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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-04-02, Page 5. THpn$DAY, APRIL 2nd,'I042 THE LVCKNOW 4 iNE .,Lti it 4 W,. bNTARIO Lyceum Satre. W I'NG.HAM • • Two Shows Saturday 'Night Thursday, Friday, Saturday April* 2,- 3, 4 SPECIAL • MAGIC MUSIC' ... GLOWING' TECHNICOLOR --stuRO TGE 4 IMMORTAL LOVE STORY! • Answering Four ,Questions- Most Often .Asked About. (onditions • In • . • ritain i .holoaroDhed in Tn hnicolo. -Also "Cartoon" & "News" Admission -40c & 20c • . Matinee .Sat.. Afternoon 2.30 • Matinee admission ''30c & 18e Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. :April 6 :..-7; 'JOHN, BARRYMORE . . . ' . KAY: KYSER • *',in "PLAYMATES" When Kay Kyser and John Barrymore get together pre • pare yourself for .laughter.4 Also "Letter . From Home" By Hugh Teinplin q ed to be the staple breakfast food last fall, sometimes , with one slice of fat bacon. Meat is severely rationed. The al- land ' and therefore I cannot ons- lowance is limited bythe• price paid, wer from my.one shilling, tuppence, a week per own experience, but hperson. That would mean a roast•on among my fellow travellers were'. Sunday and shepherd's pie 'once or several who' had been born in te' British Isles, or had visited them on twice on • following days. There are two exceptions. Game and offal are not rationed. At the hotels one ate unrationed meat--venisof, rabbit pie, grouse,; chicken, guinea fowl— en suchthings, as tripe, 'sweetbrea'ds or such things as 'tripe,' sweetbreads ,and , headcheese.. English .sausages are . amazing, things. They look like sausages' but taste like nothing:. on earth. I tried them twice, the second and'Women .running' machiriery in tune to•"see• if''they. could possibly ' : the, (factories. I met • .many formes ' be asbad as I had thought-, they Canadians now, living in England:. were the first. time. There was no •I It seems ;to be unanimously' a- f improvement. I :Bread and vegetables • .were not greed: that the changes in Britain rationed:- "* With so--nsany . growing have already been great;.that • More their own vegetables last year, and are still to come, and that things can. with a favorable season, .there Was never be the same again as'they I were before the war began. no scarcity of. vegetables. I `saw` or- ' for for sale once. The A great levelling. process is taking. anges .y, were,: place. •Money is of ,little use .if .it children only.. Stores were busy but cannot buy 1uxuries. Rationing' : a - p I never saw'' a queue lined up to .•.. . 1 I' plies to all. ' o matter : how many 'buy food, although there were line suits of clothes a 'man had before . II ups in the • early mornings where were sold, three to a cus- the war., he. can buy .only the same'' I nurriber ,new 4 the humblest lab tomer. w • �- be bet-. _hat :To Send In'Parcels Of �1-orei�fETrue; the_:qualrty will ter, but even I that distinction tends Food .To Britain • What Changes Is' The War • Making In Great Britain?This was my first visit to Eng - several occasions, During by stay in England, I met people of all classes. , My hosts included titled persons , of vasi,ous degrees of prom- inence and 'rank: I' travelled by .•my self when time perrnitted and met' and talked with people' of all •class- es. I waridered..away from,. the. group to talk to people who Were work=, ing in their gardens,, to the ,tnen „TH E LUCKNOW SENTINEL ,Published every Thursday morning at Lucknow," Ontario, .L. CAMPBELL THOMPSON Publisher ' and Proprietor THURSDAY', APRIL 2nd, 1942 ONTARIO kt. C. OPERATES CHAIN OF BLOOD BANKS By the first of May it is expect- ed that .an average of 2,000.volun tary donors a week will be giving of their blood to. the various clinics in Ontario oPerated by' the Ontario Division of the .4%1 Cross. By a special process . developed by' such research 'Workers as Dr. C. H. Best and members of 'staff Of the Uni- versity Of, Toronto, this blood', is concentrated, completely 'dried and shipped overseas ready to, he ,con verted 'for use for military or civil ion'. purposes. Froom' „the four Ontario Blood `don- or clinics' that . were . in operation last year, 31,747 donations were given by . voluntary 'blood donors. Besides the "Clinics" in operation at Toronto, Hamilton.;' Ottawa .and, Kingston, branches were•authorized for Brantford, .London,. St. • Cather- ines, Windsor, ' Belleville,. ; BrOck ville, ,Leaside and , New Toronto. Some of these are now 'operating: Other, branch Clinics. are being con- sidered for • Peterborough, Oshawa and Kitchener -Waterloo: • i It is stated by competent: author Ales that the discovery of bloc 1' serum is likely to prove' another rimier advance in medical science ' to disappear. • ;: What' is sent to Canadian soldiers • � ' During more than three weeks in inn Britain . is largely a matter. of London, 1 saw onlytwo young men individual 'preference. The .:weight dressed in formal. evening clothes,allowance is liberal and there are not counting thh waiters in . the ho- few restrictions. An officer at Can-, tel. These two were . in an 'under- radian. Army Headquarters •riLon- ground station and they were-dru ik. don suggests butter; sugar. .narxna- They were pointed otit to me as a lade, fruit.juiee (all' in cans); razor bad :example by a constable. Yet• blades, garters and braces. Another i4 the days before the war, a Can=e suggests candy„ particularly, choco- adian cab inet minister was refused late. Iasked many soldiers; what at they would like .and' got few other suggestions. They seemed to b e well. supplied with cigarettes, though there were many complaints about • admission to the 'dining, room in Hotel where I stayed 1 because the; he was ,.not in evening clothes. ' ' An incident happened during stay in Britain that shows. -the' •WHIT•ECHURCM my, Ger age One ora- d to d in roans. have no ',idea .what a cha The sympathy of.•the community. they: have •wrought in England. is extended to Mr. Thomas Gaunt in night, they dropped a spy n p the death of his wife last Tuesdayuta. ' `,Evidently, he. expecte 'morning. The neral was held.on• c ve in society. He was dresse Thursday to Bluevale cemetery. Her mils and hise bullet was comp, maiden name was Elizabeth 'Moi - :.. „,... „, even': to white ,spats. ' The 'e.•� r .. 8}- Pa _,., �..,. cam• i m lete outfit the furthermisfortune:to' dr This week we are sorry to report a Mud puddle and spoil his Who the:death of Mr, Reuben Tiffin He .was picked up before he passed away early Monday at 'his tiitie to hide the small wit home on .the .Fourth of Kinloss..He had been in poor health for a few months. He was a life long 'resident of the.community. , Mr. Kenneth Weaver, of Paris spent 'a few days with his friend, Mr. Price Scott and his daughter, Mrs. Boyd visited at the home of Mr.:Hector- McKay. • , Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Farrier are going to live in the house fdrmerly occupied by I r. and. Mrs• George Garton. ' A number of. soldiers were jiome •for' the week -end, namely: Tom Wil- son, Kenneth Mowbray and Melvin McClenaghan. Mr. Scott and daughter of. Kin - • • PAGE F1V$ "God conifort those *ho suffer in this war" ,the parson prayed, The sun shone in through coloured • glass; vibrant, the organ Payed. Deep in..my foolish h= .rt 1:` asked, "How much does God take heed?? Thousands of hearts ;are broken and a. million people bleed]" - And as I sat remembering only such things as these— The victims of the devil's work were rescued from tie seas, A thousand nurses stooped to ease a thousand soldiers' pain; A hundred Spitfire pilots rose to clear the skies again;; Many a foster mother kissed. seine - little orphaned child; Smoke -blackened firemen fought huge fires with -Spirits undefiled.; Ten million willing, outstretched hands fed homeless,', hungrty fol A r -ed rowel -underground laughed at a. Wounded actor's joke; White helmeted young doetors brav- ` 'ed a screaming shower of death, Binding, up' hurts, . speaking kind words, restoring 'failing breath:- "Oh thou of little faith", He said, And humbled, ,deep • I bowed my head: . .; —Joan Frances . Austen. Purchased Property , 'Mr.. Neil MacDonald, :Kintail, has purchased the farm properties of the late 1Vturdoch. A. MacKenzie: The price , vas'.$3,250: About ;Paying- Debts ,It is an unwritten' law in China b e aid` the s must by '11 debts P that a first' of.: the year., We rather think if • : Canadians would adopt such a policy this would be a much better place to live in; .cigarettes going -astray, -l --imagine . that .it is not so •. 'mush what is in WON BRUCE.. LEAGUE • TITLE parcels for soldiers that counts, 'so ' . • much as the fact that they are,sent The Moorefield,. "Chicks". are win- regularly. They like t'o :know that • ners of the • Bruce Hockey League. the people back home, have not far-' After ' eliminating K i n ca r d i n e,. Moorefield met .Chesiey in I the fin - gotten them. ONLY ' FIFTY YEARS AGO (Guelph Mercury) Ladies wore 'bustles. Operations were rare. Nobody • swatted . the fly. Nobody -had • seen•--a•-•salo. ' Nobody ' had appendicitis.. Nobody sprayed orchards. Cream was . five cents a pint. Most young men had • "livery• bilis". ` Canteloupes .were. muskmelons. You never' heard :of a "tin Lizzie".. Advertisers did , not tell the truth. Nobody. cared about' the price f gasoline. Farmers. 'came to town • .for their The hired girl drew 'one -fifty'' a "PLL BE BACK FOR MORE!" IT'S just surprising, how many poul- try raisers say •that'to us! On second thought, maybe not - so surprising, either. It just stands to reason ' It stands. to reason that when a hatchery organization . 'like Bray's. really bears down, year after .year, on the (one job of producing the best chicks it knows how ' studies that job the year.' round keeps• on plugging away at breeding, sel- ecting, blood -testing,- check-and- double-check-wel1, it ,ought to turn out mighty' good chicks: Read What These People Say: • Mrs..• Wes Gampbejl, Nes- 100 from you last year, and tleton, Ont..-'tBest chicks I made money, so 'thought • have had• in years. Bray's would take an . extra 150 ,• fax me from now on!" this year". dsville Clare, Haslam, ' Emerald, I'. Bert M'clntyre, War , E, .I "For 6 years I have ;Ont: `Best; Chicks I ever been''rais, ng Bray: Xtra- . had. Enclose order' for 400 Profit 'Chicks:' Have always' . J: P. Derkson, jPli nr Coulee, found . them the best'. ob- : Man.—"From the first day '., , tainable": these, birds have • ; done • • Mrs. Wesley -Nichol, Len- splendidly envied by noxville, P.. Q, = "Bought all my friends'': Isn't.' that •the kind o, f birds you want? Better buy .Bray; this year.• And. better see about, it right now,'. to make sure of getting what • you ' want' when•you want.. it. DAY-OLD CH1OK,s Sexed and Non -Sexed STARTED CHICKS Sexed and Non -Sexed STARTED CAPONS _ TURKEY POlDI�TS ASS US: • . week. The butcher • "threw in" a .chunk o liver. , Folks'said pneumatic tires were a joke: Jules Verne was the only. convert to the submarine. You stuck tubes in your ears • to Parcels for civilians in Britain als` and won the three -game series: hear a phonograph,' and.. it cost.a i t lrnrpt isr five ounds;n s •r cvTicrelies=1 � g 1? ' , e. At, PAIN and. DEATH of WAR'S V'IC- ing the wrapping and. ,package.. to a 5=a11 tie in the,•first, gam about out Theike are some restrictions th'e number of • packages which may othes' be sent and the.contents. If the par - .cel does not comply with the re- fill- strictions, it.will not be delivered: dis- The person ;.to whom, it is consigned lions will: be notified,• but the contents been ;will be turned over to some.organ- land, izafion. That is Worse, than not send - and ('ing a parcel at a11. ' was • ' Civilians in Britain. appreciate the ly one parcels' sent them even more than opt it spats. had. eless, lough spent a day last week with of wealth. I cannot say whethe Mr. and Mrs. Albert Patterson. {'is true, but it+is'obvious that • The' Young•People of the com- Can no longer obtain many • m.unity held a' shower for Miss Cath .les and a great levelling. p erine Mowbray at • her home last Id per p A w'S A�.l�afa acs—gin =diixie- transmitter he carried. His . clo hint his life. • Even then, pleasure travel in tomobiles' was limited --to the tance one could ge on three ga a' month. Since then, it has prohibited. While I was in Eng the distinction between first. third classes for railway travel abolished and there is now on class.' Rich and poor suffered alik the bombing. That, perhaps more•. to break . down distin than anything else. Everyone ically able to do so must take a at fire -watching. It is said that. income and taxes amount almost 'to the boys in the Armed Services. e in They are more in need of the extra • did' food. A pound : of butter received ctions from Canada, for instance, doubles phYs- the ration for one person . for two turn 'ninths. There is a definite rule that • noa person .in Britain may write to other 'ask that food be sent, but'you can Conscription be `sure it will be welcomed. • . r that I asked many civilians what, they wealth ltxur- rocess' I clad bought in cans. I heard of one old t it. • • • Thursday evening when many use-. ful gifts were presented- and a good time was enjoyed by all. Miss Agnes Wilson,,R.N. is'spend- ing a few days at the home of her mother, Mrs. •James Wilson, r. Mr. Walter James had the mis- fortune to cut his hand while saw- ing wood one day last week. He was Tanen to the doctor and a number of Stitches put in. Mrs. Duffy spent Monday in Tees - water' with relatives there. Married on Saturday at three o, clock, , Mr. James Wilson to Miss Catherine Mowbray by Rev. A. H. Wilson. The young couple' left on a• trip to Toronto and other places. The good wishes of, the eommunity, go with them for a, happy and pros rows, life. Mr.. and Mrs. John Gaunt of Lon • don spent a few. days' here last • week. has been taking place. And not. hear any complaints abou Is Rationing Of Food And C w r f h Ari honest effort is made to se everyone' gets equal privileg Food allowances of all ra 'staple foods are ,alike for. ri poor. No amountof influen Brit The Brit get any more. T All? FairToand a story the hint lot g heard abouY This question« can be .answered paperrinted it. Two months later,' -she itliout hesitation. I do not see how I still had her butter. unopened, •a atianing restrictions could 'be more treasure beygnd price. • airly applied. There are a few loop- Not more than two pounds• of any oles, but these are not important., one substance may be sent in a five - pound parcel. Do not 'send clothing. The person who receives it will be forced to give up clothing coupons, and possibly have to pay duty as well. Don't send cigarettes' to civil- ians either, since the duty is high. are obviously res:„ is not so scarce as generally not think they really get enough to • supposed. eat. At least, a Canadian feels th t would like . most, if parcels were sent them from Canada. Invariably butter headed the list. It can be Chesley, Monrefielti won by a score. of 5 to, -2. and in the final garne at i'altnexston 'won by ' a score of 5 to lady who .received , a two -pound tin of butter from 'Canada. She called the neighbors in iv see it. The local The • gate for the final, game, was about $250, half of which, went to Chesley. Proceeds of Chesley's home game were turned over to. Butch Murphy, who is. 'undergoing treat - trent in. Toronto for an ailment, re- sulting from hockey injuries of for- mer years. � a e that es. tioned eh and ce , can ple eo p again in the news t' SKUNKS are g Walkerton and to date this spring an employee of the Spool and Bob.: bin Company, and'Provincial Of- ficer f- ficer . McClevis" dog have been "showered" by these animals. • F ICER Jim Thompson FY.XING OFFI • - 'o has been overseas with the R. h C. F. for more than- a year, will C. A. F. shortly return to Canada, according word received by his sister, Mrs. to R. S, Hetherington of 'Wingham." , The office wit says `a girl. mind' throwing herself , at a she thinks he's h good cath girls. ' Yet the subject is one of interest and I don't see why it should be kept secret. Canada has sent some two hundred thousand of her young men over the ocean. Every one that marries in Britain; will not be. free to marry a Canlidian girl if he re- turns. And allowances and pensions to the wives overseas must amount to a considerable item' in time.•' Many Canadian soldiers are 'mar- rying English girls. Some are mar- rying Scottish girls. The command- ing officer of one Ontario' Battalion told me that over one hundred: of his boys had married since reaching• England., 'That is a higher percent - .lige than would hair?, married, m that time if they had stayed in Can- ada.. This officer had no obje ion. The soldiers could not marry without his. permission. He insisted on inter viewing the prospective brides be- fore he gave it. He said they were girls, who of . e. es g , 'fin 1 �'P invariai� y , would be a credit to Canada 'after the war: If he did not think so, he withheld permission to' marry. I do -not think the proportion of Air Force men getting married over- seas is large. • - son seems . obvious. ; .The • The, tea Air Force i5 continually in action. There is: nothing "monotonous .about life in the bomber or fighter squad- rons. In the Army, some of the men have been in Southern England. for more, than two years, training for a -fight which has never come. Some of thein are billetted in pri- TIMS CURBED with ICE, Read in The American Weekly with this Sunday's (April 5)• issi.. .f The>De-• troit , Sunday Times • how' the numbing byl cold' has proved as sat- isfactory. as ,anesthetic drugs, and even ':more .so, 'in. experiments to re surgery, a' or of m the shock� h move especially in the field. Be" sore to get The . Detroit Sunday Times this week and every we k• RAY CHICK HATCHER Finlayson Bros:-,--..�Lucknow AGENTS. o t bar ' p ! VC.r p •p 6'9 ca ia .v. �.> • A croquinole', party was -held, a{ the • home. of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Humphries one evening last week for the •Red Cross at which over five dollars was, raised by' Ware One.. . Mtisa. Mary McDonald of Wroxeter •e spent the week end ,at. the nom oi her parents, M. and•Mts. Adam -McDonald now: . • . he Red Cross wa? • Bill: Same concern 'Wi to _ and ' °A euchre' for t • ' e pP • • 1 : Foods generally mentioned,be- uTake change in diet. - sides butter,. Were: canned meats', Take butter, for instance: No matfruit er where one eats„ the allowacnce 45 •'po trates n first ducts,,eese peanut the same, two ounces a week. That butter,. vitamin Bl tablets. allows a slice about the size' andIf you are sending to -a lady, put thickii ss -of a quarter for each ,meal: , ill a few hairpins, bobby pins or. It will not butter half a , roll. On safety pins: They, are unbelievably Sunday morning, I showed the fain- scarce in Britain. And. it is said y it . the butter allowance for one yo ung er ladies 'might' like alio- meal. I used six of them, or g two that stick:: days' ration, on one slice of hot toast; Are Many Canadian .Soldiers ' It is hard to: ' find anything. for Marrying British Girls?' is I j act a an' Perhaps as this a subject F ateI' P breakfast in Britain. •X never • egg while I was there: (The ration shbuld not discuss. It seems to be a eggs a month per person in ticklish one. One of the other, edi" s two it in the London district). In foci, 'I saw tors on the tripwrote ated onlytine person eating an egg hi al- a •.woman s Magazine , in to • . • rsrith. There are no pack- ' quite a stir. I had an item • y most. a m -. m from Canada 'own paper on the • subject, aiid n tb .Theycome age cereals.. •er• front - - are too bulky to ship., Oatmeal day received a red-hot lett and d occasionaliy'wben -.some Toronto worrtan who says I could be obtained NB She is TH.E PICTURE` GALLERY Th su'ar should be writing for D. 'WOO IS IT? • • Last week's picture was that ' J. G. •MUILDOCH • The. Brotchie family have receiv- ed Word of the illness of their siste" Mrs. Wallace Bromley, in Kincard ire Hospital: ^ • ' "Are you going to the bridge' club this afternoon?" to sta awa turn Y o it's my 'y �ay . an be talked.^abetft!" Jim: For whom: are you working • held at.the home .of Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Irwin last Monday evening. , Those early' beaj.ities, the .snow- drops, .have been oiit in' gardens here for' some time. • - Sucker fishing.is the` order of the 'five' kiddies.' At *east, . poor folks' can'enjoy thinking they may be: rich, some day. Rich folks' can only fear''they iney be poor. Capt. `Allan-- arid- Mrs,. Bucan i a. - of. Toronto were . w ek-end visitors ,at :the home of Mr., nd Mrs..Walter.( 1 Steele. Themes Mr. 'Robert Scott, Mrs.' Thom, Scott acid Miss Jean 'Scott were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Steele 1 on Sunday. . the • re Held in services r sero Prayer. Y church 'here at the request of ow King..A splendid sermon was ;given, by our pastor, Rev. J. C. Nichol:- ion ichol- son who emphasiz d ,that it ' was ■ only when the people{ carne to God, Li lived for Him and cried for help , k that He would as 'of old,. ':snake out ' • enemies to 'be overcome and peace " . would come again to the earth. To be continually drumming ` away' Sunday. school starts for the sea • son here next Sunday, at delinquent subscribers. ; But we Mr. and•Mrs. Don Cardis and Mrs • ' Christina McDonald were in Lon must, for the iatteff is an -import- don' on Saturday. ' The culvert at Mr. David Stew= ant one to us — olid to you for 1 arts . on the twentilfifth . sideroad .. ' - " • was washed out by the flood. the longer you neglect this account We wish to, congratulate Mr. and • Mrs. Jack Scott on the arrival of the' more difficult it is to pay. a young on at Kincardine Hospital. - Zthe. W.M.S. 'in conjunction with.;, the Mission - Band will ' hold their . meeting in the church Friday .after-: noon, April 10th. The Mission Band , will provide music and they will make arrangements for -their year's work. Mrs. Bert -Walden is super- ' intendant: On the' same afternoor a tea will' be held in the hall by the Red Cross of Ward One. Mrs. White: of Ripley will 'be the ' speaker a; well. as other program. Mrs. Don- I • •, ispresident.I Blue. old a , We are glad to see Mr. and Mr. , Alex McDonald out after their. i11 i , We Do'n't ■ ■ of a former prOniinent business man of the village whose sudden` death a' nin ber of years ago removed a man; who for many years was act- ive and influential in, and devoted to religions, civic. and politieal--mat-. ters. 1VIr. . Murdoch' Moved with, his par- ents at the age of two years to Con. 14, Ashfield where. he spent sixteen years on the farm. He taught School' ' for a few years be- fore entering bIgi,'ainess at Lochalsh, vete homes and have become praact'- I'Where he • was also postmaster. In scally "one o n e o f the e family". Others s 188 8 he tne ve doL uc k no w and en - et 8Cquaintod girls at dames toredintoPartrete.ipwith Mr. I. remainder: f and entertainments put. on for the the Tema D: Cameron. For troops, , his days he resided in Lucknow, For the Canadians girl who has conducting a dry goo& business, and was 'highly regarded for,honest :soldier overseas, there seem her and ail ardent supporter .lie but one 'precaution to'' dealing,•, seems to' take-- send a continuous streani, of of all worthwhile civic activities. ]letters, mixed occasionally with box - Mrs. Murdoch and her two sons Lovell are now, •resi- Neither Do We Like.'.'. Hess:' Mrs. John Kennedy is very ill at present. Mrs. Clarence Hooey • is able to return home after' spending soma time -ill - in- Kincardine Hospital. .-' n't one could get milk with it, does - • nide iii her remarks, not only es • and photog apbs. And letters are Wilfred and v `: ration is one-third of the new Can quite ru _ �� rta�t`tlian boxes. . , dents .. , tit • me but also about Cana more impo h, adaan ration. Fried man if ... - tomatoes mein- abo d Of Toronto. Miss Ruby Moore of .13e'lmore is the guest of Mrs. James Watson of present. ' Mr. and 'Mrs. Samuel i'esbit of Kincardine were the • guests of Mr and Mra.. W. wJ. Carneron on Sun day: ' • Mrs. Rev, ifoneynian of, Durham is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Bert Humphries at present.- eltzer Mr. and 'Mrs..Arthur. m S are having a' -Water systein''instaIled in their home at present. Miss Mary Steele, spent' a couple of . days at the Moine of Mrs. Roas Black this week;• 1Vlr. Wttm. Nephew of Iincardine Sending out accounts. For one thing its expensive, and should not be re- • quired as .the label date will inform you when 'your subscription ex- pired. , FOUR EARLY RESPONSE TO THIS APPEAL IS REQUESTED: • • The . L ck neW Sentinel $2.00 a year in Canada. $2.50 to 'United States. was the guest of his: sister, Mrs. VV. ` °411111111111111111/111111.11111W ' - B. Steele on .Sunday.