The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-08-19, Page 2„..
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
• LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
Established 1873 ,
Published Each Thursday Morning'
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, L. C. Thompson, Publisher arid Proprietor
TiliJRSDAY, AUGUST 19th, 1943
tIDITORIAL
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, . LITCHNOW, ONTARIO THURSDAY, AUGUST 19th, 1943
• sessions being held and belieVe it or not, the
convention hall was well, filled whew the grape-
fruit squirting got underway at 8.30.
On Friday morning there was a streamlined
seriesof practical and thought provoking talks
and discussion periods. Featured speakers *re
R. •4. poachinan, consulting economist on, "A
Great& National Income"; C, Vance Graft of
Chicago on "Wartime Advertising and Retail-
" ers' Stake In It"; John E, Allin, editor of the
Linetype News on 'Newspaper Make -Up"; Cali
I the ud t bureau' of eircnlations, New
York and John 0. Boyd of Lowville, N. Y,; ori
"Fighting .Free Publicity". •- ,
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THE C NV N A CONVENTION ' ' The noonday luncheon on Friday was ten-.
• • dered by the Boy Scouts Association'atwhich
Fi.Okh , Whitehorse ,in the Yukon to ° New- ' John A. Stiles the 'chief. executive conimission-
foundland, pu,blithers. of, weekly newspapers ' er, was the guest speaker. A special feature
. _ gathered at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto was -"The Cavalcade of SCouting", a colorful
last week -end to attend the 24th annual meet-,. pageant presented by forty' scouts of the Tor-
ing and war conference of the Canadian Weekly onto district '
Quiz panels , A
Newspapers Association.
It was the largest convention yet- liwere conducted wing the af-
eld, and ternoon on such ' topics' as subscriptions and
lor three days a ,series of sessions continued,
at whichmany subjegtt pertinent to the war circulation, editorial and reportorial; adVertis-
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• ing and commercial rinting
effort were discussed. The convention 1) 'on theme ,
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was "solving war problems' on the home front" That afternoon a special feature for the
' and the gathering, was termed a "Warvention", ladies was a "Remake Show" Put on by the
Conservation Branch of the .W.P.T.B. under
and in' keeping With the times the entertain-
. __. the direction of Mrs. Aitken.
went angle was all but forgotten.
The convention opened on Thursday morn- . The Friday night dinner was with the
ing and adjourned at noon -hour for a com- compliments of the Ontario Travel Bureau and
plimentary luncheon by a ,firm of public re- , the City of Toronto. The welcome was extended
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lations consultants, at which the guest speaker by Mayor Fred JConboyThe guest speaker
-°*as Walter -P. Zeller, president of Zeller's Lim- was Eliot Warburton, Canadian representative:
Red. His subject was "Whither Post -War Can- of the British War Information Office; on the
ada?" . subject "The Weekly Newspapers in Wartime".
•._ Advocates Free Enterwise„-•• . • Friday,. night brought the only gajety, or
• at least the only advertised gaiety .of the con -
Mr. Zeller pointed out that while we differ : '
we vention. At 840 a radio- variety show was pre'
in thinking about the means to employ
sented, sponsored by the Canadian Broadcast-
ing Corporation. This was followed by a visit.
• to Casa Loma and a tour of the ,castle—and,
if so inclined, dancing to "The Modernaires”.
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The Saturday morning breakfast. session', --
are unanimous in knowing what it is we -want.
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`We want, first," he said, "a Ind of freedom;
secondly a land. of opportunity where all our
resources both human an, natural can , find
the fullest use, so that the days may never "re- .•
turn when ,a man who looks for honest vvork.
sponsored by John Martin of the Massey -Harris
can find none. Finally we want a land where, " Company, featured two, speakers. Hon. George
without the loss of freedom or the restriction . Hoadley, chairman of the Health Committee
• of opportunity, the weak and the unfortunate 'of the Federation. of Agriculture spoke on.
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will pot fail to secure the arm of protection .
• ,• Mr. Zeller pointed out there was no dif-
ference of opinion on objectives—only how to
obtain them. The objectives could best be ac-
complished, in his opinion, by the principals
•"Health Insurance" and Rev, Thomas B. Mc-
• Dorrnand on "Christian Education - Advance ,
Movement". Mr. McDormand was pinch-hitting
for Rev. C. H. Dickinson who was on holidays1
• The Saturday noon luncheon was tendered.
of free enterprise and he quoted Winston by the publishers of the Globe and Mail, with
Chnrchill, Who previously warned, "We must Mr. George McCullagh presiding. Present at
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beware of trying to build a society in which the luncheon was the Hon. John Bracken, but
nobody counts for <anything except the polit-
• ician •or official,, a society where enterprise
gains no reward' and thrift no privileges".
„ he did, not speak. •
• Warns of Catastrophe
The guest speaker was Mr. Donald Gordon,
The Thursday afternoon, 'session was en- Chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade
tirefy occupied witli.__group conferences, the . Board, who warned against the danger of col"
• members breaking up into three parties .ac- • lapse of the price ceiling.
cording to circulation figures. During the after- "If the dam breaks the flood waters .will
. noon the ladies were taken on a conducted tour spread far and wide and bring endless suffer- •
of the Robert Simpson Company Store and ing, misery and -bitterness", Mr. Gordon said.
were served tea in the Arcadian Court? when •The pressure on the price ceiling would be
Mrs. Brown of the Elizabeth Arden Salon gave .relieved, he pointed out, if .the people would
• a talk ,on "Beauty Business In Wartime". •
grasp this one simple thought—"of what use •
is it to labor, to agriculture, to the shopkeeper,
or any other person, to obtain more money
if the purchasing value of the money melts
faster than the additional amount received"?
The • convention concluded 'on Saturday af-
ternoon with the intrOduction of the new presi-
dent and a 'meeting of the new Board of
Directors.
Premier Was Banquet Speaker
• At the trophy dinner on Thursday evening
Premier -elect The Honourable George Drew
made his first address since his election. He
was given a rousing ovation at the opening and
close of his speech. which was broadcast over
• C.B.C. National- network. ,
Col. Drew emphasized that we as Cana-
dians must decide, °lir post war policies, if our
representatives at the"peace conference are to
take their proper place in those decisions.
"The very first thing we must decide is,
the real nature of the relationship which is go-
ing to exist between Canada, Great Britain, the
Commonwealth and, other parts of the British
-Empire", he said.
Col. Drew quoted figures that emphasized
the importance of export trade to Canada. In
the average year one-third of Canada's total
- -produetion is exported. "This makes it very
clear that every worker in Cancla is vitally
interesfed in our 'external policies and in the
part Canada as a nation will play in laying
• the foundation for an immediate revival after
• the, war,of international trade", he said.
AdvoCating the closest of British Empire
ties' Mr: Drew stated, "I cannot be too em-
• phatic in stating my belief that the future
peace and security of the world depend upon
the extent° to which' the people of the British
• Empire and of the United States are,able to
t arry into the years of peace the splend4d
working arrangements they have established
• during the years of war. But I do not believe
the larger fellowship will be effective unless
we first have ' basic agreements within the
British Empire itself '
• A convention innovation was introduced on
-Friday and `baGarclay
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The present trend of political thinking in-, 1
dicates that it has now •becoine a question of
• socialism versus free enterprise rather than
the old party politics of Grit and Tory.
Instructions remot clear for obtaining
your new ration book -next week. Study these
instructions and follow them closely thua-sav-
ing yourself and the issuers much inconvenience
and annoyance. The volunteer workers who are
issuing these books -have a` right to eXpeel and
demand that you carry out these instructions
to the letter. See that you ico-operate by doing
so. Fill out your application card at, home.
Don't exp,ect the issuer to do it for you. •
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In -spite of the eriticisni we often hear of
railway service, one can't but ba amazed, that
• rail facilities are equal to the task at all.. Spend
an hour or so in Union Sthtion, Toronto any
and you'll know what we 'mean.
Crowds -corning and going are almOst unbeliev-
able. . •
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• In 1937, Hepburn ran an electiOn on the
slogan, "Keep the C.I.O. out of Ontario.".Today,
the leader of the C.I.O. is a member of the
Ontario Legislature, elected as a C.C.F. member
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Local and General °
• Mrs. Jessie McInnes is ,spending
this week at Saugeen,,,
Illness this week confined Mr,
B: J. Moore to bed.
Mr. and Mrs: ckdon Johnston
are holidaying at Bruce Beach.
Jessie 'Henderson of Tor-
onto spent the -week-end at her
home here. •
Miss Anne Brown of Detroit .is
visiting with 'her aunt, Mrs. A: •11.
Finlayson: •
• Mrs. Minnie Horne is holiday-
ing in Toronto with her two'
daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Taylor
were .visitors with Mrs. Henry
Mullin on Sunday afternoon.
• Misses Lorraine Drennan and
Doris Taylor visited last week
with friends in TOionto. '
Mrs..PalMer and Mrs. McClurg
of Pawtucket visited with Mr.
and Mrs. George McGillivray. .
Mrs. Sevilla McGregor left last
'Week .to visit her daughter at
East Coulee, Alberta.
Mr. and :Mrs, LOtt Culbert and
Murray of 'Ripley -spent Wednes-
day with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Hunter. • -
•• Mrs. B. Stothers Who has -been-
Visiting in Listowel with Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil G. Mullin has return-
ed home. •
Mary Mullin who has been hol-
idaying 4 the home of her grand-
mother returned to her home in
Listowel. •
Mr, and Mrs. Jack. Mclntosh
and Mr. • and Mrs: Oliver Mc -
Charles spent a, day in London
recently, •-•
Mr. and Mrs..Hartley McTavish
and family are holidaying with
Mr. and Mrs. 0.. McChair.taraind.--_,•:
Mr.- and 1V1(s. George MCGillivray.
Reg Levis of the R.c.A.F. at
Aylmer, Mrs:‘ Levis and daugh-
ter are visiting vtlEek ,,former's
• mother, Mrs. James Lavis. and
other relatives, s'•.
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The 1Viisses Peggy and Agnes
MaiQuaig, accompanied by their
friend, Miss Anne Ramsay, Lon-
don, spent the week -end cruising
on Georgian Bay. . .
• Miss Irene Holmes of Toronto
visited here last week.'ller father.
vvliis 100 years old, is enjoying
• good health, ,althOugh his eye-
sight is failing him. ' •,
Anion: the many guests at
Rest -A -While 'at Bruce Beach.
and 'Mrs. MacCallum, Miss Laid -
have , been Miss Joan MacCalltim
law of Wingharn amis.:Miss Mar-
ion McDiarmid„ R.N. of London.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Johnston
and Clarence of Toronto are
spending the week with relatives.
in the, community.
Miss Mary Gray, R.N. of Tor-
onto returned home after spend-
ing her .holidays with her aunt,
Mrs. Wrn. J. MacKenzie.:
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott of
Wyandotte, Mich., visited last
week with their cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. JaCk McKendrick here.
Dr. Bill MacKenzie who is
practising osteopathy at St. Clair
Shores, Mich., is vacationing* at
the home of his mother, Mrs.
Wm. MacKentie.
Mrs: Frank -King of Toronto
returned home on Tuesday after
spending a :Week with Mr. ante
Mrs. P. J. MacMillan. Bruce King
remained for a further visit.
Visitors with Mrs. Mathew
Sproul were her aunt, Mrs. Annie
Begley of. Port Dover; Mr. and
Mrs. Tom • McPhee of -Nile and
Mrs. Rebekah .Coldwelof Dun-
ganno
• Mr. Anthony Kenny of Port of
..Spain, Trinidad, has returned af-
ter a business trip to this coun-
try, • including Lue'know, where
he was the guest of W. E. Tre-
leaven.
Dr. and Mrs. J. F. MacKenzie,
and their daughter, Mrs. Charles
Goodenow and family, who have:
spent the summer at Bruce Beach
are returning to their home in
• Detroit today.
• Mr.- and Mrs. Allan Stuart and
two children of Eganville atten-
ded the funeral on Saturday of
her father, Wm. R.Martin:. Mrs.
Stuart and children are remaining
for a time.
Mrs. John MacLean and child-
ren Sarah Jane and Jamie and
Miss Sarah MacLean of Evanston,
III.; Mrs. Jack Weigand and dau-
ghter Betty of Detroit are visit-
ing with Donald and Mary Mac-
Lean, Concession 12, Ashfield.
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Recent visitors with their aunt,
Mrs. D. C. McMorran were, Mr.
and Mrs. Robt. Muir and daughter
Marjorie of Port Elgin, Miss Net-
tie Scott,. Paisley and Mrs. Et
Tuektenhagen of Chicago, ' Mr.
and 'Mrs. D.• Bryce and Miss
Jean Tanner, Rfpley, also Mr. and
a
CQMS. Wm. Melville, Mrs.
Melville and Betty Anne who
,have been visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Richards the past two -
weeks returned on Friday to their
home in Three Rivers, Quebec. ,
Pte. and Mrs. Len Lindsay and
two children, Doreen and Audrey
of London , are spending two
weeks with Mrs. , Lindsay's par -
Cilia, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.' John-
ston. •
Visitors with Mt. and Mrs. P. J.
MacMillan recently were Mr. and :
Mrs. :John Lawson and grandson,
Douglas Scott of Richmond Hill,
.Mr. Duncan Davey of Brantford,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott MacKenzie.
of Montreal.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Farrier
'and Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Farrier
of Whitechurch, Mr. and Mrs.
Soni Reid, Mi1vert and ,Lorni,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Humphrey
and George were Sunday visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McDon. -
ald.
Mrs. Mervin McDonald and -
daughter -Mary Elizabeth have
returned to their home at Mount
Royal, Montreal, having spent
the Rast five weeks with Mr. Mc-
Donald's parents at Arthur and
With , Mrs. McDonald's parents,'
'Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Steward. They
wereaccompanied home by Mr.
McDonald who spent the paSt
Week at Lucknow and Arthur.
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• FIGHT ON'!
Fight on, fight on for ,Canada
'A dying soldier said,
And lying back, on ,foreign soil
A. brave young man -was dead:
Fight on, fight on, for Canada
Hold-hi.gh the torch, and fight,
For elerything that we hold dear
For honor, truth, and right.
Fight on, fight on, for Canada
We mut wage total war,
If we do less ,than they who died
Are we worth dying for?
Their sacrifice is not in vain
They leave for us a task,
That we be worth dying for.
'Is all they ask,
On that great Cenotaph on high
Their names, thererone, by one,
Perhaps, 'a simple line beneath,
Their duty nobly done".
Wm. M. Buckingham,
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