The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-09-20, Page 19WEDNESDAY, :SEPT, 2Nh, 1%7
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THE: LUCKNOW .SENTINEL; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
�eeklx Convention
ra131e Event
BY DON THOMPSON
Bev and I hadthe pleasure of
attending the annual'convention of
the Canadian. Weekly Newspapers
Association in Ottawa from Tues
day, September ,5th to. Friday with.
Saturday and: Sunday:post, conven-•
tion .trip,to Montreal and, EXPO,
The Canadian Weekly'Newspapets
Assoetiation is the.official voice of
• the weekly press and has» members
from coast . to .coast. It is often
referred to as "Canada's largest
family party" and it well• lives. up . •
to this name tag.
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Not so fortunate as many of the
larger .weekly papers with editorial,
staff, we were required to "put the
paper to bed" :before we left for
. convention and to, do this we at The
S(entinel.published one day early.
The paper came out the day after .
'.Labour Day ,'the Sentinel staff
working On the Labour•Day holiday
and taking it "later in the week.
After, completion, of the .papery on
Tuesday afternoon, we flew from
Toronto to Ottawa arriving at' the
Chateau Laurier, the convention
hotel, about9'p.m The Ottawa
,plane trip is 'a quick one; about •
one• hour.. •The 'convention •kicked
off on;•Tuesdayevening with a wet-
come party for all delegates:.
Because it was Centennial year,
and because the event was staged
in Ottawa, the affair tended more
to the social side • than many pre-
• vious annual meetings; However,
business which was transacted: was
handled quickly: and efficiently in
the given, time.President of the
CWNA for Centennial year was
Jolin'Sancton of Montreal.. The new
president for 1967=68 is';Arvid Lun-
dell of British Columbia and the
vice president is Irwin Macintosh
of Saskatchewan.
`. On Wednesday the convention.
had the opportunity of touring a
number of Ottawa points of interest
and:we personally chose the Royal
Mint. Wednesday evening the grougi
visited the Sound and Lights'present
ation at Nepean Point at the rearof
the Parliament buildings. This ;
portrayal of; the early history of •
Canada was a tremendous spectacle,
Thursday saw the group depart by
bus for the Central Experimental
Farm. where they were treated io a
picnic lunch by.one of our many
hosts; Ari unusual and pleasant
part of weekly conventions is .that •
all meals are hosted -by various .bus
inesses`and.government depart •
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.Asa Member of the welcome
and traffic :committee,, The Sent- . •
inel publisher and aboutanother
ten or so from across Canada wore
Centennial tartan sashes, coon-
skin' caps and carried muskets and
powder horns.' It ,Was the duty'of
this committee to •get• people to
the right place at the right time.
Thursday. evening 'the entire ;con=
Vention were guests.ofthe Japanese
Embassy for a garden party at the
residence of the'Japanese ambassa-
dor and his wife.
a •a *,
Following this, the men:broke up
intO small groups and were guests'
at various Embassies of foreign
countries of their choice. As a.•
member: of the above mentioned
committee, •The Sentinel publish'
,!.r was in charge' of a group of
about fifteen who visited the
• Embassey of the United' Arab •
Republic where we were guests sof
the ambassador and four of his
„mbay.sta,..•»Metalked very
openly and freely on the
middle eastern situation and, the •
recent Israel -Arab war. We were •
their guests at what was to have
been a light supper but turned out
to be a banquet. Arab foods were A
served by candlelight.
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While we were nibbling' on the: '
Arab delicacies, the lady mem-
bers were not marking time. Bev
was with the group of. women who .
had • been •invited to the home of
the governor-general of Canada.;
Here they were received by Mrs
Mitchener,
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Friday was another eventful day..
A tour of. the Parliament Buildings
got the morning off to a start An
invitation tolook up John Loney
while in :Ottawa had tobe post-
ported. Like: most of his party
members,, John.was in Toronto that
week, at the leadership convention
and so we had to take a rain_
check. The gals,, Mrs. Bill Kenn-.':
edy of Durham and Bev, managed.
to get in, a bus tour of Ottawa ,Fri-
day afternoon while business sets
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ions were on. ' "
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Guest -speaker at the, banquet on
Friday.evening•was the Prime Min-
ister of Canada, L. B. Pearson. As
'one of the traffic committee;: it
was our pleasure' to .act; as one of
the honour. guard—, coon skin cap,
musket and all, to escort:the .:PM .'
to his seat of honour'. CBC entertain
`ment followed the banquet. The
.only.: star w.e) can 'remember was
Vanda King, .one of the former. . .
"Nightcap" '" TV series. We ha
..g P happen- •
ed to be sitting;•in'the front .row and
for those of you• who have seen
Vanda' perform' on. Nightcap, you
can appreciate,'why she• made the.'
lasting impression'.
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Saturday morning the•:convention
moved to Montreal with about•haif
the group staying at the Sheraton_
Mount Royal Hotel. Because we
arrived::about li'a.in., rooms were
not ready and as we had torendez-
vdus at • EXPO: at 1 a.m. it was -
necessaryY : for this member of .the
group to change clothes in:the
men's washroom. We note where'a
group ;of officials from the. Huron'
and Kinloss Telephone System were
atthe same hotel at 'the same• time
Fortunately 'we didn't meet them in:
the lobby carrying our change of
clothes At . EXPO we were
welcomed and taken on a tour of
three of the pavilions; :.Canadian.
Pacific Cominco, Canada and'.
Quebec. Needless to 'say, we •have ..
• been more than pleased at both `our
Visits to EXPO this summer.•when
one press pass did_not make it nee, •
essary toline up The only,place
where our press pass was not honour
ed was at the Ontario pavilion and ,
this caused some ill will among
publishers from Ontario who took a
ribbing from 'their: outof province
colleagues.,
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The city ..of Montreal was host to
the group at a reception at the
Helene de _Champlain restaurant, at,
EXPO. One disappointment was
that Mayor Jean Drapeau,, who was
to have been present, sent one of
his Council members,who was a
gracious ,host but lacked the 'allow
associated with Mr. Drapeau. •,.
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The convention 'climaxed at a
dinner Saturday evening -at the
Queen Elizabeth Hotel as guests of
the government of`Quebec. Prem-
ier Daniel Johnston, who was to
have been present, felt the wedd- .
.ingof.his :.son was .mote ;important
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Bravo Stratford.
I wonder how many, people, right in your -seat.
including_ . English teachers;
ever sit.' down in this rat -racy This year we wound tipour
world .of ours and read a play \ summer with a real bash of
• by Shakespeare? • Or 'anybody • play -going 'at Stratford: It' was
else for that matter. great:. Even Kim, the 16 -year-
old cynic, 'admitted; "I really
'I'm sure thenumber of per- • dig that Shakespeare,"
sons pn the North, American
Continent , who do' this for the . Fourteen years .ago, my wife.'
sheer joy of it, annually,• could' ' ' and. 'I .saw a production of
be 'counted on two hands and chard 111, with the great 'Mee
. two feet,. ' And I wouldn't be . '. Guinness starring. It was the
,among them , first season of the festival,
when the theatre was a huge
The only people who . read tent, 'rotten hot in midsummer.
Plays, are producers,, directors •But it was something new; col
and actors, who read. them fore orful and 'vital on the Cana
obvious reasons; • and high dian scene. We. were thrilled.
school students, •
• 'who' . read This year, we saw the same
them because they have to:
• .play, with British actor Alan
Plays are not written to be : Bates playing; the emotionally
read, but, to be seen.' Just as and physically warped Richard.
operas are written to be heard, ,There's • a handsome theatre, •'
'• and houses built to be lived in, air-conditioned. The festival is
and cars built to rust and WO. no longer :something new. ` But
men built different. from men. ' % it's as vital. and colorful as •
• That's: why 'I enjoy so much .'
ever..And . it's still a •thrill.
.. our ' occasional visit to ' the Despite a fairly solid lam
Stratford. Festival. Suddenly, a basting from the drama critics, •
soliloquay becomes ,not some; ,he festival is having .a solid'
thing you had to memorize , in smash this ,year at the • box '
school, but '.a real man baring; office. Which merely goes to
his tortured soul before your , . `. show you . howmuch attention'.
naked eyes ' . • anybody pays to. drama critics,
of New York.`
Suddenly a turn of • phrase or
outside•.
:A shrug'' brings tears to your It also shows, I think, : that
eyes. Or an • unexpected belch • the .festival is more than just a
draws ;a wave of laughter. Or 'theatre.: For the real :drama
an old cliche like, "A horse, a .:-: buffs, of : course, :'the play's the,
horse;.' my kingdom for a thing.' But for : thousands of
• horse," becomes • a wail of mad others, it's a sort Qo f pilgrimage •
anguish that has you ,:bolt up.- to an excitin g annual event
Not . even Will Shakespeare
could fill that theatre night
after night,;' year after year.
;People come for the music, the
modern drama, the art • .exhi ,
bits, and 'the whole involving
' atmosphere.. •
than,theweekly' publishers and so
sent in his place the Minister of
Roads and, Highways.: At EXPO' and
at the dinner: ,the CWNA were join
ed by Les`lebdos du Canada., the
French language :weekly association
in: Canada .
A day on :our own at EXPO
wound up a memorable week for us,
and we returned from Montreal to
Toronto ,,by air•Sundaevening.
Weekly newspaper people:.seldom_`
have the. opportunity to "talk shop"
with their contemporaries, being'
usually"th'e. only business .of their
type in a- 'community . , Conventio ns
of this type certainly afford.this
opportunity, to discussprojects and
problems with those who truly •
understand 'what you are talking
'about.
•
Things have: changed a lot
since. that. first , year: we -' at-, •
tended. •:No longer do; you have
;to' stay in a ;;.private. home
where the landlady is not only
a kook but plastered, as ours
was: Motels ' have •mushroomed,
but it's a good idea to reserve, • ,
No longer do you' have to sit.
'on the bank of .the.'Avon,'pad-
• dling your feet in • the . water
and; drinking ginand tonic out
of a thermos. Now you can'
paddle' your feet in the broad:.,'
• loons -of. any..of • several• good
bars.
No longer do you sit down to
;a :good.. meal prepared by, the'
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Some, people • yearn . for .the
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