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11LE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, .LUCKNOW, 'ONTARIO,'
Letters To The Editor
THE LUC:MOW: SENTINEL
Lucknow,. Ontario. •
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Established 1873 — PUbAshed Each WednesdayMorning
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Authorized as Second' Class Mail, Post ,Office Department, Ottawa
. Member of The C, W. N. A, • ,
L. C. Thompson, 4-ublisher• and, Proprietor
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5th, 1.947
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Dear Sir,
As a constant reader -04 "The'
Sentiner, I am urged to diSagree
IIVEMIESI3Ay.„MARCH 5th, 1847
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. LOAKERG 'BACKWARDS'
with the article in February 19th
issue referrmg to Miss, Barbara! • 'Sbartettiit Ago -
Ann Scott's . skating 'poses as in -1111
Iucknow to discuss the proposal
ee hr in "action" , even in the Aecent. If this gentleman could.t
.1 Ruhlic thqeting waOleld•
news reels, I feel he would be so I to: form. three. new counties out:
..sithUsed by.such skill On skates of ritittionp of Bruce, Huron, Wel-
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• AM:01"PER CRAILENGE ' ..„.. BENEVOLENT VOLK ' wander •to Such things as indecent 1P°$0' and drey, Counties. Pro,
. that he would not •let his mind : lingt°n
. _,,. county eentres for thethree
• -UOnday, saw the, opening . of an • With $1;400 ',voluntarily sub, , • • ..• ., . new Counties were •Listowe, Mt.
e. 15o yon stiPpoSe this'
:1 • . Forest and LucknOw.. A conunit•-•
-appeal .- a e r o es, -Canada' -104 :Scribed, by Luciti....o.w., ,and District a ottld like to see our ramous . - • • •
.:.' tee ..comprised a D._ -E,,Camerbrt,
;3,006060 •for, the' Canadian 'Red reidents-ttri • the. Aid . to -C ina Centercilx•rarir 'dressed ••-in .' some-). • • -
1Dr. MaeCrinunon, VI:. • Campbell,
Croat Seciety's,peaCetime work in. fund, this community migh Well thing of the -18th•.:entury? The
. Tennant were
the Dominic:4.14 In commenting, on give its ...own horn quite a.,.../.0*-: *arid hasn't stopped circulatingFAliott Traver, Dr
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the newly launchedcainfiaign, Last 'week the `Paisley Advocate and I ant- very proud to be't -fel-1 appointedto present Lucknow's
Arthur' 4 Bishop') chairman of the reported .donations in that corn- low Canadian of Miss Scott's.,..Tut, 0-aim:to:the.' AttOrnek nqal '4t
. Society's, • National Exectitive m ty . °telling $150 which,. The Alit,. Mister, WhY. not think of her Toronto - • •
Corinnittee,..said "The .PeoPle of Ad ocate considered was a Much skill and not her "ekPosures". • .edThwe ssalnelionlineeetsingjtsno:.aGprpurolicinyt-
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Canada did a magnifiCentlob hi. b tter sh.owing' • Comparativel ' • A Toronto Gal . W. • , '
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.wOrk for: years. come. Before States,
sUpporting the wartime work of than several other much larger: James Bryan, Alex 1VIcIntyre, and
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the Red, Crois: We confidently centres. . • .
A,McGrory apProach the CPR
• exPeCt• them, to;rally-th-the cause, •The...Luckii*ow. record -I I. wish Mr• PaterSr'n's letter in to hav • this railr°ad gxtel'ICI its
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of our pe'acetirne PrOgram'!., in the China Aid. campai didiyi' -your , February-19thAssue might Brie from Wingham to Lucknow
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This is a vital campaign, as it just happen It is repeat evidence be printed m large tYPe m .ev'erY •Michael Corrigan was appoint-
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unfl seesthe scale of Red, Cross' of -'••.the wholehearted and s
pon- newspaper 'in Canada and United 1 ed Village assessor at a salary Of
taneous response With which the
citizeni of this, coinmunity Meet
every worthy appeal:.
We Set a Dominion record' in'
the Christmas Seal campaign,
concluded just prior t,o the•start
of the Chinese -drive, and it is
scarcebasedi_when- the.
•The pictures • in papers • and The .account' of Thomas Law -
to • -
• engaged a' pyogram of de- Magazines are all he has said and. rence for roofing tOwn ho and:
is-thi*.a.carapaign_was ...started costs df .court ainounting • to
geloping home services. :When
its major effogt, into war Work. those lie. has named...We'. really Village -Council, also. the legal
• theqwar, the Canadian Red Cross
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hostilities came, the Society put before we as a nation fall as 'did 156,48," was ,ordered paid by the
The peacetime activities were
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plans were ...deferred. The tuneoxir_• arrilmd to throw .the
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• are in danger. For a long time fees of ,Garrow and PrOudfoot
. ..have been ashamed' to . hand a 'amounting to $400:
munity lainwhes another cam- 19ganria:,tg YOUIV---41fer-S-On4-1.4 mechanicOns_Vititt6 wa.4 Or-
• aign to raiSe7.
• ' Al•read •even'a fine article, lest,theY. I gamzed at Holyrooil withthe .-
$1,"to aid the
works of mi-i•eir—i-r) 800 witsoadism..,lhinkLagprove of everything in lowing officerg: president, Wil -
great organization and the war-
ripe.ned experience of the Can-
adian Red Cross into peacetime
.hinnanitarian undertakings- t
home here in Canada.
dian Red Cross honi'e pro-
jects includ,e • the operation (3- a,
Canada -wide, free lilood•-tzans,
•fusion service for- all need. of
,
and further expanSion of the
presentchain of 54 putPost he'S=
Stab and pursing stations on the
•Aron 'et*. Of the Dominior4 the
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the threshing; 'outfit of Alssl...s.
Ryan.
andedatiti3eoilfriltirPinan .M.acl;e0s, •
formerly Of •Con. 6,, -Kinloss, 06.. ,
curred at Stratton, •t..
T. Webster, local Massey -Harris
laC:t6gherralqejerd:twaasi tmssello. received
less
f: ori than . viill- .dsi al n. :171dPeef• 1 1 eai i nvi nr .1 Tie ei ' thesiIYtw° eYf I ‘ri ' l. efa a9::: the
et:he:
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• Hwealhenshilseftdfaourg. hCtaerr,gilml tros. rei‘siladte4
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6. thri...piniss.u,es:toycesthe.;tS,en;ai,anei,lie. r : .w.:a
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holdirig, a farrn , sale, priiir to,
Mg' West. •• ., • , , ' .. ..' .•.:
• Mr. Thomas $orne“riife of St.
McDonald of Lothian•re, '
ceived Word. that his s90 Williatn
had died in Munroe, Waihington.•
•Mrs. • Dan Murray : of Clove .
Valle.y. suffered •a paralYtic
stroke. •-
1Wenty 'Years 40.
BUe Robettadirfettirtied froin
a. three -Months' trip' to the Can,
action West nd• Calif.ornia.
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-, Mrs. W. V.Ioluistan underwent
Triajor.' Operation. in Toronto-.
• Um. Itithert iPhtfliris refirined
to.' Goderich after spending two
it. • • •• larri. Valens; sec., 11-.. -Stotherst trionthrwith-Mrsz-Wmt-Irwin-Vho
Red Cross. And what is mire, • ..
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•tiad4seriously
• "One Who Agrees" .• treas., 'r. Corrigan; directors, ..,,L,
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LucknoW. ,and District. assumes ",
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. '. • Nichols, 0, McIntosh, K. •McKen-
this task, at a time when it ,is not 'zie, J. H. Ackert,. J. Purvis and
infrequent to hear df • Red .Cross•
Branches ceasing tocarry...Ori in John McKenzie. ,' ., L.: • , • .
a peace • e s.„ro e. . , . • .
Yes,' we have- good-, reason in.,
this district to do ,a little back
patting.' . : •:. .,...•
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I's. IVT: -G.7 -Newton
•beerva Wmgham .Hos-
pital.following an operation, will
be home as soon as road condi-
tions permit'. • • .
, The • cOnditiOn Of Mrs. .ArChie
Aitchison who has been critically
ill for the pastweek in the Wing-
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A wind storm blew down 'the
• The • destruction by . fire jest
week*. of the Britasels Anglican
Clitirdh; was 'aided by winter ccin-
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• conthmation of an extensive pro- &bons Which---handicapped-----th
gram of .aid to veterans, which volunteer fire brigade, Such con-
includes•the operation Of Lodges 1,ditions call for an extra degree
at veterans' hospitals across Can-, of vigilance in *guarding against
ada maintenance 'of the Rezi• any possible outbreaks -of fire. .
and ,other 'projects for the, saving
of ide and the 'conservation of
'hea.lth. in our "country.
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• Iixicarde need 'not • feel ' to4:Y.
, a yl,-,abou not liairhig its Reeve
elected "WaHen Of BruCe. county*.
since.1894:•Wellington countilias
.ben functioning for over a hun-
dred years; and a Reeve of Fer-
gus has never been Warden of
the 'count*. -TheexPl.anatier.iis
that Fergus is,‘SO close, to '.the
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reeve alwayS•goes. home at night,
thus mis.sing:' contacts, with fel-
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office of .wey. arden.—CheslEnter-
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Enter-
prise.
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of grave concern to her relatives
and many friends. .
• Mrs. Ward, 'Shickluna of Port
ColbOrne is a visitor •with her
T.he number offires blam'ed on! JR•
Webster is a patient
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careless • cigarette smokers is 1
,
m Wingliain Hospital -.a e re-
- steadily . increasing; .fire preven- I
atilt of 'a 'severe cold. • •
Walter Craw, -a ministerial stu-
dent at University College; Tor-
onto, won the 'oratOricals cgritest
conducted by. the Women's Li6-
sinoke' stack at r. c e • eral • Association of Toronto..
• March was ushered in with a
One of the largest sticks :of •
;j -g. iiatoiyr9d.
S. C
op-
two below..zero temperature,
sqnare timber ever•brought td•
clear and .
..At. a. Forth 111 meetmg , of the
1.4terary Society Rena CarrUthers
gave an irtstrinnental.,
eech
Blitzstein on ,"How to • Study
French.. Authors" • .and'.. hyElsie
Anderson on '"The iVlodern: use
of 'a fiair...P.M". Winnifred211.
uillin favored wifh ,-a :mouth
%organ . •
. Ashfield Connell offered a S5.00
bounty for. the .,killing, Of. eery.
dog ±ound .•ivotrying 'sheep. •
Twin daughters ;Were •born -to
Mr. and Mrs.' Robert onaldion_
of Langside.
. 014LY' "TWO 140,
LucknOw .was obtained near' Bel
:fast by 'Angus McQuaig.' • It • was
a white pine log, 48 feet lOng and
•squared • thirty-eightl :inches., t
wasries,'
. .
it was the Old Coun-
try. .•
Robert , Proctor received an
order from Manitoba for ten sets
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Forty Year's Ago -
.Wm Allin•.received a carload
of IVICLatighlin bilggies.. •
Fire at Kinlciugh destroYed the
. • • • • . , •
Presbyterian ChUrch • shed . and
tion authorities contend. There
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may be some dir t .col\relation;in
the fat that fire lotteS' reached
an .all time high: 'il.,9gr and that
cigarette consumption 'has • risen
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from 630 per 'capita in 1939. th
1,255 in 1945, and .cigars front'. 12
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The regular meeting of, the Wo-
men's. institute :has . been .post.
ported until' Thursday, March 13.
and will be, held at the • home of
Mrs. Alex Purves. Roll call "What
We ;consider tie 'world's biggest
to18 /$er. CaPita in t.hesanie per,..1 problem"... Subject in,: charg.e of •
iod.' Fires in 1946 caused' 315 Mrs. E. W. Rice.. Program, Mrs.
loss of a roximitel - 0.000 000. 'Hostesses,' . Mrs., Lorne ' Durnin,
death's' in Canada . and property W:' A; Miller and Mrs. a Stuart
These ,figuresdo not include loss- I MOS.. Annie urnin,
es from forest. fires, Investigators Murray. ,' •\ .. • :t•
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-found-,-the, cigarette -the ;,•chief.• — --' ...--.•---
( tn e . or• eek).
cause. •Close•,' behind Were tas6- .• e"
line, thal oil,' electric' defects . or ,,..
tendsnee at the observance the
at:the . .
World Day of Prayer at home
of Mrs. R. Woods.: The therne of
the service .1:was., !Wake .straight
in the desert ' a .highWay for . our
Gad". Mrs..*. L Miller; ' Mrs, J..
and seduritY 'Nom
the. cradle 101 Caneron,
on, Mrs. L., Woods and Mrs.
..the !gravel', innst find •it 'Iironical 1w.. A. Mil.14 as leaders, . were 'as -
;that tadairc in .. one. 4 .thP riation', s I sisted by - Mrs. G:i. • mchPeison,
d,.+f eeonninic. crisis they re 1,,irs, ,j ,„ Durrkio„mrs, A. odd . • s..T
a
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iss
ary
I. Twenty-one ladies were in at-
• heating hazards. ' • '
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‘• No one had, any regrets in bid Th.
e war -weary. pritishers mho
ding 'February adieu.' It was .
en d to 'socialisin With ;its. lure
stormy,, unpredictable mOrith and °f .
shorter" houri.
contributed miich td• the; beating ..highpr ,..vsages,
that the fuel'•pile took; so much
so; that *man* 'a" householder' ',is':
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nal* keeping' one eye On the Coal
bin and the other on•the, calen- ,
• • , 1 commended to exercise the old- and Mrs.:A. Gaunt. Mrs. W. For-
clar. ••• • , , ,
• I fashioned. virtues of thriftand te fa ed with a solo "Pass
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If the put out of cigarettes • 0 • • -
• • ,., Mrs. Jthdrew GaU
t presided
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.wete. as large ,as the output, we'd ' Normal,•robUit individuals MaY for the .meeting of the WA. the:
• have' fewer home- fires..,—Guelph ithicno*ingis,;.
be Publit 'enernies) themeof which, was Lydia. MrsMercury:
. . , , ". ,if ...they are carriers of disease L. Durnin read the scripture
'• les-
- . n • .i.gefro., It is pointed out. that. per:- Son arid Mrs: -S. A, Todd the 'les -
Doctors '.insist that modern peo- fectly healthy people may harbor, son thoUghts:. Mrs. 0. Stuart and.
-ple-lnlist learnto relax. No ?;ine, in. their ,rioses and throats, bac- Mrs. J„, Durnin sang a• duet 6"In
they argue ; can keep. in a' flurry teria which, when tr,an.:sf!rre(! to I the Garden with JestiS".. ,
Of eicitement •and .' bustle all the another healthy individual, can
Owing to the 'weather and road
conditions therewas no service
in Ih.e.United. Church on Sunday.
• time without an eventual "crack- produce serious infection. Since
up"... Drawing on resources ' of it is possible that anyone.May be
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"vitality can ha.rm, one, if its over- a "carrier" and giveothers a cold
''• • done. Experts , assert that the or sorethioat,' here's good advice
• moderately - energetic person, "Don% ,be a free told-dispenset.
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rather than the --f)„ It -inter ani• -
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pusher, will go 4•.further in the
• long run. He'll have' more to draw
upon, h reserve, They advis‘e
• living at •a sensible, pace, to get
• the most out of life longer.
•
. that cough' Or .sneeze
If yOu don't you wilt.produce. a
"gas attack" with a 'danger range
of froin ten. to .fifteen feet, and
germs 'trio Settle 01i articles sub:
sequently • handled by others.
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Mr, and Mrs Durnin Phillips
left last week on a motor trip to
florida .with Dr„...andAirs-Pack
of Witigham.
• Plans are being ' made for a
Concert •and•dance under the aus-
pices•Of the Worneifs Institute
in the near future.
"
. Since ,
this picture vias Published two years ago, death ha,s cui
in two this old schOolboy foursome whose average age at3-11a tr:e
was 86 :iearso„ sAl.l four were sehoolmates at U..S.S. No. 7 East. a
wwan.
:Surviving -are Mex Anderson .Of 'Toronto (lower left. $
(4pper yiat) wlieo is . " •
n,ow 90 years of age,-‘ and 'Wm. Armstrong of West
87
" On. Feb..23rds,Wm. • Robinson (lower right), pasd
t.ucknowHe w'a,s' three days past his -89th ' birthday,'
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