HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-03-01, Page 21�tS�O _ MARCH lit, 1947
THE. LUCKNOW SENTINEL,: LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Canvassers gripe/ me
I don't know whether it's the pool, already. There's a good-
tather, '. but 'certain species sized lake .within the town lim-
roliferate. in this country:with its., We live on; the snore of the
2e rapidity of rabbits. • One is . ' biggest fresh -water bay in the
he ' chairman :;of committees. world Six miles away is one of . .
bere's one for every snowbani the Great ,Lakes,. with miles of
the. nation Another is ,.the safe, sand .beaches. But the' kids' .
lie'st` speaker.: There's'' one at have An be able to, swim in the
iebottom of every barrel. And winter.
pother is the canvasser. In Next: ,summer, .I'll probably,,
04., smaller `communities, be canvassing fora summer ski
here are -more canvassers than hill, with artificial ' snow, .For
on -canvassers the kids.
A canvasser is a weak-willed ;; Maybe it 'wag the'' sheer, auda-
person who can be talked into - city of this campaign', that'.
sking,'other people for' money': grabbed me. This .is no picking
or a "Good Cause," or even, up: $800• for the., blind; or. $500 .
Gore popularly a . "Worthy'.. for .the crippled children: They.
ruse." The .number of Worthy ' want:over, a quarter . of '' a mil
;aures in this country is—only lion 'Fhe-resultant campaign
;xceeded. by the• number of combination 'o fThe 'Night of
lackboneless birds: of both sex, the, Long Knives and the St.'
s who allow themselves to be Bartholomew's Day Massacre.,.
iut on the list of canvassers. , What it amounts' to is $30.for
And I know whereof I .Speak., , ' every man, woman and* child in
n my day I' have canvassed for .—town: ,Non-realistic, you say?
he blind, the retarded; the re- Nonsense. • All. 'it takes is
,ort owners, the Red Cross, the 'enough ' canvassers, -and they.
;alvation Army and .eleventeen w lip cowe the citizenry. into
;ther Worthy Causes. About .. Coughing up. s
.he, only thing I haven't. done is My first night out,Was a typ=
cell cookies for the Girl ,Guides. ` cal: Six calls, to '.make. First,
'And .I've hated- every minute place; nobody 'home." 'Second •
of it. The, trouble is that the av place; no such address. "' Third
:rage Canadian ; citizen:: heartily . place,.`` a response. A chap ' on
detests the 'handing -over of. , shift work-totteredidow•n; in his
!ash for an intangible. At heart pyjamas and snarled the party I .'
he's a generous'soul. He knows was' Seeking • lived' next door.
the Red Cross does .good work, Called on • him. " "Wouldn't give .
than something should be .done you a plugged nickel," he said, '
for the blind and that•we Heed "but my wife said she'd give
school for'retarded children. two bucks "'•
But he•can't eat them, smoke At the fifth place, Prang and
thein,, drink them, or even at, rang. 'NO, answer.: I . looked in
tach them to his car. Therefore, the .window.: The 'householder
the'fellow who will fling down was lying on the chesterfield.
a Teri in the liquor -store as There was an empty glass be -
though 'he: grew' the lettuce, ' side him. I. threw snow at, the
will dourly, head shaking, peel window. No response. ` I kicked
of a couple of thin one -spots the .door four times. I • left.
for the Sally Ann. The house-BButI struck it rich: at the
wife, who, buys her weeds` by last.place Caught both husband
the carton, will spend' 20 min- ' and wife at home. A very mod-
Utes looking . for two quarters . • :est home. 'Cave • my sales pitch
for the Cancer 'Society., with fervor, ,enthusiasm •and.
And 1 know'' just how:. they sincerity. .They admitted they.
had five kids,` • agreed . they ';
would use the pool, and looking,
a bit .troubled,, but game,
pledged. $50 a year, for three
years. tt
Pool players; a home for unwed ; Returned, triumphant, •to
fathers, And I'm going to hand make my report. ,Oh, yes • ,good•
`.
5Ver $20,cash"without quivering old Jimmy," chortled an old-.
an eyelid. 'timer on ' -canvassing. "Hem
This preamble, as you have';pledges for everything, fro
probably gathered, is. because i church to paying his taxes. Has
got stickeredl, once again into been on welfare for two years..
canvassing for a Good Cause. Can't. hold a job more than. a
. This tithe, it's a .community week."
swimming 'pool, A year-round
PAGE 'TWENTY-ONE
The eight duchess'e which part-..
icipated' .in the Carnival Queen; i
contest `at the 'l:ucknow District
,HighSchool winter carnaval.are ,
left to right,.Marlene Drennan,.
grade 9C; Nancy Irwin grade 1113
who wass'chosen th'e Queen,. by let;':
.Rosalene Phillips grade 12B; Pat
Anderson; grade .12A; Mr. Snow,
man, Doug..Alton `Helen Courtney.
grade `10; •Dorothy Taylor, grade
.,Lynda Walden. grade - 9A:
1,1B; .eLy
Barbara Macl,ntyre grade. 96
feel, I'm the same. '
Some day, somebody is going
to rap .at my , door ,'for a. Bad
Causer a free crock a day for
alcoholics; a clinic for potential.
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BY MURRAY GAUNT ,, A'[ P. P..
(HURON-B.R11(`E)
The highlight of' the. week's : secs
ion was the presentation .of.th•e •
budget by Provincial, T.reasure.r; .
Charles MacN'a.ughton ;
Mr.. MacNaughton , in-prese-ntin
',his first .budget'since his. appoint-.
Merit ;last .fall, announced'huge
new spending plans for education
and health and, used a'record $162
million dollar'. eficit to avoidd: any
new tax increases:
Carrying charges on the.provinc
• ial 'debt t: estimated. at' $6.2 .million
last year; will climb .t6'
$74 million in the: next fiscal' year I
an.increase of more than $ll .nth
ion.
education'; the province: bears
roughly half the 'cost of education
Except for some federal
participation ; the other half has
to he. borne ny`the; municipalities`,.,
Mr...: MacN'aughtoia .predicteeL.that
the econort}ic growth of. the, prop -
ince Would slow down duning
191)7-68 financial year..
• The budget forecast total Govern••°
ment expenditures in the coming
g'i.`_fiscar year •of ;$2;1YT3 Q`(i:U760-0 ; :the
'first.time in history that'OntarC's •
spending, has topped $2billion
Liberal Leader RobertNixon, ,
stated that the budget failed, to •
:lighten the' load of education costs
on locacl taxpayers: He`'said that -
the budget would.lead to'sharp '
increases in Municipal taxes for a::•,
total. •$t..1 billion.
• . The Ontario'. budget spends hall
1.of everyta-x dollar on education.
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