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' THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
Lu.cl ow : Ontario..
LUCIKNOW 'SEINITI1114 LUCKNOW, ON1,.,: IO
LO -OKI NG. BACKWARDS
THROUGH. THE SENTISIEL ' FILES
SHOULD: PR9TECT
PRAYING MANTIS
Avtbonized� as Second Class Mail,, Post• Office Department, .Ottawa:
Member of The C. W. N. A. •
Estab fished• 1873 - Published Each 7.lhursday Morning
• Subscription Rate -=- '$2.50 A Year in , Adlvince—To U.S.A. $3.90
'14.. C. Thompson, Publisher and Pr oprietor.
T,F UR5;, SEPTEMBER 15th;' 1949:
E D.ITOR�A::
'•T HAVE. TO: DIE
THEY . IQON'
Last year •73, ICanalians died
'Pm.' • poliomyelitis, Medical.
or �in .Mi orously'.
•scienliiistis are' +vv^ k . , g $ '
sand `ceaselessly. to find out •more.
about „this disease,. ,,SO far..ipolio
of'a mystery; To re
s �v'ha
opeat,•,73 Canadians died.last..y
frOn a disease about rwhf eh' nnluch.
rerrn,ains"'to :be learfied; •
But last ear 85 Canadians died
Y
:frotri�dt iphtheria; '.a disease which
c '' Prevented. Diphtheria ;t'ox-
,an�-
oid is alarnost 100. percent effect-
ive. It is safe and easily admin
istered.' Nor is • it a ';procedure.
limited to • those in fortunate cir
stances. Toxoid itrn�rnunization
is. ';provided free , +of'. charge at
Public health 'clinses Or for a
small' suan, from the family 'tphys-
ician. Yet 85 persons died last• '
Canada from diphtheria.:
year' In
Last year: 155 Canadian .child-
ren 'lost their lives. to whooping
cough. Whoopt;g. cough, too, is
largelyipreventable. 'Whooping
cough; vaccination , given ' in in-
fancy can greatly : reduce ' the
niianber of cases. and the severity
creational. Centre: This iproject is
ocf. this. most deadly of ,all child 'with. re-
• 1 5 lives were ..now: being: rushed along ..
ren't diseases. Yet 5
A publicity release by 'the (n-
tario Hydro -Electric Power Com-
mission,, mIakes' much o:f the fact
ord'
that this year an: all-time rec . •
Set ;'for hydro e: 'ansion
Will be se ,..Y �
in rural Ontario. Officials of the
•H.E PC. � 'must • make.- this' °an=
uncem'ent with xtheir tongues.
no
,. p _ for ..'at e.: same'
in; their•cheeks, th ,
,. k users are .a ain1bein�g
'time;. hydr , g
forewarned that power ',cuts may
be necessary sar this. fall .and min-
.
n s y
ter due to low . water. . supplies.
..
The public is 'mighty ,gullible; . no
:doubt, but not always so ..imich
so .as . officialdom'seems' to think.
Private business : seldom assurnes'
more obligations that it can' meet,
and 'hydro • users continue to hold
their own ideas:of the real cause
ower. shortages.
•
of hydro P g
A
•The =Sentinel recently • carried
a. story,. about the . praying man-
tis, a ,"beetle". which. was dis-
covered on George 'Fisher's farm
his son, Gordon. • Since then
by
.We have had •reports, of a couple
more, and last , Thursday morn-
ingJimimy Mathers found' one
"trying to get in' to, Davison's
Fuaniture Store... This one was
"bottled up' by Mr'. Wrn, SUM -
son and turned over to:: Mr. Wm,
MacDonald. of the. High School
staff. Joe lowald has ::since'
re
ported capttirmg a' coiiplea of
tl ern '
It .. was s, a ; 'coincidencethat in
we
re
e'iv-
" ori
in c.
•: hat
thea maul t , m g
-letter from (�
::a raham. 1VIacNay.
•e•d-a�.
'referring •to this '' very •iris,ect.
Graharrl'is an entbrnologist•.with
'the Department of Agriculture.' at
Ottawa and. his letter• will., be of;
rest .
rote.,
Ottawa; Sept' 7, 1949
Dear Campbell: . • .
Was interested • in your iitem.
oh the European .or praying 'man-
tis in . the last issue of: The Sen-
tinel as it indicates a . continued
spread': in Western' Ontario: This.
. -- insect, ,which, wase:- first -reco rded
Your patronage 'of the Clans-. 'in :Canada. about" 1912: 'in Prince
men's tomorrow . night Edward County, Ontario,' is 'a
Carnival �_g
(Friday) will be. indirectly• in :highly , beneficial predator.. of
(Fry)
iu
.. .. :.: ,. injurious •::insects
• ar
tc
,. , - � n- , to urr<ous , . p .
Support of the • Coxnmunty Re rya y ,. l
THEIRS,SEMBER :15th, 1949
-Sixty Years Ago
, Three . experienced ,builders
from:'oul-of-town, exaMined'the
Town. Hall and found %it defect-
ive to the point of being unsafe.
Cost of repairs was estimated';at
$2,000.
• •./.number of the young people,•
East Ashffeld Church present
of.Eas.
ed mrs; R. E. Lane with a bible.
b,: {'J
'addrens:. was signed Y
The
N McKenzie and M: Fairies.,
.Rev, R.. S. 'G. Anderson of St
Helens haci:as. rya.g,e
''u'st his father,'
R. Dr. Anderson. of : Glasgow;:
AySy. cotland
•est
e•.la
' : of th
'Alex Bruce, "One .
building contractors in; the•. 'pro
•Vince, was. one 'of three who'ex
,mined the Town Hall; .The 'Pres -
b erian Church was then in • the
� t.''he
'course of, construction, anc
stated:, that: the stone. work; . in.
the foundation • built ',by ,, Steele,
rdoch, Was . the finest, °'ire had..
, s
r seen. ,
e
Pi. Tennant,, • resident of • the
rp
Lucknow !Curling: 'Clio, received
the . Caledonian medal from S
land, in recognition of ,the to al'
success• in winning. from
Clubs•...
'the. ChesleY C.ub. during the pre-
•.
vious winter
Rev. Mr.'C` lin arrived here
sal g
Meth dist' church..
as pastor 91 the o
The Village ••Council •was'
hav-
ing;.three ,feet cut offy the hill l
in front of W
.,Grund 's carriage
'Shop„ on Stauffer `St.
A; • petition was presented; the
• a Law-
• ` ncia'Thom s
Village Cou,, by
-be
•1'aw .
rence, , re nesting •. a :::by? ,.
q
•
•
lost. newed enthusiasm and those who:
Medical sciienc
e admittedly . have looked. the ;building over of,
e.
what the ' see • dis-razed at S
lacks', many' .answers where late are a y
eases like . ,polio are ; Concerned, and the potentialities this 'Com .
• But medical science has the ' ons-• muriit
Y
,, 'Centre: offers The •Clans
wers for diiphtheria and whoop;„ 7.
Tien have depleted their Club re=
hves'vvere
lig ' cowgh, Yet more u sources insponsoring' this,, project' ` grasshoppers, etc., ,- t h a n . to
'lost .each:• of 4hede. •diseases
hist f 'and ,thea roceede of , toliiorrow' .beetles '
„
n from : io. ` T1zis situation !F -
tlra +,important in ` ;: 'Sincerely,
ht arxifval are l p. Y►
larly, grasshoppers and crickets
and its continued Increase `is;en-
couraging. It . is:.hoped that it,
will', be.. accorded the :protection
it
'"rt ll
n'•ule to
..I c
' rues Y
that,' it dere
not: a "bleetle'.' but :belongs' in
the order''Orthoptera' and is' More
to .cockroaches
closely related ,.
remedied , Ib wbhc nig s c
:van only be , . Y p
education. :. Therefore'' communi-
ties are urged ' to 'support the
in al
"' n
observance of Nat
„seventh
.
Im inwuzation , Week, sponsored:
e'' Health :Lea :"Canada;
by the League'
from'.;September filth. to 17th.
financing operations now `about
'completed,.,;whereby•.:the building
can bethrown-open as: a •com-,
munity centre, with
` m.
od-
ern • l
av-
at r andrest room ;.facilities. •
truce •'¶°unty
iicuitu ral
(By Gear, 'Ag! ; Rep.)' ..
The second'annual Bruce : Co,•
Demonstration Day. was held. in
Walkerton' on Friday, Sept:'
2nd,:
In ,attendance 'were , 200'. club
leaders.
lub ],cad c
members plus their
: and r • nts. All. 18 ..clubs Were
represented.. The ' best : U set of
reasons for the placing of a class
•eltzer.
• ' 'Elmer ',Sm
en •'b
was , gav Y
Elmer is a •mefnber of the Ripley
Baby. ' Beef Club` under . the' 'dir
action.
of the Club leaders,. Glold:
ie
:Harris and Don ¥acTavish..
The. prizes .for .Club' :demons'tra-
:•.tions: were awarded as
"follows:
R�view
,year. Int doing -- this', they should
be 'selecting calves .' suitable ford
babybeef :work. Too many calves
are too . young to be' ready by
fair 'time Why. not pick; one out
now, and' have it ready for • the
• 1950: club? The. task • �of selecting..:.
a' suitableindividual,‘ "should be
undertaken by the club member
and his parents The co;operation
„ of .both is' needed right • now.
1. Walkerton o.1 s t;e i n Calf
Clublufb' , headers, : -Gordon In-
glis and Frank Hehn :;•
2. Kincardine Holstein Calf
.Club --club. "leaders, . L. B. Reid:
and Gordon 'Bridge.
b--
'Clu'
''3: Tiverton 'Baby, Beef '.
club`' leader, R. E. Begg
A. M..Barr . associate director
of the Representative. Service
• Ontario Dept. of Agriculture, was
the Official .judge of derpnstra-
tions. Mr.. Barr, an giving the re
sults,;:pointed' out the'diffic'ulties
in judging. such, a keen= Coziripeti-
tion.
The contest'for; the club. with
the largest aggregate score : saw,
• the first prize go to the -Kincar-
dine' :Holstein . Coif Club club
leaders, Gordon, Bridge and
Reid: ; Second, Tara Baby Beef
• Club''=. club 'leaders,, Arthur Bail-
ey and Vince Lawrenson.
Teeswater Baby. Beef Club- club
'leaders, Herb Arkell Jim Reid
and Ken McKague. In this 'Sec-,.
tion the aggregate score. includes
',(1) 'club. dem'onstration (2) "er-
centage of;; marks on placing
(3) average .arks on quiz: (4)
percentage of attendance., "
. Right NOW in the midst Of • the
1949 fall shows the. -club mem-
bers in '. the... Baby Beef Cl bs
a y u
should be looking ahead to 'next:
OBITARY
- JANE'S A: McKINNON'
The passiing''of:James Archie ald.
:.McKinnon; . on August 2'lth in
South Gate; .California, . thou h
not 'entirely 'unexpected, as • he.
had' been in indifferent 'health
for some time, brought sadd,nesa
to a well 'known Kinioss farnrly
Junes was eldest ;of "a famyil 'of
late te'
ten '.children 'born to the :la
Angus and Catherine" •Mckinnon
of, Lucknow; formerly of the 6th
Concession . Kinloss. He attended,
Langside, school and Will be re
membered:: by' many' of the older
students as beipg af. - a ' covet,
genial, disposition and well • spok-
en of by all who knew' •him , in
the community':.
•
G • ham •MacNa
•ra Y.
Mr MacNay .:also enclosed .' a
,
copy of •.The . Ca'nadian.•In • sect . ; Pest
Review • - A- by: line -ori , the qver
gives Grahsm credit for
the com
`pllat"ion' of th>s. '.publi.cat.i on.,
Which .reference is made to the
spread of the mantis, anda map:
shows '' the area '.in •• Southern On
`tario where it' has been reported..
The maP drawn•in 1948,: shows
the. el h -Kitchener area as the
Gu p e,
closest . approach the; mantis had
then 'made oto oris' community. which•-
.The.; specimens .. have`
been Seep herre are a bright. green
color with a voracious -looking
head.andlongfront legs held in
apogitiot resembling'. supplhca
tion : by which .'it derives ` the
prefix, "praying"..
lyfr,. 11ticKinnon having •' ;been
:gone' from .' I:i,nloss over fifty
Years,' left homevery : ..�ut •' He'
1T1 . yo g: .
settled in 'Casselton, North. Dai
kota, ,later, moving • to Far{g;o,
North; Dakota, , w'here, he was,
prominently. kzitown, . having a
good position with the American
Civil .Service.n :his retire -
meet from the rnment four
years ago, he rnioved to 'California
to reside., ,., '
, •.In:1906 Mr. McKinnon married
Annie 'void, • form;erly of Ash-
field; and later of Casseltbn, N.D„
who predeceased him' many years
.age. Later he married Gertrude•.
O'Connell . of Devils Lake, N.D.;
who 'survives, and.. to.. whom we
extend . our' sympathy, in her
George McRoberts; lst vice,, Mrs.
'Edw'ard Harris, '`•Sr.; sect, M.
James' R. Qaunt;„ treas,,,.Mrs, .Sarni •
Durnin; aSsist'ant ' treas.? Mrs."
John Jamieson , •
Liive hugs were .$7.60, butter.
10e eggs; 15;4 oats 50c,, wheat,
Ha , G4ne:`To Ottawa
Have
Mr.. and Mrs.. Donald B Bhie
.6f : Ripley . left for Ottawa' the
first.'of: the week to.a in; attend-
ance a e• atthe'o en t�da • �' • TYiurs-
nc, p ng�,.; Y
day). of'the .21st ,parliament of the
Dominion.' of Canada. it is the,
newly elected ' Bruce member's'
first session,
Teaching •: At, peamsvil1e
Miss Margaret, Graham, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dot,tglas .Gra-
ham of . Kinloss • is_teachin the
g
junior 'room' at •Bearnsville' this
term and has' a class • of forty-
eight-
eight- pupils: Miss Graham • grad-
uated from Stratford Normal in
June.:
1,30
Twenty Vears Ago
?g
Reeve D. M. th atone'
�. r# < attendj.,��
ed. the• June session of , Count
Council' at •Tobermory. '
'oa; •f_ J. R' Lane
*as. pp
oi.
it
ed cleft
KinlossTownship.
Mr. 'and . rs ,, Blitzstein. :, • .
and
Calvin
.. spent:. 'a co.u•ple•of weeks '
at Point Clark before leavi
ng fqr
their home in Toronto. ,M'r, Blit7
stein had been ,in wbusiness. •here
for. 22:years.
Robert Rae was re=elected
the Village Councilin a inid
,summer nomination meeting,.
Bill Newton;' 3,5 years. old, :died
Kincardine Hospital from in-
juries • received in.;'..'a runaway.
Bill. was:' driving' the rnanurer •.'
spreader_.o the:,' farm of,
Fair in tha .Purple: Grove ;distract
When the.team took fright 'at a:
passin oto , cle. `
. g mray.
Mrs. Wm McAllister, formerly
Jane Ann, Wilson, •died: iii West 'c
W •ware 'sh in her: 80th•: year,. a• a. y
Lois _ Henderson escaped.:wiih•
bruises and : a bad
m. y
•wa knocked down on
she s .Mai
n:;
street' by a:. :motor car.:.
Robert Andrew 'pas • ed ' t • .
�_ kis ...
final .. 'examinations.::.a.t . OsgQode:
Hall ; Miss • Mona
suba,ers ' on the
mitted the •.:rat.e p y. ,ceived• her :B.A. degree.. In •the .`
'question of a :waterworks sys= Faculty of .Medicine''at :Un Iver-.
tem `sitY
` of Toronto, .Cla
rence
The ma risge„was solemnized;lan' and -W ods completed
.:..
by Rev.':d, B. McKinnon of Arch -their, fourth , Year and • Miss:•'Helen:
Anderson=of -est Wawa -
`ribald • ,. Craw her fifth year. --
•nd. Janet • McLean” dau h-.. .
nosh , and ne , , g. , Rev.. C. C.• Kaine was"appotnt,•• .
:ter' of Mr; and • Mrs]. Kenneth ed minister of Dungannon United'!
McLean.. Church..succeeding Rev.' '.Walker
M'
who • •returned • to, the zssi$n'
Field'. In.:. China. Rev. Campbell
Tavener succeeded ,Rev , A: W.`:.
Brown on the Ashfieldircuit:,
Frederick ;Ross, resigned` at the, •"
,:-
close of the.; term' :as . principal.
of Dungannon ''school,' where he
• had 'taught 'for- 17.' years
'. finerl . . • Mrs. . , John .. ,'hhom'; :for . y
frena Conn;::died at her home,..
in. Fordwich
Bessie, Jean., Chesnut graduated
as ,in . nurse•: in •New
Ten Years
Ye: � . A
a go
'Prize winners.:, for the highest:.
number: of points;. at .the 'West•.
Wawanosh school fair were Will-
ie Bolt 'and . Margaret MacPher-•
son,' ,,both students of ' St, ' Belens
sC h,ool.
Won Mixmaster
At the Legion bingo in Wing-
ham.
ing-haxxi. oma. Labor_,D_ay, .Oxville.,E1
Boit of rHolyrood, won a Sunbeam
m,lxnnaster.
great loss,. Mr, McKinnon is also
survived' by four brothers, John
of Calgary; Alta., Dan on. • the
`homestead iri Kinloss Ronald. of
Winnipeg, 'Man., William: of Paris;
France, and three sisters, (Flo)
Mrs. P. J. McDevitt port Arthur.
(Margaret) ' Mrs. W. J. Arlin of
Chatham,' and .(Mary.)*'Mrs: L. J.
Letang ,orf "London. '
The funeral .
funeral .took place ' Sepr
tember lst when requiem t mass
was chanted .at 9.00 a.m. in St,'
Helen's
Church,.:. Interment ... _was
,
in Holy "Cross cemetery,
orty Years; Ago „,
r' on was in " ,Tor
Alex McPhe s, .
the Grand Cainp.
onto attending p
of the Sons of: Scotland
Rev: J. W.: •Wilkin brother of
` nt to a1;-
Mrs.:. (Dr.) :Spence;,:we, C
garY , to assist : Rev. Turk in his
work-in that city.
The " 'Government °, 'grant t o
•Lucknovi schools. :was $460.00..
f s. ..,
a sor .a
The CountY �'t wa
n
liar; amount.
C
-Richardson was 'secretary-
treasurer oof the ' tennis club.,The draig 'na ` e ofthe Caledonian
,
Park was '.completed and many
`:farriers,:-. were volunteering • to
help: draw• many . hundred, loads
of fill to .leevel ; up the:; grounds..
.Rev. A 'G : :Harris, of Annherst-
b• •:.._reached:' in ,the:' Methodist
ungp, ,
:Church upon his return here• to
conduct theYn Johnston -Jo t . wed-
ding. ' He had Married the, bride's
parents ' twenty-seven: years .'lye-
fore. •
Lticknow Pipe Band was ad-
vertisin g ,' Ifor •'engagements. 'W. H..
.-
-You` - �w'as- g,
niana er.: and TD�avid
� 0
Towers, secretary. ,
J ,G. Armstrong. drug, gist,' Was:
adv rtising water glass, for egg
storage, to havej "fresh eggs 'all
winter".
3'; T OInies was having ua
cement platform. built. .on 'his
hardware, store at Wlitechurth..
The death ofd Robert Forbes
occurred at Hartney, Man. A nat-
ive of 'Con. 4„ Kinloss, •'•heand
hi
s family had: moved: to Mani;
toba :twenty years' •before, ''
It' was • newrs when an • auto-
mobile' passed through Lochalsh.:
•Kenneth McLennan of Laurier
had a barn raising. •
'TheChurch Benefit Society of
the Anglican• ,Church, ,St. 'Helens,
ntet : at the home of Mrs. ,Sin
Durnin 'when ' the folloWing of-
ficers
were elected: Pres.,, 'Mrs.' man, "
•P Harry :Middleton, who wasem-
ployed at Reid's Bakery,. enlisted
in the � YOOth, teld•.B attery
at
Listowel.
Hottest' day of `the•, year vias .�
Friday,, •, 'September ;15th, .with a
temperature" of 9$.5 degrees.
The_'death . occurred_ iri Dexl'oit
of W R. Bailey; ,'brother -in law •
Of Mrs. Tia mas H. Burns.'
Miss' • Greta. ,Hodgkinson • was
:honored at a shower- at••the hone`
of Misses Edfia and May Boyle.
:en fie
_had
-Mrsx>Eviran-M.acK
misfortune .to' fall .and fracture
her arrrk.`"
• At the' suggestion' of Premier',
Hepburn, all flags' on public .'
.
buildinl€Rsi .. were' `flovrn at" hal;
.,
,•. .
mast in memory of a0- yea>, .bidf
'
Margaret `I;Iayvtrorth, One o .. the
„�-,.•
'Canadian victims. in the :sinking
of the"Atheni.a my
`a. Grri•can stab-
ma"rineon.;Septembcr -3rd,'tho dci Y
war 'was;; deglared. •
'a.shortage. '
'Mindful �of •Wathe, r.. fZo,oci
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during •World' • _. ,,►
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