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•TUURS.,, JANUARY 'lath, 1944
• in Mediterranean Theatre
Word Wile been received• by'
Mrs. Hackett of Fergus, that her:
husband,.Tpr. Harold:Hackett al'-.
riven ire . , the • : Medi:terraEne,arir •
theatre in inid.-Neyerr ber;.
ro
joins Air 'Force • •
• Fred' Bellows, J8 -year-old son'
of Mr.. and Mr • 'Frank ,Felltrws
(riee Mary .Anri Ensign) -has eti-
listed as ,a pilot in ,th-e.
• His 'old'est. h•rothee, Flt. -Lieut.
Gerald Fel,luws has been flying
for three year^s acid his"2,0-year-
old brother .loe''is an aero. -engine
mechanic at Vancouver.
_Mr and Mrs James -Ritchie re--
'cei ved a 'letter . a few '•days' •, a'go
from their sun' Hareild.' of the
R.G.1V.V:R. Harold ' described the
• shriek' of sirens. and haat' whistles
that ushered in ',the New Year at
an East Coast pert, • which ir-icide
entally was, quite different fi-ern'
the local "Celebr•atitin"; when not
a whistle or .a • bell was to beti
heard Ir'arold spent Christrrias;
at sea:....,.
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Killed' In England
Word has been• received by Mr.
amid ` 1Vlrs. Frank ` Valad, of the
death in England- of their mon
and only child, gunner W. John
: • Valad. He was 21.` years` of age
-on Decernnber''21st :tel:is_ death. asJ
due to a 'skull fracture received
when' struck: by 'a. vehicle. Gnr;
Valad was born in' Kinloss Twt"te
butresided in Guelph the great
-. er part of his life. %
' 8.8. _LIRA WORTH A -DOLLAR
Among interesting souvenirs
received by Mr.l°atid"Mrs.-Temple
Clark from" ;their . son ;Doug, are
an 8th Army Newspaper; an 8th
• Army; 'airgraph greeting. • card
and one lira in Italian, currency,
Doug is with the' No. 1. Provost
Company,' R.C,M.P., in,Italy. The
lira is allied' military, currency in
paper ..form,. and. 88 of them have.
a value . of a dollar.. Doug says
the average worker,. makes •about
25 lira 'a day,- and ,the. Italian
soldier 'ges .three lira a day. In
peace • time - the li'ra.. has ' 'a
value of from 2112' to 3 ' cents.
', Th°e 'Eighth Army "News' Ts a
four page tabloid, paper, well
printed and contains a good deal,
of• war news as well as interest-
ing reading in lighter vein. The
ai'rgraph greeting is siiriilar . to
that .' received by Mrs. Percy
Crosier. which .we, referred t(
last -week. .
Learns Brother -Tri -Law
Is Seriously 'Wounded
• Mr's.. Gordon ' Bsrrge••r• of - Ash-
field ,received {hr\t her s?s-
tor'e husband,. Sgt.Wni.. Spicer
of.' the Ilastiings-Prince Edward,
Regiment was badly wounded
•Italy.•
,Her brother, Sgt. Herbert Glaz-
ier, 2nd Field Coy. R..C.E.. - had
returned.: to England after tak-
ing .punt in' th1';' invasion of 'Sicily.
Herb took part in the Dieppe
raid when his .tw) chtinis
taken' prisoners': and ,he himself
escaped only.•efter •leaving part
of •his uniform tangled in barer.
wire: ,, • ,
1\lr's. B;irger, had' an older bro-
ther, Richard, 'die from the effects
of gas after serving •in theeleet
war' and . her...father. Mr. Pecker
Glazier, . is a blind veteren of
ti e•,last war. ••
r. and 1VIi•s.• C leeir'r ,last r'
ccntly celebrated • their golden
°
a `
The Lucknow Sentiinei Lucknow, Ontario
Russ Button of Byron •'Sanitar-
iums spent the week. -end with his
parents, Mr. -and. Mrs, R..3. But-
ton; and attended the funeral of
his grandfather, Mr. John Howe,
on Saturday.
Char1°ee Mecuillin of the: Can-
adian Hospital ship Lady Nelson,
which, docked recently ,at Hall;-
fax with .sick, 'and, wounded from
overseas; spent a short visit.' at
his home 'at St. Helens before..
e eporting_: baele• to hi sill ;
Charles arrived home Friday
:.night and had'to' leaye °on 'Sen -
day,
REV: G 1L. DOUGLAS
NAVY '.:CHAf�LAI N
Iiev: George ' Lees Doriglas,
Minister of Drummond Hi11. Pres-
byt"erian • Church, Niagara Falls,
and son of thee lvate 'Mr. and Mrs.
G: H. Douglas of Lucknow, • has
been appointed to -the chaplarne "
service • of the• tRoyal Canadian
Mr. Douglas. will leave , ,for
H. ; M. C. ' S.:Cornwallis. • at . Deep
Brook, Nova ' Scotia,• next ,Mon-
day ••to commence • ane officer's
disciplitithy. • course on •January.
19th. Ile .,has resigned his .charge.
at Niagara 'Falls and .Rev..
Liam Coutts .of Chippewa • leas,
been .named interim 1o..' -
**AWE, SEVEN
Fist
air
Tear In'Review
'F ri:)nt The Sentinel Files (if 1943, We summarize. sonic of the. h �;hli ;hits o
past ,}car,.which review «e found to be of interest to our reader's,
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MARCH
1\IcI4ori ap ointee ' ars
p.
member :of Lucknow ; Fire CO„
s'uceeeding.#R.. H•.•ThompSen who
eves.presented with.'a tri• -light and
occasional • charr upon, , retiring.
`froM the Brigad'e'after'-ai ost'40
year of service.... -. -
Mr. and Mrs. 'The, mos Ross of
Toronto • celebrated their diamond
•
Robinson family given "send-'
off"'• before moving to Lucknow.
•
Mrs. Wm.' MacKenzie suffered
a fractured Peg in a fall in Tor-
onto: , • ' •
Rory'McGi:egos 'of Kintail suf-
fered severe injuries to his. left
foot as well .as from frost bites
and - •exposure when trapped in.
the • bush for three hours by a
felled tree.
Mr..and Mrs Hector McKay of
lobe -ate t4h'�
•
wedding anniversary., ..
An Aberdeen -Angus .calf from
the Todd herd drew $760 in the
auction ring at `Chicago.
un,t.il a call is ' extended .Mr,
Douglas' :successor. • . '
Rev: Douglas reported at 'the
Royal Canadian '.Naval; training
centre on. Monday and was given
a week's leave before. proceeding
-teethe --Easte-ouste-Heewit'lepreach=.
his . farewell sermons at Drum
.mond Hill on Sunday,. where he
.has been pastor since May '.26,.'
1938, 'after graduating from. Knox
College, ; Toronto. " ' '
After completing his: course a"t
Deep Brook, Rev.' Douglaswill
be posted to:. H.1VLC.S: Naden':et
Esquimalt, B.C.
wedding anniversary and reeee
ed • ec Dirt rirtel latory• rete sw•r,ee
fr'ot'p His Excellency the C*cti
ra"r ;r 4.1r l tai ,Bc r ,i?•aI Ltaa ia.
n•ess Princess Alice.
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Community church service
held tri-supporteof k ca3, Reelras5.
campaign which had an. objective
of '$2,800. . '
'Alex MacLennan 'of Lochalsh
suffered a' fractured .hip.
• •Proceeds ' of winter bridgeand
euchre marathon amounted- to•
'$292.25. Fifty dollars given to
Aid to . tussia, •.and, the balance
to' the Red- Cross. a•
Sgt. AVIUcKeniie Mowbray of
Whitechurch.officially listed as
"presumed dead". His parents
had ..earlier been informed by the,
International Red Cross of their
son's death, and of his, burial in
•Germany.
Announcement. Made four-ce:it,
postal rate ' •o become effective
April 1st'. .
.'S, B. Stothers. completed 25
years of service 'with the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. `•
•
Lucknow Juveniles ,won the
group. championship, wheri• they
took the last. three of a five=game
series from Wirighame and later
played an exhibition `game with
Elmira,' • Ontario 'semi-finalists,
which .the local lads -Won 4 to .3.•
A pipe organ fund'was opened
by the 'Presbyterian church to
perpetuate the memory of the
boy's. from the congregation. who
served their country in the pres-
ent conflict. , s"
Lucknow. and, ' Dist'rict. Rett
Cross campaign resulted in don-
ations in excess of $4000. •
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APRIL
Meatless:. Tuesdays _in.augurat _ ':
' • • :'ed. in'. public eatingplaces in
W`oi d received' that •V37.0. .
O. Al•Ale
MacKenzie had 'received his Dis-
tinguished Flying Medal from•
His Majesty The ming at a in'.;
.vesturr�`°'at: `Buckingham .palace: