The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-02-26, Page 12'•n
THE•L LICKNOW SENTINEL, • LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Pat O'Hagan, Prop.
Established Over Sixty Years
' Phone 881-0234
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SPICE
By BILL :SMILEY'.
GRASS IS ALWAYS .GREENER
and concerts; that it's : grand to
be able to go. ,out for an • exotic
meal in a -fascinating . place; that
the small town doesn,'t provide
the same cultural 'opportunities
for your skids. ;
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Privately,
I chuckle - at both
points of .view, Both are full of
contradictions. ' The city fellow
claims . there's . no privacy ' in a
small 'towil - everybody :' knows
your business. The small-town fel-
lew' explodes, "Privacy!" How can
you have privacy in the city when
you're jammed into 'a two-by-four
lot, in a house beside people you
don't like and who have horrible
kids?" .
The small-townfellow raves
about that mythical `rat -race" in
the city, and goes out and roars
around in service clubs and frat-
ernal organizations and athletic
clubs and church groups at a
pace no.. city rat could stand.
The myths ; multiply. In a city
of a , milion, ' theatres : are half
empty, . concerts play to small
crowds, exotic restaurants" •go
broke. In a small ' place, .: one-tenth
of two per cent of ,the:` population
is reveling .in that: fishing,. hunting
and so. on . at , the front . door. The
rest are at home : watching the
same' TV program as ' the fellow
in the city."•
On : Saturdays, the whole grub,
lea is : brought into perspective,
on a four -lane highway, ' D'own' to
the city, in ; one stream, • pour,. the
.thousands of people going in for
a day to shop, see shows, : suck
upsome fast culture.
Up from the city, in the Other
stream, pour the thousands of
people , going. north for .the . skiing
or swimming or fishing. They
wooden', live . • in that Tronna
ifye gave ,me ' the whole dump
on a . silver platter."This is'an. ex-
pression oft heard in the ,vast hin-
terland of our dominion, the true
north, _strong ` and free. •
It '' is echoed with equal . em-
phasis about Montreal, HaLfax,
Vancouver, .Winnipeg,.,and the .oth-.
er ` dozen or so'cities of any size.
The statement "aboveis, usually
followed :: by a diatribe .':against
"city living." Its high rents,its
heavy 'traffic its unfriendliness;
Its' distance from that demi-para
• dise, the ,speaker's home town.;
"Ya, 1 know it's nice` in the
summer. up :north there. But :wud-
daya do , all winter in that dump."
This is. equally familiar:, It is ask-
ed in the tones of. simple incred-
ulity of a sophisticated, suburban-
ite who' spends all winter doing
exactly what you do in that dump
up north: working, playing, ,• bring-
' ' ing ' up .: your family, trying tc •pay,
the , bills; and growing older
On most, matters, : I . , take ' a
stand. But in ` this denunciation • of
the :other' fellow's mode of.' life,:
I take .'two stands. '
The first is ' gentle agreement
with my small-town friends. I go
along ' with ' their . belligerent, argu-
ment . that the city, is . no , place'
to live; that I'd: hate to battle
that .traffic;I:that living is cheaper
in a smaller centre; - . that it's
wonderful to li'ewithin five .1 in-
' utes of . fishing, : curling, golfing; 'and'
friends.
When 'I'm- listening to some: old
buddy who lives in the city, i"
nod sagely .when he pointsout.
that the •' city is an exciting place
to hive;• that it's wonderful .:to:
be, able to take in all the ;shows :don'teven wave to each other,
tW
mace
:And when the. titbit-
tomes,
ime-
comes, Make sure yon:
get in efficient, hard :
wa•rkrying Esso 011
.Furnace, the furnace
that staysLunger as
'much longer!
No Down Pay:nent --. Up To 1,0 Years To Pay
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Claim Industrial.
Laws: Favor The
Larger Centres.
Provincial laws cov ring. decen-
tralization of industry are loaded
by the • government in ' favor of
the large communities, itwas said
recently atthe annual meeting of
the Bruce zone of Georgian
Bay D velopmentAssociation held
at Ripley,
Speaker . William MacDonald of
the Ontario Research Foundation's
new centre, to .be opened next
year : in Toronto Township. The
Georgian Bay • Region' has made
an ,unsuccessful 'bid for the .cen-
tre and the •association manager,
Neville. Keefe, said politics ' had
more to dothan economics or
statistics in the selection of the
Metro area as the site.
The provincial. , economic coun-
cil 'has agreed to the. association's
request for . a study of the laws'
affecting decentralization.
The importance. of ' the founda-
tion's work to small business 'Was
stressed by 'Mr. MacDonald... He
termed the foundation a workshop:
for industry.
There ismuch= knowledge; and
information' available for industry
and 'much of it is,: free. The 'foun-
dation also does research for coin
munities.. '
Bruce County council ; has been
asked to promote industrial` ex=
pension. Last year the county
spent $10,000 for agricultural :pro-
motion and $7,000 for the tourist,
but nothing for industry.' '
William Matheson; ` of Chesley
fwas elected chairman of the; Bruce
•zone.' George .McLean of Ripley
is .vice chairman and Arhtur .Dav-
ey of Port Elgin and Ivan.: Lloyd.
of . Kincardine are directors. Mr.
Davey is also vice `. chairman , of
'the region.
Wednesday, FEBRUARY 20
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did you fellows have -for . acquit-
ting,
cquitting• that murderer?"
Juryman: "Insanity.'
Judge: "Really?. ,All twelve of,
you?"
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Pprt KEColborne,
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tell . you ,,how. much I .appreciate`
the Sentinel. and maybe' :I should
give you a few : "whys:"„.
Mrs. Jessie :Allin's ' daughter'
works in • our . hydro office and. P
wouldn't '.have known her as I
guess I had never Seen her befr-e:'.
Alex Smith,. is I.P.S. where my
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J. C. .:MacMillan, , I. knew by'- the
Sentinel, lived in St. Kitts. (Cath-
arines 1.and: I .often wondered what
his. work ., was. One ,night Russell
and I:. went to our union ;meeting
is the anionhall in. St. Kitts. and
here we ran into young MacMil-
Ian,' Who is an electrician with
the St. Lawrence Seaway Author-
.ity on the Welland Canal where
Russell and I both work. •
Alvin Hamilton; who met such
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ARMSTRONG IN TOUCH
tragedy used to come up' into the :
control room here to visit me, .
and also to °find' out' where the'
boat was •that his : Wife wascook.
on and • what 'time ` we expected
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One *of . the Chin boys • always
waved to me as the giant Scott-
Misener went.; past the control
room as well as: • several other
local fellows whose identity. I '
wasn't sure.. of. • ,
`"This is'. just ' a little. of, the ser-
vice we get tiro' the Sentinel:
besides•' such a detailed coverage
of all that's going on in the old
home town. certainly don't be-
grudge your raise in price when .:
it . `becomes effective and 'I don't
think you need ' • to be, the' least
bitapologetic about it either.
Thanking :you -again,
I
remain yours sincerely, .
Cecil I. Armstrong
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