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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-05-11, Page 1,Or,I.VORWAR01.0.14 e $2.00 A Year—In Advance; 50c Extra to U. S. A. • LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY llth, 1944 ANNIVERSARY --MARKED•,SUNI5AY . Anniversary services,• marking the 54th anniversary Of the op- ening and dedication of the Pres-. ent church,. were held in the • Lucknow Presbyterian •Church • Pk Sunday,. with ,iarge congrega- tions in attendance. at both ser - Vices. • , • . Rev. Hugh Jack, B.A., of Sea - forth was the. guest speaker 'at both • services wiAlsotHame,ron Geddes: the guest sOloist. As well there was special music by the ch oir. • Evening services, at South , Kinloss Presbyterian Church and the •United Church were With- clraWn with Rev. • Herbert F. Dann and Rev. J. W. Stewart as- sisting att- the • anniversary 'set.; In welcoming 'the congrega- . tion,•Rev. Jaek said it was'a good thing •to get together 'on these ' MRS. R. E. FINLAY PASSED 1 Local Minister Is AWA• Y IN :SASKATOON • 1 The depth of Mrs. R. E. Finlay, former ,.field, ,occurred in. Saskatoon on ie -TuesdaY. The funeral serve neld '.at the ;home: of Ernest. • Gardner, Con. 12, Ashfield, on Monday, May 15th.•at 2.30 yvith•:• interment in Greenhill •Cemetery. • Presbytery Moderator • 1y EvaGardnerof Ash- • At meeting M Nyingham on • TUpsday afterrioon., the ,neWly formed - Presbytery of Huron:, Maitland of the Presbyterian Aurch came into being.',Rev. c: H. lVfacEionald of LuCknow was• named "Moderator.. • "Rev. John Pollock of Ailsa' Coig is Clerk, of Seaforth is the treasurer. Rev. C. S. Oake of Knox church Stratford, and Moderator 'of the Synod of Hamilton addressed Presbytery, the establishment of which was first marked by a communion setvice. Conducted by Rev. MacDonakl. 24th OF MAY WILL BE A CIVIC HOLIDAY • e .• Wednesday, May `24th, will be observed as „ a:civic . holiday in Lucknow, according' to a procla- rijation (being issued by Reeve J, 'W. Joynt, at the request of the tuoknoW Business 1VIen's ation. • • • , - MAILDG CONSIDER VICTORY :GARDEN' of 'Presbytery and Mr. Mullins 0*-ERSEA.S • 'CONTES'r AT FALL FAIR It knight be well to take par- ticular care in planting your gar- den this year,for we've heard it proposed that the Agricultural Society sponsor a "Victory -Gr- den" competition' this year, open to • village gardeners. Tentative Suggestions call for the judging of •-the garden plot, as well as a display of produce at the. Fair. • ,Nothing definite on the sub- ject yet, but it looks as if the propOsal may be adopted. occasions. • The unity of spirit . overleaps all barriers Of race or To GRADUATE • religion. We are all one-in:Jesus-••. IN MEDICINE Christ and it is well to remem- ber this in these days of inter- Robert Bruce Gammie, Ariss, national Strifehe said.. Ontario, is one of the thirty-four , • students graduating on May 17th Rev. Jack chose as his text, : " from the University of Western Mica 6, 8He hath sheweth Ontario as ,Doctors of Medicine. thee, 0 man, what is good; and . what doth the Lord require •of Robert attended Elora , High . thee, but to do justly, and; to School and Guelph Collegiate. He love m cy, and to walk humbly will be 24 years old on May 30th .With th Gcscrp,•• •. and is the elder son of Mr. and • The m ssage in that text was to IsraeLbut it is_ • •• • • a message to •ifie hilay; Rev. Jack Said. We pray for • • lasting peace but if it. is to ever • :be a reality it 'must be based on justice--,juStice to the victor; and the 'vanquished, to the strong , and the-, weak. But mercy • play a part. It 'must be- justice 4. empereil .,with mercy." rritist deal with ourfellowmen some- what similiar to how God deals with us. We must too, Yvalr hum- ls an abominationto the Lord, the speaker said. The golden rule is the Christ- lan rule of justi It means put- • ting ourselves in the other fel- :oyes place. Righteous living is. the externals of' religion and un- less our religion is 'an everyday • busine;s it is of no value to our -1. • selves or in t1Te sight of God. The religion that counts is that Which touches every part of our life, every thought, .every deed, every day. • : • • • MEN'S 'and BOYS' Underwear, • work sox, etc: The Store with the Stock, THE MARKET STORt. • • • bly with our Master, fo pride SAFECRACKED • ,CAR STOLEN AGED VIL.16.AGE RESIDENT PASSED AWAY MONDAY . Mr. George S. Robertson, one of the -Village's oldest residents, passed away at his home here late Monday evening! He was 89 years of age and had been in failing health for a time. • The funeral service was held at his late residenceon Wednes- dayl afternoon -with• interment in Greenhill Cemetery.. . 'An obituary will appear in' our next issue.• , •• BIG ;CLINIC HELD. LIST.11AS 126 NAMES' • ' The overseas mailing list of those -in Uniform from Lucknow and district has been revised this past Week:,,The list now contains 120 names, but we doubt very much that it is complete. This list, coveting - the- village and the rural area served by Lucknow arid Holyrood rural routes,. is used by local -organi- zations which send .periodie ship- ments of cigarettes overseas. The list is revised :and printed periodically and made available at no charge to these. organiza- tions. Please let Us have all changes of .addresses -and the names of new arrivals 'overseas, and if "your boy" • is not re-! ceiving cigarettes •let us have his name. It iS only by the Co-operd- don of the folks at home that 'omisSions and • errors • can be avoided. , EMBOSSED EGGS Mrs? Bruce Garnmie, Pilkington ON WEDNESDAY ToWnship;• • RESUMED TODAY at the llth. Clinic held here yes- .m Huron• TawnShiPthere .is a •hen which is doing some fancy - • ' • terday rriorning. This nuinber 'lettering on the eggs she lays. has only once been exceeded, at had -f t letter V • . , • EIWIT PAGIES HELP KEEP BRUCE NEAR THE -TOP • In . the Sixth Victory Loan, J3ruce, County is making an ex- cellent showing, and as at Mon : - .day. night stood-- in 16th place a- mong g units the' Province. . • But softie municipalities are lagging, and if residents 'of these municipalities respond, Sufficient:- ly„..to, reach or exceed their -ob- jectives, the County as a -whole should finish up well to the top in the Province.• " -Southampton, Walkerton, Tees - water and Ripley are over the top now and are still ,going strong. Southampton has raised '121 per cent;of its objective, -Walkerton. 120, Teeswater 107 and Ripley 104: In the rural mun- icipalities Greenock ' is leading with 97 per cent • But- what about LUcknow,, Kin- loss, Huron and •Culross. Wed- nesday morning figureS at Walk- • erton show Lucknow as. having subscribed only $50„400 53"per- • cent; • Kinloss $35,800, 55 per cent; Huron $62,400, 62 per cent; and Culross $35;400, 42 per cent. And there's only three days left. Don't let' Bruce down. • Lagging. In Huron • Figures` released at headquart- ers in Goderich on Wednesday ' •• morning show. HurOn County as . ha'ving ,attained only 60.3, per cent of 'its objectiVe. Sales of $1,845,300: have, been' • reported, • leaving a„ total • of, $1;2-14;700-46-- three•-• days,ror daily,average faf S404,- 900. It's, a big' task, but Huron. hasn't:failed yet.. But in compar- ison with the last loan the Conn- tY is down ,at the same date more • than $600,000. Ashfield returns on Wednes- .• farni of James Beaton - There i4ire-1.07-1CrOod- dbriOrf GARBAGE COLLECTION The municipal garbage collec- tion ,system is being resumed for the stimmer" and early • fall months. The first collection is being, made'today -(Thursday):: As before; the north side collec- tion. will be -held each Thursday and the southside' eachFriday ENGAGEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Jas. B. Beaton wish to announce the engage-. ment of their daughter, 1Viurdena Jean; to George ' Tyndall Robin- son, R.C.A.F., son, of Rob- inson and the • late •Mr. Tyndall Robinson. 'The wedding will take place in the chapel of, St. Col- umba Church, Toronto, on May 27th. • TO HOLD MEETING ON HYDRO ,RATES - Lower hydro rates are consid- • ered past due in Lucknow, and in this connection a special meet-- ing. of the Village Council was held on' Friday night to which members of the Business Men's As i ti n and ' power users pob.. One egga Pei feet the 8th Clinic held early in embossed on the end of the shell ruary with an attendance 'of 109. and a cou,ple of . days later the Yesterday there were 32 wo- ' Men% donors : fol- ows: Mrs: Myrtle Stewart, Dr. Jas. Little, Miss Ma'rgaret Salkeld, Chas: Shaddick, Merian Avery, Gordon Fisher,. Morgan Hender- son, Mts. Apnetta Thompson,tWil- , liam Humphrey, Vernon Htinter, Wesley HuSton, Miss -Mildred Rit- chie, John McFarlane, Harvey • Honston, James Smith,: Wm. A. • Schmid, George Cowan, Ottd 11 Popp, Mrs. Amber M. Popp, Miss Mildred Anderson, Harvey Tre- leaven, John McKenzie, . Miss Louise Windsor, Mrs. Eva 'Bleck,. Arthur Cann; Carmen Anderson, Jas. H. 'Cochrane, John Cameron, Harry Lavis, Mrs. Mary LayiS, Miss Helen Tbornrison, Louis Hogan, Ernest Ackert, George E. Lockhart, Allan Grant, Raynard Ackerti, Mrs.1Mary A. Button, Unique in local Masonic circles Clifford Johnston, Clyde •Reid, was "Professional night" held at Mrs. Florence McKenzie, Harold; Old. Light Lodge On Thursday J. Gaunt, Mrs. Hazgl Mrs. evening, with •visiting brothers Annie Gaunt, - Mrs. Elizabeth in attendance from 'Kincardine, Durriin, I3ert .McLean, Kenneth Port Elgin, Tiverton, Teeswater, S. Purvis, 'Allan ''Graham, Miss Cargill,' Walkerton; Wingham & A -•Graliarn William Stanley Mrs. Olive Irwin, Mrs. Janet D. Officers conferring the degree, were all professional men from Mrs. Christine R. Miller, Gordon Lucknow and district lodges,' in Allan A, Miller, Gordon 'eluding Rev. J. W.' Stewart, W. Wall. Alex McKenzie, • Jas. A. .w.t Stanley Hall, Wingham, S. Aitchison, Alvin Robb. Rev: j' Rev. R. 'N. Stewart. Tees - W. Donaldson, Miss Myrtle A. Vater, J.W.; Rev. 0. E. Gallagher, Finnigan, Edward Finnigan, Miss Witighan-i, S.D.; Rev. C. H. Mac- Donald; Chap.; Dr. James Little, LG.; Rev. W. Strapp. Bervie, .J. D.; and Chas. Fotheringham, Pt. Elgin; Re -v. P-11. Streeter, tlyth: K. McLean, Wingham; J. 11. Crawford, Wingham. ' A' social time followed in filt. banquet hall. . Among :visiting brothers who ipcike briefly were Rei'7.' Streeter, Rev. MacLeati and Messrs. P. Stuart McKenzie, Har- ry Alton, E. D. Cameron ' and Chas.' Fotheringham. 'uAs one speaker •remarked, it was the biggest 'thing in Masonry he,had .ever seen. Undoubtedly it was an outstanding night. . Safe crackers and car thieves were at work in Lucknow ;dur- ing the early hours of Sunday morning. They smashed into the. safe at Silverwoods Creamery, and stole Eddy Gaunt's car. • A sledge hammer and two crowbars, which they obtained at the C.N.R. section house, wertt used . to smash the safe at the Creamery. The .loot was almost • nil for their trouble, but they , tnigbt. easily have burned the•: place down. /.• hey apparently lacked a light • with which to work and ta avoid turning on the hydro, set a fire of papers on the floor in' front of the safe, surrounding it, with office desks tb shield the light. The ashes indiCated there had been 'no Care taken to•tramp out the fire.. ' Eddy Gaunt's car was stolen from behind Johnston's Restaur- ant on Main St. It had been lock- ed. That 'same night car markers were stolen fror& a car in Wing - ham. No trace e the Gaunt car was reported- Up to Tuesday. 'Provincial Officer /1/IcClevis is working on the case. - It will be five years•in Sep logrnber since' :the SilvetwOodi Creamery was. brOken Int7S and the safe blown open.. • - socia o were invited, •-• ' A thorough discussion of ' the matter ensued. Reeve Joynt stat- ed that a- reduction in rates was Currently -being authorized, but felt that •a more substantial re- duction was warranted. It was pointed out that power' users are paying about two - 'thirds of the cost of hydro which Christine Finnigan, Mrs. Olive :Culbert, Russell Alton, Mrs: Evelyn Henderson, Wrn. Hunter, Ewart Taylor, .Donald McKenzie, Albert Alton, Kitchener Pini gan, Wm. Wareing,' Melvin, Mor- rison, Howard Blake, Mrs. Laura Blake, Donald 1VICIrityre„ • Ken- neth Mowbray, John McDonagh, Mrs. Alice Stetvart, MiSs Phyllis K. Blake, 1%./...s., --Margaret Stew- art, Lorne M. Farrish, Ronald' Forster, Lloyd Robb, Harvey D. Andersons Lloyd 1VieDatgall, Mrs. Theresa treckles, Gordon Ross, 'Allan McLean, 'Fred C. Ember - lin, Wm. Kinahan, Ray:Dalton, ‘11ar,yey Alton, Durnin‘ Phillips, Mrs: Catherine Andrew, Sidney Gardner, Jas, W. • Errington,Rug- ;letter P apPeared. Of. course the• Wai the Ar for victory :0; but We -haven't yet. been tie. to strike Ori anything plaus- able for the letter P. • • x BORN RATHWELL—In Wingham 'Gen- eral • Hospital. on Wednesday May 3rd; to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rathwell, a son; Thomas. Arnold STERLING—In•Clinton Public- lic4it4P on Saturday. April 29th to Mr. and Mrs: William Stirling of Goderich Township (nee Gwen Ackert), a son. OLD LIGHT HELD UNIQUE NIGHT • nna Blyth. McPherson, Mrs. Viola Stanley, • now represents an annual bill1of some $18;000; and that the high power -•rate is a definite •indus7 trial handicap to local industries! If was agreed that a concerted effort should be made in seeking more substantial • reductions in iajtes. •• • Plans previously made by Council to have. a Hydro official visit Lucknow have now been changed. When Reeve Jbynt was in Toronto the first of the week he arranged to have Messrs. T. C. James and .D. Flannery of the • H.E.P.C., attend a :meeting in • Lucknow on Thursday evening. 'May 18th at '8 o'clock. This is a public meeting to be held in the !Town Hall at which mem- sell Irwin, Johnston D. MeLe'od, Bob Stothers, John B. Ritchie, 11,dbt. Irwin, Richard Elliott, IVIiss Betty, McDonald, Miss Isabel Mc- , .1 inanmatk, 6i ;wilt -.for the. McIntyre .of• .kinloss and of Mrs. - -.1dnalcli, Donald Tholln.Pg0, J6. irl:'g Russian' Telief.,, • • - ;S1V-- Mackenzie „of tuckijow„ A. bers of the 13usiness Men's. As• - sociation, the power users and :Citizens generally- who -age inter- _stiddro, .ates", are invited to attend. Made Quilt For Russian Aid The ladies of the 9th Conces- • sion West Wawanosh met at the hoMe of Mrs.'Albert Taylor for the April Red Cross work meet - day were $57,000. The objective is . $100,000. •West Wawanosh, stands at $45,960 with a quota of .$67,000. ' . • ' PAID OFFICIAL VIIT Commencing__ his as Grand Superintendent of Huron District No. 6. Royal Arch Mas- • ons. Rev. J. W. Stewart ,paid his first officialj visit to St, Mary's Lodge on Mbnday night. Heyas accompanied by Messrs: W:J. Davison.• A. E. McKim and W. A.. Porteous., •"" ••• • Knocked Ott At Play' While playing at the ToWn Hall on Tuesday evening, Jimmie McMillan and' Morley Chin had •a "h -on!' c011ision that knock- ed Jimmie out. He did not fully regain .consciousness for a couple. of hours, and is: being confined to his bed and kept under ob- servation for a couple of days. RECEIVE6 50 -YEAR MASONIC JEWEL Mr. John MacIfityre of Winni- peg has completed fifty years membership, in_ the, Masonic Or- der, having been initiated at Temple 49 in McGregor, Mani- toba on August 30th, 1893: • Now, in this same Temple fifty , years later, Mr. MaeIntyre has been honored with,the presenta- tion of the IVIaSonic tjewel by the Grand Master of Manitoba. Special interest was added, to this occasion by the presence of Mr. Wm., ,Chirn, a past. master, who received Mr. Maclntyre's - • application for memberShip and was present at his initiation. Mr. Cairn now ninety-one years of age. • Mr. MacIntyre-is enjoying fair ,health and his many friends in. , and around LuCknbw, where he spent .his boyhood 'days, ,congrat, alat6.hirn on this memorable oc- casion. Mr. MacIntYlse is a brother- of Messrs. Donald, Archie and Wm. • , • N'iorbstooteA.A.0- • •••'•'• '19.4' _.,w,.-•_