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Lucknow Onto,- Thursday;December 18th, 1941
Six Sons and Three Grandsons Serve
In Past and Present GreatWars
Everyone of, military age; '• sons
'and grandsons, of• the 'late IVr and-
Mrs. Donald S. MacDonald. of Luek-
now, have served, or • are serving,
in World Wars number One and:
Two. They number nine in all, six
sons and ;three '•grandsons. '
In the First Great War, four bro-
thers, .Dan, Tom, Alex (Sandy) end-
Jack
ndJack all saw service. 'Toni is • at
present a patient in Christie Street.
Hospital, and is improved in health..
Their , othertwo brothers, . 'who
then were , too young for • military
service, are now serving in the prey-
eat conflict. They are Archie, who
x xs,•,.,yyel,• remembered for his ability
as a hockey player, and his young
er brother Ross. Both are serving
with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Archie is stetioned=•a1Sask-atoon--and-
Ross. is in Regina.
Ross,: the youngest of this family
of six brothers, ,enlisted in Aug
ust;'and has beet~ • posted to Regina
as Pilot Officer, instructing . in.
ground duties. in the R.C.A.F.,
Ross, for. some time • has ....been
-principal; of.-a.i0-room-Consolidated
school 'at. Kapuskasing, and ingiv-
ing up this excellent position Was
granted :leave for the•...duration of
the • war. Ross is 'a married' man •
• -with two---children---Johix -A�-incl
Joan: •
So much forthesons of this fight-
ing family, but as well there are
three grandsonsin the, services:
'One is Pilot Officer James F. Mc-
Kee of the R.A.Fi who was .in 'the
thick of air fighting -overseas, and
1ias'si c enemy planes to his credit—
=Jim e
redit—
Jve dightersearieleaeberninereand.wa%
the. only . Canadian 'airman, to be
•
awarded the French Colonial medal..
He returned to Canada early in.the
summer to recover from ` injuries.
received when hemade a forced
landing after a Messerschmitt can-
non_ ball Smashed through the motor
of his plane.-
"Doc" McKee is a son of the late
Dr. J. F. McKee pf Thornbury. His
mother, now a resident' of Toronto,
exandria IVIaeDon
e •
n is .Lieut. Doug -
was': formerly
aid:
A second gran
las 'I I. Jamieson of Montreal, who
is now overseas with the Duke of
York Hussars. His mother was •for-
merly Vine MacDonald.,
The third. grandson in the service
is. Donald MacDonald with the R.
at Trenton. ,'Donald is the
eldest son of Mr. and- Mrs. Alex
(Sandy). MacDonald. His mother
was • formerly Margaret MacKenzie
of Lucknow and his grandmother;
Mrs.' Ewen MacKenzie is a resident
of Lrlcknow,'where Donald has fre=
quently visited. •
So j s • hats off to the MacDonald
family. 'They have a record, that
probably will have few equals in
the Dominion.
HIGH SCHOOL REPORTS .
IN• THIS ISSUE.
On page . three of this issue ap-
"; -pears' the complete fall term High
School ,examination results. On 'page
4' " six will be fotinenanother interesting
article
s y Hugh •Templtn, and as
Well the'- attention of -.the<ladies fxs
drawnto an 'advertisement on that
page, which is particularly address -
,ed to them by the Wartime ' Prices
and Trade Board. ,.
Stores Remaining Open
Although there has been no gen-
eral policy announced, in setae. cases
local business 'men plan •to keep
their stores •open each evening until
Christmas, ` commencing tonight,
(Thursday)' and no doubt this pro-
' cedure will be generaitrnented.'
NATIVE OF KNLOSS PASSED
AWAY IN:SASKATCHEWAN
Mrs. Thomas Hill has received
word of the death at Gull !Ake,
Sask., of fere brother, W'i'lliam (Bill)
• McEttrney: .
• He had been in failing health since
the' summer arid on Saturday; • Dec-
ember 6th he passed away in his
72nd year. He was, bate on' Lot
30, Concession 6, Kinloss and as a
young man. went West to"Manitoba
where he farmed for a time. In 1908
he moved farther West"to Gull Lake..
Sask., where' he Was a _birilding con-
tractor until the time of his illness.
In 1902 he was married to Hose
Roberts of Winnipeg vvho wt
ith wo
sons and ,three daughters survive.
FORMER MEMBERS OF LOCAL
BANK STAFF IN 'UNIFORM
Five' 'young° then'°who within °'the,
past couple of years have been on
the local staff of the .Bank ofMon-
treal,. are now.: all . in • the armed
forces.
Fred :Caley is '. with'. the R.C.A.F.,.
.and just recently .completed a spec-
ial .course:, of study at McGill Uni-•
Versify. Harry Perdue, whose, late
father was -rector at Walkerton • for
a number of years, is . now a Sub
Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian
Navy:George Hewat is a lieutenant.
in a tank brigade and Jimmy Mur-
ray is in the Air Force. Jack Lan-
easter-who--rece'htlyr waSe elieving ,
here, has joined the, R.C.A.F. and
is awaiting his call.
MRS. HENRY HORT.O11i. BECOMES
MAFEKING-'CORRESPONDENT •
•Miss ' Verna Kilpatrick, Mafeking
•correspondent • for` the past five
.years; has turned :the. dutie,• over to
Mrs.., Henry_, Berton .. Pf.-• that •same
community...
• • Verna; wishes to :thank'. all -those
who assisted her by giving her items
of news in :the community,. and ex-
presses the hope that: such . assist:
antn will: continue 'to be given • to.';
Mrs. Horton.
The Publisher.- welcomes
Horton, to the .staff . of rural :corres-
pondents, and 'on behalf of all of
them: *bind • request that items of
news .be -Sent them ,reguldrly.'
dA correspondent is .no• different
frame th'en Rutalisl ;„,in,.that,we.are.
often aware of some item, but has e•
not complete' and accurate details
and often have. neither the • time nor •
the means, • of securing• such infor
i- i.ation. , iia such • . cases there is no
alternative butto omit it Of publish
it without. verification, . which too.
frequently leads to errors ,and orris-
sine .'
INSTITUTE PLANS CHRISTMAS
CHEER` BOXES FOR SHUT-INS
The regular meeting of the Luck-.
now Women's Institute .was: held in
the Council Chambers on Friday,
December 12th. The presiderit, Mrs.
Ste*art, . presided.'
Committee in charge of Christmas
cheer boxes for shut-ins is, Mrs.
Cameron, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs.. Youn
and Mrs.'Cook. It was voted to'al-
low the committee $10.00 for this
purpose. Mrs: Mullin resigned from •
het corninittee and Mrs. ,Clark was
appointed. The motto "Be always at;
leisure to do good" was prepared
'by Mrs. W. Huston and read by' Mr
E; Johnston. The roll' call was ans
wered by a gift for Christmas cheer,
boxes. The . topic, prepared by Mrs.
W. V. Johnston, was read by Mrs.
W. Huston. The meeting closed by
singing the National Anthem after
which hostesses served lunch.. ,
SWARM OF KIDDIE .
GREET. OLD.. SANTA
Santa Claus paid his annual visit
to Lucknow last Saturday afternoon
and was greeted with enthusiasm
by over 700 children,.who packed
the ' Town Hall to yet a glimpse of
this polly old gent, and later , to .
enjoy en excellent picture show;
'staged for their . entertainment.
With Rexford' Ostrander at the.
piano, Santa swung: the 'baton to
lead • the children in singing fain-
iliar Christmas songs, prior to the
start of the picture show. Some of
the .Children' noted a' similarity ie
Santa 'to Eric Cox.
Lucknow Girl Guides deserve'• a
word of. praise for their assistance
in. taking care of younger children;
at the Town Hall, thus leaving, per -
ants free to shop.
After the show Santa • and 'his
helpers passed out a treat to each'
child . as he or, shed left the hall.
'The entire cost `"of Santa's visit
to Lucknow Was borne by Lucknow
business Men,, who annually con-
tribute to a fund to make sure that
St. Nicholas will note pass up the
Sepoy town on his rounds.
•
The Store will be open every even.,
ing till Christmas. Bargains in toys,
cards and *rapping, THE MARKET
• STORE.
ATTENTIONNIR.. MERCHANT!
Next week TheSentinel will be
published' inx.timedistri b fo ' n'
p r butio
the da'. before Christmas, and . this
,is'. most timely f£r '•you to extend..
;the Season's Greetings too your cuat.
omers :and •friends
, The Sentinel` will Have a special
illustrated frontpage entitled " l e.
.Spirit of Christmas ' Everynisk
ehant,, we :imagine; will wan
be represented in, this' 'special issue
with his message cif good will, '
Time will not permits a canvas 'of
all the business .places. If you want
your greeting to appear in this. iso
sue„ tell 'us .so by phone .as "you
read this. Do it now.
FIRE CO. ASSISTS- - .
ARENA DEBENTURE
At a special 'meeting of the Fire
` arre avereir-Mondayniighnethe Bri.n:
gale. voted '$50.00 towards the iiay-
ment of the . Arena debenture of
$4&2 avhich�alls d e.this menth,
Last week The Clansmen voted
$100 for this purpose',and the baa;
ante, $342, will be paid by the. Arena
committee out bf its operating sur-
plus from last winter..
In meeting the debenture this
way, it again • fulfills • the aim • of
paying . for the arena without cost
tothe taxpayers.
tax a ers.
The ' Fire Company has tarried
outa policy of .supplying each boy
on active . service from'- Lucknow
With a"foutatain:pen and, is voting
$50 to the arena ,debenture on'Mbi
daY the Brigade hs :depleted it
s
resources.
• However • with 'three big dances
scheduled for Christmas,;New'Years
'and Burns night, the Company ex-'
pects to replenish its funds; so that
the pen policy can be continued
threugbeet the coming months. •
Three !!'fair
At Monday night's meeting the
corrimittee reported havingobtained
three: more pens. • These are for
Douglas Clark elf the 1st Provost
' Company Of the; Royal Canadian
Mounted. •Police; Aylmer • Aitchison'
of 'the 5th Canadian (Armored) . Diir -
isional Signals and Jack MacDonald
of the Petrol Division; end who is
currently twine on furlough;-
JOHN' McQUILLIN .
HEADS LOCAL ORANGE LODGE
Officers' of 'Lucknow' L.O.L. were
elected and installed• last week. The
installation was conducted by Past
County Master, John Miller of Luck -
now. .
The officer's for the ensuing term
are: John McQuillin: W:M,; Angus
Graharn,'.D.3i; Sam Morrison, Chap;
Cecil Mullin, recording" "secretary;
John. Miller, financier secretary;
Bert Ward, treasurer; Alex Mac-
kenzie, Marshall; Noble'. Pierce, .1st
Lect.; John Carter, 2nd Leet.
To Celebrate Here
A 12th of July celebrationcom-
mittee• was -appointed, including
John McQuillan,. pres.; Cecil Mul-
lin, secretary treasurer,. and John
Miller and Bert Ward.
The 12th 'will. be held hi Lucknow
•next .year; and alreadyplans are
being laid for this event.
Cecil Mullin last week attended
the annual county meeting of the
North.. Huron L.O.L.. and extended
an invitation •to' the lodges in that
dietrict'-to--eel•ebrate • in Ltieknow,
next July. '
TOM COOK'S HOME
RAZED -BY FIRE
Fire razed, the home of Mn and
Mrs. .Thomas Cook of the 15th • Side-
road of Huron Township 'last Wed-
nesday afternoon and in the con -
Migration
fration the Cook family '.lest all
their . belongings..
The blaze broke out about mid-
afternoon last Wednesday, appar-•
ently starting in an. unused chim-
ney. The cause of the conflagration
was a mystery. .
Mrs. Cook and two of the child
ren were in London at the tibie
where one . of •the youngsters had
undergone" an. operation to have a
button removed 'film his nose.
We uifder'stand that Mr, Cook has
secured a home in Goderich where
they will „reside. '
•
Finger Injured'
Charlie Webster, who has. been•
eiiiiployed for some time at the
Maple Leaf Aircraft ,plant, had the
x vitt er on
it rippedoff the bade f
nail • g
his left hand last week.• by coining
in • contact with. a SaW. • .
SENTINEL PUBLISHED
EARLY NEXT WEEK. -'
Correspondents, advertisers,,
and 'contributors- of news'. are
askedto take note of the fact
that next ":week The Sentinel.
Will be **fished early.
p y.
' With Christmas day falling on
Thursday, ' we plan to publis
the paper on Tuesday *lit for.
rural distribution .on Wednesday.
morning. It will therefore be
necessary for rural"eorrespon-
• dente: as well as advertising
copy to be in out hands by not
later than Monday evening.
May we have your , co-oper-
ation, please. '
ENGAGEMENT
Mr.•' J,ameS' T. Lyons. 'announces
the engagement of his sister, Eliz-
abeth Roberta Lyons to Mn 'John
Stanley Mallough of. Hamilton,' the
marriage to • take, place in Hamii-.
ton, qn. Wedriesda 7Deceft er
AS.HE 1-E-L,•b ACM.o. IS
FIFTY YEAPS•OLD
The ,Women's Missionary Society'
of the Ashfield Presbyterian church
celebrated the 50th anniversary of
itsorganization at the home .of Mrs..
N. J. MacKenzie on December 10th,.
This unique ` gathering; graced and
dignified 1r hallowed' associations
andmemories' of other days was
presided . over by Mrs. Donald R:
MacKenzie. Notwithstanding the
'special ee-asion the rsual-procedrrre-
of election <of officers and business
was carried out. The Society was
organized in 1891 during' the ' pas
torate of Rev. Kenneth MacDonald.
The first president was Mrs. Robert.
MacIntosh;. treasurer, Mrs. 3'
leleeLennan; secretary, : Mrs. M. C.
MacKenzie-. Out. of thirty members
, entalleeleatentratetimeellfiseakanKeiree
zie is., tide only- tsire in. 'fhe-Society
today: Other charter members liv-
ing eslewhere :are Mrs. W. R; ' Mac-
Leod Toronto;
lntosh, London; Mrs. Cassie Mac
-
teed, Bella` MacLen-
nail; . Lucknow and Mrs. Rod Doug-
las, ' Ripley. The fireskindled fifty
years ago still 'burn,
Mrs. M: C. MacKenzie gave an
account Of -the- work in the early_
years of • the Society and greetings
were received from Mrs. Robert
Davidson,, Presbyterial president •&
from Mrs. "McGee on behalf• of the
Winghani auxiliary. Greetings were
received and read from many friends
and charter members, redolent 'with,
.thesweet memories of other . days.
and a tribute 'of thanks and praise
is due those pioneers for their .ldy-
alty, courage and zeal. Mrs. N. J.
MacKenfie, a secretary for
years sent greetings .. from Ripley:
Very Interesting letters read were
from Mrs. Thompson (Bessie Mac-
Intosh), 'Washington; Mrs: W. R.
MacIntosh, London; " Mrs. Harry
Worsen; Mrs. Cassie MacDonald,
Mrs. Effie MacLennan, Toronto; Ws,
F. Scott MacKenzie, Montreal; Mrs.
Jessie Murray, Lucknow; Mrs. Es
.ler, ' Brantford- and Miss Margaret
Hardie in behalf of her mother who
was president • of 'the. Society from
1910 to 1924 when she .answered
the "Well Done" call, ' These :letters
ef,precious sentiment and remini-
scent were very much appreciated.
Mrs., D. .A. MacDonald recited ef-
fectively a poem "Of Yesterday".
Tea was served and ;the
,ceremony.
of lighting the birthday . cake was
performed—five of the farmer pres-'
idents took part in this, . Mrs. M. C.
MacKenzie, Mrs. John MacRae, Mrs.
D. A. MacDonald, ,Mrs. E. Howes,
and Mrs. Donald R. MacKenzie. Lit-
tle Beverley MacKenzie held a can-
dle for the future members of the
Society and may the . hopes, , the.
faith and" love of these. early pion-
eer women find- final' fulfilment
through the women of tomorrow.
'Rev. Dr: • Rl'ibad closed the meet-
ing with prayer.
COMING EVENTS`
DANCE
There will be 'a dance in the Town
Hall, Lucknow, on Thursday, ' Dee -
ember 18th, sponsored by the Luck-
now Branch of the Canadian Legion.
• Arthur's orchestra, Admission 35e.
HOLIDAY DANCES
l'he Fire Company' are 'nnonsoring•
holiday dances in .the. Town .Hall,
Lticknow'ori Christmas night, Thurs-
day, December 25th and on New
'year's night, January 1st. MacKen-
zr ..
e's orchestra. General adn'tissian
35e. '
TOOTH ROOT SPLINTER
CAUSED- ALL-.THE..TROIIBt'E.
Isobel Nicholson who went to Lon-
don tee consult a .specialist about
whet was thought might be antrum
'trouble; returned home Saturday
after • being` under observation nora•°Weak' at Victoria Hospital. F
'The . trouble was found to 'be •in-
fiammation of . the, optic nerve' of
the left eye; 'caused by, • an infection
in the teeth, which :'started,where
a root splinter had been left when
a tooth had been extracted :some
four 'years ago. The _cause' ' was re-
moved by Dr. Kennedy of London,
and some improvement, is .noticed;
already.
NAMESRECTOR. FOR
LOCAL, PARISH
Rt. Rev. C. A. Seager, -Bishop " of
Huron, has. announced the"appoint-
trent<ofµ•Rev J� .W. _monaldsQxt,.,B,AU,
L:Th.,. as rector of the Anglican
Church charge of Lucknow; :Ripley,'
p nganr on and Port Albert.
Rev., Donaldson, who will .take
ep residence .in. the Lucknow •rect-
ory, Will assume his duties on this .,
four -point •parish on December •18.
Rev. Donaldson succeeds Fit.
Lieutenant the Rev. A. A. 'Maloney
who since early. August, hasbeen
in. Western Canada upon bein ap-
pointed
P g p
pointed ' Chaplain of No. '4, Initial
Training school of the R.0:A.F. at
Edmonton. Since then the parish,
pulpits have been occupied"by *in-
lay ministers.' • ..
• 11-6V Donaldsoni—has been rector
of the Ailsa Craig, ,Brinsley andMe-:
Oillivray parish sincehe came to
Huron Diocese from the; Diocese
of Athabasca.
Rev. 'Donaldson' was ordained .a
deacon in,1934, and • in 1.935 was
ordained a.priest at Peace,.River.
Ile was married. in. 1936..
ONE --OF ASHFLELD'S, IEAItLIES ;
PIONEERS PASSES AWAY
•
Murdoch McKenzie, the last of . a'•
family of early settlers of the ,Kin -
tail district, died on •Sunday. at
Goder-ieh hospital in .his, . '19th year.
He was one of Ashfield' Township's
most widely-knc4wn °citizens.
- His father and -'mother,, Alexan-,
der and'.Mary McKenzie; came' from
Scotland-. over 100 'years ago -.and.
were . among the •first settlers of the
Kintail section. Born in Kintail, he
resided • in the village' all his life,
where he' was a,,well-known; farm-
er and stock dealer. He came from
a family renowned for their physi-
cal strength, which carried off many
of • the prizes at the Caledonian
Games. Ile was a prominent mem-
ber of the Ashfield Presbyterian
church. • ,
RITCHIE—FANSON
A quiet weddingwas solemnized
at . the Manse of 'Hamilton Reed
Presbyterian Church, London, on
Saturday, November 29th. when Eva
Muriel, eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Fannon, tendon,' was
united • in marriage to Harold' And
rew Ritchie, only son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Ritchie, Lucknow. -Rev.
R. R. Gordon, officiated:•
JOINS AIRFORCE •
Frank ' McQuillin of St. Helens,
younger son of Mr, John- McQuillin
and the late : Mrs. 1VieQuillin., -has
joined the Royal Canadian Air Force
and is presently at Manning Pool,
Toronto. '
PLAN TO PLOW
VILLAGE ROADS
The Village ''Coitncil.haa decided
upon the method to . be used this.
year in snowplowing Village roads.
A three -ton truck owned ' by Roy
Linklater of near Goderich will be
located in Luckhow. for the winter
months, and will be operatfd by, a
local man. The truck owner will
receive $2.00 an hour froth the mun-
icipality for the time ,the truck is
in operation in snowplowing village
roads. ' v
At a statu. t rY
session of
Monday
.
night, Council dealt chiefly with
routine"business in winding up year-
end business.
Cottneil' authorized the purchase
of material for a power line to the
Lucknow Sawmill' Company's plant,
The neve toWn building, which is
ready for occupancy this 'week, is
being insured in the amount . of
$4000 a ainat fire. Insurance is also
en . -lass win-
to be aced
the
�g
dews ageinst b eakag s
Roprt B... M 0.' .. evea.I .. • .
• ,� y . s .eatt�y
Chihdren Carried Pohom �I els 'Vlru
•
•• • PASSES lie •TOR.ONTO.
'Mrs. Gerald Rathwell: was calle'u
to Toronto last Thursday when •hen
mother, Mrs. Ralph Pagan, became
suddenly'seriousiy ill,with, brorich-
ial pneumonia and a heart condition,
Mrs. Pagan passed away on Friday
afternoon. I -
Mr. Rathwell left far Toronto on
Saturday to attend the 'funeral
which was held on Monday. Mrs,.
Rathwell is remaining in the' city
with her', father and younger sister,
Barbara, until after Christmas.
An 'odd coincidence was that Miss
Elva Johnston, Reg.N., of Lucknow
.and who now makes her ---home- in
Toronto, was called -to nurse Mrs.
Pagan. ,'
Miss
FORMER ASHFIELD RESIDENT
RECALLS HIS EARLY TEACHERS
° Reins in a recent reminiscent let-
ter from Mr. Robert Stothers,of
Ottawa might interest some Sentinel
readers. As a boy he attended what
was .known as . Gardiners' school' on
the sideline between Hackett's
church and Zion, later, moved to its
present location on the 12th Con-
cession. ' ' •
In .early days a temperance lodge,
.met in the school. •
The thein w
tea ho Mr. Stothers
--r`einen bers were -a 1IFr,• rown, Geo:
Middleton (afterwards of Lucknow),
R. R. Maitland and S. J. Kilpatrick.'
I was especially interested in men-
tion . of . Mr Maitland whom. I re-
member as later . enteridg the Meth-
odist. ministry. He was a, nephew
of Rev. John Walker who lived' for
many years asa retired minister in
"Lticknr ;a alteawseo ing+.tn
-tarib..for._a time he went to 'Western
Canada. Mr. R. L. Maitland, K. C.,
leader of the Conservativeparty
in the. British Columbia legislature.
is a son of R.,R. Ntaitland.,
Stother' himself, is ,'a
well-
known.:Ashfield old boy_, brother ,.of
Mr. Thomas Stothers. of -Dungannon.
He taught in. Ashfield including • S.
S. NO.. 9,.. and also at.. Holyrood,
,whencehe went to Ottawa colleg-
iate institute. After avery" success -
1u1 term of 41 years in that . school'
he is now living retired in the cap-
ital city.
John Elliott.
•BORN . " •
McDONAGHL-In Wingham General
Hospital, on Thursday December 11,
to Mr. and Mrs. Jack McDonagh of
Ashfield, a son. Bai ry Alexander. ,
ROSS -In Wingliam General: Hos-
pital'to Mr. •and'Mrs. Wm. G. Ross
(nee Edna Ritchie),` Goderich R -.-R.
3, on Wednesday, .November 10th,
a son: Douglas Rodney. . .
MacKENZIE—In Kincardine Gener-
al.,Hospital, on Tuesday, December
9„ to Mr. and Mrs. Roy, D: 1VMacKen-
zie, Ripley; a san.
The Store will 'be open every even•
ing till Christmas, New seasonable
merchandise make acceptable gifts..
THE MARKETTORE.
HORSE WON,,BY.
LOCAL MAN:
Winner of the horse raffled° off
by, . the War Work Committee of the
Lucknow Business Men's Association
was Donald J. McCharles, well-
known localmerchant, and a gen-
tleman who is much interested in•'
horses.
The lucky number was '1262.
The horse Was donated by Mr:
Alex . Hackett of Ashfield: hand was
raffled off by this War Work Com-
mittee; with proceeds for war work
purposes. The sale of tickets amoun-
ted to 042:00. Local metichants sold
tickets to' the valiie of $80.25 and
War' saving's canvassers in the rural
community accounted for an addi-
tional stun of $61.75.
The draw was made .on, Saturday
eveiiing at a picture ' show staged
by this same committee and with
proceeds front the show for the smile
'catxse. 'Mr. J. R. McNab, president
of the Business Men's Association
had charge of, the draw,theicture• which was
made by Mr. Boyce, IS
shove operator:. .
The Committee was • well pleased
with this raffle and
with the success of a
are most appreeiative. of Mr,
, Hack-
ett,s kind' donation
-
•
•
IIn the re ort by Dr. W. V. John-
.ston,. local Medical Health Officer
'covering• the ears, activities, ii-•
-
revealed; that: considerable prrgn
has a1l-eady 'been made in •th'e re -
sear'. ch work being carrel on 'by, the. ,
Department of Health e at Toront..
in• regards to the poliomyelitis epi-:
d'emic. here this fall:•:
Faeces specimens from 60 village
'children were obtained • following
the epidemic, end sent to . the De-
partment at Toronto for investiga-
'tion. The 'procedure is slow, and ex-
periments have so .far' only been
carried out with the.faeces of: chiI-.
dren who were apparently quite
well• preceeding and during. the epi
demic. But already it has beeri: -est-
ablished that some . of ' these child-
-ren..�.carried.: the:_. varus,.=:.which has , ....:
been recovered in' some instances.
The faeces were •investigated in
,groupsoLeix. •for the' original tests,
and. now further tests will be:•made •
to isolate these .cas'eS and 'decide: -
which of these well ehildren were.
.carriers o. f the virus. •
Investigation has not yet been
,commenced of the faeces .'af those
children who were definite contact
with the disease, and - of those 'who.'
were ill with what. m ay., have, been
mild .attacks of the disease.
The •report .of the M.O.H. is as
follows: ; '
December 8th, 1941.
Board ofeltli; -" -
Lucknow, Ontario
Dear Sirs:,
. • As Officer of Health for the: year
1941 I beg to submit .the following
report: • •
At the •request of the Village
Council sampi; s of water 'from' all
wells. in, use lin the village were
taker ai' d tni i - l
-7.3 1 thesc.were eo tested.` Of these'
36 samples were , graded as "D", one
"C", and the `remainder "A". The
Board. of • Health decided to gine
the' owners. of the wells one .month• •
in which to try and correct the
unhealthy condition the
the water •
and. then 'again test.the water.. This.
was demand the wells grading "D"
were reduced to lh' in number,: .
The Village ,•was , unfortunate
in that ave' had an epidemic of a
severe form of Poliomyelitis. There. '
were six eases in the. village; .with. •
the high mortality" rate Of 50 pet
cent.. We persuaded the Provincial
Department ' of Health that this
might be a very Promising locality
in, which to do' s'eine..investigating
into' .the epidemiology of ' this dia....
ease:. With this in Mind I, along with
Dr. Turpel of the Department ob-•
tained. faeces- specimens front sixty
children: Thirty of these were from'
healthy children,, who had not . been
ill at all; 1,2 front children Whim
we thought might have had , mild
attacks of the disease and the re-
mainder from contacts. .The. inves-
tigation of these faeces specimens . •
is far from'..complete but we know
already 'that •Many of . the helthy .
children :carried the virus: As a re-
sult of our experience and of advice
received I am, convinced that all
.outhouses in this'.village should be
closed. Moreover, there should be
an effrejent '`garbage collection in .
this village:.and I ,hope the council
Will carry, dut the recommendation
of. this .Beard ie. • the near, future.
This Fall in the .lo.cal .Town .:Hall
clinics Were held at �vliich 85 ,chil-
dren were treated, • 50 receiving
whooping cough . vaccine. and 61
diphtheria toxoid.
Early in the year about ten chil-
dren of the Public school .had to be
kept home because of impetigo.
W. V. Johnston. •
An Open Winter?
Are we tom have an open' winter?.
We are, if vobins are any indication
Alex McNay of Paramount reported
seeing three or four red breasts in
his orchard' last week.
•
Suspended Temporarily •
Owing to the Christmas• rush the
Post Office Department has 'dis-
pensed with National Registration,
during this busy •holiday period. '.
A , Reverse Case
•
Last week we told you ofthat
midget calf owned by Russ Ritchie '' '
that weighed hed 25 pounds when. four
I g P
days. old. Here is a reverse case. A '
.l:lolstein tally near Tavistock recerK-
.
r,
tly gave birth to a calf neighing
105 poundS, Her pievious
calf weigh.
ed 118 pounds,
a