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THE LUCKNOW SI:J '11INEL,; WQKNOW.: ONTARIO
THE LUCKNOW .SENTINEL .:.
• LUCKNO`W',r ONTARIO
'The , Sepoy Town" -- On the Huron -Bruce Boundary,
Authorized as second class mail,Post Office Department, Ottawa.
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WEEN JAY,. ' FEB. 4th, 1959
THE DAYLIGHT SAVING FOOTBALL
The Daylight Saving Timet ` football is
�=again being' kicked-...around,with usto, It
has,is,and. we expect, will continue toTbe
kicearound, except at times of national
emergency. Under ordinary circumstances',
most everyone from the -local to provincial.
and national level prefers to `wash their
hands of -the matter so .far , as ,legislating is
concerned, for certain areas - have {bund it
expedient, and necessary to go- along with
the majority, regardless of preference.
which is. ° essential : however,' One, thing .whi ,: is
uniformity in its observance, ;:for it would
seem that any hopeof its abolition is just
wishful thinking.,'
Generally
speaking, sides' are drawn with
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rural folk favoring standard time, and urb-
an centres, particularly. industrial workers
and 'those rendering public services, eager
for Daylight Saying Time. However, this.
is not -a, hard and fast rule. Wehave heard'
of farm folk favoring D.S.T particularly'
in. late fall : when darkness settles early, .. and
of town folk who would be happier; with .
standard time. And ` then, there are man
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on both "sides' ` who. are ` indifferent :and
could care less as to what time they get up
and go'to ''bed. by.
"THE ADVOCATE" COMMENTS
Our
recent editorial regarding art
ardinificial
. g. •
ice, stemmed from the fact'that the Paisley
rena at . present••is--•facin' ancial prob-
lems:.in the maintenance and . operation of.
Last week, by only a'' two -vote 'margin.
Huron County Council approved a resolut-
ion enlisting the 'cooperation„ of all Huron
County municipalities in :setting uniform'
dates from late April to late September. In p.
session the same Week at Walkerton Bruce
,
County . Council supported a resolution
favoring the abolition of "fast". time. ; Sev-
eral Women's Institute branches,:. and. other
(organizations ' have asked , for ,such . action.
The City of London has already set the ;
period that : D.S.T. will beobserved in that
city but found other big centres unprepared
to take similiar action immediately; at ;least.
So there' you have it = more confusion,
more indecision.
'Resolutions; like petitions, are easy to
come by and unless, there is unanimityof
expression,' what influence- they have` with
the : powers that be at the higher level is
sometimes questionable. Provincial;: author-
ities may hesitate, .to,; establish regulations
which individual Municipalities may ignore
according to the dictates of local opinion
and Local situations.
Personally we'd say; let -us try standard
time for 'a `season, It is a' long time since it
has been in effect. 'The, experiment would
be interesting --and, who' knows, we might
like it.
The United States-- Russia . differences
seem, • a the, moment,' to be settling down
to an economic. conflict for • world suprem-
acy in the years ahead.' At present' Russia.
is , "winning" thepopulation gain by 7' to
52 persons per minute. But that ,big as
nothinggrowth of� Communistth the ` tremendous
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China; .marked by
the' awakening of that Far Eastern nation ,
to: the realization, of their potential destiny
as a world power. The United, , States, . we
think, should quit playing the ostrich. and!
,take its head from the sand, ,before it is
too . late.
Money' . doesn'.t 'talk today. ' Itjust goes
without saying:.. •
While some men battle . their way . to the
, top, others bottle their way to the -bottom.
It takes wise and sensible parents to
know that their child could be as much at
fault as the neighbours`'.
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this civic centre.
It did not stem from any local move to
have artificial ice ;installed here. There have
been expressions in the past few years, and
in fact, comparatively. recently, . favoring
artificial ice,'' but it has never reached the
point of a crusade, and we do not ' believe
their is any imminent prospect of the sub-,
ject' being raised :'in The forseeable future.
However, the editorial did give cause for
A ' replyby 'The •Advocate `Editor, and while
he 'is in' agreement with our seniments, he
does believe that ' PaIsleYs artificial ice arena
•1s • one of the greatest assets, which, no
doubt, the people . of Paisley are not meas -
g
urin simply : by, the, . dollar ,' sign.
P.
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Here is a<rt � .of 'The 'Avocatereply:
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artificial ice arena in- a small town . presents-
problems. Frankly, . we 'believe, that . under
present • circumstances, any town compar-
able in size 'and economy to Paisley, would.
be exercising„ wisdom to postpone tempor
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aril ,:' at least anyBans to' . install :'artificial
P.
ice. And • yet, ow the. other hand, we 'feel
that Paisley Memorial Arena, with its effi
'ciente' artificial ice system, is this Village's
greatest sin le -asset,. with the °' exception of
it churches. We believe we hope."— that
the P
"eo le g Yerlerail , of Paisley, . and its' rural
people
area share.this; attitude, for . it has reached
the point where the • future : of the arena
largely depends upon the generous support
of the public.
"The Memorial Arena and Community
Centre more than than just the cornerstone of
the recreational and sports life' of the Com-
munity. It .is, too' not 'only;a fitting tribute
to the memory of the district's; heroic dead.
ltis the symbol. of a community achieve- '.
met which won for this village the respect
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'and admiration of the entire province. The •
people of. Paisley and its rural surrounding's.
saw their , dreams crumble in' the :ashes' of
the first arena. But, :• through• a second .mag-'
nificent , effort, there arose f roin the ruins
the present arena. Later, those same cour,
ageous and generous people financed: the
:artificial.. ice plant, These truly, were among
Paisley's greatest :accomplishmentsz Little:.:
wonder, 'then that the peaple of the • Paisley •
district are intensely proud of their' arena.:
"Now, when that:•building is threatened,
there is every, reason to hope and believe
that again these people. will support an app
peal' by the Arena Commission for. funds ,to
enabl that organization, to make the re -
Pairs .necessary to assure its continued, op-
eration,"' .
•
r The'. scientific genius of those who are
responsible.for. the exploits into outer space
ra beyond the comprehension of • the lay
man'.' 1But it does seem a:.bit ridiculous that,
until we can learn to 'live in . peace and ' har-
mony with our fellow' men • on. this planet,
we should go seeking "the man 'ori the
freer," The trillions being spent in this' ef f-
ort couldsuerly be better spent in the great
humanitarian..task ,,of . feeding,: clothing,
educating arid Wringing Christianity to the .'
millions on, this earth, whose destiny, seems'
„to be., little more' than malnutrition, . disease
and illiteracy "
A man who knows his own imperfect-
ions, arm tries to' do something about them,
i . i• possible
is about as perfect as it is ossilile to • be.
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Letters. To, The •Editor
F SENDS;
FORMER
BEST WISHES TO ALL
From Rev. 'Grant Meiklejohn
we have received the following
letter which will; no.doubt, be of
interest to former parishioners,
and residents. in general' of thin
community, • where the Meikle -
johns resided for six,, years;
, . • Forest,Ont,, Jan. 29,' 1959
The Lucknow. Sentinel, ,
Lucknow Ont.
pear. Mr... Editor; •
That may not. be the exact.
stay', to begin, but it's to indicate
our congratulations to : your pa-
per on • its editorial venture.'
Along .with • a natural °. interest
in the local • news, we will value,.
tiffs expression -of opinion. It not
Only advances leadership,. but :it
stimulates' thought on. vital mat-.
ters (such as the content of tele-
vision programs --a timely refer-
pence)., •
Of course there's enough scotch.
in us to take , advantage of the
$2.50 privilege, so we enclose our
subscription renewal.' "
We've read of the death `,of'
several • old friends, and now that
of Mr. Thom. We extend our sym-
pathy to .'the. family. We hope
every one is in , good -health 'and
spirit: ds winter' begins•to, lose.
its grip..
Glad; to hear 'of, Lucknow's dis-
tinction in ..the new •wardenand,
of the news of an active church
'and community in which we will
always have pride.,
!Best wishes to all. .Come and:
see us when you .can. Mail. and
Ruth are fine. Ruth can now say
`Meiklejohri',, wash her own feet
and sufficiently litter the living
room to alibi untidiness, but she
also ,shares'';in: the care ,of the
welcome -mat.
Sincerely,
Grant
ADDRESSES., LIBERALS
Rae Watson, liberal candidate
for the next provincial ,election,
addressed a group of young : lib-
erals at a ' meeting in Ripley last
Wednesday night. Rae : outlined a
•prggram for. , the: South Brute
young liberal association. Agood
`attendance " was encouraging ` to
those responsible . for organizing.
the new' group. The next meeting
will .be held the last Wednesday
of February. '
It takes a' raft of friends to
keep: some peopleafloat. s
WED N! +Z FEB, 4th, 1951
OBITUARY.
MRS. WILLIAM V. ,DOUGLAS
A heart seizure last Wednesday
evening caused the sudden -death
of Mrs, Wm. J. Douglas in 'Wing;.
harm. Hospital, . Mrs, Douglas had
a heart condition -for about. three
years and ;had been hospitali