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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2,, 1950.
EIGHT' PAGES.
ed Cross Branch (\ontinues
.r NEED 'HOME HELPERS FORMER LOCHALSH' NATIVE.
:FOR RED' CROSS QUOTA PASSES' AT LETHBRIDGE'
The' Red •Gros 'Society has. ask L : MacDonald. of Loch Mrs. DA
° Important PeacetimeDoing Work ed the LucknovJ° and District ; alsh has `received word of the
Brazich te' .assume an . additional rleaih of 'her sister. Tena,, Mrs.
not of lain sew no knit- la J. Watson of ' ,e ri e
q a • p. ,s g,and :A• .n g,
The annual meeting of the
r nh of'the,Ca ad n:
•hucknovw Branch ;: _. �, ia,.
Red Cross" 'S'ociety 'waa held"1ast
week ;in thea o n :Hall, with the.
resident, .lillr: -,,T, R. •McNab, pre--,•:
'p
idin
s g
` Hornell, `chairman of
Mrs; Wm;,_
e's Work `Committee.
the; Wpm ,.n�� . ,..
reported 200'arti'c'les :of • sewing;
103' knitted: articles and 7 ;'quilts
sent to headquarters this year.
Three cases of, relief w e r•e
handled locally..
Mr. Charles Smithgave the
treasurer's report.
The following officers were
elected for. 1950: president, -.J. R.
McNab; honorary • president,• Mr.'
J. C. Mcalb;• vice !president, Mr.
W. B. Anderson treasurer,' Mr.
Chas. Smith; secretary, Mrs. ' W.
-B. Ander.son;' chairman Women's
Work . Committee, Mrs:_ Wm. Hor
nell; chairman Campaign Com-
.rnittee, Mr.. W__B,,Anc erson::cam:
paigri' committee,•-A..E:.McKim;
Wm. Porteous, :Wm.: Webster, E;
, Crawford; ,.K.: Murdie, .J " L. Mac-
Millan, Jas.. •Henderson, L. :Ash.
ton, Chas}: Webster.
The following n.a es•were add
ed•:•to, the •local E' utive, Mrs.
`MacFarlane and 'Mr C. Smith
To Hold. • Spring Campaign..
` ndu :t
The -local' branch ,wi . 11 co
a drive for :funds this :spring with;.
an objective •of'`$1000. The: Can-
adian campaign opens at the first
of. March with:'. a:• National 'obpec
tive' of $5;000,0.00.
Chairman of".the .: campaign.
-.committee is 13 Anderson, who
succeeds Dr. W ' V Johnston, •who
.asked to be relieved_of this_duty
• :: He has 'held the Office since 'the'
Branch metas'• ong•amzeds
Loan .Up C board : Used But Little.,
.:The work. that afaithful little
band ` of :volunteers ; continue• to
do, 'is referred` to, in the follow
ing ..report•,,su�bmitted =`by'•' Mrs.;
Win. Hornell
'HAS SIXTEEN TEETH.
. AT ELEVENN,,MO ,.TH.. S
Fran
• cis. Townson; ,who has •
a •mouthful of teeth."and'';is'.•
x stili not
.a year plat,: had his.
picture, on the front: page of
The 'Sudbury Star last week,'
Francis ds:, the son of Mr: arid.
Mrs. William Townson (nee
Sarah-, I\ acIver) He is a
grandson of Mr. and. Mrs. L.- ;
C. MacIver, :Con.. 4; Kinloss:
Francis will not be a year
old until. February': &h.. He
1 d h "16 f 1.
coYnplement of 20 teeth which
many children: do not acquire •
until they :are between two.
and three' years old.
1 Lthb•d
(ting. This •can only be accepted Alberta. She was, in•her 70th. year
if orfganizations'''and' 'individuals and;,pa;ssed, away on'January 19th.
will lend.; a 'hand' for the next ': from a heart :attack. :
•
h
:couple•:of ''months.. Besides ,her .husband, she is'
,The " re ' lzlar : _ k ' sur '�ived by,two .'u hter rs.
T g . ,wog . room : staff v da. g. s�,•M
' cannot ,u. �� dert' ,ke'.an 1 n;ore work Jean Ritchie • of Lethbridge' and•
and: it depends ends ori: the res onse Mrs.?' M 'r 'Makin; of. Winnipeg;
d p p � Y.,:
from •• o : a :helpers`•� h�• t hex: this also by ' two sisters,' lhirs. D. A.
.... .h_rn......w..e.h : a.:. . Y.-. .: _,
nevi quotas will be,' accepted :,or MacDonald of Lochalsh and Mrs.::
rejected. A. MacLennan..(Min) of Windsor,.
• Anyone, ``willing to help is r.'e- ' and a brother J. A. MacL_ ennan of
quested to contact • Mrs William ••C•algary. A brother Roderich.
Hornell gat,• her home or at the passed.' away six years, ago. last
Red -Cross workroom.: The need •December. A little sister-. and
'is immediate as the quota,. ifs ac- baby' brother :died in infancy and.
cepted, must. be completed by his eldest sister, Isabelle, died in
sprirg� . 1890. •
a rea ,y aso a norma :•
BROTIIER 'OF'' LOCAL PASTOR
DIES ;• IN ,ENGLAND > „
Dr. 'W. . J. Mumfordreceived. a
cable. last. week informing him: of
the. death on 'Tuesday.'of his eld=
'FORMVMER•" ASHITELDTLADY , : est tbrother. "rIVrr: Eih t ••`.NItrrn-`
DIED :IN CALIFORNIA ford, in London,' England:' 'Mr..
1Vluun'ford ;• was" rine'' 1 ' :of• the
1mP ..,�
• President:and.••Members of Luck
nope' and Vicinity Branch of Can-
adian Red' Cross:
:This annual report— seerrisi to
have'.become.. a' habit. As my 'res
i nation last .year was not ac;
cepd,
L. -again give -my report,.
• K
It. ,becomas' .increasingly ::'diffi
cult °to • acc&m fish: the 'amoun t of
• work •we •.:would • wish,, :.or ' that.
( o ntinued• :ori page. 8)
Mrs ""A�relia Treleaven receiv-
ed
v -
ed the sad; news of the'•death of
her •:sister -in law, Mrs. Frances
A. 'Courtice, wife of the late Rev. ;
W. A. Courtice, Which occurred.
in California.ori: Sunday,, January,
: Dece who was: in her
22nd.ale, _
._I
72nd' year, suffered a stroke 'two
years ago; and has:lbeen, an invalid.
ever since. She.was the only dais-
ghter of the late Mr, and Mrs:
Robert Treleaven of Crewe, • Ash
London' County �'Comncil • Boys'
school. He was one •o f a . family.
.of eight=• -four .boys and four girls,.
and Ernest's . death : is the second
break in•the family,.=another bro.
ther having predeceased. him
2 �years : o: It
is some
albou�t 8 • ;ago. s
•forty years •since bre Mumford
last saw his brother. •.
439NUS GIVEN .B;
field Township.''In 1909''she :mar. ,
CO GREGATIO14
ried; Rev,' W.A CoUrtice of. Long ,
Island, N: J:, formerly,.of Holmes,
f
who.:pa `ed 23 'ear. s
ss__ . a- ._wa Y
ago She was the last of a family;
five • .brothers ,'predeceas ing. her..
.
She ' is .•: survived by: one ;:on,
Stuart; a' bank manager iri. 'Santa.,
Paula, California•. and two grand-`
sons, . Ronald.: arid. . Eric, who
•rr:ourn.,the loss of a'' dear: mother'
WERE "FIFTY YEARS
MARRIED ON MONDAY.
••
Mr. and Mrs..Joseph D. Ander-
son of St. Helens rquietly obser- -.
ved :their 50th wedding anniver
•'saiy' on Monday, January, '30th;..
It~:is' planned to more :.appropriate-
ly celebrate the occasion, in the
summer,
Many friends of Mr, and Mrs.
Anderson were''aw• are of the oc-
casion however, and: they reeeiv-
• ed numerous expressions • of con
gratulations' and best wishes, in-
eludinglovel plant. from the
• Women's Association of the. St.
Helens United -Church
Not., Ori Express Route
Palmerston station grounds
,look more`'like a transport.,yard
than a' railway' depot now, • as'
transports. are .carrying . rriail and
express'to points west and north
since; the- 'discontinuance—, of:, the.
C.N;R, ' afternoon . train serVice.
• Lucknow is not yet included 'on
. ',the express route;
':and 'What ex-
press is arriving'.here conies' ':in
on the night• train.
Freak January Exits
January ran its course: on Mon-
dray' and ended a month that has
•produced freakish weather, with
_• abnormally, high temperature]
,plus rain and 'mud • in place of
'the` "eustom.ary': snow and, frost.
.he temperature fell below
• : freezing''over the week, -end .to•
provide some good . ice • in the
•arena; and Monday night enough
show fell to blanket the . ground,
w+liich was'a rare experience dui::
ing the niOnth,
and grandariother.:
COOP REPORTS
BEST .YEAR YET''.
'. . `me meeting of the
The ;annual e, g
Lucknow District :Consumers l;o=
operative Incorporated 'was. held:
last 'Week When ; reports were re=p
ceived indcating' that the overall
picture for 1349' showed the 'best
year the organization has :yet•had..
The Meeting .was largely attend-`
-ed:' and was:, presided over -'by:
President: Wallace. Miller. The
guest speaker "was' Mr. -.D. Stauf-
'fer, . president' of the United t o -
P.
o perartives .of Ontario.
The gross earnings,'of the three
departments. including the mix
:ingi.,' plant, farm• supplies plant
and the, grocery store .amounted
to : $133,000; iri increase :over' the,
previous • year of • $54,000. Net
earnings rnin s amounted'. 'to . 42. per=
cent;
T h.e -animal ual • conig re g g ational
...w
meeting of the- LucknoPresby.
erian. Church was held on Thurs-.
day, evening, January '•19th.'After
devotioial: exercises by."•the'',min=,
ister•, Mr. Cameron:`MacDonald
:was ,elected chairman for the ev-
ening: -The -The reports: of the .,various
:'organiza• tion's•• • showed: • •another
Three directors .elected ; for 'a
three Charear •tern 'are, Oliver' Mc-
.
three-year
...:..Barkw .ell• -and Aus--
tin Martin. -
In 'President Miller's address
dealt at some length With the
he,d •sively im
. ,.
progres'.proving financial
position of :the co-operative, and
pointed cluttliat as.expenses were..
more .or less static 'from 'year to
year, the secret :of 'success . is an
increased volume .of. business.
He, compared th'e growth .'in
sales in -the .past four years from
a 'total Of $1.7,023.42 in 1945 to;
$'.133,000 in, 1949 This extra vol-
ume, he snid, can to .a .large .ex-
•tent be credited with ' the net
"savings of: $6,090,50' during the
past year. •
WON:'7THEATRE PRIZE
• r n 'held the luck
• J,, �.. Dnn e :a Y
ticket a!t . the Playhouse • last
Thursday e v e n i n g 'and was"
awarded t•h'e' . monthlyprize,
Which on.,,.this''. •occasion, was an
elec•ritheating pad:. prize -draw -
is` held each month= -ori the last
Thursday' .of the Month arid: tick
,ens •
,.a
m onei •'re drawn until • so e
,present 'claims the. prize'
HAND• MANGLED"
BY. DADO SAW
Wilbert Hodgkinson is a patient
in Victoria Hospital,. where he, is
undergoing treatment. on his left
hand which was' badlymangled
by' a. Dado grooving saw. The ,'
accident happened::; about. four
o'clock last Thursday afternoon
•at; Lloyd's; Sash arid'•Door;;factory
in • •Wing;ham, •swhere- '" a score of
Lticknovgites are empayed M
•
•
t.
ize
While ' 'the :Aures " are:quite
z.,
•
serious,,Wib is.,fortunate he did
not. lcse "his entire hand. All fin-
gers ; and the thumb *ere ripped
in the • accident • The r•thurnb and •
first finger escaped with lesser
injuries. The second finger was:
severed .above the; second joint
and the third and :fourth': (little) :: "'
fingers were.. smnashed :and ;'left,•
.dangling. •The :bones were set and
a cast ..applied,.„ in the 'hopes, of
-saving these -latter :tlwo fingers.
•Anotheroperation was to be per-
formed
erformed.on Wednesday or Thurs- •
day and . the attending surgeon
was optimistic about saving :these
twa:-Elly ars.,..._ _•,
g
Att the: best Wiib• :will be off
work, for • a . couple' :of: months, but .'
may 'be •;able to:;return home, in
about ten days:..
irty-Kine Years
s. Agricultural Societ'
Mr. .Joseph•':Agnew, secretary-,
treasurer of the Lucknow . Agri-
cultural' Society for ,39,years, ten-
dered his 'resignation ',at '-the an=-
nual Meeting' of the Society 'held
y
last Friday afternoon. •
Th:e rneeting,q uestioned` .if Mr..
prevailed
e b :
'Agnew' Could .not
uon to keep the, office: for,: an_
other. year,..,: -to roun°d out forty"
ears of.faithful 'service to the
Society; .:but the request' was: that
he Wished 'to be relieved of the
responsibility of the office, . and
The report ° 'Of • :the ,;Sessionnia Y
showed .that , two' - new • memtbers cepted regretfully. Several' of the
were ;received` by profession of directors paid tribute to Mr Ag--
faith,:and. two Eby certificate Six new -s long period of, service
C Mr.. nevv4, succeeded Charles
were �reunovedby eortifxcate and. � •
.ter: by dath. The mmbership at Locke .-as+,,s ecretaryof'the:Society.
. -M :. LocIte .had. held: the. office
December 31st: was 30'5: One. adult• .max,.�
, T, 0 1 a short'.'time . ,as :,successor
aril 'seven � infants were baptized., : n .y ��,
Ma�lcdl "son. Soon .after
The minister.. conducted. 18: ,fain- . to P. A. in .
takingover the: secret'aryship,'.
to the
Nig.. , Agnew : w..as- appointed
riages ' -
• The cong re ational revenue' for` dual ,position of . 'secretary -areas
g' Surer,the latter 'office having' been.
•the:'year- � wa's .. $3732:00 � and, the .
for : Mis' ions and held by John. Murchison„ ,
amount' raised.s •
•
Benevolences ..was : more " that :