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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-10-26, Page 1The z.w 5'. $2.00 A Year—In Advance; 50c Extra to U. S. At LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER .26, 1944 ' • 14IGHT ;PAGES EARLY RETURNS IT� HOLD SCARLET ARE NOT HEAVY NOT _HEAVY (FEVER CLINIC A clinic for inoculation of children with scarlet, fever toxin will be held in the Town Hall,. Lucknow next Tuesday; October 3ist, from 9.30 -a.m. to 12 o'clock Although it is a bit early to get a • true picture of the progress of the Seventh' Victory Loan in Bruce County, yet returns up to Wednesday noon are somewhat less than at a similar period in . the last loan: • County sales reported at head- noon. Similar clinics will be held quarters up to Wednesday nooneach succeeding Tuesday for four were $287,200 or 1.0 percent .of the weeks at the same hours. In all, five • inoculations . are given at quota: This figure is down some ° $10,900 from the same Period in the Sixth Loan. Returns by municipalities in' this district ar6: Lucknow $3,000 3% Kinloss 1,550 2' " Huron 5,000 5 " Culross 6,150 '6 " Ripley 3,000 9 The Farmers. Central Mutual Fire Insurance 'Company again gave the $ruce campaign a boost by the purchase of $25,000 worth of bonds. This Company now has nearly $200,000 in Victory Loan. bonds. , The County of Bruce is' again in the market,and will invest $30,000 in bonds. 1 is adviseable. Early County returns from the This clinic will be conducted', factory canvass are extremely by Dr. W. V. Johnston, M.O.H. encouraging:. On the . first day It is six years since a scarlet.; of the . Loan, the employees of fever clinic was held here, and'. Dominion. Plywoods Ltd., in 'the attendance 'next Tuesday Southampton, went over the top, morning is expected to be quite, as did also the Hepworth Furni- large. 0 ture. Company of that town. .weekly intervals, and may be re- ceived by ch4ldren of from . ten months too ten years of age; Child= 'ren of school age may have time off to attend these clinics by ar- rangements being made with their teachers. This series of five inoculations has proven to be about 85 percent effective in establishing immun- ity against scarlet fever. A simple skin test, taken two weeks after the last inoculation has been giv- en, will determine . whether or not the five' injections have been suf- ficient. In cases where 'they' have not been,' one more inoculation MISSIONARY FROM INDIA SPOKE AT THANK.OFFERING Dr. Quinn from' India gave a very interesting illustrated lec- i ture in the Presbyterian Church -on°-Friday evening on- the ocean=°' ion of the W.M.S. Thankoffering meeting_ A large audience was irripressed by Dr- Quinn's word and picture story of Missionary efforts in this vast •continent. India, he said, comprises three- quarters of the British Empire and eighty-six per cent of its people are illiterate. It is a land of poverty; ` primitive methods and superstition. , The spiritual dynamic released by prayer is the big need on the mission field today, Dr. Quinn emphasized. On Friday afternoon' D.r Quinn's slides were shown to pupils of the Public school. HURON SALESMEN HARD AT WORK In common with other muni- cipalities in Huron:.County, Ash- field and West .Wawanosh Town- ships have been " set, higher quotas in the current Seventh Victory Loan campaign " Which got underway on. Monday. Sales- men in these two municipalities, who have done such a: fine job in the past; ,are: hard at work again determined to spare no ef- fort to put their municipality over the top. Be ready for them when they call. Don't ask them to come back if you can buy today, for they lhave a big area to cover and time is short—to say nothing of gasoline and tires, In West Wawanosh, Durnin Phillips and Thomas Webster are the salesmen. These two gentle- men have handled the sales in aII of the seven loans to date and in the last loan had the distinc- tion of putting West Wawanosh at the head of all other muni- cipalities in Huron County with ales of $85,850, which. was 125 "ercent of the objective. In Ashfield, Wilfred McCarthy, Sam Alton and Donald Blue are again in charge of sales and are out to exceed . the township's quota of $104,000. The Ashfield Victory Loan committee includes Alex .McDon- ald. chairman; • John Bennett, Walter Alton, Gilbert Frayne, Marvin Durnin, Ernest Blake and W. A. Culbert. For East Wawanosh; the quota is $69,000. Salesmen are Frank; Marshall, John S. Scott and Frank Thompson. LOCAL DOCTOR IS BACK FROM HOSPITAL Dr. John H. White has resumed his practise here after receiving treatment for a hip fracture in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. He is able to get around with the aid of a caliper splint. Dr. " White, who opened a, rued ical practise here the first of BIG CLINIC WEDNESDAY There . were 128 donors at the 15th Blood Donor Clinic held in Lucknow yesterday (Wednes- day). WANT KNITTING IN It is requested that all finished. Red Cross knitting be left with Mrs. C. D. McAlpine before NO - ember lst.• Collector. Appointed West Wawanosh . Council has appointed Robert J. Rutledge as Township tax collector to succeed Charles Alton who moved to Til- i bury: ISSUED 2396 RATION ' BOOKS Issuing of ' the Fifth Ration, Book was carried out locally last Friday and • S'aturday when 2396 books were distributed. This total is 44 books less than were issued in the spring. Arrangements for the distri-' bution were made by E. H. Ag- new and J. W. Joynt, and the task of issuing ,`the books was supervised by Mrs. E. H. Agnew assisted by the following staff of volunteer workers: W. A. Por- teous, Gerald Rathwell, Marshall Graham, Rev.. Jf W. Donaldson, Rev 4. W. Stewart, Wm. Bower, Mrs W. V. Johnston, Mit. J. C. McNab, Mrs. Elmer Johnston, Mrs. W. A. Porteous, John D. •Foss, Rev. H. F. Dann, D. R. Mc- Lean, Miss Helen Hainiltgn, Mrs. Gordon Taylor: ST HELEN'S SOLDIER MARRIED OVERSEAS . I PURVES - MOORE-On Sept - August, suffered the hip injury,a ember 26th atC St. Barrtabas'' in a fall at his 'office in .mid -Sep-, Chuirch, Douglas, . Isle of Man, Alexander, • eldest son of Mrs. Purves, R.R. 1 Lucknow and the Date Mr. Jas. Purves, to Cather- ine J., eldest daughter of Mr. T. Moore and the late Mrs. Moore, tember. BRUCE ASSOCIATION ACTIVE IN B. C. The Bruce County Old Boys ;Windmill. Farm, Castletown, Isle -and Girls Association of Van- ;Windmill Man. of being the oldest social organ -,1 "WATCH YOUR STEP', ON HALLOWE'EN` NIGHT couver,. B.C. has the reputation ization in that city. The Associa- tion has been functioning for 35 years, and is still going strong. President of the Association this year is Mr. 3Jan Alton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alton, early residents of Luck - now and Belfast: The Association commenced its fall activities on Friday, October 13th with a dance, at which May- or Cornett and Mrs. Cornett of Vancouver led in the opening Grand March. Dances.. are held the second Friday of each month from October to April, with their New Year's Ball being an .extra special event. The annual basket picnic is, held in Stanley Park. Any Briuceites living in, or visit • Next Tuesday is Hallowe'en. Night when , little goblins and witches will be flitting about looking for a "shell out". Those not so young will be looking for pranks to play, but are well ad vised- to use discretion, in what they do. When we hear some of the Hallowe'en tales the oldsters tell, the pranks of today seem mostly as very minor in comparison. Yet that's not the point. The destruc- tion of property, or any major inconvenience caused people,. cannot be ,;countenanced by the authorities, particularly' in war time, when, serious' acts of des- ing, Vancouver are welcomed at truction are nothing short of these •functions. 'sabotage. Two Part Abert Armen In Sunday Crash Near St. Helens . Two airmen from No. 31 Air Fearing like shingles being blown' off a barn: The land in this vic- inity is hilly,., wooded and swamp- land and anything but suitable for a forced landing. Losing altitude rapidly, the plane swiped a tall tree as it crossed the sideroad just north of the Purves farm. Turning sharply to' the south the pilot evidently attempted to reach a rough but open field for a crash landing. A bit of the . craft lodged in the tree; part of a wing is said to have dropped off in some swamp land adjoining the field; and it is also reported that . a portion of the tail dropped off before the plane .plunged into the earth about 60 rods from where it struck the tree. The crash and the, explosion "which sounded like a bomb going off", scattered the bomber in bits •.and pieces over a wide area of the field. What remained intact burst into flames. Navigation School, Port . Albert, met instant death on Sunday. morning when their Anson bomb-' er crashed in an open field about two miles south-east of. St. Hel- ens, Both .airmen were from the Old Country and had been .in. Canada only a . short time. They are FQ. Dawes, R.A.F. pilot," of Derbyshire, England, and LAC. Baldwin of Yorkshire. Burial took place in Maitland Cemetery I on Tuesday. . It was betwen f1 and 12 o'clock Sunday morning that the plane was observed to be in ap- parent difficulty and . within a few minutes crashed on the 50 - acre farm of Bob Purves, which is situated across ` the road 'from the home ' of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Purves.. After the fatal plunge. the .rem- nants of the- plane which had not been scattered about, burst into flames. The mangled bodies of the twoairmen were hurltd from the wreckage, and it was a grue- some sight that was witnessed, by those first on the scene, a- mong whom were Mr. James Purdonand son Bill. Another witness of the acci- dent was Elmer. Woods: His at- tention was attractedto the ,;plane, when it appeared to be having motor trouble. So certain washe that it was going, to crash that: he started across the fields cn ,the run. Parts of the plane corn-, menced falling off, according • to Elmer, who described this as ap- Soon after the crash, airmen from Port Albert airport arrived at the-• scene and a twenty-four hour guard was 'placed around the field, prohibiting entrance to many who visited the spot. An unofficial explanation of the fact•that .there were only two airmen in the plane,` is that it was on a routine •check-up . flight after undergoing repairs. It has since been officially Jstated:.:.that_.the., plane:.did. �atot._ ems. `'plode on crashing. FORMER MINISTER'S • FATHER PASSED AWAY The death of Rev. Thomas R. Todd occurred suddenly early Thursday morning at Beams- ville. He was in his 66th year and had been in ,i11 health for several years. In 1940 he had to relinquish his pastorate at Simcoe United Church where he had ministered for five years. Rev. Todd was a native of Walkerton, a son of . the late Archibald Todd and Henrietta Quinn, of Irish extraction. He re- ceived his education in Walker- ton, Victoria College and the University of Toronto. Besides his wife, Rev.- Todd is survived by one son Rev. R. Colin Todd of Georgetown and form- erly of Lucknow and by two dau- ghters, Mrs. L. S. Mason of Sim- coe and Miss Clementa Todd at home. -The funeral was held at Beamsville on Saturday. Locally, the Council is advis- ing all and sundry that property must be respected in the Village, and acts of vandalism and des- truction cannot' be allowed to go unpunished. MRS. P. McCALL IS REBEKAH N. G. At a special meeting of Jewel Rebekah Lodge, Miss Matilda Cain of Walkerton,- D,D.P., in- stalled officers . of the lodge for the ensuing 'term as follows: J.PN.G., Mrs. •M. Johnston: N.G., Mrs. M. McCall; V.G., Mrs. E. Durnin: R. Sec'y., Mrs. J. D. Clark; F. Sec'y., Mrs. M. Cooke; Treas., Mrs. M. Irwin; warden, Mrs. M. Orr: conductor, Mrs. J. Jardine: chaplain, Miss Dorothy Cooke; I.G., Mts. M. Sproul: O.G.. Mrs. M. Fisher; R.S.N.G., Mrs. E. Smith; L.S.N.G,. Mrs. C. Nixon; R.S. V.G., Mrs. C. MacKenzie; L.S.V-G., Mrs. E. Huston; 'mus- ician,, Mrs. M. Irwin. AUXILIARY TO STAGE HALLOWE'EN. DANCE The Lucknow Branch 'cif the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion is sponsoring a big Hal- lowe len dance in the Town Hall. next Tuesday night. There will be novelty dances . and a door. prize: Music will, be supplied by Carruthers Orchestra, and there will be a lunch counter. The ladies of the Auxiliary are sparing. no effort to make this, their first dance vgnture, an out- standing success. Purchase Farm Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carter of Lucknow have purchased from Lawyer F. R. Darrow of Goder- ich the 50 -acre farm of the late G. Cantwell of Colborne town- ship.. ROBERT McVIT't'1E, one of Southampton's leading citizens and mayor of the town for the past eleven years, died :.in Win- nipeg last Wednesday morning in his 70th year. ENTERTAINMENT SERIES PLANNED Meeting last Friday evening, The Clansmen. laid plans for a rather novel series ofe entertain- ments, which, if they prove pop- ular will be held weekly through- out the next few montns. Commencing next Wednesday, an evening of bingo will be held starting promptly at 8.30. Admis- Sion is free. On succeeding Wednesday nights for the balance of the month, bridge, euchre and crib- bage and . checker tournaments will be held. In these cases the admission will be 3k. This series Will be repeated monthly.' with some possible var- iations subject to the likes and dislikes of the public: These entertainments will be held in The Clansmen rooms in the Johnston Block, formerly the I.O.O.F: Hall: Proceeds will be used: for patriotic purposes and local welfare work. :ESCA1 DSS ; m: a.S INJURY IN TUMBLE- FROM -CAR. Karen Reid„ 5 -year-old daugh- ter of Mr. .and Mrs. W. • S. `Reid of town, was confined to her home for a few days this week as the, result of a tumble ' from a... moving car. The . mishap in which Karen very fortunately -escaped serious injury, occurred on Sunday, af- ternoon near R.iversdale ' on the Durham Road, as. Mr. and Mrs. Reid and family were enroute to Walkerton to visit friends. 'Karen mistook the, handle of the car' door for the window handle,; andas the door flew open she hurtled to the highway with- out warning. She was rushed to Walkerton for medical attention, when it was indicated that her injuries were confined to exteli- sive bruises, cuts and abra- sions. Karen has been kept in bed for• a few . days to guard against any developments from her shocking experience. HONOR WAWANOSH BRIDE • AND GROOM Mr. and. Mrs. Wallace Wilson, newlyweds, of concession 7, West Wawanosh, were the guests of honor at a pleasant social gath- ering of friends and neighbors which was held in the West Vila wanosh Township hall o Friday evening. , Guests number' g about 75 assembled to extend ongratu- lations and wish t - m ell. Mr. and Mrs. ' Ge.'.' _ e., Stuart and W. J. Robb. and ' daughter,. Miss Dorothy, furnished music for dancing. Lunch was served,. and at the luncheon hour,• Mr. and Mrs.' Wilson were called to the front and a congratulatory address was read by Donald ` Thompson, and on behalf of those present, Albert Taylor made the presentation of a well - filled purse of money. Mr. Wilson, on behalf of himself and bride. made a fitting reply, thanking all for the gift and :for the good wishes so, plerasingly expressed. Mrs. Wilson was the former Miss Tiffin, the popular teacher in the school section in which she has come to reside.