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Lucknow Ont.,Thursday August 7th, 1941
.Death Results(' From Head Injuries
Received 10,.:„: Automobile:, :Accident .
'WilfredMintz, .riiileteenlear-, VISITOR.ADVOCATES TO
' old , Youth died: ',,e6tt 'TEAK .• ON Lwdoes ,
Seafarth ou, - • c •
Monclaktriorning about nine o'CloCk. , A, recent viiitorto the. Village
His death occurred on his , brother advocated that , the COnnpir''sperk
Glen's 16th birthday, ' Op" in the' matter of street ,light,
Wilfred, altlimigh never ''regairi', ing. The 'fact that. 'service stations
itg consciousneas, ' had lived for ;are now in darknesa at .night Made
.rtate_th,ari forty-eighe hours after the nee for improved street light-
--•-°"t'*.SUffeting terrible , head -injiirier.4. ing more apparent to the visitor;
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when hurled Item the ,car he .„wa.s and we pass 'mi. his ea/la/Ilene in his.
: dri-Ving near Seaforth late FridaY own words.-
night We realize that street lighting is
• Wilfred Was employed as.a lab- a Maier expenditure, but Unquestion-,
orer at the Radio, Air Sethool at. ably LuCknow's main street offers
• Clinton, andthat eveninghad at- a dismal appearance a. night that
tended :the theatre in •Sealforth. It the business ,places are . not "lit
was upon.returning to Clinton that 'Lily,. ,
the accident octutted. Wilfred,the
driver of the car, 'was. passing an.:
other car, wlien .he 'ran onto the
highway tholes:1er, and it May be
that mechanical troubie caused him
, kite-etintibrof-the-car
then shot back acrost the highway
'and: rolled over twice in a deep
ditch before breaking Off a steel
fence pose and corning to, rest a-
' gainst the fence
, Struggling vainly to right the car,
Wilfred , was . thrown 'clear as it
Crashed, 'and. Was found ' a field
forty-five feet from the car, having
, landed on his head to ,suffer • ter7
rible injitries: .'Mi operation' was
• " performed by a Toronto , specialist
-on Saturday and , for -a -Short -time__
hopes'• were •.entertained', thathe
. might retover.' • • . '
Strangely enough none . . of , the
ether .passengers were injured' to •
any degree. Doris Tyndall Of Clin- . at Drayton. • ' '
ton, who was riding in the' front'
• seat -with Wilfred, and William
Fitzpatrick of Wingham in the rum7
- ble seat- of: the.. coupe, escaped in-
juries. • Leis Farquhar of Clinton,
'•'Who was in the rumble seat suffer-,.
.1• ed lacerations and was the. only
.other, one Of the patty tot require
inediCal attention •
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• Wilfred Mintz was only twenty-
eight- days.
He is, the eidest-'sonof Mr_ arid
Mrs. Samuel Mintz. He was ,born
at St. Marys, but for some, tWelve
years' had made' his home • in this
:•eoremunity with his Mother, form-
• erly Violet .Morrison. •
Wilfred was the oldest of 'three
brothers, two at home being Clive
terand Glen 16. , ' •
• The funeral service. was held in
. the United Church, Lucknow, on
Wednesday' 'afternoon conducted
by "ReV. .J. W. Stewart.' Interment
was in South Kinloss Cemetery.'
•
USE viatsE COMPOSED
BY LOCAL PASTOR
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BY-LAW CARRIED
BY. FRIDAY'S VOTE
The controversy Over the wisdom
or folly •Of taking over,j and reno-,,
v-ating the "Geddes. Building”, as
a. ,municipal office and ,apartment
was Settled. on .Fridair by. a, 'vete:
• property owners of the
The lily -law was Carried by a
majority ef sixteen votet, which
anthorizes the Village .C.ouncil 'up-
on approval by the •Municipal
Board, to proceed with the proposed
.-,'Vwk-at-a--co-st-of-$3500-to- -pro---
Added for by the issuing of deberi-
•
• hue§ with equal annual payments
of principal arid interest in each of
twenty years arnotinting to $246.27.
The -vote, which was comparative-
iy
light was fairlyclose in all stib-
divisions with the "Few" vote hav-
ing a lead in two of the three poll-
• ing". centres. '
The vote by polls was:
• - ••For. Against
No. 1, Orange hall
A very. appropriate Verse, sem%
POSeirbrIffe-V-.71-V. Ste -Wart' Pit -7
tor of the Lucknow United Church,
is now being sung at both morning
and evening service in the United.
Church immediately: following the
•singing of the NatiOndi Anthem.
•Tb.a verse wai sung last Sunday'
•
• .for the first time locally' arid, is as
follows: • •
God bless out soldiers all
Who heed their country's call,
. God bless our boys., '• ••
.May Thy protecting hand
-Guard-thein on. sea, air- and.
Bring thern. tale - home again,
God save our boys.
• This verse was composed' by Rev.
• Stewart more than a year ago while
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• .Name Inscribed •
• The friends • who contributed to
. the fund to haire the name of the
• late Mit J. James inscribed on the
inpnument which she had brected•‘in
the South Kinloss• temetery' to the.
memorY of her husband;' the late
Rev: John J. James; will be glad .to
• know that that work has been, com-
pleted.
GROOMTTO-BE RECEIVES
CLAN GATHERING
HELD -IN ASH.FIELD
The twelfth annual • reunion ,of
the descendants Of thelate Donald
and Murdock MacDonald, who came
to Canada froin Rosshireand hiveri
nesshire in Bonny Scotland in 1844,
was' •laeld.--on,Sattircla:y7 in a, quiet -
little nook on . the. farm of- Alex
'MacDonald, -Reeve of Ashfiele .
'These sturdy PiOneers crossed
the -ocean, in a sailing vessel Making
the voyage in thirteen weeks. •From
-Hamilton they, came in a wagon to-
Goderieh with -all their, treasures
peeked in a 'cest. Froin Goclerich
they walked, folio:wing a Survey-
or's blazed trail, till they came to
what was afterwards Kintail. Here.
hard labor was ,their lot but it is.
through their effort our happy
homes remain.. • •'
Representatives numbering 125
from • various centres, Saskatche,
•Ivan, Hathilton, Sault ,Ste. Marie,
Windsor, Owen:'Sound; Toronto,
London, etc, came to pay a fitting
tribute of homage and, respect to
these -stiirdy 'pioneers: .
Mr. Bain Stewart, B.Sc.A. of Or-
angeville presided over the sports
races, etc. and .also of the splendid
• program Which followed. The gath-
ering was enlivened; by the -"skirl
of the bagpipes", the , pipers being
D. A. MacLennan, Mr- McQuillin,
and Mr. Hewitt of Waterford. The
president, Tem Harris, extended -a
welcOine to- 41 the elansinen. Mrs.
Esler . sang Aveetry tome SCoteh
songs. A recitation was given by
Marjory Blue... , Bonny 'Dopn was
sung by Jock Logan, •R.A.F, Mar-
garet Simpson gave a sketch of the
clap. Misses Porteous and Mac,
Quaig • gave a splendid exhibition
of Highland dancing. Speech follow, •
'ed .speech and Mrs. Duncan Munn
led in community singing.
Two minites silence 'was obser-
ved for the late Dr. Simpson and
Alex MacDonald, Sr., who have
gone to the reunion beyond the
Belittle , of Time -since last year..
Our aunt, Jennie Lennie, an. ever
•loyal member -from Hamilton was,
there, her son Mr. and Mrs: Tom
Lennie, Margaret MacRae frOm
Saskatchewan, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Cowles, London, Mr. and Mrs.
Ar-
thur booth, Sault Ste. ,Marie, Miss
Grace MacKenzie, R.N„ Toronto;
'Mr. and Mrs, John Campbell, Mrs.
Ella 1ViaeNaught, Jean Matdregor,
Salina, Lonisa MacDonald, Wind-
sor; D. John 11 Munn, Toronto;
Mr. and Mrs. Pottier; Mr. and Mrs:
• Bert Harris and many others from
Ripley arid Lucknow and the silk-
reunding neighborhood. •All were
pleated tti •'meet: and,greet new
friends• Annie Macenzie, ,noW
Mrs. Fisher of Owen Sound, ' was a
welcome gut.
• Officers Were appointed for next
beys.."to come up and see us' some:. year with Donald MacDonald as
time" yvhen, they will, be invited president.David SteWaRi Vice pres-
to put on .a deinoestratioe in his ident and Harry MacDonald, secret -
back Yard showing hew the var-
ious tools shOuld be used. Follow-
ing the feast of oratory the host
serVed n abundance of hamburg;
ers and lemonade,
• -Bowmariville StateSrnat
"SHOWER'' OF GARDEN TOOL
' Believing that • "showers" .fo'r
• brides-to-be. are too much. one-sid-
ed and that the groom has become
very much the "forgotten man" in
such social events the tables were
turned -at a' gathering of the male
'sex heid at H. L. (Deac) Goddard's
'eottage the other night. ' Hearing
that Principal A. M. (Andy)
Thompson is • shortly to join •the
ever increating ranks of the bene
-
diets his friends wished to mark
the occasion in the traditional 'way.
So Andy was made the centre of
• honor and attraction 'when Hill
Flaherty tailed the gathering to
• order and pleaded for a spell of
silence while he read an address
with due solemnity °.• interspersed
with spasms of hilarity eulogizing
and congratulating the groom -to -
be. As the remarks progressed Stu-
art James, Manson Comstcick and
other willing helpers showered
`Andy with a combination of gar-
den and hardware tools which will
be more useful' than ornamental
if, said recipient measures up to
the expectations of a devoted and
• obedient hiisband-and , all present
' felt he was destined to be ;the model
'spouse: The gifts included Such
articles as a hoe, rake, hamnier,
, screwdriver, coal shevel, Stepladd-
er, axe, garbage can and saw. Andy
hi his characteristic Modesty in ex-
pressing his thanks for their .kincl-:,
nets and 'generosity invited all the
28 34
NO. 2,-. Reids • 31 . 19
NoT--fl- as• -
• 94 78
• .Majority "For" -16. •'• ,
The last time the electors voted
on a - money by-laW was in AtiguA
of„11, when., approval Was given
a '47000 ,expenclittire • toward the
Cott 'of .building an arena. The bY--
law carriedat.that time by a nriaj-'
ority of lie. There was a total of
246 votes cast at that .elecion; 478
• "for" and 68 "against". The vote on
Friday .was lithter by 74 Votes..
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Special At Lyceum
Theatre goers are going to; like
the special attraction at the Lyceum:
Theatre this Week-end.1 "V,i,r-
ginia"; 6 • paramount picture in
technicolor,
-ELEVEN RINKS ENTERED
IN LADIES' TOURNAMENT
There Were eleven Anita:entered
• in the „ladies'. trebles.: tournament
held on the local greens lase Thurs-
day. Wingliam rinks won first and
seeond prize. Thirch_prize was won
• by the Lucknow :link Of Mit. Hut-
ton, Mist Isobel Hat:Eaten and Mrs,
R. Button, skip, Fotirth prize was:
won by another local rink, com-
posed of Lois Henderson; Mrs. How-
_ard Agnew' and Mrs. Charles Stewr-
ard, skip.'
• Winners of the ladies' -jitney last
Wednesday were Mrs. A. W.- Han -
Mtn, 'Miss Marjorie (Soloinori, Mrs.
Charles . Steward and Mrs. 'Temple:
.Clarke. .• • , .„
In the mixed jitney on Monday
evening the winners were, Miss Tta-
bet Hamilton, Mrs, A W. Hamilton,
'Mrs. W. L: MacKenzie, Dr. -W. V.
Johnston, Donald •MacKenzie and
J. K. MacKenzie. • ,
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RED CROSS. SUPPLIES
PLACED FOR VVINTEIC USE
The following „.... letter received
from ' .overseas by a St. Helens
lady, ' tells its own Story:
.f.,! . . 26th June,' 1941,
:r.C,0h. Va,"lrPhersca,
R: R. No.. .2, , .„ -
Lucknow,
Olt'Cant
. da.,
Pear Madim
' I have oday received; On. be-,
.hall of th HarroW Fire 'Service,
a:consignment of 'woollen- Cernforts
from the Canadian Red Cross Sec-
fetY,-and included thereinia a_pup•-
over knitted by yourself:
It is with pleasure that I ack-
nowledge its safe receipt, and I
would like to express my thanks
and appreciation for your. gift. .
The pull -over will be handed to
one of our firemen and it will, you
may, rest assured, he a means of
supplying the much wanted warmth
a'nd comfort during next winter.
Yours faithfelly,
II. II. Anderson,
1Chief
. • Officer,.
• 'PRIZE WINNERS
Last . Wednesday night winners
In the Lucknow merchants' prize
draw , were Mrs. Harry McQuillin,
Lorne Fattish, R.R. 7, Luckhow;
George Joynt; T. A. Cameron, R. R.
7,, Lucknow; Edna . Plowman 'and
James Levis, R. Liticknow.
ary. A splendid supper Was served -
and an abundance of ice ctearn. As
the shades of 'evening fell over an
ideal sturaner dayall returned to
their ' homes with .many pleasant
recollections.
SENTINEL HAS
A "NEW DRESS"• .
The Sentinel rnalies its appear--
ance today in a- new dress. „Ali the
reading Matter in this issue is set,
in 'a type- face knoivri as Eit-
telsior. . , , •'
•, It not only i'llakes for •a better”
1p9king prechiee but it also lightens
the .optical task 9f abserbing news.
The new face reduceseye' strain
to a Minimum,.Excelsior enibraces
„perfectfy• contoured letter ; that
• makes it easy to read..
-"We-are7proltd-of-the general -ap-
pearance affected by out new type_
face, which was replaced at a con-
siderable Cottnot just froni. a point
of readability, we,. frankly admit,
but rather from a point of riecest-
SUCCEEDS MR. LEITH
AS CoNSTABLE1.
• Wheil the Village Council' rapt for.
their' AQUA' ineetilig on Tuesday
night, it , was ' required to appoint
a successor to Constable J. H. Leith,
• who, left for Hamilton on. Monday
Where he has Secured a position.
Mr. W.,3. Douglas was appointed:
to succeed' Mr. Leith,;and upon ac-
ceptance of the appointment±`EillT'.
was sworn into office on Wechies7
day morning: •
Mr. Leith, who was also caretaker
• of the Waterworks punlphouse, is
succeeded in in this capacity by A. C.
Agnew, • who as a-rnernber"of the
Fire Corripa.nY, is• quite familiar•
with the working of the pumpt.
Amiing the accounts., passed ..en
Tuesday night, Was the election ex-
pense account of 1$58.50, -covering
the Cott of taking lastrriday's vote.
The 1941 tax rate ieduled
to be struck. at this4 ing
was deferred until •r ia1 meet-
ing:to held,..le.r.)...r%s month.
ritair
•MYSTERIOUS FIRE
RAZES O' NT' BARN..
Fire tornpletely destroyed the
barn on the Wesley ‘Joynt farm,
just south of Andrew 'Gaunt% On
Monday morning. It was the third
fire suffered by Mr. Jciynt in as
many years. Three yearsago a
harn on. the "Red Brick" 'farm on
the same sideroad was. struck by
lightning during an Augtitt storm
and 'destroyed along With the sea-
son's . crop. Later, lightning retun-
ed in the dettrAction of the barn
at the joynt. residence in the
• Monday Morning's blake, which
was discovered about eleven o'clock
remains a mystery. Wheat -had been
threshed .on this farm on Friday,
but from about 4.3() that afternoon,
when the outfit was moved to the
"Red Brick" farm, until the out-
break Was discovered, .norie .of Mr..
Joyne's employees flacl been :back
to' this farm.
tncluded in the loss was about
650 bushels of 's newly threshed
wheat, as well at some apple pack-
ing equipment and containers. 1VTr.
Joyntl main orchard is situated on
this farm, and- it was a hard fight
t6 keep the blaze from: spreading'
_through the grass and, stubble, to
the orchard andiabout forty acret,
Of oats, which were in the Stook.
The loss of thit barn is most
• inconvenient for , Mr. jeynt, as it
Was an ideal building 'for sorting
arid storing his apple crop. No
stock is kept in the barn and 'con-
sequently no hay wet stored. This
is the first year Mr. JOYilt has 'crop-
ped:the farm for sortie time, hav.
ing previously been using it as a
grass' fermi
ENGAGEMENTS
Mrs. John. Seper 'of Ottawa an-
nounces :the engagement of her.
daughter, . Elizabeth: 1Vlaxweli, to
Mr. Andre* MacKenlie Thompson,
of Bowmanyille; son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Thompson of ,Lucknow,
the wedding to take pike quietly
on August p, in Christ,Church Cath-
edral, Ottawa. :
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas MacDonald,
Ashfield Township,: announce the
engagement of their • daughter,
Catherine Rhodena„ to Mr. Alex-
ander George Andrew, Am of Mr:
and Mrs. W. G. Andrew of Luck -
now; the marriage to take place
this month,
. SO worn and .damaged had our
old: font of linetype matrices ,be-
conie that mechanical troubles were
frequent and . exasperating -and• the
quality of work produced net' what
itshould: be. • . •
,
Adoption .of • a new and:Modern:
-type-face.,it- an-irepottant,-matter.
for a newspaper. and we. are pleas-
ed. t�' present The Sentinel, in its
• new ',dress' as an aehievernent that:
• we have Planned for some tinie and•
Twhielt4t.inew,e-aeality. • •
FARM HELPERS RETURN .
TO SCHOOL OCTOBER 1st
Schools ()Pen on Tuesday, Sep-
tember 2nd, so that- the holiday
season' is now More than, half over.
-Ontariorichoel-childteri-lielping_on
farrhs are not 'required to retnin
to school until October lst.
School principals. are authorized
tornark the children working on
the farins on the sch9o1 registers
"as if present during September on
• the presentation of certificates from
the employerwhich show that they
have been engaged in farm work
dnring the ,period of their absence
from school".'
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Specials in cool Surnmer under-
garmentO,- for Men, Women and
Children. THE MARKET STORE.
I BARTLETT-MacLEAN:
Miss Kathryn M. MacLean,
daughter of 'lir. and Mrs. John
MacLean of Ripley was united in
marriage. on Saturday to Mr. Nvgi-
lani Preseott (Charles) Bartlett of
Liacknow, Son of Mr. and WS. W. -II.
Bartlett of St. Marys. Rev. Reynolds
Ester cifficiated in the Presbyterian
manse at Ashfield.. Given in,,mar.
rine by her father ,the bride wore
a 4ong frock of White brocaded sat-
in, made with butterfly sleeves.
,Her long veil of embroidered net
was caught with pearM and 'she
carried Talisman roses With baby's
breath and bouvardia. Miss Myrtle
MaCLeari of Kitchener was her sis-
ter's bridesmaid Wearing a gown
of pottdre blue net over satin, with
pink ribbon hat, and cArrying pink
reset and lily of the valley. The
groomsman was Dr, Grant Suther-
land of ?Fergus. After the reception
at the 'Windsor hotel, Kincardine,
• the 'bride and bridegroom left. for
Muskoka, ant upon their return
Will reside in Lucknow where the
• groom is a member of the Bank of
,Montreal staff, The4pride traveled
in a-biege and tan 1:14ess, with white
accessories.
Proud of Their Rings
At the McWhinney, „reunion last
week, Margaret and Grace Cook,
daughters of Mr. and Mts. Williani
Cook of West Wawanosh proudly
displayed finger rings made from
material from a German bomber
brought down in England. The rings
were Made by their uncle, Herb
McQuillin, Ville is serving overseas
-with the Royal Canadian Engin-
eers. '•
•' ARE NOW OVERSEAS
Cameron McTavish and Calvin
Purves, we understand, are now
With the Canadian Army overseas.
Careeron is the yotingest son of
Mr. and Mrs: Allan McTavish .of
town and Calvin Purves,- whose
home is at Walkerton, it a ton
.of Mrs. James Purves of West Wa-
wanosh. Calvin's brother Alex pre-
ceded him overseas a few months
ago.
BORN
JOHNSTON-In Lucknow on Mon
day, July 28th to Mr. and Mrs. Har-
old Johnston (pee Laura Conn) a
son. .
1 COMING EVENTS I
DANCE AT PARAMOUNT
Dancing at •Paramount Hall, every
Friday night to MacKenzie's orchest-
ra. Door prize.' Admission 35c.:
BUSINESS MEN. NOTE?
The regular monthly meeting of
the Lueknow Business Men's As-
sociatien -will be held in the Town
Hall, next Monday evening, Aug -
lith at 8 o'clock sharP. Will
you be there/
LEMONADE AND, VI
'HELP WAR CAUSE
Single-handed Bobby Reid and
Jean Treleaven have made lemon-
ade and "V for Victory" errihlems
Work for war purposes, with, each
one „raising 'approxiniately $5.00.
Bob, siX=year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Reid, set up a lemonade
stand frent of Reid's Bakery
last Wednesday evening, and aid-
ed by his mother he ,dida land
office business to the tune Of $4.65,
which 'Bob has turned over to Mrs.
• McKim to aid the Red Cross work.
Sells V Cards
Jean Treleaven, •daughter of Mr.
• and Mr. O Harvey Treleaven, saw 'a
chane to raise Sortie money by tell-
ing -"V for Victory" cards, and mi-
en Making a large number of these,
found a ready response by many
buyers% but several of , whom fail-
ed to put them on display. The
returns for Jean's effort amounted
to $5.00 which she has given to Mrs.
Walter Hamilton in aidof the Bri-
tish Bomb Victinis (Refugee Fund).
Lack of National- Policy _Proven By -
Shortage pi Essential Farm Products
TO MOVE TO .GOBEBICH
'Mr:, and WS. Fraser Paterson
were recently,presented with a
fahle lamp an. picture by their
LiteknOw ,neighbors, prior to new- ,
ing to Goderich where Mr. Patersoe
has' been employed in the chug busi-
ness for several months'. Mrs. pat-.
mon and tWo daughters Dean and
Dorothy will leave for Goderich
later this month. .
'AGED ASHFIELD LADY FAS ES
The „death occurred in Ashfield
Township on Saidrday August 2nd
of Mrs. .Andrew Nelson, a helcived
and aged resident. Wt. Nelson, who
Was formerly ,:Jane Hogg, Was 90
years of age. The funeral was held
en Tuesday fromthe home Of her
• daughter, Mrs. John Mullin, to kin,
tall-cemetw,
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. MORE SLICED BREAD
Effective next Monday Canadian
bakers rip longer be able to
tell 'sliced bread, 'Multi -colored or
double Wrappert are also ordered
discontinued ' when present stocks
are exhausted. These' restrictions
were ordered by the War Tithe
• Prices and Trade Board with a view
to economies that should, in the
opinion of the Board, render un-
rieeessary-any-increase_in theLretaiL
price of bead.
Returns To City •
• Miss Joan MacKinnon, nurse -in -
training. at $t. Michael's , Hospital,
returned to Toronto on .Saturday
after spending a three, weeks' vac-
ation . with her parents, Mr. and.
Mrs. Archie ,MacKinnon.
FOUND GUILTY OF
-RECKLESS DRIVING• :
In police cdurt in Stratford last
week, Murray,.2Farrel1, wag' found
guilty of reckless .driving' and was
fined" $25 and Costs and had his
• driver's permit suspended for one
year. A charge of drunk- driving'
vfas dismissed when the court ruled
that there- was rai evidence..to^sub,
staptiate the • Charges. •
• The charges arose- nut of a fatal
highway accident near Mitchell on
July 12th when Robert A. (Bert)
Graham of Huron Township lost
his life. He died shortly after being
admitted to Stratford Hospital.„
- In • giving evidence .Provincial
Traffic Officer Govier said he had
discovered two tire burns on the
Highway , for forty-five • feet
where no tire burns appear-
ed, '. and again. they 'showed up
'for a distance of 78 feet. Then
there was a plank space on the
highway where no tire "burns ap-
peared, and again they showed up
in an arc fashion, from one , side
of the road to 'the other for a dis-
tance of 114 ' feet• where the bar
apparently left the. ,road, plunged
into the ditch' and turned turtle:
In its. Wild „dash, witness said the
Farrell car • broke off, seven, fence
posts and a telephone pole, and
tore up the sod alongside the high-
• *ay for some distanCe.
Private Glen Martin of the Perth
Regiment, who was a 'passenger in
the Farrell car, estimated that the
driver had stepped his speed up to
sixty miles an hour in order to pass
two cars going the same direction.
Were Pals Since Boyhood
Rev. J. C. Nichols:in Of Pine Riv-
er told ' the court that ;both Far-
rell and Graham were mentbers of
his songregation; , and were pals
sine chilcihoOd.k,Farrell always had
a good scharacter and came from a
highly esteemed family in his corn-
nitmity. Witness contended there
was no resentment in the district
towards Farrell over the unfortun-
ate death of his friend, Graham.
• Came Home To Enlist
• Defence Counsel Campbell Grant
of Walkertim placed his client in
the witness box, and Farrell told of
quitting his job at Kirkland Lake
which he had held for five years,
to come down to Southern Ontaitio
for a week's' Visit with his Parents
befere offering his services to his
country in the R.C:A.F. So far he
had .not attempted to join up With
Canada's active service force be-.
eause ,he wanted to hive the chard!,
es hanging over his head 'cleared
up before doing, so. Farrell pres-
ented a pitiful sight in dourt at he
related What little he knew of the
accident, and • Whenever ' Mention
was made tir his frieridTR6hert
ham, tears welled up in his eyes.
He remembered little or nothing of
the accident, and could recall
thing about it 'Mtn the fiallowing
Wednesday, four days later, owing
to the severe Conti/Wien he had
S feted.
,
Donations Received
Donations received by Mrs. Wal-
ter Hamilton to the British 13emb
Victiins (Refugee Fundrare; Capt.
Bill Taylor, $1.00; 1Vlits Hannah
MacDonald, $2,90; jean TreleaNen,
$5,00: •
1WiriTed- To Viltage,
Mrs. Allan Durnin and three chil-
dren, Mary, Helen and Charles have
reeved to Lucknow and are occupy-
ing. the Melvin, Reed,, residence. Al-
lan it 'a member of the 7th Army
Field Regiment at present station-
ed in the Maritimes.
• A redu,ction in the output of On-:
tario farina with the inevitable in, •
crease' in the prices Of ' agricultural
moth -lets - is ,the prediction Of ' the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
following a recent meeting *of the
, provincial eieentive. The three fa&
• tbrs in the changing' picture are, .;
according to the Federates,. the
• Federal government's failure to re-
alize that increased Wises were. es- ,
sential to eficaurage production, the
prolonged dry spell 'of • the spring
and early smuttier: rxioetlis„ and the
extreme: shortage of farin labor. •
When war broke out; the Federal
government Munehed a policy . de-
• stined to keep down the cost of
ing, having in mind the danger of
permitting labor costs to soar.. The
weakness of this policy was in , its
failure to consider attitidtiire ni,
its relation to the entire problem. ,
In 1939., the • Ontario farniers felt
increase the demand for farm pro-
ducts at remunerative levels. A
great many farmers anticipated this
derhand by increasing production
and when, 'Jul* ,the higher price .
• levels failed. to . develop ;there Was.
a material switch in farm opera-
• tions, and this has continued right
down tri the present moment. On
top Of this, farm labor, became a .
very acute problem, and accelerated
the: reduction in Output Many farm- - •
-Workers'and-,-iirmany-sases, ftha
• Owners sought more remunerative,
employment in the War-time.indus-
tries, while a large numberjoined
the armed forces. On top of this
Came the prolonged dry spell. Now,
it is definitely, forecast that prices
• of Many farm products will reach
very high level's Within a4 few
months, as the rediteed, output,
makes itself felt.
The situation it probably best ill-
lustrated in the ,matter of egg pro-
„ductioh. This spring, ' when the
price of eggs to the farmer fell to
18 cents a dozen, aind lOwer, :there
was a sharp- decline- in the purehase
of young stock frOnr the- hatcheries; ,
'with the Tenth that the MY-
ing flecks have .been •very sharply
reduced in number. Now eggs are
reaching higher price :levels, and as.
it is too latete make good:the short-
age of producing hens, the price
of eggs may. be , expected to , con-
tinue to advance, in fact some farm
experts are predicting 60 -cent eggs
by autumn. •
• ' No Production Short -Cuts
• Farm production M not a tap that
can be turned on and off at will.
Nature has Mid dovareertairrdet'.
inite laws which govern ' germina-
lien of seed, breeding of livestock,
ana growth of all. products. The
proceks cannot -be hurried. "rh-ii---e
are no short -cuts. -The farmer has
to think and plan months ahead.
When he reddees his stock or • his ' \\
crop, the deficiencY cannot be over-
come the seine year. The Federal
authorities failed to consider this
fundamental by their lack of a farm
policy, Itid their aeceptance of a .
general policy which had in =dui
only the position and strength of .
,organized labor. Had the farmer in .
1940 been given some . encourage-
ment in the' matter of increased
prices,' increases Which would have
niet the increased cotsc of opera-
tion and a small profit, production
would have been maintained in re-
lation to expanding markets; and
the difficultiet of the next few
months avoided, except for the
damage created by the prolonged .
drought.
• The varieut Federal war -time ag-
. , -
metes niay try to avoid scene of
the troubles tp come by price -con-
trol,” but many of these measures
will fail, 'siinply because .the law
of supply arid demand, especially
in times of shortage, will 'function
to the extent that rigid govern-
ment control will be' ineffective and
deeply resented.' All last year,. the
Federation of Agriculture pleaded
for parity prices, but the Pleas fell
on deaf ears. The Federal. Minister
of Agtietliture refused to heed the
requests presented to him, resent-
ed the %aCtivities ,�f the Federation,
and when he did give grciund, it
was with a reluctance that created
deep resentment. At a time ,when •-.
his full effort should have been de -
Voted to the • vital problems of
agrictilture, he was busy With his
duties at IViinister of National War
Servioes. There was no national
policy for agriculture. The best that
Hon. 'I'. A. Crerar could tell a depu- ,
• tation from the Federation WEIS that
:the farmers would have to pull in
their belts. This they hare done, tin-
tO the last hole, and now the land -
of plenty may come elose to being
a land not of scarcity, but of very
shortened su ply in spine very es.
%
sential farIvroducts,' at a time Of
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