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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-09-16, Page 2L• A N PAGE - Wo 41 THE LI CANOW SENTINEL, L:VVKNOW, ONTARIO THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL - LVCKNOW,• ONTARIO. Established 1873 Published Each Thursday Morning SuI scriptiort Rate -- $2:00, A `Year In Advance To United States $2.50 ' Single Copies 5c Member of The C. W. N. A. L. C. Thompson, Publisher and, Proprietor - THURSDAY, 'SEPTEMBER,16th. '1942 EDITORIAL CALAMITOUS TEARS :FOR ITALY . The unconditional :surrender 'of Italy, , .the weakling partner of the ;Axis, was announced fast Wednesday, just five days after• Allied, troops . had landed on ,her shores after spanning the narrow Messina. Strait separating Sicily froze the Italian mainland. A few short weeks earlier,. in late July, Benito ° Mussolini was forced to resigns His whereabouts . is; the subject of conjecture at the =Moment, but it is certain, that in spite of any momentary safety, thiels Sawdust Caesar, : will eventually pay the -price of his crimes.. ° It was on June 10, 1940 that Il Duce stab- - bed France ' in the back, and hurled his ..coun try in the cauldron of war, that has brought in return, little but death, .destruction and the loss of an Empire to the Italian people. Their country even novw'is- quickly, becoming a bat- tlefield 'and ,confusion reigns' everywhere, This modern Caesar had vain visions of restoring Italy - to. her ancient glory and 'by his flamboyant displays, and, pompous bombastic harangues,led on his people to complete cal- amity, while reaping far in excess of half. a million casualties, . Italy's war with France .lasted -only six- teen days and netted , a few' crumbs, frem benevolent Adolph, in the Riviera and North Africa. Italy had successfully invaded ' Albania the year previous and from , there launched aill-fated ottack on Greece. me to I Duces Germany had to eventually escue, as they did, for a tune, in 'North Africa. Not even on Mare Nostrum could Mussolini save his facer In the spring of 1941 the Italian fleet was. routed off, Cape Matapan and for the remain- der of the conflict took to hiding in Med- iterranean ports.' , No man in history. has probably ever.met a more inglorious . fate. He stands despised and scorned in the eyes` of the world and. hated ' by his own people. Hitler alone, pre- tends to be sticking with this satellite, but only bdcause he too in desperation thinks some benefit may yet accrue by maintaining his gangster- associations • • • • - „,. POOR FARM PRODUCTION PROSPECTS It appears impossible that Ontario farmers Will be able to maintain, let, alone increase, production of bacon, butter and ' cheese for. Britain during the coming :winter. Threshing of 'grain has only tended to emphasize in this ,district the extent of the crop : failure—particularly, oats—and . the ex- tremely poor quality of the grain, some of 'it little • better than oat hulls. One farmer who threshed 1750 bushels of grain fast year, has only 250 bushels this year, and it is of very pobr quality. L.The re- •sult—he has .sold his brood sows and gone out of the pig business. This is typical "of what is happening on t'1"many farms. The claim is ,gen- erai, that' in spite of what has been done by the government, it is still not a paying pro- position to buy 'Western grain to feed hogs: As we have been told more than once, you have all yot'lr work for nothing. • The feed situation is also bound to be reflected in' lower milk and cream production, and' if this part of Western Ontario is to be counted on to do itst- in farm production, Western grain must par made available in far greater gi'tantities and' at a considerably lower cost. Ali of which 'may be easier said than done. The crop failure is a direct • reflection' of the elements. Continued rain in the spring delayed and frustrated seeding. 11•Cmrnidity throughout the growing season contributed to d rusting of grain, and a wet harvest season further complicated matters, and has spoiled a good deal of second -cut alfalfa. Looking back it has Ween weather at its worst for the farmer, ' which made • double. trouble at seed time and harvest and the ulti- mate discouragement of little success -for their labors: ... ' • • s • The dismal weather of last. week did not - help to dispel the gloom inthis coria iunity; MAKING FUEL, spa Y As" the first chill winds oz«fall are felt, the fuel shortage spectre becames mach more of a reality, Wingham is one town that is leaving nothing to guess• work in this regard and the Councilhas authorized it house-to- house fuel , survey, . so that a true picture of supplieson hand can be presented to the hiel controller•, Each householder. is . required to answer:' (1) Have you your winter's fuel sup- ply? (2) . HOW much more coal will you re- quire? Anthracite or blower? and (3) How much more . wood will you require?' •. Local coal •dealers are . far from optirnistic as to the chances of'getting anything near ade- equate supplies' : here, and very little hardwood is available . from the usual faun sources. tabor shortages, : wages asked 'by wood cutters, the price ceiling on woodand the fact that the farmer is denied' the bonus. paid the ,operators of wood yards, are reasons that have decided many bush lot owners to leave their timber standing, • or to dispose of it in the log for lumber:' `Locally, the acuteness of the fuel shortage has not been soapparent because of hundreds' upon hundreds of cords of slab wood that have been sold by. the Lucknow Sawmill Ctunpany. At . that, the demand far...exceeds the . supply, and delivery is made as quickly as slabs, are available.. The demand for this type of fuel is licit , by any means confined to the village. Sawdust is also available and a number of homes in town have solved their heating prob- lems by the installation of sawdust burning attachrnents. All in all it looks like a' great winter'for woollen underwear'' -if ` you can 'get it. o • * • • . AN AMBITIOUS ' PROGRAM The . town of Palmerston is apparently not content -to wait on Governments to inaugurate public health ' serviees. A public health com- mittee of that town, by . an advertisementin the local paper, advises the citizens" within the corporate limits of Palmerston that . it is pro- posed- to -provide a free public health . service, consisting of hospitalization,medical, surgical, dental, optical, and osteopathic services and prescriptive supplies: The hospitalization and medical service includes maternity, cases. . `This health service will add, itis estim- ated; $15:00to each tax bill,- and an additional $4.00 levy if a' further addition is required to be made to the Palmerston Hospital which it is expected will naturally result, It is an ambitious program and a radical step to assure that every man, woman and child of that town is afforded the opportunity of proper medical and dental care: The amaz- ing thing isthat such services can be made available at $15.00 a year, 'if the estimates are correct. • • • *-• The demand for copies of The Sentinel was ` so great last . week that we had to put the forms' hack on the press andrun an ad- ditional fifty copies. Only . with our tabloid arrangerhent would this have been possible. Total press run last week was 1250 ' copies. * •* • • • The capitulation of Italy has caused a wave of over optimism and has given rise to the 'oft -heard declaration that "the war will, be over by Christmas". Sueh wishful thinking wait, enly tend to retard And delay the day of ultimate and complete victory. • - * 4 * • Lucknow Fall Fair will be held on the last Wednesday of September. Incidentally there are 240 fairs being held in the Province this year. Byyour patronage and the initiative of the directors Lucknow Fair • could be one of the best of these. • • . • We are always learning. Brother Bob wised tis up h' last week that any ocean-going vessel is a, ship. A boat, down around the sea coast, is regarded as something, you row, or ° otherwise you get' laughed at. And you don't say 'so many knots' an hour a. A ship's speed is referred to, simply as somany knots. A knot is a unit of. velocity equal to one nauotical mile per hour. An nautical mile is 6,080.27 feet. ' • • • • • Speaking of "we", the questidn has been asked us, what "we" constitutes. We recall Charles Lindberg (pardon the odious refer-. ence) referring to he and his plane as "we", when 'they" made that solo cYossing .. of the Atlantic. The best explanation of 'we" in this case might be the publisher and his 'pen- cil. The "we" "is used to avoid the constant repetition of that glaringly prominent little THURSDAY, SEPT. 16th, 1943 d [cal and Mrs. Noble 'Johnston has been; ill with art attack of the shingles. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Smith were recent visitors at the home of Mr., and Mrs. G. Barkwgl.l, Ben Stanley and Milos McMil- lan are' among those who have left for the West to 'assist with harvest operations. ` Mr. Wellington Nixon• •of. Luck - now took a trip to Toronto to see his brother, George ' Nixon; .who is seriouslyin the Gen- eral „Hospital; Visitors last week with Mr. and Mrs. Russell A. .Johnston' were her mother, Mrs. George ' Hill; her sister;. -Mrs. Elgin Keeling and two nephews, Alex and l orn•Yan. Mi. and Mrs H. J. Fensham, and baby daughter. Linda of Kit- chener, visited the . pastweek at the•home of Mrs., Fensham's par- ents; Mr. and ' Mrs. James Smith. Mrs. Wellington Nixon spent a •week visiting with Mr. George McRoberts and .'Mrs, ,Duncan Mc- Donaki and . with . her niece, Mrs. Will Purdon and Mr Purdon 'of West Wawanosh. Members of the Lucknow Leg- ion, _Russ Johnstone, George 'Bur- gess, George Hassal, Bert• Ward, Allister I3ughes, P` A. Murray and Earl.. Hodgins attended a Leg- ion 'Rally in Kitchener . on Sun- dap Rev. W. H. Strapp of Berrie will have charge of the service in the ;United church on Sunday evening, while Rev. J. W. Stew- art conducts anniversary services at 'his -charge at Kinloss, after- noon and evening. Return To Lucknow Mr: and - Mrs. Wm. Armstrong have returned from Wingham to Lucknow, where Mr. Armstrong is employed at the Maple Leaf Aircraft, plant. They are occupy- ing ing their home here which was tenanted by Mr. and Mrs. Peter McCall, who 'have 'moved to the residence of *Mr. Alf. Ritchie.• General. Miss Vening of London, to as- sisting at the local Post Office. , Mary 'McMillan of• Ft. Williamn visited here last 'week.. • Mrs. Jennie Frid ,spent a few days visiting friends. on, the 2nd• Concession. • Mrs. Viola Jewitt 'of London • was - a visitor with friends, here• ;last week.: Lucknow . Pipe Band was at' Durham Fair last week and -at Blyth yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barkwell returned to '.Dundas after spend- ing a few : days at the , home of G. H. Barkwell, Miss Jean Thom left on Friday to return. to Pictou, N. S., where"" she .. will resume her duties as a Mothercraft nurse. • Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. John- stone are spending two weeks at ,. Elmira with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnstone. - Mrs. ' L. C. McIver Lof Kinloss is spending a couple of months . a with her daughter, Mrs. Ira Dick- ie and Mr,: Dickie at Coiling - wood. . Mrs. A. R. Ferriss returned to Kingsville' last Wednesday, after, spending two . weeks witha' her. daughter, Mr,s V. N. Prest and Mr. Prest. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hamil-„ ton, their daughter, Mrs. Finlay Cook,and Finlay, Jr., visited last week with Mr. and Mrs: Williarn Robb. • - •i . . R?obert Button returned home on Sunday . from London where he had been receiving treatment for . • a serious eye infection for the past -three weeks. On Sunday evening Rev. G. G. Howse will preach in Blyth Un- ited Church. Rev. Mr. Sinclair 'of Blyth will occupy the Auburn pulpit and Rev. Harold Snell, of. Auburn will conduct anniver- sary services 'at Makes on -the - Ashfield Circuit. • OMEN'S-I-NSTI U'i`E` HOLDS - REOPENING MEETING The reopening meeting of the. Lucknow Wornen's Institute,fol- lowing the holiday season, was held in , Town Hall on Friday with a president; Mrs. G. Os- trander presiding. The roll L call bow- eranswered by .placing a ow- er in a holder to make a bouquet. The motto for' the day was taken by Mrs. W. B. Anderson. Ar- rangements were made. for an Institute exhibit at the Fall Fair to .be September 28 and 29. The following committee was appoint- ed: Mrs. Philip Stewart; Mrs, gl- mer Johnston, Miss . Mary Mac- Leod, Mrs. W. J. Douglas, Mrs. Temple Clark, ; Mrs. B. Roach, Mrs. Phil Smith & Mrs: A. Mow- bray. It was also decided to have a tag day for the Canadian Nation- al Institute for the Blind on fair day. Mrs. W. Youn and Mrs. J. S. MacKenzie were appointed cap- tains for, a membership `contest.. The losing side to entertain the winning side. 'at the end of the Institute year., A paper on "Home Economics" was given by:,Mr . J. °W. Joynt. Convener of that standing com- mittee, : Miss Greta Campbell,' 'contributed a reading. Musical; numbers were, vocal solos 'by Mrs. A. Breckles and mouth or- gan- selections by Mrs. R. Mid- dleton with piano accompaniment by Mrs. W. G: Andrew. A short play, was presented by several members including Mrs. J. W. Joynt, Mrs.._J. Kir at.ti +'ekiri; mfrs,. An -1 • �_... __-T RUE' G It`E AV NESS True greatness, lies in simple things, The kindly thought, the worthy deed, The fellowship of man to man Should be our simple creed.. - The tasks that we perform each day May seem humdrum, and drear, But others seeing us, may take New courage and new cheer. •So many folks are watching us, Listening to what we say, The idle words that we, each speak, Cause joy, or• ,grief each day. True greatness lien • in simple things, The things we each 'may 1o,� If you bring joy to other folks, Trtie greatness cones, to you. .Wm. M. Buckingham, • R. 3,1 Lucknow. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. -Harry Watson, Auburn, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Doris Isabell, to Lloyd George Hodges, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hodges, Dungannon. The wed dirig to take.plece the latter part of September. Berson, Miss Mary McLeod, Mrs. W. Huston, Mrs. W. J, Douglas, and Mrs. R.011. Thompson. Con- structive remarks on the progrham were given by Mrs. A. Mowbray. ofiss`"iaY•Y MacLeod. A