HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-07-13, Page 7WEDNESDAY, AMT. 13th, 1lW
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• Trousseau. Tea For Anne Ritchie.
Mrs. Frank Ritchie entertained
on Saturdayafternoon and evening
July 9th in honour of her daughter
Anne, They were assisted'. in re-
ceiving the, guests by Mrs : Carl
Riegling.
Barbara ,Riegling and Gwenanne
MacAuley were in charge of the
guest book! Pouring tea were Mrs.,
Mary MacAuley, Mrs, Gordon
'Raiser', Mrs, Bruce Padbury, Mrs,
Robert Helm, Mrs,.'Arthur Stewart
Mrs.. C. Riegling Sr . ,.• Mrs'. Lloyd.
MacAuley, Mrs. C. Fields,
Guests were served by Marianna
MacDonald , Mrs. Jim MacDonald ,
Barbara Nelton and Donna Elaine
Ritchie. Others assisting were•.
Mrs. W m ... Ross, Mrs.. S. Gibson,
'Mrs.. Clifford Menary , Mrs. Charles
Wilkins',.: Mrs. Cameron MacAuley,
Mrs.' David,Hackett,. Mrs. Jim
Hunter , Mrs . W m . Hunter , Mrs,
'Gordon Kirkland,. Mrs; John Gard-
ner and Mrs. Harvey Ritchie.
Displaying the. bride's •trousseau,
and gifts were Barbara Nelson,
Cookie. Gibson,` Elaine Cook,
Diana MacAuley, Karla Riegling,
Mary Murdie., Donna Jean Ritchie,
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, .ONTARIO
Nanc), Kirkland and Wanda Hunter,
Anne was entertained by girl
,friends at -Marianna MacDonalds
and; at Kingsbridge school on
Tuesday night.
KINLOSS
David Carruthers of Goderich'.
is spending a few Weeks.at the
home of Mr, and Mrs, Donald
C. M'aclntyre and attending the
Vacation Bible School.
Mr, and Mrs: Gordon Maclnnes
and Finlay of Buchan, Manitoba
visited..last week with Mr. and
Mrs; Leonard Maclnnes and Mr .
and Mrs. Allan Graham and on,
Sunday'With relatives at, Rennie
Graham's cottage.'.
Mis. "Walter Birch and Waiter. ,
Thomas of Toronto. visited Wed—
nesday at the home of Mr, and
Mrs , Ira. Diokie ,
Mrs. Etta Drummond of
London visited last'.week .with
Mr. and' Mrs ..•Douglas Graham. •
Brian Keith is spending ten
days at Camp Kintail..
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Attending Goderich• Summer
School Camp at, Goderich 'this week
from the St. Helens Church' are
Vera McDonald, Corinne Cranston •
Lorene Errington and Sandra Hum-
phrey '
Mrs,, Wm. Golloher of Norwood
spent a. few days with .Mr,. and Mrs .
Allan Millet and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McQuillin
Born - to Mr. and Mrs. Don
Cameron (Margaret Miller) in
Wingham Hospital on July 6, a
daughter a sister for Barbara and
Colin, Congrat lations l
MOTHER DIES
The death of Mrs. Gwendolyn
Chambers occurred at Huronview •
Clinton. on Friday;; Misr. Chambers
had . made her. home with her'..
daughter Mrs. Harold Cooper: and-
Mr."Cooper for sometime previous'
to being hospitalized. • The funeral
was held :on Monday • in Oakville.
Sympathy , of the community goes
to the Cooper family. ,
Mr. and Mrs. John Wiebe, Ruth
and. Kevin of Toronto spent Thurs-
day .with Mr. and Mrs. Fred'
McQuillan. ' Mrs. Wiebe isthe
former Eileen Sparkes R. N.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Murphy and
daughter of . Stratford were recent
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. ' Wilfred
McQuillin ••
Mrs. T. S, Reed and Benson'of
Vancouver were recent visitors
with *Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Webb.
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.T he sail ori' lot:
' I was reading the other .day
an interview with a Canadian
seaman. He was telling a report-
er '
eport-er' why he, and .so :many other
sailors are not happywith their
lot.
He'• mentioned 'a lot of -things
that, 'seemed petty • at . first •
glance: ; coarse • sheets. on t he
bunks,; crowded quarters; ''. not
'enough showers; cheap "soap;
,', scanty• recreational facilities.
Not much of.. the spirit of
Drake and Nelson and rounding.
Cape Horn' there? Not , much.
But thenthe truthcame out:
These were only. the minor. irri- ..
tants,' the -little ~concrete rnani
.festations of a deeper discon-
tent.
•
A sailor's pay • is good, -.com-
paratively. Most boats feed their
crews well. What `really gets the`'
sailor •. down are ' frustration,
boredom, monotony and loneli•
ness. They suffer from the mod-
ern malaise of the 'spirit. that af-
fects many segments.', of our so
ciety.
As I •read' the article, . I •
couldn't. 'help comparing the
sailor's job today with that . of.
the 1930's, when . I spent a spell
en the. Great Lakes.: ' . •
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Today he works a 40. -hour
week, has abasic pay of nearly,
$400' a month, and is protected
• by la tough union, In those days,
he worked a 50 to .60 -hour week,. •
picked up a .handsome cheque
for 440 at the end. of the' month,
and could ,be 'fired' if he even
• .looked unhappy.
And Perhaps that's why, if
memory serves, the sailor of
those days was a'• pretty happy
character: Ile did a lot of .grous•
ing,. •as'' sailors have done since
Ulysses and his crew Left Troy,
but he also did'. a lot of horsing':
around, and took ,life very un -
seriously: ,
Not many were married ; in
those days. They .couldn't afford
it. They'd blow their 40 bucks
• on beer and girls and poker in.a
couple of days, ,and Alien it was,
penny -ante and practical• jokes
and "makings" for the rest of
.the month. •
Today's sailor Is a • much
• glummer individual. He's more.
likely to be married' and have'
children. Ile has a mortgage and
insuranceand income tax and
dental bills, like all the other•
suckers in society:
Theoretically, he's '10 times
better off than the deck -hand .of
the 3Q': He works a'whole, lot
less '.and''makes a: great .'deal •
More, He isbetter fed and -quar-
tered:, He
quartered;:.He can watch television.
He has • 10, months. away , from.,
the : old battleaxe:, and the kids,
two -months holidays :in winter,
'during whieh he is paid • rnem-'
ployment 'insurance.. . •
What's wrong then?" 'Why. . is
he griping, threatening to strike
'every so often, wishinghe hada
shore job? It's' simple enough.
Sailing is deadly dull: For'offi•,
cers and. engineers, • it's .lively
enough. They have delicate ma=
chinery; decisions; : responsibili.
ties, ` 'special skills.
But 'the deck -hand is the Poor
Bloody Infantry •of ..the • inland
• seas. 'His work is often • 'dirty,:
nearly always monotonous, occa-
sionally' dangerous,' but hardly
ever heroic.
There's nogoing aloft to reef
•the Mainsail•, in the teeth of a
.gale: Hp's 'more likely chipping
paint. There's no landing at exo-
tic 'foreign ports, hiring a rick:,
sha and . heading for the high
spot's: He's more likely picking
his way ' across . the railway
=tracks in a dirty ' dock area,
heading for a . beer parlour. ' • •
He'sponds. most of his waking
hours with '• a • crowd just as
brownedoff as he. And they '
curse and: play poker and grouse
and watch television • crud and
brag' about . the shore job, they'
could have had. • Not much for
the soul there. •
And he's lonely., Lonely' for
his family. And• maybe' he's Buil,
ty, knowing it's not 'a square
deal for the • wife, bringing up
t ie•kids alone.
And• he misses the land. The
shady streets of the small" town,
or the beat. and. excitement of
the city. The green •:of trees and
grass, and the glimmer•of brown•
young Limbs on beaches. The'
smell of .lilacs • in June, and
burning: leaves in October.
There's a little of this in the
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life• of the inland sailor. It's
clean and•fresh•out on the lakes.
But One Great Lake looks much
like another, one canal like the •
'last one, and'every grimy dock
area exactly like the one. you've
hist come fitnn.
Don't knock the sailor. we his*
this ghosts, just as you and L
•Thousands'of words have been.
.written about' the`. now -•famous
"White Paper" on 'broadcasting.
Here are some excerpts. from' .
some metropolitan dailies:.
In an editorial• the .Toronto.
TelOgram states; "Virtually 'ig-. '
nored are the .main recommend-
ations of'the Fowler. Coinniassion
on Broadcasting; - Canadian Broad-,
casters and the general iiublic can
be deeply thankful .that the Gov,
ernment hasdone• just this. • Not •
'only has the .Governrnent, refused to
place all . power in the hands of a
czar,: as the Fowler Cornmission•
has. proposed , but it •providesfor
increasing the nui i eb i• of perman
ent ABG members from three to
five."
Roy Shields in the Toronto Star:
1'f n • Canad'a the obscure shiftings
of sand in'a state -supported broad-
casting system repeatedly •get
front-page treatment. And.'yet.,
nobody ever seems to watch CBC'
programs because they 'can get
"The Munsters" . and "Gomer Pyle«".
and°all the. big Hollywood shows,..
Bob Blackburn; in the Toronto
Telegram: "While no'doubt the•
most•significant aspect of the
white paper is in ,the considerable..
strengthening of •the• BBG, the more
dramatic one was the no-nonsense
approach.to the CBC. The' corpora
tion has at times been almost
contemptuous of the BBC's authority
over it and once carne close to
making a federal case of it (at
•the time of the notorious •Grey Cup
hassle) ." • •
Nathan Cohen. in"the' Toronto
Start • "The government white
paper on broadcasting is a disturb-
ing and ominous document. It
places the CBC in a tighter straight
jacket than ever."
I am only sorry that Judy LaMarsh
and the committee didn't recom-
mend the abolition' of the 55 .
.percent Canadian Content Law.
Perhaps members of parliament •
will discuss and'suggest this when
it comes time •for the legislation
in the House of Commons.
A letter to your MP :wih1 help,
turday, July
nsored Jointly By Kincardine Agricultural Society' and
District Chamber of Commerce;
MacKenzie Reunion Held On Saturday
(Ashfield .News)
There were about one hundred
present at the annual 'MacKenzie'
Re =union held on Saturday.
Mrs. ,Jim Compton of Michigan
is visiting with Mrs. D. R.
Mackenzie.• •
'
Mrs. David MacMurchy had.
Mr. and 'Mrs.. Chas. Hatherton
and family of Elmira as guests.
• Mr. and Mrs. R. Myers and
•.family of•Ottawa and Mrs N.J.
' MacKenzie of Lucknow':visited
relatives here on .Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Prentice
of Toronto, were Sunday 'visitors
with Earl Howes.
• .When we service your car, you. are
assured it's :in tip top condition we -use
up-to-date methods, and our experienced
mechanics give fast, . dependable service,
E. MacDonald
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