The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-01-28, Page 5$2,0.0 A YEAR --IN ADVANCE -;50c EXTRA TO IT. S: A.
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o. Russia'Fund Passes $200.00!EIGHTY-THREEON Y
Mark,Clothing Wanted A
� Also
Lucknow Ont., Thursl ay, February 4th, 1943
Mrs. Andrew •Eirrierson of Bervie
observed her 83rd birthday on Fr.i-
day.;w J%arivary ' 29th,, at the hone of
Offo a her daughter, Mrs. Angus Graham;'
. flying ;start_ featitred;by P1YBLI'S
C -CHOOL PUPILS - Boundary East, Mrs, • Emerson. suf-
a $100.00 "dentition by the Lucknow
feted a slight stroke some time ago,
but apart from -being less active,
isnjoying. ,good' health and has
retained all her faculties.
' Mr.' Emerson will be 86 on -Feb-
'uary 20th,: He is°remarkably active
and busy each day'.on his farm near
Bervie, where. he, and Mrs. Emerson
have•• been -continuous, -residents -for -
56 years: In October ' c this year
Fire Company, the Canadian Aid
to Russia Fund,.had'na'ssed'Jthe $-200
,mark do Dt sday afternoon. °
The local campaign' will • closes ;a
•week from Monday-February,1.5th.
Donations of • both cash and rlpth- Savings Certificates
g to the. amount'
ing ;are wanted. Leave these -.at T. sof: •$166,76. The total for last year
was'361,00.. -
$
INVEST $166.76 IN WAR STAMPS
For the: first five months of the
school year,:. September to the end
of laniary, the pupils of Lucknow,
Public .Schoolhave purchased -War
W. Smith's Garage, who has been•
• enl oiateCtreasur_ee_-Aof-the-Lucknow
Committee -consisting of J. R. Mc-.
Nab, 'Rev C. H. MacDonald, G.
Snii'°
th" sad"T.' W. ;Smith: This-'tom-
m'ittee was appointed at , the Red
Cross annual meeting on Thursday
night.
The Canadian Aid to Russia i±'und
i4 . ieensedby the National War Ser-
v(ces D
epartmei>,t. of the Dominion
Government to collect funds by gen-
eral appeal and sp ial events. -Send Smokes'
•
Rrrssiara ships at Atlantic and Pac . This week an order - is beirig•placed•
- - ifie ports utilize every; available high byThe Clansmen for sixty-four dol-
of space to .transport -the -geode don- lays worth of smokes to the boys
ated by Canadians: Transportation from this ' district ovorseas. Their
on the ocean and in . Russia :isi paid : numbers are . distantly increasing,
by the Russian Government .' but there .°are anumbei` Of names
Both Cash and Clothing which the Club • no doubt has riot.
'The" citizens of; this Connmunity got, Keeping all' war service organ -
are appealed to for donations of ;both .izatiorrs' advised of changes of ad-
cash and :elethsng within the • next ' dress; . is equally important.
ten 'days.' Warm clothing, blankets
and. quilts :are • especially wanted,, •A Real .Runaway,
clotlug; of _courses. must . be Ear1Y after dinner -on . ,a
tv ergbn Sturday a..
onably-service'ab'le; afddepor, horse owned by Milton Kilpatrick,
did a real.runaway act Coming in
from the outh, the •.enirnal swung
up , main street arid tools the aide-
^walk•'at the Town Office. It galloped.
madly up . the street to W., J. Little's
corner when thecutter. .struck. a
snow .bank and_ the 'Horse broke
_ loose, .4. was stopped near P, news'
Garage. Fortunately no kiddies were
inits path. -
Collected.' '$14.80 •
A collection of the donations in
'The Legion's '"milk bottles" was
made on Monday. The total was
$14.80. This revenue goes into.. the
Legion's Overseas cigarette ; fund,
Drop your pennies in these bottles
and help to keep the smokes'. rolling:
-re
has been set up in Toronto for sort:
ing, repairing and distributing thele
articles. Knitted squares 6 x.6 inches
and sock legs ,are also utilized to
make' quilts. , ,
Leave' your clothing contributions
as well as cash, ddnations at Smith's
Garage...139 it nowt. ,
.
.... . .
Suffering Untold Hardships
The struggles, and suffering of the
Russians -not, the least . of whom are
the children=are helpingto keep
Canadi'ans'safe. This is something to
remember, RemeMber .too that not
alone are the Russians dying nn the
iVloving To.Hamilton '
Mr. • and Mrs. N. E. Bushell and •
Jean are. closing their.home 'here
battlefield; but ,that rssian--eiivi;1-Y - ?is nreel an,�t °vi tq;.4041".°13,
ians .(many ofrtherri .children) have •where tie have been fortunate. to
died' of -hunger,- cold. and German 'secure a furnished apartment' that
• brutalities, while defying the corn -
months.
be available. for the next few'
mon foe. This enemy might have months. • Mr. Bushell: has a position
come to destroy Canadian c}tildeix. in the.` Hainilton..plant of. Canadian
It is zrrore than time to say "thank Mdus r e Limited,
you" to our Russian allies. Shy it . • •
now With `our' donation- of cash ROAD 0 ' ENED LATTER
and clothing.' PART'OF THE WEEK
Donations Received
Cash donations , received' up to All main roads into Lucknow were
Tuesday afternoon included: • . opened by the end of the''week, but
At T. W: Smith's after 'a mild week -end, a blow bn
Mr.• & 'Mrs, W. S. Reid $ S:OU 'Monday . threatened to block them
W. G. Andrew , •
5.00 again and all but succeeded. '
Elizabeth Murdie ;1.00 •The road to Anberley was open-
Allan McKim •• 2.00, ed 'last' Thursday and on Saturday
John rlpatrick 5.001 afternoon . the big -caterpillar plow,
Mrs. AL E. McKim 10.00 pushed its way south to Dungannon.
W. E. Henderson .., 15.¢0•; The,.road from Goderich to. Dun
Anonymous : • 5,00 gannon had been opened . several
--__G. N ._Smith..-1�,..,...,,.... ,..,••__-.25.QU. days before,
'At The Sentinel Office ' ' I The afternoon train on 'Monday
Alex Mowbray • ,$ 5.00 didn't arrive until after six. 'It was
Martha Clifton, R. 2: 5:00 .feared the McKenzie cut north of
Mrs; D. R. •McKenzie, R. 3:.,, 2,00 town would be blocked and the
J. W. Colwell, R. 1 Holyrood, 5.110 train was held at Wingham until
Mrs. Neil Gillies 4,00 a plow came through. The night
Albert Alton, R. 2 5.00 train was also over two hours late,
Wm. Hornell -. '
5.00
L. C, Thompson , .,..,......,,,. • 5.00 Candlemas • Day • :'
Tuesday was Candlemas Day. It
Total $ 109.00 was'cloudy hi the morning with
bright sunshine *early in the after-
noon, so your guess is just as good
as ours whether spring is • just a-
round the corner, or winter is to.
continue to Bold sway for six weeks
or more. And on the other hand there
is the possibility' that even Mr.
Groundhog couldn't burrow through
the blanket of snow. What then?
BROTHER DIES IN WINNIPEG
NEWSPRINT KELD, Ul'
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Last.., week's Sentinel might give
the impression that 'newsprint rat-:
ioniiig was in full operation,' The
real cause, hb'wever, was failure of
our readyprint to arrive on time.
It wes sonnei here among 54 cars of
freight at Palmerston, that had ac'-
curnulated as a'result of the storm,
and snarled freight service' temper-
( • .Using what paper supply was
ailable The Sentinel was publish -
r
�d
3n schedu e
'BORN
sti
DOUGLAS --To Rev. George Lees
and• 1Vtrs Douglas (•nee.'..Marjorie
; Richmond), Niagara Falls, Ontario,
at tt�re l l•ragara iC+'airerrei^a->s=
pital, on Tuesday,• January 26th,
1943, a son '(George Richn16iid).
HENDERSON-•In . Kincardine Gen-
era! Hospital on `Thursday, January
28th, to Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Hen-
derson nee Evelyn Taylor of Luck-
Berson (• y ,
now a son Paul Garnet. Father
overseas. ' ,
'Mr. Kenneth Cameron has receiv-
'h'f the:'d o is young
est -brother, Mr. Will Cameron which
occurred . in , Winnipeg ° on Sunday
morning. • ' •
New, Member of Fire Company
J, L: McMillan was sworn in as
a new munber of th`h Lucknow Fire
Comp
panY.. at ' their _regular meeting
on Monday evening; when•the Corn -
^'iv
Russia
Fund.
Enters' Training
Miss Margaret Connell, daughter
Of Dr.' and Mrs. Connell of Wingham
has entered St, Michael's Hospital;
Toronto, as a student' nurse. Miss
Louise' Lloyd', is also' in the seine
class: -
p
they will' observe their diamond
wedding anniversary.
Their family of four children ,all
lige' in the vicinity, Mrs, Graliafn,
east of Lucknow; Mrs. Donald Gil
lies, north of Ripley;, Sam at Bervie
and ,John''.at Kinlough•
APPOINT G. A. 'GREER
AS WEED INSPECTOR
Concluding _their first=of-the-year
appointments, the Village. `Council
on Tuesday night named G. A. Greer
as weed inspector. ' '•
E. Ackert's tender for 45 cords'of•
16 -inch din 'wood ,Was .accepted at
$4.25..
The Library Board report was•re-
ceived 'and a grant -of 4$260. author-
ized. $5.00 was donated to. • the •'Sal-
t Sal-
vation Army.
=-T �e-C lerk-was--instrriated4O- w'ri'te
the Dominion Road Machinery Corn -
_
for further information ,regal d -
ing the snowplow , and truck account
of $96:47: ,
YEAR .REVIEWED:'
.BY ,UNITED, CHURCH.
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MARATHON TO L.
START NEXT
Altkopgh' ther4 has been' little or
any, iinprovement in the number of
entries in the 1 ridge and. euchre
marathon, the Opriimittee has,- de.-
tided , to prpceea with, the event
e mu: env -Mg ortx' Thursday next,
February 11th k •
The draw has of yet been made,
but it is expec to be prepared.
by Monday for : sting in The Sen-
tinel window fci the convenience
of, hostesses.
The l dropping f-tl e -event -Ws
seriously considel±'ed, said only the
fact that the •.entry ; though small,
is yet sufficient' P retie ''about$125
for war: work, . ' ecided the Coni=
mittee-to procee ; •
It ie , pointed . o "t that if weather
is unfavorable; aliostese May select
any other night 'during , the week,
upon advising her guests.
It's the' steady ?3 alas •that . soaks-
, re.•__,,-_
' Buy' War-+s'avmge-I Certificates- reg-.
PRACTICALLY �A
SUNLESS. WINTER
January continued .td..provide the
unusual in a winter :diet of heavy
snowfall ' and sunless days, as . did
its predecessors, $ovember`and De-
cember. Unusual, too, was the fail-
ure: to have a January:•thaw. .
Snowfall -during; January`•tol'led
sli h
g tly' over threedeet-36:50 inches
to be exact, as wellas a .trace of'raip
sufficient to be measured at..04 iri.=
ches .:for official records: Snowfall
so far this winter has reached the
grand total of , between nine and ten
feet, and February'' is corning in 'like
a • lion with more snow and cold
wea,,her: -
Thee lowest • January teipperatur e
was 18 below, with` the highest tem-
The annual meeting 'of •Lucknow. perature 40 degrees. It dropped: be
United' Church was held -on Tuesday low zero' on eight lughts duringthe
evening, when the•'varioits reports month .
month. _
showed a sirccessftil. year with in= But most unusual is the lack of
terest, and activity well sustained. sunshine, Therwere only three
by -the asioas- d arta ents•:of the days at tbtal7fSi' slii
Y fi 8O"-•d`'ui:Y'rg.."ilie'
church: The meeting was conducted month,. and 18 days Of'tota•1 cloud.
by 'Rev. J. W. Stewart:• • In' November there were only two
Reports ',given included the Sas- clear days during the month and
sion Report by Mr.)Andrew Lock- •December was very remarkable' that
-hart;-S:unday-School•reports-by-Gorr--there•-*as not -a- single da of`totM'
Y-
-don Morrison and Margaret Rae; sunshine during ' the month. And
Y.P.S., by Melvin Morrison; Baby this, added to the consistently cold
-Band-by Mss-.-Andrew--Mission Ban weather, -is -i eaiiy-making a -big hole
by Mrs. Roy Black;. Mission Circle in'uel piles, with prospects fair--r-e
by Mrs. Thomas • , Burns; Evening plenishing the fuel supply none too
Auxiliary by Mrs. A. A. Cann• and bright.
Mrs. J. C. McNab; Afternoon Aux- '
iliary by Mrs. Burns. A total of ap-
proximately $450 was raised. by the
W. M. S. departments.,
Miss Elizabeth Murdie gave the
lvpmen's Association report, show-
ing over $300 had been raised dur-
ing the year, with :a balance on
hand of upwards to $809. Mr.. W. G.
Andrew gave the .'Missionary and 1
Maintenance -report revealing a total
raised just short of $800..
Wm. Murdie ,gave the Trusted
Board report and Rpbert Rae the
treasurer's report showing 'receipts
of well over $3000. The shed •debt
has been reduced te. $2b0. '
Mrs. Stewart' explained the work
of the Junior Church, a neWz depart-
ment which was established last
Oil, and called• on the. co-operation
of the parents tb see that the child-
ren ' up. to 11 years of -age, attend
this morning service: There is a
present enrollment of 32 members.
Rev. Stewart reported •a lossof
membership by letter of 24 mem-
bers, reducing,the''total membership'
of the church to 380. •
The Board of Stewards was • re-
elected by acclamation. Mr, , S. .C.
Rathwell was appointed observer
secretary and K. C. Murdie t eas-
:urer of the United Church' of Can-
ada deficit fund It was reco 'mend -
e. at . e congregation contribute
!CO this fund from time to tithe by
special'envelope.
A vote of thanks was tendered
the choirs by Mr, `Joseph Mallotigh
and Mr. 0 Ernest Ackert in tendering.
a vote of thanks to Rev. and Mrs.
Stewart, spoke very appreciatively
of the good word the pastor and;
Mrs. Stewart are ' accomplishing.
M_r :W�f,. MaeKpfZie s t
them for their fine help to th
Sun-
day School, • and . had a word of
praise for the faithful. band • of
teachers and especially those who
chine' in from the country.
Mrs. Harold
.
Ha old Allrn sake. on the
work of the Young People's Society;
and invited the members of the con-
gregation, to-: attend (.these weekly
meetings'..
•
ST. VALERRIE'S
DANCE
Under Auspices of the
Lucknow Legion, No. 309
IN THE - TOWN HALL;;_,.
LUCJ(NOW
r�da ,• Feb:. 1 Z
Modern and Old -Time: Dant-
iirg=Come •Young and Old -
Proceeds for War Work.
DOOR •PRIZES
ADMISSION -35c
MONSTER
CARNIVAL
N THE
Lucknow
no
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fin.
d.
e Sun-.,=.•�•;�.
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6 a t
Under• auspices of
Lucknow Legion ker. 3 ,
Legion b9
E'nt'ire Proceeds- `
go to
Russian Relief Fund
See Bills for Prize List
' and !hither particular's.
1
BROTHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT
FIFTY YEARS MARRIED °
•
•
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Clark of G
erich celebrated their golden w
ding' anniversary on January 19
Mrs. 'Clark was forinerly' Elizab
Roberton 'of near Auburn; • and
Clark? a native of Auburn', is a s
gf,,,the late, ,,Mr. ,and Mrs. -Sari
Clark. '
Mrs. James MacKenzie of"Toron
was her sister's bridesmaid; an
Temple Clark of .Lucknow..w
brother's "best' man" at the
moray fifty years agog pe formed_,.b
the 'late. Robert Henderson.. -
After their marriage, Mr. itulR. M
Clark resided at Auburn for 16 yea
when they went Vest. They r
turned . to Goderich• in 1914. wlie
they have since resided
"Mrs. Clark 'iias two sisters an
three brothers living: 1'4r. Clark:a
his • brother Temple are the onl
surviving members of a family
eleven,
od=
ed-
th.
eth
Mr,
on
uel
to
rs.
re
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re
d
rad
of
INJURED IN, BUSH ACCIDENT ..
MIGHT HAVE .BEEN FATAL -
• Jack Aitchison, 'West , Wawanosh
Township 'assessor, is- in: Wingham
Hospital as the result of injuries
received in a bush accident- which'.
might easily 'have been fatal.
Bill Forster and Jack were work
ing, in Wm,. Donnelly's lush, when, a
heavy limb struck Jack' on the 'leg
above the knee. He was unable to
walls' and by„..-team^ai sleigh-iwas
taken from the bush to _'his „home,.
and then out. to the Boundary
where he was taken by 'car. to Wing
hani' General Hospital. An ,x-ray re-
vealed there were no,bones brokers,
JOHN- FARItJ•SH
HEAD• A-
, , .BOARD
The 77th : annual meeting of the
Lucknow Agriculture Society, :'was
held in the Town'Hall On Friday
afternopn, n, presided over by the ,re-
tiring •President, Mr. F. G: Todd. A
satisfactory financial report was re-
e-eived" ncl-•encouraged by- favor-
able • balance, . the .meeting discussed
ways and means. of putting the local
Fair "back on the map:" Moreover
they appointed ra cgnimittee to, be-
gin-filanningat" once for the Sep-
tember show..
This committee-• .under the"con-
veners ip of G. H. Smith , includes
Wallace Miller; ••Andrew Gaunt, Siam
Alton, Wilfred ,Hackett, Fred Martin,
Austin Martin, Alex Andrew .and L.
C. Thompson: ,
The election of Officers resuttec1
aS follows: President, .John Fairish;'
1st vice, Adam McQueen; 2nd vice,
Wallace,, Miller; sec'y-treas:, Joseph'
Agnew; Directors -Kinloss, D�,'Car-
ruthers, R: , Moffat; Ashfield, J. R.
Hackett, Jacob'Hunter; West 'Wawa-
nos1 , George Kennedy, Andrew
Gaunt; Huron, R, G. Martin, Fred
Martin:._ _.....�_,_.' _.
• 'Associate directors -Kinloss,' Rich-
ard Elliott, D. T. McKinnon, Archie
MacIntyre, John'McKay, t •eo, Lock-
hart•; • Ashfield, Sate Alton, ' .Kelso
McNay, -.Wilfred Hackett; West
Wawanosh, Fred 4VIcQuillin, Thomas
Todd, W. I. Miller, F. G. Todd; Hui•
on, 3V, S. McGuire, Orland Richards,
Hanley Brooks;. Lucknow, William
Hornell, Alex Andrew; S. C. Rath -
well, S. E. 'Robertspn, Con Decker,
L. C. Thompson,, Peter Watsonand
G. A. Greer.
Lady directors ---Jean Lyons: Mrs.
R: G. Martin, Mrs. . W. E. Gordon,
Mrs. Js mes ,Webster, Mrs. Ewarf
Taylor, Mrs. Abner Ackert, Mrs. F.
G. • Todd, Mrs. W. A. •Miller, Mrs.
Sam Alton, Mrs. George Kennedy
and presidents .of'loeal organizations,
James, R. Hackett and Peter Wat
son were appointed delegates to the
Fairs Association convention •in Tor-
onto. George Kenfied rad !i?gtlace
i' er were, appointed canvassers
for, 1943. Wm. , Murdie. and W. ' A:,
Porteous were re -appointed auditors,
In vacatilhg the chair after three
years as president, Mr: F. G. Todd
thanked the Board for their co-
oper-ation and promised his continued
support in carrying on the Pair. A
• vote of ,'thanks was tendered -Mr.
-Toad by George Kennedy.
Olilrortune Timein
The new president, Mr. John Far-
rish, on assuming office, thanked the
meeting for the honor conferred up-
on him', and assured `those present
he would do his best to make' the
fair a ,success. "f -Ie pointed out how-
ever that a president • can't do the
job alone and galled for the co-
operationi' of all directors and coni-
iiittees:, " ' •
(Continued on page 4)
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Red Cross Branc
i
Articles .
Ladies
akesOver ' 5000 •
re : Lauded'.
•"
• '0. 0 . • .
The annual meeting of tljp•'•Luck= . Mr, Smith id: that the ob7'ectiv.
ve,
now Branch of the Red CrossAde-, this Year had been bi ailed byper
15
.iety�;, was held. on Thursday evening';. 'cent, 'which wool
d mean a` local
•with the president; Ur. G`" fi.. Smith quota 'of over • $2500:
presiding. There was only a small It was: decided, • to have a com-
attendance gn:.hand to hear very munity church.service Sunday'ev -
ine rrports ' the. year's activities ing, preceeding theo� enin g of the
of •the. Branch, and: the ladies of the local •drive. ; p g •
. vnllager,and_district,-who--ape-earry... •-wT-he;-fkitt-to'Russiafund. was. dis-
ing on. the work,,, came in for high cussed, and while not sponsored b
praise. the Red Cross ' Society, the Meet -
Mr..
V1 N: -Brest, treasurer of the ing appointed McNab, ' Rev,
Society.: gave his :financial report, C. H. MacDonald and tlT; W. 'Smith •
which :Was published last week, as a coniinittee in Marge of this
'showing receipts of over $4009. The worthy war effort.
Society ended the year with a bat J. W. Joynt's oke .brie
p � fly, and,
nee of $1042,34, but since then commented on the fine ' work: the
cheques issued' have reduced . this ladies .are doing, and the worthiness:
surplus to approximately . $500. of the Aid to Russia Fund,
Mrs. A., E 1V[eKini, convener. _of •
`the War Work Corhmi:ttee,, gave .a To Mire i?refdenl `eras"members of
Lucknow,
very cand _ Vicine Branch.__,'
o nprehensxve.:reportthe
_�oi" -- -- y -
ear's Work of the Branch and ,its of the Canadian Red -Cross Sec
Y iety: •
eleven affiliated units. Mrs. McI im's
report is• published in full, and the Ladies arid Gentlemen:. • •
Societ •"has received with regret "her It with great, pleasure i`s ' that I • ..
resignation, due to ill health Mrs., present this report., of the Woolen's
McKim has given wonderful • 'lead= War Work Committee,; I know it is
ership since the.Brandi was organ- a goad. report for; it •shows -that -• e'
ized, and :has,; been succeeded,. by a women of this comytmuni reale ,.
very capable convener, Mrs,William :that they have a vital part to:play
Hornell, who was prevailed upon to .and are doing''it and doing it, well.'
acrePt the office . "pro tem The Red Cross Work Room is open ;,
Eetg racy Uniits -� every Tuesday --and Thursday after
The War: Work Comrrsittee's ' ° rt
average 'attendance of fifteen.Goons frons two ;to -•-'five, with- t
�e '•We
reveals that• over 5000• articles ,have _ l
been made during the past year, closed for the months . of July and' •
Included. in this are five .emergency August, but that • did not :mean a •-.
'units tolocal use..:.Each unit tori- vacation', for the 'Sewing Conrrnittee
tains' `blankets,' hot'water • bottles, who, do all the••.cutting on Wediies-
a theremometer and many first aid day afternoons. and evenings'and
hours put . in many,
items' that would glove .invaluable , . long'hours preparing,
t'he. material for
the
women ' •
in:. case of .accidents or` other "emer- n to•sew•..
gencies..These'.are available. for. use We, made and shipped.the follow- • .
on the instruction of a doctor "or. ing articles -Hospital supplies .2.715;
knitted :comforts for the
thenursing reserve, The' Army and,
member of
only sti ulation 'is that • the Navy -500, clothing for bomb vie,-
p y be� •.
washed, and returned • as' received .thus,
1063;"quilts .444, with , a total
when- they'have served the eraser= of 4722.
g cy. There was 'one case of ,peace time , •
relief. .which was looked after by the
Women's. Committee. CToe"s''' and '
quilts were made aird distributed,
18 articles with• a'•valtiie of $50. '
We planned to give every man
who enlisted from. thisvicinity a
'sweater,: a pair • of-' gloves arid two
pair of 'socks. To 'date 480 articles
have been r given's. out. This brings:
i'ire`work-rooi '`totarto "522"0:
The committee Would. be. 'very
pleased. of the names, size arid- ad-
dresses of the men' ould be sent in ' .
as 'soon as they jo` up. This gives
them an opportunity to get the .knit-
ted 'articles ready. •. • '
Theelp of the. societies in the
vicinity is very Meeh . appreciated •
and their co=operation is very wel-
come. The following is a list of- the .
,societies who turn in' most of the •
pointed out „that not one. garment, quilts and some of: the sewing and .
sent to headquarters, had been 're- "
knitting::Kinloss ',Patriotic Society,
turned as -unsatisfactory. 1 Kinl t
was also ten- oug'•h Women's Institute, 1.1O,
1 -
A vote of thanks
rood Red. Cross, • Kairshea. Club,
Langside Reda Cross, ,St. Helens' Wo-
men's Institute, Blue Water Hus't
lers, .Kintail • Women's Institute.
Paramount Women's Institute;"Haek- 0 '
etts Women's. Missionary Society and'
the Zion Workers. '
The local Branch has on hand •
fine ` Emergency .Epidemic . Units,
which contain in each unit every.-
.thing needed for one patient, and .
which can be Tailed on by a doctor
or a inernber of the; Nursing Reserve
when needed.
I would like to thank 'Mrs. Murdie
and. 'her committee of ladies, Mes-
dames Fisher, 'Cook, 'Little, Finlay-,
son, Taylor, McAlpine and Thomp-
son.
who so kindly came, and made
a .up -of tea for the ladies in the •
workroom each afternoon at four. .
Since •.rationing' ..tea, this was stop-
ped.
But there have been several
&di e- W ea an
sandwiches -every month since Sep
terriber and everyone appreciates it "
very 'much.
The need for workers is very
great: The Red Cross wants to build
reserves of clothing and hospital •
supplies for the needs of Europe.
We are being asked for surgical• •
dressingss in inereaaing;
qua -ratifies.
There is a task to suit every woman
�rlr��i -conrnYurt7ty
Inge comes for-
ward and volunteers.
' ' In retiring' frorri the Worneri's War
-.�. Work• Committee I .want to thank
every. member , for • the great help
and . unfailing 'cheerfulness with
which each emergency was met. Un-
doubtedly 'it Was . your co-operation r.
which made possible the work that
was accomplished, .
' ELIZABETH. McII1V1,
Convenor Women's War'Work,•Cern..
Women: Are Lauded, •
After,, the' Work Committee's' re-
poit had ,been presented, 'Dr. W. V.
Johnston' moved a hearty vote of
thanks'' 'to the'. 'faithful ''group' of
wgrrien din' `tire` -•Village- and --district,
which .numbers about •20U; and who
have worked unceasingly sewing;
iffittt critt'ira aird--performing a•
the other --duties involved in the ins-
portant work which they are doing,.
•Rev. J. W Donaldson in seconding
this motion saki that no word: of
praise was too high for these ladies.
He felt it was. amazing the ;amount
of work 'they were doing .voluntar-
ily. Special mentio"n was made dur-
ing the meeting of the work of Mrs.
McKim, Mrs. Hornell, Mrs. Yoirn
,and Mrs: Yovan, •and it was also
dered R. J. Moore, Jos. Conley mail
Thomas Burns for their assistance
in • delivering parcels .for shipment.
Election of officers resulted .as
follows: bion. Pres., J. W. Joynt;
Pres.., G. 1i. Smith; vice presidents,
Rev. C. H. MacDonald, • Rev. J. W.
Donaldson, Rev. J. W: Stewart:.
Treas., V. N. Prest; sec'y, Miss Mar-
ion McDougall; executive commit-
tee; Wm. Hornell, Mrs. A. E. ' Mc-
Kim, Dr. , W. V. Johnston, J, R. Mc -
Nab; Mrs. 'W: 13. Anderson,
, Finance • committee, ' Dr. W. V.
Johnston,a A. E. McKim; J. L. Mc-
Millan, `'`Austin. Solomon, Virden
Mowbray, ` W, B. Anderson, • Rol; ert
Rae,'' Wm. Por teous, L.. Thompson,
M, C. Orr, Gordon Taylor . and Gor-
don Fisher,
Warne 's War
Work/ c
sewing; commi
ork Committee--.
nve , rs., Wm. Hornell:
r Jima
rs. Youn, Mrs. Yoven; Work Rborn
ornmittee, Mrs, W. J. Dpuglas, Mrs,
B, Andersen, Mrs. CIark Finlay -
on; purchasing committee, •Mrs. A.•
McKim,, Mrs. Joe McMillan sui-
ical dressings committee, Misses'
Cora and Agnes McQuaig, Miss Lena
obinson; knitting conrniittee, Mrs.
arvey Treleaven, Mrs, Cecil • Mc-
Alpine; peeking. corninittee Mrs. J.
Y
iasn��-s.i-cam,
o forts. committee 1V1
�? � rs. Morgan
enderson, Mrs, W, V. Johnston,
iss „Marion 1VIacDougall, '
Dave hi March
The president announced' that a
ational Red Cross' drive • would 'be
eld hi March, The objective 6f the
ucknow and Vicinity -Branch was•
• Y.
2290 last year and over $2600 was
aisfd with deferred payments being
aid almost one hundred , pier, cfnt.
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