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LIJCKN
OW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 15th, 1944 ,
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HONOUR PAID
LOCAL • TEACH ER - j Since the 'start . of the invasioh
I the Lucknow • Red Cross. Branch
A' reunion of. a number of ex., has received an 'urgent' call for
students and •students of Luck- knitted` goods, and are,. appealing
now High School,::.. as ..well as for the assistance of all knitters
many other interested friends, re; in the community. Wool, is avail:°
stilted' ina most pleasant social able: and may be obtained'' at the'
gathering in the LO:O,l Hall. on Work ;Rooms each Tuesday . or
Friday ,evening, when honour was .Thursday afterpo on; or . upon ap-
paid '117iiss F E. MacLean in me- plication to 'Mrs.. Hornell' Or Mrs:.
ognition' of her longand v hued McAlpine. Knitters are Urgently
j service as .a Member .of the ick- seeded. You are urged to •despond,
1, now teaching staff. r •
Diming the evening Dr' m
URGENTLY NEEDED!
young: fawn,- and • a couples' of
young foxes, •one cif 'them little
bigger than a 'kitten. These, speci-
•
men of wild - life were rounded up
was_ killed in action on June 6th,'..near Chepstow where Kennedy presiding.
He was twenty years of 'age.' workmen are"cutting, 'timber, and The meeting' was add`res; ed
• 'rnin' attended ,the, young animals have. ben re- .briefly, by Mr., ;Russell Farrow,„”
The late :Sgt.',Du ceivin the best of.. care even, too
scltbol at Crewe, and High g president of the Western' `Ontario
public
bottle feeding in' the case . of .the Liberal ,Association and by. Mr. ,
Hugh Hill; Liberal candidate. for
School. Kingsbridge
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YOUNG AIRMAN
HAVE REGULAR 'MENAGERIE H. -B.. LIBERALS MET
ICILLED ..IN ACTION - .At •the W., A. Kennedy :mill ION' WEDNESDAY
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j yard 'near the C.N.R.•depot .is a
• Word:has been received bythe:
family., that Sgt: William'Grali'am
Durnin, -son of Mrs.' E. 'H.. Dur-
pin and the •late; Toward, Durnin;
Small. menagerie consisting of a The annual meeting of the
Huron -Bruce .Liberal Association
was held • last' Wednesday after-
noon in Wingham Town Hall,.; '
with. President. Murdo Matheson
fawn.
l�' .H joined the D•C A F 'in
An e a • - Huron -Bruce in the • last Provib-
August 1942 and graduated last+ .
gunner u Kinloss. ------ dal election.
Connell presented Miss MacL an Leaped From Car Second July as a wireless air South g g
N 4 Wireless School in h
with "a arse of money and a,.. from o. The following delegates were
P y Before Tra><n. Hit ItPresent L><te`Mem Memberships, i appointed to attend.;the conyen-
signature album containing the GUeP 1 h
names of upwards to six hundred
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graduates and pupils of Lucknow an °experience last week he will .September and had lust begun r S. was held on Wednesday, June
Continuation and High School, A not soon' forgets when. he had to.. operations when he was killed in ' 7th at the home of Mrs; W. F.
•lovely basket of roses was .pies- leap from a stalled car a matter;i action on the first day' of the MacDonald, 4th Con. with Mrs.
ented to Miss I:illian • MacLean. invasion: °
The presentations.were made by' of seconds : before' it was struck L. ,C. MacIver assisting the .host -
by a C.N.R. train at a Crossing "' He leaves' to mourn his loss his , :ems,. There were 22 members pre -
Margaret Gr• aham and Alex Mac -
Jack
.f miles east sof Park ---- who id' in • Goderieh; sent and• the meeting was presid'-
Intyre. , - hill
Jack Kilpatrick.of •town .had., Sgt. Durnin went overseas in The June meeting• of the W. M:
our
two sisters, Mrs.' Lewis. -Mac- ed ' over by the president, MTs.
• In 'addition to. the .signature Jack, who is a Massey.Harris Hardy. (Lorraine), Goderich and Douglas Graham who conducted
slips,. the album contained a .plc- blockman, was accompanying, the Mrs. C. G. Robson (Bernice);
of
the opening exercises. The. min -
jure of : the school,. a verse from Parkhill . agent, Fred Brewer, • on Hamilton; three brothers, War- •utes. of May meeting were read
Auiki Lang Syne and interesting a business ''call• in, that vicinity. rant Officer, Alan Durnin, over- and correspondence dealt with. .
quotes' from letters received from The view, at the crossing is ob- seas; Ordinary- Seamans Homer A pleasing feature of the ' af-
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this opportunity to;pay tribute'to A memorial sei`vice will be to Mrs. Duncan Graham an NisF
one beloved and: respected. . as a held in' ' honor of Graham in. Kate McKenzie who were there
teacher, counsellor and -friend,) , in person : to' receive them The,
. ! Crewe United .'Church, ,Sunday,
As Miss MacLean preferred it,Presentation was;made ,by Mrs.
Iv June18th at i:30 p.m; .
there was little eugizing at.Fri _ • Archie MacIntyre-and Mrs. Alex
say night's gathering 'and ,The a y lain g I McLeod. Mts. L., E. Philip sang'
Sentinel also refraizis from say- a sole and Miss .Annie . McKay
'ing" shad dist eiloid"l a `hes lestly; treasurer's
gave-ad.Tk,.
y said But for the "information of - report 'was given> and business°
e*- t tints from, coast to, coast, scured.by bush, and the two .men Durnin,'. Hamilton .and Lindsay, ternoon was the . presentation of
wheously responded to leaped' from the• stalled car' just
Hamilton. i Life Memberships in the W.M:S'.
in the nick of time. In fact Mr. d
Brewer didn't' have time to move
away from the track andhis car
.as tossed clear over his head,
missing him completely. It was
badly a ed.:
The two -men were brought in-
to az'kh%1l, onesthe slain.
Threatening Home .
those hundreds 'of ex -students;) RECEJVED GENERAL matters were'•taken care of. Pray:,
who could :not,. :but would have Pg FINCy MEDAll. 1 d ted arid tak
loved to be present, it .was a hap
py evening'' that, will long be re- Miss Doris Ritchie of •town,
mem-by-by those in attendance.. who was one of the graduating
In repphying, • Miss MacLean class of. Stratford General Hos-
'concluded
os-
' concluded. her response by read- petal 'to.•receive her dipltrnh,a yes i. A. fire- arlarin wast'. turned. in
ing the po'efr`i,-' "I . Stitt "Teach `te`r""day .-afternoon, " .1'iad the ' dis-.i after the stove exploded' bUt
School".. tinction of winning the gold' quick action, by neighbors suc-
'Mr W . B, • r" nderson presided R:medal; for general proficiency- ibeeded in extingui hing the blaze
' 'Fire resulting, from the explos- er circ a ways 'coin uc n -
on• of; .a,'coal oil stove on Sun -en part.in by Mrs. Buckton and
day afternoon• threatened the .vii Mrs.., Archie MacIntyre. Mrs. Alex
lage home of `Jerome Valad, and MlcLeod favored 'with a solo and.
tenanted by Allan L. Wali. after 'a vote of thanks was moved
to the 'hostess . the meeting .closed.
with the\ singing of the National
Anthem; The. June directors ser-
ved a dainty ,}ranch. It. ' was an-
nounced that the July meeting
tion in •Toronto 'on. June. 26th:
Murdo Matheson, Ashfield; H. C.
McLean, Wingharn; . Alex. Alex-
ander, R."2 Listowel; Wm. • J. Mc°
Kay, Ripley; J. A. -Johnston, Mild-'
,may and J.- R.:McNab' of. Luck-
.now, the latter being secretary of,.
the Huron -Bruce Association:
The following alternate dele-
gates were named: Gordon -Ell-
iottJ W. B. Anderson, R. Bennett;
Angus Macintosh 'and Dr. Weiler.
In view of the fact that a thor-
ough re -organization : of the 'rid-
ing is to be conducted, the .elec-
tion, of pfficers, and appointments .
of municipal - chairmen and vice- • .
chairmen were 'left •in abeyance.
as chairman fora shot but . in= Doris •also won the special award I,•wir'Out the use .of a •hose lure
`.cresting . progr'am. including
opening selections by • the Glee
Club, a duet •by -'Mrs. Cameron
17l1Gcryonaland Everett Lane, 'a
" violin 'selection \by Dr. Little, a I attended the graduation exec- dence of the late James Young...
by .Mrs: T. Leishman and a cises were her mother, Mrs: Jas.
`ti ,l by Messrs:,Eldon Henderson, Ritchie and her sisters, Mildred !
• is to be held'at the home' of Mrs.
for surgery • and x-ray work,.and an k d Sori>: • ' ' g and a con
-
was,
fire ; damage,
WEDDING ' RECEPTION
'HELD AT PARAMOUNT.
A wedding recce emotion was held
at Paramount Hall Tuesday night
of last week in honor ,of Mr.' and
Mrs. Dennis. Hogan, recent new-
lyweds, who are making their•
home on the Hogan farm, •:Coii.-
cession 12 Ashfield'. • • ••
I• .There, was a large crowd in
Iattendance,' and ' Mr. 4and Mrs.
iiogan were the recipients of a
lwell-filled purse 'which was ,pre=
sented by Fred Martin and J. H.
Hall..
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,
was chosen to give the valedict- siderable amount. of smoke dam-1.Allister Hughes..
urian address.' age resulted however. . - '
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Ex-Students In Attendance"
'
Among diose from here who This -house is the former rest-: Discharged From 'Hospital
• ,
- aro,id AIIin and George Joynt: and Norma.
.companists ` for the . musical Doris will. conclude her train- To Hold Prayer. Service
numhers were Rub Trwin, Mrs.. ing..in.. September: •Weekly At St. Peter's
D: .1-12 Maclenzi A.ri
•i•s. J. Jo •t.
• Pin. and.'M yn
• • ,During the. prograrn, Mr: .An- I
F:r son read two 'letters, one .from .
the Chief Director • of .Euducation •
and the •other, frons A. M. 'Sandy'•
Nicholson. :Telegrams received
that evening from Anna Nichol-
son Wright • of . Saskatoon • and
• John' Lockhart and Eunice Mac-
intosh' Godbold of Burlington
v*v ere also read by the ,chairman.
At the close of the program re-
. f reshments Were served- by . ex•�
students ..and tea was poured by
• IVirs, WM..MacKenzie, Mr's: Wm.
Hornell, Mrs, R. C. Robertson and:
Mrs.. V. N. Prest. • .
• • ' The letter from the • Chief Dir -
'tor. of Education' read as fol-
ws: • •
• Dear Miss ,MacLean, • ,
Your ` record of more ,than 40.
years ' of 'teaching, with 35 •of
those 'years in one school,, .has
'very rarely ]leen equalled in On-•
tario...I oi_only.,the cornmunityjn
which, you ,hav'e served so long,
• but. the Province of :Ontario and
the Dominion of Canada are in
your debt. for these years of ser.-
;viceand, for the great contribu:-
• • t ion which you have. Made. to the
cause of education and. to the
•.. .a-: his:a Wf Pai����r young peoples' In
r Knr, iedgirng` this -dew and''tbis•
ice may I 'express the sincere
zratitude and appreciation of the
.Ds•partmei t of Education. .. •
Yours .sincerely, •
• J. 'G. Alt+house,
Chief Director of Edu:.atf n.
..We use a •quotation from .a I 'et received from Hugh MacMil-
• :sn to conclude .this article,,
which .-we ' • know is • much longer"
:r'n ilfiss MacLean. vuoli., wish.,
Hugh' sa'idl:. 'By. keeping us ever
Ir mind sand heart, her fluence
NAME MANAGER
FOR LOCAL BAND
Jqn A. Thompson, manager of
the Yarker branch of the Bank
of Montreal since 1940,has been
appointed manager at Lucknow.
to succeed : the late Vincent N.
Prest. •
The .new manager is a native
of Meaford, and started' his bank-
ing ..career there some 30 years
ago with the, Merchants Bank of
Canada, long since amalgamated
with the Bank of Montreal. He
served , at various• branches in
Ontario, and held, among other
positions; that of assistant accoun-
tant at London main office and
accountant at the Prescott, Wind-
sor and St: Thomas branches. �.
' Mr. Thompson is , a keen de -1
votee of the outdoors, and Is' in-
terested .iii various sports, part- •
ircn'larly .gulf, while --badminton is
his 'favottrite winter recreation.
Mr, Thompson will assume his
new duties here shortly..
Cornmeneing ' this afternoon
(Thursday) and • continuing
weekly for the duration of the
tear a brief' period .of intercession
will, be' held 'at five o'clock Each I H ELD FRIDAY .
Thursday afterpoon at St. Peter's
Anglican Church: '• : --
There will be no address 'at
these 'meetings. They are brief
periods of .special, prayer and in-
tercession to: which everyone is
invited to• attend. • •
•
Russell Button who was• rma.
ided home from •overseas several,
Months ago and has • since been
confined to Byron Sanitarium. in
London, was discharged? from the'
hospital a few days ago. and v:ilI
.spend some time .at his horns
here. •
[S.S.CONVENTION
IA.. Sunday School Convention,.
under 'the direction of the. Ont-
ario Religious Education Council,
was held in the United• Church;
Lucknow, • on June 9th. .
• - The afternoon _Session opened,
with a. beautiful worship service
conducted by : Mrs.. Roy • Black,
Mrs. W. B. - Anderson . and Mrs.
TO DECORATE.
GRAVES SUNDAY '
SEND SMOKES OVERSEAS
A.shizarnent.a garettes totall-
°i ig•-.120:00 -w-ase - •overseas. -re-..
Gently ,by The Clansmen to boys
froth Lucknow and the district
served by Lucknow and Holyrood
rural routes. Proceeds - froim' the
sale of salvage are used • solely
e.
in sending periodic • shipments
overseas.
•
address.' of welcome. The guest
A special memorial and decor- speaker was Rev. E. R. McLean
ation .,service will be held at of. Toronto, general secretary of
South Kinloss Church on 'Sunday i -the O.R.E.C:. He_emphasized the
afternoon under the direction of I need . and opportunity of the
the Lucknow Branch of the. Can- church and Sunday School help-
adian Legion . and the Ladies :ing the home . by visiting and
Auxiliary. ' , placing christian literature in' the
The memorial service will be ornes that will .give needed dir-
J. W.•Stewart. Rev. J, W. Stewart
presided 'over the afternoon ses-
sion. W. L. i.VlacKenzie gave the
held in &mil'Kinloss Church at ection., and assist the: parents in
3 p.m., follouted by the decors- the Christian education of their.
tion of graves of veterans of the, children. • * - .
last war, It is hoped that next- ' The evening session was -pre-
of-kin, . where possible, will be sided over by Mr..A. K. MeiLay
present ta. place the poppy -stud- of Ripley, Rev. E. Beech of Rip -
ed cross on the graves, or on the ley. and Rev. C. MacDonald of
f tid d' h %
faan�ly plot in the case .o t osc:.?., �'ck to -v con santte P wars ip
stirs died- osserseas:-.._.-: , .. 1 servtee fr: 'McLea.tr spoke vti the
.Veterans interred in South
Kinloss - include ' James. Lavis,
Harold,1Vla' Parker, Alex MacDon-.
aId, illie;,MacDonald, John Ken-
nedy,, Hugh Maclay and Fraser
Mlwhilef plots ts in
al
co III, amt y , o
South iinloss will be decorated
in commemoration of the follow-,
did not a little to keep us • rooted
in thought and affection to the
cold' home 'soil and loyal to the
old school°.
•
'Vi ' d ch
er
ing who died oiiseas: i. ur o
McLeod, Albert Jewitt, Alex Mc-
Diarnit A`Iex Henri Arsur'La-
l vis •and John Kennedy. •
•
value of the home .as a religious
educator..
Very • interesting discussioi
Were held at both - sessions. There
was a decided feeling that such
a convention should be held every
year. The officers elected for the
ensuing year are: president. John
Ross; 'vice' presidents., A. K. Mc -
Lay, ' Gordon Nall,Mrs. I asses;
.top-; Secret y_ - treasurer,
Miss Eva Greer. .
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•
Among • those from a distance•
t� nuns . we. noted -in attendance at
the presentation in honor .of Miss
Frances• E; MacLean on Friday
,evening; were: Miss Adda Tre-
leaven: Toronto Mrs. ' C. 'Smith.
(Kate- MacDonald), Seaforth;
Mrs. J;. A. Robertson (Dela, n Ged-
des,. Mt, Forest: Mrs. Roy
•
foot (Margret Geddes), PortEl-
gisr: 'Mr.. and :Mrs. E. D. Cameron,
Mr, and Mrs.. Harry Alton,- Mr:
• and 111-s. P.—S. MacKenzie of=
Walkerton: •Miss Grace MacPher-
son and Bill MacPherson MiIver
ton:Mr. and Mrs; Jack McIntosh'
(Olive Alton)''and . Miss Fern Al-
ton, Toronto; Rev. R. W.. Craw
and Miss Isobel -Craw, Fergus;'
Miss . Liella Finlayson, . Reg.N.,
Toronto, and : Mrs, H. 'q. Sherriff
of Pond Mills..
REGISTERING THIS WEEK .
FOR HOME •NURSING COURSE
Registration is ��being conducted
this ' week ' for the. Red Cross
Home Nursing Course to be held
in Lucknow. The registration
headquarters is at the Bell Tele-
phone Office, 'which was open to
receive applications last night,
and where.additional applications
s ill -be -received~ rsrr—Saturday
night.. Details • of the course m.ay,
be learned from those in charge
of the .registration office.
A Home Nursing Unit . is to be
established at St. He1 ns and on
Tuesday, night' sixteen ladies of
1
that .community 'registered for the
cot; rse.
WANTS TO BE. REMEMBERED • se
In renewing his Sentinel su'b-
scription... Dr. J. K. M. Gordon of
Battle Creek, Michigan, says:
"Kindly remember me to . your
father. your Uncle Dave,- Billy
Davison. Joe Agile*, Con Decker
and .any ofd-.• of Yth.ose . w h,a • may
"still"` remember ;l im .Gorden