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C A , WEDNESDAY, JUNE: 5tb, • 194E
To finance -Abe. con'structio'n. of
a ',crew •$10,000 fertilizer mixing
plant and .warehouse, directors of,
•'the. Lucknow :District Co -Opera-
tive are . ertrcrentl canvass-
ing
an a
five t Y, v, ss
in' 'alto• ' comniu'nity,'- Lakin , loan
g, . g,
on a dividend :basis,. The di eetors.
• Are being assisted by. a few; other
'canvassers; and. tet ,elate the re
sponse has been so, gratifying as
to' indicate that the objective' will.
be readily. met'.. 5
Loans of $50 aid $100 are be-
asked,, and: larger ..amounts;
discouraged, as the Co -Operative
is most interehted in :obtaining a'
large number of srrlal1 sharehold
i er s F ftY..dollars is
the
mini
mum
loan on' which dividends .can .,be
Co •- Operative officials: have
been in ..contact ,with a, .contractor
who will undertake: ' the work,
To' uildin tv'._
Th lr
g� , rl be -built -'at the-
C.N.R;; property north of Joynt's-
ware ous ': and e a , d willbe complete
ly steel -sheeted 'ler. fire. protec-
tio,n _purpose's: � The ••'sheeting was
obtained 'by, 'Purchasing the Ash-
• field -Presbyteria r.Church • shed.
All specifications ,of thenew
building are not yet definitely
° decided• upon, and at --the moment
it is' questionable -if, •if the, building
can ',be ready for operation this
fall.. The b.u.ildin wr-ll, .in'c. ude:
g 1. a,
fertilizer' mixing'' plant, equipped
with'modern machinery that will
• greatly increasethe present mix-
•ing .` capacity, and will rovid
arehouse' . space,' ler - other pro.
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IN' _.OTTAWA HOSPITALBE '
• . _ LIQ .TELEPHONE._ OFFICE _.
WITIIG'1FRACTURED WRIST . • CLOSES SATURDAY NOON
WORKROOM CLOSES FUR.
SUMMER, KNITTI =
��) N(� NEEDED.
With; their
liR•� eiirr
e'nt 'quota of
work 'completed the•
Reds 'Cross',
workroorn,.in'Lucknow•c
lased last
Tuesday': the • summer -months
:and will :re -open in: •mid-Septe.
ber. The convener, 1VIrs:' Willi
a
•Hornell'; Wishes.. to' express • he
sincere thanks' to. the ladies wh
have rendered Such. faithful ser
vice, which enabled .:the corrrpl
tion.. of their quota.
• Knitting Needed
..There.is s an urgent',need,h �'
, ow
ever; for.' children's knitted :cloth
in
-an and- g, volunteers .ate" wante
.who will. continue •to do . home
knittin '
g during th e sumrne
months. The ;:need •'for children'
clothing:'' is more desperate thin
ever. •
Wool is-aveilsble-orad can • b e -
obtained -from Mt'S, ` Hornell or .� . .
Mrs. W'. B.. Anderson.,
: Mrs, R. D. Cameron is a. patient
in Civic •Hospital, Ottawa,• having
recently fallen , and. • suffered a.
fracture 'of the • left wrist. .Mrs.
Cameron has been in, the hospital
for about two -weeks, and al-
though• she 'is frail ..is ma '
Tang sat-
isfactory progress, and:it 'is ex-
pected •she ,will soon be .a •
leave •the iiistitut on `'
in- On Trip.' West.
m' Mr. and •Mrs, John Colwell of
i' Holyrpod. left on.Monday for" an
o extended trip through Western,
- Canada to British• Columbia;
e- They I. to spend a couple of
days in Winnipeg. at Joe Por-
ter S
or-ter's and at Earl MacDonald's in
Saskatoon, but most of their visit
will
. be „spent with Mr, •_ .:
Colwell s,
brothers, 'Reg and Jim of 'Sask-
atchewan and.. 'Sam ' of British
d,
r•
s
n,
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The " local. office "of the Bell
Telephone Company .has received
instructions in regard to ,open
hours which" are •now in effect:
Under the new regulations, `the
local exchange ' will be 'open to
the public from 9 . a.m.. to 5 pan._
gaily, :except Saturday,; when the
office•.will,opeh at the usual hour
but Close :at.:twelve o'clock noon.
. The , staff•, of, operators,. 'who
work an eight-hour. day, are now
on a"'five and a half day week:
FILL VACANCIES ..
ON H.._- S. STAFF.
' Two vacancies on the. Lucknow'-
Scheel., .Hi h;-
S .
g el.staff were 'filled' las
t
week;" with the appointment 'of'
MissMargaret MacKenzie of
Columbia.
Thainesville; and. Mr: Glenn. II.
MEMBER -:---OF ELDON'S' CREW
SENDS�.HIS: SYMPATHY
1VI3nd,:Mi s. Wm. Buekin ^.
ghain
have=-i-eee.Ated.. a let -ter :., of ' syrn
pa•thy''frorn W. G.`.Srr ith.•of'Wick
.Littlehampton, SusSeX•, "who flew
on operations with EldoJn, • an
Who', . in his letter 'aid
p a high
tribute Lto . him.
r
math
in ,extending..
tris
sympathy said, "Eldon:' was. =
my
best friend and I will, always re-
m
,, or
is iii.
brave
which. -will. be- -han bled ,by;,--th lad When I f r t ee
local Co -O of whit him.' asked him;' his.;and he
l P , h Mr:;'John. age
Jamieson is .the manager _and Bob . .
replied with I'll be 21
. n
e uc now CoSpratiYe; and y menti: to:rural, ;rural students.' to
�' this ;quantity could h b flew 'every night'for -'ten`-'nights; : High. School:
rou
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Needham of Sundrid ge.,
_t_
.yMi„
s._.MaGKe z
iewi1
Iteach the -
;languages, and.;Mr; Needham will
to '
a h'
c the sciences, and : be in
'ie 'charge of boys' `physical training.
Mr
Needham is.. a married.. man
and succeeds Mr. D. R. McLean
-who has- been -engaged on ,. the
Acton staff. The housing :situate
is :particularly acute .there and
eari-�a-in3l-y-}I-re-
here if accomodation: is .riot •ob-
tame• .at ``Acton by the :opening
• d
of the: fall term: •
Mr. Needham is qualified • to
teach agriculture and We under-
stand the Board of: Education
plans: to :include thea : subject on
next . term's curriculum,.
Lucknow Board of ' Education
is making plans for .running a
High.; School bus: through . Ash-
field Township, `-with the, com-
mencement`'.of',the ' Fall ,term' in
September:
,' The route to be co_ vered is -from
Lu .now. --sou lh:.
� , t to the-re�- 9th-:- Con-
` .cession, westward to Kintail;ands
, accross the •"Kintail Sideroad" to
L
ocha)sh.;, The. service will 'be.
available at,n,o charge to,all''rural
High Schoolpupils who can' make.
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BACK BROKEN;:
IN' BARN' FALL
;(ST. HELEN'S NEWS)
Mrs, Earl Durnin is a atien
in
the Goderich Hospital as a
result ofan unfortunate accident:!'
that : occurred : 1'a s Thursday.""'
morning,'; . Mrs. : Durnin„'' while
hunting eggs, ste ed n
pP intothe
fe d..
e hole: that was cover -ed with
hay- and. fell., to,
the stable below.
Unfortunately, Mr. ' Durnin was
away at the time and it ' was not
until. his • return several . hours
later that, Mrs. Durnin was found.
She was ;taken to' Goderich Hos
pital• where •the .x-ray revealed
a .broken:.back ' which was placed
in a'. cast. Her Many friends hope .;.
.fora speedy recovery..,.:
and Mrs.: W ilson;Woods &
children of .Guerph. were week
end
visitors with her mother,
Mrs;. R. Woods.'
Miss Catherine lVfcGregbr and
Mrs. E. N. Hodgins of 1:4cknow
were--recentguest`s• .of Mi. and
Mrs.
Ge0r'.
•.
g .eStuart.'.
There.will.. be' no service: in the
United .
� •
chnex'
t.
Sun
da
ow-
ing to anniversary services in'the
United church, Whitechuhch,
--Mr; Stanley .Todd and , ;Murray'
• Gaunt .are 'under the doctor's care
from" after effects of the 'flu . •.
he June meeting -..of the 'VV
men's Institute-' will` take. the •
..: ,form,.
of an open .'night when the :mem- .-
bets -will, entertain -:their " hu -.
sj.
'bands ..and families- at:the Cor -
munity Hall, temorrow. (Thurs..
daY
• eveningCommencing at 8.45" .`
Daylight .Saving Time. Roll call
"An :embarrassing moment". Rev.
uestm.
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r• •
A, :4
P•••7„.
n.
c•n ac wi e •us a on t. is:.
gnow '` staff -
vacancies .. have .. •be.en '
=i=ouae---� �..:. peaker and will i :
• few • and as -this is• written'• -g ve-�ai .� rllustra.
on ted lecture. Program .committee
Agricultural Science. is • to be., : '•
Monday, a :public school teacher' Mrs '
to t in' .tirade • 9 the local` Stuart Collyer; Mrs:•: G. fire
h h
'High .School- .�next term' and this . � ��. czn:°Hostesses,, rs;; G. Mc- .:
subject, ;along with a free' bus:.primary '''Mrs. McKenzie : Webb,.
-Ma
Book secretar -tie ,soon. HC was so keen to fly and as not yet been chosen for the Aitchis
,. y asure>c. ,� H• h M
when we did ,start h . grades o
.1`h a was.. g t sue eed
i� Spring m ppy c 11�s Pherson;
.ore than 500 tons:
writer --then -c -j-Jed one- r on MacDougall. M• -
•of�fertiiizer,has...beenhandled�b ,: •,• servrce•,•should„ rove ori nd -. '
.. y. series: of`.'o a •. P uce
• .. Miller,
th L k ' p rations when -the `
ave been
• •o_n__la. g trips -that -took ;them
-�more=than-doubled, h -ad -the stor
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age "space,; and'; mixing capacity "between eight and nine hours to
been available complete.
"Eldon' 'vas so kind and ,gen-
Tereus. Every time he received
QUICK; RESULTS 'pa'celsh.'from . home
... > e.. -would
share their' .with me and. always
A
studio couch; advertised in insist onsending',y
.=
m -wife =-:and
last week's' Sentinel, `
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. was.quickly June ,something;with the remark
t ings
diaposeci_rf: -T en mels : ate; that we :couldn' ge goo
distributed .' locally .-first, thing like this in England".
Wednesday
;
Morning,
an
d
bY:•mid-
mornin the 'phonerang,advr _
b
P
IPE
BAN DGREETS
Sing"us that the "couch 'had en
sold, which
.ad '
, vie
c Was
,to the seve alpassed on °n;
x who` •later enqulred'V•
about• it. -.
•. Move . To, Bervie •
Mt. and : Mrs.
Charles''HQdle•
who have disposed of 'theirhome
and_his shoe:repaiibu-Siness'
• here,
moved last
_. week_,'- to the Ber-vil=e=
Vicinity where' they hey have pur-•
chased Wilbert' Sheane s farm.
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1JFFERSS1VERI
EAD I-NJU
Mr.! James R. Hackett
o
f to
wn
• suftereda severe head injury,last week ;; ;which rendered him;.Unernsc nt r v'some,timandas
yetha li
as •not' fully covered'
from:'the'b;low• ,
Mr. Hackett
i. had been assisting
n weighing a cattl,e'•beast''which
had 'been .sold to Robert Button.
As it was reloaded into the trail-
er, he was closing the tailgate'
when the bovine let 'fly with. •its
heeys, 'c rash i.n g . the tailgate
against Mr. Hackett's 'head, g
hurtling and.
him to the ground. ,
Ile. was knocked 'unconscious
:and remained' in that
condition.
for ion
.for an•alarming length of time.He. also ,iaiived.a cut' on thehead requiririg a couple f
and suffered',an arm in
jury,
Mr. Hackett's. head
•
d�- , cacl injury
in was
nosed' s 'concussion, and any
PQSsilrilif ' of
a skull fracture
Was ruled.`•t: His vision, sion, howlever, .was iffeeted
and .he was
Te�urecl' try • ," �.-' •
•fe�v kne=e:n in be -d,' for a
says, •
VISITORS
LucknoW 'pipe. Banc has
series :of fi=ve engagements during
--:"The service may75--67-alternate
from time to time, starting by-
wayof I,,ochals -i for one period,
. and by .way of "the• -9th Coices
sion at other times, : so „that'� the
'same ,s=tudents won't always have:.
a.
the Gong' ride".
GANIZATION-MTFT�I�IC�,- .�
WAS POORLY . ATTENDED.
An :oi • anizer for the Anieri
g ei lean:
federation of Labour was in,.
: I..
to�� n las
t �e k � and eek, , , plans were,
made .to Bold a' labor,.=. meeting;
on .W9ednesday evening,' .brit''the
•
a turnoutI was slim,- and -was` not.
r aided'
•ficient to open ,the meeting:
eg by the organizer, as stiff
the sun -liner at:Goderich to'Wel
come American "Visitors . who w%il
pay -a visit . at this port. The;• .f it�e
cruises will be mado n the ass
engei ; boats; North and., South
"American, • • • •
The first:. en a. ement was fill
g .1;
ed::last Fa ,iday-b3' tli Band, vilie.n
they .met the South - Amer,ican
which docked-_at.._God.ernh•• about
after ;being':delayed': More
'than four hours h. weather
y con
ditions and theCanadian sea-
men's ,sti ike._..The the,
Iandecl in
a Duren ri'am which ho�crt� gat
didn't: dampen their fervor • :for
-the iiCrsic bf' the pipes, . not •ntot+
fere with ',the band's' reception
progi- h. '.- -
The Pipers rettir ed to Goder-'
ich yesterday. (Tuesday); to wcl-
eome the secorid .American, criers_
king party to dock at Goderich,
• Friday •afternoon's 'nine -piece
band ',included the following(
Pipers ;Rory -.MacK'en'zie; D. A:•
MacLennan, Frank. MacKenzie;
Davey ,MacDonald . and Reed Mc
Dint::bass• drurn, Rey J; MacKen-
zie.; side di ummers, Mae Webster,
'Eldon Henderson and Mc1 Stew-
art.
,With the Band .now augmented,
by several e -serViCernen, lit ap
pears headed for .a i,eiv success
ful , searson this year.
Officers elected • lafi.f •fall were:
President, Nail MacCa11uni. vire
niestdent,,,P'rank 1itticKc nzie; sec-.
retary-treasurer,. A. r., 1Vtc'1 in't:
Pipe Major, Roy lgacKt nzie..
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OI'Iz +R HELD; SATURIy:AY ;
_': FOR WELSH BRIDE
A •`Miscellaneous shower . was
y heRil on Saturday, at the home of,
Mrs.' -Walter :Forester (nee,. Isabel
Colwelll Con. 8,'' .Huron Town
ship; in 'honor of Mrs. •'Cameron
McAuley. a' Welsh bride; who ar
;'I rived at her,new' home near Rip-
ley on Monday y M ay af� last week, Her.
husband i tur n
c ed 'from. overseas
last • Novcrrber',
-Abou forty tIadres ' • atteiid'ed'
this. event.:to._welcoin
•Aulcy who received many lovely
gifts. and was ,v_ery'..appreciative'.
of the: kind 'reception tendered
her. : •. ,
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. rOMJ NG EVE.N•TS:
SOCIAL EVENING'
There .will ;be a presentationand dance in St. Helen's Com
triunity : Hall, on Friday, June 7th,'
in honor of Mr; .and ',Mrs. Alex
Purves, Ladies please bring
`Lunch.. E i'etyb.ody welcome: -,
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aina,
,In' this issue of •The 'Sentinel,
Lucknow ck'
I d�s'
�; ; n tries I:rmitted r
advert'
ising stor skilIed":arid• semi,
skilled work en'' y_are_
not obtainable: locally; this plant
Y,
will' be forced to'• proceed to im-
'port' these bad14 needed.' work-
men. -
For some: •time this
firm has.
been producing record , : players
magazine racks and 'some, 'radio
cabinets and these activities have,
been keeping the men busywhile
Plans Were being" worked out and
equipment being ; obtained. t o
swing= into the-- roducti-o of `
1?
line. of'.,furnitur.e. which .. will
eventually expand - to 'include
case• dods—be
g dgoom and:. dining.
room suites,' ` etc.:
uck ow. ,Industries •y as t:
` Named„ Dungannon, Principal
s Mr.: Alex Smith of town, _has
been`.
appointed principal of: Duno,'
�gannon two=roorrr sc} aol, ' With
duties to' commence i;n . `Septem
ber` Alex 'is.;at ,.Present teaching
at B
elfast �'Mr.: and :Smith':'::•.
are residing here in the former:
Ne
wton Home b.ut if 'housmg
comodation: 'canV''be obtained the .
plan • to' move ' to Dungannon`' later
.-
Gets Air:ForceiDischar e
•
g
' Tom Henry . is visiting'. ' with
ivieslli:n the --community this
week, hazting, recently received
k ,
his
disch
arge after 'four 'ear • • t
Y sa�nd;:
a half in the Air Force. Tornc has'
been ate the West ' Coast ".for the
past sev'
P eral rrroriths •FIe 'star
in the'= localebranch of'the
present a payroll' of about ..sixty' . an
of - Montreal• nearly sixteen.. years:
men, and 'has' plans .that should •ago,: and-prior-A°
see this n'un Ver:about doubled.. a enlisting, had.
iti ._ , served, in Bank -branches -in e.
'The need at the moment is : for, •k .. , very
one of Wille provrnces.,He`wll';'
s' filled and semi -skilled work- leave -f '
or
Toronto o th
m n and _the Com'. an. first of the ',
is
ani
10
tiS
p Y .
we
e
k .wh
er
e h
� e .rl
to . obtain such ;hands :Iocall 1 resume his,•' •
, banking -dut•�es---a`ix'�-th` .
the..ful'l: extent. available. ,Failing ej`aw-.
• • rence 1Vlarket • branch. ,; •
workmen will :have to - be • •
brought in; and 'this. in,'turn only
adds-__ to. the -.housing'' problem, .
with which the firm is•, currently
faced. • '
It is' , obvious, --cam ,course,:: .that.
some .key men must be brought.
to 'town, • 7
Lucknow Industries has a • pro-
gressive and expanding prograrri,
planned' which. will be ' of majdr
importance. to .the general wet-
are .of this` communittY. • •
This :program "is under the; dir-
ection of plant manager . E . W .
Riinke; who is capably assisted
f
b
DANCE: AT •DUN'GANNOl •
e
.The Dungannon. Af;riculture
;nc is ty� i sponsoring an open' air
d rncec' in Dungannon ori' Thtii`s'-
iia everting, lune '6th. Th Far-
rier i ri r r'►,i chi str a will, be, in attend -
'oiler:• L ern Culbert Pres. T. M.
"Durnin, Secretary. etary
y T. Emery, •production engin-.
1
er; F. C•1 Healey, accountant,
Wm: Stark, , niillroom foreman
and 0..„ Heisler,. foreman of: the
cabinet' room. These latter two,
workmen 'aro skilled workmen.
'and young employees under their`
tutorship can alsr ,become skilled'
in.their trades.,
-CLANSMEN SET.:�
UP SCHOLARSHIP RSHLP
, Meeting on Monday, night,';The.
Clansmen decided' to offer :a' $50
scholarship ; to Grade '13 pupils
of Luckriew' High School, '.' for.
general proficiency ` in •bepart-
mental_,subject !. The scholarship
applies • to : the 1946-47 term.
A grant -of $50.00 to
was made o
the Lucknow ;Ball 'Club, ;and : a
similar grant to : -the ,Lucknow
Boy, Scouts,::who Were also, gtant-
ed free . use of • The •Clansmen's
Hall, as . a, ,of
m�:etin
Place, . g
The Club plans a"big•. nigh;"
in the arena the 'last' Week in
June',.'with'Russ Creighton"s: pop-,
War 'band and entertainers, as
likely troupe to .ptut•
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