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*SSESSMENT TO
BE RAISED HER.
At the. regular meeting of the
- Village Council on ; Tuesday night.
the Board recornrnended that the
assessor, Mr. R,. T. Douglas, pro-
e.eed to increase th°eassessment
on all Village property by I fif
teen' ' per cent. •
It was pointed • out that. this
action was necessary if Abe Viil
age was to meet its current ex
pendi'tures and :itwas intimated.
that .'there had been.a deficit• each
year' during the past three years
or so that had been taken care
of by the receipt of arrears of
taxes.
The Board was unanimous that
this. Method of financing could.
not. 'continue, and recommended
a blanket increase of •15 per . cent
on the 1944 assessment.
Reeve J.oynt • said it might be
possible to reccuce the mill rate
-by n.n.P:: mr11,but niad it qt*t
ckar'that this was only a poss-
i.bi'lity; barring any. unforseen .ex-
penditurc's and by. • "'carefully
watching the pennies",
A`fifte'en per tent incregase in
ns,•csrnent and a one .mill de-
c nfei r'. in the to e • • rate, would
ane slant tr, •,art increa ed .tax bill
at 111(2 r me cif $2.0.0 for each
'th..,ust.mil dollars .of assessn-ient..
Committee omrrrittee Nanrretl•
M:r•....c,vnt: reported' on .the per-
sonne•iiaf the Soldiers Reception
ComMitt63e, which will be made
up of 'representatives of various
organizations' of the ,:,Villa.ge, a
follows:._ Red Cross, G. H. Smith
Mrs. Hornell, Mrs. 'McKim; Leg -
'ion, Clyde Rweid,:W. B. Anderson.;
Clansmen, Dr. W. !V. Johnston,
. E. H. Agnew-; . Fire Company, to
be named; 'Business Men's As-
sbciation, J. R. McNab, president
'and R: Rae, secretary; .Women's
UCKNOW,
ONTARIO, THURS., FEBRUARY
LUCKNOW, 3rd, 1944:
COUNTY LODGE 'MEE;TING •
HELD HERE TUESDAY
The annual meeting of � Wes
Bruce Cot my Lodge L'.O.L. wa
held in Lucknow on Tuesday of
ternoon, with the..yari3i s.. 1pd
in the district' well represented
•.Officers :Were elected as fol
lows: ;Ct tmtyy `Master, -Wm. Stan
ley., ;,Kinloss Dep. -county Mas
ter, JohnIErrirnertort, Arhber1ey
chaplain, John McQuillin, Luck
now; rec. sec'y., C. E. McDonagh
Zion and Earl Tout; 'Bethel; Fin
sec'y., • Wm. J. Graham, Bethel
treasurer,. Arthur Hodgins, Cul-
ross; . marshal, Arthur Smeltzer
Amberley; lecture, Steve • Irwin,
Arnberley; dept,° Lect., Chas. Ern-
merton, Bethel:'
MRS. C�IVHAM & MALCOLM.
RETURNING TO' ENGLAND
'[JIM RITCHIE PASSED AWAY
SUDDENLY ON. TUESDAY;
EIGHT PAGES
t The .death of James' Ritchie oc-
s Burred suddenly at .h.is home here
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en- Tuesday morning. He was
gess fifty: a1r a years •-o-f• :age.
A private funeral set -Vice is be-
- ing, held at his late residence•' this
Thursday afternoon at 2.30. In-
- termen t. will : rbe in• 4Greenhiil
; Cemetery.
BLOOD DONOR CLINIC
• FRIDAY MORNING
Mrs. ' Frank Canharn .and her
sore .Malcolm 'left recently for
on rea to -join -a: party of wo
men • and children who are re-
turning to' England. Her 'hus-
band, Warrant,Officer Frank
Canham, was sttioned for some
three 'years at Port Albert Aix
Navigation school until a few
weeks ago when he :was posted
back to the, Old Country. When
Mrs..Canham• and Malcolm 'came
o C,,;anada ,the _' family, took.. up
residence 'in Lucknow where
they made Many friends. .
A c.Nlt. special was made up
at °Montreal to .carry some three
is hundred wives . and 'children of
members of the'R.A.F.'to, a Un
, ited States .
ort f o
�. .�_ _xxr__where..
,...p _ the_
y
will embark' for the. British Isles.
Daily papers "the end• of the week
carried . pictures of some' of the
party aboard the special ' train.
Included' in the party are about
125.' children. '
Institute, Mrs. Ostrander, Mrs: T.
Clark, Mrs. Annie MacKenzie;
clergy as a whole, council as a
whole and the press.' '
Rehabilitatidn Plan'
Reeve Joynt also advocated
that steps be 'taken to, compile a
Complete list of all local boys in
uniform from Ahe Village, along
with information as to their pre-
war occupation, so that every
effort may 'be made to assist in
Cly the. rehabilitation .of these boys
upon their return. ,y
The Board of Education re-
quisition for,: $1250. was ordered
...paid.
Brock '& Davis were granted li
. an increase of $25.Ob to audit the
Municipal book's.' The price Is
..$165.00.
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Council decided ' to adverti•sd
for 50 cords of elm •Woad for the
Town Hall. • ' )
:Birthday greetings were ex -
(led •to .:Clerk Joseph Agnew,
who revealed that it was'also the
-nrrniMrsar•y cif his appointment
., t.n the, clerkship ' on the first
'Tuesday, in February, 37 years
ago. R. T. Douglas has also been
a long time -municipal employee,
as. he its commencing his 36th
term as' assessor.' •
SIREN HEARD FOR 11 MILES
Petr
y
Hod ins of the lOtlr g,
('uneession of Kinloss told'us last
,t•e•cl: that he • heard the local
siren.' blow en Saturday at noon.
1t'•was a particularly calm. clear
tidy ;,rl• it vas the first time he
''hila c'�•ei head it, Perry was Q •
e•erlcirne h:irk in thl, bush at the
• 1it'nu•'. n al,e• the elis-
1'r Cali y cies(' to eleven
'rl"irat t'e'.'II by -road. ' , '
'1 he. % i11ag;(' siren is 'blown
t1 nnetnn t ..:see that
T. __ . , ; i (!lx is y_
it , ��;+nhnnf,
Several Ha• ve Measles
There are several cases of
measles in• the community as
well asthe odd case of mumps
and chicken pox.. -
Bought Huron Farni.
Elliott Carruthers has bought
the Oliver Smith farm on the 8th
Concession of Huron, .west of
Ripley. •
Office Re -Opens •
The Express and Telegraph Of -
1 on ma' street has'' re -opened
after being closed during the
.month of January, due to the ill-
ness . of the agent, Miss- Elizabeth
Henderson. '
NEW TEA, COFFEE COUPONS,'
CHILD'S MUST NOT BE. USED
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Tea -coffee . coupons 28 and 291
Will become valid for &msumers
January 27'and they are the last.
coupons . marked „tea -coffee in
R'ation Book 3. . •
After that E coupons will .be
used for 'tea and, coffee and, cou-
pons E-1 and E-2 will become
valid for tea or. coffee February
17. They will have the, same val-
ue as the coupons marked tea.
coffee,. each .E coupon covering
purchase of .W2. ,p'ounct_ ;.of ' oa£f
or 2 ounces of. tea. ,
E coupons ], to 6 will become
valid in Ration Book 3 before
Ration Book 4 comes linto use. •
1i.ation Book 3 as issued to'
children un• der tweIve years old
contains E • coupons. E .coupons
1 to 6 in children's ration . books
MUST NOT be used. for tea' or •
coffee.
-Children's books must contain
these E coupons when applied-
tion is made; for the 'next .Ratis .n
1 The annual meeting of 'the
Dungannon Agricultural Soeiety
was -held • at Dungannon.. on Fri-
day afternoon. The society,. which
was organized. 86' years ago, is
one of the ' oldest in Ontario. Ac-
28rding to reports presented,. 'last
year was a successful year, with
larger gate receipts and more :and
better - horses and cattle on ex-
hibit than pree'iously. The prize
money,wa§ paid 100 per cent ,and
the treasurer reported a neat bal-
ance. '
The officers elected for 1944
are: honorary presidents, . Thos.
Stothers, 'Willi m Watson, - 'Wil
liarn J. Thompson, Albert' John-
ston, . Alfred 'Errington, W. A.
Culbert, Jacob Reed, Samuel Al.
ton, arid James Lyons; president,
Wilfred Drennan; : 1st vice presi-
dent, Eldon Culbert; 2nd vice
The 8th blood donor, 'clinic in
this community will be -held in
the . United Church schoolrooin
tomorrow morning (Friday)..An'
increased objective has been set
by the Red Cross for 1944, and
the Lucknow clinic has been ap-
pealed .to, to do its share in help-
ing; attain this higher quota..
It takes approximately four,
blodde donations to provide- .en,-
ough plasma to give one trans-
fusion. Thus it, is readily seen-:
that a-'ijast number of }flood do.
nations' are constantly needed if
a .supply, of plasma is to. be had
for , the treatment of wounded
ONLY SEVEN INCHES OF
SNOW IN JANUARY FALL FAIR MAKES
FINANCIAL GAIN
Thk total snowfall in January
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amounted to seven inches.' Even
that may surprise some, for the
month' was ---regarded 'as practi-'
Cally "snowless, Mosti''of the seven..
inches fell ,early, in, the month,
but came iriA srnall 'quantities
from time to' time: .
,In January Of; 1937 • total
fall '.amounted to 'only four, and
one half inches. ' .
Rainfall during 'the 'past 'itionth.
totalled ,51 inches. The high, tem-
, was SG degrees' and the
loyal, 5, below zero, ,but generally,
the temperature was quite 'mod=
erate and _considerably above the
average. '
'SISTER PASSES
Mrs. I'ra Campbell has received
word. of the death' of her sister,
Li say, l}j, ,
Burred recently. at Pontiac, 1VIich.
1VIrs. Lindsay was formerly Jen-
nie •Garniss, a daughter of the
late 'John Garniss` and ••Annie
Coultes; 'arid was born at Blue -
vale. Interment was at Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario, where Mr Lind
and shell-shocked men,; whose sayr'esidedfor some time .after
numbers are increasing, and will her .marriage., •
greatly increase with the opening
of ..the second front. •
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PRESENT PLAY AND
1 Underwent Operation. DANCE :HERE TONIGHT ,'
Donald MacKenzie, son of Mr., • °
and Mrs. . Wrn. MacKenzie .of
Langside, was rushed,' to Wing:
ham Hospital 0
n.
pxtai. o Sunday where
he , underv_t_an._:appendectomy„.
Snake In January•
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The mild weather of last .we'ek,
which bared fields and road.,
brought out the snakes as well::
Atleast one of, them, which Den -
ail Statters : discovered wiggling
about quite lively.
Easter On April 9th
A study ofthe calendar reveals
that. Easter will &I./tie 'at anearly
date, April 9th. The .year . will
have only, two . eclipses, both ; o4
the sun;. but .neither .will. be vis-
ible here.
Wilfred. Drennan Head.
Dungannon SoOety.
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press} • sass .ua ic, act. Ie{, i • T
treasurer, T. M. Durnin; direct-
ors, Gordon Stewart, Cecil John-
ston,' 'William Reed, • • Clifford
Crozier, 'Ross McPhee,' 'Lorne'
Durnii,, George Alton, William
J. Stet -hers, Thomas Webster.; as-
sociate directors, Ross Henry, Al.:
lan Reed.. Gordon Lyon , and
Ronald Treleaven;
associa% lady
directors, Mrs. Olive Cu.lbert,.
Mrs. Arthur Culbert, Mrs. ' J. J.
Ryan, Mrs. Jame Sherwood and
Mrs':. I' Davi .n ,:•4.
A. Ste', art anal C.-o..r-wan-
A. small ,cash surplus and -the
Satisfaction of an . improved fall
fair in 1943; was cause for new
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enthusiasm .at the antial..meet-
i.ng of the Society last Wednes-
day, When reports were received,
officers elected, ,and initial, plans
laid for "the•:1.944 show; the• dates
of which *Were set for Tuesday
and 'Wednetsday, September' 26th
ar'id f' 27th. .
Th: meeting was presided over
by President John Fattish who
was re-elected for a second tern.
Wallace '1Vtill.er and Geo. Ken •
nedy were, -appointed delegates
to •the Faits „Association conven-
tion.W.m. Atli:die and W. 'A, Per- .
teo.us .were' re -appointed as, aud-
itors, and W. ' S. 'McGuire, and
Dan T. McKinnon' were appoint=
ed canvassers .:for 1944.''.,
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The following office• - '
ectors were appointed:: president,
John Farrish; lst vice president, '
Adam McQueen, 2nd. vice presi-
dent, W. A. Miller,' secretary
trea%urer;.=Joseph 'Agnew.
Directors — Kinloss, D. Car
ruthers, Robert Moffat: Ashfield..
Jas. R. Hackett. Jacob 1=Iun.te:
West WawanQsh,• George .Ken-
nedy.. A. Gaunt;... Htaron...Fa'(:_l.- . .
Martin, • H G':`
'G.. H. Smith.
• Associate directors -..Kinloss;
Richard„ Elliott, D. T. McKinnon;
,George Lockhart. D. `H..'Carruth-
ers• A
shfield; Sani Alton, Kelao
Mc
,Wilfred:. 1 ackett West .
Wawanosh, • F. G. Todd, 'Fred, e-
Quillin, Thomas Todd,. W. Lh Mil-
ler; Hurori, Wm. S. McGuire,, Au=
�stin Martin;' Lucknow, 'Wrxr. Hor
hell, Alex. Andrew, S., C. Rath
well,' S. E. Robertson, Conrad
Decker,. ° Campbell . Thompson;
Peter Watson, Wm. Schmid: '
Associate-, Lady di.rector's ' M•iss
• Lyons, -Mrs. R. G. Martin; Mrs.
W. E. Gordon, Mrs. Jas. Webster,
Mrs. Ewart Taylor, Mrs. •Almer •
Ackert,. Mrs. F. G. Todd, 'Mrs.
W. A, Miller; Mrs:. Sam Alton;
.Mics.)George eKnnedy, and presi-
dents' of local Women's- Organiza-
tions. ••
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To Hold Crop. Competition
It was 'decided to hold •a stand=
sing field 'crop competition in oat
in• 1944 with 'prize money totall-
ing $75.00. At least ten entries
are required to forma a. club, -an:l •
entries 'must be in .the hands of
the' secretary, Joseph Agnew, by
Saturday, February. 19th.
Pay. Over -'8650 In 'Prizes .
On the actual .operations. of the
Fair, a small surplus was shown.
In ad'dition, .were 'reccil:4s from
'a concert and dance, so that th,'
Society increased its reserve by
practically 8100 and ,cornmence~s
the year .with a surplus of
$554.21.
Total. expenditures , amounted
to $1413.37. Of this amount
$654.30. was paid out in prize
Money; fees,, . j.udges..and• eon vert
tion'expenses totalled $108:00; at-
tracti•ons,.and concert and dant•'
expenses amounted tb $265.75;
services, rent, repairs and print
.ng dna ,gid•*er �;:�.;ng....--....: ��,_
• A play and •dance is being held
in the Lucknow "Town Hall . to.
night Th
g t ( ursday) sponsored by
the- Agricultural -Society:- A_ phi
is -something that 'hasn't' been
stagedin the village for, some
time and this .one conies ihighly
rated.
It” is a 3 -act comedy:presented
by the Mildmay ;Rotary. Club,. 'It
has been staged to capacity aud-
iences on; several occasions. The
Teeswater News 'says, "The Play
llareally good and ,brought forth
a ugh after laugh and loud. ap-
plause". It is titled "A Ready -
Made Family".
• Admission to the play, which
starts at 8.15 sharp, is 35b and.
20c. A dance . will. 'follow with
music by 'Carruthers orchestra..
Adn'iission to the dance 'is 25c.
'S.tickers On Left" Side
• . The Ontariodepartment of
.highways has-cornpleted arrange --
relents' for ' licensing Motor. veh-
icles for 1944 and licenses which
became ..,available locally last
week from license issuer Gar-
field MacDonald.
' Instead of metal plates` for the
year,. the motorist Evill. retain the
I943 Marker- and• will receive a
"sticker" a which is' to • be placed
on the lower.left hand corner of
the windshield. Actually, 'this is'
a"tra.nsfei"" such as is seen on
store .windows and doors and s
not .so easy to apply as a mere
sticker. .
"D" PRESERVES COUPON
HAVE ,DOUBLE VALUE NOW
1=1C IL r o.rd ha renounc-
ed that "D" preserves ration cou-'
pons Will be worth .twice as much
for most. items. when the next
pair: becomes valid today, Feb-
ruary 3rd. In preserves, honey
and molasses, •the board said pro-
vision
ro •vision is btingi' 'made for quant.'
ity purchases of maple syrup dur-
ing the .spring ,prod .et'inn season,
Although the "D" chtrr:nn. Valets
generally i•rtcrease. the' (: