The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-05-20, Page 1•u'
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LUCIi NOW, ONTARIO TIIURSDAY, -MAY 20th, 1943
• EIGHT PAGES :
'ORGANIZE BLOOD
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'PONOR :CUN!C •
Pians were made locally -on
Thursday night,"fox the organize-
tion of 'a blooddonor clinic in
Lucknow.: Details of what is re-
quired of such ideal organizations
were:outlined by Miss Mary Irene
Foy, organizer of themobile.
blood donor' service of the Ont-
ari` division of the Canadian Red.
:Gloss, -
The, date of the first clinic to
be held in Lucknow . has not.; yet MacPherson was presented with
definitely—been -suet, :but *fl die
some time during the first two
weeks of June, it is expected. -
The. Lucknow clinic' will be
held in the basement :of the Un:-
• ited, Church. It will be' an eight:
bed clinic and about sixty-five
donors are required for the first
clinic.: S•ubseq-uent clinics will-be
held at periods' of about. "ten.,
weeks arid . by the•'tiine of the
thiEkd clinic: it . is expected that a
total of abont.,130 donors' can be
eaSTily .handled locally.
The emphasis 'is placed on male
donors,, although.;women are wel
corned if they have visited their
doctor. for •_ his, O.K. It is more
difficult to raise the vein in a
woman's 'arm, which« slows •. the
• work:. of -the clinic, was given. as"
one reason for the male sex get-
` ting the preference. However,
women arenot barred • and . will
no doubt be required; as donors,
particularly as the clinic quota
increases:
Tho local Organization as set
up on Thursday ::night is as fol-
lows: Chairman, Dr. " W. V. John-
ston;. vice-chairman, Gr'K Smith;
secretary,. Mrs..' George Jardine;
assistant secretaries; •M•rs.' J, •-„.C.
-McNab, Miss Helen MacDonald
• In . charge . of securing volunteer
nurses, Mrs” W. S. Reid; in charge
of equipment, Mrs. Wm. Hornell; •.
in charge ofk-refreshments, Mrs.
Garfield Ostrander; ,reception
committee, Mrs. W. V. Johnston;
' - 'George Cook; enta rnan, G. Pi.
Smith.
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PRESENTED WITH Ir ME
TO .OBaERVEMONDAY
AT ,GA:THERING FRIDAY. ' . AS PUBIC 'iiOLIDA.Y'
Mrs, Thomas MacPherson . of
dross, formerly Margaret Mc-
Quillin of Lticknow,' ' was the
guest of honor at a social, evern-
ing held at,..the home Of•Mrs.
Morgan• Henderson,, . Friday
with Mrs. Henderson' and Mrs. K.
L: Murdie joint hostesses.
An evening of bridgewas en-
joyed with Mrs. Wesley Huston
and Mrs. Hugh Cumir}g, the prize
winners. At the lunch hour, Mrs.
a Toyely:colrnbination table ai d
magazine rack.,In a short address,
Mrs. Morgan Hendersonextended
best wishes . to Mrs. MacPherson,
and Mrs.' Kenneth Murdie made
the presentation.
C:O.LO.NY._.OUSE 'BLASE::• .-
KILLS "BABY CHICKSb
Earle Hodgins of .Kinloss' lost
150 week-old baby chicks when
fire broke but in the, colony house
on Sunday morning. Cause of the
blaze is a mystery but is ettribut-
:ed to the high gales that morn-
ing. The fire. vas discovered, be-
fore it had 'gained Mitch headway,
and while the floor ,was,. burned
out and.. thechicks killed, the
building was not destroyed).
A nearby "pond of water, caus-
ed by torrential rains, was cred-
ited with saving the colony house.
Had this blaze got out of control
• » The secrettar-ial-work;: is..e0fsid= : "was 'tali►' whetiie�-the`'Club`
"Victoria Day, Monday .next;
Mayu 24th, will be observed in
L.iieknow as 'a civic- holiday,
and has been proclaianed .as
such 'by Reeve J. W. Joy*,,
upon receipt , of a petition,
large}�y signed by business" -
meat of, the Village
'The 24th is not included in
the list - of National holidays=
this year, but it is being .qb-
served in almost every centre
in this district, by ' _local pro-
clamation: .
clilmation: __-
OLD TIME MUSICIANS.
IIERE• NEXT FRI'DAY' •
The lull troupe of Old `Time
Musicians and, ' Square Dance
-Callers will make their first`: ap=-
pearance in Lucknow on Friday.
night of next week, May .28th.
The event ' is sponsored .by the
Lucknow` Branch of the Canadian
Legion. ,
Old -Timex Fiddlers, banjo play-
ers .and pipers will furnish Music
for all. the old-time dances, and
it will be a night when the `old-
••titners" can really 'go, to, town".
These musicians'. have played
repeatperformances to capacity
.crowds in Kincardine, and when
they come to Lucknow •next week
it is to be expectedthat the Town
Hall's capacity will be taxed for
the, event. ,
it would have, been impossible
to save the barn, it is believed..
CONTINUED RAIN
IS SERIOUS
'NURSES NEEDED FOR •
BLOOD DONOR ,CLINIC.
The assistance of graduate'nur-
ses'is required at the bldod donor
t;4inics to be held in' Lucknow'.
this .> summer, . and the \, first , of
which will be held early iri `'Juno.
A' minimum staff of about -1.2-
nurses . is - needed, for,•eachclinic,
and: graduate `nurses -who ' will'
volunteer their assistance, . are
asked toyregister the:iC names' with•
Mrs. W. S. Reid, Lucknow.:
A special appeal is made to all
graduates in the •:area covered by
the. Lucknow.:and: Vicinity branch
of the. Red , Cross, although the
services of those outside this area•
will also • be . • welcomed Nurses
who can' assist at any -or all of
these clinics- :are asked to regis-
ter.
PLAN- CARNIVAL
TO PAY ".FCR BOND
The Clansmen have . bought a
$500. Fourth Victory Loan Bond
on the• instalment', plan,.: and are
planning for a big carnival night
in June,' to. finance the purchase.
Decision to buy tfie bondwas
e ache d.-- at- a. -m e e -tin g- of -the •• Club:held.' on Monday night, following.
'the . salvage. collection. A ballot.
erable, as donor records have to
be corripiled . and , clinic notices
sent out: The : blood type :of all
donors is determined at 'Toronto,(lowed making the - vote, unani-
would 'b'uy a 41000 or .a $500bond;
with the smaller amount receiv-
ing the majority. A .motion .tel
•
and a record made for local use
in case of any emergency.
A staff of about twelve nurses
.is required 'for the clinic, and
"rehearsal" 'is held the evening:
prior to the.first clinic, under
the direction Of- the mobile, can-
teen' supervisor. Graduate nurses
are asked to register their names
with' Mrs. W. S. -Reid.
Mrs. Wm. Hornell, convener of
• the Red, Cross _Work Committee
has ' charge" of the equipment fol+
the clinic -which involves a good
deal of work ,and detail. •
Mrs. Garfield Ostrander, presi-
dent of the Women's Institute,
:waSe placed in charge of refresh-
ments. This does not come under
' - e —heal—rig of a Waal haTf hour.
ether, donors who have given
about three-quarters of a pint
of blood, feel the good of a cup
Of coffee and some toast and jam;
-which was recommended. °
Breakfast ,preceding the dona-
tion must' be fat free, including
cream and butter. •
Mrs. W. V. Johnston and:George
Cook are the "hale and farewell"
clinic 'committee, and• Mr. G, H:
rmith is contact man, a duty
hich includes receiving and tak-
ing care of clinic' equipment that
will be sent in advance from Tor-
onto.
Bronze pins• are presented to
thous.•
To raise this amount a carnival
night- .is to be : held on the - last
Friday iri June. Russ Creighton,,
who has put. on ,several fine per-
formances in Lucknow, will - a-
gain provide the show, and dance
music..It will be Creighton's last
appearance in•'' Lucknow, fdr • the
duration at least: He is going out'
of :the show , business but has ex-
pressed, a desire to bring one
more troupe to Lucknow~ where
he has always ' been kindly re-
ceived; He assures the Club that
this • show will 'be, a' 'grand. finale.
Committees were appointed ,on
Monday night. to get lJusy on
other carnival Blanc, which in-
clude .' a' prize draw, - carnival
garries, a lunch booth and danc-
ing. • .
Held Scrap .Drive
Prior to the meeting practically•
every member of the Club joined
in the; spring salvage collection,
when three trucks each -brought'
in substantial loads. Paper, rags
and bottles predominated, while
metal and rubber was consider-
ably less than previous ' col-
lections.. -
Salvage was tied, bagged and
boxed' ii' the best condition yet
and 'the collection was corripleted
in -little more than an hour.
LUa<NOW WENT
OVER `E. TOP
•
In, a whirind finish, residents
of Lucknow invested approxima-
tely.•$35,000 -during,' the last 'three
days of the; Fourth Victory., Loan:
campaignb to put 'Jucknow over
the top: _ •"
Returns at 'County ^headquart-
ers up to Monday of, this' week
for the Village, 'totalled $87,800
or 103 per, cent of the objective
of ',;a 5,000. When final returns
are.;-,._coru.pil ed_ ..this:..,. week ..:
now's , total- will -be somewhere`:
near the ':$100,000. Wednesday
morning it stood at approximate-
ly $95,000.
In the Third . Loan last •.Fall;.
Lucknow residents subscribed a
total. of $89,8.50 with an objective
of $50,000, to head the County '
on percentage.Of quota sales.•On
the 'basis of • last. Fall's record,
Lucknow's quota was shot up by.
$35,000 for the Fcitirth Loan.
'In returns up to the first of
the week: neither 'Kinloss,- As -
field or West Wawanosh attained
their • quotas, '
Kinloss .objective was raised in
this loan from . $3,0,000 , to $55,000,
and 125 orders were received • up
REGISTRATION NIL ,
FIRST OF . WEEK
Local registration of volunteers
to assist with farm work in their
Spare : time this summer, was nil
up; to the first of this week. As
well, only. one farmer had signi•-
fied' his desire to Obtain help of
this riatur.e. ;
Those intending to register in:
either case, should .do; so with the
secretary .of the local Farm .Ser
vice Force Committee; W. A. Por-
teous. Those registering place
themselves under no obligation.
In some cases. it appears that
farmers are lining, up their own.
"Coma aridos"..
.Farmers are :viewing with in'-
creasing 'alarm -the continued wet
weather that. has completely stop-
ped seeding for more' than ten
days, with little: prospects: of
much, if any, work being accom-
plished' this.,. week. And May 24th,
is generally_ regarded_as abo _t_,'
the deadline for finishing seed-
ing. , .
In _rare.; instances-"-some-are
through seeding. Many have ' a
few acres sown, but on many` a
farm there;isn't a kernel of grain
in the ' ground . yet. Some think
this is the preferable position to
be in, in view of the pounding
rains We've had - _ :.. :.i
A torrential rain a week: ago
Tuesday halted. seeding .alllast
week: The •ground. was • drying
nicely', the end of, the week; but
heavy . rains en Saturday, and
early Sunday. and •;again':on Tiles-
day,
ilesday, leave little reason' to hope
that any seeding will be done
this week, '
Sunday morning's rain was ,ac-
;�:-rte•-- t .� .....
bons: ai- b onit i o lu ai test %fermi oir i wo occasions....
dents have been•.donors at Wing- •be eligible for 4he pin.
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companied by'a cyclonic gale that
Continued most of theday, doing.
considerable 'damage and espec-
ially playing •hob with the shing-
les on Many barn roofs. In town,
T. • W. Smith's 'Sunoco . sign • ;was.
blown. dotgn and 'a section of the,
stack at the Maple Leaf .Aircraft
plant: developed quite a lean. •
But bad and,all as the weather
has been, the average farmer is
patiently. Waiting for the break
to come, firm in his beliefof h
"seed time and harvest''. . .
Some alterations° in crop" plant-
ing plans may have to be made if
this, Weather continues; but the
general view 'seems - to be , that
the, season is , from -three Weeks
to a month late, and that if we
get this "at the other end", all's
well that ends well. In any event;
*there has not been the usual -
spring growth to date, and there
rrd°w
• Wrll��urrderneath-j-stTl..-tliiS' .bemoaning
the weather:
EXTEND AID TO
RUSSLA APPEAL.
At the request of many .organ-
izations acid individuals the. ,Can-
adian Aid To Russia organization
is . continuing its appeal\ for cloth-
ing for Russia until the latterpart
toy-Manday :for total sales . of '
$40;900 - or 74 per. int " of the
quota, Sales in Kinloss last fall
were $36;5Q0:
Returns on . Saturday for Ash-
field listed ' sales of $82,600, or '
80.1 per cent of the objective of
$103,000. In th* last loan Ashfield
subscribed $71,459 of an objective
of $6P,300. 1 '
West Wawanosh also increased'. -
Iits purchases in this loan; . but
foil short of the objective. Sales
'on Saturday were reported" •as
$65;950 or 86.3 pet- cent of the
objective of $77,000, Last - Fall,
West - Wawanosh ' • subscribed '
'$62,650 with an objective '•, of:
$46,500. • .
Week-en,d returns • in Huron
County were - mos=gratifying-and-'
at .the• close . df business the Coun-
ty objective had been• 'oversub.-.
The. local committee is doing
likewise and contributions tothe_
fund- :wilr continue tto be wel-
comed at T. W. Srriith's garage.
Twenty-one carloads of cloth-
ing have been: shipped 'to Russia,
and ' while it is, a. splendid re-
sponse, it is: infinitesimal coin
pared with Russia's needs, as a
result :of .enormous sacrifices she
has made, and will continue to
make in the battle , for ...human
freedom. • , r, ...
j . June 22ndwill mark the sec-
ondanniversary of Russia's' mag-
nificent. resistance ., against the
Axis, and Dominion headquarters
plan to continue the campaign
until then; and make the week
in which the anniversary occurs,
a "Thanks to Russia Week",
marked • by an / intensive ;appeal
for clothing.
In keeping with :this plan the
local' committee will continue to
accept clothing \._donations-.. aud--
climax their- efforts .'during the
week beginning June 20th.
Graduates As ,
Public Health Nurse ' -
' MVM'yrtle . Graham • R.N., has tak-
en a . course 'at Western' Univers-
ity, London, and graduated on
Wednesday of this week as a
Public Health Nurse. -
BU'S VILLAGE HOME
Mrs. Melvin Irwin, Concession
2, Kinloss,, has purchased ' the
briek residence • on Havelock Al.
south, from Mrs. 'J. W Treleaven
tenanted: for"severa:l Yearsby 1Vir.
and Mrs. Wm. Youn.
scribed:with percentage of. quota
standing at 101.7 for total sales
of$3,092,950. • ,
Bruce County likewise over-
subscribed ibed + the objective ' of
$2,250,000. Sales up to ,Monday
amounted. to $2,413,550 or 107sper
cent of,the .objective._ . __
WON TENOR -SOLO CLASS
AT STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Lloyd Stewart, elder .son of Mr:
arid Mrs. Philip Stewart, won the
award in the tenor solo clasp,
under '21, years, at the Stratford,
Musical Festival las't.week. Lloyd
was the only contestant in the
class, but was awarded a park
of
of 84 for his rendition. •
Lloyd is employed in Stratford
and has been taking vocal les -
.sons... He -las -sung on several -oe— w
casions while visiting here, and ;
is developing quite .a fine voice.
Lloyd's test piece at the fest-
ival was•"Linden Lea" (Vaughan
Williams). Dean '.Collingwood,
making an adjudication of his'
work, reminded the audience that•
this was a beginners' class, not
for experienced singers but for
these starting out. "Thee•main es-
sential at this stage", he pointed
out, "is to get the voice in good
'order". Of the performance he
said: "Singer" had' forthright and
downright style, no platform
tricks. But he didn't keep it go-
ing. Got lovely touch of expres ,
sive legato teW.ard tJ eenol an4w ..Jw•
• A'. aT� IIw'4.]M" SIL' "fi i> f"J'• ..1., ....0 .,
ti
the pi s bili tie of the voice".--
os t, s
Marks 84. . '
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