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igix4itstiAy, MARCH ud, 1944
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The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario
Rae St. Marie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James St. Marie of WaWa-
riosh has arrived overseas.
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°Chas. McQuillin who is attach -
•ed to the medical staff of the
hospital ship, Lady ‘icelion, was
• unable to get home when the'
ship docked last week. Chas, has
• 'made six Atlantic 'crossings on
this ship: •
Private Hugh McCrostie Of the
Signalling Platoon of the •PiCtou
Highlanders Regiment has 're-
turned. to St. John, N. B. for ftir-.
• ther training, after spending -Iwo
Weeks.' with his parents, Mr: and,
Mrs. W. G. McCrOstie:
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On Guard Ditty •
Howard Reed and Jirn, Webster
have been seeing a lot of each
other overseas, and even have
• been, 'doing guard duty t4ether
according to a letter recently re-
ceived by Howard's parents, Mr.
- and Mrs. Wm. G. Reed.
• Met Overseas. . •
Pte: Dave. Swan, son of Mr.
and •Mrs. George •Swan 9f West
Wawanosh, 'airived overseas rn
- mid-Jarivary, .and since then has
met and speht a. week -end with
Lloyd McAhley. • .
Arrived Overseas
An air mail letter received on
-Monday,. of this week announced
the arrival overseas of 'Lieut. H.
a (Bud) Thompson. The:letter
arrived` ahead of the cable which.
• he..:sent. Bud reported the, cross-,
• mg as uneventful, • • • •.. "
• Received is Wings.•
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• ' . Robert A..McUregot,'son, of Mr.
••and Mrs. Colin MCG.regei; of Kiri-
- - • . tail, was'one-of a class of gradu-,,
ates . to receive their wings at
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Centralia.. service flying school
• on FridaY.. Bob,. who is a tyro-
ther of Mrs. Clark kirilayson of
Town, has:been commissioned as.
a pilot officer.
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'Suffered Leg• Fracture:
Also In Italy • ••
-•Bill Stimson. Jr., who.was.first• .
reported to have suffered a knee
.injury in action in Italy with tne
Princess Pats. is now oficially re-
ported to also have •suffered a
• . fracture, of the kg between the
• knee and -ankle. • according. 'to:.
• word , received by his parents:
" Mr. arid Mrs. Wm Stimson, Sr,
His bad;* who is a member .of
• • 'the.Veteran'S'•Guard of Canada;
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is at present home on a six-day
• :sick leave after °being .confined
to hospital..'at Ottawa for some
timewith sciatica.
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• 'Received His Wings • •
PCi. Stuart Collyer. son of 'Mil-.
. Sarah Collyer of ;own,. ' ,
his wings arii•Portage'
• on. Friday. •1/4‘11R-1
on, w; fc.` :o::::t • R..: • '•
leen Thorn.
.Mrs.
years of 'age.
.aunt, Mr: and ,
eririgton (.;t- 'NOV, CLI:t,*. ...VI:W....100.H
• r attended the wIng.,s
Stuart reeeivtd 1„Is off:Lc;
• commission. , ••
PO. C011yer, :111's .
two' Sens, Teddy , ar,d Thomnly'.
arc new • vi;:iting. .1,,
.Stuart reports st. Noun:„;:•-. ‘‘.
near Beller ,tn
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MAJC)R E 1 1)1Ntrs •
, Dentdi (''ms ••
• .Army•Th.nd •.;:•• • .
ZION,
Miss ' Marion Gardner visited
Sunday p.m, with her friend Miss
Gertrude Raynard of Goderich.
Mr. Keith Ritchie ' left this
week for Thorold when he Will
assist: in outfitting the Great
Lakes freighter, "Heron Bay" on
which he will be oiler for the
'coming' season. •, •
, Mr.. Andrew Culbert has made
his 'rounds here ag assessor this
week. •
Mrs.. Susan Andrew visited for•
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a. few, days.. with .111,r.: and Mrs.,
Fred Anderson.
Mrs.Sidney Gardner spent the
week -end with friends in Lon-
don.
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Mrs. Fred Anderson gave a tea
on Thursday afternoon when '-2
quilts were , completed for the
•.Red Cross.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Freeman and
familY,visiied- .with.LMr.andMjas
Will 'Gardner on Sunday last.
We extend congratulations to
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Laidlaw
(nee Elle& Minter) of Fingal,
Mr, and :Mrs. Ivan Papernick,
(nee 'Jean Ritchie)• of Goderich
on the arrival of baby girls,.
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'eAtif.' SEVEN
DONNYBROOK
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• Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Craig
were visitors in Louden for a
few days last week.
A large number from this vi-
cinity attended the funeral on
Tuesday afternoon of the late
Mr. George Alexander. We ex -
lend sympathy .to his sister,
Miss Matilda, who is the only one
living of a family of eight.
• Mes*s. Thos. Robinson, David
Chantney, John Mason;,• Mason
Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Robt.
charimey were among those who
attended, the funeral of the. late
Mrs.•:David Wallace in Turn -
•berry last Tuesday afternoon,
The ,Congregation of • Donny-
brook United Church held their
annual meeting with the pastor,
Rev. H. Snell presiding. The re-
tiring member of the session, Mr.
•W. H. Campbell was re-elected.
RObtirison acid HIT" -
hard Jefferson were elected to
the board, of stewards and •trus-'
tees, • respectively. The, minutes
of the last annual meeting were
approved as read by the secret-
ary, Mr. Norman Thompson. Mr.
Snell gave a statistical summary
Presbyterian Y. P. S.
The .Giiild meeting on Monday
evenirig,, was held at the home of
Mr. Wm. Fisher and was in
charge of the Literary commit-
tee. Mary L. Porteous, first vice
president, presided. The scrip-
ture reading was taken by Miss
• Maudie Fisher, • and the Cate-
chism •question No. 60 was ex-
plained by • Mrs. Garfield Mace:
Donald. The topic which dealt
with the 'life of the Soong farrt-
ilY, with special reference tO
Madame Chiang Kai-shek was
taken. • by Miss: Mary MacLeod.
This was followed by a solo 'by
Miss Roizella Mullin. Miss Mar-
garet eampbell. "gave a reading
and Miss Maudie Fisher conduct-
ed a Bible contest. Rev. C. H.
MacDonald closed the meeting
With .Prayer. The Meeting next
Monday evening. will be in.
'Charge of the Music committee
-and 4u -rill be held -at the Manse,
which s,howr..cl 22 householders
under, pastoral oversight with a
resident •membership of 70. A
vote of -appreciation was given.
Rev. end Mrs:- Snell.' The meet-.
ing closed with the benediction.
south Kinloss W. M. S.
The World's pay of .Prayer'
was observed by the South Kin-
loss W.M.S. with a special meet,-
ing at the Manse on Friday, Feb-
• ruary ,25th with an attendance of
twelve members. The president,
IVIrt. Douglas Grahain, presided
and after' the opening exercises
the meeting followed the order
Of service in' the February 'Glad
'ridings for World's, Day of Pray--
er,. After, the devotional period
a short business .meeting was
,held. The minutes of ,,the last
• meeting were read also letter of
thank i for box of fruit. The date
of Easter Bazaar was set for Sat
tirdaY? April atir.." The next -mg"-
ular meeting• of the W,M,S. will
be held Wednesday, Mai -eh 29th.
Rev. Mr. Dann rlosed the Meet-
• ing with the' benediction and
• lunch was served by Mrs. °Herb
Buckton and 'Miss Anna Graham.
Sma11 boy: Mummy, I saw •
some trousers in a shoji window
today marked "Impossible to
beat". Do you think you could,
persuade daddy to get them for
me?
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HERE is evidence that cannot be
denied. . unsolicited praise for
• Red. Cross straight from the
hearts of repatriated war prison-
• ,
ers, men who have been through
it and know from first hand ex- periencelust what it is --alt abont. - -
• Thousands of their comrades are
still in enemy hands. Help Red
• Cross bring each one of them
back with the same wonderful
story to telka story of Red Cross
light in the very shadow of death.
Over 39:% of tke m6ney you give
is earmarked for prisoners of
war. Give generously that this
abount will swell to meet the
growing need. What Ive've done
•is sfff11td what we've yet.to do!
• G H. SMITH, President,
"Phone 89, Lucknow
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