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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-12-09, Page 2• , PAGE TWO THE LITCKNOW •SENTINEL, IJI7C1CNOW, ONTARIO THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL tIJCKNOVV, ONTARIO. Established 1873 , Published .Each Thursday Morning. Subscription 'Rate L $2.00 A Year in Advance To United States $2.50 Single Copies 5c • With :t -he "flu" 'so prevalent, one should exercise very carefully the ordinary common rules of courtesy in respect to coughing, sneez. ing and spitting. ri * Only twelve more days until Christmas. ' It will soon- be too late to do your Christmas • ' shopping And mailing early. Do it now if poss- '• • Member of The C. W. N4..• ible, in your ewn interests; and out of :con- - L. C. Thompson, Publisher and Proprietor • sideration for others. • * * * * The W. P. T. B. has taken steps to in- crease the production of children's underwear, • ,• "and supplies will be coming steadily and more - ;freely' :on the ' market during " the coming • " : consolati 11.-t • * THVRSDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 194 , .ri fir DESERVES, MORE ATTENTION .• • • We don't know w - hetherthe "kids"- in 'Paislev 'are. worse than in other towns, or • 'whether' they. iust get\" more publicity. Latest depredations • there have been:the .'wholesale •.sinashini-- of windOws in -the rink. Locally a certain amount of vandalism goes •ert from time to tinie at the LuckrloW Aren•a 'where locked doors prove no harrier to gain- . entrance to..the buikling. To aehieve this. , 'leeks have been .smashed or the -doors nried- open more than once. Such goings on isn't. the work! of youngsters. • ne that that 'monthsinat is little , the.par• - , • ents who. are now tviing. 'in .vain to secure • warm underwear for their children.' -• • * * „ • Mr.' and Mrs; Canada hay.e done a record:. breakitig job in ';seeing that • their' sons• and daughters overseas havea merry Christmas. At_an :E_ast Coast Canadian..port the rush •is • just about over and thousands of bags of Christmas mail for the fOrees, the biggest ship- ment in this war, are en reiite. a *t, * •* , • •A Recognizing that the Christmas spirit of 'giving is an age old custom that will continue to be obserired, war or no war, the National, War Finance Committee urges gifts of war' savings stampsenclosed in Christmas cards. The purchase. of these not only helps finance Canada!s- -war effort, but will help to' conserve 7 many commodities, already in short supply. •* * * • There has been a great deal of coromeit • about the lack of interest in municipal affairs• . in many centres where .early nominations were held.. This can't be said of Kinloss. Township, • proem • such . as Kinloss—for which they , can • be very thankful. • •• • The "wets" :haven't been having much luck , . in the beverage room plebiscites • in Ontario, pqt- orie-af:the-m-ost decisive defeat! WaS-reg- , iitered in Collingwood recently when: citizens of that town voted 2,553 to '675 against estab- lishing beverage rooms there. The Signal -Star; prublished in the "wet" town of Goderich, adds, • "CollingwOod is to, be-cofigratulated". * • * * 1 , Ratepayers are •not solely to blame for their indifference to municipal affairs, as evi- denced by failure to attend nomination meet- ings. Iri 'Tara, bbth a school,truStee.and acoun- • ciller forgot to qualify in time. •If the Board memliers' are so neglectful of the ()thee, how in Mr..* John Public be expected to show much enthesiasin in the 'duties, they are per- forming: " causes boys to ,darnage a building that should -'6e the pride of the Village and which is the envy of many municipalities much larger than • LlieknoW. It is a community building primarily or the *benefit of the young 'folk, yet .there are somewho by their acts. of •Yandalisin fail' to aPpreciate their privileges, and deserve to • .be depriYea' of the opportunities the arena af-- fords • then. '• • ; • . • ' - But on the other- hand the proper exam' pie• has...p.r.O.bably_not_heen-set-hy thoce • for the pare,- maintenance and preservation of this building. Like wise organizations which . have had free use of this Wilding have failed to leave the building in a neat and tidy con- dition when through with it • •• • After all, the YoUth of the community can enli,•• be expected ,ti3 respect and protect the prop rty, when it is shown them by example that it isa Village asset that shotild demand the same care and respect as one's own prop- . erty. 'C.' • * . * • . • TALKING TURKEY • • • • Thernaiti thing aboutyour Christmas tur- key is that it should be tender. brown and', - • well -stuffed. It matters little whether the breed wag,'a Bronze, White Holland: Bourbon Red, Black • Norfolk, • Narragansett, or Slate. • The.. prpof of a bird -is in the eating. However, your turkey .holds more than .gaStronemic interest, according to ornithologists of the Royal On. tario Museum. Young as.it may be, its history stems back several centuries. Indians of the American Southwest first domesticated the ;turkey; a species found na- tive only on this continent. Spanish explorers. took 'Mexican breeding stoek, to Spain from whence it spread to other countries of the Old • World. It reached.England:between 1520 and - 2 -4540:4t -Wei -brought-back-to -America -by-fire--- , early settlers," In the course of time thesey- . eral varieties mentioned above were' developed • by breeding. Apparently all originated from Mexican stock. The wild race Which. was once - plentiful in tastern North America seems to have contributed nothing to your Christmas • dinner, although your pioneer forefathers feast-- - ed an it. Wild, turkeys which 'once reamed the • woods 'of Southern Ontario are, preserVed, a§ specimens in t e Royal. Ontario Museum. , * • * • • . - • Canada's contribution to date; to help 're- lieve the. pangs •of hunger. of the starving ; Greek S is valued at .a Million dollars. These shipments, of what is trulythe staff of life to ` these wretclid people, .are handled by the International Red Cross.' " * • * * •• The 'new, $50,000, home for the Quints is. • . almost ready for 'occupatipn. and As description, • • while not palatial, is. far 'from .moderate It is .• , a l'Arrporp structure, not including 9 bath •roOms,' - a playroom and' 2 -car _garage'. The ..fannily con-: sists, of 12children s6 that 'home will ac-., . cOrnmodate the family of .14 and servants. The kitchen is", equipped :with every ...conVenience;- ' • Mr, Dionne's office and the servants'. quarters are on the 'that floor. .The of.4he family have four bedrooms with a bathroom between , . each pair of rooms -.and the boys,- have tyiro... • . morns •with ,a connecting' bathreorn. The' play- . rem . i in the basement where there •is also • • • •a kitchen for preparing lunches. Not so 'bad, when we remember pictures of the house • • where, the quints.fainily lived, When they. were . 'bortt...—HanPver.Post. • , * * * * • Every needy, child must have a 'chance for • life land useful citizenship" is *the' • theme, -on which The "Hospital for Sick ChiMren in •'oronto basis its annual' appeal for funds. "We must stand appalled at the existence, of misery • and poverty, of lives frustrated‚by want, of • 'Children undernourished and neglected while4 • sickness, accident and deforinity. imperil their' future", hospital officials state. • •. Flt. -Sgt. J. B. Nickerson of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. a repatriated Canadian airman has generous praise for the Canadian 'Red Cross. "If it hadn't been, for. the Red Cross parcels we wouldn't be 'alive now", he -said. But right at home word comes from Alex MacKenzie „saying these. parcels are better than any Christ- • ,mas gift he ever received: Such tributes to the work of :this humanitarian organization ought to ,end once end for all such accusations ds have been Made against the Red Cross. . In Canada the cost of. lilting has risen the ;least of any neutral or Allied country in the world Since the war 'began, which is some- thing that the "powers" that be" at, Ottawa should get credit for, and which would at least provide a little diveriian from the. constant • sniping at officialdom 7-- carried on in many .. cases by these who haven't the slightest inkling of the facts. In Newfoundland, where there isn't the same rigid price control. you would pay $1.10 a dozen' for- eggs and • $32.50 a ton for ceal. *. *. * A million kilted, seven million homeless, are figures coming out of neutral Switzerland as to the price Germany has paid •since Allied air raids started. A grim picture that does not tend toward jubilation: Yet it is the type of!- , warfare that Gerniany gloated over When death .rained from the skies on Poland, ,Holland, Bel. glum, France and Britain. A rain of death which Germans was falsely confident could -never burst on them. But it did and what the Perrnan people are now undergoing can only be conceived by those who were first subjtcted- to it by the ruthless aggressor. •• • .• . • • • ( , • A Miss Viola Kerry • and hei mother are residing in -the resi- dence of Mr. Hugh Macintosh. High School students have been •writhig Christmas examinationz •during the past week. •Dr. H. M. Elizabeth DeMay of Detroit was the guest of Miss Pearl' . Henderson for several days.. THURS., DECEMBER Kik, 13 Local and General -,SS• Mr. Lyman Malcolm of Tcor- 9146 spent the week -end • With hiS parents,'Mr.and Mrs. F.. Mal- . Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Foran spent Sunday with her. parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips, Mrs. Tom MacPherson of tees - water has been visiting with her parents, Mr, and Mrs'. Harry Mc- • Quiliin, who have both been in- disposed with the flu. . . The December meeting of the Women's Iestitlite . will' be held • • inthe Town Hall on b'irlday, De- eernbe•r 1pth at 2.30. Roll • :call .:ahawered by, "Gifts for ChriStr mas cheer boxes". • ' .'Miss Helen Orr, a student. at -Miss ,Mary tautiOn. an, emr Stratford Normal Was 'practise teaching • in the . Public School last: Week.. • ; • •:--• • • •1VIr. and Mrs. • Peter McCall ,• have moved to the residence of fElmo Pritchard, Campbell St., dEast, formerly owned by Harry Anderson. Mrs., H.- O‘: Bell was able to • return from the hospital the first of the week. Her daughter Cath- arine is- with her at her berm here. . Meiribers pf the Pu,blic and •High School teaching staffs •were ' in Kincardine On Monday at- tending the x-ray clinic sponsor- ed by the tuberculosis -prevenrf ▪ 24( ployee. at the Maple Leaf Air- • „, craft •plant; has beeri ill with pneumonia in Wingham Hospital, . but is making. k favorahle re-• • ceVery and, .expects to be able "to return to the Village this week • In a note from Gordon Statters re, changing • .the address ef his Sentinel he .says that Corner Brook, where he has been trans- ferre,d by the Bank of Montreal, „is on . the West, Ceast of NeW- foundlarid. aboutH400 /?niles frorn St.,„,•John'S, and is a pulp and paper manufacturing town, • Suffered Broken Thumb , Mr. .W. Ronlaton of Huron tion division of t• •0- °Townp a broken Shi suffered • partment of Health. -* Returns, From. "IlOspital • Miss Evelyn Little, daughter • of .Mr. and Mrs. Jim Little Of Ashfield, and. an employee at the Maple. Leaf fAircraft 7' plant has. ••• returned •. to her homefrom Wingham Hospital • where she underwent an appendix operation recently. • ari b. about three •weeks. -ago. . when a spilt rim ble.w out -;strik- ing him : a severe bloW ;on the hand... Getting tired-pf "sitting around" „ waiting for the ',cast:. to • ,be • removed; :Mr. ' Routston",• tried ."his: hand at .p1ittihgwood. ne day. last. week and found .-.it Wasret such a',-diffieult job, when he. managed tosplitthree,' cords. • ••• '• • LAURIER " • Mr. Dave Johnson came very near losing his home by fire. But. bY quick work, they soon dis- tinguished the fire, . • •The Kintail Women's Institute Met Thursday, December 2nd at the home ,of Mrs- Henry' Mac- Kenzie. The president, Mrs. Robt. Scoff conducted the Meeting. ;The opening ole was sung and , the minutes of the last meeting were, read by the secretary treasurer, Mrs. Sarah .MaeKenzie. The r611 call rikas.ansWered by Christmas Car611. Little Priscilla Rhoad sang two solos. Mrs. N. J: MacKenzie gave a splendid paper on "The Onion Jack". Mrs. Robert Scott favored With -a-couple 'ot: numbers. There was an attend- ance of 28. The ineetine'closed by singing the National Anthern: Lunch was 'then .served and a social hour was spent, • Miss • Betty • Walker is slowly recovering from her, misfortune of falling a few weeks ago' when she broke her arm. • Miss Tena Buckingham spent last Thursday in Wingham. Mr. and • Mrs'.' Robert 13ullen recently visited with friends in Goderich. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bradley and Jimmie spent r-Sunday.with Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Taylor Of Luck- noVv. Miss Isabelle Hamilton of Lon- don ispent the week -end at her herne. ' : A group of ladies met • at the hprne of, Mrs. Henry MacKenzie and quilted two 'quilts for the Red •Cross. . 'Miss Ella Cowan attended the teachers' elinic, held in Goderich last week. Tommie had'alw,ays been much afraid of dogs. One :day, after a strbggle to get him to pass' a large dog that stead on the cor- ner, his mother scolded him for his unnecessary fear. • "Well", ras the reply, "you'de be afraid of dogs if you Was as low doWn as 1 am". • • • . • . HELENS. Beir.. Gordon and Mrs., Miller of- Loqon, were. week -end viSitr • ors with Mr. and Mrs. C. Taylor • arid Mrand Mrs: W. 1. Miller! • • Theannual meeting of the. ..Beef Ring will be held in the Hall on. Thursday, pecember 16. All the ripinbets ;are Jilted to attend. •• • • i Preparations are • being made for a concert and Christmas' tree, under the auspices of the Sunday school On Wednesday, December 22nd. • The ladies of .the cOmnaunity , • are requested to help in the, do- nation 'of jam, honey, jelly or • apple_butter ..for2the---Red --Cross - •- - -t Blood Clinic at Lucknow.' Please leave your contribUtidn with • Mrs. W. A.- Miller or at Millees" • t • • • I • r" store. •• • Mrs. IL J. Woods left last week to spend the winter with, mem- berg' of her family at . Fergus, Guelph, Galt and Dundas. • The December meeting of the Women's Institute was held in the community hall with Mrs. Ball presiding, .A.letter of thanks for his Christmas box was read from Charles McQeillin. It was decided to make a donation' of 'jam for the Lucknow Red Cross Blood Clinic. .The :motto "Love the giver not the gift" was read by Mrs. W. A. Miller: "Things things and things" was ,the title- -- of a' reading by Mrs. G.. Mae - Pherson, "A friend's "Christmas greeting" was read by Mrs. W I, Miller and, "Thoughts for the Season" by Mrs: R; Woods. The t6pic, "Christrhas" was taken by Mrs. 'Webb and Mrs: -Ball favor- ed with a htirnorous reading "The • night Towset wasn't tied". Lit-..• tle Miss' Donna Wood S made the drawing for the apron donated by Mrs. Gordon. Mrs, Tom Wil- son 'as the winner and $2.75 was realized. An exchange Christmas gifts was enjoyed af- ter which lunch was served with Mrs. D. C. MacDonald and Mrs. Mee as hostesses.