The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-03-16, Page 1T._
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH _16th, 1941
EIGHT PAGES
LAGS .'A BIT
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Red Cross. donations to- the
Lucknow• and. .Vicinity " Branch'
,,re lagging somewhat behind the
•corn,esponding peridd iin 'the last
campaign. •This inforrriation Was.,
received by, „the Finance' Corn-
' rnittee: at . a e-tin=g -c I•oinday
.night,: 'When plans were •made, to
add' stimulus to. the 'drive and.,•to
,.�e9rnplete". the carra.paign :.. at Hai
"clearly date.'
''' • For, the convenience of those-,
who have overlooked making
their, donations to date, these .win
be received at the Bell Telephone
Office on Saturday afternoon
and • evening of this week. The
original plan was to keep this
collection centre open' .during' the
past week only.
At any'other time contribu••
tions may be left at McKim'a
Drug Store.
' The finance committee• •ap-
„ proved= the publishing of . the list'
.of names. and donations.. Canvas.-..
sers were :also appointed. to' call,
on those who have not ,contri-
buted. The . canvassers' 'are:' North
East, W. ' B.' 'Anderson, R. Rae;
North West, V. Mowbray, dA."
Soloinon;,..J
South East, Smith,
L. C. Thompson;South West,
Gordon Taylor„ :J; L. McMillan.
Donations received tip to Tues-
day afternoon amounted to $2829,
including a. $300 grant • from . the
County of Huron. Total.contri-
butions last year well exceeded
$4.000 but" present returns are
not "encouraging• that this figure:
will . be ;reached in the present
campaign. However there are
quite a number in the Village'
.who ' have .riot yet ' contributed;'
and several rural: canvassers
have .not ,yet made their returns,..
ASI1FIIELD LADY PASSES
The death' of Mrs. Edward
Johnston of Ashfield occurred in
Goderich Hospital op.' Monday._
Mrs_ Johnston, who was formerly
Elizabeth ' MacKenzie; was • .6r2
years of age,
.The funeral service was, con-
ducted . in Ashfield Presbyterian
church on Wednesday afternoon
with interment in 'Greenhill Cein-
etery.
• The. Luckno B .or`the
`ihe
Canadian Legion ' is , sponsoring•
its ii� third annual St' Patriclt"s
night dance' in. the .Town 'Hall
on •• Friday.. of .this week, March
17th
MacKenzie's orchestra . will
.furnish rnusi'c ' for.. cold •tirne ' and
modern dancing. ''There will 1�c
a door prize and t.',' . give • th•e
event. an added Irish tou.eb,•prizes
are being' offered.for fancy and
comic : Irish costumes. Prizes of
$5.00 'and $3.00, totalling $16,.00,
are 'Offered in. each class. • •
Won $20,00 'Certificate- ...•
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*ED CROSS DRIVE I OFFER PRIZES FOR FANCY AndAND COMIC IRISH COSTUMES
y Clark Oddities
W.P.T.B OFFICIALS
IIONORS ON FEBRUARY 29th RECEIVED BIRTHDAY
Vie
For The Spotlight . ° • ' VISITED VILLAGE
Ripe oranges at the local
greenhouse;_a capon that mothers
a flock, of chicks and a dozen
eggs'weighing 41 ounces, are .odd-
ities. in the news, this week, that
should vie -for a`.:spot on Andy
Clark's Sunda` r, :Morning. ,br.'oad-,.
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cast.A, .
The orange, 'one of aa. dozen or'
so growing .on • an. orange tree at
Solomon's ' Greenhouse, . 'though
smaller, qualifies in appearance
With the choicest imported fruit.
It is thin,,skinned, seedless and.
is thouh .not. so sweet as it'
• A- family gathering was held •
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The. Publisher "invested •2'5
cents in the Food Industry's War
Savings ' Stamp Drive in • Febru-
ary, which netted a .neat retu,lin.
We' won a $20.00 War Saving
Certificate. Receipts from ticket -
sold . went' into the purchase ,of
$iOO. certificate and 16 'certifi-
cates. of $20:00 ..each. •
RIPLEY'S TEETH ARE
AGAIN 111. THE SPOTLIGHT
Whatever it is that. gives .Rip
ley 'residents such decay -resist-
ant . teeth; has won widespread
publicity for the Huron . Town-
ship Village, , and. ere ,long resi
dents of• that centre, • will • be
"showing their teeth" , to theatre
audiences.
It A. newsreel cam:eran'.ah recent-
ly • visited Ripley and nne
CARS COLLIDED
Early Tuesday morning cars
driven by John Colwell and' W.
' R Reed : collided on main ' street
in' front' 'of McMillan's Butcher
Shop. Mr. Colwell's vision was
obscured by bags of chop he had
piled on top of the hood :of his
car, and which were spilled about
by the collision. The left front
fender ' of Mr. Reed's car was
badly crumpled in, and was the
most• serious damage done.. •
Completed Two : Quilts
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The ]adiea ' of the 9th „ConceS-
sion. •of West Wawauosh ' held
\their March quilting at the home.
of Mrs. Con Foran when . they
finished two quilts for the . Red
Cross. :. •
southern variety. . •
-•---In tie 'window. of Lorne Mac -
Lennan's feed -shop is a.:capon
that is mothering a flock .Of 25
young chicks„ and the big -fellow
is doing a right good job of it.
The ' bird' is 'a cross- 'between•' a
Sussex and. New Hampshire •and
is one of four capons which
Lorne plans to put to' work' rais-
ing "baby. chicks. He took 'to .the
floc at :once and will call. them
likea' yclucking:. hen.
And last . but not least is a
dozen eggs which tip the scales
at '41 'ounces.. That: is one.:poun.d;.
1.. ounce 'heavier than what A'
large calls for. These eggs, .which',
are double if not triple' yolked,
are laid by Members of a' White
Leghorn flock belonging to Stan i
Todd: Stan has gathered as many 1
as three of these monsters in one
"d b ert h 'tpoit
at ..Mr. and ,Mrs.. Cecil • Blake's
on February 29th to honor Mrs.
S. 3. 'Kilpatrick on the occasion
of: 'her . birthday, She was. pres-
ented with a dining table. Mr.
*and, MTS. ..S.• 3.' Ki Patrick, Nor
rnan McGuire, Mr. and •Mrs. Rich;,
Kilpatrick, and .a Douglas were,
present. Mr.. and Mrs. H. Eugene.
Hanson; • East, Tawas, Mich., Who
were not able to be present at
this time of, year, planned several
of the. surprises for the: evening..
ay,:. u vas. y e can n
n aqfinger. at :the .''guilty" hens.
GOVERNOR GENERAL TO
VISIT `HURON IN' JUNE
Official ' intimation that, ' Their
Excellencies' the ' Earl' of Athlone,
Governor-General of Canada, and--
H.R.H. • Princess Alice, will be
gpests of the Huron .County Fed-
eration of Agriculture on the .oc-
casion . of their second annual
field -day ,to be held at Seaforth-
on Wednesday, 'June. 7, was an-
nounced at a 'meeting cif the Fed-
eration executive •held in the ag-
ricultural , board room in 'Clinton
on Wednesday evening. Harry
Sturdy, Auburn, presided.
It was also announced that R.
S. Kennedy, editor, of the Family
Herald and Weekly ' Star;.. Mon-'
treat, .. who recently. ' returned
from ' a tour of English farming
districts, , will be a 'field day
speaker.
With the idea of •ironing'' out
nierchandising_"problems, and of •
giving' some, forecasts as .to pros-
'pects for' 1944; :a ,meeting 'of local
and district ' merchants was. held
in Lucknaw• on Tuesday. after-
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noon... About twenty.. were in at
tendance,• including Merchants..
from' Lochalsh; Ho1yro.o.d:: ..and
Kinlough. The .meeting was .held ..
--in the arena -with J. R. ` McNab,
President of. the Business Men's' "
Association presiding. , It ,was
called at .the request of •officials .
`of the Prices" oard.• • ••
.The chief speaker was Mr. W...
`C. McLeod of ' the Service. Div-
ision 'of the Wartime Prices and
Trades Board. He explained that
so . far' as retail merchandise ,Was
concerned the problem, of supply
now . • was the labor. 'situation
rather than ..mate'rials, generally
speaking. '
He said that the&,conversion• of •
industries.. from w,artin to to '
peacetime production would take
niuch longer in practise than: 'inn
theory and he held out little 'hope.
of�� 1944. being as good.a year as
Was 1943 hi' the. matter •.of sup-
plies, and in any event' he fore-
cast . tfiat it would 'be several •
me/Abs before there ' would be . .
• any . noticeable increase • in • the •
quantities coming . through , in
niany.lines. -'•
' • The drygoods situation . is not
good -he' said, and. added that it
was fortunate there had been a •
mild,winter or there would'have
been �4 definite. crisis in the •mat-
ter of •children's" underwear. "He
considered • the situation would
be -improved before next ,.winter..
Mr. MacLeod'.said ,that 'the
Board's purpose was.t'o :keep the
cost Of • living,` down. He perinted •
out tl?at in the ]ast• war the. costa
of living showed:. a :56 per cent
..increase. while . since•• the Board
started •td, function in this War •
the. •index: •;had risen. less than 3
.per''cent 'tc) 7an overall increase
since, August of .1939 of approx-
innately 18 Per cent. He explain-
ed. that the Board was an infant
' bureau that was "doing a •Domin-',
ion �wide.job. We have made mis-
takes. .and will. make more, ` he
. said. There are' `soiree • problems
that . the Board can't settle, and
which won't -be 'settled ••until,'af-
ter the war. He made it clear that
until supply catches 'up with: de-
mand in the' post-war period,'
many, restrictions will have to be
continued. The 1944 crop is go-
ing to . be 'a big :factor' in deter-.
mining whether or not there will
be niiuch„ improvement irk goods
available this year.: ' , •
• Mr. MacLeod 'admitted that in
Maintaining' the price • ceiling,
"the squeeze" was mostly on the
retailer, although he pointed out
that. -.1943 had been a good : year
for them nonetheless. •
Mr.., MacLeod showed concern
Over the retailers' problems • of
obtaining deliveries and . their
fair quota ; of goods,. and took up
several individual problems for •
investigation..
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1 They resemble duck eggs in size. HEARING POSTPONED
about 600 feet: of pictures. Miss �.
Bella MacKenzie, 89 - year 7.0
Ripley lady- Was pictured pump-
ing water for a . number of school
students. Other . pictures taken
included Dr. J. A. MacDonald; in
hig :Xl T1ta"1:' bfficer-3='liir]'p ''Tes"key;
D. A. McDonald of Lochalsh, Mc.
and .:Mrs. D. A. •; McDonald and
familj'1 concession 8 west Huron.
each of whom displayed, well
preserved.teeth and Baby Coline
Doris. 7 -McDonald.:
John Hanna, 'M.L.A, . ill ap-
pear , in'the film along with Dr.
MacDonald;. 'G. C. Dobson, ' Dr.
,Carpeneto• and Gideon Ruttle.
1 This group is pictured watchingf
the examination of the teeth 'o
several Continuation School • pu-
pils. '
A Correction ' . •*6 '
Last. Week we referred to El.
don Irwin and Mrs.. Irwin having
undergone operations within two
days of each ' other.. We are ad
t'ised that this was an error: It
was Eldon and his sister, .Etta•
Mac that underwent the opera-
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FOOD ''AND NUTRITION
CO 1.FEI'ENCE HELD HERE
Miss V. Bambridge of the De-
partment of Agriculture had
charge of .a food . and nutrition
;conference ..which was • held in
• the Tcrwn Hall yesterday' (Wed-
nesday) . afternoon. The' confer-
ence was sponsored by the Luck -
now and Ilolyrood branches of
'the Women's Institute, to which
all. the -ladies of the community,
were invkf�
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ALTON—At the Bruce: County
Hospital, on Sunday, March' 5th,
to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Alton
of Walkerton, a daughter.
'TO'WNSON •L -At St. Joseph's
Hospital, Sudbury, .on .Tuesday,
'Match 7th, 1944; .to Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. A. ToWnien (formerly
Salah 'MacIver) ,a brother for
!Agin • and .Wanda.
Killed . In Alitiop
Mrs. George Henry of Ripley
received word las week that her
,son, Fit. Sgt. ` John A. ' McLean,
had been. ' listed . as, filled in
action. John was an .air gunner
in the R.C.A.F. and .was reported
missing in operations over. Berlin
on January . 27th. , ;.•-'
Tickets On Sale
. Tickets are being sold on draws
in aid of the current Red Cross
campaign. For two -bits you can
try your luck at winning a top
of ` fertilizer or -the equivalent in
cash. For a dime' you can buy a
chance on a Dorset ewe lamb.
'The fertilizer is , dolnated by John
Jamieson.' and the' lamb by Bert
Alton. '
Attended Hydro . Convention
J. W. Joynt .and E. H. Agnew
attended a' .meeting of the Geor-
gian Bay' MunicipalElectric As-
sociation '..held in' Owen Sound
recently. The meeting went on
record as favoring the amalga-
mation- of the Niagara, Eastern
Ontario and Georgian Bay sys-
R. C. Work; Donations
From Rural Branches
.1acketts-9 fair mitts, 4 pr.
socks,' 2 bbS ' :Sweater -S;- 7' s its, '
2 blouses. Donated, 3 quilts.: •
Holyrood-.Donated 29 quilts. • .
Kairsliea - 6 skirts, 3 . ladies'
blbuses, 7 skirts, r7 girls' `.blouses.
Donated,, 5 quilts, "1, crib quilt. ,
Kinloss=.Donated' 16 pr sodka,
10 quilts. . •
Kinlough &. Westford -6 boy5'
long •sleeve . sweaters, 6' :ladies'
sweaters, 1 sleeveless sweater, 4
pair mitts, 2 pair socks, 4 ladies'.,
blouses, Donated, 13 quilts, five
crib cgnailts.
' Kintail'—; 1 helmet, 3 ladies"
sweaters, 1 boys' sweater,>5 girls'
sweaters; • ,8 pair socks, 1, pair
Igloves, 2 skirts,- 2 blouses, 1 shirt.
Donated, 13 . quilts. This I branch
also donated all the refreshments
for the March Blood Donor Clin-
ic_
Langside-6. skirts, 4 blouses,'
1 pair socks. Donated, '6 quilts,
$13..1B in cash.. ,
Paramount ---9 pair socks, four
pair mitts, ' 1° helmet, I turtle
neck sweater, 1 scarf: Donated.
3 quilts. ,
• St. Helens ----3 : pair 'socks, 7 pr.
mitts, 1 scarf; Donated 3 quilts,'
Tulles 9th Con: West Wawanosh,
8 quilts. . ,•
Zion -1.5 pair mitts, two pair.
socks, 1 sleeveless sweater, 'Six
ladies skirts, 3 girls skirts and 3
blouses. Donated, 8 quilts.
' IN WILL ACTION
.Bought ..Stanley 'Farm
Alex Stanley has` sold his farnn
on the boundary west of Luck-
now to . Bob Carripbell.
NEPHEW KILLED IN
RAID ON 'GERMANY
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An :. action of ' 1"ocal interest
which was slated for the Spring
Assizes at Walkerton ' this 'week;
has been "}Aostponed..' The action
is •one contesting the . will of the
late Alexander MacKenzie of
Kinloss Township, ' involving the
sum'of .close to $100,000, a good
deal of, :which. goes to establish
'perpetual scholarships. The . post-
ponernent' was granted on the
request . of Lawyer Campbell
Grant of Walkerton, who repre
sents those contesting_ the will.
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FIRE ALARM 'WEDNESDAY
'A blaze in the :foundry 'at the
Maple ',Leaf Aircraft plant .ori
`Wednesday, which set .. off
,sprinkler head, resulted in a fire
alarrnbeing turned -'in. It oc-
curred. shortly • • after the
o'clock shift had left the plant,
but' in short order . they were
back again. No damage was caus-
ed' and the' services of the. Fire
Brigade • were • not required.
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr.' and Mrs. Wm. IL Irvin of
Ashfield wish to announce the
engagement' of their :second dau-
ghter, ,. Willa " Adeline .Irvin, to
S.B.A. Bertram Gordon Curran,
R.C.N.V.R.., youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert C. .Curran ot.
Ashfield. .the marriage to take'
place this month:
Operated On .• In Harngton .
. Mr..1-larold Mitchell underwent
an operation fora the removal of
cataracts from. his eyes in ,Ham-
ilton .on Thursday last. Friends.
here hope that he will now: be
much improved.—Win'gham Ad-
vance -Times. -
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Harold is a brother-in-law of
Miss Susan Kilpatrick .has re-
ceived word of the death of her
nephew, Ross Laut of .the R. C.
A. F., who was killed during an
*air raid over Germany on Feb-
ruary 2lst:
Ross' . brother,Albin Laint, also
of the R.C.A.F. Was killed in a
crash at Sydney; Nova ' Scotia,
;last October:
Their mother,, who predeceased
them, was formerly Nina Kilpat-
rick of Ashfield. Their father,
Frank Laut, 1VI.:.A., of. Cross-
field, Alberta and a brother Nei l
a1FrvLwun.....:,.
Mrs:' Morgan Henderson.
United .Church Y. P. U.
TThemeeting_ _was in. -charge. of
the missionary group with Miss
Osborne. in• the chair. The meet-
ing opened with' hyrni'r 450 fol-
lowed by a reading by Miss Os-
borne. The scripture.was read' by
Ellen
.Armstrong followed by a
prayer by George Crispin. The
topic on Dr: R. McClure .was giv-
en by Eva Greer. Hymn 255 was
sung and the meeting closed withe. M�i
thzpa l ... b_e: 1.iedie .Q.xit:
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Presented With, Blanket .
Mr.' and. Mrs... Percy Webster
and, Shirley have moved• to •Kit=
.chener, where he is• employed:
Before leaving to join. her hus-
band, Mrs. Webster was present-
ed .,.with a lovely blanket by
friends'and neighbours.
Stag Bridge , Tonight
A "stag" bridge party will be
held in Johnstone's._. 'furniture
store tonight (Thursday) in aid. •
of the -ted•" Cross campaign.
Reported Eor '111edica1
In thernid,st of • writing his
HighSchool examinations, Allain
McKim, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. McKim had to report at Lon-
don the first of the week for
his army Medical examination
and had to remain in the city
ffi W n day ..
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