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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-12-11, Page 5'TBI1'RSDAY, ' GE ih *941 fid Lmcum Theatre • WINGHAMM Two �hows Saturay Night Thursday, Feiday, Saturday •Dec. 11 12 13 DOROTHY LAMOUR . JON HALL LYNNE OVERMAN :,* ,* in * * "ALOMA OF THE SO THAs. E . 's S ' (In Technicolor) ., Filmed in magnificent colour with action andexcitement-for a background: y Also '"Sport Subject" ' "Cartoon" "News" Matinee Sat. afternoon. at 2.30 Monday Tuesday, W-idnesday Dec. 15 16, 17 LARAINE DAY. • RO'BE'RT YOUNG The Trial of Mary Dugan. A. drama .of the courtroom. "Also "March.'of Tiinie" & "Disney Cartoon" • ST.: HELENS' Albert Taylor and his bride,, for- inerly Miss Catherine Reid were guests of honor' at. a gathering of ' friends .and. neighbors .in the Town- ship Hall last Wednesday' evening. - Dancing was enjoyed to music by Mr. • Wm. Robb and • Miss Dorothy • Robb. During the evening Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were presented' with a lraudsoiae t *Dick- and p KI'N LOUh Mr. ,and Mrs Wm.' Jackson of Kincardine renewed: acquaintances here during the week. • 'Mrs. . • McLean Mrs.- B.E. Mc- LeanM .,B. M Lean and Bevin and Mrs. Gordon McBurney spent - Wednesday in Southampton. • The December meeting of"`the Wo mangy- Institute--was-field- ore—Thurs. day afternoon at the home• of Miss. Edna Bgyle. The president, Mrs. • Perry Hodgins k•was •in the chair.. After singing the Ode and • repeat ing the Lord's prayer the business was" dealt with. • A letter from •Gnr, Ted Burt thanking the ladies for a :box- sent to. him overseas was . read. • Mrs. Ernest Ackert ..sang•.,a ;pleasing :solo: The topic "What wo= men • voters should know. about. •civ- ies" was -ably given by Mrs. Thos,. .Harris: ,Mrs.- Tem- Hodgins. read •'an4. ;article on "How we. kept Christmas. in olden days" -',4.11 joined in,' sing - ng "Joy to theWorld": The iv., was called and Christmas gifts 'ex- changed. Mrs. Perry: Hodgins, local leader. --and -Mrs. Bill••Gr-aharn--as- sistant ...demonstrated pattern cutt- ing• and information -received, at the course held . at Ripley recently, on - remodelling arid • renovating cloth es.. The National Anthem brought the meeting to a ,close and lunch was. served. The January 'meeting will be held at the •home of Mrs. Richard Elliott,. Wednesday, • Jan • ary 7th;, instead of- Thursday; Jan- 1st, (Please note change,of date).,'• ' -Mr ^and-Mrs,:Toni Elliott• -and -son . • Mervyn arid Mr. and Mrs. P. Shoe - 'bottom. and Sheilla of ,London, :Mr. •.and Mrs. Bert ' Wise.- and John of Clinton visited • .with , Mr: and ' Mrs. Karl Boyle , recently. , • Mrs.: Wilson and .Miss; Isabel; .Orr of Wingham visited Thursday with the latter's sister, Mrs. W. Lapp, and Mrs. Harold Percy. Miss' Wanda Thompson 'who has been•employed ,at the home and Mrs.. • Ez Stanley • for 'the past • month 'returned to Millarton. • The' second teachers' group meet- ing for this area was held in Kin- d urse of lough-public-sehoel-on-Tuesday-ev ening.last, with Mr. G. C. Dobson, I.P.S. and 211 teachers, present. T,he• president,. • Mr. John, D. Ross of Luck - now was in the chair. The meet= ing' opened with a sing -song under the direction of Miss Marian Munn and Miss Lillian Osbournaccom- panying, A question ,box in charge of Mr.. Ross -and- entered intot b t the. teachers brought up many, hellpful questions Composition in our p>dlZ lic schools was ably dealt with by Miss Lyla ' MacDonald. Miss• Laur- ette -Collins and Miss Davies. The use ofintelligence tests was brought before' the meeting , and discussed. Miss McIver gave a very interesting account. of Junior Red Cross work. The National • Anthem closed the meeting anda dainty lunch was eryeti' by the committee. For the January 'meeting this group will. meet with the. Kincardine teachers. Mrs. Arthur Graham visited dur- ing the week with Mrs. Albert Hew- itt, Millarton. • , money. The address . was read by John Cameron. and • the presentation ' made by Ross Murray., • The regular meeting.. of ,the Wo- nian'S Institute was • field • in the • Community. • Hall'' with , a large at- : tendance: ' Mrs. Bail .:presided 'and' • the roll call was •'responded to with fi ini s •fa 1 r .e ldtt Year". The motto "Be of good cheer, 1 - n -by Mrs. Ball. It was decided to send a gift of • fruit to' the Wingham Hos- pitaL Anyone wishing to contribute please leave it at the store. It was also decided• --to :.:sell - tickets - on :..a - bushel of Delicious apples donated by Mr. Kenneth Cameron for War' wgrk. Mrs. Barnard had charge of the subject "Christmas Carols" and • the -singing of carols was much en- joyed. Mrs. Apdrew Gaunt sang • a , Solo. Lunch was served by the host- esses, Mrs. F. G. Todd, • Mrs. Tom • Todd 'and Mrs. W. Rutherford., The •Red Cross quilting will be held oh Friday - afternoon. Please note the change of date. . Mrs. Helm is ' a 'visitor with her daughter, Mrs. Lorne -Woods. , • Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thom were called to Peterboro on Saturday night owing to the critical illness of their, daughter, Mrs. Ronald Roth- well. According to latest reports Mrs. Bothwell is making favorable` recovery. 'Mrs. Thom is remaining with her. • ' Presbyterian W. M. S. The annual meeting of .the W. M. S. was held on December 3rd. After the opening psalm, Mrs. Dr. Little read the scripture lesson and Mrs. W. Huston led in prayer,. The Bible study was given by Mrs: Richard- . son and current events by. Miss M. MacLeod. Mrs.' P. 'Stewart sang a solo and!'Miss MacLeod led in .pray,-' er. Miss C. Carrick gave the norn- inating committee's report: Hon. pres., Mrs.. E. MacKenzie; pres., Mrs. H Mullin; 1st vice pres., Mrs. , We Porteous; 2nd vice pres., Mrs. J. Jamieson; •3rd vice pres., Mrs: W. J. Douglas; rec. sec.; Mrs. A. P. Stew- art; corr. and lit: sec.,' Mrs. W. Hus- ton; fin. sec., Mrs. J. W. Henderson; yytrreas , Mrs C.. Richardson; Glad Tiding sec., Mrs. H. Agnew; press, reptirter, Miss M. MacLeod; sick committee; Mrs. J., S., MacKenzie, Mrs. W. J. Douglas; •welcome and Welfare, Mrs. W. E. Henderson, Mrs. J, E. Agnew; supply sec., Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie, Mrs. A. C: Agnew; ex- pense and life membership; Mrs. W. T, Douglas; pianist, Mrs. A. C. At, new; Mission Band, Mrs. N. Calvert, Miss Marion MacDonald; Horne Helpers, =Mrs. 1Z.. V. MacKenzie; students sec.; Miss Greta Campbell; program committee, Mrs. Porteous, Mrs. A. P. Stewart, Mrs, Vit. J, Douglas, Mra. qA. C. Agnew, Miss C, Carrick, miss • M. MacLeod. Meeting closed• with the Lord's prayer. Mrs. Gordon McBurney and Col.- lyn visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. Bert McLean. • Mrs. Mary Hodgins of Galt vis- ite& during the week with her bro-• thers, Messrs. Wm. and Denzil Stat- ters. • • • Mr. and .Mrs. Maurice Hodgins were recent visitors. in Toronto. Friends in the community 'gath- ered at the Township 'hall on Fri- day :evening, last to do honor to _another oneof our Iads in military service, Norman Ross. A pleasant evening' of dancing was enjoyed and the presentation ,of a ring and purse was made. ' Mr.and Mrs. Oscar Hodgins and family were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marsh, Wingham Miss Edna Jackson of Kincardine. visited over the week -end with Miss Ethel Halden y, ' • Since Rein. and Mrs: G. M. Young ed 'to Dromore'aago year over moved the congregations of South Kinloss and Kinlough � Presbyterian churches have been without a stationed min- ister, but at' a meeting- of the, board of management recently a call was extended to Rev. H. Dann of Port Coulonge, Quebec. We welcome this clergyman into our' midst and wish Win every success in his new field of labor for the Master. , Mrs: Bill Bushell of London spent the week -end with her parents, Mr.' and Mrs. J. B. Hodgkinson. • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon'Badgerow of Hamilton and Miss Belattrice Mork- ing of Windsor were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pinnell. The Rev. Howard Hamilton spent over night with Mr. and Mrs. Syd- ney O. Parry in Dearborn, Michigan on his way to Minnesota last week. DID YOU' KNOW that eraser tipped pencils' cannot be secured any long- er? it appears that the metal used to hold the eraser has been cornman- dered for war purposes. -- THE LUCI NOW SENTIMai SENTINEL u 6WW, ONTARIO PRIVE CEILING (Continuedfrom page one) terest in the 'prices charged. Biggest misunderstanding -report- n ed ,• o the' part, of the. public was the belief of many that a one=price ceiling had been set for each and every commodity. . • A number of housewives, ' com- plained to 'the Bo.ard or '.to a region- al office that rnerehants were charging varying :prices for butter, eggs; shirts and other items. They felt.. that., ' . Mt•. • .•Jones , shoul_d not charge more than Mr. Smith up the street; - • that department store,. ..chain store, and independent should all .'show one price: - • Competition Remains. • There is to, be no such .levelling: The Board made ..no attempt to hit' at• trade ti freedom: Competition re - marls and the•" prioes.• >of :._various' commodities will ':.'-vary • from store to store . as they _ always did—sor, long as each store se'llsiwithin the ,prices it 'Charged during .the.. basic period. In Ottawa the Board,, its =commit= tees and administrators stay hard at` -work evolving 'principles, meeting problems . that arise, 'and • making adjustments to ease the strain on a particular industry or group. One of the most important problems• it has sought to solve is that of im- ports. After, a thorough analysis of the .situation ..it announced a sys- tem of subsidy payment by the Gov= eminent in 'case of certain cost rises' oti-^mported goods ''The purpose- ;is' to maintain • the price ceiling policy in respect to imported • as well • as domestic goods. . . • This means that the Government —in the last analysis, the . public- takes its share of the "squeeze" where imported materials ,or' goods' figure in a transaction at 'a fixed retail price. Certain Exemptions There will beexemptions from . monument was erected". this subsidy and the '.Board reser- ved the right; to exclude any.. goods: Looked atgenerally, it will have "V" Signs Whizz. Past' the effectof easing • the situation ' A military officer at Kingston ° is in-tn,anr3 ran-hes-u€--the-clothing -given-Crediterthe-€frrlowing: "T -he=y and textiles industries, ••for, example other day ',I gave, a lift to two 'Aust - and in other esseritial:,manufactures• ralian airmen who had been spend - dependent in whole or in part on ing a week -end travelling, about On- imports: torio by the usual method. Quest - Another important order exempt ioning them' • about the .number. of: ed farmers from `licenses when. they people who would give them a lift, buy feeder cattle, lambs or wean- .I• was informed; without any bitter' ling pigs. for ,fattening .'or finishing. ness, that the car which was almost � Y. Only . when, thei: buy- , male steels ,certain: not to• -step: was: one plastered for quick turnover must they have with CT's; and signs proclaiming that licenses_ as dealers.:±11. • "There Will Always Be. An Eng - Thus the Board is meeting can.: land", -Brampton Conservator. ditions as they arise. and . seeking , THE •LUCKN:QW SENTINEL Published every ..Thursday morning at Lucknow, Ontario. • L. CAW -BELL THOltIPSON C LL Publisher and Proprietor tHURSDAY, DECEMBER 11th 1941 JOCK' JOINED -THE 7CHVWCH • WHEN 80 YEARS OF AGE , A recent picture in `.`The Gallery", was that:of Jock Adams; a colorful figurein this district for. -years. A. few . days ago we came across the following paragraph in an historical sketch of the Lucknow Presbyterian Church: "Jock•"Adams• Was .born at :New - .ibis; Ayrshire; Scotland, about 1823 •His, school days'•were; few hitt he Arai' a...'great reader with a -good• •anemory, •As boyhis first. job was pulling Thrums for a weaver•. Catch- ing atch- , . ,�,... .. ...,u... y. t..,..� ing Linties •in .the hawthipri hec'lge, or Laverocks on the moor, was a far healthier ..employinentin,Joek's_eyes: Jock liked to tell about being at the Duke of Buccleuch's wedding as an outside guest.•• He :was; well -ac- quainted with Rev. Dr. Norman Mcr Leod, who wrote "The Starling":• Af- ter corning to Lucknow hedrove a stage to Goderich • The Opposition. stage carried the mail. Many have not yet forgotten., war cry, `'`Twa °ors ahead' o.' the mail, orrnae chairge". He was .always cheerful, ,never. -spoiled -w -b -y prosperity; --.nor soured'by adversity; His .last earthly possession. and ',companion was his old blind, horse,: Barney. When ever etg'hty'•'years-"i,f age he jeinkl'-the church by profession of faith. There was• mare than, ax moisturein the eyes of many as Jock stood to 'be baptised. He died in 1913' and' was buried 'in Kinloss Cemetery. 'by his. friends: Through the efforts of the tate Steel Murdoch and • of err, a to remove inequalities • or bottle- necks iii the flow . of commodities' as a result of ..price. fixing.. It:is..evx- dent that there • is a strong desire to • interfere as little as possible with trade. practices and channels. The only aim is. to maintain the ceiling established. There with -be -no torr►- Doctor: Have •you any idea how your wife .caught this terrible cold? • 'Husband: I think it was on ac- count of her coat. , • • Doctor: Too thin, eh? Husband: No; it was last win- ter's coat, arid she • didn't wear it. pering with that. • m 3 ' THE PICTURE Saw , Mill To Be Busy • • H. E. •Ratz'Lumber Co., St. Clem GALLERIA_ ents, have prir'chased: the following farms, and bushes this,:fall through their buyer R:•. C. 'Armstrong, Tees - water: the Gray farm near Whig- ham, • the ,Hyslop farm containing 80' acres. of• timber near. Wroxeter, the • Sutherland ' :farm near White - 'church,. also the Wm. Volick and John Reinhart near Mildmay, and the Thos. t bvel1 bush at Corrie. The timber from these bushes will be. sawed at the Wingham milt They also negotiated' the purchase of .the Kinahan bush .south of Advance -Times. Leaves Port, Albert ISgt: • Charles Grant, organizer and conductor of the "Blue Boys", male choir of the Port Alberta t:A.F, Nav- igation School,has been posted to San Diego, Cal., preparatory to re- tlrrning to Britain. - He was well known here, having appeared ats • various times with hit/ choir, as master of ceremonies. He for about ten e has been o in Canada months and has been anticipating returning to the Homeland where his wife resides. • . • South Kinloss W. M. S. The December meeting, which was also the annual' one, was held on the 4th Concession at the honte of Mrs. Wm. MacIntyre with a large attendance. All reports• for' the year were given and considered, show- in the ' work carried on. The of- ficers were all re-elected The 8th chapter of Jererniali was the Bible study for the day, Miss Mary Mac- Leod prepared the missionary' cur- rent events showing`, that "a new world must be on its way before this war is over''. Mrs. Sandy Mac- Leod and Mrs. Levis sang God will take care oftyou, and the;hymn sing- ing s on • .the approaching chin was pp g Christmas season. Interesting papers were read, and all members pres- ent fully realized ,the blessings they enjoy in this Canada of ours. This feature has • been crowded out for the past couple of weeks. The,- above picture *Heti. appeared in the November 20th issuewag. that of Angus McLeod, a native of the 4th ConcessiOn of Kinloss, and who followed his trade, as a tailor in Lucknow for a :number of years. WHO IS HE? PAGE Fin.' TEACHERS' GROUP MET AT KINLOUGH LAST WEEK The second meeting of the' Huron and Kinloss teachers was ,held in Kinlough school on Tuesday, Decem- er b 2nd .with , Mr. G. C.Dobson, I.P.S. ,and twenty teachers in at- tendance. The meeting opened' by singing "0 Canada", followed by community_ singing with Miss Lillian Osborne pianist. An invitation, froin Kincar- dine grogp to `attend their next meeting was.., read and accepted.. A' question box was brought forward and many questions of interest dis- cussed. Mr. O.gbson. Made Some very helpful remarks. , Well-prepared addresses. on `.Com- position, in4he-Grades"were given by Misses . Lyla MacDonald, Laur- etta; Collins ' and Eveln Davy; An interesting 'talk •ori. ..`.The,. -Work :of the Junior Red Cross in the school" was given by 'Miss Elizabeth Mc- Ivgr, •, Mr. Jim Henderson and Miss Mar- ion MacDougall moved and .second- ed a vo -of' thanks to the eachei ladies and school board of Kinlough• schoolfor, their, hospitality and to all other's who assfsted in `the suc= cess of the evening. The, meeting . closed with the •sing ing of the National' Anthem. •Luneh was served by thecommittee as- sisted by three of the Kinlough lad= • ies,and a 'social tune spent. LONGER 'SCHOOL HOLIDAYS' !HIRING PRESENT TERM ...School :children -gave -three --cheers and a. tiger for the man .who put the dates on the calendar for the . school• year ending on June; 26th; 1942, as. announcements from the Debt. ' of Education revealed it to:. be the shortest possible under present 'reg- ulations. • " The - first - "break" comes with Christmas on Thursday.. Because of this the holiday period coreriences' Dec: 20th, the .last Friday before Christmas day. New Year''s • falling oil a''rs ay ives t e• o ngter ' a holidsy ' until Jan. 5th. The Easter vacateen is. the game length as last year beginning April 3rd and ending April 12th. Deprived ofa� holiday this year with May.:24 on a Saturday; school children, next year will have . a holiday on May .25th, the commemoration of the day whteh. i n: 1942 -iso -an - a -Sunday; .Tlree summer, vacation will be from June. 27th to Sept. 7th inclusive. This:, term youngsters, returned to class - roams on . September 2nd. So the man who puts • the dates on • the calendars gave extra holidays at every •.• opportunity this present school' year. • OUR LITTLE TOWN Our little town -God bless it!' Is the grandest place to live; It has all sorts of happy things And blessings . fine to give. It real makes my heart feel glad • When up ,the street I go, I say hello to' Ann acid Bill And others ,that I know. • It's nice to ,pass thetime of day At. grocery stores and such; Meet Aunt Jemima Hutchison. Who always knows so much. Our little town's so friendltr - , I know most every one; Feel sure that I shall See'. some friends Before the day is done. I never feel quite. all alone "t Amidst my friends so dear --H So is it any wonder I . thank God that • I live here? • Archie MacIntyre of Kintail, who enlisted as air observer in the R. A. F. and •has been in training at Manning Pool, Toronto has been transferred rred t o Nova Scotia. Archie has • been bookkeeper at Port Al- bert airport, the past year. - 4 Lucknow Has Three Stith Cases Recently The Ch ley Enterprise carried a picture ofi Stoddart brothers of that town who are all in the array. A footnote says "Not Many homes in. Canada have made the contribution to the fighting forces that has been made by the Stoddart • family." While in no Way meaning to de- tract from the record of the Stod - dart family, we proudly point out to ,Editor. Clayton Schaus that Luck - now boasts of three fairnilies, each with three. sons in the service. In one familyall four sons enlisted, although one received his honorable discharge after •serving soiree time In aiiothe'r' of these families a fourth brother has since_ joined the navy. Such records as three• and four sons n the Sery c -e were=loom not'co= i Mon in Lucknow • in the last Great War, either: ^ i$moi.' $taz9r"zmoisgoom#e.�.itda`so , •. BIBLES! BIBLES! BIBLES! SEE THE FINE ASSORT - • MENT Of Bibles, Hylgnn Books, Christmas Cards and Scripture Calendars Bible Dictionaries ._ , .. and Recitation Books, ,. S°� ° �h nc�, Sunday School Supplies, Sympathy y. and Get Well Cards, Christian Books for old and young including Moody Co *portage Books, Grace Livingstone Hill Books, Hurlbut's 'Story .of the Bible, Pictures, Mottos g • Plaques, Bible Cases, Religious Novelties, • Leather Hook ti Covers -Choir and- Song -Books, Bible Games and Gospel ' S Tracts. • • 1 6 A THE CHRISTIAN BOOK SHOP: : Day Phone—Lucknow 58. ;, Evening Phone 150w.. 3 Phone Or 'Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention.• rKtt al 14ri !?wflEk;,i?:4 !frw'f+Fi 4Wli is Ascrommaranalmomisemaqa it 9s used forAMMUM!TlN .The Clansmen JOHN IS MISSED • PARAMOUNT Mr. John Cameron, a familiar. figure in Goderich for the past nine years and the oldest member' of a pioneer Ashfield township family, has removed. to Leamington to re- side with a sister. Leamington is in', 'Canada's_ most southerly county; and• John will be able to takehis strolls in the sun and extol to winter ists the glories of his beloved Kin - tail and Agihfield,' not .to mention the virtues of the grand old Liberal party:—Signal-Star.. Italian soldiers , are complaining about, •'the • I Mr. and •Mrs. Robert Reid had a ,very successful card party for the .. Red Crass. Everyone' reported a splendid evening. •, Mrs. Dick Richards had a quilting,'- recently, A • bat and woollen quilt_ top . *as donated by her. Miss Ada Stanley will be hostess for the January meeting 'of the Wo- man's o man's Institute. Roll call, " A pro- verb"; topic, "Education", Mrs. ' F. i• IvfcCharles; current :events, Mrs. M. 1 f Baynard; program and lunch, Mrs. J. Hamilton, Mrs. A. Cook. • cold weather on the Jok• ing customer: How "your; foul --dollar shoes? stiff Smart Salesman: Two foot. . Russian front. • They get so they can hardly • run. , a much are' ' • dollars a } 1,1 6 I: 6 A., i , I .r• I ;ems) I ,w „- r .., I • ;tom i w- i'.w•. ;v+• I ;tom) ,�.r if w•w• w ,,,( 1. 141..141..14..14..'- . ' NEW SENSATIONAL WESTERN 'TALKING PICTURE• Ken, Maynard l° , "LIGHTNING STRIKES WEST". _ :1 - WILL ; BE SHOWN IN T HE. TOWN HALL LitICKA10 Saturday, Dec. AT 8.15 SHARP l3th• ADDED`ATTRACTIONS—Barnyard O1'ympics Coinedy, Fair and Camera Thrills in Wildest 'Africa. - . also .. . County es l 1 Ci3ILD1tEN-15c • a "London' Can Take It" Authentic Pictures of an Air Raid On London. ADMISSION-255c; PUBLIC SCHOOL Auspices of 'The Lucknow Business Men`s Association Proceeds for War Work 1t- 1 WHO'LL OR SE? H WIN OS During the show, The draw will be made to decide • the winner of the horse, donated, by Alex Hackett, and raffled by The Buisness Men's Association for War Work lur - oses: 1 p.• Y�.`.T •.r r r• „4, • . .• 'i