The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-06-08, Page 4'41,14; WCKNow SENTINEL,
LUCKNOW, ommtIQ
LUCKNONV SENTINEL
, "The 80Pey Town!' On' the Huron -Bruce BOundary
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'Estabfished .1073–Published Each, Wednesday Afternoon
. Campbell' Thompson and: Ponald C. Thompson,' Publishers,
THE RIGHT TO KNOW
roie in this district-Wheri representatives
of the Teachers'k Fecleratioii refused to ear -
17 on salarY negotiations with the Walker-
ton Public School aoardi with the Press in
attendance.
, e Sentinel did hot c,Omment on the
• Matter time,,,for two reasons. We did
„vot an3r first hand Information on
'‘ what'. spar e, the\issue and the longer we
re, associated Nvitb. this business,4the more
vident it becomes there are alwaYs two
eides"-to every question. Too manY are
recent quotation to the effect that wOrds
have nO meaning—but, rather;,people have
a meaning for words. Their dwn interpre-
tation, thq is, as they think" dr wish to
in
en secondlY, • out reason for not -
lamenting," Was'''tliat similar negotiations,
weie in the offing locallY and we did not
wish to be prejudicial. in' the matter.
, We found at this meeting, or assumed
least, that' :neither' the. trustees' yepre-
sentative nor `the teacher's' representatives
Were "keen" on having the press in atten-
dance, 'Without': any arrogance about the
"freeddm of the press," or the,rights of the
'pe9ple to know we avoided any issue in
*atter and"' COvered" 'the'
The cry Of "misquoted" has neirer
greatly impressed ,us, „and we believe in the
field, of weekly journalisin this is cornpara.
idea a speaker, is trying to get across, can
and does °eCurr, but Straight misquOting is
something else again.'
'The daily press, in particular,. has a
penchant -for ;seizing upon one statement
and playing 'up out of all relative pro-
portion to the general context ot the, dis-
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8th, 196E
MARRIED ,114 ARNIM))
(RELATES MISSION[
'WORK IN GUIANA
Life as it is found along a nar-
row strip of coaskline bordering
the Atlantic Skean , in , South
• America, was interestingly des-
cribed by Rev, Alex .MacDonald
to the congregation ih the Pres-.
.byterian.. Church oti Sunday
, The country is British- Guiana
Donald. and their family of twe
yOung . children, will shortly .re-'
tan, ton,reSume his mission, dut-
ies. ile has been'. in New York
taking a scholarship. course. ..
people are concentrated , in a
comparatively' small area .ialong
the coast where, they are en-
gaged chiefly in- the groWing of
sugar gnd rice.
' Their- big, agricultural Problem
is One caused by water. ,They
have to protect their arable
-ground frorn the sea, and flood
waters from ,the high jungle
country behind them. Then,.,In„
the rainy 'season , they have the
.problem. ' of draining off the
rainy -season deluge ;which floods.
'The raeial problem is one of
riCans and East Indians, with the
Suropean (white. man) quite a
niinority group who ceme and
go, and were- not settlers as is
the: case in .manY of the black
and White racial problems else-
where.
The Presbyterian Church pio-
neered , in Mission work among
the East' Indians, dating back to
189&, and yet there are , only
2,000, members of some' 40 Chris-
tian churches. Yet th9 Church
has accomplished -great things in
leading these people from 'illite-
racy. Feir there.now are in that
',land ,who do not. send theirchild-
ren to 'school, and the . iMport-
anCe Of advanced' education tO
the point of professional ,train
,ing is recognized., :The , govern-
ment now has, assumed, the re-
sponsibility and cost of '. ecluc4-
' The Christian congregations
worship •chiefly in the schools,
and traditionally have looked to
the Canadian .MisSion Board to
supply their needs whenever
That the sympathy of the publishing
fraternity, as well as, many friends and ac.;
qilaintances, goes out to R. G, "Goldie'
Buckingham and his, yourig son of Kincar-
dine, in the untimely death of ,Mrs. l3uck-
ingham, a devoted wife and mother. Not
only does her death leave a void in the
home, but also in the office, where she, like
th6 wife of many publishers, did what she
could to ,heip ease the pressure in the
weekly deadline battle against time which
is 'associated with the publishing business.
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In police court in Wiarton recentlY,
two teenage drivers lost their‘driving licen-
ses for ,a year. and were fined $50. when
police charged them with careless driving
upon apprehending them for "squealing" '
their Aires. The lesson might be heeded by
some local performers who are second to
none at the game,, and frequently choose
the early hours cif—the morning to put on
their act, and arouse the community. There
will be no teals shed if their actions end in
license suspension., They are asking„ -for it.
pearance on Campbell St., at Victoria Park
and at Sonth Kinloss Cemetery, tlrough
the courtesy of the Municipal Council, the
Legion and private business places. Theie
encheS, a# being strategically placed Akr
the tienefit of eireryone,- and 'with special
thought for our senior citizens.. May they
'be made good use' of to rest a moment,
and for friendly fellowship. Those who
have persevered until these community as -
'sets - became a reality, are to be compli-
mented. May we see still more of them.
- Pictured here are Mr. nd 'Mrs.
Thomas ;William Pritchard,. fol-
lowing their Marriage on Satur-;
day, May, 21st, , at the home of
the ibride's, parents,. Mr: and
Mrs. J. Roy MacKay of Ashfield.
Isabelle' MacKay. The groom, is
the .gon •of Mr and Mrs Elmo
Pritchard. of West .Wawanosh
Mr. and„ Mrs. Pritchard are re-
siding in .IPreston...
mOney• is .required. Progress is
being made in changing their
thinking in .this matter, anti to
Make them More self 'reliant in
proyiding for their oWri spirit=
° Rev. MacDonald referred to
great leaders' of other Countries
ary work has been carried on, ,
stressing that these leaders, had
studied end imew :the teaching ;
of the Word of Ged, but
turned away from Christianity, ,
•by: the living example of so-cal-
led; Christians, whiCh Was in
direct contrast to the' Word
which these leaders //has :studied
and knew.
The people Of British 6uiana
have benefited from work of the
MiSSiOriaries and are gratefUl•to
the Presbyterian church in
Canada, as he•• Opphasiecl. 'the
contintling: need to guide and
help these' people as they, like
many 'other countries, are moy-
cussions.
i,This is 'often resented as, much as a
"misquotation," but what we I did learn
meeting Was that one o eir c ie con-
, cerns in such negotiatioris, is, that with the
.press• in attendance the3r are afraid things
won't be said ,which should be -Said." For"
example, the merits or otherwise, of a
particular party for whom they are negoti-
,ating have of necessity to be frankly
spoken ,of, aiid there is a hesitancy' to do
so unless.riegotiations are being ,carried on
privately.
Any good reporter , realizes that dis-
. cretion has to be exercised in such matters,
and 'a happy relation exists wit ub ic
bodies •when he gains their confidence in
such inattersyet 'they know that he Will
not be. a party 'to "covering Up" anything
which is in the public interest:
Had we been barred horn the salary
negotiations meeting, we would have had
"out piece to say," of which the Federation
-was aware.
4.^ts, it' turned out; it was .a most 'amic-
able meeting, , to which the press can
testify. Behind clbsed doors, the ,general
Public Might ;well have assumed that it was
a negotiation battle between two oppaing
"'factions." This it was not: It was a, discus-
sion to arrive at what was considered rea-
sonable and fair to all concerned.
The taxpayer has the right to know
what joes on' in public affairs. The press
has a responsibility to provide this infor-
mation factually and accurrately.. but not
without consideration '''of those, about and
wherfi it is reporting,
Thia at least, as he publishers of a
village weekly closely nit to the people
of the community; is hoW' we feel 'in the
1.
Generally speaking, the job of pub-
lishing a Paper, in common with many oc-
cupations is taken pretty much for granted
it, seems — and. we are quite accustomed
to this attitude., But, at times we• wonder
if the time, effort and space we devote to
mirroring the life of the community "from
cradle to the grave" warrants "beyond the
call of duty" qderrianded, by the task, For
instance, would it be better visiting , the
living, than writing -obi.tuarises.,.. We, h.ave
written hundreds upon hundreds ot them
Since 'our first effort back in 1931, when
we recorded the death c•f, Elmer Ackert.
But obituary writing 'is one of the services
we have been • able to render and is ap-
preciated we find. Such 'notes as this, 'in
part, in, acknewledgment of one of last
week's efforts is rewarding: "We were so
pleased with the Obituary 'for Dad.
know he would have appreciated your
reference to old times.
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