The Lucknow Sentinel, 1949-12-22, Page 2PAGE TWO
THE LUCNOil :SENTINEL LUCKNWN ONTARIO:
THE LUCKNOW ' SENTINEL
Ontario.
: Lucke oMtt,. On
6Authorized as. Second Class Mail,Post Office. Dep ar. tment,, Ottawa}
Member of Tl„,,ie C. W. N. A,
• Established' 1873 PublishedEach Thursday Morning
'Subscriptioin, Rate' $2.50 A Year in Advance --To ILS.A. $3.00
.. C_.Thompson, Publisher and Proprietor,. '
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'H TRS„ DECEMBER •'22nd, 1949'
EDiT0L.Z.
The old' admonition, "i# You
°• ]iT S CHRISTMAS TIME,•. • , '
drive::d'on'it drink, if .yo.'•drnk
• ft's 'Christmas timeagain, : ;and•.
•
the ,passing of the year seems
lot to have broughtany marked'
>.
de ree of "Peace,an Earth, Good -
.g
will To Men", to thin turbulent
world, ,,The Y
:ear- has • seen the
. •. .
tentacles of ,IC hrist�-rej ectirig corn
munissn ,reach ' deeper into the.
Orient and in Europe. The Wes-.
tern Hemisphere
has enjoyed o
ed
a
year of , carefree prosperity, in. a conal.
land of plenty, 'while the Mother. ,in quick ' succession in national
Land and European ., countries election s in. Australia. and •New.
• ,continue impoverishedand with Zealand, eand' where forlong we.
barely. enough od food and cloth- have been'' led to; believe existed
.i•
ig to' meet their meagre .necess
NO SENTINE
NEXT WEEK
There • will 'be issue or The
Sentinel published next week.
,Christmas falls on. Monday' and
Boxing . Day on • Tuesday, and
these two days' are to be observed
and enjoyed—by The Sentinel•
staff, there is little 'choice but
to ,drop ,the issue, as it would " be
Saurday morning •ihefore it would
•be ,ready ifor distribution• : •
This 'practise is; ;being.observed
by numerous•, weekly ;papers, and.
we trust • that our . readers will
bear, with us, andthat they too:
will erOy ;this" holiday ,occaSion.
to the ,: full,
:.
don't drive", is doubly applicable
at...this season" of the year, .;Un
fortun ately .;yvhen` the driver gets
"canned" .such good 'advice goes,
unheeded
'.No:. matter' unperturbed,
socialists in this country' may try
to appear,, there is no explaining
away the double revere suffered.
• There are Many who feel that.
Christmas is over -commercializ-
ed and.. that , Santa 'Claus : has
crowded Christ out of 'Christmas.
To many the, Yuletide means lit
tie but an orgy .c f excess in -eat
the Garden of Eden of socialism..
Newspapers have ab tit.: two
things' to sell—space' and sub
scription; and. it would be jus
as consistent to , ask your. grocer
for, a :dozen oranges "just to, fill
up" as to ask, a publisher.; for a
W
No Luck/In lee-Makiri'g
Ice -making 'efforts at the arena
have :been •for naught 'so far this
season. 'On 'a couple of Occasions
Pelt McCoy has had a fair found-,
ation built, only to lose it in the
recurring mild . spells. :
CHRISTMAS:- SES
-'� .{"DONORS
ND• :
• - Grr
TIURS., DECEMBER,. 2241,, 190
Z!he Lucknow and. District;
ristrnas Seal Fund had 'grown°
700 :at :the. 'end .' of the wiweek,,
Nth
LOOKING"; 'BACKWAR'DS
THROUGH ' THE , .-,SENTINEL FILES
Sixty Years Ago.
Thomas 'Douglas wasappoint
ed engineer. of-the-Tnew - water-
works ' system in Lucknow,
Jokin:'..It Gamier,. M.D., wrote,
a verypoirted letter to The. Sen-
tinel on the filthy conditions of
the privies : at. -the School Asa:
meniber of . ,the Board he was
:publicly .'ilemandirig ,• action . for
new- lavatories and ui in als•.•
a steady response to this
inkin v�rorth
. nng�and dx _____ ns__ -e-_-__-§. _ -boost __:_ _._....y project:' This amount,
. ns the .true sYg-• `dozen lines -in -the-paper to boo •.. • ' some 3U0, short
But ;to xnihio • n howesver, is still, $
• Christmas 'strikes. business -or some Project. where . .
nxficance. of � is � of hast ear's rriark;;::which° the..
near - the promoters' or sponsors will
'home,w and 'a .custom that,.re-'revenue; with • tl% idea . local committee ' has `aimed to
ly 'tea:>thousand .years old, � realize a revers • • .
one'sIt's. kindness in; surpass.
news . faith and ' hope. that you are: doing a : out
spirit permeates men's hearts' and helping. •in to "fill' up" space., 'Try Follow up cards were sent
p P g as reminders last week and these
are expected to have good °re-'
sults as a,;good many have simply
neglected or forgotten to contri-
bute to the •• fund.
•
• minds;. ' and prompts us . to for to get a free dinner at the hotel
get self interests,: and .to: think,.in • or; restaurant o r a few gallons
terms of kindness;., help and • as .a the service station lust
:.d 11 Of gas t
long
failure.
goodwill
to one . an • a ,
lishes�to fill: up"
•So as • it ,stomp this,,
e' .a o
Christmas can never b lete list of donors;
' the Christ= � : • n � im. ortan�t � event � in
the civic . incomp
It ins Christmas;; a:n,d , .. • • . A ' � P ... •the � .
is scheduled follows Gordon MacPherson, R;
life of the Village . ... Gordon
, ., MacDonald; . Miss
�to mankind the. will and. spirit to:: or Friday:. night.; .Its -the annual �; .Rev:. C.
_f
of, creat -urination meeting and calls for: Marion 'L. .MfaeDonaldi Mrs: W.
unite in the urgent task no •
and representative. turnout- -of 'vill- E. Harry 'Nixon; Durnin•
ging. one worldryof brotherhood a represent, , . , , Gordon;� .
' And more=it .im-' 'Phillis': William Cox, • Russell
:goodwill. • . 4 - . ,•; : • ' ' ' • age; electors... , .P .,�• :._ � • _ ...
And now, on the threshold; of 'poses : a responsibility. to serve the.; Whitby; . Peter iilof fat; William
n in which: we : niti alit `' in its needs for civic ilson• Wallace.
the. Yuletide season -in mu p _ . Y.. k. Ross.Mrs:• T F..,,W
celebrate .the. Birth • of Hun, whom : and' educational adm• inistration Miller Samuel Cu ey;•John M.
P
J: hosSpindle led. at Lanes,
in his 76th year:
Gar'dner wa worshipful'
nastcr. of t Zion • ' Orange," Lodge
• Mr. • D. Patterson, a . highly es
teemed resident of the' village,.
was honorably.acquitted on a
charge of ••. ,practising -. dentistry
Without a license. It. was shown
that .: by manufacturing, false
teeth•he had in no way violated
any, : of • the provisions of the den-
tal act. •
MeSsrs.. Angus 'MCKenzie and
Rose Anderson' disposed .of. their
i m'p: o, r t e d• , draught stallion,
A"Oroveshire' Oak" to John. Gilk-
inson' of 'Orangeville •for..$2000.
G. W:: Berry received word': O.
the 'death of his; `brother William
in Detroit.
' lVfr: GebrgeeMrd eton's :pupils-
��r•stinas time.
d. him at : i
�presente
With .'a "handsome pickle ',cruit,,
Johnstone'& 'Co. of that city.
J. P, O'Malley of Detroit 'was
fined $500 on a reckless driving
-ch'a•ge; in-onzetwith t -
fatal ' accident: •nearon Teeswater.
which instantly qianned the life.:'
of Miss ' O'Callah , Twenty-four
hours later . his sister, Mrs. Jam-
eson, . died of her injuries,
James Pier. ce, age '80,; of Holy
rood; 'died' in WingliamIospita ..
�' l
'Herb. -Duthiewas, manager of -•.
the Walker Stre: .. ;
Waiter-Sturdy;'was :.fin M`ichi�:
.gari trying to obtain nfQLmation'.
about . his•. 413rotherY in=law, vvho
mysteriously disappeared early
°in . October, from his farm -near
'Pontiac,' Police were working .on
,the theor • thathe had bei
ro- •
b
lied and. murdered.r:. '
m�as message, that alone can give
we -know as the Prince' `of Peace,
may give ive.us peaceful;minds,:
...
• ` so that as individuals and nations
• We may live in understanding
on
- WRITE • A LETTER
have yeas.
some
often
Howyou..
in the'p' aper or • seen ;some-
• Fr Ida y night's. ' nomination
meeting .',should not be taken
lightly. Municipal government to
• day demands • 'sound,: and ' con-
da' demands ,sound, and eon-'
scienscious: , a• mis ra ion. •
tendance ' at this 'meeting is im
•portant , But ' still :more import=
ant; : in e'v'ent.. of an , election, is
the: ekercising of; one's franchise.
thing on . the street and 'then told o •'
ylo rrselfthat-you,: should -write al• — TtI long -way :from
•
letter to'.the, newspaper and yet ';those da ys of no Waterworks,..no
' •for some reason' or other you put .hydro,' no'sewers, no' high. taxes,:
-' :' `" Off :writingto the paper .and, fin-- electricity, in :most .home ,few
no
allY neglect. it altogether• .' / bathtubs or telephones, 'no Fe-
:is in many; milk' bottles f'no
Writing to papersfrigerators, •. no: , .
la es uite 'an established ecus no;
.trucks` ' no .moving Pic.
.p .. c d ,, cars,, �.
In England one of . the best o firade unions,.. no paved...
torn England tures, n
etters : to 'no
atur� are. 1 lanes � ' Y�.o radio,
read fe to. no�•aarp ,
' columns.. Here.' theslacks,no electric
the editor"short-skirts,''or
ordinary reader - has a . chance, to stoves. • no, oil ,furnaces,;.no Baso
into print; here • , ro twin
put his • thoueghts• in P, ti . , line; no ;service: • stations, n
• he has .a *Chance...to, ; criticize the,. 'jos_: rid swimming' pools ,except:
policy' of the paper; and here..he' : in the treacherous. holes' 'of ' ttie
'has• the' chance to put' his,. own. river, no brief bathing suits,
ideas :before the public.
k ..n one thing
Newspaepers• as .o ly g
•:before'',:the . will• 'print , .a letter
Y. p.
from a reader, andWthat is that
1
• .;the .le¢tter.. be signed, ,although
they. will not reveal :the writer's
.;., name .if the latter desires to hide_
• behind a non de plume. Of course.
the letter must not :be libelous if
it is 'to be published as the saine.
'libel laws ' govern" letter writers
las govern the editorial ,staff'of.
a newspaper, k d C 1 T h' ut
So' the next, -time you have a of the Walkerton. High ;School Miss Elizabeth Welsh; David
g
beef, or 'feel like :, giving •some- . District, " at • the request of the 'Todd; Mrs. Edgar I -loll man;
two municipalities: Walkerton John A. McDonald, R, 6 William.
..one a• little praise, or if you just ' .,
feel like writing 'just, drop a let Municipal Council has received a Spindler;. William Orr; Dr, T.
ter. to the editor We are, always ; letter from the Department re -"Brock Cleland;• Richard Gardner;,
.y questing a report "regarding ;the ' G• W, T 1 r• 'Rev, John W.
glad to receive thein. '
Aitchison; Me]1vin:Morrison;.'•Chf-'
ford•Crawiford; Elmo :`Pritchard;
Mas Ellen-. Alton; .Joseph : Mac
Millan Clifford Murray;.. John
r•ar-ri
Maulden;Elmer 'Johnston; Sil-
verwood Dairies Ltd:;, Canadian,
Legion No: 309, Anderson::, Flax
Products;: :John- W. Henderson.
•
Planing 'Mill, 'S:O S Club' John
Jamieson;.';Mrs. ' Mary F. Ander
son; John . McRae; ' A. Emerson
McKim; Gordon ' Anderson;, Miss'
Gertrude' Treleaven Ernest
•Crawford;. Robert A. •Rae; Wm.'
Porteous,; Elmer . Uantiach; W.L
MacKenzie; 'John .A. -:MacDonald;
Robert McIntosh; Wesley Guest;'
William ''• Burt;. 'William` Bower;'
Everett West; Wm MacIntyre;•
John A. McIntosh;' W B ;Ander
son;' .Mrs.: Alex McLennan; Alex
McRenzie;• Henry . Gardner; Miss
Catherine . MacGregor; F 1 o y d'
. no Wilson; 'J'an/ e s ,Pickering; R..
fast • frozen •foods, rio ..rnargarme,' Woods;' Williarri Schmid. •
W.. O: • Hunter; Lorne Woods;
Harold Haldeniby,,. Henry Donais;
Allister., Hughes;. Jr.' Ca McNab;
Oliver Barkell;. , :Albert• Taylor
Mrs. J. W. :Henderson Donald
Hendersoi ;, John -S. -Craig; �Vm;
G. Reed; Wrn, Griffin; Ira Carron
bell;; Dr. ':f. Corrin; .Arthur An -
'drew; Mrs R. •V. MacKenzie
Peter Carter;„Wilfred Farrish;
Douglas Graharn; Frank Ritchie;
4
Thirt -Five . 'Years' Ago
Donald McIntyre died at: Loch-
alsh,'in • his 90thyear,
Jaynes. Johnston was ,critically
' nedwhen he oured'. coal :oil
.bur.... 'P,
on the fire. which exploded 'and
.threw burning oil over him.: arid'
the room.' Mr. 4. C. Murdoch, his
,neighbor, •: helped'smother ' the
flames that' enveloped. Mr. :'JJohn-
John -
stall; Mrs.: Johnston' ran to; .give
the ` alarm 'and, in returning to'
rescue ,her . baby, •bath elle.-•and
the. infant suffered• comparatively
minor' burns.
. • The ,death Occurred of', Mrs.
e • ntosh of. Con. ' 4_
`Peter,; MCI , ,
loss. "She, • was :.survived 'by, . her
husband and nine daughters.
Phillip Stewart •had the -contract..
for. mail . delivery on R.R. No.' 4.
and Ed Purvis on ' o.
' Mable Levis died .at St. ` Helens
•
in hey 28th ::year
, �• died :in Toronto.
Dan,°Kennelly•
,
At one, time he was employed in,
•Lawrence`s hardware.
Kinloss :-Council, :re-elected' by
acclamation, ;was, ;.' Reeve: D. ; Mac
Donald ;• • and :Councillors John
Mcbiarinid 'Charles : • Baechler,
Joseph Tiffin, Ed'.I3;odgins' •
James Aitchison; • brother 'oaf
Thomas and George . Aitchison, of
Lucknow, was .killed by a ..train
near Hamilton. He lost, both legs.
and died. of loss..of blood. before
Medical' aid; could arrive:' •, ,
"Nothing But The Truth". •was '
presented by. the Lucknow T)ra '
rnatic Society, The ''cast 'included ..:;
Wilfred Anderson„ Joe Hassall,'.
Rev.. E. O. Gallagher,:..Elliott
Miller; , Thomas' Watson, T.orna :'
Carnep'bell, •Mrs. J. 'Wesley Joynt,
:Mary , Aitchison; 'Margaret :But •
-
ton., Rena, MacDonald and Phyllis
MacDonald.
Sunday ,night horse racing on
Main°:St , Was being frowned on,
and :