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Lucknow Ont.,. Thu ifsday, May 7th, 1942
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Objective For Lucknow and District
Red Cross Branch Is $2,200.00
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i 9000,000 is required to carry on .EMPHASIS 'ON PURCHASE OF
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the work of The Canadian Red WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
Cross Society at home and overseas
,during the next year. The objective While the systematic and periodic
for :the. Province of Ontario is half purchase of War Savings Certifi-
of that 'amount or $4,500,000. ' The rates remains as ever, a vital means
objective for the Lucknow and Vic- of .'financing, Canada's war effort;
inity Branch of the Red Cross is emphasis is now being placed on
$2,200.00. the purchase of War Savings stamps
This <nation -imide campaign ycom- 'by thosewho have, not the means'
menses next Monday, May llthand to purchase certificates regularly.
will be completed within two weeks. By , concentrating on the sale of.
The local organization to canvas the stamps a "secondary" money than-
district will be set up -within a fe'v nel is tapped and which will en
days. courage more thrift ,than is at pres-
Bear in Mind that the Red Corss .•ent practised.
is . an agency of mercy. Unlike the The school children of Canada
.�` Canadian War Services . which pro- have been doing an outstanding job
vide hostels, entertainment and in purchasing stamps. They should
comforts for the armed services, the be encouraged in this, and- adults
Red Cross is an international or- could well emulate their example,
ganization for the relief of human by practising ' and promoting the.
suffering in time of peace,. as well purchase of War Savings Stamps.
Due to its international status the
Red' Cross must be supported, by
voluntary contributions, while other
War Service organizations are now
financed by thea Canadian ,.govern-
naent and.thus no longer need apply
for direct contributions.
There has beenno*Red Cross pub.
Ile, appeal for funds since October,
1940, but now the .need is urgent
for $9,000,000 ' and citizens ' of Can.
ada must. respond generously if .this
amount is to be raised. .
Parcels To Prisoners
One Qf the gigantic tasks assum-
ed by the Canadian .Red Cross is
• the shipment of parcels of food to
prisoners -o t -War. orty-thousand.
parcels, costing approximately $2.50
each, are shipped , weekly, and the
Canadian Red Cross • has been asked
to double this number:
It costs more than. $5,000,000 a
year alone to , supply ' parcels of food
and other necessities to prisoners-,
'
• ,ian, Hritrsh, Australian:an ew,w
Zealand Governments. It is only
through the Red C ,
ss that
ecan
Cross
t,t render any aid to those unfortunate
' men 'vvho lie in prison :camps.
Other Undertakings
The work of the Red Cross in
supplyinggarments for-. British
..
bomb victims and knitted comforts
for our armed forces on land, at sea
and in the air, . neednot be . em-
phasized. "It is well known to all,
and particularly so to the ladies of.
this district` and many other dis-
tricts , who sew, quilt and, knit . un-
T • , ceasingly.,,
The Red Cross Society is the only
medium through which information
regarding missing men ' can be ob-
tained.
The Society's blood donor service,
supplies blood serum, for overseas
needs, to save the lives of those who
shed their blood for 'us. , • '
The Society has to be prepared
to meet any war emergency that
may come to Canada on either coast,
er any civilian disaster within our
'country.
The Society serves the wounded,
the sick, bombed -out civilians and
suffering ,humanity . anywhere' its,
establishments operate. -
..Raise_]Eifty Dollars
The Lucknow Fire Company stag-
ed it's last dance until fall, in the.
Town Hall Friday night, which was
well patronized with the Company
benefiting in the amount of $55.00:
Proceeds will provide fountain pens
for local boys enlisting for active
service from time to time.
WAS 86 ON MONDAY I QUILTS FEATURE
Albert. Towle of Lucknow Obser-
ved his 86th birthday on Monday,
May 4th. He is still quite active and
enjoying good health. Mr. Towle
Was born near Embro and came to
Paramount with his father in 1875,
where he continuously .resided until.
retiring to Lucknow a few years
ago. Mr. Towle retained ownership'
of the farm at Paramount until last
year when the sold it to Cameron
Anniversary- Sunday .
Anniversary services in the Luck-'
' now •Presbyterian Church will lie
held on Sunday, with morning and
evening services conducted by. Rev.
D. J. Lane ' of Goderich: 'Mother's
Day will-be_o.bserved_at-.the Sun-
day School session:, in the afternoon.
° The Society recently raised
$750,000 to .send medical and relief
supplies to Russia.
4 • These are some of tint works of
mercy the Red Cross provides. Give
generously when the canvassers
call, and let's put the 'Lucknow and
Vicinity Branch over its objective
of. $2,200.
Specials in diens and boys overalls,
work shirts and pants. THE MAR-
. KET .STORE.
MISS= MOWBRAY IS
ASSISTANT' AT POST .OFFICE
"THANK GOD for • the Red Cross",
writes Sgt. Robert Alldrick, R. C.
A... F:, to a friend in Grimsby. Sgt.
Alldrick is a prisoner of war at
Camp, No. 43, Lager Bezeichnung,
'L rrlun saos: a '
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benefit we receive are weekly food-
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parcels which add food value other-
wise lacking; he said. Through 61the
International Red Cross in Geneva;
clothes for needy -prisoners and.
warm woollens and blankets, have.
made a severe winter more bear-
able, Other... , welcome.. coinfortsL, are .
cigarettes., books,. prayer books and
bibles, which the Red Cross prov-
ides: prisoners of war. Fifty cigar-
ettes a week is the number the Red
Cross trys to . provide. ,
Small: Turnout At.Dance
The Clansmen dance on Tuesday
night featuring Bob Wybrow and
his orchestra of London, drew a
rather small crowds and 'proceeds
were a little short of • meeting ex-
penses: • However it was pleasant
dancing on a floor that was not
,crowded, and the dancers were well
pleased with the music.. -
Sells Lorne Rink
• Mr. J. W. Henderson has' disposed
of the old skating rink to Chas,'Gil-
lespie, who will use the building
in Connection with his construction-
and
onstruction
and contracting busiriess. The old
building, known as Lorne rink, has
not been in use since the new arena
was built, but memories of many
spirited and exciting hockey battles,
with fans packed to the rafters, will
long be retained. ,
Off Sunday
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Hydro ro O Y
Y
and
Hydro will be off in Lucknowto
Ripley this' Sunday from 6 a.m.
1 p.m.•in order to cornplete the
change over to the higher voltage
which will give each municipalities
` a much improved system.
Specials in women's' Wash house
dresses, $i.19, $1.39, $1.49. The Mar-
' ket Store. '
OBITUARY
Miss Alba Mowbray; daughter of
Mr. and ..Mrs.: .Alex Mowbray of
Lucknow, is the assistant at the
local post office, having commenced
her duties on Monday,. Miss Mew -
bray 'succeeds red Steward who
leaves for Otte a the first of the
week . to join t Postal Corps.
Miss Mowbray has previously had
three years a*perience in post office
work, and , prior to accepting this
neve' position was an , employee of
the Bell Telephone Company at Mt.
Forest:..
Trout SeasiJn Open
The trout. seasonopened last Fri;
day, May lst, and enthusiastic fish-
ermen lost no time in droppin'% a
line in their favorite stream. Some
good catches of the' speckled beaut-
ies have been reported.
Change .Service Hour .
Mother's Daywill be observed at
the morning service in the United•
Church on Sunday and the evening
service withdrawn because : • of the
,Presby_terian• Anniversary, The fol-
lowing Sunday church service will
commence at 10.30 a.m. in the Un-
ited church and Sunday School , will
be held at 11.30 a.m.., immediately
following the service. The congre-
gation voted in favor of trying these
revised .hours of worship.
R. C. SHIPMENT
The April Red Cross, shipment of
the Lucknow and. Vicinity Branch(
featurfld the remarkable total of 96
quilts. The complete shipment was
as follows: 96 quilts; 20 ' sheets, 60
pillow slips; 15 .gauze handkera
chiefs; 10 knitted wash cloths;: 25
pair boys' pajamas, size 8; 5 wo-
men's night gown§; 10 units for 8 -
year -old boy,- each unit containing
1 blazer, 1 pair shorts, 1 slirt,a1
hand knitted sweater and", pair of
socks..
Kintail-Women's' Institute -3 pair
socks, five sweaters. Donated — 29,
quilts:
Kairshea Cluba-'4, blazers. Donat-
ed, 7 large quilts, »6 crib quilts.
Holyrood Red Cross -7 py it 'mitts;
1 scarf, 2 turtleneck sweaters, two
sleeveless. Donated -4 quilts.
Kinlough. Branch -2 shirts, .4 pr.
pajamas, 2' boys sweaters, 2 turtle-
neck sweaters, 5 pair socks: Don-
ated -1 quilt, 2c cribquilts, child's
knitted cap and'k:ox. .
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Kinloss Red Cross -2 boys shirts,'
6 blazers, 6 pair socks, 1 pair gloves,
'1 pair mitts.
Langside Red Cross -6 pair pa-
jamas, 1 blazer: Donated -14, quilts:
St. Hel'en's Women's Institute —
1 'turtleneck sweater, 2. sleeveless
sweaters, .9 boys sweaters,: 5 pair
socks, 4 night gowns: Donated 1
afghan, S.S. No. 4; 15 quilts.
Paramount , Women's Institute -1
turtleneck; 1 sleeveless, 1 boys'
sweater, 8 pair gloves. Donated -3
quilts.
PILOT OFFICER ART YOUNG
IS A PRISONER OF WAR ,
rs. Edgar -HdIlyman received-
wird
eceivedword on . Wednesday, announcing
that _Art Youngwas a prisoner of
war in Germany. He was reported'
to be well:
Late in March Pilot Officer Young
of the R.C.A.F.. was reported miss-
ing :after• air. opefations, and. •it is
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15`,r�rs well knowlo=naiy� ,
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having spent the• summers here for
a number of years• at the Hollyman
home.
DONALD B. MURRAY' ._.
In ' failing health for several,
'months, the death of Donald B.
Murray occurred at his home, Con-
cession 9, West Wawanosh on Sun-'
day. -
In his 84th year,.Mr.' Murray was
a .lifelong and well known resident
of the Township, beloved arid es-
teemed by all. He was the last sur-
viving member of a family of five
daughters and three sons of the late•
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Murray, nat-
ives of Scotland, and pioneer set-
tlers in West Wawanosh.
Mr. Murray for several years ser-
ved his' municipality as a member
of the Township Council and con-
cluded his municipal service in the
Reeve's chair. He was' a faithful,
member. of Erskine Presbyterian
church, Dungannon. For many years
he was chairman of the West Wa-
wanosh Board of Health.
He is survived by two sons, Ross
and Radcliffe, and a daughter, Mary
all at home. Fifty-three years ago
he was married to Mary Radcliffe,
who predeceased her husband eigh-
teeno .
ears ago. g
y
d at
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held The funeral service was
his late residence on Tuesday after-
noon conducted by Rev. Kenneth
MacLean of Wingham, ,in the ab-
'sense of his' pastor., Rev. f✓.rJh Mac-
Donald. Interment was in ,Dungan-
non Cemetery. Pallbearers •were
,John Cameron, George. McRoberts,
George and Joseph Stuart, Stewart
Reid ,and Albert Taylor..
LUCKNOW NATI'V'E' • PASSESr
Maude Hildreth Buckland, • wife
of Frank M. Buckland, of Kelowna,
passed away at, the family residence
on Friday, April 24th;
The deceased was the only daugh-
ter of Charles and Eunice- Secord
and was born at Lucknow, Ontario,
of United Empire Loyalist stock on
both sides of hee family.. In 1882,
chance; visit Suutons feed grounds
in November 8, 1898' she married
Frank • Morgan Buckland at Pilot
Mound, . Manitoba.
After visiting the Okanagan Val-
ley, Mr. and Mrs, Buckland settled
permanently in Kelowna in . April,
1904, -and the family have made
their home there since that date.
The deceased leaves three son's,
Douglas and Jack in :Kelowna and
Charles in Ocean Falls, B.C. • One
daughter, Frances, predeceased her
mother in 1917.
Funeral' services for, the late
Maude H. Buckland were held from
the Kelowna United Church Mon-
day, April 27th with Dr. W. NV. 11c -
Pherson. officiating.
Mrs. Buckland is »a niece of Mrs.
N. L. Campbell of Toronto and for-
merly of Lucknow.
TO ASK MINIMUM STIPEND
OF $2;000 PER YEAR,
In session at Kincardine on Tues-
day, Presbytery supported••: a resol-
ution asking the Hamilton Confer-
ence of the United Church to ap-
prove:.a-•five-year test -in. presbytery
of a plan by which each minister
will receive a 'minimum stipend of
$2,000.
Presbytery hopes to achieve this
by regrouping pastoral charges.
Each charge will pay its allotment
into a central presbytery fund and
from it clergy, Will be paid month-
ly, after national defence tax and
superannuation fees are deducted.
Congregations wishing to pay the
minister given charge ever theme
more than $2,000, can do §o by bon-
us, the committee suggested.
The committee was empowered to
bring in a workable report for the.
fall meeting of presbytery,.at which
in
time meeting
lin will be put into act o
P
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crouse
approves,
if cont
Presbytery also. went on record
as refusing to induct any , minister
into any charge which has not paid
the last pastor' in full and which
will not pledge itself to' pay.the in-
cumbent in full monthly. ,It was
• claimed 50. per cent of the charges.'
in Brude owed salary arrears to.
clergy. ' . •
SENIOR SILVERWOOD
EMPLOYEE RETIRES
Harry Anderson, senior • employee
of Silverwood Dairies, , Lucknow
concluded his association with the
Company on Saturday night. Harry
entered the Silverwood employ at''
Dungannon twenty-one years ago..
For several years he has, been in
charge of the down -town office in
L'uckrioW
4r, , Anderson has not been ' en-
joying good health for some time;
which forced him ;to • retire: ' froth
his job, `thee end of the week. He
had hoed to be able to'' carry •on
daringthe busy summer season, but
found it impossibleto do so.
To Purchase New Equipment
At a meeting of the Lucknow. Pipe
Band on Monday night it was de-
cided to purchase ' new hose and
new side drums. Last year the Band
came out in new plaids ' and kilts
and 'their' appearance will this sea-
son', be further improved by this
additional new regalia .and equip-
ment. ' .
Underwent ' Qperation'4
Miss Doris i' Ritchie, daughter of..
Mr. and Mrs. James Ritchie 'of town
underwent a thyroid operation in
Stratford General Hospitalon Mon.-
day.': Doris is a student nurse • at
Stratford Hospital and. for the past
few weeks. had been at her home
here prior . to the operation: Her
sister Mildred, went to Stratford on
Monday morning to be. with her. •
Stock Train Leaves Earlier
The Saturday • stock' train from
Kincardine . to Palmerston; connect-
ing for Toronto, now leaves Luck -
now on schedule at 4'.25 p.m.
POTATOES ADVERTISED FOR- •
SEED MUST BE CERTIFIED
The only. potatoes:: that can leg
ally be.. sold or advertised as seed
potatoes are potatoes that have been
1 ad t't off gI' `ff�
here,
b
ture, so we have been advisedy
a Department bulletin. .
Official tags are issued by the De-
partment- of=Agriculture... for the__no
tatoes that are. certified as seed.
.0h these tags the words "Certified.
Seed Potatoes" are printed in bold
APRIL HEAT
SET RECORD`
In 55 years that official weather
records have been kept in this com-
munity, Thursday of last week,
April '30th, ' set a new heat record
for" that month, when the mercury
soared. to 86 degrees.
During the last seven days of
April the maximum 'temperature
never dropped. below 70 degrees.,and
ganged from that '.point to the 86 -
degree record. Growth has' been re-
markable, aided :materially by 'rain-
fall on Thursday, and again on,' Fri-
day, May lst and on ,Sunday. Many
fruit trees 'are in bloom and with
colder weather the first of this week
thefear of damaging frost is now
the chief concern. '
Although the last . week of April
brought excessive heat, it also.
brought snow earlier in the rribnth
totalling five inches. Rainfall was
light during "the month of show-
ers" -and amounted to 'scarcely more
than one inch. The month generally
speaking was an unusually pleasant
one, with Old Sol shining- • for most
Of 21 days out of the thirty.
-L-ast--Thursday's-heat; -record --in-
vites a comparison of other April.
heat waves. Back on April 28, 1888
an 83 -degree temperature was rec-
orded. In • mid-April 1896. on , the
lath; 17th, lath, there •were, three
successive days, of:82 and 83 degree
temperature, and the late Malcolm
MacDonald,official observer' at that
time, recorded in his book that the
pastures were very good at that.
early 'period.
April 29th, 1899 takes second
place in the heat records with a
temperature of 85 degrees..1921 and
1925 'also had hot April days,. over
the 80 mark. 'While last Thursday
set an "all-time" high, the previous
Sunday wasn't far behind with an
83 -degree temperature.
TO HARD SURFACE MORE
VILLAGE ROADS
Continuing the program , of hard
surfacing village roads, the Village
Council on Tuesday night mapped
out the streets to .be treated this
year.
They include . Davison's Hill;'
Gough St. from Stauffer to Outram,
which is from the north end pave-
ment to the corner. at .the' Mitchell
residence; and Outram'St. from the.
old Post Office 'corner, south • one
block and east to Havelock. St., at
the McCharles corner.
1 COMING EVENTS
DANCE AT PARAMOUNT
Dancing every Friday night at
Paramount. 'Carruthers orchestra,
Admission 35c. Door prizes.
EUCHRE &. DANOE AT BELFAST.
Will be held on Wednesday, May
i3th at Archie Nicholson's,, Belfast.
Ladies with =lunch free. Gents—sil-
ver collection. 1
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES
Anniversary services will be held
in the Lucknow Presbyterian church
on Sunday, May 10th with services
at -11 a,m, and 7 pan. Rev. D. J.
Lane, B.A., of Goderich will''be the
guest speaker morning and evening.
Special music by: the choir.
Dance
Under Auspices Lucknow
Agricultural Society
IN THE TOWN HALL
Lucknow
Fri., :May8
Lunch Counter
1VIacIKENZIE'S ORCHESTRA
ADMISSION -35c
letters. One of these tags must be
attached to each container of seed
potatoes.
An official certification number
is stamped on each tag.. By -this
msbiber the Department of Agricul-
ture knows, and will inform the
buyer -upon request; the name and
address of the grower who produced
the seed potatoes.
An advertisement for seed pot-
atoes, must, to conform' with the de-
structive insect and pest act, refer to
certified seed potatoes. If it does
not, the advertisement is illegal, and
persons in any way responsible for
the advertisementare liable to pros-
ecution. •
New Preparation Room
Mt. W. J. Davison has completed
the addition of a ,new and modern-
ly equipped preparation room ,at the
rear of his undertaking parlors.
KINLOSS FARMER
WAS HEAT VICTIM
-Believed, to have been a victim
of the excessive heat, George Mur-
ray of Langside was found dead on,
his farm late Friday night by neigh-
bors who were. searching for him.
` Mr, Murray, who was 60 years of
age, lived alone on. his farm just
north of Murray's School. in . the
Langside comnitinity. About eleven
o'clock" 'on Friday morning *rank
Miller, a neighbor, had- seen Mr.
Murray going out' to sow'grass seed
with• a hand'seeder. 'That was' the
last he was seen, alive.. m
That ' night when the Miller fam-
ily failed to' notice a ' light at Mr.
Murray's home, Frank went to in=.
vestigate. He found they, house lock-
ed. M. Murray was not at the stable
and the chores were not done which
was: very unusual and aroused fear
that something was wrong:
Frank went for Jim Macintosh
and Jack Crowston and the three
men commenced a search of . the
farm. At the edge of a field they
found the bag of grass' seed and Mr.
Murray's straw hat, and shortly ' af- `'
-terwards; ai--about 11.30, discovered
his lifeless body in the. same field,
lying face downward and with the
seeder . still strapped• on his
back..: .
Coroner Dr, G hies. efaTeeswater
attributed death to' be due to• the
excessive heat, ,and. decided no in-
quest was necessary. • His . death is.
believed to have occurred early In
the afternoon.
Mr. Murray, a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas .Murray was', a
lifelong resident of Kinloss. He was'
a good neighbor, quiet and • unas-
suming and very industrious, work-
ing long hours on his farm, where
he had lived alone since, the death.»
of his brother Joe, just a year ago.
He is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. Wm. McDonald (Jennie) Hart -
Baptismal Service ney, Man.; •'Mrs. Ford Cherry ('Liz -
At the morning service .in the Un zie) `Dodsland, Sask.;. and Mrs. Jas.
ited Church.on Sunday, Rev. J. W. Switzer (Kate); Firland, Sask. '
taw ,co�ny„dueted he baptismal of The funeral service was held in.alwa
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Mr.
and Mrs Gordon Taylor. Pres • d ty afternoon, . condueteck 'by PJB`'' '
ent at the ceremony were Sandra's G. A. Barnard: Interment was in `
godparents, ° Mr. and Mrs. H. C..Tiffin's Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Bugg..of London. John Craig, Price ; Scott; Myles Me-
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Millan, James McIntosh, John Crow=
Underwent Operation ' ston and Frank Miller.
•Miss . Marion MacDonald has. notof his life.
Rev. Barnard , spokefor his
'enjoingood health :for a of :self sacrifice in caring.
beenenjoying brother Joe, who was handicapped
time and when her condition be-
came more serious on Sunday she throughout. life; of his faithiulcat=
was taken to Vicvtoria Hospital, tendance at the church services and
was taken ' fbi. Victoria' Hospital of his willingness to help in church
London, where she underwent a. work. During the service Mr. Gar;
major operation on Tuesday. net Farrier sang the .:solo "Good
Night and Good Morning".
BORN :
HOUSTON--At-Holyrood on Mon-
day, April 27th, to Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Houston, a son.
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LOCKRIDGE—In Winghani Gener-
al Hospital bii Wednesday, April 22,:
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to Mr. and Mrs Alf. , J. Locnrridge,
(nee Myra MacDonald), aa so
DICKSON—At Alexandra Hospital,
Goderich, on April 24th, 1942, to Mr.
and Mrs. 'Melvin' Dickson, R.R. 1,
Dungannon, a son.
Attended District Gathering
Several members of the local
Branch of the Canadiar' Legion
were in Kitchener on Sunday at-
tending a district gathering of this
organization. Those from' Lucknow
included George -Burgess, George
Hassal, Peter!Carter, N. H. Hedley,
Bert Ward, Dr. C. Evely, Wm. Dah-
mer and' Noble Johnston.
FORMER KINLOUGH RECTOR
IS 'ARMY CHAPLAIN
Held hobby Slrow
The Bowmanville -Lion's Club re -
cently held their •4th annual hobby
show, with more than 2,500 entries.
Andrew M. 'Thompson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Thompson of Duck -
now, and principal of Bownianville
public school is originator and chief
sponsor 'of the •show.
Rev. F. C. McRitchie, rector of
St. Thomas Anglican'church, Walk-
erton, • and former rector at Kin -
lough has • been appointed as an
army- _ chaplain : with the rank of
Honorary, Captain,
Following hie recent appointment
he was requested to report at once,
and. on Sunday morning preached
his farewell Service at Walkerton,
leaving that afternoon for Valcart-
ier, Quebec, where . he will be_ sta-
tioned, , '
Rev. McRitchie Was rector of the
Bervie-.Kinlough - Kingarf parish
prior to going to Walkerton on April
1st, 1940.
Mrs. McRitchie will spend a short
tithe at her home at Sombra before
joining her husband at the Quebec
training centre, where she will re-
main until such time as, Capt. Mc -
Ritchie leaves for overseas.
CAR DESTROYED . BY FIRE
OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Snider of Dear-
born, Mich., were unfortunate in the
loss of their automobile on Sunday
morning. They had attended the
'marriage reception of Mr. Snider's
brother Saturday evening . and on
returning home left -the car by » e
house in the driveway as us al.
Aboutseveno'clock a passing news-
boy- saw smoke pouring from the
car and aroused, the family, who
with the assistance of a neighbor's
car, quickly pushed the smoking
vehicle away from, the house. It
m Y
r' 'mediate) burst into. •flames and
the
e loss. Only
bY
is a complete
prompt action of the Dearborn Fire
Departmentwas the residence and,
nearby homes saved.
who is 'a son-in-law
Mr. Snider,
of Mr. Kenneth Cameron, carries
insurance so hopes to\seon replace
the Toss of his, car. The .cause of the
fire is ,unknown.
Horse Ran Away
McMiillan's delivery horse figured.
in a short, but sensational runaway'
on' Tuesday morning. Dashing down
the sidewalk on the north, side of
the main street business section, the
steed was brought to , a sudden halt
as the two -wheel cart caught on the
cornerof the. Johnstone Block at
Murdie's Alleyway. The cart was
somersaulted to the curb 'striking
the front of Herb, Miller's parked
car, but there was little or no dam-
age, with theexception of some
broken harness. Two .little tots that
Were on 'the 'street had a narrow
escape from being run down near
the drinking fountain.
Suffered 'Fractured Hip
Knocked down" while assisting a
neighbor to put a calf in the barn,;
John Barger of Lucknow suffered
a fractured hip. lie was removed
to a London Hospital for . treatnient.
Former 'Residents Visit Here
Mr, and Mrs, George Bower, Sr.,
Mr. and Mrs. George Bower,, Jr.,
and son Laurie of Toronto called
on of • friends here on Tuesday. Mr.
an Mrs. Bower Sr., (nee Flossie
• :► .:)ton) - were former .Lucknow
residents, who have resided per-
manently in Western Canada, since
1910. Mr'. Bower sold his business
in Alberta recently and he and Mrs.
Bower have been visiting for a tune
with their,'son in Toronto and may
remain in Ontario.
\
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TookGod , rvlces
Rev. C. H. ' Dickinson of Toronto
and formerly of.Zion,, conducted an-
niversary services at North Street
I. United church, Goderich on Sunday.
Rev. and. Mrs. Dickinson and their
son were week -end guests at, the
home of his mother, Mrs. W. P.
Reed and Mr. Reed. '