The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-04-02, Page 6THE LUCKNOW.'SENTINEL,_ LUCKNOW,, 'ONTARIO
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:, You are cordially. invited to attend a.
BALER SCHI
On the use of synthetic: baler twine;
conducted: by
POLI-TWhNE CORP. LTD.
: and presented by.
Grant,
ES$O AGENT
AT
THE LUCKNOW SALES BARN
ON
THURSDAY,:APRIL 10th AT 8:15 P.M.'
REFRESHMENTS AND DOOR PRIZES
About our -.
board.
I don't suppose many of you
-know- what it's ' like to 'be.' a
. director ' of a company On
the surface, it looks great.
Soule :' big operators, like,
Robert Winters .. or , General
Lostafew,; are directors in half
a dozen . companies, and ' it
doesn't seem to bother them.*
They . go to directors' meetings,
vote the way they're supposed`
to, and pick up . their ' annual
, director's fee, -anywhere from
$1,000, to $5,000, depending.
on who they are and; how much
:, prestige is attached to - the .
• name.'
By some : legal ` fluke, : I am
still a director of the .company
in which h , started a brilliant.
newspaper career, :on about
twenty-eight: cents. The rest '.
was cash money, .. borrowed
'from relatives, insurance poli-
cies ` .and everything else : short
of `:armed robbery. and selling
my wife.
• •But. I. guess I'm nobody, and
---',7----the—prestige attached—to... my
nalne is somewhere . below zero. -
Because I don't get any .,direc-
tor's fees: And L .don't sit '.
around an ovale table. with a lot
of other directors, with the
agars .and sharpened pencils.
and the notepads and the
dickering over whether we '
should sell 5,000 shares . to
Amalgamated or buy up 20,-
000
0,.000 shares •of ` Moose :Factory:
Refineries. • , 1'
Our-Aire-does-meeting-usual-
ly
ur di-rec-toes-ineet-ing-usual-
ly takes place in the back. shop.
(the printing area) of a weekly
newspaper. I don't eve re a
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cigar, let alone . a sharpened
pencil, and ,I find myself oper-
ating as labor-management ar-
• bitrator, father confessor and
den mother.
• Somehow,' I'd rather have it
that way. The only time I
smoke a cigar is when someone
has a baby. And our problems
are more human. They're
things like, "How are we going
to • keep the frazmatogal work-
• ing. on the linotype ' machine:?"
Or, "Tile trout are scarcer than
meeting ;
/Maybe it's /only the fact that
their son graduated, ortheir,.
daughter is .not going tore
form school, after all, but they
know, how the paper should be
run,' and they are not loath to •
sdy so.
There are the directors who
• buy_a five -dollar advertisement
twice a year, but. ` expect the
paper • to ,. carry ' two' pictures
(flattering)' and a two -Column
account : of .• .their. . daughter's
wedding, for free.:;
And , there are the directors
who scream with outrage when:-
you
hen:-you report, in all honesty, that.
they've spent two .weeks in.
Florida or California or Mexi
'co. They don'twant their cus
tourers. think they're. making`
.that kind of, money. And, of
course, "they'd be 'equally • ;fu
rious if you hadn't mentioned
Andthere are ; the directors
who are fanatics about the
WCTU or the; Fall Fair com-
• mittee, 'who expect seven col-
umns
ol umns. th be devoted to their
work, and spend four dollars
for an ad, or go to the opposi-
tion • to get their printing ,done. ,
And here and there, about as •
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Sounds • simple. But you've
no idea ' how. ,difficult it is
being a director in your old t
home town. The trouble is, al-
roost
l most everybody: is a director. .i
They're all unpaid, like me, •
but they have •a stake in the
numerous: as the 'White -Footed
Beagle -Breasted Thorny Thorny Pink
Owl, there are the, directors.:
who say, "You're putting out a
good paper;' keep' it up." These.
you try to stuff, mount and put
'up in front of the building. But
they-oftenobject. - • ish . .
olun#eer Services
r-0igwm-F-ornecL
By Bruce C.A.S.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2nd 1,69:
The increase in the activities of
-the Bruce County-Childien's Aid
Society in recent :years: has shown .
the need arid desirability of using
volunteer workers, and, as, many,
other C.A.S. have done, the Bruce
County Children's` Aid Society is
now pleased to announce; thet.form-
ation of the Voluntteer :Services. Pro.
;gram,* with Mrs; H, Bellman :as, co-
ordinator.
The need for volunteer occasional,
workers and the success in their,
program Have been clear for a long
time; the benefits to al1concerned •
are immeasurable The volunteers:
come to feel a much greater con-
cern and responsibility for problems
in their cornnnunity; they have the
e
time to give that •extra attention.
and concern.when needed. The
case: workers ,. on the other hand,
are often freed of tasks which do
not require, a trained social worker
to perform, thus enabling them to
give increasedscope to their
own workfor which they are train.
ed • .
The Volunteer Services; Program,
still ,in' its infancy , hopes to serve
in atleast: four-. other centres in
Bruce County. Interested volunteers
could contact these key people tor'
information:, Port Elgin, Mrs '
George .Hammonk Ripley , Mrs.
Donald Blue; Wiarton, Mrs. 'Ross
Whicher;' Lucknow, Mrs . Donald
Cameron
There, are., so, far', four areas ;of
service available through Volunteer
Services.
(1) Volunteer Drivers are often ask-
ed to drive children to medical.
appointments in Walkerton, Or .per"-
haps
per-haps in London; orthey may drive
families. to court hearings, or take
a .child. home from hospital.
(2) Assistants to Case Workers
would_pe rhaps-be-asked-to
accompany acase' worker while
driving to help withchildren in'the
qar She'may care., for children .
,while,parents are ling interviewed
'or' are in court. '
(3) A clothing centre has been op:-
ened in the former Credit Union
offices in Walkerton, and many
assistants will be needed' for many,
tasks here.. Workers are needed to
sort,. mend, and label the used
clothing donations: and to keep the
centre open at .certain. hours . This.
clothing centre'has been opened
through the efforts of Mrs. Keith
Rumney.. Anyone' who can spare a
few hours occa :i_o. ally_to lielp4.
please call her at 881-2455. The
Walkerton Kinsmen .Club ,has: contri-
buted substantially to .,the new
centre by making and installing a
block of storage. shelves which'. will`
make sorting :the clothing much
Moreefficient: This interest shown
by ther.Kinsinen Club is:greatly app7
reciated and needed; only with such
group 'and indiividual aims of comm
unity 'service will the project flour -
But it's worth it.. to revisit
the old town. This week, I met
an old buddy with two broken .'
,•ribs,in considerable pain. 'He
cracked one rib in a fall, and I
was too :polite to ask ,how he
did :it. Got it all: strapped up by•
the doe. •
His wife sleeps .on the inside
of the bed, next.. the wall. She:
had to go to the bathroom.
"I know,'"I said; "she put
her elbow in your ribs,, climb-
ing over you." He. replied,
grunting with agony: "Elbow
be , 'dammed. She put both'
hands,; backed by her . 138
... 1 1 1 1 11
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cracked rib. Now I 'have two
broken ones."
Exactly why we need' direc-
tors. If he'd had a Director in
.charge of Climbing Out `of lied
When You Have, to Go to the
Bathroom, he would nOt be in
that shape today. '
(4) Homemaking Service.
Volunteers, carefully' selected to
act as homemakers, make regular
frequent visits to a home 'as •a
helpful friend offering their loving
concern , encouragement and assist-
ance.
Volunteers too have the opportun-
ity to. assist some peoplewho tech-
nically do not come under the jur-
isdiction of the Children' s'Aid'. -
'The volunteer Services prograrn
will. welcome help in all areas of
,their work. Fromtime to time a
Children's Aid Societ is requited ,
to set a amily up in, housekeeping„
requiring a great deal of house
lceeping equipment; anything at all'
that is nee ed in a home will be
gratefully accepted at the clothing:;;
depot . Kitchen utensils, furniture ,
clothing; bedding and dishes are
p pe . all essential
RELIGIOUS
SERVICES
ST. PETER'S
LUCKNOW
UNITED . ;:CHURCH:
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Rev. R. L. Stirling,f 3.A., B.D.
Minister
APRIL ith
Easter Sunday,
10:00 .a a s Sunday Schoo
Adult Bible: Class
11;00 a:m. Morning Service
Good Friday Cantata, 'April 4th.
at 8 p.m.:
"No. Greater Love" will be pre-
sented by. a 'Community Choir
with special ' soloists.
• THINK ON THIS
Good, Friday and Easter speak
of life's , paradox, it's despair.
and hope, hate and love, crit-
icism
riticism andpraise, death and life.;
CHURCH
Rev. C. F. Johnston
Rector
Easter Sunday
APRIL, ith
10:15 Church School...
11:1
• 5, Holy Communion
Lucknow
Presbyterian Church
.APRIL fib
Easter Sunday
Sacrament of ,Baptism:
10:00 a.m.. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Morning rvice
Guest,;S
Rev: T. Owen H
of Watford
orship
AT CHURCH OF
:ON FRIDAY,
/:.
ST PAUL'S CHURCH
RIPLEY .
and
ST. PETER'S CHURCH
LUCKNOW
Will`. Hold. A
GOOD FRIDAY '
SERVICE
ASCENSION,.KINLOGH •
APRIL .4Ih AT 11- A.M.
EVERYONE 'INVITED TO. ATTEND
GREATER 1IOVE
N .THE LUCKNOW UNITED CHURCH AT 0 P.M.
. Commune , it
Soloists'—'Mrs Lorne Sparks, Mrs: Harvey Houston, Glen Lodge,
Crawford Douglas
Organ Prelude B Mr. L E. Willits
is
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EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND
LETTERS THE EDITOR
Winter Qf4 1947
'Wasn't So Bad
Dungannon, . R. R. 1,
March 24,'1969..:
The Editor,; A
Lucknow Sentinel., '
Dear bon:. •
A',couple;of'weeks ago a
letter wasublished tellin '.about
� telling
,about
winter of 1946 - 47
According to the writer, it was a
long hard 'winter but as 1 remem
ber it wasn't so bad. December of
46 was mild with little snow . Ian-
' uary of 47 w as one of the
mildest Januarys I ever saw It was
got bad and then of course the
winter Was getting pretty ,far .on.
.
'March 1st was a wild day and plug-
ged the roads solid 'from Goderich.
o `Lucknow so that not even a hor-
se could navigate them and they ,
were opened by Tom Sand,y,'s bull -
dozer. That+Would not have been.
necessary: if_.theyhad-had--today_s
snow plowing. equipment.
The spring' was late that yearbut
not nearly s� late .as. in.43 , The
•winters of 58 -• 5.9 and 62 - 63 had
more snow .over a much : •
longer. period than February, and
March of 1941 but. they :,
may not have seemed so bad. to
some .people_who only tray on
the highways. But; to me,' who
worked with horses in the fields and
bush with no help''from thesnow-
plow`.,, I knew what the weather,
was:likre and how deep :the snow
was,
Congratulations Don 'on your gets
ing around do writing an editorial
again for the •Sentinel . It seems tO
make a newspaper more complete
to have its• o inion expressed, •
p
Thos. C. Andersons.
To -day's teen -;age boy lives by
his own stern code: Brush •after
ever)? meal. and see your barber,
tWica year
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