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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1947-07-17, Page 7111,ASDAY,: JULY 17th, 1947. THE' LUCKNOW SENTINEL, :LUCKNQW, QNTARIO . 'PAGE 'SEVEN , ;:.(itinoisaitsI .T:�. Community Fr err , mess '115. . • rt n Pre— '�' 'dn' "fi t p,�a' ' t rii' ' iii: tiio'`'jCcvrithA- .-.4`3it- 44#:ztice.. ri...,,..#44. I .t: The Formosans don't- wear hats Come down .from long ago. Ito .church .so we don't either for it makes: us. different. T inight, I went over to worship and the teachers called' on me to pray. It was the first time since I•carne SOFTBALI, RAINED OUT bhck, Afterwards they wanted a' �—�--- ' �' msu• Formosa, China., and more it will be necessary for; a _ May: 11th, 1947, the girls to do this Now we are ds' loping' for suitable teachei.�s-15t t Friends., will be. here on Friday stand. Tiverton r and Kincardine' next Tuesday. . a story :.as usual so I .told. about! so t7uc ch°i`tdren nn British Guiana: ear i. , . s ` . Much Interest .some we'will, -have to: do_. our, ,It is od:'practise for me but le .'iowne was o t seives, E ur ment too' is a arob- ,is difficult to -make a ..stor�. in- • Formosa. •before, I left � p „, . l n y l known in • I thought you might fern and some repairs will. have to resting in another language. I, '.anada, that ,- something "of• the to be made. :but all the .essentials .Anyone who reads this would• like ke t0 know so g here You have no, are here if they can be made to : help 'with,. , the work in For - ns, _ ondt to a. reading about us. in ready for use. Of eourse, it will • mosa,, please ^pat the amouht to •oubt, been g ► •wspape is and of that •I. can -mean starting in a small way but my .account. in the bank and let file ri• eI always believe in starting Y an . me know, X.. will 'see' that it ,is good • pux'pose lily :say that the half has not aY what the way air what is• e.d needis used to a een .told One wonders.that =usual . rov'ided, • We, won't be Sin,cer ely it'Doroth [ •,.. e , y Douglas, uture will b but we know t a Y 1 ' hope frlr F r osa at starting the commer oral •course, h nY o;m ... a h • ' opportunity' for: present-. woi�.. .. c y . L�>roknow.r,eottres made the 'trip find, the oppo Y ;ver was., 1uu, we, need spe lize 1 teacher,s`'to: R.i ,le .: on Mrontda • "`evenini • it.r.s greater ..than mt�.e.. � . S , r ��: Y• ,� : � • -p y �' • g e arrived in Formosa On the 4th and more missionaries: 'for a 'scheduled W O A.A. softba'11: ye mf April and; certainly we receiy- gid a great welcome, 'The. expres- On certainly' most often .heard wa§ 'Thank :God, we have lived �. see each. . .other 'again". I•. to th ught 'people would be glad to °ri. r.• • :.• ,_.. ar`. b eau e 't ew to s is , e e s yp Y ame G f our s aY se , "ld Abe rie e s O eo. his time is the, Christian gospel t Washed Out 4 see us but''I didn't expect to see the 'joy : that -has. been . •shown everywhere. Miss Taylor and LI.. have moved . to . Tamsui :for that is .where: the .schools . are . and I” have started to teach.' Our house is note ready for. us but we.are living in the upstairs of 'one of the buildings Of the • school: com-• pound. It: does very.' well: •for a temporary abiding place and we 1 su' ervrse the 'repairs : on'. the 't��xase wie won i oe a :,� everything at'once ' . t' gradually -it will ;get finished. In.' the' mean- time; we hope there won't be a. "' don this.summer: T h e • economic' .situa ion:•i s chaotic to say the least. ;but. even so it .may' be better here -: than China. The:: ` official rate. of - ex We are still under military rule but. when that- is.lifted, there is an unlimited'.opportunity for do ing ;evangelistic work .every- where, ..There is al protect,in •Taihoku that I long. help ith 'and•if I get a car I,; wi11 -be able to do soqm��ething. A 'committee of Christians has. taken .over a' set tiement work .that was •begun .by a. Japanese who, had to. leave the island. The buildings are there and unlimited possibilities, also ' sone of the 'committee members are'•frienda of rnine, The other day we had tea'..with:. a, headhunter and: a pastor from the East Coast. ,who has 3,000, peo = rtill" churchonly lioi twu" -hundred' so,he; has to have a: series of ser= vices .On Sunday. Most 'of the 3000. are :aborigines: who walk.:long, disstanees f -.the_ jny_of Sunda fellowship. rI'he: key people make' notes: of the sermon and go :back to "tell •.those who ,can't, .alk .so. far o•i:.who .can't •understa�nd the language. , The ,.orfe who. •visite, us. comes from a village where •-, all the•:people• ale° Christian':and they'.. have built ,their' own church. There :are 8,000' people now who have. 'come• into, the church' fr of i. 'that,. 'tribe.; • Thee• : pastor is, very keen and has,; • decided ''toy spend, the. rest of .his, • life in ',the.. .work 'irn:.that part. o:f'-thej.islad:, Th'e er', is,- -need . for -pastors to war k a mpng •these aborigines arid.: 1earn•: thein' language" so• that It ,can be reduced to wri:ti. ' e-Ja anew x.-ii4„iii is •ekce:aixrgiy •d'i fit and'. 1 1 game,. but were unable to play the- fi*ture.' due . to the', condition of the diamond, , * • • On ,successive days, last week•. softball = games- scheduiled-:for-"l? Caledonian . Park were rained .out, The ' girls :were about to: start ;a tussle With Ripley last Thursday evening ' when ..a ° shower forced ' a postponement . and . Friday af•- terrroon's •downpour washed out a fixture set for that evening With . Westfield. , Ration Coupon Due `Dates r=- ' Coupons . novo valid are: sugar - preserves- -S26 to S56 Y1O, ' good "for, the ' `purchase ' of either•'sugar or. molasses, '•t1ie of ly two foods now rationed. ••• BRUCE COUNTY - The girls were booked for'' a. You have, to be a Bruce marl game •in Ripley. last n1' -ht, and From old Ontario. The settlers •in• -"The Queen's Bush,, - Were hardy men and true,'. Their sinews 'were like bands of steel, •Froin' woodAithey had tel. •hew. �. The' PBr ke folk ax;e a quiet•folk Ernest in work arid play,. ' .But many great, old families Are scattered' and away:. -remain .The sugar bushes still r 4 , Deplete: and much .smaller,'. f The old homes stand aloof and .stern ' • their' li'lacs growing taller The orchards eastWard .bend their.'' heads ,' . When storms frgrrt ` fl uroin blow`, The: villagers' live''happil,y; Their ood times' come and go. g _ ,. But still a spirit broods':the :land: That brooks no idlg. truce, 'The Very core oI Canada ; Was forged by .men from Bruce. • --By Lereine `Ballantyne. • mosari:: yen 'to.; one -American dol=' lar' but the people • hese, who have: ,never 'dealt in foreign currelacy` and know• ` nothing about.:. such: .things.:are at a yen 'is a.;;yen'•.then oil now ands they don't understand why things are:s3: expeisive.':Rice is between. 'fifty and. sixty Yen for -a •pourid :and, a third:' varying. from • day tb •• day so inos'.t people.,,don'tt eat it: • •In'fact most people, just:have two meals a •day. and'poor,people• just' one'�They. ,inostly, eat ;sweet: pot at,.e ; arid. a _little i%egetahle._ I. saw a little girl., eating fpr sup- per :out on the 'street and all she had. `in her bowl was., a .piece.• of •sweet; _potato.. Pork . and , f ash and such things 'are :perhaps about the same• as they are in` Caiiada :when' this xnoriey' into, gold :but • most • people :just' can't afford them, Of.:course, there are;people.. wliro': can even:' • in :these days, for . professional people; . still. 'm',ake 'money and there always was:. a. great'.dea'l.-.of wealth • here.:How4., ever, there is much • more. that' there' ever. was .before. Im= 4o -rt -e. fiei pound tin-` of powdered milk. is twelve •dollars in Amer- icard' currency, .and a srrrall' bottle' of "vanilla • is: '$4.60. We can • 'do now in the public :sc is they are fear ping Mandarin so geling- na, is ::a • peal difficulty:' ever,. we. feel :that'. if • they cgrrl"cl read cthe ,Bible in their own la•ng• ua ,•e using a- simple': Romanized systern' that it' would: :mean* much more: to -them: Chinese 'characters. always. did .seem a: very unsat- isfactory ? M•edium by I. which , to obtain. -spiritual food. -Several of. the'Chinese pastors here are keen• to :begin this work "but it means leaving congr•egatins vacant here on this side You lay i 11', iinagi e --tett 'I= am• finding plenty ",i f„use .for .011 that was gi'veia to;,mc . before.: I left : to , help .the -people . here,' `I am ' trying to p'i`ck' out . really:,. - vweitrhyo_uwtetlhl d-ovarilla-ia.t -Wecan:t,needY . 'eases :arrd-t1ey,.arext withoutthe •milk, ways amongpoor.: .the `very' hoot ' One Butter, coffee..; and•s.uch things are of our, friends whose h'usba.nci prohibitive for every day .Use but disappeared the recent 'although our•'fare is plain, sofar fietilty:.is'left'in real distress with we have had enough to 'eat.' children of all 'ages. I will be cable On the •whole,' the 'women seem to. give her 'wool 'to make things for the new, baby, some' clothes; to look :better.` .dressed than the men. Fv'eti ;the teachers' • a, n d preea'chers look'a lit seedy, •es - The schools ":are being. : carried on but they: are In need of re :organization especially the; Boys; High .School, The rnan .iii ' char•.ge U.f ..the Ort Is High -.School bent for.adnirnistration. and.�l•find hirta very .nice to'work with, The girls now' have, very little op portunity foit`'•studying in higher • , schools or universities as .they -had before ,so, five want to give thetta.4n re specialized courses in the high school. The course is Si) ;rears, divided ' into two parts, junior and senior. We .would 'like to • have . stiecial courses in music, •household e^• and' al'so:'.sorne•;,moncy and. I am Sure ',it is tr.' jtiy, to you 4,,o know y their ties. that you' :have: done this..'your,- sq 1s es L4 st week, :I'' went to ,vis1•t a ol'd rnan who used lb. -Work for us ancrWho.has allutrys bce n vei:�r...: proud: and 'independent. However;. their .great need made them Very. hippy to r.Cccive' what r took' them, . b� t•.h clothes arid''moni';� and ,the3k •asited me. to send their • thanks to you and tell yQU. wh�rt it meant to them to p eceive -help in this .way. f;. •This is, Mother's nay .and all, the school 'girls rem ?mb r e d that hey Must , wear 0 flowt�i� to church: They, came early tcf• ask lire . what color I wanted. In '.a economics, kandergar- 'short ,time they were back with. •., raining, commercial subjects' two, ' one very pretty one wl_ ,h and lata•, perhaps, a special • eaves' to wear ' on . n-iy cess lir . course:in I; I h ori;. to put in my .hair, One girl wanted to'put' it in` herself .so I sat. down and after' trying sev- 'er.al places decided which; one she liked •best.' When I walked into church they. looked around ,to ng is � ; It would 'be a • kind of, iiorni>i,al training allowing for specialisation along these lines :so they. can . teach or earn their living 'in some way. upon gi,a, d uatrrta• We feel. ' that ' more June ZO.th John' J:: Veroba of Lainpman, Sask,: applied 'to the Bank of Montreal for a loan Of $2,000 .h to purchase•a threshing colubxne. His . ': proposition was 'sound.and.the' loan was made e o'. a' new 'machine `delivered on:June 25th: JohnV rb •� Ten days later, with his owls crops still four weeks fro*' harvesting,' he set out for Sharon Springs} Kansas. With his new combine he worked w �' for the "farmers -'there and in thet neighbouring. communities . for one Month, to the day In the meantime' his own crops.; were ripening Early in August he turned '+ northward to•. Lampman, and on his arrival, Au ust 11th, immediately remitted to us the full $2',000 he had borrowed. His work had given him back the entire purchase price of us' com 'the total interest` charge was $12.60. So pleased was; this . customer toP pssess''his .,own :combine free of all debt, and tci :cors mence:•'his own harvesting with -a happy.•-andeasy mind, that he' wished to pay, the Bank Of Montreata bonus .' to mark his appreciation. The Bank, of. course declined' the bonus; but is gladly, accepting the expression of . John Verobais , thanks .in thg. form of his pertniSsion to tell his story:in this advertisement:: This case as typical : of the -assistance which the Bank of ' Montreal is� extending to. go -ah farmers and demonstrates . how at' makes . true its promise: "When you ask ,for a •loan. ”" 'di the B` Of M,.you• do,•not.ask.a..favour " need .o a ..:.'see your nearest' BAN '•,If. you •. ,m n y,� t.I3: of M manager today.': Ask. for a copy of ria >WntroN caynoiart our' farm loan. folder- ."Quiz :for a, Gro- ' r Ahead Farmer:". ILK 4F NoNTitAi* working with Canadi:tos n every ivedk of li e since 1517 Lucknow Branch: J'. •THOMPSoN, . Manager 'r +1 D84S ' • 4 •e