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Lucknow : Ont., 'Thursday May 2nd, 1940
‘ORGANIZE ' FOR
REFUGEE WORK'
At a : meeting in the Town Hall
work room• on Tuesday afternoon, a
coinnaiittee was organized,under the
Lucknow and • Vicinity Brnch of the
In,r Red . Cross Societyr
for the purpose
k�f .`'promoting.` and carrying on re-
' fugee relief `work, = '
Mrs; A. E :,McKim was,na 'ed eh'air
a.d man
' n .''Mr Walter .Hari]. on
... s,, sec-
retary-treasurer. Mrs." McKKim. was
t ' empowered to ' nate a committee: . Red, Cross funds cannot' ,be used
in
carrying on this refugee 'work, and
to finance the work, it was; left with
the ladies, of the Red Cross- to find
ways of making:money. It was pro-
posed that each lady of the Red Cross
pledge herself to be responsible for
raising $2.00, with various methods
suggested such 'is . men's euchres, lad-
ies' - ifridge and 'teas, serving lunches
and entertainments,
The money willbe used ..chiefly for:
materials to make refugee clothing..
in • addition to contributions of cloth=
ing. and material which may be made.
•These materials 'will be 'manufact-
ured ' larg ely in the work rooms it is
expected along with the regular Red.'
Cross work` now being done, for which
the local Branch has .sufficient Red
Cross supplies on hand to keep; the
ladies busy until July.
RADIO' LICENSES ARE
AVAILABLE LOCALLY
• A recent', communication . received
loeatly from the Department of Trans-
port; clarifies ; 'somewhat' .the matter
of ho'w and where radio licenses',can
' be' secured by ,those who are • really
concerned about the :matter.
' This comnr`unication advises that. the
Departmentis now prepared to au-
thorize- bona fide radio dealers and
radio service men toissue licenses.
This authorization, . we understand,
bas ;been -applied for and received in
at least 'a couple of cases locally.
However local issuers'• are forbid•t-
• den to •canvas$• to sell licenses, and
cansell only 'to these to whom they
.sell 'radios; . to tb "i!allmg af"'fliefr
place of business requesting licenses
or' thirdly to those requesting, that
radio sets be serviced. The communi-
cation gives no explanation of the
above "regulations,, which forbid can-
vassing by . focal issuers.
. SPECIAL AT LYCEUM
The new Hardy picture, '"Judge
Hardy•and Son", is the special.attrac-
tion . at the Lyceum Theatre this
Thursday Friday and Saturday. ' It
features such stars as Lewis Stone,
Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker and
Fay Holden. There 'is also entertain-
ing short subjects supporting,the fea-
ture. Read the ad. - '
KII' LOSS LADY PASSES
After an illness of some duration,
.Miss. 'Samuel' Moulton, whose maiden
name was Elizabeth Kaake, died Wed-
nesday in Bruce •County General Hos-
pital at Walkerton.
,Mrs. Moulton, a lifelong ,.resident.
of Kinloss district,'uvas in her seventy-
third year.
The funeral service was held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon in Kinloss
United Churehowith the Rev. L. S.
Mott officiating. Interment was made
in Kincardine cemetery.
Extend Call To • Bervie Pastor
• The Official Board of Tara United
Church has extended an unanimous
call to Rev. Leslie S. Mott, now sta-
tioned at Bervie, to take effect on
July 'lst. It is expected Rev. Mott
will accept the call, says The Tara
Leader. Rev. Mott is a young man, 33
::ears 'of age, married with one child
and previous to •being stationed at
Bervie, had charges at Drew and Ken-
ilworth.
_-_.„ EST'ATF...,Q C, A; •ROBERTSO:
ANNOUNCED AS 9;d.16.• .
• The late C. A. Robertson, who rep-
resented Inion -Bruce in' the ?rov-
incial Legislature; left an' estate of
$9,448.08, it is • revealed in his Will
just filed for probate. His farm .in
Colborne. Township, '.'where he was'
born and where he died, i8 'valued at
$3,500: Insurance amounted to $2000.
ante s.personal.wo daughters, Mrs.
Dorothy .Tulin Reid, of Goderich, and
Miss Ella 'Christina Robertson, Tor- .
onto, are the only beneficiaries, they Bargains in Men's and Boy's work
sharing the egate equally. ' Clothing. THE MARKET STORE)
.CONTRIBUTED MORE :THAN. $300
TO SALVATION ARMY FtUN.D'
The citizens of. Lucknow and vicin-
ity. contributed 1;332.40 to the Salva-
tion Army Red. Shield War and home
service .campaign #and: This amount
has been turned. over to the .Salvation
Army Headquarters' in Wingham.
The,,Winghain and district objective
of,• 20.00 was exceeded..
The•Salvation Arm •Dominion-wid••
y Y. e
objective 'was set, .at $1,000,000 to car-
ty'9i its'iminediate. war and home ser
vice -program,.. • •'
WANT' WOMEN TO. REGISTER
Some time 'ago we gave some .pub-
licity' •to the work of the National
Committee for. Voluntary 'Registrat-
ion of Canadian Women. The pairpose'
is to determine the Woman power of
Canada, and as to where they might
be willing to serve in ari emergency.
The registration is entirely volun-
tary and places no obligation on any-
one"- registering.
nyone"-:registering. You might• be able
to perform some home service, or
might be able .and free to serve in
some ' other 'capacity. In this .case
training would be provided,' if re-
quired,. to .fit' one for gainful employ-
Ment:
The registration to date has receiv-
ed little response locally. 'Mrs. Walter
Hamilton is one who has registered,
and she is prepared to give ,further
information} in this regard to anyone
interested.. . .
Ashfield Presbyterian W.• M. S.
The . Ashfield Women's Missionary
Sgciety held its April meeting at ,the
home' of, Mrs. Elizabeth Rose, :There
were thirty members:. present. Mrs.
Wesley Robb read. the Scripture les-
son and Mrs: Murdoch: C. MacKen-
zie followed with prayer. The pro-:
gram; announcing the Presbyterial: to
be held on . May 4th in Brussels was
read: Collectors; for the "Egg Money"
in each part of the congregation were
named. They wish to have it•all in
before the end f May. Rev. $, A.
MacConnel
•gave a splendid address.
On, the .world: wide Missionaryeffort.
and its result among the different
people -of the world. In Canada, in In-
dia, in 'Korea,, in Soudan and among
the Jews. Mrs., Esler read a touching
poem "Sometimes when everything
goes Wrong". Mrs. McRae' gave some
notes on the Provincial meeting in
Toronto. Rev. Mr. • . McConnell• close°i'
the meeting' with prayer. The May,
meeting will he held at the home of
Rev. -and Mrs, Esler.
GODEIIICH 'CANCELS FALL FAIR.
In view of the lack of public sup-
port and' the unsatisfactory condition
of . the. Society's finances, the directors
of the toderich Agricultural Society
have 'decided this year not to hold the
fall fair which has been an annual
event for nearly . a century. In place
'of the fair it is .proposed to hold, a.
field day.
ACTION BEING HEARD
At the Supreme Court non -jury
sittings in progress this week at God-
erich an action is being heard where -
Vere D. Cuianingham of Colborne
Township seeks $5,400 from the West
Wawanosh Fire :Insurance Company,
in which Company he was insured,
and which refuses to pay the claim,
alleging misrepresentation; misstate
meet, fraudulent nondisclosures and.
arson on the part of the plaintiff.
WAS -NINETY ON
THURSDAY LAST
Mrs. Wnr. Scrimgeour, Sr., a former
resident of L.ucknow; celebrated her
00th birthday on Thursday last, ' at
the home of her son, William, at Pal
merston„ .
Mrs. Scrimgeour has been confined.
to bed for the past llix months due
to a stroke, •but still is able to enjoy
reading,and particularly, we are told,
riti
each week, ' 'Her many friends here
extend' congratulations upon teething
the four score and ten and wish: for
this• grand old lady the continuanee
of'a air tin re of•health and en,
o men in. heif
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t deelining ears
Jy .
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Mrs. Serimg s eour was born in West
Wawanosh near"r-.._
Auburn, being'the
youngest of tw6 sons arid three kd. ati
gh
ILLUSTRATED
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WEE TOT O.ROWNS,-•.
•REi.ATIVES LEARN
Tragedy and heroism .stalked hand
in hand on. Saturday, April 20th, at
Wierdale, near Prince Albert in Sask-
'atchewan',when Gordon, George Pierce,
two .and one-half- :year-old, son •of ' Mr,
and.y"1VIrs. Clarence 'A.. Pierce 'was
drowned 'in a well at •a eighbouz s
farm home.
Word' of the tragedy has.. been :re-
ceived by Mrs.' J: Ail. Greer,. an.. aunt
of the littlelad's; father;' who is also
a nephew of the Pierces at Holy -
Frantic efforts on the part ,of Mrs.
Pierce to rescue her'son, by grasping
the well rope- and sliding -down •the
27 -foot well, and .grasping her little
boy, holding him with one hand until
help came, • failed Ito save the child,
who was dead when brought to the.
surface. .
The story, as . told by the frantic
and heartbroken parents, was ..that
Mrs. Pierce and Gordon were visiting
at the Lumley. faun . and Gordon was
outside playing with Mrs. Lumley's.
boy, who ;was slightly younger . than
himself. The well was about 300 feet
from the house: The Lumley child
rushed in saying that Gordon had
fallen into. the well, from.:. which' the
children had managed 'to remove the
The two . women rushed out,, Mrs.
Pierce sliding down the 'well rope 'and.
picking up her boy, standing in water
up to her waist until She tied :the rope
around Gordon and .Mrs. Lumley haul-
ed him out of the well. ,
Mrs. Lumley ,then got a horse from,
the barn: and by attaching the rope
to the horse, managed to rescue the
frantic mother. All• effbrtts however,
failed to bring the child back tolife
and word was sent to a neighbour
and to Mr. Pierce, who was working.
away from home. Both women suffer-
ed severe rope burns• on the hands in
the work of rescue.
LECTURE • ON. ,
HORTICULTURE NEXT. WEEK
The -•$..ucknow Horticultural Society
has.arranged to have John F. Clark,
.horticultural' lecturer .of the .Ontario
Department of, Agriculture, visit
I.ucknow next :Tuesday evening, and
are desirious that a large "audience
be present at the Town Hall to hear
and see .his splendid .illustrated. lect-
ure. .
Home and civic beautification should
•be, of interest •to' eery resident' of
the community; and Mr. Clark's lec-
ture. ,will be filled with suggestions
and helpful hints along this line. '
The Department's program stresses
the beautification of school surround-
ings, and no doubt there :Will be in-
formation of special-interest in this
respect. .
The lecture is timely as well and
co-ordinates with the Bruce.Beaut-
ification Bureau's, program of .Gone-
ty-wide beautifieation..'The B.• B. B.
as one of the ten points of its pro-
gram bas' set apart the second .week
in .'May as clean-up week and seeks
•rhe co-operation •of all 'residents' of
Bruce County to make the results of
this week very apparent throughout•
all of Bruce both rural•and urban.
.CLANSMEN PLAN
FOR JAMBOREE
The Clansmen's 24th of May Jam-
boree 'will •be' marked 1 y the Official
opening of the new arena sound sys-
tem, being installed by The Club, and
which is expedted will, be installed by
that date for its first test of public
approval,
The Clansmen have engaged a troupe
of performers from the „Garden Bros.
Amusement .Corporation, the, same
Company which provided' such high
class' acrobatic. performances last
year. •
This year's perforinance will cor-
ing accordianist. ' The four act's in,
elude. arcobatics, tumbling acts, stalk -
wire stunts and . an exhibition of jug-,;
glint and balancing.
Dance and games committees have
g s
been appointed by the Club and de•
tailed particulars• et this big annual
event will shortly. be 'released.
In regard to he proposed ministrel
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pro al, but in. vi zv of the numbs .
in the cast; believed it could not' be
satisfactorily presented here.
AN INTERESTING LETTER
We have taker -1 the liberty to pub -,
in this issue a ' personal letter.
received frspri—Wilfred Murddch of
Toronto, and written while on one ef,
his 'business trips.to. Eastern Canada.
It may be of ;partjciilar interest to,
the publisher in. that it recalls vivid
boyhood- memories, but the , letter goes
deeper than •that,;,yo'i'il -agree,-,when
you 'read :it. « .
This 'g eni''�
l roang ` man has. Luck-
now very •much, at. heart .and is 'al-
ways' "bubbling, over";' when he has
a chanceto. return to . the place . of his
birth for a visit. If we had mere
"Wilf Murdochs" in the'village, Luck -
now would be an even better place in
hich to live.• .
CHANGE WORK ROOM •
MEETING DAY TO FRIDAY '
Due to the Thursday ' 'afternoon
holiday, the :Work Room meetings of
the": local branch of the Red Cross••
Society will now be held ' each Fri-
day afternoon instead of Thursday.
IThechange becomes • effective this,
week; - •
TENNIS CB.
ELECTS OFFICERS
The 'spring., meeting ":of the Luk
now Tennis Club was held' in the
Town 'Hall on Friday, when officers
.were elected and plans drafted in an-
ticipation -of .a very successful 'seas-
on. •
The. slateof officers is: Hon.' Pte..,
Dr. W. V. Johnston; Pres., Bob, Mac-
Kenzie; vice . Pres., Jim Heeriderson;
Sec.-Treas., Morris .Pearlman;°'Mem=
bership committee, -Helen ;MacDonald
and Reid McKim; Grounds committee,
John K. MacKenzie and Bill Trelea-,
ven. J •
Membership fees were set at•. $1.00
for students, $2:00 for all others or
$5.00 aper' `family. The ,grounds • ^-re
now being put .in, geed p. , ying condi •
tion, and plans • are bei ,R }rade to
have a new •fence port_ and with
a. young and enthusiastic list • of . Of -
fleets, tennis promises for be a riop-
ular recreation in the. village this
season. • '
•
BORN
MCGUIRE' — In London on •Tuesday.
April "30th to ,Mr. and Mrs.' Horace"
McGuire, a .daughter: •
I COMING EVENTS
DANCE AT PARAMOUNT ,
Dancing every Friday night at Par-
amount Hall to music by MacKenzie's
ti -piece orchestra. Door . prize , each
week, a roasted chicken. • General ad-
mission '35c. . •
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
. In the Town Hall, Lucknow on Tues-
day May 7th 'at 8 o'clock. Mr. •John
F. Clark, lecturer,• in; horticulture, On-
tario Department of Agriculture, will
.give an Misdated talk pertaining to
beautification int general, both rural
and urban. Everyone is invited to at-
tend. .
3 -ACT PLAY NEXT WEEK
A local talent cast oi' nine players'
will present a very entertaining 3 -
act comedy, "Let's 'Get . Married" in
the Town Hall,.. Lucknow, on .Friday
-evening, May 10th, under auspices of
the Women's Institute. Reserve - the
date . and' plan to see this excellent
play.
• SOCIAL 'AT BELFAST'
Next Friday evening May 3rd there
will be a social evening and concert
held in Belfast, School at 8:15 to which
all . the section are cordially inviter:
There will be' a program of vocal
and instrumental music by the pup-
ils and outside talent. A collection in
aid of the Red Cross will be taken.
Lunch will be served' at the close.
SHIP MORE RED
CROSS SUPPLIES
A tQ, al .of 4'f9 articles made up
the- April shipment .of. Red Cross sup-
plies by ,the Lucknow and Vicinity
Branch. • , The'shipment, made .on Tues-
day,;: consisted 'of the following •art-
isles: 89• pairs 'Socks,, 17 scarves,; 2O
sweaters,. 9. helmets; 10pair wristlets,
.3'knee cap 51 .bed Jackets 18 air
pajamas; 12 surgeon's.•gowns, `72'.t'ow-•
els, 168 khaki' handkerchiefs, -8' wash
cloths. '
�f the above articles the , foliowin
g
were received from the various ladies'
organizations in the district.
Paramount Women's Institute — 1
pair socks, 3 ...bed jackets; 5 dozen,
khaki -handkerchiefs, 1 r/z . dozen .towels,
7 pair boottees, 2 helmets, •
Langnide • Rural. Club 2 dozer
handkerchiefs, 1 scarf; ,7 pair socks.
Kairshea • Club — '4 dozen • handker'•1
hiefs,' 3 pair pajamas, 3,•towels..
• St.. Helens Women's.. Institute• — 5
pair socks,, 3 sweaters,, 3 helmet's,
1 .pair boottees. Donated,. 1 sweater.
hintal Women's •' Institute=28 pair
-.ticks, 3 sweaters, 1 scarf,'1 pair knee
-aps,• two and one-half dozen:khaki:•
handkerchiefs, .'4 •pair boottees, five'
helmets, •four• and, one-halidoren tow-
els: • . . • % •
Zion 'Women's Missionary • Society—.
1. pair socks, 1 sweater:
Holyrood Women's Institutee— 4 pr.
socks. "
Junior Red Cross — 8 wash cloths,
1 'pair knee caps, 2 scarves, 2 helmets:'
10 pair wristlets.
Routes '.In Afternoon. -
The time of deliveryy of rural. mail •
was changed last week, with all route
out. of Lucknow and Holyrood nnis
receiving mail delivery,;in' the after
noon .instead of the morning .as
been the , custom during the winter"
Mural news budgets and all items of
newsfor publication must be 'received
by not' later than the Tuesday after-
noon .pick-up. • .
Redecorating For "Jubilee,
L
Crewe \United Church, in anticipa-
tion of, its 50th .anniversary to be cele-
brated June 30th and July 1st, is in-
augurating a program 'of , complete
redecoration of both interior' and ex-
terior, thorvarious parts of which are
to be undertaken by the several or-
ganizations of the .congregation.
ARE MEMBERS OF PERTH
•
FIFE AND DRUM BAND.
While waiting at. the C. N. R. depot
at 'Stratford last .Thursday, we ,.net
by chance, acquaintances • from this
district, including Billy' Borden, • for-
mer Huron Township farmer, Herb"
Carter of 'Ripley and "Curly" Ascott
of Teesivater., • .
Herb and'Curly 'who belong to the
Perth Regiment are -members •of " at�
Fife tnd Drum Band recently organ-
ized ie the Regiment. They. were at
the'derot, along with the • Regiment's
Brass Band to meet, some incoming
soldiers. Herb, formerly of Kinloss
and Ripley, toots a fife and Curly is
one of the drummers.
Mr. Borden, wh asked about sev-
eral old friends in tiie 'vicinity, has not.
been enjoying good health for a couple
of : years, suffering from arthritis.
Pd`RT . ALBERT MECCA
FOR FISHERMEN . •
. With smelts and suckers running
-in abundance; Port Albert, on -the
Bluewater Highway, has become the
mecca •of fishermen, and for the past
ten' days the serenity of this little
hamlet has }leen broken by a noctur-
nal activity ..that proceeds unabated
as scores of fid'hermen swarm in•
nightly to scoop up bags of mullets
from': the river. and correspondingly
large. numbers of smelt. The smelt,
for those who' don't knew ,their 'fish,
is a delectable "boneless" fish com-
parable to a sardine. The smelt is a;,
newcomer to a e uron wa er-, an.
for litany the Batching of them, by
use of fine nets, :is a new experience.
Thus With smelt,, andsuckers in
the limelight,' trout fishing has .re
NOTICE
To the people of huckiiow& vicinity:
Every night nett Week at 8 p.m.
Evangelist P. L Charley will condu+tt
a deeper life campaign in the Luck-
now Gospel Mission. Re'. F. L. Chor- .served but little prdminende since the,
ley is an experienced evangelist with
years Of experience in the Maritime
Provinces and other parts 'of Ct nada.;
A spiritual treat in store for all those
season officially ojaened last Saturday,
three days earlier than the usual
i.
opening tclate of May lst. ' • .'
Trout catches have apparently been
our clenoaivnail"oii"a'T "Ubilt tty and -Teti"
joy the Blessing of God. Every church
needs a, revival. Yours fQr the exten-
sion o the kin ti` t
Of h d o Pastor E. L. •
g a , r
Ripley.
FERTILIZER SPECIALS MAKE
DEPOT A HIVE OF ACTIVITY
. It's •seeding time and e. could as
readily say :its fertilizin time, for
the use • of commercial f . ilizera has
now •become quite, a , ge ral practise
in: rural Ontario,' and it is estimated
that some :fifty carloi • will be dis-
tributed -'front the • Lue now depot by
local. agents. -
'Already. two fertilizer freight spec •
ials have b en.'run through to' Kincar
dine. on this-C.N.R.' trench. line, as:
well .a • large, quantities F' bein
.idled'' by. the. regular freights. Specie.. •
Were run on Friday and Monday; haul
ed by two .engines. On' a. Monday. spec-
ial, eleven 'carloads were• shunted ont..
the local siding. for .unloading here.. •
•
Late Skating -
• By 'way of establishing. ."one for
the book," • Bid 'Thompson and Tobi
'Greer 'donned, the, skates 'last ;Thurs-
day morning, April 25th and had
few whirls around • the,• arena,, to . set
a record for late skating, .and on a
sheet of ''ice. that was ,sin-prisingly.
good the stated. Several inches oi.
ice was built up during the winter,
and' had •' been. slow going out up': tc
that date: One. could skate, anywhere
m• the arena but •it was necessary to
be careful to stay • on their skates,
fior, • while , the . ice was hard, it wa=
also wet. ' .
Seeding Underway •
Ideal spring weather, this past week
sees farmers locally .''oil the• ,land
again"; . with . seeding operations un-
derway, although delayed. 'briefh•
by. April showers the first of the
the week. A backward spring, or ap-
parently so, threatened to make seed
nig late this : year; ' but the ehang€
in the . weather' last week, results'. in
it being an average year so far as
seeding operations are concerned
a ith.: one farmer telling us he sowed
his first seed this season three'days
earlier than last. spring.
•
.HAD OUR. PICTURE' "TOOK".
WITH GREG. CLARK'S BROTHER
When Hugh Ferguson 'of the Port
Elgin 'Times was awarded the trophy
for the best all round paperin towns
of 1500 and under, at the 'convention
in Windsor last°week, The Sentinel
Publisher ,worked in on considerable
publicity.
Mr. Ferguson was not present at
the convention and "we" were . asked
to accept the trophy on his behalf.
A'Windsor Star photographer was on
the job andhence the picture,. which
first appeared in the Windsor paper
and subsequently in the Toronto Star
and The Free Press, and with each re-
production became less "flattering".
Mr. Ferguson and his staff are' to
be congratulated on their achieve-
ment, he being a ' comparative new-
comer to the newspaper business in
Bruce County. The handsome trophy
he receives is known at the J. T.
Clark memorial trophy and is in mem-
ory of the late Jre Clark, for,'mer
editor of the Toronto Star. .
„The . trophy was presented for the
first time last year by his 'son -Greg-
ory 'Clark, who is overseas at pres-
ent, and last week's presentation was
made by Gregory's • brother, J. W..
Clark of Cockfield, Brown Advertising
agency, Toronto.
Special. Sale of Women's wash dres-
ses and aprons. The Market Store. •
FATHER AND SON .
SERVE SAME PARISH
Harold Hamilton, newly appointed
rector cif Kinlough, Kingarf, Bervie
parish, commences his first pastorate
in . the parish where his, father min-
istered some thirty-five years ago.
Mr. Hamilton; who • is a member
of ' this ' year's graduating class of
Huron College, London, was named
by Bishop C. A. Seager to this three-
point parish succeeding. Rev. F. C.
McRitchie: Who h: s been transferred
to Walkerton. Mr. Hamilton comnien-
ced his duties last ,Sunday. His ordin-
ation as a deacon is expected to take
place in London on Sunday, June 2nd.
Older members of the Bervie parish
well remember the Rev. Joseph Ham-
ilton, and when it teats known that`'his.
son,' Howard Hamilton, was' graduat-
ing this Year, a successful effort was
WEEKLY EDITORS
MET AT,. WINDSOR
Upwards to two hundred delegates,
the largest. number .in ' the Associ-
ation's history, were in attendance
at. the 12th annual convention of the
Ontario -Quebec Division of the Can
1di-an, Weekly Newspapers' Association
held at the Prince Edward Hotel,
Windsar ast FxndaY and Saturda
y
'Friday .was devoted to.:entertain=
frig anal •educational tours' for the -;