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PRESBYTERIAN
ANNUAL •MEEf1NG
•
On. Thursday evening, Januar
"15th, the congregation,. ',of : • t
Lucknow Presbyterian. Chore
held their 'annual meeting in th
basement •of the 'Church., Th
meeting opened With singing` o
Psalrif 11Q, followed, by rage
',Rev.. HMacDonald.pp
c C. M
R v.r
John D. • Ross was. appointed
chairman for the meeting
Reportsgiven
the.
'were g ver <bY., sec.
retaries•'and treasurers of the dif
ferent organizations, The session
reported •that the, church mem-
bership as at Dec. 31st was 311.
.The financial, secretary report-
`ed that • approximately ' $5,361,00
' had ' been received and that.
$1,225,00' of : thisrnount was re-
ceived ,for► Budget purposes,'•
• The total receipts of the •Y. P
Guild was -$42.78. .0f. this amount
' $25.00 was donated to the Mem-:
oriel organ ,fund and $5.09 to the
•Peace Thankoffering:; • ' •
The Sunday School -total re,
ceiptsa were • $174.82. .O f .this a=
mount $$1 .was given to': Missions;
$20.55 towards Aid to Britain arid
•$20 to; send two pupils to Kintail
'Summer :School Cainp..Mother's
day and . Rally day offerings , a-
mounted to $23. •
t)�fTr 4Ai'Ai�}
T�T-C;l•R �3�AY, JANUARY '29,:..'194$:
SET BOUNTY AT REQU
h
EST -
OF LOCAL GAME CLUB.
' Huron •County: ;Council • in ses-
,sion last week;.at Goderilch- au
Y theorized the payment ovf a $3600
bounty on . foxes end a $2.00
bounty on fox pups, killed' within
the. county: The bounty will ap-
ply at any time during the year
-and was api?roved upon. a request;
h
e
e
f
r being presented ,by The Lucknow
and: Game=. Protective- As-
sociation'fpr such. aetiorL
'ER
MCTJR.Y HIT` iD 15.BELO CRIN K W
G SHARP WEEK
The : :past .week • h,as heen' one
of zero and sub-zerYternperatures;
with the mercury dipping to, 15
below .last 'Friday . morning. Dur-
ing the d'ay •'the thermometer.
'never got above' four below, for
the coldest day din -ten years.
• Official low temperatures 'were,
Wt:anesday., zero; -.Thursday, one.
below; Friday, fifteen :below;;.Sat-
urday, nine, below;' 'Sunday, 11
below grid Monday, zero.
Intermittent' storms or drifting
Snow during the past two weeks.
have, filled in practically, • all
Tuv,•nship- "reads, with very few.
• :open' for mgtor;traffi:c Highways
;ho'ever,_ have been. iii . goad 'con-
..41itio•n for winter rnotorin _
;the resbyte'rial ,treasurer. This
•'-was•$52.25: above -their' 'allocation.'
The .Thankofferings, amounted to
$124.70 'and . the. Home Helpers,
contributed $41.05.
The Y. W:Evening- Auxiliary,
remitted -:$133X10 to, the Presby.
treasurer, • The• enrolment of•. the
Mission ' Band was .37'.:with' an
average attendance of approxi-
mate/y.20.. The Mission Band sent
$34.41 'to, the Presby. treasurer.
MoneY..willed to the Church by
the': late Alex: , MacKenzie, :and
•also: . the balance` • of* the '.Angus
•` MacKenzie tr,'ust fund was voted
by :the congregation ;to be' used
for'the.Mernor;ial'Organ.Fund.:
The,;'following: appointments
• wwere.ni.ede to 'the;Board. ofan-
•M ,
's tigers:; Mr. V..- A. Mowbray, Mr.
Innes;MacSwe.en; Mr W."'E. Hen
..derson, Mr. A. C. Agneyvand'.Mr..
:Robert. Moffat. Mrs.. W. E.:Mac .
Quaig :was ie. -appointed. financial.
secretary: Mrs. W. Huston • and
MissIG-]adys.-Meer/on-41d -were re
„appointed— auditors. 'Mr:. JPmes
'Henderson was: appointed to the
Board. > . •
The'
• congregation .voted to' have
the annual •ehurch -.picnic held' at
• Goderfch ,this su'rrimer •
The chairman spoke of the 'high.
honor that,had,come to: the •Luck -
now Presbyterian'Church; by hav
In g our rninister•aoin
highest office in the Church, ,the
Moderator' of ' the. General' As-
sembly Of the 'Presbyterian
Church in By Canada. 'a standing; _ote'
.the a
• :Predation li anon of the congregation
was shown to .Rev. and Mrs. •;C:•H.
MacDonald. 7
•.: At the' - close : of the rrreet'n
lunch was served by the' ladies f
the church.' ' s of
. EIGHT PAGES
THEINEW FARM
ACCOUNT' BOOP
- (Official issue ,by the, Depart -
'merit of National. Revenue,, Taxa-
tion Dtvisicin;). , .
Canadian 'fanners will receive
'Copies of one of the most remark.
able publicationts..ever :devised •by.
a government, Itis a, blank 'farm
account • book '.to help Canadian
farmers .keep 'track of their busi-
'ness" the whole; year'•:round and
it `will• be forwarded to therr';free.
of charge.'.• - •
• The new Fa.rn,Account Book is:
a securely -bound 44 -page volume,'
9
by 12 inches in size, Following'
an
.introduction, there are'fifteen
pages of information on farmer's''
Income tax and 23 -lined and
headed blank pages .on :which he
can list his transaction's from
week'. to .week. •
'The. last section begins with re-
ceipts from.the sale of "crops. and
seed:, and covers' most other items
handled .by tarmers • livestock,
poultry,•, honey, hides; .manure' &
a dozen other sundry• ales. . •
• The next, section deals.. with , ex
penseS for seeds, feeds, livestock
custom ..work, rent,' supplies
wages and, tools.: There-are.'blank
columns for capital, and''revenue
JIM• RUSSELL PROMOTED,
IS .GOING -TO OTTAWA
J, • C. • Russell; younger .son ••of
Mr: and ' Mrs.' W. A. A'ussell of
town, has been promoted to sales-
man f • the Hartz Wholesale
'Drug .pang,. sand is. being
transferr d from Toronto- tel Ot-
tawa wh ,'e:,ho and Mrs." Rinsell
and- infan :• at}ghter .will' take..up
residence •about. March lst.
'' Jim, or, "Coyle" as'•he was best,
known here, was with. the Hartz
company prior to joining the Air.
Force, and since • his discharge,
has been with the firm; being
schooled for his new 'post, '
Jim was a :,prisoner' of. war in
Germany for'some time and was'
in the officers.' camp,- where aii'
attempted break Was made when
several Canadians were shot
down in cold blood. The last four
•months of the war were,particu-
larl grim; : .as. thewere:' d
from carr•, 'to- cerrrp, and..suffered
from' cold' and 'malnutrition,, as.
Red Cross parcels failed: to catch_
up.. with thein. -
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;QLD: BOY PLANS,
Ta COME- BACK
204 •West Ridge St.,
Marquette, Mich.
January 19. .948,
The' Sentinel, Luck'now,• Ont:
Dear. Campbeil,
Enclosed: find check -for my ,re-
newal. 'subscription • to: The ^Sen-
tinel for another year• You know
Car.. - its: just like getting.' -Some:
-letters from home to get -the old •
'home' paper ' .every week, and..
when it comes,; usually on 'Satur-
day at' noon, everything else is
set ,aside until we read it all; and,
although there Fare.`a; ' great many
new names that we • don't ._,know,
yet there are several' of the old
Qnes that we knew 40 or 50:years ;:
or more ago,. and when we see`_'
that so many of.them have cele-
y g . y move braked their 85th and 90th birth=
day t makes• a`, person'thin'k that
the"Old
-Sepoy.Town" is a. pretty
:
good town'. to - live in. m•
• You ;havez'.t given us very
much information regarding the
Old Boys Reunion ,this summer.:
If' all goes well ' we expect , to •'
spendat, least a couple Of weeks'.
there and would like. to have
literature...or programs regarding
it. '. happened to •.be One of they.
Lucknow .Old Boys Reunion a),.'.,
most 40 years ago and I hope your
committee ...will .:get . t1 a support
we did and make as good a suc='
cess as' we thought we did of it .•
I . wonder :'how many of, that com-
mittee are' still in the old town.
,� wn.. .
Another article in= your paper
that. interests ,nae: is en'. "Lobk-
.ing, Backward" column,
..fora•
great • many.: of the items of 40
and 60 years sago -i can .remember
although i 'had: forgottenthem
long ago. It makes,rne think.I am.
:getting olid myself.:
I. have always been interested
in your hockey teams there' and •
was.:..gla.d to .see that ''this year,. so
far. "Old Pelt" has.,another win
ning team, and' I hope they can
keep their: Chins: hip and, bring the '
Intermediate
.. Junior,' Pee Wee &
Bantam`. championship to Luck
now..That's hoping a lot but .jt'
•
can be done.. •
• ..Here's' living in expectat'ion' of
s'i"rry-o , h our o, r :•rien. s
in:Luck'
:.no w at the Reunion.'
'Sincerely ours
; ip. N. Lawrence. • .
PREAdHE D' AT'. •INGERSOLL
;' AND NORWICH :SUNDAY
Rt. Rev,' 'C. H:, MacDonald`
preached in 'Ingersoll on, Sunda
'Succeeds Brown Sm • th '
Y
Hugh•Be •ry, , reeve of•:Usborne
Township, is, the' new cvard of
,}Iuron: County, succeeding ;',•wri
Srriyth' of WestW,awanosh. •' e
warden elect was escorted to t e
Ch air by Mr:'Sin :th. He was
Y. wel;
coined by Judge Costello, who in
his i emar ks .oald a very compli-
inentary'.tribute tcs .the.;ibilit
_ex'- V°ard � y of
k. en Smyth'. ..
Sacrainent•:'February :8.th
rl'he•...sacrariient-. of: , the L.ord''s
Supper Wi1:1 . be obser,yed- in the
LLICIO ow I'> esby ter lair" C;hur.cth at'
chic••rnorning., service ;on • Sunday,;
Fra i .uaiy: $01 arid•' at Etrskine •.
PreSbyter•7ari Church,• Dungannon,
in :the 'afterneart.
word explains low the' farmer
can calculate his ,"net "worth' and
;,Fleterniine what progress—or lack
of progress—he has made during
the year. • :: •
hiicome .Tax: Information
The: 15 pages of farmer's income
tax ''information -which has
•advantage•of • being,' official' -are
in • question;:and answer rer ri.. in
general, the theme, is that, all
,Canadians who -b'enefit'.from the
nations vast ,resources .and 'facil-
ities should . contribute' ':to "their
upkeep and that. graduated ; in-
come. tax is the fairest --,method
known: to:. obtain.' this revenue..
The keynote, as stated on : page• 7,
is `:fairriess'and .;decency".
•In'tlis spirit'
clues,
man of the u
..Yes-
�.
:tions show the ".farrrier the best
method of taking advantage of
every- exernptior, , ..to which he ' is
entitled. :If•. he has difficulty a
Digt,iet Tt"^;: r12C' 'T:. Offi .e• villi
cid,lte.,lii n: if.he- is d-isatified
CLOSL BUSIN•'E.3S.
The' MacGreg'or�: Grocery. y and
-Reastaui••ant 'has'.' :been ..ciosed- anal
the s:t ick dispose.. 1.' of ' The• lrlasi=
nes•w.as ptirchascd last• ta1f.:Ii on_,','
15e� a r,
been
•
I' l� c1 ' The
of•
The M'a Ore.gor --family- left•; for
`Dearoi ` Wednesday
BENNIES. 'CAB S E`R'V I'C•E--
Phone 77 J;:,:ly,uciclz'ov. .. "Anytime;, i'
anywhere, '
•
viee from . the mast- highly-, .goal
iea sources, in order ' to assure
cireniptions due > to them' are
°c; l ailnea: i .This, of course is, per-
fe.ctly"lar opo because the Incorne
R' - 'B
E L-�iIE ETER
S
-REEVE OF .S'
•
Wear Ti,t Act: being economically
�ouncl,
,carefully: states ;these ex-
` otnlatians to: prevent the; tai. bur -
1 riey f.t'liing .too '.oppressively . at
.1ny one noiit-on,ther rndvid
i4a1s or' business' ..Now : farmers
are iven L -•easily -understood of
•f: ''A native '.of ,Bru e ; • - my '.ana•
pi oud df it,, Eliner:'Jam Webster,
is the. reeve;•of Star
for 1948, arid ` •rc resented• ''that
township for the: first time at. the.
Huron County Council 'session Yn
God'ei•ich this week. •
' • Reeve. 'Webster . , was born in
Kinloss Township, - orie •mile west
:of, Lucknow•ori April' 11 , 19.00, a
son -'of the- 'Roberti.obert Welter
an,d • Mrs. Webster,,' the Ott. r a e
siding; en Victoria 'St., Clinton.
lie attended school in. Ashfield
Tdwnshrp 1- uren • County, and
'moved', to.• Stanley. Township,. in
Y , Y i
1020, •�it Varn�i•; • w}rcr �.• }1(, naw .
farms 240 acres on Bayfield. Road
North. 'His<';agr;ictiltural special.'
ties ;:are •llereford cattle.. York-
shire swine••& Clydesdale gorses:
Mr. 'Webster As a 'i erriber of•
Varna; -- United .Chul•ch,' kriaving
then.: •chairman - of the Board of
Stewards ,for, 15. years: He
men'iber of_.L:OL• 1035; Verna, and
is, a Past Master. and Past County
Master for :South Huron, 1 -le also
is a member -of RBF' 1.025; Varna,
of which' he: is rio-w Worshipful
Preceptor, In polities, he is•a Pro-.
gressive Conservative,
r ette..:..first_•.en.tered.
.e ..., w
municipal life in' 1938 as' a'. rnem-
ber of the Township Council, re
maining •as' such. until the end of
1947, with only one.election in the
'meantime, in 1943, when he vas
high man in the Council race.
His, recent rnajority for reeve was
200;
He wag mariaied 'to Miss Flossie
Makins, . Stanley, L on August', 29,
1923., at •Seaforith, and they. have
two chldren; Mrs George Clifton,
Kip peiiii; and one son, Grant, .14,
at home. Peter Watson, Lucknow,•
is an uncle' . Clinton News -Re-
•
Township
' Si7FlF
In a.
a
et,.cern
• �wrrsuffered
She `wa
,. arta:,,
fury.
,RED `BROKE$ , ANKLE
f'
ll at her. home on•Frida •.
g, Mrs:. Alex' 1VIacLenna'n, ofy.
a; fractured ankle.'
'`s• taken 'te Wingham Hos
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n "Saturday to have the ire.
�t..
AVE . FOR OLD.
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• SUNDAY
Mrs. alar - ,
ve Hall -
y and . •her 17
month:old son: John, 'and Mrs•..
Ralph, Hodson. Andrew,. 's•• and• in' her nth -
,old leave, here on
. §
unday on thefirst lap . of • .a
Journey'. to the ladies' homeland
in•Scotland.
• Both came': to Lucknow- a war
brides., Mrs. Hodgins
baying 'been
here ab
out threeears and' Mrs.
Hall bout y
�; ut two 'years, They. :are•
anticipating. their ' visit "back,
home" and 'their
. ass
a a er
mii
'
a maximum hree ontkiS.stay.w.-
Thel: are,scheduled to sail
ew 'York on Wednesdayaboard
e Queen Mary;. which s^.dine to
d ek in Southampto - England;
Monday evening. There the
W i• be -net' byr'ela relatives will
to porarily pant cosi' -.n-.
i proceeds • : Aberdeen
p� yyrr. as Mrs:
_ to Aberdeen _ and
• }lodging to; Glasgow. They► •
ivi return on the Queen .Eliza
bet r •,
ung John Hal ' ,': "..
.,I s glcea� grand
Who. are both; over ninety
.of age, are among those
�iSly awaiting the arrival of
:a
Par
Year
•aniti
-the
ungster and .his: m other, cord, .
ficial.",advice• to 'enable :.them to
•
talc,advantage of their tax rights.
BORN
liL1SSELL�=Tn St,'Michaels • F•Ios-
'
r.� Aal, `Toroitaci, `cin Tuesday, Jan-.
airily 2(lh.
t6 .Mit: and Mts., J. •C.
.1,a c 1l; a daughter, •• Susan. .Eliz
�,;rc the
BUSY PEOPiIJIE
Iii ink •y otir mending and''knit-
•iii , to the llcading-•Cir•cle held
at •o'flu•c•k eyery Wednesday ev-
Eihilig •at.the,home of MisseslLeir-
-cies ;u:n, • Iiavelock.. St; Christian.
.bonks tv 111'! be read 'aloud and a.
happy' •:pr efitable.a time, 'promised
to these;;- attending, 13egi1nliing'
Wediivscl'ay,. • February 4th,the
batik "low I Know GodAnswet•s.
Prayth by M•r's. Goforth will:he,
reviev'ed, ,Both :men and woineir
are invited: ' ' -
COMING EVENTS''
50c for .30 :words; 'additional
words, 2c each; minimum charge
any or:every Week, 50e.:' •
DANCE AT WHITECHURCI
• Dancing in Whitechurch Com,
munity Hall on Fr'idaY, January
30th. tri. Farrier's 5,piece 'ochestra.
Lunch 'ounter,• Gents .50c, ladies
'25c.
AUXILIARY MEETING
The February meeting. of the
Lathe. Auxiliary ` a X1
liar to the
Canadian
Legion. wfll • be head on Tuesday, ,
F'ebrua'ry 3rd at 8 o'clock. 'Mem- t
goers are requested to be present.,
a
ev-
e•ning; e previous Sunday Rev.
MacDonald was in Hamilton, and-
o iionday addressed a session of.
the ncil of.:C}iurchcs in the
morning and attended, a luncheon
meeting ' ,.of'. ' the ... Presbytery of
Ilarriilton noon. At, five', o'clock
that afterno �. e laid the corner
stone ' -of• the, ''' - w St. • Columba
.Presbyterian C urch iii Hamilton.:
-On 'Tuesday,' evening Rev:..Mac.
Donald :addressed the .Hamilton
resbyteriai .MS. at New West-
inster Church.
Bow Many" "Noticed' 'It? ..'
Our, attention was• called to the
fact . that last week :,TheSehtmel
date line's :read :"1947''; Wonder,
•how 'many noticed it! •
• R ad-'The•Sentinel Want. Ads
t.
Y�OPhI ,
' BANTAM
Lucknow : Bantains, - winners' of
the`. Western Ontario's •Ath etic:As-
osciation hockey` series last year,
;have.:been.presented'wits' a'lovely
-trophy etnele. niatic of this 'champ-
ionship,. •and :which is,.on: display
in' 'V',rM, .Schrrii.d's: window.
• The trophy which had• only re-
cently . been.. -'obtained was pre
se'ntec :at the Lucknow-Wingham
Intrrnediate'gam`e on Friday :ev,-
ening. •L:.C. •Thotnpson called off:
M. L. "Tory" Gregg,'. president, of.
the W A.A., who .complimented
the' Lucknow Bantams on their
=success 'and good .sportsmanship;.
and introduced. Mr.. Glenn: John"-
stun of;' Fordwich, donor's of . the
trophy;, and 'first:; vice-president of
the W.O.A.A.
The cub. was
. f'
r o '. M)..
_ m
Johnston. by Goalie Jog Whitby,
who: thanked him:on behalft�:of
the..boys. "It's a. beauty and we're
mighty: proud 'of .it", .Joe: said..•
Eighteen .boys:`who,.had ',played
in any..of the :Banteni`•garnes were
in line across the, . ice when the.
• tioph5.•. was ,presented, and -they
then received championship crests.
presented by `'Wes Huston. 'and.
-Bud Thompson, . as their narrres •
were ` .called.. :Those; receiving
crests were a Joe • Whitby:,' Morley'
Chin, Calvin Gibson,'Donald�Ste-
wart, Bruce7Johnston, Elwood -Ir-
win, Bowen Ross, George Ander=
son, ;Donald, Thompson Harold
Howard, JoAe,;Hpwaldi A.ivin ' Ir-
win, .• Donald' McNay; :. Clayton
Hodgins,. Neil- Murdoch, \Donald.
Agnew, Dave - Barkwell, Donald
Maelntyre. .
The red and white crests r -ad':
Lucknow Bantams, ,1946.47•W., O
:A. . A:. • Iockey : Champions
O.M.H.A..' Semi -Finalists"•.
• I n 'Winning t h e W.• O : A:.
championship, Lucknow ` defeate •
Wingham for. .group ,honors, an.
in "'the..playoffs eliminated three
other ,group .champpions .Wallter
ton Listowel and 'Clinton: in.Turn.
Affiliating with the Ontario Min-
or Hockey Association Lucknow'
defeated . Chatsworth and . then
met Fergus in the senii finals.
The ere eliminated y ��w l m�nated by, Fergus„
who copped 'th Oitariotitle in'
he next series by defeating Stine,
dridge.
Fite Asia►.. Tuesday
A. fire' alai m 4.'•was ' to ned ln'
Tuesday morning -about 10 o'clock,-'
':When. a fire thre;atened. t'h home'.:
of 1V rs ,Thomas: Alton. No darn-
e.•.
a s
a done.
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Financial aid to
,the Conir:nun-
ity Recreational fund,:continues
to • be received :and' the •:fired • is.- '
low' nearing the $3100 hiarl :, For
•mer •residentS pre helping
ially,
Mater-
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- with this fund and � nyof theirdo ationsar .acco n .
-
ied by. words of encouragement �.
and :congratulations on undertak--
iiig this task. ` , a
Steve Staplers' of Arthur :says: • .
"May I• extend congratiulations on
your . good work: i'1y fa 7il•y' will
be able to share' the ,s- -vices' of
yourf centre, .They . er je Luck-
Stewart- .Can eron,., Po it Col -
'borne'..``.` :loping• this proj:ct will
have :every. success in •, til New
Year b
Henry Carter, Newton:PT ink$.
v@r•/y "much .for • .the; oppor.t`'ri'zty.
to �' contribute to so, north'
.cause
Mrs. ''T..S. Reich Orillia "C.•n�''
gratu'lations on undertaking. so
worthwhile atask and best wish
et' for its success".. •
A ekfiowledged • , $2,658.70
Jack McLeod, Woodstock 5.00.
Button's 'Butcher Shop ,:,. 35.00
E. C L
Indsa, Toronto.,..:.....2,00.....;
1VI'rs. ,T. S. Reid, Oriflia • .5.00`'
Lloyd I cNa'll• • aW llace-
burg • 2.00
Henry Ca ter, Newton ` 5,00
W. Si Cam ron, Port Col-
borne e, .,. ..2.00.,.;
Chas. E. W'' hster',�bshawa <.. 0A0•.
S. B. Stoth rs,, Ar hur • ' 0.00 •
Christina •C rrick,\Owen, •
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rs. N. James; Windsor • 5''(xl \,•
atherine McGregor � 5. . 0
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