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WAGE TEN`
THE l'LTCKNOW SENTINEL,• 1LUCKNOW, QNT.
WEDms04y: MAY 23rd, 1956.
S1PORT.44
GIRLS TO HOLD FIRST
PRACTICE THURSDAY
Girls of all, ages • interested in
playing softball this season,, ate
.requested to' turn out for the
first, practice at the Caledonian
Park. on Thursday 'evening at,
7.100,. • •
There are still a few Lucknow
Scotties uniforms. o "at laa E..
from a previous season, and any-
'one
ny-'one (having one of these uniforms,
is .requested to J hand . it •in to•
• LZUCKNOW SPORTSMEN
AT •GtROUPING. MEETING
— Lloyd Ashton- Bob Macintosh
and ' Jack .Cook attended the
WQAA grouping . meeting in
Wingham •last. Thursday night.
'The ,Intermediate group along,
*with their category is:: Ripley
(C), Benmiller (C), Luck -now
(B), Port Albert (C), ' Winghani
(A), Blyth (ft) .
A Midget team has been .enter
ed aside from 'the proposed town
and country league, to include
• Ripley,' Lucknow,— l'oaranosa , and
Chepstow. "
The Bantam, and Pee -Wee en
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tries •'have• drawn byes, .with a
r inner ; to ".advarice . from the
local league: ' ° 9 `
'The .. girls' team • has been
grouped, with. Harriston; Wing -
,ha n, Brussels, Lucknow and .At
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10.
For LOWEST LOW
Lloyd Ashton. ., •
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CROP ADVICE:
BY N. R. RICHARDS
Coffee
Toiiet Tissue
mon
JeIIyPowders'
Cherry Pig Ready
'RICE
"Tasty Cup" Freshly Ground .1 I
,SAVE up to .25e on. Comparative Quality -----
.deice.00. , haw to .help . Oyer. -
come. the , effects: of backward
spring .weather, is,. given` by 'Dr.
N: R:Richards, head of the soils
department of . the Ontario Agri-
cultural • College, Dr. Richards.
says:.. • . .
• wood. "To assure crops, . of beaming
well. established when good
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Meaford Bows Out
With fastball washed ulp in
these parts, .Meaford. has `reluct-
antly . abandoned the •• sport, and
severed' their contract' . with.
Charlie Justice who pitched the
.
Knights to a chaanpionship last
,Year: •
growth does• occur, farmers are
encouraged to reconsider the
fertilizer program they had in
mind ' for the spring of 1956;
"Low' air • temperatures • •have
affected soil temperatures. 'This
in turn .has slowed down the
production of nitrates in the soil.
1Vlost, farmers ' used ',inixed fer-
• :"CUSS" GOLLAN'S: VISIT tilizers on n grain' crops, Although.
RECALLS JR. HOCKEY DAYS_ gthe g reatest_res onse ` may'' be `ex-.
p
• ..;. ._ .:iti - nal, ; :nitro en'
.peeted, %orhl .add o g
1Ctithlbert- Gollan of Toronto,' it is difficult to increase the•"'per-
'' was , a week -end. 'caller m town, centage` :,of. nitrogen .with `,the
• upon - :returning ` to attend . the mraterials that have already
centennial services of South Kin-
doss Presbyterian Church, where
• his father,; .Rev. Gollan,'
ministered from • . 1920 • to, 1925.
Cuthbert is .m the . drug: ' bussiness,
.having Started here with A.: E.
111IIcKirn.. ' • • ':
'A • ;chat .Ewwith. "Cups"' naturally
led to hockey -talk; ' and a recol
lection. of a Junior,. hockey ' team
af'some distinction in the Se ..y,
• 'town "away: back when".
That squadall but :eliminate
the Owen Sound . Greys, who, the
next year; with much `"the ,same
team, • went on to ' win the . Canad-.
ian title: • •
'Members of the Lucknow team
at that time, as we ;recall them,
were Archie . MacDonald, Howard it would ,be advisable ( to• apply..
Agnew, "ECUs". Go'han, Harold 1 an•' additional 50 lbs. of amnion-
Treleaven, Jack .Johnston, Halm
old: Agnew,• Wes Huston and poss-
ibly '. some'_ others whom we don't'
• 'recall.:
been purchased for :1956.:The ad-
visory fertilizer board'. of .`Ont
and in . 'circular ' 144 recommend
ail application of 200-300 lbs: 'per
White 'Swan'
SAVE 12c
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Mayfair Fancy Cohoer
• 734 oz., -FEATURE
Young's Exclusive
10 VARIETIES
rolls
St. Williams, large 20: oz.
.FEATURE, tin
gs.
27c.
FULL LINES of. FROZEN JUICES,• MEAT and FISH.
.BE `iV'`ISE ..GRAB THESE BUYS! Values '.Effective May 24, 25, 26
PHONE 119` Speedy =`Jet" :Delivery L UC.KNOW
supply- ;ef nutrients readily avail'-
able when' growth •coh;d2,tions"pare-
satisfactory. Every effort should
pe •made :to.
:establish, as quickly
as; possible, good 'growth so. that
the •best usecan be made ofthe
growing season and.. the 'nutri-
ents in the soil".
acre -of 4-24-19 or 300-400`lbs. 'of
348-9. We • feel, that because Of 4
the unsatisfactory weather con-
ditions, . farmers should , be ' en-
couraged to •use'the higher;: rates:
Where-. fertilizers.. have not • been
purchased it; is advisable to use
mixtures with a higher percent
of; nitrogen.•
"Where hay and pastures' have
not been top -dressed rates of ; ap-,
plication ' of fertilizer can be
stepped up a quarter,to,a4 third
more; than 'planned. Where, top-;
dressing has already beeli , done
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iuin nitrate or its equivalent: -
"Farmers : are ' encouraged t�
use the higher rates .of ±fertilizer.
to . that crops will have a .'good
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LUMBER LIMITED
Plti'ONE150, "LUCKNO •.
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Bastion to Sue's'
(By Geo. Benson. Cox); '
Aden is ' a city at the :exireme.
Southern end. of Saudi Arabia,
largest peninsula of the'. world.
It was:known to the ;Romans' as
early as ,24. B.C.;.it was• control*,
ed by the Turks. from the 15th'
century;' it Was annexed to India
by Britain:. in 1839: ' The, city. of
Aden• is unique in a number of
ways:, It 'is (built chiefly in the
crater' Of a. volcano, long extinct;
traffic moves differently to that
seen elsewihere; the , inhabitants
are reinthkable for their : variety
costume;'. thescarcity sof.veg-
ation is noticeable.
•
Arriving •at' Aden •one.,comes
ashore at Steamer Point, a' new
harbor; for the' older landing op-
posite. the ,town .is. choked with
Mud.. There ahead,: is a cliff of
rock almost' 1800 feet in height; :British Coat of .Arms. '.He • is a
and if you look closely you ma i g, fr'endly___. e'llow', LLand..
see gun. iinplacements, indicated, answers. our questions in well'
modulated English.. The popula'
tion of Aderr is '130,000. Seventy
percent are; Arab!. • There • ,are
10;000 --East Indians;and. the ;.re
mairider are Jews and Samalis,
with 500 Europeans
tobe seer; there are; said to be use. An oasis not' -far distant'pro-
+SryU EOfiO earerlels :�n •,the ..colony,-ar�d; :,duces �f�aod ,-for
protectorate:
rotectorate: Horses and donkeys As a- tourist attraction 'there are
are also in 'use: The..tem;po is. the Baths .of the 4laueen of Sheba,
decidedl.y. slow. This is chiefly which are In 'the,.city at the edge
dueto:' bhe effect of the tropical :of the .rocky 'crater . rim ;; The
climate. .The day wears• on to Kingdom of .Sheba . is •said. to
.wards noon; the pace slows have comprised the present ter-.
down, and there follows the pro- ritory_ of Yemen on 'the east side
longed siesta as in Other, tropical` of the.' .Red Sea,' and may'have •
included; what is: now Aden, he'
lands:. `.,' -.. .: • .... 'ghe
.It is worthwhile to recall the'(baths . are '•of : cement and• • look'
varietyof :costume.' There are, of like our swimming • pools, with
,
course, many along the streets: ornamentation -omitted; now also,
nEuropean cos.-
Wine; but ] Y without .water.
who • are •clothed i Eu p
the ma orit of the, On the . way . -back ,to.' the 'dock
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men :are wearing the loose bag- You will pass. •native shipyards
f than • t th
short •`trouser of:the .Arab, active .or more.. wo �ous-
gy' and : years, as. in the days of. . the
The +women in their long skirtsPhoenicEians where 'artisans' are
are veiled in Mohamedari
ion, most in black face -covering,. occupied •in lbuilding.. dhows: The. •
'•' an - � others. in dhow ie the •,vessel of the Indian
some in yellow, dOcean • and of the Arab race; it
mottled veils.. There, is ;a'gentle-
Man in long silken gown;' with is said that no craft has played.
a greater . apart.' it} the, world's
voluminous. tii.dban, jauntily • Sar- ' his +than the dhow..
eying a :cane. Here is • another,
'bril-
liant
So we, leave Aden,. the a other
also gowned,.and wearing 'a fibril
liant scarlet turban. That man great bastion ocf the''Suez Canal,
with the grey turbanand long : and .almost 2,000. (miles 'from : the -
veil :of white embroidery 'on, his troubled island of : Cyprus; , and'
shoulders is ,a nobleman. of .Saudi 'Arabia, still -..living in the ,civil-
Arabia. , Many of:the, men are
ization. of the tenth century,'• soc
wearing the red' •fez; the. soldier. ially•
but showing ; an awakening
aver there, un'iformed in khaki, to anew .life; economically.
has a ;black fez' which bears the
E R,AI•N! .
by, holes 'in, the side of .the ,cliff.
For Aden is an ' .important fort=
•ress .of Britain,, guarding. the Red,
-- __ -
5ea-arid the: Suez .Canal,= 7'lie gone.
sided' street of this sulbulib fac-'
ini the ocean, has rtwo hotels
g n, and
a -string of snaps where `. sales-
men are enthusiastic, ; andstreet
vendors, are noisy, and.. urchins.
with
venders,
out, cry ' "baksh esh".
'But the ' real 'Aden is ,a few
minutes drive :, along the shore.
AS one drives along he 'sees
Aden is a barren, rocky area;,
where ,rain may not fall insee-
eral; years, and, as might 'be ex-
pected, .devoid of , vegetation:
However there `is' an underground
fresh ,water •supply;-, and this.
makes. irrigation possible. Fresh
ahead a great' barrier of rock:, .has been. available ',fore -the.
and presently : he comes face ' to past • ten .;years;' previous to that
faces with 'a triangular;' opening sea water was evaporated for
in th t' .: ,1 11 d th h
it the -highway runs. We'are in
Crater . City. ' Just. ahead'' is a
Christian church ;of . ,the colony
perched on .a. dome'of rock; 'and
at sonie'distance• the minaret of
-a 1Vtahornedan 'r-nosque-rises;, hi�gh
Near by, to. the right,, are num-
serous. areas for cricket arid other
,.games, :on. ground. which is per -
'f...
etir :level; , being the ` floor ;' r
'the crater, as the lava levelled'
and harctened ten thousand years
ago. We drive along the princi-
pal street; we get out of the taxi
and walk around in' the shopping
centre. We are charmed by the
friendliness of the people whom
we meet, all of them Arabs. The
-shops-- are -well ivc,ked=`' w�=.tom ori
ental and European merchandise,
reasonably. priced; for Aden is, a
,free ,port; and is not dependent
oh custom duties for revenue,
At ' Oiled ' 'the• street . traffic
,claiim.s. the attention of the• visi-
tors from the .Western world, A
characteristic vehicle' is the • high.
wheeled wooden 'wagon, with
clumsy -looking 'shalves, drawer by
camel•. Long lines of these are
e fila urs wall
, an roug
• The week -end brought ;a' few
days of dry weather, and- hope •'
soared of getting belated .seeding
opertions uriderway::, in__ -.full:..
swing,_ until thunder showers
broke early Tuesday evening.
and 'Once . again. • farmers have
their fingers craised.
Cattle havte'been ; late going
•onto` grass. Some were 'put, out,
and; taken in . again, and ' a ..good.
deal 'of . pneumonia. has been re
ported among, Cattle Feed' has
run short with late grassing,. and'
'numerous farmers .:. have had; ' to '
buy ; hay. •
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When finished the course the Soldier -Apprentice ser"vas' lhcbe years .witila•.,repular. unit.�y
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