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The •Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, : Ontario
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
• Established 1873
Published Each' Thursday Morning
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• Member of The. C.W. N. A.
L. C. Thompson, Publisher and Proprietor
THURS,DA1 , EIPRIL '27th, 1944
EDITORIAL a.
OURm FIRST ANNIVERSARY
It is. just , a • year ago today since' we pub
• lished-our first issue. of The Sentinel in tabloid
forma andin„ that time the new format has.
come to• be quite accepted' by our griSwing fam-
ily of readers.
Many wave commended us on the change
to "all home print", and with rare exception
has anyone' voiced their .criticism of the "little
paper". We 'do invite your comments both pro
and con about, The Sentinel, and 'don't hesitate
to'tell us about its shortcomings.
Inm any event 'the tabloid has not made the
task of publishing 'The ' Sentinel any ,easier;
Each week we set a good deal more local news
than we did previously, and the Publisher has
• spent many additional hours in preparing .this
extra copy. •Much of this extra work has been
entailed by theintroduction of an editorial
column and whether or not it' is much ' read,
'enjoyed or appreciated we would. like to know,
Sometimes we wonder if its worth the effort
and not infrequently we feelthe subject mat-
ter isn't very heavy.
However • in this topsy, turvy world, it.
would be the height of - egotism for this column
to tryo solve the ia-ls that beset mankind, or
;AD- attempt -to- rriold--Publie–opinlomto_ this._end
•. We. will, nevertheless, continue to comment
on matters both local and national as they.
appealto us. Remember, these commerrtts are
only ' theopinions of one -•-person. You will not
always agree. 'WW hope not; if This, column is
to be worth , anything. When you disagree it is"
your privilege, and we hope you will exercise
it, to pen' a letter to the paper.
As we launch into the, second year of pub-
lication as a tabloid, we again appeal for the
assistance of everyone. in, the , community to
make'"your.paper" a true mirrof of all, activities
of the district. I.
Without your help we , can't hope' to pub-
lish all 'the news, The co-operation we have
received in past 'years from individuals, ad-
vertisers, ,rural correspondents and press sec-
retaries has' been most appreciated.
Our aim is to -make The Sentinel -increas-
ingly, more interesting. With your help we can.
c * * •
Notable,indeed has begin the response to.
the campaigfor funds carried on by the Dun-
gannon and Lucknow district - branches of , the
Red Cross. Together these two Societies,' cov-
rring an area that roughly includes the ' mun-
icipalities of Ashfield, ,West Wawanosh, Luck -
now and Kinloss, have raised a total' in excess
of' $7000. A commendable, shovoling indeed!
* •
"Put Victory First" is the rallying cry for
all Canadians 'in the Sixth Victory Lban, with
its minimum objective of $1,200,000,000, every
dollar of which is urgentlyneeded for some -
part in - Canada's great war programme. For
the armed forces,. the next few months mean
danger, perhaps death. For those at home, the
next three weeks demand full financial
port. to make the Loan go over the top.
* * *
On Friday Princess Elizabeth came of age
upon attaining h=er 18th birthday. She now
takes over- special . rooms 'in the palace, com-
rnands -her own household staff Wand -becomes
a member of the Council of $tate. The heir
presumptive is being especially trained for the
mantle of responsibility that will some day fall
on her shoulders. If she is endowed with the
charm; grace and- kindliness of her mother,
Princess Elizabeth is certain to further cement
the bonds of the Empire.
•
WE CAN'T STOP •PUMPING NOW
'At the beginning of the century, two per,
sons were needed to play a pipe organ,, The.
organist was at the key -board and someone else
was at the Pump handle. And all the years of
practise all the skill of the musician's fingers
came to naught when the man at the, pump
stopped pumping.
In ,Europe today thousands of Canadians
are playing a different kind of music. They are
playing it .wellwith canon and guns. - Their
performance is a ,thrill for a listening world,,
a display of masterful 'technique developed
through . years of hard. ,.practise.. Just at the
organist: of olden -days' depended on the youth
at' the ;pump; our ;troops depend :on us at home
to' .keepthem goings •
Victory Loans, successfully .conducted dur-,
ing the past three years, have been vital to -the
training of our armed forces, But they are not
enough. dnehour's pumping' of .the old.organ
could not keep the ' organist . playing. for one
hour and a quarter, Similarly, just .so long as.
the Canadian invasion forces are playing their
part on . European soil we must, do ours here.
`We can't stop pumping now.
ts:
IS YOUTH- SUCH A PROBLEM?
All this talk of juvenile delinquency has
reached the pointe where it becames .a bit irk-
some. Not that it is to be regarded lightly,, but
because there is so :much idle chatter about
the moral . degeneration of the youht ofour
country, and so little done to remedy- the con-
-, dition—granting 'that. it be even half so bad as
is made out. '
In the smaller centres, so called juvenile
delinquency does , not flourish as in the ' more
a.
overcrowded w time centres. In fact, in the
-' sn,aller‘--centr-es -t re-may•be little justificatie
for all this talk of juvenile delinquency. There
will' always be with us'; however, . those who ,
glance askance at the doings of the younk folk,
and viewtheir future with foreboding. There
are 'Mycose who fail to` recognize .changing times
and mannerisms and view each . succeeding ..
generation as just that much "wilder" than the
preceding one. .
But • we must not infer that juvenile de-
linquency does' not' exist. ,It is a problem that
is the primary responsibility of the home, but
one in which the 'church and community. also.
must play their parts. What, foil instance, has
this community or almost any other commun-
ity, done to provide, wholesome diversionary-
social and 'recreational activities for the , you'd;
folk?
'Exuberant youth will have its fling. .The
responsibility of those who "have had their
•
fling" is to see that the energies of the .youth
.of . today are properly directed,' in so far as
humanly possible. If this is .done, we need have
Little fear for our men and worrie i of tomor-
row.
* * * *
The first meeting of the year of the Luck -
now Business Men's Association is called for •
Friday' of this week. , This organization should
and could be one of the- most active and ; in-
';fluential in the Village: • • 1
• * *. •
The plea of Premier Eamon De Valera 'that
Rome be spared, would unquestionably. have
been more graciously received had Eire's lead-
er shown any willingness to co-operate with
the Allies in measures designed to safeguard
the lives of our fighting men.
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In referring to the lament of the ' Civil
Service over having to work 7112 hours a day,
and their agitation to have the 6% -hour day
restored, the Chesley 'Enterprise subjects 'the :
Service to a bit of ridicule thusly: "In their
- hour of- wee, We ,can only console the civil
servants with the request to try and hold out
under such a burden. of having to work 411k
-hours a Week until the war ends. Then we
• shall: have Utopia, where nobody works and
°the government keeps us all. Any government
so cruel as to force people to work 41/ hours
a Week ought to be ,knocked into oblivion".
THURSDAY, APRIL 27 , 1944
Local and- General
Mr. and Mr.$Lloyd Hildred o1--
B ervie have received word from
.-their son Ross who is overseas
Miss Norma Ritchie returned
recently from Hespler and is em
ployed noW at Webster's Rest-
aurant. Dr .' and Mrs. R. L. Treleaven
Mrs. F. ,,Cole arrived home af- of Woodstock visited here the.
ter spending the past three weeks first of the week. The Doctor
is convalescing from.a recent,ap-
pendectoiny.
Alvin Percy At Detroit called
on friends here ,the first of the
week.'
Mrs. -Calvin McKay of Holy --
rood visited last week in London
and Windsor..
visiting friends , in Kinloss. Mrs:
K: Hewitt accompanied her :hei e•
for a . few days' visit.
Mr. arid Mrs. Russell Middle-
ton ,spent the week -end in _Pal
merston with. Mr. and .Mrs. Wm.
Scrimgeour and are' visiting this;
week with their son Merle in
Hamilton:. ' .
Mr. and . Mrs.'Alvin Bowles.
-and daughter Dora.of London,
and 'the farmer's uncle, Mr. ; A1-
lan Bowles of,. Vancouver visited
here on Tuesday with iV rs. Ida
Hackett, • and renewed former•
acquaintances.
DUNGANNON'
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Orser and
the latter's mother, Mrs. Allen of
Detroit visited <, o.ver the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs, Albert
Orser: •
Mrs. Robt. 'Fitzgerald has re-
turned'
e-turned` to , her; home after pend-
ing : the winter with her aunt;
Mrs. Mary Agar ' of Brampton.
BORN—Thursday; April 20th,
;at Goderich 'Hospital, to Mr. Gor-
don Sampson (overseas) and Mrs.
Sampson (nee Iris Rivett), Dun-
gannon, a son, Frederick Norris.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Roung, of
Stratford were visitors on Sun-
day .with Mr: and Mrs. Donald
Fowler.
Mrs. Herbert Alton issuffer-
ing with blood poisoning in her
arm and is a patient at Wingham.
The measles epidemic is some-
what dying out, as it made com-
plete rounds of this burg. The,
school ' . attendance was almost
normal again this week.
Mrs. Eugene Thompson and
sister ' Miss Ida Rivett, returned
to Cornith after spending a few
days with their parents Mr. and
-Mrs George Rivett.
t
Miss Margaret Stewart, nurs ;
ing in Toronto, is .visiting her,
,parents, . Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ste-
wart on the 4th of Ashfierd.
• Among the "'measles patients,
Some . grown-ups .were also taken
down with the malady, who were
Mrs. Leslie Scholtz, . Mrs. Rev.
Vickerson and ' Mr. 'Leroi' Stingel..
Mr. and ..Mrs. Harry Ryan the
soon coming again to ., take '-up
residence ` in Mr. Allan ,Reed's
house, formerly owned ,by . Mr.
Chas.. Rivett. '•
Mr. and Mrs. ` Thos. Dickson,
Sr.,, . have 'received. word from.
their son Fred overseas.
Mrs Dan Fowler who makes
her home with her 'nephew., Mr. •
Chas. Fowler, is now staying at
the home of, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Errington .during the convales-:
,cence of Mrs. Fowler at Wingham
hospital. '
a meeting of the Garden . Brig-
ade''at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Treleaven on -•the 6th Con. of Ashfield. on Wednesday this
week to' commence plans for the
spring work.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Robb of
Lucknow were recent visitors
with their. nephew, Mr. W. • J.
Robb.
DEPENDENT
1,
OCIAL SECURITY
Social Security is necessary; but independent
and prudent men and women are not relying
upon, what the state may do to provide Social ,
Security—they are insuring their own future
independence and Social Security by means of
Life Insurance and Pension Bonds.
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HEAD OFFICE • Association
. Representative
JOHN -FISH; 1,,UCKNO
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TORONTO