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LUCKNOW; ONTARIO THURSDAY, JUNE 3rd, 1943
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Fifty -Seven Blood Donors
ttend First Local Clinic
. Although held at an earlier
, date ;than Was first planned,:and
, •on • comparatively short notice,
there were fifty-seven blood don-
ors attended the first _clinic held
'n Lucknow on Tuesday Morning.
The Red CT•QSS mobile unit, in
• •charge of: Min Akett and her
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driver, Miss liolmeated, arrived
when the work of setting
•a :nine -bed ."hospital" in the.
• basement of .the ',United :Church
.• •was completed: .The proeedureto
••beadopthd at the clinic was ex-
' . ••• plairidd by Miss •‘'Akett on, 'Mon-
•day.evening 7her staff of locar
assiatants:, .
• • : The clinic opened % on' Tuesday
• morning at nine o'clock, and the
work was *Carried out without a
•t•,, A /hitch; and Completedin shortly
. .• • •irnore than three hourS, and in
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' " • time to catch the• train' at: Wing:,
• ham early iri the afternoon tn•
• •• , • diSpatch. the blood donations to
C
• onnaught laboratories at Tor,:
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onto.
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•„. ' ,• The -mobile •unit went .from
• •her to. Goderich for a clinic on
• Wednesday.. and from there to
• Port Albert: • •
: A second clinic will be hOicl: in
• LuckpoW• in. five weeks, when an
entitelY new list . of :donotS:
• • ' be required, 4ncl....whnthe' num-
.', ,,her i1l b,e increased.• Donati-ons
(.•• can not be rriade. •moi' e freqUent-.•
•ly than aboht once in• ten WeekS.
• ••• •,•••"••. Local. corrimittet•s did ...1ztho
' ough.,''.and efficient :job. in •prepar-
- fifff-th crin ,a-nd- ey,„sry7plia re
•• ••• .•• of the iworlc• was -carried' out ,in
orderly fashion, ,withOnt..conges-
- tion.. ' • • • .• •
•• • ••_. Doctors in, attendanee.Were..D,r....
W. V. .Johnston, Lucknow; g'Drs.
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' Crawford and Redmond, Wing..
•'Them .and Dr. 'McCallum of Tees-
,-• water.
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'•The pu-rsing---staft -c-onsistect of -
Misses Cora McQuaig, Agnes Me• -1
• ‘• '• Quaig, Lena Robinson, IVIrs. J. W.
Donaldson, Mrs. K: C. Murdie,
lqrs. -Donald MacDonald, Mrs.
'Virilfred. Hackett, Mrs. Allister
Hughes, Mrs. Roy Finlayson, Mrs.
Wm. McGill, Misses 'It Woods,
Sidiejohnsfen, Hannah IVraeDen-
, ald and Mrs. W. S. Reid, conven-
, er bf the nursing cominittee. '
Five of the fifty -even donors
•, Were women.' The list of donors IS
as follow: • •
Ernest Ackert, Holyrood;
• vey Houston, R. 3 Holyrodd; Clive
Baynard Ackert, Holyrood;
Alex ,MacKenzie, R. 5i: George
;Ilassal, Mary Salkeld, Chas. K.
.".i.Shaddick, Gordon: Fisher, Morgan
Henderson, Lucknow; Wilfred
• Haekett, R. 7 Lucknow; Rexford
Ostrander, Harold Fine, Luck-
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• • • now; Donal." ..77J7M57cKenzie, R.25;
es Huston, Wat. Hamilton,:
ucknow; Blake Alton,.R. 2; peo.
ockhart; R. 5; Dr. J. E. Little,
• Stuart Robertson,.LuCkpow; Ron-
• • ald McCrostie, R. 2; Albert B.
Alton, R. 7; Otto opp, Dungan-,
• , non: Edward Finnigan, R. 2; Au--
burn;•Russell Altori, II. 7; Melvin
• Jones, R. 2, Auburn; Edward Mc-
Kenzie, R. 5; W. ,A. Schmid,* E.
M, MoLerman, Lucknow; Earl
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Gibson, R. 3, Goderich; Emmer-
son. Irwin, R. 5; Oscar Keiffer,
'''Jlolyrood; Manson eid, Tt. 1I-Jase
.Arnith, Sam Coffier, •Lucknow;,7
• Wm. J: Cook, R. 2; Mrs.' J. C.
• 1 • McNab, Harvey Webster, Mrs,
Ftank Canhiarn, Miss Lena Rah-
'. firsurrr-RtWz'.*:ct-Wf----Ft If i•
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Lucknow; Wallace Wilson, R. 2
• Auburn; Albeit • George- "Nadel,
NOCTURNAL NOISE MAKERS.
TO BE PR.OSECITTED •• .
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Those Who practise the honkirig
of horns or any other undue noise
during the 'Wee sma' hours of the
morning, within the confines Of
the corporation, are placing thein -
selves liable • to prosecution.
These nocturnal _disturbances,
are most frequent after dances.'
•The Matter was di cussed at. the
June meeting off the: ,Village
Council on Tues ay, when the
Board •decreed that such noise
inakers will be prosecuted
• PASSED 'AWAY TUESDAY
The death of Agnes Linda
• Lyons occurred shortly after mid-
night on Monday. She was Sixtyr
eight. years of age. The funeral
service was held at the holpe of
Robert Lyons; Con. 12, West Wa-
wanosli on Wednesday afternoon;
with interment in Dungannon
Cemetery. . •
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A OTHER SOAKING RAIN
dry Weekend , resulted in
q ite a• :bit of belated seeding
being done; but more ' rain • the
first of the: week has again halted
the work, and it looks as if bar -
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TO HOLD RUMMAGE -SALE,
FOR•_AID TO RUSSIA FUND
'To
'To climax the'local Aid to ,Rtis-
sia campaign, a rummage:sale is
now being planned: The sale Will
b'e held, in the arena at a de
to be announced later.
Anyotle whe• las any Saleable
article they wish to donate for
-sale, should get in touch With
any of the following meinbeit of
the, committee, J. R. „IVIcNati, T
W. Smith, Gorge H. 'Smith, Rev.
C..H. MacDonald.
DOnation-s--•-of- - from:-
household goods to farm,,stock
are very welcome. in fact,' any-
thing. that is saleable 'is eligible
for the rummage
MAILING LIST
CORRECTED MONDAY
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The Sentinel mailing list •was
corrected Orii Monday morning..
•Check the date on your address
label to see it proper credit has
been .given on. subscriptions paid
in recent weeks. "
'If your label •does riot :read
"June .43" or in advance of that
date; your . subscription has
pired. Prompt •,reneWals are re -
90 years •Old •
,Centenarian Thinks Life
Today IsMuchPreferable
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MRS. MORGAN iliNDERSON
HEADS ,LADY BOWLERS
The annual meeting of the
Lucknow Women's Bowling Club
•was heldin tbeTown Hall or.
Fx•idaywith the retiring presi-
clent• MrS-.' Temple Clark presid-
ing Th -9 13
ed a succeSsfur year.
•• Officers elected are as forlows:'
president, Mrs. •Morkan Render -
son; vice president,. :Mrs. Wesley
Huston; secretary treaSurer-,
A. W: Hamilton; games commit-
tee,- IVIts. TeMple Clark; Mrs. J. -W.•
4oyr4.and Miss Margaret Rae;•so-
eial committee, Mrs. A. Solomon,
• Mrs. R.'C. Rebeitsonand Miss
Helen Harnilton; membership
committee; Mrs. Charles Steward,
Mr. R. J. Button and Miss Mil-
dred Ritchie. It was decided to'
have the weekly jitneys each Fri-
-clay evening: • •• -
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quested; and inimediateattention
given subscriptions in. arrears.
•With-7the-co-our-of-our 'list
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this week, we eliminated a num-
ber of subScribers•who.have paid.
net. attention to the, payment of
arrears.: • • .• • , :. • .• '•••
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1ill. -
ey w be• th
e best bet now on
land that still has to be worked:
June was ushered in by rain early
• Tuesday morning, and which was
followed whin .24 • hours by a
cloudburst and electrical storin,
eariy Wednesday morning. Al-
imrst. an ineh of rain fell during
the two nights.' •' •
• MAY• RAINFALL-- NOT EXCESSIVE
- It rained sometime during the
:day_ on,each
in May, but believe it or not, May
rainfall was not excessive. The
total for the month w'as-3.3. inch-
es. Daring May of last year., rain-
fall totalled more than' 5 inches.
But all of this didn't' mean a
thing so far as getting the seeding
•done -War concerned. was wet,
'and plent§•• wet. But there's a,
reason. -
The .past winter was one of un-
usually heavy snoWfall, and with
no frost in the ground, the spring
thaw soaked the land.to the sat-
uration. point.' • •
May, was cool, with very little
sun; and frequent showers, which
kept the ground wet. Under ord-
inary soil conditions. these May
rains -virould have been of little
concern, as they totalled Only
average. rainfalr.
1-1" ghest.- tem p_erature_-__of 't• !•)
month was on Monday, when the
mercury. registered 78 degrees,
Oddly enough the lowest temper-
ature was on the first day of the
• month. It as 22 degree's,. There
have really been only three 'warm
days ih May, with temperatures
of 73, 75 and 78, and comparative-
ly little sunshine all month.
R. 2 Teeswater;* Donald McKin-
non, R. 3 Holyrood; Mrs. Wilfred'
Hackett, R. 7; .1./rier Johnston,
N. S. C lvert, Mrs. George Jar-
dine, . j: Button, N. H. Hedley,
Luckow; Fred -Ariderion, R. 3;
J. Alton, 4: 7; Alvin Charles
on, R. 7; Richard ,Elliott, R.. 3
• ciiptiditt• Arr-ToiThROTT,
J. L. McMillan, Lucknow and
John B. Ritchie, R. 3 Lucknow.
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YOUNGSTER DROWNED
RELATED TO LOCAL PASTOR
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Three -year' -old\ Bobby Stewart,
Who last his life by drowning,,
is -a cousin of Rev. J. W. Stewart
of. Lucknow. Bobby, son of*Mr.
and Mrs.! Clarence Stewart of
Strathroy, slipped into the Water,
of the Sydenham 'River on ,May
20th. The little body' was recov-'.
ered a week later, tangled in.
ubtnergect_ shrubbery.:•.. not, far_
from where the youngster :fell.
into •the• Water. ',The funeral ser-
e wat:lreld at-'-StratIrroy7-on
Saturday. ••
Mrs. Jr. A. Ward of St. Helens
is, we understand,' also,. a distant
relative of the bereaved parents.
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• CHURCH ORGANIST ,
Mrs. Durnin Phillip's of St. Hel-
ens hag .aceePted the appointment
•as organist •of' the United church,
succeeding Mrs. G. A. Newton..
and .ctimtnenced ICI' new duties
on Sunday. Mrs. Phillips • is also'.
helping. tp relieve the teacher
shortage, haying :returned 'to the
,profession. last February, to .fill.
a•vacancy at 'Fordyce. ••• • .
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Eli •JacqUeS,,, Who for Many-
yeara resided at Whitechurch, ob-
served his 90th birthday on. May
18th, at the home of his son in
Preston, where he now resides.
'Iggatless "Thurgday"
Meat • rationing started last
Thursday and for anyone who
forgot to buy Up some meat on
Wednesday, it proved to be a
"Meatless Thtirsday" locally, be-
cause village butchers closed up
-shop that morning andattended a
district • meeting, of • the •trade,
when details of the new system
Were f,tiVy explained.
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RUSS BUTTON
Gunner Fiussell. Fulten Button,
soh— aol;
ho is serving overseas
with the Royal Canadian Artill-
ery, IS listed as. "Seriensly ill
0.Tersear in the Canadian Army
(ACtive). casualty list, issued at
Ottawa Monday night.
Mts. 13titten received. •Word
from •Ottawa • last' Friday. that
Russ wasl suffering with ,pleurisY
and: effusion. No further news en
his • condition has"been •teceive?.1.
up to Wednesday morning, which
fact is eneouragindsto his family
and. niany_friends. •
• Gunner Button, who -marked
his 23rd birthday in Britain last
Wednesday, was born in Lucknow
and received his education .here.
• • He enlisted in• the Royal Cana-
.0LEi .TIME MUSICIANS dian Artillery at Listowel in May.
MADE HIT FRIDAY „ •' 194r, and trained as Camp 'Peta-
• •wawa as a dispatch ridet.' In De-
• There was .abig.crowd at th ceniber, it
Legion's -dance on Friday • night, overseas arriving in Scotland on
• althougl;{ good , seeding weather Christmas Day. •
the end of the week' affected the • After arriving overseas.
attendance and ,kept „it •below a Button served as transport driiVer
capacity crowd. •with an anti-aircraft unit. .Last
The Old, Time musicians pd.. winter he worked inside as a cook
vided Music for the event, and but since spring has been doing
made a big hit on their firit full- outside work again: -..
Gnr.'Button has fbur brothers
strength appearance in Lucknow.
.The 16 -piece orchesti-a included Ernest and Bill at home. rol'cij
the folloWing: pianist, Mrs,. ,Geo, of Hamilton and Jack at Windso
MacDonald; mimh8t5,• 'George' and one sister, Mrs. Alex MeNay,
MacDonald, Martay MacDonald, R. 3 Lucknow. .
Alex MacDonald, Mac 1ViacDon-
a
ald, Kenny MacLennan, George
Snowden,. Clive MUnroe,Albert
Tout, Jack Peterbough, Walter
Collins, Donald MeCharles and
-b.,
A. McLennan and Gordon boyd; in that, out of eleven new calves;
trap drummer; Dave Houstbn. ' ten of thein were 'of the male sex.
Male Calves Predominate-
° Mr: J. R. MacKenzie o'f Loch-
alsh, reports an •unusual occur -
Sney
observe4 his .100th birthday in •
Toronto •oli Sati:tiaa-Y, told the'.
Canadian Press that "life today,• .
compared with 50 or 60 years ago .
is certainly different. 1 think it
is a wonderful improvement".
-.$on-of a• pioneer- Huron--CoUnt-y- -
family,' Mr. Holmes Wasbernlori,
May 29, 1843, 'on a farm near :••
•TolinesVille, which bears his fara
ily name. The ,low , white house,
then' the home of hisparents:
still stands on a pleasant hill
slope a littledistance from the—
village. His pants, Samuel Mand
Margaret •Flolmes, came • from
:Dublin to found a home .in the •
Huron County diS:trict; more,-th:an
a century ago. Their family coni -
prised six sons and four daugh-
ters. • •
.$neyd.%Holmes waaed-
treated in the country school near
hiS home, and later after gradu-
ating from the London COmmer-
-Cial College, spent several years
in.New York to increase his
bui-
ness •experience. •*:
• There he was employed by
Park arid Tillford, a large 'Fifth
Avenue produce firm and later'
took over the management, of a
chain store in 'Brooklyn. But,
• finding 16 hours a day too ,stren-
uous, he decided to go Into busi-
•ness for himself, and returned to :
Ontario to settle in Ltteknovi;•
•where he established a grain and
fruit expert business, which he
conducted successfully for many
years, shipping largely 'to Eng-
land. In 1872 he married Alicia
Taylor, of London, daughter of
Wm. Taylor, inspector of sehools,, ,
andgranddaughter of .William
• Taylor, Sr., of • Trinity. College.
-faculty, -Dublin, ..vv-ho--esta-blished- •
one • of London earliest Schools.,
Mrs. Holmes died in 1911. .
and Mrs. Holmes settled in
Lucknow; where they lived for '
30 years, leaders inthe activities
of the, ;town. 'Devoted Anglicans -
they were active in the building ,
of- St. Peter's, the first Anglican:
Church in• the town, • and -*Mr.
Holmes was for 20, years super- • ,.
intendent of the Sunday, School,
andwas repeatedly cheien reC-
tor's-warden and synod represen-
tative. A rOyal. Arch Mason and
an ardent Liberal, he gave 'hi?,
Services to the -advancement df
his comMunity, where he was a
leading and beloved citizen. For,
tbout four years he 'Managed 4
hu'siness at Sault Ste. Marie.
' On his retirement,: from. -busi-
ness life, Mt. -Holmes :went to
Port' Arthur :where he resided
with his son-in-law and daughter,
r. and Mrs, W Coulter_Alrq
Coulter died several year's ago,
and a son, William Tayler Holmes
of Detroit, haS also Patsed• away.
A,claughter, Miss Irene E. Holmes;
graduate • qf Victoria Hospital,
L'ondon, lives with her fatherein
Toronto, where they took up l'eSk*
dcnce •only a tem:, weeks ago,. His
eldest son, H. "V. Holmes,, resides
inGoirie. •
Mr. Holmes, who is a Fenian
raid veteran, having served in the
'Seaforth Battalion, was honored
during the visit of Their Majes-
ties to Canada in 1,939, when he
was presented to The King i.;nd
Queen at. Port: Arthur.,
• The 100th anniversary of his
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arirt.TY'd efebrated-Ir
family gathering at his home,
5 'Evelyn avenue, Toronto.
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