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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-10-14, Page 7• 151- THURSDAY, 'OPTOBER 14, 1943 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, PAGE SEVEN 41111111115001111,111111111iiiromummeiniam.11Y Allf101111a111111118 , . "Speed the. Victory" .is the watchword of. the United' Nations at this timeWe are now called ort to • undertake the largest financial campaign ever luideitak- en in the Dominion of 'Canada . . . the 5th Victory Loan, with a minimum objective of 11,200,000,000. Sunday, October lith •HAS BEEN DECLARED Victory Loan Sunda BY TIIE NATIONAL WAR FINANCE_COMIVIITTEE OF • CANADA. •All citizens are asked to attend their respective places Of worship, and any special services which' may be; ar- ranged in their communities that day. Letters to Editor • Immisomotoomomall 1 Can. A.A. Brigade Somewlere in England, Sept. 9th, 1943: My Dear Editor: • I arrived safely in En,glancl •smile time ago and can say we were all quite- anxious to, set our feet on firm land and forget the continual roll of the ship. As I lOoked out the window of the, train • I saw 'a :beautiful pat- tern on the rolling , cotmtryside' .7t -the fields of grain :surrounded 43Y-green"hedges cannot be found in any other countri. but Eng- land. It. looked -so : PeacefUl and quiet with the cattle grazing be- side the 'little litream that one Could not believe that we were so close to an enemy that not long •ago attempted to destroy and mutilate all this picture that Means so •much to these people over here. As passed through • the villages: and towns one could' see the destruction 'caused by • these attempts. • On arrival at, our destination, •, Which was late at night, we eelv1 a hot meal, including -beet - steak's. 'Don't think we. Weren't imgry and never ,clid we dream that we would Siedown to kmeal with meat, There were no delays and all arrangements for our ar- *val----vir-ere-carried--out-7-Itery ef- •-Citizens are also requested to join in the praYers of thanksgiving and petitions. for the Victory of our Armed Forces on land, sea and air, and -for the success of :the • forthcoming Victory Loan. • , ---L-L-County Council . . • • County - of Bruce • MORE MACHINERY ,TO BE AVAILABLE The Ontario agriciiltural corn- ' mission of Inquirylost no time •1 • in -getting down tcibusiness When •it held its .first meeting which • ,was called primarily to discuss • organization: and procednre, but • the situation, with referenCe to •-• -ProduCtion Was' felt to be So serious that the CM,. inissien immediately ,begari' to „• tackle some. of the problems.' be-• • fore •it. •' - Early in the proceeding S it was decided to'tackle first the prob- •lents of 1944.production and sevl- eral steps were 'taken towards that end. A telegram WaS sent ••• the co-ordinator of foods adrpiii: • istration, Ottawa, 'asking for 'a speedy decision on the;- ,qUestion Of the price differential between and. Seed potatoes and a • reply waS received stating th-4 a new. order. on this subject. was • being issued. The provincial, and • federal subsidies on feed grain • from Western '.OntariOwere dealt with, in a resolution which asked , these governments ,to. continue the Subsidy at the Se, ptember • rates until December 31 without • any reduction as was originally conternplated.' • The problem of. Securing an _adequate supply of seed grain was •refer -red' to a-Edinmittee-vairTani • brought in a report out of i`;vhich • the :following recommendations •" were made to the Government: • (1) That a -strong advertising, campaign• be carried • on to_ en- tourage farm farm movement - -of- seed grain. , - (2) That a freight 'subSidy be • Paid on. seed grain,coming fromWesternNorthern. Northern Ontario ,and Western . • Canada. • That the gaverninent par- , chase a quantity of suitable var- . • ,ieties of registered. and certified • NO. -1 seed-l-ri Wagtorn --Canada- • for holding purposes: 11, • (4) That ,the Dominion regu- lations be relaxed, permit the sale of mixtures of oats and 'bar- ley for seed. (5' That the ,fees 'for grading of seed_isamples,.be Cancelled lor the present to encourage grading: The inadequacy of the ceiling on Ontario Winter Wheat Was disL cussed at some length and a spe- ficiently. One thing that I noticed was the absence of private motor ears on the road. No one la.allowed to drive a Icel. here, other than such persons as docttirs, etc. Who: are given special permits and • even they: are 'required to account, for their petrol ration to the last •pint. The ordinary traveling pub- lic travel .either by bus or train. peaCetime lovely Meals were served on the trains--Lbutaft so todaY! .'YOU carry a sandwich or Welt up. a cup ,•of tea •ai the Station if you ,hav•e• time, which is not •• Next morning, after breakfast, I went out in search Of an army barber .and. to my ,surprise I ar- rived at the very spot occupied by the 98th Battery, when they first" came •over to England. Paused in remembrance of. those an the Battery who had answer- cial—committee- was -struck ea the Last Call rn.- bring in recoinendationS on this • i . i •Matter. It was felt that the pres• - ent ceiling price of $1.12 a bushel thI can say wthout hesitation ent the boys that I have come for. Ontario Winter wheat was far in Contact , with seem happy in • . THE HOUSING SITUATION IN LUCKNOW IS AC -UTE! • 0vitoolti00. . • ....REGABDING ..'" • omes or Apartments for Rent ,• AND • Boarding Accomodation FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE MAPLE LEAF AIRCRAFT CORPORATIO. Lot , • Submit This Information To Housing Conwilttee J. W. JOYNT. Chairman; Wm. Musdie; .670: SMITH, Sec. .1 to, ' — • • • IMrs. Russel Oollins returned • .home from the hospital. With her: baby girl. tontratulations.' , . Mr. and Mrs. e: Shelton - Toronto visited with his Mother; Mrs. Watson Scott. • ' Miss Marion Walsh spent the , week -end at her hole here: - andrs..._John-Enaersiak-,--• visited at Mr. Dan. Gillies reeent-- 'ly.• He• was, a strict teetotaller,.but., unfortunately had a yery red nose. One day a customer said • to him, "1 say,'Old man, what is , wrong with • your nose?" ••• "Nothing; at all", replied the red -nosed one. • "It is simply blushing with pride because it does not stickitsell into •other, _people'S • affairS". • • • : Red Croft workers met at the home Oil Mrs. John Emnerson. on Wednesday. afternoon. Miss Min- nie Fair read the portion, of scrip. titre. " Boxes for boys .overseas werp left for the Committee in charge, Mrs. John Emerson, Miss -1VT4'*Tlli"-SeOtt &skis. M. Walsh. • Shut-ins will be remembered also. Knitting vies done by some• while a number of workerscom- pleted a quilt. Mrs. V. Gawley offered ,her home for...the net Meeting which was accepted. ' ,Mr. 'Glen rson of Strat- ford Normal spent Thanksgiving With his parents, Mr. and Mit. SamEmerson, • ' 1 `Mr, and Mrs. Goldie Huston visited: recently at__ Mr. -James: Robertson's. Mr. Harold.Pollock of Toronto spent the holiday with. MiS's Sadie PpHoek. • • „ . The Danes obviously are' con- vinced that the something rotten • in *Denmark is 'the Naiis. • out of line with the prices their work, bUt each`one will say western wheat. for • "I hope to get this war overitand • home". R. W. Gallup, deputy admin- return . istrator of farm machinery, was I must close and called before the teninliSSiOlf and other letter when t will drop an - have met the rest of the boys from Bruce Co. presented information regarding the quota of farm Machinery With kindest personal regards to ' Gykrhichwould. be available 'fora"' • , next year. The commission was • Yours sincerely 1,4ietit. W. R, Tomlinson. greatly encouraged .bk the news •that the supply of farm machin- ery would be much greater, the quota having been increased from 35 oer cent to 78per cent of the 1940-41 output. • • • • ': FOURTH CON. Mr. W. McKenzie of Dundas spent the week -end at his home. • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon .McInnes -and children, of Toronto spent' WeeVih"-d-Wfth 'relliThres here7--IVIE-VrriTnItiss and Mr. Mearle Middleton of Itarn-: Mrs. Alex MacKay and family iltori spent the holiday at his visited Mr. and Mrs. John 'Ross • home. •• over the holiday. • Mr. Maurice Hodgins' Met. with Mr. John Wag of Loridesboro visited at .Mr. R. Mbffateslast a nasty gash in his arm this week Week. while Working in the bush, It •' ,"Miss7Flerence Ironside- visitar require -d nine stitches • • • - • CULROSS CORNERS Mr. acid Mrs. Alvin..P011ock & Miss Ethel Wall spent Thanks- giving 'MondaY with Mrs. Jain Wall. • Mr. and. Mrs. James Wraith. & •:Gertie visited Mr. and Mrs...Vat- • ter Wraith's on. Monday: Mr. and Mrs. Allister Hughes visaed: Mr. and Mrs. Earle Hod- • gin's one evening recently. e last week *with Mrs. R. Middle- ton.• • • The death of Mr. Robert Wat- son occurred at his home on Sat- . Mr. and Mrs1- Phonse Murray Spent Sunday evening' with me. and Mrs. Eckenswiller. Mr. and Mrs: Morrell Bell and• ' family *of Toronto spent the „boll:: urday after_ an illness of several • months. The funeral was held day with Mr. and Mrs, Hanna: on Monday. The sympathy of the Mr. .and, Mrs. Earle Hodgins community is extended:16- theTand-Shirley spent -Sunday-eVen- bereaved ones. • . • i ing at Mr.' and Mrs..Hanna's. • • ; . .••• • • ...„. . . tt ...t 4.? 1. • Citizens Huron County Listen to the • Fifth Victory Loan Broadcasts OVER RADIO STATION WINGHAM • OFFICIAL OPENING BY Rev. . W. A. .Beecroft, 'Chairman Huron: Co.. AT • I 8 am. Monday:.Octoberi-ath: • There will be a five minute program on Saturday, October 1.6th, and each day of the campaign at 12:40 pan. The first of these programs wilt' be 'an address by ••. WARDEN BENSON W: TitiCKEY :Satts'-rday, October 16 FOLLOWED BY A PROMINENT SPEAKER DAILY • OCTOBER 18th to NOVEMBEIt 6th. 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