HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-11-02, Page 7THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26; 1644
The Luc now Sentinel, Lu Ow, Ontario
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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
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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
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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
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far apart as the Methodists and and for the most part how they' delivery Whenever it is avail
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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..
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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
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