The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-01-07, Page 51'DQRSDAF; JANUARY tlio 1943•
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Thursday, Friday,:. Sa,(urday
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' llfonday, Tuesday, Wednesday
January ,11, 2, 13oar �11 1 � +'
:IBARBARA, STANWYCK '
. GEORCxE';BRENT
NANCY COLEMAN
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The Ga Y' -,Sisters
drama from a Best- "
selling novel,
Also "Cartoon"
Smelts Dying Off? ;
• Apparently some disease is -affect-
ing the smelts ix the waters sur
rounding the Manitoulin. Island, as
they .are .to . be seen lying dead in
thousands along . the beaches, ac-
cording to a. report from. Gore Bay.
Ji alsq'reported that the sea-gu11
are- - in -after eating these dead
fysh.. Though smelts'.'are really ay.
Saltwater fish, • ,they have beep
found in.. millions in the waters of,
.. .the: Great 'Lakes during ; the last
few years,„,and: in the •spring' thd�us'-
ands of them come up the streams
`" "to spawn and smelt fishing has be-:
come a popular.. pastime. with young
and old. . .
News Review Of 1942
'JANUARY
By a vote of 75, to;2 Lucknow rate-
payers gave approval to establishing
a 'Board of EduCatf'orn,;i' -
Mr. W, J'. `Little observed ills 90th
birthday; . Joseph Hackett. "his 84th
„birthday and Tena. Smith her 84tif
• birthday., •
Barn :cin:-: Robert -Button's 'farm,
north of the village, destroyed by
' fire. •
Marvin .Lorne ,•J:aeksokt, " the first
baby - ,a y , in ;Detroit .' on , New Yean sg
Day, 'vvas ,a• fifth generation baby.
Mr ,and Mrs. 'Lorne MacLennan of
town are theVrandperent's; and Mrs.
• John Johnston of Ashfield the 'great"-
, great grandmother.'. '
Rev.. John, C5•alvin MacKay, a 'nat-
ive of Lucknaw, was chosen moder-
ator of t -he' Free Church of Scotland,.
an :honor that was - conferred upon..
. his' father, Rev." Angus. MacKay of
Kingussie, Scotland, in -1916.0
Rev. J W. Donaldson assumed his
'defies las rector at St Peter's. Church•
and. associated : parishes.
Reeve Rieba-rd Elliott ,of Kinloss
re=elected .=to = the Brtrce County
;,Highways Committee for a terrfi of.
three year s: •.Thomas Moyes appoint-
ed a 'County ''gonatable.
• 1Vfern'.bers of .the` school staff ,pre-'.
seated Jim Henderson with. era. C.
A. F. ring. '. ; . •
Bruce• County Council voted sum'.
not 'exceeding $4,010, • to purchase
i second .mobile' canteen fof:kalvation
Atrnx.
WEDDINGS -Gordon ••
McIntyre
Dorothy. Miller, Jack Hussey, and
Evelyn Nixon:
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ST. 'HELENS'
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Goderich killed•, in car -train crash
in London. lough ended an extensive dairy ,busi
Ross MacKenzie, .'brother ,.of Mrs:: •ness 'which . the M'afcelre brothers,,,
DEATHS— Mrs. J ernes . • Hodgkin
son; Mrs. Wrri. J.• Hackett, Melvin.
Irwin. •:.. ;�. - ,
FEBRUARY • "
Bridge and euchre Red Cross mars
athon cor rrrienced. .
Mr, Alex Mci iarni,'id observed his
83rd birthday. -
"J.VLr, and Mrs. James . Salkelxl•;of
Daylight saving adopted, but most
rural schools reoirtinuetl-,to .operate
stint and time to eliminate the
necessity of pupils; starting • for
school before daybreak.
':Norman McLeod; native .of . Loch-_
alsh, .. was burned to •death in, his.
home • in the Rainy River district:
Mr: ; andMrs. Abram• Culbert,
Dungannon,• celebrated their 69,th
wedding -anniversary,. -
ry.
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Red Cross •shipment• of some 350_
articles was displayed to public; in-
eluding: 54 large quilts. •
Percy Webstersuffered fractured
wrist when pinned under car near
Lochalsh. • Mrs. Ross .MaeLagan of
London suffered fractured wrist
when, struck✓by car. •
Brother of .Mrs. Fred Stanley, for-
merly..
of Lucknow,i- lst at sea ;with
the sinking of the -'.great British. bat-
, The ,Barium. -
John Moss; Dungannon,observed
his 9lst birthd'ay.. • .
Mrs. Fred Ennberlire received word
of thedeath of her mother, Mrs.
Frank Solomon, formerly Of Luck=
'now, who was kihed during an air.
raid ,on:their hontie town of Lowe-
stoft,.: England.
War production, • survey taken
throughout rural section .'of: •ruce
County.- : ••
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Mrs, Thomas Aitchiso of Harr':
stony shad knitted ' d over -200 pair,.'of
socks for `the fled:Cross:'
' Lucknow 'Bantams. won group
title defeating Clinton, while local
Juveniles `Were .e iiminated. •
WEDDINGS -Madeleine Johnston'
and. DuncGeorge'Wran MacDonald. • a
DEATHS --.-Mrs.. Robert McKenzie,
side; Neil
Moran,• •
-Rev. and Mrs. D. T. L. McKer roll:
celebrated their 40th wedding a ni-
aith, formerly.. Of L' ang-
Ceeepbel4 Father W.
MARCH .
Sale of,the :,Malcolin herd •at Kin=
Duncan :McCannel;'kinloss,. died of Robert. :.and the. ,late''Thoinas
• injuries received when a C...,N. R.: t!olm,. had •conducted • for over half
• train struck the light truck in which a century.
Lance Bornbadier 'Gordon Miller
is home from •Del ert, N: S. for a 21-
'day leave.,
Mr. John Webb of I igh River, Al-
berta is a visitor, with ' his brother,
McKenzie : arid' Mrs. Webb. •
Ross was 'a .'passenger at Cargill; Mr, and Mrs; Wilson"Irwin cele
brated their—'47th.' wedding anniver-
Powerful electric motor installed
'to operate the ' Lueknow sawmill.
Lucknaves objective ;in . 2nd"' war
loan set at $40,000; Kinloss at 425,-
000. -.+ r
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Lucknow Sepoys & Chesley, , Colts
played 'a blood and thunder hockey
Series for the; runner-up spot in the
n
a.
Canadian farmerss today ar`e fighting for .victory as
truly as are the makers of tanks, 'ships and 'planes, in
support of the men of our ariny, navy and alt force.
For the farmit,is the food reservoir of our ba•ttiing
legions on all world fronts. •'
Fo help the farmer increase food• production and do •
irr'ihi5 ttstal .wit, the. Batik - E
labbuaaner marketing., The Bank has Mien supplying
credit to farmers since 1817, s
If, you need money' to iinerove •your production of
food, either for expott to feed the front lines, or for .
domestic use, you are • invited to discuss your re
.•eu'Ireentettl'wiih our'nearest: brandy manager. Be.•
Mantreal co-operaterwith lrrm ra nr§ily•.'ways, par;y p
wt trot ?
ticulatly'by lending him money • needed for seed, , vusieess as strictly confidential.
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• • "A 1 AN& VerInie SMALL ACCOUNTS .ARE •1h•M
WELCOE"
MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING. SERVICE the.Otrttoi»e of 125 Years' Strecolfut operation
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Lucknow Branch: V. N., PttEST, Manager,.
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'POSSUM
Bruce. League with the Sepbys push-
ed into the discard when they -re-
fused to 'bow. to the League secret-
ary's dictate to`"play the final game'
Chesley 'ice. '
Charles ,Alton and -Wilfred ,.-11.1c-,,.-11.1c-,Cai'thy;, tax collectors for West Wa
wanosh and '.�shfield Townships, re-
spectively, each suffered 'a fractured
skull inseparate motor accidents et,
."1inten. and. Goderich
Mr: and Mrs.. Hector' McKay of
Whitechurch observed 'their 65,th
wedding' anniversary.
Howling gales isolated the village
by rail .and higliwaylet. _three. .daYs
and blew . down a windmill at.the
Joynt' fpm at St. Helens.
Jaynes Flenniken' found .guilty', of
manslaughter arid sentenced to Nye
years in the Reformatory in con-
nection , with the death of Turnkey
White of .Goderich. '
Lucknow salesin, second Victory
Loan totalled„ $80,700 or. 152 per cent
of objective; .Kifrioss $32,300 or 129
per"cent, of objectitie. •
_ Mrs. A :.S4rlomon and'*•Clark Fin-
layson were winners of euchre and
bridge marathonswhieh• raised: over
$3,00 ' for the . Red Cross.
Arthur ' •Voting 'reported missing
and later as a ,prisoner of war. Was
a fighter pilot in the R.C.A',F
Jessie `• Stewart gave up post 'in
British Columbia iJniversity to join'
R.C.A.F., W.D. "
Village Council called fan tenders
re garbage collection. " ,
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THE WAR - WEEK — Com'inentary on (..urgent. Events •
Rising Power Of United Natrona
Marks The Turning Of The Tide
In January of 1942, the days ,
were dark for the United 'Nations
in the East, nor'' was there 'tuna
beer in the West, Says a writer
n the New,,,Nork' Times:' The wave.
f ebitquest' unleashed " at - Peairi•
[arbor was ' flowing towardxr its
• /g12 -water mark. The .Redd A.`rpiy-
n.d th.e...terrible Winter of the
teppes werebeating against 'the •
Vehrriacht; but :Marshal. Rommel •
n • Libya and. U=boats, in ' American
;oastal waters were striking: pow-
;rful , blows: E.yerywliere,, „the Al,
;fes. fought ;desperately for. time=
;ime to mobilize latent .power; :io `
o -ordinate separate • efforts, • to
catch up in preparration'•With their ••
nemies. ,
The outline of the Allied plan •
took shape. In the military. .field
the task. :was to -hold basic•-fropts• •=-�
Strong line in Russia," a bastiolr
in Britain, a new Pacific defense
anchor .in':Australia.:Ill the. -pro-
duction :field a .wartime; goal was
set by President Roosevelt, for the .
world's' rpightiest industrial • ma=
chine. 'In the .dip1¢niatie field, the
informal alliance. of the anti-
ag—gressor -nations,. became the • form-
al pact of #the Unified Nations,
pledged to common,. victory. ,. ,
. ,Mr. and.. Mrs. Thomas Ross, ,Tor-
onto, celebrated their 59th wedding
anniversary, . Mr Ross, founded` the
:Toronto 'Police Pipe Band in 1912.-
WEDDINGS—Maurice Woodford'
and : Wilma Edith. Treleaven, Major
W. H... Glendinning and Mrs.Eve-,
Parker, John Donald McCharles and
Noreen Eleanor 'Walden, ' Cpl. Cyril -
Brown' and Dorothy Nixon,.'A.. B.
Shackleton and Florence Joties: • '
•D1 ATHS=Meg Ibble"Gtiest,E n- •
ily-, Weatherhead; ''Matthew Sproul, ,
Jean Winterstein; Joseph Levi/soh;
"Daddy"' -'Campbell, son of 'the, late
Jim Cainpbell Mrs. Thomas ..Gaunt. .-I 11
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It was Japan's month 'again.' The
dominating... event 'was the 'fall,, of.
Singapore, . the mighty. anchor of
the , Allied defense ,line stretching
across..the Eastern seas; .to Peary•
Harbor.
• March
The'
Rising. Sun 'go -ached the
zenith of it•conquest in Java, B'ur•
ma' and the Australian islands; In
a •little more than three months
he ' aggressors in -the East ;had
Won. 1,000,i)00 square, miles'of ter;
ritory inhabited by• more than ,
;100,000,-000 'people.. :They: held' the
World's most imporitarit soui•c-es .of
rubber,' tin, ' quihine . and hemp, as
well as rich 'oil . fields; i,nexhau•st-.
ible supplies of foodstuffs.,
'ably yen, wolfra-in,'manganesefeed
copper I cleposits. They were bol-
stered , now' for•
olstered.rrow''for•• a long. struggle.
Tine 'Allied. • world could.., only
'hope,that the :,tiattles in' Oceania;
and Asia, were, wearing d6wn the ,
Japanese, that 'the . campaign • ink
Russia was sapping German--po�v-,
er, It -cried • for a shift front de-
lensive ,to. offensive .strategy. The,
cry was premature.. Am'erica's fac-
tories and training• `caimps- the -
weight that 'might turn the battle •
—were ,•still, mobilizing :far' total
APRIL • was..
Front
Gas rationing: went intoeffect • on'. T1ae, greatiest,,deyelopnrents were
April 1St. on America's' production •front. In•
Word was . received by Mr: and the raids of Donald Nelson, Am-
Mrs Jim _Scrimgeour of Milverton' erica,,s:production; chief, "the decks
,that their son Sgt. -Pilot. Bill Scrim- had been . cleared:" The auto in-
dustry had. lost was the symbol:. It had coni
oversects but was making a remark- Vleteri the ripping out] of '.'great
able recovery Troia Multiple injur- .1'acetinre CotTvegZrt^1Seits, stalled machines machines to make gutxs,
ies received. •.
Alex Andrew and Chas. Webster •
tanks . and '.planes. Nom fti•11=scale,
proditct•ion. was• in sight
purchased Fairview Dairy from. On the battlefields ..the Allies
Ewart -Taylor. • ' '• ', ..held grimly• to delaying actions..
The firm or, Henderson and Fisher
...The celaying in - the Philippines
-dissolved•• partnership. the Japanesc, the 'severe fell to
dlcn'_.to a• close•,. Bataan
Sgt: -Pilot Allan.Rarnby Ma cKeith st. defeat
tn e t
ever. -suffered by the. United -States
only son of Mr. and Mrs. Evtiart Mac-. overseas. Only in the •air were •poi•
Keith of Vancouver, and: formerly ,tents bright The ••bombing .of•To,
af•Ashfield,• was killed' overseas on . kyo and thet heavy raids on Germ -
active' service with the R.C.A.F. any's :f3altic' shore were evidence ..
Urban" centres urged to•• organize' of: mounting ililied air power:
to cid farmers in harvesting' hay'' and a• . . May�
grain crops: High ' School students ' Both ...sides, were girding • for a '
.permitted_ to write , special examin- new phased of the global "conflict:
atioi}s to release them: for; fa,rrri' ser `Phe aggressAors struck the- fir§t• '
vice, blown Japane a tlrrttst; aimed
either at Australia or tlre.,Racifie
Mr: and . Mrs, Neil' MacCallum suppfy line between.Ameri:�a. and
honored' by Langside friends, prior' the Afttipodes, was beaten back
to Moving to. Lucknow. • sharply ,in the Coral Sea. But the •
' Lucknow • :voted almost solidly . German thtatst took shape as 'Hit=
"yes" at Dominion plebiscite. Huron ler's most "grandiose, a colossal
.and Bruce both give emphatic ap- piuce.rs' drive,, one arri� through
proal to release the .Government Soui:hern. Russia, the':other• through
from pre-election conscription 'pled- Eaof'the Cauc'asus and the. Middle •pt, to the foodstuffs and ol
-res, 'East.' "In the' East,"the Fuciiret•,
• An early spring saw.seeding. well had said, '"the .decision will fall."
advanced, and Iii many cases, coin- 1Ie had to hurry: The shipyards
pleted by 'the end of "April. ' of Anteri'ca"- were now •lattneliing
WEDDINGS -W 'I .' "baidlaw' and Iwo vessc}ls a -day to ferry muni:
Elieda Hunter,. Harold' Thompson & tions ,and then to: the , world's -
bttle-fronts, The big bombers
Arrietta .Dahrher, James A. Wilson. ''were Shuttling 'over to England,
and Catherine Isabelle Mowbray, where 'comina:nders spoke ' canfi=
Harold Woods and,Jean Eileen Dah- dently of '1;000 -plane .raids err the
Mer, -'William Reed iiia Floreiice. Reich. The subjtigated trillions in
Lawlor,. Harvey Len Conley and Ina the Axis re.itl r were stepping up • •
DEATHS—Reuben Tiffiz<, Mrs.
John . Radcliffe, Donald Finlayson,
Mrs. Thomas Moore, A. B. Smyth,
M'rs. Elliott Sandy, WillianikaCassidy,
Mrs, Wm. Campbell. : •.
MAY
Quota for Lucknow and District
Red Cross branch set at $2,200,90i,
Vow teekl..stem..
tionsmet' fine• .respoirs'e and erupts'
was substantially exceeded. • .
J. W, . Henderson. disposed' of old
Lorne' rink to Charles Gillespie.
Albert Towle' observed his 86th
birthday. -
Misi Alba, Mi - ,bray engaged' as
assistant at post Office Succeeding
Fred Stewart, ;who joined the Postal
Corps. '
I1ar'r .Anderson;,senior employee
of Silverwood Dairies Lucknow, re'
tired -from service. ,
A check of official weather rec-
,the tempo of the Silent .battle of
the 'underground. '
• •clime
This • is the month' of. drama,
'though the- dnania did not burst
• U.pop the world until a • day: ih
November.l In the White House :at `
Washington 'P'resident Roosevelt
afid Prime Minister Chu -Chill dire
enaseti •'t1a.e:.war-,' ithe' a duct •o#
inn' o . the
the"and the w x f
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n '� ..
ave. ,
war" They tatted • against a grim
•:'background. - ' '
The' Wehrmacht was battering
the last redoubts of Sevastopol and
surging toward. the bon. The Af-
rica Corps book Tobruk and swept
deeply Into • Egypt. Despite Bard
eounterJilows—the •Red Army's
fierce-, resistance,- the R, A.:.. r..,1!
missive raid's, on the -Rhineland,
the•..A1ne.rican..Navys;.great ,ylctory
oft •Midway—the .United . •Nations'.
'were still losing. t
Such Was 'the cheerless canvas.
, . of . the global conflict- as thee' •two
• leaders• reached :a, momentous de-"
clsion. They decided on 'ar grand.
offensive to be Paunched in 1942.
It was designed, to 'win North •Af-
rica as a .prelude -to attack on the
Axis 'domain, in Europe: In utmost
secrecy orders went out for the •
s.tar•t oft immense preparations. . ,
.logy
Not since German cannon were•
heard in Moscow's: suburbs had.
• Rus ia's. peril- been' so grave. • The
' panzers rumbled again at Blitz.
pace. Thirty • thousand 'Aquare.
miles of fertile -steppe .'were' put.
behind- •them',within the 'month,
and . they . Were 'rolling hard
through* '• the • 'Donside's • ..;feather
grass; its rye , and. 'wheat, its and
i Cossack$hinges; .toward the 'Vol-,
gra and the Caucasus, If ',Hitler
could ,command .Pthe Ioyrer banks •
of •Russia's "Mother River," if he'.
could seize the .. Caucasus, , a ter-
rible,, pert apa;mortal, 'blow would`
be inflicted on the Soviet. Major •
oil resourees'; Would be lost, the
Southern •route. of 'supply, from the
Outer world 'via Iran and the, Cas-
pian'would be severed. . •
• The burden:of; battle :fay stilt on',
the broad back of the Red Arm*,
and-•theugh the cry went up for
a second, front qo ease the load it
was'yet in vain. The British• were
hard: pressed.. to. stop'. .Rommel -.
some seventy miles from the 'Nile
Delta: The ,United, States• ,needed
more time to mobilize. But,be-
bind the vi role .scene,• weapons.
from the• American mass-prodgc-,
tion lines' were moving ;overseas
and with- them- were •going masses
of troops:
August
'Most • Americans had never
'heard -Of Guadalcanal. They learn-
ed quickly, after themarines; ar-
' rivedabout. its 'strategic place in
the Southwestern Pacific. An air-
field hacked ,out of its coconut
l'gro.ves•-b the-Japanese•-eotald-edm-
Maud approaches to, Australia and.
the supply line between the . Un=
iced Statea,;.and the smallest con-
.tinerit. • When the Americans seiz-
ed' it,. they 'blunted` the farthest
proi7,g of, Japan's aavanees in Qc-
eania and changed.the' tide- of .
' battle •in' one 'corner of the' East.
The , Solomans ao;tion was ••im• -:
portant, -.spectacular and 'hearten-
ing, but the''' first • front was atilt,
Ressia. And in • Russia 't -he focus .
•'Was' Stalingrad. Tlie 'Wellrmacht•
Pushed' toward' ;the,1 ey city on the '
• Volga and ;toward the epic •battle
that may„,,,,s„ta,n;d°•as..stie._:V.�d:u.ti...,of.•-:-
Weilk1---War, H. Russia; more than.
ever, wanted asecond 'front. It;
fell. upon'"Prime. Minister .'Churc-
hill to .tell- ,Joseph Stalin • that' an--
invasion
n -intra iop of Europe could not be
.promised • for 1942,'. Instead, the
British• and Americans would' seek
to divert' :Get•man strength„by an -
attack on 'North Africa. ,
September
-'1'o sieg-heiling, followers is • Ber•,,
•liri's Sportstialast the F'uehrer de- •
elai:ed:' " We "mist hold everything
and wait to . see who tires • soon-
. est;" His words: were a significant
admission. His grand drive for the
East had Gallen short. •
In the. Pacific the initiative' also
seemed to ...he slippin , front .la pa- •
nese hands. , .• '
$ • ' October' , ,
a t'bwerful'•.Allied• .aetictat—in the
Solonrotis, across Egypt -Iratd the
• stage. ••
'On "the. ifattlegrounds the most
cheering news came from ;Cie. Solo- .
- mons, where a formidable Japan:.. -
nese fleet was repulsed by the
American Navy, Reports were tap'.
orable, too; from Alamein, where
the :British were battering Ronii
mel'e fortifications.
' November
The • whole complexion, of .:the
War changed. "
As • the Ani;ericans ' '•$plashed
'ashore in North Africa, the mo-
mentous decision taken in the
Vito Uouse' in June, 'the great-
secret preparations of ..Summer
and Fall, were revealed. A major
diversion had 6'een"'created -to .re;.
Ii ve R u ''a
e , R ssi a ring of steel crit
..being :forgech around Germany. The,,
crucial turn is World War.II seem
ed at hand. .
Hitler's reaction was. -strong and
essentially defe iv e. di
stetc
ed troops, t'o, Tunisia, key to th .
Central - Mediterranean. He occu
pied all France and snatched for
the -fleet, at Toulon, only to see •
it, •go down& self -scuttled. He and
the. -Duce had to. put aside the
dream of a. march to the. Nile.
•' December '
' Everywhere the IJniteit Nations.
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were on'the inove, or dealing ef;,
fective ''blows -in North Africa, in
Russia; in the air -e'ver, Germany;'
in. Oceaniap and 'in Burma. They
wee 4 -activating overseas' Franey
for a ..powerftij. role. They. were ,rfn=; -
dermining Italian .resistance with
bombs and propaganda. -Germany
".and Japan were fare-froiq beaten;
pit..seenred
certain. that they, were.
.girding' to„_ wrest back' the initis.
tive. But they: were much nearer,
to being beaten `than at the year's
start.,
•SCOUT I ..(
LRt.3. •
One. of Canada's'
busiest men,
Jackson,Dodds; •has'retired as Gen-.
eral Manager' of the Batik : of •
Menthreal,• • •A,lthou'gh holding .ono
.'of the•most•:importarit adrpinistra
'tive banking positions in the •coan-
• try, -,Mr. Dodds.has always found ,.
time for, ari aetive •interest in the
Boy 'Scouts Assoc"ration,being
chairman of the•.fi.nancecommit-'•
tee 'of th.e• Canadian General ,Court.'
cil. Mr. Dodds Wilreo'etinue tar ."
take an active interest in the. Boy.,
Scouts.'
F'orme'r. Scout ,leaders, • ,tow 'on
active .Sei~vice,' continue -to •give
service to, :Sc'o'uting, _ ,e.. Nova
• Scotia Previncia} Council _reports .
• •th t>,I?iin-roaiees of ,the R.C.A.F.,
. former',, Scoutmaster of 'St. Cath'
arines,' gives ,six nights a week to •
assisting troops in the 'Maritimes,:'
while Pat Evans, a former •Que-
bee leader, has made• 13 visits, to ••
.Maritime Troops. The'''two 'airmen:
,also conducted a leaders.' training:
• course at Sydney, N. S. ':
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Boy Scouts of Great ,:Britain ,
- played no• small past. i t-pxo.duc-ing.... •
the . greatest • harvest- in Rt itish
history, this past summer. Boy .
• .Scou.t. Troops all over the'nation
operated "Big for Victory gar-
dens; •acid raised thouss„and$ of .tone
• of vegetables fo' home consump-
;tion. • Canadian• Scouts supplied '
them, with'4,000 pounds of garden
seeds, •
Boy Scout§ of the Punjab,. In-
dia, at'e utourning.,the..txagic,deate..,., .. _.
of one..of the world's greatest
Scouts, Win.g..Conimander H.' W.
• ldogg, 'C,I.I ,, •O.B.E.,• Coi:nmis,' •
sioncr for, the State of: Punjab.
Commissioner •Hogg.,) uilt • up the ,
erg< nizatiori in that state from a
few :.-housa11d boys_ to more. than '
100,000',• He was 'killed 'by dis-
gruntled Ghaatli followers, to-.
gefhei• with his son, while, journey-
ii1g•td his, Air• rce•post. Com-
•,,,missioner5-logg rd as mu. -h• as any
man in India to .break down the
1.p�ryicrs,.,.of :carte; and scores of
his Bo't' Scout T coops hod,'a mem,
bership composed. of beye of all
castes.
�. * *
Dr. George I. Christie, Presi
.dent of the Ontario agricultural ,
• College ht, Guelph, told a rc cent
"rally of Bey Scdut leaders in ,To-
ronto • that 'the ear” has rooted
Canada of • many of its . brightest
young• men, and thus it 'becomes
essential that the Boy Scouts be •
'adegg4tely trained 'to' shoulder the
heavy .burdens that lie ahead..
Facing. a. salt shortage,, South
A•t•vva is tanking it from brine
'-pimped from shatlbet pits_
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