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NORSHORE SENTINEL "Keeping Watch on the Great North Shore VOLUME 1, NO 18 NORSHORE SENTINEL NIPIGON; ONTARIO TUESDAY, DEC 20, 1960 NOT OVER 10c DON'T MISS Editorial page 4 Douglas Fisher ........page 4 Sports page 8,9 Comics page 11 Entertainment.. page 13 Classified page 14 COULD CHANGE CLOSING AGAIN Nipigon may either revert back to Wednesday closing lor, as it has been suggested by one merchant, open on a six-day basis in the new year. General dissatisfaction has been voiced over the mutual ’agreement' entered into by the merchants less than two months ago. The tourist operators were the latest to criticize the new closing date, claiming that it would hurt tourist traffic lin Nipigon, Earlier the small store owners had spoken out again st a proposed bylaw 'making Monday closing compulsory. In a spot poll by the Sentinel, eight out of 10 busin esses said they were either seriously considering a change back to Wednesday or else they had already decided to change back. At the moment there is no bylaw governing store hours in Nipigon. The old bylaw which made Friday night shopping illegal was rescinded last month by a petition sign ed by the merchants. No new bylaw has been presented. The Nipigon Chamber of Commerce has instituted a study of store hours in other communities to help decide what is best for all concerned. GORDON DAMPIER HEADS FISHERMEN A new method of herring fishing was the main topic of discussion at the annual convention of the Commercial Fishermen association. The meeting saw Gordon Dampier of Nipigon elected president succeeding Mel Gerow of Port Arthur. Vice President is Lanzo Nuttal of Hurkett while Mr. Mudra of the Acme Net and Twine Co., Port Arthur, continues at secretary-treasurer. District representative is E. Dampie Mr. Dampier and Mr. Chevier of Hurkett will attend the convention of the Canadian Commercial Fishermen association in Toronto, Jan, 16. day in Port Arthur. The new method, involving more costly equipment but using less labor on the tugs, will in al probability be in action next summer. SPECIAL EDITION The Sentinel comes to your home a day earlier this week to allow a special Christmas edition to go to the press before the Christmas weekend. The special edition will be delivered Saturday, Christmas Eve. There will be no publication of the Sentinel during die Christmas-New Yearns week. Publication resumes Jan. Barefoot Backwalking Can Be Dangerous Too Once upon a time there was a man who shoveled his driveway one winter day and came down with a sore back. "Good wife" says he "I remember my father telling me many years ago that the best thing for a sore back is to have someone walk up and down on it in bare feet. Would you walk on my back? " "Certainly" says she, and taking off her shoes, began to do just that. His muscles were so round, smooth and hard however that his poor wife had a difficult time keeping her balance. She clutched a table for support but alas - her foot slipped, the table tipped, and down she fell. The wrist, t'was found, was broken and the good wife now wears a cast, elbow to wrist. The man? - He's still looking for someone to walk barefoot up and down his back. EDWIN ’REIKKI’ RA JALA DISPLAYS NEW 'CANADIAN* FLAG MAPLE LEAF FLAG FLYS HIGH; REIKKI WANTS TO SEE MORE Edwin ’Reikki’ Rajala, like so many Canadians, feels our no-longer-infant country should have a distinctive flag of its own. But unlike so many other backers of the idea, Reikki is doing something more than just talking about it. Motorists travelling the North Shore Circle Route this past summer were no doubt wondering just what country they were in as they passed Edwin's property near Stillwater Bridge just outside of Nipigon. For there atop a 50-foot pole flutters the flag generally regarded as the most acceptable design when...and if...Canada does decide to have a flag of its own. It’s the only flag of its kind in the area and that's precisely why Reikki went into the bush last summer, felled the highest tree he could find and then put the flag on display for everyone to see. "Everybody's done enough talking about the flag,” says Edwin, whose family homesteaded at Nipigon, figured if I just put the flag up for everyone to see then more people would be talking about it and maybe even buying flags to fly. I feel that’s the only way we’re going to get this flagâ€"to get the people to accept it first.” "The Union Jack might lift the British spirits,” professes Reikki, "but there are 30 or 40 nationalities in Canada We should think of Canadianismâ€"your Canada and mine. We’re all good Canadians and we should have a symbol, something that will lift us as the Union Jack does the British and the Stars and Stripes the Americans.” Reikki’s adopted Canadian flag is diagonally split with red on top and white on the bottom. The centre portion consists of a green maple leaf, symbolic of Canada if anything is. That’s the striking feature that caught Reikki’s eye when he first saw the flag on the front page of the Toronto Star a few years back. "That was Canada,” he sad. Reikki bought his flag for $10 from Maple Leaf Flags, Regina, Sask., box 671. He suggests that other Canadians who believe this is a good flag should buy larger or smaller flags and display them prominently until Ottawa finally hears their call. "I’m only sorry I couldn’t find a pole big enough so that they could see it from Ottawa,” said Reikki. "In fact,” adds Reikki with out pausing for a breath, I had the money to buy the flags I’d like to put one in everybody’s stocking this Christmas.” A few million more boosters, patriots, like Reikki would do Canada no harm whatsoever. Neither would a distinctive flag, Reikki’s flag.