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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1954
RAIN FIRST AND LAST DAY
PREVENTS RAINLESS JULY
Had it not been for heavy rains
on July Hat- anjj July 31st, the
month would have gone into the
4ecord books as practically rain
jess'. . ' '
Total rainfall for the month
was 2.42 inches. Of this total 1.43
inches fell on the evening of July
1st,: and eiariy Saturday morning,
July 31st, another downpour
measured *80 inches. The two
rains accounted for 2.23. inches of
the total fall. The remainder, .19
inches, fell during the month,-
tmost Qf-it on Thursday afternoon,
July 29th.’ Apart from that; there
<was>ark occasional drizzle that
Couldn’t be measured, \
High for the month was 85 de
grees and the low 42 degrees.'
During fifteen days the wind was
in the north, or . north-west and
brought cool nights with heavy
dew, which is credited. for sav
ing crops from withering under
the prolonged drought. In fact
hay and. grain crops in this vicin
ity are exceptionally good.
' Saturday morning’s drought-
(breaking deluge, accompanied a
wicked electrical storm that had
the sky alight from horizon to
hor}zon. Some -grain- werif down
under the ; torrent, but many
fields are ripe and past the dan
ger point, and others are already
■harvested.,- • ’
the improvised churches. Model
com-Drise another project
• • chUFCh- The farmers live
m Christian conrjmunities and try
to set examples for others. There
are no-empty seats in the ch’urch-
n%°LK?reu’ pointed
out that -the Church canhot ap
point one more ’ missionary to.
overseas work unless* someone
dies,- retires, or is married. The
Overseas, a Mission Board was
short $25,000 in its annual bud
get. 'Only one in five women of
the church are members of. the
w omen’s Missionary Society. The
Christian Missionaries in Japan
n.avC • amalgamated-...their efforts
since the war.. There, is now a
United Church of Christ in Japan
Approximately one-half' of one
percent of the people of Japan-
are Christian, about. 200,000 peo
ple. Organized Christian churches
there are.. self-supporting, and
mission funds are used in- open
ing. MP new territories and for
newspaper .evangelism;-Mon4y is
n.eeded to train Christian work
ers.
THE DUCKNOW SENTINEL; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Field Husbandry Department, the
forestry club memibers to the
Biology Department and the trac-!
tor club members to the Agri
cultural Engineering Department. ■
At each of* the departments -(2 "' l
demonstrations -and items of' in-1 . terest were explained to the club U^Mnge*l ............. __
members.. Following, dinner at;
Winicn time the young * people : "ew pep, Vigor and youngfer feeling, this very were guests of the Ontario Ag- ■ y'At a1^ 5tores’
ricultural College, the Rev. W. • ______. , '
A. Young, College Chaplain, wel.- 'Agricultural Engineering staff
comed the group to the Ontario demonstrated some of the dari-
Agricultural College on behalf of gers and. unsafe operational
MacLachinn, president, ■ methods in the -handling of farm
oh arrival-at-the College the boys; present The group then- moved ' Following this program the 4-
and girls^\jzere divided up into to the livestock pa,ddock where. H club boys were divided into
different -groups with the Home- Prof. George Raitihby,- associate three groups for-afternoon, tours
making and Garden 4-H .Club head of ..the Animal Husbandry I to the Field Husbandry Depart
members-visiting the Horticul'tur-' Department' presided and ex- ■ ment plots, Dairy and Beef barns
al Department during the fore- plained the livestock parade at i and the Hydrology Station The
noon at which time the girls were ( which time representatives of 4-H Club girls were taken on a
given demonstrations in the art the different breeds maintained | tour during the afternoon to Mac-
of preparing and freezing home at the College were paraded be- > donald- Institute and a tour of
grown produce. In a like man- i fore the group/ Mr. Keith Clark, the College campus. Supper fol’-
ner the calf and swine club mem- f Agricultural Engineering Field- lowed in the O.A.C. dining hall,
bers visited the Animal Husband- rrian, Ontario Department of Ag- ______
ry: Department, . the grain and 'riculture, then took charge of the . Talking to ’oneself is a poor
forage club members Visiting the program while members of the way to learn something.
SEVEN HUNDRED
ON 4-H BUS TOUR
-- ---- ' . , , *i Seven hundred. 4hH club mem
bers visited the Ontario Agricul
tural College* Guelph bn Tues
day, July 27 th. This was the
third annual ,4-H bus tour, the
first being to Ridgetown Agri
cultural School and Experimental-
Farm. in’ 1952 and the tour last
year was to visit points Of inter
est in and around the city of
■ Hamilton, Nineteen buses were
used to transport the 4-H . club
members, from different sections w*
the County,'to_tlie_Q.A.!C. Up-, who ’Unfortunately could not be machinery.
Ken, Women! Old at
40JM0! Want Pep?
" Thousands (imazed what a
little “pepping up” with
Ostrex has done". For body '
old after 40 just because
. --uctory or “get-acqu^inted”- 9.9/' TrX Ostrex Tonic Tablets for
day. At all driy stores. ■ b . s, »* □ vd/
staff'
OBITUARY
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MRS. WM. HENRY STUART j
Mrs. Margar0t Ann Stuart, be-■
loved .wife? of . the’ late .Wil 1 iam
Henry Stuart, passed away at
the . Ross Memorial Hospital, at
Lindsay, on July 29th, 1954. Dear
mother of Maude (Mrs. Frank El
liott of Jackson’s Point; Norman
of Lucknow; May, (Mrs. Harry
Ward) of z Windsor ;„ Roy. arid
Harry of Bdbcaygeon; Joe and
Nellie (Mrs. Ross Johnson) of
Lindsay; also one sister, Nina
(Mrs. Frank Russel) of Toronto
and one brother, Robert McNall
of Kinloss Township.
Funeral services were held at
the Mackey Chapel, Lindsay, on
Saturday, July 31st at 3.00 p.m.
Interment took place at River
side Cemetery, Lindsay.
Old-timers remember when the
cost of living was such that only
a fool .and his money were soon
parted. .<■ / ’ ’•
ZION
Douglas Ross spent a few days
last'week with Mr. -and Mrs.
Frank Ritchie.
Mr. Jack McDonagh and Ross
left on Sunday for a . week’s trip.
“th’rbugh^TfiF'States.’ '
Mr. and ;Mrs. Harold Ferguson-
and Lorraine of Goderich and Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Raynard visited
last Thursday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson :Raynard. /
Murray McDonagh and Pat
Zealand, of Toronto spent the
t \>eek-end with-Mr. arid Mrs. Jack
McDonagh. . •
Mrs. T. A. Girvin of Saskatoon
spent a few days with- Mrs. Fred
Anderson,, who is spending awhile
with Mr. and Mrs: Jack McDon-*
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CHURCH CHANNELS
Mrs. Hugh. D. Taylor addressed
the delegates of the 20th annual
feting of the London Confer.-
®nce of the United Church of
„a^At a. time when there is
/permanence of any kind in j/tea, the people have shown
churches. there .afe riot ask*
!ng,/Gr a h and ou t^ bu t- f or a- h el-p -;
i M£hd. The average income, of
Canadian family is -28 times
pter than that of the Korehn.
f\he United' Church ftas sent 280
of clothing to Korea. Th<2
is aidin£ the country with
jpnan homes and widows homes
I Z P^rso]0hel to teach
I 'to become self*srif-I, M Schools are held daity in
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