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.LUCKNOW •SENTI]4E, I.UCKNOW ONTARIO;
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HARMONY A WORD: OF HOPE
Harmony in music'brings inner warmth,
a feeling of good order and: a sense of
well -be. ng• ;
Discord . results: from a lack of .clear
thinking; • ill -chosen companion notesand•
the superficial, use of rules,
Life is similar to music. Our. thoughts,
our companionships, our rules' of living
bring harmony or discord.:
When so much • discord seems evident
among the nations of the world, the New
Year brings , a renewed challenge.. and an
opportunity to • replace discord with .har-
mony in the hearts, of all people.
The words .of; an old Chinese proverb
seem more ;significant: today. than ever
before
• '`If there is righteousness in the heat
there will be beauty inthe character.
If there is beauty. in the .character there
will be harmony in • the home.
If there is harmony', in the :.home there
will be order., in the ` nation.
If there is order in,'the . nation.
be peace in the :world:"
there' will.
The philosophy of some labor organ
-
'zero seems to .be aptly summed up an the_
quote from an address at a union meeting
"When the foreman tries to give you some,
extra work, tell him it; is not work . you
u
want, but money.'"•
It seems 'simple enough that there
must` be some ; commensurate relationship
between : productivity • : and wages • if the ' in-
flationary spiral is to.. be kept : from getting.
out of control.
. SNIPERS !.:
Snipes and gossipers are common 'no
doubt t6 all centres: Certainly :we 'have
them here. Of the two, we prefer the • lat-
ter. Gossiping .is.. frequently 'done 'without
harmful intent, and , assuredly there are,
'few of us who are not the subject o f "dis
cussion '. at one time or another.
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But sniping is often malicious. It ' is
frequently done' with intent., arid generally
if pit' is to serve its purpose, by, misconstru-
ing the facts or by making irresponsible
statements without regard for the truth..
If the sniper' is to achieve his o. r her
purpose, the facts must 'be ignored; 'and
only one side of the picture told and dis-
torted.. Andthere are those, , who are
always ready and willing . to accept and
repeat the sniper's story, without attempt-
ing to get., the ..other side of the picture,
and then deciding theissue on . its merits.
Differences of opinion are' fine, nat-
ural and. necessary. And, having had this,
a. community can then 'progress bestand
in harmony when. there is positive' action:
unhampered by negative, sniping,`
Some of these editorial com-
ments were intended for •, earlier
publication but were . crowded out
due to space 'limitations.
The attendance at ;:Lucknow s nom-
ination 'meeting. in November left much to
• be desired,, but if ratepayers. aren't interest-
e enough'`to' attend, there's no:. purpose in ..
. � de_..,..:. ,. p e
our 'beratin •g them for their absence. There
is little encouragement, however, for those
holding public officeto give an account of
their ..stewardship' to a mere : handful, of
citizens: ' Some will say that a small turn
out at such meetings is • an expression of
• satisfaction with the ,administration.: If such
be the case, it is a poor, way.of showing it.
ie nation's monetary manipulations
are puzzling and confusing , to: the average
citizen, and the' past year'seemed to climax
this state; of futile .understanding. The re-
cent address of: Mr. G. Arnold. Hart,' pre-
sident of the. Bank of'. Montreal,' -lent con-
fidence td what" has been : transpiring. He
concluded• his-.; remarks with this comment:
"In brief, suggest that we shall' ulti-
mately
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: look ;; : back the•:on''''tight money
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period' of `1959 as one in. which, �g
7�by taking
thought, and by putting u with : the'dis-
ciplines
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of` 'monetary monetar restriction, we' tin
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Canada laid a'solid.� foundation' for orderly,'
stable: and '; .enduring economic pro ess,.
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rather� than'the e headydelights, and subsea
quent; headaches, of inflation,- ;' boom ' and
recession
, You can't get rid o
losing it
a: bad' temper .by
fool : be sure
When you argue with a
e isri t similarly engaged:
•
Liberal Leader Lester Pearson has not
'added to his stature, by.,continually berate
ing. the present administration at Ottawa.
He would seem better advised to do a little
more soul-searching, asto why, with • the
exception . of Newfoundland,'. the electors •
of the Dominion, both nationally and pro-
vincially have rejected the Liberal party.
andthen 'devote hisefforts and •well=recog
nized abull y: to a more useful. purpose
There are so many worthy'appeals
for financial support, The latest to come to '
our. .desk ,is that of 'the Canadian Mental
Health°. Association,' with: a little.' cotton bag
..attached. to return the contribution. The
bags are made by patients of the Ontario
Mental, Hospital. There is such a multipli-
city” of appeals now, that .it 'becomes•:.a
question` of what ones to support. It:, is not •
-easy .to• assess the relative importance and
urgency of these many demands. •
NEW YEAR'S "SP.ARKLE"
The sleet storm early last
week was •disastrous in som e
areas), but when the : sun
above" shone brightly on
New Year's Day, • it' set the
whole countryside asparkle,
- and turned the landscape
into what was truly "a, .win:
• ter wonderland.':.' ,
'NAME AT `�/IMY
RECALLS -POEM
,,In June of .19.18 Fred •Erring-
ton .died of - wounds 'receive d in
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6th, 196.0,
RETURNING THIS
WEEK TO ENGrLAND.
Dr. Alex 'MacIntyre visited;
this week .With his • sister and
brother,: Mary and • Allan Mac
Intyre, prior to. leaving, for. New
York froni• where he will fly.:to
England.
Dr, Maclntyre flew home fast
June due to the sudden ,death
of his mother,' Mrs. Archie Mac-
Intyre•. He then decided 'ta `spend
six months in . Canada, 'Before
returning , overseas tocontinue
n post graduate work at Oxford in
France in the closing months. of neuro surYgery, and, to ultimately
World War II: He was a son •of qualify for:.Bellowship of the
the late .Mrs and Mrs. ,D..S. Er -r. Royal College of Surgeons..
Dr.. Maclntyre.: 'has been •pr'ac-
rington of West, 'Wawanosh.
` `1 M .Mar tieing 'medicine in Western . Can
• ' • ada �srnce July;
as a relieving doctor during ,boli-
tri she visited
•on an overseasp,
the Canadian .war . memorial, at
Vimk. and:found Fred's name
on the imposing monument.
Fred .left•• the ' farm prior to
World .'War I and went to Tor-.
onto. He'returned from the city
to; enlist: -;While in' the • city, he
realized the' old home . farm was.
still • the best, spot, and wrote
the following. poem, that .con=
tains a ;good' deal of sentimental
. in. 'Germany,: -at, Oxford, in'Lon-.
interest.
don, • England and', the , Royal •
THE.` .DEAR QLD FARM College : 'of. Surgeons• at
I: (remember, I remember, the Been, • specializing in brain sur -
house where I was.born; gery
The gaps between the.. siding
This summer, whr a rs " I initially •acting
grrat. (Pentland) Pritchard was
' day periods. Prior to his return
East he was: at .Uranium City.
He flew to' Milton, arriving
ere early Monday morning,.
�Gvhere'.'he was met b Allan; and' :..
accompanied him to •Lucknow.
• Alex entered -Toronto 'Univer
sity in' 1948, went to England in
1951 On an Oxford scholarship,
and. has done• ,post graduate
work at, , Heidelberg University: •
where the' sun. carie in at morn; Le
e
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'wore a crown 'Of silver frost Dear $ir •
tters.,To The Editor
Th nil. heads .that .in winter
11 l' " fes 'io ed window - A very ',,interesting,'tetter dap-
The small,, o d h n
eared in the .Sentinel, ,October-
pains; by :.the same hand em- , p
14th by:Art Andrew, :Kappusha- •
• bossed.. sing, on:the subject of peace''
I remember; I 'remember„'. the,go along. with him.
stovepipes through the, floor; ' I .think the first -question: we: .
ti that • I sat upon it and; should `ask ;ourselves ,, what do '.• :
'The Mme t a. a• p ,
did not .feel a little sore • we 'mean by peace., To me, . •
peace means : nothing •More nor
The kitchen stove, that always
nothing ', less „ thaxi. "non -inter -
fed, .was always 'wantingmore.; ference" • and: that starts. and
The chunks I..used: to carry,' the ;ends with .each individual ;..If...
wood -I. used to get, • I don't': .interfere with other.
The boots that" stuck so tightly people, ; •.I aria beingpeaceful.
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OBITUARY'
DONALD *THOMPSON
There passed. away:'.: Wednes-
. da .t eceniber ' 16th' at., the
' Thompson•: Nursing Home, Rip-
. ley, a, life-long ' resident . of
1iuron Township in the person
of Donald Thompson. He ' was
born on the fourth; concession
of Hurori, August 20th, 1877 and
resided there all his life. He was
the son of the late Mr. Viand :Mrs.
John'.'Thom;pson, early pioneers
of the` area.
On April. 30th,. 1913 he wed
Christena ..Douglas. of, , Huron
Township who survives ; with
two • . daughters, Christena :. of
Oshawa; Grace,:M'rs. T. S. Cham..-'
bers of Toronto, and four sons,
John D, of Huron',: Roy, and Al-.
. lan of Toronto and Murray. of
Windsor. '
• One sister- Edith Mrs. George
M e•ge.
Scott' of Huron Township also
LIBRARY I11`OTI
COMMENCING 'IMMEDIATELY.
fines at the rate of 3c per .!‘library day" will be charged
on ,all books not returned din two weeks. •
Change sof 'Haute
EFFECTIVE SATURDAY, JANUARY _'9th
hours at the Lucknow . Public Library will be:
200 to 5.00 in the afternoon
7:30 to ' 9.:30 at night
Lucknow Public' Library Board
•survives.
Service at :the MacLennan
Funeral ' Home, ,Ripley, ,on . Sat-
urday, December 19th was con-
ducted by the Rev. T'T, : McCom-
bie of Knox Presbyterian; Church.
Interment.. was in Ripley Cerme-
tery. •
'Pallbearers: ' • were his four
sons, a son -lis -law, T. S. Chain-
hers• and• a nephew, Harry 'Scatt.
Neighbours 'were flower bearers:.
Those from a distance attend-
ing last rites 'were' from Allen-
ford, , Paisley, God"erich, , Luck-
`now and Detroit..
SISTER OF THE LATE'
MRS,. ••WM. DOUGLAS DIES
_The death of Mrs. Frederick
Overend occurred in Dunnville
Hospital on December 18th in
herr 71st year, She was the form-:
er Olive Leishman, . a sister of
the late' Mrs. ' Wm. Douglas: of
town. with whom she made her
home for a time after her hus-
band's death in 1947, •
She • was aI: daughter of Mr.: and
Mrs. Richard ,Leishman . of East
Wawanosh and taught school In
Haldimand County prior to ',her
marriage' in 1911, She is surviv-
•ed. by a song Harry Overerid and.
a :brotlferi Henry Leishman.
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• when, got: them• cold.. and wet.
I remember, •. ` I remember, the
"grindstone" where :I' ground,
Some forty millionsickles, how
• +I-: turned it:.f round and round,
Till at last.•I felt like dropping—
asked if we'. were not ' Most,.
through,'
That • ,else ; takes .in ores own- °
family ; //
b
i h.. think :the: first thing.to•
ng,
know. is ' "self ' • knowledge"• and
without 'which there•' cannot be'
God`•knowledge :,_To': ;obtain . self
knowledge,. each. one of us must. •
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look":within our • own selves. This'
• requires a •quiet and still mind.
Learned. that we. Were lhearly.: •• .If :a person' .is told` to do this •
finished -just another: hour. or or that to be peaceful .'or ''if a
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two:
; : • • r . '.book is " quoted .:a:nd told yOu
remember; I emehiber, how meurfsetrefdllwowith:datrhe being
•the summer nights,
- would: broken. To, be,, peaceful, a per
-,speed„son • will . ' follow . •the voice' that
, comes :froth within;; and from no :
How • I thought that T ' would::
never. get they sleep 1 • seemed where else. '
1. There are ' three' great' teach=
to ,need.
I' recall the voice :that woke me
when the dear -old clock struck
four; .
And . how • ;badly I wanted to
.• :sleep: -for just another :hour: or
- more.
This su jeCtis very • far reach -
I • remember, I .remember,. how'
. the, pigs ;would' •grunt • and.
squeal,
'As'I carne- across the barnyard
with their early morning meati
And I've ...some slight reinem-
• brance of- the stock '1 -used to
feed,•
And :I,, do' recall the .woodpile?
Oh, yes very well indeed!
•
I remember,' 'I remember, • hoiv:
sore my. feet would get,
I think some of 'the tenderness
' . is 'lingering i themt '
I remember, I • remember; how.
ers that we seldom hear, •why,
I:• cannot • comprehend. • •
These teachers are laws and 'it:
would :be well if' we understood
them.: Space will' not allow Me;
to• go, into detail. With these
laws
The :first law is "The ' law of
"
Karina,from • the. Sanskrit.
• There. pis no Word. for ' it in the'
English language... That: law
plies 'causes and effects and
the greatest; law in the • universe:.
•Th'e�' second . law, "The law of
opposites", . e.g., good" and bad,
right ; and wrong, wickedness and
righteousness:"'Every 'opposite' is
necessary ,for without the :one,
we cannot know the'. other. Inc
third law. is, , "The .law of • Aga -
P ,�,
ae ": froth the Greek,and again
there is no; word foit in the
English language. This' law im-
plies action, doing, . helping, ren-'
n ye ; dering `: assistance. 'when. arid
where needed withc.azt :looking
I thought it. very fine, for thanks. Helping people when
To start to work at 'four a°m, in, trouble, physically, mentally;
and; work at night till mineemotionally and such tike and
(Oh yes its me)
I •
remember, I remember, 'hew.
t I used, to long to :be,
One of'those swell city fellows
that I some times chanced to
see,;
And I think that I r'ernernber,
' 'how the folks • used to smile,
When .'1 said. that ' I would try
`the city in a very little while.
it":s
I remember, I•'reunember, how.
• I got away at last, .,
And "I found that 'fame and for-
tune did not cone so very fast.
But the work • I' hated hardest, 'I
Thatnow' like better than 'the best,
I have managed to discover,.
in this Cita', which' -a year ago;
I' thought .best..
interfering. .. The e , par-
able of the . goodSamaritan is a .
fine example:
• I • think if we understood and
followed these laws...we then
would have peace. •,
We seem to live' in a sphere
of: interference, Institutions' and
organizations •directing• us what
and what not to do; prepoundi lg•
dogma's, isms, creeds, beliefs
and what not, all interfering:
When there • is no interfering
between individuals, 'nations will
then be peaceful and not before.
We have a long, long way yet •
to go before there' .is • peace We
have not as et '. evoled far
.enough but let u keep working
at it. :•
• 'C, At. Towle, -
2456 E. 37th Ave„
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