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The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario.
THt LUCKNOW SENTINEL '
,,,Lucknow, Ontario.
Each Thursday -Morning -
Establshed 1x873 — Published
Subscription Rate $2.00 A Year in Advance- -To U. S $2.50
Member of The C.W,N•A, .
L; .C,. -Thompson,, -Publisher eel Pieprie or '
TH URS., Ffl RUARY.,7th, 1946''
EDITORIAL
Letters To. The Editor
•
Kerrville, Texas
Editor of The Sentinel,:" '
Dear •Sir; • • - .
Mr• Maclntosh's. letter in your
January --17th 'issue refers: o_.the
:difficulty of recognizing, the Mac.--
Danalds, MacKenzieS, etc..,' whose
names appear in The. `Sentinel,
The 'gae1ic pioneers of Ashfield.
solved this 'difficulty by .adding a
,. word' a e
'members" of..:
fami iThey expressed :.res-.
the ly
Sixty Years Ago
The : Lucknow' Caledonian' Soc-
iety's "Octogon" was beautifully
fitted for the 'i lth' anniversary
I •
4:►HU.RS,, FEBRU IRY 7th
' LC10 K
THROUGI
BACKWARDS,
'SHE SENTINEL• • FILES,
of Scotia'$ bard, when 200 peons,
gathered •t -o. trip .the, "light fan
ill t• 1 characteristic w d that t b carni tastic''; to• music by: -Jas., Grundy s
ON,.A LQW:PLANE„ . �,gerxris,: and dphtheria�s still a
in a toll t f tCanadian Childreri associated .wrath ,all .
g R.
string band, Chief • Dr: MacCruu-
no'harmless'mon Was ' master 'of cerernon.es
ttable as :it is, there is despite �� the. fact that.
Regi, e ,. desp t
•:denying the'fact that somerpu;-
blie , toxoid is ' a • Proven' 'preventive
'sign to• .•a: rett low level ; n ese• . are just • two,6f °°inxn°11 c6u,rt.sY' a04
.,; dances. •-lc... P .. Y . � ,,, 1Y
.....agent•...._ Th J •
stances but there are still 'man
--and what's more vie. can't 'see 'citizens of this nation .Who. tori=
' t and esteem :and' .some.times
pec 4 •
f. ible' served, .,to ' identify men
a o
with'. similar.., names; 'Little Angus,
Big Aleck, • Stout'. Jack; •:Little'
•
'
Piers were :.McKay;. D: 'B.. Mc-
Kay,
Ka M' MCDonald; C.: 'McKenzie
Y
of ;Kintail. and A. Finlayson"=uf
Lucknow. Floor managers _..wex'Q
•
Tan 'reason for trying 'to hush -up
A• 1Vl:ePherson and , G. ',Kerr: Re-';
Y e t g
some of the goings-on, Scotch , .
Hood.'
This'', doesn't , apply to every
statement
tinu -•.o' ignore' 'the facts;,Many.
do not;: seem toy grasp the simple
that "health is .a price=
It must be guarded
continuallythrough, preven ive
and, other commonsense methods
if personalsuffering, ,
and . ub.
poverty,• brokerihomes and ,F
The Councillor, , The
man Black'Findl'ay, White
Rory, • Red, John, Buffalo' ac
'Lobo,
dance— ,..is less :asset". _,.
Duncan,'
Jack,
pe-
Lord ' MacDonald,
Number One, 'Skye .Jinntie,, The-
attach Murracha •ru ac , Al-ister: a Cool,Angus oKnow,
sh. ,Donald tBusliJohn,.
Rice, Dan Neil,•Jack Clever, jock
freshments were in charge ,of. C.
Angus
"nor i .the condition.
Logging'was in progress .,.;an_;
cuhar :to: Lucknow' alone. But, as h t James L. Gran.t'•s log yard at
often 'the case . there. are al-' C , b h
��� reed
is so , :Yon Hemlock City already conta
ways _the few who spoil things, frustratuoh Dan upwards of 3,000 logs
ise'. orderly, • . • . us_
who give otherw y The, machinery for .Mr. •: T -;
akey. s sawmill .g
lac. relief are;. to be .eliminated.
and Well conducted .aff urs a t' ill was on the' round
black -ems , Dances,, however, . are,
,l u on John �Farrish's farm at Lanes:
most' •in the public eye in this;_shingle mulls :were in.
d their activities a Two new'g
$~ t p
Skowser Scrunch, 'Jack Rattler,
and Friday.
•
ar
r chief concern' just' now, Al-
armists
e 'uttering, olefin fore-
bodings about the ' 'num "
strikes; .out, strikes' are a .sign oa
Thomas Nunes• of 4tratford
made application to the loa"ci,•;
of License Cornmissicu� rs f
Sduthh, .Bruce for a transit r 'cf ,G1e
`tavern, license of the l�ttcl new
hotel •held : by" Angus :Maes onaldt,.
Wriz,, Connell was, otfcrring.� a,
coon coat' reduced , from $50 t.;
Wm; " Murdie, ° successor to YD, C
+a -l9x announced' conn k t''i
Y.,,, L-�.on�f..,
extensive. --remodellings • of. , tne:
.store. t t
Wm. J. E rls,:''The Sour Groc.
ery" announced a policy of ''casii,'
or ,its. equivalent".
A -daughter was..'born 'to Mr,
and 1VJIrs•. W. Webster:.ot Kinloss,
Amanda J. Murray announced
;lessons in viand, voice and organ,
School: .Was .dismissed for
°couple of days'in Miss: Cummings
-room in •the public school, ,b-•
cause. of , ;the :ceiling plaster 'fall-.'
,regard, � and do'n't always merit • � - - . , , :. , ..
Unions and
. .. Ao enation.;, within � a ::couple , of. ;ung: -'off.
the condemnation they receive by , _ ;r ou •
miles of each. other; hind ,alth,ough' Rev. Mr. McLeod .of Ripley bad
read to + armists ar
Who, -Are alwa • .Y. , rat: ,.wel->;.
those , w _....x y bei of the Lanes- corresponden a.strong _ better in . tlre; ;'G'lo}5e'
listen to, and repeat "street talk";' f comed these industries, the ivri`e
altho' gh they never ar eii
WHY NOT?
. `Seaforth Expositor)
At the' recent great convention
of the Canadian • Federation of
Agricult ;re, a .suggestion, S
made aWesternthat'
`Caai a shotrld have' ;national-
holiday and _ it should a ;, ca
"Farmers':::, _ ay ;•. ; .
:.._:And _being .a Scot, and . canny
by nature, us: _• es erner,
son b . 'name lug es e
day shouldbe ane , s of•
d k
d hall door.
th wa in u
a r against the•, proposed. union of the
warned . thact' the • timber protec Presbyterian, ,Methodist •and Con
d s
"trial health and prosperity+
are no :;'strikes during a
There
.There
cession l : If • it were • not
for unions' wee would
planting:
there . is: on many other ' oc D 'x
::as �-.. .. "
-eel-:
ante a
is no deny- Scot tion from.. the. "wind -sweeps. was: gregationah churches.
But, '.'at'that, there Y d by bean lost and tha
'fast g -
t :atten
p
Ing ,the ;facti `th`at"`th�re-us-excel.--
4
• 'd 'eking at some dances• d b lied
' be living ' tion should be given ' do tree"
sive drinking
Wrn. Fraser was advertising an
auction sale to be held at Lot 11, d'
L.
Con...6, •.Kinloss; with J. Purvis is
• encu h: to., keep body a Salaries for`AshfleTd Towii'ship
much -of it—is-being lust g auctioneer,'and:'.the same aucti=»>
casnons; and
1::to�ether- _r ... , ,h -.:.m officials w`ele set as follows:..clerk Teen . viraa err a e± nor: a~sale-at
one• boldlyin the .open.. Apart th W t James sou g g
a
, :.. nor _ _
• It seems- that neither man .120 treasurer $80, assessor $80,Geos e'•Tiffin,s, _Lot .29,: Con, 3,:;,
'from the illegality. of this, it can Jack y , g t d the , ::... • .. , • ; .. , ... $ , ..g , _ .
. • beast & can. be trusted rwuth un
ed:. s decent or 21 t ever• e. K'
'.; .
scarcely be regarded • • 3 .�
--.--- -mannered__-•behaviour.•_ But u.. -,That._. been _ the longest,day
limited , destructive; 'power.. Nap
well Yeathe._
, g
oleon,` though• he.was.:unusually.
then with some ;such character- f ''th year.,. the 'farmers'°in that
under "the iron law -of wages"• -
collector $80, auditors $10' each:.
inloss.
• Mrs Join Si'rnpson "and daugh-'
°terBelle of Dakota.;: w er e .guests
he formers-sist-er7Mi s; : Hud
son: Mrs; 'Siizi �son•tt;had left:,Kin
iou ...
loss for Dakota 28 years pi ev o s.
-Hugh Morrison was• 'appointed
crown "counsel for ;;`the 'Assl?.Cs
Court'.to be held; at. Walkerton
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en wi e y . , ,
xustant:.. et' th ar intel1igenti-met=the-same fate -as-
• istica: appear almost,;non a way, rivould• be sure�.to g e • rizzl' . _bear •and°_:the _saber
• There• • was;: a day 'when:,'dregs,money's worth. • � the grizzly
tooth. tiger.,'.The:i, case ; of the:
acourtesy.,and good, manners; were. Well -why 'not? 'We have a
.. , •... _.} .....•- : • ; - ra rizzl is instructive ,�-In-.- :one
•prune .. requisites .at any , social national', holiday ccalled. Lbo. g. ., �y •
persons
» done :nights raid a = dozen, cattle or
ent, today with ' some pe Da And' look what , it has
. . ev Y • ; ; • . y .. • � �, trialed.
these attributes::ate Not onl. does . labor t• enty"• sheep might', be..
Of. both sex'for labor.' y'
but thank oodnes.'national da' off . but Then ' the ranchers,' . ;with, their
•sadly ;lacking,; g take its' Y
_ them-u-ntil
numbers are still very muchhile it tarps dog ga•nged-up-on t
their • •
in the'' minority•
every once in a w •
the.' menace.:was eliminated,. This:
°. 'r two or a month: or.•,, inhuman. '., . a 'week o :well. �. ..
are some . of: these ll �B dole so; of process. operates affair,
' Not 'only.: two.:off as � we y g
- - - - - ..,:.`The- +_eat destructive ower .in
ti Aire _ hands of union: "•rill manner d---bttTthre--exists n--••even"if-it-dnes Lose its prl�e in the- .
� d t - They' dare: apt to,
ti .es u1l-behaved a. , d 1 ains its . oint g:'
�� ocial nuisa c, course,. tut �usuar y g p • ,
_.•: leaders • .,is
West Wawano'sli. officials_,twere
appointed 'as follows: •clerk, R ,K.,
r, 1ex�•Stew�art
-1Vliller - assesso , . A
nt of dance. hall at• -thinks that by self evi en
other. •a o: th A.. doing'. Perhaps it
•s -who_ think that any old thing the ' rest of ' the world overlook the "consequences of this
.ion ry old making .
to `wear to:.a` it and its abuse'of, their `power.;Party poli -
is, .good enough . acutely. conscious. of , ,, ,I
' ► _• tics a ravates .the 'situation. Itis.
dance. Wedon t mean by this that ower' is: more :than, a comPensa .. aggravates : , •_w_�:�....�.. __w..'.P___�._ • � . rat
_ -: 1944 the.,C I O co
-and �., :_r 1940 and
one:° -must have new :experr tion for hu7rger; ,.
srve_�c.._Lothes, but--r-athe refer -to uFthe—farmer -i's a Capitalist-
., -slovenly� and . ill -chosen} attire an • individualist:' He
as well' as �
that' us: `regarded as. "smart" by' woUldn't do that even if' he could
acme of '.the liye crowd. ' ' "�
starve Gabor ;arid the, rest' of ,the
.• •It!=time the law ..enforcement world;'into his'' way ..of thinking.
'officials:. took: ' ste s;' to .curb ti e
es
some
+eco
n�_
.- e needs g
steps er h
;, ,. How_ev �_.
1 al consum tion ;of liquor in. • '' �lot of it—arid' aid
B eg p tion m fact, a I
nd' that : the
rad at: ub is laces aof the surest' wa s
a p i p vertising is one 3.
sponsots; of dances.: demand' a de- of .:bringing it::about .
cent standard of, grooming and of have a '.national boli=
Why n f.
deportment of . those .in •attend- day' to. be known -as "Farmers'
ave.. Day?" He probably •wouldn't take
the day . off ' himself,'.but :the rest
of 'the world would; arid, in time
he would get to be known by it.
And that would:.` 'be all . to the
• HEALTH` WEEK ' .:
'Siekne&s, ' much : of it ' revent-
able;, is today'.scbstirig Canada' -dir-
ectly and indirectly, an.estimated,
billion, dollars annually -an ap-.
palling: sum of .,a nation which
'appears' destined. to become, one
of 'the leading', countries of : the
good; because ->the farmer. is real-
ly the backbone of our counti:y
realprosperity. 'rests apo
and_ all n
him. He needs some recognition:;
e real• recognition.„ ,
Som g
To draw attention xo this waste,
economicand otherwise, the
-; Hlth' League- of -Canada ,lead-.
ea g ,
mg voluntary. ,health education
organization in .the Dominion, has
designated the' week" Of February.
3 as . "Health Week"—an° obser-
. vance dedicated to; national, coni-
munity and personal health.
It is imperative ,that Canadians
become and remain *health con-
seious,' The state of .'public. health
is steadily improving. ;because of'
enormous: strides ' made. ' in tiie
field of preventive medicine,' but
even'pr.oven Methods of .p•even-
tion cannot succeed without', the
co-operation: of , the ' citizens at
large.
tor instance, mills -borne dzs-.
• eases still are common, despite' the•
fact,•that pasteurization, a simple.
procedure;. tern oyes hart ix'ul,,
—0—
e a. lion.
o
' ether or not "Mr, Briin saw
Whether f,
his shadow last Saturday,.we can
pretty _x miich ..expect another .six
weeks .of winter in .this, neck 'of
the. woods, come what may. ,
-treasarer;-.Wm: `Durnin
ra was •elected presi-
dent of Lucknow Young Liberals
Association.,
officers were T.Stew-.
r4,` -D. Sherraff;[.:Burgess, 'K,. deur :
ill , T. Hoe R. 'Lees, A. '`� reeve of was in
Somery e, Y, a former Kinloss,
Wilson,. Jas, Bryan; A. .Lawson, the district appoint,ing.'ag.ents far
'Andersoir, H the'. Western' Farmers Weather ln'
.Hood',H..'Somervi le ri
Hod ins, �W. siirance Com. a Y
. g lti
A: •. Thompson,: 'D, • Reid, . W -Cu r
neil,,
T�n►enty, Years .'Ago
engaged: in nut'
Workmen: were e g g
I
i i Walter Treleaven s • • Reeves .Johnston a.nd+Tiffin of
ting :rollers •
' Lucknow• and ''Kinloss, .,respect
,� ,• •�-.flour-rng�_mullhrch wu1L bel a .
it : to the residential , : 'convenience •to= farmeus. un. Vely, wez a a E Tlf i=ng`� U11tj
uted • heat/ y p . �i eat conn n
n fried for the election -of: - ' . rill ' lio-•-no"w take their . Council
campa g the vrc tyw
it is demandin a return. on' places''. ''` Marie renewed. acquaintances. He,
now
g , and. otherplaces'''. .. � •. ,
its investment,. The. president in in had moved from; :thea ,meiican
r At i the fancy dress carnival
r-ess-said .that
his ' message to •-Gong-Rink;the to 'the Canadian::"Soo'
g e ''Tom Little 'won tl
L
'his::"economic policy=-wa
Lorne
Was,• "higher
: Ri ht a.' Teeswater Will.' Murdoch : ol ,$au1t.`:Ste:
the . •New, Deal candidate...g grills to Wingharn,
,'pi , Andrew McAllister, 84, d►
el
' h
e "Thes held.from the .Whom:: of . his;
•T
that 'Mixrdoeh- Bros' was, . �, , . .:
reported ,
wages and'.lower prices.. It, seems
as. though that is sheer demagog -
basic .'reasof' for govern-.
any.:. The g
mental delinquency is the inor-
dinate,
dinate• desire of law -makers' for
perpetuity . in office. This .desire
for power and prestige , results
in paying, voters to " remain idle,
strikes and •zombies., .
peg'•c ase �,; , , . _ • ..
shfie,ld, The funeral'
e ' t suddenly in A
Th Paramount 'correspond n
taken 'the`` contract of . bulla'- son-in-law, Thomas • Henry
have. �, • 5- the. subJect
et - -'dist .'church . Trade Unions"wa
i.ng .the- new" M ho.'ted��
of: a lively debate at the .Unt
and:have'some'of :=thematerial on; ed
the .'ground". Church Y P:S.' meeting,.. Debater
Jamieson Reed who built ,the were '• Grant• MacKeniie, Har\eV
the : 'Methodist McDougall, , Malcolm Armstron
fr
brick > .work �on •
and', Gordon Johnston, -•
church, ,had ,the 'contract .:: for.. , a
hoof: Jahn Stew
,._.,. - ' m1T e'. Beat
stonework; �l5xickworlc and d{
ering 'of. a new'church at Listo- native of.'Ashfield occurre .
building west Regina. .
.wel. The •cost • of .the bu g onto . dt-
Mr: ' Wm. Long of Tor • ,
' estimated ‘ at' .$11,000. sto at-
^• '.the",fune•ah,'in A
one the win- tended,
ThievesP• broke; on . ,�, .; .Long,• :
ehl
i McKinnon's store and ,of I his 'broth'er, Mr, .Ale . S'
lows of N at =.
stole cigars and
candy. JM Webster was teaching
' •Kinloss.
Stewart•
•installed a new:. S• iuo: 4 _ ;•,
John ' A. keit,,
l .r :E; . t, H. • Burt,';il, c.
5.
SPECIAL DAYS
li ' HOLIDAYS
Ash Wednesday-Marcli 6th:
: Good Friday=April 19th
Easter: Sunday=April,` 2'lst.•
.:Victoria Day -=-Friday; ` May -.14.
• Dominion Day -Monday, . July
.lst. _'0-.
Labor Day -Monday; Septem
ber 2nd. L
:ThanksgivingDay-On a , day
to be fixed by proclamation;` like-
ly"Monday, October 14th.
Remembrance .Day = Monda:y,•
Novembet'- i 1th. - •
Christmas . Day — Wednesday,
December 25Th. I s'
e,vyn.
• ident M r
'The, action �of. Pres y
Dinttoiri in ousting Bade' Pralt
for gambling : on hockey, games,
will serve 'to bolster public cart-,
fidence in ' the Natipnal I•Iockey:
League', which has always 'been
g
able to keep' its skirts clean':of, ..a
public scandal,. The fact that.
Pratt Was . a general favorite .and
had a fast. following of hero wor-
shippers, `es more ,forcibly' .to
stress that the welfare of the
game izr general, is' greater than
air .icli�, iduai:
•
•Btiy•• a ticket 'or Itwo ` for.. the
band concert . next week' and
don't . be 'too.:\exa"cting` alioitt your,
change. This High :School band
'under, the capable leadership of
Mr. P. W. Hoag, is making rapid
advancement, and is an organ-
�izatioi 'of wh kh 'this' Community
cari be justly proud
shaper', and scroll •sw in, his .par _ Valad, L,
ingl mill. Broome; W.: Ackcr't, J, H; , b
-M;-. Cassidy,, ;.
Kenneth McPherson; son. 'if Johnston,. kle , Ar .Sart, L.
gram,• G. Hoc y
cmc, C. Congram,.
Johnston; R. Bio ar't,
B. Cassidy, R Ackp.t,�dFtil. ,_
anon on the lungs: V {il�id, � x,• Cay
4') L. Johnston, ' . E.
,.art,
silly, .0 Robb, T, E thing the
G. E. dLoCkhar t ryas tea d ce;
For Y
of Atn- following pupils •_.
Jardine anc�..'Robertson •..-_. .. , � Doririle- ` .: adv rtised' as the Rub. Turner, Dot rhe•• W. ,
eerie, were . •. �Iis ,fit, �lancf
Cement . Construction Compar ,f• • jog'n 'Webster, My- Riparfel
no�.v Woollen Mills'ad�. er- Euphemia Rintoul, t'�ir.
V. • St. Marie, Nellie 1vlcQee, l•
n moil, JoVl?
Taylor, Gordon °�i
ebster;',JaA,, 5t,
5t: , Marie, J• Webster; tic• Etta TV.
Marie, 'Jaynes 1VIacG V
lox, Mary Don, John .$t• , cul;
amnage, `1•'r'eda Fiu:t
Cuyler R
St, entire . 'Rath »°i'
Raymond , ,. Albert ,Phil'
age, .M`tirra': Taylor, •Al
lips �antl IJ F hilfS'pS•
Capt. John McPherson Was seri-.
.ouily
eri-
ously ill.at' Chicago with ,inflam-
•
Forty Years Ago
tised having purchased .a new: by
shuttle carpet loom. "Warp found
'20c aY ard, striped, rags" extra,
carpets' and 'rugs•as specialty",
A son was born to . M.r, and
Mrs. G. T. Burgess:
John Henderson.. was:, paying
highest, 'Cash 'prices forttnink,,Iox
and .coon,, .