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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-06-17, Page 2A • PAGE TWO , „ THE LV NOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO THE._ LER." • As the evening shadows fell, the founding of the settlement our Rambler found himself and which historical background dates party nearing the city of Trois back. over the hundred years ItiViera, which 'itself border t an ' the bank" of the• mighty. St. Law- rence. Many miles had been cov- ered in the motor 'journey which, for the most part, had been made Constant view of this mest historical stream which lioNv was • beginning to shew signs of life • with the occasional freighter marking the opening.,,of naviga- • tion. Three Rivers ,as we English prefer to call it, is a highly in- • dustrial centre having innumer- • able industries. 'These industries a.'re quite diversified which pro- ides:*.Q.d.c los allivigritbgr§Sif the •family. Since this city is east of Montreal a distance of one butt- •: •dred miles it might easily, be• . - 'stated that it As typical of French "• Canadian' •coniMercial centres. • Three Rivers is regarded as the• , centre of the pa,per industry of the world.. There are two very • large paper- mills,- theInternation- that -the -proportion -.of-Protestant which is ,th times as long as the settle of the Queen's Bush can de' ,, Naturally then the, -reside of the place look back with pride to , theirforbearers who established themselves -many long years ago. There are many monuments commemorating in- cidekts vital' to the life of the' commtmity. There also are many buildings of ancient engin al- though_much of the city_was de- stroyed by fire at' one time which destroyed Much of the frame con- structiOn. The stone structures endured the ordeal and bear mute evidence of the past. - The greater portion of the,pop- ulation of course is French. Due to war production the ratio. of French to English has changed somewhat so. that ,today • about fifteen per cent speak English. It therefor goes without saying al Paper Co. headquarters and the St. Lawrence Paper Mills Co. These two main in, dustries em- -faith is quite in the minority. There are two' .churches • uphold- ing this element, the _Anglican & ploy the largest proportion of the' •united. Church, bath of which • male element. Then for the ladies the Rambler found of extreme in - the largest employer .of female terest. The present Anglican • help is the Wabasso Cottons church was one of the most . which employ several thousand. ancient of- all churches in the The ,Rambler will endeavour to plate and was at one time the point out the differences between exponent of the Roman Catholic the industries of • Quebec and faith \,and as was common prac- those of. Ontario. As you m4Y tise with such buildings of the • already know the cost of elec-, period,' had quite a large dwelling • trical energy is much greater m attached whiCh at present serves • Quebec while the cost of labor the 'dual 'purpose of a church hall is much less than in Ontario. and a dwelling for the rector in :Thus it is when industries are charge. At this point 1 Might say • seeking:put a laeation in the Can- that' the church hall provides ex- adian field if they are large pow- cellent accomoclation for the boks • er uSers they come - to •Ontario, of the services. They put on if man units is the consideration dances twice a week at which all Quebec is favored. the hostesses must be able to • Those of you who recall your 'speak English. Needless to say histoxy—wilheinqmber the name for the boys who can speak only • of Three Rivers. as being associa- that tongue ,it is .a very popular ted with the very early days of, place. The United Church is quite Canada.. In 1934 they celebrated quaint -and small, a 'stone struct- , • • • THURSDAY, JUNE llth, 1943 ,C601.11•1•1CM• ure with no greater seating cap- acity than the little church. at Zion. What strikes one so forcibly is the fact that all the. pews have doors on, even the choirloft and Pulpit. area. One must enter by the gate. Nevertheless the sin- cerity, of the congregation is gen,- eine and they make one feel quite at home, ° While •on the •subject of•. chuithes and while: i have dealt somewhat on ,the •greup of my. Choosing one cannot but feel that this is a .city of churches. I don't suppose there is a city in Canada that has, any greater investment in Ecelestastical equipment in proportion to -the population. Be - Omen ChurcheS, -6-Chao-Is and hos--- ,pitals it. *Old seem that there 'was- one or the other every two blocks in any direction. For one who has an appreciation of fine buildings, • which in some in- stances have taken close to 'hun- 'dreds of years to cOmplete, it is -a--regularparidiaboth and out. , The, sculptural' work • near the churchei and in the parks seems t� add' a touch of continental Europe. The parks - are full of benches and contrary' to most' Ontario centres of this kind are well patronized thrOugh- the Week and not on Sundays as • we usually do. • 6*'• The Rambler had the pleasure of making the atquaintarce of, a Mr. • Fleury, • a dapper, little Frenchman, weighing only one hundred and 'fifteen pounds and • about ,five feet two -inches tall. This man is head chemist for the International paper • Co. During some experimental work in his lahratory in which he was hoping to find sugar from some waste materials' in the processing of paper; he found quite by accident the most powerful explosive yet used by 'man. It is this, explosive which is being usectift the fatn- ous bloek-busters which "Adolph" has found to be such a nuisance. IN • • • FIIN (>11.---- Local and General , Mr. Jim Ritchie has been con- fined to his home for the past month. Miss Jessie Henderson of Tor- onto, is spending a week's vaca- tion at her home; Miss Audrey Campbell, student nurse -at Guelph -General Hospital visited at her home here the first of the Week..' • • A' reception .waS 'held in the Ton Hall -on Monday evening in honor ,of F. Sgt. and Mrs. Lloyd Henderson, recent newlyweds. (Little, Betty Ann MacDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neiman. -MacDonald .had .her tonsils re.. moved in Wingham Hospital .on Tuesday. Mrs, George Phillips, Isobel, Vyetta and Mrs. Norrhan Mac- Donald and Betty attended the shower held for Miss Rena Hun ter of Zion. - -Mrs: 'Wesley —Twarriley -mak— • ing a favorable recovery since unde an operation in k Woodstock Generai Hospital last Thursday. • . The. Rector, Rev. J. W. Donald- son and eight members of the congregation of St. Peter's church attended the spring Bruce Dean- ery I meeting at 'Walkerton on Tuesday, June oth. sharehlders own Canada's •Chartered Banks. The civerage holding is 28 shares. Most �f these shareh�Iders.cjime -..nom11111111MIW Tbre wide 'distribution of bank ownership is ri ii- dicated by the fact that 36,574 individuals, living in all parts of Canada, hold shares in the Chartered Banks of Canada. Of the remaining- shlieholders, 8,987 live elsewhere in the. British Empire. Some further facts about Canada's Banks: There are 4,369,740 savings .deposit accounts in the Char- tered Banks .of Canada, aver- aging $391 each. Safeguarding the funds of depositors is primary function of commercial banking. Bank i keep thems'elves in such a position that anybody • going to the bank to withdraw • his savings can get his money. •Banks, like any other business, • exist because they provide set.; vice'which a community needs_ and is willing to pay for' at a rate which will yield a reason- able return,• • Every day, bank loans are helping Canadians in all walks of life and in poll ports of Canada to profit from their individual enterprise and industry, • Mr. anceMis. E. A. Holities--ah--d farinly of Detroit visited last' week with the former's uncle, Mr. D. C. "McMorran. They were accompanied by Mrs. J. D. Mc- Kendrick' of Windsor who re- mained for a visit with her par- ents. Mr. Earl Lindsay of Toronto , visited with his aunts, the Misses Lindsay last week. • Miss Sarah MacQuaig, Reg.N., Of Chicago, 111., is holidaying at • - her home here.' Miss Lorna Reid, Boundary West, „ student nurse in Gtielph. General Hospital, is home on ye., cation. •, 'Rev. Dr. D. T. L. and Mrs.-Mac- Kerreil are at Bruce Beach for , the summer, arriving there Sat-. urday last. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence MuNdie and. Billy of St. 'Thome§ 'silent the week-eric4with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Murdie. ' ' • Rev. G. G. Howse 'conducted the evening service in the United Church on Sunday, Rev. Stewart conducted anniversary services ,at Zion afternoon and evening.. • Mrs.Wm. Gleriun (formerly• FrSCO-ft)Thf -Milineapolis and Miss Florence Scott of Peterbor- ough called on friends -here last • week. •1 Recent visitors at the honfe of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McMorran were Mrs. T. R. Holmes and dau- ghter Mrs. George G4enn of Kin- cardine, also Mr. and. Mrs. Victor Tanner and daughter Miss Jean Mrs. J. E. Carrniehael of Ed- monton spent the week -end with her brother and sister, James and - Jean Lyons. : Dr. and Mrs. Car- michael were in Toronto visiting their daughter, -and their son John from Nortern Ontario.' • • Ottawa Letter • By £ M. Nicholson, M.P. ' The House of Commons, haVing • disposed of Major. Powers Air Force estimates, has spent the week on naval affairs. Navy Min- ister Macdonald outlined the re- quirements -Jar the Present fiscal year, which will -be almost half a billion dollars. The expendi- ture§ this Year will be more than - double those Of the past year. • Mr. Macdonald told, of the growth of the Navy since war -began. In September, 1939; the Canadian Navy- only had fifteen ships; compared with 550 now, a thirtr.six-fold increase. In the case of personnel there has been a similar -increase, from 1,774 to approximately 60,000. If ,the pre- sent rate of growth is maintained for another year, we will have as many men in the Navy as they had in Great Britain in pre -War days. The table showing the enlist- ments of officers and ratings sine the beginning of the war by pro- vinces draws attention to the fact that this service has been very popular on the Prairies. John Diefenbaker of Lake Centre drew attention to the fact that Sask- atchewan and Alberta have not received fair consideration in the matter of selection of officers: There are only 130 naval officers, with 3,657 ratings, from Sask- atchewan compared with 1,118 officers from Quebec, With 7,354 ratings. birth or racial origin": Mr, Macdonald in replying stated a mistake must have been made, as the regulations simply required that a man be a British _subject. In_the mime. Of marks he mentioned that a great many names though not British. -in the ordinary, sense of the term, could be found in the navy list 1441 \ of Officers. For instance, you will find 10 Kelly's or 12 Murphy's. •, These -are not British in the broad sense. The fact that this state- ment was struck out of the un- revised Hansard caused a furor. the next day, when 13,obert Fair, the fighting Irishman from Battle River, came to the defence of the Kelly's and Murphy's and wanted to know why the Minister deleted this iportion from Hansard. Mr, - Macdonald explained that he had intended to use the word "Eng- lish" • instead of "British" and .that, like the member for Battle River,' he himself was. not Bri- tish in the sense of being Eng- lish. Mr. Macdonald outlinedin de- tail the work of the -W.R.C.N.S: More than 2,500 have' been re• cruited, and after' the bask train- ing at Galt they are workinOas stewards, clerks, cooks, sail -mak-, :ers, laundresses, drivers. • tele- graphists, stenographers and in • many Other" positions. Angus MacInnis of Vancouver East mentioned that all the min- isters of National Defence should feel gratified at,the way' in- which their estimates were received by the Opposition side of the House. It was noticeable that there haS', been very little carping critici‘n. Comments have, tleen made 'A- - garding ' specific matters with a view ,to improving the service. d the COLu. • Anthony Hlynka of Vegrevill,„‘ complained about advertisements which appeared in the "Saskatoon Star -Phoenix" last fall to the e• f: feet that the navy required can- didates for officers, after outlin- ing the necessary qualifications which indicated that they must be of British origin. Mr. Hlynka these men of non -British otigin unfit -for officer.material? No one has eny choice in the' matter of • erally ta e a good deal of -pride, in the tord pt aehieVement of the three armed services. • . ' ' •\ . , ' r• . • . • .