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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-02-03, Page 2'AGE TWO • The Lucknow Sentinel, Undertow, Ontario • THE 1U KNOW SENTINEL LUCHNOw, ONTARIO... Established 1873 Published Each Thursday Morning Subscription Rate.— $2:00 A Year In Advance To United States $2.50 Single Copies 5c Member of The C. W. N.A. L. C. Thompson;"Publisher. and Proprietor THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 1944 "EDITORIAL • INFLATION BEGGARS EVERYONE Money . in your .pocket or in the bank is,. in the lastanalysis, only 'Worth the goods you can buy with sit, If it costs ;you ten dollars to buy a: loaf of bread, then your ten dollars: is worth no :more than' a' few cents. a.•.. -If prices areallowed to soar upwards, ' everybody becomes poorer even if -more money is being earnect'han ever before. This hafppened viii the Tait war " in ; Canada, in the United Kingdom,, ,and, -to an almost un- believable extent in, the European countries. , It is happening in China and India today., Uncontrolled inflation brings, hardships and'. suffering in its train and enormously increases both the ,financial bufdens .of carrying on a war and of, post war 'reconstruction. R ' Canada's Price Control p cy , has so • far checked inflation and stabilized' prices, but the battle to "hold • the .line" is not yet ' won and still needs all the, co-operation and understand- ing of every Canadian' citizen: 1 I' 1 — Those' Jap atrocities. have aroused a home front cry Tor vengeance. But the• :boys who are facing these inhuman wretches, no doubt will appreciate less shouting from the• house tops Wk. home, -"'and. a More evidence '6f`rolling 'up'-. : the shirt sleeves in a determined,effort at home to, spare nothing in time, efforts or money to'. speed the victory:, k' * * * If you ,sometimes wonder why banks need increased staffs,• put it against the large num- ber of cheques' :that .are issued, for ,one thing `Cheques cashed against individual accounts ag- gregated $53,797,000,000.. 'during 1943, a new high point in Canadian history, too. Be. sure• to read that 'amount cor ectly, because it sure :is . passing the bucks. 4 *. Since our last issue it has been one of those weeks. With the ..better half in bed with, the ' flu; Donald ,in bed With the measles, and' a four -months' • old baby to be looked after,. yours truly has been going 'round .in circles: Sister jean came to Margaret's rescue to look after, Patsy Jean, and them Donald developed an ear infection that required an anesthetic on Sat- urday so it •could be drained. But we're getting , back to normal. gradually and' it all serves to make one appreciate good health the more. ". *... `• In the six months ended October 29th, Mosquito bombers made about , a thousand • "nuisance raids" on ' some • thirty •,German in - . dustrial''cities. They attacked .: Cologne' 33 times, Berlin 27 times,, Duisburg 26 time and, Dusseldorf 15 times. Of the Mosquitoes taking part in 'the attacks,, only eleven are missing. Although the Mosquito's speed has never been officially made known, it is reckoned the fast- est bomber'in the world: A Swiss repot*t puts its speed, at 430 mires an hour, or just over seven miles a minute. • * *. • Increased juvenile delinquency r4- a prob lem• arising out of .the wit which is giving authorities more and more concern. Young • 4 people are r pa titularly susceptible to the at- mosphere .of excitement, glamor and insecurity that war brings and ata time When the re- straining parental influence is often lacking for various reasons. An Ottawa. magistrate would amend the criminal code so that the' parents 'of delinquent children world be sub- ject to prosecution. The responsibility unques- tionably rests with the parents, Iktt we can't help but wonder if the magistrate has any chil- dreny; Those who haven't, often seem to know best how to raise them, ' . r • • Blood donors are wanted' at inorrow'; ic -clinin Lucknow. It will be the eighth to be held in Lucknow since 'last June.. ,. ; * ' 3. Wel January finally did produce a little wintertime enthusiasm and went but like - a lion, by working up a bit of a gale with snow flurries on `Monday . nighty 'Twas . a- remarkable. month. a • Than little: 25c. War Savings Starz p --can. ag- gregate a tot . of money..A year ago the , Carl adian' Food .Industry :put on a one-month drive across',.Canada to boost the sale of these -stamps.'' The results were 'amazing. This: month (Feb-. . ruar"y7. has: been set aside by the _Food Industry, for another War • Stamp campaign.,. The object i've=just a cool - two .r million dollars. *' * The preserving of the peace may ,offer as many• problems as the winning' of it. The Pol- ish -Russian question and opposing .factions that are very inuch in evidence' in. Yugoslavia, Italy and . France are only a few of the, .`trouble ahead" . signs that peace table conferences may find difficult to solve with any degreeof per - Mai -lent satisfaction. • s * •* Twenty-five hundred dollars .has . been raised to take Over and repair the Durham arena, =and --the young -people of the community who are . to receive the advantage .of ' this re- creational, centre are asked to show _ their ap- preciation : by taking care of it:"There has been . • evidence locally _that Ltiicknow's fine arena is. not appreciated as it should be. * : *•• s Post-war planning in Chesley at present centres • around the ,matter of . a hospital for that town, and a council committee has ` been warned -'to obtain- information -on- the 'operation, `and Bost of maintenance of such an institution, Such, a project 'might appear a little ambitious for Lucknow;' but it could do no harm to. learn: .the findings of the Chesley Committee. Agricultural achievements never before dreamed of have 'been . accomplished in' Britain : since the outbreak : of war. Thousands of -tons more of cereal grains and 'potatoes were grown i\n 1943 than the record-breaking crops of .1942. Thea harvest of those products was the greatest yield per' acre since •officialecords have -been kept. *\, 4• • And here's ' another definition of "gossip": It is . derived. either from the Greek ; word • "gups" which means -vulture, or from the French word .."gosier". which .means wind -pipe: `Either is applicable. Gossip is a vulture.: that tears ' its prey to bits . or an exercise of the very •• victim gets a wind-pipa from which e 'blow. . * *-*.•* Abraham Lincoln said: "Property is the fruit of labor; , property is desirable, it is a • positive. •good in the world: That same. should be rich shows that others may become rich. and hence is just encouragementto industry and' enterprise. 'Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of. another, 'but let him work' diligently and build one for himself; thus by example assuring -that his own shall • be safe from' violence when built" ' *; * * *_ We never • look • at the picture of a. dead Nazi or Jap, but we think of the pictures we don't see --of dead Canucks, Yanks, Britishers, Russians, 'who too, have�'paid the.supreme sac - 'r ice: It is all- very well to -,spare.' the folks at home the Allied horror pictures, but this consideration has the tendency of lul ingt the home front • into , an attitdue of complacency:: Such compl7icency Was 'so evident to Lt: Torn Harmon of • Detroit since his recent return to. the •Motor City that he stated* "The best thing that (could happen here would be a first class bombing raid knocking the, sacks oft of us'°. Harmon, an American airman who has twice "returned from the, . dead", also; took 'a rap at the frequent strikes and remarked that it'would not have been well for John L. Lewis to ap- pear in any theatre . of war . after the coal strike.' • • 1 ed to Detroit after being ,horrie Ion account.. of the illness of her mother, Mrs. H. •Q: , Bell who is now-iniproving in healt: THURS;e FEBRUARY 3rd, 1944 • 1-7- Localend General Philip Stewart is'on a business trip this week to Stratford, Woodstock and 'London. Angus Graham, Boundary East, suffered a light 'stroke a few days ago. Mrs. Donald MacDonald has been.' ill. at her home with phlebitis. ,:Calvin McKay of : Ip.perwaslm and Mrs. McKay spent the week- end with Mrs. James V.alad. Mr.. and Mrs: Wilson Woods and ..Teddy of Guelph were 'Week. end visitors here. Miss Mary Caution,:' formerly• employed at the Maple Leaf Air- craft, has . secured ,a position at Hobbs glass plant ` in London. Mr. John D. Ross,' 'principal, of the Lucknow Public. School, 'has been laid up with an attack of sciatica.' During .hit absence Mrs. Morgan , Henderson is suppyling. Miss Dorothy Bell has return- • _. �_.....,,.,d s�humake Mrs: Raymond. Schurnakex • of Teeswater visited last week with her: mother, Mrs. James Valad, Sam • Sh_ erwood, who suff •, P a bad fall' the first of last w: is getting • along• nicely but is still confined 'to bed. • .Mrs. W.. J.•. Little suffered. a .weak 'spell in Wingham Hospital on Saturday, •but -rallied and was somewhat', :stronger • the first c.f the •week, .." In renewing her Sentinel sub- scription, Mrs. lda, M. ,E;lliott of Toronto;says that ;it is. with rea 'interest' she receives the paper, each week, but it is' with regret she reads •of so many • "going down the ,Valley., one by, one". Larry Culbert, •son 'of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Culbert, (formerly,, of Con. 8, Huron' Township, and now of Thorndale, was 'a visitor last week '• with friends at Holyrood. A scratched .face and a. hand in- jury :were evidence of an acci- dent Larry 'met with recently when knocked off his bicycle by ORDER CERTIFIED• • ESEED .POTATO.ES NOW Certified seed. potatoes are be- ing withheld 'from export to meet the requirements of . Canadian growers, but, the Plant Protec- tion Division; Dominion Depart- =Agriculture--.'poin:t4-- out; "demands • for these potatoes .from ,other countries are very strong,; Supplies not needed for planting in Canada should be released ,for export tri March before the • sea- son in the U.S.A: is too far'ad- „, vaned for planting. This ,'means,• that• orders for certified seed po- : tatoes should be placed. without. delay, while supplies are still a- vailable. ' .The planting of 'certified seed potatoes for. table stock will give a heavier yield from each acre. planted to such seed. Seed pot- ato growers are reminded that fields entered for certification :in 1944 must be planted with either "Foundation or "Foundation 'A seed: The local district inspector Seed Potato Certification, Plant Protection .Div., Dom. Department of Agriculture, has. a list of grow- ers -•having "Certified "Founda tion" or "Foundation A" seed .po-- tatoes for sale. • A TWO-YEAR-OLD Tara child, Betty .Lou Palmer, was drowned. in . the Sauble River last week. §he was with her four-year-old brother at the .time who told a lady. living nearby what had hap- 1 pened. Th'e, body was quickly re • covered and artificial respiration carried on for sornet time avail-. iUI•DE NEWS to no After roll :call, Guides took horse shoe formation: When it was found that . no one had broug . socks to. darn for.Need -: lewoman's- Badge, Mrs. McKim discussed "Origin and Develop- ment" of . the Guide movement.' This is an important part of ,th • r st class' Badge. Meanwhile Margaret Salkeld hiding slips of paper with parts Of the Guide laws on them. After Mrs. MCKim's talk there. was a wild scramble for the slips of "paper. ,Finally the Bantam Pat- rol came out the winner with'. two complete laws. '• Guides are lookingt forward to a sleigh riding 'party ;next Friday insteadof the regular Guide .meeting. Afr COUNeIL MINUTES • KINLOSS The first meeting of the 194-4 Council was held in the Council Chamber. on January .10th,. The • reelected Council having signed', their declaration of office took" -then- seats at -the -table Reeve-- Richard Elliott; Councillors—Al- ex MacKenzie; Dan . T. McKin- non, John Colwell & P.' A. Mur- ray, The December. 15 minutes be- ing read were approved, and signed. Colwell -Murray, . that we make - application to the department of: Highways for 'the statutory grant on the sum of $5990.81, road ex- penditure x-penditure in 1943. ` MacKenzie -Colwell, that • by- law No. 1, 1944 be prepared "Mak- ing. appointments ,for ,the. yedr: Clerk,, J. R. Lane; 'treasurer,. , Thomas • Gaunt; assessor, Emer- son .Irwin; collector, D. S. .Car- ruthers; . weed, inspector,. 'Robt. Donaldson; board `of. Health;, Dr. W. V. Johnston, ,M.O.H.,.D. L. McKinnon, Richard Elliott, Alex MacKenzie and J. R. Lane; live stock .valuators, Noble Guest, Mark Johnston, .Wm,, McIntyre & Russell Gaunt; schdol.'attendance officers, George Haldenby, Sec,, tions 1,' 2, 3, 4; Walter McKenzie, sections 5; 6, 7 and Robert 'Don- aldson, sections 8, 9, 10; pound keepers, Lorne Hodgins, Wesley Guest, A. . E. :Thompson, John V. McKinnon, Herbert Miller, J. 1'. Dawson, -Victor Emmerson and Robt. Ross; fence viewers, Geo. Colwell, James Hodgins, �R s 1'IcMillan, Angus McKay, Tfios. Hill, J. B. Morrison and Walter 'Litt: By-law finally passed. • • McKinnon - Colwell, that by- law No. 2, 1944 be proposed pro- viding for theexpenditure on the township roads for the year 1944 to • the Amount. . of.- $7;800:00: law finally passed. • Murray - McKenzie; 'that we do .now adjourn to ,meet agar on-Mok of Fe S �t�ie 'rth . da Nary at the usual time and, place. Cheques issued ,Lucknow •_ Sentinel, printing, $23.50;, Irwin Carruthers; 'dog bounty, 5:00; Thomas Gaunt, postage and SUP - plies, 5.65; Mrs, George Colwell, stamps, 4.00; A. E: Thompson, • caretaking to date, 9.20; R J, Lovell co., supplies, 11.35. . Highway cheques .— Pay , roll no. 1, $80.30.