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The Lucllnow. Sentinel, Lucknow, ow, Ontario
THURSDAY, JUNE 15th, .1944
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCHNQW, ONTARIO.
Established 1873 'x..'..
• Published Each -.Thursday Morning
• Subscription' Rate $2.00 A Year In , Advance
to United States $2.50 Single Copies 5c
Member . of The C. W. N. A;
L. C, Thompson, Publisher and Proprietor
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THURSDAY, JUNE '15th, 1944 '
EDITORIAL.
WHAT IS THE NEXT ' STEP9 '
_ A :few weeks: ago:. a ,public meeting' was ,
held. in' Lucknow, attended bytwo represent-
ative§, of the 'Hydro Electric. Power,Comrnissivn
of Ontario, when this municipality's claim to
lower hydro rates, , and particularly lower power.
rates, was voiced by local industrial users..
Little encouragement was offered that any
reductions could be expected, other than those
which might stem ' from increased .operating
profits . of . the local system -and which, by the
way; •have .been. most ..substantial during the
past _couple of years.
However, , Mr. John Hanna, Huron -Bruce
Member in the Provincial House, and who at-
tended the meeting, "was a bit more. encourag-
ing ;than the two Hydro representatives, .and
suggested that a deputation might well take
'the, matter up with the Minister.. Mr. manna
promised to 'accompany such a deputation.
What's the next • move locally? „With the•
resolution for action coming' from . the Business
Men's,Association, it appears that this .body' '
shoultake the, initiative in, co-operation with:.
the local ' Commission, to arrange„ 'a visit -to
Park•..,tovdiimp»the-matter..ritght .i.. the ,.
lap : of the Provincial Government; and make
a few inquiries about all that election -time talk
about equalization of hydro rates.
Remember, father ' has his day too. It's
Sunday, June 18th.
Whether or not daylight saving time ;s.
popular in the rural sections, there is little .
likelihoodthat there 'will be any'- change to
standard time fora the duration at least '
The ladies of St.' Helens ata recent meet:
ing 'had as their topic:, "One thing in rny.house
I would like to get rid of'. We trust that .the
I good men of the house had nooccasion-to feel. •
•uncomfortable: -Signal -Star. • .
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Today (Thursday) ' electors are going , to .
the polls in Saskatchewan to elect a provincial
government. With , an unprecedented . number
of cafididates in the field the picture is con-,
fused. 'I`he 'C'.C.F: party is making its •strongest
bid for. power; and,, is definitely expected-- to
make substantial 'gains. The rejuvenated Pro-
gressive-Conservative party is expected to elect .
a few rriernbers, 'and in , numerous ridings may
bore into the Liberal' vote to insure the election
of the C.C.F. candidate. In any event the . Lib-
eral' administration, which has been entrenched
•in •Saskatchewan since 1905, except from 1929
to ' 1934, is expected to lose ground, and may ,
even be a 'minority to the C.C.F. Sortie obser-
vers' forecast that the ives may hold ' the balance of power in Sask-
atchewan, as the Liberals now do in Ontario,
when the balloting is over today. '
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' Angels of Mercy they call them, the 3,500
trained young nursing 'sisters ll who , today stand
behind the 750,000 Canadians in 'the armed
forces.' It ,is interesting to know that the first
veil ever made in Canada .for nurses for war
' duty,. Was in 16.85 at the tunic -of the North West
Rebellion. Teri: went west and served.. First to
go overseas went to South Africa at the . time
•of the Boer War, leaving in 1899, returning in
1902. Two thousand • served in the First Great
War, 600 of .whom were decorated for heroism.
In 1941, at the regtie'st of the .South if'frican
government Canadasent a contingent of 300
nurses to South. Africa, some of whoin hatre
smee returnede,
SUSTAINING THEIR HEALTH.
• h Early , this month the ten millionth : food '
parcel . for prisoners of war rolled off the Can-
adian Red Cross packing plant assembly line
in Toronto. . d .
Present on this noteworthy occasien was
Major General L. R. LaFleche, minister of Nat-,
• ional War. Services who said, "Canadian pris-
oners of war are. in good physical health be-
, cause they . have good, food made possible t,y
these feed.. Cross narcels".. ,
In co-operation. With the Dominion ''Gov-
• ernment, the Canadian lied Cross is undertak=
ring a share in the _feeding of Allied; prisoners
of war in :Egrope. Canadian prisoners receive
one .parcel weekly arid ,prisoners of tjte • Allied
countries will receive a parcel monthly. from
the Canadian Reds Cross.
This new undertaking means the .opening.
of ne' r packing plants. and the stepping up ,of
• the present weekly output of food parcels from
100,000 to almost double` that quantity.
The sustaining of the, health- of those ' whiff
• languish . in prison . camps is indeed a task of.
,paramount importance.
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:13ACH-TO-C1ii1RCH MOVEMENT
Articles appearing in the country's weekly
(press ' reveal that in many Ontario, towns a
back -to -church movement : has begin launched:
• one Ontario • community we read that'. the
men ' ,in 'one . church, have organized a drive .'
to double the attendance, and . they are well
. on the way to reaching their objective.
Church attendance has been showing un
alarming:. decrease for some time but within the
past .few months there appears to, be a growing
tendency on the part of many people to make
regur` church attendance; a more impiirtah`t
part 'of their daily life. Action by the laymen
to ' stimulate this growing •feeling is commend-
able and . should result in an increased interest
and better understanding pf, the Value of .the•..
:'chureiv in our personal and national" .life:
"The Army needs volunteers", is. the theme
of. an intensified recruiting campaign now un-
derway, . to obtain men arid ;women for general.
service anywhere, and which is symbolized by
the "G.S:" badge worn on they arm of the tunic.'
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Proceeds from the"sale of salvage are used
by The Clansmen solely to ;'send cigarettes
overseas to boys from :Lucknow and the sur-
. rounding district. The list of boys ,grows, while:
the volume of salvage decreases. Save all you
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can, with the ' emphasis . currently on waste
Paper of all 'hinds;' and rags.
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• Crop indications promising a buinper yield,
• and with this Province facing the mo§t . acute
Manpower' shortage in ..its? history, the Farm
Service Force is • mak"ing a: most 'urgent appeal
for farm coFnmandos. •"For .peace sake. pitch.
in;`.' .is the . clarion call for 'volunteers to har-
vest and save the , &ops. so vitally' needed to
•maintain our supply of food products essential
to the successful prosecution of the war.
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That men 'and materials for other than the
most essential needs. are pretty much out • of
the question is well illustrated by the report
of,a Grand' Jury. assigned to inspect a Penn- .,
sylvania court house. It read: We find every-
thing `all that any one could hope for under
present conditions. 'Some things could be done
if there 'were' nothiig *else to do and we had;
some one to do it. So,, as bad as it might be,
we are pleased to findit as good as it is".
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Working in co-operation with the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics, the Publications and ,Sta-
tistics branch of the Ontario Department' of
Agriculture has distributed '.karats `'to -tens",bf
thousands of 'Ontario farmers asking for com-
plete and accurate information on farm produc-..
•tion. In view of the importance of food in the.
naticinal war effort, this information is essential
• in order that the present acid future -food prob.
lems of the country can be studied and dealt
,with. Thus every farmer who retUrns the card,
filled in, will be serving his country in an
• portant phase .of gits war tasks:
Lcca1 and General (1f --
Miss Wilma and Phyllis Gay-
nor of , Fergus were recent visi-
tors with Their parents, Mr,' and
Mrs: Matt Gaynor.
Mr, • J. S. MacKenzie is smile -
what Improved
mile-what..improved yin health after
being seriously ill last week with
-pneumonia.
Mr. Angus MacKenzie of New
Westminster, B.C., • is • visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs.: Wm: Stimson
before leaving shortly on his re.
turn West:
Miss ' Lorna Campbell of Tor-
onto and Miss Marguuerite. Camp
bell of New ' Liskeard: attended
the funeral of . Mrs. Margaret
Watson held here oast week., • '
, nting from Swift Current,:
Sash.; Miss Leea Smith,a former
Sentinel ,. employee, says they'
have been having some Wonder-
ful rains .there lately.
Billy Decker, son of ' Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney. Decker of. Kitchener,
took part in a program "Night
In Hawaii"'presented in the .Kit-
chener - Waterloo Collegiate- by.
pupils of Henry Pulsifer.. ' - "
.Mrs. Ken Bridges and daughter
Donna. 'Mae are :'spending an ' ex-
tended visit with ' her .mother,'
Mrs. Sadie McMahon. Mrs. .Brid-
ges had resided. at' Halifax . for �' Willsie: -
some time until her husband was At. Granddaughter's Graduation
posted o' erseas with. the R:C.A.F. Mrs: David' Huston spent last
Many friends here will be • in- week in 'Hamilton. with .Mr: and
te,rested to know ' that. ' Mr: and Mrs. Robert Fisher and attended
Mrs. A. Hoope r areresiding in.
Williamstown, Massachusetts,.
where Mr.: Hooper Islecturing
for the • summer months. Mr.
Hooper, who is a professor of
mathematics,' acted for a time as
padre"` t' -P- "IiI' ert7-4, ~favi=-
ation School. • •
f•.aetit. Malcolm Watson' of 'Ot-
tawa,
Ottawa, Mrs. Watson., and Tommy
of :Galt. and Mrs. Harry ' Pierce
of Winnipeg' spent the week -end
with ' relatives here. Mrs, Pierce.
renewed.:acq+uaintances . here dur-
ing: the 'week, leaving on Thins --
day for 'Toronto toy; visit w,i•
Mrs. N. L. Campbell end Lama!
before. returning . Lo. Winnipeg. ;
Chester Twamley of Woodstock
is' holidaying with friends and
relatives here.
Mrs. W. V. Johnston has ben
confined to her home. with p e-
bitis for the past couple of weeks.
Mrs. G. W Gardner of Brechin .
visited. last week ' at the home of
her father, Mr. Jaynes Howey:
Jack and Helen MacKenzie
spent the week-endin Toronto
visiting their sister,_- Miss' Cath;:
. erine MacKenzie:,•
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'Improvement is' slow, in the
condition ; of ,Duncan MacCharles
who: has been:,.biedfast.for several
Weeks with phlebitis.
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Mrs. A. R. Ferris who has/ •
spent more than three weeks with,
her daughter, Mrs. V., T.' Prest,
returned to her home 'at Kings-
ville on 'Monday...
Mr. ,and Mrs. C. Sinith, of Sea- _ .-.
forth .spent .Friday withfriends
here and lMrs. Smith attended. the
gathering that evening in honor
of. Miss MacLean. , ,
Mr. W. .J. Lane of Ripley, who
has, . not been enjoying good
health, returned recently from.
Belmont •where he and Mrs. Lane •
pent two weeks with their 'lath-,
the • graduation ' of her. grand -
'daughter, Miss. Mary' Fisher, who
was one' of seventy-two: 'graduates
of Hamilton General Hospital ' to
receive 'their 'diplomas at gradu-
ation
exercises held at ' Convoca:
tion. --;Hall . last.,"�iednesday�=;�-ter
Mrs.. Alex MacGregor of . Gran-
urn, Alberta,, who'• has• been vis-
iting with Miss Catherine . Mac-
Gregor• left' today for Chicago •
Where she will visit before re-
turning o her home.' Mrs. Mac-
Gregor is president, of the .W. C.',
T. U. for the Province of.. Alberta
and is enroute home from. atten-
ding a convention. in Moncton,
FO. .JAMES BORDEN I DON1si'i ROOK
AWARDED. D.F.C. The St:• Augustine War Wark-
-ers met can Wednesday at .' the
• Flying Officer James W: Bo'- home'of Mrs.. Jas: Craig and com- •
den, son of Mr and • Mrs. W. 'L: pleted a quilt for the Red Cross.
Borden, '.77 East. Gore • St;. Strat- The next meeting •will be • held
ford, arid formerly of the Secondin the Parish Hall. -
Concession, Huron Township, -has Those atteanding • the Wallace
been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross for "courage, deter.
urination and devotion to ' duty,
during a long' and. difficult 'tour
of operational duty. ' including
day and 'night bombing opera -
'tions. $
FO; Borden is a native of this
corrmmunity. but has .lived: in
Stratford for the past 18 years.
He is 22 years of age. It was. in
August. 1940, 'that he first be-
came interested -in ' the armed
forces, when . he . joined the See -
,and Reserve Battalion of the
Perth Regiment as , a private.
'While . attending Thames Valley
camp that sununer ' he turned ac-
tive, and later, rose to the 'rank
Of sergeant and was ..placed on
the staff of, the training . centre
at Kitchener. In Marc,,. 1941, the
young man transferred to the •
Royal Canadian Air Yorce, and
following his training, as a pilot
=went overseas in December, 1941.
He. received : successive promo-
tions until 'he reached the rank
of flying officer.• '
In a `recent letter 'to his par-
ents, ,Flying Officer Borden said.
that 'he ' had come to the end of.
his 'tour of duty, during Which
he had' made 69 successful flights
as pilot' of a Boston.. timkaer In+ri
was .being returned to England;
and expected to be sent home to
Canada within a .short time. He is
the oldest 6f ' seven children:
T>ESWAT'ER Tax .11'ate,has been
reduced one mill to. 45 mills.
KIN1cARfrN1 PIPE BANG is to
present weekl=y ,Saturday night
band • concerts in that town'thfs
summer, -
reunion held . near Stratford 'on
Saturday ., included . Mr. George
Wallace, Mr. and' Mics. , Wrn. Ring- .
ler, Messrs. Hilliard and 'Camer-
on Jefferson and Bobby Jeffer-
son.,
Mrs. Graham Chamney -and err
Bobby . of Wingham spent a few
days at the home of: Mr. • and 'Mrs.
11. Chamney: ." .•
' Pte. and ' Mrs. Melvin Craig
spent a couple of days in London.
Mr. ' and Mrs. M. Cummings
spent a few days last week with'
Toronto friends.
Mrs. Wm. Craig of London was
$ recent week -end 'visitor at the,
home of •Mr.. and Mrs. Jr"'
Craig.
Messrs. Cameron -Jefferson and
Jas. Leddy, Mrs. Jefferson ,Sr. &
Miss Margaret Jefferson were re-
cent visitors, with Mr. and Mrs..
John Jefferson and family at
Munroe. .
Mr. Bert Mills of Goderich was
a Sunday visitor at,• the home of
his sister, Mrs. N. Thompson.
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CAT. R. W. TOMLINSON, Fed-
erai+Imet'nber 'for Bruce riding,'
serving with the Canadian For
in Italy.
She: Generally' speaking, wo-
men are' .- • . .
Ile: Yes, they are.
She: They are what?
He: Generally speaking.
FOR PILFERING from milk bot-
ties and stealing a compact and
billfold 'from another' girl's coat •
at a dance, a Kincardine girl was
sentenced to two months in jail
by Magi'strat'e='all er..