HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1947-01-29, Page 1•
Year—In Advance; 50�c Extra to 13 S.
IZ.00 A t
DONATIONS TO ASID
TO CHINA 'FUND.
' . Up to the end of the week
donations to. the Lucknow . anal
District Aids' to China' campaign
amounted -to $233.30., made up 'of
forty-five donations as follows: '
E, Ackert .$25.00, W. Henderso n
2500, Annie MacKenzie .'10.00',
N
s � � Tenn
Thes. ,00 G.
:o.
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Ewart 'Tayl :
'10,00,, '•.W L:" MacKenzie
C. McGregor. 10,00'; ,y .- "W'!
Henderson i0:00, Donald Render-.
son 10.00,. • Rev; J. ' W. Stewart
1D.00, Mr. _, and. • 'Mrs` ` J. Bushell.
1,00, Mary cairipbell.5.0V Mrs. T.
Alton 5.00, Sarah Mallough. 5'.00,
Margaret Mallough 5,00, Rev. C.
MacDonald 5;00, Miss E. Mc-
Cluskey 5:00, Geo. • Andrew 5.00, ,
Wm. Ross 5.00; T.. A. Cameron •
.,5.00r . Mrs.'Aitken .5;00, A. E. Mc-
:Kim
c-
. -Kim . 5.00 Albert ,Chin -5.00, Miss
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Lena Robinson ' 3.00, Edna 'Rob-
• nson 2.00, I ..Kilpatrick `2.00, W.
r
n.,..00, -J... -A.` Thom - son -
2:00,;, • Isabelle: MacKenzie ; 2.00;
Catherine Lindsay '2:00, B. Roach..
• 2.00; Donald McLean .2.00; Thos.
-2.00,7,Gearge AtuirLZOO,.
McSween 2:00; Harry Lavis
1.00T- Maly S aylor :1.00 .Chris
Cooke'1:00, Myles •1VI Millan 1.00,`
: Hannah:.:MacDonald 1.00, Mrs. N.
,D;,MacKenzie A.00,'Harvey-tWebi •
ster; -Sr.' 1.00, 'Jessie, McInnes 1.00;
Union` School No. 14 'Huron 1,.00,
Be 'inners V.C., ',SS; '1.30.
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zC KNOW, ONTARIO, Wednesday., January 29th, 1946.
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MISS DOUGLAS DEJ PLY , • 1 WILL: HAVE ARM IN. CAST WAS $5. ON SATURDAY •h
R TEFUL TQ COMMUNITY FOR' SEVERAL WEEKS ' OPPORTUNITY 1T�1( IN
NG
On Monday., 'Miss 'Dorothy
Douglas; left Lucknow on the first
'leg' of a journey that will: take
her back tothe mission 'field on
the Island' of Formosa,. On•.Tues-
`day she spoke*. in Hamilton, .On
Sunday • evening she will speak
Knox Presq ter'an Ch •
Y i arch,
Woodstock, ' where • her -brother.
Rev. George. L„ Douglas .is:pastor,
and then will spend a few days.
in Toronto, ' preparatory leaV-
irrg_for San Francisco from where:..
she 'is scheduled. to sail for. the
Orient. on February 14th;' '
Miss .Douglas left here with six
trunks,. most of them packed with
wearing apparel for' distribution •
s • o prmosa s need
Many! other, useful gifts .were,
given ; Mass . Dougl-at, ' including
substantial ':donations in cash. 'For
all these 'kindnesses • ‘she. 'wishes
to extend her, hearty thanks. The
kai d ' side,* i
udn�.ss�xttn. carr ton .of e
-- th .
whole community has been great-
ly. appreciated:by her, and, Miss
Douglas •in •;view. of her hasty de -
rt `'1}as 'asked The, Sentine.
to • please pass on, , a word of. an -
Mrs. Janet MacDonald mother
a
Bill Lyons arrived' home last of 'John and Garfield. Macllonalci
week. •.from • Victoria '`Hospital of town•• o._served'h er` : ` -
b h • th birth
day„ ori :Saturday, January 25th.
Mrs. MacDonald, Who o makes' her.
borne' with here daughter, Mrs.
Clinton -Smith (Kate) of Seafortli`
is 'enjoying : remarkably 'good
'health,; . and has the. best` -wishes
where he had been' 'receiving
treatment for a• badly shattered
left. forearm, the result of being
kicked • by`• a horse'an Johnston's
Feed Barn': . •
To. reduce the- :fracture was.
itas
necessary to insert. a plate in.the
forearrn, and Bill is going about
•wearing a '.cast on, 'his, b dy, and`
arid,'' which is "carried 'in an e -
Ie
•rated and :extended position. 'I3i11
expects to be, •in the cast: until
March 8th' at the earliest.`:
•
GAVE $50: To MISS. DOUGLAS;
•. , a special meeting last week
the Lucknow Fire Company made
a donation of $50:00 to Miss Dor-
othy Douglas. /to be used as; she.
sawfit in' purchasing'nuch need-
ed supplies :which she is. taking
r
er�to
-with-- -h
. he' inYssiort^`leldr `at
Formosa.
Im:proved • In: •:Health
b At- taiCaiiinw.
much 'improved • in : health,, after
being crit11' 111 :before, •Chzyist
'precratio{n•-for-their: goodness to
ric•. ,.
t all_ _ _
.1... _.�' •I#l_
Mr: M. Alex• MacLennan of :town
•
has been critically ill in 'London.
• Mrs 'MacL'enna i :was • sumrnoned
NEW SNOWPLOW 'RECEIVED
West ` Wawanosh :' Councils was
advised the;.firs't.of, the week that
a;; new snowplow which, they have,
snowplow
on.order .for some:time
would -lea vel i -am i lton-ons-Tuesday-i-
fop delivery to the :municipality
eso•y an•
lett that• afternoon inthe midst
of a •ragin .blizzard.:accornpanying
Jinn- Hunter and :..14.H. ,Agnew.
Storm and road conditions forced
them torspend the .right., at a farm
home near. Blyth,'and.. complete
>the ,trip,i,'the following; 'day, `•al-
ougfi7 .e ss£arni continued _ to
make travellin l difficuylt,• •
g
At the;moment, the ' question .is
to find:. sufficient ..snow' to :give'
°.the powerful, ;machine a good test:
•
Out of Hospital
After � seventeen ° months '•in • St.
Michael's Hospital, Toronto •�M -
,.�rs.
N. L. Cam bell
p was, removed to
•
her home the first, ;o the week.
She was':
90 in - Decent ' � ..
' •
y,
s.mas with ;a heart condition. Mrs.
• u s w er•daughter
Martha - at Pt•-Alberh'i, ',B C:, µ
ELECTS . C:F:FIC`ERS
•
where., was ,an attendance' of
:twenty . m'embers at the annual
'meeting of the ;Lucknow' Bowling
!Club held last week, when' plans
were laid for ::the coining: year,
i nh-eh-ief-in;teres-t-centring-.-upon-
;completio i• .•:of. 'the :new : green,
which`'last year reachedlithe :point
IS HLRD. •wARD)SN ;.of being levelled 'and seeded..with
• a'' good catch .of grass s resulting.
;wg..
1
f The' election oaf 'MT. J. W. Jo! n
Y t Officers elected . ;were,; H •
on
osep. " gnew; m. ur
County •makes him; the • third• die and 'Wm. 'Hornell; president;
Lucknow reeve ever to'.have ,held :T -t rvey.Trelc.aven; i r "
,. a y , race p es,.Roy.
this•:office• in 75 • years: • First war- Fi ' l
. n asset;';' sec.-treas •W: C. Fin -
den from' Lucknow was James •!-: ' `
Jayson,, .grounds comixiittee, P. 'M.
Bryan in -.•1893 and 'Robert John Johns one'' G.'::Fisher Willia•
sten held the office in• 1920.Schmid : with' ower' to add . to
p
• ` I ain More pleased to 'receive
this honor for: the . people • if West.
tiheir numbers; tournament coin
• niit.tee, Roy Finlayson, Fred' Ste;
ward, Hugh •Curring, membership
„Ward,
Rev J.•:. W. Stewart,
Harvey: Webster; .(E.,' H. Agnew; f
`-'" Monday night jitney committee,..
Hugh Curring, Fred Steward,
Rev :Stewart', Wallace. i ler.
vote.- of thanks was:`ten:dered
Wellington' McCoy, ' who looked
after the green for • the balance,
of the' past •'season.
• Fees>weie' ,Set 'at " $6.00 tor old.
Members and $400. for new mem
hers.'
The. ,president, vice-president,
secretary and W.. McCoy .were'
•appointed..a committee to arrange.
for. the !local Club, to: be .repre
sen•ted• at outside, tournaments.
Wm.` Schmid, Hugh Curring.,.
Fred Steward, Harvey' Webster,:
W. 11cCoy and Isaac Miller Were.
panned 'a -committee: to°.raise' funds
for tlie" new green;• 'one of the
major• expenditures ' now 'being,,
the inst tian.'of .lighting.
•
of a host of friends.. here..
He ,daughter .Myra, Mrs Al-
fred. L' ockeridge of :,WWingha n
sang two numbers ons 'CKNX o� i
Friday in honor of her birthday.
'TWO' 'AUNTS NT5 WERE .,
.FORMOSA GREAT'
In" Formosa today there is an
unfettered opportunity for teach-
ing and preaching :the ,Gospel as.
never before:.. The • natives have
great pians for a° new Formosa
and ' the spiritual • Beed 'is 'great -
as ' the- :basis' of ' the -,'foundation .r'.
of the :new: planned order'.'So'said ,
:Rev. 'James: Dickson' who: spoke
in •° the` . hucknow•: ` Presbyterian
church on, Sunday :morning., Rev
Dickson recently returned • from
a two -months' survey of post-
war• needs..on the Mission field
Formosa, ;and .he. and Mrs:
.FATALLY BURNED ,Dickson and Miss Dorothy Doug-
las. are to' sail .from San Fran-
cisco on February 14th, to resume
'the work' on this island from
wlererey Were forced to with-
draw when World War 11 spread
•o the Far:East., ` •
e•
••.,Tn - o enari nibs ° re .a � _
U
-.�.�.....•.n. -- .arks
�...<� _� '� ..aux
Dickson 'made . reference tb his . .
long association •. with Mr. and "
•Mrs. Hugh McMillan and ;*Miss •
Dorothy Dougla§
• In. the: 70 -.-rears since'the Pr
and had ;'to' take . the train . Wedgy. Pres
-
had . byteria •n. Church' o `ened ' a mis-
nesday at, noon P
sign: field in Formosa••60,000 are
Miss Agnes'' Writt, age 76, died now •.
i '_. the flames1)11-liming believers out of a•populatiion•
n , mes of her bed-
room of ix .a d a' alf, millions.` Dur'
room: soon :.after'• -retiring ' at. ,ten. -
thewar years; native t Christians
Mr. Joseph `Writt, ' accountant
at the Lucknow ,Branch' of Silver=
wood Dairies, ,was in .. Stratford.
last :week'` attending •the .double'
funeral of iisr two 'aunts, 'who:
were fatally burned when fire
°`broke: outin. a "tfedroom .in " their
home. Joe' received word of. the
tragedy' late last.- Tuesday 'night,
but 'was .unable to le-ave•by motor
due • to :-'•.
•
,
o cipck Tuesday. evening• Her sis-
carried on thework of the•church .
ter, :Miss Anastasia Vtrritt, .age• 74,. withouta . i
suffered '. first: • .e d from, or.contact, with,
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a ;futile attempt=. to. rescue her. withdrawn from the,.. F r East.
'sister, and` passed. awa • t'he•:nextT •
away, • • . Their burden' • was;. heavy_ • aid
Stratford General _
. � � • • _ • .'.,. many .of the clurch�'leaders' s f-..'
mornin .in u
Hospital ; ,, ,
' fered :Persecution : at • the hands 'oaf
'•Bo'n. at • .� r •.
Kinkora, the: 't' o is
W. . s the '.hapanese:miaitar police, Who
.tees :' moved • to `Stratford when e Y P a
h �• were.opposed..'to'.'Clristianty,.•
young •'giris with their parent, :'• •
IVI andriVlrs: -- '• a M• a spa.-w$-af o rse' a cq -
Joseir or
•
(My ,:;o'f'. Japan, .but has• •now ` be
•many`;•years'`M`ss Agnes t-
g o , come a: new: province; under'' thei''
•ed a real estate .business in S.trat_
• � gov;ernncnt • of the 'Re 'iiblic
.ford. P. of'
• China, , Rev; 'Dickson' state that
' The' two, sisters' 'were devout 'their
I all believers, „because' of their; as
members of St.
• Joseph's Roman '
..taxa+L. .1.1s�4�:_;i3Af1.1�.6�.—�3F.�,.
• ' : � �i ra _or
was the :typically Modest 'and ung•,
assuming` manner in which Reeve •
'Brown Smyth•` accepted his a 'ec
tion to. the Warde
nshp 'of Huron
County
• Warden Smyth has two emin-
ent distinctions: (1), He is the
• first bachelor ; to become *warden.
of
Huron ;County in 106 .years -.Of
its history; (2) He ' is the first
representative° of -West, Nawanosh
in'the County Council .to, become.
• warden in 69. ;years-- since the
late,. C1arles' Gi'rvin occupied •. the
•office away back. in 1878. ' '
His 'municipal' life commenced
as a• school ,trustee; aril, office.
,which be. held for -three :years:;
He entered •the Township council`
in'103 `+and Continued as coun-
cillor for nine' years until' he be-
came • • reeve �• in 194 , In •, all that.
time he .,
M had only • two ',contests,
for• councillor, and one for reeve -
ship in, which offi` • I'
office he , is •start-
ing his• fifth ter n,•'In:'1946. he was
• .cairman of the County Home
-..
committee .. f County
Council ;and
ember of • the '' Warcie 's� and
Education coinmit'tees', 'P evio :us=
.1
.
'he ,had been chairman`'of the
Property . and Ere •
• ,tees; He . .,•» . cutive, commit-
: is considered a better-
thatl.average' debater
by his col-
leagues.-
•
fart13rSmyth.. was born -ons, a
• on Lot • 1'0, Concession 8,•
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t coM NG EVENTS
WARDEN :BROWN: SMYTII
•--Cut courtesy. Signal -Star,': ' DANCE, TONIGHT
Dancing in the Parish Hall,
West, an' h ori e termiber .
Waw os p Dungannon, VV'ednesday, •, Janu
26 i of ' a cors iif sthhe :1+i•M a'nri ary 29t}1; weather
} and :ands per -
res‘'? Mate Sent :Greetin s
g •
.4
•
,. `n regarded as potential,' spies and
•where, •requiem •, high mass was
=
were. listed' to be killed; had• • the''
sung ; on Friday morning... Tem
,allies • 'invaded: F•ormo
sa . in their.
porary •en.tombment!,.took. place. in• •
..series of success
es inthe '
the :chapel. at Avondale, rCemeter. Pacific
• y Rev.. Mr. Dickson• • •stated :• that
with `burial. tq.;:' take place i at . a
,. ., while it:; wane agrat inspiration.;:
•
later •date• in St' P'atricks..Cem-. - ' • .
• to:see how the::'ChriStian ;church
etery, 'Kinkora had carried on• :in •,their absence,
The: Misses Writt are survived •
by a brother• Thomas.:who.''inade the' , greatest miracle was ''tile
spread of .Christianity. among the .
his home• ' with 'them;• by ••two
nephews, .Thomas' of London aril • aborigines of Formosa who are
savage.,head hunters of the,inoun-'
Joseph ,,of .' Lucknow and .,by ..a ;t `i "
a ns..nuin;,bering'•al�out 200;000 -:'
niece;Mrs. Marie. Hayes,. Enibro. •
BIBLE : S:OCIETY DONATIONS
The, local :.branch of the Upper
Canada Bible••,:Sosciety has far -
warded" to the' head office: in Toy.:
onto • the ,suin,,of $151,62 :for • the
Year 1946: This is an increase of
bidden ,to,.' minister ..t0 them,.:by , ,:::�
the ''Japanese, .•who were;.trying
to force'.'them to become'loyal
subjects of the'Japanese 'Ermperoi�
and. worshippers, of Shintoism,
Now with. '' Japanese authority '
remo'•�jed, :the• ' evidence '•of• the
s read f` '. Ch
p o ristianity among
$41.72 .over -1945. The village • and. these
•••siir,rounding` district is' fo be :coni- p °Plc is 'coming to bight,
and hi.:.
mended for 'their, ;contributions to ',truth! w ch ,;stemmed. from. the in-.
this worthy:'cause: ,. ,. ce of 'two young savages
; whoa at •one time attended• Rev.
Suffered Ankle Injury. ,
• Bob .' Boak, secretary ,.•of the
Lucknow : •.District Co -Operative
has been going .about•• on crutches
for .several days .'since suffering.
.torrt ligaments in his ankle.:Bo•
was .putting down some hay ,in
the barn ' on his • fermi at . Para-
Mount;aria
:and on corning down from;
the...iw,, jumped the last Couple
'of rungs and '.landed on, a tongu
'that ;lay covered- by •tlie .hay,'
1`ris,-Robert Sinyth;,a'nd atterided milting:'Auspices' Agricultural
school : 3 before re- , : , Mi, and 1Miq Wm• Buckinghar
5 �o. atS S Na Society, 'ai i lens oi•ehesti,a. Ad
turning . to the "farm with :his. ..,
niiss,i��ri .50c.y s. %I. l....d
father. Since 191.0 he }bas resided • •
,•, . , " ' 1 IAR
.:3>< �q`L �Y• ME._ ET!
n Conressinn t;, We _• ._ __ _ _...., , .�..�._ _ _ ..
•
received„ a greeting *Carsent:
to
sett to
4•.
their late son, Fido;; Buckingham;.
from a`fo i'i
r 'ibi crew maty biz Auay
, 4 i�1>a . �vho' Vl aS L11Za >" ° "
where 'ho carrip,s ow mixed fiii°mt. The' Februn y • nice tiny; of the x , tit az e esf'P
-.
0 • , C1madilari <<�•ix's death. The card took 49
in" on Tall acr�:�fi. He i:�'a'•;in.eiiy}ie•i• l,�ldirs�Au�il•iary to the, C,
int
of the ".United Church at 'St, lel- lar Bion:wilf4be•.held in the Legion clays . "in°.coming fr6'm • Australia
°l ill on 'Tisclay, FG?}�i°uzi y 4th at' gird .was received', only lash week'
ens. A sistcr.Mis. BE,ssietctkart ,
. �.4 ,1')e,
,. , • , i. ,,s Buck . and all the best
Robert `Smy t:h in •Tor �ritci, � t" c ti «i tai k,c. 1�i � r nt �
resides ,with him and.* brother. f. o chief..• All members . at•c re: On it was written,' "Happy Land
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•
Dickson's': Mission: ' Today there
are' 2,000'" of these - aborigines • .,;
ready to ' .accept Christ.:' The
miracle of; the .opening of,: these
gates 'Can. only . be explained as
God's answer `to Prayer, said'lthe
speaker.
It is. truer than ever before.
•
that the "field, is ripe unto the
harvest", he said and ••:appealled`.
for < Workers , and, support - for
them o that the opportunity of
:today might not be : lost.-
••'. During the • service a quartette
• al'
was 'sunrby Mrs... R.'T:.Dou las.
g,.'
i Irs, Cameron MacDonald, Miss'
Helen Orr and11.'r•Mac-
Donald
_:icson_spotce: - at.....Duri ..
gannon ,on' Sunda- afternoon and
in Winghain• Presbyterian church
that - .evening:
the. ''ear .t,
'Years o cori'ie. 1Four Aussie: °
crew Mate,' George"; •