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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-07-08, Page 1. ,. $2.00• A Year—In Advance; 50c Extra • to 1J..S. A. ' 1G.UCKNOW, ONTARIO THURSDAY; JULY 8th, ,1943 +EIGHT PAGES Many: Women Among 108 Blood Donors ArSecond Clinic 'Tuesday• • - .a . . One hundred --and eight men ELECTION ON AUGUST 4th and women from Lucknow ` and - Vied city, responded to the appeal • The announcement -Wei made at for blood donors at the .second Queen's Park last` week by Pre - Red Cross . Clinic held in Luck= mier Harry Nixon' that a Provin- now on Tuesday morning. cial election. Will be held. in On-' 'This attendance.ranks high for tario . on' Wednesday, August 4th ,clinics held in villages of this The standing of the Legislature size: A third clinic Will be: held at dissoluti9n was, Liberals 61. _ire:.five _.wee'ks..--. _._ _ _.. .._. . Tuesday's clinic was held in the United .Church basement as before, where a nine -bed hos- . vital was set up, to accomodate; a steady stream of donors from shortly after 8 am. until the noon hour.. Doctors in .charge were Dr. W. V. Johnston-ofLuck- iow; Drs. Connell -ancl Retina'' -of Wingham and Dr: McCallum •o. •Teeswater, assisted by a staff •of: nurses including Mrs. W. S. 'Reid, Mrs. A. Hughes, Mrs. J. W. Don- aldson, Mrs. . Donald MacDonald, ` liVlrs... H. Allin, Mrs: Roy Finlay- son, Ak> 5oiaert Andre^; P•rogressive� cant '10:-- .PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY: The death of Miss Sarah Lind- say :occurred .in, the Village ori, W e'dnesday morning. The funeral service will bye "held: ..privately at the home -of Ada and..Hazel Web stet.on' Friday afternoon . at two o'clock, with inte rinen.t. in: Green r. hill Cemetery,. 'SHOWER FOR BRIDE -ELECT An enjoyable evening' was spent at the home of Mrs. Archie MacIntyre on Thursday' evening when over fifty friends and neighbor-s..g-atl e -re -d resented a_Miss Freda 'MacDougall, bride of the' week, with :a miscellaneous. shower. • on's ative's `;-' , TO ' of • 12TH IN WINGHAM MONDAY The 12th of July will be cele- brated in Wingham on .Monday, and with few celebrations in On- oii-d7-ta-rto-thrs ear, 1od e`s from�Hur- on, Bruce and -Pert hr and probably other .points are. expected to gath- er iti Wingharn. for a ,monster parade, which .will proceed to the Town Parkwhere the ,speakers will be . heard. Win • ha Band . and the Lucknow 'Pipe Band are billed to be in atten- dance,: . .. • . Under supervision of the Wing - ham. Lions Club a street carnival will be . held both, afternoon and evening, ..The • 12th of July was last cel- ebrated in Wingham in 1935. W� McGill, Mrs. A. Sutherland, Mrs. • Wilfred Hackett, Mrs. Wm, MacKenzie, Miss R A. Woods, Miss C. McQuaig, Miss S. Mal - lough; Miss Lena Robinson: " Mrs. G. Jardine is clinic sec- - retary. Assisti ng_ in ec-.r-refar_y..Assisting_in the -clinic- -lit chen were Mrs, Ostrander, Mrs.. Clark, Mrs. Hornell, Mrs. Roach, Mrs. W. B. Anderson, ;Mrs. Kil- patrick and Miss Mary McLeod. The clinic was; under the super- vision upervision of Nurse Jackson. • Her driver and assistant was Miss Thom. . • • The local committee Wishes to , thank the donors, especially those who quit work and came: in from the farms; the congregation of the United Church, and all the ladies whose`efforts .are a vital factonin the success of these clinics. . The donors were: Mildred Rif=- chie, Margarets (Gretta) Carnp- o bell, Harvey W. Treleaven, John -Finnigan, Harold W. : Treleaven,' Allan C. Graham„ Chas. E. Wee - aster; Clark Finlay_son,._. Wm.... A. Ketchabaw, R.obt. E. McQuillin, Weir J. E,ckenswiller, Walter Al -John• M:-MeIn osh; Jas: • Ketchabaw, Orland A. Richard Oliver A. McCharles; Peter - McDonald, Grant A. McDiarrni Allan A. Miller,, Mrs. Mary Button, Mrs. Alba. McIntyre, Ha vey Alton, Brown . Smyth, Mi Grace McKinnon, Lloyd R. M Dougall; tassel J. Webb, Jame 'Campbell, Gordon W. Smyth, J K. Wilson, Howard Agnew, Mi Maudie M. Fisher, Miss Gladys , MacDonald, Durnin Phillips, A an E. McKim, Harold J. • Gaun Miss `Janet McPherson, Joh Howard' Thompson, Mrs. Ver Errington, borothy Robb, Jas., Errington, Gordon R. Taylo Marshall E. Graham, Fred J Webb, Harvey D. Anderson, Nie son Raynard, Lorne D. Farrisli Wm. C. 'McNatl, Jas. W. Harrillton, D. G. MacDonald, Alvin T Irwin, Milvert, J., Reid, Wm. H 1' Treleaven,' Mrs. -Myrtle. Stewart Rev: 3, W. Stewart, Jas. K. Far rish, Kenneth S. Purvis,, Mario L. *Stinson, St. Claire Irwin, Red vers Johnston, Clyde M. Reid Wilfred R. Famish, M. Sara C. Ritchie, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc Milian, Mrs. Sarah- Collyer, Ceci D. McAlpine, F>,ank H, Ritchie Mrs. Amanda E. Scott, Fred W Emberlin, John D. ,Martin,' Rebt J. Reid, Fraser P. McKinnon, Jas R. Aitchison, John Cooke, Trac Webster, G. E. • Cooke, David.. J McDonald, Finlay Ji Macao -aid Clifford Johnston, Donald R. Mc- Pherson,.' Johnston D. McLeod, Morley- K. Johnston; Orville L. Elliott, Jack A Ackert, J hn A. Thompson, . Donald Thopson; Mrs. Margaret Gardner,,Mrs. Nel- lie Gardner, Mrs. Eva M. Black, Virden A. Mowbray, Howard A. Cann, Kenneth . W.Mowbray, .. •._ .�..,� .,•Wri me�z-� rens»'"w'��i�":.�s�m�•��-'ra�^w',A � ;'k°i,�3 �'} ; G. d, A. r-- ss. c - es a5. M ss 1 t, n a rW; n •h' 1 r ST,..PETER', HE•LD •ANNIVERSARY Sp£cial •services. en _—Sunday. marked the 65th anniversary of. 'St Peter's ;Anglican Church. The. . congregation •was established, and services held; for about five years prior to that however. '• The, .church was. beautified by -a- profusion•: of summer. flowers for the, anniversary occasion. The morning service was • conducted by the Rector, Rev. J. W. 'Don- aldson and at the evening service Canon= W.• A. ' T:ownshend, Conr- niission;er • of the - Diocese.of .Hur- on, was • guest speaker ad deliv- ered a very forceful' sermon. -""The " church Miss survived the age's -it is. still the • mightiest force 'in the world, and will never -fail", said, Canon • Townshend:' It is a symbol of the faith ,of our forefathers. in God,and who by their 'zeal and devotion made the church constant. Urging that 'we do something worthwhile in life Canon Towns-- hend • said we must turn to per- fect .,service .of our Lord :and pattern our. lives after -His. And the time here is so brief to do anything „worthwhile, he added, Seek God's ' will, . and be big enough to do it, and yet narrow enough to eliminate ,from our • life's everythingthat interfers with God, he urged. • • Let us not make a farce of rel- igion, - continued Canon' Town- shend, for he who professes Christ but never does anything for Him is_ the most dangerous man in the church. He gives Him only the left -overs of his life. There can never be a perman ent peace until all countries make God the King of Kings, the speak- er said, and' added that .had we sent more missionaries to Japan, ..the.:_:tragedy -.of the 'Pacific vvou°ld.. have been averted. Canon -Townshend., referred to the success of the Cross, 'although at first the life -of Christ appear- ed to have ended in complete failure. It may be that when we feel we are dothg nothing that we are' succeeditirg most. He tom- mended his -listeners that'"tcper- set`gr'l-en the goineil dark is the first challenge of Christianity". Tall Wheat • A sample of wheat from a field grown by Jack Carter, east of South Kinloss Church, measures almost 5 feet 4 inches in height, but -Mr. Carter" would probably prefer it to be.half the length. sex sn rRt PI :: € - •fie _VII tonRoa orgtr; A.' Tiffin; . Hamilton, Ernest W. Blake, John S. Durnin, Everett Erring - Louise A. Campbell, Mrs. Marion ton, Thomas Webster, Lorne I. I. Cann, Elm Reed, Mildred An- Woods, Mrs. Catherine Hornell. SUCCESSFUL HIGH'. SCHOOLT ENTRANCE, :.C•ANDIDATES Lucknow Centre An asterisk ('*) '. betore a . can - a ` 's.name indicates that the candidate , was • released from, school • on April 22nd, by•••special regulations for farm service... . Aberdein, David ..(Hon.) Barr, Doris Barr, Jack. , ..Beaton;. -Florence Bushell, . Donald (Hon.) . • Conn, Ruby E, ' Elliott, Harold • •'*Goilan, Grant : , --Graham, :Margaret s ..- _ Guest, Harold (Hon.) *Henderson, 'Ivan • Irwin, Mayme (Hon.) Irwin, : Wilda (Hon:) MacIntyre; Alex. (Hon.)' '. Marshall,' Jessie ° Milne, Carrie (Hon.) *Murray, Frances,' Reed, Eunice • . *Ross, Eileen • ss, Elva .'(Hon.) r:ner, Richard LIBERAOS cHOOSE HUGH I HLL. Hugh Hill, prominent Colborne Township farmer and 'dairyman: was - the choice, of the: Liberal nominating convention at Wing- ha m • on Tuesday night. fir Hillis-" election was con=• .ceded by W. J. MacKay, to el- iminate the necessity of a third ballot, a-nd the •meeting made the choice .unanimous at the request. 'of Mr. MacKay. Nine ,candidates were nomina- ted, five of -them letting, their name go before the convention. Those nominated were Murdo Matheson, Ashfield; W. J. McKay, Huron; Hugh Hill, Colborne; Alex Alexander; Grey; Raymond Red- mond; East Wawanosh; i John Johnston, Mildmay; Alex Porter- field, East Wawanoshl; . W. Fraser, Wingham' and Jack McNab, Grey. The five candidates thatcon- tested the convention were Mr. Matheson, Mr. MacKay, Mr. Hill, Mr. Redmond and Jack McNab:. The latter two were eliminated on the first ballot. On the second ballot Mr. Math. eson was eliminated, and when it was vealed that Mr. Hill lacked Foy one vote of having. had a majority over both Mr. McKay , and !"Mr. Matheson, Mr. McKay_ withdrew to save a third ballot: Scrutineers were Duncan Finlayson, Dave McDonald, Frank Wilson, _ Brown- Smyth., Archie• Marin. Results of the voting were not ' announced, as a show of hands showed a majority not in avor •of making public the •count. Sone 300 delegates voted. The .convention was presided over by Murdo 'Matheson, until accepting his nomination, when Mr. Wm. Watson was :appointed irmarr- of -the meeting J. IL Nab of Lucknow presided as ssociation secretary and was• in harge ' of convention arrange - meets. During the balloting Angus ickson, M.L.A. and Warden Tuckey of Huron County spoke riefly. In . responding •to his election, Mr. 'Hill stressed the importance he places upon agriculture, upon ' k vi o: " u arid'" r ,;�sriia"'t o P '= .. W .M N .9..' er�k.7• • y,., th,p+ :--T :i-, _ 1., - try r-" st depend. "I cannot ,win this election alone.' L must have, your support and co-operation— and I ask for it", he''concluded. f M c Nixon' Pledges Post War Hydro Expansion And Lower Rates ` NO. . 1 ENEMY • In speaking : 'in ,reply' to • ',ills nominationas d Liberal, candidate for :Huron -Bruce ridir'ng, Jack Mc- Nab of Grey, branded Canada. Packers •as' "Enemy No. 1 in this Canada of Ours". He . cited the potato market this spring when seed potatoes sold ,3t 1$4 1' 0 a hair which he said were ..possibly bought and inspected last .fall for $i•:00 or less. Home From Toroato Lorne. Reid; son of. Mr. and Mrs. Manson'Reid, son, rom Toronto ' recently; after.. re= ceiving five • weeks' treatment . 's • lower limbs, left---paralyzed- by infantile paralysis. , .Lorne feels that .the treatment did net, help .him,. He has secured - wheel chair by '.which • to.'. get. out°• around during the nice .wea-_ t•1�•e�- ...• . . • The .post war expansion of rural hydra, and to see, that these out- lying towns get hydro-at.'greatly reduced costs, was pledged by the Hon. Harry Nixon, Premier of :Ontario in addressing .a mon- ster rally of Huron -Bruce Liber- als in Wingham on Tuesday ev- ening. ' . , He advocated, hydro ex ansio as one post war uncTer a iin.g, or , he -said, if millions can be spent, in war time, such peace time un- .dertakings can maintain and., give 'us a higher standard of 'hying. He intends' to consider and sur - 'Vey hydro, Mr. Nixon said,and added' that development on the. Ottawa and.. St. Lawrence rivers should make an additional rriii- lion; and a half H.P.:available to, Ontario, •so t°t not only should we be able to lightour..homes and 'have electrical appliances, but that'. we might also heat with "White coal" in the province. -Future' For Hill Induction Tonight • 'Rev.:. D. J. 'Lane of Goderich, . who has been ministering to Clin- ton and ..Bayfield .Presbyterian churches for a. tim.e;` .will be ins ducted -a pastor this Thursday ev-; ening at Clinton. • MISSING AFTER. AIR OPERATIONS Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Russell of Wingham, and formerly of Luck - new, i..:.:eived word recently that their younger son, Flying Officer James Coyle Russell was missing following air operationslover, er emy territory 'On Tuesday, June 22nd.. r' Jim, . or Coyle: as lie.was best known by when here,'Was a pop- ular young man .in this village'. where ' he . received his High School: ' education, and. • many friends -here are grieved -to -know 'he- is' missing. , w - Flying' Officer Russell enlisted in the R.C.A.F. on August 26tH, 194J, and step' by step progressed until -he qualified at the.head of his class as a navigator in' June last year. On hisfurloughfol- lowing his graduation he was married in Wingham, on Juhe 20 to Mary Graham of Estivan, Sask. now of Toronto. Shortly after. he proceeded overseas arriving a- bout the ' middle of : August. Fol- lowing further training he oorn.- rnenced• operational flying in Feb- ruary and had : made many trips over enemy territory. Since ar- riving overseas he twice received promotions .in rank first' to Pilot Officer and then to Flying Of- ficer. ' y A FO. Russell was a native of Rocanville, Sask., but came ,east with his parents about six years ago. He graduated from Lucknow High School and prior' to en- listment was with. Hartz •,& Co., Toronto ' wholesale druggists and sui•g cal `i struinents. Stewart Russell, his brother, is at .present attending an officers'. training course at Three Rivers, • Que. WILL' THERE BE A. -THIRD TARTY . CANDIDATE? The C.C.F. has intimated that they Would' have a candidate in practically all ridings , in .the. forthcoming provincial election. Whether there. , will be a third candidate hi Huron=•$ru'.ce, re- mains to be seen, A few .days ago we heard a whisper pf . some, pr obabJ:a..,a. - ut whether or not this would lead up.to'placing a candidate in •'the -field, and who he might be,• is definitely unknown. '' or e • new can. 1. a e, . Mr. -Hugh Hill, the Premier predicted , a gre°at.:future 'in, public life in the Province, and. forecasted a , . return of,, the Lib4ral• Govern- ment. :Mr: • Nixon • said he owed air apology: to_ tl}e r-rdrxlg of Huron- - Bruce .that the-overnrnnt of which he was a member had .not called a bye -election, They :,call • them in England - where the. bombs are 'dropping, hel said. • Mr. Nixon ;said that the Oppos,- ition' seemed .to ';criticize them' on only two -points. One was' the calling of ,the..,.Electi.on, yet the Opposition had voted solidly,• a long, with ,eight Liberals; inclu.d- ing himself, against a further- ex- tension''of the:• life, of the Gov- • ernment.. We could have. carried • on .until •.October of ' this, year, but it v_as a question of calling an immediate election,' or carry., ng on until .after the' war. The other point was the proxy Tote, which 'system has been used • • for mariners• on the Great Lakes since .i929..Mr.. brew was a mem- - ber .of the cdmmittee' that de- cided • to extend the proxy. vote . o _ _the, -Armed -Se-ry ees and it became the law,of the land with- out a dissenting vote.' Britain,, which has never taken , a soldier ote in wartime, is preparing t}s egislation. and adopted the laro;• `Tstem which is patterned afte�j' Ontario's. '7'Vhat is good (enough • or Mr. Churchill. ought "to be ' owl enough., for George. Drew",. aid '':Mr. Nixon. • We must have had' good gov• - rnment for the • past nine years f •these e• the only two issues, Mr. 'Nixon said, .and proceeded to ive a clear cut picture of the inancial improvement of the pro- . ince , and ,municipalities. • Fin • necks ':were in a state .of chaos when the Hepburn • Government ame to .power,, . but today ' :VL ..:.• iron'" sand, not • only was the • rovince in. sound and splendid hape, but Was prepared to. meet oat war demands on the tress-. ry. •Mr. Nixon, dealt.' at some • ngth on the policies' of the Pro- incial Government. during. the ast.nine years which had played n important role in assisting : 4. riancially burdened municipal ies, to which over $70,000.0011 as been. returned by the Pro- nce. Subsidies of -over. $7.00.0,000 ave. been paid Ontario. farmers encourage .farm' ' production, ' d Mr. Nixon said- if price' cell is were good in boom times; ice .floors'should be established , depression times'. • His 2-5 year's. in. public life., ould be evi_dence..-of.:_cvhetlrer oor t he was a stooge to any one, . d he assured a policy off, sound, able and sane Government by turning the Liberal Party. SALES' MANAGER , J. Melvin Reed has been pro -A /noted to the positibh of 'sales manager of fhe Ontario Division. • ofy; the Massey ter•r�c -.C!n ile . T sistant manager. .Mel's first as- sociation with the Company was " .. as local agent hi Lucknow annum- ber of .years, ago. • �1 .