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MASS 'OF' BLOOM
AT FLOWER;S.HOW:
Pne hundre ` and fifty-four floral
:exhibits, att><•aetively .arranged made
a colorful display- in : the' ;auditor:Min
of the :.Town Hall ..last Friday arid
,Saturday 'evenings: •
• The occasion wasthe annual flower
show ,of the Lucknow Horticultural'
Society; and which this 'yearattracted
more, exhibitors and more"` entries
than any, 'previous show A • departure
from, the usual custom was -that of
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fights with .the show being well at='
tended both evenings.
On Saturday , evening ' a 'program
of readings, vocal and instrumental
numbers • Was presented' including • ,a
piano solo, by Norman Taylor; • read -
ins by' . Mrs. •Young; 'violin' •selection,
Dr. James Little;. solo,, Mrs. Harold
Treleaven; ,reading, Miss Mary thac•-
Leod and solos by • Robert Macpon
ald of 'Holyrood. Accompanists were
Mrs. G: A:• Newton and • Miss Wi'nni-
• fred' Ackert. e • '
At the conclusion -of, , the show orb
Saturday, evening numerous. bouquets
were,,sold,, with. -proceeds contributed
to the '.Red Cross . fund. •
The following' is 'the list' of. first
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PRODUCE . BUSINESS ‘ •
CHANGES HANDS LOCALLY
Alvin•• Hamilton, son" of Mr. - , and
Mrs... W7 R:; . H'anlilton,` Second—+'Con-.
ccs§iozi, took over. the Gibbers, Pro-
duce •Business in Lucknow last:; .Fri-
day, Heis being ssisted fit "present
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by Greg Leith, •who" Was assbeiatea'
with,. the establishment of. this 'bush
need:` under the •:parttlersliip, :of Leith
and: Gibbons.
Upon,; disposing• of the business.'to
'Mr. Hamilton, 'Bob Gibbons left the
latter , part, of the''week 'for Meaford,,
DEATH OCCURRED YESTERDAY
The death occurred ,on Wednesday,
of Isaac Ensign at his home in Huron
Township, where the funeral service
Will be held on Friday at -two o'clock
with interment in Lochalsh •Cemet-
ery.
DOUG CLARKE;
JOINS' R.C.M.P:
• Doug Clarke, son . of. Mr. and Mrs.
Temple, Clarke of Lucknow, has join-
ed the Royal• Canadian Mounted Pol`
ice and ,left last.Thursday for °t-
end second prize winners" in the NAT.: tawa for 'traz'ning„ockrfrf n.
ious classes: • j ' Doug, a .graduate of Stratf'ord''Nor
, , Sweet 'peas—S.• C. Rathwell, Hai- 'foal••.School, has taught at • Powassan,
old Thompaon. near ,No. 'Bay,' los' the';past three.
:Asters,. red=A. W. Hamilton, Geo: years, ' wh.ere , he' played hockey •with
'1.1. Smith,; pink --Mrs: A. Solomon, A.. the ''P'owassan ' Hawks, a.. team " that
W, Ilainilton; white—Geo, 11. 'Smith, during...that time. has been a conten-
Mrs. A:•.Solon>ion; '''purple—Geo. H. der 'for Intermediate'•`B," honors each
' Smith; •A. W..Hainilton; 10 blooms;'- winter.
mixed—Geo. H. 'Smith; A. W. • Hamil-'
ton.. •'•..
• - Phlox annual' •collection—Mrs. A.
Solomon. ' ,
Salpiglossis=Mrs. T. J. Salkeld
Mrs. A. Solomon:
Verbenas -Mrs. T. J. Salkeld; Mrs.
R: ,Fisher.:''I
Dahlias, cactus-$. C. Rathwell; de-
corative—S. C. Rathwell,, Mrs. Robt.
Fisher; show—Mrs.. R. Fisher, S. Cq
".Rathwell; collection—Mrs. R. Fisher,
S. C. Rathwell . . : ' ,
Gladioli, 3 spikes, 3 ,varieties—Geo.
11. Smith, .Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie; 6
spikes, 3 varieties—Geo. IL Smith, S.
C. Rathwell; best . • spike—Hai;old
'l'hoinpson, : 8. C. Rathwell; 2' spikes,
pink—Harold Thompson, .Mrs. T. J.
Salkeld; ,two spikes, smoky—Harold
Thompson, J. H. Pickering; 2 spikes,
red or purple—S. C. Rathwell; J. H.
Pickering; 10 spikes -LS. C. Rathwell,
G. H. Smith.. '
Zinnias 10 ialoo`nis—Mraf?'1 i Salk
eld, S. C. Rathwell.
Stocks; .collection—Mrs. T: J. Salk-
eld, •Mrs. A. (Solomon..
Snapdragon, dark --,S. C. Rathwell,
Mrs. A. Solomon; light -Mrs.. Robt.
Fisher, Mrs. A: Solomon
Scabiosa—G. 11. Smith, Mrs. T, J.
Salkeld. •
Pansies ---Mrs. A. Soloirton, Mrs. T.
J. Salkeld.
Phlox, perennial—Mrs. T. J. Salk-
eld, S. C. Rathwell.
Marigold, French—Ml's. T. J. Salk-
eld, J. IL Pickering; African—Mrs. T.
J, Salkeld, Miss E. McCluskey. .
•Calendulas-Mrs. A. Solomon, 8. C.
Rathwell. •
Cosmos—Mrs. T. J. Salkeld, S. C.
Rathwell. •
Petunias, double—Mrs. T. J., .Salk-
eld, Mrs. A. Solomon; single—Mrs: A.
Solomon, Mrs. W. MacKenzie. •
Best collection annuals --Mrs. T. .1.
Salkeld, S. C. Rathwell. •
• It. Best collection .perennials—Mrs. T.
J. Salkeld,, Mrs. A. Solomon.
Roses, red -:•-Mrs. A. Solomon; pink
--1?r, ' Johnston, Mrs, W. MacKenzie;
=white^> Llx.._Jekisten _.-R. Ward;' , colt-
ection-;-G. H. Smith, Dr, Johnston.
Carnations—G. H. Smith, 'Mrs. R.
Fisher.
Table bouquet, low—A. W. Hamil-
ton, Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie.
Bouquet, ,any other flowers—Mrs.
T. J. Sa:lkold,W. E. Henderson
Larkspur, annual ,Mrs. T. J. Salk-
eld, Mrs. A. Solomon.
Potted Plant&
Begonia, rex—Mrs. A. Solomon; tu-
beraus,, double—Mrs. A: Solomon,' Mrs.
n. Fisher; tuberous, s ngle—R. Fisher,
Mrs. A. Solomon:
llection'foliage or coleus plants --
104. A. Solomon. •
$est Gloxinia—Mrs. 'I . J, Salkeld.
Any, tither plant in ,bloom—Mrs..It.
Fisher, l r.a...T. d, Salkeld:
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Fall ' bike 'Weather
The first of the week brought tor-
rential rains on Monday evening, fol-
lowed by . a drop in temiSerature and
showers on Tuesday' and Wednesday,
that was typical of late fall weather,
and certainly not Weleonted so early
i aft S'epteMber,
1, w, I 1 , i'� 1 �' \y
Saw Bobby Jones Golf
Mr. and, !Irs. J. C. MeNab visited
in Toronto Oast week . when, they at-
tended, the C. N. E. Jack; who is an
enthusiastic golfer, witnessed an 'ex
hibition foursome match at ,St. An-
drew's course on Saturday that fea-
tured the celebrated golfer, Bobby
Jones of Atlanta, Georgia. The match
played, before a gallery of more than
1200 spectators, was a Red Cross.
benefit exhibition.. •
VIE SUNDAY
E
SP CIAL SERVICE S •
Sunday which .was set apart as a
National Day. of Prayer, was fittingly
observed as.such in Ideal churches.
Local members of the 99th Bat-
tery, R. C. 'A:, were in Wingham on
Sunday morning When ,the Battery,
one hundred strong, paraded to:the
United Church to attend Divine Wor-
11i1 1i i i Rev.`A: Be'ecroft°•delivered••
a stirring"sermon on "Our Duty To
Our Country". Members of the Luck -
now Pipe Bandheaded the parade.
:-PRIZE • WINNERS
Winners of the two 57dollar prizes
in last Wednesday night's draw were
Elizabeth Lyons of Li tcknow and 'Ruth
McKechnie; a visitor -in Lucknow at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mar-
shall.
At the regular meeting of the Busi-
ness Men's Association •on Monday'
evening it was decided to continue
the drawuntil, and including, the last
Wednesday night in September.
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R. C. SHIPMENT
MADE, LAST WEEK
The following shipment of: supplies
was' made by the Lucknow :and Vicin-
ity Branch of the Red Cross Society
Last Wednesday. 4n the report„con-
tributions from various organizations
are---acicnc wie:dged: f2,_pair. socks;
21 pair mitts;. 40 helmets; 13 sweat-
ers; 3 turtle neck sweaters; 24
scarves;216 gauze handkerchiefs;ii
108 khaki 1 handkerchiefs; 12 towels;
33' pair pajamas; 12 layettes; 5 quilts;
2 blankets; 56 articles of clothing'.
for .refugees; '447 surgical dressings.
Langside United. W.' M. S, — don
ated 2 boys suits, 2 blouses, 2 aprons,
3 girls dresses, 1,, crib sheet, 1 crib
blanket; $ nightgowns.
Junior, Red Cross 9 sweaters,
11 pair boottees, 3 bonnets:
Senior •;VV. A., Kinlough . donated
,2 quilts. ^*•
Paranonnit Women's Institute
pair pajama, 1 dozen khaki hand-
kerchiefs, 4 helmet,1 'quilt.
llural"Ciub 4 ,tri -socks
3 scarves,
St. Helens Women's.; Institute --- G
dozen gauze handkerchiefs, ' 7 dozen
timid handkerchiefs, '1 'scarf,: 13 pair
socks. ' Donated, 12 layettes.
Specials in Girls', Women's and Chil-
dren's
Chiledren s Pall and whiter hose. THE
MARKET STORE,
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RAN PRESENTS • , :MARRIAGE ANNOUIiCED .'
HARVEST PROBLEM — H2ORNE
Mrs. 1d.' Horne announces the mar.-
riage of her elder' daughter, Lillian
B. Horne ' to Arthitr W. Ellis.' son of
Mr:+. and,'Mrs, At A.: Ellis,.' Toronto,
the ceremony' being •perfoii'rned by the:
'Rev:: George' B. Cquiter of•Gerrard,
Street United Church, Toronto
Heavy rains this week. are a
source of worry tel..fariners••and flax
'TA :yecrops,
-growers who' Have Y t ps, their
harvested
' Mostseriously
concerned. over the'
continued wet weather are' those farm_'
ere Who are ;endeavouring'to. +stook
thresh. •Otherwise crops, r pretty
well off: •
But • not,. sp with' the flax, of ••which
the firm of J. G. Anderson” and • Son
i.s. harvesting large, acreages this year.'
•�fi�- e _ ._ _ w 4-a 5_-- _
:the "pulling of the grain' by machinery,
Which lays the garin out thinly, on
the. ground.. Here it 'remains for 'a•
lengthy . period 'until •it is properly
cured for scutching, when• it, is 'quite
black 'in colour,
Then with iron hooks "the flax is
scooped int&. sheaves and placed. in
position for the binder to pick ' up.
Quite a' squad of 'school boys from the
Tillage have been. engaged at this
job of gatherin ,the flax into sheaves
e psi are
IN `F'I NAL'S IN 'GLOBE
AND •MAIL.'DOUBLES
T e. local bowling duo of Clark,Fin-
TODDS FARE
WELL L AT C.N, E.
F. G. Todd and Tom. Todd of St.
Helen's: arrived hozne •last ':week. from
the.0 .. f. a .Toronto,where` they
were' exhibiting several of thein fame
ous ?olled An• us cattle. T he. Todds
g. c. .� To
d&
scored 'many` successes :at . the
Ex.,
..but 'this year'•s *record was the
hest yet,• when°•,,they� were= awarded
tweh e prizes on seven' ahin'ials they
showed, including fotur heifers,.a steer
and:.a Jr. and Sr..bull.., - '
Erica of St. Helen's, 3rd, which 'won•
ARRIVED IN ENGLAND
Mrs. Herb MeQuillin of town re-
ceived' a telegram 'on'. Saturday from
her ,husband, advising her of his s4'
arrivel "Somewhere in England".
;Herb is a• member' the Ro • •ai Can-
adian'
Y
adian' Engineer, having enlisted at
l_.ondon the latterr•par tt• of June; when
he resigned* a .•member Of `the Vil17
age Courioil.
Her was soon• moved to' Petawawa
Military Camp, , a c
Y C rnp, .nd by the; end of th,
first week in September reached Eng:
land; little more than two irnonths
ter enlisting.
been picking, off Some prizes; in' dis-
trict 'tournaments 'this season; really
went . to 'town' the latter part. of last first. in her class, won both the Senior•
week when they readied the finals and Grand Championships.
in i the Globe•. and Mail deubles taurn- Another heifer, Pride. of St. Helen s,
extent in Toronto last Week.' 16th, won first .in her glass 'and .the'
Province wide .interest is centred
reserved Junior championship;
in 'this bowling cIasaic that attracted Each' of the 'seven head' shown was
a total' of four hundred. boavlers as a prize winner with ,,no ,anifriaj' .plat-,
the .tournament got underway on
ing lowethan fourth place.
Thursday' morning: TI* finals were .
last year receive`, - _et- swards =• 1i
the Ex: "This heifer, as well as placing
and . in an eff t to save. lite crop played • at 'the Granite • Club Greens
1 be ranted absence from school on' 1' i'iday *lit, whenFinl'ayson and
Will „granted Agnew lost their only game in .seven
to assist, with the work 'when 'Weather to take second. money. Their ,prizes
permits; were sets• of lawn•:b.ow1S.'
Last_: Wednesday the gang moved to lh air wo •their first game
a •90-acrg Spread on `the c local p n
p1 i ozrz a i?Yesto3i rink ,12 . to ' 11. In the
near Olivet and ,favourable weather .
to the. end of the' week speeded the.second they defeated• a Kew•, Beach
Work there.rink • 19 • to 16 In the third. the :won .
' 'Rain oil Monday, Tuesday arid Wed..'
ed= from Glebe •
Manor 20 to.
PICK '20 QUARTS OF .BERRIES
One Considers the raspberry season
'as over, but not so at the farm- of,
Wni.. Lannon, in. Ashfield' where -they
have a, raspberry.patch of the ' Ever-
h..eeri�dg variety, that is • .yielding a
heavy, crop at present. Oen: Wednes-
day niorning Mrs. Lannon brought
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nesday of this week however has halt-;
ed . operations again. '
•Bargains. in Men's' and • Boys' work
clothing, shirts, socks, underwear„..
THE MARKET STORE. • '
OBITUARY
MRS. ROBERT' OSBORNE' .
Ill for more than a year .from. the
effects ,of, •a fall in which she sun:
tabled a,, fractured' hip, Mrs•• Robert
Osborne 'passed away in Kincardine
In their first 'game on Friday in
the fourth 'round they defeated a'
l:,ansdoit'he pair 17 to 12. Their next
win;: was from Hall and Rowntree, of
West Toronto by 15 to 14.•A Lack -
now old -tinier` witnessed this game
anal, tells about it eisei'here in this
issue. ;
That victory sent Finlayson, and
Agnew, into the semi-finals when they
defeated Bradley and . WOdd• of Ot-
tawa 12 to 8.: In . the finals the' Local
pair lost their lone game to . the Tor-
onto, team of Packinan •and Prescott
by 19 to .3.
hospital, Friday, August 30th. She
was "in her • eightieth year. •
Mrs. Osborric;, whose • maiden name'
was Margaret Ann McGuire, was.born
near Madoc,' Hastings, county.. As a
yoting girl. she canie with her • parents.,
'the late Williunt and Jane, McGuire,
to Huron Township: It WA there she
wed Robert Osborne in 1900. 'They
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moved to Kincardine '20 years ago.
toresi-
Her many kindly acts endeared her
a host of friends d•uring her
Moved To :Woodstock
Chester, Twaniley, who is employed
by the Standard. Drug. Company, has
been `transferred ..from., London to
Card Of Thanks
Mr. and -Mrs. Stewart McGillivray
wish •to thank the neighbors who ren-
dered help and the kindness' shown
dence there. She, was a' member of then? at. the time• of their fire. •
Kincardine United Church, yvhpse pas-
tor, the Rev. George. Kersey, conduct- '
„es.•last rites on 'Monday afternoon,
September 2nd. Interment
sardine • cemetery: The pallbearers
were Howard and William McGuire,
Harry, and • Lester . Osbo"rne; Howard
Henry and Victor Bridge..
To -mourn ;her ,,passing shu, leaves.
her husband, two children, by • a pre -
loos n is a /VI Delena Fitc1
v g,rs.
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Toronto acid William MacDonald,
Chatham; :four step -children, Law-
rence Osborne, Toronto;. Elmer anil.
Russell, Huron township and Mrs.
Wilda Whitfield, Toronto; three' bro-
thers, Malcolm and Thomas McGuire,
Huron ,and Samuel �� Lucknow and
three sisters, Mrs. ,Jane Mitcheltree,
London, Mrs: Mary Hamilton, Harnil •
ton and Mrs, Katherine Jeater, Rip-.
ley..
The funeral service was largely at
tended by friends from the district
.and from Toronto, London, •I•lami+lton
and Peoria Illinois..
:twenty quart boxes Of lovely berries
to 'town 'and put then? in cold storage,
at Silverwoods .plant. The fruit was
picked on Tuesday and was in' per,
'feet condition, ,.
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WEDDING BELLS.
LAWRENCE -- COLLINS
The marriage of Helen. Dorothy,
only 'daughter Of Mrs. E.''J. Collins' of
Winnipeg arid the late' 'Mr.Collins,
to: Private. Herbert . C. Lawrence,
P.P.C.L.L, eldest Son of 'Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Lawrence, was''solemnized 're-
cently at the home of the bride's
cousin, . Mrs. A. 0. Piggott; •Sherburn.
St., Winnipeg, Rev. Walter Spence of-
ficiated.' •
• •The wedding ' music was played by
Mr. A. C. Piggott. The bride wore
a dress of dusk.,' rose crepe , with
matching turban. Her corsage was of
Talismanroses' and sweet peas.
The bride was attended • by her
' cousin, Miss Lola: Wadsworth, who
wore dove .rose crepe with matching
hat and corsage of white sweet peas.
Private Harvey Lawrence, P.P.C.
L:I., was his brother's best man.
The- bride's -aunt-herware. a._rbiaek:
and white 'figured crepe"with corsage
of mauve sweet peas.
The bride is a niece of Messrs.' D.
M. Thompson and R. H. Thompson
of Lucknow. Her' mother was formerly"
MinnieThon san'of'tiris village
BAKING SALE & TEA
- Mrs. Struthers 'Group• of the W. A:
will 'hold. a tea and • baking sale, •in
the „United 'Church Sunday , c,Sehool
ronin' on' Wednesday'afternoon; , Sep:r
teml3'er 18th. - '
PA
' DANCE AT PARAMOUNT
Dancing every Friday night, at Par-
amount Hall to music by MacKenzies
6 -piece" orchestra. Door prize each:
week, a roasted then. General. ad-
mission 35c.
DANCE AT HOLY,ROOD
A dance will be held in •the Town-
ship Ilan, Holyrood on Thursday •01-
c ping, September 19th, under auspices
of the, Holyrood Women's ,Institute.
McCharles' Orchestra. Admission 25c
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and 152..
•Mrs. Pearlman hae just returned from
a( buying 'trip to Toronto with 'a wide
variety of New Dresses • and Coats
for, Fall. Call in and 'see ,,thein.
Teaching At Holyrood • , •
,Miss Mary Smith of Creeniore is
teaching 'at Holyrood school, succeed-
ing Gordon • Campbell • who has joined
the R.C.A.F. Miss Smith is a daugh-
ter of Mr. and.,lVIrs. Belt Smith of
Creemore, her father being the editor
Of the Creemore Star:
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MORE POWER TO BRITA IN's FLEET AIR ARM
The Blackburn Roe, a new ,fighter just.ntroduced 'into the Air Arm of Britain's Navy,
fat it is fitted with a Bristol Perseus engine and `a power -operated gin` turret. ' •
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Very
Vim-•.®
Frank MacKenzie, son -,of Mr. and
MacKenzie' . of Lucknow un-
derwent 'an appendicitis operation 'in
Wingham General, Hospital the let-
• ter part of, the week. He is 'making
quite 'a' favourable recovery.* •'
STORE BROKEN..
INTO • AT• LOCHALSH
The general ,store ; of D, A. *-
Lennart at Lochalsh Was Broken into.
last Friday . night when cigarettes to
the -,value; ,of . about $15.00 were • stolen.
• Entrance to the store . was i gained
by 1Orctaig ,a base•nent:'ititindow. A_
check-up when thebreak-hi was dis-
covered On Saturday morning, indicat-.
ed that the' fags were the sole loot
of .the thief or thieves.
That saine night a quantity • . of
gasoline was stolen at ' the ' airport
at Port .Albert.
WROTE t'OEM
Elsewhere in this, issue appears a
poem "The British Empire Forever".
The author is Rev. I. W. Kilpatrick
of Strathroy and' a brother of S. J.
Kilpatrick of Ashfield..•
HAD fNTERESTING : TRIP
TO NORTHERN QUEBEC •
Since the last issue of The Sentinel
we have had a'. flying trip,, to North-
ern •Quebec. via 'Kirkland • Lake, in-
all, totalling close t&1200 miles, While
one hasn't muchtime for observation
in navigating. the ,hills and bends on
these northern 'roads", it 'was :aux--in
tentien to briefly outline the trip,
and tell you something of the .unique
little island of Siscoe, which „was our
destination and where we were fort:,
unate in being shown underground in
the mine 'and through the mill.
Time hat not permitted • to 'write
the article for this issue, and still get
the .paper oui-oir.'ime, so the-utbi't`'-
of the trip will 'of necessity have to
be heldover until next 'week:
W. I. Meeting Friday '
T'he: opening., Fall ,n eeting,;0f , the
'Lucknow Women's Institute Will be,
• held on Friday, • September 13th : at
2.;45 ,Sharp in the , Town Hall. A: good
program is being prepared, .including
a debate, "Resolved that a good nat-
•ured, untidy wife is preferable to a
'cranky, tidy one." This being, visitors'
day,.' all ladies are invited to attend.
Rolf call, "name your guest"
HOLIDAYS END AS
SCHOOL- REOPENS
Locally public. and 'High . School
students commenced, a •''new termn
Monday morning as the school it
summoned,•thern back to studies after
the summer vacation• that was exten•
ded .from -the • regular opening date
of September 3rd to #eptenber 0th,
• A number of, students who are en-
gaged in harvest operations, chiefly
..fiax_.-harxestin toil be '.permitted to
continue aissistin.g in such ,work,
weather permits. ' • •
In the High School there, is an'
'average •enrollment_ with a particu-
larly. large Middle School grades.
• .The- public school enrollment to'
date numbers 131 pupils, with,- the
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girls outnumbering•• the boys 77 to,
54. -
Iri' Miss McD'ougall's room the be-
ginners ' class On Tuesday included.
Betty, D•urnin, John Gainntie, Alvin
Irwin, Joan 'Johnston, Noreen •Kit-
patrie'k, David Maloney, Shirley Mar-
shall., .Jackie McKim, Edna Reid, Clark
FIRE DESrRu'�r5 _
EARN AND CROP
The barn' and. season's' crop• on the
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,farm of .Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mc-.
Gillivray, Concession 10, .. Ashfield;
',as.'destroyed by" ire that `broke..out ''
shortly .before six .o'eloc.k,' •last'
nesday:.. .
,'There was no insurance "on'"lie 'eon- .
tents; 'making, .the loss' a particularly
heavy. one for Mr. and Mrs. McGxlli-
The blaze occurred when.the child-
ren dropped .a lighted match in loose
had' been. playing at the "barn When
one of them went to 'the house for a
pair. of scissors to' 'cut, a piece.
of . twine they were playing. with. •
Matches were kept well out of the
childrenis' reach; but the head of ,one
:was : found . in searching for the leis-
sors. Whewthis this was lit, upon return-
ing to the barn, the flame burned the
child's fingers,'who.dropped it at the
edge of 'a. straw pile beside the, barn.
Mrs. McGillivray was in the: gar-
den nearby but. before .she could do
anything to' quench the blaze, the fire
was roaring., through the stack and.
:qu'ickly.the :whole barn was in flames;
Included, in 'the: loss: were', 11.00. •bus-
hels of grain, recently threshed,'tons
v€ hay :;het m 1y . filed the ...
barn, and 16 pigs: As well there was
a cream separator, fanning mill, and
other incidental equipment_ commonly
found 'in 'a barn.
There were' two straw stacks beside
the barn, which; added to the fury of
the conflagration.
RIPLEY WINS -JUNIOR "B"
CROWN, IN 'THREE . STRAIGHT
Ripley Juniorsto'o'k. a•.4 to 2 de-
cision
ecision•from Cliesley in . the " Huron
'Village last Thursday afternoon.` The
victory,, their third straight of the •
series won for• them the Bruce' Lea= • • -
gue junior; title and the Ontario •Jun- :
for "B"' crown, as °the Ripley lads
are ,the, only Junior "B" squad in'
the province.•.
The boys, coacihed by Walter. Lane'
and under the :.managership of Don
e playedart: brand
McLeod, ha've.a. s
m
of ball this season and Have brought -
honor to .themselves and to. the
age • of Ripley '. by their accomplish
inents. J
, Pictures of The, teens appeared in
The Free Press and Globe and Mail
this week, The. players include Me- '
Lean Dell, outfielder; Huffy Harris, ,
pitcher; Gurney Pollock, 3rd; lack
Bowers, second; Ken McKenzie, and
d•M•art ..yn;autfielders,
ley; Mike Weis, shortstop and Wil-
fred Weis, outfielder of Teeswater;
and' Donald Finlayson, catcher; Jack
Cook, 1st; Mervyn Solomon, pitcher
and Doug Aitchison. and Angus Mc -
Several of these boys are .good
hockey players, • but 1 two of them •at
least will be• absent when the hockey
season rolls around; as Huffy Harris r
and Jack.BoWers• leave this riiorithto
attend Toronto .University' and Strat-
ford Normal Selig. respectively.
PLEAD. 'GUILT* TO CHARGE •
OF ROARING CREAMERY
Appearing before Magistrate Walk-
er in' police court in Walkerton on
• Friday, three' Toronto youths,' age 16;
17 and 19, pleaded guilty to a charge
i of breaking and entering and theft
at the Kincardine 'Creamery on Au-
gust 29th. In the safe which they
took with them and cracked open in
a ,swamp near: Hespler was cash to
the amount of about 8450.00, as well
as ohecks and valuablepapers.
ar The trio was ' remanded' dire week
for sentence.
Stanley, Richard Treleaven.
The High 'School 'staff Consists ,of
Miss P. F. MacLean, Principal; Mr.
-N C,::2:'r'�"n
and Miss Ruth Matthews
The Public School staff includes
"Mr. John D: Rosa, Principal, ,teacher
of 'Grades VII arid VIII; i1r. Jini
Henderson, Grades V and VI; Miss
Grace, Hurlburt, Grades I1I and IV;.
a '
nd, Miss Marion McDougall, Grades
land 11.
MAY NEED EXTRA TEACHERS
With the en
guests in the
schools of th
tions. -to engage,
to, serve the n
The Departure
ing forward t
may be thous
are required t
of such- teach
McArthur, 1►I
children can: b
iiii
of employing
ice`
olnient of 'fli4tish war
public and secondary
e province,. it may be
found necessary in certain school 'sec=
additional teachers
eels of the new comers.
Department of Education is look -
o the time then there
ands of evacuees in the
province, and
,'where extra 'teachers
he Ontario Government
is prepared to
pay one-half the cost
n'a' scalar en, Hon.- Dz.,
Minis er o' E•uei tion,
says that in
the smaller' centres, it
is quite prob
able' that , the visiting
e absorbed in the exist-
ing classroo
•
s without the necessity
new
teachers. Iii'. the
lar. 'May ger centres •mart y be necessary
to. trpezr new classroo'm's.
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