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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-06-18, Page 1P?.0,0 A YEAR.— ADVANCE 50e EXTRA, TO U. S. A,,. C ori! Lucknow Ont.jhursciay, June 18th, 1942 FR1 ENDS HONOR •BRIDES-TO-BE. During the past week•, very pleas- ant ' pre -nuptial events have been The funeral service will be., held at , held in Lucknow in honor of Miss his 'late residence in. Lucknow on Arabelle -Cameron and, 'Miss Mar- Friday at 2.30 o'clock with interment ,in Greenhill Cemetery. Mr. Cole was taken tp .Kincardine Hospital .ten daysago: Hie Condi PASSED AW' -A. IN. •KINCARDINE HOSPITAL•. The death. of Mr. Frank Cole • of L.ucltnow occurred early Wednesday morning in . Kincardine Hospital. garet MacCallurn, .Tune brides -elect: On Friday. evening Mrs, Cameron .. 1lrlacporiaid, `Mrs; Russel{ ' Rabertson e �' and ' Mrs: Wesle • Joynt were •j:oiret', • . y tion • was' quite critical,' but since" hostesses' at Mrs: MacDoniald's hoar . ' _ then had considerably, improved, t. . for a presentation. in honor of 'Miss until -sufferinganotherz'heart seiz'ttre Margaret MacQarlur i, of St. Marys • • r. , on Tuesday, - . whose marriage to Mr, - Oscar' Case• • • more of Stratford'is a coming event;• . • in June. . . During the .evening fortunes were • read, • and a "mock • wedding" per- . ---- • formed; -With Mrs. Joynt •as the pas- • MRS. WALTER• SCOTT, tor, • Miss. Marion McDougall the . The Langside district was sad- : 'bride and - , Mrs. W. , Huston, • the- doted on Monday; June •8th, by the: ,.,e tr. Mrs. I•Ielena Sheriff •of Put- death of 'Mrs.: Walter Scott, a' life- man gave- a 'splendid reading. • • long resident of thatcommunity, The gift to the bride-to-be ' was . w'ho was in her.' 76th year. a lovely . walnut •coffee table. After • Mrs. Scott was formerly Dorothy a••dainty .lunch,..Mrs. Newton ee- Alice'•Wr•aith, daughter ,of the • late •conipanied ' the singsong • "The • Bells' Thomas Wraith, and Annie McMan- of St. Marys",. • • • ' us., . Langs.ide district. pioneers, and Shower On Monday* • .. was been .on the,•farm now occupied • On Monday evening a miscellan-y her'brother, Wm. Wraith. Forty, " eous--ahow'et-was--hes' ae -tire hpme-meg years age slit rrrarrfrd-Walter Campbell' Th ni Son in hon have of Mrs. Camp o p, . Scott of .Langside where they, or of Miss Arabelle. Cameron, whose Ace continued to reside; and were ' marriage to Mr. ; Nelson Bushell held in the highest' esteem. . takes -place, in the . 'United •:Church,., AstiVe- in • church yro k, 'Mrs. ' • Lucknow, late in June.' Scott was' a member of the. former Called in, as she was:,passing by, 'Methodist•'Church and later of the' Miss,. Cameron, was taken completelyUnited . Church," Whitechurch. The by surprise to find twenty-five lad-' funeral .'service, . held at her late ies awaiting • bier arrival, to greet residence 'ons Wednesday; was coil -her to the strains: of "Here Comes •ductect by her pastor, Rev: .q.. A. • The 'Bride". Axabelle was called 'Barnard; assisted by'Rev,. Mr. Wil- upon to.open many lovely gifts' that son of ' La'rigside.' Interrnent was in wrere assembled foher and the re- Tiffins m eceeteryewith immediate mainder, of the, evening was spent neighbors acting as pallbearers; "Win." ' ' playing' bridge;, 'after- which .lunch ' Brown,, Roderick' Ross, -Robert Don- was served •by 'the hostess: ' .' ' aldson, John Crowston, Fred Tiffin • and Wesley Tiffin. • • -.Besides her , bergaeAed_Thusband, Mrs. Scott is survived by. seven sons, Whitfield of.. Larder. Lake; Gordon of 'Ripley,• David of the Royal, Can • adian' Ordnance Corps of Toronto, 'Harvey at home, George of Wing - ham, Bill at home and James•of the •16ya1 Canadian Ordnance. Corps in Engl .. r• d. • . • - 4 ':V, ers Were, sent b The Neigh OBITUARY ''Wheat ..Over Five Feet • • • - Wheat' growing on the ,farm •of R: • J. MacKenzie; Lochalsh, when} meas- •ured - the first .of . the week, has at- tained * height .of 5 'feet,. 41/2 inches. •Of :course the whole field' doesn't . stand that high',. but . it serves 'to .show theremarkable'growth. Wheat .'is heading. out and another•' farmer eo Mg hasn't:. .yet. started. in am� Attending Assembly ':. ' Mrs. James 'Smith, a delegate of. Jewel Rebekah Lodge, is this' week attending the Rebekah .Assembly being ' held. in the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, and will also 'visit in Hamilton with herkdaughter., Mrs. J. H. Fensham and Mr. Fenshain. BORN MacKENZIE—At South Porcupine General Hospital on Friday, June 12th, to Mr. and•Mrs. T. L. MacKen-, zip, Schumacher, a son, Alexander Wesley. I • • BROOKS—In Kincardine Hospital; on Sunday June 14th to • Mr,. • and Mrs. ;l-lary y Brooks, a daughter. VICTIM .OF RAILWAY CRASH WAS NATIVE OF ASHFIELD Last.' week we reported the death of Y C. Gordon MacKenzie, age • 54 years, of Vancouver, who was killed in a railway accident late in May in British: Columbia. Mr. MacKenzie has been identi fied as a son of the late Kenneth .George MacKenzie.. and a grandsoa of the late ' George MacKenzie • of Ashfield. Gordon 'was born on the farm now owned by Wm. Bucking- ham, Concession 12, 'Ashfield,. but left 'there as a youngster' with his parents, who moved to Portage La • Prairie. • ' . ' Mr'. MacKenzie's mother is still. living iri Winnipeg, and some ten • . years or more ago, visited in Ash• fie!' a c leer darrghter- Winnifred of ' Winnipeg, and who sinde then was,killed instantly when struck, by a ar in that city. Besides his mother, Gordon Mac- Kenzie is survived . by a brother, Russell of Vancouver and a sister, Hazel of Winnipeg. • ' One Of The Best Yet ' . Coral MacDonald ,has hooked one of the finest specirriens of speckled trout caught this season.,'This beauty 4 Measured 14 inches 'and tipped the scales at approximately a pound and • a , half: And we heard • one ' ardent fisherman ask that 'ni,st useless of all questions, "Where'd he get it?3Y' RURAL 'SCHOOL COMPETITIONS TO FEATURE FALL FAIR I.. Lucknow Fall Fair in September will be featured '6y a program of rural school'' competiti"orrs, as well, at a -sports program open tei all school pupils. Liberal prizes are •be- • ing offered. , ' Rural teachers will receive a list • of the events prior to the close of the present term, so that plans can be made for taking part in these 'events in, $epteniber. �.,,..5itsf , 1. - Attending . -.MATH-ER ALL® DN LANDED IN KI'NLOSS. A' weather balloon, the.•property the e United States Gaver`nment,' came to earth on the farm of Mr.; and Mrs. Jacob Eekenswillerr, Con. 1.0, Kinloss 'early Sunday inerning. The, balloon was sent ` up by the. , U. S. • weather bureau at Wayne County Airport,. -Detroit at .eleven. p'elock on Saturday': night, and made ..a quick . crossing,' for -it, was disco:v- ,erect by• Mrs. Eckenswiller at; six o'clock the following morning, when her 'att'ention West drawn to the red ,silk parachute flrating above the barn. . It was reason to cause this e d ' 'erly lady some concern, and no doubt one's' first thoughts 'would" associate it ,with some. Jap or Ger- man treachery. • To the helioonwas attached a sel 'covered instrument- box .and ' a conglomeration . of wires: - While in the air the instruments act as a radio broadcaster of the tempera- tore,= pressure and- moisture, of • the atmosphere through nthich it passes The balloon ascends to a distance eeraboutetweiveennies-Wreneit-buTeeM 1 to earth and is gently fleeted by the red silk parachute about the size of an extra large 'umbrella. The in- strument Nix became tangled in a fence on the Eckenswiller farm. while the parachute 'floated . about forty feet overhead; until it war ,pulled down. • Instructions were enclosed in the instrumento ;box for , returning the, outfit to the Weather bureau, ;with a reward of $1.00'offered for so do- Mr.. Jack Colwell -brought " the equipment into town on 'Monday planning to return,,it to Detroit for Mrs. Eckenswiller: PRINCESS ALICE CHATTED WITH MISS MURIEL. BLAKE Miss Muriel Blake chatted pori Monde* with Her Royal Highness, the Princess Alice as she inspected the new $1,000,000 wing of Victoria 1., r ---e ct "il isni e �ztlrli�tal�-1Tou� �� S.; McPherson . family,, Mr. Graham Pinkney; Mr. and Mrs: G. Stanley, Mr. -end= hers. Alex McAuley, Mr. Wm, Wraith and family, Mr. and Mrs.' Lloyd ,Stein, Mrs. ' Alma Fal- coner, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wraith, Mr: and Mrs.. J. Wraith and Gertie, Mr. and Mrs. H. Kirkby, Mr. • and Mrs. John Scott and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott, Mr. Walter Mc Gowan. JAMES ROSS The death of' Mr. James Ross, a highly respected citizen. of Kinloss• township, occurred in Kincardine General Hospital on Saturday last, following a prolonged illness. Mr. Ross, who was -in his 85th year, was born near' Whitechurch.. When 'a young man he came to re- side on. Lot 3, concession 8, Kinloss, where he spent the remainder of his life. In 188a he was married to Flora Mcllvride, who predeceases him . in 1929. They were not blessed with a family but during their lifetime proved ideal foster parents tw four young people, Ellen McMurchy, Ethel Caisley, Sydney .Hewitt and Robert 'McDonald, the . list harked remaining with Mr. Ross to . the end. • He was° .greatly esteemed in the community; as a man of integrity and his friends were legion. For many years he was an elder in Knox Presbyterian church, Ripley. For the •Past • twenty 'years he has been a faithful member-. of Kinlough Presbyterian Church and • while health permitted he was regular in attendance at the services. 'F-Te_hicieenioyed a,measure of good health until a short time before„ his death, when the weight of years of ardent toil weakened his physical frame,( He . vas lovingly cared for by Mr, and Mrs. Robert McDonald, until his removal to the hospital; Where he peacefully' passed away on Saturday. The - funeral was held from his late home on Monday afternoon and was :attended' by many, who truly felt they had lost a real friend. Ser- vices were 'conducted , by. Rev. 11. F. Darin, pastor of Kinlough Pres- byterian Church. Interment was made in Kinloss Cemetery. The,pall- bear,ers were: Donald McPherson, Homer Harris; Richard Baker, Mac Ross, Robert Ross, Sr. and Robert Ross, Jr. • He is survived by one sister Kath- erine and one brother Robert J. Rae's of 'Whiteehurcb Sow Raising Litter of 18 . On• the farm; of John 1VIcQuillin, West,.Wawanos`n, there is a sow -that -is doing her share to supply bacon fo.r Britain. Mrs. Pig recently 'gave birth to a .litter . of 18 little Yonkers; and is raising them all. Theayoun:g. pigs 'are now nearly two weeks old and all are doing well. HELD BIRT1i DAY $ARTY' l MRS. MaoGUIRE'S. •HONOR. A 'pleasant event held at the home of Mrs. Wm. Hamilton, Sec- ond . Concession;. on ,'June, .6th, on the occasion of the birthday of her mother, . Mrs: 'SamuelMCGuireY A- mong. those present ..at the birthday party,: were three ,.:.octogenarians, Mrs:, McGuire; Mrse.' W. A. Hamilton and' 'IVlrs. -. James R:oulston; whoe are eighty-one; eighty-two and eighty. - three: years •old; ;respectively;., and all, :exceedingly, sneart.- . RED "CROSS -NOTES Wool Available The_R.ed_ Cross for knitting sleeveless sweaters, gleves, turtleneck,tuckins, aero caps and •socks.. Will you please get your summer's knitting • wool at once. Sewing Wanted At Once' • All finished sewing ,is,.required to be turned in at once. All'sewing that cannot be cor°npleted before next Tuesday; June • 23rd; •must also he turned in. as .Well. Only Few Volunteers MADE FIRST- PR.I•ZE DRAW SATURDAY• - Lucicriow merchants held• • their first of a 'summer seriesof prize draws on Saturday .evening " with Roy McCreight announcing the win- .nefs after , Harry.' McQuillin had made" the • draws. 'Roy did the "broadcasting"' from McKfm's bal.. cony, ".and when .Roy. . calls• 'em there is ,no need fora megaphone.. • • ' Ten dollars In prize money is. of- fered 'weekly,- and unclaimed prizes . have a • double value the following ' week. Only'three of the'six winners on •Saturday'night • claimed their prizes: The second 'draw Will be add this Saturday. •• The winning tickets were as fol- lows: ist, Mrs. Irvine Henry, R. 2,' Lucknow; • 2nd, Harry Anderson, Lucknow; 3rd, • Mr's. Frank .Scott, ;Ripley; 4th, Mrs. W:.Horne, . Luck - now; 5th, Miss Bertha Stimson, Lucknow; 6th, Redvers• 'Johnston, Lucknow. The 'prizes have a.: value of $5.; $2., $1.; $1., 50c' and .50c, re- spectively. Third, fourth and 'fifth • prizes were .not claimed. Oddly• enough two of the winners, Harry Anderson Band •Redvers John- ston, were "chin'ing , together in front of the Sentinel Office, but, in turn pricked Up their ears as .first one name was called and -then the other.. • The appeal last 'week to all ladies e_wh4_oouJ,!cl=' e for hP1g iZa f'liin an emergency Red•. Cross• quota, was rather disappointing. There.' were a few e volunteer .workers. responded, but for the moist part it• is the'reg- ular workers who' are endeavouring to • fill this. emergency order on Schedule. •ENGAGEMENTS . Mr: and, Mrs; Gordon ' Jamieson Of Lucknow, wish to I announce' the engagement -of 'their. only 'daughter, Mary Isabelle to Pte. J. G. Splen, on -act'i've service with the 'Canad•ian Dental Corps, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Splan of Kincardine. The • marriage • to take ' place • the' 'latter Part of Juner Mr. and: Mrs. Wm• MacKenzie. wish to announce • the engagement of their •daughter,,,'J.ean H.', to Mr Robert Edward McQuillan of Ham- ilton.. • _ Q - =•ice,,.. ,,.. Ashfield; hasrabeen a patient in I P �v�sr��>: toria Hospital since the fall of 1937, when she ,was left totally paralyzed as the result of 'infantile paralysis. Muriel still spends each night in, the. respirator; and when told of this Princess Alice sympathized. "It must be good to' be out of it” -•The Free' Press camerman photographed Her Highness at , Muriel's 'bedside. • . The visit to Victoria Hospital took place . on . the occasion of the first official visit to London of Canada's Governor-General, the Earl of Ath- lone, and his consort; the. Princess Alice. NAVY LEAGUE. TAG DAY SA'I'D RDAY p ' The Ontario Division of the Navy League of Canada'is holding its Tag Day in Lucknow on.Saturday, June 20, and.'as patriotiii citizens of a coin munity allowed to live, in peacewe should do alL,in our power' to • sup- port this increasingly active war service organization. The Navy Lea- gue . is- charged by the 'Canadian Government :with looping after the welfare of the .ten of the Mercan- tile Marine: • On Saturday taggers will ask you to buy a tag to enable the Navy League to carryon its glorious work. Do not ignore them! Men ' of the sea must stick to the task whatever comes because.' air- men and infantrymen and civilians in a dozen distant corners of the world are waiting, sometimes very desperately, for the cargoes they've Sorn they'll deliver! ; r - They don't always get to .their. destination not. all of them! This anonymous piece of prose - poetry kind, of hits us sitting in our comfortable and peaceful homes. It reads: "One's heart is sore. and .one needs must weep for the men left in an open boat. upon the 'deep; The' open boat where the valiant die, their •only roof -covering, the pityingsky; After days of famine and thirst and dread, the treacher- ous ocean round them spreads;, Scorched by blazing sun, or chill- ed by icy breeze -0 God, be grac- ious -to men like these; Though bombs are frightful, torpedoes are worse; Surely there a soul-des- troying curse, for the fiends who would leave, ' brave men afloat on storm -tossed seas in' an open boat! That's what thousands of our riser= 6hant seamen "'risk, and •hundreds' of them have undergone, in•their,work of trying to get the goods through! That's why the Navy League feel that they cannot do enough for• them in the way of ,accomodation when they cine ashore, 'arid woollens and ditty bags and magazines and com' forts when they're afloat -The Navy, League cannot do anything without yotie help, though! 'SALES ARE . NUMEROUS The Sentinel Office. window "plastered”' with auction , sale bills; which is rather unusual in June. To beat the. opening of the haying seas: on four sales are billed for this d'is . trict within the next few days. On Friday of this week sales are being held at Walter Scott's at Langside and at Russ Bissett's. in :Ashfield • :: MONCREIF—BIS5ETT On Saturday Alex Reavie is holding 1, . a sale of farm implemen 'etty-iued'dmg-vras-ecrleni rrized on Wednesday„' .June • 10th • at the home of thebride's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Russell Bissett, Ashfield, when' Margaret Elizabeth :(Reg.N.) wase united in marriage to George-Al- fred eorge Al- fred Moncreif, soh : of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Moncreif of Laura, Sask. Rev. Dr. Rhoad officiated.' The bride en- ter-ed-the-reetn-alt: the-a-#feher .APPOINTEb- :SECRETARY -OF HURON BRUCE ASSOCIATION The annual meeting of the Huron- Bruce Liberal Association was held in Wingham Town •Halllast Friday with'a small attendance and no- thing of importance requiring to be dealt with. • ' Murdoch Matheson of Ashfield was. re-elected president; - as were al' other offieers with•the exception of the secretary. J. R McNab of Luck. now was elected to this office suc- ceeding L. C, Thompson. An intinicipar chairmen arid vice chairmen were re -appointed.• , WEDDING BELLS EMMERTON—JOHNSTON At the home of Mr. and Mrs.. John Johnston of, Kinloss Township a pretty summer wedding was sol- emnized when Rev. E. Beech of ley united' in marria'gq. their eldest daughter, Irene Gladlks;' to Pte. Chester Emmerton, R.C.Q.C. • 'of Kingston, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Emmerton of •Huron Township.. The wedding marclf,°`was played by Mrs: Harold_ Courtney. en -;m thatriage by -hem- father; the bride wore a floor -length gown ,of white silk sheer crepe a with long veil . and carried .pink roses. Miss Evelyn Courtney, cousin of the groom, . was bridesmaid, gowned in pink taffeta and carried white and pink peonies. Stanley Johnston; 'bro- • ther of the ' bride, *as groomsman . A weddingdinner. was served to immediate friends after. which Mr. and. Mrs. Emmerton„left by motor for Niagara Falls and other points, the bridetravelling in . beige coat trimmed' with brown • with rhatcii• ing .accessories.. . now, and next Tuesday George Col Well is holding a' sale of farm stock, and if the farm is sold, so will the implements: Mr. Reavie has accepted a position in Sarnia where he is now employed and has • discontinued his implement business here, - DANCE AT PARAMOUNT Dancing every Friday night at Paramount. MacKenzie's . orchestra; Admission 35c. Door prizes. WEBSTER PICNIC: • The, Webster Picnic will be held, in Harbor Park, Goderich, on Sat- urday' afternoon, June 20th, 1942. LEGION DANCE In the Town Hall, .Lucknow, on Friday, June .26th. : Three lucky prizes for the ladies. Carruthers or- chestra. Admission 35c., DANCE AT _ZION. 'Plan to attend the dance- at Zion Hall, under auspices •of L:O.L. 1044, on .Thursday of next week, June 18. Carruthers •orchestra. Lunch served. General admission 35e, ' AFTERNOON TEA The members of Mrs. Thompson's. group of the United Church W. A. are having an afternoon tea onFri- day, June 1.9th, at the home of Mrs. W. B. Anderson. Tea' will be served from 3 to 6. E'tieryone is invited. • SALE OF 'WORK The Women's Guild of St. Peter's Chug ch are holding a sale of work and white elephaht sale in Camp- bell's barber shop ' Saturday, June 20th item 3.30., , Tickets will be drawn on the ,'quilt on display 'at -Templeton's: ANNIVERSARY SERVICES Annn.iversary services will be held at Zion op Stinday. June 21st at 2.30 ariclel.30 p.m. Guest speaker, Rev. Andrew Lane of Clinton. Special music including a duet at the after- noon service by Mrs. J. Hall and Miss Jean MacMillan and a vocal trio in the evening, by • Mrs. Hall, Miss. MacMillan and Miss B. Rob- ertson. • TRAVELOGUE AT LANGSIDE Anniversary Services will be held in Langside Presbyterian Church, Sunday' June 2'1 st at 11 a.m. -and 7.30 p.m. Rev. Dr. W, O. Rhoad of Ash-. field will be the guest speaker:. On Monday evening, June .22nd; aii ill- ustrated: travelogue, "Canada the Unknown", will be given by Rev. Dr. •K. Hunter Palmer of Palmer- ston, at 8.30 p.m. Admission: Adults 25 cents; children • 15 cents: LAWN -SOCIAL " A lawn social will be hid' at' the South Kinloss Manse on I 'Wednes- day evening, 'July let, commencing at 8 o'clock. The'sbcial is under the auspices .of the Y.P.S. An excellent program is, being arranged and re- freshnients will be served. Tire ad mission is 35c. 11(414.41411161'd, -411100 FOR THE VETERANS' GUARD . ,The local' branch of the Canadian Legion has been advised . that 1,000 more ' linen are needed immediately to fill the ranks of the Veteran's Guard, which The Legion helped to firrm... : • " Qualifications •require that re- cruits be ex -service men of the Great War. having . honorable dis- charge; not more than 50 'years of age; must pass the medical .exam- ination within the.;raange allowed for; the Veterans' Guard and be pre- pared to serve anywhere in Canada or overseas. • M. L•A. BRINGS WAR WORK TO LUCKNOW Local residents will ' be glad to learn that a substantial amount of war material is now flowing steadily frim the Iocal aircraft factory; for we have all. watched with interest the progress of the Maple Leaf 'Air- craft Air- craft ' Corporationince. the time they took over the, plant of the former, Lucknow' Table Company. A, well equipped metal shop is producing turned parts to fine tol- erances while the new foundry is `turning out castings iri considerable quantity. ' • - In the Aircraft division an lir- plane designed completely by ;the M. L. A. company isnearing conn pletion. It is even more satisfying to ;note that the .company is using local men as much as is possible, training them into skilled !machinists and ;aircraft technicians.' The company is already planning for peace time production, so it is likely that the beneficial: ef- fects on . the town will be perman- ent. Local residents interested in the progress of their town 'should" be proud of the industry which is turning out the "Tools to win the war, and give it their full co-opera- tion. Those who have had the oppor- tunity of seeing through the plant, have been very pleasantly surprised at the improvements that have been Made to the building • and the amount of new equipment and new machinery installed. But all the improveihents are not confined to within the building. `At present work is underway to im- prove the plant surroundings, both from a point of usefulness and at- tractiveness, and to provide a prop= ter approach to the building a side- walk is being applied for. Transferred To Chatham • John Prest, , son of. Mr. and Mrs. V. N. Pest of .Lucknow, has been transferred from 4Walkerville to the Chatham Blanch of the Bank of Montreal. wectori'ng-mare4• pay r ;- Johnston, aunt of the bride. The bride ' was charmingly 'gowned' in. turquoise blue sheer, with white ac: cessories. Her corsage was of . white roses and forget -me -note: Her only" attendant, Miss Marjorie, Bissett; -sister • of the bride, .was -gowned in' printed beige silk With beige acces- eories and corsage Of talisman roses. Mr. Frank Young of Goderich was best Irian. , Following the ceremony a dinner was' served. to immediate relatives. The bridal couple left amid showers of confetti on a trip through South- ern Ontario. For travelling the bride wore a grey tweed suit ,*with acces- sories to match. On their return they will reside in .Goderich. Prior to her marriage, . the nurses gathered at the home of Mrs. I. Papernick to honor the bride -elect at -'a miscellaneous shower: Miss Fern • Cranston also enter- tained the bride • at a pantry shelf shower. ' A, large number of friends and neighbors met on Friday evening at the home of Mr. axed Mrs. Russell Bissett and presented Betty with a shower of miscellaneous gifts. . TO I -MP ROVE , -PM. • TRAIN SERVICE.. Improved afternoon railway con- nections with Toronto, will•• be good news to the increasing numbers who now travel by • train.. , Effective•Sunday, 'June 28th anew C.N.R. time table will .be adopted; whereby the -afternoon train leaving Lucknow at:the earlier tin'ie Of 1425: will -connect at Palmerston with the Owen Sound train at 3.50 p.m. and arrive' in Toronto• .at ;7.40 •p.m. The service that•.has been ..in of-' feet, required, a route' via Stratford, arriving in' Toronto. about 11 o'clock that night. •• MT. !,T.':-1VIcNab; ,presidenteof-the. Lucknow • Business Men's Associa- tion, .has been in touch with Officials .since Enid -May, in respect to obtaining, an improved and,direct rail service' to ' Toronto. Mr. ' McNab also took the matter up with. other municipalities at this end of the line, in 'support, of •the request. • • Last week Mr. `MoNab received the • following letter from H: C. Bourlier, General. passenger agent of the Canadian National Railways: With further reference:to to .yours of ,May 18th 'and my acknowledg- merit..,of May26th, ..a'lso your -sub= Sequent call at my office. , • • I am'pleased to advise that :with the re -.issue of , our time table ef- fective Sunday, June28th, our train No. 332. now, leaving Lucknow 12.55 •pen:. -arriving. Pahneer,.ston 5.25 •p.nn., daily ,except. Sunday, 'wilt leave •L'uckiiow 12.25 p.m.. arriving Pal- merston 3.50 p:m., connecting -at • .P,almerston with our 'train No. 174 leaving"that point at 4,35 for Guelp-li:'" • and Toronto, 'ar"riving Toronto. X7.40 p°m. • 'Yours -very truly,,:• W. C. Bourlier. No Sunday Service • Lakeside towns. have appealed for a Sunday "train service,: but accord- ing to the"Port Elgin Times: there'ap- •pears'to be, definitely no hope of such a service. The •Times says: • - "Superintendent J. A. 'Murphy, of Stratford- . and • Mr.• R: C. • Gadsby, District Passenger . Agent, Toronto; • �4St sa d, . 3 afternoon in connection With the re-• quest of these. municipalities for ,a Sunday train. service. While the of ficial's took a sympathetic. •view. of the need for .improved -service dur • ing the sumrner.months in this area, they held outlittle hope of any. inn, provement being made in the•,pres- eilt service. "Ti.e C.N.R. were prepared ,to run SFONG—PATERSON St. George's, Anglican Church, Goderich was the setting on Sunday June 14th at. two &clock, • for the. Marriage ' of Dolene Beatrice, elder daukhter of _Mr.' and Mrs: Fraser Paterson' of. Goderich . to LAC. George Edward Spong, younger son of Mr. and- Mrs. John T. Spong of London, England. . The bride, given iri ,marriage by •her father, looked lovely in a floor, _length gown ofwhite net over 'satin with lace bodice_ flecked with -Silver: She wore• a finger length veil with.. pink skull cap and carried a bouquet of pink roses and gypsophelia.• Her. only sister; Dorothy, was bridesmaid and was 'gowned in pink net over satin and carried white and; pink carnations. • - Following the marriage,' a buffet luncheon was served at the home of the bride, to about thirty-five guests. Mr. and Mrs. Spong left, on a trig to Niagara and Quebec; the bride wearing a beige 4 redingote .. with matching accessori h. On their return they will reside in Goderich;. the groom being stat- ioned with the R.A,F. at Port Al- bert:' • GRAHAM—HEWITT The parsonage of Bervie United Church was .the setting for a quiet wedding recently when Rev, W. H. Bartlett united in marriage . Emily Isabell Hewitt, datighter of Mrs., Hewitt and the late Alexander Hew= itt, of Kinloss, and George Sinclair Graham, .son of, Mr. and Mrs, Her- bert Graham, Kinlough. For the Ceremony the bride wore' a street - length frock of heavenly blue sheer and, lace with large, beige, hat and a tram out on Sunday afternoon and cancel the early morning. train on Monday. This met with objections' by the Posta Office Department and also several municipalities which preferred the present service to . any change". cr ACKNOWLEDGE GIFT TO FIRE FIGHTERS •FUND The Lucknow. Fire Company re- cently made a donation of $25.00 to the British Fire Fighters' Relief Fund. The fund is • for the purpose - of aiding the families • of fire fight- ers who have lost their lives or who have been disabled by injuries dur- ing their herculean task of control- ling fires While blprnbs are failing: In acknowie tion is dra patches, tha vice as bee ii'Tg the gift atten- to recent press dis- predit the Fire Ser - g directly responsible for.saving' both the cities of Bath and Exeter from utter and complete destruction by fire. In both instances they were compelled to carry on iri the midst of falling, bombs. • • CANVASSERS ASSIGNED. TO COMPLETE RED CROSS. DRIVE At a' meeting of the Finance Coin; mittee of the`-iocal branch: of the Red • Cross'. on 'Monday •a report, of the Red Cross campaign to date'we''s received, It was revealed that there are a couple of rural ereas yet to report, and that within the Village 'there. Were about one hundred persons who had not yet contributed.. ' Canvassers were named to con- tact'these, persons, and instructed to. complete the work' this Week. Some of the canvassers have already start4 ed making their calls. • BUY IIOME Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Porteous of town have purchased the. Village residence of Mrs. A. G. Elliott. They will not receive possession until early fall when Mrs. Elliott. will move 'to ' Strathroy where she is building a home. , corsage of roses and lily-of-the-valr ley. After. the ' eeret ony Mr. and MrsGraham left for No orthe rn On- ta�'io points, the bride travelling in a •t o- iecc many flowered silk dress, beige hat and coat; and lug- gage -tan accessories.