The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-07-31, Page 5ti
THURSDAY, JULY 31stt 1941
• THE ' LU kN.OAN SENTINEL,
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• !Theatre
Lyceum
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W I NGH•AM
One show each night at 8.00 p.m..
Sat. night two shows. at 7.45 ie.
9.45 Pim-
Thursday, Friday. ' Saturday
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JULY 3 s
The mighty story of a front-
ier Empiie.
Also "Information Please"
'And "News"
Matinee Sat. afternoon 'at 2.30
Monday, .Tuesday, Wednesday
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LOUIS RAYWARD „ •
JOAN. ' BEN.NETT
,BELFAST u'.
Mr. 'Tom, Twamley ,left :for- Re
gins on,. Saturday. to see his •sis-
ter, Mrs. •Earl Begley who ia ser-
iously .ill in Regina Hospital with
little hope •held for recovery.
Mr, and Mrs, Glenwood Campbell
and family and Miss Lila and Mr.
,Harry Irwin spent 'one day recently
with Mr. and Mrs. John Irwin, of
Clinton.'
Mr. Doss 13rowriing Of Southam-
pton visited with his aunt Mrs. T.
Henry,last week.
r .
•• Mrs.' "o
onto • is `visitirig"hei: 'sister,: ' M
r
s..
.•.
Willian Twamley, this week:.
• 1V[r.'•and Mrs. , Jacob Hunter and
Tamil'
cif" Zion s1?.
ent Sunday at the.,',
y
• home of Mr,. and 1V'rs:;John Camp, !I
bell • ` •
• . Master Douglas Alton of . Toron=
to •• is. spending a few days, with.,
his uncle.,and .aunt, •1VIr arict.,Mrs.''
Sam. Alton; • •
Mr. and, Mrs. ;Wesley.Alton spent
d•day. recently at the home of Mr.
-and Mrs-lert Alton. '
'Threshing is • the order • of the
day at Belfast at '.present. , .
Mrs. Victor Whitley of• Crewe is
spending' 'a few 'days. with Mr. Is•-
:aac{. Nixon and- family.
- {Intended for last 'week)
Fernier Resident Dies'
It is , with regret that •we learn
of the death of Mrs. Hugh Phillips,
life-long • resident of Belfast, "who
passed away 'at the home • of her
• daughter, Mr and Mrs. Wesley Al-
ton of London. where.?she,'has been
r% �o>G:�lio•�-ast�auple:o�.,ye.R..
Operated ;On 'In The • West•• . •
Mr. Tom Twamley received,•word
o -f his . sister, Mrs. • Earl..B.egley of,
Regina ' who underwent a .. serious
operation •a!•few, .weeks ago and is
in a very serious condition at pres-
ent. ' We hope for her a, speedy re-
covert'..'
Suffered Sun Stroke
Mrs. Isaac Nixon, who had a 'very
severe sun stroke a. couple of Weeks
ago, is..still . in the Alexandra Hos-
�'tal at Goderich and is,not improv-
ing 'as. quickly a& her many friends
wo,.• ld'.• like. . • .
Mr. Alfred .Sher wood ' and- dangh-,
ter Ruby :spent a day recently with.,
Mr:. and Mrs. Melville• Henry of
Anlberley.' • •
Master' D. A. and Alvin Hackett
spent lone day. fast week with their
cousins, the Taylor sisters Of Luck_.
`THE' ' SON- .OF
MONTE CRISTO"'
beat
Swords •flash and ',hearts
faster in . `-_this:glerioiis U '
cessor• to Alexandre Dumas
greatest story.,
Also "Oisney Cartoon" '• &
"Benchley •Comedy."
DONNYBROOK . •
The b imonthly meeting 'of :the Si.
Augustine Women's Institute. .will
be Yield on �Ve�c nesdy ,August
• at' the' hone of Mrs. John lied -
.
mond. Roll call:. .Current events.
Demonstration; Mrs. Thos. O'Ma1-
ley. Hostesses: Miss McAllister and
Miss Lucy Thompson: . ' » ;
• Mr. Harry Moss of, Paris spent
the week -end with his parents,. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Moss.
Mrs. Olive Allin of Goderich was
a week -end guest . with her sister,
'Mrs. R. C. Chamney.
. Recent . visitors at the home of
'Mr. and- Mr8.. Cecil Chamney
eluded: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Deacon
and Miss ,Gertrude of Toronto, the
.. Misses .Colby of • Whitby and Mi.
and, Mrs. G. A. MacLaughlin and•
daughter' Joanne of Detroit, Miss
• •• Anne Chamney-��i�eturned
week's visit in;Toronto.
• The Misses Gladys 'Jefferson; R
N. of Woodstock' and Olive, R.N.
of Niagara Falls . are :visiting .at
their home here following. 'a trip
to the coast: •
CANADA THIS • YEAR will . ob-
serve Thanksgiving ;Day,. Octobcl
.13th, the • second' Monday -in Oct-
- ober. , Theis announcement was made
by Hon. ' P. F. • Casgrain, secretary
-of State, who. said a proclamation
ria im rig .October, 13th as a.. day of
"general thanksgiving" will be is-
sued shortly. ' : '
THREE » PAISLEY SOLDIERS
• are believed to, hold the. 'record for
the briefness of the period • elasp-
.ing between :enlistment. and 'going
overseas. The trio — W' ,•red•,Rol-
ston, 'Roy Lesson 'and Lyd Dud-
geon—,left Paisley .on.a: 3Kednesday'
morning, were accepted in the
Light Infantry the same afternoon,
reported back for duty. ,on Friday,
received -uniforms Saturday and
entrained for an unknown port at
midnight, sailed .Monday • for over-
seas and just 18 days after cnlist-
ment` were in Britain --•- .450 hours
• after leaving Paisley, Ontario,
they were in ' Paisley, Scotland.
PERSISTENT SPRAYING is kill-
• Ing out the vicious weed "Lesser
Verner”' which has .made'. its • ap-
pearance in several sections of Car
. rick. This Weed will destroy pis-
tune fields where it obti ins a foot-
• ing' and 'is .regarded as. Most dan
gerous,
Recent visitors.. 'at. -the home,. of
M. . and Mr -s. Albert • Alton, were
Miss Bernice. Blake of 'Dungannon,,
Miss Ethel Broit�n' of near.'•London,:
:Mr. W, `H.'Johnstoia and Mrs: Bich-.
'ard Johnsteh- of Exeter, Mrs: Roy..
•NlcQuillin . and daughter June •, of
Toronto, - Mrs. Richard McQuillin,
'Sr., of •Lucknow; Mr. ..and Mrs.
Douglas Gibson •of »Toronto and Dr.
and 'Mrs. •Daniel ,Blake . of Winni-
peg, -
Mr. and Mrs. -Gilbert Unit .spent
Sunday at'their daughter's, • Mr. &
Mrs. George Alton. --
Miss Reta Hannigan, Doris Hoop•,.
er and. Willa' Hoffman of 'Dunnville
visited with the latter's cousin, .Miss.
Bernadine' Alton during the week.
1Vir. and Mrs,- John Emmerson of
Kirilough• spent Tuesday + 'with. Mr.
Isaac Nixon • and family.
Mr. and. Mrs. W. G.;Reed of Rap-
id City spent Sunday at• tie home
of their daughter, 'Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Nicholson. '
ASHFI,ELD
Dr. and Mrs. Evans' of Clinton
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Will Helm and family.
Mr. Earl Sherwood and his moth-
er visited with.Les Ritchie, Sun-
day evening. •
Mr. J. J. ;Gilmore 'and :Fran-
ces of London. spent 'Sunday with
her parents and -brothers..
Rev. �••obt; 'Andrew. and sister',
Mrs. Wobds accompanied by Mr. &
:Mrs. David Armstrong . and . Mr.
Cushing of St. Catherines plied
on Mr. E. Gilmore Sunday after-
noon Mr.;'.ArrStrohg who at'one
Wile lived in this neighborhood, re-
turned to visit some of i his old
friends and neighbours after an'a'{?
sence of fifty-two years:
Mi.. and Mrs. John' Little spent
Sunday with Mr. and •Mrs. A, Helm.
Mr. and Mrs. J J. 'Monahan and
nephew of . Detroit spent Monday
with 'Mr. and Mrs'. R. ' .• Gilmore.
it
WALKERTON SAWMILL has been
sold to the "Satin.'. Finish Hardwood
flooring; Company of Toronto who
will make extensive iinpr,oveinent to
the ruill. _
DAMAGE in- excess 'of $10,000
was caused when fire last week
destroyed Webb's, Bakery and Mc-
Ferlan's • Hardware store in Tiver-
ton.. • •
THE . PICTURE
GALLERY
WHITECHURCH
MrS. John Fisher of ' Hensall and
Mrs: k3utrey of San Fransico .spent
the' week -end with Mr. John Mow-
bray and other relatives.
Mf•s. John Carruthers spent a few
days' last week with her daughter,
.Mrs,, George Fisher. •
Mrs. D. McDonald of St. Helens
and',her brother, Mr. •George Gill-
ies visited" with , Mrs. G. Gillespie
and 'other relatives a day last week..
Mr. and MrS. Anderson of Buf-
falo, 'are visiting with 'lier,'Ynether,
Mrs. -McGregor., `
Mxs
Naylor, who has been,
:*.Geo. Nay ,
at the home of ;lir,; and Mrs. John
Jamieson for the past three months'.
returned to ;her, home last, week,.
. M . arid Mrs Wrn. Roen`of Tees
*Saterr. spent Sunday 'at the home of
her au h`te,i .Mrs. 'Jam'es.:1VIcIn
h d, g.: ��...
We are glad to report Miss A. M.
Carrickto be much ,improved' at her
home here, after an.operation in
Wingham .:Hospital for appendieit=
is
Mr. and Mss. Rhys 'Pollock and
Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher. spent,
Sunday. at Eugenia Falls: .
•
HOLYROOD
Mr. and• Mrs: Leonard Corbett •
and Mrs. Willis Corrigan. of Cooks-
•
town were recent ,visitors ,at Mr..
Richard Elliott's. •
Mr, • and • Mrs., Clifford, Johnston
,.Sunda -:.,. Visitors, at' - Mr. , and
Frere y
•
°M�•s=11�1o`Tris-,-Hods•insz;��..-�..:�a.:.<.�,.r_�.._.
Mr. and. Mrs..'Ernest Ackert, Win-
nifred 'and Lloyd, 'Mr. .and... Mrs.
Baynard Ackert spent. Sunday with
'Rev. H. Ackert at. -Stoney Island.. •
Miss Eileen and, Master Donald
Peterbot gh, South Line, - are holi-
daying ' with their grandmother,
iVirs. Rachel Culbert, 10th ,Conces-
sion.
onces-
siou. • .
Mr.. and 1VIrs. Harvey• Ackert and
family,' Mr. and :Mrs. Whittaker,.
:Kitchener, spent .Saturday - at: ,Mr.
Ernest-,-Aekeets •
M'ss •Blanche.McDougall, . • Miss
Eliz beth McIver, 4th: Concession,•
Miss Eileen 'Hall of Lucknow, Miss •
Shirley Martin of Guelph,, Miss
Bessie Carnahan of Varna were ,re-
cent visitors ' 'itll_ . Miss Winnifred
Ackert. '•
Rev. 'Benson Cox of New `York • is
•holidaying with his .brother, Mr.
• Wrn. Cox and Mrs:', Cox; 10th .Con-
.
•
cession.
THE
LUCKNO,W • SENTINEL
Published every Thursday morning
at . Lucknow, Ontario.
L. CAMPBELL THOMVIPSON
Publisher and . Proprietor
THURSDAY, JULY 31st, 1941
THI:' PRESS., & LOCAL HISTORY
Few people, - as they, - read their
Weekly- ha'
1 - eaves ers -reslize t
k y n pap .
-r" r adin ... erha p s .the onl
they .a. e. e P
g
conteirnporary;.history off their -:coin-•-
munity' it is. Possible_to read. It• is
doubtful too. .if • they . realize -that. as
each, issite. gets. old; the more_ .val-
uable' itbecornes, anct; that the -.old
Pyles„:of
. a'•newspaper * are .'fro;rn •a
stya int.,o.f_ c be
_historical ndpQin- alcua-.l. ,
worth: •
The newspaper fyles are .the most,
authentic /history .of the community
available. They tell:, the story., of
the commiinify's life as if, happens..
Past- history is impor ai Tto ` those
who live in the present. Those of
us who • live. in . modern surround-'
i.ngs-ar-e--sontetimes..apt .tc, fnr'get .the•
sacrifices of those who .made the •
community. what it is today. •It ,is..
not so'very long ago when the. ter=
ritory served. by weekly newspapers.
was virgin forest, or 'prairie,, unn-
touched by the' hand of t'he • white
man. It was a territory upon which'
the•'piowpoint had riever' turned a
furrow, a wild and beautiful coun-;
try' 'ir> its, natural state:— -In- the
incantime—risen (have worked-ard.
schemed, and..planned and .today we
have :,every, modern convenience,
churches, schools:, ;libraries,. theat-
res, electric • lights, , sewers • ... sid. e-
walks, , paved streets and 'a hundred
forefathers ieVer dreamed of. These
things did - 'nor coihe about .�by
chance or • by natural evolution.
y
The • cameaboutbecause en toil-
ed b.,au m
ceaselessly to leave behind them
a better, World than into which• they
came:. Their, devotio.'n, their strug-
gles, their ideals, their initiative &
determination should be an inspir-
ation :to succeeding generations,
And the record of their achieve•
merits appears in the fyles of the»
localnewspapers, and that is why
they, are subh valuable records oS
the triumphs of the ,pioneers.
Few people who contribute to
the news :columns of the newspaper
are' ;aware' that they are center i
porary historians. They; are 'chron-
iclirig the events of corhmunity life,
for posterity, and generations hence'
will read:•the'story they have told,
and fr am -,the 'struggles of this. day
=
ithe}� "Well n '
gain . r sp>,ration #Oxx``:the-:
struggles • of their ,day. The .news-
paper • preserves the story of our:
ideals, our problems: and our lives','
arid, those who contribute to. the
news columns.. of their local news-
-paper—are•-•therefore—doing • a valu-
able service for "those whp'follow
in their wake". ' -
For this reason it is. essential that
contributors write so that theread-
er twenty-five of fifty years hence
• may understand the import of the
story.. F'or instance some writers
are, •apt to. consider ,a story ' as of
interest only to their 'particular or-
ganization, rather than, to the com-
munity as a whole.. Occasionally ,
one reads . an . item about a young
peoples • ;meeting.. in which- John
does==t • �s• acid=• Mar . _ .: es =
h • y do
,To.
the average reader this doesn't 'con-
vey anything even at • the time; 'and
it would convey. still less a quarter
-of a ,century after it is written.' If
the ..same . organization .wanted to
many years after [ohn and Mary -Ivers, Mrs. Otto Popp, . Mrs. Will,
would not convey l them who were Stewart and Mrs: Will Smith:
the active members of. their .group ' Miss Bernice Blake returned last '
i'
n - 'a
by gone d fa.
The newspaper is truly the ar-
chives
Monday' after a few 4474 'spent
chives of the community, and as with. friends at Wingh'
y, �•
such is of increasing valueto the Mrs. Coo
Toronto, who . isre•-
cornmunit. as its f le grow older, euperatin Trona illness 'and-
Y Y s de g spend.
The readers are' therefore person- ing some time with Mr. and Mrs.
ally a part of the newspaper, be- John $lake is now spending a while
cause their contributions to' its col
= with her 'cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Will.
umns are 'helping to record the his- Gardner, Lucknow.
tory of the age • in which they live Douglas •Alton, son of 1VIr..',and
Mrs•. Wi1l Alton, Toronto, is spen-
ding •sotrie 'holidays with 'his cous-
in, J.
. C Alton. lton. ,.
' Mrs.' Hazel_,McOuillin and daugh '
`ter June, Lansing„. visited' ;Monday:
with • Mr, and Mrs.'. Charles 'Alton.
Visitors, With Mr. and Mrs. John
Blake .recently were Miss; Willa • '
Hoffman "their . niece f om'. D -
,�' - unn .
vine accompanied with' •tiive • girl ,
'Tri . . .-.. : _,.
— en_ds, 1VIr. end-3VIrs: Will: Cranston, _. .. _.
Goodlands, Man., and Mr: 'and 'Mrs:
.,Jos. Cranston, Goderich, Rev: A. W.:.
Brown, Mrs.' ' .Brown' • . and ,Ethel,
Brantford and MissElizabethScott,
Ripley,
Mr -and 1VI
DUNGANNON
Mrs Jos.. A Killough spent • a` few
days . recently visiting her. daugh-
ter., Mrs, Wine Kelly, Walton and.
.Mr, Kelly, ' who : has jollied the
Mrs' -Rober-t-rHender-so formerly
Agnes Yeung; with her four child-
-ren from Wingharn are . moving into
the McAllister hoi.se`'this week. Mr.
'Henderson is -'in the -army: ' •
a
n,
rn
Mr. and Mrs. ,Cecil Orser, . Detroit
spent the , week=end�-anrong •eia=
tives, c.o�rtiriuing north to.Golden
Valley' where they will. spend their
'vacation. .
• Mr. Abe Smith, who went. to. By-
ron .Sanitorium, two weeks ago, is
we hear'; doing very well with the
rest • and treatment. •
• Mrs.'
B. ' J. Crawford' • with ''her
housekeeper, "Mrs. Rose Knight,
Lucknow, is spending some time at.
the » cottage; Port Albert... Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Willes and Mr. and Mrs.
_Robert lVIcMill n .ancl on_B.obby- ar
a s by e
=also—s . endih :a—vacation =
.p g
other Willis •p¢ottage.
A "St John's Ambulance Course"
was held at Lucknow and. was 'cent:.
pleted.:•Tuesday-flight•. --Those - front
rs 3inimy Figginss—and
two' children;„. St. Catherines-, have
been visiting relatives . in 'these
parts. •
;The farmers around' are getting
Pretty . well . on with wheat thresh=
ing operations and they' are pleased
with the yield. considering' the. dry
spell. we had in the growing, season:
IN SEARCH ofa band 'of criminals,'.. •
Provincial Officer 'McClevis and Traf- _
fie Officer,. Stauffer tookart In a
P
"province- is check-upj recexi lyi 010
both Saturday , and 'Sunday nights
from midnight to dawn' they took up
their poeition at the "Y" south of •
Dungannon who. took the. • course Walkerton where they stopped a-11'' :
and'one other conveniences our Bleckback for historical "purposes were, Mrs. John. Blake, Mrs.. Lorne nocturnal travellers.
CREWE. •••
Mr.• Robert Durnin. of Saskatche-
'wan and Miss,: Bernice Durnin of;
Fergus spent ' the : week -end with '
friends here.
Miss Lorena Crozier is visiting
her sister, Frances, also her -bro-
ther Colin who is taking 'a :summer
course at London:
Mrs. Harry Middleton and son
Lynn of Bervie and Mrs. Bruce
McArthur and children of Moncton
visited with IVLr.' and Mrs._ Cecil
Blake.
Mr. Wni. Crozier and Clifford & •
Mrs. Howell. of Goderieli spent Sun-
day with friends at Orangeville.
Mr: and MrS; S. J. Kilpatrick &
Mr. and Mrs. .Cecil Blake were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Kil-
patrick at Benmiller pn Sunday.
' Mr .a -n& Mrs Sam Sherwood spent'
Wednesday • at . Goderich a visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Wm: Cranston.
Mrs., Howell of Goderich' is vis-
iting her brother, Wm. and Mrs.
Cr•'ozier for a few days. .
Mr. and Mrs. • Eldon Twamley,
Norma and. Douglas. of Port Al-
bert, Mr. and• Mrs. Jaynes Drennan
of Kintail 'were visitors .with Mr.
and Mrs. Wilfred Drennan during
the week. °
WHO •IS;H.E?
Last week's 'picture was •that of
GEOlt,GE H. DOUGLAS
whp its still a resident of the Vill-
age and 'who for many year's *'aS
associated with the firmt of tees.
and. Douglas Which, operated the.
Luck low, Woollen Mill. Mr. Doug-
lasas a member of the Village
Councilat one . time and in more •
recent years served foi° a lengthy
period on the School Board.
;ORB' . •A �. °_lir.
RAPID CITY•
• Mr. Joe. Jardine •Was a visitor,
on . Satudday • at Mrs.. MacKenzie's
Mrs. 'Jardine, Gwen and Kenneth,
returned to Evanston, Ill.; after a
month's vacation here.
Mr. Wm. Stimson of the Veter-
an's guard cif Canada at • Graven -
h Loisspent and Beryl' end with his
family. • - •
y Freeman of Lee-
burn visited with Eunice Reed for
a ,few days.
Miss Dorothy Lockhart of Ilder-
ton was the guest of .her aunt, Mrs.
Robert McNall o er the week-erid.
Donald England had his head•bad-
ly cut while diving on Monday.
Several stitches were required.
Mac Stewart and George Gibbons
were Sunday irisitors with their
families. ' .
CULROS'S CORNERS
Mrs, Howard Haldenby and fam-
ily spent Sunday with Mrs. Jaynes
Wraith.' '
Miss Myrtle Whytock is spend-
ing a few days with. Shirley Hod-
gins., '
Mr. George Bell is visiting' with'
his sister, Mrs. Jack Nesbitt. •
Mr. and Mrs.t Raymond: Schuma-
`eher and, • rte. t`d. "Sc rZ uniicher
spent. Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Schumacher. !
Miss Gei»tie Wraith had a few
of here girl friends in on' Mon-
day to a .birthday party.
EVERY MOTORIST SHOULD CLIP THIS
Check this List -Every_ Item means
0 Seduce driving speed from 60 to
40 on the open road.
• 0 Avoid jack -rabbit starts.
0 Beep • spark plugs arid valves
• clecai: • .
0 Check cooling system' overheating:
wastes gasolr
0 Avoid uselessnon••essential •
driving. •..
.Turn m -
otor off when not ,in use. do.'
[], •
not leave idling. . •
[] • Don't race your engine; ,let it warm
Up slowly.
0 Don't strain your eng
gears.
0 Keep carburetor cleaned and prop-
erly adjusted.
• ;etc.
• D„ .;dune up motor, �tim g __.
,iII g Y � la%n -Chew ...•
alar service session mart . Iaac etP
Your rel; , g gasoline. Consult, him.
•• a.rul. uthcr'rcays.oj satin
• 0 Lubricate efficiently; worn engines
wcsste gasoline. .
groups to and`fromi-work'
Drive hlg
using. ccitis alternate days.
0 For .golf, picnics and other outings,
.
use one car instead of. four.
those. short shopping trips ON
0 Take th -
FOOT and carry parcels home.•
Cl Walk to and from the movies.
0 Boat owners, too, can help by
reducing' speed.
•
REMEMBER:' The slower ' )41u drive, the more you save
t•
The Government of t -he
D' MINLON» OF CANADA.
Acting through:
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- .Tim IIONOURAELD C. D. HOVE, Minister of Mun t ons app i
R. COTflIELLE, Oil Controller for Canada
Stan -e S
yeateir
VICTORY I
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