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LUCKNOW,. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH' 9th, 1944
EIGHT PAGES
*three Playoff Cates.
-'Total Over $ 1000.00
It's hardly news .to the :hockey
fans in this district, butit will
be a revelation ,to many others,
that gate receipts at the "local
ai:.ena, ,for the last 'three: playa f
games ']lave ..totalled $1059:85,
• with :a; i total 'attendance at the
i three games', of.' a` 'little better
:than 4,600'. persons:' •
11'' ' The admission "fee has been
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kept at the popular rates of 25c
and 15c. The Goderich at Luck -
now group charripionship game
totalled $348.80. The firstgame
of: theplaydowns with Hanover
ran the "take" . up to $388.20 and
Saturdaynight's game with: Mil-
verton clicked.. the turnstiles to
the tune of $322.85.
Actual attendance at • Saturday
night's game was 1437 persons,
about 250 whom were, child-
ren. The attendance at .the lI'an-
over game was 1700, and plans
are being • made to accomodate
2000 people at the next'game.,
IREDCROSS HEADQUARTERS
OPEN THIS WEEK . W
'Keep in mind that Red .
Cross donations- may be
made throughout this week
at the Bell Telephone Office.
The office will, be gpen- Fri-
day. ,and Saturday •,afternoon
1 and Saturday 'evening' to re -
ceive these volunteer, contri-
butions., f -
Make your donation now
and spare the canvassers a
call.
DONATES' TON: FERTILIZER
FOR' RED CROSS DRIVE
Mr. John Jamieson hasdonat-
ed a ton of fertilizer which.is to
be raffled off with entire ' pro-
ceeds, in aid of the Lucknow and
Vicinity Branch of the Red Cross.
The draw will-_b-e-:m-ad.e at:.a
• dance to be. held •on Thursday,
March 30th: The winner may
have his choice of three brands
of • fertilizer • or its. equivalent
value. in' cash, Tickets will be
available '-within a few, days at
25 Cents' each or five for •a dollar.
MARCH IS RUNNING
TRUE TO FORM
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1CITES
FOR R. C._SUPP9RT
Speaking on 'Sunday evening
in the Presbyterian Church to a
congregation representative . of
alLthe deno:urinations in the vill-
age, Rev. °J W. Stewart reviewed
many. .of the . activities of the
Cariad'ian 'Rel 'Cross, • in, support
of the : launching' of the • local
campaign.
Mr. Stewart outlined the vari
ous expenditures •of this organ-
ization which during the current'.
year it is estimated will reach
,$13,900,000. Of the amount rais:'
ed locally the speaker„ pointed
out that only 30 per• cent was.
retained by . the local branch;
Which will be .little enough to
carry on the work at the Red
Cross workrooms:„ and in: the
homes. The ladies by their deft
hands are doing a great and won-
derful work, he said. '
Mr. Stewart . dealt at . some.
length _on prisoner -of -war par-
cels. This he did purposely be-
cause of, what has happened
since the last,cacripaign with one
of ou°r own boys now in a 'prison
.camp. Mr. Stewart outlined the
contents of theseparcels and
their nutritional value in sup- •
plying prison „camp diet • defic-
iencies. Without' them one telpat-
riate has stated that life would
• not be long enough to regain
their health, should they survive.
Alex MacKenzie says, "Give ail 1
you can to keep' these boxes
coming" , the speaker quoted arid•
added "if , he were,here •tonight'
that's what he. would .say. We Rev. W. O. Rhoad—April 20,
'want to :think of 'them in these June 22, Aug.- 24,"i3et': 26, Dec.
terms".
March, the unpredictable, is'
bringing a variety of weather In
cluding about the' first real tate'
of whiter. Several inches ,of snow
fell early Wednesday morning,
and this is being whipped around
by a high .wind for the nearest
thing we've had to a -realbliz
zard this season. `
FIVE DONORS RECEIVE
STERLING SILVER PINS
'Sterling silver . pins,. symbolic
of having made six blooddona-
tions, have been presented to
five residents of this community:'
At the last local -Clinic' 'buttons
were. presented to Harvey Hous.'e
ton -of Holyrood ' and Art Cann
and Gordon. Fisher of town.. At
the previous .clinic silverpins j
were presented to 'Jim Campbell
and Donald "Dinnie" MacDonald.
• Quite a 'number of bronze but-
tons., have al..so .ben .presentecl?,
. indicating three donations. ,
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Arrived Back In . England '
Mrs.• W. V. Johnston. of town.
received a recent cable from' Mrs:
Franlrr Canham announcing that
she •and her sop Malcolm had -ar.-
rived. safely in England. Mrs.
Canharn came to Canada some
three years 'ago to her hus-
band who had .been posted to the
Navigation. School at Pt..
Albert, During their stay 'in Can-
ada the Canhains presided in
Lucknow, where they made many
friends; 'Warrant Officer Canham
was posted back to England last
fall, and Mrs. Canham and Mal-
colm followed as soonas pass
lige could be ' arranged.
Ashfield Young Man
Killed In :Italy
Mrs. Alted. d .Lapointe . of Kings-
bridge received the sad message
• from the 'Director- -of= Records;
Ottawa, ::that • her husband, ' Pte.
•• Alfred J. Lapointe, had been
killed in .action in Italy on Jan-'
, ualy 29th. Alfred was born' at
Thcssalon,• Ontario, twenty-two
years •ago. Three years before
enlisting he made his home.lwith
Mr. and Mrs. T. *T.. Lannan, 9th
Concession of Ashfield, where he
proved himself. industrious and
trustworthy. He was active in
loci{1 ,sports, a splendid' ,hockey'
and baseball .p'la'yer.
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He enlisted' at London in• 1941:
and trained at .Niagara and Hali-
fax, and had further training at
Helena,.. Montana._ About • a year
ago he went overseas and spent
sorne, time in• Africa and •later in
Italy, where he made the sup-
reme .sacrifice. .A. brother, Wil-
fred, is overseas.. In December,
1942, Alfred married Bernice.
• MViu•vphy• . daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Pat Mixrphy of Kingsbridge,
and • for .her is felt the , deepest
sympathy ,in • her; , sad bereave -
husband.
FLORA DURNIN 'ORGANIZES
GARDEN BRIGADE 'PROJECTS
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MAILING LIST CORRECTED'
UP TO MONDAY
The Sentinel mailing list
has been corrected up to and.
including Saturday. • of last •
week. Subscribers who have
renewed in recent weeks are
asked to check theaddress
label to see if proper credit
has been given. •
Newsprint rationing is
making a. paid -in -advance.
policy imperative. Please
keep this in mind and renew.
promptly..
ARRANGE LOCAL SCHEDULE
FOR CHURCH OF THE AIR
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Each Thursday local and dis=•
trict - ministers take turns in ' con-
ducting the Church of the Air
worship period on CK X. The
schedule has been . draw
the remainder' of the year as fol-
lows:
Rev. A: • G. Ward -=March 2nd,
May. 4, . July 6, Sept. 7, Nov. 9.
Rev. J. W. Stewart—March ,9,
May 11,'July 13, Sept.; 14; :Nov.
16,
Rev. Robt.,i McConnell March
16,' May 18,.' July 20, Sept.' 21,
Nov. 23. :
Rev. H. F. .Dann—March ' 23rd,
May 25, July 27, Sept. 28, Nov.
30.
Rev. C. H..MacDonald—March
30, June1; Aug. 3, Oct. 5, Dec. 7.
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Rev. J. W. Donaldson=April
6, June 8; .Aug. 10, Oct. 12; Dec.
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Rev. H. J. Vickersdn--April 13,
June 15, Aug: 17, Oct: 19, 'Dec. 2I.
R.A.F. Plane Cracked
Up Near Dungannon
Four . airrti;eri; from -No. 31 R.
F. Air. Navigation School, Pt. Ai-
bert, escaped serious injury late
Friday 'night when their 'Anson
borii'ber.c,rashed near aline. fence,
separating the' farms•. of • Frank
Pentland and Earl McNee. a .mile
south *of Dungannon. • . m
.:-The wings Were sheared off as'=
the machine crashed., between
two trees and the fuselage broke
off 'a . 12 -inch tree. The plane
'cra'ied: when ' one, of the , motors
went dead and the .other engine'
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caught fire. ••
• The pilot' suffered a fractured
jawand another •airman suffered
a :leg injury. The other two oc-
cupantsescaped with a. shaking
up. •
Snow was used to put out the
ire in the plane.
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Rheumatic Condition linproves
Mrs. James ' Irwin of 'Conces-
sign 2, Kinloss is .showing very
encouraging 'progress since .un-
dergoing the gold cure for rheu-
matic. neuritis. Mrs. Irwin's con- -
dition was such that 'she was
bedfast much of the time and
practically helpless.' Since taking
this: special cure last spring; Mrs.
Irwin 'has shown gradual tim-
provement. She is no» able to
get 'about the house without the
,use •'of , a cane, and has regained
the use -of her hands so that she .
can' now knit and "sew . a . little
for the first time in almost three
years_
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Mr. Stewart dealt at ' some Rev. G. • G. Howse—April 27,
length with the many other set- June 29, Aug. 31, Nov. 2, Jan. 4.
vicesrendered, enlarging "en the 1.
matter 6f blood plasma which
Farm girls of Huron and ad_"is, a story in: itself". he said.
joining counties 'are engaging in 'Many cases whichbefore would
have been regarded as hopeless
are now being saved., The: drain
on this life-giving plasma was
emphasized by the statement of
one officer that after a certain
battle, the demand was equal to
all the blood.' donated across
Canada for a period of 8 weeks.
These and many other services, I
only the ' Red Cross can render,
the speaker . stressed. and con-.
eluded his appeal thusly, "We
are now o the giving .side. Alex
and' the others are on the re-
ceiving side. Think it over!"
=a' worthwhile; contribution to 'the
war efforts in the garden brigade
'project, sponsored'by the Wo-
men's Institute branch of the De-
partrnent of Agriculture under
the leadership of • Miss. Flora
Durnin; of Dungannon, home
economics coach: Miss Durnin
has 'already fifty brigades ready
for spring gardening. .
The 'gir;ls . enrolled are ' farm
girls from twelve to 26 yearsof
age. They are"' furnished pack-
ages of seeds at half-price and
are expected to do a real, gard-
ening job. The coach will ar-
range to meet .with each club be-
fore the spring planting, and has
addressed a letter to each. of. air.
girls: enrolled giving instruction
and en-couragement. She explains
in her letter that the work comes
under the classification of "edu-
cational", which makes it poss-
ible for the seeds to 6e furnished
a:t. the price :stated: The, seeds
furnished are varieties of vege-
table seeds and a number of •;vary
ieties of garden seeds.
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LUCKNOW TO BE IN
O.M.H.A. SEMI-FINAL'S
Ontario, Minor Hockey Associ-
ation playdowns have reached a
point that- seems to assure Luck-
'now a -gptif in """the 'semi-final§:
Playdowns now underway • are
between Earrie ' and Whitby;
Welland and Oakville and Pres-
ton
and: Elmira. • The P're'ston-E1-
mira series ended last night and
the winner meets Sarnia. Luck-;
now awaits the winner of that
series, according to information
available up to press time, Under
WON BIG POOL
A . $25.00 hat pool conducted in
connectionwith the hockey .game
in Lucknow on ;Wednesday night
was won by Russell A. Johnston
of Paramount. A balance of
$11.50 was donated to the' S.O.S.
Club.
,Bought Ashfield Fartn .
At the auction sale on Tuesday
.of the estate of the late St., Clair
Irwin the . farm was bought by,•
Richard Elliott of Holyrood.
MOTHER',OF LOCAL LADY
PASSES AT CHESLEY
. Mrs. -.Matthew Wilson, • a well
known and highly respected res-
ident of Chesley for. many years,
passed' away on • Friday in r her
84th year: Deceased,whose
maiden • name- 'was, Mary Jane
Reeves, Nag a daughter' of the -
late Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reeves
and was born in Puslinch Twp.,,
Wellington County. "In • 1'887 she
was - united in marriage to Mat-
thew Wilson, a miller at Ford-
wich; Ont., for many years: Later
they moved to Rochester; N. Y.,
and then moved .to Chesley.
Mr. Wilson passed away in
•1931.. The late Mrs: Wilson leaves,
to mourn her loss o,ne -son, Angus
a 'member of the •VeterOs' Guard.
who is stationed at Camp Borden;
-and three daughters, Margaret,
•Mrs. Angus McDonald, Chesley;
Mary, Mrs Wm. Youn, Lucknow;
'and •Miss, Florence Wilson, . at
home. :Another ' son, 'Mark, died
at his home ' in Chesley in 1933
and a daughter, Agnes, Mrs.
Saue] Pawhell, ,passed ,away at:
in
Broadacres, Sask., in 1935. , o
DUNGANNON BLANCH
OBJECTIVE IS $875.00
The Dungannon Branch of the
' . BORN
McLENNAN—On February 26th,
1944,: to Mr. and Mrs. Grant Mc-
Lennan, R. 4 Iiipley, a daughter.
CULBERT—In • Kincardine Gen-
eral Hospital on Thursday, Mar.
2nd, tb Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cul-
bert of Ripley„ a son:
CARRUTHERS—In Victoria hds-
pita], London, on Tuesday, March
i th, to ` r. and Mrs•. John Car- •
w:' idle until next Week.
Red °Cross' las its current Cam-
paign for funds in full swing,
and the trend in giving is up
wards according to the president,
11/1ir. Marvin Durnin.
The minimum objective of this
branch is $875.00, an increase of
$75.00 over last year's quota.
The Dungannon 13ranch isaIso.
conducting an intensive. drive for
waste;,paper,` which is so badly
needed at present. Proceeds 1,f
the sale of,this paper, .when •lis-
.hosed of_�'l beturneel.; over to
-e Fed Cross.
More Smokes Received
Since 'publishing the.: list of
acknowledgements of 'cigarettes
sent by The. Clansmen,to. the boys,
overseas, four more replies have:
'been received. These are from
Harry Middleton;,Harold 'Ritchie;
George Whitby and Aylmer Ait-
chison. Aylmer says his address
changed `a¢nd the smokes were all
over " before catching up with
'him.
Has Rented Farm
• Russell Middleton, has rented
his farm on the Fourth Conces-
sion'• to Wre. Eadie •bf Holyrood,
and plant to• hold an auction sale ,
in two Weeks.
Express Appreciation Of
Jim Shearer's Services
A meeting •of the directors of
the . Lucknow Agricultural Soc-
iety was held on Saturday, at.. •
tended .also by those who' ' have •
1entered in the Society's • • field
crop competition in oats. Sortie
sikteen . entries. have been ' re
ceived,. and .it. .was ,.decided.- to
sow Cartior oats, which have
now been ordered. ' • -
W. A. Miller. and Geo. Ken-
nedy, local'•delegates to the Fairs
Convention • in Toronto gave
splendid reports of .-the sessions.
The meeting instructed the
clerk to. express the Society's -
'appreciation to Jim Shearer.
IInrori County Agricultural rep •
resentative, who has resigned
this office. The following 'has '
been sent him: • '
Dear Mr: Shearer
At a meeting of the directors
of .. the Lucknow,. Agricultural..
Society a tiiotion was passed in -
at iicting me to' -express - to you
the sincere regrets of 'the Dir-
ectors as to ,ypur resignation as •
i Agricultural , representative anti
to tender your, their appreciation
of the assistance you have • so
generously given them, and to
wish you• 'every success in your
• ••ndertaking, Good luck,
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