HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-06-24, Page 1$2.00 A Year --In Advance; 50c Extra to XT. S. A. • LUCKNOW, ONTARIO THURSDAY,, JUNE- 24th, 1943
EIGHT PAGES.
STARS • PERFORM
• HERE. FRIDAY
•:u
-To-morrow • :night' (Friday)'
gives promise of the Lucknow
• Arena housing the biggest crowd
' that. • has ever ; . packed • into the
building.• ' • :
'. • it's • the `Occasion of The 'Clans•-
men!s;.Carnival,: and the -:last :ap-c
. pearance in . • Lucknow . Of Muss
.Creighton and hi,::/Band for the
duration ' of the war. Russ. has
I.. lined up a:super deluxe troupe of
vfxentertainers for his final appear-
ai ce. A • ..
.sharp ..,and,.' will , feature Ernie
Bruce, musial. wizard and coria-.
edian; • the. Goldsworthy Sisters ih
dancing and accerdian 'numbers;
. Clara Pe11ey;. Toronto's •star ' acro-
.• batic • dancer and singer, • and. an
"ace-in-th?-J-lole" performer, •'who
will :round out a two,•hour show„
second to none .presented here.
.. The: admission to • the 'Arena is.
25,, 'Cents.' for .everyone of :school
• • age and up. There is a ton of
Goal -offered as .a door• :prize .to
he - holder .Of the lucky ticket.
"hildren •of pre=school age" are
• .drnitted .free of .charge..
• The - Clansmen are . arranging •
for'some new>carnival games, and'
�,. ,there` wih ,be the ever -popular
bingo:. Russ ,Creighton and his
'Band' will • provide music" for
ney dancing. .
At , midnight; the' prize: 'draw
•• ' will be held, to decide the winner
of the bicycle, • d loner set, cedar'
chest.. and a: pair of" blankets. •
• Everybody's going . .to . The.
Clansmen's Carnival Friday night.,
There will also be 'a draw 'for
a 'quilt made by the • pupils of St.
• Helens school. ' Proceeds are in
aid of.•.the Lucknow' and Vicinity
• Branch -0 ',the..Red. Cross.
• Hayi , . 'fretting. Started:
Su er weather•is bringing
the liay`,: arvest. Some •cutting•has
• already , een done, and it •is `ex-
pected th:'t haying. will be in full•
swing next week, 'with an.abu i -
dant crop . in prospect. Although
• • there : have • been -no __farm. ,corn
riiaddos. registered, locally, • there
will no . doubt beta number of
• Village residentsassisting • with
--..7-haying. "arid-, harvest. `_ w_ ....
MASONSAND-,GUIDES
. ATTEND . CHURCH SUNDAY
, On ;Sunday' morning two .local
.organizations held their annual
church 'parade,. The Guides. and
The •Masons:
• TYie• Girl Guides, twenty-five
• s'trong, attended: service . _in. the
United . Church..: They were. ' in.
•charge of their leader, Mrs. 'N. S:'
Calvert, and the district commis-
sioner, Mrs.
ommissioner,-Mrs. A. E. McKim.r.A; very
apprcopriate"sermon was delivered
by Rev. J. W. Stewart..
At the same time rnernbers of
Old Light Lodge A.F. 8c ,A.M. at -
'tended Divine Service in ;St.
' Peter's Anglican church. Rev. J.
W. (Donaldson chose a5 his text
•lst Kings 7:22, "and upon the top
of the pillars was lily work:. so•
was the work of the pillars fin-
ished". • • • ,t .
Rev. Donaldson pointed • out
that as the lily work completed
1.nd beautified .the pillars, .no••
thing is,comp'lete without beauty.
Within: maxi there is an .apprecia-
tion of beauty that isexpressed
in a thousand ways. • '
In the Old .Testament there, is
strength but' no beauty. The New
Testament contains the lily work,
said Mr. Donaldson. There We
have God in all the beauty of his
' • ' natia.re. Our worship of God must
have the lily, work of. holiness and
the higher personality must be
drought out through the beauty
Cdr} holiness.
The choir rendered• the' anthem
"Ho'Iy, I-Ioly, Holy", with •Rexford
• Ostrander presiding at ,the organ.
em
Try a Want
results. '
JACK CAMPBELL :IN CAVIES,
RECEIVES ARMY DISCHARGE
Jack Campbell has return to
civilian life' .again, having .re-
ceiiied his' honorable discha ge
from the active army, • which be-
eame: effective; the end of ..the
week. • •
Jack •is bothered witha, spinal
,arthritis that 'causes him• a•.goocd'
deal of distress, and he does not.
expect to be able to go •tovork
for" a time. '
Jack was a member of. -the
Wingham'Battery before -going
active almost two years ago, in.
the summer of ' 1941. Since then
he has been stationed at such
points as Camp' Borden, Schilo,
Terrace and Petawawa' with the
99th Battery; in which he held
the rank of . Battery' Quarter-
master Sergeant.•-
TIMETABLE CHANGES •
EFFE.CTIVE MONDAY •• .
•
C :` R: timetable changes g' in-
to 'effect the first of the week, al-
though , up to Tuesday .the 'local
agent; • Mr. A. W. Hamilton had
•not •received any official word of
the new schedule' 'of hours. •
However.' the local postmaster,
Mr. H.. J. Lindsay, ,has, been ad-
vised that the noon train to Pal-
merston is due 'to leave the.1ocal
depot .0/ 12:10, which is 15 min-°
sites. earlier than at .present: The
afternoon • train is due to arrive.
•Lucknow.at 2.35. These ehanges
•become.,effective.Sunday June 27:
and Mr. Lindsay, advises the: post-••
ing ;of • mail ..accordingly.
Show. Change '
On account of The
'Carnival on,. Friday, "lV1r. ,myna
Mite" will be shown at:the Sepoy
Theatre .,on Thursday ;arid Sat=
urday. • •
Was Killed At 'Dieppe .
'We just recently learned that
among•. the Dieppe casualties 'was
Leon Mendelson, ..formerly of
Lucknow:. Leon's. father; who wars.killed
killed. in a motor accident at Rip-
1e -y a -'few -years-. ago., .was a:.former_
drygoods merchant in Lucknow:'
They . moved from here.' when
Leon -7 -and -.his brother ---Nathon -
were.:' .boys. , Mrs: 'Mendelson is '
living in the •.•States. .
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AT HURON -BRUCE.
CO•NVENTIOI -
The :nominating. convention of
the Huron -Bruce Provincial Lib-
eral Association. will be held -in:
the Town • I3a11, Wing.harri on
Tuesday ,;evening, July • 6th, •
The ;
Hon. Harry ` Nikon, .Pro-
vincial Premier, will address the
meeting. • .
The purpose of the convention
is to name, a Liberal candidate,'
to contest• the riding in the forth-
coming provincial election. The
M oron-Bru;ce--seat-• has- been -Vf, -.
'cant ; in the Legislature since the
death • of Mr. C: A. Robertson.
The • riding executive met in
Wingham last Thursday in con-
nection with holding a, nomina-
ting ;convention but deferred: set
ting a. definite ,date until receiv-
ing afurther word from Liberal
headsuarters,in Toronto.
This week Mr. J. R. McNab,
association secretary, :received the
go• ahead signal';for;July 6th,
when the Premier will be 'able
to be .present: •
Several prospective ;candidates
have been named, • including
Murdo Matheson of Ashfield,
Hugh Hill of Colborne, Raymond
Redmond of •East Wawanosh arid
W. J. ,, McKay :of Ripley.
ENGAGEMENTS
The engagement . is announced
of Freda 'Alma, youngest: daugh-
ter of Mrs. MacDougall *and the
late John •MacDougall of the Sec-
ond Concession, Kinloss, to Mr.
Leonard Finley, son of Mrs;' Mac -
Innes and the late Malcolm Mac•
Innes of the Second ••Concessiori,
Kinloss, the Marriage to take.
place early in July.
To 'Increase Pensions
Effective July lst, old age pen-
sions and pensions for the blind
in Ontario will be increased 15
per cent; . Hon. Farquhar ' Oliver;
Ontario minister Of welfare, an-
nouncedrecently. `He said the
cost, borne entirely by the prow=
ince, Will .amount to . $1,500;000• a
year and is considered as a cost -
of -living bonus.. The fact of . the
increase was announced "in the
Ontario budget in. March but no
figures were given at that • time.
TOOK TWO MONTHS
TO SOW FLAX CROP
The . sowing of the flax crop.
was , completed the end of the
week by .the firm of.J. G. Ander-
son and Son. From the time seed -
:Mg .started until., it 'vas cornplet-
ed, eight weeks had' elapsed:
•It remains to be seen what
kind 'of aacrop will be harvested
from this June seeding, but' the,
land. was under lease, and plow-
ed, so there was little else to do
but ' try the experiment, >, Flax
sawn -las + r A i a amu:. men
later than the finish of, any other
season.,
Advt.—They bring
'Li. 4
• KNITTERS .. 'WANTED —• • The
Lucknow- and Vicinity Branch .of
the Red . Cross urgently need
knitters for children's and we.
men's sweaters. • Please secure
the..wool at the Red; Cross Work
Rooms ' before July 1st.. -
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RUMMAGE SALE IS
POSTPONED FOR.., PRESENT
The rummage sale to have
been held here early in July, has.
been: 'postponed indefinitely; ' The
response -to . date to, the request_
for donations has not been suf-
ficient `to'assurea monster sale
and with ,a very busy season on
the -farms. getting_ .undermtay,_._.it
was' decided best `to cancel the
event • for the meantime. It is
_possible that..the safe will be ar-
ranged for fhe.. fall.•
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LOST" LEG NOW.
CAN
CAN. A?AI N:
A. little more than a year ago,
Warrant Officer Bill Scrimgeour,
son of Mr. and Mrs:" Jim •Scrim=
geour of " Milverton suffered a
concussion, a broken arm severe
facial contusions and lost his left
legwhen, he crash-landed his
Spitfire after the motor conked
over the.English Channel: Today,
'carrying' a cane 'andwearing an:
artificial. limb, he is elated .in the
knowledge 'that he , can fly.again
and', better still, figures he'll soon.
be back .•on,operations in a Hurri-
cane or -Spitfire. ••
"Those planes have hand-
brakes", he grinned the other day
at No. 1 I.T.S., where he has been
instructing. in -Theory of Flight.
"I just passedta test in a Harvard,
at Trenton and had h little _dif-
ficulty—but not much—in opera-
ting •the toe brakes".
Bill was returning from an
operation over Occupied Europe
whon his motor conked. "I figuro
it : must have been hit by •. flak
but .held on 'until I was almost
across the Channel. ,Then it gave
Out and although I reached th.�
coast of England •I couldn't avert
a crack-up when I landed".
A piece of metal cut an artery.
in his left leg, thus preventing
blood from reaching his foot and
necessitating amputation slightly
above the knee.
He- was in. hospital ten months
before being invalided home, then
c,e n.._ oe= E
one desire is to get back oh 'Opera -
.tions overseas.
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AUDR,EY HORNE .HONORED
AT SHOWER THURSDAY
Miss Audrey Horne, bride -elect
of thisweek, was guest of honor
at a iiiscellaneou's shower held
at the home of Mrs. Ken Mow-
bray ori Thursday.. eveninglast. c
• Hostesses foi this nicely ar-.
ranged' event; which.. took Audrey
completely by 'surprjse,. were Mrs.:
Mowbray and Misses Mildred•
Ritchie, Hazel . Culbert and
Marion Stinson.
Audrey., was the recipient of
many lovely gifts.
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-I/OLID-AY-• NEXT,-THUHS•DAY--
While we have received • no
Local confirmation, •it appears that
Dominion Day ` will ;be observed.
•in Lucknow next„ Thursday,. July
lst.. - This is in 'accordance ' with•
the latest Governmentdecree, al-
though some •centres are pro-
claiming the holiday on Monday,
July 5th. as Was" originally order-
ed.
PORT ALBERT. AIRMAN
DROWNED• SATURDAY ;
The . treacherous,: . waters. at
Piper's 'Dain, two miles, upstream
on :the...Maitland M'aitland from : Goderich, .
claimed :the life •of LAC. Robert.
Whitehead of Port .,Albert Air
—Navigation, School on. Saturday...
Whitehead,._:.a._native_:_cif._ Mai
Chester, England, .could 'not swim.
He got into .• difficulties• • while
wading;, .and -went ,down before.
'the eyes- of his wife, a , bride • of
two years and. •'mother of . a 5 -
months -old daughter. • LAC.
Whitehead. was 28 years of ag..q.
His body was recovered an hour
and• a •half later, .
FATS• HEAD LISt OF' • '
URGENT SALVAGE'.'. , •
Salvage continues' to 'play
'important 'role .in Canada's war
effort, in fact the. Department .of
National War Services says,•"this
is the . most important year we
have experienced in the,•work.of
..securin.g .saivage" . .
In order . of extreme • urgency
the, need'is listed in the following
order; -fats;- rr-retals;.••; particularly
•cast; .robber • tires, & tubes; paper
and rags: • • •
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—OBITUARY.
THOUS „ROACH
Thomas :Roach; ' an. .esteemed
and .lifelong resident of Kinloss
Township passed away at his
home on ;the Sixth Concession on
Thursday. He was in. his 78th
year. •
Born in. Ashfield,, he moved to
Kinloss with his, parents when
a child, where, he has since re-
sided.. Mr.:•Roa6h was the .•last
member of 'a family of seven.
For the past•four years he had
been blind and for two years was
Confined /to bed. He was constant-
ly and devotedly . waited . on „by
his loving wife, and- bore his of
I1iction with Christian fortitude.
Mrs. Roach, who alone survives,.
was formerly Sarah. Jane Ken-
nedy• Theya were married Fin 1899.
Mr.. Roach was' of a kind and
'happy disposition, and : made
many friends. He was a member
of the Lucknow Presbyterian
Church and was 'a regular at-
tendant • while health permitted.
The 'funeral service was held
at his late residence, on' Saturday,
conducted • , by • R. C. H. Mae-
t$onaid, ..assisted by Rev. T. E.
Kennedy of Sopthampton. Inter-
ment was in Greenhill Cemetery.
Pitllbearers were Allister Hughes,
Hugh Sutherland. Ambrose Gib-
bons, Stewart McGilli.dray, Philip
Archer and William Roach. Many
beautiful floral wreaths' and
sprays covered the casket. Friends
were present from' Wroxeter,
civ
.:.0 _ a9r•mron,
'Dungannon, Kincardine, South-
az»pton and London.
RESPONSE SLOW
TO GREEK FUND
Up to Tuesday.,noon, donations
.locally",to 'the Greek ..War •Relief
Fund toted only' $28.60.,
The local campaign,• sponsored
by. the Village Col (ncll, is part:•
of a nation-wide;.•campaign-. to • •.
,raise' half a million -dollars..The
closing date of-the.D.omhip on'cam-,
paign was set • for.. Saturday of
this • week, •but due to • the poor -
response locally, • the campaign:
here will be extended to Satur-
day, July..3rd. Donations are r..e
ceived at the. Municipal. ffice:
The Canadian.. Government as.. •
approved the • campaign..A11 mon-
.collected • will be .spent thru . .
the Canadian Red Cross to•.assure • ,
rock -bottom prices and all Sup-
plies Will • be- distributed under
the direction of the International'
Red. Cross. .• • . w
Donations up to. Tuesday noon.
• :6p
are as follows: a
W. G. Andrew ' • , $5:00
' Marion McPherson 2.00
Mrs, M. MacFarlane .... ' 1.00
Jas.;' H. Pickering 5.00
Gordon Taylor t` . 1.00
Mrs. Wm. Blake, R. '7 5.00
Campbell Thompson ;2.00
V. N..Prest• 2.00
Mrs. A. E. McKim: • 5.00
Here are . some of the conditions-
that Canadian •dollars, and Can-
adian wheat and Medical supplies
twill-"liel�to alle-vrat�: - � -`-�"_
About one-fifth of the entire.
Greek nation = some 1,500,000
men, women and children — has
been, wiped: out or .crippled for
life by starvation or disease since
the .Axis' prostrated Preece • two
years ago, according` to reliable `.
fi ures in possession of the Greek
War. Relief Fund in Canada. 'Mil-
lions nlore are dying, or slowly
being. incapacitated 'today, as'
Canadian relief so 'far has res-
cued little more than 50 per cent'
of the 6,000,000 Greeks .tiU cling-'
ing to life: •"
A typhus epidemic now is rid-•.
dling large centres, aided by lack
of soap and equipment for. ster-
ilizing clothing. The'.sp'ring mal-
-ria_ of Greece' is taking --heavy
toll among people whose diet for
'two years has ranged 'from leaves
;and acorns to- bread• '-anti•• soup, with fats and proteins sadly short..
Tuberculosis' is developing .:in
thousands of cases .as sequel
to the' malaria. Infant mortality,,.
while arrested • since - the Greek
War Relief Fund has' been ship= •
ping cod ,liver oil and powdered
milk, is still high. Among child-
ren under ten, the death rate has
been running twenty times above
the, pre-war average, •�
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• BORN •'
ROUSE. — In Goderich General
Hospital on Saturday, June 19, ,
1943, ' to Mr. • and . Mrs. • Sidney
Rouse (nee Evelyn "Whitby), 'a
daughter.
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COX—At. Simcoe General :hos-
pital on -Sunday, June .20, 1943, ,
to Mr. , and Mrs. Fred Cox of
Delhi, a .daughter.
Bruce Member To Retire �
'John W... Sinclair, ...member, of
the'Ontario Legislature for Bruce;
has announced his intention of, re-
tiring and will, not seek re-elect-'
ion in the forthcoming ".provincial
election. •
Before' election'to the Legisla.�
tore he was reeve°of Arran to ih-
ship. and warden, of •Bruce Co.
He says 'that one factor in . his
deeiSion to retire is shortage of
help on the faits..
ALL SCH•QOL VACANCIES1,
APPEAR TO DE FILLED
During, the pat the tW
remaining vacancies' ori the High
School staff have• been filled.
However all the contracts. have
riot --ye --
they are, the Board •members are •
keeping their fingers crossed.
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