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LUCKNOW; ONTARIO THURSDAY, :JULY 45th, 1943•
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CARNIVAL WAS
PROFITABLE.
' With -the ,financial detailsof.
the ' Clansmen's Carnival pretty
. well completed the" net "profit:
stands at $435.45, plus a rebate to
• be received on pop ,cases rettrn-
ed, This: will be partially .offset'
by a $15:00 donation made to the
Go .erich Lion's Chub; members
of which organization conducted
th bingo booth for .the, Clans-
men.
This igure,Towever, Is ap•;
proximately $150 less than tiie
net ,return .from the '1942 carnival.
The proceeds. 'go to . complete
the purchase •of a $500 Fourth
Victory Loan bond, and in build
ing up this reserve The Clans-
men .entertain ideas of a _ post-'
War • swimming pool. •
The.-.Club4is_. very appxeciativ
of the., services. of all, those who
aided' in conducting the event, • as
well as the generous support re-; ,
ceived from the public:
The financial report is= as fol -
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TEN PAGES
A. M. N CHOLSON TO SPEAK
AT c.CF. ° RALLY SATURDAY
A C.C.F. lubi'ic•, rally will be
held in the Town Hall, Lucknow,
'this Saturday evening at • nine
o'clock. ' The speakers •.. %s l .be A.
M. "Sandy" .Nicolson, 1 : '.,• and
S. H. Brockelbank; .M.L.A., .leadeir.
of the Opposition, in the Sask-
atchewan.. Legislature.
"Sandy" needs. no introduction
here. A son of 'the. late Mr. and
Mrs: Alex Nicholson,he wasborn'
on the "farm :on the Second Con-
cessionbLofKinloss; where his sis=
`ter; -Mrs::. Archie Maclntyre; and -
Mr: Maclntyre, reside.
:WEDDINN0: BELLS
McALLISTER--McKENZIE '
Standards of blue delphinium,
orange blossoms,white ;lilies. arid
ferns; 'effectively -arranged in the
• chancel of St.., Andre'w's United
church; Port • Albert, formed • an
attractive • .setting :'for the mar-
riage at 1.00 o'clock' Saturday .af-
ternoon Qof Ethel' .Grace • ,MeKen=
zie, recon • • • aughter 0 Mrs. Jas..
McKenzie, Port Albert, and the
fate James •McKenzie,. .to Robert
.Mason McAllister,• • elder son .of
Mr. • and Mrs: Wrn. • McAllister,
•Concession: 7, West Wawanosh.
The Ceremony :was... performed by...
Rev. l3: J. • Vickersori, • pastor of
the Dungannori-Crewe-Port Al-
•bert ' •United church .circuit in the
presence of 'about twenty guests
and a large number of interested
friends. 'Mr. John . Quaid,. thk
bride's uncle,' was. an usher.' '
-The : bride, given in marriage•
'by her brother, Mr. Roderick Mc-
Kenzie, entered the church to the
strains: of the" "Bridal Cher us
from Lohengrin" played., by Mr:'.
Wren. Sage, Sheppardton. She
•wore a becoming afternoon dress
of • white silk -jersey, torso •style;'
with white turban. and', shoulder-.
length ; veil. • Her . flowers were
white roses 'and snapdragon. 'Miss
Marjorie McKenzie, Hamilton;
wearing. pink - sheet over taffeta
and white "Mary Queen• of.,Scots"
headdress. was her sister's brides-..
-maids She-' carried -a-• bouquet-- of.
Talisman roses. Mr. John ,Park.
the bridegroom's cousin; 'was best
man. During the/signing of the
register, Miss Josephine Weir,
Auburn,',sang "My World",`
Throughout the ceremony . the
bride carried a. handkerchief from
Ireland which is 110 years old
and which was carried ;by , her
mother: at her wedding.
After the ceremony a reception
was ° held at the 'home.. of the
bride's mother; who received,'
wearing navy blue crepe • witla
matching ' heat. ,Mrs. McAllister, ,
the bridegroom's mother,. receiv-
ed with her, wearing navy blue
sheer With: blue hat°. A • Wedding
dinner was served with Mrs.
Lloyd Jantsi and .Miss; Margaret
Adams assisting. The ''table Was
centred with the wedditr,g cake,
above which was suspended a
white wedding bell; with pink
and white streamers to the four
corners of the table.
Mr. and Mrs. McAllister left
for a ,honeymoon in Toronto and
Ottawa, the bride wearing a two -
"piece suit of British ,.'tan with
beige and'rnatching accessories:
On their return 'the couple will
reside on the bridegroom's farm,
concession 7, West. Wawanosh.
He represents the fourth gener-
ation of the family to. occupy the
farm.: •.
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Do'or receipts ... , • .... .$286:00
General Expenses
R. Creighton • $190.00
• W. J. Douglas 2:00 •
.B. Ward . ' '2.0.0
Miscellaneous ..3.26
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Express.. 5:24 ..
Wm.. Murdie 1 16.50
Sentinel 39.05
Telephone . 5:14
R. J. Moore • . 8.00
Bud Orr ' m 3.90
.K.; McLennan ' 3.40
E: Gaunt ` -• ,1.50
$279.93
$ 6.07
Booth receipts ....$244.04
'Expenses • 193.90
' $ 50.14
(Pius Pop-- Cases Rebate)-..-'
Bingo receipts ...,$104.50
Expenses . • • • 48.90
3 Wheel Games ...; 7.1.80
Hitler; game $ 48.81
• Expenses ' •' • 10.85 .•
37,96
Dance --
Penny*
..,�.... 55.25
Penny` Toss 1.0.5
Ring Game .' 20.08
Prize Draw : $273:00
. Prizes 127.00
55.60
146.00
$443.95
Henderson & Fisher, acc. '8.50
A $'435.45
FACTORY FIRE QUICKLY
EXTINGUISHED THURSDAY,
A fire alarm on' Thursday at
noon hour, caused a real stir as
villagers learned the blazewas
at the Maple Leaf Aircraft Cor-
poration plant, `Lucknnow's , lead'
ing industry..•
The fire which broke out on the
outside of the fuel shed,• adjoin-
ing the plant, •was discovered
early; +but was making rapid
headway by the time a stream of
water was turned 9n, to• quickly
squelch the flames.
Nineteen Years Married
• Mr. and Mrs .Bert Ward ob-
served' their 19th wedding , anni-
versary last Thursday: They were
guests et dinner of Mr. and•Mrs.
W. J. Spindler. •• .
COST US' EIGHT CENTS
'TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS
SINCE HE LEFT HERE
• A visitor . in town.' last week
was Wm. MacKay' of Toronto, a
former resident of ''the Village,
who at one time • worked at the
livery business for both the late
Adath Thompson and the late Al-•
lan McLeod. Mr.: MacKay left
here 28 years ` ago, ' and has not
been back in , Lucknow in 27
years. - •
' Mr. 1VMacKay did a little 15"iping
in his :ounger days, and he•has
a'da ghter-ane son -who -are quite-
exp
uite
eP
x rt with
the p
ibroch . H
rs dau-•
.
ghter, Miss ' Grace MacKay, is
Pipe Major of the all girls pipe
band in .Toronto, which she per-
sopally _foundedand tutored, It
was the only girls band iri Eastern
•Ontario Until. an Air Force band
was orgariized.Nliss MacKay is
.Also a .p_rofessional Scottish dan-
cer.
Mr. MacKay's son, Piper Cann-
eron MacKay is a member' of the
Depot band at 'Newmarket. ..
While here Mr. MacKay visited
DISPOSED OF SALVAGE,
ANOTHER DRIVE SHORTLY*
, The Clansmen- shipped- their
spring , collection: Of paper, • rags
and glass: last week. ' Another:. col.
lection . will be rnad'e shortly. Iii
the 'meantime; anyonewith any
of the: above.. itenris of salvage, as •
well , as vitally . important metal
and ' rubber, may leave this ' at
Johnston's Feed barn, if they wish
to' dispose of same before the .col -
held.
lection is ., re urged. -
Rural residents a rg to.°
•. e
d.eli.v..er . thein , sa1Ya ._. tom e
pot;: as proceeds are used solely
for sending smokes to the boys
overseas from,not only , the Vill-
age; but. the rural district as well.
OBITUARY •
-SARAH - LINDSAY...,
MiSs , Sarah J. Lindsay; a mem-
ber of one. of. Lucknew's oldeest
families, and highly esteemed , in
the Village where she has; re -
PICNIC HELD ON
cHURCH GROUNDS'
• The Plresbyterian congregation-
al and Sunday School picnic was
''held on the . einitch .groiinds 'last
Thursday afternoon..: Ideal : wea-
ther.' '.arid • a•desirable ' location
helped to make. the 'event an en-
joyable one for all.
Following are the winners . in.
the races: children 5 and under;
`Sandy MacDonald, June Ross,
Joyce Moffat; girls 6-7 years, Jean
-Stanley; -boys6,;73---Ray
' Stanley;
girls 8-10, Erma Aberdein, Mari-
lyn McAlpine; boys 8-10, Donald
McAlpine; .girls 11-14, Mary Clic,
Velma Stanley; boys 11-14, Jack •
Stewart, Harvey Ross; young lad-.
ies, Mary 'McQuaig;. ' young men,
George Taylor; married ladies,
Mrs: Garnet ,'Henderson; • session
;and managers, John D.' Ross; •. girls
candle race, Mary Chin, Jean'
McOuaig; boys wheelbarrow race,
Roy Stanley, and George Taylor,
Jack .Stewvart, and Harvey Ross;
girls' shoe race, Velma Stanle
y,
- i ;9,5-51•Fl�r aC(',-+ate d h
Gollai, Jack . Stewart; girls ' slip-'
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per. kick, Winnifred Stewart; Vel-
ma Stanley; boys leap frog, Har-
vey Ross and'Jack..Stewart, Don-
ald 'McAlpine and Ronald John-
sto ; crow hop race, Mary. Chin,' ..
Erma.- Aberdein; Crab. walk, Jack
Stewart, Donald McAlpine.. • .
"Insufficient ' postage", ra 'd -a
'ticket in ours ost'•Office box the
other. day. It was one of those
"big"fat" letters that had a' very
. important official appearance a-
bout it. We, forfeitedeight. cents.
'in addition to the four -cent stamp
, that was On it,to obtain the :let-
ter and found it was a copy :of
Col. George` Drew's radio speech
which, i
had a copy.
• Couldn't help but ' wonder • iii
canpaignItinds were getting,.that,
low.: ,•
y
and Other relatives:
PINS •`WINGS ON•,HIS SON
.'A recent issue of The Viking
News, ,Alberta,, show's Walter
Murdock ' rn• the' act -.of •pinning
the :wings on his• •son,:LAC.. Thos.
;Walter Murdoch. 'Tom graduated
.from No: 4 ,S:F:T.S., Saskatoon,
...where he received his wingsfro.n
his father, and at'the same cere-
mony was cornrnissioned a pilot
officer.• ..
Tom' is a brother • of • Murray
Murdoch, •Who won fame • as the,
iron -man of - hockey with • Nevi
York Rangers. A sister, Mrs. S.'
D. McLean : resides' at Shelley, B.
C.
• Mr.. and Mrs. ° W:..D.L•Mux:doch,
who were natives of 'this com=
munity, are well ,known, here by
many people.• '
Show Every Second Week
•' 'Due to a poor summer patron-
age; the Sepoy Theatre will op-
erate only every second week for
the remainder of the summar.
The next four pictures to be
shown are listed in this week's
.advertisernent. .
away at the home of Misses Ada
and Hazel Webster, early last
Wd'enesday morning. '' , •
Miss Lindsay was . is her 87th
year and had been' .bedfast., for
about ten :months, during which
time`;she had the kindly 'admin
istratiorr of her sister Agnes with
Whom she . resided. During . the
winter Men a; , , Miss Lindsay Was
caredfor at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Hill, and about a
week, prior to her passing was
taken to' the home of the . Misses
"Webster. •
A daughter of the late James
and Mary. Lindsay, deceased was
born in Kingston and came. to
Lucknow to reside in 1881.• She
was a faithful member, of the
Methodist; and later ' United
Church. Rev. J. W. Stewart con-
ducted the funeral service; which
was held privately on Friday af-
ternoon with interment in Green-
hill•Ceinetery.__ ,
Pallbearers' were G. H.'. Smith,.
W. W. Hill, J. W. Joynt, W. G.
Andrew, Jarvis. McBride• :and Ray
Girvin, 15riring the service Mrs.
J. W. Joynt sang.
Surviving are her sister. Agnes
Lindsay and four brothers, Robt.
J. Lindsay of Kingston; Thomas
P. Lindsay of , LaVallee; • Charles
G. 'Lindsay, of Peterborough and
Harvey J. Lindsay of Lucknow.
Two. nephews Earl of Toronto
and .Herb of Kingston and two
nieces, Helen of Ottawa. and.
Maud ' of Peterborough also sur-
vive. ..
• GEORGE DREW
Provincial Leader of the Procrc,s-
sive-Conservative Party, who out-
lined the Party's 22 -paint pro-
gram in a radio address last
Thursday night. The • program is
odtlined in an advertisement in
this issue.
LOCAL GIRT. PROMOTED
TO SECTION' OFFICER •
Miss Jessie F. Stewart, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mars. A. P. ;Stew-
art of town, was recently promot-
,.ed to section officer in the R. C.
A. F. (W.D.). Miss §tewart was
stationed until recently at Van-
couver. as a member of the re-
cruiting • staff at the' Western Air.
Corm -nand' Head`q arters. .
Jessie was a member of the ex-
tension staffof the University of
British Columbia prior ,to enlist-
ing in January 1942. She has
since been stationed at Rockcliffe,
WhOa e. s;e'..Was, ort..th #.raan�rt�
to t .. oronto ane
*a. member of the Kirkland Lake
police force. Until' joining the
Force, }],'wart was employed • in
the mines there. '
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Lethbridge before going to ] C.
. SO. Stewart, who,has now been
posted for duties -elsewhere, vis-
ited at her home here last week.
VI
• U. S. THOMPSON
Friends and citizens were
shocked at; the sudden •passing of:
the late Uriah Spencer Thomp-
son of Donnybrook on. Wednes-
day.
ednes-day• last. Although he hadbeen.
in failing health for some time.
his death was unexpected. He
will be 'greatly missed. having
lived all his life in West Wawa -
nosh. The youngest of three chil-
dren of the late John Thompson
an,d Eliza Ann Spencer, 'deceased
was born February 16th, 1872, on
the farm now owned by John R.
Thompson at 'Donnybrook, West
Wawanosh: He .ckas a member cif
Donnybrook` United church, also
a member of the'Canadian Order
of Foresters.
Surviving are his wife, Flor-
ence Martin, and four children,
John A. and Donald at home, Rc'=•
becca, teacher at Sundridge, and
Lucy, teac'lner at Orangeville; a
sister, Rebecca, who -resided with
him, and a brother, W. 3. Thornp-
son of Auburn. .. •
The funeral service was held, at
his late residence on Friday con-
ducted by Rev. H. J. Snell of Au •
burn, pastor of Donnybrook Un-.
ited church.i3urial. Was in Dun-
gannon ,....,
gann-on cetheter
a eai ei 5 were David McAI-
lister, Masoti• McAllister, G. 'Fer-
guson, Patrick Walsh, Albert
Johnston and John .Thompson..•
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COMPLETE RECRUITING -
UNIT HERE NEXT 'WEEK
A .Mobile' Recruiting ,Unit from '
the : R.C.AF..-.Recruitinng...rCeritrc,_
London, Ont.; under the .• corn-;
mand of Flying 0.. Officer J. W.
Peers, ' wsll be .at '•the, .Town Hain :
on Wednesday, July. 21st, .from • 4
:p.m. . to 7. - p.m, This. ',unit , pre=
pared to give .all the necessary
tests,. medical examination and
will complete enlistment on .the
spot. • .
Men are required.. for 'aircrew,.
.general duties, standard trades-
men, service police • and chefs.
There are also a few openings for
'men, to be trained 'aS' wireless
n'ieehanics; carpe'nter's, merat
workers, , airframe and aero en-
gine mechanics.
Enlistment of .women • .is very
.necessary at this time, particular-
ly : those qualified to be. clerks;
'operations, . laboratory ' assistants,' •
wireless operators, motor trans-
port drivers, who go in as 'direct
entry,' and cooks.. •
Large numbers of girls 'are ur-
gently needed to be trained as
clerks general• being given a two
menthe.' course at a well known
Commercial School
TORRENTIAL RAIN SUNDAY
This immediate vicinity .exper-
ienced a fierce • mid -summer el-
ectrical storm an Sunday • after-
noon accornpanied by high Winds,
heavy rain and.hail: •
The storm brought an end to
good .flay weather. that. had .pre-
vail-ed the latter part of the week:.
By Saturday the ,mercury had..
climbed to 89 ' degrees.
During Sunday's cloudbursts
almost two 'inches. of rain , fell:
The rain literally fell in sheets,
and accompanied by high wind; •
flattened grain crops; hay fields, •
gardens' and flower beds. .
Cellars were flooded in ag'good' •*
many cases. and ' storm sewers
failed to take .off the. water as
fast as it poured clown the streets.
The electrical 'storm was "wick- •
ed", but we failed to hear of any •
damage caused by lightning.'
To Teach At Oil Springs
Miss Bernice *Blake, B.A., dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs, Jelin. ,dau-
ghter
of Dungannon, has accepted ° a
position on the Oil Springs Con-
tinuation
school staff. Miss.B•l'ak•e
-tracr beer -tri it tva. oSte-estrirat
h ir•e bene or - pas two
years, and before her departure
was presented with an electric
table lamp.
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