The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-07-01, Page 1a
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LUCKNOVV, ,ONTARIO
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THURSDAY, JULY 1st, .1943
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• HAD HIGH. MARK.
IN THE 'DIOCESE
On Sunday in St. Peter's chile&
there " was observed the Sacra-
rilent of Holy Baptism, •When two
Children were reeeiveth.Edward
Grant McQuillin, son of Mr. and
- • Mrs. McQuiliin; and James
•• Edwin Gaunt, tonof Mr. and
• Mrs. Ernest Gannt.
• Also at this service, there were
presented to Members of the Sun-
day School, certificates for hay-
' ling; successfully passed the Gen-
eral Board of ,ReligiOut Education
• . examinatiens. These examinations
• -clim-
.petition, and St. Pete' scholars
all made very fine marks; Doris
Thornton, in her department, re -
:delved the highest mark in Huron
•
Diocese, and therefore her paper
• was .forwarded to Toronto for'
entry in .the Dominion competi-
• tion. To date, no results have
been made known as to this final.
cenaPetition,.'
The pupils who wrote and re-
ceived certificates, are as follows:
Doris. Thomson, • • Mary Gollan,
Doris ,LlOydIvan Lloyd, Mary -
belle 1VieQUillin, Betty Marshall,
•Jessie Marshall, •
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• • TO .HOLD VACATION' BIBLE
SCHOOL IN AstiF.inp.
The
vacation Bible School„ -con-
ducted by Rev. W. 0. Rhoad will
". • be held .again this year' in Ash-
field Presbyterian' Church, cwt.-
; mencing 'next Monday and on•
tinues until Friday.' Sessions are
held each morning from 9,15 *to
11.30. These sessions are conduc-
ted after the mannerof day
schobls, but -consist of Bible study.
• Rev. Rhoad is assisted by. Miss
• Luella • Cowan in •conducting the
school:, • . •
• Introduced last year, this. Vac-
atin had an enrolment of
32, Members. Children .are chiefly
of ptiblic school' age and all are
• weleorae as the classes are inter
denominational. • Transportation
arrangements are provided, for
children of the Ashfield congre-
• gation. ,• • . •
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• Nought Down The House
•Gilbert HoWse may probably
• be hanging out his shingle as
teacher Of the xylophone. Gilbert
"learned" to play the instrument
in .one quick lesson at the Clans-
neres carnival on Friday. night.
Taken to the platform by Ernie
Bruce, Gilbert was adorned with
the former's wig and glasses and
• to orchestra accompaniment "rat-
tled off" the tune "jingle Bells"..
This act .was a scream. b -
'CANDIDATE TO 13E
NAMED TUESDAY
.4et. Liberal nominating conven-
• tiori will be held in the Town
Hall, Wingham next Tuesday ev-
ening, commencing at 7.30 sharp,
'to select a candidate to contest
the Provincial riding of Htiraan;•
• Bruce. Several names are men-
, tioned as prospective candidates.
. The meeting will be addressed
• by the Hon. Harry Nixon, premier
• of 'Ontario and -his appearance in
• the riding is expected to tax the
capacity of the Wingham Hall.
On Tuesday evening of this
• week !t meeting of the Lucknow
Liberal Associatien was • held to
name delegates to attend the
nominating ; convention. The
• , •chairman of the local association
and three delegates from each
polling sub -division are eligible
to .ballot from each Municipality.
This • gives the Village a total.,of
• 'ter voteas at next week's conven-
• tion. Three delegates and to
rfrej name n
each polling division.
TO HOLD DRAW 'FOR
OVERSEAS SMOKES FUND
Tickets are now on -sale :on a
• chest 9f 'silverware. to be • raffled
Off ih, .aid of the Hollyman-John-:
-ston bv.erteas' tobacco fund. 'The
chest is a 55 -piece 'Set of Rogers
silver in an „attractive case. .Tic-,
kets are 15 cents or two fpr 25c.
Mrs.-11011yrn•.ari. and Mrs. john:-..
,tton..nigke.,perloclic4snipinents of
cigarettes, •working -in...conjUriction,
with The Clansmen and TheLeg-
That these smokes are appreci-
ated, is borne out in every reply,
received. The boys'don't cle badly
for eats aceording:td their letters,
and their One plea is "keekthe•
• es7eo-xrfin-g-.7.:-7--77-:-.'-.
UNION, caugen SERVICES
TO' START ON. SUNDAY •
Counnencing , this Sunday, the
congregations of the Presbyter-
ian 'and Unitedchurch will hold
union 'services during July and
August while the ministers •take
their. respective Vacations.•
Throughout July, services will
-
be held in the Presbyterian
Church at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
conducted by Rev. J. W. Sttwart.
Rev.' C. H. MacDonald, Who is
now on holidays, \ will preach in
the United church ,during August.
Sunday school *ill' be. held \as
usual in each church -at 10 a.m.
WHEAT NEARLY 5 FEET
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• ID. A. MacDonald of Lochalsh
has a field of wheat that coin -
pares favorably with last. year's
exceptional growth. Samples from
.this field last week -end' stood a-
bove the ground at a, height of
five 'feet alI but four inches. The
grain was hetdding.out Well.. Some
stalks of timothy exhibited, meai-
ured almost four and a half feet.
Moved TO Lucknow . ••
Monday of this week Mr.' Jos-
eph Weiler moved his family to
Lucknow, where he it employed,
as sawyer in the saW. mill: They
came to teeswater some •three
years ago froth Formosa:A-Tees-.
water. News.
• FEW: CONTRIBUTE
TO GREEK ,FUND
Up until Tuesday noon only
nineteen persons in the Village
and district have donated to the
Greek War Relief Fund. Their
• contributions amount to $72.00. •
• Donations will be received at.
the Municipal office until the, end
• of theweek when the fund will
• be closed and a remittance made
to headquarters. •• '
"Ninety-five per cent of the
Greek people' have nothing left;
unless more food arrives and kit-
chens are 'able to. remain open,
the entire Greek nation is in
danger of perishing," • says a
•writer who recently visited the
Axis -occupied country and con-
cludes:, "No Man has looked into,
the face of ultimate horror unless
he has seen Greece today — a
.whole nation brought to its knees
to writhe in filth and .expire of
hunger".
Local contributions are as fol-
lows:
Previously acknowledged $28.00
Mist A. McLennan 2.00
A. P. SteWart • 10.00
WEDDING BELLS, AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
TRAINS DUE LATER
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• ASTEWART-,-IHORNE
• A quiet 'wedding took place in
the chapel of beer Park United
• Church, TOronto Saturday,
june• 26th at 4:30 O'clock, when
Audrey Anna,:.daughter of Mrs.
Horne, Lucknow, became -the
bride 'of James A. Stewart, ten
of Mrs. Donald Stewart of Luck -
now. Rev. Dr. -Stanley Russell
• officiated.
*The bride looked :lovely in a
-street length_ dress of..romance
blue crepe with navy accessories.
S:he wore a corsage of Talisman
roses and bouvardia. Mrs: Lillian
Ellis; titter of the bride, astrides-
maid, wore a street length dress
Of dusty rose crepe with brown
accessories; and' Were a corsage
Of ?Johanna Hill rosevand
phinium: Mr. Robert Guthrie of
Toronto Was best man.
• Inunediately, following the cer-
emony1 a ,reception Was held, at
the -King Edward Hotel. Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart left' for a wedding
• trip to Moktreal and Quebefil..City,
the bride wearing a green dress
with redingote and brown acces-
sories. On. their -return they will
live in TprOnto.
To Teach At Whitechur,ch ' ••
Miss :Marie McCrostie of St.
Helens has been engaged as tea-
cher at S.S. No. 10, Kinloss, suc-
ceeding Mr. Carman Farrier, who
has resigned. • .
Successful Norinalites
• Students from this community
wh_o_successfully graduated from
•Stratford Normal. School included
• Pearl Jamieson:, Margaret • Sal-
keld and •Ferne Twamley.
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Specials 'in Women's and Child-
• ren's hose and sockees. The Store
with the' Steck. THE MARKET
STORE: s
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School: Term Climes •
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Although holidays had already
can:II-fenced. :for sorae, the school,
term . was Officially .closed on
Tuesday, and pupils and teachers
. .
ave commenced their vacation,.
6t7 are --takifig-ujo semeessential
holiday '.occupation. .
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DEADLINE REACHED
F.OR, DECLARING MEAT •
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The deadlinefor declaring meat.
in kicker boxes has been reaehed,
and :hpldert• of such boxes wh
have not yet filed their de.clara-
tiori, should lose no time in doing
so: •
:The onus of filing this return
is' upon the individual, .and all
names of the holders of. meat
lockers across the, Dominion are
,
now the' hands -of Wartime
Prices and Trade Board officials.
Meat holdings must be \declared
aS at 'May 27th, When meat rat7
ioning 'dame intty effect. Each bo*
holder may deduct eight pounds
of meat. per person in the family
as at that date, and • must sur-
render fifty per , cent of their
meat coupon's to cover the
bal-
ance. •
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Returns mist be mad; whether
or not the quantitY. of meat in
'storage it .sufficient. to require
the surrender of edupons. Forms
or ..filing_this. -return can -be -se---.
ured from _tile...firm renting the •
locker box*
•Anna Ross ,Holyrdod100 f
W. J. Little - 2' c
G. H. Smith
Cameron Bros., R. 3
Ed McKenzie,
J. W. Joynt
Donald McLean, R. 3
Mary McLean, R.. 3
.$72.00
10,00
7.00
• 2.00
5.00
• 2,00
3.00
The Wrapper Doesn't Mtter.,
'A fried weiner, he Matter what
its wrapped in. Seems ti11 to be
a of dog. One hundred dozen
rolls which were to have arrived
by express last -Friday afteanoen,
failed to get here, and so hot dogs
at thecarnival that night were
consumed wrapped in a slice of
bread. It wasn't an in ation
though, for last year, tli ugh a
transportation mixup the carni -
bus ttatiori at London, and bread
was Med for that event also.
feAl
Has Cast Off• •
, Jack Xilpatrick, who suffered
a badly fractured 'ankle early in
the tinting, had the cast removed
on Monday of last week. The 1eg
still causei Jack some pain, and
he li'asn'fbeen able to throw away
the ,crutches as yet.
Keep 'Off Sidewalks
Bicycles have become so num-
erous in the Village, arid so many
cyclists lite the sidewalk that on
several occasions pedestrians
have narrowly. escaped being in-
jured. The Village Council has
decreed that bicycle iriders must
stay on the roadWa
were left sittingin
in the -killage.,-and-' te-iy.fro-con-
tinue to take to the sidewalks will
be liable to prosecution.
A 4 "
• Commencing on Mendaya new
• • timetable went into effect at the
local depot, ...with • a change in.
time for . all trains except the
• morning train. • , •
• The Morning •train is due ..Out'
as usual at, .5.56 .a.th. The• noon,
due .to leave the
local dep`o.t. at 12.10,• fifteen min-
utes. earlier -than before. • • •
The . afternoon. train, 'north, to
Kincardine is..due•tO. arrive later;
at 2.35 p.m.„ and the night train
„Set , back over •half an hour. It,
• isdue to arrive new: at 11„46 p.m.
or jus i '14. Minutes short ,of mid -
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HURON OLD BOY ASKS•pou
MARRIAGE INFORMATION
BfandOn, Man., Jun 22, 1943
The Sentinel •' ••
-Lucknow; Ontario:. •
. The writer is very anxious to
learn if any of thereaders of your
Valuable paper can give authen-
tic information as to the marriage
of James Macdonald of Tdrento
to Marjory.McDonalcl, second old-
est daughter qf Angus McDonald;
12th Concession,. West-W-awanoshr
butting on 'the old "Bob *Car-
rel" farm. •
• The date of Marriage, the of-
ficiating clergyman, and I when
ceremony was performed?
Might say all :*the McDonald
family are deceased, With -the ex.-
• ception of the writer.
• Your assistance in the above
will'be greatly appreciated .by an
old Hiii-onite. „. e •
• Yours 'truly,
John A. McDonald,
It D. Cameron of, his sister,
l3ella (Mrs. Murdock). if • alive,
would likely know.
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• Leave. The l Village •
• Mr. and Mrs. Norman Calvert
and daughter Joyce left on Tues-
day for. Lindsay where they will
send the summer, before return-
ing to the village to move their
household effects to Paris, where
Mr. CalVert Will teach next term.
He had been on the local .High
School staff for ten years.
EAT TAKES PEP •
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OUT OF C -ARRIVAL
• The heat last Friday' robbed the
Clansmen's carnival of its usual
pep. Neither the performers, the
barkers, nor the audience were
in the mood due to .the sweltering
atmosphere.
The attendance was doWn from
last year, but at that, almost 1200
persons paid admission, and when
the financial report is completed.
will ino doubt show a .neat profit
for the sponsors.
The performance: presented bY
Russ Creighton's entertainers,
was- expected to be the best ever,.
but the consensus of opinion was
that it was the poorest, and be-.
-sides, was an hour late in start-
ing. Clara Pelley, Ernie Bruce
anclIhe Goldsworthy Sisters were
good, but the Scotch entertainer
was a 'disappointment. He was
substituted at • the last minute,
to take the place of a magician,
Who could, not make the trip. •
Much ' interest centred around
the prize draw. With ticket nUm-
ber. 8525, Mrs. Lorne MacLennan
won the bicycle; •Joe Anderson
clinner-set-with-Tti-c-ke
number 7625; Mrs. George Lock
hart held ticket number • 7506 to
Win. the • cedar chest and the blan-
kets went to John E. Neal, Box
375, .Winglian'i with ticket • 8296:
The door prize, a. ton. of coal,
• was won by John 'Kennedy ef
Huron. 'otvnship.
•A handsome quilimaciLby_.
HelirisTsehool pupils' Was drawn
for and won byTairris Aitchison.
Proceeds were for the Red Cross.
Members of the Goderich Lions
Club had .aharge of the bingo
,booth, while members of The
Clansmen' Club with local. help-
ers conducted the other games,
most •popular of which' were
Knock the Heil out of Hitler;
bingo..over and under 7 and the
ring Lost.
ID • a • • ntinued-gintil--abotit
two a.m.-and-So long as 'anyone
remained the refreshment booth
did•a rushing business.
TEN PAGES
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NEED-DONOR4 FOR ..••••
CLINIC;TUES6AY.'.
The second Blood Donor Clinic
will ' be held in Lucknow next
Tuesday morning; july. 6th. 'The. '
need for 'donors, is urgent. The
• number having' volunteered to,
date falls well below .the mini-
• Minn number required for Tues-
day. ..
At the first clinic held here on
June '1st, there were fifty-seven
• donors. It is hoped to J:louble that
number next Tuesday, and Can-
adian Red Cross Society head-
quarters ask for a minimum of• ,
ninety donors. As blood may only'
be donated about mice every ten
weeks,none of the first clinic •
donors will be' repeaters next
• The clinic will be heid from •
830'td and-friase in
charge are: confident that double
thentimber can be handled. with-_. _
out congestion, as a result of the -
experience gained.; at •thP . first
clinic„ which was conducted with
clockwork precision. . •
Dr. W. V. ,.Toliniton, chairm.an
qf-the local•organizationi requests:
that all cards be sent in, which •
were distributed ' following the
first clinic.• . •
In, a letter. to Mrs. G. Jardine,
local secretary, Mrs. G. R. Fuller,
enior technician of the Mobile
Blood Donor Service; says ''We•
would like you to have as many ‘'
donors as possible at this clinic,,
with a minimum of • 90. We are
endeavouring to materially in-
iease our donatidns, as the need
or serum is most urgent";
In view of recent information
t hand the National Bloed Donor.
ommittee has found that the ob-
ective of 12,000: . doriatiOnt per
eek is ,most inadequate, and
ave set a new objective ,of a •
Minium, of 15,000 donations
eekly 'before October it. .
Both men and women will be
ccepted. next Tuesday. The clin-
will be held as before. in the
nited Churth. • • „•
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REV: MacKENZIE ACCEPTS •
TOBERMORY CHARGE
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moreRev:•c.. N. •MacKenzie, for : • 7
more than • a .decade: ministerof • ,
• St. Andrew'S Church, Ripley, .as.
sumes a neW.' pastorate on July.lst
.when , he becomes minister of
Toberinory. :United'. chinch..
Mr. MacKenzieretired from the
active ministry for a time,. hut ..;
lately his health has improved
to suchan extent that '.he has •
responded to thei,plea', to re-enter
the ministry, ,which is • short. of .
available men. .
-FILL VACANCIES
ON H. S.STAFF .
' From' Newmarket, New Lisk-
eard arid Ripley will come three ,
new teachers in September to. fill. •
Vacancies on the Lucknow High
School s'taff caused by the res-
ignations tMr. N. S. Calvert;
• Miss Ruth Matthews and Miss
Asabel Kalbfleisch. .7' .
The-new:-merrrbers-of-tire--Staff
wilt•be D. R.'1ViacLean o New
market, Miss Dorothy Sharp Of
New Liskeard and Miss Jean
Ocborne of,',Riplet under 'the
principalship of Miss F. E. •
Lean. , •
• • Mr. MacLean is a married man
\vi •wo c ildren. His contract
has net as yet been signed and
returned to the Board. •
The cost of education will be
substantially increased next year. -
Teacher' Salaries have been
zooming uPwardsv.and the local
• Board of Education had to sub-
stantially increase salaries to fill
the vacancies. 'Salaries will be up
tleki •
PlAblie4..
school salaries were increased by
$250.00. , •
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