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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-11-02, Page 7THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26; 1644 The Luc now Sentinel, Lu Ow, Ontario t ......_..... sympathy of it being the "Judgment lady' , "DARK DAY., home and was no in _ -. :TELLS EXP R! ENCES with father's doleful predictions, but I do ti.ulk it �d a scbering -Mrs. Jewitt of town received word that her sontDave had ar- rived overseas after being stat- ioned for a time at Debert. Alex McIntosh ais home from Yorke Island, B. C. to_ spend his furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McIntosh. Slightly Wounded Mrs. Margaret Ste. Marie, R. 2, Lucknow, has been officially not- ified that her son, Gnr. Raymond Ste. Marie was slightly wounded in action on October 24th. Posted to Vancouver Mr. and Mrs. Sam Durnin re- ceivedtheirCfn. word - from son P. 'A_ Durnin that he is now at the Vocational Training . School,1 Vancouver., BC. He was previ- ously at, Wainwright, Alberta, training camp. o effect on the most of people. • said there m e great must b ageet fr re '. Innes Paterson_ 1 ice as there was asaes 1 Editor Lucknow Sentinel: iOf course �;n_• some place n the buggy. e�e I have noticed several refer- John said. that ashes were cause ences to "The Dark Day" in your by fire and the world was to be paper and an invitation to add destroyed by fire and `where any details by anyone remember- there was fire there must, of ing that event. I remember it course be ashes, so mothe is op- very distinctly, but am at vagi- timism was discounted somewhat e with what I consider must iri father's estimation_ We had a 'PAGE SEVEN • Receives. High Award At 5th Army ;Headquarters in Italy, Sgt Earl M. Ratzer of C'ricag:J, recently received the Le ;ion of Merit from Lt. Gen, Mark Clark, • 5th. Amy command- .• ALTER REGELATIONSer Sgt.' Ratzer is a grandson of REGARDING BROODER COAL 1s'r, Alex MacKenzie of Chicago . The Coal Cor.trol1er recently and a grand nephew of Messrs. announced. new regulations by s D. G. and W. L. MacKenzie of which wholesalers and dealers ;•Li. cknow. No. details_ of the Cita- will no longer •receive additional ti. -,n are' available. A recent . pie - Coal over their quotas for use.in U. -re in a Chicago paper showed brooding chicks. and all priorities the young soldier receiving award. dnc be authentic information regard friend visiting with us at the on coal for brooding purposes ing • the time_ I would have •given time and she seemed to, share have been removed; although if it as in the forenoon about 11 mother's confidence in the forest a dealer 'has coal on' hand when i- orders are received he is to give` Killed:, In Italy Pte. Arthur John Pollock with i us),began to make the most the Royal Canadian Regiment in { doleful predictions =the Day of Italy.. has been"' killed in action Judgment was at 'hand_ He felt according, to Word received by his that it was. well 'Aith, him .but l p A parents, Mr.' and Mrs. C. Wesley" Pollock of Huron Townshi what about thee. Presbyterians. k that we had to dark brother, Norval, is also overseas. It got so ' o'clock: ,We, were loading hay, I fire theory. 1 was pretty baa was building the load, my father 1 shaken 'up. Ordinarily, . I would and another neighbor ighbor were pitch- have been doing a lot of . com- ing` on. This neighbor was very plaining . blit did riot think it articulately religious, and he and would be the right thing to do father were constantly arguing under the preference m' delivery to ,brooder supplies_ It becomes very ii 4 ortant•.then that, those intending to brood chicks in 1945. 'should' arrange for' circumstances_ supplies + ' ,at once and' endeavour over the' interpretation of. differ- Everybody had sonppli e story t�� to adopt to brooder use the class eat passages of scripture, and as tell as , to hov.. it affected them, of coal they can secure. and take P far apart as the Methodists and and for the most part how they' delivery Whenever it is avail - the were in those days. 1' completely discounted any fears .able. When the darkness began to. ' be noticeable, there was great speculation as to the ,cause of it andas it increased, accounting for it took on a . more serious nature, Uncle John as he was called. (he was not an uncle to i Promoted To Flying Officer Word has been received of the promotion 'of Jack Bowers from Pilot :Officer to the rank of Fly- ing, Officer. He is with the .R. C. A. F. overseas. Mrs. Bowers, who resides in Palmerston, was form- erly Betty Terry of Atwood. • Killed, In Plane Crash . Mrs. And ew, Kirk, formerly -of Dungannon, has received word of the death of her nephew, Maj. Edward Bailie who was killed in a plane crash in the. Southern States. Major Bailie, 37, is sur vived 'by his wife ;'and three young children; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bailie and a brother Everett. ; Wounded Second Time Mrs. MacFarlan of • town re- ceived word that her son Walter had been wounded. His wounds however were not considered ser- through. Father went .across the ious. as hewas 'r'emaining with his unit: Walter is a member of short way to the house for moth - the Highland Light' Infantry, and er was away and the children was previously wounded in the would be in a panic. I had to give., up, although with the Judg- ment Day :so I wondered, at their anxiety to get, as much hay as 'possible on the load. They were sending it up so frenzied. that I was nearly smothered_ We got the load' on and started for''' the barn. Old Bess was very sen- sitive and ' ran away quite often. She. -seemed.. to...sense _therewas something unusual I had all I' could do to keep her frbmstart- ing off. ' Uncle John took across the 1 fields for home, he was not al- together sure of the. standing of Mary Ann; . his . wife In fact at times he was quite confident , that she ,would never make it .He d to think that if he got there before the roll call he could get some of his extra merit trans ferred to her account and get her see foot, from whichhe made a quick recovery. His brother Tom is in the Ordnance Corps of the 'same regiment. Both boys are in Bel- gium. make a detour around the road and • Old Bessie became harder to hold. At last she decided she must get home regardless' and away they. went I hung on' to the lines- At last the tongue came :he Cars Collide Dr. D. D. Carpene&C s car was considerably damaged' in a col- lision with a car. driven by Bill Scott of 'Kincardine • Township . The Doctor was. ,returning'- from, Tiverton with members of T the cast, of the play. ''Don't Dar .en My. Door When the mishap oc- curred.. x.71 w l:yrw =.0 .r:a X:-':`�.,,.`:t_r- f N s i .r CANADA'S VETERANS. 7,bI%IMb4qAm»*s This is the .Fourth in a series of advertisements to inform' the . people of Canada' of plans to re-establish mess ai women of the armed forces. To gel full details, save, and react every advert- a CHARLIE ROBINSON WOUNDED IN ACTION down and ran into the ground. of corse it'stuck, but Bessie and Mrs. Tyndal Robinson' received her ate broke the doubletree official. word- this week that her and I hung on. to the. lines and son Charles had been wounded in action on October ' 25th. In- gave the first demonstration of formation as to the nature and the "glider" principle, finally wounds was 'not ground with- a terrible extent of the hitting the thuriip. The team went on. I was not so badly hurt but that I got home. Father had lit the lamp and was trying to quiet the children_ When mother was away. something nearly always happened, we used to, think, and Word has been received by Mr. Z father was not a satisfactory sub - and Mrs. James; Craig; Conces- [ stitute when it did. Father was available, but his mail, is to' be directed "in hospital". Charlie will not be in the array a Year until November llth. He went overseas about three months ago and landed in France about two 'months later. Suffered Severe Burns sion 7, West Wawanosh, that their son. Fit. Lt. William L. Craig, supervisor of the.Canadian' Y. M. C. A.. with headquarters at Gib- raltar, had received severe burns to his hands and body. in a truck accident in Italy, while moving supplies from one Y.M_C.A. post to another. He received, treatment omit in hospital and is now reported. to be progressing favorably: Be- fore going_to Gibraltar. Bill Craig was Y-M.C,A: supervisor at the R.C.A.F. camp at which Harold Greer was stationed. To Complete Highway`! • • At the 25th annual meeting f the Bluewater Highway Associ- ation it was held in Goderich, suggested that next year would see the paving of the Port Albert- „iiardtne stretch of this l:iigh pave way, tr►at i� uu.�. r ,. �...,.v,�.i �ra�• � •� '° �•��J�s road from Sarnia to Owen Sound. going around with a "Sacrament. Sunday" demeanor. He did not chide old Bessie ' for running a- way as was his wont. As we went about feeling our way we would step on. an old hen that did not make the roost and her cries of alarm would send the chills chas- ing each other up, and. down' your spine, While we were loading the hay, our neighbor's wife on the west came out, uttering the most blood curdling shrieks. We.could not hear what she was saying, -having troiibles of our , own, but those near enough say that she made the most extravagant pr' omises. of reform if the calamity would only be postponed. However ore could never see any evidence chat she made any attempt , to q •. Aid Mostsho Mit MO Wits have homes °f ice people in which Canada's seri , rot -ides. a nom -macre are -two ways.. i the..Veterans' bind Act' Pe high taxation area, their own:One Uiie mem .acreages of land o`itsldc•irtba� or wilding of a For comply in- orma- non. ,L- to for the Civil booklet., financing homes on smen . credit may be used for p ,snider elle . Iiau a 1e-establishm t financing is available . et a National while or city IOW costd � 1nce is.� ` r red home in tom e Veterans Lan must in prepared Ate, Under 8 and buildings. The :veteran property xousing of for land srtd buildings and rile Pro t This up top a mown 1.0 cent of 'the cost of sn taco of the, 1 to F' down 10 him for s do . payment F s With interest at 31.:12, this ' w -n is then gold, to him, over 25 Moms, 'financed, if nece�ry �� of e.�iPment- balangrant may made the gran The veteran and buildings cent of the cost °_. must � • _ for ten years._ veteran he has lived. -eS to for a home, it. This type ent u�' S used from If the re-estabp one dollar for every 1v. o dollars n 10.Years of discharge_.. Farmed to Fut u be. applied for at any time 'a'ithi. of assistance may OMMERGIAL ° FIS%l Nt EN commercial lashing may FARMERS AN®� a fare andLin for full ung the Veterans Veterans qualified urchaig a. farm or home on a ;mal] acreage, outside receive the same in as the veteran wanting a b farming an additional l commercial rn the seine way he case o£ full time `„ t$ high heron aeea_ In Chase of sok. and .equipment `Ito t inee fel t is available for Aur receive uP to � t'ttetans fish of t fisherman may ro�zs200 of the ee r` ict • rr at fishing the ' commercialt under a yQ� �m� eve overseas - - Land t To 0 Land Act, the ex -service roan Lan Canada. least 12 months service in Cana balance may be for p t of 2313 per crit_ A further including � after i- given and title to the property, move}'. for equipment, f land perhis agreementthe credit is credit • may be used• is to ASSIST BISINESSM N again appl'''e T� the "re-establishment 1-lere bOnepurpose for •.whide capital- for a business - of to prop -ice working aF � after •disch.•�TQe• bion busyness a in the 10 ycar r ho . be made at any time s way, �_ tion .niay ent credit in thi mai during the re-establishment draw ulntzttance g These heGe In addition b sinesg-s, or farmers, riiaY gran own from the business �r the farm- of start theairig ms. t for the TTh • the Atria} they are av�*aitfi :returns. the after discharge, is may be Paid. � the first • 1S ce, andup to a maisimutn. of one `year_ RANWELFARE OFFICERS ARE . STA- VETEICEY T THROUGHOUT pNED THEY ADVISE AND ASSIST B C.ANADA- SHO ULD SERVICE PERSONNEi' PA B 1�7S_ CONSULTED ED ON ALL 1 PENSIONS D TtilS ADVERTISEMENT TO -SOME MAN .OR ,� \4.lw�eft2'r.e. l�,ltntStC► of u, er the 5 ihv►tity 1'f Hon, lsn E `� N AN® NATIONAL • 4W o