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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-02-17, Page 2PAGE Two The Lucknow Senthici, Lucknow,,Ontario TOURS.,FEBEV#rf ;'7th11/44 . r• TSI E. *`LU KNOW- SENTINEL LUCKNOW, ONTARIO. Established 1873 - Published Each Thursday Morning Subscription Rate -- $2.00 A Year In Advance .ro United States $2.50 " Single Copies 5c Member. of The C.W. Nr A. L. • C. Thompson, ,Publisher. andProprietor THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1944 - s EDITORIAL WHY HUSH IT 'Jr There are a few it appearsin the com- munity who 'disapproved of the publicitygiven. the, investigation into drinking at 4dances. in Lucknow: They -.would have hushed it up, • at: 'least, so far as the press is concerned. Why?, we ask. . These charges appeared well founded, and we consider that Reeve Joynt' acted wisely and expeditiously in calling a special council meet- ing to have them proven or disproven, and to act according, to the findings. One report was definitely .proven to be true, and as.7a result. the public .has been advised. that entertain- ments in. this Village are to be kept respect- able or else - We do not .regard this investigation as r meant to' cast any'reflection on individuals : er .; organizations, which sponsor a good many worthy causes in, the Village. But patriotism is no justification . for rowdyism or unbecoming behaviour et public events. e. The . Village Council, police officers, and the organizations which sponsor these enter- tainments are all charged with the respon- sibility of keeping them on a high plane. Reeva Joynt, recognized hie responsibilityand faced it: r: n One cannot deny that there is an increased trend toward drinking, which is not confined solely to .the male -sex, orthat open indulgence is more brazenly carried on. This trend ia probably .more' evident atdances than# •at most other forms of entertainment, yet, from per- s©nal observation _we believe that dances have .notesunkito Aheeleve.Lthat.-some would have us think. I , There� is no escaping the fact however, that drinking and dances provide a moral problem and a condition that willonly be encouraged by hushing it up, Wingham . Council is at the present time coping with ways and means of stamping out juvenile delinquency in that town. These con- ditions are not alone confined to Wingha'rn and Lucknow. They are general. By .bringing them out in the open, a municipality is not given a black eye, but rather it reflects credit on that community, or those in it who Pave the courage to face thesematters and make a determined effort to correct•hem. Teeswater is to hold a public- meeting this week rin an effort to obtain a properly organ- ized and full-strength fire brigade. As the mat ter stands now the Culross Village is 1practi- eally without fire protection, so' fat as their firecompanyis concerned. Lucknow has no such trouble. The problem here ia lack of proper equipment to get to the scene of a fire. r • • s For the relief of. the famine stricken mil- lions in India arid China, contributions are to: be received in all churches across Canada on Sunday. We in Canada know. nothing of the pars of hunger, or the wasted bodies of thos t' who slowly are starving 'to death.•Try,to grasp what it would mean in ,your own home. Such a realization should result in full churches ;and ,Liberal contributions on S nnday. • 0 * • • Dogs are the bane of most council boards. Some ratepayers love 'em, some despise them, and acting on.. •the complaint of a strawberry grower, who comes under :the latter categoiy, Kincardine Council doubled the dog. license on canines in that town. So great was the furore however that the Board did a right about face and reduced the fee to its former level. Just another of the dog-gonned worries of being a councillor. YOUTH BENEFITS BY SCOUTING • Next week from February 20th to 26th, 9000 . Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs across Can- ada will observe Boy Scout Week. The purpose of this yearly Observance ' is ' to bring to public attention the work the Boy Scouts Associa- tion is endeavouring to do in raising up amongst us a group of citizens who. are , mor- ally, -spiritually and- physically virile. Unfortunately it is several years since there has been a Boy, Scout organization in Lucknow. On the other hand the local Girl Guide troop hasactively functioned year in Mrd• year out. Enthusiastic and very' capable leadership has been the big factor in the tinued interest taken 'in Guide activities: .Such leadership makes big demands on one's time, but there are surely those within the Village who would be willing to "make" time for' the important task of organizing and conducting a Boy Scout troop in Lucknow. Perhaps .neverbefore in Canada's eventful history was the .task of building good citizen- ship more pregnant with meaning The young people of this generation will have to face the tremendous' problemsof ereconstruction when: the drums of war have ceased to beat. Theirs will be the duty to carry forward the peace and to implement the ideals of the new world- laid down in the Atlantic' Chartere It will be their task to maintain a •peace - which is' in reality a peace, and not just the uneasy quiet before the dawn of another world . conflagra- tion. Faced with these tasks it is a paramount concern of Canada that its youthbe imbued with the ideals which make for peace and pro grecs. . Scouting here in Canada,in every part of the Empire and in more than 40 cxther countries is doing more perhaps than any group outside of the Christian church, to extend the ideal of 'international goodwill and fellowship. • The boyish mind harbours no resentment, because another boy has a different racial or- igin, a' differentreligion, or ,a different colored skin. :Scouts correspond with Scouts around the world.' They learn of ,the problems and peculiarities of other' lands, and what is more important they .learn on just how wide a front the peoples of all lands agree on the funda- mentals which make for peate and progress. Boy Scout Weekis not a money raising event. It is simply a week for Boy Scouts to fully parade their ,purposes and programme before the country so that people might have en •opportunffty to see and Learn what themoVe- rrent is and what it stands for. Summed up in' the promise a Scout snakes on his investiture into the movement is a simple philosophy which transcends mere nationalism or narrow denominationalism. "On my honour, I promise to domy best to do my duty to God and the King, to help either people at all times, to obey the Scout Since Scouting "broke out" in Canada back in 1908• (the same year as in England) sorne 710,000 , boys have passed through the' Move- ment. There can be little doubt that -their •Scout .philosophy of life, their Scout daily goad turn, their :loyalty to God and country, has played a proud part in the development of this coffin - try as a sovereign nation. in the great Common- wealth . of British nations.. • .• * * • What we aspire to we should. be prepared to perspire .for.• • • • Some people buy a lot of "stuff" they real- ', don't . want, "reasoning" that if they don t buy it, someone else will and then ~they won't be able to get it. • • When the Birmingham Post • was recentl'i sold by the executors of the' late Sir Charles Hyde's ;estate for $9,990,000, the British Enc• chequer feceived .$6,5;13,500 in death_, duties.. _ •,.. ` • • • s' They claim you can't be considered a good conversationalist if you talk about your acci- dent, your operation, your taxes, your children, your troubles or 'yourself. Such subjects are taboo 'tis said, which doesn't leave much -left teit ..the weather, the war, politics, juvenile Qnoc k ey---or just straight gossip. Local and General Misses Kathleen . McIntosh and, Mary Struthers spent the week- end in Toronto with Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Henderson. Mrs. Robert Thompson, spent the week -end in Toronto with her mother, ;Mrs. N. L. Campbell and sister °' Lorna. Mr. and 'Mrs; Robert Rae and Margaret left last week for Tor- onto. They ;expect to be gone for. a few, weeks and will, visit at other: points also., •• Miss Annie McKay returned to her home last Thursday from .Whigham • 'Hospital, where she was . a patient for two ' weeks with a serious thumb infection. U ' Mrs. N. H. Hedley, who has•ltot been enjoying good health, re- turned 'from hospital in • London on, Tuesday where she had been under observation for • the past few days. Redvers Johnston of Silver- wood's Creamery staff is at pres- ent on holidays. "Meff" says. they have. been having a "measly". I tithe at his home, where .his two daughters and 'Mrs. Johnston have in succession contracted the malady.. Mr. and Mrs.:Ben Naylor mot- ored to, Toronto recently with Corp. Fred Newman, where Mr. Naylor• has since .entered St. S�IichaeI's - Hospital for observa- tion and x-ray treatment to de- termine whether or not lie will be required to. undergoan oper- ation., Mrs. 'Naylor is remaining in ° the city' with her daughter, Mrs. Leola McGee. Mrs. John Kennedy of Kinloss is visiting in Toronto with her•. daughter, Mrs. Roy McInnes and Mr. McInnes. Mrs, 'Lyle Brock, Duparque? Quebec, is spending a couple .of' r weeks with her grandmother, 'Mrs. Thomas 'Reid. Mrs. Peter McCall returned from Toronto on Monday:.; of last week, having • accompanied her son jack to the city, upon his return to, Sydney, Nova Scotia. ' Mrs, Jim Stewart of Toronto is • visiting her mother, .Mrs:' Min- nie, Horne; who has been illi with bronchitis and congestion of the lungs: Misses Wilma and Phyllis Gay- nor who until recently were em- ployed at the Maple Leaf . Air- craft, now have positions in Kit-. chener. ' . • Mr. John Farrish of Ashfield Visited last Wednesday in Lon- don with Mrs. Farrish • and on Thursday attended the wind in- surance convention of the West- ern Farmers° Company.. • Mr. and • Mrs. W. R. Farrier, Mr: and Mrs. Garnet. Farrier of Whitechurch, Mrs. Samuel Reid and Milvert of ,,, Zion spent' Sue - day with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Ilumphr ey. Mrs. Jack Johnstone and Miss, Jeanne, Johnstone of Kincardine, Mr. and Mrs. George Twamley. of Mafeking, were ,week -end vis-. itors at the home of Mr. Wallace ,Twaniley. • Letters to Editor Lucknow: Ontario. February 18th, 1944. Dear Sir: . Whyd� the 'eet. lights ,burn for one hour more in the morn- ing arid the same in the evening than is necessary In these timer when everyone is t yi g to save all our energies. why sd much waste by 'our Council : r Please explain. CITIZEN. To the Editor: We are becoming a silent na- tion. Few of our' citizens express; their meininns . on political and economic„ questions. We accept! what is thrown to us :like rabbits ire -a pen. ' vrinkiing our 'noses, as we reach 1 for the food. • Provision is now • to be made for. family allowances. Estimates` i of cost, vary all 'the way from $300 to $4410 million per ,annum. The higher assumption is the safer. Programs like alis, seemed! out abundantly after they' are i started. This. so far as the an anal charge` isnxrrx 'ed. ernuld • probably equal the .ntereet ipnn the aminal lean arising Tut if the war. Its adoption vanlrt. ,. therefore. ;7e .!nuzvalent to Innh- �ing the national 'lett. 'NW OFFICE HEAD First woman to receive execu- tive • appointment in the CBC is efficent, pretty Edna • Slatter, re- -cently assigned to the office managership of Toronto studios. She is the wife of radio execut- .ve Jack Satter and 21 -year-old zrzn. Wally; of the R.C.A.F. It 'nav i `he 1 spot?rf. am int that asPer` 71st N:Sf! 1vfrirr. Arty 1 `carry '.o 'c)r1strter .t: mean_s. Pf;t htniy :r) `he env tiaruusstng t ;mulct cern P-401,tt •hi, tr1v . i.. 'r,rrgriilti• vhat .After all :utp2 te."Ti 7i gentPri inti tmer•1 problem las leen rrtrrc c+r1. there :till -ern, :iri his gr;mar'; thnn lt_--•s *here , letter, ',ltp r.. natitr ' jF,r� "nr. . Yid Tihripy sshic h - •JVs .3rriCal P ri :town r1 rn tit s Iv allowaneete Veen .Ari Irr• a .Tor 1 dc-:'r+r'1 -. firRLairfr. Ir,• h;ft iria,^,tinrt,' x/r• ts,il ,O's ,c-a.vrrr r, 111r, trtrftr't;,nrtin;e • ,f t,v srni•,- f rn `:SA•4r is 't µ f 14,1 i6ati 7i1 *re.. , i res,- - reef *� h yr, evr, e' ; ri U . ..r.., .. re rr+ ", AN , KFFORT is being made to :cava, a' Blood _Dopar Clinic Or- ganized at Ripley The matter has tarn taken up by the Ripley and 1 ?uren fled Cross Society and the Lulea Eusirr-ssmen's Associa- .:nn. 1•' -r�.. :`1TEP„FERENCE that �s1lrt 1rr. ,';o located on two OC- •;;s,,r,s u''.,p .n:gpectors were .in fiI4ar :.r,p . ,',,Ortel up again as :non is',Ir.-7 left town. The in- , eter`•(,ra ;,r; <lucr:el, however, n ':nriir,; a number of owners v•tlli•letrio' required license. -neana• of eayme,nt, A- full -and 'rfiylk ii ssu,n; of this particu- er arose '3hnulrt he helpful to • )Ar '1>1tlPTV. and to the nation. The .est >'are fr,r a discussion of this •pie. •teeteriel pages of •the 3awhrt It would be in- t frrim a number roe, .thellghtful letter tsn4 •