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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-11-18, Page 1M $2.00 A Year—. In Advance; 50c Extra to •aU. S. A. LUCKNOW,' ONTARIO, THURSDAY, November 18, 1943 EIGHT PAGES �1N..W,AWA lOSH SET:: PACE•I:N:HURON CO. Well up in ' front throughout the entire 18 `day campaign, the Township, of West Waw.anesh led • • the 'parade. in ' Huron County', when final: returns °were tabulat- • ed ;in the Fifth .Victory Loan: In this' the residents of the. Town- ship and the two energetic sales- ,men,, Durnin .Phillips and. Tom. Webster, may well be proud. Durnin and Tom have been ap- pointed in. 'each of the five loans, to canvas the Township and have done .a good : job of their task -each -tide. ':But the Fifth Loan 'JACK KILPATRIICK IR ILL WITH PHLEBITIS ' Ill fortune is again dogging John • S. Kilpatrick' of town, arid recently appointed ],Vlassey-Harris blockrnanfor this 'district.; This spring Jack Was laid up for sev- eral weeks With .a' badly fractured 'ankle,. 'and is now quite ill at his home with phlebitis. Jack was seriously ill a -week' aga Monday when • a •clot : nipved and struckhis left lung. He was getting .along favorably .the end of the week, but . on Monday of this week a =clot struck his . right. lung and his condition was cause for concern. ST. .ANDREWS A_ O . _. FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK The Kairshea Club's;.annual St, Andrew's Ball will be held in the Town Hall on Friday evening of next .week:' This popular "night for --the, Scots," always' draws a. capacity crowd. Keepit in mind ,and .'see ' the ad elsewhere in this'. issue, GARBAGE' COLLECTION TO.. END- THIS WEEK The municipal garbage . collect - 'kin system in , Lucknow...will be discontinued . after,;_this week for the winter. The system has been, "in -operation: for the -second-sea son and no doubt. will again be resumed next spring. In' • the meantime, remember that no., garbage . will .be collected after Friday of .this week. • results were outstanding with1 $88,900 subscribed, representing. CLOTHING AND BEDDING 132.69 .percent. of their objective WANTED FOR RUSSIANS of $67,000. Sales in West Wawan- osh in the previous loans totalled • II An.appeal is again being made a n ' locally for donations of used or new clothing and bedding for the Aid to, Russia... Fund.. Articles of warm -'and serviceable clothing, blankets and'. quilts are urgently needed' by the valiant Russians., Donations may be left'at T. W. Smith's Garage, where thwill: • be bailed and shipped to Nation= al Headquarters. respectively. 1st, $47;350; 2n ', $4,7,950; ',3rd, $62,650; 4th; $67,700. And Ashielcl's fine effort can- not be 'overlooked either. This Township raised $103,800, 100.78 per, cent'. of the objective 'set at $103;000. r. This volume :_(4,sales well exceeded past records in the Township which were as follows: 1st`. Loan, $45,850; 2nd $67,300; • 3•rd,, _$63,600; 4th, $84,550. Ashfield salesmen in the Fifth `Loan.: were red'_-M.cCarthy; Lorne Johnston and,Donald Blue; whose :individual ' sales "'record follows:: • REMEMBRANCE BOUQUET ;. OOZE PROBLEM TO BE PLACED ANNUAL• Y• SERMON SUBJECT A lovely basket of 'mums was placed in the United Church on. Sunday. • as. a Remernbrange.:Day 'bouquet, :• and on this occasion was in memory , of 'Squadron 'Leader. (Dr.) • .L Grant MacKenzie. Inreferring to the .floral tribute this averse was 'appended: ,"Great= ° .er love has no man than, this, that a Man lay • down his life for his friends.".. . Presentation Made 4-�-•-1Vfr: axtd.�.-lUixs<r William,.-H.a.�r:�� of: Ripley . were guests of -honor recently' at a reception in the Township Hall when.. the newly- weds Were presented with a Well filled purse of money. Ashfield. Sales Volume Wilfred McCarthy.... 64 , $ 37,100 Lorne Johnston 7i : 32,550 Donald Blue .. ; 96 30,700 Banks ' ' • • . 12 3,450. • :243 $103,800• West Wawanosh .. • .,purni'n PhIllipps, '112 39,700_ Thos. Webster 1'17 45,800 Banks .. ....:....... 193 200 Ernp.loyees ,. 3 200 ASH FI ELD TO LOSE ITS ( DEPUTY REEVE Meeting last: week, the three groups of the 'Women's Associat- ion 'of the. church decided''. to an- nlially place. a bouquet in .the, church in r�iemory of those` from 'the =congregation who --1 -ave- pari the 'supreme—sacrifice. ,Sunday's memorial was pres- ented that evening to Mr.. and •� Mrs. W L. MacKenzie .by' Mrs W. :.B.•• Anderson, vice-president'' of the Women's Association. • • F. W. Lewis, a ,representative of the Ontario. Temperance Fed - eration occupied the pulpit in . the United church on Sunday morning :'and- delivered a very finesermon;, the • theme' a#' whicn.. •was,, "Putting God, `First," and which 'was the more •effective and. impressive because of the omiss- ion of statistic's,- which. so often. are a part of'. such a di$course.. At the outset Mr. Lewis point- ed out that the Temperance; or- ganization' would not be so con- cerned over the "booze' business if.. those who: indulged were the 'only ones affected. • "In the beginning God," he at- tributed as the 'secret Of. Eng- land's ' success; and' outlined the GREW MIME, CITRON Mrs: J. J. Smith, east of the Lack The . Required Number Of Village, grew an• immense citron ., ners Or Tenants n 'The this' season which dwarfs a.. -22- . Voters' List— Three Town- pound. one, mentiope.d recently by ships $eminate Next Week. Andy Clark. Mrs° Smith's scale has a 25 pound capacity; but it On:Friday next, November 26th- wouldn't weigh''the citron, which toi reship rrorr inafinns will _ be_.i-was .estimated Would 'have up- held. in West Wawanosh, Ashfield; ped' the beam "at 28 or- 0 -pounds arid Kinloss, and in. event of an 'It was so heavy ' that when the election in ' any of all municip- citron crop was harvested, Mrs.. alities, voting : will take plake on Smith assigned her husband the task of carrying it to the house. C.N.R. DEPOT_ HAS BEEN GETTING A COAT OF PAINT The C.'N. R. depot in Lucknow .is lboking' the better of a Mulch` needed coat of paint. The exterior fall of powerful nations through `the ages which 'fa4 Ted'` to recog- nize God. . . • • It was the determination of the people -of the Old Land to' have freedom of :worship, • at a time when such did -not exist in BEng-: ,• ];and, that brought -them to 'this country. -The -Spaniards :went to South 'America. to find gold, he said, and the people of the, Old Land .came to. North America to find God. "Compare the two con- ., tinents' today," he 'added. • Monday, December 6th. In Ashfield Township. there are !, LIFELONG., DISTRICT FARMER :definite possibilities of an elect-.: WILL BE, 89 MONDAY' 11 ire after ion. "'Reeve• Alex .MacDonald,•-iwe • understand, plans to 'ret an es -'.'six years in office, and Mr. ,,Jelin Cowan Sr.,.. Deputy - teemed Ashfield .Township resi- Reeve Gilbert Frayne, no doubt, dent will observe his 89th birth- will seep the reeveship..'But he Mr: Lewis rgvealed -what 'steps liquor interests outside this •. country took to break down pro hibition in :Canada. Today., he said, Government 'control is noth- • ing more- than Government pro- motion of the liquor business for the profits' that accrue.'.. Prince. Edward Island' is the lone except- ,'!for in' that Orovineeliquor sales are not: revenue' producing. Ontario is the •,• only province - ve o . n Ashfield wiit is hinted, , of the ,building has .been -spray- where a.. province -wide system' of As the year. endssel ,painted a dark red, while ..the in- muted, drinking in beverage lose its right to adeputy-reev, rooms exists. He 'stated that: in. -day-on. Monday next,, .November ienay ha pp 22nd. . Mr. Cowan was born • on the 12th Concession, and •has lived in that immediate neighborhood all: • 24• 7 $ 88'900 'his' life. He enjoys comparatively Reach Nearly $100,000'" good health and has the best • In' the Village, G. H. Smith ac- wishes of many friends that he complished.' the difficult jask of may continue to enjoy good 'putting Lucknow over.its object- health. - i- $95 000 which far exceeds "that .set' for any other village in `the County of Bruce. Total sales :were $97,500 or 103 per 'cent. In the May loan' Lucknow invested $104,800, -making a 1943 total 11 loan investment of more than two hundred thousand dollars. In the •lay loan ' Kinloss' raised 90 per cent. of a $55,000 object- ive and • made an improved show- ing in the Fifth .Loan by raising •1 85 .per cent. of the • ,Objective which was stepped up to $65,000. With the exception of . the 2nd Concession, George Haldenby did .. the entire canvassing job in Kin- loss. . • - Complete returns, for each County appear, elsewhere in this issue. - ve o , , BILL LLOYD ,WON THE BIKE Attended 'Preaching Mission Keil1 G. Hovis -e; mAshfite'lrl United Church, minister has re- turned from Toronto 'Where he attended a great preaching miss= ion held in the West United. •Church.. Dr.' E. Stanley Jones, one of the world's. outstanding Christian. leaders, was the evan gelist. 'Pr., Jones 'preached- to large congregations each night and spoke twice daily to massed meetings and other groups. Approximately five : hundred persons paid 'admission to The Legion's ,,annual Remembrance .Night •dance last Thursday, which from' a, standpoint of both fun and finance was 'a decided. suc- cess. Carruthers orchestra sup- plied- the. music. ,c . After midnight the prize draw was made, with Wm. Lloyd hold-, ing lucky ticket number one to win a brand new bicycle. Cyril. Austin of R,R. 3, Goderich won the' purebred Yorkshire sow. Tracy Webster won the cedar chest d fourth prize, a pair of all-wo 1 blankets, went to Fit. - Sgt. Bain McNall of Port Albert Air Navigation School. Earlas cliaie� man of -the draw which was made versial question. There has been by' _ Miss Lillian Carruthers as,: rip. work on -the - drain, this year, sisted by Clyde Reid and George Haissal.' The winners were an= nounced by Rev. H. F. Dann.. But interest did not end there. the . issue 'in elections in 1939. P: A. Murray and Allister. Hughes • 1940 dnd 1942 and what happens took over 'to conduct the door'in' 1943 will be known a week °from torn c crow. The present�Board is comprised of Reeve Ricftard Elliott and Councillors Alex MacKenzie, Dan T McKinnon J W: Colwell and P. A. .Murray. ; Married .In Vaficouver ' The marriage took place re- eently in Vancouver of Mirs. Wm. Hawkshaw; formerly of .Kinloss Township, and' Mr. Chas. Stan den, Mr: and- Mrs. Standen :are residing in Vancouver. tenor is also being .redecorated. The outside :of the building had' to be scraped before the new coat was applied.:•.The building' now •offers - a much improved appear- ance. RURAL , HYDRO. 7. RATES TO B�E. CUT as there are not the required fill h d one thousand owners or tenant's on the municipal voters' list. The Board thereafter • will :consist of the reeve. and -four . councillors, rather than a reeve, deputy -reeve and 'three- councillors. About the only difference , will be that Ash. - field sh-field. will have only one vote in County Council in place of „two asat. present. The present Board is comprised Of Reeve. Alex MacDonald, Depu- ty -reeve Gilbert Frayne and. Councillors .Lorne Johnston, Cecil Johnston and Fred Anderson. In event ,of. an election in Ash- field it .will, be the first in six years. - WaWanosh Quiet There' seems little likelihood of an election in' West. Wawanosh where electors went to the polls a' year ago to. elect Brown Smyth. as reeve and . a Council Boarfl consisting ,of Everett Finnigan, David McAllister, Vordon Mac- Pherson and . Wallace Miller. Kinloss Unpredictable , Kinloss Township develop- ments •...remain unpredictable as -the Ackert Drain i still a tonti:o= • 'although- the engineer : has . been on the site recently. This drainage scheme has been prize draw. Wilfred (Pete) .Far - risk held the winning number, 0453. The • prize, oh., yes, three cords, of hardwood. • RED . CROSS WORK '.WANTED -Rural units of the Red Croat Society are requested to have all inishe work . tttr edj .bb -$l ,Irrlatr Nri'ire "r 27th. • , Clinic This Morning ' • The. sixth Tied Gross blood don - Reductions in hydro rates for 129,000 riiral consumers through a uniform power rate for .all rural areas of the province,• eli- mination of service charges to farmers and an amalgamation of the rural - power districts was announced this week by the Ont= ario Electric Power Commission. The revision in rates and .the institution of a uniform rate for all rural consumers was decided upon' following a . thorough study 'of the Whole rate structure by the Ontario Government and the H. E. P. C. The new rates are to become effective January -1st.' Under the revised system a rural consum- er's average hyrdo billin high rate distr ctS will be $2.74 as com- pared with $4.31 previously and compared' with', the monthly bill' in low rate districts of, $2.92. . The new uniform kilowatt hour ninety-nine contests to, establish beverage rooms, "the brewing in- terests had • ;won only fifteen: A vote is currently to be held' at Collingwood and Mr: Lewis was returning to, that town to. help the temperance forces in their campaign against the "wets", whom he. charged . as ,using some very shady methods ,in trying, to •win these plebiscites In Teeswater the campaign or ganizer:for the "wets".. was paid $50.00 a -week andd promised a check for .$1000°;if the ,leverage room .vote • carried; ' Mr. - Lewis said. He .told of some of :the work of the Temperance .Federation. ' •An - inves igation- which they brought about some years' ago, .' revealed that in 1921, ' 1922, 1923 the Brewing Industry : had con- tributed many':thousands of doll- ars to- election ,campaign funds.' - Government' candidates received. sixty per cent, • and opposition candidates forty per cent. - ,The booze business is an in- ternational, national, municipal home arid individual problem, he said. It is a problem that' calls for scientific and religious action in solving it. Jailing the . drunk serves• little purpose and all the "Gold cures" in the' world will k, rate adapted i5, four cents per 'kw'hr for the first block of kilo- watt :hours, ,1,• cents for the sec- ond block and .75 cents per kwhr for all remaining monthly con- sumption. #11 will 'be .subject to 10 per cent. prompt payment dis- count. -•• • * Farm service • will be charged on these kilowatt hour rates with- out any service charge. A . mini- mum monthly .bill of $2.25 gross. will b'e' adopted for the standard not be very successful unless we we recognize, "In the beginning • God". , WINTER IN EARNEST •The week -end brought winter in earnest, with freezing temper- atures, half a foot •of snow or More and "a. ground drift on Sat- , urday that made roads heavy and practically blocked • some, side - roads. Monday and Tuesday saw Q r clinic is bein� held in Luck'farm. F_or larger farms, nainir um' continued'snowfall and.it looks ._.._.._.- now y?, hn mnmpnt'. this (Thursday) rn0"Hing: • T71 hativ s .14 K