HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-08-03, Page 5THURSDAY, AUGUST Ord, 1944.
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W I NGHA'M
Thursday., Friday, Saturday
AUGUST 3, 4, ,5
George Formby
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''`GEORGE In The'
HOME 'GUARD',
The famous Gunge . FonMby
in another rollicking' picture.
Also "Short 'Subjects"
Matinee Sat. •afternoon ' at 2.30
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
AUGUST 7, 8, '9
GINGER ROGERS
BRAY MILLAND
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`LADY In ..The DARK'
Photographed! in technieolour,
t is a picture with 'a new
angle. ,
Also "March of . Time"
PRESIDENT VARGAS of Brazil,
..travelling. incognito, paid .a brief
-via it- 'to"Kiirhardiiae `ceryl-efeFa re=
centlyto place a wreath on the
grave of Sir Alexander MacKen-.
zie .on behalf . of .the;. Brazilian
Government. Sir Alexander was
head of the Brazilian Traction,
Light and Power Company and
the president of the South Am-
erican; republic said, "He did a
great deal for my country".
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The Lucknow Sentinel, Lnckno#', Ontario
CULROSS `CORNERS
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schu-
macher and babe spent the week
end in Walkerton with her par -
eats: '•
Miss Grace Keith is, spending
a . few holidays • with Gertie
Wraith.
Friends and . neighbors are
pleased to know that Mr. Hanna
is' feeling 'much, better after his
fall.
Mrs. John, Wall' visited for a
few days in Ripley with her dau-
ghter Mrs. Pollock. •
Mr; and Mrs. Earle ..Ijod. dins.
and. Shirley spent Sunday With
Mr. and •Mrs, Wrn..Shewfelt. Mr..
Shewfelt is warden of ,Bruce
County.
Mr. and Mrs: Frank Thompson
and Mr. and .Mrs. Chas. Hodgins
took .in the 'horse races at Kin-
cardlne on • Satuad'ay. i a
OBITUARY
'EUPHEMIA ROSSn.GILLIES
Mrs. Roderick Gillies .died .at
her home in Barwick, Ontario, on
'Saturday, July 1st. at .the age of
82 years.
!Born in Bruce County in the
year. 1862, the daughter .of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
I $ruseRoss, she,spent he irlhood in
. County, and in 88
Iried Roderick Gillies.
IAfter ten years in Eastern On -
tario they . rnoved to. the ,.Rainy
River. .District and took` up a
hofneste.ad three miles north of
what ;is now the village ,of • Bart
°wick. Her husband predeceased
her seven years. ago. Surviving
are one .daughter; Mabel ;-(Mrs.
`E:" -H:" ran Ilton)':of'Toronto; and
four sons, Roy of Chisholm,' Al
7.
berta; Clarence of Fort Frances:
Ross of Cypress River, Man., and
Leslie at home. .
Funeral serivicea were held
from the home on Monday, „July_
3rd. Reverend E. J. Winslow ' .of='
ficiated, and burial was made in
•the Barwick cemetery. I
WANTED
EN
EN
For Factory Work During Tomato, Season
Beginning . About August 25th
Applications from those engaged . in war work
will not be considered.
FOOD '.FIGHTS TO"O!
Apply Employment & Selective Service Office,
WALKERTON •
WOMEN WANTED,
For Factory Work Dursng Tomato Season
Beginning• About August 25th
'MAKE APPLICATION to
Libby, McNeill &.Lihby
.ATHAK oNTARio„,
Applii.cationa from thoae ent.taintti it warwork
will not be considered.
FOOD FIGHTS TOO! ,
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PAGE. FIVE
Winner. And Two Of .H�s
Crew Paid .Supreme Sacrjfice
The Empire's 'highest award for
valor, the, • Victoria Cross, has
.been awarded, posthumously, to
34- year - old Flight Lieutenant
bavid.' E. '("Rud") Hornell of
Mimico for a successful and .dar-
ingattack on a German sibmar=
ine in the North Atlantic after
his big flying boat had been sev-
erely damaged. ,
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This ,much is generally know
but a sumnnary of the details ,.
the heroic action by Dave and his ' With his right wing in •flam`es
Burst Into Flames
At 500 or 600 yards the star-
board engine received ''a ,direct
hit and burst into flames, igniting
theflow of escaping oil on the
starboard wing. Denomy succeed
ed in "feathering" the right pro-
peller and on one engine Hornell.,
pressed home the attack. Just
before the Canadian; dropped
their ;'depth charges the starboard
engine fell into the sea.'
crew will • bear repeating over and fighting the shattered ' con -
and" over, again. K' trols .to". keep the -aircraft on
,. The gallant young pilot and two course, Hornell flew over the
others of his crew of eight per- submarine at 5.0 feet. Despite a
ished • later from exposure after frantic turn . to port bythe sub -
their ` Mane had been shot down marine, Hornell dropped a stick
in flames in; the !icy waters Theof depth. charges wh
ich.straddled
five airmen , who: 'survived 21 the enemy perfectly '.Sergeant
hours' clinging to a small dinghy Scott, now dead, saw the sub -
in the gale=lashed Arctic sea, also marine lifted out of the ' water
received. 'decorations. ` and searching•aircraft later saw
The members of Flt. Lt, 'Horn-. German bodies and.large sections
ell's crew were: Flying Officer of deck planking. '
B. C. Denomy, co-pilot; :1'3 Peg- :Realizing that he couldn't get
ley street, Chatham, :who was a= back td base so badly .damaged,'
warded an immediate D.S.O.;
Flying Officers S. E. Matheson, Hornell flew the aircraft another
navigator, of Nelson, B.C., and three miles before setting it
Graham .Campbell,. wireless -air- down, It- was a masterly landing
12 -foot waves with damaged
gunner, • Vancouver, who received on .
immediate ` D.F.C.'s; •.;Flight . Ser controls and on one •engine. Mem-
bers .of crew . credit Hornell with
i•geants I. J. Bodnoff of .Ottawa,' saving their lives' by his skilful
• and S. R. Cole, 256 Lake Prom].handling. .
evade,. Long Branch, wireless-ai- •
gunners, received immediate: a- I Dinghy Explodes
wards of the D.F.M..'
Two Others Died '.
Y�. The .two others; who died' in
the rubber dinghy, were Sergeant
D. S. Scott, first flight engineer,
Afmonte, . Ont., .and : the second
engineer, Sergeant .Ferand , St,
Laurent, of Pointe au Pere, Que.
Inspired by the gallantry and
leadership, of their belovedskip-
per, members of the crew pressed
home their attacks against the
heavily gunned • undersea craft'
with determination • and ` utter
disregard= _far their own safety:
-The story of their exploit is ' one
of the utmost courage and de -
votion to duty.
Members of an R.C.A.Fi. squad-
ron based in- Iceland, :.the . crew
had previously suffered casualt-
ies in several., effective ,attacks
on German U-boats:
The submarine Was . sighted in
the early. evening. The midnight
Sun outlined it clearly as at noon.
Spotting the enemy at five miles
Hornell immediately wheeled to
attack. At . four miles the subs-
marine's
ub-marine's guns opened up. Hornell
took . violent' evasive , action,
bouncing airmen and equipment'
about -in the big .'Canso;15ut the
lumbeting flying boat was holed
several times before it neared the
enemy: Cole, of "the radio, was
pounding out flash,,'reports of the'
attack and giving. their position
but the' radio aerial was shot a -
• way and the messages failed to
reach base. . • •
When ' one dinghy exploded
through over -inflation it left only
.one tour-manT`dmghy for 'the • 8
.survivors. The crew took turns
in slipping overboard and., cling
ing to..the side, so that all soon
were soaked' to• the skin. Hornell
early. had removed his _heavy
flying trousers so' that he could
kick has way to aid the survivors.)
of the exploded dinghy and never
again put them on. He tied knots
in the legs and used them to,;bail
out the flooded. dinghy. '
Sgt. St. Laurent died first, 'th.en
Sgt: Scott. Reluctantly. the sur-
vivors consigned their bodies to
the water. Rooni ,was needed in
the .pvercrowded dinghy.
Searching aircraft sighted .them.
,
around midnight, five hours afte?
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the attack, and all flirough the
semi -dusk of an Aratic summer
night aircraft circled overhead to
signal their; position fo surface
.vessels corning to their.. aid. The
gale grew in intensity and no air-
, craft could- land on the 40 -foot
waves,- let alone takeoff after-
wards with numbed survivors.
It ' was mid-afternoon of the
next day before .a high-speed
launch of .air7sea' rescue service
picked them up. Suffering from
21 hours of exposure to a biting
gale, all but .Denomy and Cope
had to be lifted aboard. The
ors' worked five 'hours to • revive
Hornell but he failed to regain
cohscioilsness. 'The •remaining five
speedily recovered.
Mrs. Bert E3. -non and child:an:
have gone to ^Kirkland Lake ,ta
visit 'with her mother there.
Mr. and Ars. Gilliespie of Lo -:-
don spent the week -end here.
WHITEC•HURCH • •
Mrs. Gibson of Cayuga is • vis-
iting With her parents, Mr. and
Mrs.
McLean.
Mr.`and Mrs. Wilson of Guelph
spent Sunday' at the' sante home:
Miss Clarabelle Clow Of Wing -
ham spent Saturday, with Mr..
Mrs. r Ezril' Vel lwood.
We are sorry to report Mrs. H.
Pettipiece to he very low at pre-
sent., ,;
Mr, and Mrs.' John Norman of
Tsronto,., are-- visiting-•,relatiti'es '
here • and at Langside. ,
Mr. arid Mrs. George Vines of
Paini•er°tson and •Rev. J. Reichard
of Gorr' -ie .and Mrs, Starilev Crim s
clough and children • of Prince
Edward Island spent Sunday• :if-
twrn7on at the home oi. Mrs. D. ;
'CHARGED i TH FORGERY
Bob Carrick, well known
baseball circles in ••this distri_t.'
and who •.aided Lucknow Lucknona to the
Bruce League championship a•'few
year=s back. was .• iarreste3 r:r
Wingham • last week and I adg d•
in lluron ounty__ .. ..
faaes seven 'charges of f:rgery
and uttering in cor.:+ecti.;r; with
the falsification of .rerraits'• .for
securing beer fr•3.r~ Gwernment
totes. r'�I:ce sail• marecharges
would be na The a.c.aused ap-.
peared b•efor)e justice cf t::3
pc ace, Iast week and was rcman-
ied to jail until today.
LANGSIDE'
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I Mr. and Mrs. George . Tiffin And
Coleen spent Sunday. with Mr;, &
Mrs. Jack MaeIntyre of pungan-
non.
Mr. - and Mrs. Len Conley and,
Carolyn and Lloyd Gollan .were
Sunday .callers at the home of
Mr; . and Mrs. V,, Emersdin: .
Mrs. .Russel, Moore and little
daughter of Preston spent a few
days with . Mr, and Mrs..George
Tiffin. . • •
Mr, . and. Mrs. Wesley Tiffin,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tiffin of White-
church spent Sunday with Mr. &
Mrs. Perry. Pennington of Cul.-,`.
rocs: •
Mr. and Mrs.. Leslie Ritchie &
Alvin," Mr. '.and • Mrs, W 1L Ritchie,
Eldon and Harvey of Zion were
unday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Ritchie. .
Mr. and Mrs. Will Evans; Ted-
dy and Bobby spent Sunday with
friends at the • lake.'
'Mrs. A. Emerson returned to '
her home ' here after visiting a
month. with her daughter, Mrs.
John Haggitt of near Blyth. •
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brown, Ger-
tie; r':'Mrs R. . Tiffin, Charlie and
Sandy Murray . spent :'Sunday ev-
ening with Mr. and • Mrs. Clark
Johnson. ; of 9th' C.on.w
East Waa
nosh.
Mr, and Mrs. 'John. Hayes and.
David , Proctor returned on Sat-
urday _ after spending a . week,
with relatives :here
Ma. and Mrs:.Alfred Naylor of
Hamilton. Mr: and Mrs.. Ben Nay-
lor of Lucknow called on Mrs.
George .• -Naylor on Thursday last
at the home of Mr. H. Pettypiece.
On—Monday 'evening . this com-
munity learned of the `death o€
:Mrs. Herbert Pettypiece. Mrs:
Pettypiece had been ailing since
early' spring, yet was able to he;
around the house until about two
weeks ,ago when° she wag forced
to remain in •bed. Her death :was,
due to a liver . condition. She
leaves to' mourn her loss her hus-
band, one step , daughter, . Mrs.
Elwood Barbor. and two step sons
Jamesat home 'and . Palmer of
United States,' Funeral . arrange-
inents •.have not been completed..
'This' community was shocked
to hear on Saturday of the death.
f : Mr. Maurice Shapiro in the'
ingharn Hospital where .he .had
een a patient for a couple .of
w.
eeks • with a' heart condition and
bronchitis. • Two years. ago Mr..
Shopiro boarded at the home of
Mr. and Mrs... John Richardson
and made many friends in this
community..
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• Poverty is 'that , cruel state of
affairspthat deprives •a lot of peo-
ple of things they are• better off
' MAFEKING
• Mr..and Mrs. Chas. Hallam at-'.. •
tended 'the Lismore - Johnston
wedding In Hope Chapel Baptist
Churcli. London. on Saturday
last.
Miss I,\Iargaret Stothei s. Ot-
tawa. daughter.of the Iate'Jarnes
Stothers, Sask., Mr. and 1.Irs.
Jack Emmerson of Kiplough vis-
ited Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Horton
on Sunday- P:M. • •
Mr. and Mrs. Fred.. Atiderson,
tire,. and Mrs. Gordon .Kirkland
and children. • Mrs. I. Andrew,
Mrs. Sar"•ah Helen of Zion visited
f:•ier.ds in this community •on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McCann
and Dean of Detroit. Miss Olive
McCann,. of Chicago were''cveek'-
endvisitors with Mr. and
Ge7rgz Twamley.
Miss Kaye S'tothers • and her
brother Stephen are spending
s:zme i'.o:idacls tvith ,.friends • at
Honey H:i•r^or: •
-Vact'r�a appointments Were
well repro tr.tw d at • the Sacra
meat ..:es n Sunday morn-
ing. •
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