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TEE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCittl'OW,, 0NTARIO
Einforcement effitiafs”-=
compared .Ta The Gestapo
Mrs. Lydia, Philip of .. Vernon,
B. •C: and forxiierly of Lttclt;now;:'
" has: forwarded tis a. letter from. an
intimate friend• of hers in Eng-
land, and which we, reproduce in
part, to convey some idea f • the
hardships 'these people. are en -
g, . ,,
dirt. with their lives controlled'
*tb• a point wherefreedom dis-
appears. completely::
The letter, dated April 29th,
1941: commences with reference
t4 -her home which ”Was • badly
damaged in the early days of the
SIM
$5.
"`At long 'last I' am • delighted
,to .be -able to say our house has
been reinstated. It has been done
very thoroughi•ly, and is 'looking.
,spick and span. The,' exterior, i.e.
roof and gutters;, , also balcony,
and greenhouse; have yet to be
attendedto,' but . the interior is
just lovely, at any- rate compared
to the awful conditionit was .in:
It took seven men the. , f irst two
weeks, five men the third, .. fourth
and, fifth, weeks, and two men the
remainder of the` -time to carry
out the essential reinstatement,.'
so ;,you can guess in' what aicstate
the• • whop - tering~ was
We •did not have the, Council
to., (1p • it, but had' .our &Wn con
trac r, but the• difficulty was 'to
• get: license,' this took a terrible.
-time, such a,: lot of red tape, tape, etc,,
because,.; {Without the..:'necessary
license' ;'the builder lcar'nnot get
;paint, .•or 'indeed any materials.: to
so you - can see they have your all:
•ways ;here... Nothing but 'restrict
tions .restrict ons,_ andfurther re-'
strictions •No wonder 'the people;
are.:seeking. to emigrate in thous
• ands, there is ° absolutely :•no .free-.
-noxi ;left to° -us: -On -top• of which
there ;is 'a terrible shortage of
everything necessary to a civiliz
ed' life: :Everything. is 'chaos :"This
government-�is driving the coun-
try full steam ahead to ruin.:
•I must "tell'. you ':this,•:1• had. my'
bacon.. ration for the • week'- this
very
orxing,- it :consisted of. "one
thin • straggling' rasher, which. I
cut in half' for two morning's .mea
gre breakfast •. There was no.: fat
-`wto fry it . with, except what `I
could spare ouit. of } my ration of
20x for the- week; . It is true . w„,e
. are :supposed to have some iardw,
but this. we. ,never get by: 'any
chance .whatever,' but some : syn
thetie substitute •which ,imparts.
a disgusting flavor to everything
c hires - sit contact Sugar`,is
you have :been born' Arid bred' to
'these early hours,���-but to anyone
like myself never, accustomed to
it, it can be, .and is, extremely
WEDDIN . BELLS.
SAUN DERS.-UASEMORE
A quiet wedding; took place
at
the United Church inane, Wing .
held' on Saturday, June 7th when
Rev, W, • A. Beecroft united • in
i.g a Laura.June; eldest dau-
ghter
: Milo
:Case.-
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ghter of Mr, and .Mrs. Milo Case -
more, andM..loyd 'Stewart,son of
tiring" 1 M. r. and Mrs. George Saunders,
Everything is just' as scarce as Lucknow,' : • '
ever.' No improvement whatever, the bride a :looked lovely • in a
andve e. r will be I... am'. afraid, gold silk jersey dress with black,
n
with the . present government. d gold:
on the nationalization of
'everything with money:in it,, they
are absolutely starving us all to;.
attain their 'Object 1,_cannot ..
'pos-
sibly describe to you present day
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Judging - Competition Monday
The livestock .judgin.g'„coinpet
titian: for. young men ,of Bruce'
'County, will, be held at. Walker-
ton next' Monday, • Two classe
each of horses, .and
• cattle; dad
cattle, sheep .and swine will be
jd”" The : winner . ;will go to
ude
g
the International ` Exposition m at
Chicago, •
Th eight. top bays' ' will •b'e•
eligible • to:. contest two scholar-
ships of $100 each, .furnished by
T1•IURSDAY, JUNE 19th,• 1947
1 . Hamper .of Groceries
Won
The -Women's _-Guild of St; .
Peter's ' Church held. a. successful
bazars• and tea -last Wednesday
afternoon, featured, • by .a draw.
for ;a bushel hamper of assorted'
groceries and fruits. Winner of
` the prize was Mts.'. Wrn, Purdok
R, 2, LucknOw.
JOYCE 'INL:,AYSON, daughter
of Dr. and- Mrs. ' D. R.= Finlayson,
of Toronto.. and formerly of Rip.
unit Council and Bruce ley, is a member of „the 1947 gra-
Bruce County • l of Suck C tid '
black. ai :."' ' A riculture ' • for , duating c, :ass ;'...ren s
topcoat -and,b, . Federation of g.
cesSories and . corsage of pink •first ear students at O:A .C. 'Hospital,
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roses:; o 'Zli,ey were attended by
f Y
Miss ,:Betty Casemore, :sister of
the bride who wore a -blue dress
and : blue,. ,and pink ; accessories:
conditions. Just take–yesterday yesterday .with corsage of • "pinh roses.; Mr,.
for example. • : Gordon Sau'hders, brother' of the
Breakfast -bread with a serape groom, was best 'man. After the
of butter, (2 ozfor the whole Ceremony a buffet luncheon,: was
week) Bread of such quality Vis served at the home of; the bride's
it is Unfit for food after two days. parents to about '30 guests •
Very small quantity of porridge
milk"strictly rationed, likewise
sugar. •Two cups oftea, tea. strict,'
• ly rationed,. "
pin'ner--very` small quantity of
Meat, ' which::is : strictlyrationed.
and is of poor' quality, frequently
hard . and ..flavourless. Few . pot-
atoes, .no .greens unless you': can
grow them. - Pudding, some •mac-
L-caroni, ' not" cthe Italian, but Eng-
lish, xnadq substtttxte with,_neither
Erle Ild,vo u`t� - guvuires's: at -1'1w
original, ,fniTk substitute, .and
sugar substitute
Tea—Bread and butter,if you
are lucky enough to, 'Make 'the. 2
t z. last. No 'cake, o'. biscuits.' One
.pound' pot of dam' per person per.
month, so .one cantruly say 'no
,y.
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ti c Jtf;1
s. 'e')rf
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les as "the`'Gestapo. There is no --
thing; w,e can do, nothing:' we. can
buy, ;indeed the ,w -hole of our lib-
erties have been- taken from _us at
any rate ' for the • time being.
Never was there. such Utter, bosh
as "the: `land of the free" as ,re -
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than, week hard di -ale 'may try.
Very -poor "'in quality likewise.
• As to sweets, or indeed luxuries
of any- kind, it as impossible, to
think of, we are on the 'strictest
and: hardeit diet ever known in
this country.__ er have._been lith_
out :fish what with strikes, and
gales, and'.labor troubles,, but
when it is possible to buy it, it
is `so dear 'as. to be alinost ''pro-
hibitive, and frequently not fresh
when 'purchased, just a gamble
whether it•can be neaten or buried.
'So you can.•. seejust what we are
going through.I` believ the. - bur
den is not so heavy 'on' the', rich,
if there are any. rich these days,
as they can go to.•restaurants and
get all they want at • a price which'
would' be prohibitive to us'
It is necessary for '`one adult
;person in every' family to waste'
-I do :;jot know how' much' time
each day. lining up ."outside, 'tate,
shops for essential • 'commodities.
Not =only `do --you line --up-outside
tide -shop; but: inside �as 'well; when
also; ver., inferior, -not propercane
sugar, • but beet 'sugar,'':' which is
inferior in every way.
We are in a de ' arable 'state,1
over here... Everything rationed,
everything scarce, and everyone.
disgusted, and . discontented:' `it is:
necessary for one .member of the
family to line up for• -hours to be
able to get even • the most: essen-
' tial ': articles.:, : Prices are soaring
alarining'y; no' one knows where
it will , stop. ' Cabbages, : which
. w;ould. cost formerly: about ;11/2d
.or.2d each. are .nowt from 216, and
practically -everything else'in pro
,portion. As_ to soap, when ,,you can
get it, it of course, 'is i strictly 'rat-
ioned -2 tablets 'one:` month, and
,3,'tablets the. next:.per person,
price= of course. 'exhorbitant HoW
one is supposed to do laundry' and
hotisehold cleaningout of this,
would be best . answered by the,
authorities, but that is ho'w it is:
I: am pleased that we have the.
gard, this country these 'days.
There is no, each thing as freedom
at • all.. I do not know if conditions.
xnll1: •a'lways be the__: samm_e,NA
realize that the 'rte i' sped'" n
of the •coming'generation' are fast
leaving the country4 Good luck, to
them.
• • No business can afford to faee•'.
rusks which 'should be: covered by insure
once. Let tis analyse your needs, explain
Low insurance: can protect •your business
from loss: in'ma y' ways and arrange.,plan• : _
ned Pilotp olicies to cover all eventualities..
., We write Pilot Insurance to cover sel-
ected risks in Automobile, Fire,' Personal
Property • Floater,. Burglary, Cargo, Elm. ,
tor, Teams, Plate Glass, General 3ndx Pub+'
lite, Liability, Fidelity and Surety Bondi.
SYEAL
IUB .BUSINESS
ur. turn comes, -more often than
not, you have '.to take Whit.. ie
given .'.to you and : pay,_ or else
god without, "It is not. necessary
for you' to. say what 'you • want,,
You are glad totake' what is 'giv-
en to 'you. To such a- pass -has the
war ,for freedom? ? ? brought us.
Last•'Saturday I, waited' tWo.hours
Outside, a shop before being ser-
ved, when' my turn eventually ar-
rived, ` I was served with what
suited the shopkeeper; which I'
need, hardly say was something
far cheaper than that, which I
'asked 'for, butcharged at the top
rate: •
I suppose I must' not complain,
but `.I thought ' you would ibe
;terested .to hear the 'actualcon-,
ditionsprevailing tri. London to
date. .I; must not .omit to add 'the
particulars .of our .supper,' which
consists of a cup' of. tea, if there
is any milk` substitute. available,
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'weather with. us once' again, but Iia slice of bread With a crumb of
naturally feel. tired; as we now 1"cheese—we are strictly' rationed
arise .'• each ,morning at 4:30, 'the
cloicks' having been • put" forward
'two 'hours. We have to be in' the
office' each morning at 9 o'clock
sharpy not leavingt until 5.35,in
the afternoon.. We" da not, work on
Saturdays at all, but 1 somehow
o feel' it extremely. irksome rising
so early .each morning: It is all
• very well in the • country 'when
with cheese,: which works out, .per
person to one tiny sliceper week.
So you;will understand to what
e' pass our war for freedom has
brought us,
There is ' absolutely no; liberty;
at all .here•.no . We. do'ihot call
the officials Gestapo but "En-
forcement Officers" who appear,
to have practically the same dut-
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FLOWS `IMI YO R FOOTST•EPS .
It springs from. they r 'ic•h earth
:furr `wed by your
Itis berm, .of' the Iowhgeha
,t'
;' nd
the
corn and tke barley and al! the f00d
you tirod'uce.
• Yes, your crops are the •very faun -
dation 'OE . our ;- .nation s prosperity, ;
because 'rood' is an absolute necessity
y
for every Man. 'woman'and rhikl
because the ''growing' of 'food'. is:
Canada's most important. primary
industry.. And., the greater' your.har•
vests :-- the more solid is prosperity s.
foundation." :
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The •Edon you grow is aI'so,`ielpin.
to build, a lasting` peace by warding.,
off .,famine in the war -ravaged •caun
tries of Euro e. during these years of -
reronstruction.
cI cd yours rs a, tremendous re-
sponsi•hility to'.the nation. and to
t,he.world. But Canada is full',. co'n
ham, that you will 'contin1te.to`pro-•.
duce SII: the food .'you possibly can
that your foot-
steps wi[I never •
tidier ,tri ..tlie van
guard of prosperity.
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