The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-12-02, Page 1..•
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$2.00 A Year—In Advance; 50c Extra to U. S.A. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO THURS.,- DECEMBER 2nd, 1943
EIGHT PAGES
iuur • t • , TAG DA.Y RAISED OVER
Acclamations In Kinioss, $50.00 FOR NAVY LEAGUE
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Wawanosh, *Ashfield Townships
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Any pre -nomination dope aboutIMANTS MARATHON4VIVED•
possible elections in neighboring . •
rural municipalities wasn'tsub- Had a loeal resident ruC4 us
staritiated deveropmentiS on
nomination day on. Friday.:
In all three s.adjacent Muni,
eipalities—kinloss, West, Wawa -
nosh arid Ashft, the 1944
•Boards were given acclarnations.
Only change in the personnel is
•- in, Ashfield where .Deputy -reeve
Gilbert Frayne, Kingsbridge vet-
erinary surgeon, steps -up to the.
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reveshipto succeed Alex F. Mc-
:. Donald, who retires .after
ing this offiee since early in :1938.
• The office of "'deputy -reeve
ceases to exist and to make the
fourth Member of 'the Council
Board, Neil J: MacKenzie fills
`i the breach:The only other pros-.
peet to fill this vacancy on the
•Ashfield Board was Donald 8.
Blue° .of ATriberley.
Only Five Nominated.
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In. 'West Wawanosh none that
the„ five members of the present
Board wa's nominated, There was
a small turnout at the meeting,
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A. E. Johnston, at the clo-Se of the
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nominating period conducted by
ClerkDurnin Philips. -
'The Wawanosh, Board, was 'el-
ected to office a year ago and is
nmikr retiirned by acclamation as
follows'. Reeve Brown Smyth'a 'd
CouiVcillors Everett Finnigan; a-
'vid McAllister, Gordon ,McPher:-
son and 1,Vallace
- Nominations were received as
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.Reeve • • .
• Brown Smyth by A. ,E,• John-
ston and D. C. MacDonald..
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• For Councillors.
Wallace Miller by Thos. Web-
ster and W. J. Stewart. •
Everett Finnigan by W. J. "Ste-
wart and Thomas Webster.
'David McAllister by D. C. Mac
Donald and A. E.' Johnston.
. Gordon MacPherson by- D. C.
•MacDonald and John Cameron.
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the other day to, give the euchre
and bridge Marathon "a .breeze".
Besides being :an excellent way
to raise .considerable money for
patriotic. work, it provides a tot
of fun. He points out that in
order to get. it underway early
in the New Year, some organ-
izing work would be' necessary
this month. °
Frayne sAfield Reeve
At the close of the year Alex
F. MacDoxiald, retires from muni-
cipal life in Ashfield and is suc-
ceeded by his deputy, Gilbert
Frayne of Kingsbridge. At that
• time the - Ashfield Board reverts
to a reeve and four councillors..
The:municipality loses its deputy
reeve because of the fact that the
• number, of ownefs or tenants on
the voters' list has- drOpped to
below the 1000 mark • -
Ashfield's 1944 Board will "Con-•
sist ,of the following members:
Reeve Gilbert Frayne. and Coun-
cillors Lorne Johnston, Fred An-
derson, Cecil Johnston and Neil
J. MacKenzie. •
The • following , nominations
• were received by Clerk C. ET -
McDonagh on ,Friday, with only
the foregoing qualifying for of-
fice:
FOr Reeve •
Alex F. McDonald :iby .Neil J.
• MacKenzie and Neil G. 1Vlaelcen-
• zie; Gilbert Frayrie' by E. G. Zinn,
• and John C. DaltOn;'Lerne john-
;.• • ston by Will B. Hawkins and•R.
. J. Durnie. .
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For Councillors
Lorne Johnston by • John A.
JohnSton and Raymond , Finni-
gan.
Fred Anderson by ,Jacob thin-
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(Continued on Page' Eight) • paration for winter.
"FLU" IS BAD
The "flu!' seems to b,e going.
the 'rounds, claiming numerous
victimS. In the Langside corn-
munity it appears to .be espe9ial-
13r severe and, all the-. members
of at least two families in that •
A •I'a,yy. Leagite Tag Day held
in LucknoW on Saturday raised
$55.37, which has beeti forward-
ed to the. Ontario Division head-.
quarters to 'aid the woEk of
providing comforts for the "sail-
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Ors.
The 4 Tak Pay was. oonducted,
through the Municipal office,
*with Girl 'Guides acting as tag-
get3s, They in eluded Shirley _ROb-
inSon,l Erma Aberdeen, Betty
Marshall, Margaret Treleaven,
Jessie Marshall,Wintiifred • Ste -
kart, JaneJohnstone, Margaret
Chin, Mary Chin, Ardonna John-
ston, Donalda'McQuaig, Opal Orr
Mary Anderson, Marilyn McAl
pine and Jean Treleaven.
, In addition Navy League week
was Oberved in:the public school
last week; when the pupils Qon-
tributed $14.00, which has been
forwarded to Mi. G. C.. Dobson,
I. P. S. I
neighborhood were confined. to.
usual bingo and social has been
cancelled for. Friday night of this'
Week, and school attendance has
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been hard 'hit. ;.
WASCRITICA:LIS ILL
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Some improvement is reported
in the condition of Mrs. Alfred
Lockridge of Winghani (nee Myra
MacDonald) whk has been 'crit-
ically ill for the past week. °
"Laat Wednesday Mrs. Lock -
ridge was stricken . with 'hem-
orrhages of the stomach,which
proved alrnost fatal. She as' had
several dallood transfusions and
On Tuesday, her condition Was
quite encouraging, although she
was -not reported to..be outof
danger. •
Dance Friday Night • • •• •
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TEN QUILTS HAVlq.' BEEN
•DONATED TO RUSSIA. FUND
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The local Aid toRtissia cloth-
ing campaign has teen. Meeting
• witli„ a very good respOnse, but
December is 'blitz" month and
it is expected :that the flow of
donations will be : stepped,•. up
'considerably.
• Warm clothing, quilts and
blankets are especially request-
ed.' A total of ten quilts.,has al-
readY been received •and Mr. J.
R. McNab, chairman of .the local
committee, says they would like
forty. by the end of December.
KInIoss Ratepayersi Differ „At T�
Placing 01 DrainCosts Of $1i300
SOLD ASHFJELD FARM
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Alex • Stanley, 'Boundary West,
has sold the' 100 -acre" farni, best
'knoWn aa the. Pickerihg. farm, to
Lloyd Cline , of near. Windsor,_
1W. Cline gets possession on
April lst. He-ts a. young married
man and they have two
Kinloss Township • rate:Payer-3,
practically filled the Township
Hall on Friday for the ithrinal
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nomination Meeting, ':that ,Was
featured by upWards' to three
hours of speech=Making .and' dis-
cussion, ranch of which centred
around the question of who. is • ,
going to pay for the costs of the .
Ackert Drain- up until .the time
the Archibald by-law'. was : re-
pealed.
The, speakers .refrained from:
getting "too hot under the col.
ren.
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Convalescing At Her Home
Miss Blanche Stewart of Tor-
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onto, daughter of Rev. 'and Mrs.
J. W. Stewart, is., convalescing at:
her horn,e here, from an illnek
with plural pneumonia. . • Mrs.
Stewart; Who has been in the
pity. with her dau.ghter, acCoin-
panied her home on Monday ev-
ening. ' . "
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SHEWFELT FOR WARDEN?. ^.
ELLIOTT ALSO ELIGIBLE
Conjecture as to:. who (will be
Bruce County's 194& warden; is
said to lean to:Williain Shewfelt,
re.eve of Kiricarcline Township.
Mi Sh.eWielitsonteated the seat
two years' ago when te, lost out
by a single vote to Thomas Duff
or Arran and present M.L.A. el-
ect for 13nice riding. .
At Kinloss, Township nomina-
tiOii. meeting on. Friday, F. G.
lar", • but after all the discussion
was ended, the' matter .seemed
bit little, if any; nearer a sol -
At the close -of th& hour for ..
receiving; riiiminations, Mr David
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Carruthers, T ownship. tax collec-
tor, was appointed chairman. As
collector, Mr. Carruthers asked
clarification of Viis drain-
age question; stating that some
included inIfthe scheme were re-
fusing to pay their share of the
levy. He intimated that he ,would
not go so far as to make seiz-
,tires to collect it.
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May Paving Next War'
Reeve Richard Elliott was the
first speaker called, He congrat-
ulated the people 4Df the Town-
ship for theirresponse in
Victory Lam, pointing out- that
he thought Kinloss :objectives..
Moffat drew •attention ,to the. fact
that Richard Elliott was also re -
were high, in considering the
amount of 'broken land, and. the
garded- as in for -the Warden -
ship. . nurn er non-residers.
;WANT TICKETS TURNE. • IN
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County highway work wasreply, Mr..: Elliott •dia
All tie,.i.ets sola or . or, .solcI
on: the Red Cros's tluriv,*
requested to he.tiin1rd in
this, •,+Peek... It iS hoped. that the
can.• be Made. next week..
Remember the dance on '
MITCHELL FAMILY'
HOME. FROM CHINA
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rommit himselffly
, but stated that
One eXCeption wasthe .con-
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lie understood itiyasealmost half."
structiOn.of a bridge on the Kin-- - -
loss -Huron i-ounclary. $'68,000 Was
s t C un roads during
•a century -siPee Kincardine
Ttyvinship had had that honor.
ElliottMr :said he had another
- year to mill on the Highways
Commission, and to cOntesti the
wardenship would --require Hhim
to resign from the commission.
It might be, he remarked, that
he could do .more for his muni-
cipality in his present capacity
than by holding 'the Wardership,
should he be able to win it.
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-REPAkTRIATES AT .
MONTREAL TODAY,
.Canadians repatriated trpm the
-Far East are expected to arrive
in Montreal by Special' train to;
.day (Thursday). The Gripsholm,
'which sailed frdrii Rio de Janiero
on November 17th onI the lapt
lap of her voyage, docked at„New
York a day ahead of.schedule.
Included afnong the 217.Can-
adians on board, were Dr. Wil-
liam Malcolm, brother of Robert
Malcojrn of Kinlough, and the
former's daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Pearson. Mrs. Pearson was oper-
ated on 'for appendicitis on board
ship on November lith. But is
repor Led -tulle -Making -fa-vorable:
progress. •
Dr.. Malcolm and Mrs. Pierson
planned to stop at New York
where other members ,of his fam-
ily reside, but' whether they will
be permitted to do so was net
known by the Malcolm family
at kinlough on Tuesday night.
Canadiarr officials had planned
that no member of the Canadian
party would be allowed to leave
the group at New York, and only
officials were to be allowed ac-
cess to the ship, dock, or train
when the repatriates arrived. It
was expected that the special
train, would leave for Montreal.
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day night in aid .of the -H oilyman
Johnston overseas tobacco fund.
• Other features of the evening
include the prize, draw for a chest
of .silverware, -.door prize •draw
for a five dolar war- 'saving .eer-
tificate and novelty.danoes' with
War 'stamps for prizes. - • .
HOPE TO USE.OLD.
RINK TO- CURL
Carling Club . meeting was
held in the Municipal Office last
Wednesday, when it was 'decided,
to stage a drive for members, and
if a sufficiently strong Club can
be organized. it is hoped that the
old rink can be put' into suitable
shanexfor curling.
Officers elected on _Wednesday
were: Hon: Pres., J. W. Joynt;
Pres., R,ev. J. W. Donaldson; vice -
Pres., Art Cann; Sec.-Treak., 'Gor-
don Taylor; Membership Com-
mittee, E. H. Agnew' and Clarke
Finlayson; Gaines Committee, Dr.
W. V. Johnston and Wellington
-m-ecoy:
The 'Executive, E. H. Agnew
and G. • Smith were appointed
to investigate' the prospects of
Using the old.'rink. ' •
• Fee's were set at $4.00 for old
members; $3.00 ,for new members
and $2.00 for ladies-. • ,...
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Late Harvesting
The early November Snowfall,
following' a wet October, caught
many farmers with turnips still
iri the ground. Since the snow
went many root,s have been 'taken
Up during the past two weeks.
A .good "deal of fall plovVing has
been done and farm work is now
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adraTierdttrrrr
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Rev. W. H. Mitchell, his wife
Dr. Helen; Craw• IVIitchell and
their three • children arrived at
San Fransisco from China last
Tuesday, and proceeded at. once
efiroute. „to Canada. Mrs. Mitch-
ell's parents, Rev. and Mrs. R.
W. Craw, formerly of ILixcknow,
now make their home at Fergus.
,Mr: and -Mrs.Mitchell's eldest
son; Robert, age 12, has been liv-
inCfor some' tithe with her bro-
ther, Rev. Walter Craw and
Mrs. Craw of Brantford. •
Missionaries of the United
Church in China for 121 years,
Mr. Mitchell,, his wife and child-
ren, left Chungking last June 3,
taking a plane to Calcutta. From
there they went by boat to Mad-
ras and Australia and then by
liner to Vancouver.
The many experiences they had
in China continued to trail them
hOrrie. Fire broke out on the ship,
ern -ante qtr. VancOuver 'amt. -they
and 20 other's in the party lost
all their baggage and had to' leave
the boat at Honolulu early in
October. On October 20, they se-
cured passage on another liner
and arrived at San Francisco;
November 23rd..
• Mr. Mitchell served with the
International Red Cross for'seir-
eral years in China and during
the battle for the •Ilurrna Road '
he drove a Red Crdss transport.
• Mrs. Mitchell, ffiedical officer,
was in charge of the medical :
school at Renshow, China, before
she left..Most Of the English-
speaking children, whose parents
-VenWiferri4IW4- 7Wer;2';
iilaced in the Renmhow fiat0010
pen •-'011;' 9 I•Y .
the year, a figure: far below the
ori Mar estiniate
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• About $15;000 was spent on
winter -oadi last. winter,. with
nothing to show for it. But traf-
fic today demands it, he said, in
pointing out that about the' same
roads would be kept, open as a
year •ago, our equipment
hangs out".
• Plan 5 -Year. Program :
Mr, Elliott said -that a five-
year pest -war road program was
being •planned at an estimated
-expenditure of about one and a
half million dollars. This will
chide hard surfacing the Holy -
rood -Kinloss road; the road
north of Ripley -and other county „
roads, He said it. might 'even be
possible to. complete the 'Holy-
wood-Kinloa8• road .next year as
the 'supply ,:cf tar ,was a little
freer. Worls, on this .road was
halted due to the war and short-
age of material:
Adopt Dental Program
Councillor Alex MacKenzie
stated that 5,354 yards of gravel
'had been put .on Township roads
cibring the year at a cost -W-57
cents per yard. Sets were made
Moore's, Henderson's and
Guest's pits. The cOuntv• ,
tainer was over .part of the roads
at four different times,' but it
was a bad season, and some of
the roads are not as good is
year 'ago, he said,
Mr. MacKenzie referred to the
dental clinic which was organ-
ized at a meeting of the-ratepaye,rs
in the summer, which was, ad-
dressed by Dr, W. V. Johnston. •
He said that 54 .ehildren had
'already. received dental treat-
ment at tucknbw•and 27 at Rip-
ley,' with the work nOt
ship's arrivr)1
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