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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-01-23, Page 2• ,. Or ',Phi, , 'WOO ,574111111,11111/11101111111! �� INn.;„ •L OW' ONTARIO THE LLT��NOW ,SENT justto, keep 'the. ree,ord:.stra;ight ' this is, a reply to the l statements made: by Reeve George W. Joynt as reported in our last:• issues: Mr,. Joynt is what a: newspaperman • refers to as good Copy'." -As 'reeve of the Vnllae, doing -something he is always. doin- something or . saying something and. whether , it: is fact, • or fiction; it alt makes . good: rgadxng. F°" His six. ,years in. , ,the reeve's chair have^ ,'•,btrought . about numerousimprove- , ments in the Village. and his programs of public. undertakings and the resulting 'ach•- ieveinents have' received wide •publicity in ` The'. Sentinel. ,' . but we have rarely • stressed the sen- sational' and have ' many times tended'' to "tone down" remarks. and differences that are bound to, arise with the, sole • pur- pose, as we felt, of saving embarrassment and regrets for •:words spoken• in heat or .. • haste. Mr, Jaynt's inaugural ,speech, 'in 'coin .:' Me/icing' his 7th term, promised more . provements but the closing .attack which ,. added 'spice to 'the .. speech produced the to... fictiotr we -refer -to. The report of ..any,news story' cannot-. •go' below .the; surface tobe slanted : by One's s •opinions, : assumptions ,or coincidental as- pects. We must ,present /it on its face value ' and liet, the readers sift 'the; wheat 4 from the,, chaff.• Intheweeks.' that preceded': the liquor' t plebiscite • last • fall, we chose. • to ''remain neutral, arid publicitywise' to treat :both. n : sides . -:.fairl .. as we human1 cool:.In;'<this • respect it .,was implied ' by • others that We "leaped oirer . backwards" to a degree • that same. felt we 'were favoring, .if anyone, the. vote yes group Ing this article": we prefer not • to call, them ,"drys" and "wets." ' For undoubtedly and admittedly, 'there were those who be' classed as ; "wets" who.' • voted : to keep legal outlets out...of ' Lucknow, and likewise amongthe ' "d. 's" :some whoa..felt.. that "diYa" • • under : legal 'government sale all communi-' ties should have e: ual,PAnvieg l es , in respect. 9 . to the sale of'.beer and liquor. , It had .been fifty years since there was a...Iocal option vote in Luaknow: Con- ditions have changed greatly in' this century and personally we saw :little` reason. to Oppose .a • democra tic expression; of peo- ple's wishes , on• 'the.' liquor;'. question. Our hope was that Na quiet, orderly carnpaign; would.' be,, conducted.: so 'that the Village: would not be torn asunder bythis ~contro `vers al subji ect...:From a newsy aPer • stand- point, we. 'endeavoured not to foster ': any breach. ':or `stnfel• We` carried . stories froth time. to :time informingthe ublic'• of orsg an P y izational procedures, regulations' regarding Who could vote and such factual informa "floc applying specifically under the'' Li uor Licence Act;': . Y 9 Letters to theEditor-�- a democratic . privilege 'were` required in . this case to carry the naive 'of the writer, a. regulation •' -• not ordinarily enforced. • '.The le Vote No supporterswrotefourletters. The Vote Yes' wrote 'none, ; by choice. They had the same privilege A ` "bone ' of •• contention" . with . some,,• was'.„;that the vote was initiated'hx, the` . Municipal Council without 'a, petition. The plebiscite •results rejected both the liquor store and motor hotel -- 'the store .'29.1 to 287' and -.the • dining .'lounge . 320 to 2.54. The people `hid spoken ,and to all appearances; life in the Sepoy Village • • had again • settled' down to • • peaceful .co -ex Ystence: . But it is evident from last week's •• outburst, the verdict still ` rankles. It took Mx. * Newbold's: letter or::article in the ,January 9th .issue to. "blow. ,the top , . , • In the closin g paragrapl'i of his anti`-' , cle, reference was' made to the' absence of Christmas decorations on: Main Street,. The Council Was. not directly' mentioned. 'Of; - course, if, was not so much what was writ. ten, as ,who wrote. it. Mr. Newbold has been "in print” before. This'time he put' '.: to 'words what .maty people had corn rriented on at Christmas time - the abs sence of: Mair St, decorations. Just: To Keep The ' Record: Straig "That The Sentinel earned this article i i• • • i seems CO have made ,•tis an accomplice, and as'such, tobe put in our place. To do 'so Mr,. `Joynt dug deeply. into his files . to produce copies of The Sentinel'. carrying Carling Breweries`'. Wer advertise ' merits since last May, andwhich hey noted were "conspicuous ' by. ,their absence . , dur- •; . ing •.the period of the liquor plebiscite.'The inference was that The Publisher had Pur-. posely withheld them. at. •that time, al- though to us the charge would, make more sense ' had "'it been' that 'the'' brewery had withheld them. These •ads were resumed in ,November:` Neither beforf,or since, were there letters protestingthese advertisements, which is "a. point well,'taken. We would • wel'corne' the: views. •of our subscribers, on this . or 'any . other matter, ''for atthe mom crit there: is. •organized ' opposition to ,beer advertising on. TV. • • • However, ''for 'Council's information,. • • weP ointed out these ads : all appeared as ;scheduled., The ' Reeves reply, which; we didn't quote last week,' was• tothe effect he wouldn't spend, any money • to find out. Such -natio -nal -advertising is ma • e up and sent out in either. plate or mat f orin from. the advertising agency handling tthe account The• Agency specifies...the..:dates , the ads are to run and pays the . account. •We have no dealings. or contacts with their client.. . Just to keep the record straight ;we ,• have the following letter from F. EL Hay- hurst• Co.:' Limited of Toronto,' which ,hand- lesles Carling account: t g ;.; •: January .18,• 19.63': per. of October 11th: The three-inch Clip- ping was reproduced in The. Sentinel: in the; very first Ponible issue October .17th, Mr. Joynt then charged "the press gave , in , detail everything that • happened. • -at ,church meetings. 6) . - ".On October 10th en, page 14, we de- voted ,nine' inches ' of 'space to an "open meeting" held; in the 'Presbyterian Church. In that same' issue• we, published an interview with an • 0., 'en Sound Man who • expressed*, interest in budding a 'motel ' here, • • That story took 10'% inches,. The inter- • • view, to which we readily: agreed, was pro - Posed and; arranged by Reeve Joynt.. We -first' met: this:. gentleman '(Mr. Forsyth) when Mr.Joynt. introduced him' to us at . The• Sentinel :Office on Thanksgiving Day, when the 'interviewtook place; In. that same ' issue we carried two advertisements„of identical size;. 2 columns by four 'inches, advertising ''public meet_ Ings.” one in.. ' the . Town Hall, . by': the' Municipal Council;, •.the. 'other' in the Pres :'byterian Church under .: auspices Of, The Vote NO Committee.' On the front •page;awe carried separr . ate advance ,items` of 'each:meeting, One read in :part: A public :meeting: is being . called .by the Municipal Council t� explain' and discuss the forthcoming .liquor, plebis- cite 'in Lucknow. . Date. of the public meet- ing, . Thursday; October' .18th.' The place is the Town: Hall, All citizens over ':21 years of age .are invited .'to': attend The.: 'other,: ,read ., A public meeting •under auspices", of- the Vote Na Committee in connection with, 'the ,,liquor plebiscite': to .be held'on'•October. 22nd, Will 'be held in the. 'Presbyterian//Church. next 'Monday e'v ening, October, 15th. Both ladies and, Men are ;invited' and requested to 'attend.. At the, •. previous "chtirch• meeting' it. was :decided•:to again meet in• thechurch; in the ' interests -of decorum and' proper Procedure., • Council,' which represents ALL : the . 5: people' of the °Municipality► 'did not 'have. a• representative at what Mr.:Joynt chooses: to. call "church' meetings,"' therefore none is •qualified •to ,siy we 'gave in detail emery thing that happened Had they . been these they would have heard Mr. Newbold publicly state 'that°he wars' not 'an abstainer Joynt apparently.'' thought he '':had aC :th wrung:..admission"', of this 'f ,.'• e t at e -public Meeting held :at -a later date • 'Town Hall. ..m.. the Tilt_ Sentinel Se1 report 'of-t}re •. second: Meeting in - the e Presb terian +Chinch; occv ied�. 81/2 . y L p /2 inches — scarcely/ a. detailed re- . port The Advertising'. Manager, •; f ucknow Sentinel, Lueknow, .Ontario.' Re:. Carling Black Label . adveiising.` Dear. Sir This ' will confirm that we 'placed, and, you •'ran on behalf of .the Carling Brew - ernes Limited - .`Black `Label,.- 5 00 line B&W.. advertisements covering the period • May 2nd .to . August ; •29th, for a total of ., ten insertions, .'plus 500' line ..B &W . on No- vember •'14 and :December. 19, 1961. This. .identical :schedule., also; ran in your .area M the;' Cl esley :: Enterprise, • Kincardine News, Markdale : Standard; . Meaford Ex - Press and Southarnpton ' Beacon. The reasons are as' follows;,• for the •split schedule: Firstly, 1Vlay, juries July,:and: August are peak gallonage, periods for ,the'. industry and our advertisements were plan-,.. ned to try to 'take advantage of this:.Se-: condly, the: advertisements - in7 November ,& • December were .scheduled to take . advant' age of•.: Christmas business.: You •.did note receive any, advertising in. the Se tember and" p , October period. . (the .,.,. same applies :.to the other weeklies 'mention - .'ed earlier) as, •firstly;= our advertising is; de • , signed to run in ' flights:.as per above8•Se' • condly,, aur' .clients :budget, year starts: November 1, and, 'for a' number of ''rea sons, :• insertions in all media were cut or reduced during September:; and..`October to` balance the budget. Insertions did ,not start :again until' November.. l,: at 'the. beginning, . of.a new budget year:• The information that, you : had on local plebiscite in October,', comes as a • complete, surprise to. us as,. we were riot aware of. it' in this agency, Yours very tryl.y R. E. Godb'eer, . .F:.11. Hayhurst Co. Ltd.. Next thea point about. the .':`great length" t� which we reporter( ;the patholo, gists report ,'Concerning the 'fatal 'accident near Hanover which Mr.:nt o i j Y pointed out;,.. m '`had .happened weeks • before," and• . . Coincidence". a `which "by � ' coincden PPeared . an : the .. same page as Council's' advt. in support,. of the motor hotel' in. the 'issue of October • 1'7th. This three -inch -item under Briefs From Nearby'' represents one of. many items we clipor condense from • 'weekly 'newspapers in the ' are&. • They are used to fit in wherever s ace .• e ,p rm�ts, i"Phis tems was based on evidence given inquest which was held 'in 'October, th.; ber, and' .Was reported in detail in the Walkerton pa-. ti The public' 'meeting called by Cu';' cil : . was . hell d the Thursday preceding : the Monday. :Vote,' and' the 'reporting would have . ,. P. g of..• it been anti -climax, Iii our opin ,the meetin • g was .pe.'rmitted to descrier—. ate., as we , said, to , personalities:' The report .of 'this m citing could. not ' be carried .un, til aft: :the. v �r ate took ,place, and again .passing • up" headlines, . by a, 'self- imposed censorshi d ' . , p, , we, refrained, ;from further stirring up a: subject which, had been settled the polls two : days' before. :' At t at, we 'wrote:7 1/Z inches about the rimeet ng, 'and had we uoted.M ' . � ;., .: q r.. New- bold's dmission• which,' appears' to, have New - been what' Mr.. ,. Joynt wanted, we would in .fairness have had to quote *Mr,. ,New old's final, remark t� Reeve ..joynt, which \, , we' do not choose to repeat. A coincidence that is of . interest � if None's mental arithmetic is gasrs that, ,,. the above mentioned article ,written s .written on both slyiides',oeighteen f the quincehstiesone, a mcheas] re �- yes, excret , Reeve Joynt has '. aerfec P t right to ;' express his opinions about The Sentinel or ` its, P'ubl'ishers... We 'fuse �• .will never censor • or re- ' pub`tcation of anyones views, so ' • long as they one are not slanderous or :libelous. ... lf, 6 . Wishes, tei ,exercise • that right,' should not deny' it to 'others. , " 1-lOweverr. 'we did' deem . it necessary to write this editorial length than w ' .• at touch greater•'..: as our intention as we sta!tecl' it-`-"rnorder,asWe the, recot(l ai.ght sai' yuet' to keep. :.