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LVCKNOW, .•O11fTARIO TH Ji%SDAY,; JUNE 29th, 1944'
EIGHT. PAGES
PLAN FALL FAIR DIM ; .IN TORONTO-'IFI'VE SONS ARE
ATTRACTIONS', The death of John Angus Mac-..
,,,Kennan, a native of Ashfield and
Meeting last ' week, the exe- former Lucknow resident, oc-
curred suddenly at his home. at
Scarborough in•.Toronto on 1VIon-
.day. . ,
Upon arrival of the C.N.R:
train in Lucknowthis afternoon
:(Thursda ), the, funeral.. will be
held. to 1 intail cemetery,: where
a :graveside' service will be held
at three 'o'clock.
Mrs. MacLennan was formerly
Donalda MacLeod of. Lucknow...
vutive and sports committee of
the . Lucknow. Agricultural Soc-
.- iety drafted tentative plans for
.attractions at the Fall Fair en
Wednesday, September ,27:th. • '3
The square dance •contest, so
popular last ,year, is •to be re-
peated and relay races; and tug-
„.of-War
ug:
of -war' contests are 'to be among
. added attractions. These are
planned as. inter -township corn -
petitions between the Municipal-
ities. of Kinloss, Huron; Ashfield
and ' West Wawanosh.
Rural- School ' Competitions'War
again be featured, 'as. well. as =a
program .of sports. It is expected
that the Walkerton Girls Bitgle
Band will be back again, and a
troop is ,being, :.engaged for • a
grandstand performance.
The prize list is being .exten-
.
sively revised., • with increased
Prize money ' being offered • in
'various classes to ' .stimulate
keener competition.
Presentplans point to Luck-
now,'s 1944 show teing exception-
ally outstanding. • `
Holding:Prize Draw
Under auspices of the Society
a . prize draw will be held on Fair
• Day for five valuable prizes
which include a ' 27 -piece tea set
of English Bone China, . donated
by 'Wirt. Schmid; a four=rliece sil-
ver, tea service;. a pure wool
motor rug, aold seal congoleum
rug •donated by Wm. •Hc Fnell and
'an Axminsterrug 27'' x '50 inches.
Tickets are now on .sale° at 25c
or five for s1:00.
JEHOVAH WITNISSES'
WANT. P.,OLICEry .PROTECTION'
A carload of: young men, claim -
.ed to be •Jehovah Witnesses, were
• .in town the • first of, the week
seeking' police . prot&tion in order
to. ,hold meetings here. .
•They were..'advised to •refer
their request, to the provincial
police and were given no,encour
• agement to return to Lucknow:
Choirs Held Pleasant
Social Evening Friday
The Junior -and Senior choirs
of the United Church held a 'plea-
sant social evening on Friday in
honor, of Mr. and Mrs. Jack9°Ack-
• crt, reeent newlyweds, ,and as a
farewell to Miss Dorothy Sharpe
of the High School teaching staff
who leaves the village 'at the
close of the term, and ,who has
given valued service' as church
• organist during het stay. here, as
well as contributing in many
rather ways of :her rnu'sica1 • abil-
ity:'
Many of the choir members
.carried ' out the idea of coming
• in costume to represent the name
of a song, , which provided an
amusing feature of the evening.
The' following interesting .pro-
gram was given: piano solo, Wil-
fred Black; duet, Margaret Rae
and Doris Taylor; piano solo,
Margaret. Treleaven; quartette,
Ruth Winterstel& Patsy : Miller.
Ruth Dahmer and, Mary Johnt
ston; piano solo, Miss Sharpe;
solo, Mrs. D. R. McLean; .quar-
tette, Harold Allier, Alex ,McNay,
Eldon Henderson and Raynard
Ackert.
e Rev. J. W. ' Stewart extended
congratulations, to Mr. ,and Mrs.
Acketrand expressed apprecia-
tion of Miss Sharpe's' assistance
during the year, and sincere re-
gret. in her departure from the
,village; Rev.. Stewart ,.spoke in
similar vein at the morning ser-
vice on Sunday, which marked
Miss Sharpe's final occasion at
the organ:- At this service Mrs.
McLean and . Eldon Henderson
took leading parts in the choir
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs. George McGill-
ivray, Huron Township, an-
noi.nce the engagement of their.
'youngest d'aughter, Anna Jean
,McGillivray' to Pte. Lloyd H.
Wylds, R.C.A.P.C., elder son .of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wylds of
Lucknow. ' The . marriage to take
,place on Saturday, July 1st:
Pays. Visit Here
Mr. A. G. (Andy) Smith of
Toronto paid a brief call in the
•village on Thursday. morning.
Mr. Smith is • a member . of the
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
and was on. his way to Listowel
to address a . service club meet-
ing that evening.
NOW IN SERVICE
George Taylor, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Taylor ,,of town, re=
ported for duty •'yesterday at
London,' having enlisted 2 week
ago,. in. the Royal, Canadian ' Air
George's' father, ,Who is ;a Vet-
eran, of the last war; can now
boast of five sons and a, son -in -
lava iii the servic ..Edwin, Lewis;
Albert and Norman and his Bon-
in -law, Garnet liencieon, are
overseas with • the ' Canadian
Army, and now George, Jr:, has
donned the airforce blue:
Honored ; On Their 35ti
Wedding Anniversary
On:the occasion of their 35th
wedding anniversary, Mr: and
Mrs. Robert Ritchie were guests
-of--hhenv^q r at a gathering of their
family and immediate relatives
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Wilson of `Lucknow 'on Fri-
day. 'There were 25 in attend-
ance ' to spend a very pleasant
social evening and ,extend best
wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie.
Mrs. :Ritchie was formerly'
Alice Gardner. Their, marriage'.
thirty-five year ago was sol-
emnized. by Rev T: E. Sawyer
of Ashfield Circuit. Mr. and Mrs.
Ritchie have a, family of one
daughter, ' Mrs. A. J..Wilson, • (•Tia= 7
lie) and three sons, J_ G., Andrew
,..J
Along with -other gifts received
by ' Mr: and' Mrs. Ritchie Was„ a”
lovely basket of flowers present-
ed by their .grandchildren.
Made Two. Quilts . .•
.The ladies- of the Ninth Con
cession Victory Club met' at the
home of .Mrs. George Stuart on
made for the Recd Cross. T:••'
Crippled By Rheumatism
Harris Purdon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James. Purdon of West Wa-
wanosh, is ' slowly, recovering
from apo attack of acute 'rheum-
Stri.,04,en with the trouble
late in the,. winter, Harris has not
been able- to 'walk since Marten
3rd. But improvement in his con-
dition is ' steady, if slow, and a
few days •ago he tried getting
about on • crutches for the. first
time, with some success.
IVAN MAGOFFIN
LISTED MISSING'
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Magoffin
of West Wawanosli received 6f -
ficial word on Saturday , morning
advising therm that their son, Sgt.
Air Gunner Ivan Magoffin was
missing after air. operations over-
seas on. Thursday, . June 22nd. •
No. further details are «as yet
available .and his family," and
*friends are living through anx-
ious days hopefully awaiting •bet-
ter news. '.
Ivan went ' overseas last Oct
ober and was taking an advanc-
ed course of training before 'com-
mencing operational flights which
he expected would start about
April 1st.: In. recent letters, how-'
ever,' Ivan had made but little
reference to these operations.
Thg young airman will' be
twenty-three .'next 'month. Apart
from time spent at Manning Pool.
Toronto, and in Hamilton, Ivan
received all ,-his training at Air
Schools in Western Canada and
received his. Wings as an air-gun-
nPr at.,MacDol'iald; Man tola^
Lacking a High' School educa-
tion, Ivan' plugged hard . in • an ef-
fort to qualify as a pilot, and
lacked only -five marks of his
goal. He then chose to • be an
air -gunner, rather than' revert to
ground: crew.
Ivan is the eldestof sik child-
ren -01 Mr. and -Mrs.-Thorrias -Ma_
goffin who reside on the' Clifton'
farm . on the . 12th` Concession.
Ivan was born its Toronto, but .
as a youth' came to this district 1
with his parents.' •
He has three sisters and two
brothers, Mrs. Calvin. Irwin
rene), Kinloss; 'Miss P'erne
Magoffin, London; Lansley of
East Wawanosh and Yvonne and
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HOLIDAY, SATURDAY
• Dominion Day, July lst, is. be-
ing observed . in Lucknow on Sat-
urday,
FOUR GRANDSONS
IN AIR FORCE
Mrs.. Isobella MacLeod of Luck
now has, four 'grandsons in the
Air Force; One, has-been, wound
ed. one is- missing, one. is a•war
prisoner and. ;a fourth was re-
cently included in' the • King's.
honours' list.
The honored airrrian is Flight --
Lieut. Donald Fink, son of Mr -
and Mrs. 0:. H:.Fink of Hamilton.
He . is serving with the Air Force
in India. and for, gallant. and 2f-
•fici•ent service'. was ipcluded in
the' King's birthday honours. list
as a member of the Order of the
British Empire (M.B•.E:).. Flight--.
Lieut. 'Fink's mother' was form-
erly -Maggie• MacLeod. Dan Mac-
Leod of :town,; is the• young air-
man's uncle. • .
Mrs. 1VIacLeod's' .three other
grandsons' in. the. service are Geo...
Jim and Murdoch MacLeod. sons.
of Jack • MacLeod who is the •sta-
tion agent at `Capreol.
George was 'recently invalided
home from overseas after suffer-
ing combat wounds<:that, cost him
'the ,sight of an eye.
Jim and•Murdoch are twin bro-
thers and although serving. with
different squadrons. were both
reportedL..missixhg--roar-- .'the .-same
day. ,Jim has since been reported
asap prisoner of war, but no fur-
thrr word has' been received of
Murdoch's fate. Jim, we under
stand, is in Stalag •Luft III, the
prison. 'camp where • fifty allied
prisoners, including six Canad-
ians,' ,were shot after a ..mass
w -h
break; . aricT" reh ,"incident- yMr.
Eden told. the British House of
Commons was cold-blooded min --
der. .
Since the outbreak of the, war,
Mrs:: MacLeod has knitted con-
stantly. Securing the wool at her
own expense, she has knitted a=
bout one hundred pair of socks,
many of which have been donated
to local boys entering the ser
AGED LADY PAgSES
MAKE DRAW FOR -
:.Criticahy ill for the- past few.
days, the death of 'Mrs. Sam Coo'tc
occurred on Monday. She was in
her 84th year and was formerly
.Mary Ann Raynard. • •
The funeral service was held
on . Wednesday afternoon at the
h-o`me of Mi. and , ,M.rs.•` Isaac
Cranston with.°interthent in Dun;
gannoi emetery. . •
HOT WAV7
Orr~ Tuesday the temperature
soared to an official 90 degrees.
At one o'clock Wednesday it was
92 .,degrees with the temperature
still rising. • .
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REMARKABLY ALERT
AT 'EIGHTY-EIGHT
vr
Mrs. Wm.' Blake of Ashfield,
who was 88. years of age last Jan-
uary, is remarkably alert of mind
and body . arid' in the end oyment.
of splendid health, exceptfor a
touch of rheumatism that re-
quires her to use • a cane, to .get
-about: '
Mrs. Blake, who makes lier
home in Ashfield with her son
Ernest, spent Monday with rela-
tives in town: Mr. Blake had
made the trip to the Village to
take his daughter' Muriel to the
farm for the day. •Muriel, who•
was •totally invalided with'in
fantile .pa
°+ralysis in the fall of
1937, enjoys getting .out to the
old home -Whenever the oppor-
MAKING REPAIRS.'
'TO VILLAGE ROADS
Repair work is being done on
village roads, particularly hard
surfaced „portion's ' :which have
failed to stand up. A 'section' of
`hard surfacing near the flax mill
'has been Porn up and •.a coat of
gravel,, applied to provide a pro=
per • base. Some patching of
breaks has been done • .and some
drainage work is also planned,
The only additional hard sur-
facing that will be done this year
is from the Massey -Harris corner
one block south and 'a: block east.
PLAN FOR STREET
DANCE SOON
Meeting for , the first time in
their new quarters in the former
I.0.O.F. •Ha.l], op'Friday evening.
The Clansmen laid ' plans , for
summer 'activities. 'The Club re-
cently acquired ' this new nieet-
.i'ng •place and •have obtained a
lease on, it for a year. Arrange-.
merits have been made with the
Rebekahs, who 'own' the furnish-
ings: and they Will continue. to
use the 'building as.a lodge, room,
• The Cl'ub's blood 'donor corn-
remittee reported on their efforts
to obtain donors for the last two
clinics. and, their plans to••-eon-
ilentrate more than ever On the
sr_ext clinic. which will be held in
mid-August.
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TREBLES SERIES,
As a result of the lawn bowl=
• ing nietnbership . drive this spring.'
60 niembers''have joined the club.
A number of these are beginners
and to .induce, everyone totake
part, in. the .sport, . a 'roi nd robin
trebles : series has ' been arranged,
with 17. ,rinks in the.draw vWhich
was made`'last week:
Rules regulating the series, al-
low one substitute on ' each team
each .game, but skips : can sub-
stitute only . for another skip. -
Teams : requested to play and
failing to do so within a week
will' default the game and ,be
withdrawn from the competition.
Games are to be 15 ends with.
provincial ; rules to govern. The
skip is responsible for arranging
his games and notifying the play-
ers on his team. Skips ' must also
report the result of games' to
Gordon Taylor... -
The rinks are as follows, with
the skip of each threesome being .:
the first named:
Wes Huston; Jack Henderson,
Rex Ostrander.,: .
W.:'I. Miller, W. P., Reed, 'Geo.
Bower.' I
Joseph Agnew, : Ronald John-
ston, W. S. k McLeod. ' '
Gordon Taylor; Allan Stewart,
J. D. 'Ross.. ,.. •
Russ Robertson, S. C. Rathwell,''
Noble Johnston:.
Clark Finlayson, •Dr. Jas. L• it-
tle, 'Denald::-Iienclerson. ,
f-io�v_.a�:d,Aganeav,..�R,::T.,��Aougl.as;...•� -.
Harvey Treleaven. ,
Dr. W. 'V.• Johnston, J.' A. 'Mac-
Donald, L. Megan.. . • '
Wellington McCoy, Art Cann,
W: J. Davison.. '
Wm, MacPherson, Denzil Stat-
ters,
Wallace Twamley..
George, Hassall, : Dinnie Mac-
Donald, P.: M.' Johnston.
Wallace Miller, Redvers John -
stop; Wm: Hornell.
Robert Rae, Jas. Smith, J. .L.
McMillan. •
:. Will. Schmid, G. H. Smith,
Campbell Thompson. '
Austin. Solomon, • ' Roy Black,
Bill Chin: s
Dick " McQuaig, A. C. Agnew,,
H. R. Allin..
,ordon Fisher, Temple. Clarke,
IC -van Lloyd: •
Scores Attend ' Opening
Of Home Nursing -Course
The Red Cross Home Nursing.
Course commenced here' on Tues-
. day; night with an attendance of
about double what was origin-
ally indicated. Over' forty sign-
ed up ,for the course at,the' start
but since .then many more have
made application and the enroll -
anent is not yet fully completed.
Lectures are being held -week-
ly in the s,'chodl, and for the
opening lecture on Tuesday night,'
additiona] chairs had to be
brought• in : to accomodate the
class.. «-ho 'at that, sat in . pairs
in the "single" seats in the school
room. it
Tuesday's lecture on hygiene
and sanitation was delivered • by
Mrs. W. S. Reid, while Mrs: H.
R. Allin gave a demonstration •
on scrubbing, of hands for sick
room attendants., Others assist-
-i -supervisors and in regist-
ering new applicants' were Mrs.
Wilfred Hackett, Mrs: K. C. Mur -
die. Miss Lena Robinson and Mrs::
L. C. Thompson.
A similar .tours . commences at
Helens' tonight (Thursday).
W. S.' Reid, head of the sports
committee, reported on the work
done in putting the park softball
diamond ,in -playing shape. A
town, factory and- school team
are in prospect to make a three -
team , loop. The suggestion :was.
advanced that' The Clansmen is-
s}te a -challenge to all and sundry
for an exhibition game.
The' Club decided on holding
regulail.,monthly, Meetings oar the
last' Tuesday of each month. Pre-
ceding the July meeting, the, ev-
�..i1Yi1ag..^a'YY,,5'tYY",..._.a.:`SatlV 7`dv �.."�'. -col-
lection will. be staged byb' ' the
members.
During the third week in July,
The Clansmen plan on holding . a
street ,.dance;. and in August will
hold their annual carnival. :This
will include the usual prize,draw
feature and Wm. Schmid, W. A.
Porteous° and ' Wes Huston were
appointed a cornn1ittee to arrange
Has Seen 86. 'Summers
John,G. Smith of Osage, Sask.,.
and one of . The Sentinel's oetoot
genarian subscribers, is 86 years
of age he tells us in renewing
his subscription for another year.'
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MEN'S & BOYS', Work Clothing.
The Store with the Stock. THE