife;
Ring ,'in the nobler Modes of life, • -
With sweeter Manners, purer laws.
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Ring 'out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old, •
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
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Ring in the valiant Man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
• Ring out the darkness of the land, '
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thought of the: price that must" still be paid.
before final final Victory is viren, seems to have
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gripped Canadians more than at any time since
the outbreak' of war. The bitter battles ,our boys • •,
' are, fighting in Italy, and the prospects of an
:early invasion of the continent are, realities
, that call ter those op the home front to ie-
dedicateourselves' to ardent effort in our tasks
and increased support of the war ,effort.
Itis the time of year to reflect on what
mast yet be done and to resolVeto do it.
Let :us all pray and *work for victory and •
a just and lasting peace ancl be of goOd cheer. •
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WHAT IS THE REASON? • .•
Lack of interest in local municipal affairs
was indicated by a small attendance at the. ,
nomination meeting ori 'Monday night. It was
cause for comment by several speakers, who.
• howeveri offered no speculation as to the reason
-for this apathy nor can we lay a finger on
the cause. •
•The condition is not confined to LticknOw.
It appears general, not only in municipal af-
• fairs but in provincial and dominion matters
as well. What is the reason? •
'One thing is certain 8:11 governments -are
the subject of much criticism.' Some of it may
• be well fOurided and serve a worthwhile pur-
pose, but a° great deal of it is little else than
abusive fault-finding by "street -corner crank''
who knoy,little or nothing of the true facts ,
of .thek:,Isiitoject, and apparently don't want
to ,ivtttlis tndicated by their absence from
.pubW Meetings where these facts coi4ld be
°Maned. •
few_years ago it wAs suggest d that
rileitllers of the Lucknow Council Bird be
rernAierated for their services in an effort to
• arouse inore Municipal interest and to induce
the best nen possible to seek office. •
• This suggestion was made by a member
of the Board at that time, but Withoutany
mercenary motive as it appeared to us. The
electors generally didn't take kindly to the
suggestion however " as witnessed when the
• ballots Were counted.
We. cite -this as the result of one instance
of trying to arouse more interest in municipal
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us it . apPearsthat with the majority
of electors they t to be- aroused and
the only thing tha *41 4o it, is to touch their
pocket -book for a dents, or or *tor the Council
to neglect to pertain' some personal, and often
'minor municipal service, which they dernand.
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Commencing on Saturday remember to
write it "1944". ' •
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To; all the readers of this column, to our
cOrrespondents, subscribers, advertisers and to •
all with' whom we have in anyway associated
during the past year, 'we express sincere 'ap-
preciation of pleasant relationships and extend
-te.--ane,.arA-a_41.-begt-wistio,s-that...the-Xemz-Year„..—
rnay bring the fiTiTiiiinTerTtOT 'Your fondest hopes.
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Ring in the Christ that is to be. '
. .. • Tennyson.
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• ' KITCHEN FRONT RESOLUTIONS '
Here are some very timely New Year's
resolutions ter.' the kitchen front 'soldier:
,,_ I will remember to be thankful that I can
still get the foods my' farinly needs to keep
them healthy, instead of grumbling because
I can't get everything I would like to have.
• I will do my utmost to make the best use
of what -we have and to waste nothing.
I will not be a hoarder or try to obtain
more •than, my share of foods that are scarce.
• I' will always remember that my selfishness
• will mean that my neighbour will have to go
• • without. And- if my neighbour hoards I will
• not gri' and do likewise, but will' rather keep
more firmly to my resolve.
I will be, ration -wise and take pride in
keeping within the spirit as well as the letter.
• of the law. •
•-41 will serve my family well-balanced and
appetizing meals and will plan these 'teals
• in advance. •
I will Shop economically, buy • by grade
and study and
packages on cans anpackages be-
-cause they help me get .best value for my
monek. '
I will not waste fats but will use left -over
• fats whenever I can and will turn in all 'surplus
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fats for salvage. .
. I will use whole grain or,Canada approved
bread this year.
I will plan -our victory garden carefully
this,year so that we will not grow more_food
than we can use, share, can or store. •
I will can' as much fruit and tornatoes
as Possible next' simmer.
I will 'coriserve foOd, energy, time and
• .money ,and do, My utmost to help the war ef-
• .• fort. But aboOall . . • ••
I will be happy and oPtimistic—conne what
may.
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ew Year To All.
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Local and General
Mr. and Mrs. Russ Robertson
spent the holiday with friends in
Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Orr and
children were Christmas visitors
with I.;AC.'and Mrs. Melvin ,Orr:
John Prest spent Christmas
with his parents, Mr. and 'Mrs,
y, N. Prest:
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Mr. ancr,Mrs. Charles krendei--
•son of Toronto were • christnias
visitors with- her parents, Mr
and Mrs. Charles Steward. '
Miss Mar; McKim of Toronto
.was a Christmas Visitor. with her
4:tafents, Mr. _arid Mrs. A. E Mc-
Kim:- • • - , •
Miss Isabel Hamilton' of Strat-
ford was, a holiday visitor . with
her .parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
• Hamilton. • . .
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Mrs. Malcolm Armstrong of
Port Arthur has been spending
• Christmas week •_with her. par-
ents, Mr, and Mrs. Win. Murdie.
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• Merle ,Middleton of Hamilton
spent Christmas with' his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Middleton,.
• Mr. arid Mrs. KennethLaid-
laW» Of Fingal were Christmas
is ors will r. an rs. • eo.
Hunter �fZion.
I Alfred and Russell Armstrong
of Humberstone were Christmas
-visitors here with Mr.' and Mrs:
• Wm 'Armstrong , • '
Lloyd •Stewarti • of • Stratford
spent Christmas week -end with
his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Philip
Stewart.
Chrigtrnas guests of -Mr. and
Mrs. Wellington Henderson were
Mr. and Mrs. Don Graham of
Stratford; • Mr. and. Mrs. xDoug
• Trench Of Listowel and Cpl. Mac
Graham of Goose Bay and Mrs
Graham.
Miss Jean Thorn, Mothercraft
Muse; who has been employed
for some • time at Pictou, Nova
Scotia, is holidaying for a time
with her parents,. Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Thom, who also have ashali-
iday visitors, Mr. and Mrs. Ran:
aid Rothwell of Norwood.
Miss Joy Stewart of Toronto
spent Christmas with her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. -• J. W. Stewart.
Miss Blanche Stewart who has
been convalescing at The Par-
sonage during December, return-
ed to Toronto the first of the
weekp •
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smitli spent
Christmas in Kitchener with Mr.
and Mrs.' H. J. Fensham.
Mrs. W. G. Gardner of Brechiri
Was a visitor at the home of her
father, Mr. James Howey.
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Employees of the Maple Leaf
Aircraft Corporation were each
presented with a gift of 'faW1 at
Christmas.. , , • •
• Rev. C. H. 1ViacDonald attended;
a meeting of. the sub -executive
of • the FOreiin. Mission Commit• • '
tee in. Toronto this. week, •
• Mr. and Mrs. N. S, ¶a1vert and" -*
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Joyce of _Paris_ _spent the pasts •;.'
week with friends here. •.' .
Mr. and Mrs, Horace Aitchison
of Wingham spent the hOliday
week -end in the Village. •
Dr. and MTS. Howard Fowler
of Clinton spent Christmas with
their daughter, Mrs. Harold Tre-
leaven and Mr. Treleaven. •
and Mrs. Jim Stewart, Mrs:
Lillian Ellis and Miss Madeline
Martin of Toronto • were Christ-
mas visitors with 'Mrs. jt. Horne.
Rev. and Mrs: Wm. Henderson
and young soh john of Hillsdale.,
spent the past week with rela-i
tives here.
• Numerous`shut-ins enjoyed fhe
Sunday evening Carol singing by
a group of young people train :the
local , churches:
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• VisitorS' with Mr. and Mrs. Sam ' • -A
burnin for the Christmas, holi- • •
days were Spr. Perry A. Durt•
nin. of Petawawa and Mr: ,and ,
Mrs. Henry Carter of Clinton, •
• LloYd Stewart of Stratford and
Mrs. Wm. Henderson ;of Hillsdale • ••
were guest soloists at the morn-
ing -seritce in the Presbyterian
church on Sunday. •
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Leonard Irwin who is dinploy-"
ed in the plant of Canada Pack-
ers •in West Toronto • spent
.Christmas at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Thomas Irwin. -
Arthur. Andrew of Toronto •
spent Christmas with his parents, •
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Andrew.
Miss Flora Andrew of London is
spending the holidays ' at her
home. •. •
Among teachers who are spen-,
ding the holidays at their homes •
here are Misses Alma Alton of 4'
London, Isabel Douglas of Kitch-
ener, Helen Thompson of Han-
over. •
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NEW -TAX FORM.
MADE SIMPLER
• The man with 1943 income not
exceeding $3,500 will find the job
of filling out his income tax4form
.a little simpler than he' did this
;year, it was indicated recently
when copies of ,the new "T-1
SpeCial", form started coming off
the presSes.
More complicated forms are re-
quired for persons with higher in-
comes.
-The new "T-1 'Special" is of
four pages as before; but the last
two pages •are devoted wholly
to tables showing the tax pay-
able on .various incomes, by per-
sons having various numbers •of
dependents.
The essential blank spaces to
be filled in by the taxpayer cover
two pages whereas in the"1942
forms all went on' the first page
and a "half. • '
Heads Diocesean Committee
The Archbishop of Ontario has
appointed Rev. E. 0. Gallagher
• of Wingham as chairman of the
Dioeesean committee on Religious
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• DONNYBROOK
,A Happy and Prosperous New
Year to all.
Wedding bells are ringing..
Teachers and. students spend-
ing the vacation at their -hoAles
here include: Mr. Warren 13ant-
ford, B.A. of Preston; Miss Irene
Jefferson df Dunnville, Miss.Lucy.
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Thompson of Orangeville, the
Misses Irene Robinson and Clara
Leddy of Wingham High School
Other Christmas visitors in-
cluded Mr. W. A. Campbell with
.his daughter, • Mrs. Crozier ' at
• Crewe; Miss Catharine 1V1cDonalcl.
of 'Edmonton in training at Brock-
ville- at the Jefferson home; Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Thompson and
family with Mr. and Mrs.1,-Joe
ThorripSon. of Listowel; Pte. Her• b
Dainty of Camp Borden with Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. Robinson; Pte.
Melvin and Mrs. Craig of London
at their hornes here; Sgt. Joe
Brophy at the Brophy home; Mr,
and' Mrs, Harry Moss of Glencoe '
with his parents 'and Mr. and
'Vas. H. Jefferson and family with
Thornton at Bluevale. •
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