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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-08-03, Page 7:.THURSDAY,' AUGUST 3rd, 1944 The Lug tiuel, L.uow, Ontario PAGE SEVEN Capt. .R.D. l cDonald vhda has been stat hiv:e- : `._t Terrace-. C. fair the east three _anth B. ,hewn• cn -Itt lcaigh. • • " Gearge ].-. hes "• word that re, nc i,.- .d', e- �I_ • Phil It os was iia i'. ` lee a la -s ' as •ai 'her schen):c. Pte_ .l_ �"1 SS.:= in Bermuda.' Goedorn DeIlY " rune, . ,f h . e Canadian Navy ',end R. '‘ftn"-- goreervv of the Canadian Amy are spending their furloughs at the horne of their •moti'9er, � - J. G. l'. Iosntgornery.'ccf Dungannon. Ja¢_k :Button; ;' ho enlisted a few months ago in the Canadian Navy, spent the week end at the. home of his father, R_ J. Button.. Jack is stationed at \Hamnilton, but expects shortly to be posted to the 'coast_ • Brothers In France • Mr_ and Mrs: Joe, Whit : y re- . 'ceved word last. week that two of their sons, George and Rtieell (Buster) were in France_ They did -not ' say whtem 'they arrived on "the continent, but oddly en- ough • made' the 'crossing on the same boat. . Seriously Wounded , Mrs_ Walter • Tares, forrnerly. •Maury Carroll, of St Auganstine- has received word that her hus- band has beep seriously . w otnmo- " ed in the fighting in` Italy_ The injury is a skull fracture. He was wounded last .October, bunt made a good recovery, Keen To Get' T'o, . ice Mrs: Frank Cole • received a letter . recenf ly 'from '• her' ` grand- son: Max Mildred of Bert -ie_• who leas •, been overseas with the Can adman Arany far for more than four years_ Max' is in hospital in Eng-. land, wrt&h < 2. broken leg baht ex- pects to get the cast off ian •a few days and then ln,rks fort and to shortly getting to Vance 'to join his younger.. brother. Ross_• who as now on the continent. . • is ,Overseas • Mr_` and Mrs. • Johan .MacXay of Kin' tail have been advised that -their. son Gray_ Duncan MacKay is overseas. Duncan s . braille:a', Fit -Lt_ Donald•'MacKay has been a -prisoner of,, war in 'Germany since February: His parents 'have received two letitems and a card from -Douala$ :indicating th'aa¢• he is well and not faring too badly. larred By .Buzz Bomb .It was recently reported that Sgt_ Elliott • Webster had been. wounded • oyerseas. In a letter :c Mi-_ and Mrs. Jerry Rathwea_)_ AYLMF.R AITCHISON WRITES FROM FRANCE Mr. and Mrs, brace" Antl?:_q�„sen `_ A Whnig bice have received. w :rd' •, :rOr.4 their scan Ayhner who .is :G^hing _an- r'sance as a sign l- n>a=n_ H =3nst letter was darted July 4th. A.y L er said he head :been in ormarjy , far a a:.•^_= 'but that was h' s hast •' elia ce. 1.-_ I wr .- ."" :e, anal tie r -n: eht in �a._ _: , ., "-'t is just ice' essible • for Y34/ 1 to imagine the magrni`_ude o4 xm.s operation u_' less you cart see the . ye•e'aratnon and alarming behind y P t the huge, ge• , �.vz.ys. "et rme;n:r and material and- the air force. We HE di it .a bit roaaghh en the -dater bat when the: Raaal. Navy is taak u _rig a ccehvoy it gets t r'ougg_ I have great respect and' addmi_a-a- ,_an for the boys cff the non, The 'organ:zati. n.:n s every u es_pe t is just perfect". :In a second • )eater written • a week Hater Aylmer saidin part.: ""Watched quite a sight the other night. We : heard tinct a fleet of heavy Ainerican bombers, would be over. Their first waves came ian around 10 p_ffi_ .'The sky was 1 blue with very few- 'clouds and it was broad daylight_ The flack the Germans put up was very intense from the start to the fin- ish_ Those aihanen who fly right into it to get over their target sure- mast, have what it takes. Wave after wave of them went Over to unload right on the tar- get As the ground trembles from their " bombs dee feel, at least I feel happy in one way, but .a bit sorry for those troops who have to sake Bt...It_ was . a..glorious sight` to watch. Next morning our troops roared in . for tthe kill at , Caen. Allied fighters etre ail ail over tthe sky that night but never found asingle Gemean fighter _ It is great to have the superiority ,on the land and in the air and cn. t.he:. vwater " _ [Spectacle Of Armada Never To Re' Forgotten R. -S. Hetherington,. K_ C_, of r Winghaurn who is in command ., of the 99th Battery, went over to &i-'irnce on ""D mighty invasioHope you both are feelling ; *ne_ spectacle of that mighty armada i arg was telling me she had call of between and 6000 ships ed on you and you're locking moving across the English Chain- younger every day: mel was something never to be 1 I- thinte, this war willn r forgotten., 'Major Hetherington over and I'll be back ,again to 1 writes_. He considered himself see you - "Tilly- explaina what happened thusly: "A buzz bomb wrapped a britt: • house e c•urad my neck • and, I got a gLa splinter in my 1 The injury was vett' minor! he -said_ Elliott is new in France from *here the letter was da riah ten. He said nothing afloat op€r:•ga tions there other than "`all .hell breaks loose at time:a-. Flying Over Fraisee Gordon Anderson of Zon has received a Better from his cousin. Fred Anderson. . son of David C. Anderson of Erskine. .➢Dataµ Fred said hehad -be4dQah ? alight flying over France since June 6_ His brother Bob, who has been in ; India alrar'ost two year has recently recovered ' from an • • at- tack of malaria_ He ' is ` .flyitng a gain but as an instructor rather than on . operational flights. Fed Carrie East about seven fears ago. and is well known in Lu mow A.'lsl. 1 -ci'�if ' witty the ae forces_ The WRITES FRO i ` QALY TO BIS GRANDPARENTS Ctrl_ Mel Hackett has Witten the following .letter to his grand- parents; rand-pare ts,• Mr. and Mr . Jc.seah w Hackett, esteemed lifelong octo- genarians of Larknoty and Ash- field. With it he enclosed 2 lire and .1 Era notes issued as Allied military cur:;ency troy .,ise sa I4aa v_ July 12th, 1944, Ise?=.o.Grandpad Gra'nd:.ha: Here I':am at last r-t=np from - sunny Italy. Its really sua-n * a1 -id. warm, here new, gets pretty = u.n,,;$•°.»8..xah quite cool at nigh Ha="e past cc''ane back trona 6 - day leave at • a! rest carp on the Mediterranean- with lots of .ate n n - ming: in the ' sea, .'which wat aerY1 nice_ Have been very br=a ppointed in the country and the people of 3 y, they , are so far behind in everything. They. still use mules and two -wheeled carts for most of their transport_ The women do mast of the work, carrying everything on their heads_ Very few people have cars. Went up to Pona ei for a look around. That is the city Which was covered over by lava from Mt_ Vesuvius years ago. A new city has been built up since but the old ruins are just being dug out On the . stone roads i_n the old city can be seen the ruts 'the wagons cut in the stone_ There are great coliseums with stone seatsand and pits down in the middle where they had the lion fights and also bull fights. There are stone mummies around_ people who had died where they lay With the hot lava pouring over. them_ The forms are almost perfect:but -are _..-hardened_..._into stone now. They have sone churches here with great statues and ornaments in gold. They are all Catholic: ;- met Jack MacLeod, when 1 was down at the rest camp: have not met anyone else from Luck - now :since • corngirng here_ I've seen quite enough of this counttayl`,and will be glad to get back to Canada: iff ' e whole, con- tinent is like Italy they can have it all wonderful cry fortunate in having escaped injure', in th :i struggle to land affter the shi a; whn h they were erasing was• '"snot from under them. and after landing in the •effort to keep alive When every man was his on___geaneyrrl__For four. •days and ' alights they, had no sleep ' and then only a, few hours at a time " perha_ps in a shell -hole with bombs and planes and • Machine • goairns wreathing their only lullaby_ Then ,they once more became an Organized army and since have felt more secure. Alter what • they baa e come through the first term days and survived Bob says "not to 'wos - ry—we afire entertaining. the pious hone.' we • shall be home for Christmas. and, anyone • who thinks we like it here is. eveli_ alarite mmisttaken" Best ' regards„ ' Mel. HOLDS MASS IN FRANC The Windsor Star recently car- ried the following`, article, in vehicle'referent is made to Major M. J. Dalton, scan of the late Mr_ & Mrs. Morgan Dalton of Kings- bridge: "While Allied gams just oatt. side Fleury suer time were ha^m- mering enemy positions With ear- splitting ferocity. and .a British tank ' force attacked and recap- lured the village of Mairiot across tire. Orne River to the west. Maj. the Rev_ M_ J. .Dalton of Wind - SOT celebrated pass on Saturday',, to the accompaniment of the frail voices of French children singing Latin hymns_ ""The padre said amass for sold- iers and old-rers'and civilians in a dark otto gr under the 0' Iy brewery in the. Call ados Department of France_ Is Mis ng Overseas 1: Tiaa'ee carbide lumps provided Word had been recewed by ,fighting, and the altar was hard- kjriends in Ashfield that Air Gun- 3v" disttlmguishable from he en- tire Donald Macintosh of the R. trance, near which a refugee was maiissmg ' ilie 7me' eetatifing s haircut from a r.i ilian ba irber. soar of the late Rev. Wm_ Macin- tosh of London and Mrs. Macln- torte of Kitchener.Gunner Mac- intosh spent many summers with his parents and brothers, at Kin - 'tail Beach when he was a boy. His ' ibrother Douglas„ a pilot of- " In the narrow passageway leading to Ihe, underground was a ,tri -color: flag;. which had been assembled the morning the Can- adians took Fleury„ from a blue gardener's apron, a'- woman"s fiver in the R C.A'_, also is over- white slip and a red bandana 'handkerchief. WEDDING BELLS BRE—CBJBBRT Dungannon United Church par- s, a°age was the scene of a wed - _„:71.2 ed -_.:71.g whern 3Les_ .Annie Sophia J i:asten Culbert was united in marriage to Robert Sere, both o Ashfield„ Rev. fl. J. Vickerson, oa Lor cf the Dungan non -Crewe - Port Albert tUnited. Church :%cir- it .vas the • officiating- cler• y- 1' rea_n..Tr e bride, who was unat- tended, wore .a powder blue_'dene dress with corsage of `pink roses_ Her s+all turban hat with veil was of the same .color, and her riag 'and shoes Were white: MS. Janes MciffhiLeney. and Mrs_ JL J. lir' cke_+�n ' .:.ere 'thea. witnesses` to the ceremacany, .fter '. a short ==rerriccor Mr_ ' d Mrs. Bene ,F ill° reside on the bridegroom s fa_r one -he -„la mile south of Dam - gentian_ P Threshing Underway Harvesting is well imderWay and threshing . operations have commenced with generally good yields being reported_ The season is coniderabiy in advance of ule years. "Major Dalton was the first priest from the Windsordistrict to enlist- as a chaplain_ He had been asctant pastor at St_ Al- phonssus church, and went . over- seas ven-seas with the Essex Scottish Reg- iment early in the war". Gar_ Al Spencer of Walkerton and a well-known orchestra pian - amt hasbeen wounded in France:• He suffgred° a smashed wrist and bullet wounds:. Al who is 39 years of age, enlisted in the.97flt Bruce Battery art September of 1939, shortly atter the ouutbrea:k of war. SGT, WILFRED BEDLEY, a bro- ther of Mrs_ (Capt) Elmer D Bell of Winglha n , has. been killed: in action' in France He enlisted in the Hi n land Light lrnfantn y over four years ago. Over 200 Farm :Commando Units Now Operating Over twa hundred cities, towns arnd_villages in Ceataria have now organized • Farm Commando Bri- gades to enlist volunteer work- .- ers to assist in the harvesting of Ontario crops this year, accord- ing to a report _ from Alex Mae- "laren, director Of the Ontario Farm Service Force: In addition, many of the smaller municipal- hies are • netting up 'a Splendid record of providing part time farran help without tine karma' ' oi'= ganization of a Farm Corrnimando. committee-, ittee_' s. Mr,. Maclaren says he great- $ r impressed by the ' recognition On he part of urbaxn people -.of the°neeeessity of .giving :the. iarrn` e ers all the assistance possible in handling this • yearrs splendid crops: A large amount of help was voluntarily provided in har- vesting the huge hay crops. but• the - needs daring ` the next twee Months for the har-vestisngof grain, . roots, vegetables and fruit will he so great that a critical situation may develop unless greater number of volunteers cone forward to take part . inthe battle of the land annuity. Espec- ially large numbers of helpers will be needed to harvest the to- mato, corn and fruit crops, which are greatly in excess of last year.. Men and women, boys and girls can help by giving one or two days a week, or even their spare afternoons -and evenings, or by devoting their two or three weeks holidays to healthful and pat- clonic work on the farms of On- tario_ Urban citizensare urged. to register at •onrce with their own Farm Conurnando Brigade; or to communicate either with the On- tario Farren Service Force, Parl- iament Buildings or their hear- . est National ' Selective Service .• Offices / "D•ear Ma: I joined the Navy because ' I admired, theway the chips Was kept so clean and tidy_ But 1 never knew until this week " who keeps them so. clean and. tidy''_—Love Junior_ the ;D.A . Contest on the CIS Barn.; Dance Be sure to ask for your I.D.A. Stickers with each purchase of I.D.A. merchandise at TayiOr?s Drug Store LUCKNOW, ONTARIO. YOU TOO MAY. BE A WINNER OC LAN ATI At . The Request Of The Lucltaow Business Men's Association, I Hereby Proclaim MONDAY, AUGUST ith A CIVIC." HOLIDAY FOR THE VILLAGE OF LIJCKNOW And Call On All Citizens To Observe It As Such: • J. W. JOYNT Ree®e.