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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,- ONTARIO- 7" THURSDAY, JUNE 24th, 1943
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BLOOD DONOR ArgkrIONS ANSWEREP
Within about4Clko'weelts-the -second blood
donor chnic will be held in Lucknow, when at
least one hundred donors are required. This
is in keeping with, the expansion oft.. Canada's
blood donor artily to. attain an ,ohjective of
12,000 donations weekly.
Many are not familiar with the purpose. of
-these clinics. and what iSexpected of the donor..
Questions -m.0#, frequently asked are answered
• THURSDAY JUNE 24th, 1943 , in the following summarization of .this vital
service conducted by, the Canadian Red :Cross
EDITORIAL Society
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• -Why: does the' Canadian Red Cross need',
A NATION: THAT IS STARVING ° blood? :,• *-
• • Dried serum can only be made from human.,
• , As Yet there 1•1as been :little resPon:se to , lalood. This serum is needed m Very large qtkan-.
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the local appeal for donations to the Greek.War Wes for the treatment of inerqers of our
Relief Fund. We. h/
have no doubt, however, but . Armed Forces as well as ciVilians who are war
that citizeni'ilL this ,Conunimity will respond . ' casualties. Canadian dried blood serum is now
liberally--to-this-eanse, As they.- have: to--411-iat1ier--7.-L-- -being used -on' ..all_fighting
war undertakings. • .
• But the time is short. The closing ,date of
this Dominion -wide campaign has been set for
•• June 26th, ,SaturdaY .of this week. The local
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campaign is sponsored bytheVillage council.
• , • Donations are received at the..Municipal Office.
1VIake yours today. • • ' ' • -
So that' the Nazis may eat, they have sub-
lected the occupied and 'conquered countries of
Europe to a policy of hunger and starvation.
The Poles,,The Jews, The Greeks are among
those suffering, most. :The Greeks, because they•
• sought to uphold and defend their freedom and
independence. In this they were successful a- •
against 1V,Iussolirti'S hordes, but they were no
match for the German. might. After confiscat7
• ing their food and wealth,: Germany disclaimed
• responsibility for feeding the conquered Greeks.'
' AS you read this, literally thousands of
Greek children and adults are dying of star- •
vition, with -death reflected -in -the -faces -of
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• Who are Eligible to donate Bloo
• All men and women in good health, be-
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tween the ages of 18 and. 60. Women, should
' get p certificate a fitness from their doctor
•:prier. to the clinic. , •
• How do I ',know whether I am physically
fit' to donate my 'blood?•
When prospective donors arrive at a Blood
Donor Clinic they are interviewed by a phys-
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• ician. If the donors are found to be under par
they are advised to consult their family doctor."
How much blood do I donate? • •
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450 c.c. which equals about 3/4 of a pint.
• Do I have to go mica special diet before
• Donations?•• •
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Only for the meal immediately preceding
• the donation. which Inuat be free from -fats.
• A list of Suggested foods is supplied to donors
lay the Blood DonOr Clinics.
• Do -I -have -to. undress- at- the Clinic? -
• • t th• is entire race unless foal reaches them • , No. Since the b ood is a en orn
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soon. So' alarming has become the' condition of
these people that the block4le was lifted to
• permitmonthly shipments of Canadian wheat •
•,s to reach Greece , as well as urgent medical
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• supplies. Distributionl, of these life-giving nec-
essities is' under the direction of the Internat.-
- ional Red °Cross., • ••,
But it takes money to keep boat loads of
food enroute to Greece. That ,is why Canada is
now contributing to the Greek War elief Fund.'
• The objective is half a million dollars, and res-
idents of this Community are asked to do their
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share. • •
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We in Canada Cannot grasp the meaning - of •
hunger' and starvation. But it. is a fact; not •
propaganda, that. in Athens alone last winter
the death rate was -500 a day and at times as •
,high as 1700 a day. The 'normal peace time death
•-rate-was -40-persons a day. •
• But the tragedy of this brave people,
• ,not, so much the dead that are picked from the
streets: each morning, as the skeleton .children
who fight over garbage •cans •in search of 'a •
• Mouthful of food: • Entire families -stalk. the -
street begging together, including feeble moth-
•ers with infants at their dry breasts an.dlphan-
tom children( whose mentality- and phySique
may in rrianY cases be permanently affected \
without early and sufficient aid. T.• '
Everywhere are to be' seen 'abandoned
•children. Parents bury' their children and walk
' from the cemetery 111..y -eyed. Others keep the
• death a secret,' so they may retain the food
• cards in the hope of securing a few more grams
' of nourishnient for other members of the fam-
ily. - •
This. is' not a fantastic 'portrayal of con-
• ditions in Greece. It is the truth, and it is such
'conditions ,that your dollars can help to alle-
Viate.
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•'MORE HOLIDAY CONFUSION
Officials at Ottawa .have again "stuck their
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neck out". Several months ago it kas decreed
that'Dominion Day would be observed on Mon- •
day, July 5th- and ,now, with some municipal-
ities, and many individuals having plans made
• accordingly, Ottawa announces that' the holiday
will be held' on Thursday,. July lst.
. The original idea of the Monday observance..
of all public holidos, . was to prevent a inid-
• week break in war prodUction, and at the same
• ' time, the long week -end was preferred by
• many' who keep their nose pretty clOse to the
• grindstone. •
' Nevertheless it seems. to us that a day with
so much significance to Canadians 'ai. Dominion
"Day, is not one to be toyed with and should
be observed upon the day. on which the holiday •
falls, That is •what Ottawa has now decreed,
bnt the_ confusion has already been created.
• Some municiiratitierhtv2e-i.lrocraitireton-
day,,July 5th as the day for this holiday, but
•ThurAd•ay, July 1st is the day being Most gen-
erallY observed.! •
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On ,,,the; inside of the elbow, the donor is only
required to bare the arm.
• is it very painful to donate blood?
• N. The area from which the blood is
drawn IS anaesthetized.• .
How is the blOOd taken. and by •Wlioni?
Every Clinic is . equipped with beds. The
clOnor rests on his back with one arum :out-
stretched sideway S: A nurse Cleans the insAde
• Of the elbOw with antiseptics ready for a phys-
ician who first injects a small amount of
• anaesthetic and then introduces a hollow needle
into the vein: The blood then flows through a •
tube into a sterile bOttle. When the needle. is
removed, a sterile dressing is applied,
How long does this take?
It takes • only 'a few minutes for the clona.:-
tid-o td be given, but the person remains on the'
conch • for about five . minutes afterwards. Tea
or coffee is. served -with-toast -and .CookieS'iti-
the refreshment robm. Usually it is.Possible to
leve the Clinic within 45 minutes. •
What is done .vvith-my blood afterwards?
The blood is processed as -speedily as pos.
Sible. The serum isi withdrawn and after the
• necessary l tests are made; is pooled and dried.
It is the dried serum, packed and. hermetically
sealed in tins; which is sent overseas. •
• Does the Red. Cross SOciety pay anything
• to blood donor? •
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No, absolutely not: Otherwise it would
'not be a Voluntary Blood Donor Service.
• How many Clinics are •now in operation
in Canada?
• Thirty-seven established Clinics are oper-,
ating throughout the Dominion, while two Mo-
bile ,Units are at work in Ontario. These units
visit centres where there are no regular Clinics.
• How often are blood donations made?
• Not less than every two months. The blood
given is fully replaced in v9lume and Content
very soon after each donation. Several men in
Canada have already given twelve donations,
While some have given twenty donations.
• Has an ,objective been set for 1943? .
Yes, because 'i)f anticipated needs the Red
Cross is asking the people 'of Canada to provide.
12,000 'donations each .week. •'
dried serum as good .as a direct trans-
fusien?
In many cases it is much better, No blood
typing is neceSsary, and since it will_ keep for
Local and Geskneral
,,gr. and Mrs. i.. W: Smith have Mrs. J... A. Rider of Detroit:has .;..., • '
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dence of Mrs.• Torn, Treleaven on. daughter, Mrs. Gordon Taylor.
purchased and moved to the resi- been Visiting at the horne-of her
Havelook soi•ith. 2.
Pte. J. S. Thompson of Denny -Denny- •
Mrs. Wilson 'Woods and ch4d-
ren TeCand Nancy ,Eiizaheth if
Guelph visited last week with
her parents, Mr. and, Mrs. James
Hackett. . ••
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George Gibbons,. Ripley butehr
er, and formerly of Lucknow, had
to close up shops for a few days
last week due td a painful Infec-
tion in his hand. '
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dexter
hatve moved from P,ararnount to
Lucknow to reside.' Some time
ago they purchased the residenbe
,of. Harold Ferguson.• ••
frsRM -Scott-ancl--d-aughte
Barbara of Detroit and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth MacLennan of Ashfield vis -
'AO last week With .Mr. and Mrs.
Lorne MacLennan.
many years it can be stored until, required. Dis-
tilled; water is all that is reqtired to 'be added
• to the dried serum/to bring it back to the
equIvalent. of whole blood: It can be .used -in.
places such as bombed areas and near the front
line, where it iwould he impossible to give a
direct. transfusion. '
• How. do 1 become a Donor?
• • Contact your nearest Blood *Donor Clinic
or write the Blood Donor Service, ' National
--Ileadeluvertersrrlbariact4a-n.,u
95 \Wellesley Street, Toronto. 'In Lucknow give
• your name td Dr. W. V. Johnston, G.11. Smith
or Mrsd George Jardine..• ,
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brook was, one of a recent cXass
of graduates-' of a tank Mainten-
ance course taken atiFort •Knox,
Kentucky:
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'Mr; arid Mrs. Jack King of Gor- .
rie called on -friends, here last •
Week; Mr. King was at one time
employed in- Lucknow by Cain- •
eron • and .McIntoSh. Mrs. King. • 4
was, formerly. Jean Lawson. They
\recently Moved from Toronto to •
Gorrie to reside. •
Mr. 'and Mrs. Alfred .Armstro' g
of London were week --end visi
tors with relatives in the com
munity. Mr. Wrn. Armstrong, Sr., -
1-1--eb-n-site'ratily
health after Suffering a severe • -
heart attack about ,two, weeks: ago.
;Mrs. Armstrong observed her 84th
'birthday on June 12th.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Decker, Returned For Visit ,
.. . , Kitchener Were
.Mr. Alec'Collopy, who as a boy
Mrs,TierneyOf
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Billy and Norman and Mt and
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• week -end' visitors with Mr., and
'Mrs: Conrad Decker. • . ' •
• Mr. . Duncan 'Graham and • Mr.
and Mrs. Archio.Grahatn; Misses
RoSie. and Mary . Graham 'spent
Was laised by the ,late Mr. and,
Mrs. James Ross 'of Kinloss, visT
AO here last week at the; home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Ross and other ‘'
Kinloss friends. He,, was acCom-
panied by his. daughter, MrS. Paul
the first ofthe,week with friends'
Campbell of Niagara Falls. A
in -London and St. Thomas.• Collopy has tlived at Frebish
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•Sask., for many years. ,Bis
Rev. H. J. Vickerten of Dun- passed away there • in May, after
gannon will:conduct services in
the United Church on Sunday,
while Rev:. J. W. Steviart is :the
guest speaker at the Dungannon
,anniversary._ •
suffering' :for -neatly. ten months •
from ,a stroke. .One son, Kenneth, •
Who was a Plight Engineeein the ^
R.C.A:F., is now a priSoner. of war' .;
in 'Germany. •
• uttawa- Letter
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By A. AL -Nicholson, M.P.O
• Thousands ,.' of "Ottawa citizens
lined the streets, and gathered on
Parliament Hill on Wednesday to
extend a tumultuous welcome to
Madame, Chiang Kai-sliek.
It was tbE.. first time that a
woman who was not a member
of Parliament was permitted to
address the members of Parlia-:
ment. Only once before • when
Churchill visited' Canada was. a
speech broadcast from th'e Cham-
ber. Speaker - Glen,* in thanking
the distinguished .guest, said that
her , SPeedfi'lifjfTihF
was comparable to the best in our
literature._ Ail PAYileg-
ede to see her and hear herTfelt
that here was one of the out-
standing leaders in the, whole
.world: •
• ' It was remarkable that with
se many interests in her life she
has Anna time to become so fam-
iliar with Britislfand French and
Canadian history and. literature,
"parliarnentarY government to
• you and to me means that it is
built on the basic laws of the
land and the eonimari consent of
the people carrying out a policy
Within the mandate given by,the
people•• We would all agree
'that a truly parliimentary form,
of government iS" the most nearly
perfect system of government
natural expression in which every
Man must participate,' and recog-
nized that every laborer is worthy • ,
of his hire. Such was the levelling •
influence. of frontier life". •
When she spoke of the war, it
was apparent that the sufferings
of her people through six long
years of unequal conflict have
made a deep impression on her
14e..Until a feW weeks ago, (the 11
Chinese army„never had the Sort
of air, prOtection, necessary if- .ef- •
fective offensive action was to
be undertaken. This deficiency- is • _ ' -
now being overcome, , and . the
members of the United ' Nations
are, appreciating: niort -fully. ------------the-
importance of.China. The enum-
eration f the huge quantities
Materials Japan has taken •
ma indicates how impor-
ing effective assistance to
Within° the last year
human read= ceuld ever, evolve.
And .we say that parliamentary
.government is run by the. "rule
of la*". In other words, it has its
foundation on 'immemorial ' Cus-
tom and right reason. No single
individual, group, no class is
above aw, ar amen as n
competence in expressing law
breach of law. In this way: every
and men 'can only be punished by
individual citizen is within the
framework of the law and is
• thereby protected". These sen-
tences will undoubtedly be among
the classics in the English lang-
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(lage; . •
China's leading lady won the
•of raw
from C
'tent ki
China
Japan h s, seized and carried a-
way about 100 million tons of
rawernaterials for the use of her
armed forces., This does not in-
clude the foodstuffs used by the
Japanese army in occupied China.
• As she looks forward to the
future, she visualizes a different
type of world to that described -
by Anthony Eden when he spoke, • •
recently, in Parliament: "Shoulck
not we of the united nations also
strive for foresight and bxercise
understanding so- that:, the van-
quished will be.treated as neigh- •
• bors and as fellow " beings while
punishment' 'should be' limited •
only to the perpetrators of this
war?" she asked. Concluding, she
said.: "-Indeed from Canada, thril
your welding sucCessfully two
peoples into one strong and hat-
monious nation, the world his
much to learn in universal 0- •
therhood. • The touchstone of • •
human greatness lies in co-opera-
tion and collaboration, the anti-
thesis of domination and expleita-
fOrir:•-of one •Pearile by another".
Comments in the Corridors fol-
lowing one of the most outstand-
ing speeches ever delivered in
the English language indicated
that Canadians -should put forth
every possible effort to assist such
a brave ally. It' will require .
usual,. effort on our part • o'
mon for the lord of a manor; his compensate for the wrongs e
lady and whiS children, to toil to- have committed in supplying Jan-
gether in the fields. They devel- an with s6muCh of, the essential
he6rts • of :the French-speaking
members by her reference • to
their ancestors when She said:
"The French Peasants who
came to Canada with their frugal,
traitvworked up to become land-
owners. Here it 'was not uncom-
ispG. -7.,ov, • rr.m•
some countries of the time, 'they
did not look upon manual work
death
brave
as degrading but rather as dale years
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s--whiclr-k.
and destruction on the
Chinese through these six
of war.
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