HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-12-11, Page 1ti•
$2.00 A YEAR—IN. ADVANCE: -50c EXTRA, TO- U. S. A.
HELP PAY ARENA.
' DEBENTin E
On Tuesday night The Clansmen"
-voted $100.00 toward meeting the
annual. arena debenture,of ' some
$492, The Arena Committee has an,:
operating .surplus of ':•somewhat 'less
that $406' from last Year. and the..
Fire ,,Company will also be asked
• to assist :in 'meeting the debenture
'Which falls .due. this month. • . .
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This is in keeping with the asa
surance when the arena was "built
.that it would not cost the' _taxpay- •
era a cent. The $100.00 voted by The
Clansmen on `Tuesday , night, 'was
the sante • amount as the Club paid
' on the debenture a year-ago.
To Continue salvage
The meeting received a report of
the results of the, salvage campaign
conducted during the 'suinmer and
early fall. ,A Profitable ' market., has
been finally' secured for disposing,
'' • of all salvage collected and The,
"" .:,_,.h ttr ...r.._., -li•. it - reat
Clansixaen approved of_ a_"atxll g ..
•er effort in this regard: The • publie.
are asked to ' systematically save . all
'ailVage . materiels during the win-
ter moist or• irrgachlieci;ion.
The Clansmen campaign• is part
of the National Salvage program,
with proceeds for war • work. The
meeting : approved . of ' . continuing
sending smokes tothe boys :over-
seas... .. • ' ,,
Have' you, sent in the mane of
your husband; brother, son or sweet-
heart yet? If : you don't, he • will miss
his ,smokes from The Clansmen.
The Club appointed a committee
to eensidey the possibility . of pro-
rooting exhibition 'O. IL A. games
here 'this -Winter, as . well. as an ice
carnival.'. _ , '
A committee was "also appointed.
to arrange for a Club dance in the
I.O O F. hall in- January. .
An ,
interesting letter was . read
from' Gordon MacIntyre . of Sioux
Lookout,: and a former member of
tireaChtbr ._,
WEDDI NG•` `•B:ELLS
WAREING LITTLE; •
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A quiet wedding was solemnized
at 'the 'home of ' 11iir. arid Mrs. Davie
Little, on' Wednesday, December 3rd
ateleven:-o'clock when their only
daughter, Vera Isabel, wd , united in
marriage to William Leslie • :Ware-
ing; Liverpool, • England: Rev: G. G.
Howse .of . Ashfield Circuit ,officiat
ed.
-wear�n '` , bride; g stree
length dress . of British navy: sheer
and wearing a 'corsage of red •tarn
ationsand maiden hair fern, enter-
ed the' room on the arm of her fath-
er to the 'strains: of the wedding
march played •by. Miss Myrtle. John-
stone of Goderich. The bride's only
jewellery was is gold heart=shaped
locket; the gift of the groom. The
bridesmaid was Miss rElmira • Alton
of Belfast; who wasdressed in rose-
wood crepe with brown accessories
and' corsage of carnations and maid.-'
en hair fern. Mr. Russell. Alton was
best..man.__ .,
During the signing of the ' :regis-
ter,' Miss Myrtle Johnston , played
"I , Love You 'Truly". Thegroom's'
i►ridesmaid-was a -pen
Acknowledges Smokes . ' -
Since. our ' last issue we have, re-
ceived an ,acknowledgement card
from' Calvin' Purvis, thanking 'The
Clansmen for : the cigarettes, Johnny
Carter has also expressed delight :in
receivinghis carton. ' ' '
Underwent -Operation' •'---
Miss Marion MacDonald, daugh�
ter of Rev. C. H. -MacDonald, has
returned to The Manse 'following
an emergency appendix operation,
which she underwent in' Wingham
Hospital a week agaf Sunday. Marion
,had attended • church . and Sunday
• School, and ' was suddenly stricken
late that afternoon and . rushed • to
Wingham. -
FINE CONCERT BY
• PUBLIC ..SCHOOL
A Capacity . audience crowded the
Town Hall last Friday evening' to
hear aneenjoy that popular annual.
event, the Public School . 'Christmas
Concert. ' '
Mr. John D. Ross, principal,
spoke briefly before the start of:
the performance, ' pointing out that'
the entertainment was in three
its. The opening numbers were
the Rythm Band," followed • by
a ,patriotic pageant and concluding
with a cantata .:`When `S'afi`t List="
cried In"..
The Rythm Band numbers were
excellent with° Betty Durnin, Bob-
by' Reid. and Opal. Orr •acting• as
conductors.
The patriotic pageant. "Miss Can-
ada's Reception" , was' etivally .good
with leading roles taken as fol-
lows: Miss 'Canada, Winnie Mac-
Donald; England, Gwen Stewart;
Ire nd, Eileen Purves; Scotland,
Lorraine Johnston; Brittania,
Helen . Gamrriie; , Norway, Ardonna
Johnston; Poland, Betty:lVlacDonald;
Russia, Grant Gollan; China, George
`Chin; - Belgium, Wilima Gaynor;
Uncle Sam, Kenneth McLennan and
the. page, 'Billie McCartney.
The cantata was well enacted by the
following cast: Santa Claus, Joe
'Agnew;• Mrs. Santa, Mary Louise
Forteotis;- Mother Goose, Carrie
Radio agent; Allan Stewart;
1Vi'lne, , g
News boys, Wilfred Black and Lloyd
dollen; Mr. Robinson, Bill Alain;
DorothyRobinson; Mary Mullin;
•_ '.. i. anal Janie's
Janie, Noreen Kilpatrick,a
Trel'e'aven. A number.,,
mother, Jean ..
the
of dolls and toys took part in
cantata with Shirley .Robinson, ,the
speaker, ••
giftit_o-'rhe .
•dant, to the pianist, a. maple leaf
broach and to:the best man a canal -
era., ' . Oyer
am-era:Over . 300,000 • Canadian traders
Sixteen ' guests sat down to the' from the big city store to the mer -
wedding dinner whicha,was served • chant at cross-roads—baker milk-
by Mrs: Jas: Little and Miss Anna man, : jeweller and hardware man
Mae Farrish. The bride's table was alike -are . now operating under the.
centred witha :beaut>fuy ll decorated retail ,price ceiling set by the War-._
three-storey wedding; cake. Later. time Prices and Trade •Boardas of
the bride and groom left•by motor the basic period September 15 to
.on a trip which included' London, October 11:'
_Iiagarra, . Hamilton. and Toronto., The costs of such" essential sera
They are taking up residence : at . vices as electricity, gas; plumbing;
.Niagara. ' . painting, laundering,• cleaning and
tailoring are likewise held against.
Funerals and . movies, hair-•
Lucknow 0n �r Th rsday December 11th, 1941
it
UNDERWENT 'SERfOJS
OPERATION SATURDAY
Mrs. Ronald ,Rothwell ' (nee Helen:
Thom) is ,inaking favorable pro-
greee, since undergoing a caesarian,
operation in. .St. Joseph's , Hospital,
Peterborough on •Saturday evening.
An internal hemorrhage created
medical hinto..-
` in h
rarer3'
acondition
and which required an emergency
operation, ,with little ..or' no hope
that. it would" prove successful. Mrs.
Rothwell receiverlathree transfusions
.
during and following: the operation.
Her '.pareints were, summoned :to
her. bedside on Saturday -evening%
Barring- any- coinplications airs`
Rothwell is now believed to be ' out
:.of danger, and 'a rapid recovery is
looked for.
HOW. PRICE ' CEILING
IS WORKING OUT'
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By Frederick Griffin
C as ho in iia Canad this
. hx�.tixi .�...P_Ft.g ,....it:,_ .
year is taking place -under the tight
Y
halter" of price contra, Merchants;,
cannot charge as they please :for
pods. Price tags have been held:
back by law since December.1• to
Fall levels.
SUCCESSFUL EUCHRE'S
Two evenings of progressive
euchre :for the men, of the ,comm'un
ity. 'were sponsored , by Catherine
Ma+elrines Mrs ,..Melalevein-and. Mrs..
Archie. MacIntyre at the borne ;'of
Mrs. MacIntyre 'recently. As 'a result.they realized $18.50,
to be turned over to .the; . Kairshea
Club- for -`bomb•. victims 'work.'
The ladies' wish to:' thank all who.
attended.. or. sent :contributions.
Joins' R. C. A.F. I'
Lloyd Elliott,. who for :a num-
ber of years'made„ his home with
Mr ° _and- Mrs: -Jack-Carter,-and_wh.?_
attended .the Second Concession
school, has joined 'the Royal •Can=
adian' Air Force at Moose Jaw. Lloyd
has been at Fife Lake, Sask.,+since
leaving here: , ' '
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Brothers. Overseas - -
Arthur and Jack Traplin, sena 'of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Traplin,• fore
merly of Lucknow arrived overseas
recently., '
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Has Brother ' In Hawaii
Mr. James McCluskey; local horse.
buyer, 'has. a brother William • in
Honolulu, which was attacked 'on
Sunday by the Japanese, ' as war
came to the 'Pacific, .involving' the
United States. Mr. McCluskey has•
'been 'a resident .of Hawaii for 'up-
wards to fifty years, where he has
acted in the- capacity of teacher and
supervisor of schools. He is 'mar-
ried • and has two sons, Robert and
Donald. •
CASH
IN SATURDAY!'
The. draw for the horse will be
made at the. picture show in the'
Town Hall this Saturday night. '
All -rural ticket sellers are asked.
to make 'their returns on Saturday
to Mr:. G. H. Smith. Local business
men who have completed the sale
of their book are asked to turn it
in at . The Sentinel Office. If you'
have not sold" the book, keep at the
job, and it' will . be 'called for Sat-
urday evening.'
a rise.
do . and het dog; pop, beer ' and. hard
liquor are equally anchored down.
Beer 'gave .the board. its •' first,
chance to crack down on a price
raise. `'On. Saturday, November • 29,
Ottaw -hotel.- lteepe •to oaeasioi .
to. ' boost it a nickel ' a- quart, from
30 to. 35 cents, because they hat
previously" been selling,. at ' a • low,
,price• to., outsell their rivals across
the river in 'Hull, :Quebec..,...
' On'Monday, Decen�iber 1, the day'
price control went into effect, they.
had to take that nickel off fast at.
the Board's' .order and go back to
their price_ as pf the • basic '.period.
This 'illustrates, simply how .the, con-
t-r-ol,
Great Human ,Experiment
Since December ' 1, Canada has
put ' into effect under the demo-
.
. 'system ' one of the • greatest
human experiments In •economic
control in history: Dictator states
have established such controls by
gestapo' methods. Can Canada 'make
it work by business co-operation
and the public will?
Heavy penalties are provided, 'it
is true, for chisellers and cheaters.
A
A. license may be revoked and a
business shut down for. seri�ius in-
fraction. Stiff fines an& jail terms
are provided. But •here at ' Ottawa
headquarters it is said • frankly that
ng alone could. not make price
MIDGET CALF ' IS NOW
FRISKING *OUT
A Durham; bull calf,,,, no•'big-
• ger than a *telt rabbit when
born, is.creating.a'good deal. of
interest in thee. district.,
The .owner .0f the -Midget ani
mal Is Russiltitehie of Hur"an •
nM1''• d an�i - h ha mwd as
o y
T wash
p,
,visitors at. Miss ;farm to view this
Wee. bit of beef, and without ex
ception the. calf is regarded :by
theism AS' the smallest ever -seen„
which survived. •
The calf was bOrn r premature-
ly,
and weighed: only 25 pounds
when four' days ' old. The little
mite has- received considerable' ..
attention on the part of Mr.
Ritchie, ; and at. two weeks' old
it is now lively and frisky and °
shows every indication . of dev-
eloping quickly.' It is. „perfectly.
normal in .every respect, except
in size, and at' the age of two
weeks it measured 24 inches in
length and was 18 inches high.
MEET SANTA AT ,THE:
SHOW • SATURDAY
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LITTLE TWO-YEAR-OLD LAD
HAD CATARACT REMOVED
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This , fall little Murray' Wilson,
itwo-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Wilson of. West Wawanosh,
'Kea' successfully undergone, treat -
meat ' for the removal of a cataract
from his .eye. • .
''Young Murray was' born with the
'cataract, ari eye ailment that. is as
ciated with elderly people While
so
rare, it is riot unheard of among
r,
children, however. .
,• II . .act r 4 led
.the catar equ�
To remove .
a series of three treatments, •a
month' apart which vsiere performed
in Toronto during the fall. .
po
control a success, especially if busi-
ness were rebellious and the ' public
'indifferent.' .
It would .be obviously impossible
to check the billion and one :trans-
actions that take place' daily across
Canada.. That ' is 'not contemplated.
Instead, business and the public are
being asked to play,bellin their own
and the. nation's, interest.,
Self-regulation is Keynote -
` Indeed, the Board from the'. start
turned to business 'and' asked it to
,forge its own controls. Administra-
tors were appointed from within the
ranks of business men, manufactur-
ers, and producers. These are Work,
ing . out with various groups Wand
trade ' associations ' the "squeeze"
Sharing which '• may be required
down the line from retailer through
Wholesaler and- manufacturer to -pro-
ducer in order to keep under the
ceiling. -
Merchants, fishermen, farmers,
milk producers, ' bakers, clothing
manufacturers r•• . any of . these
groups might have resisted, Instead,
the evidence is that' all have sought
to shoulder their' share fairly' and
'agreeably. e
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Adult +Picture Being Feati ed At
Night With• . Proceeds Fos ' War.
Work—Draw . Will Be Made Then
For The Horse.
This Saturday . afternoon, 'Deem -
her 13th, Santa Claus will.pay his
annual visit to Luc*now,' and wants
to meet all the -children from near
and; far at •a free 'picture show be-.
•ing held in .the Town Hall that, af-
tesnoon �----
The show .starts promptly, at, 2.30
and so that all kiddies- ;can • be
in their seats at that. time, the
Santa Claus parade has been .dis-
pensed With tis year.
a: The show is free to children Only,
and young . children will be taken.
charge of by members•of the Luck -
now:: Girl. ' Gpides. ' •
"'"` After "the=-•straw^•SalYfa!aveak-ham•
a' treat ' for' each child. The, after-.
FOXES MORE PLENTIFUL THAN
RABBITS IN SOME AREAS.
Foxes are "r ported` :to lie" quite
numerous in this district this year,
and in•fact one 'nimrod states that
in smile areas foxes are twice ' as
common as jack'. .rabbits.
That °s 'really something, far only
°r b i
a very few seasons back,, jack a , b
drives' Were: ,encouraged in.ari ef •
fort to rid the district of the 'rab-
bit menace. ' . ' .. . °
• 'The Harris •brothers ` Earl ; and
Howard; up to the end of last week
had five fox, pelts 'to their credit
and the season . is young yet. The
coons have also . been catching it
with Earl arid Howard getting a
total of twenty-five.
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VOLTAGE ' TO BE
DOUBLED HERE..
DOUBLED,
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_• oupcil at .a special
The Village p _ .
' m ' Tuesday authorized
a
session n T. y
Major expenditure to overhaul ,the,
' local'"hydro s`y','stem, whereby the'
voltage. will be raised from 4000
to' 8000 volts. '
:The work 'mill be' carried out .by.
t e On ario, ' y: ro Electric Power
Commission and will be •commenced.
as•,soori as possible. which m, ay be a
matter .of several weeks..In the
meantime a tempprary ' "booster"
job ', will. be. 'done • to . step . ' u. p the
. voltage and' enable the local corn -
mission to fulfill a contract for 50
recently .entered into with
the • L4lcknow. Sawmill Co:,' which
industry is installing an electric
motor to power the plant'. •
the -complete renovating—of the
present system' will .entail .a capi-
tal
api
tali expenditure of several thous=
and dollars. on the parts of the Ont,
.aria Commission which will be
charged, back .to the ,local system
over' a period of time. '
• ' The : present system, apart from.
repairs that have • been, made to • it,
was. installed almost twenty years.
aggoa toaprovid •se ie fc ;a iii oera
pective one hundred risers. •Today
OBITUARY
GEORGE 'H. D.OUf'iiLAS:'
The death occurred in' Wingharn
General Hospital last . Wednesday
night of George Heigh Douglas, it
hts__lst year Mr, Douglas had beer
in f ailing health for ' some time.
was born in ' Lucknow. ant?
here H
r
• 'ori his -entire
life
h '
as t..
wa"s`-'rhe eldest son of the •late Mr
Wand Mrs: George -Douglas, pioneer
residents . •of: • the village For some
time he took an :acti're• part' in
_mun-
icipal affairs, having served n the'
village council • and • also on' ' the
school board.`, ' ' ' '
He was a member of the Lucknow
Presbyterian, church, being on the
managing board, and. sang'in the
cho r for 50 years. He is survived
by two sons, R; Carrick Douglas of
New ' York City, and Rev. George
Lees Douglas, minister of the Drum-
mond Hill Presbyterian • Church
Niagara Falls; two daughters,. Miss
Dorothy Douglas, returned mission..
ar• from-•-Formosa;:..J:a�pan,_..no�t __of
y
Huntingdon. Qde.; and Mrs. T. '. A.
Leishnnan ;;f Kitchener •also.,.tw
brothers, William J.. Douglas' and
Robert -T. Douglas;and--four..silt
Mrs. ' C. F. Richardson, . Mrs. Temple
Clark, Miss Jean, H. Douglas and
Miss E. Isobel Douglas, all of Luck -
now. .
The funeral service, was held in,
Lucknow 'Presbyterian church . on
Saturday afternoon, with interment
in the 'family ,got in' South Kinilosr
Cernetery.'The service was in charge
of Rev. C. H: MacDonald.
Pallbearers, were ' Harry 1VIcQui1-
RIPLEY AND 'OLI'VET
EXTEND CALL
' A meeting of the joint •coitgrega-• '
tions of. St. Andrew's .and Olivet
United --churches 'was held in St.
Andrew's church, Ripley last. weep
to. consider the matter of calling a
t. o• s eed the Rev. C N, . •
` iser t cc h
mm u
MacKenzie recentlyretired on ac-
u ,,
Count' Of Ill ' health. 'A . unanimous
call . was .extended to. the Rev.. Eug-`
erre, Beech of Roseneath
Y The meeting was' presided' •'• over• ;.
by Rev. J. C. Nicholson, .of Pine
River, interim.. moderator. Tl�e meet-
ing approved.of ' a recommendation
by the official - board. of the t two
churches 'that a salary of $1800 ,be •
offered with a free unfurnished: par-
sonage, arid four weeks holidays.
From a'eet of five ministers who .,"
have' been heard during the 'past
five weeks, Rev. Eugene 'Beech re-
ceived 80' per cent of the vote- of the
meeting, and the call was made un-
animous. ' ' '
e •-the-call.:._.:
...ReW:#3eeeh,..hasnacc
per:
subject ' to . Presbytery : and -Confer-
ence
ence approval; and. will .come, to
Ripley 'shortly' after, the New..Year.
yr Be�ecir-comeshighiy-ieco -
ded. He is a married man with three
small. children. . .
A' committee of "ladies was ap-
pointed,, . consisting of ;.Mrs. Alex
MacTavish and Mrs. John Coiling `.
•of Olivet, Mee. J. Munn, Mrs. 'Chas:
Liddle arid Mrs. Thomas Mason of
Ripley, to'arrange for -any necessary'
deco.'rating•. of the parsonage....
Rev: Clarke Logan, aformer Hur-
on Township boy, who recently re- •
lin, " W. W. Hill, Adam Bowman; tired from the active ministry, is at
'
_ Clair Agnew, °S. E. to 'ertsotr olid present occupying Ripley` en`d"O]ivei
-noon's- entertainment -.and- treat is there are over ' 300 al ers_ of ..hydra ,
provided by' the.Llacknaw :Business • on` the Idcal assystem,' and it will
Men's Association. come as 'Welcome news to the vast
The talking pictures are very suit- majority that the voltage is to be
able for.'th entertainment of child- stepped up for, from the users of a
ren, including: • Betty 'Hoop,- Amos- sim le toaster; to operators of.in-
'n
p �
'n Andy, and Toy'town Tales .car- ' dustrial machines; have come fre-
toons; Our "Gang" comedy and sev-' quent ' complaints of failure. of hy-
era'i �"'e her reels of an amusing and dro' appliances 'to • work .satisfactor-
entertaining nature:. ily. m
. Shaw At -Fight ' • Councillor J. W. Joynt, and E. ,H.
On' Saturday night,. a talking • pie- 'Agnew; secretary -treasurer of the
ture will be ' presented starring Ken local ..commission 'recently laid the
Maynard in "Lightning Strikes matter 'before ' officials of the H. E.
West": , Another feeature attraction. p • C. in Toronto. `
is "London Can' Take It", showing As 'a result Mr. Flannery; 'H. E.
authentic pictures , of an', air . raid P. C. ;engineer '.met with the Conn -
on London. • • cil here on Tuesday, when it was
This • show is sponsored py the decided to. proceed. •with the major
Business • Men's Association with pro- alterations to ' double • the local volt--
ceeds for War Work. Admission is age.
25c and .15c and it starts at- 8.15..
To Draw For Horse
During the evening show, . the
draw . will'. be made to decide the
winner of the: horse donated 'by
Alex Hackett of Ashfield ,and be-
ing raffled off by the Business Men's
Association for war work purposes.
Consumer' Interest Quickened
Reports received. during the early
days of the control showed it in
full operation. The' 'public saw lit-
tle' change. There was nothing dra-
matic \rabout the way -it went ,into
effect. People bought and' sold ' as
;usual and there' vias no one present
to say thein nay. The only real sign
of the change was a quickened' in -
(Continued on page ' five)
COMING -EVENTS
CONCERT & DANCE
• Christmas concert 'and dance = t
Fordyce school December 17th.' Good
music supplied by Tiffin 'brothers.
Admission' 25c.
5._� DANCE
There will be a dance• in the Town
Hall, Lucknow; on Thursday, 'Dec-
ember • 18th, sponsored by 'the Luck-
now Branch, of the Canadian Legion,
Arthur's orchestra. Admission 35c:
ST. HELEN'S SCHOOL CONCERT
Don't miss the' St Helen's School
Concert to be held , in ' the Commun-
ity Hall; St. Helena on Friday eve-
ning, December. 19th at. 8.15 sharp.
:Entertaining • 'variety program. Ad-
mission 20c , and 1.0c. ••
BAKING 'SALE' AND TEA
A Baking sale and afternoon tea
will be held in what was formerly
Jack Campbell's barber shop, this
Saturday afternoon, Decei'nber.13th,
commencing at. o'clock, under au=
spices of Mrs, Thompsonrs Group of
the United Church W. .4.
. SIX PAGES
r 'Again this week we draw special
attention to page three and six of
this issue, carrying local news and
advertisements of interest.' •
A Thousand •yards' 'of extra good
prints ' •(-scarce goods) at new - low
government• controlled prices. 'THE
MARKET STORE. • ' ' •
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HOCKEY MEETING '
A hockey meeting is to be held
in the Town ,Hall ' tonight (Thurs-
day). at 8 o'clock sharp, The organ-
izing of midget', and rural : hockey
. is import-
antbe discussed and it p
ant that everyone interested in the
proniotioit of the sport a d'the de-
velopment players ers to dll y be ' in
velopment of p . y c y,
attendance. .
DONATES CHOICE HAMPER OF
APPLES -IN AID OF RED-, CROSS.
Ladies of the, St. Helens Unit 'of
•
the Red Crosse Society, who are do-
ing' excellent work; have been don-
ated a, very choice''hamper of Del-
icious• apples by Mr. Kenneth Cam-
eron. . : • .
This hamper • will be raffled off
by the ,ladies, and take Our ,word
for it' the winner is going to 'receive
a prize worthwhile, for we have
'seen the hamper.',It was packed and
faced for ,exhibition at . the. Huron
County Fruit Show this fall, 4irhich
was later cancelled..
Mr. Cameron is ' a 'veteran orch-
ardist of this community, and who
has spent manyyears of his life in
the study of. fruit and the improve-
ment of his orchard, which unfor-
tunately was hard hit by the sub-
zero weether Of a few winters past
Mr: C
enjoy-
ing
�meron has not been en ] Y
ing the best of health in recent
years; but this year was' well en-
ough to pack 400 hampers of ap-
ples, and enjoy it.
Mr. Cameron takes great pridein
his Delicious tree : which he believ-
es is' the only bearing • tree of ' this
variety in the district. ' •
'High winds played havoc with the
apple crop year, this but'Mr, tam- Ralph N. of Stratford, 'survives, Her
snstei •
a
eron has two' Macintosh trees from mother, 'tw`o brothers and .
Which were .harvested 102 hampers predeceased het some year ago. Her
1
of hared picked fruit.. father passed away two months ago.
Wm. Hornell. ' pulpits. '
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;.JOHN MacPHERSON
In failing 'health since the .sum-
mer and seriously ill 'for the past
two months,' John. MacPherson pea -
sed away at his home . in. Lucknow
on Monday. He was in his 79th
Mr MacPherson wasa son of the
late .'Duncan MacPherson and Lea-
bell
sa bell Ross,' pioneer residents of 'Con-
cession ;12, West Wawanoshh ,ii'or a
number ' of years, Mr. MacPherson
farmed on the old homestead . and
in 1907 went West and took yup land.
at•DavidsOn, Sask.
He, farmed there for' a number
of ' years; returning, to.. Lucknow
Some ten years ago where he has
since. made :his home • with'' his sis-
ter Marion. '
He' wase member of the L.u, ck-
now Presbyterian Church and a
faithful: attendant. On . Wednesday,
a mprivate funeral. service was held
at his late.' residence, conducted by
his pastor, •Rev. C. H, MacDonald.
Interment was in Greenhill Cem-
etery with six nephews acting as
pallbearers, Gordon,,Ewart and Ross
MacPherson, 'Will Rutherford, Roth-
well, Rutherford and James Ross.
Heis survived by one sister, Mar-
ion and a • bti ther, William, both
of Lucknow: • , .
John was a member of ' the local
Bowling Club and., took a great in-
terest' in the game. In his younger
days baseball was his favorite sport
and he was a member of the crack
St.. Helens nine in the days when
the game .was played With little or
no • protection. - • •• , •
THY' -
MISS DOROTHY KNIGHT
GRANDSON OF FORMER. ' : •
RESIDENTS NOW OVERSEAS
1VIr, and Mrs. Herb . Ensign "re-
ceived a telegram ' announcing the
safe arrive' in Englandof their nep-
lrew l rTo s. " ear a 7-a Ps el':
'lowarnia. Gerald .received his
Wings .. on .July 3rd' at Moncton, flew
•Brunswick and later took a. three
months course innavigation at
Prince Edward Island • '
"Gerry" Fellows, as he was pop,. .;
ularly kaown to, his friends in Sar-
•nia, is th • son • of -Mr. and Mrs: F. E.
Fellows of that city.' His mother.
was' formerly Mary 'Ensign, a dau-
ghter': of the late Mr. and Mrs. -Eli
Ensign of -Huron Township ..and- who
were residents of Lucknow upon re-
tiring from the farm. '
, Gerry is twenty-two years of age.
A younger brother Joe has also en- ..
listed' With the R.C.A.F., and. ' is .
awaiting his call. A third brother
is not yet of military age.
A young Christian life was sud-
denly called Home a week ago Sun-
day evening when Dorothy. Margar-
et -Knight succumbed -to--a heart--at--
tack at the lime of Mr.- and Mrs.
George Fisher where she had made
her home for the' past three. years.
Miss Knight was born at, Cross -
hill, Ontario, a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Knight.
The .. remains rested at the home
'of Mts. James',Webster, near Luck-
now- where a service was held•.Wed-
nesday, morning with Rev. J. W'.
Stewart in charge.
That .Miss . Knight made many
friends by her kind and lovable
nature, was shown by' the large
crowd and by the number of floral
tributes, •
On Wednesday afternoon a ser
vice was held at Boyd's Un-
ited church, "Crosshill, Where Rev.
Gill,. Rev. . Stewart of Lucknow raid.
Rey. Miller, pastor .of; the deceased,
while she. made her home in London,
all tookpart in • the service.Mrs.
Win. Richardson of. Crosshill • sang
"Sotnetinie • We'll' Understand".
The remains was laid • to rest in
%tushe's Cemetery. One ' brother,
TO fMDUcT NEW
PASTOR NEXT WEEK
The induction of Rev:• Herbert F.
Dann, as pastor . of ' the three-point. -
charge of South Kinloss, Kinlough
and Ilervie will be held next Thurs-
day afternoon at South Kinloss
church_ The service 'has been post-
poned a week _ ter than,was .orig-
inally, planned.
The pulpits of South Kinloss and
Kinlough • have • been 'vacant for ,
more' than a year 'following the re- •
Trioval of Rev. G. • M. Young to the
Dromore charge. Bervie has since
:then been added .to this pastorate
as a third charge.
The, call, extended_ by the three
congregations, was 'approved -by;
Maitland Presbytery last week and
arrangemens. made to hold . the in-
duction service on December 11th.
Itwill now be held on December
18th.
Rev. Dann comes to his, new.
pastorate, from Fort Coulonge,. cane-� ,
bet. .
Play'andlDance Friday
The Agricultural Society is adt
vertising another of its popular play
and dance entertainments, to be held
here on Friday, night., For' the dra-
matic- partof this two-for-one bill,
the Union Dramatic Society of 'Ethel
will present an hilarious 'comedy,
"Pigtails". ' This play is drawing
capacity audiences and comes highly
recommended.
Arrived Overseas
Mr. and Mrs•. John Henderson re-
•verued word word from their son Ronald
that he had- arrived safely in Brit-
ain that he had
sin and :also from Lloyd
been transferred to Gander "air port,
Newfoundland. Lloyd was stationed
Prince Ed-
rside air
at Surrtme port,
Ward Island for over a year.
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