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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-08-14, Page 1.. '$2:00 A YEAR—IN ,AD.VAi*CE•--50c EXTRA TO U.S. A,. Lucknow Ont.,. Thursday August 14th, • 1941 FIRE ‘EQUIPMENT IS ,A►NTIQUATED . • # Every' time 'there is a fire alarm in Lucknow the need of some :mod- ern equipment• is very apparent. 'Fortunately there ,have. been no ser - 'ions conflaerattions•for er.`ious'conflagrations•for many mo and the:last two big fires have been ' en Main Street in close proximity., to the firehall;Y • Saturday's grass fire...gave ,the Brigade a `run", and • if, • it wasn' •such a serious matterit would b'e highly amusing. The first three members -to- reach the—Rall; tooit- the antiquated two -wheeled, ,hose run --'r-eel-bnd=staxted__to_ to •r the.. -fire ,, not knowing how serious the blaze • was, and at that, it litttle inattered • for the trio had Only two speeds, one was slow and the other slowerf. the .farther they went At :Smith's Garage, 'a motorist 'managed to hook • the, reel ' .orf' the rear bumper and like human flies. the reel pullers clung, to the back ,aa -of the car to keep the reel from breaking, loose front' the towing car. •Following the alarm, fortunately I the services of. the Brigade were not - required, one party remarked • that ifthe town could spend $3500, to repair a building, the purchase of • new equipment could surely be af- forded to protect what buildings we already have.: • At . the regular aneeting „of the Fire Company on Monday night, the need .of 'a fire truck was stressed, as it has been 'many times in the past,. but . the • matter. was dropped' without.: any `action on- --tl a -part - of - the Company. ' ` • One Suggestion was that the mem- bers' of the Company meet with the Council to, discuss what might be • . feasible and .possible in putting our fire fighting equipinent •on a' more modern : footing. We. have plenty of . first class hose and an excellent water system, but the: inability • to get, equipment to a fire quickly offsets these .other advantages. • Yield Is Good Threshingwhich, got, underway in.. July this year,.'has. been. continued almost unhindered• ever .since' ex- cept on 'Monday of this weekwhen rain fell. In spite'. of an unusually dry season grain is reported to be yielding well .and of good quality,,. with a: complete absenee of rust. ' LOCAL PAIR, WIN I#i the first of the Southern sec- tion ':playoff of Group 9, in the; On- tario Lawn Bowling Association, "held' last week in. Wingham, 'Well- ington McCoy • and Robert Rae .de- feated Donald Rae and Bert Porter of Wingham 26 to '17. " The Lucknow .rink wasn't so • for- tunate° and. lost .' out 'to the Wing - ham quartette 25 to. 14.' The Luck- now foursome was composed of; Wes Huston; Jack McQuaig, John K. MacKenzie and Roy. Finlayson, skip. Alex Crawford was' unopposed in the sing les. • The group palyoffs are being held in Hanover this week, and 'the pro- vincial playoffs will be held at Ham- ilton on. Labor Day ...'`"" . ' BATTERY -;TO' CAMP -SUNDAY The 21st Field Brigade, Royal Canadian Artillery,. under the com-: mend of Lt. -Col. George Howson, composed of batteries from Wing= ham, Listowel, . Kincardine and Walkerton, will take camp training .at London from Augtist°l7th to Sep- `member 3rd. The 99th Winghain Bat- tery will be in charge o Major R. S. Hetherington. 'Capt. (Rev.)' W. A. Beecroft, Chaplain of the Bri- gade, will attend the camp. The • Brigade' will ge • to London by special train on Sunday, . ,that will pick up the Kincardine Bat- ' tery • at Kincardine and the 99th ,Battery at Wingham. ' To Train As Nurse- Miss. urse_Miss• Blanche MacDougall of loss, an accomplished ,pianist,, plans to enter the Women's College Hos- Altai., Toronto to train for' a nurse. Miss lvlacDougall until recently has been organist di St, Andrew's Un- ited Church, Ripley. LEGION,DRIJMHE*D SERVICE• TO BE HELD IN. LUCKNOW ' The. annual parade -and'drumhead service of Zone 10,• Canadian Legion, will be held . this year at Lucknow en September :14th. Plans for . the event are being completed by. the Zone executive. ° Legion .branches in the zone in-' elude. Kiecardine, Lueknow, Howick;' •Barriston, Listoviel; Brussels,. Wing., :ham,. • Exeter; Seaforth, C.liritoin and •Goderieh. - AN IDEA PASSED ON , Cosmetics , and soaps are very ' ex•- _p nsive and • difficult t_o secure, in Great Britain, which, prompts the following suggestion and which we pass on. `to ,our readers for what it is worth.' • • It 'comes' from Mr.,Ed. Pickwoad, who with: Mrs. Picldwoad and family visited last week at John Cameron's at ''St. Helens. Mr. Pickwoad, a resident of St. Albans, New • York, relates: that in conversation with, a •high. ranking , . a Fioya'1-A�'r-ForceTotric:er,h• e •e w sold- �i that if cosmetics were available to women war workers, he .was 'con- Yinced they would: be, more -happily;. if not 'More diligently, devoted to their' War task. Even in war time the "weaker sex". is still.: much in- terested in their, appearance. Mr. Pickwoad was much rnpres. sect bye the part Canadian women are .playing in ,Providing needs and comforts for British' war -victims,' arid' he suggests, that the sending of. :some :.soape and••:.cosritetis:. to_ ..Brit-..' ish war workers would have 'a. very stimulating effect With fall approaching probably some "snake ':up" party 'ideas could be worked out to secure: cosmetics .for those front-linelady workers overs.eae: • Send Us. the News • This is holiday tirsne. The Sentinel would he pleased to know when you are going on a visit, Also• we'will.. be glad to receive the names of your guests. Newspapermen are' blamed for a lot" of .things' they can't help, 'suds -east, pa da}tkty t-e--eertaii fold; -w-hose-:names-appear rr-the'personal- eol`umn,' or for deliberately .leaving- others. out. But actually . thenews-• paperman , cannot help• this. . He sim- ply prints the ,news he knows the facts' about (or believes he :does):• Manyof our citizens•regularly. send us the names. of their visitors, but there are. many others who fail to do so, but criticize the editor for his• failuretoget the names of all the visitors. Do not let the visitors at your home pick up The Sentinel pray • to find that you did not care, enough to report them to the edi-' tor.'Phone us,. dreg) ..in at the office, or mail a letter, which, if unsealed, will come to us for only tone cent: • MAY VISIT ENGLAND Hugh Templin,editor of the Fer- gus News -Record, has been chosen as one of a party' of ten newspaper- men who may fly to Great Britain as guests of the British Council in London, where the journalists will spend three weeks in seeingbre- parations for the Battle of Britain. {. Mr.. Ternplin has been writing a series of articles on the ' Common- wealth • Air Training plan, for the Canadian Weekly Newspapers . As- sociation and lone of the instalments appears in this issue of The' Sen- tinel. Had Head Young 'D'innie MacDonald requir= ed a couple of stitches to close a gash in 'the beck 'of ,his head, which he .received when i e his head struck a ' rock in the"swimming pool last Wednesday. as 'a couple of lads tos- sed 'him into the pool.. •' Left For Quebet .. Miss Dorothy=Douglas, who has been. ° appointed superintendent of the Presbyterian School.residence at Huntingdon, Quebec, let on Mon- day to assume her duties. . ROAD WORK TO PItoc : SOON , The , B,ruee •Cou:nty road from. Lucknow to Helyrood , will be hard .surfaced this year; which come as -good news following . an earlier an; nouncement that the inability ' to secure_' tat, had forced a .Postpone- merit of 'the work'until nexit year •at,least, -. Efforts of. the Highway,. Commis-. scion and the =County' Engineer fin- ally succeeded in securing guaran-' tee of deliveryof sufficient' ashphalt to complete: this portion of the road and the work .is .. expected_. to get underway very shortly. " There is some difference -between the tar and the ashphalt material w rich is to be; used, -but the cost willbe about the same per mile. and the , finished job will be sirn- alar to the road- surface-• south of the Village front Lucknow to Dun= Bannon. • • , . FALL. FAIR PRIZE LISTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE 1 That summer is on. the wane is emphasized' .'by the "announc , ment know Fall..Fair rize that the Luc'� . lists are now available, . . Theshow' wilt be held on Thurs- day and Friday, September 25th & 26th, which: is just' six•we' s away, With Ripley an. Ingham fairs • cancelled this year, Lucknow show from point of entries and atten- dance should "go over the top": • • Prize money has beenincreased in some -,- of fiche horse -classes which • should greatly .improve . the horse show. In the carriage and road• horse classes prizes: of $6. $4 & $3 are. Of- fered for single horse, and a. section for a span in harness • arid, rig has been added to both these classes LEAVES .FOR .WET AS RC.A.F.•CHAPLAIN ,Rev. A. A. Maloney, rector of St., Peter's "Church, Lucknow,' has been assigned as chaplain at No. 4. Initial Training School of. the Royal Can- adian Air Force at' Edmonton. Rev. Maloney leaves hereFriday morn- ing for Toronto, fromiwhere he will, leave that night fon Western Can- ada. itev.• Maloney offered his services shortly aftei the outbreak of the War. About three .weeks' ago he 're- ceived ,an intimation• that he was to• be called, and at • that time he expected he would be assigned to. Manning Depot at Toronto. • - '•'On .Saturday afternoon he receiv-, ed instructions' to proceed to No. 4 Sehopl 'at Ednnonton, Rev. Maloriey is given the official rank of „Honor-, ary Flight Lieutenant. •Mrs, Maloney; and children will remain :in Lucknow, for the :time, being at least, until such time as Rev, Maloney determines whether or not the Wdjtern assignment is to be more or less permanent, At present a resident ream...will of be a_ r app Iced -to ;-srtcceed- Rev: Maloney, on this four -point parish of Lucknow, Ripley, Durngannon and Port Albert, the duties of which are quitestrenuous and which Mra Maloney' has carried on without an assistant curate for the peat year. • PRIZE DRAW WINNERS AIRPORTS APPEAR Winners last . Wednesday night in TO BE C E RTA I N the ' Lucknow merchants' . weekly prize ' draw were Muriel, W, Yonch, Toronto Pete Farrish,•'R. 7' Luck now Willeinena 'Gollan, Lucknow; Roy' Robinson,' Belgrave; and Mrs. J. S. MacKenzie and" Duncan Mac-. Leod of Lucknow: • ENGAGEMENTS. Mr.nd Mrs. Ernest Ackert, Holy-• rood, announce the .engagemene of their daughter,' Winnifred Emily, to Mr. William : Alvin . Graham, son of Mr. and 'Mrs.' Williain Grahann of Tara, .The marriage wi11.1 p1a-' the latter part of August. Mr. and Mrs. B:.C. Woolford'" of Orillia Wish to announce the, en- gagement of their younger .daugh- ter•.; Ruth M., to Mr. Eldon S. Reid, younger son of. Mrs. T. $,,,'Reid of; Orillia and the late Mr. Reid. The' wedding is to take place September' While. reports 'persist,. 'and indica- tions, substantiate the reportg; that Huron' County is ;hoe. the location for two more. airports, there is still no official confirmation, from Qt- tawa. One location, •that •has" been sur- veyed is , near` .Centralia, . 'where en 'eixcelleiit• Water. ' supply. has been: struck, which is regarded As a' de- cidirrg factory in' establishing an 'air •port them,' • . ' •he • other 1 Huron County • site, •' is j • st-sol th-of t-he-Huron=Brueeeboun-;. ary.in the Amberley :area' where options-were-=-seettr'ed --.on .several hundred acres of land and .survey .ing has, been carried out. Since. the. .•first options were secured an • ad- ditional. acreage 'has been included and ' options are being now. sought, we. understand.;.:on the `Donald Blue farm and a portion,.of Tom ,Robb's farm. ' From one' reliable source the op- inion is that this .. Arnberley field will definitely go ahead. It is pure conlectnre as'to What• type of` -an airfield ;it • would be, however,' The engagement is announeed_of_. Margaret Isabel, eldest daughter of Mrs. °Mary' MacKendrick, 10' Graft-, on Ave., Toronto and the late Mr. James MacIendrick to Mr. Lloyd Durand • Davis', sozi Of Mrs. Violet Davis • of Cobocorit arid' the late Me, William Davis,. the wedding to take place quietly' the latter part of Au- gust. • .• Many Corvettes.' Launched • Most of,the-'corvettes ordered -for - the : British and, Canadian Navies from Canadian shipyards will be in commission before- the fall freezer up. Sixty-six have leen launched so far. 'and many have already taken :part'. in the Battle of Britain.. with prize money the same for the, single horse section. Ripley Ousted Ripley Juniors, Ontario champions Iast .year, and group. leaders dur- ing the current season, have been eliminated in the:first round of the Bruce League Playdowns_ he scheclfire wafh seven. wins and one loss, and met Gederieh- in' the first' round of the Group playoffs. The Ripley lads:lost the first one 8 to 7 in Ripley, in a game that was hotly argued, and' finally called on "account . of '"dark- ness"; • In Goderich an Thursday the Rip • .• leyboys failed to show their class and 'suffered a 19 to 3 lacing, that shot them out of, the picture : for this year.'Huffy :Harris is Ripley's ace moundsman; while Bob' Craig •. of Auburn does a fine mound . job for the Lakeside .town.. it ibley f.tr fished'. t' • • 'Mrs.: Shirley of Lucknow, who has been ill -with, a heart attack is' ini- proving. Mrs;. Shirley is residing:in the• Cliff Aitchison residence. Ill With Sciatica ' • 'JosephWhitby . is • improving " in health after being ill .forthe past le c 0P u e of weeks with .'sciatica: . HOME THREATENED BY GRASSFIRE A noon -hour fire alarm.' on Sat- uir`day ' gave the Brigade a: "ruin", but fortunately., their services•were nrrt�'r-egtlx .d.. A- grass- €ire. between -fiche :1•wonres- of Peter McCall and ,Mis. D. Pat- erson, which spread. rapidly; endan- gered the two frarai houses and was the cause of the alarm being .turned: in. , Neighbours\\ lenta hand to corn - bat the f sillies ,that spread, ih all' directions' through' the • dry grass: The fire was under control by the time the • Brigade arrived on ; the scene, but not before the flames had . reached dangerously close to the McCall' home. The fire started, we 'understand,. as Mrs. Paterson was burning 'Mit same nests of tent caterpillars. • COMING EVENTS '- DANCE AT PARAMOUNT ' Dancing at Paramount. Hall, every Friday night:.to MacKenzie's orchest- ra. Door ' prize. Admission 35c. • Converted Jewess 'Speaks Miss Minnie Schulman of Russia, converted Jewess, and a pioneer Missionary to the Jews, who now is stationed at Grand Rapids; Mich,,, is vacationing at . Rest -A -While, Bruce Beach, She addressed an aud- ience at the hoose ori Thursday last and on Wednesday of this week took charge : of a prayer meeting, telling many---wo nderfulp--and---inter-esting: Phases of her work: She `'is a 'grad- uate of Moody Bible • Institute and labored for several years .in Chic- ago, Nene York, and in the Jewish Mission at Detroit. • Address Soldiers' Mast In Ink: Postmaster General William• P. Mulock has 'always shown a keen personal' interest in providing, a safe and, expeditious service for mail: tick ouroverseas troops.. One frequent cause of delay,' a direct fault of the ,sender,. is illegible addresses on Mail matter. It has frequently been found that.,-neneA twatL - .&1Areze h '` came -smudged and -unreadable dar- ing course of transmission,' with the result'that it • is very difficult., for the Canadian Postal Corps . to effect delivery. Allmail should be fully, prepaid and_.a return. _address,•give_n in the upper left-hand corner: Let-: tern, parcels andnewspapers for our troops overseas' should be addressed in IN'Kras follows: ' , Regimental Number, Rank & Name. Name and details of Unit party; Section, Squadron, Battery, Holding lYnit, •etc.),' ' Name of Regiment or .Branch of Service,. . Canadian Army Overseaa. If• soldier is still in Canada, Mail should be addressed to him giving the: Regimental Number, Rank &. Name. Name and Details of Unit (as above) Name of ',Regiment ' or Branch of Service, Name of the Place ac . in Canadawhere h re the Unit is stationed. 'FIGHTING FAMILY" HOLDS REUNION Four, brothers who served in the last Great, War and a fifth brother an'd4two nep es who are serving ur'd' •�1�e .are : act e the reserYl one in p p above.' The 'pictures' s ' were • taken at e P a gathering of the family of the late Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. MacDonald. of Lucknow, 'which . was `held 're- cently . at the home of Corporal Archie- E. MacDonald, 602 'DoWnie St. Stratford. In the upper pi'ettire .(lefrt • to right) are Corporal. Archie Mae- Donald, of No. 4 Service Flying School, R.C.A,F., at Salskatoon,•Sask., d his two nephews,Lie a ute. a 't nn w n, Douglas Jamieson of Mon'tr'eal; ' a d a . Pilot Officer James ,n,n - m onto, who recently McKee of Tot returned to Can- ada after serving overseas With the t, ,R.A:F: Lieut: Jamieson s mother was formerly Vine MacDonald and Pilot Officer McKee's mother' was form- erly Alexandria MacDonald; as they are most familarly known to. Luck - now' friends; In the botom precurre from left to right are four. MacDonald broth- ers, -veterans of the Great War. Tom of Kingsville; • Alex (Sandy) of Stratford 'tl ,Donald (Dan)'• of Smith Falls and Jack of Thornbury. TO REPAIR PARSONAGE Rev: J. W. Stewart, :pastor of the United. Church commenced his hol- idays: on Monday, .and during the absence of the Stewart family .ex- tensive repairs will be carried out at the parsonage: An alternative that was evader - ed -b the •ebn re ation was the pur- chased y g •g , of . another . residence in the Village as a new .• parsonage, but the final decision :reached was to proceed with.the repair of the. pres- ent residence, •• , Joins R. C. A. F. • BROOM CORN WAS • COSTLY VENTURE • Replies lies to an advertisement . in last week's Sentinel have unfolded 'a story, almost a year•: old, that. ret vents how scores' of ;farmers 'in this district found the growing of broom eorYi.•last year, to be a very ,costly t. experimen • • Iwe heardr no• instance have of a single farmer inthis locality who _. harvested, :a crop .having received' s a cent for it. Several 'failed to pro:-,.. duce a crop, and they appear to. be' .• the most ' fortunate, and the lesser --Harvey Hall, elder; son' of MT. and of the -losers. - • ,Mrs. J:. H: Hall of town has' joined: .• • Craps valued at from $100; to over the" :C: fig' and received '-tea -.-$1000 —Weree-ieportedly-grow i�.atrd structions 'to report • at Toronto on in some cases delivered, and m • Thursday. ' every case that has come to our. • Underwent' -Operation • , Winnifred Stewart, 8 -year-old daughter • of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip- Steteart underwent an 'operation in Wingham Hospital' on Monday for the removal of her tonsils and ade- noids. Winnie • returned home that event •• . - , . .c Riawlhas Wham= attention the farmer is still waiting for his money. The ''seed was purchased from the :. Pioneer Broom -Corn Company, at a cost of $2.25 per. acre. Many= farm= ere contracted to , grow two acres, some four and one Ashfield farmer is reported. to have sowed 25 acres nh: gir_ndi�ne a crap—yalld� ate.__.. some $1200.00. Help to harvest the crop cost • him' a good deal,' ontop of in other .expenses in Owing the ` Winners ,of the ladies' :jit ey last; torn: • . In some cases the first sowing fail- ed to grow; due to the wet season &'it • is:claimed. In: some such instances farmers who planned to sow the acreage in buckwheat were induced to. • resew it in broom corn. In one Case that we learned of, this sec= •ond sowing failed to' Mature. Farmers who 'harvested satisfac- Wednesday were Miss Isabel. Ilam ilton, Mrs. Chas. Steward, Mrs. D. Huston and: Mrs. T. Clark: • At the mixed . jitney on Monday night prizes went to Miss Olive Al- ton, Mrs,'' Chas. Steward, Mrs.. A. W. Hamilton, W. I. Miller, . Hus- ton and' J. K. MacKenzie. • Bind At Port Elgin • • tory crops; paid the trneking costs The_Lucknow Pine•: -8a .rid' -.a Was: -•at- t Ldeliver . their . crop• to the Corn - Port Elgin'. beach .on Sunday pres- pany's plant in, Seaforth. None that • eating their annual concert. The we know of in thiscommunity who.` Band. performed both afternoon and 'made ,, deliveries have" yet received evening before large audiences payment. which contributed liberally to Make Purchasers of seed, in •some in the engagement a profitable ,one for stances, :gave promissory notes cov- the Band. , ening the price of the seed and such of these .accounts that are yet aut- standing have been turned' over to iiiiOVED' T.O EAST COAST'., a collection agency which is ' Preds ently making efforts to •collect them: ' Mrs. Frank Miller of Langside re- Variousstories are told of last ceived an interesting. letter recently year's fiasco. The' fall was unus 'from her brother nr. Reg. A. Smith. w,- ua1lar.wit, andk:more than :one o ''n �- t-. Ioerrr^ 4. mks: sroty in- �adrrr. ;+url-r � er•' • plai�ris� that ' they- wetted a Burnside Camp. in Nova, Sco ia, is week's plowing or other fall work, brother Fred, who . joined, up at by'ending' what,dry day's there Easter time, -' is in training at .Pet- spending' _ . were :trying to `harvest the corn. awawa. Another story is told where it' The boys are two of a family ofwthan g. decided to burn the crop rather nine -sons- and- two daughters.of the' ' i, go to t the'expense of .deliver,. ; late Mr. and Mrs. Alvery Smith of ing it A • week was ,wasted and con Inverhuron: Sequent fall :work neglected in'try= The .family includes Jack, form- 'trig to :gpt it to burn, with indiffer-. erly of Lucknow; Alvery, Will, Har - crit success: at. that Another farmer_ old, : Elmer, Fred, ' Reg., Lloyd; . reports plowing it down, and the Bruce, Mrs, Stanley, Swass of Tiv whole picture is one of dissatisfac erten and ' Mrs. Frank Miller of Langside: ' tion with the farmer left "holding.:' Harold,: who is now' 27 years of the bag"and yet so far.as' we can age, has.been blind since childhood, learn there, is 'farmers being •dnnd but in s ite of his handicapis able .about i The farmers concerned P generally allege that they •have been to do most any duty: on' a farm' and '`hooked" but seem resigned• that his services are always in demand. there is nothing else to do but let it, ge at that. Bridge 'Nearing Completion The Wiley bridge on . the Blue - Water' Highway' south of Amberley rl y is practically completed .atter a ser- ies of construction difficulties which delayed the work over •a long per - kid. Gillespie's had .the contract for this bridge and acre 'now.. engaged in. replacing'; a narrow culvert :on the .Bluewater,north of liPine River. LOCAL: DOCTOR, IS GOING TO 'RIPLEY Dr. D. R. Finlayson of Ripley, has disposed of •his practise to Dr. D. D. Carpeneto • of Lucknow, who: for more than a year has assisted Dr; W..; V.. Johnston 'in conducting his practise Here. - • Dr.. Carpeneto will. take over .the Ripley practise the end of August. Dr. and Mrs, Carpeneto have been residing in the residence of Mrs. J. W. Murray. On Havelock Street snide their marriage in mid-May. Dr. Carpeneto• succeeds Dr. 'Fin-» Wien, who, for almost twenty-two years, has , practised' in Ripley, and has, now accepted a position on. the staff of Christie Street Military Hos, pita\ in Toronto. . Dr. Finlayson, a native of Loch-• alsh, served in the first Great War; and in December• of 1919 opened his practise in Ripley . succeeding Dr. W. J. Smith. Dr. Finlayson is widely knoWn, in the district in pol- itical; sporting and. fraternal circles as well as in, a professional way. He was, president of • the Huron - Bruce Liberal Association and on more than one occasion: was men- tioned as a provincial Candidate. Mfrs. Finlaysonand three child- ren Donald; Joyce and , Billie, ' will. accompany Dr. Finlayson to • the city to make their their 'home. Donald-� who starred 'on the • Ripley Junior hockey team last Winter, will ' enter Toronto University this.' fall with a view to • following . in his father'.0 footsteps as a medical doctair. • Threshed' 5000 Bushels • e Id . 1 stook threshing weather, ther is a evidenced bythe fact that Mr. Ern- est Ackert commenced threshing op- erations .on . Monday of last week, . . which continued without interrupt-' m' ion until Friday • night, when his en- . tire crop was. completed. Altogether Mr. Ackert threshed' some 5000 bus- hens of ;,grain, and with the job corn -1 pleted by :. August 8th, an early threshing record isset at the -Ack- ert farms. Regret Missing It 0 'The 22nd annual convention •of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association is being held in the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City this week -end, followed by .a two- day=cruise- on -the -Saguenay-River: One of the convention speakers will be H. H. Hannam, president of .the. Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Apart from theholiday and en- tertainment angle of these annual., conventions, they are really ing trips" . for - weekly 'publishers across Canada, who are in search Of new ideas to make their weekly .. papers of ever increasing interest and value. ' The Publisher and Mrs. Thomp- son hadhoped to be in attendance, but as convention time arrives. we find ,jt impossible to 'make the trip. ,11 HAS (AD COLDS' • Mr. Win. Thompson, 10th Conces- sion of Kinloss' has a number of - old' coins of various ages: ,The old- est is a copper bearing the date 1818. ptheer. coppers in the ceileetion. date back 'to 1848, 1857 and 1864 respectively. 1 ' Move-To--L-ondon Mr. and Mrs. Levi Eeken'swiller of Kinlo ugh have gone to London, - where he has secured ap osition with the ,Coleman Packing Com- party.