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LUCKNOW SENT? TELTLUCKNOW,. ONTARIO!
LUCKNOW SENTINEL
"thi sepoy Town" — On the Huron -Bruce Boundary
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L, Campbell Thompson and, Donald C. Thompson. Publishers
., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8th, 1969
HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW
A few weeks ago an editorial storrn
64)6 in this district when rePresentat.ives
'of the Teachers',Federation refused to Car-
ry on salary hegotiations witti the Walker-
ton Public School Board, with the 'press in
The Sentinel ,did not comment on the
matter at the time for two reasons. We did.
slot have any first hand Information on
what sparked the. issue and the longer we'
are associated with this business,. the more
evident it becomes there are always "two
sides to every question. Too- many are
ready, to accept one version—the Ohe they .
wish to accept, There is much truth in a
recknt quotation to the, effect that words
have nO meaning—but, rather: people have
a meaning for words. Their Own interpre-
tation, that is, as they think Or. wish. to
Then, secondly, our reason' for riot
commenting was that similar negotiations
were in the offing locally and we did not
wish to be prejudicial in the matter..
We found at this meeting, or assumed
at : least, that neither the trustees\ repre-
were een having . he press in atten-,
dance.- Without any arrogance . about the
"freedom of, the press," or the rights of the
people' to know, we avoided any issue in
the, Matter and "eoirered" the'. i-neeting;
The cry of misquoted has never
greatly impresseg us, and we believe in the
field of weekly journalism this is compara-
lively rare. True, Misinterpretation of , the
idea a speaker is trying to get across, can
and does .occurr, but straight misquoting is
sOmething else again.
The daily' press, in particular,' has a •
penchant for °seizing, upon one- statement
and playing 'it. up out of all relative, pro-
portion to the general context of the
This is often resented as Much as a
"misquotation," but what, we did learn
from the official representatives at this
meeting ,was' that ,one of their chief con-
cerns in iuch negotiations,' is, that with the
preis in attendance they are "afraid things
won't be said which should be said." For'
example,. the merits or otherWise, of a
particular 'party for whom they are, negoti-
ating . have of necessity to ,he frankly
spoken of,' and, there ,is .a hesitancy' to do
so unless negotiations are I3eing carried' on .
Any good . reporter realizes' that dis-
cretion has to be exercised in such matters,
and a hapPy relation exists, with public
bodies when he gains their confidence 'in
such matters ---yet 'they 'know that he will
not be a party' to_ "covering up" anything
.which is in the publie interest.
Had we been. barred. from the, salary
negotiations meeting, we would have had „
"our piece to say," of whkh the Federation
was aware.
, As it turned out, it was a most amic-
.able, meeting,' to 'which the press..cari
testify. Behind clOsecl °doors, the ,general.
'public Might well have Assumed that it was
ra 'negotiation battle between two oppoting'
-"Fattions." nit it was not. 'It was a diieus-
• sion to arrive at what was considered rea-•
sohable and fair to all concerned.
The -taxpayer las the' right to know
what goes on in public affairs. The press
has a' responsibility to provide this infor-
mation factually 'and accurrately, but not
,withont consideration of those, about 'and
whom it is reporting. ,
',This at least, as the publishers of a
'village weekly closely knit to the people
of the community, is how we fCel in the
• •That the sympathy of the publishing
fraternity, as well as. Many friends and ac-
Buckingharn and his, young ion of Kincar-
dine, in, the 'Untimely death of Mrs. 'Buck-
ingham, .a deVoted wife and mother. Not
only does her' death 'leave a void in the
home, but also in the office, where she, like
th6 Wife of. Many ,publishers, did what she
could to ,help ease ' the pressure in the
weekly deadline battle -against. time which
, is assOciated With the publishing business.
two teenage drivers lost their driving licen-
ses ,,for ,a year and were fined $50. when
police' charged them' with careles driving
upon apprehending them for- 6,`squealing"
their Aires. The lesson might be heeded by .
mime local performer& who are 'second to
none at the' game, and frequently choose
the early hours of the morning to put on
their,act and arouse the community. There
win be no tears shed if xheir actions end in .
'license suspension." They, are asking for it.,
"Park" betches haire. made .their
'peararice 'on CaniPb011 St.,' at VictOria Park!'
and at ,SOuth Kinloss ',Cemetery, through,
the conrteiy "Of. the, MUnicipal.Couneil; the'
. Legion and private businesi places. These
jhotight for our senior. citizens.; May they
be, made goOd use of ,to:'rest `a". niornent,
and for' °friendly,. 'felloWship. ,;Those :who.
'have persevered: until these Community .as.• •
sets .becanne a reality, ark to. be 'compli-1.,
mented., May we see 'still more of them
RELATES ,MISSION
,WORK IN- GUIANA
Life as it is foun• d along a har-
row • strip of coasti.line 'bordering
the Atlantic Ocean in South
.cribecl by -Rev. Alex MacDonald
Jo the congregation in 'the Pres-
,byterian Church on Sunday
' The country is British Guiana
DOnald. and their fainily of two
young children will shortly re-
turn,. to-. resume, his mission dut-
ies. Re has .been in New York'
taking a schOlarship course.
British Guiana's yhalt million
people', are .concentrated . in a
comparatively small area along
Ow coast . where they are en-
gaged chiefly . in the,,growing of
sugar. and rice. ,
• Their big agricultural problem
is one caused by ' water. They
ground from the sea, and flood
wathrs from the kigh jungle.
conntry behind them. .Then, in
, the .rainy season they have the
problem of draining ' off the
rainy -season deluge which floods
. The .racial problem' is , one of
ricans and East Indians,' With, the
European (white Man) quite a
minority' ,group who come. and
'i the Case . in 'many of the ,black
and' white racial problems else.
.. The ,PresbYterian Church pio-
neered in mission work among.
the.East Indians; . dating .back to
1895; and yet: there *are Only
2,000. members of 'some"40 Chris -
Alan ehurclies, Yet the 'Chureh'
has accomplished:great 'things in'
leading. thes, people . from illite-
racy: iFew there now are in that
. lancl'whO do not send their. child-
ren to. school, and • the import-
anCe., of advanced' education to
' the point, of profesional train-
ing is recognized. The ' govern-
ment now has ' assumed the re-
' The Christian' congregations
and traditionally have look,ed to
, the Canadian Mission. Board 'to
supply.- their -needs ' whenever
Generally. speaking, .the Job of pub-
lishing a paper, , in corrirnon. with many oc-
cupations , is taken pretty - much for granted
it seems — and we are quite accUstomed
- to " this attitude. But, ..at' timei' we ,wonder
if the time, 'effort and space We cleV?te: to.'
mirroring the life of the conimnnity 'from
cradle to the grave" warrants "beyond the
call of , duty" ,'deinanded by the task., For
instance, would it ,be better . viiiting the ".
than Writing, obituaries. We .have
• written hundreds' upon' . hundreds of them
.tinee ; our first effort back in I 91 I ; when
we recorded the death .of Ehner Ackert.
But obitnary writing one of the services,'
we have been able to .render and is ap-
preciated find.•.SUch 'note& as' this, in
part, in acknoWledgment, of one of last
week's efforts is rewarding; niVe were so
,pleased with the, 'cibituarY for Dad.. I
knoW . he . would have appreciated Your.,
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:GOVERNMENT CONTROIL:
. As government control. and collect-
ivism develop, the sphere Of individual .
effort 'is gradnallY reduced in so far as its ,
benefits . to society are coneerned, and
gradually. smaller "'percentage of the pOpu-
lation , knows how to use . individual "free-
dom and initiative: People becozne accust-
wiled .to having things done for them that,
they, might- well and better do for. them-.
selves, and .as 'government grows, they
shrink and as they shrink, .the government'
grows. -- Canora,' Sask, Courier.
'The child who obeys withou
is probably, too young to talk.
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question
the Arian who hada open the car
doer for hiS' wife hai either a. new wife or
neW Car;
Pictured here are .Mr. and Mrs,
Thomas 'William Pritchard, fol.
lowing their marriage on satur..
day, May 21st,, at the home of
the bride's; parents, Mr... a4d
Mrs. J. Roy -MacKay of Ashfield.
The bride is the, former Anne
Isabelle .,MacKay. The %room is
the son. of Mr.. and Mrs: Elino
Pritchard of West Wawanosh.
'Mr., and Mrs. Pritchard are re -
skiing in 'Preston.
money is required...Progress. js
being inade' 'in, changing . their
thinking in this •rnatteri and. tO
make .theM More ,seif reliant' in
providing for their,. own
Rey: MacDonald - referred to.
great leaders 'of other countries
in which the. Christian ,Miskin.,"
arY work has. been carried on,.
stressing that these leaders had
studied' and knew the teaching:
of the..Word of God, but were
turned away from Christianity,
by the, living example cif so-tal-
leth Christians; which . vas in
direct contrast to the Word
which these leader§ has 'studied
The -.People Of pritish Ginaria.
have benefited, from work of the .
'rni4iOnaries and -are gratefal to
the . ,PresbYterian Church in
Canada, as - he, 'emphasized the '
cont nuing 4; need to guide. and
help these People aS they, like
.many other countries, are mov-
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