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The Lucknow Sentinel, 'Lucknow, Ontario
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LU,C1f•NOW, ONTARIO. '
Established 1973 ° -.
published,;Each: Thursday ;Morning
-'Subscription Rate — $2.00 A Year In Advance
To United States •$2,50. Single Copies 5c
Member of The C.V. N. A.
L. C. Thompson, Publisher and Proprietor•
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13th, 1944
EDITORIAL
SAVE WASTE PAPER
The _salvaging; of waste paper:. has 'again
become a 'very important war timei •duty, The
paper= situation, is critical, according .to Gov
erriMent officials charged with keeping in con
• slant production .:many paper -made artic1es,
vital to the •creeds of;the armed forces. ';••° .
:While the local Salvage Committee is in-
active during 'the 'Winter months -for obvious
'reasons, 'the • appeal is madelb every household
• in the community to save every scrap of waste •
paper,. .for early spring collection. The :Claris -
men's over$eas • tobacco; fund: is dependent on
revenue from' s ivage sales, and as rubber ancd
metal 'becomeincreasingly-scarce, paper ,tplays
a much more important part in. supporting this
"fund.. , `
• Thus every'scrap of paper. you save plays
a dual- role: 'It goes into, the'tnanufacture of,
vital war materials, and the .revenue derived
from its sale, helps keep the smokes rolling to
the' boys overseas. •
The stocks of waste paper on .hand at the
.:mills vary from time to' time.- During the ,past
year there : was a time When Mills were pr.ac t- :
icallyoverstocked,. but . today the situation ;s
TIEIUItS., JANUARY' 13th, 1944 •
. A RECORD TO. BE PROUD QF
When the full story of this great confli
.is unfolded we will be truly amazed at th
unpreparedness of Britain to' face _ the Na
hordes, and yet which 'they .determined to -
With bold arid undaunted courage. We -will th
more fully appreciate what lay -behind • thos
words of Prime. Minister 'Churchill who,
becoming leader. of ,the nation when.' its for
tunes were at a very low ebb, could offer hi
people nothing More than, ' "blood, toil, to
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When Britain'' declared war mere than four•
years ago she had 'a great navy, but only a
rudimentary army and a very small air force,;,
and her war: industries had hardly passed the
:initial planning stage.
~:amine mbritlis':•later' she had lost • nearly all
df her armored equipment in trance arid
moreover, she had lost her continental allies.
She was vulnerable to attack,• but she'' was 'not •
dismayed ,and girded herself, to resist "on the
beaches, iii, the . streets and in the fields":,- the ,'
'attack that ' seemed so imminent; and by an
enemy that had vastreserves of equipment, .
the result of being geared for war for six years,. -
not to mention the'stirnulus-of swift and spec-
tacular victories :on the continent.
But that attack. .never Caine. Distrustful
of the Russian bear at his back, and no doubt
with strong rtrisgivings as to' his ability to sub-
due the English bull dog -especiall aft it
nessing the fate of his vaunted. air force in the
battle of Britain, Hitler failed .to strike. at 'the
so called "island fortress".
How differentis the. , picture.. today after.
more than four years .of war. Axis'' forces .-are
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in retreat: before British -,'and Allied armored
equipment. German cities are being .laid waste.
states that the•
1,y the. rnighif:af ",Allred air power, and on land,.
at sea, and in the. air; our fighting. men are
carrying . the attack with the confidence that
' victory will, be theirs.
All this and much more is testirnony to'
the far-sighted„ planning of 'Empire leaders
when they stood alone and' to the; stubborn
' faith, resourcefulness and.. •ingenuity. of the: "
British people and . of :the ; British' Common=
wealth by which they laid the foundation' for
victory out. of a condition that- appeared,. even
to well-wishers abroad; to be . destined to end
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reversed The 'Administrator
wastepaper. shortage ,is now. more: acute than
at ' any timesince the war began.
. Wastepaper, including brown paper, con,'
tainers and :corrugated' boxes . are now • more
urgently Irequired. because • of . the scarcity. of
Virgin pulp, .wood and_ ggcause df' the. --.greatly
increased , need of paper containers for the
shipment of food, :munition's .and \supplies ' to,
all theatres .of war.
In fact an endless stream. of containers is;
needed. to 'keep these supply lines. intact. Just
a. few: of . these paper made articles, include
containers for shells, medical •tits,'emergency
rations, bloodplasma,.grenades, gas masks,'and
bomb fins and rings:
And these, millions of •containers `cannot
be reclaimed. Start ;now to systematically .save
all paper for collection 'in the spring:
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" STILL A DREAD DISEASE
Annually the Lucknow Firer Company
makes a cash' donation to the Muskoka Hos-
pital for the prevention and cure of tuber-
culosis. Great strides have been made in� con-
quering the white plague, and . yet • it was to
- • us a surprising revelation that during the past
four years there have been 24,000 deaths in
• Canada from -tuberculosis and at least 75,000
people have developed the disease.
The 'pity is that ,the majority; of those
who died bad not reached the age of, forty
' . years, • and- that a great many of _them might
have • been saved by tirnely hospital treatment.
What has been accomplished, in the- past;
offers only a greater challenge of the present
in • providing 'for those ,thousands who now
have tuberculosis and th:e eyentua] extermina-
tion of the disease. .
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• The individual hPs nothing he can call.
his own if the state exclusively has the right '
to control . the material things 'man, needs 'for '
his, life and hapr''
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. King Winter and the Fuel Controller seem
to be co-operating • nicely. Probably shouldn't
. make this,observance, 'cause it might- ``induce"
a blizzard before this paper is off the press.
'But then on second thought, if we don't , get •
it . now, Bobby Burns . Ball .isn't far off and
we -'ll- get_ it. surd , Or Could :.,,it Jb, _e that -..because <, _
we didn't have a thaw last January, maybe
• we won't have , a storm this one. Maybel
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One reason why you can't get all the gas•r-
1 ifie you might `like, is that it. takes • an average
of about 12,•500 gallons of gasoline in the train-
' ing of an American 'pilot for the front lines,
and it Won't take long for his combat plane
to far exceed this : figure after he comthences
operations,' when peach engine of his, mighty
-Machine :will gobble up one hundred gallons •
an hour. Buts of course all 'this doe n't explain
why 'some people haven't enougi petrol for
legitimate needs, while others appear to, be
able tri' do almost an.unlimited amount 'of'pur-
poseless cruising about.
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• in certain defeat:
Any New .: Year's ' resolutions rou haven't
already broken? •
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M. J. Coldwell„ leader of the. C:C.F., seems •
almost jubilant 'in his predietion that there .
will be 100,000 persons unemployed in Canada
by Aprir-lst:`'As leader -of tiae party which.
claims to have a- solution for ail .the 'Dinnin
ion's socialand economic problems, Mr. Cold-
well• should forget . politics and in the interest
of Canada's war effort tell ,the Government.
how this situation' he predicts can be averted.
THE FORGOTTEN • MAN '
'1 The forgotten man .in this war is the small
town citizen, who owns 'a business. of his own.
Most of them have; tried to do their duty to
their country. They: have : paid taxes •which
bled them white, They. have had: to increase
the wages which they pay,: without any. in-.
grease in the price of what they sell. They
have worked in every'; cause. They have been
pestered todeath with the unnecessary red
tape of price control: Still they have rallied
in ,every Victory Loan campaign.
• Their..personal standards of living have
steadily fallen. They' have' no, right• to uriern-
pleyment insurance,' ft • and when the
bankrupt.'• That is reserved for workers they
are usually too ' old 'to 'benefit froth family
allowances. •None of the .innumerable commit-
tees on re, -construction has, any program for
restoring their shattered fortunes:
They are net as numerous as the farmers,
who .at least gdt some consideration, and they
are far fewer than organized labor, which' is
receiving the highest wages in history; and .de-
manding. more. They- are numerous enough to
makesnake it possible__.for _.th
.-... .. erxi .to insist on -the.
government doing. something for them.
It might, be an excellent thing to start
a Leagues of Small Business, for .the open. and
announced' purpose of warning every candidate
for Parliament. that they do not intend to
stand any, longer .for • the 'government doing
soinethin:g ,for everyone else, . and only doing
them in the eye. '
It is quite possible for the ,country to fight
a. warwithout' ruining all the small' business "
men.—Brahpton Conservator.
She said her husband's garden wasn't mirth
of a success because every time, 111' started
digging he found worms and went. fishing.,
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Christmas Practically Painless
. By Marjorie Johnston in the
Fahhily-lllerald °& 'Weekly Stat
A few . years ago I determined
to beat this Christmas racket,
where I was altlways worn.out by
the time the Christmas bird went
on the table, ane•' being. a woman
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of action, when 'sufficiently goad
ed, ;I made my plans early in the
new�'year. The first. step was a
realization of what -I wanted the
Christma_ s.. season to he.. I. wanted'
it -to be a time •of unsullied hap-
piness piness for, y children -Ta time
to remember with•haplririess.,and
.emulate :When they,, had homes
of their own; • I also wanted 'to
'remember my friends. I wanted
to; make; someone not sd .fortun .
ate, happy 'for that day, and I
wanted for once, to emerge nor -
malty as to nerves and pocket
book.
• My first practical act was to
sit downwith paper, and pencil
and make a complete .list of my
gift-ees, "if I 'may'foin a word"
Then' I emptied: . my bottom
bureau drawer, lined its festively
with some old Christmas . tissue,
and dropped in, my list; • Marry:
:time's ,during' the: year. 'f make
necessary :little tripsto the ' city
to shop.. Se ;I made it 'a . custom
never to return without at .least
one article-
out:
About -they latter part of Oct-
ober er or early in ' November, ;I
made a . raid on a 15 cent store
and what fun I had ori 'very Tittle
money. For the bridge addle
chose a charming refreshment t
masqueraded as Mickey 'Mouse.
For another 1 bought a big fat
• color-ing book (quantity coii
more with: the small, child th' n`'
quality,) and the largest box of -
crayons available; for another a ,
beautifully illustrated small book •
of birds. r
For' my .own children I .often-_�
buy clothing as one of their gifts.
At that 'season of the, year they
often feel they; actually can't
sui•vwe if they don't get a new „
ski suit, .' a • pair .9.f ;fur :bol d
er.ed overshoes, or a new frock..'
for -the holiday parties.: So • often'
their needs and their desires co=
iricide most happily.
I found that ' for' years I had
been exchanging(I can think:of
no. better • word for it) • a' con-
ventional small gift with friends
and ' relatives who ' livedm a . long.
way off and whom .I saw very
rarely. I solved this in a• new.
way. I Bought a 'box . of extra
nice note paper .and .a packet o
handsome silver •seals? I. past=
a seal on the top , of the note
paper giving : it a , veryfestive
holiday air and . then I wrote
a long' chatty letter, 'telling all
the`'. family activities ''and. 'oft
enclosing a.snap or two:. I . think:
it most .likely that the recipients
appreciated my letter much more
'than a gift, as. . I had, so many
delightful' replies.
In' past years I had . always
d
t� l !accepted as my responsi-bi-1i
wo families .to, whom i sent a
asket of "cheer", as they • call
t up my, way. I had never pack -
d these baskets without;'a guilty
feeling. that :if -I had more time
and money I could .'have.' given
so mieh more 'happiness: ' Guilt.
they say, is salutary for the soul.
At any: rate. •I tried .a.new' sys-
tem, Early in the year I chose.
two . large cardboard cartons ,and
put them'i.n the trunk room with
the' names. of _a. family on each:
At•.the change of the seasons, as
I went over my Children's clothes
and . discarded • the coats , and.
frocks ' they outgrow so quickly,
I^ put these' aside .. in a 'special
pile. At, my liesure 'I cleaned, ,re-
novated, and. put them. in the
correct box with the child's name
on it: At Christmas all that Was
needed was to selectone new
sinall-.toy from my ' drawer for
the children, add ' some oranges,
candy, etc. and the boxes were
ready.
'Then came, the ' house. Two
weeks before the big day the
'house received an extra :special
cleaning. The guest 'room way
prepared, except for ' last minute
touches, the silver .and brass.
were all cleaned and all .those
special things,,,;w_ere -attended to
that make. a house shine forth
a special Welcome to the 'Christ-
mas home -comer: Then, . early in
the last week came the Christ-
mas baking; - .the perennial
shortbread, the 'cookies in star
and ''bunny shapes: As early . as
possible too, I. decided . on the
Christmas menu and did the nec-
essary shopping. And then for
the first time 'r. looked.:for'wara
with pleasant anticipation to the
usual onslaught of Christmas
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callers;
Altogether that Christmas paid •'-0
so many dividends of joy and.
memories, that I determined that •
henceforth every. Christmas ,
would, be the •same.
set of black' glass—tallies for two
tables, two score pads with -'tiny
a . pencils,' two, gay little candy,
dishes, even• an unpretentious
prize.
Not 'to be scorned either are
the kitchen novelties -•'--they make
delightful srriall gifts. Memo pads
for , the. kitchen, indexed? recipe,
books, sets of colorful -measuring
cups, gay china for! the breakfast
nook, fnvariably there .are-- the
most delightful books of cut-outs,
coloring books, • gay little books
of birds and animals; :- all for
such a trifle. I make 'a selection
of these forthe bureau ,, drawer.
Many of these are designed for
tfie Christmas stockings, others
for those hetic days• when all,
four children rush in breathles
ly to 'inform me it is gift' .ex-
change day at,the school or Mis-
sion Band. For where I live it • is
a .custom,: reprehensible perhaps;
but wholly delightful, to have a
Christmas .Gift exchange .at near-
ly all the various societies. Luck-
ily ,the price limit is 25 cierfits.
Apropos of children, I have
discovered that, with a child's
gift, . a little imagination more
thancompensates fol` its "inex-
pensiveness": Some of my, friends
and relatives ' have very lark
families. I like. to remember all
he. children,, but it if manifestly
impossible to • do .it in p:large
way. For :a small girl of seven
I chose a small inexpensive doll
—a doll is always a doll to a wee -
girl even if it is not equipped
with water -works, permanent.
waves. and other modern im-
provernents. .: To- -go with -this
oily I bought a set of doll paper
patterns .to• fit and then emptied
my sewing basket of .all odds
rid ends of new material, lace,
ibbon, etc. I also added a pack-
ge of . needles and a tiny
thimble, It happened to know
hat this was one of my- most
uccessful gifts. For another.
hild ,who had just started to.
rural Snob] where school nee-
ssities are not supplied, I chose
brindle of new scribblers with
ery in'triguirtg covers, a large
rid important .looking rubber,
evcral• bright yellow, pencils,
and a pencil sharper ' which
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Little Eloise concluded her ev-
ening .prayer• thus: "Lord pleas4^
if you don't mind, from now on
put the vitamins we need in pies,
cake's. and ice cream .cones in-
stead, of spinach 'and cod liver