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The Lucknow ..Sentinel, Lucknow,' Ontario ,THURSDAY, MAY 4th, 1944
THE LUCKN V1/ SENTINEL .
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
Established 1873
Published Each ,Thursday -.Morning
'Subscription Rate -- .$2.00 A . Year in Advance
'o United States $2:50 - Single Copies 5e
Member of Tlie C. W. N. A.
L.
C. 'Thompson, . Publisher and. Proprietor
THURSDAY, MAY 4th, 1944
EDLTO R.IAL,:
A' TREMENDOUS TASK, WELL DONE ' ,
• • While occasionally there may .be cause for
complaint about ..delays ,i1i 'overseas mail ser-
vice; by 'and, large the public recognizes the
tremendous task •of , the Postal Service and
marvels that the mail gets through as it does.
•-Currently the letter service from overseas to
• the folks at home is : 'amazingly. fast, With air
letters being received inside of a week or less..
And the public should. not overlook their
own =Shortcomings. 'Improperly addressed let
ters,'writing'which is "difficult.. to decipher and
' boxes which are poorly packedand tied, are
a few things that place an extra burden on the
postai, workers.
•What's more,, it is a ,war of movement;
. there ' are the ° dangers of ocean crossings; the •
time ' taken for " these, voyages after convoys
have assembled; the pressure on transportation
facilities; the. overtaxing ,of space on ships and
planes and adverse flying, cpnditions.
Yet in spite' of hundreds of ,problems to
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.be contended with the; Post Office Department
delivered 31,500,000 letters in 1943 ,to Can-
tadians overseas in addition to parcels and other'
items.'
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The Postal; authorities recpgnize the im-
portan`ce of getting the mail through,, as one
of .the prime factors in sustaining the'moral
of .ourfighting men They are J Ding a tremen
• dons task well:, : ,• . '..
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WASTE PAPER' OF VITAL • IMPORTANCE
The Wartime Salvage Commission contin-
ues to .stress the. urgent need of salvaging
paper. This includes ' brown—wrapping `wrapping paper•,
paper : bags, cardboard and ,corrugated paper,
newspapers and damaged magazines and books.
Recent issues of (magazines and undamaged
books should preferably be turned in at your
:Post Office, to provide reading material for
The Forces. '
The use that is now being made of paper
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salvage in the manufacture: of articles . used
by the., men at the front is truly amazing. With-
in the .past year no less than fifty. -one items
which :were previously made of metal, are now
manufactured, from waste paper. These va'�i
from paper parachutes to temporary water'
pipes. •
On Friday' night of this, week The Clans-
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men will conduct -a salvage I collection in the
Village. Your co-operation is'requested in as-
sembling every scrap of waste paper you can,
' boxed in cartons or tied securely. Of' course
rags, metal, rubber' tires and inner tubes, and
' bottles are other items of value. Bones and
grease should be disposed of at your butcher's.
It has been proposed that in the rural
areas, school' children undertake to assemble
all the waste • paper they can collect. at the
schoolhouse, from where. it can be conveniently
delivered to the local depbl at. Johnston's' barn,
or called forif requested.
Entire proceeds of The .Clansmen's salvage
sales •are used to send cigarettes 'overseas to
the boys from Lucknow .arid.. the rural dis-
trict served by. Lucknow' and Holyrood rural
routes.
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Speaking in the 'House Of .Commons last
week, Group Capt. Denton Massey who .has
returned from- overseas temporarily, • minced .
no words In condemning the carnival spirit of
the nation, After visting Montreal, Ottawa and
Toronto he observed, "these days seem to be as
giddy and as gilded'as those of 1929: He lashed
out at the'Jetty. wrangling h the mouse and
proposed ' that theslogan�P 'V First"
'rue rin rhe" C# irt�' .
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"ANOTHER BLOOD. CLINIi,C NEARS
Lucknow and District eleventh Blood
Donor Clinic' will be held next Wednesday
morning. The appeal is made for more °donors
and new- . donors' at this 'clinic. The need and
importance of blood .plasma is we11 known tol.
all, but ,always bears repeating as another
clinic approaches.
Locally these 'clinics have been held at'
five-week intervals, but unless the; number •
of donors can., be kept well .up around the one
hundred mark each time it may be necessary
to hold . future clinics at, longer intervals. The,.-
Red Cross Mobile Clinic has its routes. mapped,.
out and any ,,change.: would . occasions consnd
erable inconvenience ,in rerouting' 'their. calls
here. •
But more.to tlie;point, .the local committee
is -loath to have to adopt such a course, 'par-
ticularly
articularly , at , 'a time when the Second Front
may momentarily be launched, placing a ter-
rific strain on present plasma reserves
Residents of this community- hold' , the
answer;
THEY DO' NOT FIGHT ALONE.
The purchase of • Victory Bonds,' by no
stretch:.of imagination can qualify us as 'par-
ticipants in this struggle,° such as are those" Who
are in Canadian battle' dress en the war fronts:
in. Europe. There is little or no sacrifice here
in Canadathat can be related 'even remotely
to the hazardous• life or death, work in which
- our boys are engaged overseas: .
Yet the purchase of. Victory Bonds" is vital'
to thewell-being of our men in battle for two
reasons: ;First the 'cash .we thus provide main-
tains ' the . flow of necessary 'material to the
fighting forces. Secon ly,and .. n less im-
portapce, the enthusiastic . support which Can-.
adians at homegive to a Victory Loaninform
the boys overseas better than any other method
we have `at our command 'that.. the hearts and
minds of the overwhelming.. majority of folks
back :home are with them.
IT woos TWO WAYS
Newspapers ' devote -many columns,, a year
to b'oo'sting home products and enterprise., They
recognize, that. no community, no 'Province or
country can .get very far. which doesn't receive
the full support of the people that compose
• it. Boosting local ,institutions is a job the week-
ly paper cheerfully assumes., And often the
paper steps, over the line of paid advertising
and. goes out of its way to. give worthwhile
free publicity to local business institutions.
• It•is: disappointing then to. find that local
institutionsandorganizations, do not appreciate
such • help and 'consideration even to the extent
of reciprocating:. when the opportunity pre-
sents itself. This newspaper often runs across
envelopes, letter heads and other printing pro-
ducts that were printed in some outside print;
ing plant whose solicitor 'spent a day or two
here and paid for a few meals and a bed, but
made no other, contribution to the good of the
communiay, while the local priri ers.' patronize
the merchant' that ordered the job.Out-of-town
printing presents a• poor argument for ,com-
munity boosting.—Listowel Banner.
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Have you bought all the bond~ you poss-
ibly can?
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What matter if we have less to • live' on.
for the time being, while our boys are fighting
and dying to give:us, something to live for.
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There was many a sightiof relief the'end
of the week as .income tax forms were corn-
pleted, and particularly so, ..if one.. had suf-
ficient . funds in the'ol{ sock'to pay the as-
sessment.
"There should be no further_delay in mak-
ing every Mail in uniform available for active
service", said Premier George Drew in' address-
ing the annual convention of the Canadian
Legion, Ontario Command. Reinforcements are
necessary for our fighting men overseas, he
said, in 4 urging all Legion veterans to raise
t a' "Pot ut ictory
iheir voices in this matter in'a dofninion-wide
Iocai and General (�
Charlie Webste? has been con-
fined to bed for the past ten days
due to a rheumatic attack.
Miss Margaret Taylor of Wing -
ham -visited here for a few days
last week.
Miss Bertha . Stimson 'spent the
week -end wraith- friends at, Walk-
erton. .
'Mrs. Percy • Baker . of ,,,South-•
arnpton spent the week -end with
her sister, Mrs. ,James. Smith and
Mr; Sinith: •
Combining. business with plea_
sure' St. Peter's Women's Guild
spent a most enjoyable. time; last.
Wednesday at the home of Mrs.,
Levis for afternoon tea.
Mr. -F. D. "MacLennan was a
week -end visitor. -.with his daugh-
ters, Mrs. Allan Bales of Rich:
mond Hill and Mrs. Gordon.
Hicks of Toronto. His grandson,
Jimmie Hicks, who is at sea with
the Canadian Navy has been
promoted to the rank 9f 'lieuten-
ant. , ..
lt'Irs. ' E. N: Hodgins who has
spent the winter in Hamilton re-
turned to the Village on Satur-
day.
Mr. Burt '11oach returned to 8
work this week after •being off
duty for three weeks -due to illi
ness.
Mr. C. E. McDonagh. of Zion
spent the week -end in London
at the home of Mr. and ,Mrs. 1J.
C: Mc.Keniie.
'Mr. and Mrs.- Elmer Farrish
and .son Bower of Gorrie ' and'.
Mr. • Jack Farris"h' of Ashfield vis-
ited last week in London With
Mrs.' Farrish.
Mrs. Margaret . Dudley spent
two .weeks in Toronto at the
'home .,of her brother, Mr. Art •
Haldenby and. with other rela-
tives ' and friends. . ,
On . the "Success" products
broadcast over CKNX, Mrs. Ste-
wart Mullin , of town was one of
the winners of a bottle of this
company's liquid wax. •
Noted Educationist
Died In Honolulu
In .a .. recent message to Mrs.
Robt. Davidson the death of her
brother, William . McCluskey in.
Queen's, Hospital, Honolulu .was
announced. His death came as a
result of pneumonia which fol-
lowed •a major 'operation.
Born 74 years ago in Goderich
TownshiP, he was the second
eldest son of the late Joseph . Mc;
er-usk'ey and - Heletr ‘8Macfrorrald
McCluskey: He received his a u-
-cation' at .Union ' School, . Goder c1 -i
Township, and was a graduate of
Goderich Collegiate Institute 'and
Goderich. Model School. After 6 -
►years successful teaching, four:
years as principal of Porter .krill
school and 'two years as principal
of Bayfield Public School he de-
cided to continue his career as an
educator in, distant ' lands and
chose,p, as -his field, of activities
the Hawaiian •Islands. Almost 50
years, ago he'.left his. native land
Of Canada for the land of his
adoption, reaching there !shortly
before the Territory of Hawaii
became annexed to the United
States; He: commenced teaching
near the town of Hilo .and did
such good work in the ."native
schools 'that his abilities as a real
educator were soon recognized
and he worked his way" to the
top of the ladder, becoming in
turn High School teacher and
lecturer at' summer schools and
also professor in the Teacher's
College, University of Hawaii
and supervisor : 8f . Education,
which is equivalent . to deputy
minister of education here. In
'1912 he was married to` Esther
Lyman, _daughter of Senator
Frederick . S. Lyman (who was
also a judge) and Isaldefla Cham-
berlin Lyman, who survives with
two sons, Robert 'and Donald Mc-
Cluskey and two grandsons, Lau,
rence Arthur, and . David Lyman
McCluskey.
After his .marriage he came
to New York ' where he took a
course in Columbia Univeristy.
Hethen returned to Hawaii but
was'not• long there, when he was
requested to come east again.
While '. in New . York at Columbia
some of the ".'nen in charge of
education' in Mecklexnburg Coun-
ty, North Carolina, thought .they
recognised in him just the per
son- to-r'eviae their 'eciucation-a1
system and schools,- and he was
accordingly located in Charlotte,
North Carolina where ' he was
given complete control pf this
stupendouls task. He labored un-
tiringly there fob. two years, '1913•.
to 1915 and had the satisfactiori
of seedng the results of his labors
accomplished.
-.h ods.•whiff t rth : Carry
thilt-hc- made-his—last
WEDDING BELLS
POST—COULTER
The Church -of S. Mary. Magda-
lene, Toronto, was the setting on
Monday, morning. ` for ` the mar='
Hage of Miss Jane Irene Coulter,
daughter of Mr. Charles 'W. Coul-
ter, 'Port Arthtr, . and the late,
Mrs. • Coulter, . to Rev. Norman
Macgregor, Post, son df Mrs. Post
and the .late Harry H. Post . of
Wellington. Rev. Father L. I.
c eerie offiniTated.', i''' --- �...
Given, in marriageby her .fath
.er,, the bride wore . a graceful
gown of. white lace over white.
slipper, satin, with small .train.
-Her finger-tip -veil 'was held 'with
a Juliet cap trimmed with white
velvet violets, and she carried
red roses. Her • attendants were
her sister, Miss Ilicia Coulter,
frocked in petalblue faconne,
and. Miss Elizabeth Sinclair of
Port Arthur, in dusky rose. They.,
had little round • pleated hats'. of
the •same•, material, .and carried
nosegays of mixed flowers., The
groomsman was Rev: B. I. Wood
of Fort Atkinson, Wis:,«.and the
ushers; Mr. Weiland Coulter, Mr.
Donald Clark and Mr. Harold
Matthews.. -
After the wedding ,breakfast at
the home of 'the bride's aunt, ,•
Miss Irene E. Holmes, the ,puple
left on a trip, and will live in
Williamsport,.: Pa.
ARE YOUR . Chicks pale, anaemic
or weak? Use Red Blood Quickly
Tablets. MacLennan's Feed and .
Robertson Egg Grader, Lucknow.
place of his birth' (he had visited •
Canada twice before) - twenty-
'nine, years ago, when his friends
and relatives . met him for . the
fast, time. He returned in :1915 to.
Hawaii where he continued to be
interested in all educational
work ,for the benefit of the Is-
landers, whose interests he had
very much at heart;. Nine years
ago at the age of 65 he retired ;
from. the .activities of his, pro-
fessional career but continued ' '
his activities along other lines
such as „prison ref..orm;..etc.. At..the--- ..
time of his death he was 'a mem-
ber and secretary • of Selective'
Service .Board No. 4- and a mem,:
ber . of the Boy Scouts Council
of Honolulu. I m '
Of his two brothers andthree
sister's only two. remain, Mrs. •
.Robert•. Davidsorr - f-bunganrionand James McCluskey who has
been with his sister here since
last fall.. The' late Mrs. James W.
Bell (Elizabeth) . of Goderich
Township and the late Mrs. Jas.
McBrien (Isabella A.) of Crystal
City, Man., were sisters, . while
Pte. J.' Arthur McCluskey, who
gave his fife for his country in°
-the-r `Wa ;v:}t ars;'3go• Ca'_st.:...- :