The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-09-23, Page 2'i.
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.THP, LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,ONTARIO
THURSDAY, sEPT. 23rd, 1943
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THUICSDAY, SEPTEMBER 230, 1943
D1.10R-IAS.
A WORTHY .CAUSE.
The Salvation Army. Red Shield ,Home
Front Appeal campaign opens in Lticknow to-
morrow and will •continue"through next week.
The , Army plays a 'constant, but never" spec-
. tacular role, within the borders of our own
country year in and yearout, to bring to those
in need the human touch of sympathy and
understanding . ; ;to offer materialand spir-
itual `aid; without dnstinction- of race, creed or
circumstance. That IS the ° function of the Sal-
vation Army. ;. .
The Salvation Army believes that there ..
is hope for everyone, no matter how far along •
the road to ruin a -`man or a woman has gone.
They believe that with kindness and 'friendli-
ness
friendli-ness a man Or woman can be re-educated to
Christian 'living.' This _has been proven time
and time again, by Salvation Army officers
who have guided, the steps of' the wayward
back, to * the straight road. Army people . them-
selves live by the Teri Commandments, their
guide and their beacon, and their example does
'much to. carry a great~ deal of weight and
influence with those less blessed.
An ex -criminal is never loathe to open his
heart to •a Salvation Army officer, because 'he
knows he will not be rebuffed. He can count
o n a friendly, ear and a sympathetic attitude.
A woman whose breadwinner has left: her to
reara family, doesnot hesitate to 'put her
troublesin the , lap of the Arg y of Mercy,'
because she knows she will be given practical
• help and a , Tnoral uplift. Children know ,Army`.
officers to be their :friends while old people
:at the. other end of life's road, 'know that they
can entrust every thing including their lives
-=to the Salvation Arrny.
In order to maintain this feeling of con-:
fidence that the public entrusts to the Army,
looney is needed tocarry on the various, phases
of, home front work: In peace or, in waw the
Army of Mercy marches on, carrying the ban=
::Her of William Booth on their shoulders, and
in their Sonic.
On Canada's home front the need of these •
services" is great,and the need for. funds • equally
so° It is a privilege for those inore fortunate
'to -support- this work: -Greet the. canvassers-;
gratiously when they call.
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Directors of the Fall. Fair- are making an
.earnest' effort to .give you a show worthwhile
this year. The . date is next Wednesday and
the best way 'to. show your appreciation of their
efforts is by being in attendance.
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- What about local merchants • adopting the.
old custom of closing from 2 to 4 on Fair Day?
And if they should decide to do so, let every-
body play fair, lock their doors and attend
the • show.
`The housing, shortage; in the Village is such
that it demands some official action, and co-
operation. Here's a job for the Village Council
and - the Business Men's Association. More peo-
ple can be employed here if they can Secure
living quarters. Let's have some action!
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Statisticians have' figured that each dead
Jap represents a cost to Uncle Sam of $50,000:
U.S.A. war expenditures are now more than
two billion dollars a week. In. Caesar's time"it
cost about 75 cents to. kill an enemy soldier
and by World War I the cost had soared to
$21,000. his business of killing is a costly
oneany ways..' .'
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The consuming public have been suckers
again. Some of the peach trash,' bearing No. 1'
grade stamps; • which they paid two prices for,
was ,nothing short of • scandalous. The retailer
is not to blame, but surely the public should
• have tome protection against unscrupulous
- growers and jobbers who "faced" good looking
baskets but which contained nothing better
• than cull fruit. ; But. the consumer is not al -
:together blameless. He is willing to 'pay most
any price, even patronize black marketsto get
what he or. she , wants; particularly of: com-
.Modities that are in short Supply.
ONTARIO FARMERS GIVEN FOTENT.VOICE
,(Ottawa Journal)
The new government of Ontario, immple-
-menting one of its pre-election promises, gath=
ered nearly 400 fariners in Toronto last week
and invested a committee of 21 chosen by the
conference with more , -authority than pessibly
has .ever been given to any farm group in,
This committee virtually has :authority
to draft the future agricultural policy of the
Government, such, a drastic departure from the.
usual that 'the experiment is bound to be watch-
ed with interest by :all parts of Canada..
There . was no suggestion in' the speeches
of ,eith_er: Premier Drew` or Col. Kennedy, the
,Minister of .Agriculture, that the committee
'which the conference Was called. to name would
merely be an advisory body. Here are Premier
Drew's closing words:. "The committee. chosen
will be :given full powers and an opportunity
to organize and plan for the production of food
in this_ province: I, believe this is the beginning
of a new (deal for agriculture in Ontario." -
The -Government had, no part in the choos-
ing of the committees It invited some 31 farm
organizations to send delegates to a two-day
meeting and when a nominating body reported
selection of ` 'the permanent committee it was
given unanimous approval :bythe meeting and
accepted by Col. Kennedy. In . the beginning
it will be largely a• fact finding corinnittee 'ern- ,
powered to take evidence and make any in-
vestigation necessary. But later, , the Minister
of Agriculture made clear, its recommendations
would result in necessary legislation empower-
ing
the committee, to carryits plans into of
This is something farmers have been ask-
ing for year .after .year. It may come under the
heading of a noble experiment and the effect
may be; far-reaching. If farmers can so .direct
their own affairs why' cannot we? other organ-
ized bodies' 'will ask.;. Of coursean obvious
defect in the plan' as a cure-all for agricultural
troubles is that as many of the difficulties
about which ,farmers complain bitterly have
their root in prices which, during wartime at
least, are a Dominion and not a provincial con
cern.
In Britain county. agricultural units have
almost. unbelievable power to direct "farm pro-
duction and Premier .Drew has frequently
stated, how impressed, he was . with their work.
These units, however, do not decide ' policy,
simply' apply the decisions of the Ministry of
Agriculture .in their own districts. The com-
mittee set .up in Toronto last week differs in
that it has, been directly charged with advising
on provincial farm -'policy. It may advise , the
setting -up of county units to carry the policies
-decided-upon -directly, to the--individual-fa-rmerr
Premier Drew told the meeting he . con-
sidered the committee the_most important body
ever chosen in Ontario, said the haste . in call-
ing the meeting so soon after the new Govern-
ment came into power was dictated by the
"crises on the food front, the serious danger
of our falling down as a people on our obliges-
tions to feed others, and to evident necessity
of organizing production for next year":.
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• •SOMETHING RATIONING CAN'T. DO
The Prices Board regulation which forbids
the borrowing or lending of rationed . goods,
even on a small scale, may be well meant in
its design to prevent "black market" develop-
ments. But in such communities as this, where
'hospitality and neighborliness are traditional,
. it appears a bit ridiculous. It is one of those
regulatipns which can't be enforced' and so
would have saved the face of officialdom had
it never been announced: Even under rationing
you can't hope to put .an end'to that pioneer -
instilled spirit of sharing with others, that still
exists in the small centres, and which is prob-
ably not understood by city -dwelling official-
• dom. •
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And speaking of regulations, If you .lived
on the farm and had threshers, (not many of
them this • year) corp cutters,- apple pickers or -
the like to feed, in addition to your own house-
hold, you could apply for special ration allow-'
ances. One lady, . with ,forty extra meals . • to
serve this. fall, received extra allowances
amounting to—two ounces of tea, a nzaximtlnf
of five pounds of meat, one pound, of sugar,
.and one pound of butter. Scarcely enough to
give these men a bedtime snack. Pity the poor
lady of the house who tries to „plan. the meals.
These men eat and hoy't, and no doubt often
forget tp bring their own ration books. But
the housewife must see .to it that, they' don't
go hungry—by hook or by crook.
Locai andGeneral
Mr. George Greer and 'Miss Eva
Greer left on Tuesday for a visit
in Toronto and at Kingston: •
Mrs. Jim Stewart of Toronto
visiting. this week with her
mother, Mrs. Minnie Horne.
is
Mrs. John MacDougall,
Percy- Crosier. and Sandra Jean
visited ih Stratford on Monday
with Mr. and . Mrs. J. J. Crosier.
,Mr. -and-Mrs. Wellington Nixon'
spent the week -end with their
niece and nephew, Miss' Beatrice
and Will McQuillin of St. Helens.
Mrs. Ronald Rothwell of N.or•
wood is visiting with her par-
ents, Mr, and Mrs. E. J. Thom
and with her sister, Mrs. Camp-
bell Thompson: • ' `
Out-of-town' guests last week
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Joynt, who
attended the Joynt-Pearson wed-'
ding in,: Ethel were, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Freeman of Erie, Penn.;
Dr. and. Mrs. W. P. Freeman of
Springfield; : Mr:. and Mrs. A. ' E.
Millson of 'Weston; Mrs. Alice
Joynt of Hensall and Dr.. 'William
Joynt . of London.
J
The Womens Institute plans to
hold a . •tag day for the blind in.
the near future.
Miss Lizzie G. Welsh was a
guest atthe home. of Miss Mar-.
garet Murray ' on Monday.
Mr. Russell. Phillips returned
home from Ashfield where he
spent'the summer at Earl Sher--
wood's.
her-wood's. • •
Mt.. Gordon(•N. Kolpin returned`•
,to London after spending;, two •
'weeks vacation (with his 'grand-
mother MrsXM, Dudley of town.
Mr, ` and Mrs Orm Moffat,
Marilyn and infant daughter Jud-
ith, of Toronto spent the week-
end with Mr.. and Mrs. S. C.
Rathwell. .
Recent guests ' at the .home of
Mrs: M. -Dudley of-... town, ..were _
Mr., Jamesongworth ' Mr.. Bill
Graham and `Mr Arthur Kolpin,
all of London.
Mr. - and Mrs.' George Joynt
arrived home from their wedding
trip on ,Tuesday. They will take
up residence in the late John
Joynt home, which has been sex-
tensively . renovated.
HURON ;AND MAITLAND''
PRESBYTERIES TO. UNITE
Subject to the endorsationof
the Synod of Hamilton and Lon-
don .the Presbyteries of Huron &
Maitland of the Presbyterian
church in Canada, will be ramal-
gamated as one presbytery under.
the name of Huron -Maitland.
On Tuesday of 'last week, the
Presbytery of Huron' met in ' St.
Andrew's church, Blyth, with the
inoderator, _Rey. D. J. Lane pre-
siding and at the same tirne ,Rev.
J. E: Taylor of Cranbrook, mod
erator presided for a meeting of
Maitland Presbyterial in the: An-
glican church; Blyth, to discuss
the question. Committees of three
from each presbytery were ap-
pointed and'met at the noon hour
and at a ,joint meeting of both
presbyteries in the afternoon , it
was unanimously agreed to amal-
-gainate_ subject_....to_l the_*appr_oval
of the synod. . •
A' larger fellowship and great-
er enthusiasm, itis expected,. will
result. Clinton and Wingham
would be the centre points of the
new presbytery. •Four meetings
would be •held during the year,
two in Clinton and two in Wing -
This ' does not affect the two
W.M.S. presbyterials, which have
agreed to carry on as separate
organizations.
LIGHTNING PLAYS HAVOC
WITH' CULROSS HOME
•The home of Mr. and .Mrs.
Guthrie Reid of ` near LTeeswater
was severely damaged by :lightn-
ing : recently. Mrs. Reid's sister,
Miss . M. MacDonald.,was alone.
at the_ time., .She escaped injury
and succeeded in. extinguishing'
the fire that broke out.
According'.. ' to the Teeswater
News, here's some of the damage _
that was caused:' "An outside
door was ripped away and 'tossed
a distance, of fifteen or twenty
feet. Two heavy doors .into the
Main house from the rear shed
were also torn loose from the
casings. Windows were shattered,.
not only in- the back kitchen but
in the . main part of the house.
The terrific force of the bolt blew
out the west end of 't back
kitchen, shattered glass: jars and
-sealers,. _ : twisted_ ._.and. -s orched :.
metal containers, and spilled cu-
cumbers and tomatoes, ready -for
pickling, all over the place: Fire
broke out in I the northwest corn-
°er of the building, but Miss Mac-
Donald doused the flames before
they could gain much headway."
Ice Cream Short This. Month
Working on a quota, based on
monthly sales 'in 1941, local rest-
aurants are finding the Septeni-.
ber volume of ice cream avail-
able, far ,from being adequate:
Although frequently ' in short
supply early in the, month,' al-
most every restaurant in town
received the balance of their',
quotas the end of the week, and
the sold out sign will remain up
for the balance of the month. One
restaurant, we understand, has
reserved the balance of their
quota for Fair Day.
RIDING. ATOP. a truck load of
sheaves; Fred Stafford, "'43 -year-
old: Bruce Township farmer, was
caught by an overhead telephone
wire and hurled to the ground.
He died enroute to Owen Sound
hospital. A. coinpanion on top of
the load saw the 'wire andshout-
ed a warning. He burrowed dosyn
in the sheaves, felt the wire touch
his back and when he looked . up,
savv Mr• Stafford, on the roadway,
Rev. Appleyard . To . Preston
Rev. R. T. Appleyard, a fdrmer
Anglican clergyman° of ' Huron
diocese, who is now, serving in
Ypsilanti, Mich., has been ap-
pointed rector, of St. John's
Church, Preston, to succeed Rev.
S. H. Brownlee, who has accepted
the rectorship of St. George's
`Church, Guelph. °
Rev. Mr. Appleyard is a grad-
uate of Huron College and the
University of Western Ontario.
He is the son of Canon Apple-
yard. A brother is also an ordain-
ed minister of the -• Anglican -
church at present serving as a
chaplain in the army in England.
Taylor-McDiarrpid Group
The Taylor-McD'iarmid group.
of the W.A. of the United Church
met at the: home -of Mrs. George
Burgess,' with Mrs. E•bvart"Taylor
presiding. After the opening ex-
ercises, Mrs. W. P. Reed" read the
scripture .passage'. After tie busi-
ness period, reports were receiv-
ed from the Sick Committee, the
Sewing Committee and the. treas-
urer. Readings were given by
Mrs. Allan Durnin, Miss Hazel
Webster -and Mrs Grant McDiar-
rhid. A musical contest' was con-
ducted by' .Mrs.. Alex M' N -ay. `�
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