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The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario THURS. DECEMBER 23rd, 1943
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ChriStM,as Tithe is here again.
.and ; it is our pleasure• to, extend
to one and all Sincere 'est
Wishes for a . happy' . holiday
season.
#SON S GREETINGS
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`Schools closed yesterday (Wed- your troubles.' .
nesday) .'fox` the Christmas va- He:' 'But, .darling, I ` have; no
cation. ' ' That is, those schools troubles.
which did not close earlier be- . , She: Silly; I. •mean when we are
cause of 'the. 'flu.w
married.._ ... ...
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Raymond Redmond 'of East
Wawanosh who is retiring after
five years as reeve of the "town-
ship, entertainedthe members of
the council .and other officials
at a banquet held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. `David Armstrong
last week; The .members of the
council presented Mr.. Redmond
with a. club bag in . recognition'
of his services and the splendid
leadership he had . given during
his term of office. J. D. Beecroft,
reeve -elect, addressed Mr. Red
naondsand''Alex Porterfield "made
the pr esentation.;.. Mr.' Redmond
intends movingto Toronto at the
New Year.
A Practical Gift W
A season's skating ticket is a
practical' gift. ,:,,.They run from
$1.50. to $6.00. ,
OLD-THEiL!NEI
:On the hone "front, the battle 'against inflation °is"
' now elle most critical of all.
...The. winning ,of this battle will contribute' much
to. Winning the war.
It will contribute more: than all else towards' the
solution: of post-war" problems. '
The purpose of , Price ' Control is, to prevent inf1Q
tion. ` , . ai, ,.
Its purpose is to protecf and maintn a basic
standard of living. q
A highermoney income will. .not be of any ad,-.
vantage if, because *Prices are going up, our,
money buys. less and : Iess.
To win l� the battle " against unemploym.e_n.t..in the
post-war
period, we m use .first of all win the
battle a ciin
•, 9 .' st inflation. •
Salaries and wages ;are a;Iarge element,'often the
largest element,' in -the cost of everything we buy.
If the .Price Ceiling breaks down, in' the long run
al•l stand to lose.
We must:hold t e •line against inflation to assure
rD.
victory iln war.
We must hold the line to provide a solid founda-
tion on which, after the war, to 'build a greater
and a better Canada. -
PRIME MINISTER'OF CANADA , •
Ottawa, December. 13, 1943
Demand $20. Cwt. To
Sustain Hog Production
Hog producers from all across
the province have defiinitely, tak
.en collective °action odernanding
,a price of $20. per cwt. B1 grade,
dressed at Toronto as the result
Of a meeting` of Ontario 'Hog
producers held recently in Tor
ontoand sponsored by the Fed-
eration,
ed•er:ation, of Agriculture.- This has
been ..declared essential if "a siz-
able volume of, production may
bemaintained. in ' the province
arid so that Ontario; rrray do :its.
duty :to, the° people of Britain.
Froin every, 'cdrner of •:Old On-
tario 'speaker after' speaker' told
stories of liquidation 'of* br=eeding
stock and the 'intention . of farm-
ers to quitraising hogs. ;Clearly
it was the intention of the rneet-
img .to :put 'forth every effort to
maintain 'the . bacon• industry of..
Ontario both now and during
post-war'perio . To ;this end all
realized qualit- standards' must
be maintained and even raised
and furthermore 'those well
known 'hog marketing problems
which for so long. have been
sources of 'lack of producer con-
fidence in
on-fi,dence..in the industry ''must be
solved and by producers them-
selves through their own •organ-
• izatio"n..'.. . ' ,
Tlie' •Provincial' meeting declar!
ed itself most ' e`inphatieally , in
favor. of • future .local organizations
of the hog producers in the pro;
vine .and agreed ..to' support the
provincial executive: in itsef,-
forts. Between now anti late ;win=
ter it was. ' determined tha't'. of
least one meetin g will. be; held .in
every county, 'both .the ' 25 cou.nl
ties which;now have .locals and'
those which have not .as' yet .or-
ganized: .
Comforter 'Draw Nets
-Over-Hundred 'Dollars
OBITUARY
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RODERICK . MacLENNAN
Roderick MacLennan,'a popu-
lar resident of. the Lochalsh corn-
.unity and who was well and..
widely known in the district,
passed away suddenly in Ripley
on Friday, December 10th.
Mr: MacLennan was born on
December 23rd, • 1868, a .spn of
the late Finlay MacL.enrian° and
Mary MacKenzie, Mr. MacLen-'
nan owns thrice married, His first
wife was Louise . Iumphrey, ° who
died leaving two sons, Emile and—
Frank:. He ' then. was married • to
Christene Finlayson, whose death
occurred a number of 'years ago.
His 'third wife,.: Agnes McLeod, '
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survives.
Mr: MacLennan' was a genial
and kind gentleman, who made
friends wherever he.,Went. '• For, •
a number of years he was on the
Huron township , council board
where he ,served falithfully: and
fairly :His 'death' removes ,an out-
standing citizen, who was always
interested in the welfare :of the ,
community. • •
Funeral services 'were held at
his late 'home on Tuesday of last
week by the Rev. Dig. W O.
Rhoad,• pastor of, Ashfield Pres-
byterian Church. Interment was
made in , Lochalsh Cemetery:
Surviving , besides his wi,,iow
arefive sons, Frank and: Emile of ' -
Lochalsh;; Alexander of Grand:`
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ire . erick of
Detroit and' Kenneth of the R. C..,
A. "F.; three sisters, Mrs. D. A:
McDonald , of Lochalsh,.. Mrs. A.
Watson of .*Lethbridge; Alta.,.
and Mrs. Alex MacLennan of,
Windsor.;. 'a brother Alex :of Cal-
gary and. fifteen , grandchildren.
Ther five sonsand a nephew, Clif
ford Connell aoted as pall bear- •
e s.
MRS. SONAR JARVIS'
The draw to decide the winners
of three comforters was made on
Tuesday of last 'week • at the Red"
Cross Workroom, under the .sup-
ervision of Mrs. V, N. 'Prest.
Tickets were drawn by Mari-
lyn McAlpine, May Anderson
and Gail McMillan and thewin-
ners were:—1st, Mrs. Pearlman,
Lucknow; 2nd, Mrs. Milas`'Mac
Millan, R 5 Lucknow; 3rd, Mrs.
Sydney . Smith, Pembroke, Ont.
Local Red Cross ''funds were
increased ,by . o'ver. •$100.00 as a
result ' of the sale of tickets,
-FIFTY' .YEARS -.MARRIED
'Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ohm of Mil-
verton recently celebrated , their
golden, 'wedding. They were mar.-
tied at the,home of Mrs. Ohrnl
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad
Ratz, atl Rostock by Rev. Mr.
Dierlarin, of Milverton on Decem-
ber 7th, 1893. ,Their wedding was
a quiet affair • with Only the im-
mediate, families and grandpar-
ents
randparents present. • ' The • attendants'
wt§re john Rehberg and Elizabeth
Ratz (now Mrs. Con ' Decker of
Lucknow) and Henry.. Chisner
and ,Sarah Ohm now Mrs.. Frank
Stobie of Minnesota). Following
their -marriage they., resided in
Rostock until ,1912 and after go-
ing to Milverton Mr..Ohm enter-
ed the employ of the plant of the
Grosch Shew Felt Co. where he
was foreman for 24 years until'
his retirement two y, ears ago. Mr.
Ohm is seventy-four'•and• his -wife
seventy,
Ommission And correction
' In the list 'of' donations to the
Kintail Women's Institute, pub-
lished fast week,' a donation by
Norman O'Connor of $1.00was
omitted; and th4 donation by Wil-
fred Farrish. should have read $1.
No is entirely Useless. Ftve'n
the worst of us can serve as hor-
rible, examples,
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On Monday of ' lasts week the
death of Mrs, Bonar 'Jarvis vc-.
curved' at the home of her par-
ents,: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sewers;
Concession 8, Culross. She was
in her .21st ' year.; Although not
in 'good health for the past few
weeks her demise came as a def-
inite shock to her many friends
and acquaintances.
Mrs. Jarvis, whose 'maiden.
name was Eileen Sewers, ' was
born and raised in Culross Town
ship, She" received • her education
at Salem School. Of a quiet dis= •
position she rnade for herself
a wide circle of close friends
during . her comparatively short•
lifetime..,
In May of 1940, Eileen Sewers
was united in marriage to Bonar
Jarvis of Culross, Surviving be-
sides her . husband and parents
is an infant daughter. of four
months:
The funeral 'was ' held on Wed-
nesday,, December ' 15 from Knox
Presbyterian, Ciiureh at 2.30. p.m,
to Teeswater' Cernetery for inter-
menta Rev. 'Donald B. "Cram of-
ficiated rev,._ Cram paid tribute
to a sterling Pfe' taken away in
the bloom of youth.'
Pallbearers were Messrs. Rus- -
sel Sewers•, James. Sewers, James
Reid, .Allan. McLean, Robt,
ken and Robt. M. Aitken.
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Principal Was 111' % , ---
The Senior room of Dungannon
public school °closed last weel4
due to the illness of the principal
George Cowan. Attendance was
down about •on'e-third in the dun:-
for rooms due to the 'f1u°
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All Short This Week
Tuesday. was , the shortest d'ay
of the year. We reckon that any
day this wee k will seem short
enough i to those who left their
Christhnas�• shopping • to the last
minute.
If you take, no chances',you get
'what's left by those who do.
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