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TKE LUCKNQW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,
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By. W. R. T. Srnlle
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• This is National • Newspaper
Week, Isn't. that interesting? It
comes right between National
Fire PreVention Week and Nat-
ional Cat Week. That must be
symbolic • of something, but I
• can't figure it out.
• Rist ten years ago this fall, I
'got- Into the newspaper "game".
Some gaine. "Like plaYinepolo
xidingl. a pig. Or golf with a gag
• in your mouth. Or soccer •with
both feet in a .bag. •
paper.
I think Ve fellows in the Week -
/Sr. lnisiness. have -all the best of
it, and mY heart bleeds for the
poor • sods who slaye on •the
dailies.. Their is a pitifully dull
existence:,
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Iiinagine being .a daily paper
editor, and never seeing anybody
but yOur sec etary and a gaggle
• ,of cowed su -editors. A4 Weekly
editor has a continual. Stream of
Ifascinating visitors, ranging from
the , town" drunk , come to bum a
•quarter towards .a bottle of bin-,
go,• to .a minister come to bum
.some free Publicity for the tem-
perance movement.
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As • far as • writing editorials
,But if I have to ilae mixed up in
the newspaper businesS,. I'm glad
it's with a:Weekly, `not a daily.
• I. don't krraw Much about daily
•newspapers,oexcept that most of
thein meet an .inevitable and fit,
ting end, wrapped around gar-
bage..But in .the. past decade, I've
learned a lot about the exciting
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goes there isn't much between
them. The. city editor, with. 'the
aid of his editorial writers, Pro-
duces beautifully vague editor-
ials about foreign policy, or
thunderously • indignant ones
about the •government. • The
Weekly editor can • be equally
iagne and hidignant on the same
job producing a, weekly news- suhiects;,.. and• his aren't read
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Then there'slhe prestige 'angle.'
,cloubt me if one per cent of
his readers would know the daily
editor, even by sight. A weekly
editor, on the other band, is
known to , most of readers,
and o'n every public appearance,
even if he's only going for , a
coffee,„ is accosted and accused,
• nagged and praised, told off and
Urged on. To strangers, he is in-
troduced' as "our" editor, or the
editor of "me' papdr, It's heart-
warming, I tell you. •
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But where, the weekly. editor
has .it .all 'O'er his daily contem
porary is that he. also gets to .be
a reporter., What does the daily
editor do, for exaraPle, *hen he,
hears the fire sirens go by? Pro-
bably 'sighs nostalgically and
picks, up, the latest 'circulation
report. The weekly editor, when
• he hears that siren, 'drops every-
thing, runs for his car, and goes
tearing` off after the fire. truck,
along with all the kids on bikes,
the dogs, and eve rk other able-
bodied driver in town..
The city' rePorter is' frequently
given. •boring assignments, stioh
as • interviewing• personalitieS,
like. Marilyn. Monroe . or Gina
Whatsername. He,. asks' the same
old,. :tired questions, and • What
• does he get?. A free• drink, a lot
of unnecessary „wiggling, and a
few, stereo-tyPed answers„ .• •
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• Howmuch more interesting it
• is to be a weekly editor. and in-
terview the real,. 'personalities,.
like the. town's "grand old lady,"
• on her 99th. birthday screaming'
•qUestions . at her . and . jotting
down answers *hick prove, on
later examination, that she.. was
Married. when she wai 48, and
had her first child at. the age of
12; 'and is. really only. 79.
Daily newspapermen. 'used to.
be. dashing fellows/ with a repti-
tatiori. „for •bellery, ork, and .off the
• job. Not so any 'longer.' They
dress like •accouritan.ts,. work 8
hours a• day,.' drop in for *,a.
gloonly drink at the. Press.ClUb,
•then head•• for suburbs, wife and
family, . to spend the • evening
Watching. the idiot box in the
corner.• .•, . - . • .
ONTARIO.
• WEDNESDAY„ OCT. 14th, 1959
(hat the old traditions are kept,
alive. There you'll find the odd-
balls, •the characters. One of
them told inc quite seriously one
day that it. was rssible to live
indefinitely on air alone. Anoth-
er 'quit the ministry .to 'become
an editor and is a regular pirate
• when'he gets a few under his.
belt. Still another recently took
Off his glasses .and took on the
chairman of the school •board,
after, an argument , over which
was he biggest windbag. . .
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So as far as National News-
paper week gbes, I salute that
:bastion of • ,indiViduality, • the
• weekly editor. I • have learned
that it is a maddening,. eichaust-
ing, eichilarating jOb, . with its
rnoinerits of high humor & bleak'
despair. But. whatever".it is, it's
not boring. And however much
I complain about the .long hoUrs,
• the scanty reimineration, and the
lack Of appreciatiori,• I On like
most weekly editors: it would
take a regiment of horses to re=
move me fr•om the .editorial
. chair. • •
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It's among the weekly editors
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United Church W.M,S. HELD
AUTUMN THANKOFFERING
• ,On Tuesday evening, October
6th the Afternoon and Evening
Auxiliaries of the United' Church
W.M.S. .held their Autumn
Thankoffering Service with an
attendince of over .60 members duration. ' ,
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Hotel EMPIRE
Broadway at 63rd Street.
▪ the "Gateway to Times Square"
o. no rooms fit suites —most with AIR.;
CONDIiI ON ING, TV and -radio
• Excellent Restaurant—Coffee Shop-.-.
, COcktail Lounge
• Garage Adjacent to. hotel •
PL15 many special, Empire conveniencis such ,
a• Baby Sitters. Phyeician.. Sightseeing Buse.• ,
Train It Millie lleiarvations, ltadioti TV Tickets'
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lunch was served by the direct.
'ors in charge, Mrs, W. F. 'Mac-
Donald. and Miss Dean MacLeod:
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.PARSON' PEN • . •
Every, so •'Often, our news
commentators' bring Us wOrd. of
a severe tropieal storm whiCh
severs conimunications. We -hear'
'the words:. ."lines of COmmuni-
caiion have been severed."
•It is • very seldom that this
happens in Canada.: The occa--
dorm', ice . storm May break a
telephene cable. A builder may
cut through an . underground
telephone cable. .Atemporaryadjusinient . may be necessary. in
•television'transmission. But these'
breaks are 'unusual; and of short
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'and visitors. Mrs. P. Hoag con-
ducted the, ,neeting. Mrs. A.
MacNay gave the. • devotional
scripture reading and 'coniments.
A pleasing 'solo, "Just 'For• ato-
dy" was rendered (by IVIrs.'Robt.
• Andrew of Listowel accompanied
•by Mrs. J. HalL. Mrs:. W. Hunter
offered •prayer. Mrs. C. 'Hallam
and Miss Olive Webster took UD • . • •
L Let ..pis bremember: that it is
the offering. • ' '
Nirs. K. Cameron introduced I important,' to keep our friend-
ships in good:repair. "A friend'.
is • a •golden , 'mused the. •
jeweller; 'in the Chain of life'
Neither distance , of placenor
of her interesting trip to Etir.°P.Aapse of. time will lessen the
and Asia .during the past year, ,
friendship of those who ,are, .
'Miss Austen told of her brief thoroughly Pergnaded of each
stopovers in. London .and.Rome.
other'sworthBut if our friend
India,andlhteed
Church
Landing at Karachi, Northern
visitedchurPresbyterian are to Share, .then. we .rpUst be
Missions, at in ' . - k
ship' is to' grow 'in depth, ?if we
communication with ,our
Janzi, New Delhi •and rural friends • .
areas arid described . the
�ver-
crowdirg, .poverty nd illiteracy
Of the' IlinduS, while her pictures
portrayed, mostly the beauty and
grandeur of the 'Indian Republic.
:Hong Kong and Tokyo, Japan,
now the largest city' in the world
were highlights of her trip. Mrs.
W. Anderson moved.0 a vote of
• thanks to; Miss' Austin and also
'to.' Mrs. Andrew for their kind-,
•'nen in • helping to provide a•
very interesting program plan,
ned by •Mrs.. AndersOn, Mrs.
Hoag, Mrs. J.' 'Halt and Mrs:
M. 4. Webster. The ladies of .the
• Evening Auxiliary Served a
•bountiful lunch at the close of
the service. ••
There are ' other lines of com-
niunication, however, that break
down all ..too' •Qmn. At . special
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fillies of. the year, we . will un-
doubtedly remember • friends
with cards, perhaps.' even with f
gifts. But. throughout the rest of
the year, our .• lines of: contact,
are .SeVered. '••• , •• ,
and welcomed the guest speak-
er, 'Miss L. Austin' of Listowel.
Before showing moving pictures
South Kinloss
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• The October meeting of South
Kinloss. W.IVI.S.• was held in the
'Church'. on Tuesday, October 6,
at 2.15 'p.m: This being the fall
Thankoffering / the programme
in the October Glad .Tiding was
used; with the. • president, Mrs.
.Lloyd. MacDougall • ;as leader.
16 .menibeis answered roll call
by something we Were especially
thankful for this year. A trio 13Y'
Miss Annie ,MacKay, Miss Dean'
MacLeod and Mrs. W. F. Mac-
Donald •singing ,"The Old Fash-
ioned Church", was much en-
joyed. Mrs.. Fraser MacKinnon
gave a -reading 'What would .you
.do if Jesus came to yourhouse?"
The study 'book on "rminigra-
tionn: was takeri by Mrs. •Coll-.
yer and Miss :Dean MacLeod,
gave Current events; The prayer
circle was •taken.. by Mrs. Ross
1Viac1V/il1anand Mrs, Douglas
Graham, Mrs, William Macintyre
gave • the offering prayer, The
Meeting closed With a hymn and
Wecall sum up our .thought
with this quotation from the •
Bible: "A man that hath friends
must show himself °friendly; and
there is a friend that stricketh
closer :than a brother."
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