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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-05-04, Page 1Se 1 $2.00 A Year --In Advance; 50c Extra to U. S. A. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 4th, 1944 TEN PAGES CLANSMEN LAY ACTIVE PLANS At a two hour meeting on Thursday evening The Clansmen planned 'numerous activities that: will keep t'e Club busy for some time . to, come. • _ • Reeve J. W. •Joynt and Rev. C. H. MacDonald: of the Soldiers' Homecoming; Committee attend ed the Meeting, and requested' the Club to lend its support to- wards: raising funds to permit a presentation ' ' being made each Village • member of the Armed -Forces on their return from over- seas. The Club approved• a motion that the 'Clansmen:endeavour to raise $1.000.00 for. this purpose and .:petitioned . the Central Com- mittee to .approach -all civic or ganiiatioris 'requesting,each to set a' financial objectie to con -1 tribute to the -fund and that the. I•Village Council giveleadership in this matter by striking a one Mill levy On the 1944 tax rate for this purpose.. In. 'response to a request• made by Messrs. • J. R. McNab • and' G. gi.' Sin th, .The .Clansmen accept.- ed ccept-ed the responsibility ofobtaining blood donors for the Red .Cross 'clinic.' Thecommittee appointed 1 in this connection was Wes .HUS - ton, 'Gordon . `Fisher, J. L. MC - Millen and Harvey Treleaven. George Cook, Gordon Taylor and W S.. , Reid were 'named a committee ' to sponsor a softball team to compete _ in a district league. • The report of the dance was reeeivcd; ' to music by Frankie, Bank's orchestra, showing . net proceeds, of ,$107.65. A previously 'named • commit tee was authorized to consider renting, the LO.O.F.; ,Hall in the Johnstone block. ' W. ,A. Porteous,A. C. Agnew. and Kon Mowbray were appoint ed , to. arrange for•. the Club's :an 1 Ya ` rual social evening. Friday, 'May 5th was, set as. salvag.e •collection night. W. I.. MILLER HEADS LOCAL' BOWLERS The annual • meeting of the Lucknow Bowling Club was held Last Thursday evening with the retiring president, 11. R. Allin, in the chair. The election of officers result- ed as follows:.I President; W. Miller; lst Vice Pres., Wes Hus- ton; Sec.-Treas., W. C: Finlayson 'Committee appointmenia • were: Grounds -Wm. Schmid, Gordon Fisher, Dr. W. V. - Johnston; 'Tournament—Gordon Taylor, E. H. Agnew, .wellington McCoy, W.., C.. Finlayson; Membership—E. H. Agnew, W. C. Finlayson; .Mon= ,day night jitneys—Jaynes Smith, Harvey Treleaven, Jack Render- son arid George • Hassel. Fees. remain unchanged at $5.00 for. old 'members , and $3.00 for new members. The committee plans a thorough canvas with a view to building up a strong act- ive membership. It -was the decision -of the meet- ing to hold the annual meeting in the Fall during the .last week of 'September,' and also to . join ' the Provincial Lawh Bowling Association. The Club commences • the year with a favorable financial bal- ance and authorized the Grounds. Committee to proceed with • nee- • essary wok on the • greens and t� purcha e rieeded equipnfent.`1, LOCAL MINISTER.: ELECTED GRAND SUPERINTENDENT At the annual convention of the Grand Chapter, • Royal Arch Masons, held -in London last Week,. Alex. .....,_W.., Stew.art.. _. of Lucknow was elected -Grand Sup- erintenden1 tiaf Huron • Distiict Number Six, which •extends : from St. Marys to. Southampton. Rev, :Stewart.„ is also the, Worshipful Master of Old Light Lodge, Lucknow. • • Among` those attending the Convention from' Lucknow, be- sides the newly,. elected• superin- tendent, were W. A. Porteous, Allister. Hughes; ,T. J. Salkeld. and Virden Mowbray. WANT RED ' .CROSS .WORK IN The Work Room Committee of the Red Cross requests that all completed . work ,be, brought in by Wednesday next, May 10th. RED CROSS DONATIONS NOW, OVER $4700:' Total -donations to the Luck - now and Vicinity Branch of the Red Cross Society now stand at 4718:72. Donations not previous- ly acknowledged aim Donald • Had Thumb Nail Removed Thompson, R. 5, $1:00; Afternoon SGT, J. CLYDE REID Grandson of Mrs. Thdrnas Reid. of Lucknow,who is one of twenty-two , Canadians . recently cited for acts of heroism on. the Italian 'front. Clyde °,.has been, awarded the 'Military Medal. He' shot it out with enemy machine gunners destroying two nests and putting a third out of action.- Bridge Club '.$20.00. Wm. Buckingham. of Ashfield is. suffering from blood poisoning in is thumb that required the. CLINIC NEXT. WEDNESDAY The 11th Red Cross 'Blood Donor ;Clinic willbe held in .rer o 'al 'of -tyre-naiY.".br- tre-Sd' y. 13th 'Power B•iII Wipes _ ..Lucknow _:next Wednesday,..: Out I il�Ited11ESS May 10th ' A large attendance atthis clinic is urgently" re- quested. —� 'SISTERS• PASSED AWAY SHORT -TIME APART. Mrs. James T. Lyons has ;•e- ceived word from her Cousin, Mr. William E. Andrew Of Low- ry, Minnesota, informing her of the death of . his two sisters, Mrs. Iver M. Engebretson and :Mrs. John Henderson. Mrs: Engebretson, formerly Sarah Jane Andrew and Mrs. Henderson, forrnerly Mary Ann. Andrew, were daughters of the late Job and Jane- Andrew. . •Mrs. Engebretson, whose home was •at Lowry, :Minn., was -sixty years of .' age: 'She /lad suffered' from arthritis for twenty years. Her death occurred 'ori•.April lst, just two weeks after the passing of Mrs. Henderson, which' ' occur- red at Holmfield, Manitoba on March 15th. Mrs.,; Henderson was in her 68th. year•:. , • Of the Andersonfamily a bro- ther and 'two sisters survive, William E. of ,Lowry, Alice G. Andrew, of :Virginia, Minn.,• and 1Vfirs. Ralph L. Baumbach (Nel- lie), of Los Angeles. • BRUCE LOAN NOT .HALF -WA YET. . Figures'- compiled up to Wed- nesday noon at Victory Loan Headquarters at Walkerton show 2,880 sales -in—Bruce County for a total of $1,020,850. This is .only 39 ,per cent of the objective with the loan period approximately at the"half»-way point. .Lucknpw reports 30 sales to- talling $21,800, or •23 per cent of the, quota;' I(inloss; 49 sales, $19,900, 31 'per. cent; Huron 89. sales, $39,100, 39; per cent; Cul- ross,. 64 sales, $14,350, 17 per cent.; Ripley : $sates, . , 11, per tent.' • At the• regular • meeting of the' Village Council'•,on `Tuesday night the 13th Power. Bill was present - cd •`revealing: a credit to the local commission of $2419:43 This •more than wipes out the indebtedness .to the .1:I, E. P. C. in connection with rebuilding of the local sys- tem, by over $100. • Reeve Joynt was delegated to attend ,a meeting of mayors, war- dens and reeves to be held •in Toronto on Monday for the Pur pose of discussing' procedure for co-ordinatng .and guiding the Provincial program of .planning and development. The conven- tion is being held under auspices of .the. Provincial Government. Received Resolution A resolution was received from the Business Men's Ago -6019n requesting immediate action . 'in seeking lower power, rates. Mr: Joynt said he was "mine - what surprised" upon receipt of this petition. This Codicil has been doing its utmost .to solve the rate problem in the interests of all concerned he said. In ,put- ting the, system in A-1 shape to give efficient ,service, ''a lieay.y expense ' had been incurred, and 'it. is .only • now _they have been in a position . to seek rate. reduc- tion's, the Reeve pointed out. You can't accomplish much while 'you, owe there a lot of money, he .added. • Mr. Joynt said he had never favored rebates, but rather the building up of a substantial sur- plus and had this been .done, the local ,commission Would be in a better position to seek reductions. Personallyhe had.. been work- ing hard for lower rates, and was. now able to announce a new scale, but which he was not sat= isfied with. "I feel : we are en- titled .to a much better rate than has been given", he said. Council approved thecalling of a Business Men's meeting, in- cludrrg all power users t6 ss.•..te question. .... HELD CHECKER CONTEST • • A number of checker .enthus- iasts from the village and coin mnity held• _a ,checker coinpeti- ti at Johnston's • Restaurant last hursday, evening: The attend- nce was not what .was expected due'to the busy season, 'but those' who took part enjoyed a pleas ant evening at .the silent :game:. 'A number from here -plan' 46. 'engage the Teeswater players in the Culio'ss village in the near future • BROTHER OF LOCAL LADY PASSES. IN DULUTH • Mrs. Wm: MacPherson of town received word recently of the death of her brother, John Webb;• which occurred; in Duluth on Apr. 15th. He was 88 years of 'age: Mr. Webb was one of .a . family of eight children of the late John and Sarah Webb. He was born at Milton, : but moved • to Conces_ Sion 12, West Wawanosh with his parents, where he grew •to hood. For 55. years •he,had bee a res- ident of Duluthandbefo e his retirerrient was a captain w' h the: United States engineer St f in that city, He was a membe ofL.. Pirst Presbyterian Church d Palestine. Masonic, Lodge.. • His wife,; . formerly :ry. Stuart, prede ed him, as •did, ,hii only: son' : Wilt who: pa sed away two years ago. , He is survived by one;daugh ter, Miss Florence Webb of and :one sister, Mrs. Mac Pherson (Isabel') of Lucknow. Maple Leaf Employees Exceed Loan . Objective In the Sixth Victory •Loan •eri ployees of • the Maple Leaf Air craft ' Corporation plant have gene well 'over' the atop. With an original objective of $7,000, .subscriptions up to Tues- day .had ues-day.had totalled $9,500 or 136 • per cent of the quota.. Thispl:aii±. considerably• exceeded its quota in . the 'Fifth Loan also. ' Buys . Village ` Residence Mr. ` Mike Hogan of Ashfield has bought the village residence of Mr. W, J. Todd, which is ten- anted by .Mr. 'and Mrs. Roy Black. •. To Make Sheep. Da* At 'Play :And Dance Lucknow Agricultural 'Society is holding a play and dance in the Town Hall next •Wednesday night, May '10th, at which a draw .will be made to decide the win- ner of an Oxford;.shearling ewe.' Tickets on this prize are being sold by, the various 'Red. Cross units in . the ' community, with each unit retainingtheir gross sales for -war work purposes. The .sheep. is being donated by. John Farrish, president of the Aj i- cu1•t.ciral Society: The winner lias the choice of a • $10.00 cash prize, In' addition the Society is of- fering cash prizes of $5.00, $3.00 and $2:00 to the unit selling the most draw„ tickets. a ' The draw will be made during the presentation of the three -act .comedy, "A Pair of Country Kids". Thisris a two-hour show staged by the Walton • t ramatic Society which has held 15 prev- ious performances. ' For the dance that follows use will be aul5plfe" .y e. cc: :orchestra. ....a . FAVOR OPEN N R HT ON WEDNESDAYS At a meeting on Friday night.. the Lucknow Business Men's As sociation voted'' in favor, on con- tinuing . the 'custom of remaining •open of • Wednesday nights ;.dur- ing the "summer". months. Some' discussion resulted ovef the.inorithevvhich this open. night would lie observed, and finally it was decided to include the months of: M'ay, June, July and. August, effective last night. -The meeting favored. .contin- uing the observance of the -half - holiday. the year round',.. with the • exception of 'Christmas' week. The matter of daily business. hourswas discussed. and :the con - census of opinion •seemed to be that the present "established" hours should •be'. observed: Also, that preferable.. closing hours on Wednesday and Saturday nights would be ten andeleven o'clock respectively.. - However, ' •Until more - definite. ipformation is available concern- ing the Provincial . Government's 48-hour 'week legislation is avail- able,,;. the "hour" question was more or Iess left ing abeyance. In this regard no action was taken on the proposal,' which' was favored, of having business hour cards printed for posting in each place of bu$iness. A..lev�c of.$1,00,,is atobe•-collect-•- ed from : each business place to replenish the Association's deple- ted treasury. Canvassers are A. E. McKim, Wm, Porteous; R. H. Thompson and .J. ,R. •McNab: Mr. McNab sought to retire from . the office ' of president of the Association but when all other nominees declined to let their ' • name- stand, Mr...' McNab was prevailed upon to accept the office for another term. Robert Rae was . elected secretary -treas- urer. ' The meeting approved a res- olution to be submitted to • the' Village Council seeking a reduc- tion in hydro • rates, it, being pointed out 'the consumption of hydro had increased about four fold since the system was estab- lished over twenty years ago, -and that increased„ consumption was. what the H.E.P.C. requires: to justify rate reductions. GRASS FIRE . SATURDAY THREATENED 'BUILDINGS • A ' grass fire on SaturdaycLt noon, at the •rear of the -residence of Miss Cummings and Alex An- drew 'spread rapidly, and threat- ened buildings on the properties. A hose line was laid to bring the fire under, control. . ' PLAN TO COLLECT SALVAGE FRIDAY The' first salvage collection of the season will be conducted .by -the.-Clansr:Ynen t morrow , Tri Friday May 5th, commencing at seven o'clock sharp. Paper, •rags, metal, rubber tires or tubes and glass will be collect ed. Note that only tires and tubes. are saleable rubber 'articles. It is requested -that • all salvage be plaped'at the `curb for convenient pick-up. In, case of rain the dcollection will be „made on Monday even- ing. The salvage depot is at John- ston's Feed Barn, where salvage may be delivered at any time. The emphasis. at the•present time ave every scrap of