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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-03-19, Page 10TIONAL, r 3i !At EGIOR THE LVCHNOW SENTINEL, LVC.1I NOW, . ONTARIO GO: any time Thursday, April tad, until 2.00 p.m. Monday, , April 6th. RETURN: leave, destination ftp to midnight Ti,.esday April' 761,1942. 1 rib •teas wask-esd dice: ovpoesaiti foe s it# e1 beats earm rub CANADIAN ST. HELENS FOURTH CONCESSION Pilot Officer George McQuillan, Mrs. Harvey Houston was hostess who has . been .training at • Datse, for the March meeting of the U: F. Sask., ..is spending his leave at his W. O. There was a good attendance: home here before going to Halifax. In the absence of the president, :Mrs: ilies'With friends or neighbors and Mr. Robert McQuillan of Hamilton W. McDonald was in charge and the' choosing . a ::sight for a home, they is -spending his vacation here too, 'meeting opened with 'singing "0 r proceeded to build a shanty. After ?nil The women' were no eiidur- ani Mr: Charles . McQuillan of Clan- Canada'.' and repeating the Lord's 'a spot was . cleared, the logswere ing than the men and'lesse are told Scott's father and mother„ ; leboye was home for .the ,week -end- ,prayer in unison. The roll Call was cut into desired length and a 'num- tag hose who would. carry a hundred Robert and Mrs. Jame• MacDonald r Mr. 'and Mrs. Torrance Anderson responded to by."A comrrion .mis her of men were got together' toounds of flour for miles thru the.Paramount, are very ill.' We wish English". Afte ommunity put them in place The. corners had po 4‘T 991 couRRIE5s CORNERS oneers .. .- Mrs, James Drennan spent a day 13" With her sister, Mrs. Sam Sherwood • .In -view of the fact' that this .fa a why of ra erg up their pronouns. who has been ill. Grandmothers' Day, our talk is go- It usually took an ox -team two Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Waring from ing to centre'around the life of our cloys to make the trig going and Hamilton visited with Mr. and Mrs. roll that of our ' David Little over . the week -end. pio#►e`rs, . Capco Y' s`oming.' farming community. Speaking of ox -teams,. Quite a number attended the Red a story . Today, we are confronted with which may not - be strictly: accurate Cross euchre party Thursday even - the fact that each oiie of. us may be is told of a preacher who having ing held at the home of 'Mrs. Lottie iequired to do his or her bit, to de lost his voice took up a bush farm. • Drennan on the 9th Concession. fend our land from the invader, so His wife's' name ` waa Maria and his Keith Johnston, a member of the it is .drily appropriate to consider ox -team's, Buck' and Bright. ' Just' as R.C.A.I!;. from Clinton is home on those `who laid the foundation and eirers thin was all ready to . startleave for a couple of weeks. 1 made our country what it is today, operations, Buck died and . the a land worth living in, and d need ex -preacher,; nothing daunted, •sug- be, a •land worth dying for. Our Pion- gamed Boge fly that .he would yolk eery' faced difficulties and dangers himself with Bright if Maria would anal their faith, optimism: and .en- sow the grain. There was'.a steep' in cline • in the field and the. plan work- ;ed all . right going up but coming down;: Bright was either disgusted at. his yoke mate Or something scars durance have a just .claim •upon their. descendants. : • Some dame' as J. E. Loyalists but many more left the. ••old homeland, England, Ireland or. Scotland. A ed him and he began to run on the long: ocean voyage of six' or eight j, p and the preacher had to jump weeks had to •he faced ..and. when -Maria' came to head them off they. did' land; ahead was the prim-• but her spouse shouted as he dodged eval forest and long distances had the stumps: "Get out ' of the road, to be covered b foot or ox -team: we're running away".. The ill -mated The men usually left their faun- team landed in .a brash heap and as Maria, badly winded, got there, the husband gasped'"Unhitch Bright, Maria;• ru stand." . . • Miss Pearl Jamieson waa home last week ill with the''flu. ° Visitors over the week -end with Mf. sand .Mrs, Wilfred Farr'ish were Mr. • and Mrs: Bud Farrislr .and •son• Bobbie, Dave W and Bill' Fairish and 'Lloyd McAuley, ,a11 from . Toronto. Mr•. and Mrs. Harold Elliott from Harnifton visited with 'Mrs.. Joseph Courtney and "called on many other homes in . the community over the week -end. Miss Vivian ,Cotirtney and Joe from Hamilton . spent the week -end at their home here, Mr. Bob Farrish returned home after spending a couple of months in Hamilton. that T We are sorry to report Mrs. THURSDAY, MARCH nth, 114 . e . A! u r wlailli r rrWuu.. . • ••..., WANTED—Waitresses. Apply Venus Restaurant,. Goderich. LADY WANTED—to take care of an aged lady. Good wages. Apply at. Sentinel Office. ' FOR SALE -1929 Ford cow ; 1930 Ford Coach, 1936 Olds seda N. W. Winterstein orad aosenhine of Toronto were re- 'take in g r e iiss be fitted one intoe other . and brash them a speedy recovery. f p. _ �jwed byaA recitation -. Cent visitors with lrl.r and lYIY'8. J. Siu�itag the - �._ � �_� ..,, av folio program. this was done by one who was term- Norrnau Robertson,:who was tress- ! s•�•rdoh .7oaiaaa�3:=c spent a d_, `h `� dS A aerson _ _ -- or „A:. b Mary McMillan, which was.ap- ed� `a corner man`,. `!'here' were. three urer of the' County -of Bruce for � recently. in Toronto wig a.rieri Mr. her i-v1rse Jas. Diulo -'iia d -mac- + to topic ��.E posy. in!trpe¢ of. fitting—the saddle,square Cil :were guests of Mr. and Mrs. precta,,eu• The w}o �...-nary .yez� anri later wrote its his -,j, Idrs: 'Jam25 Little had a nui�iber John. Cameron. , • wartime" was dealt with by . Mrs.' and dovetail: In no case were; the tory, tells that he has seen as many of ladies lit, quilting Monday - April after - The• meetin gg of - the 'Wom-1 C. Robb which was very interesting) Thelogs allowed to rest on each other.as 20 Highland women, insingle file noon. 1.. titrate will be held iii the j as well as beneficial. A. duet by Mrs. Space between' was ctxunk Ins la ens Community Hall on Thursday, Apr.. i Baynard Ackert and Mrs. W. Gra_ 2nd . at 2.30.. Rolla call,, Household ham was much enjoyed: ,A paper __ lime savers;`"subject, Home econom-on Health by . Mrs.. A. McKi;inon. ics in charge of Mrs. Rice; program i`1Vhs. Hughes, -`Airs. Rabinson, Mrs. committee 'Mrs. Harold Gaunt„ Miss i Houston and Elizabeth 'Robinson contrivance that answered for a bed y®u they dearly earned .'their Mar' hostesses,- Ball sang:Lead . 'aridly Light which was in the other.. But as the type im- ..pin moneys nnurray; :hosie�ses, Mrs. , i •- . Mrs,~ nice.' Mrs. Hughes gave a splen- ed 1 ft was added and this Mrs Charles McDonald, Mrs. Oran- very. s driven in the j � a told all the'important things going o there; Singing theNational- thez; brought the meeting to a c e.. Lunch was served and a soca . spent. A vote of thanks was ten-, with pieces of wood .and clay or from the burned follows. These carrying a two bushel bag of ashes alas: sae Com --they is ,,,siting with friends in Hamilton and Toronto: mortar. The first shanties were were carried, often a distance of PI95 FOR SALE --Number of young chunks. Herb Buckton, R. 6, Luck - now. merely one large room 18x12x10 ft. • six .or eight resales and sold on de- with -a -fi-replace �n one :end and=a livery for—two--pence . a bushel sol The blaze on the -hearth long has sunk into gloom, he Janet and Donald who dream- edof Auld -Scotia Are dreaming of Heaven in the. dust, of the tomb.: While the 'boys and the girls -the lads—and the --lassies Who worked - thru the day . and dan- ced thru the night Live again , in bright dreams of memory's morning Where their hearts beat to music of prow a o. e... "'A 1 of eighteen .would start for did' paper on Ireland in which she was. reached by 'peg i the nearest store, •seventeen• miles . W. I. and Allan Miller, wall or . a rude ladders, There was , away and return ine, the evening withl Messrs Goriilonnd Ross-McPlier d r� An no shingles or boards, to cover the a sack of potatoes, weighing 90. lbs. P�,� Murray attended the Sea- los f f se fu`•st shanties -so -=bass ---- forth awen Soundhockey al time logs were cut in" two and hew -1 TOO 0 o I match at. woodg : The women cared for the wool St da night. hgh m t. ed' like large eavetroughs. The first from the time. it .cae off the sheep's Mr. on Monday r. George Stuart president of dered the. hostess for the use of her layer was'put on with the round ��ack until it was the• finished pro- be West. Wawanosh Fire Insurance I hoihe and, to those helping with the side, down and.the next row over- duct. One lady, not having 'a shears, Co,, attended the Mutual ire n- program Iappit oh t -with thesrnund side up. laid the crude pattern on the cloth the with an - de.rwriters convention at Toronto l_a >r, N; k, c LOST. -=A sum of money in Lucknow last week. Reward. Finder please leave at Sentinel Office, • FOR PRIVATE SALE—full ,line of farm implements. John Mactae, .'R. 3, Lucknow, Phone 62-13, Dungan= non. • HELP: WANTED—Male and female., We require immediately, help for cur office: and Hatchery. „:apply: Tweddle Chick Hatcheries Limited. Fergus, Ontario. • THEY GET RESULTS — Use+'the widely -read' and popular Sentinel "Want Ad." columm•. to sell, buy; rent; trade of hire. These ads. have a reader-addierrce'of--marry hundreds every week. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER of the Estate of Jean. Fraser, late of the Township of Kinloss in the County or Bruce, Wid'dw; `deceased. R. NOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN, pur- suant to The Trustee Act, that all creditors' and others having claims against the Estate of the late Jean Fraser, are required to send par- ticulars of their claims, duly ver- ified, to A. H. McTavish, the :sol- icitor fir the Executors of the said, Estate, on j'or, before the twehty i�ighthr flay of March, A.D. 1942, and --Ira. • that -after such date the Executors+ will proceed to distribute, the.said Estate having regard ` Only to • the' claims of which they shall then have had notice. DATED! at Teeswater,. Ontario,. this ninth day of, March, A.D.`1942. A. H, McTavish, Teeswater, Ontario _ Solicitor for the Executors. P. STUART iviacKEHZIE • BARRISTER & SOLICITOR' Walkerton, Ontario. STARTED COCKERELS — Barred da. N.H: 'Hybrids, Y nd•B.R. Rock a B old up to 5 weeks. Come and see them. We must• make room. J. Cuy- ler, R. 4, Kincardine, Phone Ripley 76-20. WANT PLEASANT .OUTDOOR WORK in a 'business of your own? Good -profits selling:over 200 widely advertised? Rawleigh horriej'farm. ne cessrties. Pays better than most.oc- cupations: Hundreds in business 5 to 20 ; years or more! Products— equiprneirt-on credit. No experience - needed to start—we teach .you how. Write today for full particulars. Rawleigh's, Dept. ML -271-145-C, Montreal Canada. Miss Anna Graham and brother; This made 'a; protection' from a an h d life, love and..h: Rennie of Toronto spent the week rain but did not keep out : the drift- . in hats make the cheese i ; d_ it to , i Lockhart ted+a rd t \LISTe .figh LOCkha`iz G.The the - s.ells. -Mrs. he fields.: . held inassist in t was dance this andall euchreORMMt Community Hall under the auspices week with 'her. sister, Mrs: 'Mi:11s• tell how. they .would have to shake of the Women's Institute on Friday Miss Grace McKinnon of Strat-the snow out of the bed covering cooking A wasg udonpn eodnc the hed'the night. High honors were won byfordspenther getting u us- crane was fasten one side They would gather the l e s aw an j at MacD ou al s • e danceg Down at th Do st wecie. es have we, bra - e7,tr1 arra zxx �,.,��-. - _�� _.._____.. Wig-• :� - „ �^•. x�� �• - . - last ; he-•ch&LrE. of °th pzona fie. lse; le r r d ieci : the privileges -of edu Barr arida they left no stone unturned` to give such to their children. Books were N JAAjt.E a y ek a..,l • implements at'Lot, 23, Con. 3, Kin - logs ors Tuesday:,. Apr.i.1:.7.tli.. at.: one Ma clbclt;^�es�.tSea•'�slcl;�.^ kl;�ti Gaynor, Auc.; Neil' MacVallum�,; Prop. Scarce, but what they had were pas - Irwin the week -end at er before ge mg p• What cattle, they had, wereed to and ! sed on from one to another and Itvviit. and, consolation prizes went Mr. Gordon McInnes of Toronto wally tied to a stump in winter and the pots hung on this. A bed of i read often by a , pine torch. From to Mrs.. Albert Taylor and.Dick , visited at his home over. the week fed .on tied twigs. of the trees that coals would be placedjon the hearth, . the dough put in an iron pot and many of those pioneer homes, have Weatherhead. Music for the dance end cut down They and covered with a lid and on top was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. ,! Miss Mary McKinnon who has Chester' Taylor and Harold.and Mrs. been ill is much unproved. Stuart... Proceeds for war purposesBlessed is the man who can get. amounted to''over $16. The weekly meeting of the. Y.P.U. ' money without letting money get was held at Earl Durnin's on Mon -1 him. evening' with a good attend- j lsdiss: - Marie is itchisbn and iVIr.. H. home. day. ance. Mrs McKenzie Webb, Mis- ! shrnary convener, presided.:Mrs. W. A. Diller read.the scripture .lesson and Mrs. Rice 'contributed a poem., The topic• from the study book on The Chinese Church comes of Age, was taken by Isobel Miller. Mrs. Stanley. Todd was hostess at a badminton party with 'proceeds for' patriotic purposes. Others hav- ing Victory nighty include, Mrs. Earl Durnin, Mrs. E. J. Thom, Mrs. McKenzie Webb' and Mrs.. W. A. Miller at Mrs. Miller's. • Clear telephone lines for ALL-OUT PRUOUCTION Y�,ar 1.40-4ohone• is 'gait of a vast interlocking—aaratem ,sow : 1e.arr,- g'rn abnormal wartime load.. Don't let needlensr delays k rel d ,ii`, n €a*, s n . vihieb prrx,�uction efflelent'y may depend. BE SURE you have the right number .. consult the directory. =YEAR distinctly, dire'Sly into, the wotilispie.e.. a for IT BRIEF. • Clear your lin the .next ealL 1.4E'OFF-PEAK hours' for Lout Ifj„�rF calls: before 9:30 Lica, 1 .2 p .m., S.: p.ru., 'after 9 p.m. These tbiaags mar look tritlrw8, bit hoe 6,500,000 daily adlsatber ' ra• S e 6,06441, were being.an- a decided.preference' for e lm asswood and while they. ,managed other pile of coals. This made ex - survive on such forage yet they cellent bread—they say. often.. carte through "on the lift" The staple 'diet was oatmeal, fish' for many years but . occasionally a and had to get extra care, to build and potatoes—the two latter' always •visiting, Missionary. However, they up• Through time, log. stables were cooked together if you were Scotch. were a'religious people and no mat - built.• Calories and vitamins .were not con- ter how scant the furniture, one. . As stated, all around' was the sid'ered .then..• come boy$and girls .who now hold high places in life. There was no resident minister piece was always present , and that was the family altar for morning dense forest -s niagnifi'cent trees that But those early pioneers had their, and night they`heid family worship.' today . would be worth hundreds of social side. They worked while they One wonders, as they view the won - dollars. These, had to be cut down . • worked •but they played' while they derful array that the brides of to - and burned: to have land to plant played. They gathered for logging day get, if . this certain _piece is -hi-- and potatoes. bees, building bees, corn husking eluded in its place of prior impor- As. neighbors became . closer, the bees arid fulling bees or. paring bees. tante. Children going out from as usual procedure was to -Make a bee. These were followed at night by home' where they thus see God hon - The land to be •clea:red was staked the dance: ' Perhaps nothing could ored,r have a. wonderful heritage. out in acre sections and • five or describe so vividly a scene of this that helps to make God's presence six men and a.'tearn of oxen were pastime as this little poem— • ' ;real in the midst of the testings'and assigned to each. There was keen' • "The Dance at MacDougals". , difficulties that, they will meet in rivalry to see ..who.would' finish 1n •a little log house at the run first and as whiskey was only' 25 cents a gallon it invariably added to the excitement and sometimes confusion, The piles of logs were often ten feet high and these had to be burned and a 'man appointed to watch them, . day and night. In the clearing, thus formed, was plan- ted their grain ', amid the 'stumps butthe early frost alway4 threat- ened owing to the lack of drainage and character of the top soil. Many a night have they gone to -bed, dreaming of a needed harvest and awoke' next morning to find every- thing ruined and ,all. winter there would be nothing to eat but fish and •meat. • 'Mr. Woidbrook wilts wrote of Hal - .LUCKHO W Each. Weddnesday Evening Afternoon • & •Eve g At' • G. H. SMITH'S OFFICE a 1 GIRLS. and YOUNG WOMEN WANTED for war and .civil- ian work by Botany.Dryspin- nets Co.; Kirtcardiaie- Good. wages and working con- ditions in a good town. Come and see us. or 'write BOTANY DRYSPINNERS .. • Kincardine, • 'of the outside world. , ' the forest, We .must not conclude without With' its windows of sunlight, its this one on the .Highlander with threshold of stone, • . his love for •kilt and feather. A mis- a.ived Donald Macl)ougal, thejquain- sionary was telling an audience in test of / Scotchmen London, Ont., of the 'c'ostume worn And Janet, his wife, in their shanty, ' by the natives in the -Pacific isles alone. . I and spoke ofit as being • scanty, A11 day the birds sang them:,a chor- even more so than the kilt of the us o welcome ' Highlanders. At the close of his At nigh,t, they saw Scotland again address, an aged Gaelic. mother in their dreams , tante up and warmly shaking the They toiled on in ' hope, mid the minister's hand asked "Did ye say sunlight of friendship , that the people wore kilts?" "Well Their hearts beating upward, like yes", he replied, "something like troutletsin streams, that". She closed her eye's, •,folded In the little log house at MacDou- her hands and devotedly exclaimed, CARD. OF THANKS Mr. and Mrs:. Nelson Winsterstein are deeply grateful for 'the kind- neSs and •sythpathy of friends and: neighbours in their bereavement, and as well, wish to. sincerely thank. those who 'were so thoughtful -of, and kind to Jean'during her long illness. gal's. "The Lord be thanked the gospel' At evening the boys and the girls is makin' such progress". 9.0 11 gather - Such are a few glimpses of "The ton County tells of the summerless To dance aiid to' court Heath Mac- Pioneers". Amid their many untav Dougal's log thee. arable circumstances and hard work summer, - a ' 1816. The' spring ., was normal but snow began to fall in June and by August, it was a foot deep and continued bn.the ground till' next skiing. Absolutely 'nothing was harvested and all livestock. had to be slaughtered as hay,. imported from Ireland was $45 a ton, lit 1833 a plague. of 'army worms,, covered the land and laid all vegetation b Thismeant another winter .v They' were wild a5' the tide that their lives were happy and joyous. rushes up Solway Truly they possessed something that. When lashed by'the tempest that seems tb - have been lost thru the sweeps the North Sea. years., • There Malcolm and Flora and Katie For one thing their common .cir- and Angus • . cur•nstances made them one --sad to With laughter tuned paces came say it takes a Gruel'kar to do`' this tripping along, today. ,Again they possessed the And Pat whose gay heart had been spirit , of mutual helpfulness. One are nursed in Old Erin was interested in the other's. suc- •They•ave toward privation with little to eat. would. link each Scotch reel with cess and helped g a good Irish song. work and pleasure its proper place. However, if the grain ripened, it ' not as - had to be cut with the sickle, bound Down at the Dance at wa=Doug clef Pleasure asl had Isis rightfulminerci plata and flailed, all by hand and then-' No lancers or, jerseys. as theirtodlives and God blessed them cleaned and carried long distances at 151act)ougat's, through the forest to the nearest Nor. thelatest waltz step. found' a for it.—Truly they laid a good fottn- lace on the floor, dation. . flour mill --perhaps Kaitcardine or P •Lewisman w'as . offer- But reels and strathspeys • and the To us• who are left ededa ba A Le liveliest, of hornpipes - May it sometime be said ,, a barrel, (a -prized ,possession) with his flour and the flour was Shook the room to its centre from •'ed home in it a distance o BARRED. ROCK and HYBRID CHICKS—This is not a new hatch- ery,; we have been in business for 12 years—All our breeders are blood tested' and males are from O.B.S. stock. The' Hybrids are B. R. hens and' New Hampshire cockerels. We keep all our chicks for 4 days. You' have no papers to fuss with and'a',1 '- chicks are feeding when you get them. We°deliver chicks up till May lst. John{ J. Cuyler,:R. 4, Kincardin:,. Two • 'miles west of Silver Lake. hone Ripley 76-20 , collect. Cirri o, f 14 fireplace to floor. Whenk d 'f he was tired Down .at the dainee at MaeDougal's. When our days upon ,earth are but few. That into our service , we always i re. _o, e t she'll be a little Gene. now is the light from Mac- put soul ,• he replied a oof ougal's log shanty, • Like the old pioneers that we knew, bit sore apoot the back”.They had � D. TENDERS TOWNSHIP„OF KINLOSS TENDERS will be received- by thep undersigned Clerk of the Townshi of Kinloss, up until 2 o'clock in the, afternoon of April 13th,. 1942, for the crushing and hauling of the gravel necessary for the year 1942: Crushing to be done in 4 sets with a possible 5th,, with an average 9f1000'yards per set. Screen to'be '/4 inclt square, or 7/s inch round. Ten= ders , to be at a flat rate 'laid on the roads, under the supervision of the Road Supt. A marked ,cheque for 10 per cent of tender to ac- company each: Work to be com- pletedby Oct. 1st, 1942. The lowest or any tender not necessarily ac- cepted. • .T. R. -LANE, Clerk, ' Township of Kinloss, R. R. 2, Holyroocl. ailitigehis 444 7JgIAY 'IAyi Order Bray Chicks now, and he "lucky" when egg prices climb next Fall, See me, or phone me;' right away:` Personal attention, prompt delivery. Finlayson Bros. LUCKNOW h T. ARMSTRONG OPTOMETRIST' 1 IN LUCKNOW EACH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 1:30 to 6 o'clock AT WM. SCHMID'S. STORE Girl or Woman'Wanted For House Work Wages forty to forty-five dol- lars per month, according to experience and ability. • Family of four adults. Other woman in two days a week to help with' cleaning and washing. Two weeks holidays in year With pay. Apply by phone, letter or in person at WM: MITCHELL'S House Kincardine, Ontario. YOUR E S1TATE 1f you want a prompt, economical, business- like administration of your estate, name as your EXECUTOR— THE STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION ' 372 'BAY ST., TORONTO OVER 28 YEARS EXPERIENCE S., o WE'LL MAKE OUR. WARTIME Sugar Grow , on Trees. If the • rat=. ,: iontng ,Of sweets becomes too sour, • there's a remedy! An article in The American Weekly, with this Sun- day's (March 29) issue of • The De; trait Sunday Times, tells how scien- ' tists promise to replace all the sugar crop we lost in the Philippines by • processing only 10,000 acres of woodland. Be' sure to get The De- troit Sunday Times'. this week and every Week. I bf:is�;.:i rr ° N.