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TUESDAY, JUNE 30th, 1942
'HE I,UC1l TOW SENTINEL, LUICKNOW, ONTARIO
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LyceumTheatre
WI NGHAM
Two Shows Saturday Night
Thtiirsday, Friday, Saturday
, July . 21 3 4
JOE E., BROWN
FRANCES ROBINSON •
iSo . You Won't Talk'
Thrills ' and laughs in this
comedy.. _ '.starring_. Joe ....E:,
Brown.• .
Also "Conicity" •
"Sport Subject" "News"
Matinee • Sat. Afternoon 2 30
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday:
.Jul-:..,_ 6, 7-1-- 8
WALTERPIDGEON'
ROSALIND RUSSELL
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"Design For .Scandal"
A courtroom comedy as Wal- ,
Cter Pidgeon tries to frame a• '
Lady Judge.
Also'."Canada .Carries On"
and "Cartoon" '
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HODGINS—SLATE
A quiet wedding was solemnized
at the Presbyterian Manse in Bar-
rie, when Mary Laurette, elder dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mts. H. C. Slade,
Kincardine township and. Aircrafts=
man Ellison Hodgins, R. C. A. F.,
younger • son of Mt. ante!. Mrs. Lorne
.Hodgins; Kinloss,: were united, in
marriage with the Rev. N. R, D.
Sinclair, M.A.; D.D. officiating. The
couple were unattended.
After the ceremony AC. and Mrs.
Hodgins left on a motor trip to east-
ern and southern Ontario.
JORDAN—TRAPLIN
A marriage of, interest. Was sol-
emnized in Westside United Church,
Oweri Sound on Tuesday, June 36th;'
when Marian Alberta. Traplin, dau-
ghter . of. Mr. and Mrs, Albert Trap
lin, Owen .Sound,became the wife
of ,:Mr. Bernie Jordan, son of Mr.'
-and . Mk: Edward Jordan, . Owen
Sound. •The eeremeny. was ,perform-
ed 'hy the Rev. J, `1rwin, pastor of
{ ie 'ehei'ch. The 'bridal couplewere
attended by Mr.; acrd' Mrs. E. Davies.
Th�brsde vt�ar e gow.ri_of hes en
ly ' blue with dark blue :matching:
accessories and carried a corsage of.
Johanna 'Hill roses. Following the
ceremony dinner was served to six-
teen inv.ite..d guests at the King Ed-'
'ward, Hotel. ,Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch
Matheson and 'Glen Traplin, unele�
aunt and'.br.other respectively of the
bride, of Ripley,.* ere in attendance.
The groom ;belongs • to the Grey.
and Sirncoe Forestry Division and is
stationed at Carnp Borden:'
' PINNELL-.-MOE•IRING
• With the Rev. C. H, Leggett •of=
litat
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,MAKE IT EASIER BY MAKING
a, HIM 'HAPPIER .... •
SENO HIAI
•:PARCELS,.Re ui.arl'
Plan To .Send One During
ST. HELENS
, Mrs David Todd and Mrs. Stanley
Todd were guests at •a• trousseau tea
given by Mrs, Effie Hogarth of God-
erich in.honor of her daughter, Miss
Bernice Hoggarth whose marriage to
Mr. Neely Tood took place on Tues-
day .
Rev. G. A. Barnard'who with Mrs..
Barnard and daughter, Mrs. Archie
McMurachy, leave this week ' for
their new home in Dutton, preached
his farewell sermon1to a large con-
gregation on Sunday morning. Rev -
Barnard who. has 'just completed 2
years of successful work as pastor
of St. Helen's and Whitechurch Un-
ited churches .is retiring after near-.
ly fifty years as a` local preacher, a
missionary and; an ordained' mini
ster. At,. the conclusion of the ser-
vice, FOV.: .and Mrs. Barnard were.
presented with 'a suis of money. An
address of ,appreciation" and good
wishes.. was "read by Mr..'W. I. Mil-
ler and 1Vfr, Robinson Woods made
the preSentatidia: Both Mr and Mrs.
Barnard .:made fitting.. replies..,
Teaehers_.home for vacation in-
clude Mrs. • Ramage from Holstein,
Miss W. D. Rutherford ItOm Kirk-
land Lake, Miss • Irene Woods froni-
W
F:usillier Dave Jewitt of Niagara-
0u-the-Lake
iagara-
on -the Lake is spending a few days
at' his home here,
Johnston of the C. A. F.
pent the week-. d with
Mr.. and Mr, 1', , M.
* * •s .r
Jim Henderson of the R.' C.A. F.
at "`Montreal : spent the weekrend
with his .parents,, Mr.. and Mrs.. J:'
W. Henderson.
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Proirroted To !ergeant.
Lance -Sergeant ' Kenneth •' Camer-
.on, who is "overseas..With . the . 7th
Army':Field Regiment,. has been pro
inoted, to the rank of full sergeant..
Kenneth enlisted spoil after 'the: outi•
break of.the war. • ••. .
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Sgt, Sidney Smith, R.0:A.F., spent
the week= -end --with 1Vlrarid M-rs.
Ralph' Nihon. •Sid has been posted
'from .Brantford to New Brunswick..
Sgt. Smith vi(as overseas; prior 'to
returning to' Canada as an air,frarne
mechanic instructor. It's •too •tame
here for .Sid; who is • hoping he may
be sent .overseas. again.
• :. ..* *.. * ,*
'Brothers Meet Overseas'
'. Gordon and `. Haro}d , Armstrong,
sons••'of •Mr.. ''and Mrs. A:' J. Arm-
strong 'of; London,recently had a• xett. r•
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J C. • •
at Cayuga s
'his parents,.
-'Johnston, '.•
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aterlo: • •
The• weekly ,meeting of the\YP.U"
was held on Sunday evening , on th•
e,
church lawn with' Mrs.. ,McKenzie
Webb; • .missionary convener,, in
charge. Grace Weatherhead read the
scripture lesson and the topic or:
"Kagawa was taken, by Mrs. T. J.
Todd.. Wallace '• Miller _reported 'that
$29 had. been realized from the,;sal-
vage...This •will be used to buy War
Savings • Certificates:
ficiafing" the marriage ,of Beatrice Induction services for Rev. J. A.
farmerly P lee Island will
ltUa;eldest,rl.arigl�te.
be held in the Whiec urs netted
Church. on Friday ,evening at . 8.30.
AC. ; Frank McQuillin was home
front Toronto for the week -end:
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson . Woods and
little son and Miss ' Gwen Doherty
of Guelph anfiiVlr: Arnold ':13&bour•
and Mr, Bobby.'hillips of Fergus
we're week -end visitors with Mrs.
R. J. Woods. Gwen. is remaining for
. . nth- - e .week:
_.,,hha
_. re _.
-and- -
-tmrt-of-v� bite -roses a Y .
The ,bride's sister, . ^ Miss Violet
aid :of
as m
her
Mor•hing, attended
Tiorioi" rind`" �Wa gowned in p'irrk Qr
ganza with' matching shoulder veil
and • carried deep red • orses. The
groom's
Mrs. Cameron 1Vlohring and. Glendon
Joseph Pinnell . of ' Kinlough , took
•place in Walkerville Baptist church.
ori June 6th.'. The bride entered the
church.' on the: aria of • her cousin,
Mr; 1r...Russell. Pfriminer of Ridgetown
and .was given 'in, marriage -by her
father. She was.•charming•'in. a gown
of .white net and lace with a finger
:tip veil, and carried:a •s .ower bou-
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Sunday'. school will be at 10. a.m.
and church • service at .11 o'clock: at.
PARAMOUNT
Mrs. C. McDougall and son are
'spending a vacation with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs, D, Richards.
Mr, Garnet Hamilton of Hamilton
spent. a few days at his home recent-
ly. .
Miss Rhea Miller of Kincardine,
•visited with Mr. and Mrs. L. Stein.
, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gaunt and
son spent' Sunday with Mr. and:Mr;,
J. Macintosh. « •
Miss Hannah McDonald is.' nurs-
ing Mr.. Jas. MacDonald) who is' not
improving in health as many friends
would. -like :to -hear. ,
a week before the tail gunner met
his' pilot". '
In New Camp
Letters from several 'local eboys
who are located in'. Carnp Terrace,
British Columbia, are quite inter-
,estirrg: ,After all, apart from their
day's• work there isn't much left to,
do. The , camp, is not far :horn
aska, and .as;,yet has little in the
dine of accommodation or comforts.
A ;letter . from "Bud" Thompson
states that the camp is .entirely
rounded 'by snow-capped mountains
and the scenery at least provides
material for. letter writing,. There. is
no hydro; but'apart from its'use
in • operating electric radios" and
other appliances, ,it.: would be little
needed, one would_conclude, from
the fact that daylight lasts until
about 11 o'clock. Reading.. matter is
scarce. and daily papers ,are • three
days late in arriving at camp.
The fishing is good, the scenery .
grand, the nights intensely cold and
the days- extremely hot It wasn't
a letter of complaints, just'a state-
ment of facts, and while the boys..
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PA( FIS'
lrappy meeting oi�e e s " Ilar'�33d n- y soiat . trey are enip ring
• their ..new adventure, working
-•r
'went overseas over a year ago, and . to establish their new camp, and
Gordon about two months ago,. andr 'getting, `as; hard as nail " in the
the brothers lost no time in getting vigorating north-western climate
together.• * ' * * . * :
I Not A Singi4g,, '
On A Beat Now Horse -Riding Blount -re
ie
While on a short shore' leave re-
cently •'Bob Thompson ,again met
Fred Webster. •Both ' boys 'are in the
Canadian Navy and Fred has now
been assigned ,fo a ship.
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Home -On Short-Leawe. __
Jack Fisher of the Ordnance
Corps .was home from Ottawa over
. sisters; Misses sardine and Blakes on Sunday next the week -end before leaving for an
Pinnell: u,,,�„•,a,.,P. . as. . . .,__ `lay ndisclosed destination. Prior to
ARMY WEEK.
Here Are Som"'e Suggestions:
300' Cigarettes $1.10
1000 Cigarettes _ S2.75
agyo,ar [leder With Us' -
bridesmaids, Were'gowned in pow-
der blue and'.acquamaririe ,organ -a,
with. matching , veils. • and • :carried5
pipit roses. The' groom was. assisted
by Mr. Ed, .Waterman •as •best: •nnan.
A,. Stodgell and Mr. A. Stock=
man acted .as 'Ushers.. •
The brides Mother wore apowder
• being moved to Ottawa,, Jack had
been stationed at headquarters of
Military District No. 1 ' at London.
this . fine weather, the season being
early this year' and is'a gobd crop.
Bertram Curran of Goderich spent'
the week -end with his parents. •' •
Mr. and Mrs: George Fitzsimmons
iaf Arkona who visited with their
daughter, , Mrs. Cecil Johnston : dur-
ing the week returned home on:Fri-
* *. * * *
Speaks Highly of Red Cross
Capt. Thomas Alton for several
weeks a patient in the .Canadian
Red . Cross ; Hospital, ' inEngland;
tl =ss
• Mr. and, Mrs. Bert Ward received
an 'interesting '.letter froth'. Doug
Clark,; thanking them for cigarettes
whrch._they_sent hien. _Doug's letter
pa
read
in rt
as
follows. .
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AY
se
haven e
times since miming =over----and--need
less to say each time was a, happy
o -tie for both of us. Kenny 'Cameron
and Tilly . Webster. both paid me a
Visit and it was ' certainly great - to
see them too. I .also sawT i Web
ster. He came 'up with Aylmer on
one' occasion. All look • hale and
hearty 'and •I believe think well en-
ough Of the country. I'm afraid ' we
came from too good a place to be
very content . here: There is• no get-
ting away from it—you can't beat
Comb
Receipt, and a Card is . Enclosed
for Acknowledging Gilt:
Pipes, Cigarette Lighters; Flints,
Gum, Chocolate Bars, Playing
Cards, Films, Billfolds; Razor.
Blades; etc:; etc:...:.. __...._..
ata—
WEBSTER'S
r
Restaurant.
FINAL PLEBISCITE' FIGURES
• Final compilation of `votes,. in the
• April plebiscite .show that in ,Bruce.
• in 102' Polls, there were 9.623 af-
firmative votes, 1,407 negative 62
spoiled ballots,'
fora total .of 11.092, c
out of an eligible total vote of 17.578. , daughter 'of . Mr. and Mrs. ,Joseph
Ch -roll was united in marriage to'
Walter•' •Taras, °St. Catherines, son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Taras. Rev:
8. J. MacMahon.. St.• Augustine, of-
fici°cted. The bride,. given in mar-'
r 'age by her father, Wore a gown
of white net and lace with sweet-
heart. neckline. Her long veil was
held with a halo of orange blossoms
and she carried. .Sweetheart roses
,,,nd fern. Miss Noreen Kinahan,,St.
Augustine,, - as bridesmaid was at.;
tired .in a),gown of ,turquoise blue
net over taffeta ' made .on princess
lines and she carried Talisman, roses
and white cornflowers: The --best
man was Felix Taras, St. Cather-
ines, broth `cry (lie—bridagraom_
1V1,iss Mac Redmond presided at the
organ and sang Ave Maria. Wilfred
Kinahan. of • St. Augustine was the
usher, �)Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the bride's
• hone,: The mother of the bride re-
c'c`ived the guests wearing , black
crepe• •rwith a' corsage of 'gardenias.
Later a dinner .was served. The
guests included the immediate fain -
flies. s. Felix and Stanley Taras, 'Sr.
Catherinec; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Car-
roll. Kitchener:, Father' Paquette,,
Wingham • and Father McCardle;
Parkhill.• The bridegroom's giftto
the +hri`de - was .travelling • bags. The
C bride chose. a black .suit ` th blue
d aecessgr•ieS for travelling.
A reception was held in the parish
Guru �' ..hall a•t St. , Augustine in honor' of
Mr. ,and Mrs. Walter Taras. Dancing
,was cn,ioyed, thy' music being Sup
plical • hy. Mr. and Mrs, A. Bayle,
Mr. .and Mrs. James Craig, .Mrs. T.
I,cdd'�a and Bert Most. After, sup-
per , Rev. .Father •MacMahon ailed'
the voimg couple to the front 'and
in an' appr•oopr•iate address, expressed
the 'good will of all present arid
er 1 14Ccrss presenter! them with a
green: s mots Cr' chose,_a_.wrrre-
e
end white hat,''; with Whiter acces-
sories -and corsage of roses., -
A
.lovely. banquet ,was held , al'
.the .•!.wine• of the- bride's parents with •
Rev. Mr. Leggett ,acting as toast-
ma':iki. The bride's gifts to the maid
'al ...honor .....and ._-bridesmai s�were
pearls. The • groon}:s _gifts • to the
best man 'and. ushers were' gold, tie
•
'clasps. The groom's gift;to.the bride.•
• was 'a sapphire ring, with diamone
;setting. • • •'
The ,grand- gifts received •shclwed
the high esteem in which the bride
and • groom are held. The out -of•
town, guests included the . grooms
parents. and. sister Mildred of
lough: My, Mr, 'and Ml's.: Chas: Maedell
of Essex; Mrs: Harrold Rie'hmond of.
Toronto and Mr.' 'arid Mrs.- Russell
Pfrimfner , of Ridgetown.
TARAS—CAEROLL.
White peonies and'roses decorated
j cani.` r of -.St -Augustine
hurch.•.when, Mary Loretta, only
r ewer t ".ti. .
at" 7•0•. Via. _ s y• 1=1 °” :asY-. ('004 ✓"vss
days last week in 'London wit i. er.
sister Muriel. ' • . • '
•
- At the close of school on Friday,
Miss Jean ,McMillan,•• the teacher,
who' • is.. leaving• was presented . with
a rose' bowl and fancy •plate by the
pupils. Kathleen .Phillips read -the
-following =addr-ess:. ;,- v__.....
Dear Miss MacMillan:
Wse,. the pupils of S.S. No. 9`,' Ash-
field have ,.learned' with • sincere re-
gret of your intended • departure"
from our, midst •and of the' severing
of . the ties which ,have united • us
for. -almost three•years. During this
time we have learned:to regard you
not, only as teacher. but also as a
friend. By• your painstaking .efforts
in .the school' :room you, have al-
ways sought to impart to us that
knowledge •is, necessary to the' Pres •
ent life, .while .by your example you,
have also led us "along higher paths.
We ask you to accept this token of
esteem as a slight evidence • of the
,eg. l which- we have•. for :you.•
. Wishing you success in the future.
In 81 polls in North Huron,- there
was an affirmative vote of 9.001.'
negative, 1,053, spoiled 83. for •a total
of 10,137 out of a possible 16.459;
AT HOME OR OVERSEAS
Send 'Him► A
Parcel Often
' HE'LL SAY:
"Tanks A Million" .
0 You Include Such Items ..•
As ' These:
Todth Paste Tooth• Brushes
^ Shaving ream • •
Razor. Blades '
Fountain , Pens.
' Kodaks"
Candy
NO'EMA for 'after shave.
face burn. •t '
Summer • - 58c
Special ..........•
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Taylor
n Ta
Gordo Y
nada
ma
for their gift of a sweater, he . e
and .gloves. Tom says, • "This is a
very fine . hospital and well equip
ped. All that go through it'certainl
have a high regard ' for the'Iced
,Cross. Their ..gifts. certainly make
the period. in hospital more pleasant
and the supplies are•put:to good. use.
by our Canadian Medical corps..
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Acknowledges Smokes
'Supplementing the list we pub-
lished recently of boys who bad re-
ceid, cigarettes from The Clans-
men, : is an • acknowledgement from
Capt. Torn Alton, which was receiv-
ed -last week and was written. on
May 8th while he. was still a patient
in the Canadian Red Cross Hospital
with a fractured ankle. Tom . had
then been in' the hospital for fifteen
weeks' but hoped to ' be discharged
shortly.
Since the above wasp written let-
ters •of thanks have been received
-Teem -"A'ugh Crn iiTng diel Buster
Whitby, acknowledging receipt of
cigarettes sent overseas in ' ,the
Clansmen's February shipment. This
leaves. only six parcels of this ship-
ment which have not been acknow-
ledged to date.
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Asks For. Reading Matter .
Signed on behalf of the section,
,Kathleen Phillips, Arnold Alton,
Keith Blake. '
Miss MacMillan replied briefly.
Attaciked By Dog ,
Wayne Turvey, 9 -year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. L-•lody Turvey of Blue.
vale • and formerly of Ltcknow was
severely bitten.on the face, head
and arms. when attacked by a dog.
DRUGGIST
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purse of rantincy .front the comnnun- tive5. .
ity.: s
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WH:I.T'ECH U RC1
Mrs. Furbur from' Saskatchewan
is visiting for a few weeks with her
sister, Mrs.'>'Gibson Gillespie.
Mrs. Henderson of Powasson who bays and as it doesnyt get dark until_
has spent the Tast-fwo months .With boys 11.30,dthered. isn' a dire need it
her niece, ..MMiss Tena Laidlaw,.•re i abooks and magazines to ,provide
turned to her' -home there last week.
Induction services :will be held in- reading matter.
the United ;'church here on Friday
Quite a number of Lueknow boys
evening at 8.30 for the new minister, are located it 'this camp, including.
Rev. Mr. Ward. Jack Campbell, Harold Greer, Bud
Mr. and Mrs. John Jamieson are
Thompson., "Bob MacKenzie, Clair
spending two weeks with • their 'son, Johnston, Johnny Dahmer and J. C.
Mr. Tom Jamieson and' Gamily. l f Armstrong.
• * •* * •• •
a:- v
.t -ma [le_iS
fine weather for' the past month, al-
though it is raining now. According
to some of the natives of the coun-
try it.may stop in the' next hour ' or
ma
mon
hospi
rain steadily. for'the, next six
The people' have been most
able and good to • us wherever
we have gone. They will usually
go quite out of their way' to help yo'u.
and .are only too glad. . to` do .so..
There are always amusing little
things happening. Just last night a
couple of us were•sitting on a bench
by the .sea ;and one old lady•noticed
our • shoulder flashes "Royal Can-
adian Mounted Police". She :asked
us if we were the fellows who wore'
the beautiful scarlet unifortns and
rode 'over the I mountains singing
songs.' We. assured her that at times -
we wore the red. coats alright 'but
that the singing . was quite a dif-
ferent story as neither of us coiild
scarcely carry a: tune and had seen
mote pictures of mountains than the
mountains titetrrselves• -and -`€ii ialdy '
•
that we felt.much surer of ourselves
on" a merry-go-round than on .a
horse. 'You" have some funny exper-:
iences though and get some good
laughs.
As you ' no doubt know I have
taken in the main sites in London,
the' bombed areas, etc., have been
to Scotland a couple , of times on
leave and ail in all have had an
excellent time—especially "on leave.
The "daily round" is a bit of a dif-
ferent story. Sleeping under the
stars with two blankets. and a
ground sheet on these damp chilly
nights is nothing to write home a-
bout. But as I say the "leaves") in
particular are a good go.and .we can
put up with, the rest—and like it.
I trust that this lett r will find
both of.you in fair health. My kind-
est regards to•. all' and again thanks
a' million for the cigarettes.
Sincerely, Doug Clark.
In last week's Kincardine News
there was% an . appeal from Lieut.
G. R. Malcolm ' of the 19th Field
Reg., for books and magazines'for
the boys• at Camp Terrace' in North-
ern British Columbia. This is an
isolated outpost, mail is late in ar,,
'riving and• short wave army radios
is' the only 'way- of getting news.
There is, ,znothing 'to : entertain the
That ' rubber.
stamp means
ave can say Calada's cotton textile in-
' dustry is 11 rotimes ahead of its war pro-
duction records of 1914-18.
Tlie industry is delivering about 215,000,-
000
.15,000;000 yards a year of aircraft fabric,'
ammunition pouches, anti -gas cloth,..
• camouflage netting, gun covers, parachute .:.
webbing,. powder bags,uniform cloth, web
equipment' and otter essential materials;
- Dominion Textile is proud to have a part
in this. We also wish to report that our
'plant employees are''earning 28%• more
per hour than in 19'39, and we pay 5.4
tines. more in taxes than the total paid in
dividends to our, several thousand share-
holders.
DOMINION TEXTILE COMPANY LIMITED
-mogrteipti: -CANADA—
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COTTON FOR WAR PURPOSES,
MULTIPLIES ELEVEN TIMES
large
which Some tar g.
The extent to
btisiness:-mfirm"s•' _"iri "Canada : •have-
thrown .
n th
emselves into the war ef-
fort_ is.. indicated_
by--.comperattvi .:
figures, released by Dominion' Tex-
tile Company Litnited.: •
The inforinatidh shows that the
cotton textile., industry ` of Canada
is
already -1 l : tulles—ahead -•of
•
1914-.1918 war . production records.
Mr. and Mrs Scottie tatter y of
Big Bomber Harrow Mr. and Mrs Wm Kennedy •
of Wingham and Mrs. Wm. MacIn- .Mrs. WmMacKenzie of, town .re -
tosh of Lu know spent Sunday with 4 ceived a. letter last week from her
Mrs. D. Kennedy.., • son Sgt. -Observer Alex MacKenzie.
Mrs. Clarence Coit attended the who, at the time the letter was
'wedding of her niece, Miss Eleanor ,written. had just completed a spec -
Sprung •at Auburn on Saturday. ial 'three weeks' bombing leaders
Me. Price Scott of Brantford and course: There were eight in Alex'S
Miss Velma Scott, of Wirigham spent class,. and he said the course trig-
Mr.
was
the .week -end at their home herer very interesting and that the tri
Mr. and ,Mrs. Writ. 3. Henders n , lish instructors we1•e grand fellows.
of Wingham, alscriVir. and Mrs. liar-. We will now be going: on the big
ry Tichborne of Goderich and Mrs• heavy bombers and making a flight
Tom Tichborne of Walkerville, visit- very shortly, Alex'Said. He was loud`
ed on Sunday with Mrs. David Den- in his praise of these big bombers
nedy. Which are every. flier's biggest am-
"Mfss Rota Purdon is assisting at bitiori. Th'ey are the best aircraft
the home of Mrs, David Gillies; ' one would want :to fly in, his tette-
,Mrs. David Gillies visited one.day continued, and iti lighter vein, he
lastweek in the village with tela said, "they are so big that the 'story
is told that in one instance it was
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Many of the mills , are running , al- .
most 100• per cent on the manufac-
ture of'direct, war materials or es-
sential productitin—which-has an •in
fact
the war. This�
bearing
on
direct b
g
_
is-alI the mere inspiring when it is •
considered that the ,cotton' industry.
'even hi wartime; must maintain a
certain percentage . • of" its civilian
production to clothe the nation and
rovide speeifie--textile=necessities
'of life. •
JACK TRAPLIN INJURED
DURING AIR RAID
Jack Traplin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Traplin. of Owen Sound, and
formerly of Luckno'; is in hospital
in England as the.result of wounds
'received- in one of the enemy's air
raids recently. Jack 'is' not yet 18
years old. Prior to his sixteenh
birthday. he endeavoured . to enlist
but was turned 'down. Eventually
lie was successful. He entered the
artillery division as a bombardier
'and during the , past year he has
been on .active duty on coastal de-
fence in England. Ile was _one of a
large numher admitted to a hospital
after a ,raid
Writing to his mother he says, he
was more fortunate than some .f
the others An older brother; Arth
is also in England, whilehis father,
Albert' Traplin has been at amp
Borden far some time.
`THE WAY I look at it is this, My boy
enlisted of his own free will.,He's got to do
without a lot of things he's been liCellfila.
tomed to. I• wouldn't feel right if I'
couldn't go without soniiething tool"
• "The least I can do is to work hard and
save. My kitchen, my shopping bag, my.
work basket are the nearest I can get to
his .
battlefront. But ° I. can. buy War
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SavaSavingsStamps =- and lots of them --=
every �
week; so that he may have the tools
to win. And that's what I'm doing! How
about roll ? '
thty War Savings Stamps frons banks,
post offices, telephone ernes, depart rncnt
stores, druggists, grocers, tobacconists,
book stores and other retail stores.,
National War Finance Cbmmittrc
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