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HALF HOLIDAY FOR
ELEVEN MONTHS
At a meeting of the Lucknow
Business 4Meb's Association on Mon-
day night it was decided to observe
theThursday afternoon -half holiday
the year round, with the exception
of the: month of December. Some in
attendance favored holding the hall
holiday ort Wednesday, but .Thurs-
-,day was approved' • by a substantial
majority. .
The decision to extend the peri
of ,the half holiday resulted from
a discussion of the proposed 56 -hour
• week, which is :expeeted will become
law about January '1st.
To prepare for •these proposed re-
strictedThours: of business, a com-
mitteeof various bt siuess men was
appointed to draft a schedule of -
hours to conform with the 56-hoiu,
maximum.:
This schedule "was drafted On
Tuesday night and 'will be sent to
officials. at Toronto recommending
open : hours from 8.30 to 6 o'clock
daily; . Thursday until 12 • o'clock
noon and Saturday night until 11
o'cl_ock: • •
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•To provide for 'an open- night -ot"
Wednesday, during . the four sum-
mer months, if permissible, the- corn-
mittee recommends . closing f-roin 12
noon. until one o'clock on Monday,
Tuesday. Wednesday and Friday,
• whiefi •'arould provide for a second
open • night on Wednesdays until 10
o'elock. •
A 'contribution of $26.00 was made
by the Association to the Salvation
Army.. Home Front appeal: Twenty
dollars of this was pain ,from • the
, War Work ,Committee's Fund, and
six dollars from the Draw Commit-
tee's Fund which Mr. Hill reported,
had^ a balance--of-$21.00from_the
summer's operation_
The urgency of collecting every
ounce of scrap rubber, and theplan
for recovering thisby a farm to
farm canvass, . was explained to the
meeting by L. C. Thompson on the
basis of information received from
the Fairmont Company, a govern,.
ment appointed company,superv, is=
ing the collection of scrap rubber
in. C were at -
If such an undertaking'
tempted it woulti require consider-
ableassistance outside The Clans -
Men. Club. A"committee of Business
Men consisting of G. H. Smith Chas.
Webster, WM: Hornell and J. R.
McNab was appointed to meet with
The Clansmen Salvage . Committee
t" to discuss what plan. might be ad-
opted in order to make a. complete
and final collection of all, scrap
rubber in the district.
OBITUARY'
MRS. ELLIOTT
The death of Mrs, William Elliott
of Bethel occurred suddenly on Sat -
Is
now
Lucknow Ont., Thursday, October 1st, 1942 -
MAY SPONSOR
:MINOR HOCKEY
At an initiation meeting of The
Clansmen Club last week, the mat
urday. afternoon at the home of her ter of the Club sponsoring minor
daughter, Mrs: Abner Ackert of hockey in the village this winter
Holyrood, while attending the .wed- . was discussed: A committee consist -
ding of , her granddaughter,Gwen- thy of Wes Huston, Gordon. Fisher,
dolyn Ackert.. Cameron MacDonald , and Harold
Mrs, Elliott was in her 80th year Allth, was appointed to• investigate.
and .had suffered; a severe stroke the possibility of the Club sponsor-.
aboutayear agd which left her nig the sport for the .youngsters
partially paralyzed. However she of the town: The committee, will
appeard; in her usual health , and. Tert ,Yater to The Club ,in this
was happy to be present • at- the pre-
nuptial
re- regard '
nu tial events in Gwen's honor andThe romotion of ' minor hockey
P p
at' the wedding. appears to be an ekcellent idea and'.
Stricken with a weak spe
11 as the one that will pay dividends in the
ceremony was concluding,. Mrs. El-
liott passed away within an hour.
Her death was not announced to
the guests until • after the Wedding
dinner.
Mrs. Elliott was formerly Jennie
Fair of Bervie, where she was born.
Since her' marriage she has been a
lifelong and beloved resident of the
Bethel community in Huron Town-.
ship. Her husband predeceased her
twelve years ago. •
_Th.efunei~al, service was held on
Tuesday afternoon at the old" lionie-
stead, conducted by Rev. J. C. Nich-
olson of Pine • River, assisted by Rev.
J. W. Stewart of Lucknow. Inter
meat was in Kincardine Cemetery r �* Q
with ; six grandsons acting as pall- rB illp NEW SMEWAL4
bearers, Jack Ackert,, 'Carl and LET SNOW PLOWING CONTRACT
Guerney Pollock, Gordon and Bryce of the Vill-
Elliott and Clayton Elliott of De- At a special'meeting the .con-
• age Council" ten days ago,,
troit:Gillespie
' es
ill
`G
1� Charles P..
Mrs- Elliott is survived by a; 'fain-, tract was let to
ily of nine sons and daughters, How- for construction of , a cement side-
r of Detroit, Joe of Windsor, Gen 1 walk from west of Ostrander's Gar -
of Amberley, William of Bethel and, age past the Maple Leaf Aircraft
Ralph on the:homestead; Mrs. Abner plant ata cost of 25c .a square foot.
Ackert of Holyrood,=Mrs. Wes. Poi --I The contract has already been con-
leek: of Clark, -Mrs: Robert --Baird 0 t pleted. the offer
Kincardine,, and Mrs.. Phl'P Down- Council also accepted
ey of Sparta A son John died• nine- I of Mr- Gillespie' to snow plow will-.
teen years ago. • age streets, using the local plow,
Among surviving brothers' and at a cost of, $2.50 per hour. It was
M's George udie of Clin- ` also `agreed to permit Mr.. Gillespie
future: With 'intermediate hockey
practically put • of the question this',
year, minor league activities should
prove quite popular and at the same
time give the kids a real break.
The Club voted $20.00 to the Sal-
vation Army Home . Front Appeal
and $20:00 to • the Knights of Col-
umbus.
GIRLS COMMENCE WORit. AT
MAPLE LEAF AIRCRAFT
Fourteen local young ladies have
been added to the -growing payroll
at' the Maple Leaf Aircraft plant.
These girls returned from Toronto
the latter part of the week upon
completing a special course of train-
ing, and, on. Monday commenced the
new job. and are typical women war
workers; with their slacks
chief attire.
The plant is now operating on an
8 -hour, three -shift basis.
Moved To Kincardine
-Mrs, Margaret MacDonald,
and fais , .
_ : zrri - W_imtie, '.$etty andaPon=
�
old; rneved • this week to Kincardine
to make their home. Mabel has been
in Kincardine for some time.
'ENGAGEMENTS
The engagement is announced by
Mr. and `Mrs:° Jas. E. Culbert, Luck -
now, of their daughter.Jean L. to
Roy A: Teeft, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest N. Teeft of Danville. ' The
wedding will take place quietly in
the early part of October.
•�
ANNOUNCE BACON
HOG AWA
Seven pens of five bacon hogs
each, were exhibited in the hog
-competition at the`' local fair on
Wednesday, and were sold by ten-
, der to W. E. Henderson. .r
Hogs were judged on the 'rail at
Toronto by' a member. of the Hog
Grading staff of the Dominion Live-
stock Branch, and awards have been
announced. -
Placing first with five grade A
hogs, for a• score of 496 points; was
Orland Richard- His. pen of hogs
was stated to be the finest yet dex-
hibited hi, any • such' competition,'
Or • the total of 35 hogs exhibited
18 were Grade A, 15 graded %Arid
two B3. • ' •
•
Results were as follows:-.
Name
1. Orland Richards
2. W. E.; Henderson.
3. Richard •Martin+
4. Gordon 'Kirkland
5. Bert Gammie
6 Wilfred Hackett
7. Vernon Hunter
The engagement is announced of
Maude Lillian• Cooke, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cooke,
Lucknow, to Alfred Sherwood, Ashy
field, son, of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. G. -Sherwood, Ashfield. The
wedding to take place quietly early
in. October, ;
Sisters is r . H
ton who was present atthe funeral; to use the Village plow for plowing
During the sei°vice Mrs. Mac lilac- Township roads at a rental of $1:00
Donald sang "The City Four an hour`; while in use for such pur-
Square". pose.
ERNEST .W. ROBINSON ': TO COMMENCE JUNIOR.
Ernest William • Robertson, son of CHURCH SERVICE
Mr. d Mrs William Robinson, 9th
GREAT -WAR VET IN,.
SERVICE AGAIN
esservice in the
•o of East 'Wawanosh, died Al-. the Rally .:Day
concession at his home on Saturday in his 44th United church on Sunday, Rev. J.
year. ,Hehad been seriously ill for W Stewart announced the cora-
several weeks. Born on the 9th con- mencement of a Junior church ser -
cession, his entire life . was , spent vice next Sunday. Children' eleven
there where be engaged itt farming years and under •will• attend the
with his .father. Besides his sorrow- i worship period at the morning ser-
ing parents: he is survived by three vice, and then adjourn to. the Sun-
brothers
-
brothers an w
d two sisters Edward day school where a Junior period
Ernest Clark, formerly of Para-
mount, visited here last week on his
first return to the village in twenty -
lit
two years. ' -.Awarded the Military
Medal in the last war, : Ernest . is
again in the service. having enlisted
with the Veterans'. Guard of Canada
about six months ago. He is at pres-
ent attached to No. 2 Company at;
Bowmanville, and has been on a two
weeiss' furlough: -
-
Ernie Clark was dile of -three bro
thers, Frank, Ernest and Melvin,
who served in the First Great War.
His "Kid Brother"'Melvin died of
wounds and his . name is inscribed
-on the local War Memorial. He was
only 18 years of • age when he died
Melvin was attached to an. Ambul-
ance tf nit, and . when his brother
"got it's, had charge of getting him
to a first aid station, and although
he .lived for a few weeks his wounds
proved . • fatal on September 20th,
1918. •
• The Clark boys were raised by
their. grandparents, Mr. and . Mrs.
John Clark of Paramount._ Their
mother died. in 1900 when the family
was quite small, and three years
later their father, Daniel Clark, was;
drowned at Kincardine ,where- he
was employed by the Coleman Pack-
ing Company. .
OUT . POST RED CROSS NIIRSE
•
Miss Dorothy. McGuire, a recent
graduate of Grace Hospital, Toronto
is atpresent visiting at the home
cif ,her parents, Mr. and Mr's: Wm_ S,
McGuire. She and her room -mate,
;Miss Roehl ' of Toronto, leave for
New Liskeard on October 1st where
they have accepted positions as Out,
Post nurses with the Red 'Cross.:.
of
Mneapo .in iia Minn.; Dr. Wilfred will be 'condtictedfor the remainder
NIGHT TRAIN, TIME
TABLE CHANGE
The C.Nat• night train is' now
scheduled to arrive in Lucknow at
11.06 p.m.; which is 25 minutes later
than formerly It is expected that.
it will now arrive , quite regularly
on time.
The night train had previously
been.running behind schedule, due
' to a delay in leaving' Toronto. This'
° delay was caused by heavy traffic
on the main lines that required a
second section ,to be run, and the
arrival of which was awaited by the
$aipnerston train: 'This train will
,now leave Toronto 25 minutes later
which will enable it to adhere more
closely to schedule on the Toronto
to Kincardine run.
,
Robinson of Dryden, Ontario; Dr. ' of the service. Sunday school will
Harold Robinson,' Walkerton, Ont- commence at three o'clock:
ario; Laura, Mrs. Cecil Wheeler, !' Rev. Stewart. conducted 'a' special
Morris township; -and Annie, Mrs.:; Rally , Day Service 'assisted by
John Kilpatrick, Lucknow:' The fun;' Messrs. W L. MacKenzie,
Sam
eral was held ..Monday• afternoon Morrison and S. •C. Rathwell. ' A
from his home ' with service con- i Sunday school choir rendered an
ducted by . Rev. W. G. Rose of Au-:` anthein and; Scripture passages were
burn and Rev. H. A. Wilson of I read by Jean McCreight and Ruth
Brussels: Burial took place in Wing- winters -teal.
ham cemetery. The pallbearers were
Mason Robinson; Athol Bruce, Thos. I PRICE. CEILING. ON WOOD „
O'Malley, Lewis Stonehouse, Stew- CONSIDERED TOO LOW
1
art McBurney and Gilbert BeecroftJon fuel wood
The price ceiling •
established recently*, - is considered
to be'
far'below the existing prices
I of the past couple of seasons, and
there will be little: wood available
in this district if these prices have
to be adhered to.. ,
Labor costs have increased sharp-.
WEATHER HAS CLEARED
AFfER 'A BAD wEE1
On Tuesday a clear sky and sun-
shine appears to have ended a week
of decidedly niiserable weather,
which featured most everything in
' the line of 'disagreeable • elements,
including rain and more rain, biting
gales, snow, hail and hard frost.
Fall fairs during .this period were
hard hit by the weatherman and
fall farm workwas slowed down to
a walk. 'rhe gathering of a large
acreage of flax by the Anderson
Mill was brought ahnost to a stand -
.
still after an earlier period of catchy
weather, all of which has caused
considerable damage and loss to one
of tho best flat crops i nyears,
CUT NUMBER ' OF
STATUTORY HOLIDAYS .
The Canadian, Government recom-
mends that • all employer's and , em-
loyees 'observe only six statutory
•
Score
496
474
468
466
460
454
434
RETURNED FROM , WEST
WEDDING BELLS
DWIKIE— IacIVER
A variety of.flowers decorated the
Presbyterian church at South Kin-
loss on Saturday, September 19th for
the wedding of Mary „ Elizabeth
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
L. C. Maciver of Huron to Mr.- Ira
Allan -Dickie; scan of Mr. and Mrs.
John Dickie of Hope Bay. Rev. H.
Dann performed the ceremony.
Mrs. L. Philip played the wedding
march and also supplied other ap-
proprate organ music: During the.
signing of the register Mrs. C.auieron
MacDonald . sang " "Because". '
Given in marriage by her father
the bride looked :lovely in a floor
length gown of white chiffon made
on princess lines and .heavily em.:
broidered- • She wore a. shoulder
length : veil and carried a shower
bouquet of white Killarney roses
and sweet peas. The bride was at-
tended by, her sister Mrs. William
Townson, gowned in blue chiffon
and carrying a bouquet of Talisman
roses. Little Margaret Ann Town-
son, niece of the bride acted as flow-
er girl. She wore a. pale pink. taf-
feta gown '-trimmed ; with " velvet
bows and carried a colonial ' bou-
guet^of red roses. AC1 Carl Dickie,
t
RC,AF., Brantford; "attested his
brother. The ushers were Gordon
Mr: J. W. Joynt returned last
week from 'a business trip to Wes-
tern Canada where he purchased
more than one , hundred head of.
feeder cattle: Mr.' Joynt, reports wet,
weather in the . West, which is ham
pering the harvesting and threshing
of. the -largest wheat crop in the.
history . of the West Combines are
of little . use this wet season and in
some sections through which . Mr:
Joynt passed, stooks are' growing in
the soaking fields, Every .available
building, even to dance halls, is
being used to house ithegrain .which
has been -threshed.''
HELD LOCAL SALVAGE ..
COLLECTION LAST THURSDAY
holidays in the year. Those which, and under,the ceiling.prices,
they consider .should be .observed 1 nye farmer states that the price
would only pay wages and that he
would be ' giving the wood away.
COUNTY AUDITOR (RESIGNS
Joins Veterans . Guard'
W.- L. ,Franey of Kintail, a vet-
eran of the last war, has enlisted
\with the Veterans Guard of Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Francey had been in
Hamilton, for a time prior to his
enlistment.' Mrs. Francey has re-
turned to Ashfield.
are New Year's Day, Good Friday,
Dominion Day (t be held Labor efirst
'Day
Monday in July),
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.
Statutory holidays which would
be eliminated - are Easter Monday,
the 24th of May, Remembrance Day
and - the King's birthday, some of
Which are , not now generally ob-
served. .
No mention is made of Civic Holi-
day, which is widely observed, and
which is declared by a municipal
proclamation:
FIVE WINNERS' IN PURINA
HOG GUESSING CONTEST
egging contest conducted objective of $750,000,000, Finance
A hog gu Minister Hon. J. L. Ilsley has an:
at Lorne MacLennan's Purina booth nOunced,
on Fair Day resulted in five persons
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The local salvage'. collection held
by The ,Clansmen last ,Thursday
evening, again netted a surprising
quantity of metal, rubber, rags, bot-
tles and paper. One truck and some
helpers made a trip out to William
Rutherford's. at Belfast to ; load an
old. boiler.
But probably ,the next collection
won't beheldon garbage collection
day, for there was the odd "picky lip"
that was meant for the garbage pile
rather . than the salvage heap.
•
HONOR OCTOBER
BRI DESELECT
•
Mrs. Wm. Hornell and Mrs. Rus-
sell Robertson were joint`'hostesses
at a euchre party on Monday night
at Mrs. Hornell'shome, in honor of
Miss Maude Cook, bride -elect Nine
tables enjoyed a pleasant evening
of cards with Mrs. J. L. McMillan
the winner, while Mrs. R. J. Cara-
eron received the prize for the : most
lone hands. • ° ..
• A' dainty lunch was served by the
hostesses and 'their assistants, when
Miss Coolswas presented' with ` a
beautiful chest of .silver and an end
table. ..
:Cedar. Chest :> resent
On Tuesday•night members of -the
congregation ' and various organiza-
tions of St. Peter's Churchgathered
in the LO.O-F. hall to honor Miss
Cook who has been most faithful
and active in all church work. Dur-
ing thecourse of a pleasant social
evening Miss Cook was present
with a lovely cedar chest -
Present Occasional Chair
On Tuesday evening Mrs. . Wm.
Hornell entertained the S. O. S.
girls at a dinner .in honor of MIs-
Zylda Steward, October' bride -elect
Miss Steward Steward Was_ completely taker :
_ � - _ .
by surprise when presented with -
a lovely occasional. chair. .
Hepburn of Hope Bay and Donald,l Zylda.has clerked at The Market
MacIver. Store for the past four and a half
Followin• g the ceremony over 60 ear -
guests attended the buffet luncheon y
held at the "home of the bride's par-
ents. The bride's mother received
the guests, .gowned, in royal blue
chiffon and wore a corsage of red
roses. The bridegroom's mother, re-
ceiving with Mrs. MacIver 'wore a
navy and rose redingote and a cor-
sage of red roses:
Later the bridal couple left for
a trip to .eastern •points. For travel-
ling the -bride _ :chose a , moss green
coat and dress ensemble with black
hat and accessories. She wore the
gifts of the groont, a silver fox cape
and muff to -match. On • their re-
turn they will reside in Colling-
wood
STIRLING ACRERT
Stricken At Fair
Russ Creighton, the manager of
the company of entertainers who
furnished music for the Clifford fall
fair dance and the program for the
conecrt, took seriously ill during the
performance. Ite was rushed to
Guelph General 'Hospital where an
immediate operation was performed
for a ruptured ulcer of the stomach.
Owing to ill health; Mr. Harry
Logan, of Teeswater, has resigned
as County Auditor, .a position he
has held for several years. The
Warden's Committee, of the County,
will Meet .shot y, to appoint .a suc-
cessor, subjeef to the approval of
the County Council at the November
session.—Tara Leader.
CANADA'S 3rd VICTORY LOAN
will be opened October 19 with an
guessing the ,correct weight of the
hog; which was 160 pounds. In place
draw;
each
of makingaw atie-breaker
of the five were awarded. a cash
prize of $1.00. The winners were:
Eileen Henderson, R. 3 Lucknow;
Mrs. N. E. i3ushell, .Lucknow; John
Nicholson,4 Lucknow; Mr's. ar• J.
Coulter, Wingliam; , Ernest Cook,
Wellesley. •
Renew Friendships Here •
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown of.•
Fort William visited . in Lucknow
.last 'week, on - their first trip back
to the village since leaving here Six-
teen" years ago. Their son Bob ac-•
companied them to Toronto where
heis entering University as a stud-
ent in civil engineering. Mr. Brown
Was .continuing . on to Montreal on
a business • trip for a large depart-
ment store in Fort William, with
which he is • associated. Their dau-
ghter Isabel is in •the' Bank of Com-
merce at `Fort William and Betty
(Mrs. George Everest) is living in
Port Arthur. A host of friends here
were happy to' again meet Mr. and
Mrs. Brown, who were, very popular
residents of this village; where for
a number of years Mr. Brown was
in the , dry goods •business.
° BORN . •
BLUNDEL1 - Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Blundell (nee Anna Irvin) of God-
erich are happy • to announce the
arrival of a baby boy on Friday,
September 25th at the Alexandra
'Hospital, Goderich. I
TENDERS
PRESENTATION MADE BY
SERVICE
CLASS
READY • FOR
A presentation was recently held
by the Ready For . Service` Class of
the. United -ebur -oh; in honor of Mrs.
Sam McQuillin (nee Marion Cow-'
an). A pleasant evening of progress
sive games was enjoyed at the home
of Miss : Celia' Wilson and during.
the evening Mrs. McQuiliin was :pre-
sented with a lovely silver .sand-
wich . plate.
In a home •. setting madelovely
with a profusion of flowers, a pretty
wedding ceremony was solemnized,
at :Holyrood on Saturday, when
Gwendolyn, only daughter of Mrs.
Almer . Ackert and the late • Mr.
Ackert, became a the bride ' of Mr.
Williain , H. Stirling, ' son of Mrs.
Mason Stirling and the late Mr.
Stirling of Bayfield. Rev. ' J. W.
Stewart pf Lucknow United church
officiated.
The ceremony was performed in
the presence of ninety guests. The
bride, - given in marriage by her
mother, took her place before a high
bank of flowers, and was lovely in.
a„ floor length gown of white silk
net over satin. She wore a three-
quarter length ceil and carried a
streamer bouquet . of white roses.
Mrs. Ackert chose a long flowered.
sheer gown with matching corsage.
,. The bridesmaid was Miss Winni-
fred Baird of Kincardine, cousin of
the bride, who, wore 'a . turquoise
blue net gown and carried deep pink
roses. Mr. George Hudie of Clinton
was the g{'oomsman -L• ohengrin's
wedding Marcia • was played by Mr.
Jack Ackert; brother of the bride,
and Miss Margaret Rae was soloist
with accompaniment ' by Mr. Rex-
ford Ostrander.
Following' the ceremony a wed-
ding dinner was served the guests,
among whom were those from `dis-
tant points including Detroit. Wind-
sor, Port Colborne; Listowel, Clin-
ton, Owen Sound, Moncton and Nia-
gara Falls.
Mr. and
short motor -
LOCAL LADY IN THE R.C.A.F.. •
GETS OTTAWA WRITE -VF .
^The Ottawa Citizen recently inter-
viewed a number of young ladies.
stationed at Rockcliffe, with the Wo-
men's Division :of the 'R.C.A:F. One
of • those interviewed was Mrs. Mar-
garet Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. jvicNab of Lucknow.
We received the article from Mrs:
N. E. Bushell, which was sent to her
by a friend in the Capitol City. The
write-up with reference to Mrs.
Hamilton was as follows:
"Mrs. Margaret Hamilton -of Luck -
now is an example of the way that '
life in the R.CA.F.. Women's Div-
ision fascinates one, Working : as • a . . .
civilian, as a sort of superior house-
keeper in No. 6'Manr-a4g Depot,
Toronto, since October 1941, Mrs.
Hamilton decided she really wanted
to be "one of the group." In Toronto
she was .in charge: of the Officers'
Mess andcouldn't speak highly` en-
ough, of the WA -A -F's who wwre
posted there and, said that their -`-
standard had been a .great inspira-
tion to the: women. Prior to her
marriage, Mrs. Hamilton had atten-
ded the Ontario Ladies' College,
Whitby, and has a son 16 years old.
Mrs. 1 Hamilton. has joined the ' 'Wo-
men's Division and is now stationed
at . Rockcliffe".
YOUNG PEOPLE'S RALLY
TO BE HELD • HERE MONDAY -
A Young People's rally, to which
everyone in the community is in-
vited, will be- held in the Presbyter-
ian church, Lucknow on Monday,
&ober 5th at 8 &dock_...The guest
s
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FOR SALE BY TENDER ---Barn 24
x 36 ft. acid 4 acres of land, more
or less, at South Kinloss Manse.
Tenders will be receivre up to Oct-
ober 6th, •.1942, by the undersign-
ed. Lowest or any tender not. nee-
essarily accepted. 'Adam McQueen,
R..6 Lucknow.
gee The . Difference Purina MakeS
ON THE GRO>JNDS thattheir years
of experience entitle them to at least
as much salary at teachers with • no
experience or less than 'they `have,
three rnetnbers of the teaching staff
of Kincardine public •sichool are
seeking, a readjustment in salary,'
St. Peter's Church
HARVEST THANIKSGIVING
SUNDAY, OCTOBER. 4
11 a.m.. and 7.30 pmt
Speaker at Evening Service:
SjLDR. W. SCOTT MORTON,
Chaplain of R.A.F., Clinton
peaker for the occasion will be Rev.
W. McCleary, who will also show
some talking war films which are
striking and effective.
CONCERT CROWD DOWN
BUT DANCE DREW WELL
Concluding feature of the Fall
Fair last Wednesday night was a
concert and a dance. An entertain-
ing program was'staged by- Cameron
Geddes and Willie Bell, but the
attendance figures were consider-
ably lower than usual oh fair night.
The •Weather was -very disagreeable,
but that never "cuts m;,ueh- ice" with
dancers, and there was a big crowd.
for this concluding event for which
Carruthers orchestra provided the
music.'
Mrs. Stirling left on a
trip--incl-•will-.reside oti
the groom's farm at Clinton.
MacIVER--BLE
Paid attendance figures at the
grounds Wednesday afternoon num-
bered consi lerably less than a thou-
sand persofis
STAFF DEPLETED
Cupid has robbed Mr. William
Hornell of two of his clerks, Misses
Maude Cook and Zylda' .Steward.
Both have given long, efficient and .
courteous service in The Market
Store. Their resignations took ef- - -
e,et -Saturday ti ght.
A pretty wedding took place at
Blakes United church, Ashfield cir-
cuit, Thursday, when Grace Beven,..
daughter of Mr: and - Mrs. Thomas
BlakeThecatne the bride ` of Donald
Thomas Mac'lver, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L., C..Maclver, Lucknow- Rev.
G. G. Howse and Rev.. Herbert
F. Dann '• officiated and Mi§s
Hilda Twamley presided at the or-
gan. Mrs.. Arthur Phillips was the.
soloist. The bride. given in marriage
by her father, looked lovely in a
full-length Own • of pink triple sheer
1 with a matching fingertip veil he4
with a 'halo of orange blossoms and
carried a
shower
O
f
K1la
�mey
rose .
Miss . Olive Blake, bridesmaid for
her sister, wore a gown of turquis
!blue triple sheer and carried
a
shower, of Butterfly roses: Mr. Wm.
Townson, brother-inalaw of lie bride -
groom, wasbest man and the ushers
*ere Mr. Ira Dickie, Collingwood
and Mr. Harvey Ritchie, Lucknow.
A reception followed atthe home of
the bride's parents, after which Mr.
and Mrs. MacIver left by motor for
a wedding trip ,.the bride travelling
in a black tailored suit with acces-
sories' to match. The church and
home were decorated with ferns and
pink and white asters. The bride's
mother was in a navy crepe dress
with matching accessories and cor-
sage
of Peerless red roses. Mrs. Mac-
Ivier, mother of the;bridegroom wore
a blue sheer dress with • black ac-
• cessories and corsage of Peerless
red roses. The couple will reside on
the idegroom's farm near Luck-
es -
now. The bride, a graduate of W
tern University, was the principal of
Drumbo Continuation School until
her resignation in June.
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