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Lockhart is enjoying' compara- <*
tiVely good health and will re
turn to her home here in the
spring.
Hu-Back Side Hook Girdles
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THE LHCI^NQW SENTINEL, WTMW
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JUST ARRIVED
A New Shipment Of ? .
Hu^Back front Lace Corsets
in" two lengths in 14drich and 15rinch skirt ,
* NEW, SARONG GIRfiLE IN ALL SIZES
NYLON GARTER BELTS
: also
FULL RANGE OF GOTHIC BRASSIERES
in narrow and wider widths.
ASHTON’S
MEN’S, LADIES’ and CHILDREN’S WEAR
Piece ; Goods and Woollens
LUCKNOW DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
March 4th and 5th
1
CONCERT
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In the High School Auditorium
at 8.00 pan.
/ VARIETY PROGRAM:
Two plays—“Macbeth’’ and
“The Name IsJohnston”,
Tumbling,
'Glee Club and Band Selections,
Barber Shop Quartette.
g TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
» Admission>r~50c
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THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE
A speaker at a recent conven
tion of the National Beer Whole
salers Association of. Detroit
made an impassioned plea for a
nation-wide defense against "“the
diabolical (machinations of these
forces of evil, who seek to de-
stroy us and strike a death blow
to liberty”. These ‘‘forces of evil
—(the Drys) do not accept de
feat” . . . they are highly organ
ized, larticulate and are relent
less in their attack”. That speak
er was in deadly earnest, as well
he might be. He knows whati
many people do not know. An*
other prohibition era would prob
ably (spell <th£ doom of many
breweries, just as that other “aw
ful” era did, Prohibition in On
tario from 1916 on was hard on
the .breweries. By the end of 1917
only 23' out of 64 Ontario brew-
DURING LENT
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! SMITH’S I G A. ~
pStokley
’Tomato Juice, 48 oz. .
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Grapefruit Juice, 48 oz. .... 29c
Doles . . [
Fruit Cocktail, 20 ok ,
.Clark’s \
i^Porkng^Beans,’ IS ozr - frr.. 14c-
»Green Giant
i Corn NibiCtS/14 o«. 2 for 37ir
’ Breakfast Club
‘Raspberry Jam ..... .... 35c
k Hereford Corn Beef 43c
LG A. Margarine ................29c
’ Domestic Shortening . 29c
THATwhile-we-wouldn’t_want
to put words in anyone’s mouth
^-the-MaimStreetjs_liabled^^
come known as “Skunk Alley”,
if the current crop of black, and
white animals don’t soon take
off for other parts. It is get
ting to be a common nocturnal
sight to see one of these strip
ed animals ambling along quite
oblivious to the bright lights
or the wary folk who keep
their distance. . -r*
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THAT there were nine tables at
the Auxiliary 7 Shoot party on
Friday" night. High lady was
Mrs. Al Irwin, with Les Purves
having, the men’s high score.
THAT Mrs. Alex MacNay return
ed from Toronto last Thursday,
where she had remained since
Alex underwent a very ^seri
ous operation. He was consid
erably brighter when she left,
but will be in .the hospital for
several days yet, and then will
have a lengthy convalescent
period at his home* :
THAT Elliott Carruthers is em
ployed at Louzon’s Lucknow
Fruit Market. Mrs. Carruthers
has been clerking there for
more than a month;
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THAT Margaret E. Hudspn, for?
merly of Kinloss, says; it is 45
years since they went, to Elora,
—ibut-she always-finds^sbmething
of interest to her in the old
town paper."
eries remained in existen^. J>rie
tbat..survived- made 2%;pbrc!ent
ginger ale and ginger beer
as a dry .period measure. Adver
sity came to an end in 1927 with
prohibition. Then, came sale by
the glass in 1934, since when the
building of new facilities has not
been able to keep pace with the
increase in orders. These are
facts about beer and prohibition.
Prohibition did prohibit. Note the
most significant sentence quoted:
“Adversity came to an end with
prohibition”, i. e. when prohibi
tion ended, adversity ended-—for
I beer.—Advt. '*•
Get Swamp Clearing Contract
William Smith & Sons of Kin-
garf have. been given the con
tract by the Greenock township
council to clear all timber and
brush off the north side of Con
cession 10 through the swamp.
THAT at the Goderich fancy dress
skating carnival, Mrs. Steve
Price (formerly Jean Johnston
of Lucknow) /won second prize
in a 65-year-old nightgown. Mr.
and Mrs. Ernie Breckenridge
(formerly Marjorie Allin. of
Lucknow) won first prize for
■the 'best fancy dressed couple.
THAT Mrs. Ezekiel Lockhart who
has been spending the winter
in Wingham with Mr. and Mrs.
Elwell Webster (nee Grace
Lockhart) observed her (86th
birthday bn February 17th. Mrs.
Ogilive-Gold Cake Mix ..., 35c
Johnston Hard Gloss, pt.65c
White- Swan
Toilet Tissue ..... 2 for 25c
Export Safdines..... 3 for 25c
Challenger
Sockeye Salmon, ’4 tin .... 35c
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.. 37c
Gold Seal,
Sockeye Salnion,J4 tjn
Cohoe Salmon, K» tin . 27c
WESTON’S SODAS,
plain or salted, lb.
Now at their best—
Florida Grapefruit 10 tor 49c
La»a^* a a a * * * *
Watch f or announcement
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MARCH IN LIKE A LION,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3rd, 1^54
Webster & MacKinnon
Sale Paints
of the
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Mrs;,
and
Mc-
and
and odd lines ;
yirALLPAPER
CLEARING FAST
Pastel and Dark Colors Still Available in:
Flat Wall Paint, Semi-Gloss, Enamels,
Swper-kem-Tone Rubberized Wall Paint
and Kem Gio EnameL
Don’t miss the exceptional values now in effect at
Finlay Decorators
and GIFT SHOP
► Phone 218, Lucknow — Directly Across from Legion Hall
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KAIRSHEA INSTITUTE .
HEARS HISTORY OF KINLOSS
Historical Research was the
theme for the February meeting
of the Kairshea W. I. which met
at the home of Mrs. Harvey Hous
ton. The roll call, “a current
event”, was responded to by a
large number of members.
D. H., Carruthers presided
the sec.-treas., Mrs. Donald
Kinnon, read the 'minutes
correspondence.
: Members with clothing_______ ___ _ for
Children’s Aid are asked to leave
it with Mrs. Ross MacMillan, Ar
rangements for the District An
nual were left in charge of the
District Director and the Execu-
ELECTRIC MOTOR
SfRVlfCE.
Armature and Field Winding,
Brushes, Bearings, Etc.
—. Reliable Service —•. .
“Gilson Service - > . •.
- Electrical. Appliances
Freezers, Dryers, Washers
““HALDENBY~ELECTRTC
Kinlough —
five. $15 was voted towards the
purchase of new drapes --for the
Kairshea room in Wingham Gen
eral Hospital.' $15 was voted to-1
wards the work of the Sunshine/
Committee. It rwas decided that ;,
prizes be given for the prettiest;
hand-made and the prettiest,
ready-made cotton dress at the 12
Calico Ball to ibe held on April intyrc> Mrs. I. Carruthers, Mrs.
9th in the Town Hall. / W. F. MacDonald and Mrs. H.
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THAT the Lenten Season com
menced on Ash Wednesday,
March 3rd, and continues until
Easter which falls on Sunday,
April 16th. .
THAT Jack McGuire is the newly
elected , president of the Ripley
j Junior Farmers. Eileen Orr
" heads the junior institute.
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THAT recent refepende in. The
Sentinel to “trifling” 'sub-zero
temperatures in this? commun
ity, caused .Mrs. John Mowbray
of Stoughton, Sask., to drop a
line home pointing out that
45 degrees below was nothing
;: unusual out there. Proof of
this was a snapshot showing:
Dr. and Mrs. Mowbray’s young
. son John eyeing th.e theremom-
. eter on which 'the reading was
quite plain. Mrs. Mowbray was
formerly- Catherine Johnston.
THAT on the- occasion of her
80th birthday, Mrs. Jessie Mc-
Innes was guest of honor at a
family dinner held at the home
\ of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Mac-
■^WtU^n laSt Thursday, .
THAT Donald, MacCharles is get-
' ting “a kick” out of perform
ing with the bld-t.ime fiddlers
at the Kincardine Favilion.
Donald has played one engage*
ment with the group and has
another one coming Up' shortly.
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THAT Wm. J. Douglas celebrated
a birthday oh Sunday that •
marked by a family gathering.
9th in the Town Hall.
Two minutes silence <was ob-1 Johnston,dree tors,
served in memory of the late; < '' ■ .
Mrs. McCormick. r- - - — —- - ------ - -----
Mrs. Eh Morgan was tlie guest FEBRUARY WAS MILD -■
speaker. She had an interesting. ■ ' ' ;
exhibit of museum pieces which . March came in like a lion with
included articles clothing, a . twenty-four ■ hour variation
needlework, , an exhibit of cups, from rain to snow blocked roads, candles of different ages and Early Monday morning a heavy
value. jwet snow blanketcd the district
Mrs. Wm. Scott was the win- and weighted down trees, hydro
,ner of a Valentine contest con-and telephone with with a^dan-
ductedUby-MrS^-Harold-CampbelLLgerDusiy-heavy-load^of-sn^l .—„
Musical numbers were enjoyed, j io9. it rained /during the day
Denver Dickie played thei vjolin/ and by evening turned colder
. j .I. into a blizzard that reduced
visibility to about nil and quick
ly plugged up some roads.
Evergreen trees took quite ai
•beating ancj a pine tree at the
Public School play ground was
badly splintered by the weight of
snow.
While unpredictable March gpt
off to a bad start; the official
weather observer looked back
over the February data,, which
revealed the past month to have
been exceptionally mild. The high'
was' 52 and the low 5 below..
Snowfall totalled IQ indies, rain?
fall 1.21 inches with but three
days of total sunshine and fifteen
days completely overcast. The
month was marked by a thunder-
.Douglas Dickie played the piano
and a vocal number by the Hous
ton boys with Mrs. Houston at
the piano. Mrs. Gordon Wall read
the Federated News items.
Mrs. Walter MacKenzie, con
vener of Historical Research,
gave a concise history of Kinloss
Township, which she has com
piled recently. The different
phases of township life were cov
ered from the time it was first
surveyed up to the present time,
in an interesting ‘Style.
Mrs. Hughes gave the closing
remarks. z :
The annual meeting is to be
held in April and Mrs. O. Elliott
and Mrs.-L. MacDougall are hos
tesses Ifor the March meeting,•
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