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TUE LVCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
Established 1873
• • Published Each Thursday. Morning
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. ' THURSDAY; OCTOBER t8th., 1943
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- REMEMBR1.°
Father Time is a dual personality. He is
• a veritable Pr. Jekyll and , Mr. Hyde. At one
• • and. the Same time he is kind. and he •is cruel.
A STORY TO BE .TOLO
• Among 'the' post-war stories to be, .told,
few will be more jriteresting. than that of the
Battle of. Britain, . which began in earnest in
August of 1940; It was on the. 8th of August
that .the German attacks. mounted .to a' furious
crescendo of bombing.,and.'•strafing, commene-
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ing with an- attack on • a convoy near the'. Ilse
.of Wight by sixty . „aircraft, ..followed one•
.- hundred more. Twn' ships That
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Same • day , one .hundred and thirty.aircraft at-'
tacked a convoy near BourneinoVh. Many Bri-•
igaittepisin44,02,-pdama„ged. that b
dax ut
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The next attacks byrnasses of planes were
011 ..coastal Owns,. and then aerpdronies:. and
lastly, upon the morale of the British people
by deluges of bombs and fire On London.
. • WhereVer they attacked? they found Spitfires
If we want proof of this, we need only , and Hurricanes more than their match. In less
cast Our thoughts baCk to the days 1915'18.. • than three months: the Germans had had 2,375
Sipee that period Time graciously healed most ' of their aircraft shot down, and niany sent
"Of the . wounded Canadianheartswhich then limping home; the Royal Air Force had lost
• .-. ached in loneliness and begged piteously for - three- hundred seventy-five pilots killed, and
one more toueli. ,of the missing hand and .lips three hundred and fifty-eight pilots wounded:
of those stilled forever in the mud; of Eurepe. • The Royal Air Foree----with, airmen from
But Trine also dulled our memories of the -her- the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and
. rible pain and grief which swirled rn the wale some occupied countries, had , saved England
of predatory. Gertrian generalS. from- the invasion for which three thousand'
Only fourteen years after 1918; when Ger- barges Were ready in the harbors of Europe. :
. ‘ man Viciousness began to rise again as a'threat During the Battle of Britain; RAT. ,pilots
against world peace, Time had binned our who came down in parachutes in the :morning
' rninds. We .do not readily recall the inhuman . were 'Often flying and fighting again in the
• . heart,breaking eXperierics eof the first World
, afternoon. . .
•••'• War. There *as no oYerpowering urge in cur - •,-;,
r ew of the old guard probably still remain,
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 28, 1943
Local and General .4
Mrs. James Alton is visiting. An
Taronte at the home of het dau-
ghter, Mrs. Jack McIntosh.
' Jahn Graham of Stratford
spent a Precent week -end :with.
his • grandinether, Mrs. Wilson
Hamilton.
Donald Johnston', of Toronto
spent the week*nci with his par-
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Mr. .8yd Decker,
and Mr. .Waltee• Wagester from
Kitchener spent the week -end
With Mr. and Mrs -C. 'Decker.
Mr. and Mrs. "Bud" Parrish
and two children of Toronto were
week -end visitors inthe 'com-
munity.
Saturday night will be Halle-
we'en. Sweets° will be scarce nO
donbt, and bY the Way, better-
tfe. down • everything moveable.
Mr.' and Mrs. :Alex Smith of
Detroit' Visited at the homes of
his -bratherS, Messrs. James and
T. W. Smith. • •
if
re �f • but ,thepi-e-o-fiheTs..kies
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holocaust. e had so softened din. rcollec- ' recariouslin ,the balance, 1De' preserved
Ocingnest„, before. it. became an unmanageable so vahant :Dart, when Britain's fate hung
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tens. of the tragedy in that short space, --------------------------
did not warn us to meet and overpower it im-
An--truck. containing -fourteen
Have we •yet learned hovi. wicked Time :
bets of the 97th Reserve: Battery ,recently.
,It is only four years ago since the stiffL •
..reawakening of the German. militaristic spirit • * * * *1 ,
"LET'S FIAVE THE FACTS"
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necked: goose-steOpers ran bayonets through
° the frail bodies of . old men and women in Po-
land, " led little children into -fields :to • shoot
thept down with Machine guibullets .- tut
.have passed Since . the ' Germans
bombed old and young civilians out of the
towns •and cities of Belgium, to choke highways
against the approach of the opposing armies -
and ..then bombed and machine-gunned these
'•helplfss Creaturefalong the road's. Will we let
Time make :Is forget that now? „
• . It is about two weeks since the Nazi mon-
sters looted the city of Naples and raerci e -y
murdered inhabitants because they expressed
their dislike of the German: cause. Can we
'forget -that:also:T.
For four years, thousands of the finest of
our Canadian youth, destined to live happy
• lives among us, have 'fallen victims to German
guns. Is our sorrow from their loss already
' d 1* ? Or are we keeping fresh those bitter
memories of the past since 1939, arousing in
• ourliearts a grim determniation to end this
cracked up near Port Elgin. Fortunately, no
„fatalities ocCurted., The Port Elgin Times. calls
. • for an,lnyestigation' that will give' satisfactory
„answers to such questions as -was the truck
travelling at an excessive speed, reported to
be 60 miles an hour, 'was the driver inexperi-
-„-,.•„.,,..,eneekancl did not have a driver's license, was
no• 'ralficer in charge of the transport; whose
responsibility is it to' see that the young men
in the reserve unit are surrounded with every
safeguard and .under proper supervision,- when
-being transported to and from their homes.
•, The Times say S theie are, some things
which the parents of these young men; several
being of 'teen age, are entitled to know:
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- Thu y-,---November-1-1.411--will be- obsez,vedrt
as ReMernbrance pay in Canada. This day has •
not been declared as a• National hciliday, but
its observance is left to the discretion of in-
dividual' municipalities. What is 'to be done
locally /mist soon decided. If a Remembrance
• Day service is planned for Lucknow it Might
-* be feasible.to declare a holiday, since business
senseless parade. of wars for :a long, long. time? , places will be closed in the afternoon in any
There is a message 'being spread through- .case.
Out the land in these days of the Fifth Victory * . * * *
is not be -
Miss Dorothy • Sharp of the
High School staff, presided at the
organ in the United church on ,
Sunday. „
Mr. and Mi. George Burgess
were recent visitors in. Toronto
and on their return were accom-
panied' Mrs. Ruth Mathers and
son- Billy who are visiting here. ,
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eo1ard
on a larrh near BlythrsPet
Week.enel at the home of his
niother:
• Mrs.: Neil Gillies had' as her
guest, for a' clay last week, Mrs.
J. O. McIntyre of Cuirass, 1VIaiii-
toba. The two ladies were form-
erly very intimate -neighbors
. that Manitoba town.
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Mr. 'and Was. J. A. Rider of
Detroit visited Iast week with "
their daughter, Mrs. Gordon Tay-
lor 'and Mr. Taylor. On. Monday, •
accompanied by Mrs. Taylor, they'
went
went to Sebringyille to visit with
Dr. and Mrs. Alex Sinclair, Where
a little baby girl, Alexandria
Pearl, arrived last rtiesday.
OYSTERS Bit THE CASE
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• • , Loan campaign. Its purport ,"Lets
• come complacent". But here„ is •a yet more
.° -patent slogan for us' at this Moment: "Re- '
Member".
If We will keeD green the indescribable•
horrors of this war, if we Will remember that
• these were perpetrated by the Germans and '
will be reheated again and again unlesS we
cornpletely rush the German militariStiespirit,
we won't need any warning against complac-
ency. We will pour our dollars into Victory
Bonds as never before, speed our'work in war
factories and take increasing pride in'the actual
job of extermination which our.'men are carry-
ing out at the battle front.
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This week -end brings Hallowe'en with its
"pass -out" and-lh=over" gairgs:-F-alling as
it does on Sunday, the goblins, ghosts . and
witches most like l.Y do their flitting about
on Saturday night. It's Halloween, but :beware ,
your actions for while it's a night for fun,
wanton' destruiction is nothing short, of sabo-
tage.
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It's rather. surprising the number of editors
who see fit to clip our comments in this col-
umn, yet never see fit to give any credit as
to. where they originate.
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The Department of Labour is taking stps
to tap surplus farm labor during the winter
months for 'other high priority jobs such as
lumbering, mining, food processing and rail-
way maintenance. Farmers engaging in these
essential jobs during their �f -season can
turn, home ferments are not affected While engaged in
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sit& approved essential trork .
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We said goodbye to our. son last night, •
Our boy of the yesterday
Who used. to come toddling -up tog us
To kiss his hurts away. • .
I was shaken a bit when he stOoped down lo-ty
And kissed his, mother's tear, •
But I gripped his hand and Smiled at him
And he didn't guess My fear.
"You'll take good care of her, won't you Dad?
She's •precious to me you know;
It's mothers, sweethearts,: and homes we love
That make us want to go".
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I was proud of MY soldier son last night,
• And thetisands of others too -
Who have pledged themselves in the spring
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.of life
•••• To see the battle through;
And f swore by the flag that I 'hone& • \
And by odic Gad Divine
I shall prodGce for Victory • :
Each working hour of mine.
This emblem I'm wearing so proudly,
Burns -deep-ly-a symbol,, bright,
Keep the faith .with those -men of ours,
Leading them through the night!.
If I should falter; if I should fail;
Who knows Tiit.4 the bitter co -St
-May mean aplane,.,or a ship at Sea,
Ot a hard fought battle Jost!
The blood of a thousand men and one • •
May Mean a plane, or a ship at sea,
• I lutist give IVIORB- than my "Nearly A11-1',
• That Mankind may be free! '
old Wood= --Canadian Poet.
rnariet for the past ,couple
Of seasons, but currently the
publisher..has been "horning in"
on' his in-laws for a feiv feeds.
You've gat to shell 'em yourself
though. ' -••
7 -It, happened eau.
Thorn is employed at Pictou,'
Nova. dcetia,where oysters fresh
from the sea .are in season. A.
few daYs. ago she sent ',home an
orange crate full to het liarelits„.'.
Mr.. and IVirs. E. J. Thom. In the
shell 'they're s, heavy as lead
and if Jean had known the ex-
press charges 'Were gaing•.to set
'her back ' about: four dollars,
Chances • are the folks .at home
wOuldn't be enjoying, fresh oy-
sters at the moment. . .
GUIDE NEWS. .
The Patrol ' Leaders of ' the Kip-.
:cardine- Guide Company -have -
been invited to a hike at 3 p.m.
DESCRIBES TRIP
ON HOSPITAL SHIP
The. 'following- are excerpts
'froth a letter by Charles McQitil-
lin, to his sister Beatrice at St.
Helens. Charles, -is attached to
the 'Canadian Medical Corps. and .
is- on board-7MR hopitat slp
"Lady Nelson". He .Writes:
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Corning over, there•Were 'nine
Patients. in my •watc1;„ :two New •:
•Zealanders, three Americansand
Canadians,. . , •
• When 'we left • Balifak.the 'last ,
''tinie, we sailed..to England. by the •
northern route. '• we, stayed in • ‘,
England: .only three • .days, then
sailed '..for , North •
Africa. We stopped at -Gibraltar
for 'two days and s,orne of us •*erit
'ashore. was very- interesting.•
Most of the civilians ar panish.
The• -streets, are., nar and
crooked. ' . • . • •
From there we. sailed' to Phil- •
ippeville.: The -Weather -was warm.
and .the • Mediterranean • Sea „very
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October 30th • and a Hallowe'en smooth. Philippeville,„is a French
party in the • evening.: Everybody
Will dress up for the occasion.
Cyclist badge was tried ,Mon-
day by Mrs. Prest.
• Pathfinder's badge will be tried
Friday night. It will be • in the
forof a written examination
and chore difficult than usual,
they tell us.
Mrs. MeXim gave. a.lessori on
hiker's 'badge and Margaret gave
the final lesson on. Pathfinder's
badge.
Bertha Stimson and the two
recruits laid a trail on Saturday,
this beingthe purpose of the
hike. It was quite an interesting
• trail' especially when the Guides
found such notes as 'Follow your
nose" and "Don't fall into the
Mill Pbnd".
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BUY BONDS
Save for a brighter day ahead
-For--brighter-For--brighter_years to be; " •
Save to bring joy and happiness
When our land is free. . •
If we would be true citizens
Then we must surely pay;
We must not be complacent
Wars are not won that way..
city with •many Arabs, like •Al-
giers; It was very hot there, the ,
teinperature being -115 and we
were told it had been 135 the
week before. We arrived there
in the afternoon and left the next
morning about 11. We took our
patientS on Shortly after landing.
We stopped at' Algiers ,�n• our
way , back,: taking on more pat- •
ients and leaving the same day.
Most of the patients were from
Sicily. •?, ' •
At Gibraltar , we stopped for
about half' an , hour to -get our
orders. We arrived in. England
by the southern route and stay-
ed there aliOnt a week. I went
'to London again on, a six-day
leave and visited St. Paul's Cath-
edral where I saw the -tombs of
the Duke. of Wellington, Nelson;
• Jellicoe, .and many others, such
as poets, etc. The funeral . car
of Wellington is there too. I
ent-up-in-the----doirret� the -
whispering gallery, and to the •
fop where:you could get a bird's-
eye view of the city. I visited :
the Parliament Buildings., saw
Westminstec Hall, House of Com-.
mons,. House of Lords, the lib-
raries, crypt of St. Step* , and
the potwhere Guy Fawkes ,
ed the barrel of gunpowdeilIb
also visited the Kew Gardens
where nearly every plant in the
world is to be fotind. It is quite .00)
a problem the blaekout. Late at
night about every. second person,
you meet wants to know how to
get !somewhere or other. •
We left England on the fifth of
ter ' and' arrived at Haifa*
on the fourteenth.
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For our brave Canadian. boys -
We must back the attack;
The more bonds you buy taday
The sooner they'll march back.
This is a call to service,
And its up to every man
To open . up his purse strings
And buy all the bonds he can..
Save for brighter days ahead
Pot' brighter years 'to be,
Save to bring joy end happiness
"And "63N -ea the
wtn. M. Buckingham.
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