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LUCKNOW,' ONTARIO, THT,TRSDAY, MARCH 30th; 1944
MR.' AND MRS. RILL YOUN
ARE MOVING . TO 'CHESLEY •
Many friends here regret the
decision . of Mr. and' Mrs. Bill
Youn'to leave the Village, ,where
they have been • liopular reside •
for thirteen years, during whi
time Bill -has -been -employed:.
mechanic at T. W. 'Smith'sG,
• age. - ' �
its
ch
as
ar-
IVIr. and Mrs. Youn are' return-
ing to Chesley where he will be
erntil d , in; the 'same . garage
where heworkeda number of
years ago.. Mr. and Mrs. •Youn
were living in ;.Owen . Sound 'pre-
vious to coming .to .Lucknow. •
Mrs. ,.Youn's mother recently,
passed away , at Chesley, where
a sister still resides.
Bought' Village Residence
Mt- - .Jack Farrish. of Ashfield.
has .bought the village 'residence
on :Havelock St. of the late , An
;gus .M'acKenzie, and which was:,
willed jointly 'to the congrega-
ti.ons. of Lucknow and South Kin -.1
loss Presbyterian churches, Mr.."
Farrish has rentedthe house to
. Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Ferguson.
POPULAR PLAY COMING
• IIERE NEXT WEEK .
The popular play '4'Co.veralls`•'
which has made' such 'a big hit
on previous presentations will be
staged in Lucknow nei:t Wed-
`riesday night, April 5th under
auspices of the Agricultural Soc-
iety. -• ti
The play is presented by Goa-
erich North' • St. United ' Church
players, who will also provide.
numbers' between acts.
A dance will . follow -,the play
with music by Carruthes:Orch-
estra.
LORD'S PRAYER
IN: : MINIATURE
Mr.: C. E. McDonagh of Ash-
field recently presented us with
a piece' of 12 -point type on which
is engraved the complete text of
the Lord's Prayer. The piece of
type is less: than a quarter of are
inch square, and the lettering, is
not visible to the naked eye. Lin-
der a jeweler's glass it can be
• read.
Mr. McDonagh obtained it dur-
ing a recent. visit to Toronto
when he called on Rev: C. H.
Dickinson who is . head of •the
United Church Publishing House.
in that city. On beingshown thru
the plant Charlie was presented
with a couple of these miniature
inscriptions.
Shower. For Bride -Elect
In Toronto on March 17th a
group of girl friends held a mis-
cellaneous show, in honor. if
Miss Irlma Hacket, April bride-
elect!Although completely taken
by • surprise,. • Irlma fittingly
thanked her friends for the many
lovely gifts she received.
Seek Bruce Farms For
Rehabilitation Plan
Farms are being sought in
Grey and Bruce Counties " under
the post-war servicemen's rehab-
ilitation plan, with some pur-
chases •beim made and options
being takers out on -others in their
district, the Soldier' Settlement
Board office at Mount Forest re-
ports.. The o=ffice covers Grey,
• Bruce, Wellington and Dufferin
and partsof Huron • and Simcoe.
.The work is just getting .under-
way. it 'was .•explained, with a
number....of... _deals.....havin 'g..been.
closed, and considerable appraisal
work having been done.
In cases where sales have act-
ually been closed, the plan is to
get the parties selling the farms
to continiie on them on a ren#al
basis until • they are actually.
needed for the returned men.
Only. Onl good, farms are being eon,
sidered, no pasture farms being=
s urc ase 1,
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QUOTA IS WELL WEDDING BELLS ON V�/EDN TENTH. CLINIC SMOKES TO GERMAN PRISON
. _ cvRRAN.-IRyIN ES Y .. .. .
OVERSUBSCRIBED �A AS CARD PARTY PRIZES
Total ,donations in cash .and
pledges .' to the ' Lucknow. andVicinity 'Branch ..of the Red. Cross
had reached • a total of $4464.77
on Tuesday • •night. 'This exceeds.
the quota .of $2,800 by close. to
$1',700, . and has considerably ex
deeded "last years 'redord • of
.$4;313.26.,, :
Seventy per :Dent• of the clona-
'tions go to Red Crdss headquart=
ers to . help carry on the many
works of mercy' this' Society per -
.forms. 'The remainder is retain-
ed, and every cent will be need-
ed • to buy "materials • to "enable
theladies of the Village and dis
trict to • carry, on their work.
The local campaign- isnot yet
•
cgmpleted ,and those' who have
not yet contributed aredequested
to leave their "donations `at Me -
Kim's Drug Store at the earliest
possible moment:
• A partial 1'st , of contributors
,iiis as follows,:.
Fd 1Vlaclen 'e '$2.00; Redvers'
'Johnston .2.00; .Cameron .Mac-
Donald 10.00; W. W: Hill ' 10.00;
Harvey Webster 2.00; H. M. Mc-
Lennan 10.00; , V. N. Prest 25.00';
NobleJohnston 6.00; Wm. Mur-
doch 5.00; M
'Mrs.`, R. V. acKenzie
1.00; Wm. Lyons 2.00; Alex Mow -
]ray 5.00; 'Mrs. Alba McIntyre
2.00;: Mrs, Ritchie 'and' Mildred
3.50;, Mrs.:'Crispi'2.00.; Viola.;
Kerry 10:10; Wm. Cox' 10.00; Karl.
Boyle kW; Currie Colwell • 5:OO
Chas. Congram. 4.00; Mrs. A. G.
Newton 25.00; Walter MacKenz.lc
1.00.00; Albert Little 1.00; Ed.
Little. 5,00; Russ Middleton 5.00;
John A. MacDonald 5.00; Robert'
Moffat 2.00; Lloyd McDougall
5.00; Dan McKinnon 5.00; Albert
f'Thornpsnrr=Teoo Vii. -McKenzie
5.00; . Wm, McIntyre' 5.00; Jim
Park .50;' Rod McDougall 5,00;
George Lockhart 5.00; Allan- Gra-
ham 2.00; D. G. McKenzie 1.00;
Mrs. Emily Ross 2.00; John A
'McKinnon 1.00; Anonymous .50
Wilson Wall 6.00; Stewart Mc-
Gillivray. .50; D... J. Kenny 5:00
Ambrose Gibbons 2.00; Mrs. Sohn
Carruthers 1.00;' Dave Carruth-
ers 1.00; Irwin Carruthers 1.00
Lillian Carruthers .1.00; D. H
Carruthers 2.00; Lincoln Morri-
son 1.00; J. McGillivray 1:00;'
Hossack Bain 5.00; W. J. • Bain
5.00; Hugh Sutherland 5:00;' John
D. McLeod 2.00; Alex . Sutherland
.10.00; Herbert Lovett 8.00 Alex
Pierce .50; Jennie Pierce 2.00;
Noble Pierce 100-; Ross McMillan.
5.00;. George McMillan 1.00; Har-
vey Houston 5.00; Allister
Hughes 2.00; ..John McFarlan $1,;
Mrs. C. ' L. Lindsay 5.00; Ewart
Taylor -5.00; ..Mrs. Ewart Taylor
.00; John Hall 5.00; Mrs. I. C ri-
grarn 5.00; D. Wylds 5.00; lti s.
T. A. Leishman 5.00; James and
Annie Bowler ;50; Earl McDonald
1.00; Ewart Jarriieson 2.00; Lloyd
Robb' 5.00; • Wm. Wareing 1.00;
David Little 2.00; James Little
1.00; John Little 1.00; Lorne Far-
rish 3.00; Wilfred Farrish 5.00;
Mike Bowler .50; Robert Scqtt
1.00; 'Elva . Twamley 1.00; Phillip
Kogan 2.00; Wm. Baldwin 4.50;
John "Howard 1.00;aVincent Aus-
tin 1.00; Harvey Millar 1.00; Mrs.
A pretty spring .wedding w,as , Next Wednesday, April 5th the
IOth" Red Cross Blood • Donor
Clinic will , be' held in .Lucknow,
and an -urgent appeal for donors
is being' made by those in charge:
The attendance' at' the eighth
,clinic set=a .new local record, with.
a total/ of 110, thirty - fo4r of
Whom were new donors and 76
were.repeaters. But the ''attend-
ance at thelast clinic was down
almost by half to a total of only
„fifty-six donors.
A vast reserve of blood plasria
is needed as the tithe for the in-
vasion of Europe draws close and
Y it is expected that 'with "this in
mind the response next Wednes-
s day will be much better than five.
weeks, ago.
The Ontario Division :.at Tor-
onto of the .Canadian Red Cross
,Society states that there is' still
a very great need, for ,dried blood
plasma.. Much . plasma . has been
used in Italy and those in auth-
ority ' fear that if • there is fur
ther severe fighting -as' every'=
onee anticipates will -occur -lives
may be lost . because of . ,insuf-
ficient
To 'date there have- been 689
blood donations, at the Lucknow
clinic. It requires foul° donations
to give enough plasma for one
transfusion.. On this basis there
has been enough donated save
•a possible 172 Iives. This is sure-'
13 work that is -very much worth
while.. We appeal to everyone,.
man or wothan., who think they
can donate; to help us. -There are
still many in 'the community who
have not contributed, and, who
are able to dg'so, and we ask' that
ou reconsider.. yoUr r
solemnized on Wednesday, March
22nd .at high. noon at.the home
of Mr. and Mrs: Wm. .H, Irvin.,
Ashfield, when their second lain
ghter, Willa Adeline- was. united
in, . marriage.' to'. S.Ii.A. Bertram
Gordon, 'Curran, R: C. N.
youngest ..son of Mr. ' and °:Mrs.
'Herbert C.•Curran of Ashfield.
.The br'ide,r given in -marriage by
her . father, • was becomingly
gowned in -floor length white
sheer over satin, with lace .yoke
and shirred bodice and shoulder -
length veil' caught with flowers.
She carried American Beaut
roses and entered'the 'livingroom
to .:the strains of Loherigrin'
march played by the.groom's' sis-
ter; Mrs. Tom M. Anderson. The
cer.ernony Was performed beneath
an arch of evergreens ..and
streamers by Rev. G. G. Howse.
Following' the ceremony : ,the
bridal party ' and their • immediate
families motored to, Goderich
where a `reception was: held at
the' Park House.. The guests were
received by; the bride and.,
groom's mother, the former • in
:black crepe with• floral trimmings
and matching ,o:.accessories and
corsage of pink .carnations and
the latter in blue figured crepe
and accessories to match and a
corsage 'of. pink 'carnations. The.
toast to the bride and• groom was
proposed ,by Rev; Howse and -re-
sponded to by the groom's father:
After the reception the bride and
groom left on a.short motor trip.
The bride wearing a 'navy suit,
brow , bouquet hat and matching -
accessories.
Li
µ -BUTTON--AIT.CRIISON
A ' quiet wedding was' solemn-
ized at The -Manse; Whitechurch
on Saturday, Match 25th, -when
Ethel Marie, second -daughter, of
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Aitchison of
• West Wawanosh and Mr. Ernest
B. Button; .son . of , Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Button of Lucknow, were
united in marriage. Rev. A. H.
Wilson officiated. Their attend-
ants, were . Miss Jean Aitchison
and. Mr. Russell Button. The
bride was lovely in an aqua•blue
dress with black accessories, , Af-
ter a wedding dinner served ai
the bride's home, the happy
young couple left amid showers
Of confetti on a wedding trip to
Toronto, Hamilton, London. and
Centralia. On t -heir return they
will reside on' ;the groom's farm
west .of . Lucknow.
•
Russell Reid .50;JamesD
• ENGAGEMENTS
I1tI. and Mrs. Thomas Hackett
of Ashfield announce the en=
gagement of their daughter,
Irlrna Gwendolyn to Mr. Midford
Gordon Wall ' only. son of Mrs.
John Wall and the late Mr. Walt
of Culross, the marriage to take
place quietly in April.
•
• OBITUARY
usse er rennan
2.00; George 1 rennan. 1.00; Chas.
McLean 1.00; Robert Nelson 2.00;.
Adam ,.Johnston 2.00; Leo Court-
ney 2.00; Robert Howard "Jr. 1;00
Bain MacDonald. 1.00; •Betty,
Flora, Edna and Jean MacDonald
2.00; ,H. Caird 2.00; Mrs. Kathryn
Shireliff 1.00; Leonard O'Laugh-
lin 1.00; Robert MacDonald 5.00;
Francis Moran 1.00; George Col-
linson 1.00; Murdoch McLeod $5:.;
Mary McLeod.. 5-00; Mrs`. `Neil°
McDonald 2.00; Mrs. Wm. Mc -
(Continued on Page Eight)
Wrote . Reserve, Exa=ms
Reserve- army examinations
were written recently at Wing..
ham.. Captain's papers. were Writ-
ten by W. S. Hall, W. B. McCool','
J C� Mel1i „ , l zr ,: paw. pi4,T
• THOMAS .GOLLAN
Thomas Gollan. died Saturday
Mardi 18th at his home at Field
ing, ; Sask. at the age of 72 years.
He was born on the Second Con.
of Kinloss, a son of the late Rod-
erick and 'Fanny Gollan. He went
west 35' years ago and . took up
land ..at Fielding, Sask where .he
has since made his home. He was
:in__poor_ .health. for. the .past few
years He leaves to mourn^ his
loss,` his wife, one daughter, Mrs.
John Hill of .White Hock, B. C.
and three sons, Tom, in'the army
and Alex and John at home. Of
a family of twelve, only three
sisters retrain, Mrs. John Me•
Intyre, Winnipeg; Mrs. D. Mac-
Millan, St. James, Man., and Mrk.
D. C. Larratt of Los Angeles,
`Y y u position in.
relation to the dangerous tasks
being done by .our Sailors,. our
airmen arid our soldiers.. Let us
minimize their risks as much as
possible. .
TO MAKE FERTILIZER DRAT•*•'
AT DANCE TO -NIGHT
The prize draw for a ton of
fertilizer. or its equivlIalent in cash
will be made. at . a dance in the
-To'tvn Hall• tonight (Thursday).
The.prize is donated by Mr. John
Jamieson.. Tickets. are 25c or 5
for a dollar. Carruthers orches-
tra •will play. for the dance and
the entire proceeds will be don-
ated to the Lii,cknow and Vicinity
Branch of, the Red Cross..
RATION BOOKS ARE
BEING ISSUED NOW
The issuing of the, 4th Ration
Books is being conducted locally
this week. No books will be is-
sued this afternoon (Thursday)
but distribution will be made . on
Friday morning and afternoon
and Saturday morning, 'afternoon
and evening.-
Volunteer
vening.Volunteer ' workers are • con-
ducting thedistribution, and it
is expected that upwards to 3000
books will behandled in the
Village.
Other distribution centres in
the vicinity are at Dungannon.
Amberley, Holyrood, Kinlough
, and Whitechurch.
George Swan Buys
Village Residence
A real estate deal has been
concluded in which George Swan
of West Wawanosh has 'bought
the Lucknow residence of Alex
Aberdein, formerly the .McGuire
home. 'Mr. Swan gets possession
early in April.
The Swan farn. has been taken.
over completely by Gordon
Struthers, and Gordon has dis-
posed of his 56 acres on the east.
side of 'the road to Earl ,Gaunt,
which adjoins Earl's place' and
'Yes eG; ;acre'. -
During.. -the • past .'two weeks, •
successful stag bridge and euchre
parties have been.. held at John-. •
stone's Furniture Store aid;,of
the Red Cross. •
A novel idea s carried out
in awarding 't prize each night,
which was ..Q cigarettes ,sent ;to
a -local b in ‘a Gerriaari prison
camp, in. t e winner's name.
At the bridge "party, Clark
Finlayson was the high man and
3.0.0 cigarettes go to Alex Mac-
Kenzie in Clark's name. The win=
ner at last week's euchre party
Was Roy Black and in his name
300cigarettOs are "being, sent to
Jim (Coyle) .Russell.
SELLING ENTIRE HERD
BY : AUCTION NEXT WEEK
P. M. Johnston of. town is hold-
ing a clearing auction sale of all
his farm stock on. Friday of next'.
week. The. help.situation .and dif-
ficulty •in
if=ficulty'•in securing pasture, close
enough to - town has decided
"Pete" to hold the sale. 'He has:
'some thirty head of cattle includ-
ing tencows, of a Milking strain.
"Pete" has been. in the cattle
raising business for .about twenty
years and for 17 years conducted
a dairy • business in . 'the Village
until pasteurizing' regulations be-
came so rigid. Then, he had his
boys to help' him. Nw three of.
the four of them, are in uniform.
•
RAISE -8130.00, ;FOR OVERSEAS
TOBACCO FUND,
The S.O.S. Club ' held a dance
1 in the Town Hall last Wednes-
day when the draw was made
, to decide the winner of a fancy
Quilt .and cushion. Harv.P.Y.ILitehie
of Zion won the quilt and Ruth
Dahmer the cushion.' As a -result
of ,the raffle and dance the Club4
cleared about $120.00 which' will '
be used to send cigarettes over-
seas to: local boys. _.
UNDERGOING OPERATION
• MrS. Lorne MacLennan is un-
dergoing a very serious' major
o'oeration in Toronto today
t (Thursday). Mrs. MacLennan was
. in Toronto last week for obser-
vaticn and returned to the city
on Tuesday of this week. F'or
a' long' period she h_ as suffered
Much distress from a stomach
ailment, .which it is hoped may
be corrected by surgery.
LOCAL COUPLE ARE, BOTH
EIGHTY-TWO THIS MONTH
Mr. and , Mrs. John Little of
town . each ' observe their• birth-
day in March and both are 82
years of age. Mr. Little was 82
on the fifteenth of the month and
Mrs. Little will be 82 tomorrow
(Friday). Both are enjoying com-
paratively good health; .and have
the best wishes of many friends
on the occasion , of their dual
birthdays.
Post Office Will Handle
Magazines. For The Forces'
•
The appeal is made to magazine
readers to pass these along while
they are new to men and women
of Canada's fighting services and
members of the `:Merchant 'Mar-
ine. •
All you need do is hand these
in at the Post Office, from where •
they will be dispatched to auth-
orized depots - for distribution.
But don't wait until they are •
mont3s old before #pining' th=eir f-
in.
Previously there was no locat
outlet for getting such. reading
matter to the forces. and current.
issues of popular magazines were
turned in for salvage from time
to time. All back issues of Mag-
azines should still be retained
for salvage purposes, arid only
current issues turned in at the
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