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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-09-09, Page 1ES2.00 A Year—In Advance; 50c xtra to U. S. A. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO THUBSDAY, SEPT. 9th, 1942 WAS CORRESPONDENT AT HOLYROOD 12 YEARS At present The Sentinel lacks • ,a. -correspondent at Holyrood For the past twelve years Mrs. How, • ard Harris has rendered faithful service, but has been forced to • give up, the task ,because of in- different health. Mrs. Harris underwent an op- eration for appendicitiS in , cardine Flospital several weeks • ago; following which phlebitis develOped„ from which she has ▪ now recovered sufficiently to move about again. • • Mrs. Harris has been unsuc- cessful in 'securing 'anyone • to Undertake theAluties of Holyrood correspondenit, so the 'Publisher is making public this fact in the hope that a •successor will vol- unteer- for the job of keeping the Holyrood -community "on the •map". We would also like to secure , a correspondent 'in the Lochalsli..‘, Amberley district. WANT HOLYROOD FOLK TO CHECK. RATION BOOKS' ' mo•••••••=1•m••• Mr. D. A. Houston, secretary of the district Ration Boardp re-, quests the co-operation of all those vM-- received their new ration books at Colwell's Store at Holyrood. It seems that in a. number of • cases the card was not removed from ration book- No. 2, which has :resulted in twenty-six 'books being unaccotinted for. I Mr. Houston asks that a check be Made of theold book and if the card is in 'the book, detach it, and mail it to him at box 204, Kineardine. Of course the card must be filled in. It: is very im- portant that- these cards be re- ceived. In you own interests give this matter your immediate at- tention please. BORN HENDERSON—In Midland Hos- , pital on, Sunday, August 29th, to Rev. arid 1Vrrs. Wm. A. Hender- son (formerly Peggy MacDonald) a son, John Charles. J. C. McNAB BOUGHT • THE AITCHISON HOME The auction sale of household' effects held at Mrs. -George • Aitchison's residence drew • a .., large crowd, and good prices. The •residence Was also offered for sale,; and • was purchased later by J. C. McNab of town. M -ss. Aitchiscin • is ' moving to 'Torontoto make her home. :Attending Normal { • Miss Helen Orr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Orr, is a student this term at Stratford Norinal Sch,00l: Series of eek -End Tra edies ocked, Saddened Communit LOC4L AIR HERO IS MIS$11Na: Alex MacKenzie, D.F.M.„ • is Missing, but hopes are high that this young Lucknow airman, who has had Such a brilliant flying career, is safe somewhere in en- emy territory. - •• The message received , by his mother, Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie, on Friday evening from the rt.c.A.F. Casualties Officer,. read: "Regret to advise that your snn Warrant Officer First Class Alexander Gerald MacKenzie, D.f.111, is re- ported missing after air opera- tions overseas. •Letter follows". . We have omitted the date of the operation given in the me age because of censorship re lations. , • LABOR DAY WEEK -END WILL 'BE SADLY REMEMBERED Labor Day week -end, 1943, is one that will long be grim- ly remembered as ffliel that brought deep sorrow to this community. Four tunes with- in seventy-two hours news,,, that shocked and saddened everyone was received here. • On Friday evening word • was received that Warrant Officer Alex MacKenzie, • D.F.M. was reported missing. Late Saturday ,znorning, less hopeful word was received that Squadron Leader lGrant • IgacKenzie was missing in plane crash and presuitnably ss- dead. gu-• But not only was it the war that brought grief. he hand of -death claimed little. Sandy MacDonald on Sunday morning and on Monday came word that Barbara Cul- bert had passed away. • For some there is Wipe, for • Others the finality of the grave, in this life. To these' • families goes the assurance • that this entire community • has them at heart in their tine of bereavement or ani - ins waiting. In about a year and a half of operational flying, Alex has made alniost sixty flights over enemy: territory. In 'a recent letter to his mother he said he had been over every target, and was loo ing forrard to a rest leave, a a ;ieturn to Canada, ,before t end of the year. Alex' spectacular perfornianc have been followed • with pro interest in this coniMunity. enlisted in the R.C.A,F: at Lo don in the fall of 1940 and w posted to Brandon, He receiv his subsequent training at River Regina, Goderich, Crumlin ai Fingal where he received h 'wings on August 23rd, 1941. Alex then took advanced trai ing at the East Coast. He was o the dock at Halifax ready to en bark overseas, when he and an Other airman who had heade their class, -were- ordered -back -t Montreal for another ' specialized 10 -weeks' course, and then •fle by bomber to England on Nov ember 25th, 1941. After a navigator's course over- seas, Alen( began operational flights attached to the R.A.F. was the air- bomber of the first crew with- whom he was 'associa- ted and made about thirty oper ational flights, when they won dittinction for their bombing of Milan in Italy. • For his skilful •work on that mission- Alex was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal, and had the: honor conferred by His Majesty The King in Bucking- hani Palace. Alex' letter' to his ther describing the investure s lost at sea, but he later stet:. that it was a wonderful thrill. e Xing shook his hand warmly, said, asked him how many hts he had made arid wiShed k- nd he es ud He n- as ed New Stocks ,of Hosiery for ladies r and children. The Store with the i is • STHEtock. ' MARKET STORE. • BRtLLIANT YOUN DOCTOR MISSING Within a few hours of word that W.O., Alex MacKenzie, D1F.M., was missing, thisvillage was again- profoundly shocked to learn that Squadron Leader J. Grant MacKenzie was missing. This message lent less hope to loved. Ones, for it tersely added, "presumably dead". Exact details° of the air trag- edy, which occurred • in New- foundland, 'have not .yet been re- vealed but it is known that Grant was engaged in a very special research mission at the time, • Grant is • a brilliant young medical 'doctor who after receh ing his M.D. degree from th University of Toronto in 193 interned at St. Michael's Ho pital before doing extensive po graduate yid research work a New York and Philadelphia a a specialist of ear, nose • an throat. • 'Dr. Grant enlisted in the R. C. A. F. in May of last year. At that time he was practising specialist in the Department of Otolaryn- gology of theT Davis. and Neff Clinic in Madison, Wisconsin„ Grant was .well fitted -to he of pecial service to men, of the 'Air orce, and he quickly became ecognized as a top ranking spec- alist in matters of the ear and ye as they are affected by fly •- e 6, s• - st s d in g. • n- It (was ' on such a special re- search mission that he left Tor- n <•;. 1, o,• onto two weeks ago Monday, ar- riving in Newfoundland about a ,...., • • d week later,, from' where, so soon, •-- f ., - -w-as.---to-come---word so-- tragic. 6----- Grant's wife received official word on Saturday morning that er husband was missing and the word was telephoned to his rents here. • This entire community joins with Mrs. MaCkenzie, their 11 - months -old daughter Bonnie; his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mac- Kenzie and his sister, Mrs. Har- old. Allin (Jessie) in the hope and prayer that good news may yet be received of Grant, who is one of the finest young men ever to claim Lucknow as his birthplace. w mo wa ed Th he • flig • ENGAGEMENTS him well. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Irvin, moS Concession 9, Ashfield, announce 'Ser the engagement of their young- for p 1 i est daughter, Doreen Creole, to inst James Eldon Irwin, eldest son o• f tion Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin, Sec- •gat on'd Concession of Huron, The . • wedding to take place in mid- • Septernber. ' •• •-.5-7A hortly after Alex was pro - ted from the rank of Plight- geant to Warrant Officer, and some tine was 'acting as an ructor. Upon resuming opera - al flights he was the navi- or of an all-Canadiancrew, elf was a crack crew he told mother in a recent letter. lex was only contented on rations, ,but when the war is, r; Alex said in a letter, he Id prefer horses to airplanes. was alWayi an admirer of d horses. Hi g post-war ambi- • is • to own a ranch and r Main step into a plane. horn The Kum .Honoureth the Training Plan". , • ope New Bank Stenographer • - • 'Miss Thelma Shurter.of Chep stow has accepted a position 0a8 stenographer at the Bank of Mon treat She -succeeds Miss Lillian Mitchell, a inerriber of the staff for several years, who leaves for Toronto where she Will bp sim- lady employed by the Bank of •lVforitreal. , • • • • .-Lue ove wou •He - goo • tion neve • kno-W—and in the Lticknow Squadron Leader J. Grant Mac- Kenzie, son 6f Mr. and Mrs: W. L. MacKenzie, who was in a plane accident in Newfoundland and has been reported missing and presumably dead. • CO High School are scroll -enclosed photos with the caption "Whom The King. Honoureth". • These were sent from Ottawa and bear the following citation beneath the picture: "This airman has set a high standard in bomb aiming and has always displayed great devotion to duty. Participating in many attacks on the enemy as an air bomber, he has always shown 'great • determination to press home the attack and hit the primary target. In the raid on Milan„rlight Sgt. MacKenzie re; leased his bombs with unerring skill in the middle of a large fac- tory • which was left in flames. Flt. -Sgt. MacKenzie is a graduate of t1 itiXnn h pa • MOVED TO PARIS • Mr. and Mr. N. Sf"." Calver and daughter Joyce spent ...Hie week -end here, prior to moving to Faris where Mr. Calvert com menced his duties on the High School teaching staff. • In the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Calvert, the village has lost two valuable citizens. Mr.. Cal- vert was a popular and capable teacher, and Mrs. CalVert as lead- er of the Girl Guides has given splendid •service to this organ- ization.. ' • Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Agnew will move this •week to the ' Russell residence vacated bY Mr. and Mrs. Calvert. Mrs. D. J. Mac- • Lennan has purchased the. resi- dence where' Mr.,and •"Mrs. Ag- new resided. She plans to make it her summer home,- and for the time being, has rented it to Mrs. J. A. Crispin of the Public School teaching staff., •" EIGHT PAGES RED CleOSS TO PREPARE CHRISTMAS BAGS • The Lucknow and Vicinity. Branch of the . Red Cross is to . assist in preparing 1,000 Christ- mas bags for service men in hos- pital in Newfoundland. The ob- jective of the local branch is 50-, .tkgs. • - Rural units aro requested to • assist in this work,-reither by packing complete' bags or con- tributing items for them. Mater- ial for making the bags is aVail- able locally and new articles for these "personal ,property bags", are suggested as follows: pen • knives, pencils, paper and envel- ops, •cribbage boards, - checker boards, playing cards, games or puzzles, hard candy or chocolate bars, lifesavers; gum, Readers Di- gest, paper covered, books, cig- arettes, Christmas cards; cross- word puzzle books, hand - work , suitable for men. 1 • • This is an emergency request and articles must. be shipped by September 25th. Showers are be-, . ing arranged in the village to obtain these suggested items. TIRES AND TUBES- ONLY SCRAP RUBBER WANTED Old tires arid tubes are now the onlyiterns of scrap rubber want- ed for military reclaim purposes, and Salvage Committees have k, been advised to accept no other rubber items. But the need for tires and tubes continues td be ngent and 10,000 tons has .bpen set as a min- imum objective by the end of December. • „„ IS PITBIJC HEALTH NURSE AT STRATFORD ' 1 Stratfbrd's neW public health nurse, Mrs. Myrtle Graham, corn- menced her duties last Wednes- day. Mrs. Graham was recently apneinted by.; the Stratford_Board---- ' of Health to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. r.E. Hart. Mrs', Graham has been deeply interested in public health I work and last year took a. special ..• course in this work at the Uni- versity of Western' Ontario. Mrs, Graham is a daughter of Mrs. •Wilson Hamilton- of Luck-. now and. received her education here. Myrtle trained at _Stratford General Hospital. Forthepast two years she had been on the 'Cursing staff at the Ontario Hos pital, London. • WET WEEK -END • Ram, torrents of it, Saturday • night, Sunday -night„ :and much t of the day on Monday, succeeded in almost completely washing out all. Labor Day plans, whether - they were for work or play. • SCHOOL. OPENED ON TUESDAY. With an enrolment of approxi- mately. 125 pupils, Lucknow Pub. lie School reopened on Tuesday. This is an average enrol/Tient. Tqesday, morning's session Was a short one, as pupils were in- structed on the supplies needed and discharged for the day in mid-morning. The invasion of the book stores started immediately. • Twelve little tots started off • to school for the first 'time, These beginners are: Shirley Abeidein, •Gwen Campbell,, Valera Catnegie, - Ruth Emberlin, Dale •Haldenby, Velma Howalcl, Jack Mowbray, Joyce Mowbray, Edt„,,,Ma Stqfiley, George results. . g Webster. Xr. I.•