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L'IltlKNOW, ONTARIO', TITURSDA4/, AtAltcH 8th, I945
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Ram .PAIGs
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an rtiolay.
If ydu have never beento a • Take this My blood, and -know'
blood donors' clinic in Lucknow, la part' of me,>, .• , • -
You have missed''an sUriforgetable . Has gone, to keep mYshorneland,,
"exPeriehae. On 111*'09rning.'01'.a free., r... - •
clinic' ' the, basement of :the 1.1n- There are '.01 few peoP16,
ited Church _111.:yeh
_ of "'cheerful. activity: ,The front. ,p
part has itslattendants to receive
the donors; and desks: for questp
lOrmairei and 'records,. The main
part is filled with cots for the_
13.
donors • and by them. are the
nurses in their trim Unifoims,and
.,snowy :headdress.' And over all is t
the heartening Smell of good •cof- f
fee and hot toast. Whentine r eall-
: izes this scene in its. entirety is -1
-repeated over the whole provinee,
the .-Whole DominiorOt-givesAlte
leelinVor-"a-coMtnort-I3nrPOs-e-for"-
„
My own lob is. that •of recept:.
,-ioniSt,..--sa very high sounding title
for ti simple .task. It is thy duty to
'enter the amount of c.c's of,blOod'
donated in each. donor's book
ano,rarna,„of world events, but tO
ounttY vicinities,' it is a •personal
matt4.'2In Lucknow we remem,
or Harold McTavish *ho. 10,4
his :life fighting. for Us; Grait,
MacKenzie; cut off when just en-
ering Upon a Promising and use -
u1, 'career after many years ef
preparation; Harry. Vrest:• lbst ,t to •
tolive: alSo-,7-of •Alex
-M-aelC-enzie4inclin-g-i-theLdays-en+.-.
•-o-7:pri,$on-reat-np.,-and4-$1-rug'
gli
Mere, existence.. :Wethink :olio
of Stewarteainerdri,' Who in a.
letter -to The Sentinel,nnasharn-L
edly admits he iS:hoi-oesfic:;•We
think --also ofAebiilie,-Ftbbinson- day----eVening; Rev. John mr,-s-:•-c;--,--Jnynt,7m...i.s.,..17-:„ steward,.
who' returned-Wonnded .:last week
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• Miring the ,seventeen clinics - in
Lucknow, the respoit-Wlfar-b-a4
Very:, good. Not only have.. the
town people responded well but:
• the_country-,--people:-OfterLafoeat
trouble ,,1,and Inconvenience:, to
::4---thethselves;_have_comejaillifull
During these seventeen clinics,
7there—has7tbeeir71-Seeding and
:threshing; 'bad
i;•tit most "Aii AlteriLh':
eOrne. r have seen. farmers come
• directly from the- harvest field,
with their cats ;filled with. neigh-
bOrS; and go . directly - back to 'their
:fieldsow.:Oasy*._it _would_ have
been for thern,tO 'find excuse
for not coining, Not an excuse :to
give to 'other people, s:but an Oft.
cuse sto give to :their own cOri-
• science. But these ,cati..Continue
to come from St.,, Helens, White -
•;Church, -Holyrood,"kinloUgh, Ash,.
field, Dungannon, Kingsbridge.
town from the stores, the bank,
the factory and :the home's, 'they.,
• tome and in the' ebunfry: many a
woman gives Up her Whole morn-
ing from a task that has to be
, -
caught up, later.
' the last clinic -as _I was'inak-'
ing the entry izr.a4 Man's book.,,T
noticed. this little. verse written.
in; the back. I think it says.;eX.:
aptly what,Levety ...donor 'feels
Whether he Consciolii.13i puts it in=
: to words or not. ' •
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• 'So ]ittle is this pint of blood
•
,
to .give
7 -140W -T
•It W.- ;CROSS
Resident,. of the Village aro
_reininded that. Ithe_loc:al Red ".
ducted on a voluntary basis,
and that ,one .and all °
...-re.fruested-to make: .their 'don,
ation at the .temporar3r'..head-
onarters at the .11eli
' • .
•
.,*eek Hours.TOr M
. • * •
The'.•.....•_Ottlee • 1.$.. Open ' ikts. •
•-. - -d Satur.; .'- --
-from 1.30day and "SattirdaY afternoon to 5.30an41. s • 1. --""
:ARAT QN.
Mai -rider -of .the,Week are Tri:-
Bridge-
day.sevening. from 8, to ro.'. 'v Oven, Mrs.:T. Clark; Mrs:
. It is hoped 'to avoid Making • • Donaldson, Mrs:
' a Personal canvas - in. town:" 2 H. Allin, Mrs. G; Taylor,
.This Can be'. achieved • if Mrs; J. :C. IVIeNiala, Mrs. A. AU-.
everyone akesdre-w.-
donation'at the Bell
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Telet-' • Mr.S., W. Douglas, -.E.'iti3b2.
-Phone. Office this week.-inson Mrs, C. F,inlaYsoll,
•,, , .•
• •Leishman.
Mrs.
&-eaveni. SS ac ea
*SSR9:
"he death of jaines.
resident!.of the St. Hel-
ens
Conant:mit-Y., 0,Qcurrect on Sots-
ur da st,„ MarclE3.4•4-le was.h
-7•5tlr-ytarT-Th-e-s-Rtnefa-.;-s$er-vi-ee.- •
Was held -at. his late residence% on
Monday , with1 ti t e r n n f in
Greenhill.; Cemetery': ,
•
• •
. That , far away: a dying man
may live1
BORN
8-MT4-4-In. Sault Ste far1er:Orl
Tuesday, 'February 27'th; to M -r..
and .M,rs. Robert -Sinith...(nee Etta
Belle MacDonald) a daughter,
• 'jean "AddrCY.—
CSTER—Mr: ;And Mis ThOtr.ios.
N.. Caster (nee :Christine Finlay`,
. SOW wishto announce.„' rth
of a son at the Women's
Hospital., Toronto, on Friday
March :2nd, 1945:
'MISS MURIEL' BLAKE,' •
-------,-----REIvrEsBiRRED-olviratT 4
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On February 18th, •Miss Muriel
Blake', of town'. b)30ervoct het
,birthday, when friends in the
Blake Community in Ashfield
preSepted her With 'a lovely' gift.
box which added tnt-teh- happine,$s•
• .to this occaSion. ' :•
It was: in the fall of 1937' that
lVfliriel. was strieken ••With infan-
,. • "`"' tile paralysiS,: Which , left .. her.
and for a .iong period. kept her
continually efinfined to an iron.
Iting, Which she,now. *depends on
Only during the hours .of sleep. .
Muriel's birthday this 'past
. month was the 8th she has obscr- •
Ved under these conditionL She
haS a.' host ..of friends' who joi11.
iflektending hest *ishes. and
ho }lame, great admiration for
. curage by which she retains,
ieebright.and Cheery diSpOsitron,
. Mrs,: . V. Johnston, Miss
Speakin.g_to_a_7co:p.grog410.li...: c.Agnew IrsA
tlie'PresbSitscOan: Church On SU:64, . ,
a little=older.-,r.a.Hlittle-sthinneR--.
but -Still with great' Courage. 'An'a. Cross, ::through : the localbranch
you irt: the .country districts think- which opened its campaign on
of your own boy, or your sneigh",,,,toriday Of this week; This com.:.
next4ar-in.,94v..,h,
are2.:1;ising 'preoiOns „years oftheir, lY poorly attended. It was held,
youthiSo-We-inay continu to live in the -Presbyterian .• chp.retr-rathnr••:
in '0 -.-fait , and free Canada. • •
than the ,Anlic,an• church in
• The4a-ifTelinic Lucknow--,Was .-ciAtierLte-4'-aeebrilbefaie • the !antic -11.
really .,d dOubleclinic., as: due 'to noted •turnout. St, peter, s would
the -stormy. Weather there was -Q. have provided
ten Lweek interval between„•_cli . •. • : • .
icS' instead of the Usual five week The theme 'of •RPy... D'onaldSon'e •
period. Therefore,: this time these. ...ddress :Was...? 'In: as nilieh'•as. Ye'
ne001e•are not eligilAe. o aboat, have thme it .• , ".'' TO he in want Mrs' W.LB. Anderson.
T.1.16 need right :•.iloW for ,blood is-:--an--aWful thing he Sai,sdos I Mrs. A.'-maci,enrian;:Mrs.
ris-
plasma is ' The Red'Cro5s riro,ced(.1., to effectively' contrast I pin, Mrs J. MacMillan.. Mrs. Has
state; once. the :Canadian, 'arrny ourremeteness , a, fa.„.n nn
son s' made a .stirring • appeal for l-lerid.erson; Mrs. Web-.
't*
•
ANSFOR
'
With redeeoratiOn and remod-
ckri
-,-Preients
transformed appearance beyond
description. Tb appreciate what
• has :".been accomplished in Mod-
ernizings the. library.. one .must
visit'the reading room.
Atthe rear of -the library.
Nit/Q0Crbbir'-aticl reference.. library
has been partitioned; book stack$,
now stand: ,crossWise;. reading.,
tables. _ate;_i_un along the •
west side • of the roOrn,:, and the :
:librarian's table, has been cut in
half ,and siti. diagonally at the•
east wall. All thiSproyides a good
deal. of Open Tibor spice as. you
,
But all :this has been enhanced:
by a new color scheme that has
-elimiriatects. the .lasttirestige ot
din &less from.th-ClibratY. Two: ,
tone pastelshades-of0een-coror
bine& with ivOrY'frim;.• Were ,uSec.177„-„,
most 'effectively. inredecorating;
and a Sign has been .Posted in .the
library giving' due credit for this
Work' to•Earl:•McCoy.
'All furniture has beer; refiniSh-
.
t•
;support of... the ..Cariadian___Red stet.
whrd-ovirsTare drap,ed,
Tboinla.sOns, Mrs. Harold eye-level'in the 'front half Of. the
,
Trel oven, Mrs. Dickenson, library wall: :cases have .been
”
'Miss-6Sb orn 0,
Mrs. R Robertson, Mrs. *Sehn-iid.
*Mrs, C;•;, MacDonald, . Mrs-. C.
Thornpson„MisS_L..Aobinson,„Mts,
J. Maclnnes. , '
,,MisS M. Treleaven,: Mrs. Pearl-
man.„ Mrs,',
Button. •. •
s•MrS.-.. McKirn, Mrs.. 'W.,. L. Mac-
Kenzie. Mrs. Russ
-Johnstone,
went. into action, the . demand war and all its horror witlh those ,
would jump enormously and Who: countries where ruin. AeStruetio,n;
knows but that the fiercest :figlitfOrnine. disease .and.-suffering,•dre
ing lies 'ahead. In`,E,Irarnpton laSt, their daily lot. ' •
Week a: special • door-to-doorcan- Rev: • „Donaldson pointed to • he
vas was made. This...is ribt, praeg.,
ical; in -our country: ,districts but
We, do aSk-...alt;deners-4116.--we;.e;
not at the: last: clinic to...make a'
Very •.,sPeCiol effort to come...to:
this one. Arid weare•:especially
dependent ,this flint on 'pew' do;
ors. If :_y_e_ti_ariaa:
try to be if your health permits
—come , to the United Church,
.next Thursday morning. anytime
..:frorri...nine to twelye„."11e, sure to
eat no - fats fori7breakfast--,Lfl')
crearn, no butter, ,no bacon.. 'You
imay have fruit. juice, Coffee -With
sugar, Skirn milk. toast and -jamor honey: .
'Be O. blood donor. "What yOU
dont •need—theydie without":•.` • '
• s. •
n't'anit Dies, ,
. Mrs'. Robert Harnilten .ancUMes..
Wm 1"empton reCerved-;the•-st.-0
newSs. Of the, death ' ins..TOledo of
the infant Son Of .Mr: and Mrs, M.
ICainfina MaeDen.:;'..
old)'. 's
ASHFIELD • COUPLE' MARK
:and /v1.17:9:: -...--Wilson Irwin,.
esteemed and lifelong: residents
of Ashfield.,Township;::.obserycd.
their golden Wadding ariniver a,ry
on r,rueSdaY,'":19rar-eWlViv.:-.13oth re
enj oying'i • comparatively g o.o d
health: •• •; ,
A family,gathering W'4,§ held on
Tuesday evening, 'and 'last night,
friends ,and neighbors paid honor
to 'Mr. and. :Mrs.. Irwin at a, social
evening held Atittri;10Uic..17-oft-htir-
son, Mr, Spencelrwin.
StOrY, of the. Goed. Sainiritan
expresing t fliiSSiOfl in1 mes-
sage of Jt'ss. The Chiisthm faitn
.§,Ai-is.:„.fopitratinitally a .
to 'be. lived loyally to • Our dello,:v,
tO Christ and the Cros$. Our:
acts.. Of :1Ove. :todOY":may.s.have ir
reiChine: affects
c'ross7ieganSwer.
to the.....,cli.allenge of Want in tho
world. tb•cliY; They 'need '00,000,
0.00' and have a' place.' foretierY
cent of , .7:4t111,4ee•if,Per :cent
Of ' its :is 'reqUiied tio..continue,.
flow of prisoner of. War:. food -par,
tels'.411:11ey'are probably
est 'booster's; Of, the.: ed CrOss •thO
sPe.aker %referred' to
Alex .Ken•Zie.'s letters whicn
never: failed to make Mention if
this great organization. '.Cone'
ter SOid......"GiVe genereusly..to sthe'
Red., :Cross: • "vvvithoUt ,it
be giiiri indeed".
Acv. Donaldson innunierated.
:the 'Many other ;SerViices • of this
:Orent organization. and Stressed
that the daYs;abead,'Would bring
greater;respensibilitiesi'ands great.
,
The Red Cross Spends. : $6,00. a •
-$tedn'ret -"HOW
Veit-gOing to provide. or buy'let
the • carrying •• :On of that:. great.
.(Continued On. page .
DEFINITELY' INTERESTED
IN LOCAL FACTORY •, I
At a 'creditors Meeting of the
Maple Leaf' Aircraft Corporation,
held. in. Toronto last week; itap-
peared that this plant will net
lie' idle. One*SPeaker at the Meet-
ingstated•..he. was definitely in-
terested -in the plant, and' would
be prepared to make his offer
in a week's ,,time; With assurance
that ,it-wobld-he sufficiently high
to at leagt Itake care of ttic'
se-
('ured creditors.
¢.4
Euchre.
, Mrs. ...1y1rS. A. MaC
'ravish, .,Mrs. .Redkrers• Johnston,
Mrs. ' ShirleY.•.' •'
..At Mrs: J. T-Iusse's----Mrs. P.
.MrS. -:
Black, Mrs., Gillies.
• Mrs.. P. McCall,. Mrs. C. ;•Stew-
ard. . 1Virs. J. Hall., Alit's-, IV.I.:Mac-
•
Lennan. ••
Icenirloton. SPrOtili
-Mrs, _Orr... .
lyfrs, •N. MacCi1um. Mrs'
Lloyd, 'Mrs..: •Durnin; •
, ,
BrOoks.,
COMING'IVENTS
'EUCHRE' AND. DANCE'
• A'pPogressive euchre and donee
fieltr in the. COMmuiiity
Holl, St.. Helens on Fridai'even-
ing, cornmencing at 8.30. This will
be sponsored by the .Worneri's In-
stitute yith. .proceeds_i_or war
Work: Ladies are'requested to
lirqng.-14nch..Admission 25e & 15e.
(.1 ' •
DANCE TONIGHT ,
130i Worth. arid His 'CKNX
Ambassadors make their first, aP,
pearance, in : Lucknow "toniglIt
(Thursday) kinder auspices of. tl.tj
' proceeds to
send, smokes, overseas., .Lunsit
!ounter;Admisgion 50c. ,The d'Atlee
e,veot, of the .saason. •
built for the. display of new books
aria7tielifidren!.$ :. and .any
YOIuMeS:,Of sPecial_interest,:-.-
:,'PrOMinenee is also .given to the
library of Saunter Mac-.•
DOhilci,.4whith' was donated to
Library in 1928. prnm,7,
Inence.. is,. also given to. the por.-,
trait .of Andrew Carnegie; whoSes, -
berieVOlence ...aided in the con, .
:qtruction• of the Carnegie Hall, in
which the library. is situated,
Little remains • to be ,done lto
complete the perfection of
re-
mpdclling the library, save *the -
addition of florescent lighting ..
WhiCh will, be undertaken when •
:finances permit:, .
Much Credit is due the present
Library Board • for . their .effOrts•
in 'providing Lucknow With a lib."
, . .• •
_rar_v_.:_that_both-LinaPtiearPACP-and-
• , . .
:onalitV and, quantity of reading
m-aterial' is. second • to pone ,m
Westeipp:Oritario.• ,
Much of sthisJWbrk .Was recorns;:-
Mended . in the ' last Ansriector's *,71
Port, not that Board ' members ,
did noPrecognite that .it Was long
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(Continued on page 8)
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ie(0.;m0;:::Effec.p.‘!:....e....•.-
At -the March meeting of the
Village Council On Tuesday ,night
Reeve J. W. JoYnt• announced
that "::a reduction, .in.•"loCal..:„'hydro
rates : of.. apProxirnately 'ten.. per
cent liad been authorized by the
fl EP C, :and it was expectedwould beeffective,with the neict.
This is the Second' such :rate
telluetion. wjibin LlOs Ahab_
The' •first 10 pet cent' reduction
Wast.:rnade„--1,as;-;.june--47-14•6
bined reductions mean 'savings:of
apProkirnately $3,000 to hydro'.
users. •
e a es re uc ion wi a la,
toall elassiticationspowert Com -
niercial and. clotnestic •rates, but
will not Mean a reduction- in the
minimum nitipthly bill; 'Although
the reduction had been -antitioat-
ed, Mr. Joyrit, was
definitely ad-
viscci of it. while' in. Toronto -last
Week: attending the Good -
Reads
, •
Coriverition..
In repottirig on this conVebtiOn
theReeve was oil the ,opinionth*tits,
it .w,as of '.morM7ii-e-firand-
est to 'Township and County toad
officials..;The Minister ,of
High-
ways InAaddresAing the conven-
tion made it clear that Provincial
Highway work, will Ve.ohiefly of
a maintenance ,nature- while the
war lasts.' Mr. Joynt saict.there
WAS no likelihood Of any:. hard.
surfacing being done on Highwav
S1 for the dusrati. but felt that
,v,t4tions in this ard ,wduld
eduction
ext BiIIin
serve- a good purpose for action
. .
at A' later date. '
'10Cal tree Priming prOgrom
was. decided upon under the sups,. •
erVision: Of 'Cotincillori• Nixon. A.
C2AgneW was appointed sto ,make
'a Completes Check of each watei-
service. to deterinine the ,:ritimber
of tapsin. use:
Ale*, Havens wasinstructed to
jilvestigate the cause,of-s•the
street dim-out �f the Street lights.
We'ef.cs have. been, praCtically.
vai-
uless in illuniinating the 'street.;
They . have .been the subject of
1iscussiiii e
been frequently •referred_ to as
disgrace';'.
Main atreet- snow treMoval was '
also discusSed, and the sopinion -
prevailed that it .wias hardly
feas-
ible. and would be very costbr
txr, atternpt ,tohaul it atrar
With a' return of mild %weather
the interSeCtions are to reeeiVe•
iinniediate attention, and ,eVevy •
effort will be,macle to aid Old Sol
in making.Weir work*Of the witiz7"
ter's accuinulatiOn of 'The Beattl.
ifu 1".•. s • . • . , •
• The Board 'Concurred. in
opinion, that the public more
less' demands 'the, ,rernoval. of
sriow fi om. the main street. hitt •
this in the 'future could best' hf.4''
tient, as required' at intor‘fals dur-
ing the winter. „It will cost rnonCy,
sto do': it. and the', estimate Was
placed ,:at. one 'mill.
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