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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1939-08-03, Page 1£2,00 A Y1AR—IN ADVANCE -50c JXTRA TO O U, S. A,. Lucknow Ont., Thursday August .3{d, 1939 • PRESENT TEACHER AT •CHURCH C.NAC The Annual Senth Kinloss ,Sunday; rs'ehool, Church .and Community Pic lite was. •held last. Thur&day afternoon •July 27theat Tout's Groan.' The day: was fine and an unusually ;lar4ge' crowd ,,gathered to spend e happy' thud on , the: shores of Lake .Iiuron. During the ',afternoon, the-oppor- tiipity was taken ti..express in a :tang- ''ib1;e way to :One 'retiring ,teacher. John D. Bose, ans.appreciation of his "faiths- c `t ' fu1 services to .the eammunity for the �4Ar past seven, years: • At an opportune time, the • scholars of S.S. No, .7 gathered'and",'called M,r. Ross, before them. • Miss J ey Carter presented. Mr. Ross 'with, a handsome: wrist watch while Miss Ruby Irwin read the following addreisiss- Dear Mr. Ross,— `' For :several .years .it 'has been our duty and .pleasure to. listen to you, but turn about is fair play, so' we hope' it willbe with pleasure that you. listen for "a few minutes to *eon behalf of S.S. No. ' 7 while :we express our: thoughts, sad 'and glad., We Are sad that. .14 have lost you as teacher but know our loss :will be gain to others. But we ' are glad you' will • be in the community withus and hope you will continue so for many years. We. feel this Sunday Sabel and Community •'picnic a Most appropriate time to .express our appreciation of yeti as a teacher faithful and kind; as a• church worker generous: with time. and talent and in ,the community ever ready to -help. Asa slight' token of our' esteem please accept this gift and best Wish- es of S.S. No. 7. Kilos$.. On behalf ,•of the coo mmunity 1 . Ruby ;Irwin;. ley' Carter. In: a few*, well-chosen words Mr. Ross expressed his appreciation of what • the, ' community,, had done for him assuring them •that, his. work as a ,teacher had been , pleasant, and thanked them that their good ,wishex .were now following him to his: new THREE-MINUTE . EGG NEEDS ..12 ,MINUTES IN PLANE. KITCHEN "How .long do you have to boil a three-minute egg?" askedthe stew- ,ard on the big Pan-American Clipper on its, 'recent test flight .across the At- lantic. tlantic. He • was so worried about it that hecalled' the Baltimore office of the Airways' from the, plane, ', 8,100 feet up and, near the Azores: The answer was "three minutes, of course:' But the steward Wasn't 'sat- isfied. He knew that water boiled at different temperatures, according •to. the altitude. Baltimore made some in= qu•iries and called the steward. three-minute egg must• be belled 12% minutes. at 18,100 feet.. All wall *el`l. Breakfast was served.. ' ' Trans -Canada Air Lines steward- asses have_ no such problem. They serve meals .on the transcontinental - planes --cereals, tomato juice, fruit juice,sandwiches and so on. But they boil no eggs. The coffee comes already made and got in vacuum bottles. Erine Brown's orchestra returned during the week-eiid from a success- ful engagement tour ;of Northern Ontario and Quebec in which• the, vis- ited •New Liskeard, Noranda, Tim-• mins, North. Bay, Sundridge and Bouvlamaque, Que. • TlfAT CALF STORY' Maybe yrov read . that story last week in the dailies about the half cow, half deer 'calf, on. the .farm of Wm. Wraith near Langside. The story originated from Wingham,, and ' so far as we have been able to learn; is just a sensational story, thdt adds strength. to that' frequently used • phrase ". You can't believe half you read. in the papers." ' We haven't seen the calf, but by those veho have, we aretold that the calf is in no way different front any 191-` two -month's old calf. Other's say the • ears may be a little larger than us- nal,. s• nal, 'but by no means. "twice as large" 'as. the story had it.. And no one we talked•, to has seen it "leaping' fences with the grace of a fawn.' ' ''Ot'her infoi•mation,we have received "on good authority,", 'leads u's to be- lieve that there• is simply nothing to all. a Replace Colored .Lights ' A number of the ornamental colored Lights on main street, which had b u rn- • ed out replaced last Thur day, prior , to the Clansmen'sdance and bingo held that evening. WE. HOPE BETTY'S "PLAGUE" ISN'T•. CA CJUNG Mac-' Whether • or not 'lrttle . Betty . Donald. has been isolated front. her. playmates;„ singe receiving., that "pla- :gue" feint' 'the, Ron, Norman an M.eLarty, .we •aren't aware, :but we: hastening .to •c'orreet last"week's; boner; and assure our readers: that her (°•plague" isn't contagious. „ Tt !was a stamp plaque that Betty. received. but.,AIpthat similarity , in • the' :"g" and " " , daaded the . roofreader9; `eye, not -once but several times,• mita after the papee,is printed,,wthen such. .mistakes ,then become .as prominent and 'evident as a sore thumb: . • 'But alis its.too• late •then, and'the publisher either .loses •a few more strands from his thinning ''hair,.. or has' a good . laugh (if .he can see he joke)., DUN.GANNON' DEPEATS MOUNT FOREST 11 . TO, '9 . •Seoring all their 11 runs . in two' big • innings,' Dungannon Juniors im- proved their .standing, in ,the Bruce League last Thursday. with a'11 to 9 victory over Mount Forest. Dungan- non meets, Kincardine this -week. and a win will put' them in second place, and in any, event their' sure of ,a play- off and, .n • . .Monne ;Precast opened the .ori'., in thefirst, but'.Dungannon•`went to work, on I Doty's offerings in the sec- ond for a six -run attack. They:' added five more in the 5th and it looked like a walk away until the,iast inning when the llfount. ` Forest lads staged four=run""railY that fell two. short of tying the score. Dungannon , shook up their line,, up somewhat, with Wiggins • en • 'the mound and Donald Finlayson doing the receiving. • . • -. Dungannon—D. Finlayson, c; Arth ur, 'cf; '• Wiggins, p; Craig, 3rd; Doug Aitchison, ss; I. Eedy, and; Johnston; l'f; Jack MacDonald..lst; Worse! and Cook, if. ; ' Mount Foreste•Giaham, as; \ Rob'= inson, • let; Dowcey, c; M.cCluhan, •2nd; Doty, p;'Me"Dodga"ll,`''3rd Vorthiiig=` ton, cf;_ Rae, if; Phelan, If. , Umpires—McCartney and Craig. FORMER, WAWANOSH TAX COLLECTOR IS 96 YEARS OLD George . Rutledge, grand old man of Wet, Wawanosh, celebrated his 96th birthday. Wednesday. . Mr. Rutledge, the son of • Mary and James Rutledge, was 'born in 'Goder- i'ch Township just 'a few" days , after the family; had settled! He attended Porter's Hill public, school and at the age of 20 he and a Younger brother of 17• began to look around for land, deciding on the present sight, : on the' first concession of West ' Wawanosh -where he has since resided. Their firt crop of wheat, 200 bushels, *as sold At 72c a bushel and at the time of the American civil war•', he sold 500 bushels for $2.12. His wife Mary Cunningham• of Col- borne . Township passed away 45, yrs. 'ago. Mr. Rutledge served as tax co'. lector for • 15. years for West Wawan- osh. ale is a loyal' Orangeman, and• a staunch Conservative Twd years ago he Was able to. assist with the farm work and he stocked four acres of wheat, and last summer was able to assist with the' farm chores. But ow- ing to a severe illness., last winter has since been confined to his bed for part of the day. He is, still able to read without glasses. He is a. valued. member of Knox. United Church and untiI ill health prevented• was a regular attendant. He ; regrets that the' Sabbath is not carefully observed as in the .olden days. His family of seven are, Gordon A.' 'Rutledge of Schumacher, Mies Stella R, at home, William J. of Trail, B. C., Mrs. Jeremiah Taylor, oi Au=. burn,- George, Jr., of Nile, ltobt. H. with whom he resides and,' Mrs. M. Gaydor of Detroit: `® ' MAKES CALL HERE Mr. Leigh H. Snider, Wiartoti bar- rister, and Conservative candidate for Bruce an' the next Federal election, was in town on Tuesday calling at homes in the village.` , ' ' • The. Grand Valley ' Star and d Vidette advertises an "Annual Soap 13ov Der- by." That is ' about, at often as you tuft 'get 'a stntril 'bow and genie rat diose cohesion. lie„ r secret of sntte'ess is 'making hay from the grass• that grows under other people's ,feet. 4itchener Rec.. ord. II . UNDERWENT OPERATIONUSING. ' NG �. ' LYCEUM THEATRE LOCAL FIRM S elder daughter of -FLA PULLER _ I ENTERTAIN1VMWNT ,.PRO.GRAM Dean `Paterson; g X r Mr, and Mrs. F M. ,Paterson, under- went. 'an ` operation for appendicitis • early Saturday morning in-Wingliain Hospital, and is making . a ' favorable recovery. , Suffering' from the. '.attack which 'became' acute on Friday,,; an n 'operatio : was �„ decided ,uP9 on t a late' .- heur,.that,,night .anti was performed -•a short time laterduring the early hours of Saturday Morning. VISITING P:• Mr. W. R. Tomlinson, K.:C., Mrs, Tom:ti'nson And Miss: Shively ' Tomlinson are holidaying in the Mar-, itime Provinces: While • there Mr. Tom- linson 'will take part . in Confedera- tion Celebration . ceremonies • being, held at Summerside, Prince Edward Island. ARMSTRONG. FAMILY, REUNION HELD AT GODERICH: ,^The descendants of the four Arm- strongs who settled near Culross and in Ashfield ' township about the mid- dle of last •century gathered Thursday 'afternoon at,Goderich for the' annual family reunion. The Armstrongs; who °came from Dumfriesshire, were Geo:' Robert, Beth, (Mrs. Tom Dickson) snit, Nancy (M s, Walter 3tiohardsen.), `.alt settled' on farms: The first picnic *as held about six years . ago in .honor • of Mrs. Dave, Farrish, who was a Dick- son and' was then • the oldest living inember'of the family. About 200' people, some from Strat- ford and Guelph; . attended. All chldret; under six Who entered a race were given„$•, Irrtza,:•Other winners were •6'. ands dyer, *iiiuifeed Farrish, Bruce. Douglas, Mary Dickson; boys 9, Sandy Thain, Mervin Roswell; 'girls: 9, Mary - bell Chisholin, M:„McLeod,•'' boys 12.; Jack Farrish; girls 12, Alberta, Thain; boys 14, Grant Farrish; girls 14, ;Al lierfi'a, Thain. men's race, • Carl • Diek• son; single • ladies' 'race, 'Betty • Bissett; backwards race Bower Farrish mar- ried women's race, Mrs,,Worsell, mar- rted men'g race, Carl 1'iie'kson; paper bag race, Grant and ,;Annan Farrish; ladies' curtsey,: Mrs., Smythe;. men's curtsey, Tom Dickson.. oldest. lady; Mrs: Toni Dickson; :'oldest man; ,Hutson; people from farthest dis- tance Mr. and Mrs. • Elliott Pinnel; youngest at pienie James Keith Salk- eld,' 3 weeks; latest married .,couple, Mr. and "Mrs.; B. F. Holman. REV. DICKINSON •TO PREACH HARE SUNDAY • . Rev. R. C. Todd and Mrs: Toddare on vacation ,during August, and. this Sunday the • pulpit •supply minister will .bei Rev. C. H. Dickinson; formerly, of Ashfield Circuit, and present Book Steward of • the United Church Pith - fishing house. Evening services are withdrawn during the• month. , • CLANSMEN •..HELD BINGO AND ,DANCE ' , The annual July dance and ,;biiwgo, under Clansmen auspices was held on Thursday evening showing a net pro •. fit of $41.24. The •bingo game was well patron- ized until midnight with& a good, fin- ancial return. The dance, an hour late in startingg due to the delayed arrival of the orchestra, did not prove so suc- cessful. The music ' was supplied by , Florence . Sauer's orchestra which seemed to pleasethe dancers gener4 ally, but who were not trippingthe light fantastic in the .•usual numbers; while there were those who succeeded in evading the ticket takers in .reach- ing, the polished pavement. . • •Receipts Dance. $40.85 Bingo 7045 $117.70 'Expenditures. Orchestra • '$23.50 Piano, truck, Boracic 9.85 Prizes • 33.89 Printing, Radio, Postage Telephone 9.22 • • 1 76:46 Net Balance• ; ..... $4]:.24 The Club decided to take charge of the children's sports and athletic ev ents attheLuckno F "l ' it w a 1 Fair, as well ato pay p :td . s "9 the ze .46n'e'y:. 1+'ttr°- they• details will be 'learned later of this ^ event, which promises to 'be an outstanding feature of the show., •' Plans are also being laid for hold- ing :the annual Clansmen Street. Cern- ival late .itt Augulat, A -nevi niachine, a flax puller, is bo= ing operated this season to help har- vest. the extensive flux crop of J..G. Anderson and Son. The inaehing, of i the d o” rail n Belgium make, is n pe on , ,. Seaforth'; district, ,.and is ,cl'aimed'. by, -its, ma'kel's,to have a': pulling 'capacity of .some.: ten acres a AO. W ° Anderson is ,pleased with the mach- ine's 'performance so ,far, . with .feliee •mpoiakhersing 'offerina,.thorog ugh'jDob.rily the difi'tcylty '►.'n As well, Mr. Anderson. has some' one hundred' Indian's employed. in that locality; pulling flax by hand. . Harvesting .of this crop totalling some 1800 acres at Lucknow, M'itehell, Seaforth-and Tavistock, is now being rushed: 'ahead, and appears• to, be one of the finest •• crops ','tet, harv'este'd by this :firm,,' although squaiity of the seed can not definitely. be determined untilafter it has heel '•threshed.', A new ,machine• for the processing' of the. tow is 'also' being' installed in, the •'Seaforth' mill. ,N TN '. E L `O..SEN I, NEXT WEE • There will be •no, .issue of The Sentinel ' next vwieek, , 'August 10th:'• Ithas been a long established custom yvith-.many, weekly' pap- ers to take one week' in fifty. ° two as aholiday. This hasonly: occasionily been adhered . to by The Sentinel ,in . recent ' years,.. but next 'week -will' 'be observed as holiday week , to Permit the publisher to attend the C. W. N. •A. convention at -Niagara Falls, and following : which" a side -trip has• been arranged to viisit,,the .World's Fair at New York: . , • The . office however, will' be open for busi' a ad as usual' apart from• 1 ii`blis thing the -Pap-, Rural correspondents need not_ send _in their . -weekly bud-' get until the following week, but . we', would :appreciate' re- ceiving other; items of news as usual. • • • 'REMOV'AL . SALE STARTS.: SATURDAY It will pay youto read E. V. Hoff. man's "Removal Sale" advertisement in this issue, provided, you act quickly to get early choice of the barga-ins. offered in all lines of,.his first qual- ity men's wear 'merchandise. These "regardless, of .:cost prices are 'the more:attractive because they apply ,to seasonable up-to-the-minute. goods that must be :cleared out so he can: vacate within, twenty' days. The sale commences this Saturday at 9 o'clock: A "hat in the box" val••, wed at $3.50 will be given free to the first 'customer, whom it •fit's. ...ANNOUNCEMENT FRIENDS. • - It, is •important that all sub- scriptions to The Lueknow Sent- inei'be paid up to date and in ad- vance. , • • A REPRESENTATIVE from: this office 'will' • call • on you per- sonally, and to, our farmer friends Who renew their subscription, and to all new subscribers, names 'will • be `p�AINTED QN • BOTH SIDES OF' MAIL BOX "FREE". • Your co=operation would he ap- predated, please. i f 'a next ` a e Drive to the newsp pr holiday week, in this issue will be found the attractions on the Lyceum Theatre screen for the next two weeks. .This week -end .features- Wallace Beery and 'Mackey Rooney in Stable- . i ofa tes". . - • Theollowin •week 'Thursday, , , f g. day and Saturday is a special•picture, the, .epic ofa lawless exciting era, as. depicted in' the ,story; "Jesse James," ,:stareing T rone Powcr:This pieture'is in teehnicolor. Read the advt. .' ,ATTENDED FUNERAL of • HER . SISTER-IN-LAW • ; Mrs. Peter MdCall 'returned on -Sat- urday from Leamington *here she spent the past week, after attending the funeral of her'•sister-in-lavt Mrs. Melvin. Nivins, which was held on Tuesday, . . , • ' Mrs. Nivins' died, in Metropolitan Hospital,. Windsor, the previous Sat- urday a victim of peritonitis.. She had been ailing .for .two weeks, and had 'been rushed to the hospital on Friday where she underwent an ''operation. Mrs. Nivins, was: it''her 54th year.- In' 1921 she •married .Melvin Nivins.: Three 'years later ' they moved to. Leamington and .later to :Amer, near -Xeiregs�r-ale" 'hate they tui. *e . 'gage 227;e" .. Besides her husband, Mrs. Nivins is survived by, two sons, one (laughter, 'her mother and a brother. Shewas a pastpresident of Leamington Lodge, Daughters of England, and was hon- ored by members of this organization at „the graveside service: Card Of Thanks; Mrs. • Margaret ' Pinnell' and family ;wish to, thank the many friends ' and neighbours for the kindness and sym- pathy. :shown thein in their ,. recent sad 'bereaveinent and, fairthecars loaned.. Special thanks to Rev: Mr. Mc - Ritchie 'and • the pallbearers. Scouts_.At',.Stoney island:_ ' After a happy' vacation period in camp at Stoney Island, Caledonia Boy. +Scout, - returned Thorne-: Saturday des lighted with ' the' spot in which -they made camp. this . year. The Rev. T. Harold Ackert; ..who , summers at' the Stoney Island invited the Scouts, to use • the camp site. ' • COMING EVENTS .,PARAMOUNT 'DANCE • The .nest- dunce ,to be held at-' Paratiiotint Ball vt?ill be on Friday evening, Aegust 18th. ro • ,GA. _.E . PARTY ItY) N ltitloss Garden' Party, A 401 gust 4th, on. United, Church grounds, A supper, that will uphold the tra- ditions' of Kinloss rod Supper, ser- ved from 6 to 8., l&n excellent .•pro gram by the Shields 'Family -entirely new, Admission 85e and 20e. DIED AT'KINLOUGH - • ' PERCY—In •-the Township of Itis - loss on . Friday, July 28th, William Percy, •aged 74 years. The funeral service was held at his late residence, Lot 15, Concession 11, Kinloss on Mon- day . afternoon, with interment in Greenhill Cemetery. • • PUBLISHERS' TO CONVENE • AT FALLS Sessions To Be Held This • Week -End Followed By Trip To New York . Where Party Will Be . Guests ';It1 The World's Fair, The annual convention of the Can: adian Weekly Newspapers Associa- tion, including • papers. from New- foundland to British' Columbia, will, ,be,held this week-end,at the General Brock Hotel, Niagara Falls. Morning and afternoon sessions on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 'are devoted to business • sessions, group forum and practical addresses,•,•all with a view to improving the stand- ard, appearance, editorial and news content of . the weekly paper, so that they may be trf. greater service in their respective communities. • , This is further stressed by var- ious 'newspaper and jobprinting com- petitions; designed • to ever improve the standard of the weekly paper. ' A splendid program of entertain - ment has been arranged for the ladies daring this ,time and on Saturday afternoon the entire. party will take •a, bus trip to Old Fort, Erie: The publishers travel to the eon= anti .. through eaurtes . ofthe v on g the y O. N. R and 'C P. R. ' Some three -'Hundred ale expected to be in 'attendance, -with 1', plan- ning to take the side trip, which has beets arranged, to Neva Vial where the party will be guests at the World's Elsewhere in this. issue ' we advise our readers thatthere will�be no publisher a er published /Mat week,sothe put r �er and ,Mr's, Thompson may be' free to attend the convention and ti'lake the trip to •New York as well, , • St. PETERS A.Y.P.A. WON ATTENDANCE SHIELD Landsdowne Park .Kincardine, 'wan 'the Scene .of the annual© picnic of A Y.P.A.'"groups of Brace Deanery 'last. Wednesday. Rain kept the attendance smaller than . in .other years, but most groups ` in the:" deanery, were. repres- ented epres-ented at the enjoyable 'gathering, The tro' �h• ,donated by 'Rural Dean W. H. Hartle df Kincardine r. at - H. • Y K ca fy tendance was won, by A.Y`.P.A:.of St. Peter's Church, , Lucknow,;' w h i re Gj{,O'urch of Mesiah• A.Y.;P A. won.:the shield for sports. ''he gathering ,was addressed by Rural Dean 'Hartley and; by Canon A. A. Bice of All Saints' Church, London: The •appreciktion et those present for .the addresses and for the hospjtality extended by. Church of • Messiah , A.Y. P. A. was voiced by ' Miss Dorathy Cook, Lucknow. I . Walkerton, Paisley, Ripley, Port Albert, Lucknow and Kincardine wer^e among the A.Y.P.A. branches .,repres- ented. THOUSANDS HEAR PIPERS' •Crowds as Port Elgin Beach ,San - day afternoon and •evening censer-, vatively, estimated at oyer five •thous- and, heard the. fineperformances of the Lucknow pipe . Band.' The pipers were in rare form and were .success- ful . even in thrilling the hearts of Many' who dot not 'claim any attach tient to the" Land of the ,Heather. Needless to say an • almost' one hen:, 'deed-. per cent attendance of 'Sects front: miles around was • on hand 'and it.was -.a common ,sight to see them munching on .a bit • of ; haggis while listening to the good auld tunes. Speaking in- terms- of cold cash, which' is frequently the best indication of the • 'success: 'of' any, event,. the, collec- tion 'thken up by the pipers was the largest' reeeived here in some •time. Port 'Elgin . Tines, - .. FINE FIELD OF CORN ALREADY NEARING 11 FEET ' Alex • Andrew' , has. a 'pile st .nil - of field -corn just south of ' the ' village adjoining J. W. Joynt's property: When measured last Saturday,, July_ 29th, the tallest of it tea hed'a height. of 10 ft:: 61is' inches, whidh' is splendid growth at this'date. Can you: beat it? FREAK KITTEN A kitten belonging to residents of Point' Clarkes' summer, colony is in- deed 'a freak animal having two paws on each • hind foot. It has natural paws on each of the .four feet, with the usualnumber of claws. But oh each of the 'hied feet is 'an additional paw, each with three claws fully developed, giving ,tabby in all twenty-six claws whichmakes her just that miid1i more •dangerous should she takea: dislike ;to' some prowling mongrel: for the few 'trinkets I wanted to pick up." We just• smiled ht this. typical sightseer language and said no more. Colombo looks like a city of church es and schools. We were; not a little surprised to hear how generally used is the English language.. Apparently English is the language of church ser- mons as well as school classes. When asked• why the church, for , instance, hadn't done more to preserve the nat- ive language and culture, We received the 'reply that, from "the first the peo- ple deiced English, though they were free ta keep their 'own language: What would have been the result,' we wond- ered, had the conqueror tried to force the people to learn English. The day may come however, When theme will be a i<eactien: toward the use of the native tongue. , Kobe, M'oji,' . Shanghai, Kiirun, Hongkong, Saigon, Singapore, Penang. Colombo! We've seen glimpses of quite a few -Far Eastern places dur- ing the past three weeks. During the next three we expect to see Aden, Cairo, Port Said, and Naples, and also something of Christian Youth work. in Italy;Switzerland, Germany S , ,and before} going to Amsterdam:. It is a idt time to -be -sailing-a;1'ong the ,edge of the equator and a hot time to' e travelling anywhere in this world,. but with fresh Monsoon breezes and a group , of op'•tintistic re youtlf„'eve ,a .rnafiagangto keep cool,: Sortie time later we . hope "to, see many of Dui• Sentinel friends. Then, I hope, we can chat more fully about the wide, world, till then, "Cheerio:” HOMEWARD BOUND ON FURLOUGH Hugh.'McMillan, Mrs. McMillan And „ Family Leave pormosa •On Fur -3 • lough—To Attend Yputh'Conference' "''At 'Amsterdam. • . - a . IIARUNA MARA, 'Jill, 1st, 1934 After.. Ce`'ton in "the. A °t'bian t uU Y Dear Sentinel,, Before leaving -Formosa t neglected'• writing to ask . ypu . •to sc, send'in the entitiel till wdie •'canontinue- 'sup g _ S 'pry you • with, ran • address , somewhere' in the home land, Please do not mark downthat neglect to lack of .apprec- -iation but to our' inability to • realize that furlough was So near , at hand. The Iast weeks of rush -• to .complete work undertaken • to . say. nothing of packing .uP shouse and • ho.rne and get- ting ready a few travel togs crowded out thoughts of home -side connect- ions.. Actually' we .appreciate the Sentinel very much.' It' is like. a weekly news letter hot from the home. fireside. Strange how our contact with 'Canada as a, whole gets '• weakened through• the years', whereaa,eur contact with the. homeside local community grows stronger, pifteen ,years 'ago we . start- ed out,taking Canadian Daily News• papers, and Canadian.•magazines, But these. have not' held our interest. The wider world outiook • of • the newspap- ers ,and ,magazines .of (Great Britain and :the United States have now 'a inorP central place in our reading: The 'Sentinel, however„ is :different;: As a' product of. Our native Bruce it holds its own 'itt a special way, • A few days ago' we were at Sing= apore the , Southampton of the• Far East where alt the big ships call. We were ' entertained and shown around the`city by a charming' Indian young wori'tan, associate secretary. of .the'• Y. W. C. A. We asked where she had re. deived• her 'education, expecting :she liad studied ,somewherein the British. , Isles, "I have not yet 'had opportunity to 'study in ;England," she said, "My _ •college' is the woman's' Christian tot- lege •iri•-Lucknow, Not likely you have ever heard of that place," she added: Our' children could, hardly be, re- strained from breaking • into th'e con: versation at this point with,a'floodof "Lucknow"' things. ' When. she finished • vve all had our turn at telling about our home ' town and how it got its name, and 'when, and the street names and our educational . system which in;' cludes India in the History bboks, 'She became much; interested' in Lucknow. Canada, and "we on our part learned :much.'about .the original Lucknow. Most of all we learned to admire the educational institution that produced , this WorldChristian leader. We prom- • ised to sed her a' copy of the Sentinel as a souvenir from the Canadian Lucknow. ' On 'this trip we are, accompanying the Japanese Christian Youth deleg- ation to . the world . conference of Christian Youth to .be held at Am- sterdam; Holland from July 24th. to. August 2nd: We are travelling- on a Japanese ,ship of the' Nippon Yusen ' Kaisha line. The young 'women of our party were„ quite facinated with . the young • Indian woman . from Lucknow: • After we sailed from Singapore ,they asked many .questions about British colonial `.policy in..India, Christian ed- ucation' for women, Indian response to British rule, etc. ,etc.. The young woman from` Lucknow was for thein an . unexpected surprise. We wished we could have crossed India by rail so as to be able to an- swer more fully their questions. The short time spent at' Colombo, Ceylon gave some idea of life in this part of the world, but we were rei»inded. that Ceylon differs from India. However, since Ceylon ,.lid pot impress us' as it did Reginald Heber -ashen he , wrote ".`where every prospect pleases and only 'Mari" 'is vile," perhaps India Would' differ "from our pre -conceptions also. The 1"prospect in' Ceylon pleas- situs very much. The scenery, though - no more• beautiful than our beautiful F'orrnosa is certainly worthy of poet- ry and' song, hut.. the 'people s e emed nomore vile than lots ofotha,places.' Asa matter. of fact we were espec_ fatly . attracted to, the people 'of, Col- onibo.. "Don't the people here .strike you as being especially intelligent and cultured, in addition to seeming:, econ• omically independent and con'teited," a Japanese i • To w anes coma ranted i hies, an' •'. ' ngl ss,, sailor. travelline' "Home" On hearing the 'remark re 'lied'd, • breaking g 'into the conversation, "Yes, they're jolly well' int'ellig'ent enough to spot a tourist and putprices away Sincerely; • their' away IITJGnI heacM.ILLAN. up; They girt all nty.money, they did,,