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LUCItNUW; Qb1TA ,ID
1
• W. A. STEWART. SCHOOL AREA
, SECRETARX=TREASURER, '
The West V °awangsh Township
1School Area Board•met last week
'` to ,consider applications for 'the
position of secretary -treasurer:
and ,of. caretaker of the various
° schools.
Mr,• W. A. Stewart of. '.G1enfi's
'Hill was appointed • secretary -
treasurer, 'lie- succeeds Mr. Dur -
end of the- term. Caretakers. of
he ;several schools were all re=
pointed i`
CORM COMMITTEE
'FOR. CHINA...DRIVE
• Meeting .last Wednesday ,even-
. inti in :the' Town Hall a committee.
• " was formed to conduct' the local
campaign, in support of -the Can
•aadian Aid to China fund. Officials
appointed were:. Pres.,
South;vice Pres.,,, W:. C. 'F iy-
son; Sec., Rev. J. „W., Stewart;.
s. J. A. Thompson;;Publi. it '
�.' ea. � 3'
__..,and ,Executive °C°o mittee, L.- C.
Thompson, 'Rev C.: H:' MacDon-
ald, Rev. 4.-A.; "Joselyn, Rev. C. B.
Woolley, ,'Dr, W. V. Johnston and
Mrs hili_p S art, _p s d+en f�_'_i
the Women's Institute.
The. local_ camiaign takes: :
8 in
Lits know and te a
..trading area
surrounding ,the village, ,:;with ,a
population ,roughly estimated at
3,000 persons arid' an .objective
of':$1,000.: By
- household* this• ob
jectiveroughly ;n defined.-as
a
- $1.00 _per:. home but to meet the
e
.
] ctrve
more. •liberal contxi;bti-
tions will be -r wire
eq d from many
.
mak. ...for�'those. who ;will.
-4E01 t
o r
espo
nd
;
Donations
ons ions
N'mXQa
riy
5e left .at . any, chartered ':bank-;=
.
mLucknow at, the
treal .•.with the Manager,M'J
,ri •Pto�ripsonas.aHaig.
sruc.e
'0w.
Reeve J. ,W.-Joynt of Lucknow.
has brought honor to himself and.
to 'theVillage by his 'election on
Mondag night. as. the 75th warden..
of the •
County of Bruce, Inn' a
sweeping victory': Ire defeated the'
only .other candidate, Reeve 'Wm,,.
Walsh of Kincardine, by a vote
'of 21 t 11.
Mr.•' Joyi•to Who s starting his
:fifth ,year as .Reeve of Lueknow
has, been elected to that office by
acclamation each, .year, He 'sac
seeded ,Exa!•reeve . N. E: -Bushell
after serving ,a 'year and
on the Council, to which he was
first elected in. June of . 1941, in
a midyear'vote to elect two,
councillors :' to succeed'. ;Harold,
Treleaven -and ;Wm. Murdie
The :election of`: the Warden:.,was
the only item on ;the : agenda °of
Monday' .night's'-. opening enin session•
of Ca .0
o nty:.COLincl: C=1eik•�-David-
Forrester presided, and on, Mr.:
Joynt's election he *ie.:escorted
,,to the : rostrum and assumed, the'
gavel. In • a brief speech :he. ; ex
KN.dp'p`r-eciation: 'of the
honor: conferred On. him • stating',
that his.chief concern'' would... by
in •making .Bruce'County,•a better
place in` Which to live.
The de-
•feated candidate .also 'spoke Con-
gratulating the ..;newwarden .' 'arid
assuring' him; of his loyal P
,'su
port : e•
•lye- the nf-ar-t t
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ednesday, January 22nd,
1947
EIGHT. PAGES, •.
oynt
a,xden$hip
BRUCE COUNTY WARDEN
REEVE J ' W.
Of •Lueknow •. Who Wad :Elected
:
75th :pWarden 'OT;:
_,w...,•_., � Bruce t
On Monday. , .•
Ration:. Coupon' Due.. Dates
• .Coupons now valid' are. sugar -
to B39' and meat M64. to: M69:
Next co; ,poria b'ecomirg •' ood " are
B40. and M70 • on> Ja:nuary,3Qth.
:•{aa1
•
• ° S onso `
reds aur .
p . n the':
� winter
6.
because•of.the Urgency.
of
aiciin
g
`,starvin • China, ,C na , road :' c'
ondrtions
have revented' rural prevented areas frorri
being: orgairied, .:but organiza-,.
•
WAS: 89 IN J, ,? UARY•
.
•.Mrs n°t
:
. •W. A..Johinston .of 'Asli ,
field `observed her.:. $9th• birthday
1.
FORMOSAN' MISSIONARY .TO
SPEAK HERE ON SUNDAY ....
• The Rev. James Dickson, Who
was one : of the missionar'ies
forced •' to withdraw from the
work in Formosa when Japan en-
tered World War II; and who. has
returned from Making `a : survey
of the post-war needeof then is -
'on fe
si l
i d, will speak in the Luck,
now ,x' -Presbyterian • Chureh . on
Sunday; morning. The rnorning�
service an. South Kinloss has been
withdrawn. and .the •.corigregatio i
will. meet •with the . hucknow
people. _•
'Rev. ,.Dickson' will speak ,at
,Dungannon 'on Siincday afternoon
and will.broadcast ever CKNX on
Sunday night. He will also. ads'
dress'' the Wingham '' Lion's Club
Monday night;
-• Rev. and :Mrs. Dickson ;and Miss
Dorothy '`Douglas are sailing for.
Formosa on February. 15th..
NIRS. �:SHERWOOD PASSES'
In- frail: health- for.- a-lon
eriod
the' death of'•Mrs. Samuels Sher-
wood .occurred on Monday .'at the
home -;of her -daughter, :Mrs;: Leslie.
Ritchie ,Concession 10 Ashfi
Mrs.. Sherwood was 'formerly,
Prances Emma` TwamleYwan:d,'on'
April' 13th .would have observed.
her .00th :birthday
The,
funeral. service: is .'' being
held from the Ritchie home Wed`
ned'asy, Jar }uary 22nd ( Y) toda .'at.
two. O'clock c oclt:�': with `
h iiterriient in.
Greenhill Cemetery,
UNITED .,CHURCH
MEMBERSHIP UP`
• The Congregational meeting .of .;
the Lueknow United Church Was
held on Thursday .evening, with'
Rev, 'J. W, Stewart'presidirig and. '
Mr. S. C.- Rathwell in ',charge of
the secretarial duties.. '"
• 'Excellent reports; were receiv-
ed ,from •the••'various' departments .
'of the W M;S. with Mrs•" T. H. .,
Burns reporting that the , After-.
,noon 'Auxiliary had ex""seeded, its
allocation of, .$420, The Baby Band
membership •was 76 and'there are
at present 55 ` on the Cradle Roll, •
which had reached: a• total • of • 71 '.
_ enrellnients at orte time,: during ,
the year. .
- Gordon: Morrison- reported , a•"'"
progressive year in • the. Sunday
School, wi'th, 'an . average •;attend-
ance- of:,73. He. drew 'attention •to
the fact that attendance had
passed the 100 mark the previous
Sunday,, an. objective ; they had
. -
been striving', for. Mr. W.' L.'•Mac
K�
enzi
e 'stressed; : importance., '''once
of -Sunday :School . work, . but ,fin
phasized ,that • what the children
saw • and ' heard at: home had a
ver definite affect.. • on . their
•
i
••4f
4 'ss Elizabeth;.Murdie report-
ed"
;;' a total of $585.97 ' had
been .1
raised ,'by the Women's Associa
tion, .which nowhad a cash sur
plus., of, $887 .and- a5 0
�1 Victory.
Bond.
Mr. W.`;' G
.: Andrew
reported'
d"
that. `contributions
. toh
t e.M 'slid
run •„ .t. d
et, corriplete,
readers'` at disrtapt' points, Reeve.:
John. Wesley Joynt. is . a son ..o
. f
-the-later-Mr`s ani•.-MrJohn Joynt':
Oddl ' enough, Hough, ",0'�.tho:u,gh :.'Warden
;of the Co.� n of'Bru
untY c h
. r . , ,-�. e owns•
and '.operates -:nine hundred :acres'
,farm land • in the . County' . of.
i
Apple growing "anti -feed
ng of ,beef:'cattle.•are ;two im-
ren'ra ` ably -good. :health .and :is•
..still quite' efficient in .attendin
g
to: her .househol:dTdu••ties:
1V1rs.
John ' '
stoic 'it almost . 1 st equally
as alert
and.,,active ,as' her •has,.
band, who
•:-t
ho
ugh soire-
.
three
Years ee
Years her s@ni x, steals�the rons
are -aL pulalioit4;
So heres•congratulations. and
r ,
best -wises to'-
h Mrs: '`.Johnston
which' is: extended'.
by a host" of
old friends, Arid neighbors in Ash-
readers
sh
-5h
pox=;tont.. phases^ of }lis farm o a
.per
tions.
•
In 1''
913.�. ,.
Mr ' Jo nt: married
Y ma ed
Edith Freeman„ daughter” sof •';the.
and: Mrs. Frank .:Free
• i1:. e ane. "5.,. :D KINLOU
G
son, George,: who .is associated :EXTEND.
. • PASTORAL CALL... -
with his' father.
,
-In brin in°
g g the . W ardei�s.ht , to A t' is ' pint` �nneeti of th
p .J ng a con;,.,
Lucknow, it'is'`the 'first tune since.' •gregations' 'of South' Kinloss and.
the late; Robert Johnston els • IK nlc�ugh Presbyt,�:: rian ;.Churches':
this• ofice more : than: tw my last .:Wednesday, , d1 call 'was' ex
years , ago The;present; fielder it' tended '° to .Rev •J:F;Angus 'Smrth
formerly qqf Neawmarket.
Rev . Srriith• was' one . of four
ministers whoaoccupied` these two
:pulpits°late in the`y.ear and which
Y.
have' been, vacant .since Rev: 1. F
i
Dann left for.', Vernon ;the rend 'Of
.5eptember:
presb ter
to of 'Huron -Maitland '
y , y roti Nlaitlanci� ',a#
their February: meeting,
-' as '• Worrien's• Institutes, utes Farm F.-.
tints,- Councils and 'School-
: Or
School- Boards,
as •:well''.as
citizens -generally,
. •'`•are
being urged to ',co-ope ate in pro-
, •rooting land•: supporting the. cam-
paign �\• •
This . appeal is being' • made at
this- time:.; at ' the urgent : request
of the Canadie nt in:: China, who
..are trying to,: cope with appalling
suffering caused by ten years,„of.
• � Y •n_ f
war; famine and flood•
Most
of, ,.,.
• . move �• •.will .: � �•
spent here in:.
Y, be
Canada tc�,: aro �
: p lease:
urgently: needed'sit u l
f".
'Tap . les w
e
be : distributed tri
bated in•
China b. our-:~.
Y . own 'Canadian
Workers. an.
surance is
given that
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DIED•
,•I
Sff� DENLY: •,
death of ` DavidStanley
Fines'. `occurred . suddenl - : Tor
'n .
suddenly;
onto .on:Thursda .'at his' sidence:
on.
:Banff ; Road, 1V,irs.; ares .was
cz o1 erl*y - a ..Blake. 4augbter
Of .the late. •r,
.. .., .: M , and•. M. , John:.
,Blake, one ;tune: ire idents o f
Luckriow and later ,of Crewe
h. funeral t
�� T e . uneral .',was held• '" n: Man.-.
field.
�,
:and. �d
elsewhere' � : .. , - a •at:a-�D n an o pp '
..fir. :day g n n .witl�•inter. .
ni. }}ii
et�•rr�Y9
. . , < .: • n .. ungannori �• Cemeter
a brother in law of the •latae 1VIr
Johnston,
a thorough tnvesti ation has been
g*
pude
The e �cam, si n closes'; Jan " �r
campaign , u.ay
est. Do not wait to:'be asked for
�--,..on, t.•�nik
to
l
"yourcal:. a
o b nk; •now_`' A• gen..,
erous gift from'you, maybe 'the
.
means of: saving' thea life.: of sortie
ao 'supplies • are given out unti
t 1 one.
'. To insta��, '�Yec#sic
Zit Presbyferian
•
• 7'he.annual
Meeting of th
• 10regation of . ,
• the ,Lueknow _r
by�teriah Church was held. , oh
Tlurrsday ;evening with a
.•lug attendance:.gratify-
The ' Session
ported that; the membershipn ,re-
portedre
l rained unchanged' 'at • 31
we're received A '7. Two
ed into the ' member -
p and two rete ved seven
death •and• three: b yen b:
There. Were .Y certificate.
were seven b
=•adult and five aptistns, .tw
infants. The
` ister re min
ported that he had 'd con
lure
e `con- the instl'a
a tion of .a .rest' ioom�.
The Y. P4..
Guild had totaY•..1.�
ceipts of.$110.39.'" Oaf" this.amount.
$20, was donated' to' the Organ
,Fund,' $20 "to the Peace .';Thank -
offering', $iO . to the 'Budget- and
o $5.00 to the Y. P. Loyalty 'Fund;
The Sunday . School reported
yi total ':receipts of;'$156.00 and a
balai ce: on hand" of $16..-20. Moth
oer's Day 'and Rally Day offerings
amounted to $29.75• and a 'total
acted 22'.funerals'•and 'officiated
The reports• ngs..,.
presented . by t e different
• � yfon. secretaries
ecretar
i- e
s
s•ho.
w
e
deveyorgatization tohe carrying
aithfulY secved duringthe`Pas: t,its work iind.those who have
Year• received the cordialthanks the session and congregation, -
The finanoial secretary
-
report
., .ed total res ",
eipts•
of '
.$i(300' With a :more than
balance on hand and' i'
General Fu n
..:receipts Fund of: $$55.48, The
for.,. the
A' Were $1,23ga . . $udget .'Fond-
;
as - $300 has been •,
lac "Y the ` iti'anaging °boards set
6fr. $54.73. was given'"to: missions
by the :Sunday School. •'
The W„M.S:; and the Evening,
Auxiliary have - both exceeded
their allocations, the • ..W.M.S..
showing• total receipts of $298 and
the- Evening•.. Auxiliary; of.. $144.
The Mission Hand. reported a suc
cessful year: with 430.10 sent for-
ward too tho•"-provincial secretary,
•Two special appeals were be-
fore, the congregatir ti this yr, i '.
,Attending "Fractures", ,
Dr.. W. • V. Johnston is: in, Tor-
onto t i week {,
h s e .att ndin
e a •lour
b
.day clinic from Tuesday; to Fri
day, on "fractures".. This clinic,
sponsored by the°a
Workmen's
Compensation Board,' iso being
lield.a.t Stinnybrook' Military Hos,
pital. with DE Watson. Jones;. not
(3d, Old. Country 'fractu •e special
'1st°,in • charge;•-
MIN EVENTS'
COMING! 'V`' �'S
DANCE : AT • LANGSIDE
The' . K-o`u• ntry ',CIA , will
sponsor' a' dance . in Langside For,
ster's: 1-1all, Monday, January 27,:;
Tiffin's :orchestra lunch .counte'r.
"Admission'.40c..
• BURNS BALL,
The .annual Berns 'Ball kinder
auspices of the• :Lueknow Fire
Co, will be'hel'd Friday, January
Nth -:from ' 9'4to ` 1.00. Music by
CIKNX Ranch': Boys.. Adrn ssiorf
50c: - ,
_ • ,
I>ilid•1V S' DANCE
y are;
itechuich 'W. ie
• nscii:in lac lyric. Burns• -
•.i�� , g.. t.
The °Advance, .for Christ and d• arise ; in•'„they Mciriorial Hall,
Peace, 'Thanitoffering., A"'`total of W'lxite hurch, on Wednesday• ev- •
$1170 was 'subscribed for -'this ruing. rJtantitiry 22nd .to .music' by '
'Peace Thankofferi'ng; and trio Coit-- °l' ari�icr's • Orches•trtr., Admission
• (Continued age 8) ' '6Oc'• t
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-�he is ;;;survived b a"daughter,''.
Suzanne, .two •••brothers • .and`•'two`
sisters; , (Continued on, ') .
)page' $
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Contributions: to. :the.: •tenerai'.
FUN-were-slghtly..over 4 00—
Mr:., R Rae,; Church treasurer,:re
'orted •:A; 200`:' note �, ,1�• on the shed
ha •''
d been.. ltd .� f •
1�a o f, an: � .: extra.
'uantit
Q. •. y , of fuel ; ,was on''
with a alanc. nd-o-f
slightly htl
g y in.`•excess, of a 'year
ago..,
Con
tributons '.�:to. ��' the ..
.
Fund, conducted during:fihe :. year Y
.and • not .
. yet, ',completed,: were''
-were '`'
Rev •Stewart' reported 207 fame
pastoral : oversight. . ..Forty-eight . -.
oined • `the• •' .ch a rch 'during ng the
On Mond •,,
a Miss. - Doroth
Y�
,Dou Douglas leaves •Lucknow ori : the
hitt stage .`o f her return;journey
to: the'Presb terian 1Vission,field
m,
far ' aw:ay, Formosa . an-'. island
•hat. has felt •the 'ravages- -f . war
g o,
;which have` - left' ` its ',people• i11
fed, .arid poorly; and insufficiently
'mosart
y •Went Frst .. .
In 1928
•Miss Douglas,, elder • daughter,
of the'late Mr.' and Mrs...George George
H: • Do
las:.. t. P . "�..
•in1928,
where she served for 12
years;., during.which.' ei'iod'
p.. she,
had one furlough home With ser
ious• trouble ..brewing" in`: the ;Far''`'
East, '.Miss Douglas, 'albng=•with
other. ''
'missionaries arie •
was
. s brought
t
ho
me .in • December •of, 1940, six'
.years `ago. .•
After'' a time spent `in Canada, *. •
Mi
ss •D "
,ouglas was sent. to British � "�
Guiana, from where she returned
a few: months;; ago • on furlough.
h.
g.
She speaks, -the Formosan .lang-
uage :'•flugntl , arid is . nowre-
turn
.:.:
Y tore-.•.
' to 'that country to; . assist in
the arduous •task. of . re-establish -
ring- their� mission fields,' as prop-
erty loss •Has,' been: heavyduring
the war 1
nto'trunks
u
riles of .her own,n
,
and
others.that have -been g yen her,Miss Douglas
Is .cramming
every; article' '.of`` cloathing which
she'can afford
.Y,
a o to, bu ••
and which
,
'are .being' donated' to her.
he Sentinel is .ha pto,pass
on the information' that .donations
f
o:' seeon
d hand' cl'othi, or<cask
for. •the pui-chase .of clothing,' will'
Abe' very much welcomed. by Miss
'Douglas: But . the trine is' short,
Miss- Deu las' trunk's ' must be'
8'
shipped on Saturday of this week,”
so- that .anyone 'contemplating
contributing to:: this worthy cause,
must :do, so. by ,-Friday pf:: this;
Week.•. at the latest'
Lucknow and vic`nit`: has: been
=vicinity
more ,thalci •.gener'ous to all Worth-
while appeals, and no. -doubt will
respond heartily ,in this instance
when • their: contributions..are to
be,:,under the personal • distribu-
tion 'Of:o nes '
n ,, of L• ucknaw s .Own
young women who: has devoted'
her• life :and efforts 'wholeheart-;
Icily. to .missionary , work , on.
forcigi fields,
•Clo t i ihin,g :for
of , ,.
nfants to adults`
will ]l• be 'appreciated,•aud' for both'
1k;t and edit', climates. The' For
i'nosan' climae : is . e .t t
� reririely hat
in 'th.e. 'sunmer, and:.Athe winter'
cold. is intehsifiZd and• pentrating
Cause of'•the dampness.•
i on
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,The F'o'i'tnosan,, of Chinese an
cestry and who .speak a Chinese
dialect; Were under Japanese rule
prior to the .war. and were draft-
ed for service with the. Japanese,
though their' sympathy • was with” -
,the .'Chinese; ..,a,
Now . the 'Island has",been-
re
:turned to China under the Nat- •
ional Government, which is send-
efficialt to govern the ,scan •
:
try;' and under whom the mis= •'•
sionary .workers will -have 'More `
freedom in teaching and'preach.:
Ping} ;
'
Miss : Douglas g *ere roes`from h re
..
to San..'Francisco from ,i tin where• she ,.
isscheduled to:- sail for"'- the:
Orient:' on February 14th Isier
Many friend . .. i
• e, *Ian her Oody..'
Y h re wi ., ..
speed and continued. success in . .
her .endeavours,
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