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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO 'THURSDAY, JUNE 17th, 1943••
TEN PAGES,
Inactive For Long :Period, 1
Surrenders `Charter To�Grand Lodge
Lucknow ' Lodge No. ,112, In- ARE PREPARING FOR
dependent Order of Oddfellows,' CARNIVAL NEXT WEEK
hassurrendered its ''charterto
Grand Lodge, and thus officially- A, work Meeting of The Clans-
teases • to exist; The lodge has men is being called ' for Friday
bef��n : inactive for a long period' evening to put the arena in readi-
w th little enthusiasm evident for nessfor the monster carnival to
an endeavour to restore it 'to the be held . on. June 25th,
_place of importance,. it:_.once;'.held, . T: Russ Creighton, on:his-fi�%al ap
in local and district fraternal or- pearance here for the ;'duration.,
ganizations• ' assures the Club that the' talent
All members'. in, the district the is rounding up for the', per
were notified ofm
a special eeting' 'forinance, will be the best•he has
held last Fridayevening in, this ever brought to Lucknow. He will
regard. This .was a final effort have several sensational acts fea-
to try and avert the collapse. Of -curing' dancing, singings comedy
thelodge, but as only .a. quorum °and instrumentalists: ' •
attended, - there wad- no other Creighton s Band will provide
course left but to surrender the music for jitney dancing and
charted • •• there will'bet carnival
games that
. The meeting was'presided over appeal to.,everyo, ne.
by D.D:G.M. H. A. Carleton. of There is a big demand for tic -
Ti erton,. • • kets :in connection ;with the prize
rand Lodge now assumes all
draw to be •held. `at midnight. ,A
assets and liabilities of the local bicycle heads the list of prizes
lodge. It is possible however that valued at over $125. Tickets can
some of *the furnishings may be • be obtained from all Members of
made available to Jewel Rebekah • the' Cub. They sell • at 25 • cents
Lodge, hichis-actively unction or five•--for--$1.00
ing and meetsin' the •L0.O:F. Hall. ^' a
Lookingthrough a; Sentinelof •
forty years ago, . we find adver- DOMINION DAY TO
• tisernents of seven different BE OBSERVED JULY lit'
lodges in the Village: They were
The Federal ' Government- 'ree-
Frien. df For -
stets, Independent Order of For- Day would be observed on Thurs•-
Ancient ' day, July 1st. Some time' ago
Only Ottawa 'announced that the'ha=
O.L. re- iday would be held 'on Monday,
July 5th. . 9
records it
,
n' .1873—
.seventy book
• es; dated
Somer-
ville
member of
- :,. _ is, ..Mr...
who •iso
ow, and
ship to
Mr: Elliott
al: lodge'
December•
of
Member. He
egree.50
Old Light Lodge, I:O:O:F., Chosen
Friends,' Canadian Order
seers, L.O:L., and the
Order. UnitedWorkrneri
Old ight Lodge and: L
main today. , :
From a perusual of
appears that the local
Lodge was estakalished i
seventy years ago. A ca
recording payment offe
May •9, 187, lists .James
Ville as member ' number
The oldest living , me
Luc'know, Lodge. LQ Q.l'
John .Elliott of London,
still, an :ardent Oddfell
transfered- his member
London npt long ago. ,M
was initiated into the lac
ahnost:65' years ago, in
1878:,
1V1r. J. S. MacKenzie
is also a veteran
received his initiation d
years..ago..last Friday.
Olivet )r. P. U.
The meeting opened' by sing-
e,. ing hymn 562. Lovell .,McGuire
read a prayer followed by the roil
call, "Your favorite hymn". The
minutes were read by Jack Mc-
Guire and the scripture was read
by Alice.:Barkwell. Mary McGuire
took the topic. Rev. E.. Beech gave
a -alk. Contests wete conducted
by Jessie McCharles: • •
"THE..RAMBLEV WRITES
FOR 'THE SENTINEL
Commencing with thisissue we
, publish the . first of a series of.
articles written by "The Ram-
bler". The. Writer prefers to use
this peen name, but he is a native
' of this . •comrmunity, and is now
With ' the Royal Canadian 'Air
• Force,, His duties require him to
do considerable travelling in Eas-
tern Canada, and no doubt most
I of this series will be based on
servations made- on these, .tra-
e s.
BORN' • .
lI4 •'
oral Hospital on 'Thursday, June
10th, to Mr. and Mrs', Clifford
Kilpatrick, a , ' sari,
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WIL-ENTELTATNS-
KAIRSHEA CLUB
. Members of the Kinloss Kair-
shea Club were guests• of . the
Lucknow Women's Institute' at
the regular June: meeting • held, in:
the -T6WiFHa11 with*Mrs=-Ostrand-
er presiding. Oyer -eighty •mem-
hers, and, ;visitors.. were - present.
The roll call was answered 'by a
verse ;front an old school. book:.
Mrs. D. McKinnon, secretary of
the Kairshea Club, called the, roll
for the visitors to which many
responded. A report of the dis-
trict annual meeting held at
Whitechurch was given , by Mrs.
W. J. Douglas. Mrs. J. W. Donald-
son gave a splendid- talk ,,on the
topic, "Making the best of what
we have' j and Mrs V N Pt
r•
es
gave an, instructive talk op.. the
city of Montreal. Mrs. Bert Roach
contributed a reading. Musical
numbers were a4riolin' and guitar
duet by Misses Mary and Helen
Durnin; •a piano duet by "Mrs.
Philip . and Miss Marion. MacDon-
ald; vocal solo by Miss Margaret
Rae and Miss Catherine Agnew;'
a violin solo by Mrs:,Ira Camp
_be11..._iwith._piano accompaniment•.
by Miss Gladys Campbell, all of
which were much enjoyed.' An
amusing skit • "Uncle . Hiram's'
Cold" was presented by Mrs: Mor-
gan Henderson, Mrs. Wesley Hus-
ton, ., Mrs. Elmer Johnston, • M•rs.
N. S. Calvert and Mrs. Clark Fin-
iayson.. Groups were formed ac-
cording to birthday months for a
"Berry" contea't which was ih
charge of Mrs. T. Salkeld:" -On be-
half of the visitors Mrs. A. Me-
Intyre and Mrs. D. McKinnon ex-
tended thanks for their entertain-
ment.. Lunch was served and a
social time .enjoyed. The singing
of;, the National Anthem brought
a , e leasant aftern.o e
Al
FREE DENTAL TREATMENT..
BECOMING QUITE POPULAR
'Free dental treatment which
has been. received ' in Lucknow
( Public ,School. for . •the . past few'
years,, is winning favor .through-
out the district. " , •
Recently free•: •dental care *as
approved : for all pupils in ,Ash?,
field Township and at their last
meeting, members of Huron Twp.
Council voted , ir1. 'favor of free
dental and medical inspection &
treatment for- all public,:sehoolr'
pupils in. the Township. • v
The, pupils of Union School..
section No. .14, West and East`
Wawanosh are•also receiving free
dental treatment and . the trus-
tees. brought . the children . to
Lucknow -recently where • they
had the necessary work attended
to. `
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LITTLE RESPONSE YET TO
RUSSIA OR' GREEK APPEALS
During the past week there has
been'a scant response to the ap-
peal for funds for Greek Wax Re-
lief, and for ,donations. for the
rummage sale in support •of the
Aid •to Russia Fund.
The:. -Creel- campaign:--is-se-hed--
uled to end in ten days. The. rum
mage sale is•to be held early in
July„but the committee is anxious;
to have.donations listed well In
advance:
Those who intend to make rum-
mage sale donations,, are request
ed to notify G; H. Smith or T. W.
Smith at . once.
Baking, fancy work, furniture,.
produce,: livestock, :and all such
saleable articles are wanted.
NO EDIXORIAL PAGE.
• In spite, of two extra pages 'in.
this. issue, a last minute rush of
news has crowded out the editor-
ial
ditor-ial ': page this' week.
• TAKEN . FORA RIDE
Following their marriage on
urd
Satay,. _morning, Mr. and -Mrs.-
Clifford Menary were really
• taken -for a. ride.. The bride, Rena
Hunter, was an employee at. the
Maple Leaf Aircraft and•her girl
friends went to great pains in
elaborately, decorating a truck on
which the bride and ;grooi7ii were
perched for a- tout of 1 the town.
As if this wasn't enough, another
group "enticed" the newlyweds
into a flag decorated trailer,
drawn by ' a tractor, for another
jaunt.
TWO VACANCIES
NOYET'. FILLED
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Although members. of the Board
of Education keep•the. telephone
and telegraph wires hot, so • far
it. has been •'without success. Up
to Wednesday noon,' two of three
vacancies' on the High'. School.
teaching staff remain unfilled.
Five applications for one posi-
tion. were. considered favorably.
Two of them When -contacted by.
phone had accepted positions.. The
other three, who could not be
contacted by phone, have been
Fair Directors DecideTo .Hold Show
Assuaig;SetDMBackA.Vfeek
;UNVEIL WINDOW IN
MEMbWY OF SISTER
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°Emina McCluskey :spenf Sun-
day' in London and attended the
unveiling and• dedication • : of ' a
memorial window in memory of
Miss. Annie Stevenson; in new St:
James Presbyterian Church. w - •
The window is the ;gift of :her
brothers, Dr. H. A. arid •,Dr.
Stevenson. Dr. H. A. Stevenson
has since passed away, ' andthe
unveiling; was performed by Dr.
W. J. •
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HELD TRONS'SEAU TEA ..
Mrs. W. A. Culbertlj was the
-hostess at her . home last. Wed-•
nesday. afternoon . and evening
when she entertained at • a trous-
'seau tea in honor of tier daugh-
ter, - Miss . Cora Culbert,' 'bride-
elect.
• The Missese .Helen Anderson &
Ferne TAlton. assisted .by__ display._
trig -the . trousseau, while Mrs.
Cecil Blake and I\trs. Leonard
Crawford served tea and dainty
refreshments to the many guests
Who' were received at. the .door by
Mrs. Culbert 'and her 'daughter;
Miss- Cora. Early 'summer 'flowers
were. prettily arranged through-
•out the various rooms. ' '
A meeting, of the directors of •
the LucknowAgriculturaj. Society
was held . on Saturday evening to ' '
discuss the advisability of pro-
ceeding with the Fair this:year.
It was considered. that if:the •
Fair was dropped fess the .:dura
tion, it might not bei revived
-gall;, and the meeting favored
'going ahead with the show, . and
putting fortuhe'p special effort to .
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make ,it a success. .
With prospects of a late -har-
vest,
dates.' of the Fair were set
back to 'Thin, ••September 30
and • Friday, October 1, provided
they do net conflict 'with Dung-
annon• .show.,...
The meetingwas presided over,.
by '.President John Farrish;, and
although directors . were Tate in.
gathering ,, ,there were fifteen in
attendance.
Appointments' were made . for ..
revising the prize" list with.'
changes to : be in : the secretary's
hands' by ,:the' end of next: week.
The revision committee includes
John NlcQuilhn; i;': G Todd, A.
Gaunt and Dan T McKinnfin for
livestock; :James ,R: Hackett and
Wallace Miller for poultry, roots;
vegetables,; grain and fruit; Mrs:.'
A, Ackert, Miss Jean Lyons and
Mrs. Garfield'Ostrander. for dairy
and table supplies and the ladies'
department; G, H.. Smith and S.
C. • Rathwell for fine arts. and
•I. flowers. •
It was emphasized that school
children's competitions should
play an important role at the •
Fair. The promotion of this fea-
ture is in the hands 'of 'a' Fair:
The publication of an • adver-
tisement regarding proky 'voting committee previously appointed,.
by the armed forces overseas;including. G'. H. Smith, convener;
dispels any doubt as to there be �,' Wallace Miller, Andrew `Gaunt,
ing a provincial election lh"Ont- Sam Alton, Wilfred' Hackett;Fred
JULY ELECTION
IS FORECAST'
• .k'
ario this summer. Ma-rtin,-Austin` Martin, Alex An= .
What, still 'remains unknown drew, L. C. Tho npson, D. T. Mc-
' Kinnon and Adam Mc_Queen,..aug- . -.
however,_ a_*e :datew.of. _the.. vote:
The "experts" forecast that July' mesnted by the addition of 'a num-
27th; willbe the date of the elect- ber of district school teachers.
The collection cet
ran. Premier Harry Nixon:'is' ex • ri nittee . and •
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committees to interview, :munici-
petted to, make an annpixncement pal councils are :being .advised to
in thisrespect within the `next coed
ten days. w pro with their assignments at .
once. The success of. the Fair de=
• In the Huron -Bruce riding,
John ...'Hannah was. recently set- pends on the enthusiasm. of the
directors . and in what .manner
.ected as. 'thell.Progressive Conser- they carry out the work assigned
vative candidate. So far the'Lib them.
eral candidate • has not been
named, but we understand that
the Liberal Association• executive RUN, INTO DIFFICULTY
meets this Week to discuss' hold- IN' SECURING PENS_
ing a ,nominating convention. This
riding, has. not been .represented The Lucknow, Fire Company
at -Queen's Park, since the death has run into difficulty in securing
of the Liberal member, Charles' fountain .pens; which they present
A. jtobertson.
-The C.C.F..has indicated that this Village:.
their.' party would have candi- • More than sixty name -engraved
dates in many constituencies but pens have already been purchased .
sofar there has been little 'talkat almost .cost price of over $3.00
of a 'third party in. this riding. each. ,:The only pen available at
To Vote By Proxy present would cost a great deal
Proxies have arrived overseas more, so the Companyhas decid-
for the armed forces, Who were ed in the meantime to hold their
residents of Canada- for • three
last order for 18 pens, as the other
months and in Ontario. for thirty pen lifay be available again short
days prior to. enlistment. The lye
proxy' vote must be polled in the • .
to each one on active service from
sent . wires,, but no ., replies_ha_vc_ riding _.:in._ -which -he or shy 're •HARVE-ST-PROS--
been received : up to the time this
is written, "
The chances of securing a
science teacher by application to
succeed Mr, Calvert, seem almost
hopeless. Only one lady teacher
.has • a'pplied for this , post,' but at
least one male teacher is required
on . tile Board, ,It -is possible a
sided for thirty. days before .en-
listment. _ • .
"Ari agent may. hold any number
of, proxy• appointments under cer-
tain degrees of relationship.
Otherwise "he can only cast one•
proxy' vote. .• k
. It ' is recommended that rola-
tines and 'friends- Of, members ' of
iftraR+� �a► �.., •ey=:iia
• secured from University gradu-
, Try a' Want Advt, -.They bring ates, •who Will take�a shgrt course
results; ih science during the holiday. .
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'AFFECTS. HOG RAISING
1 Failure -to get some lands Seed-
ed this spring, as well as gener-
ally spotty catches, lends little
lyope,of anything like the bumper
crops of last Year. This condition
is said to -have had a marked af--
fent' on hog production in this.•
Weanlings and' chunks has drop-
ped sharply, • and 'many farmers
are disposing of their brood sows.
aria: forward appointment forms
to be filled out. Details are given
in an advertisement in this issue.
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