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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-09-06, Page 6ti PAGE 'SIX• }n TME CRADLE . • SY' ' REV.. DUNCAN McTAVISH Before the reaper came the cradle and before the cradle, the sickle, as a tool for the harvesting of grain But the cradle was the first impleni ent designed for binding the.cut. grain into sheaves, It had a scythe, much: like he common scytheof those early days. But coupled with it was a set of wooden fingers that gathered the :stalks of grain as they fell -underneath the cutting -blade. As the cradler swung his instrument • around, 'he deposited the grain' in• what was known as a swath. Care had to be taken to flip the straw off ,the fingers at• the proper, angle,. otherwise raking and bidding' could • become' a difficult task. It was this:partioular art that. distinguish ed a good cradler from a poor one,: My father .always cradled out •the corners of the field before going_in with' the binder so'that good grain'' would not betrampled unduly on • the ground 'and wasted.. His son raked up the sheaves and' bound them. Hesoon found the knack of • flipping grain.to make a tidy swath and 'when he' undertook for the,, first. ...time to swing the cradle on a rough 'hillsid.e, his fattier was ° surprised by;his.skillful craftsman-•; ship. ,, • .The. cradle was the only • instrument for cutting grain' for binding, on new land that was being cropped for.,the first ;tittle. Usually the. ground •was too tough to use either.r'eaper or binder until at:least • one crop:had been gathered in`.. As a lad I,.have seen:rty fattier swinging the cradle day after, day acrosethe' k tolls of *some• virgin soil. to tie followed by someone who rak- -ed ,up -the sheaves . and bound them. d: • • `I dee. vividly 1c �a u' i 1 an �rec 11 .q _ire y when my.f ''s.. s en ather cradle�wa the onlyone left in the' neighborhood as • .,g • the march of rog ress made its inr P $ roads''. on society and the "new land" became a thing of the past. '.And • if anyone might think" that .cradling •'was an easy job,' I would. 'advise • • THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL LUCKNOW', ONTARIO him to finda cradle and; spenda few hours, in some field of heavy grain so that he may know the rock from which he has been hewn. • INTENDED FOR EARL1•EI ISS..IJE' WEDNESDAY', SEPT. '6th, 1967 " The, pot continues to boil. I'm talking about the Channel 3 Barrie tower move which'will interfere with the reception in Toronto of the'Buffalo channels 2•and 4. Geoff Stirling, one�of the co -ow. riers of CKVR Barrie, has invited Glbbe and Mail TV columnist, Dennis Braithwaite, to "stand up .' publicly on television, and face me,, man-to-man; in,order to defend all the negative. scare stories you have written •a g ainst Channel 3" . He wants t raiithwaite'to appear On CFTO', Channel 9, and debate '.the`.issue . Since Stirling :and John;' Bassett , the owner of Channel 9, are business partners, • Braithwaite. doesn't consider Channel 9 Parti cul'arly-neutral; He is suggesting; channel 6 or 11. At any rate,'• ..... Braithwaite, has,accepted *Let's make it a TV spectacular - a 90- minute hassle with. everybody on it including Jack Pickersgill, .. the Prime.. Minister, John Diefen- baker.,'John Bassett, .Dr. Andrew Stewart'and other- Members of the Board of 'Broadcast Governors. Let's 'examine the procedure. used • in handing out broadcasting licen • ces. Let'stalk about some ofthe political pay-offs, such as the grant'ing of Channel 9 by Prue Minister' John Diefenbaker to John Bassett a few, years ago.:• Let'smake it a really big'show Give,, 'ern. hell- Dennis! A station in Hong Kong will be change Outdoor used clothing:' market was a well -attended event in Tordnto's "The Ward" around 1900. Deli htful..sho in .: within walking distance.The`Lord Sirimcoe• Hotel is .located in the :heartof. downtown Toronto, with the subway right •9 at the, door Change your pace. . enjoy Toronto more, : at sensible prices stay ` at the Lprd Simcoe Hotel, where the only old fashioned' convenience is the service, University'and .King Streets.. tiSGO Telephone 362-1848 one of the first TV stations in the, :wprldto•start its operations entire- ly in colour when it goes on the air in October: The station, HI<-TVB,. will :op- erate bilingually with Chinese ; and. English services, and will ser-, TYPEWR.I! mercia RITING ;letter ani legal size) Odritrkirerkirkit TYPEWRITER RIBBONS CARBON PAPER (10 Sheets in A Package) YELLOW NEWSPRINT (Copy Paper.) • TYPEWRITER ERASERS (with and without brush) 00 SHEETS FOR 66 .:. L .�.'46,. 46. 4. :6,...,4: nit rrit4iiial te Sig ..r.y,yt .yiyy.n. ve an estimated 80,000 sets in one of the world's most unusual cities:• :' • INTENDED FOR/EARLIER ISSUE :: The grapevine (Liberals who don't want their names , mention- ed) has told us that:the''Channel 3 affair is over. Jack Pickersgill` .. will not:sign the piece of paper that would make it legal -for. Snel grove and his associates to move the Barrie TV tower closer to Tor, onto. It's a sure bet that' the. Cabinet has discussed this whole;. business, and they realize that it •would be polit icalsuicide :if they'did ''any .thing to interfere with the reception of.• the, two Buffalo channels in the:": Toronto area So; ifour information is correct. and the tower, move will not take ' place, there is.no reason for Dennis Braithwaite, the Globe and Mail " TV columnist, and Geoff Stirling of Channel 3, to get::into a debate.. As it stands now, the big .debate , . (which could only end in disaster for Stirling: and Snelgrove) is sehed- uled for • September 19th at 10 p.m.: on ",The Public Eye"-. ` • So, let's end this affair, it was all a mistake. Sneigrove should never have applied to•move his tower Closer to Toronto. The B. B G should • never have sanctioned it And the Cabinetcotild.have spent' time. on importantissues instead of the pros and cons of moving. a TV. tower,• The people won, Ihope.• For the first time in months Nielsen's fit the U.S. conducted a: survey when specials were absent' from network schedules, Here are the 'top 10;1. Bonanza, - 2; •Gomer Pyle, 3. Andy Griffith, 4. The • Saint, 5. Gunsmoke, 6. Lawrence Welk 7. Green Acres, 8. ,Family' • '.Affair, 9. Tuesday. Night At. The Movies, 16. Beverly' Hillbillies;. It's interesting to note that The Saint placed 4th, The Saint has played in Canada, but is new 'for 'U.S. Viewers..:W‘e hear that' those • .• in charge' of the show' :in England are' seriously consideting,•tnaking a new series . Latest on the Channel 3 Barrie affair: The Cabinet. is supposed to hand the controversy back intOthe lap ofthe Board. of ;Broadcast Governors.. Transport Minister Pickersg h it reported 'to be planning to leave the Cabinet to become the first president' of the Canadian Trans- por`t`Commissior, a .still -to -be; formed federal agencyaet up by Parliament . last winter ;. How's that for side-stepping the . issue?' While the B. B.G.: ''tackles the Barrie tower move again; Jack will. quit the Cabinet and take .this new .i. post. /The Prime: Minister will•then• have to name'a'new. Transport Mn- ister Who, in all probability,, will notbe .a close. friend-of.the Barrie owners How's that for getting off the, hook and putting someone else on it? Chances. are that t e not • hand 'the• issue back to.the Cabinet Perhaps it now becornes dead duck.: I hope this .is a .correct prediction. *• We received a news:•release from :ABC. -TV n New York the other day and one .paragraph read: 'In order that" Fugitive fairs abroad 'will not , lead about the show's endingbefore seeing it, "The Judgment" ,, part 1 and 2; will be televised simultaneously' (with allowances foitime changes) in the f; , G., • Canada, England, Ireland , .JapaP, lyfexico, Finland' and•Spain.'' I saw the last episode on Kitchen. er's Channel 13 last Sunday and' again on -Buffalo's Channel Two ,. nights later. Who knows? Perhaps the JapanesC and. the Spaniards saw it befo•ee did. .Y� The, big show of the corning ' season to watch is "The ri1 W : Nun" . Prediction It will b'e i'h tiro top 5.