HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-08-19, Page 7-THURSDAY, AUGUST 19th, 1943
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO •
PAGE SEVEN
Gordon Steward' of the staff o£
the Army Postal 'Headquarters` at
Ottawa 'spent the week -end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs., Chas.
- .Steward.
Arrived Overseas
Word has been,, received that.
George McGregor, son ; sof Mrs.'
j Savile McGregor has arrived
( overseas.
Gnr. 'Perry B.ushelf of Pet-
awawa spent a week of a nine -
day leave with his parents, Mr..
and -.Mrs,, John. Bushell, Kinlough.
On his return he visited with his
" sisters in Toronto and with
friends in Ottawa.
InSame Squadron
Ori his arrival overseas LAC.
Harold Greer, was posted to • the
satire squadron as . WO. ,Alex Mac-
Kenzie,, and Alex was almost .the
first airman Harold met upon re
-
1 porting for duty.
Arrived Overseas
In 'thelist of Kinlough boys
who recently arrived overseas, we
omitted the name of Bob Burt,
sari of Mr. and.Mrs: Charles Burt.
Another son, Ted, has, been over-
seas for some time..
On Furlough
Howard Johnston of the . Can-
adian •Navy is at, present spend;
ing a 14 -day furlough, with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. John-
ston. Howard has been stationed
at the naval barracks at Halifax
for a time after stoking on a mine
sweeper . on the Atlantic for a
long stretch.
Arrived Overseas
Mrs. John E. Hodgins received
a cable from her husband, •Spr.
John E. Hodgins of his safe ar-
rival overseas. John is a son of.
Mr. and Mrs Jat:nes; M. Hodgins
:o'f the 12th Concession of Kinloss
and. • a . brother .o£. TornHodgins_.
John, enlisted over a year ago.
After training „souse , Months at
'Petawawa, he took a special.
course at Montreal and Stratford.
in engineering beforegoing over -
teas.
• 1
Battery. Officers Attend Exams
Over the week -end four officers
of the local reserve battery wrote
exams_ atGuelph. They were A.
M. Peebles of town, Cecil
Mc-
Alpine of Lucknow, Howard Wy-
lie of Wroxeter, all members of
the 99th' (res.) Battery and J.
Harley Crawford of the . 21st
(res.) Field Regiment, R: C. A.—
Advance-Ximes.
Names Are Wanted
A large number of young -men
from this district have 'arrived
•overseas during the past several
weeks. They'll appreciate some
smokes from the organizations
back home, but first of all we
must have their full and com-
- plete_ovrrseaS address.„See that
the local organizationshave this.
These organizations include- the
S.O.S. Club, The" Legion, "'The
Clansmen an.d•Mrs.'Hollyman and
Mr,. Johnston.
Leave the names With ',any of
these •organizations,, or at The
Sentinel Office 'where the over-
seas cigarette, mail, ng list is re-
vised from time 'to -time.
Your co-operation 'in providing
each new address- or 'change of
address is 'essential.
On a farm near Dundalk pot-
• atoes are. growing onthe vines
a «,itcl.l ar , ncii-s' rmrnd, The
Murphy _family is getting uppish.
WEDDING BELLS
EERBEICHER=GLAZIER
On Saturday, August 7th at 4
o'clock in the First Baptist church
of . Guelph, a very pretty wedd-
ing was solemnized of Corporal
Ruth Glazier, elder daughter
of Mr: and Mrs: George Glazier,
Lucan St., Guelph to Sgt. Stanley
Eerbeicher, son of Mr: •Conrad
Eerbeicher • and the late . Mrs.
Eerbeicher of Kitchener, The pas-
tor, Rev. Friese .officiated :for the
ceremony. The bride was " given
in marriage by her father, look-
ing, ,lovely in a floor length dress
of bite lace over satin made in
princ s lines with long sleeves,
a floor le gih veil and headdress
arrangement with gardens was
worn and" she carriedred roses
and bouvardia. The bridesmaid
was her younger sister, Miss
Kathleen Glazier, who wore a
floor length dress of turquoise
blue embroidered net with, shoul-,
der length veil and halo head
dress She carried pink roses and
bouvardia. The groom was sup-
ported by Lieut. K. A. • Rintoul,
Brockville.. During the signing of.
the register, Mrs. Wilson Eer-
beicher,'
er-beicher,' sister-in-law of the
groom ..sang "0 Perfect' Love".
After the .;ceremony a reception
was held . at the home of the
bride's : parents, where sixty-five
guests . were entertained. Later
the young couple left .on a honey-
moon i spent at Port. Elgin, after
which they will return to Camp
Ipperwash, where they are both
stationed. e
A townsman, after being away
from his native village for many
years, returned to visit the school
of his boyhood days. The school
master failed to recognize his
erstwhile pupil, saying, "You
seem to know me very well, but
I have no remembrance of ever
having seen your face before".
"That is quite understandable",
came the reply, "for you were
much latter acquainted with my
other end".
Mr;
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A !WEEKLY EDITOR
LOOKS AT
ttawa
W,itfen"sp.c ally , '
for ,thhe weekly n.wspop.rr of C®nada
By Jing , Greenblat
Recent diplomatic changes oc-
curred in Ottawa . with the:. ar-
rival of Ray Atherton, the - new
United . States minister to -Can-
ada, and the first Swedish
ster to, this country, Per Wijkman.
They presented their credentials
to the Governor-General. shortly
after arrival. Mr. Atherton, who
.got here on . a Sunday, finished
the last • leg of his journey from
Montreal by car so 'as not to dis-
turbofficials with the necessity
of a formal reception at the train..
He will be a popular " minister
here. . • ,
It seemed' like a tragedy in the
family. -.something . was missing.
The big, friendly clock high up in
the Peace Tower took a holiday
for a'few days and stoped. Hab-
it pis, a. queer creature: Thousands
who . rush to work by that .clock,
just kept :looking and looking at
the time, regardless of its evident
inertia. It • finally . got , going, .to
the immense relief of all of. us,
thou'g'h most people' .carry. a wrist
watch anyway. -
Shortage in fruit crops. Expec-
ted higher prices are responsible
• for the ceiling to be tacked on
pears, peaches . and plums when
they hit the market. Stocks of
canned fruits & vegetables, with
exceptions like jams and jellies,
were frozen on the national shelf
just for the same reason house-
wife leaves her cellar stock' alone
while taking advantage of the
fresh stuff available. Cold 'and
wet weather early this year kill
ed off a lot of the peach trees in
eastern Canada; late spring,hurt
strawberry 'arid raspberry crops.
Blueberries were heavy but fac-
ed a labor shortage; cherries were
poor. The Canadiantotal. for ap-
Ales. will likely be (lown, with a
23: per cent increase over last`s
.year in Nova Scotia, but reduc-
tions from 2 to 29 per cent are
expected in New -Brunswick. and
B.C.; . about 400,000 barrels less.
The pear crop looks like 250;000
barrels less; prunes and plums
only slightly "off. ,Peaches show
a drop of around 67 per cent, af-
fecting both B. C. and Ontario
crops. Grapes are expected to by
22 per cent below .1942's record
harvest, but the current estimate
is ;nearly:. a third more than the
five year • average from 193.6 to
1940. Plans are 'being made, we
are told, to see that. some of the -
crops are. canned.. ••
Food seems to have been in the
spotlight around Ottawa — with
many announcements concerning,
an item Which takes about a third
of every family . income. The war
has put a big strain on our coun-`
try's productive capacities. This
is shown by figures that 'food
production is now more than 25
per cent above pre-war levels..
Hog marketings ;are' up 69 'per
cent, cheese 50 per cent. - Feed
grain acreage shot up 25 per cent
to meet live stock and dairy pro-
ducts increases. That means our
'producers. have to work harder
andifie\xfgenious. The depart -
Ment of,. labor statistics show 'a,
net decrease in male farm.'
.during the period March 1939
to March 1943 of 350,000: At the
latter .date: Male -family help only-
averaged
nly•averaged 121 works Per 100
farms.
Pay increases. recently announ-
ced,.
nnounced,. tie up with the strong =cam -
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Now i YOU can be a Fighting Airrnan
in Double -Quick Time
The R.C.A.F. wants MORE Ab1�'Bodi�d Men
for Aircrew
¶IHERE'S a place actually . waiting for you in the '
gallant band now flying and fighting in R.C.A.F. planes
on many different fronts.
More men are urgently needed to increase the attack
to bomb and blast the enemy into unconditional sur-
render. So, whatever work you are now doing, don't let
adventure and glory pass you buy. It's your great chance.
A job, even in a war factory, is no longer as essential as
fighting in the air. This is a call to every young Canadian
who can make the grade, •
Planes and Schools are Ready °
to Train You Qui kly
You will be in Air Force uniform right way. No more delay
getting into airrci,•ew. Basic training h ins at once. Skilled
instructors are waiting. Fast planes are waiting.
If you are physically fit, mentally alert, over 171 and not yet 33,
you are eligible. You do not require a High School 'education.
Aircrew
Needed Now
for Immediate
Training as
PILOTS
NAVIGATORS
BOMBERS
AIR GUNNERS
WIRELESS
OPERATORS
MIR G(NNERS)
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Recruiting Centres are located in the principal cities of Canada.
Mobile rearm nq waits visit smaller centres, egularly.
AC -9W ,•
a
paign radiating 'from Ottawa alt
over Canada to induce more wo-
men to take their places in the
services and release men for act-
ive duties.. There are some 31,775
women now enlisted, but they say
they need 65,000. more. In other "-
fields wom ii,: are needed. High
priority plants will be surveyed I,
to increase ,employment of wo- •
men; even looking for an increase
in , half-day work by housewives.
As the,strain on .our manpower—, •
increases, a Shortage of air -crew
is alsoo noted by the Royal Can-
adian Aar Force, accentuated by
the steady aerialpounding given,
Germany.:A potential and grow-
ing pool, . of cour
se, organized in
most centres`• ` anada is the
Air Cadet League, • with some
22,000 lads from 15 . to 18 „en-
thusiastically. girding themselves
to play their part some day. Or-
ganized in - 1941, already . over
1,455' of these lads •have joined
'the :R.C.A.F. :But the immediate
need for aircrew is urgent.
One `of the lady officials m the
Consumer, section, talking about
the conservation program say's it
really had, its origin in the back
concessions. Here Canadian wo-
nen have always. made over their
clpthing or; cut it down for the
children. Now that conservation -
has become :a national. necessity,
due to demands of the armed'
forces on the ' country's textile
supplies, many of the ideas .of
these early experimenters in
make-overlI�re coming in and con-
tributing to the success of the
program. She says that under the
leadership Of older ;women, the
young fry are also taking to the
idea of makeover. Many commun-
ities , which do not already have
'Re -:Make centres are planning to .
openthese schools for sewing '
i.nstrut tion i'n the autumn. , Wilt
all this affect our, national home
economy after the war?' That's an
interesting point.
Soldiers detailed from army
training to help with the harvest
will be paid $4 a day in Western
Canada, $3.50 in .most parts of
Ontario, '$3 in Quebec and the
Maritimes, farmers also provid-
ing room and board; according to
;National_ Defence H.Q. Where:
they. -are-, granted --compassionate
leave to work on their own farms
or ; the farms of near relatives, •
soldiers get free transportation
up to 500 miles.
Unofficially it is estimated that
around 30,000 people are in Ot-
tawa doing temporary work in
connection'• with the war. Looks
it on the street and in the eating
places. ' Housing has beena big.
problem. Maybe youdon't kno'(v
it out there but . the government
built a „ place,, called Laurentian
Terrace, especially for Grade ,1
girl office workers which takes.
care • of about 360. It is nicely.,
and very comfortably furnished,•
and the girls pay $8.50 weekly,
which:.: --includes meals. 'Helps
Some.
Behind the scenes plans seem
to be laid for repatriation of ser-
vice men. For instance, Repatria-
tion Depot No. 1 was recently
opened at Rockcliffe it C. A. F.
Station near, Ottawa where men
are taken care of from the tinie
they land in Canada by„ship un-
til another place is found for
them in the services or to their
return to civilian life as the case '
may be.
A significant itei"n! ..The number
of male teachers in eight pro
vinces, excluding Quebec, declin-
ed from 14,700 in 01939 to 12,600
in 1942, due to eriistments and
the fact that higher salaried em- ,
ployment was found elsewhere.
About 80 per cent ` of this .:loss
was: from one -room rural schools,
where the teachers were younger
arid lower paid, the Bureau of
-i. $tatir.stics rndicates: