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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-09-02, Page 2e• be an event. Harold Butt • lighthouse supply boat used to Mr and Mrs // on . • I want regardless of the, other fellow's', that ' h w urday that peach.sales were to be frozen, • ; Keeper of 'the Light, is .genial Jack Camp- : Citizensflocked to the market and, to district bell• of Amberley. He has been in charge' now husbleave.and who is'on a 60 -day farm fruit growers; buying up everything in .:sight. for the past : five years. The arrival of the , . at the Point, but for the past' t O years sup and., family have . retur ed to pup - _PAGE TWO � y E LUCKNOW SENTI L. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO. Established 1873 . Published Each Thursday Morning II RENTINgle L KNOW, ONTARIO 41t. ret_inPris WPM B' dropesirig last weak';,. peper the Pub - hexer was. ,exaabled , to get AWAY' tee the •ofie . for .a w *k• : whic`:h, With NIL'S- Tt caailt?,SOta. and Dcaiialcl; its N spent At the "'foot Of. they beim- . • .Subscription Rate e ---$2.0,0`A `A Year In, Advance dory'} in a�uie' ext . the K. 3. Elliesten cottages.. To United • S.tates $2.50 . Single Copies. 5c Fora real reest it is an ideeil location; There .; • • • Member of • The. C. W. N. A,• ,i- . are •only} five• CtIttftgt alt • thi+ teeth, rile cif Publisher and Proprietor thetii. cewnt�el by W• B Anderson and the other .. C. Thompson, Pub• 'four by Mr., Hueston of Gerrie. -lie* reserve, ., one for .his own .rise •toad citfe s the tither three r: for, rent. Mrs and • Mi,;. George. Cool:' and•"Mr. end Mrs Charles' Webster have oceispiektwo • THIJRSDAX; SEPTEMBER 2nd, 1943., EDITORIAL THE .NEW RATIONING ,`'ORDER Rationing becomes effective today in eon- neetion with the. sale of jams, jellies, .marma-. lades, honey, maple 'syrup, cornsyrup, canned fruits and similar other products. It means an equal distribution of these commodities which have been in short supply.. • Only complaint we've heard is that the regulation pertaining to honey 'was, not en-• " 'r, forced before much of the crop has been grab- keen on' getting back , hom again. . - board officials did not . But ,,being so 'close . to Point Clark,' there No D nal on his first climb to the top of r `� the towe of these. cottages .during the summer, Donald and his:. Dad (who • is hidden -be- , hind.. a newspaper ~most ,of . the time) really got together `for a �v eek of 'hiking, ""playing" in the sand. "splashing", in the water (we both like. it about waste deep). and. 'some rowing. ,. Of 'course .sleeping,, 'and ' eating are also big features of a week. so, spent. It was a week, of rest,' relaxation and a complete change which'.we all heartily enjoyed -but were, when the time was up, equally anticipate the excessive • buying spree that has • p#eyailed. • An Alvinston press despatch recently re- ported that residents of that district had "load- ed up" long before thefreezing order came in. To- some extent the honey demand has been due to• short sugar supplies,, but in many cases it„ appears to be moro' . of a case of "panic" buying, People who in ordinary times would' scarcelygive hone y a thought, have been stock- ing up with the sweet,u and apiarists were Elite eraily swamped with customers when' the . crop was being taken off. , • • • Another case of "frenzy" was reported at Chatham when a; rumor yeas started. on Sat= Was' nogetting home without taking , o '.For. those who have . ever holidlayed at Point Clark,. it has' many points; of sentimental - int'erest. The bush drive to reach the Point, the lighthouse, the bush trails to Pine River and to Jardine's cottage are among . its simple attractions. And' then, as it . has stood for 30 Murdie'S cottage still remains' • the '• cen-, tre of hospitality at the Point,' •It . is-approp- years, r riately named . "We -Kin -Tuck -Ye -In". ; , The beach which was ruined' by 'successive years . of low . water, -is gradually being improved .,this year, as the water level has reached the -highest point in many years. . � THUR,SDAT,..SEPT. 2nd; 1.943 Local and GeneraI Mrs, L. •Knight of Detroit is Miss Eileen hall returned to visiting, her 'sister,' Mrs, M.. Cole.,... Toronto on Sunday. Mrs. Kenneth Ross - and child- Rev. and Mrs.' R, W. Craw and ren are- Visiting with Mr: Rod; Isabel of Fergus celled on'friends eVel. Roan, Lochalsh, here this week. Miss:'.Alice. Barkevell returned Mrs'. James Geddes of Toronto ,, hoMe' last, week .after holidaying spent the week -end ,w;ith friends in Toronto and Dundas..' • in town. ' '.. ' Mr.. and; Mrs.. Obert". Fisher 'Mrs.,Don Graham of Stratford. • and parity of .Hamilton spent. the : is visiting with .her, parents, Mr,. past week with Mrs: David. Hu. s- . and Mrs. Wellington Henderson_ tan. • , ••Miss 2 Lebniee Caesar of 'Lon- ld • Poi rs . of New York City:' •dbn spent the past week •with • • d' ! his vacation at An- her. cousins, th,e Misses A. and H. as. speer an ,gus Graham's, 4th concession,' ,;Webster, Ross' Street. • Kinloss, .Mrs: R. J. Woods spent' the A coat of:paint has brightened week end at Varna. wit,. and Mrs. up the front of the municipally- Rathwell�_returned with•. her for . owned building, occupied by D. a visit.' ' • Mrs. Oliver, Johnston. and Miss Elva ' Johnston of Toronto, have been. visiting' here for the l: past few days, Earl (Joe)' McCoy• who' under- went a major operation in Lon- don a few weeks agog returned to the village• last week. ' ••Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Johnston and. son, Douglas of Sarnia were' .holiday visitors last week with Mr: and Mrs. Richard Webster. Mrs: Roy Black and Wilfred and Miss Grace Weatherhead spent last .week at the Anderson ' • cottage at Amberley ,Beach. Misses Nancy . and Margaret Grant' of `London: have returned'} to London after spending the past ' nine weeks .„with their friends, Ada and. Hazel . Webster. Mr. and Mrs: 'James . Wallace • of.: Port' Elgin and .Mrs.. M. Ren- aud of Seattle, Wash., visited this week with 'Mr,• and'. Mrs D. .f C. McMorran. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews M. Mr.'and Mrs. Norman 1VIcDon- Thompson of Bowrnanville are old' and. Better and Mrs. George • visiting this week 'with his par- .Philips of ,St. Helen's. visited on . ents, Mr and. Mrs°' D: M. T.homp.- _ Sunday Jake' son. � � Hr ner,with- IVIr ' and'Mrs1 • Mrs.' Ted Collyer. spent last Mr. and I'Mrs. Everett Ostran- week in. Toronto ' and. on her der of Windsor and Ldg.1Smn. `return .' was. accompanied by her • Raymond. Ostrander, Mrs: .Os- trander and infant •daughter Jud -W ith, were' recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Ostrander. Ibis this attitude of "I'm going to get what • forces rationing :regulations.. We ,live . in a vit- amin conscious country and although there' are some things we cannot obtain in unstinted quantities,' no on will go hungry .or:under- nourished. TlTese facts do not seem to be appreciated or else it is pure" greed that starts these' waves of panic :buying; that causes ' people to 'pat- ronize black markets, and whose. actions threaten our whole price ceiling. structure: • *. .• *-, * * SPREADING AT ALARMING 'RATE n,. alarming of about '71/2 seconds: The dight revolves 'on a • • plies have been trucked from Goderich: The lighthouse,, which towers about 100 feet in the air, .. was built over 80 years ago and..: is the highest ,light on ' fresh water, Mr. Campbell told us. It is:cbuilt''of "quarried lime- stone. and strangely enough is' on a foundation of wood. Unable to each rock,,. the foundation was laid by.' driving ,a solid mass of spiles as' far as they could be driven, and then sawing them off. . • -1 • Each lighthouse on the. Lakes- has a- special ' flash to inform. • sailors : of their position.. e Point Clark light has three flashes and a' lapse Wild carrot is spreading at a rate in •Ontarioe-and-aseno_we constde.red_one , o mercury. bearing, and has to be wound up the most objectionable . weeds in the province, every six hour's to keels it revolving; Mr:. Camp—, -•-• says the Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch ' of bell lights the light at sundown :and at present the Ontario Department 'of Agriculture. This hasto arise again. at 2 .a.m. to -climb the' 114 weed however, can be controlled and farmers •steps to again ' "wind' • the light". A full half hour has elapsed bef the nocturnal chore is done: The light burn as long as a boat is on the lake in the fa 1. • * *, *! * It must be rather einbarrasing to some ele- ments hof the 'C.. e. F. Party to have Tim Buck now publicly. hobnobbing. *' ' * • * * * : Premier., George brew apparently recog- nizes the. fact that yc u can't centralize' all • authority. He used good judgement in leaving are urged to take drastic steps to help in its elimination. • . Wild carrot is a biennial and requires two years to preclude seed.. The plant .flowers from July • to September, and when near maturity - the flower clusters curl up and break off 'dur- ing the fall and winter, scattering millions of seeds i on the ground. The -importance of destroying all plants immediately. after they come into flower cannot be' emphasized too strongly; asthe seeds May be carried for miles • to infest fields,' • the matter of school, opening. to individual Tdifficulty in weed does not give anyschool boards. • There are some centres where ' fields where thorough 'cultivation and • a short a delayed opening is adviseable and others rotation of crops, such as clovers, buckwheat, hoed crops, and early summer cultivation, fol- lowed by fall 'wheat or rye ,is practised. How- ever, in meadows which are down two years er more, in clover and timothy fields kept for • where it would serve no purpose. •While Kincardine merchants are agreeing\ on a five-day week, Lucknow merchants are • quibbling over. whether or not stores will re- seed and in pasture fields, this is rapidly be- main open on Wednesday nights duringSept- coming one of the worst weeds. Pulling, spud- ember.The, petition circulated in the spring, ding or cutting for two ears in 'succession which- ..resulted rri.._renlainng .open, Wednesday will not give new plants an opportunity inatux a seed arid will lessen the amount of wild nights during the summer,,did not include' the carrot. When a single plant or a small patch , month of September. ' The.. minute book does, it seems, and so another confusing and .con - is observed all other workshould be dropped troversial situation has arisen. • until .every plant is. 'eradicated. Clover and timothy ',fields being kept for seed should be . gone over carefully and all wild ,d4rrot plants The Teeswater News 'complains about gum • pulled out: 'Pasture "fields or hay fields where wrappers, cigarette boxes and even newspapers, • a single cut of hay has been taken off should littering the street. What we'd like to knotv be trirrimed again before ..the plants, become r is how Teeswater gets .enough m to be a too far advanced. If plants have reached' the 'factor in littering the streets. At that we prefer stage where flower clusters have curled up, . to watch the wrappers fluttering about, rathee the whole area should be raked up and burned. than step in a wad of the messy stuff. ."But Chemical weed killers are the only pact- seriously, the , thoughtless discarding • of all real solution for control of this week on road- manner of waste, often makes ;Lucknow's main sides and fence lines where cuytivation is .hp- • possible. For information as to spraying, ' farm- ers are urged to Write to the Crops, Seeds and :•,Weeds Beeneh . Parliament Buildings, Toronto,. or r 1ate5't' s ., e ^ chemicals*. ".min, Ate 44. r4 drag a sight for soreeyes. too. Strategically located waste paper recept4 cies 'would help to keep the streets clean --•i the public would co-operate. Its a bit ,.la't in th'e. season to f.:.hr year. } Dundas after' spending .the past Week, -with friends . on the • 2nd" and in . Lucknow: • . Mr. and Mrs: John Kilpatrick and children . and Mrs.' Kilpat-. rick's parents. Mr. and. Mrs. Rob- inson, spent the end of the week at Ower Sound: and 'Meaford. Master Clarence Button. of Dundas; who .spent a few weeks at the- home 'of his 'grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. "Barkwelbj re turned home Saturday: _Mrs. Mac Graham who has sent some time in Halifax with her— husba-nde __has returned to Lucknow. Mac is in the Air Force° and has been posted'. to Labra- dor. Mrs. B, H., Thpmpson arid Miss Helen Thompson- are spending this week in ' Toronto, where the latterttended the Women Tea- chers' Federation convention the • first of the w'e'e, L • Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Thompson and daughter Barbara, who: have spent the. summer in the Mus- koka district, were 'Week -end vis- itorswith his parents, Mr. and Mrs, D. M. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Roy McCreight .• . and daughters. Helen and -Jean of Harriston spent an .evening last week with Mr:. and Mrs. Wm. ' Robb. Helen remained for a week's visit. - `Week -end visitors . with..Mrs. Lewis. Taylorwere Mr. and Mrs. f Alex Harvey and Glen o.West- on, ' Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Watts and Mary of Kincardine, Mr. and Mrs, • liarvey 'Palmatere ' of 'Toronto. ' . •Mr. 'Colin • Brown, daughter Ruth and grandaughter Carotin • 'Ann; of Tillsonburg and Mr:'Sanr- Durnin .and .Betty •of Lucknow. "and Mrs. John .Campbell,. Belfast visited on Saturday with Mr, and Mrs. .Jake Hunter.: ' LAW. Margaret Hamilton of: the' Women's Division of the C. A:. -,F. at Patricia Bay,.. B.' C. was a recent `• visitor' here. Her . 'mother: Mrs. 13. R. McNab; .who • had been a patient in Wingham Hospital, returned home a week ago -Sunday. -considerablyt'im- proved .'in health,'• • Mr. and Mrs,, Wm. Habkirk, son George and daughter Betty Joan and Mrs. Donald Habkirk arid daughter Beeeerley Ann of Munro spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Wm. Habkirk. Mrs. Robert . MacCailu,m is vis- iting :;w.ith friends here, . Miss Joan MacCallum who spent two weeks with her mother at Bruce Beach upon returning from the, Coast of Maine, is at present vis- iting in Mount Forest with :Mrs. J. A. Robertson, 'formerly Dean Geddes. Mei..MacCallum makes' her' home in Stratford with her daughter Margaret; Mrs. Oacar. Caseniore and Mr. Casemore. • NURSING SISTERS RETURN FROM SOUTH AFRICA Nursing'.Sisters"Margaret Mit- chell and Rita Dalton arrived at their homes in Colborne • town- ship and Kingsbridge, respective- ly,' on -.Saturday'' after a 5 weeks' jot4trney from • South Africa, where they spent oseite.a year in the nursing service of the Bri- j tish Governrnent, caring ' for wounded and sick members of the armed forces brought from the Middle East. The yo'urig wo- • men said they had -enjoyed and profited greatly by their • unique experience but were happy to be back in •Canada, among their own people - and 'friends. Miss Mitchell, a popular,grad- uate of Alexandra Hospital, said 'vas mid -winter •in South ie when. she_ eft and. as cold as' "Greenland's --icy macmta±ns'', .G, • up in the mountains near Johan- nesburg, where she nursed in a tuberculosis ,sanitarium. The pat-' .lents were- English, Greeks and Poles. Miss Dalton, who isa graduate of St. Joseph's Hospital, London, nursed in a hospital near Pretoria: . . • • Notwithstanding the ,submer-- bbe menace .both ' young women said the month's 'ocean voyage . was the high spot of their four- teen months' term, 'of service, ani experience they would not have , missed .for. anything. ' When they enlisted it was for one year,. Miss Mitchell said she had re-enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical • Corps, but did . not know when she would be cabledup.—eGod. erich Signal -Star. • . r Things that arebett'er4ei'ot. un.- said n :sarci :are ,sure:. -to- be heard'.'.