HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-08-12, Page 7THiJRSDAY, AUGUST 12th, 1943 -
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,. • ONTARIO
Capt. , E. .Smith of London
:spent the week -end with his par-
ents, Mt. and Mrs.. James Smith.
Stimson;' Sr:, of the Vet
erans' Guard at Kingston; spent'
a few days last week at -his 1pme
here.
Tpr. W. J. Hunter .spent . the
week -end with his parents ' at
Zion.' He, has. been • transferred
from Hamilton to.. Camp. Borden:
Lieut. Harold Thompson of Pet-
awawa spent the week -end here.
He was accompanied by . Mrs.
Thompson who returned after
.spending two weeks at Pembroke.
' Dr. -J. Grant MacKenzie, son
of Mr. and Mrs. -W., L. MacKenzie,
who is stationed with the R. C.
A.: F. at .No', .6, .I..T.S.; rn Toronto,,
was recently promoted from Fit._.
Lieutenant. to SquadronLeader.
An announcement of Ontario
.R.C.A.F. personnel recently com-
.rnissioned, .contained the name of
W. Colin- Crozier of Crewe. Colin
is . a Pilot Officer and is at pres-
ent aetirig--as.an:-insirweter at No.
1,. I-T:S:• at. Rivers, Man.
Kinlough-Kinloss Boys
Arrive Overseas
Five ..boys from: • the ' Kinlough-
Kinloss district were among the
recentarrivals overseas: They are
''Wray Pitheell, Morley Bushell;
Frank Curry, Albert Colwell' and
Donald 'McEwan. Wrayhas an
uncle, buried, near London, Eng
land, who paid the supreme sac-
rifice in the last war, at the age
of 20.
Made Over 50 Raids ,
WO. Alex MacKenzie, D.F.M.,
has been . back on operational
flights'" now .for some time,' and
ha's run. up a total of more than
fifty trips over enemy' territory
in the R.A.F.'s biggest ,bombers.
When :he makes sixty trips,' Alex
'expects to, get home to ' Canada
.. on' rest leave. Alex was decorated
by the King at Buckingham. Pari -
face, . lout a letter ;to . his 'mother
describing the investure, was lost'
at sea.
BROTHERS NEVER MET
• WHILE.IN ENGLAND •
a.t
• • Plans made by two brothers,
Don and Bill Stimson, to meet
"somewhere in 'Engla'nd", never
-seemed to click and ' now Bill
finds himself inNorth Africa and
wondering if.B'rot•her Don mayhe
• there..too, • .
Mrs. Stimson recently received
:a letter 'from..Bill, written on
June 14th which, said .in part: "I.
,' guess you will have hard about
the Canadians landing in North
Africa. Well,'I`m one of them are,
is it. ever hot and lots of'. sand!
We are -quite; a • piece- from town.
The .place is full of Arabs and
natives and • theyare I all over.
trying .to sell fruit, but ..it• isn't
safe to' eat it as there. is a Jot
of • .disease such as ' malaria and..
dysentry.. We have, to take pills
all the .time in case somebody
gets it, We ha.ve to, sleep under
mosquito. nets' and put on cream
to. ward off the tnosquito.es at
night. We • go down to the. sea
. every, ,day to swim., It is very
'salt: and 'wa•Yri1: °There is' a bad
current and o•nt' was drowned
•two days ago, . and , or 6 had,
to be'- taken out. so .vie have to,
be careful". . .
The censor had blotted out the
numberof days the convoy Was.
at sea eriroute from England :to
North Africa.
PAGE SEVEN
Jerry Culbert of the R.C.A.F,
has been posted from Lachine,
Quebec to Ha:inilton where he
will take- a wireless course.
Mel Orr of .the R. -C. A. F. is
spending a furlough at his home
here. Mel was posted from Tor-
onto to Halifax, but after a short
time at the coast returned • to
Quebec.. Upon completion of. his
furlough Mel expectsto be posted.
again -to the Maritimes. -
Staff Sergeant Bill. Jewitt was
included in a group picture taken
at 'headquarters in London last
week, when a ,farewell -party was
held for 18 members of the,Corps,
,of:Military Staff Clerks, whp .will;
be leaving.for training '_to . fit •
them. for' oerseas duties .rt the
near future.
Group Of Lucknow
Boys In Last *Contingent
The recent contingent 'of Can-
adian troops t9 arrive overseas,
included a number of local boys.
Among them were Sgt. Clarence
Cpl. Clare Johnston, Cpl. Stew
pre Cameren1 and Grits. John
Dahmer and J. C. Arrristrong. We
understand the boys were all a-'
board the same troop transport.
•
Meets Lucknow :Boys
On , Arrival OverseaS
Mr. and Mrs. James Johnstone
have received a letter from their
son, Bch'. dare johnitOne
houecipg his arrival ovetseas,
.Clare Said he 'had a .Wonclerful
trip over. and on arrival, received.
neth Cameron: and G:eorge and
Jim Webster. Clare says:they are
not tar aPart and will see mote
of' each Other. The letter was,
Mailed on july 21st and arrived
Orr AugeSt 7th,
Bob Thompson states in a•' let-
ter 'to his parents; that he re-
cently met John, Finlayson of
Lochalsh at one of their ports of
call. John, is a radio operator on
merchant ship.
Arrived Overseas .
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McNeil
received a cable on:•Friday ,an-.
j pouncing the arrival overseasof
their son Ray.
At :Mont'Joli
Allan Treleaven, who has pro-
gressed to -the rank of LAC: in
the R.C.A,F., is now stationed at
Mont J li, .Quebec,.•.borribing and
gunner achool.'Allan -was posted
there o Quebec City.He re-
ported fd�ir Brew duty in March
and since' then Allan hasn't been
able to get home for 'a week -end.
;Enjoyed Ocean Voyage
Bob MacKenzie Says
LISgt. Bob. MacKenzie, in his
first letter to his 'grandfather,
Mr, Hugh:McIntosh, ''since ar-
riving -'overseas, says in part:
"Just a • few lines to Iet you know
that I 'am' ..well . and enjoying
everything,' I wasn't the least .,bit,
sick coming over , and felt fine.
I have been through:, the coun-
try where, my ancestors originally
"came from. It is a very, very
beautiful. country, moreso than
I ever imagined. Last night (July
29) I was talking' to Jim Webster.
Kenny Cameron, Bill Wallace
and•Eiliott, Webster and will see
more sof:. the .boys. ,.before- many -
days.. All the fellows look' swell.
Hopeto get a leave •.before long
and expect to see Jack Fisher as
he isn't far from' here. I 'saw
"Short" Cameron on the way over
and several others I knew".
Bob •also ; sends ' a reminder to
keep. the smokes. corning and a
box of eats. sometimes as the eats
"are . just fair '
Officer. Blinded By
Booby Trap .Explosion
In a recent letter from Aylmer
Aitchison,. to his ,parents, ..Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Aii chison he .tells
of a tragedy that happened on
their last scheme. This is the way
he tells it: `AAs we moved up or,
back • we . had to, look . the ground
over fat' land mines andbooby
traps just as it will be in actual
combat,, -A •,young officer hit •a
booby trap and it must have had
quite a char-ge;Lvehich-wasir't.sup_
posed to be in them, for it blasted
full in his 'face. At the hospital
had to remove : one eye im-
mediately and since then they
have taken out the. other. He is,
quite young, well liked arid was
married just beforehe came over:
here. Now he goes home to a Pret-
ty young wife, totally blind. I
don't, know about him, but I'd
far sooner be dead I than go horrie
like that''.
Aylmer also describes. the •es. -
tate on which he., was then lo-
cated; This is "a' great sectioh he
says, and he hasn't felt so happy
or' contented for a long time. He
described 'the little "sawmill on
'the estate;' where they were saw
ing up little knotty` 12 foot pine
logs, from which he said they
wouldn't cut a "1000 feet of lum-
ber in six months". Theold fore-
man reminded Aylmer of Grand-
.pa�
Aitchison. He had been at the
business since he was 14, • and
Aylmer had a long talk with .him.
"All the people are so', friendly
aroii•nd here, I really. like it" he
added..
Is In The R.C.A.F.
"Jasper' 'Farrish, son of Mr. . and.
Mrs. Elmer Farrish of Corrie, and
formerly of Ashfield ,enlisted a-
bout six weeks ago for air crew
in the R.C.A:F. and reported for.
.duty at No. 2 Manning ' Depot at
Brandon. Jasper ,was 18 years of
age in February. He ,has a 17-
year-old brother who .has been
trying to join the 'Navy, but with=
out any .luck .so far because of his
age.
Fast Mail Service
Cpl. Stewart ' Cameron,' • son of
'Mrs. R. J. : Cameron . recently ar-
rived overseas with -a Scottish,
regiment;, and : his, first letter to
his sister, Mrs. N. E. Bushell, sets
somewhat of a record for . quick
overseas delivery. The Iettear was
postmarked in England on August
3rd, and bears' a Hamilton, Ont-
ario postmark of August 7th.
The letter •was included in a
mail shipment ' .of 3,959 pounds
brought to• Canada by a Trans-
Canada Air Lines transport plane.
•
'Has Seven Children And
Granddaughter. In 'S'ervice •
The enlistment of Jean, Webster
and Mabel Ma Donald in the
Wrens, places. Mrs. Violet Web-
ster of Kincardine,nd formerly
of Lucknow, in the unique posi-
tion of having seven members cf
her family and her granddaughter
all ie the armed services.
Elliott, George and Jim Web-
ster are overseas with an artillery'
unit. Fred is serving'•in.the Can-
adian Navy. Mary is with the
C.W.A.C. in Canada, and Mac is
also in thearmy in Canada. The
enlistment of Jean ..Webster_ lir the
women's branch of the naval ser-
vice, leaves only Mrs.. Margaret
MacDonald and 'Bill Webster of
bucknow not in the services. Due
to a . leg injury Bill is not fit for
serVice, or no doubt he would
have been -in it .long ago.'
Mabel MacDonald, who has also:
joined the Wrens, is Mrs: Mar-
garet" MacDonald's oldest' daugh-
te,t, ' • •
The Canadian Army has -a "Pte.
Donald Duck" '
The recent increase in pay for
the Canadian Women's' Army
Corps brings the basic pay of
women in uniform to 80 per' Bent
of that paid risen in the Armed
Forces.
A WEEKLY EDITOR
., kLOOKS AT
ttUW
Written .spicially
Ion the iiiwiidy'nawipapers of:.Ganda
By Jhn Greenblat
Many of tis get funny notions
about members 'of Parliarnent.
Sure they make speeches, but af-
ter watching themin action here
for . a while I guess they're jiist
working men like you and me.
For instance the other qday I was
talking with Olaf Hansen, ineni=
ber for Skeena IBC.). He told me
he .had lost 14 pounds during the
session. The stocky, grey haired
'son of the Vikings still talks witn
a delightful Scandinavian accent.
:His home port for Many years
was :Prince Rupert, that booming,
pulsating war babybecome ad-
ult. Mr. Hansen in 1907 went .af-
'ter the .pot of gold at the end of
the, rainbow,.. walking the nearly
one thousand miles from Edmon-
tori- ,to„ Prince- Rupert: through a
wild . eountry.: He found the. gold
all right—but in lumber, pioneer
ed. and prospered.
This rs Ottawa `The~ other day
a huge tank with its long barrel-
ed cannon pointing Straight ,ahead
at the .traffic, its treads clanking
loudly, rumbled. along .the: .pave-
ment in front of the Parliament
buildings, . •Incongruous but
it hadto stop at the red light.
Nobody seemed topay the slight-
est attention to this monser of
The Prices Board order clamp -
nig down on further permits ' for
storage of .eggs until ' laterin the
year they . tell me is primarily to
stop speculative . profits 8n . storing
and handling of eggs. you know
Canada has a big job ahead of it
this year. The production objec-
_ti: e.- fon 1.943,. -according to- the.
Agricultural Supplies : Board, is
to provide 345 million doz. eggs.
Think of that, an increase : of 26
per cent over 1942 and 41 per
cent over 1941: Fordomestic con-
sumption they figure aver . 282
million dozen; a ,reserve of 11
million. Munitions .and Supply
estimates it will .,need 7? million
and' the 'United Kingdom's .need
will probably be,•about 63 mil-
lion dozen. That's cackling for
victoryin a. big way. ,
In my rounds 'I also , inquired
about publication of the Sicilian
campaign, casualty .lists, .but find
this. can't . be done forsome time
yet for security reasons. While
one part of the Canadian 'army
is still in one sector, like Sicily,
such publication would give the
enemy a fine chance to gauge
losses, determine disposition, etc:
However, when a paper has satis-
fied itself next-of-kin has been
notified, it may refer to _ an ,b
een
-vidual . . . . Another interesting
thing 'I :was_ told is that official
camerr len have been . , taking
shots of the action . in Sicily,
these are sent on to London, then
to the 'National Film Board in
Ottawa. The people • of Canada'
will, be given 'the opportunity of
seeing them through news reels in
their local theatres.
• You who groan over the mower
.on your ;little lawn at home -Fought
to see what the men have to keep
in trim around the Parliament
buildings. I. enquired and found
there are about 40 acres of grass
to be looked after, and it keeps
a number of men 'working con-
tinually day after day. I was •
surprised to .i see, the. absence -of
'dandelions, so pestiferous -in 'some
parts of Canada. The Central
Experimental Farm here says a
pretty effective treatment for
thern is spraying the infested area'
with long-t'ime . burning ' oil at the
rate of 5 gallons per .onethousand
square feet of lawn: No. other
place does one see more beautiful
Swards of grass -and such mag-
nificent trees' as in Ottawa. •:
Odds `' and • ends of the recent
• Session: . The war finance ' bill
which.:, set, ' Up a .• jackpot of '
`$3,890,000,000 for war purposes,
passed, ;'quickly., but Parliament
was concerned . with 'it on forty-
four days • of the • session, so it.
wasn't given a once-over-lightly.
.... largest single item in :the
supplementary estimates was
$27;816,000for wheat reduction
acreage bonus and administration
of it, as against $4,265,000` last
fiscal year. . . there was a
reduction of 4 million acres seed,'
ed to wheat in the 3 prairie .pro-
'winces, but that's all .covered by `
increases . in oats, barley and flax
seed...: one of the.final debates
before the curtain rang down vas '•
a ;bill . which increasedold age
pensions and blind pensions by
$5 a month and undercertain cir-
cumstances also allowed $125 out
side income • without reduction.
• A quick glance: for folks gout
there" on •the new order stopping"
purchase of used tires and tubes
without a permit. Rural' school
teachers get raised .rating; rural
auctioneers can get them;' a new
ruling.:. allows 'a farmer to procure
same for passenger car even' if he
has .a truck.,' Provision is . made
for certain dentists, optometrists
who' operate branch* also for
those.. ernp'loyed in breed associa-
tions engaged in the control or
direction of producing •or market- -
i'ng ' foods and farm :products. A
redefined status for . those who .'
use passenger vehicles for 75 .per
cent . or more mileage in trans-,
porting produce or supplies to and ,
from the farm, and who own no
truck. The order .is to conserve.
dwindling stocks. of new tires in..
Canada. Further information will
probably be available at your 10- •
a1W defiler_.. who._ ..vvi11 like-ly�,have the detailed order..
Railways appear' to be doing 'a
swell war' effort job. In June a
new record level was reached,
according to . the Dominion . Bur-
eau of .Statistics, in freight ton-
nage hauled. An astounding total
of 9,036,000 tons as - against '4,-
277,000 irr June, 1939..
Why is' the government push-
ing ' predationof, oil, bearing
seeds? To keep the Canadian boys
punching, over there. Four pounds
of , the lowly sunflower seed pro-
duce a'.pourid of oil; a bushelaof
flax yields about 18 pounds of oil„
While soy beans give about 8 lbs:
per, bushel.
Had • a letter, saying: "Give ;us,
a little hews .for • women", So I
took a stroll down to the :Con-
sumers Branch of the' Wartime
Prices Board and said "How a-
bout it?r' Got talking about the•
rural womeh in relation to price
control and rationing.' Found that
representation of rural women. in °
ConAugrer. branch committees is
,taken .seriously:' For instance. -
when it came to granting extra
rations for temporary farm help,
their wishes, were' really consid-
.ered. Arrangements • have • been
made for farm .wornen to . obtain
extra rations,, whenever they
serve 12 meals, or more. To fur-
ther ease their problems of meal
planning, rural residents owning
their own herds are granted' spere-
ia1 privileges under meat and bub'- '• .
tee ration,-. •
ry