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LUCKNOW, ONTARIIO THURSDAY, SEPT. 30th, 1943A
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ORGANIZING CANVASS
IN RURAL AREA .
The ' Salvation Army Home
Front 'Appeal is currently being
conducted locally, . and steps are.
being take-ri ,organize= a : corn-
plete4canvass of the rural dis
,triet. adj,acent • to ' Lucknow.:
• School vteachers and 'school
boards are .being. contacted to ar-
range .for. a .canvass .,by. school'
• sections.. •: The local executive
,named Messrs. S. E. Robertson
and R. H. McQuillirn as a Rural
. Organizing Committee.
IN CHARGE OF DOCTOR'S
PRACTISE THIS WEEK
Dr. W. V. Johnston . and Mrs.
° Johnston are .at present enjoying
•a : week's 'holidays. and in . the
Doctor's . absence .his practise is
' •in . charge of ' Dr. Ross ,Howson.
.Dr. Johnston :pians • to return on
. Sunday.
BORN'.
ANDREW -In Ashfield. on Thurs.
September, 23rd, t� Mr. and Mrs.
William •E: Andrew, . the' gift, of .'
a baby. , brother . for Louise and
Billy._ .(John Craig):
.
SENTINEL AD BRINGS PHONE
CALL FROM NOVA SCOTIA
A Buick coupe '•advertised in
The . Sentinel two weeks., ago
brought a phone call from a pros-
pective buyer-in-Novacotia..
ras-pective:buyer--in-Novaeoti:a.. The
1 ublisher • was quite' taken. back
the first °of • the week to have the
telephone ' • operator announce
"Pietou, 'Nova Scotia, calling".
.;'The. call ,was for .information
regarding_ this . car, and the low
est cash price that would buy it.
The information has been for-
warded ;by airmail and We await
developments; subject to prior
sale.
A
COLLECT MAGAZINES' AND
3� A
BOOKS FOR NAVY LEAGUE
Magazines and hard back books,
are wanted by the Navy League,'
to pass on to the men who man
Canadian ships:
Laically, such 'reading material
Is being collected at the school;
and 'Public School . pupils„ have
already donated .quite a .quantity
of reading material, Anyone 'with..
suitable : magazines ` and books,
which ' they wish • to donate,
should •deliver then' to the school
beforethe' end • of • Octobers ,•
•
,Vila:: Mex G. 'Mackenzi.e, D. F. M.
,1s Prisoner -OF -War In Germany
Late ':Sunday afternoon word
:'.was received here that WO: Alex
MacKenzie, D.F.M.; was ' a pais-.
orrer-of .war in ,Germany. It Was
-- grand- and =heartening -ne --s; of
only to, his family, 'but to the
entire community. His .'mother,
who had :never for a. moment
lost faith in the belief •that her
son was safe, was .literally over:.
come, by the news.' '
The information was contained
in• a cable from the R.C.A.F.
Casualties Officer, which read, as
follows: . •"Pleased to advise In-
ternational . Red Cross, quoting •
German information, states your
son, -»War-ra-nt Of4icF3
er-' -rst - Class,
Alexander Gerald' MacKenzie,
D.F.M., now prisoner -of -war. Let-
ter follows." . • ••
This Food news was received
just. three weeks : and two days
after Alex was officially reported
missing after air • operations -over,
enemy .territory.
Alex, had made a half ' a hun-
• dred.. successful bombing raids
over enemy territory and , was
shortly; due for a leave back,
home to `Canada. In recent oper-
ations he was '.the navigatordf
an •all -Canadian crew flying' one
f --the- -big-bombers, -fit - w -as --on-
the night. ,of August 31st„ while
on a heavy, raid on Berlin that
his plane was brought .down. De-
tails • of their safe„ landing' ,are
not yet known. It was three days
later, .tin Friday, September. 3rd.
that Mrs.. MacKenzie received
word that' Alex was missing.
Alex is the first Lucknow boy
to be decorated by His Majesty
The King. Alex .: wears the Dia-.
tinguished Flying Medal, forhis
achievements' on bombing raids._
Spending the week -end at their
home here, when..,the news was
received on Sunday,' were Alec's
brothers, John ' and Frank, both
in the R.C.A.F. •
. Alec's first prisoner -of -war let-
ter will be anxiously . awaited.
One wonders if he and Jim
(Coyle) Itnssell may be in the
same prison • , camp. Their former
homes in Lucknow, *ere only' a
stone's throw apart. •
LOST PART OF FINGER'
ON MEAT CUTTER
While assisting her husband ;at
the meat Market in Ripley last
week, Mrs. George Gibbons met
with a painful injury. The index
finger of her right • hand • came
contact with the knife of . the
meat cutter and was cut off near
the first joint. Two weeks ago Mr.
Gibbons had part of his thun h
amputated due to blood poison-
ing. ..
HELD SALVAGE COLLECTION
ON FRIDAY EVENING
The Clansmen, conducted their
last salvage collection for .the
season on Friday evening, when
a goodly quantity of material
was again obtained, • running
chiefly to paper, rags and glass.
Metal and rubber appears 'to :be
a scarce commodity now.
This will be -disposed of very
slicn'tly and salvage activities con-
cluded until•,Spring, Anyone who
missed the collection, .or any
ruralresident with salvage on
'..arid. may leave• this at John•-
stune's. Feed Barn. It , will • be-
nrccssar`y to do this within the
n'x1, few days, before final dis-
posal of the•'salvage is made, rand
the depot , cleaned out for the
,Tinter.
COMMENCES . NURSES'
TRAINING COURSE
Miss Doris- Eadie, daughter of,
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Eadie of Holy=,
rood, has entered Women's Col-
lege Hospital in Toronto as a stu-
dent nurse. Doris commenced her
training two weeks ago.
EMPLOYED AT M PLE. LEAF
Wallace Twamleas accepted
,a positiom in the wood working
departrr4ent .of The' Maple Leaf
Aircraft Corporation and com-
menced work on Monday. Wal-
lace and his family will move to
town in a couple of weeks, The
Maple 'Leaf Aircraft is •constant'-
ly expanding its payroll and is
now employing well over one
hundredrisen and women.
, H ENGAGEMENTS
The .:engagernent is announced
of Victoria Claire Pentland, of
Toronto, :younger daughter of
Mrs. Pentland, Dungannon, and
the late Alexander B. Pentland,
and Ralph. Ernest Foster, only
'son •of Mrs. Foster, Sheppardton,
and 'the late `Herbert J. Foster,
the wedding' to take, place Oct—
ober :8th..
Mary ,Caution and Helen Valad
have taken a: position in the
Maple, Leaf Aircraft.
TODD H Ei FER,
'DREW :BIG - PRICE.,.
..,
The. Aberdeen -Angus herd of
Frank G Todd i Son cif St. Hel-
•ens. returned from. Galt- Fair:
`last:Week minus •.a.. young heifer,
but..•with the .proprietors thumb
ing .a roll' of .greenbacks totalling
$1500.00. Frank said, "We' hated.
to see her. go, .but Couldn't • see•
keeping her :at -that price".
:This animal, "Blackbird of -St.-
Helens
St. -Helens 4th' ,- .is rising • .two years
old: She 'Was shown in the senior
yearling. class at ,Galt, and when
prospective :.'buyers.learned that
;she wasn't .. for sale at a cent less
than 'fifteen hundred dQilara,
Godfrey Smith of Elora 'paid the
price'. and considered he -had a
•heifer Worth. the :money.. This'
heifer was: awarded the, prize. at,
Paisley • Fair as 'the best animal'
'on the grounds in all Classes. •It
,is seldom that a female utclass-
es a- bull' for. this award..
. Blackbird the 4th is .a product
bred; and born on the Todd, farms
and :directs still • further wide-'
spread attention. to' the Todd herd
of black cattle, which are now:
internationally known. Her
er was.. Grand 'Champion at 'the
Toronto Winter Fair. .
• This $1500 heifer has .been bred
to a` young bull which• Mr: Todd
and Son bought: from the. Ed=
Wards herd • for $100:0: Mr, .Todd
'
estimates. that two calves. from
Blackbird of •St.' Helens the 4th
andMr. Srnith will have the pur-
chase . price ., of the heifer , back'
again.
TO. DISCUSS HOUSING AT ..
MEETING ON MONDAY
A meeting of the Lucknow:
Business Men's Association' . has
•
been.Called;: for Monday, October
4th, at 8 o'clock sharp .M the
To*n Hall. • •fi
Business to be'. .dealt.with in
cludes a discussion' of the 'housing
situation in Lucknow: This is
.an important meeting and. a full
turnout of the Association'is' ex-
pected. '
RETURNED FROM -TRIP
TO, MARITIMES
Mr. D. A. Andrew of Verfnil-
lion, Alberta, visited this week
with his .mother, • Mrs. Isaac An -
;drew at the home of Mr. and
Mrs:" Gordon Kirkland at Zion:
Nlr"s°.Andrew,` who is eighty ;years
of age enjoys remarkably good
health,. '
"Dave"; _who' is secretary of the
Iaontiriion Hereford Breeders', 'As=
sociation, has just returned from
a survey of, the Maritimes. There
the Herefordstrain is used wide-
ly as a beast -of labor. 'Ox -teams:
are . common to _every _arm; . even
where power equipmentis used.
The head yoke is used exclusive-
ly, being fittedand strappedto
the horns of the • team, which
can move a load of as much as
three tens-, on a stoneboat.Oxer
are popular do hayloaders be-
cause of their steadiness, and the
fact "they don't require the guid-
ance that horses do. It is not un-
usual, .''Mr. Andrew 'says, to see:
a . wagon° with Pneumatic tires
drawn by an ox team.° •••
While in. Halifax Mr. Andrew,
had • the opportunity of a brief
visit with his 'brother, Cpl. Al-
fred Andrew. . of the R.C.A.F. .
LOCAL YOUNG ,PEOPLE
START UNIVERSITY COURSES
When, Toronto v/ersty, open-
ed •its. t'oors this week, three
young people from• this commun-
ity commenced college courses. '.
They are Lloyd lACkert,. son
,Mr: ,and Mrs. Ernest Ackert. of
Holyrood; ''' Catherine Johnston,
eldest daughter 'of Dr', and Mrs.
W. V. Johnston and "Catherine
Prest, only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. V. N. Prest.
Lloyd is commencing studying
for the ministry; Catherine John-
ston is taking a household econ- -
comics course and Catherine Prest,
an arts course. .
A11three successfully conclud-°
ed their high scfiool education at
Lucknow last • June. The two
Catherines have ' been . close
'friends and.equally closeip scor-
ing high standings at exaniina-
tions. In their. upper . school re- •
Sults each, received five firsts out
of nine subjects.
Another Lucknow . student* at-
tending Toronto University, but
not a • fi eshman, is Morris,,Pearl
man, Who is studying dentistry,
•
fine Weathers dine Show, Fine
C rowd .Yesterday
Last week we went out on the suited 'as follows: 6 & 7, girls •
limb . to tell ` you that Liicknow's Betty 'Johnston, ' Ruth Johnston;
78th Annual Fall Fair would be boys -Dennis Emberlin, Kent
the best in 'years. Today some. Hedley; 8-9, girls—Edna Reid,.
2.000 adults and children agree .Gladys thin; boys --Donald Mb--
that
t-that it- was: Fr ism" -1:45" to -5:45- -on -Alpine. -Elwood-Irwin-10-11, girik -
Wednesday afternoon ' .' there -Maxine .. Webster, Mary Trwin
wasn't a dull moment. The. wea- boys? Chester Hackett, Joe Whit-
ther was ideal, the program was by. .12-13; girls—Teresa Gaynor,. °
tops, the paid attendance . was !Beryl Solomon; boys—Wilfred.
up about' threefold,' In a nutshell Black, Jack Stewart. Bicycle race,
—Lucknow Fall Fall Fair hasturned boys—David. Aberdeen, . Harry. •
the corner on the comeback. trail. .Campbell,'Jaek Stewart; girls-
Beryl Solomon, Mary Chin, . Bet-
ty. Marshall. 100 yard dash.:--A4-
tin Martin, Everett Lane; 1/4 mile,
Grant Parrish, Everett Lane. Re-
ai-galay, girls—(Beryl Solomon, Mar-
garet
retTrelea-v-en; -Jessie-lVrahall;
Ruth Dahmer) (Mary Chin, Ter-•
esa Gaynor, Winnie Stewart,
Irni,a 'Aberdeen); . . boys -.(Stara
Prest, Joe Moore; Herb Culbert;
-Ab Chin); (Jack Stewart, Wil-
fred Black, . David Aberdeen,
Floyd Milne). '
The square dance contest was
one of the highlights of the after-
noon. Four sets representing the
Townships of Kinloss, Huron,
West Wawanosh and Ashfield
Competed. The... udges awarded
the prize money ; of $10, . $7:50 and
$5.00 as follows: ,1st—Huroh; 2nd
—Ashfield; 3rd—Kinloss.
• Hall Was Attractive. -
While` rationing regulations
were evident -on the baking table,
the indoor exhibits were very
good and the spacious arena was
quite attractive. Wm. Schmid had
a most creditable and extensive
merchandise display. The W. A.
of the United Church ran an .
apron booth. The Red Cross »Soc-
iety had' an exhibit, of knitted`
goods for the three services,. an
emergency layette for local •Use,.
and • •Bomb ' Victims clothing.
'''here were three attractive ex-:
hibits 'in the -contest open to
Women's ''Organizations. The Wo- _
men's Institute 'sold out at their
•refreshmentbooth in » the ha!1.
while the .• booth, on --the grounds,
under the direction of Robert ''
Moffat, did .a brisk business alt
afternoon: •, •
As this is written the concert
and dance is yet td be held held so
there you have a sketch . of -a
highly successful fair held. yes-
terday, of which we may elabor-
ate a little ,more , in our next
issue, in which th-eprize list -
will be published. ,
With two .bands—the Walker-
ton High School Girls IIIBugle.
-Band, and the Lucknow Pipers,
the parade of five rural schools
and the . Lucknow Public School
got:the-Fair- off -to- -arrimpressive -
start. Introduced by ' President
John Farrish, the Fair was .of-
ficially opened . by ?John Hanna.
o.f Winghath, M.P.P. for Huron -
Bruce. ' Jim 'Shearer., • Huron Co.
agricultural representative made,
,an excellent master of ceremon-.
ies
Inthe school chorus Zion- was
best with .a score of 83 points,.
but the •school yell . and parade
was considered in -the scoring
and the final standing placed
the schools in this order—lst,
S. S. ' No. 13, Ashfield (Belfast) ;
2nd, No. 5, Ashfield (Zion); 3rd
I.S.S. No. 12, West Wawanosh
(Fordyce); 4th, No: 4 West Wa-
wanosh, (St. Helena); 5th, No. 9
Kinloss (Murray's). The teachers
of • the respective II schools. are
Misses Hilda-Twarnley, Ada Web-
ster, Mrs. Durnin'Phillips; Misses
Beatrice. McQuillin and Miss Jean
MacMillan. Miss Marion MacDon-
ald, music supervisor, -conducted
four of the schools.
In the public speaking contest
Bobby Lyons was first and Jean
Ritchie. second, Rev. Beecroft of
WirnghaM, ' chairman of Huron
County' Fifth Victory . (Loan,
spoke briefly and -concluded with
the assurance that .Bruce and
Huron was going over the top- for
the fifth time. J
TO PUT DRIVE; ON FOR
DONORS AT NEXT CLINIC
The next blood donor .clinic in
Lucknow will be held in three
weeks—on Friday, October 2'2nd,
arid in the meantime, a special -
drive will be made t� increase
the number of donors; 'This -will
be the fifth clinic'. held locally.
• While Lucknow .clinics have
been comparatively well patron-
ized there has been 'a falling off.
in attendance at the last two,
and efforts are to be made to
stimulate the attendance on the
twenty-second. . • ' •
The facilities of the local clin-
ic permit. handling- ;a 'greatly in.:.
creased number of donors, and
those in charge . aim to obtain
all they can accomodate. '
Many new donors are required
to make the next clinic the suc-
cess it should be.
BRIDE -ELECT' SHOWERED
On Thursday afternoon, a num-
ber of friends' pf Miss Annie Tay-
lor gathered at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Elmer Morgan, in
honor 'of her approaching mar-
riage and to shower her with a
78 -piece set of rose pattern dish-
es, a . green velour occasional
chair ;an.d a number ' of ..useful
articles.
The prospective bride, •one of
Ripley's popular young, ladies,
very . graciously thanked her
friends for their thoughtfulness
and. good Wishes. A program of
humorous readings, was then giv-
en by Miss Jean Ferris and Mrs.
Elmer Morgan, » which created ' a
great deal of mirth throughout
the ' crowd, They were invited to
her home to view her trousseau,
after .which lunch was served and
a social time spent.
d , !
The Tuck Sisters; Marys l5oris,
Jeanette, , Marilyn and Lloyd pre-
sented three different' acts dur-
ing the afternoon, featuring sing-
ing, acrobatic' and tap dancing
numbers. Their father presided,at
the piano, and the crowd were
swell pleased with their perform-
ances. '
Throughout the afternilon, the
Bugle Band 'and the Pipers were
•liberal with, their numbers and
added very enjoyable: Variety to
the program:
The sports event program re -
Miss Dorinda Weston of Tor-
onto is visiting with Miss Emma
McCluskey. • ,