The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-02-17, Page 6*AGE SIX
THE. LUCKNOW ;: SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARICt.
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ugar and Spice
VV i3, T. Smiley.
Thence isquite a , foofawraw
these, ;'days .
about fluoridation,
411 the experts, . federal depart
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mint, of Realth,. Ca{iadian Medi-
eal'. Association, Canadian Dental
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THE LION is the; King of Beasts
and staiks•his prey with little.,
fear'of attack from other animalt..
But when old age comes the
lion falters. He is King of.
Beasts no' longer. The. other
animals lose their fear of him:
arid he`is attacked and dettroyed:,
Fortunately .men. and', women,' unlike
the tion, can have a happy old• age—
it they prepare for it The best way to.
prepare for .it,; financially, is through a.
:Sun Life retirement income policy,; Let
meld you how. •
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j"• Kinahan
R.R. 2, Lucknow
Phone Winghani 717-w-4.
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY;OF CANADA
Ikjustg to ,get some sodium fluo-
ride pato our drinking water.
They wantto cut down on the
holes in the :teeth ;in the heads of
our. children, bless ., them. They
aresupported by many. members cause. I don't like people doc-.
of the press, ii icluding 'a good boring" my drinks. Ah,, I don't
few of myw weekly contemp6rar- :mind a little chlorine to kill the.
ies� In Ontar' , the g t I•b g But t thepri 1wrong.
water.. Thirty years .from now,
with the wrong people in power,
they'll' be 'putting a' sedative in
it, so everybody will .relax and
be happy no matter- what'd go-,
ing ' on, •
But • the best argument •I've
heard against fluoridation came
from my wife. I .asked her • what
she thought, just.. to: get an ,out-
side opinion. As usual,, she was a.
one more.: I'll line ' up with the • way outside. First, she asked if
crackpots against the experts any
time 'That will:help balance 'a
trifle. Nowadays there are too'
:many experts, ` and not' ,enough.
crackpots. '
ed sawdust when stale?` Or is all
that stuff we' learned about diet
and teeth ' • just so much expert.
malarkey? . .
`Third , of all, I'm agiq it be
io overnmen u s u neip e; is ,.
is being • berated for being back- This year, they fluoridate our
ward about fluoriidation. • •.
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Most 'violent" and emotional of:
fluoridation advocates is a Tor-
onto ne•paper coluinnist, who
insists that. all who. oppose 'it are
Violently emotional, irrational,
fanatical, . dimwitted ,and ' crack:.
pots. • . ..'
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All I caik, say is, move over
crackpots, and make room for
—v—v--- .
ExPerts. are: people who"' give:
you weather reports that are
about , 400. per cent wrong; :people
who predict' election results 200
„per .cent "wrong;.- generals who
tell . you haw wars should have
peen fought,,' after; they're• over;
oliticians 'whose party is not in
power;and hordes of people. who >:'
know to little about one thing,.
and sweet' beggar 'all. about 'any-
thing else.
Crackpots are: people ><ke
Christopher' Columbus„ Galileo,
Thomas. Edison, Alfred ."Einstein;
Mahatma ' Ghandi, Dr; Albert.
Schweitzer; people who are too
stubborn,' fantatical' 'and :narrow
minded to make 1 an . honest :: of
fort to get along with , the• ` ex-
'perts.
there would lice any of: the stuff
in, our milk.' I pointed out that
cows • usually live in the country
and,' get their water ' from wells,
streams • and' such -like, not.
from.
the municipal Water supply.
"Then what's the ~ use of put-
ting ,that .stuff in the water?"
she snorted.`"' "Kids never drink.
water. All they drink' is orange
juice, milk. and pop." My case
rests, however uneasily. I'm
saving my good; points for the
next .round. •
BORN •
1VlacLENNAN ' at Kincardine
hospital, ,on 'February 6th, 4960,.
to 1VIr," and Mrs. Eldon MacLen-
nan, R.R. 3, Lucknow, a son,
Roderick' Eldon.
IRWIN At the Wingham Gen-
eral
, Hospital, on Friday, Febru-
ary 0,th, 1960, to Mr. and. Mrs.
Ross Irwin,' Lucknow, a daughter.
AUSTIN- At' Alexandra Hosp t-
al, ' Goderich, 'on ..February 5th,
1960, ,to Mr..and Mrs; Vincent
Austjn, R,R..1, Dungannon, a
daughter. •
WEDNESDAY, FEB. • 17th, '196.0
MRS. HOUSTON SPEAKER
AT WHITECHURCH ' W.I.
Mrs. Harvey Houston, South
Bruce District, President, was'
guest speaker at the Public Re-
lations . meeting
e-lations..meeting ;.of the White-
church Institute.. Mrs. Houston's:
subject was, ,Decorating '
• in ,Our
Homes, at . which time she dis-
played .samples of materials. and
pamphlets on color schemes.
The 'hostesses, 'M'rs. Johnston
Conn and. Mrs, Garnet Farrier,.
who had attended the training
school' in Walkerton, on the third.
meal, demonstrated making '
tato salad, and chocolate bread
pudding. Mrs;: E..Scholtz was ap..
,pointed. to the• Public Relations •
Officer's °Conference in Guelph
on May 5th 'and 6th. ' Ten ladies -
paid ..subscriptions •to the . Fede-
rated ', News, The roll call was
answered'. my, Something I' resol
ved: to do to be' a better • Insti-
tute •rcnemfbej,; Or Ways •of Mak-
ing money;'
•In between the experts and'' the
crackpots lies the great.slurrvber-.
king, lumbering body . of human ••
ity, even`as you 'arid MeWe"are'C'
bullied by the; experts; ignored.
by . the crackpots. All ,,we want
to ' do is grove' up, get married,
have children, make money,. live
'inn peace, die at 'a ripe old " age;
and' go straight to, heaven,It .
isn't " much'` to ask: But the. ex-.
perts. Won't. let us do :it. ,
Right now, the :.expert poliitic
ions have us teetering .. on' :the
verge of total annihilation; the.
expert scientists are ; creating the
ways and means; the • expert
warriors have their fingers ready `
to push the :buttons; and the ex:
Pert . news analysts tell us with
one . shallow .breath that atomic
war, will .wipe out all' humanity;
with , the , next, that we can es-
cape the ' effects of radiation by
;building ;a ' shelter:
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-Sorry, I drift,: as '1 do every •
time L muse on that self=
satisfied
• stultification- known. as : the 6E -
pert We were talking about
fluoridation: I am' opposed to it
for several reasons, Not because
I think it's :going: to poison me,'
or l$ecause it's. too expensive, or'
because• •if . God had wanted
sodium 'fluoride n our drinking
Water'He'd have put it there,. or,
because it's going to. kill all the
frogs in the town- reservoir.:
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First'
of all, I'm agin it bei'
cause Y think it's silly. I don't
think teeth are that iunportant.
Let's get cracking on mental ill-
ness, *the ulcer, Cite common cold
and hemfnorhoids. If these ail'
meats were' cleaned up, half the
tensions of theworld would van-
tishhand rd be. willing to' 'talk
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Second of all, the. experts, as
Iusual, pre on the .wrong 'track.
If they are so' concernedabout.
the teeth of our • children, why
don't' they. start • .at the base Of
the trouble? • Why •don't they
raise a hue and cry against the
sale of soft° drinks and candy?
Why don't ,,they decry that "en
ached" bread we have to eat '
these days, Mat wastes like wet
ktetinec when ' s , Pike bleach -
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