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:•:SATURDAY MGM' CLOSING' SAVE THE CgA,DREl�
. .- -i oYs aft---grrb in war-torn.
(Seafarth' Expositor)
• •counies • ,Eroand
Commencing last • 'week • the todaytrturnini4u#hepeir eyesAsiatowardeare
• •nts of Seafortlr started a ' the . o ening day nears;
mercha Canada as . p
closing their places of business at
_ for'the .Canadian Appeal for Chil-
nine o'clock on: Saturday nightsr. dren, an appeal in which Canad-
and will continue: the early clo. s-askedute
he next three inariths. laps arebeing to assistc ch ldren
mg o $i:0 million
during
• We suppose ,,that . the: hour of
whose lives have been bighted
nine o'clock was • chosen out: of
DY' war. The Appeal will start on
consideration to' the farming com- February" 9th • and on that day
unity is 'this, is a farmers' town. similar' drives will "get underway
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As a matter f . fact, .however, -as simultaneously, in `26. other` conn
ar'•as the farmers are concern ,",T trie8 fn. the world. as.the "have'
f •
the merchants
lit -just as well om ' to the assistance of
Trig � .., n�itioris c _ e .
close at.six , o clock. Farmers •the "have n%t's".
S HOOL NEWS
The Literary' meeting opene .
of 0, Canada,
withthe, singing
. .
This was. followed by the Glee
Club singing "Drink to me only
with thine' eyes Margaret Qra-
Kann read: an essay "Advantages
of Travel". which was written.by
Aaron.:Boak;' Shirley Sherwood.
and' •3oyce Campbell gave.a: duet.
A' very' interesting talk• on bees
was iven' by Mr. T. -Salkeld, .The
'g 'Joyce
school. Paper . was read by y '
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- m bell and •1Vl:ayme 'Irwin,, the
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editors.
TUtJRSDAY, JANUARY: 29, 1948:
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L.0O'-f LN•G 'BAC.KWARDS
THROUGH. THE, SENTINEL: FILES
'chore's start. in about six o'clock Backed by organized labor and T skating party was held last
there is_ no time to change aria• ed by charitable and service clubs
and by
the time they are finished hidustry *in Canada and support, night (Wedne y). •
'reach town to def. any shopping
,before nine .o'clock.. • •
Another 'fact is -that 'for the
'next three months we are likely
:to have more or less snow. and in,
this snowbelt,'„ the probability is
more 'rather than less. And 'even.
•. if roads and highways are .plow-
armer's. lanes are not., 'Con
ed, f.
sequentlyfarmers: are not., en
thused • over night 'driving when
it can be avoided.. Particularly
'so whenthe average farmer, dur-
.:--■'n the• winter hat more; spare
707.1.r.
-the evening.::
uld
•With 4hat •in •view, we' wo •
say: that if . the town ,merchants
Y
really'wanted to give:cansidera.
• tion to their farm. `customers, :they,
do
',would keep. their. places of` busi-
mess' ,open on Wednesday' ,after
'Tiepins,: and make it °•up: to :their
da•
Staffs ' by ; :olas,ing on' Saturday.
'nights at six o'clock
.g
:: As far as thepeople of: the: town
oncerned, they can. shop',in,
are. C ;i .., 'r... .. time
:person or. by phone at• any .•ime
-of •an da without inconvenience
Y•
.'towns : are ,adopting 'the • .6 o'clock. 4 ori • the '• success Oethe the Canadian
•. closin and we : would •
Saturday g, � .appeal - •for Children;. Childrep.
rtli ste n'
to. see 'Seafo p� who. are :hungry and cold and
artic larl.: so on account Of, the,
P u Y .•.
present liydro••'crisi,s.
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-as well as,•women's:'organiza " Ir. the volley ball •series. Eileen
tions,church .grotips, farmers' co-
...
operatives and cultural societies'
th.e Canadian appeal. for Child-
ren' seeks , to breathe life and
knowledge. 'into the; existance _ of
thechildr n • who have survived
:�
man's most .determined efforts to
kill (them. • • .,
Canada ., will 'reap ..credit,•, .or
shame, ;depending ,en 'the 's.uccess:
of the.appeal. More than' 400• mil-
lion children in Europe and Asia
are slowly dying( forxi hunger
heir .
nd freezing: f'rrr�'� t'he v fd.
3 eat
•-! hoe of her -son-in law, !/1/;,.. A.
Sixty Years Ago m
1 E. Durnin. -
To the strains of 'the violin. and Mr. J. Button,, manager_ of the
Pibroch,, Robert Burns':.anniver- Lucknow ''Furniture Co,, announc.
sari was celebrated by the.I:uck-, ed -"open house" and .invited the
now Caledonian Society's annual • public" to visit the plant.
ball in the Octagon Hall. ' I)anc- ;Miss. Kate McNabb took a poi.
s from ''nine -thirty • ilnti1 tion:'' 'on the Lucknow. Public
mg wa
School` teaching 's.taff:-
A daughter ,?vas born to, Mr:
and Mrs. David 'Hackett ' of I•ane:'
R. R. McLeod of the Bank'of '.
Han u,i for was appointed • Grgnd
Steward '•' of the '.;Masonic': 'GAN':
Lodge.. ` >;
Purvis team. won over Betty Mar-`
shall's '42-36.
• The list of prize. • winners at a
icniq included the folloviing:
p .,
Mr§. Smith won the. ladies' roll-
inpin thrdwing' c'optest•by hurl-
ing
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ing a• pin 75 feet. Mr • 'Smith'.won
the, 100,,yard dash".. •
i •
Canadians may
'need
s ung
19.47 ,:Review
OctolAer 16th''
faux `am.. After the sere;ng • of
refreshments; Chief •.MVlacCrimmon:°
Itad e a short, speech.
zie a
Alexander 1VI�cKen ,, ,•
6 -year -
.old lad. of 'Con. 12," Ashfield, died
'from :,diphtheria.
A .gloom 'was. cast over the
Lochalsh -district by the death of
>Miss . Catherine MacDonald, •.age
24. She' was the 'daughter, of Ken-
neth •hand Sarah ,McDonald. Inter:
.inent .was. in Kintail . Cemetery: 6 cite. in Neve York,'visited. at' hi
's s
The farmers � sof ,' Paramount, home here.. �
vicinity decided, . upon . building
their new cheese factory on the. Mrs Agnew of Lucknow .w'as'>•
east, Corner 'of ` Jolin •Martin's'
;t ,•
Twenty Years Ago
CarrickDouglas, .wit, was sing-
ing with. "The Manhatters" ,quart, •
farm,: •
Officers of Dew prop, Lodge,;
Par amou
ells' McD.iarmid, John ,
at Whitechurch. . assisting .: in. 'or-.
ganizing a branch o;f'theWomen's
Institute.. Officers elected were,.
were
John Cameron, .pres., Mrs. • W. Leggatt; 1st vice;:
nt, we Mrs::.Beecroft; 2nd •viiia, Mrs-. G.`
J h Reed Jas.
Bi s, Grillespie, sec.=ti eas., Mrs: Me?;
Murchison; Alex-Mcbiaririid, Ja ulearnin; press' reporter, Mrs: R,
,Copk,' Peter ;`Murchison; John' Q
Alex "McKenzie • Kate MOwbray 'branch directots,;Mr$:.
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Mar in M. Ross, Mrs., • V, . Et person;' Mrs.
.z' rdockt M E. �
....r -a.f•z, T " lle lg M£1, 1G1tTt'c,..
Murchison,...Eliza Mc e Putdoin • Mrs B ileid auditors
'have a role`in~reclaiming.'half of,1 A istarice of neighbors aided ,Murchison.:
world who • inPalmer' Irwin's barn .I • , •A son}' was' born to .Mr and , Mrs.
the• children ,,in the . 'saving • , n
• worlds :destroyed by fire:. , 1 D. E.,. Cameron
occupy are -third ' of ,:the from being Y '
run : ave• A. concert was presented '. the
A' � 9th inning horri:e . gave, Mrs; -; J W.
a' 6-5 victory. arid the .Temperance •Hall'.by= M s,
Linwood .,
a • all cli;ampionship - Armstarorig's `talented. , clasp...of
•W.O.AA;softb _
' Y ` `naires:: pupils". Queen of the`•c•oncert was
over.LucknowLegion
Yule
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t
on.
1i G.
Lil e d
t .Miss .
Chock Webster Sold his ,dairy.
'•�•-. � presided �• 'chairman
business 'in. •StOuffville.
area
�'' .the 'list of ro
Food is High .on •t P .
ducts Which Will, be purchased •. in
'Canada and shipped . overseas ' o
hungry children. Ne
feed ' .the
braes clothing, 'then medical su
c
Plies. 'Nor, is • the, -appeal being
n'uted tv the needs, of the .bodies:
7
it inay truly be ;that the peace
h'e Wor.l • ring the next gen-
'of t Iw . d
Other nearby din large, measure
to, themselves • '' . Oth . ai atiori der5e g
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,.KICKING T:HE • IFACI ERS
A recent' issue•:'of the Mildmay
,. to . contains.. an : editorial, re-: C.azet •
garding•community work and en
. terPrisq in' ' which editor; Barry,
..
Wenger, hits ' straight . fromthe
• •shoul'der'arid no, doubt.stepped.on
the • toes of ' a ` number.• of chronic
kickers in Mildmay. Part . of -the
,editoriaiiist-,as follows: "For five
years our ..ears have been battered
by -conflicting clamour of good.
advice about the .proper methods
of ,settling tl a hief kproblems -of-
.• the • village. There is no shortage
:of 'doorstep -sages ;who can tell ,you
what. she
uld .be` done one 'about the
'diseased, do not; make happy.'cit-.
•izeris. '.Their .bodily :needs . must
be met .But :unless ,they are
taught to think for themselves,
the threat pi war rerriaips an ugly
must- be :destroyed. Happy.,
To avoid war' its 'causes'
ligent -people : who . have' been
trained to live with and respect
lullother are poor ` candidates
for •a' war machine. We might well,
'be saving Canadian boys.and girls:
of tomorrow by saving, the boys
and, girls. of . Europe and Asia ,to
William Cong'ram, 'Con, 7, Kin -
celebrated,. h's•• 89th birthday
Kin-
loss, •• l
on° Septtetnber.'
n bought the ;`Ged
Ilan Loiazo g
des : Block" for $4,000.
• Mr.., and •`Mrs. L 'E. Ashton
To Teen: Shop ;
opened the' Tot T
"!Field Day champions Were Geo;.
Alex ,• • McIntyre; ; Calvin•.
Chine a
•Gibson, Morley.Chiri; . Eileen Pur
• res, Mae . irwin; Gladys :Gibson,'
Winnie Stewart:.
"Black Dan'
D ; A. �1VIacDonald,,, l
observed. his •84th :birthday:
•
H. J. Lindsay annouinced•h'e .,had"
tendered. his 'resignation . after 33
'.ears as postmaster. •
John De • Cou .bought ' W. :J
Todd's•. •residence •
Deaths Thomas G ott,
Mrs. l Albert Stein-' Niers. a,ac
Morrison:was city
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:TIMT`TQ GEJ USY
The Bruce County reunion
committee has planned. its .pro`-.
gram, to ' ' publicize: the : 'Cdunty
g mn,
• waterworks system,,or. the short, homecoming reunion , this •"sum=
'.age of living quarters, or. the er mer; arid have' reached • the ..point
ectwn of a community hall, But, in : their . promotional., activities,
oh, brother! •just wait` till nomin- :where it' n'ow' becomes esseritiai
to com-
'' a�tion night' Do you hear- "�riy; of 'for each. mttnicipal'ity
• the .wise men then? Or',do they mence actively functioning to as
pitch in 'and help the Board of • sure the success o • the event.
Trade" ' i.re. they willing;, to hold
office on, the Council ,the hydro, busy assembling a ,list • of names.. •At" 'a public :meeting hearty
, _,
.Connnisalon or, the school
and•pirls, so they ,may support : was tender the new
vi• a ion o co:mmun i centre project. ',, , ,..
Mr. ahid Mr's.. Robert McGregor
sand . Mr, arid. •Mrs.. lifeline • Mall
purchased the .Reid grocery and.,
confectionery business' and :build-
ing ,
`field rn eti on the : ur- anni'ersary .inCanada« Local
an Ash et ng � ,
Miss Mc.Quoid, Mrs'. Morrison;
ganist, Merle Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. J.'.A : glerinie
sailed from.:New .York .on the.
1VIo.r troyal for• �t -:*West
Lorne .and. Wilson `F+'cods and
til er
Stanley :odd mid T, Il C b t
• •s'feared that : an injury' debated tic qustion.that tCanada.
ItWas ..�• f j . r er e oi'tunities'to the
'suffered would cost: Angusjo�feis:g.e pp
he �suf., � . _� : � �, • a_ ,.�Liiite
all the ;si ht of ;an eye.• 3'oung..man.than dog d-
McDoug gi Judges were Miss•.IVtary.
He' went, to Toronto for.. treat.:' t Mates:
merit.
:Mr. James Ross showed.'amaz=:
ing kill at. • doing 'inl 'id, ; wood
work ,His ':skill in ',this: regard
irs noticed by Mr..W.'. Mur-.
was .i t ,
'rayof. Ashfield. ''•
Directors elected to': the :West
Wawanosh Fire Insurance ;, Coi -
pariy
were C. Girvin, :West Wa-
w,anosh J: Griffin, Ashfield; Mr.
Ki 'loss:. w
K•aake►•rx
1 Mur ay; .lVlis..Wa11tiCc'Ali llei :and
Archie Mclinizev
` Thomas • Sornertakle, age'.93'•.
y,ears,'died at:�Caigill`.ut.the•'hote.
of his.: daughter, Iv1i Wm', Math.
•eWs. B wial.was in. South Kinloss.
cemetery. A M1iiative :of I7:uiiferrri-
line.� Scotland,: Thomas and has
brother '-James eaei�e. to -.the St, i
H ion's disti i:ct, in thr eai ly tifties
iere they''built,:a water-poWier„
ed grist and=sa'vvn�ill; 4aaid:tohave
'
• unt ,
.d
I.
C
oi•i
been the., first in liui Y
orty..'Years Ago '•��remained. at S1~ l%lens 1
� Thomas
J '�hn' Boyd, passed away in„ .his until:. retiring to . Cargill. where
ohe's• ent the:..las two decades:of,:
70th year.. '; p ..,� . .1110
Mrs. Robert Hunter • .died; at has life. .His. 'brother• James
Su error Crt •where:her 'husband' proinineritly •associated tyith.'the.
p Y
business life 'of Lucknow•`and at
.one : tim.e represented East: Bruce -
in the . D'omin•icrn Parliament.
Thomas•'. SOrrie vines 'wife; Jean;
N j rereceascd pith by `
Nicholson, � ,
h planets. 'Garnet- A tog was adver 'I, years They had a famay'of seven
treasurer and . where::
.. they had resided' for about 25
. ' October 28rdyears;'going •there from Lucknow
Di . H: R :Kingston, Western .seven; years' after their. rnartiage.
it' professor, gave ani ;i1 Mrs' Hunter wase 53. •
Uni;yers ty p . , ,i•
l.ustrated; lect on::; the p ane arae rms r • n - ,
" in for bo to learn the drug:: daughter's arid two sons '..
William H: Campbell of Donny -fish* f , Y , :. ' Donald; age 94;
brook marked : his 9.1st'birthday.• business; Mrs.: Adarn.::N)pc lis,
Norma; Sherwood, of Crewe Mr • and Mrs. 'P Kee ,:and dau- `died'gat her'hon-ie .Cort. 6,•Kin ,
` here' sh' `carne" as a:lride 66
1V! dE 1 left for:1 e
!Don
Donald ca
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Danny :Dalton, ,4 -year -did •.son Tie - Langsid.e ;. correspondent � t • Lu
:of ° Mr.. and:.Mrs:. Ray Dalton Sid,
won public' speaking contest.open ghters .Myra
'an v.e yn e o Mrs.. Ma
wnshi their:home in .Brandon... • years before, Mi and. r.
h
cold. To
to u� ils�of Ashfield ..p . „ ':.:God•
p p . : •..,
orri poi ra to
• Locally 'the'•cominittee has, been feted ,a broken leg.- •
Oh no! People of ttiat. stamp• are
just plain • • pikers. They • don't
know how to either , put up, or
shun up. °` As suggested above,
• these are certainly harsh 'words, Matter of community. • interest,
• cannot be addressed' to' initiative .and hard work on• the
butthey o
• • all, the...the'• community;
• for here,.'as,in. every other'worth-
while place there is that blessed
leaven of unselfish people who ti
sten into; the traces and carry `the
be sent a special invitation t' t
come bback,'.as well as receiving•
gfficial.<informatiQn . ,on • "what's
doing". But from now . on, .its a
men' of •. of more ..
How .,,.•each • municipality. will
handle its part of the program
is purely ' a matter: for local. de
•cision, and one which must son'
be made and Planned for, here.
Nothing has ben •done in•°this
regard as ..yet. •arid `time grows
•short..Possibly a ''public meeting
p `ri laying plans
might be helpful •i
for the Sepoy tow:n,; In any event
all civic minded citizens must'
bear in`mitld. there is a; j'ob to be,
done,, and that their enthusiasm.
and support is a.must:
burden :for the' 'whole town. The
reward' for' their efforts 1s, mord
often than not; the critical stag-
gestibri;
that 'they 'take `the` public
jobs for 'the love of showing off.
Arid ,you. can :well''imagine Who
does the criticizing!"
:
It. ` is not • only the writer who
is Concerned .about . the Mind-
quacy of fire escape facilities at
the. Town Hall. A rural resident • znented on this matter a few days
who, frequents the hall quite ago, and urged, the Publisher to
often, particularly when school. keep•:the subject to.the fore~;until
•r
«.a
said: �"F. d. Moffat is, busy draw-
ing brick 'preparing to build:next.
Summer".
The death of: Mrs. Robert ' Mur -:-
ray occurred at St. Helens at the, new home out of• the wig !•
erich by rail, from there • o
etch and on fQt.
now by stage co ..
from Lucknow 'to the Sixth:Coa•
cession where tho' heed hush.
` c all• ;h1i's.••Fra11..k!
district` resident..since„•1898 � sailed 'Matthew '•M N . ,i,.
on`'the .Queen Mary .for a visit�'to Cole.
his ' homeland' in southern Eng-
land: •
Mrs 0 O Anderson addressed Bank of Montreal.observed''�130
on iCountyo=operative• Medical opened.
Molson's Bank.
• • branch as M
Services plan, l • • • in 1905..
Rev. Duncan McTavish cone Frank: Kirng's. "out -up chicken.
ducted 62nd 'anniversary. services' businegs' got'- big play in the
in Lucknow United Church. " ; ' Globe & Mail.
Miss Marion.McPherson obser-
ved her. 88th birthdayand had `• discussed BusinessMen's
by
:recovered sufficientl' from a le _'
again iscusse
Y g Association.
•
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fracture to walk out of . doors W alter Roulston •hada close
again. ' . \'....
eaMilton;• ;dna .,
call .:from being ,'killed \ When
caught in a corn•,binder. ,
A milk bottle thief emptied the
.I:
al4ovember..6th •
A shower was held at Holy oo
for Mr. and Mrs, Charles E
'took < up. re icrce; fin t
who ^
hamlet.
+' n night vandals,
. HaIlowe e g
h destruction in s,,ch0ols
'muc
•Colborne' and Ashfield,
. , ., • orated f
•Canvassers Were, aPyQinn >
the re9reatior?al ,centre
-'in . 0 Bogue$ .forme�`Zl''•
Calvi ampil
Lucknow,' had a •leg
followiridd a motor iccident•it.t
D • ths` Donald, , . , troi'tr • , •� � > . ,aced, of ,f
Work was cotiim, • hti
stalling the nccw' , �t�'eet li$
vill chin, e ^ , mitre' clean-up system. .,otald •reach
Thirty. -four villa a weyls were g in a syste
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to ed • as iltited and unfit for "of village Y milk bottles. tev. C° H• Mae
g8 lx? „. oast.m his asros' C,
b thet) Bruce, Coyiyty Health Mr. Thomas McGruire and, Jean the Nest C estar.
Y•
nit inspector d t . Mitchell 1' ' ad tour as mod r ,
alter,: ick
October 30th:
Creba MacS*een, move o to . ive.. 7)
--- Mar Janie IrwI (Continued • on nage
as . a Dungannon Deaths