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$2.00 A YEAR. --IN .ADV4NCE-50c EXTRA TO U. S. A.
WAR SERVICES
-DRIVE,. IS OK
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-Tlus week. the • naaiorawide 'appeal
was launched to raise .$5,500,000 to
enable, Canada's War Sera.* Organ"
irationain catay. On their -vital werk,
' in easing the della he of Canada's
• . fighting pee sassy froth. home, and
bririg to them in some small measure
• la least, a few 'of the .,comforts and
pleasures that they ' have saerifieed
• in 'forsaking civilian life: .
Folleitring fig closely upon the war
saving s's' _campaign, it's another test
.asto What degree tanedierie have
their hearts in this tit:tete ceriflict:
. We at, home can,Rotalet our -fighting
'Men down. The more than five mil-
• Ilea dealers askedfor in this 'sails-
• in -one 'drive" Wit be spent directly
on • our men In uniforni.by the Can-
• adian Legion, • the Y,M.C.A., the Sal-
vation Arinaa the Knights. of Col-
' ambits, the Y.W.C.A., and the I. 0.
--.D E., acting as agents for • the folks
,• back home. •a.
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her place -beside --Great :Britain in
• ..fighting ,"all: out" against the would-
• . "be world: canauerpas, very few.people
• hi this couetiy escaiie he in-
evitahle sacrifices demanded teem the
indlaideaL Wemay-hot te. Compelled
• to, grope around' at night 'in. pitch•
• darkness. We may not have to dash
for aothb shelters sand Shiver appre-
hensively. as the drone of German:
bombers . grows' louder and louder
overhead; But .; are - shedl 'lava . ever:-
• anCreasing demands an our piieltet
books,:to Pay for the equipment and
" .uPkeeP, �f our, young • Men who have
. volunteered t� hells keep our iighte
• going and .our land free;' from the
invader. • •• •
flt is' stressed *metier, that thee
will, be 'no further camPaigne this
year for any Of these auxiliary ser-
. vices, including the .Red Cress,.
What About Lucknow?
Heron County has been well 'organ-
• ized ao get the drive swinging aloitg.
The county has been divided into zones
, comprising atia verieus townships and
urban municipalities. Loral
• min „have been appointed and in Ash• -
field and West Wawanosh the iespec-
'• ' tive Reeves, Alex MacDonald and
• 'Thathas Webster have been appointed
to this office. -
In Blame' Coenty, Rev. Rs P. Skirl-
„ner of Chesley is chairman of the
County Committee. The County corn-
• mittee is funetiOning and calling on
Municipal .Conimiateees; to get into
•'operation quickly. Within the Vill-
age, we -have failed Of era;
move being- yet undertaken to pro-
mote the .campaign. •
From Rev. Skinner we aaaa- recei-
• ved, a suggested outline for organiz-
• . lag a municipal conpaittee, with as-
sistance, offered by the County' Com-
• raittee ff requited. •
Mr. Skinner suggests filet the reeve
- of each apimicipality . is 'ahe logical
• head of each local •committee' and
• urges thatsa meeting; be called at the
• searliest possible 'date of those cal-
. culated to assist in putting over, the
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canipaigh. •„ -7 ”
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100 Pledge At Ripley •
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• • In the.War Savings 'campaign re-
• cently conbluded at Ripley one hun-
dred ,citizens pledged themselves " to
1 purchase certifieates regularly. The
campaign in Huron Township isde-
layed until road conditimis improve,
vvhen rnetiabers of the Township Coun-
• cil will act as the committee to Make
the canasta. • • '
WARN AGAINST FED GRAIN
BEING USED FOR SEED
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• . With thoesarids of tens of feed
' being • •brought in Ontario
from the Canadian West. on the gov-
• ernmental free freight Plan; the On -
teal° Departtneilt :of 'Agrieuature
werne against iteY of this grain be-
ing used for seed on Oiliarie. farms
spting. Agricultural- officials
state that neither Western feed grain
, Or. badly weathered Ontario grow
, Amid act used ria seed this or any
, other year •
To. date permits have been, ieseed
from the Piece Connty office for 5• 2
scar loads of feed grain- under the
Freight :Freel;Grain Polley. These
a consist mainly of oats.. barley' and
screenings. • • . ,
• :Card ad ;Thanks .
I wish': to thank my friends for theit
ma ilY lieti of kindriega 'Oaring' my in,
nese, alio Jewel Relleatili Lodge, A,
Y. P. A;a:Rev. A. Ai Maloney and Dr,
COVeTlefot
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' Dorothy Cook.
FORMER ASHFIELD LADY.
pASSED 'AVVA,Y AT E4ETER
The death occurred in Vie:Witt. Hos.,
l'ailtal, London on Saturday .of.' :Mrs.
William H. Johnston, of Eareaer, form-
erly Sarah $.. Blake, Mrs. Johnston,
• who was. m her 77th, year, Wes . an
'aunt of Di. W. V. Johnston oa.. Luck-
noiva, : . •. . • ,t . .. " ,-
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, Mr. and •airs, aohnston were Mar-
ried ss years ego, and of •leste. years
Mr. Johnston has been ;well knewn
as a writer of historical artielea,
many' of , which have dealt with, bi-
teresting facts of earlierdayti ita.AOhr
field, of which lieshad intimate knowa
ledge. :
The, -.funeral -*viceswas held -at -
her late residence in Exeter on :Tues-
day with interment in .Eaeter betna.
• etery.
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Besides her bereaved husband, airs.
Joheston. is survived ,by three Bens,
H. Freeborn 'Johnston, of Washing'.
• ton, D.C., •doing research 'work for
the Carnegie .Endowment; Albert W.
Johnston, actuary for Excelsier Lif
aandatDrasstak--Gecil-slcihnston; sof-the
_Matteis, State .Hospital, Ileacon,L,Na :
Y., and by tarri sisters, Mrs: D. K.
Alain; of Aehfield and Mai. Ileabeit
Alton, West Wawinoeh and a :brother •
Thomas of Aihfiela, ,
• Lucknow OM" Thursday, March 27th, 1941
-RECEIVE. SIZABLE
HY.1510 CREDIT
Receipt of the alath Power
•haieging a crealt og $867.35 to the
leeal:Hydro Commissioa came as ,a
• Pleasaut serPriPO, the first of pho'
.weela ir „••
wee reported receetly that there
would likela be zio such teredittl: is-
sued thie Year, as they would, be used
to establisha fend for post-war ad
justment andstabilization of rates.
However Osier and 'abaire the credit'
there was a deductimi previding for
• etabilizationin the :aiiiitunt
of
$119e218310411t6.art:. B‘
• T 11 represents the
diffetince • between -.the, actirial cost
of power delivered daring the fiscal
'year and the amounts paid by the
local eastern' during the year an• a
• basis, of estimated cost.
Puling the fisetil year the local
Commission' paid to the H. E, :P. C. e
total of $11;836.69. The actual cost
of power, phis ,the local systeni'e
ailiarestifsaopetatitiga' costs -and -fixed
charges aniounted th 4101969.34, leav-
ing the above nieetioneell3th Power
'Bill of $867.35 to the credit' of the,
Lucknow Hydro -Electric S.astem. :
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Rome From East Coast
Ott Brief Visit.
:
Week -end visitors at the he of
Mr. and Mrs. James MacDonald of
Paramount oaricla•M
ded r., and Mrs.
Marvin' Saiderson • of. St Jahns, • N.
IS: and Mt: and Mrs. Frank King of
Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Sandersori ar-
rived in •Toronto on Friday night and
were leaving Ttleaday -morning' on
their return to the East Coa te
atteadirig to' business for -their res-
• pectiye• firms,: Mrs. Sanderson being
with the Robt. Simpson,Company and
Mr. p,ancleeson1 with Western Canada
in St. Johns, N. B..
DAY' 0,1? PRAYER OBSERVED
• Selidea last, setatpart as a Nation-
al Day Praaer; by prima Ministea.
Mabtaenzie Kink, was. Observed' as
such in local churchee. The occasion
.,eeiricicied with a day of prayer ob-
served in the:01d Country.
• . Some local. members of the 99th
Battery, joined the unit in parading
to St. Paula; Anglican Church, Wing -
ham to attend the Morning service.
Iinproving After Mishap • •
Jack MacKay, Con. Kinloss Who
_hasabeenaconfined -to bed- ahree-
weeks is improving and 'expects to,
be out again scion. Jack was hurt
while closing a heavy door during
'a kale which blew the doer'. off its
mooripts, throWinga, him to the
jet:tend: • 1"'"'
Moves TO Village ,
Mrs. Wm. Habkirk of Teesavater,
who Was recently bereaved in the
death of her husband, has moved eta
Lacknow to make her home with her
-sisters-Clatialreasa-Mass-ilnaltitairnin
ed over on Monday, being.assisted by
her son Donald and Mrs. Habkirk and
Andrew Baillie, all •of Mitchell. "
Bags. 'Many • Foxes . ••
• Single handed, and withoitt a ,dog,
Jack Kennedy of Huron Township
has bagged a total of 24 foxes'lliis
winter, not to mention sorrie forty
eobesa
SPRING_ OEFICALLY ARRIVED
runeral services 'for Mary Couft-
ney wore held in St: Joseph's 'church,
Kingehaidge on Monday morning with
interment ' in Kiligsbridge cemetery:.
Mias Courtney, in her 74th year, Was
practically a lifelong resident of that
Community, •For the ,Paet three years
she ha a Made lief. home with her eat-.
ter, .Mas.• Bowler of Sagirlaw, Where
hee death occurred oil Thursdaa.
Another sitter lean of London' and
a brother, Michael of Ashfield also
survive.
Spring officially arrived' • last
Thursday evening, and while it, was
pleasantly 'warm on Sunday, the new,:
comer hasn't provided anything ex-
teptibual in the' line of fine weather
yet. One tinier predicts a back-
ward spring with lots of snow for
some time yet, and according to the
prevailing wieds.last Thursday they
hither support this cOntention. The
wind, when spring arrived, was pretty
much in. the north, and this is re-
garded as. an infallible sign that the
next few weeks will he generally
cold. and 'backward. •
• DEATH OF MARY COURTNEY
DML spawn) PAgsgs .
1 ' Althilegh in ill health for a' time.
•the sudden death of David Stialid of
Bruce Township same unexpectedly
on Monday, Mr. Stroud is well knowa
. here, haying farmed for a number .
yearea' west of the Village before
Moving to near Underwood some 20
years ago..
The' faneral Ceraiee was' conducted -
at
his home on Wednesday by Rev
. C. Mitten of Underwood Uniaed.
hurch; of which Mr. Stroud: :was. e
member of the. 'boaad df stewards.
Inter:Cent was, in Tiverton Cemetery.
• Mr..Stroad is :survived by his wife.
• fornierly tiza Patterson •of Huron
Townelepaand fear 'sons and -three.
daughters. . • ,•
STORM TOR1'.$,
• The etenn of last week is no,w only
merilory-aquite a vivid. one prob
ably t� many Who had expeeieeces.
in it. All rnainareacis Mao LuelcaOw
'were again (men for pastor •tiaffic:.
by Friday .evezdng. • '•
. The -raid from athe Hank was 'the
'last ,to aeopepeO; as gangs of
'ellen were preesed: into petaiceapear
the Math to open a stretch too teugl-
fer the plow. 'The, Dungannon roe,'
.1vas opened earlier Iir the day,. after
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repairs Were mane to the plow Whicl
broke down near Belfast. ••
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The Anaberley road was the first
stretch to be opened. A mOester cat
erpillar plow crawled in from the
West. about 8 •o'clock Thursday more-
ing and continued east to :A/Ingham,
arriving there Shortly after 'dinner
• • Even .Cat Snowbound• ' • •
It wasn't Only week -end motorist'
and Sunday night boy friends , Who
were marooned the .storin.• From
the Langside district' comeutkeauth-
entic stmay4f_ana tabha cat 'thiita_was-
Iti-o-iazi-atayed at a neighboar's. bare
from -Sunday until- Tuesdayaaftesa• a
:noon. The owner. of the cat Was con-
vinced that pussy had perished ir
•the blizzard, ;Out after the road wee
broken on Tuesday the feline amble
home. trite awntaarii; and thelea get:
.up a laity meowing as much as to
say, "Aren't you glad .I'M back?”.
• • s Looked like 'IA Truck
While Allan McConnell was streg
glint along through the ,blizzard lase
Moaday.„amparting, be saw vrhat Cp-
leaved tFahini ta. he a truck beaiing
dOwa. He mounted the snowplow bana
for safety's ietaa, hat: nothing passea
hint He Set mitaae'airiand ca tight. up
to :Helen and Bud Thompson, whosa
car was stuck 'pat. north of the
Village. They: were ending; it ba-'
to town with a car reg. thioln °vet
their r itesda VISjbIllty
tilt; •f. ra,tianzac.:11.1'i neg.! ttii..1.7ke1
e),:,
wrth d tarpati 1 ire 'leap i
raget To -Ck _4routid •
Then therc..1 st:o):: ern niail
ourriea"stoisteaaaat ran a'r'e y I S'
ThtersdaY aelt&a: late ina.
enter sticking gamely with • the
'ship": until the ateed was stopped:
pon. reaching reatia , street: Someone
as suggested' that the animal . was
est over anxious to get the rural
mail' delivered, to those einavahOuria
ountry folk who hadn't had a' de -
ivory. all Week. •
BUSINESS--AS—U-SUAL
HELD. SIICCESSFUL DANCE c
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The Clansmen sponsored 'quite a a
successful dance last Faiday evening ,
featuring Flt. -Lieut. Fletcher's R. A. u
F. dance band. More than 150 collides h
weee in attendance to crowd the Hall j.
Which was effectively draped sivith
flags, donated for the occasion • by c
'Rexford Ostrander. The. lights were I
draped with airforce blue 'streamers,
The net proeeeds of the event are '
to be invested in- War Savings Cer-
tificades, butaas'all•accounth are-not-
aet in the financial report is not a-
vailable as yet.
Pupils Buy Stamps .
• There are approximately 230 pup..
09 • attending Listoarel, High School,
and to date from various sources'
they have purchased a total of $1800.
in 'WO Savings ,Stamps and Certif-
icates.
TEAM RAN .AWAY
• Forced up the sneraplow •bank by
a passing truck; south of the Villa
• age on Sithrday, Wni. Ritchiefe toran.
• took fright, uPaet the sleigh and ran
away'. At the 12th Concession. they
• split, ,one going homeward and the
other continuing smith. • •
RECOMMEND HOME . COMING
WEEK TO MD WAR EFFORT
• The• Ontario Travel Bureau has, en-
dorsed a "Home Coming- Week" for
cities, towns and„villages in the Prov-
ince, -as direct aid in our war ef-
fort, by bringing ' American funds
to Canada.
, Behind the propotial is a 'definite.
•organized plan to' attract former Can -
/editing, now in ,United States, back
• for:nails% and who, as .well as their
aollars, would be very welcome.
, would also have a tendency to stamp
out those wild ruments that were
'started last year about conditions in
Canada. Aside from the dollar ,angle
such .homoanings wtoeld promote
giodvailfand better understanding be-
tween two peoples *ho are working
against. a common enemy. •
••,Such a hope 'coming week need not
entail the work and expense in the
Sense of an "Old Poys Reunion", but'
there dould,be spetial llahs Jaid ta
entertain our guests'. during this par-
tigular Week. ,The idd,a is 'worth con;
sideting. '
• IN, anivioittgaii •
PARXER--- In loving memory of liar.
eld Mark Parket; Who died on March
31st, 1940, •
„ Lovingly remembered 'by wife and
claughlara,
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IN SCOTLAND •
. Members of he Lucknow Pipe
„Band have proof that such, slogans
as "Burlineeleaas usual" and. ,'Britain
delivers the goodsa are no fallaey. • Stranded' on Way .
The Band intends to appear in new TO Report For Service „ •
regalia this year and recently placed Bill Edrninstori and Willard "Jess'
an order for Pew' kilts and Piaids Campbell of Kincardine, who were
With a 'firm in 'Glasgow, Scotland. stranded here last week by the rail -
Duplicate orders • and bank' drafts way tie-up, continued on to London
were forwarded as a .precaution a- on Wednesdaw to re ort for mi *tary
gainsta "loss 'by. eneiny action":. service with the Royal Canadian. En-
' Nothing more had been heard- of gineers: •
the order, and on Saturclay:the Band
secretary sent a cablegrain to learn
If the order had been received, On
Monday marning the order was ack-
,nowledged by cable, with advice .to
.the effect that the ,tartan was in the
weave arid- shipment would be made
Within five weeks, •
• Thus 'barring any 'contingencies ,in
the: manufacture or while in transit
flea Band should receive their new
kap and plaids in adraoce of their
summer schedule. ,
In spite of bombings and the in,
creased demands thrmigh war orders
this is just anotber instance of how
Old Country manufacturers are liv-
• ing. up to the reputation of businesa
as ;usual: in .supplying their: overseete
markets.
Some 1-5 outfits sae beihtlought
for 'Members of the Pipe "Band, out
of their ,own 'fund, andaat auite a.
considerable cost. When . they etep
out on parade 'this year they should
"knock your eye out",
REF, 'RoSS WORK
AIDS LITTLE TOTS
Ladies of the St. Helen's Wennen's
Institute are mow „several ladies'
erganizaaioris in the community that,
have ' been partiaiderIO actiye, in :car-
rying on Red Cress and Refugee work
• through the local, Red Cross branch,
Among many other supplies,. the
St. Helen's ladies have- Made twelve
.layettes. :Direct- from L,oeclap; ,Eng-,
land a fear days ago ail/tie a letter
acknowledging receipt of One of 'these
bags• of baby things, 'received thin
the lied Cross.,
The letter written late in Februark:
and received by Mrs-. W. A. Miller,.
is as follcisit:
• • . , 29 Addison Road,
Waltham Sto:,
Dear Madam: ...tondoz,i, E.. 17.
take the liberty of writing to yOu
thanking you: for the bag of baby
things which I recelyecl through the
Red Cross and 1 must say a ant more
than gratefulior your khidns 'which
-you have -shown -towards the -British-
womea in need: Thanking you once
Mrs. E. Hathiiond
DEER KILLED BY ."WOL*ES
ON SECOND CONCESSION '
'MANY 'C.IlaLDREN•IaT pRveg • •
COUNT* SHELTER:AT PRESi/0
..p
Not for .a:long •period•have there.
:been as many childeen in. the'Bruce
'County Children's :Shelter- at Walk-
erton as there are at present, we
'learned a, few days age .in convert -
ion with 'Mr. Cameron, Superietend
ent of the 'Shelaer. ,
In fact •there are tweataeone. chil.
dren there at 'present, ranging in
ages from ten days to nine years el
age. They are a bright let of teiddiee
and anyone considering adoing a'
child would find it an 'opportune time
to p dole.
The fait that there were over three
hundred applications made hi' Bruce
Comity to 'receive British children
who might be evacuated froth Eng.
and, would indicate that these Simi
'ter kiddies, Will not long be without
a good foster holm '
•RECALLS RAILWAY TIE-UP'
PACK IN MARCH, 1904 • ' •
Last week's...storm :recalled acall. ala
Moore's mind the railway tie-up, 'way
back in March of 1904, when ,there
wasn't a train into Lucknow for three
weeks. There isms plenty of snow.that,
Abe Tight-of:way- was
banked 'high on each side. A thaw •
hooded the traclai in the • cuts, and
tuned to ice •with a sudden drop in
• Little has been heardfor some time temperature. Gangs of district work-
' NSWERED HIS ..
tAsT. ;ALL .•
(Contribeted by D. Allan)
• The community was shocked, when'
it was learned that Dr. A., A. J.
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SiintiO0a of Kintail, had poised away
early Friday morning, Ma - . Usti.; 1
as he had been .,ahleut as uat'and
•
ainnserOwedieerdilaa
iethtliedtay previous, but he
Call by a sadden
heat attack. 7' ..
: ;Arthur Alexander Johnstone amp-.
am was born near Walkerton in 1864, •
the eldest eon of the late Arthur;
Simpsen and Margaret. Johnstone.
natives of Aberdeen, Scotland. In the '
early 60's, his father taught school :
at Walkerton; 'later moving to the
•
2nd concession of Calrois; where be:
,attended • public scaool, taught by the
late A. ii. Musgrove. He attended, i
Walkerton High Scheel; where he re.;
eeivea his seeped class ' cettifiaate , .
which qualified hini to teitCh at "Mar- , 'aaa,
tang Sclie-011t,-Itaa., 14Waviiii-fe-iii:I1e—'7 :
;„returned 'to. OWen. Sound -where -he - .- —‚---
received his first class certifiCate: •,- .
After': attending Ottawa Normal. •.
:Sehoola he was engliged as teacher .•'
at tpritiinnia Bay near Ottawa where "
-her-e-Mained4or-7--years. ••'
He always felt- that m.edieine was•
hits ecantlinrekci, ;1144 imnedithcae ifSpa,aull 1 .9a9t
uatilToronto Urtivetsity,.'grad . with'
his M.. D. degree in 1.903. .He ,ob- •
tainas liis M. B. degree •froni.Tritiiii'l :- •
College the following year.:Immedi-
etaly following he served hie, jetetnee
ship in .Sirigliampton. In: December,, .
.a1.9il°11.4'tailb,eWsheetreill3f.erh13i7 (iywnOarsPaheetils
- P.miet* Ins
iseq his Profession. year. after Year
:the Ashfield Catieeil appointed kiln,*
as their Medical Officer :of Health.
1-1,0, was:an elder of A.slifield Presby-
terian Clparch, Superintendent : Of the
Sabbath School, a• Liberal in politics
rind secretary treasurer of SS. NO.
3 Ashfield; and always had the good
of ins neighbourhood at heaft.
He is sarviyed by his wife, Flora
MacLeod, one daughter, 2tarkaret,
.and tam: sons,'Arthtir, D'unema .Rehs
ert and Donald 'iveho have lost S..de..
voted husband and loving father; also •
three brothers,. John of Whitechurch, ' '
Ewan of Innisfail, Alberta, and Al-
bert of Langiuun, Saskatchevian. 'ram •;
brothers, lakert of Cabanas and Jas.
• of the. 'Kinlpgs "wolves", until tha men were saiiiplerriented by ebout.30C
'first of the Week -Wrien they Were Italians who, set to. work with picka
credited' with running %down a deer to clear the ice from betWeen the
on the 'Secend Concession, at' the Pura rails. It was a slow, tedious PA) ane
ves Corner The hied quarters of the before service was restored, atores
• animal had been badly mangled by were short of many. necessary. coma
its attackers ' When the •carcass va modities,.• .
discovered. • •. • •• • Efforts weremade to operate
The Ontario Government recently .stage coaah between Kincardine' are-
raiseclathe wolf bounty to $25, while alieton; but due to road condition:.
lainloss Townehip continues to pay this was a .sfpw means of transpor-
s special bounty of ,20 .per headtation and its .effectiyenes,s very Bin
,However the Department .has previ-
ously ailed that the :Kinloss specie.
that have: beensiibmitted for eaam-
• ti oit, were Vila ' dogs.. •
• CROWD AT SHOW AND DANCE
WEaT BRUCE L.O.L. RE-ELECTS
EARLE BoriGISTS CO. MASTER
• The West Bruce County L. p..1:
met ifi Lucknow Orange 'Hall on Mei:
Jack Kilpatrick, local C.I.L. dealer.. day 'afternoon when the following
officers were, re-elected for the corns
played hetet Wan immense 'crowd that
ing year: County Master, Earle Hod -
and dance in the Town Hall on Monattended the flee motion picture show
gins;, County Deputy Master, Earl
day nightThe Royal Tour was a Tout, Chaplain, John McClellan; Rec.
.,. .
special picture feature in addition to Secretary, ‘C. E. McDonagh, assistant
interesting ,and educational films or to be appointed ,at June meeting;
the producaioand benefits of fer-
.Treas., „ Harold Gardner; Fin. See'Y
Wizen i
n
: , . Arthur Hoelgins; Marshal, Wm. Stan-
„ • , •
ley; 1st lecturer, „Isaac , Pinnell; 2nd
lecturer, Ben S. Logan.
The session was presided over, by
past County Master, Lloyd, Bell.
.-McCharlesaorchestra-avith Rey- Mca
Caeight caller off,, furnished music
tfor the dance that follewed, Larben
tae crowd was eo large that , Berne
Were turned away. '
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,A car. Mins ileFt -whell, all the .nuts
nage, tight--0:cept the one behind the
steering wheel,
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ta•ailOa' ilaaa .
7The Ludt na -n -„ . t c -
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a .an Legion is sponsorma a deuce
to be held in the Town Ilall,' Luck -
/new on Friday, IVIarch 28th. MeChar-
Ies' eichestra., Rea MaCreight caller -
Off. General adreissiou 2$e., • .
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
. For A People At War
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aii• am not saying that the, world
does not need a new or;, a changed
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order., But it -does not warit an °Mei
made .by a people who spit on reli-
gion and encourage treachery in the
ealtrat tatenrittatorture, and bring
about unnicassary death ---a new or-
der based on the oldest fallacies. and
cruelties known to .znan."---Sir Gerald
KINLOUGH MAN PASSES .. Campbell, Minister of the British Em-
-•busy at Washington. . 1
The death of Peter Hodykmson oc-
currect at his home near Kinlough on
°Wax. He urae in his 76th Year.
e funeral service was held at the
home of his nephew,' J. B. Iledgkin-
son at Kinlough on Wedhesday af-
ternoon with internment in South
Kinloss ceMetery.
, OBITUARY
• DUaTCAN MCKAY.
(
Duncan llaeKaa, a famed bagpipe)
and native of Kintail, died Tuesday
afternoon in Alexandra Hospital,
Goderich, in his poi year. He was
ill mily a few days.
EXAMS START JUNE 18 . of the lite Joha McKay, who
• ,clizne from Scotland in 1842 and set-
: UPper 'Scheel , examinations will tied on the lake shore at Kietail,
commence this year on fune ',18th he helped his father hew °nettle feria
according to information- front the on which he lived until he retired to
Department Of Education: Middle Goclerich .15 jeers ago.
School depattmental exaininatiOns are Mr. McKay was a familiar figure
not -being held this .year: High school' at political Teetings, baliquets, wed -1
entrance examinatioris will 'be held' dings,... celebratiOns, etc., and at the I
an Jima 26 and 27. Caledonia • games of more than half;
it century age held at LneknoVit when I
he successfully competed on the bag- '
pipes against the best talent froial
BRINGS IN QIL WELL aneny parts Of the North Ainerican
•continent and won much silverware
Last week an oil well as brought In his heyday the piper was wide)
in by P1. Davidson and son, Bill known in halal) and • Bruce •ceentie.
WINGIIAM DRILLER
who 'have leased the 124 -acre farm of
,Lorne Eastabroolc, five miles east of
Watford. At 2.98 feet nateral gas
came, in at abotit 4.000 cubic feet 4,111r,
bouts, and oil was strucl< at 308 feer
The wt,li Was. citilled to Er total'
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(ft 430 feet. The pimping. test airadue-
ad ;1 jai:la-els a day(35 gals. ka bar'•
id) ahd in tato days increased t�
bail -eta andais still inereasaig. The .011
is of high quality, havitig a gravity
test of 38, and rises 18i feet in.tho
Well.L-Vingbarn Adlianee.Tinies; •
of Toronto, .11100 a sister, -Robins, :
Mrs. MacDonald .of Wingha,m, pre-
deceased him. . :
, •Dr. Simpson will be greatly mimed .
• where hent•- in arad oat arid miming
lifs patients, se rainy yearia No road
yvtios too long or the snow toe deep
pr the lane too long or the hour too
'late for him to go to:the:bedside of
'the sicks He had a heroic deviition to ,
• the moat exacting 41110 of his prefer,- 1
.ple ehild-like faith that makes men
sion. Hie faith hi God was that sin-
e
greater. Lorte• for the simple, 'COM -
mon things of lift, was. with hizn a •
gift. t • ' '
His well -stored Mind, enriched by
1.4 1 II..by' the
Eternal promises was ever .a personal
• spurce o.f simply. Above allaand be..
rieath all, and all embracing was his
sublime and endering 'faith that a
Divine Mind cares and sustahis us.
The funeral was held from his late
residence oh Monday,' •March 24 with
his pastorRevJ. R. Ester in charge:
Polleck of Whitechurch, 'Rea; D. 'a. -
lapd of Gaderich and • Rev. R. A. '
• MaeConnell of Lucknow. Mrs. Esbar
sang 1 "Sometime We'll Understand”.
others
Many floral tributes, from his asaocii
ates in the medical profeesion, tli
Steesrios, werenthe
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, Mr: Ester was assisted by Rev. John
anatit,te, ., a1 ,nds,t.1.;,.., '
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reWce°ithveel's da.
• He Was borne to his rest 4n Hints&
Cemetery by hisfear sokAfthur,
Duncan, ItObert and Donald and tem
nephews, Duncan and John Allem. A
very large number Paid their last
silent tribute. . .
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Besides leaving 'thosa of his ilia
.timate family, he leaves friends who
feel that, the world is :feet 'a little . .
.empaer since Dr. aimptam has •passed
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Name Omit ted
' i) ',port of the Institute meet-
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wimwheod saentnatmhee
and in his native townshia is Mfr.' .1;'er ;no, Aug7etie
Was ;a ilonehold one. , soso."15kinny Boy" very sweetly'
• Olay a few weeks ago g ;amnia
Scattoutli with the R.A.F. at Port
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nought Seaforth •
The alesky Flax prodects, ltd., .
which -firm recently..bongittathe Sett-
forta Haar business of .1. G. Ander-
son 'at Sell, bee announced the pure'
ebase of a fernier furnitate. factory
In Se/death. att Of this vacant 'fee,
tday was occupied last fall by the
Ploesear troola Coto Co. •
Alaes'at aiaport just out from Auld.
Scotia visited the aged piper at,his
horiaa. atica g-aeetla - pleased the - el&
gentleman with a half, hour program
en the pipes. --
The late Mr. McKay,never married
tuariving are a ;brother, John Mea
Kay, at Kintail, tied a sister, Mrs.
,,Peter Fletcher hi Goderieh.
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