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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-05-22, Page 1$2.00 A •YEAR -.-IT ADVANCE --60e• EXTRA TO U. S,,,A: r. A i-OB,TEC" IVE• . __ . 1 WEST WAWANOSFA II RMER DIED• IN. GODERICH . IN •B,RU,C,E IS 'OVER . M LLION".DOLLARS. Vietory Loan; iheailquar'tere W al er k on �;li t ave • _. announced ,that' • the citizens, ,of the County of Bruce have been hiked, ed, to subscribe• for .$1,05 ..in Canada's';1941 Victory Loan. •Off- icials on. the loan, stress the fast that .h. ' these' figures represent ',a. minii tun• rt. . effort onlee and it is confidently •.ex- pected ' that Bruce 'County will • sur- pass this figui a by a very large, mark. In the 1919. Victory.. Loan:campaign :' the 'County of Bruce almiest doubled' t �ective, whiels was $2,000,0.00 • • at that time, The actual amount sub- scribed' in 1919 was' in. excess of three and on -half ,million, dellars: • The • C.ounty„ has� been, divided into five districts: and at a later date .an William John Foran, 72 ,years of age, :passed eeeety in G.oderich Hos- pital• on Tuesday,.fellowing'�an. oper- atioti: which he underwent two ,weeks ago . • A -videl 0000 y known and highly res-. , Teal a-' x�r 14 objective will be set for each lis- triet. The organization is 'rapidly P Y nearing completion and in each of the five districts . of .the County, local cheii.men, will co-operate .with head- tlArsigre_ase , help.tesseeesthriterte le izen.is°overlooked in trying to sec' as large An army of ' subscribers'. possible! erre • Mr." F. Shaw of Walkerton, clic man of the c_ominittee, , in announci the. ebjeetive of' 050+'00 . Vii, 0 urged t i • S P are urging every loyal Canadian i Bruee .County to• lend and lend to th , limit for victory", .• !The forthcoming campaign will formally :launelied:, on June 2nd an plana for press, radio, .moving .piston' :publicity, bill 'board posters,` hat! 'bills, and direct,. Mail :advertising; a.r already wei1 :developed: lin additio' there: twill be essay contests tri • th schools and speeches -before servic clubs and churches, fraternal ' .arid women's organizations... Every .house. herder . will receive an ' illustrated booklet describing Canada's war•act- �e.' In addrt on the Banks and Trusts Companies wilt; cooperate by sending letters to all .depositors airy,' ing them to' buy Victory . Bonds. In 'the fifth war loan .of the ' first Great War 1.140,000.Canadi,ans sub- scribed for •270?7,1.17,550 of 'bonds..If every ' Canadian with a savings, ac- count gets . behind' the 1941 loan the record of the first Great War should be exceeded. We are spending billions ,' On the prosecution of the war and .we are-already—heavily taxed, . but most of these billions. and' those takes are +bemgespent .in Canada. and that mon- ey conies back to us: Let's keep it rolling, keep putting, it back into -he war effort that it may be'; spent again and again until right 'prevails and the world is free, ' , _ b •as pected West. Wawanosh farmer, Mr. Foran retired,a a few •w yearns,, ago And`has since made his home. in GoderichC "His brother;; Conrad, passed away last year, • Besides•• his Wife, a formerly Mary Holland, • .three . sisters • survive,, Mrs Tlionjas Leddy,.:St. Augustine; Mrs, phidlip off gars 'Ashfield'and. Mrs. Jas. McGlynn, Teeswater: • Reguie 'higll, mass 'will be sung in St. Aliguatine R. C. Church on Fri; day morning at ten. o'clock;;with. in- ter'•nieet in, St.! Augustine :Cemetery. CLA NSMEN PRESENT'RING TO DEPARTING MEMBER The .Clansran have presented. Drr R,M,ete, ,Tielea.ven wither-signetering; in recognition of his valued services as a' mem+ber of the Club. Dr. Tre- e , leaven leaves shortly for: Woodstock. fir_ The ring is ieing,. engraved with 'his ne .initials end will ;as well carry an en - he as- of f m- mportanee of ' reaching and usurp Sing. the figure. "The 'very , nature Cana,�da's • war effort., makes it i peratiireAthat'due •troops;be equipp with the ' finest -mone ' .can : bu " • - Y .y,Mt: Shaw said, "That: is the reason' of • the• resent , loan; that is the reason -we. nr e graving :inside the ring naming the donor. The presentation was quitein- former, in ormer, and carried out by an ap- pointed committee.. ed d_ e e e e • Weekly Purchases. Keep Up -This week students of the Lnichnow. High' School purchased War Savings Stamps re the amount of $29:75: On. this basis of ,btlyipg it is expected_ -'''tliclose to $250.00 will be .invested before the school term closes. ' CHARLES , CHIN DUYS • LOCA L BUSINESS BLOCK , ' . • Charles and , Rose Chin, of Lueknow have purchased the e• restaurant build ing • .and second floor derelling on emp'1ie11 Street, lithe property of the late Maria Murray.. • ' • �• The: transaction which. was :corns . pleted' last week was made through the •Trusts- and Guarantee Company of Toronto, • administrators of the ' Murray estate. . : • • . Mr: and Mrs. Thomas Boyes are' Presently occupying the second floor •apartment. . • Mr. and- Mrs. Chin plan to reniodel, the • building • somewhat, and build an inside stairway to the second floor which they will Use for• living quart - Fail ' To . Secure Buyer The sresidence in Luckno the late Walter Sturdy was •offered` for sale by public auction ori Saturday,: subject to :a reserved bid, The prop- erty Was not sold. 2 Good Catch of'' Pike - :The pike season opened last Thurs- day and a carload of local :AS11 ritien tried' . their' hick in the Teeswater River, 'amounted results. The total catch amounted to twenty p unds, ':.with • the best of the lot tippin • _the 4.cale at close to ;eight pounds. ki i • RED CROSS WORD' WANTED BY NEX] TUESDAY It is .requested that•,.all, completed :Red Cross •knitting . and .sewing be, .turned in not ,later, than 'next Tues- daY, May 27,th.. , JOSEPH 1 tlfiRAY PASSED AWAY 'SU'DDENLY -SUNDAY . • • ,Suffering a . heart•, attack • during the early . hgiirs, of Sunday 'morning; death came 'suddenly -to Joseph Mur. ray of Langside.. He was in his 65th. year and. lived with his. brother Geo. on' the family.homestead. The funera=l ;apnea', was, l;ei4d3»af the late residence on Tuesday, after- noon with interment iii. Langside �Ce.; metery. , • : . - Mr. Murray had a serious illness; a: few months ago, bit had made ' a good recovery and hut apparently • in .his usual health upon retiring Sat- urday evening. . • • • Besides his '.brother George, three sisters '.in 'Western Canada' also sur vive. • • : IN CANADIAN NAVY -- Gordon Howard Lasenby, younger sown of Alis. John Lasenby,. formerly of Ashfield; is a rnember of the :Royal Canad-ian`Navy, in. 'training at Lon:: don. and. expects to be transferred to' the West Coast before long. His brother Hervey is a member of the Perth Regiment in' training at Camp Bordeni, •• FORM F. OF A. UNIT 1-11 WEST WAWANt SH'. :Initial steps were taken for the formation of a West- W wanos'h unit of the Federation of Agriculture; at a meeting in the +Community Hall, St. Helens on Tuesday evening,' which was attended' by more than. forty farm • Township• branch appoints two legates to the County unit and the County . ,in turn , appoints its rep- 'resentatives on the.' Provincial organ- ization. _ ' Mr: 'Gus. Kii1ihan of St. Augustine was elected president of the West Wawanosh Unit; and Hugh Ruther- ford of St.'Ilelen's, vice president. The executive includes a represen- tative from each School • 'Section in the Township, and at alater meeting of the ,Township officers; .a -secretary for •the unit will be named.'` : School section representatives'hre: No... 1,• Ross Taylor; No. 1, ,Michael Cummins, No. 2, Edward • Finnigan; No. •8,. Harry Watson, Brown • Sniyth; ,No. 4, Harold Gaunt; No. 6, Earl Whitman, No. 1, Mark Armstrong; No. 8,:Wilfred Pentland; No. 9, Geo, Kennedy.; No. 12, 'Cairns Aitchison; No. 13, Wm, Rutherford,• Lucknow•, J. M. Greer; No:. 14, Jaines Laidlaw; 'No. 15•, .Charles. Robinson; ,, No..16,, Willner Nicholson,; : No, 17, Janes S.pi pial; • The• meeting was presided over by. Reeve Thos. Webster and the -speak- ers included, Reeve Gamble of How - ick, chairman •of the County Agi'ic'ul- • tur'al 'Committee; • Fred,' Watson of Stanley; S.H. Whitmore of Tucker- smith and. ,J. T. Scott of SeafOrth. • d r b • Lucknow Ont., Thrirsday May 22nd ,.1941 .ADDITIONAL TWO PAGES 'THIS OF LOCAL NEWS 1?HIS. WEEK Six „pages of this issue are pub - Belied pb Bthe` .ilii• Thee d S >qel Office this., •week• The attentio `o ers is called to pages three . and six,, which in addition to'our •re g g uJae iss9,e, all carry local and. district news and feature articles. 'Replacing • Pole Line : , The 'Huron. and Kinloss Telephone System is • at present replacing the poles .on the !Sixth Concession west( of the 'Gravel: . SALVAGE CAMPAIGN TO BE: UNDERTAKEN At a trieeti of TheseClansm,eneen Thursduy evening, the' decision was reached • to. take part in the^',National Salvage Campaign which is now, be- ing tarried on in . 2600 centres acro Canada. Chief items of. salvage i elude metal, bones; rags and paper. A. heal ' Clansmen committee appointed and while details ' of campaign have .not yet been work out; residents of the 'community' a requested to..commence.:a systemat saving of :these 'articles; Scra, meta covers a wide IA ' ge of; articles, • cepting etin. Bones are best kept 'i a lidded5tonta'itier. Rags should b divided .into . three classification woollens; .cottons and silks or, othe materials: Paper covers,' newspabers magazines, cardboard and „cartons flattened; clean and dry' and tied i bundles: • w. A periodic collection in the Villag will likely be planned and a central ?pot:will' be conveniently located for ural folk _•to ''deposi•t their salvage.. n •cases•. where large. quantities of crap metal are available in. the rural ection, % arrangements :cart probably eessorked -itttefor' the eellectiiin of his. Further ., detailed information" will e available in this regard, sh8rtly.• ss AV the ed re is 1 ex - n e s, r n e. HAS' SOUVENIRS MADE,' FROM GERMAN- PLANE •, Willie Belt id the proud possessor' of .two, initialed finger., rings and a small ' hammer/Made from. a' piece of 1.a German' plane shot' down ,in .Hing_. lance •Thie souvenirs were made by WilIie's .,uncle, Alex Purves, who is overseas; , with the' Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. Alex is• the 'son of Mrs.y James'Pt Ives, of 'the St. Helen's+ road east 'of Lucknow. BORN SHERWIN — Iin Bbwinanville, . on -Tuesday, May 13th, to Dr: and . Mrs. Wilfred W. Sherwin (nee Beth Al- ton) a son: 1vIcLENNAN_In Kincardine' General Hospital, May 11th, 194i, to. Mr. and Mfrs,' En'iil McLennan, FIR. '3, Luck- now, a daughter. °.: . United' Church. Evg.Aux: The meeting of the Evening Aux. iliary was held at the home of Mrs. eWesley Joynt on .Tuesday evening,, May 20th, With an attendance of 18. The meeting opened' • with • -hymn' "Sweet 'Hour of Prayer", Mrs, Robt. Thompson gave the Bible study, take ing the 11th chapter of St. 'Mike, 'the first Y1' verses. Mrs. Raynard Ackert, sang a very pleasing solo.•aecorhpan_ ied at the piano by Miss Winnifred Ackert, Mrs. W: P. Reid have a splen- did report of ,the .Presbyterial. We were' then favoured with a piano solo by Mrs. Norman Wilson. Mrs,. Turner gave a very interesting talk'on'the Sectional Meeting held at Kincardine, also ' -the Executive held at Walkerton. The meeting; closed with a +hymn and benediction: . KICKED BY -COLT,. SEVERLY INJURED Mr. Angus Madintooleh of Holyrood is confined to bed with . severe • injuir- les received tv�hen kicked by a colt last week., Angus had taken the colt 'to the Ilawkshaw farm, where he was going to paiture it. A passing. truck' fright - deed •.'th'e young aniinal,. bv'hieh' started kicking, a•nd yruek Mr.' 'Macintosh with the flyin hoofs ,on' the leg and' abdomen. Nd bones Were brglceri but, the extent of the internal' injurie's is 'uncertain, . His sister, 112rs.. 'Ralph Love, is at present visiting at' -the McIntosh 1hom�, wean PRAC1' IC • ALIlY �NO ONE.. AT N!OMi1NATIQ141 MEET. • l INGr • The vaean. o . . eY . n the Lucknow Con 'ell ,Beard• remains, 'unf Ilei ••fohowi last, Friday 'night's nomination "thee ing: What'cb'urse-e.i1l"now'be follow n - ng t- wed.•, :is uncertain. During the hour'foe receiving noni= inations only two; candidates , were proposed. They were Jack Hall, nom- inated by nald Ferguson -And -Beet Ward & Jack Kilpatrick nominated by R. T. 'Dougl'as anis-Camron MacDon- ald. Neither ehos s to q}ialify., for of- fice and.'wh.en the limit was reached' on Saturday event ;.,the va- cancy retrained unfilled ; Th Board: is at present constituted ;of eeve N. E. Bushell and Colrincillors Wm. Mur - die, Donald ' Fergueon and Harry Mc- iifjlIc: WEs1 WAWA • o , N S II EXCEEDED •QUOTA IN 'SERVICE DRIV,E . ". West Wawanosh .township, con- siderably . exceeded its• quota 'in' the recent q "Cash • • t Iirron County or . Produce" War .Services: Fund Drive. In fact this Township art, 34%• over the quota pf:$675. Total subscriptions, "including pledges, amounted to $906.25. Returns' Tor Ashfield Township -are nor comp ewe, : but last .week subscriptions amounting to $500 were '• reported. Ashfield's qulota is $95.0:00.x; NAME' CANVASSERS.' FOR `KINLOSS'.DRIVE.�. There was a definite lack of i' t - n ei est 'shown in this.jmeeting,•with only 'five persons who epuld have officialI been. recorded as`� being y �b g .present. An- other similar nuniiber put in an • ep-, pearance but failed to . remain 'o : to take.. up' a -seat; ie the- Hale, i•n. view of the scat attendance. Besides 'Clerk ,Pose : A '. ph°' grew who presided, 'and ' Caretaker Bert Ward: there were' only `three others who could hav off' ',' nssed" "Pre, ent" . had the:roll been called. Near the closing hoer, at 8.30., a number of CI•ainsnien 'gathered to at - teed •a meeting of the Club,'and: could not be regarded as t"officially" "sive:- ern at . the nomination meeting•• '• It was a zero point in, municipal interest. '` "COMING'' EVENTS I DANCE 'AT ',PARAMOUNT; Dancing at Paraanount Hall, every' I1riday night to MacKenzie's orehest-' rd., D4Qt_•..,p e.. 'Selen-e6c. , DANCE •.AT DUNGANNON: Under auspices of the. Dungannon Agricultural ;Society in the •Parish Hall;. Dungannon on.'Wednesday, May .28th. • Music • by MacKenzie's • orches tri, PLAY AT ZION *The Rebel ion of Yoifth", coinedy drama, will be presented by the' Ben - miller W. A. Fuld evening's enter tainn ent 'at, Zinn Hall, Tuesday;_1VIay- 27th at, 8:30. Admission . 25'e & 15e. Auspices of Zion Young 'People... GARDEN PARTY, , . The Ashfield Circuit Garden Party will .be held at 'the ' Blake' Appoi;nt- merit on` Friday, June. 13th.' Supper: from 6 to 8, followed: by :the piaYe' '"Page. • Asa Bunker "• presented by. players of Victoria St. Church, 'Goder. ich. Admission 40c and 2Uc. ' PLAY &:DANCE • • The School' Board ,of. Holyrood sponsoring a play and dance in Hole - rood -Hall on Feiday, May 30th. Ar- • mow Young People will present' .thc play "Here Comes Charlie"; followed by a dance.• to McC'hares' orchestra. Admission 25c for concert or dance or 35c. for the evening. •Pioceeds to purchase -playground: equipment.• PLAY & DANCE .The Last of the Season Under Aus ices Lucknow Agriculal Society Tow Mall, ' Lucknow Thurs.., May + 22 • 4 -Act Comedy'' Drama ' "MOLLY 'HAWN" .A story - of pre-war days in. brave ''old England, presented by Knox 'Church' Y. P. S. of T+seswater, DANCE, AFTE: • • *CHARLES' ORCHESTR Roy McCreight, Calier•Off ALL .FOR ' 25c Lunch Counter Service' J • Kinloss .Township, in common with some. other municipalities,, mai.. have been delayed.. in getting •their. War, Services Fund drive underway, hut we deubt if there has been a more enthusiastic' orrganizetion . rrieetin g .the County, than was held .at Holy-. rood Tuesday, night. • e., The Hall was peeked fgr the meet- ing, that included an, interesting pro- grain by` school students and an ex- planatoiy..address b nor, of Chesley,< County chairman of the War Services Committee. Light refreshments were •served and,a dance staged to conclude the evening. The drive •in •Kiirlbss, which ;gets underway immediately,. ' is under'the supervision of the Municipal Council, vrith two canvasser eech school Section. Th'e canee is to be completed by the end Of the month, Canvassers appointed ere: S.S. NO.: I; John Finlayion and • Elmer Bea- neeman; No. '2, Bert: MacLean and on; No:4Z; Writ, •McIntyre -and :Robert loffat; No. Alex 111cLeed' and 'W. lies Ardyse Brown; No. 9' Pbarid lathers and . Gordon- Morrisen; No. 0, Orville' Tiffie end Arthue Moore. ft 5 11 11 UNDERWENT 'OPERATION • , Miss Mary MacLean, Concession 12, ,operation en Victoria Hospital, Lon- don. The -repekt. on 'her• 'condition is be coefined. to . the hospital for some time, yet. dederich :Hospital reeovering from very severe, attack .of shingles. •It eepected he *ill be Able to .return Gar request het week for e fo:w topies of the isane of May 8th, Met With a fine response from Oita a number • of subicribers.- *6 have now an ainple supply end wish to expreas our appreciation to those who- sent orhrought in a copy of this issue. SUCCESSFUL WORK • .'Miss ROberta Johnston, daughter of • Mrs. Johnston ,and the 'late. 'IRobert .Johnston,, has'. neceived ..congritula# liens .from the ,Iclean of the Ontario that.• she .has 'been recernmended without examinatiotte.e-Signal-Star. Anniversary At South Kinloss Anniversary. Services will be held in South Kinloss Church, Sunday, May 25th at 11 slan. And 7 pens Rev. Reynolds Esler *ill conduct both ser- •anci Mr. 'Donald MacIntyre, Con 4„ Langside, announce the eh. Margaret Erma' to Mr. William Ed- mund Collyer, eldest ems Of Mrs. Collyer and the late' Mr...Toseph Coll- yer of LueknOW, the \.'matriage to take place early in June, NOTICE Ail ladies interested in bowling this summer prease attend the meeting at Mrs. Austin Solomon's at 8 o'cl k Monday, .May 2604 of • MR. MARTIN ARMSTRONG -, ' PASSES AT BERVIE our e d 'M The depth of .Martin' Arres1rortg oc- curred On 'Monday . ,. �* evening at ' his hone, . Slirucedale Eaten, 'South Line.: Hey' was in' his 80th year,°°'and .,has lived in that • cerarn:unit practically all ;his lif Y p• ,really. Mrs. Af m'sti ong,, fornierl. • , . .. Y Lizz.l.e' Richards., p,absed away last November just two weeks after the' death..of bei sister,'Mrs. ''N: E. Bushell. Funeral services for the late Mar- tin Armstrong • were held on Wednes-. -day afternoon• with interment:.in Kin- cardine Cemetery ,' Ile survived be/- two Bens Stuart Armstrong at' home and Oscar ..oi Bervie. Others surviving include two sisters, Mrs. Sam McLelland of 'Ber- Vie and ' Mrs. Belle Slessor of "Kin luo gh• .. , � BRUCE COUNTY WARDEN;.. "SAM" EWART ,PASSESese , - Samuel Ewart, reeve of Chesley, and Warden of the' County 'of -Bruce • passedaway' suddenly • ' on. Monday frgm a • heart attack. He was in..his 69thyear. •end was a lifelong resident of Elderslie Township•and'the; town of .Chesley. Ile was treasurer Of El- deslie Township for thirty-five years, and. for' • seven' years has ,been .reeve' of Chesley. - The 'funeral was held- in CI -Lesley nn •• Wednesday under�4fasonic aus- pices, with interment. in Cheeky Cem-, etery. - SERIOUSLY ;onto 'on Friday evening' *here he is 'seriously 'with phlebitis. His :con- ditiOri, 'while slightlyeirnpreyed this: friends here. ,, GRADUATE' FROM .NORMAL ON THEIR YEAR'S WORK' Three young ladies from this coin-, Weir teacher's dertificate frem the Stratford Normal ISehool. They are Hemilton, deughfer of Mr.' and Twamley, daughter of Mr. and , Mrs. :Miss Mary Clare, edeughter of Bile and 'Mrs. William ,Clare Of Ashiield. The 'yotrifg ladies are.now enjoying heridaye and no doubt will be keep- ing a clese • eye on the "Teachers UNDERWENT OPERATION Mrs. Sydney Ronse of Lucknow (ne? ,Eyelyn Whitby) Underwent an appendix Operition 'in Goderich Ho., - 1)401 on Wednesday. morning. TOOK WEEK -END TRAFFIC COUNT On Saturday and 'Monday a iref count Was taken on the Ceunty ro from Lueknow to. Kinlose tied on t road north: from Ripley. The 'cou was ordered, We understand, with° the knowledge ef the citairtime of t was iaken last year, would appear t tion in Ripley, resuliing from the de to hard surface are road frem Luck now ,to Kiniose. Another leiter appeared in las week's Ripley Express, denouncin "switching." of the paying from th Ripley 'to the Lucknow Road' was one, 'and should not be . telerated." , Neither. letters have bekne the sig.' natute Of the wkiter. The last bin So far as treffid dounts 'are eon- cerned the figures mean little, for the manner in whichethei aro taken. give anything but ae accurate check of regular traffic. Few in Lucknirev krtew anything of the cotint being taken on Saturdee end Monday, and we. dombt very much if they would have gone joy-riding'up 'and shown the Lueknow-Kinloss road if they had. RifileY's objective is to Spike the -45 paving Of the Lfiuknow-Kinless read, e belie* their effOrts are doomed ,to frtiltirb: If en die other hand it is Idialg to pave the road north Ripley, the Mere p6stor them. fic ad nt ut he t. a - • R.A.F. CHAPLAIN .GUEST GUEST. SPEAKER Anniversary services were bs"rv= :.ed at St. Peter's Anglican Church. On' ' n Sunday, with the rector,' Rev: A. A. Maloney -, preaching at ' the morning service:. In the evening,: the `eott re-: • i 4• gyration was:. privileged to- hear::Squad- :: ron Leader; 'The Reverend A.,Hooper, chaplain . 'of the Port Albert'R.A.F NavigationSchool. . It was in 1874 that the first Ang- lican congjregation was, 'established in Lucknow, with services first held: -rooms over what is naw Bu on s Butcher Shop. Four years later, ;,:in , 1878, a church was built and opened ' o.• on the present site. In 1900 the +bull- ing: was enlarged 'and renovated, _with extensive improvements made, and since then St. Peter's has"' -been f - ur ther.e ea b utified by many ; fbeantiful gifts from those who have. worshipped there. -.For the services : �on S'Sundathe beautyof ' e the church was -further en- hanced by a profusion of seting flow-. ers. Special music Was. rendered 'by'' the' choir with Mr. Notma t 'Taylor presiding at the organ, • At the evening• service Rev. Hooper` delivered a very forceful• address,.He has only recently,' come . to Canada, `as Chaplain at' Port Albert,,. having pre- viously been. stationed • at 'Scapa Flow in the"Orkney Islands. . Le -Reser -Hooper chose lease' text from T...7._ r_r� "Master, _ , , the. night and have taken noth nevertheless at Thy word •I will -• He spoke of. more modern nitrite and told the story of Florence 1•Ti ingale, who aniid the, greatest position from every quarter, ief .home of luxary, to minister to physical needs of thoSe in the squ slums Of England. The .opposition military quarters wee equally great at•the Outbreak of the(Crint War, .when she sought to conifert gain and again aad by her trium inge let les ght- the alid as ean the ev- net Ph ial nd 117 el ve t. ck lie hive today: t4o great •Sia011. "We nniCt be prepared for fnit failure, but if our cause is noble a we persevere We shall fr Speaking of th anguish and cru ty plia war Weary ;world, Re Hooper ,eleimed the` Churches • ha failed utterly `.`over there" at' kas Ail Europe he said had sunk •:ba in the darkness of the 'dark ages an all freedom is 'Ione undet the he of the worst oppressor the world ha The teaching of Cheiet has bee distorted in daye wine by and chuic people beve been church people onl in profession, net ic•practisi. Chkist lenity must be made the most at tractive, joyons thing the world ha krown, instead of I wrapping it u hi crepe as tve have done. • Christianity wit; be something rea -if ,We do The Master's bidding and let down.Our net again and again he concluded. • • Special At Lyceum • The special attraction' et The Ly- ceum Theatre -.this Tharaday; PridaY and'Sattirday is ,that pOpular picture. "Strike Up The Riad", which you won't Wept te miss, starring Mickey . Itooney,aed Judy Garland. • Ceel Summer •Undee garments and. Sunnner •dresses. at old. tow prices. The Market:Store. "DOUBLE FEA,TURE" Td -NIGHT •• The last play and denee of . the season, under Agricultural Socieey auspices, is being held in the :Tewn kay 22nri. The play is presented by after to ennsic by *Charles °reheat - and VII get ,this double attrectiOn WEEDS THIS AA? . The Departinent Of Agriculture is staging' a determined War on 'weeds this year, end a 'series of : coun- ty meetings Itre te be held throughout the province. Eyeryl farmer interested; " or with a weed problem, is invited to attend the•Meeting in his county. The lihrort and '13ruee County meetings WiI1 be held respectiyely at Clinton and Walkerton Oh ,the Sante day, 14