HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-03-08, Page 7NED`ESDAY, MAR. 8th; 1961
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C iple, of Weeks ago,',1. sug-
gested with 'the. delicacy of.
Percheron, that It ' might, ' be • a
good idea . if I got,` some. fan 'mail.
Just a token—about a . million
letter.
Wewere going to. show that
Pierre ` Berton, with his average
of 30: letters, a day, what 'real fan
Mail was,' We were going to fill,
a truck with 'letters, drive 'to the
city, dump the entire million in.
his office, • and " sneer, "There!,
•.Howuvdaya like' THEM apples;
Buster?"
Well, all. I can' say is • that I'm:
going ,,to 'look, pretty silly, push-
°` ing • a wheelbarrow •full. of let
ters down that highway.
Come to think of it, though,
• .we didn't do , so badly; Berton
writes a column a day, and 'gets
30 letters. :I ..Write ' a :column a
week, ,and • I ' got' 151 letters. Put-.
• ting .it; roughly, I get: 'five ;time'
as ;much; fan 'mail as Pierre'B.er
ton.. Say., .this is sounding better
' all. the time. Who does that 'guy
think he'. is, anyway?
As i write; the• letters are • still'
coming in at the rate of about
J0 a day.. We• topped 25 three`days
'in .a row. I've. never. 'had : such
interesting mail 'in my life. Main•
reason ia' beeause .it's all about'
me.'•
Mighty, flattering, it was when
the first letters were from news-
paper people, , who 'read the col-
umn before it• gets intotheir.
papers. One of the first' to ar-
rive was from Art Reyhdal of
Atikokan, a linotype operator
who writos better than most'edi-r
tors.' Four typedpages,. lively ;
sardonic as only a linotype op-
erator ' can be:
Odd,y enough, two of the ear=
liest Oddly.
werefrom readers
of the ,most ',faraway .paper on'.
the list, the Whitehorse • (Yukon)
Star; Fred_ • Heck sent a pleasantnote' and'.Rusty Erlarn kept it
to a brief ``I'm .witcha ''boy.
Then they began rolling in
fOLIN nr•tl IN Val/
SAVINGS DEPARitaNt
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Christmas 1961 :can
be the happiest, most
carefree ever. Ima
gine gotng.'into the
• festive season with
all the money You
need • to. cover' your Os
▪ `• ,' holiday expenses .•-,
no uneasiness about
costs, no':qualms '
about indulgingin
the odd generous im
pulse. You're cover-
ed by your special
B of :M Savings
f Account/
Right' now Is the
attime to start making <;
f : that pleasant dream
,into reality. Figure
the. amount. of
money needed, divide{$
by ten; and deposit
,that amount' at the
B 'of' M. Then, ''re
' peat each month 'Un-
til WStime to do your
Christmas •shopping.
But 'don't just think'
4 how nice it would be
— see• your neigh-
b'o,urhood 'branch of ,
the B of M this week. '
There are only '41
.,Mondays to Christ '
has Day:,
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7d # MIWOK'COMM
Lucknow Branch MILTON RAYNFR, Manager
,WITHWALK CSF LIFE•$INCE 1917
WORKING ` CANADIANS•INV'EI1Y . ,nsss.
•fi om all 'directions-- the west
coast, the Maritimes,, the. prairie
provinees, Ontario' and Quebee;
and a dozen places in the States.
It's pretty exciting to know
that Ted and, Ruby 1Vlidgley are
reading your .column :an their.
trailer in Chula Vista,' California,
just about the same time, Molly
Blackburn' of Middle Musquodo.
boit,' Nova- Scotia, is picking up
her local .weekly to have a look.
at ,Sugar and Spice. ..'
Mrs, Lilas Gillet, a Swissborn•
lady 'who loves Canada, scans it
in; Warwick, Quebec, before
sending it to her son, in England,,•
and: Madeline • Vander . Zanden,
right across the continent in
Forest- Grove, Oregon, flips:
through' the Red Deer Advocate
to get at the column.
It's thrilling to know that you
pack. enough. punch .to ' make har-
assed housewives. kick the kids'
out of the way, 'sit down among
the breakfast dishes, and pen a
note of encouragement to ' "keep
it ••coming.
It's. delightful • • to get mash.
notes from dear old , ladies ' in.
their eighties. One Of them, ob-
viously written with great diffi-
•
culty, ended,'"..., and I. c an, tell
you, it's no..,fun' being' 89," and,.
made medeeply ashamed of the
beefing I d;o • about<little .aches
and. pains.
•• *:s *,
One gal w:as, born the: same da:
. g Y
I was, and likes the birthday col-
umns. ,Betty . Hall of Tillsonburg
trained as :a nurse ;with my. kid
.'sister,. who• taught her to smoke..
Margaret Farnell of Edmonton
says her .husband was in Six
Group, Bomber.. Command,;, and•
enjoys • the air force rerninisceri--
ces. „••
Roger Hartzel •of Neepawa,
Man., along with :about 50 'others,
wonders how The Old `Battleaxe
likes being called The Old' Battle
'axe. As •a matter of fact,' she ra-
ther • enjoys . it. She's a pretty
Sharp -looking ..doll, and, it makes
her: glow, 'a bit when she meets
• strangers and - they. exclaim,
"Surely . YOU'RE not the OLD
BATTLEAXE I". in amazement.
There's' a good chance that she's
going : to'' have to be at her best
to hold' , me, though. Now that
I'm a popular :idol,' with ~ 151 let-
ters,, she's going to have competi-
tion::. One, •lady ;wrote to.'say that
if I ever - went farining, she'd .go
into .,partnership :'with me. Ano-
ther : said :' I was better looking
than she'd expected, and that she
just; loved me.
She rather. spoiled it by adding
that she sends the'`.. paper each
week to ,her granddaughter. Still
another stated flatly: "Any time
yiiurOld"Girl leaves. you,. I shall
be ,waiting here with a beer ;to
Cheer. Old Maid" .•
• is
It's amazing—abut no news'. to.
weekly .editors—how ' •far some
papers travel.. 'Mrs. Lilian • Smyth.
of Leader, Sask.,, sends - her. paper
•to her children•in Seattle, and
from ^ there it goes. to California.
Many others reported similar
sk.0 1lduggery.
I was deeply hurt that I•receiv-
ed only one letter • from my old
home • town of Wiarton. It wasp
from • Bert Sinclair,; the town
clerk, and read: "Dear Bill,
thanks .for putting' your 'address
in your column'. • We ; didn't have
it here at the office. This is,.not
exactly a fan letter. 'It is just to
informyou that your 1960 takes
are' stili :owing, plus $5.62 :inter-
est.': . I'm • •planning to answer
every letter, 'and I can assure
you, that one is going to 'the bot-
tom of. the' pile.
I ca'n't begin ',to pass along all
the .messages 'I 'received, but will
only add:' that ' they - were gener
ous, • kind, and interesting. .
' There wasn't a• scurrilous, one
in :the' • lot. Thank' .you, gentle
readers, with all' my heart. It's
pretty nice to know that "while
there may not be any great de-
mand for••rrie in Hollywood, Lon-
don• or New 'York, they wait for
me in Watford', go for me :in
Georgetown, eat me up in Egans-
ville, hang on my every .word in'
Hantsport, • . and ioVe the in
Leader.
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OTTAWA- LETTER
Ottawa,
March 3rd; ' 1.961
Dear Editor
;Once more it: is; my privilege
to drpp you, a few' lines foryour
valuable ` paper : which!. I ' hope
•wih be :of:interest r, •to,, 'your
readers:
The • first. few remarks I: ,wish
'to, make are in connection with
the meeting of the : Prime Mini-
sters ` from the ' . C:bmrnonwealth'
of :Nations which c'ornnences on
March: 6th:.Our Prime Minister
leaves -to -day; Friday, to :attend
the . conference '
This, group is comprised of
approximately:' fifteen or.. sixteen
nations that at one • time ',were
under ;British rule.:These nations
•
are,•made up of differ.ent. races
and creeds. r The nmti ber of pro-
blems which ' will • be :discussed
is great. Some of :the: will be
concerning the situation in 'the
Congo and also .the 'situation in.
Many other of those -disturbed'
areas. :
:One of. the more ticklish •prob-
lens Is • whether South . Africa.
will •:be. •permirtted to join the
Coinmonw'ealth of ,Nations. With';
in :: the last. year ',South` 'Africa.
voted • to become a republic,'
which': there is nothing wrong
With; ' but the fact is ;' that . the
Prime Minister of 'South Africa
will not allow the oloured• popu=•.
lation to vote' & also: will'. not:
allow them to•be elected, as.' re-
presentatives in 'parliament. . ,Lt
will be very interesting to • see.
what stand the •other prime mini'
:Seers of 'the Commonwealth ;• will
..take op the apartheid question;
•of Smith Africa • ••
At the present timethere are
several: othgr';'•small' :nations seek
ing membership iii the 'Common-
wealth : of ',Nations' All in all I
would 'saythat to. have such::'. a
group •of,:, nations• from all over:
the.: world rneetincin such a'way
aS`:they will be In :thee next two
„}weeks is. sure 'to .bring be'nefic.ial
results and may go a long way
towards solving 'a number .of 'the
world's ',problems
The Leader :of the Opposition,
Mr.. Pearson, made some very
fitting• remarks in the house `this•
morning' and` wished the Prime
Minister success' in his visit. Mr.
Pearson also said' that it is very
iMriportant that ` the different
Comonweal.th' nations cometo
an agreement, on the different,
World problems:
• 'Another happening of ' great
importance here • in Ottawa this
week • was the passing ,of the
budget' resolution ` the Minister
of Finance. This • resolution
as I Understand; permits the
-Minister.. to raise the tariff • . on
any gbods entering. Canada pro-
viding that Canada rnanufactur
ers 10% of a •si 'hilar commodity.. •
Both opposition parties took ex-
ception to the resolution stating
that it ' :was giving the minister
•arbitrary powers. As 1 under-
stand the resolution it . does not •
mi
permnitister's anydecisioa.appeal. from
'the
:Speaking.from a'• personal :point
Of view, I would say that .1 am,
very .much in favor ' of the re-
solutio;:. It' fwill work: towards;
we in Canada • buying more, of
the ,goods that' are .manufactured
in Canada. •
Recently I. was ' quite impres
sed with: some remarks made by
the.:•Honoiirable .William' N. Nic-
kle, . a minister in.., the Ontario
Legislature. He stated. that . he',
was' strongly in favour _ of :buy_ •
ing "made' in Canada. goods" ` ev-
en if they. cost more than the .im
ported 'article costs kis reason .:
for saying such,' and I agree with
him, ' was that for each imported
article •.the Canadian buys,. there
is that ,much less errmployinent for
some person here in •Canada.
Another very' important ; dis-
cussion : took : ,place this week in
connection with a. resolution of:
the Honourable .Mr. Hamilton, •.
Minister Of Agriculture concern=; •
ing the readjusting of marginal
lands.' This :-resolution. calls; for
agreements, between the Munici-
palities, the provinces and the'
federal government in'connection
with not 'moving the farmer off.' '.
his...land but assisting him ing'
changing, the ;'use of his' farm to}
another purpose that May in time!
yield 'him; •a better profit
So 'much' for this week and r;
hope.:to have. . some more •remarks
to make again •next week,'
•• Yours sincerely, •
• Andy Robinson,'
Federal' .!Member. 'for Bruce
Letters . To' The :Editor,
205 Houghton .Av4., S..,
'Hamilton, Feb. • 20th, 1961•
Dear ,Campbell:, '
Enclosed., please ' find' cheque
for renewal of Sentinel 'for. 1961:
I would like to add my, few
words '• of appreciation . to the
fnany.•you have already received:
It` must "be ,gratifying. 'to know
that your work is ,bringing plea=
sure to .many, like myself, who
look forwardto the arrival of
the Sentinel as a letter from
home.
Wishing you and • your staff
continued success in your work:
Sincerely,
Gladys (1-iodgins)• Moore
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