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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO THURSDAY,. OCTOBER 28, 1943.
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About Seven H.undr:ej,•People
VisitedMale_ Leaf "Aicraft: Plant
• Appreciating the : oPortuni�Y� IUCKNOW. YOTJ�G •
MAN AND
about seven . hundr'ed men, wo- iEIIS WIFE IN FAR NORTH
•
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of the Maple .Leaf •Aircraft• Cor -
:potation, Limited, on Monday: It
was. Visitors' ' Day and the plant
was thrown open for. inspection
support of the Fifth Victory
Loan campaign. •
All .day, and in :the evening as
well,. there was a' steady' stream
•of :Visitor's,. who received •an,eye-
ope• er on their "rubber neck"
tour of this hurnrning plant.
Visitors were received by • Mr.
and 'hilts.' Harold Fine .and 'Mrs.
....George Jardine, members of: the
office staff, who.'' also assisted, in.
. conducting the, visitors through
• the plant. Boys ` of the -High
,;,'School - and public school pupils,
' . . 'paraded to' the factory in groups
With their teachers. .
From' the ':welding• ,shop,. the
Sight -seers . were_,. conducted thru,
the -grinding room; ;the -machine -
shop,. the tool room, the •foundry,
the ,wood working shop and ,then
• upstairs to where plywood ' as
�enab'les--ar-e•--nead„--and--jslrxa�-
pain d, On.this'•floor also is the
inspection room; where .parts are
given micrometer. and magnify-
•
ing glass. tests. •
'The various "Component'. parts
which are being machined and
rnanufactured are alI gun and.'
aircraft parts. The precision de-,
° mended . of_' these parts is amaz-
in ..and in Many cases the `toler-
g YI
ance ' is one ten •,thousand of an
inch.
ne ::little gadget, from a piece
of rough steel to the: finished pro-
duct,passes from one . to -another
of more ,than" a dozen machines,
and is subject to 'rejection for the,
slightest fjaw.
Not the least of interest were
two airplanes on display in the
plant, designed and . constructed
iby this Corporation, .
The visit was most interesting
and enlightening to those who
attended and was . a revelation
as ,to the 'number employed, the,
scores of units of precision mach-
:. inery,: and the various precision
jobs turned out' by the men and
women Who operate them:
BAGGED FIVg PHEASANTS
Mr. '. ;Lorne Johnston of Ash
field, who last Fall ' had as hist
guest Mr. Lorne Clark of Niag-•
ara -Falls, for the deer hunting
season in Huron County, return
,ed • the visit the past week -end
• to take part in the pheasant hunt-
ing . on October 22nd and 23rd.
The daily •bag limit is three birds'
and in the two days Mr. John-
' stop bagged five lovely golden
' pheasant. ' The Johnston -Clark
I , , friendship dates back to . World
War I days when the t-wo were
pals •, overseas.
•
Record Overseas Greetings ,
° - a Slponsored by the Canadian
Legion, recordii1 s ' of "greet -1W
from.,loved ones are being pre -
,pared for special broadcasts to
'the* boys oven seas. Several wives
and mothers were chosen by the
Wingham. Legion, „to go to Lon-
_ .._ _.. _L • don last Wednesday to :make
these recordings. Included in the
numbe' Were Mrs. Tom Wilson
(nee .Lauririe Miller) of St. Tel-
- ems, IvEk .,,Horace Aitchison, Mrs.'
Robert Hetherington and Mrs W, '
A. McKibbon. '
••.d«
a; •
- Last week'•we receiveda copy•
of the "Canol Piper", a, little four
• page • . mimeograph newspaper
published about 1600 miles from
the North Pole. The sender was
Gordon Thompson, eldest son of
Mr..; and Mrs.. D. M. Thompson
of -Lucknow.
Gordon has been in the employ
of the United' StatesWa'r Depart-
ment at this' outpost for • many
months: He was recently , joined.
by his wife,who is a graduate
pharmacist, . and is now ' acting
in that capacity in the Canol Hos-
pital; Their place of abode is a
"nice log cabin",. Gordon says:
Caniol, as' you no doubt know
is the centre of activities for the
laying of an 'oil pipe line to
facilitate-• tapping-the-vast'•oil re-
serves • of this. North, West Ter.
ritories hinterland.
-HELD TAG DAY IN AID OF
CHRISTMAS BOX FUND
—A *-nunr. r,-
-chrlxira 4 Ire
Village :worked enthusiastically
on. Saturday selling . tags, the pro-
ceeds' of which ' are being used
by . the .Lucknow Women's . Insti-
tute in sending Christmas boxes
to the boys in uniform. •
The Institute isgrateful to . the
taggert, whose.•efforts .netted a
few cents • short 'of $35.00. • The
taggers Were Ruth Anderson,
Gail McMillany.. Noreen.Kilpat-
rick; Mary Jo Andersor • Shirley
Marshall, Gladys Kilpatrick, -
Keith Kilpatrick; Donald Thomp-
, son,'. Bobby „ Reid; • ..Bruce John-
stop, Morley. Chin, Jack- McKim,
Leon.. Gaynor, Donald McAlpine,
±a-nd_Galbert_Ho_w.se:._ .: " ..,:._.
NEXT BLOOD CLINIC ON . .
THURS:DAYd • NOVEMBER 18th"
The next, and sixth Blood Don-
or Clinic ..to be held in Lucknow
is scheduled for Thursday' Nov
ember .18th—three weeks, from
today. •
sdt..
•-n imber -of • donors ..at the :last -
'clinic, but. sufficient numbers are
not • 'Yet presenting . themselves,
The objective, at the .forthcoming
clinic is at' least 100 persons.' A
Special' appeal is ;made to new
donors to attend the ,clinic and
assist in meeting the objective..
WEDDING BELLS
' 'TAYLOR -NEWTON
The marriage , of . Miss Eunice
A. Newton, daughter of Mr.:' H. F.
Newton,' .and granddaughter :of
the late .Dr. G. A. Newton and
Mrs. 'Newton of Lucknoy, ' to
Lieut, William .McCarthy, Taylor,
son of -Mr.. and .Mrs: Albert •Tay=
kW, 'took place ,in. • Howard , Park
United Churel , on Tuesday; Oct -
:ober 12th,'-; with Dr. C. ' A. W41-
liams officating. . •'
The bride `wore: a street -length
frock of coral 'velvet and match-
ing halo hat with veil; 'She . car-
ried a • bouquet of Sweetheart,.
roses, bouvardia and cornflowers.
Miss' Jessie Henderson, her at-
tendant,' chose reseda green crepe
and carried roses and carnations.,
The .groomsman was Lieut. 'James
Hickling and the ushers. were Mr.,
Don Sinclair and Mr. Don Gib-
son. Miss ,Beth MacKee, contralto.
Soloist of Howard: Park Church
sang beautifully "Until';, and Mr:
Albert Kennedy presiding at the
organ, plaYed soft music during
RED SHIELD . RETURNS YET.'
'ONLY . HALF 'DF LAST . YEAR
Total donations reported . by '
canvassers.in connection with the
Salvation Army Red Shield Home
Front . Appeal, to date amount to
only $256; which is approximate-
ly only halfof the. total amount.
raised a year ago.
--The--eannass in the Village -is-
not yet completed, and as yet re-
turns • have ..been received from
only three school sections. These
are S.S. No.''3. Kinloss; $15:60; 'S.S.,
No. 4 Kinloss, $10.00 and' S.S. No.
11, Huron,' $15.85.
The local committee: is anxious
to have allcanvassers complete
their . work and make their re-
turns . at the .earliest 'possible
moment.
PRESENTATION'
:AT 'PARAMOUNT
A n large crowd gathered at
Paramount Hall on tuesday ev-
ening of last week to celebrate
the. wedding reception of Mr. and
Mrs. -`Elliott Sandy. •
At the lunch hour. • Mr. Jack
iYlcIritosh called the rnewly mar-
ried"couple to 'the platform *hen
M. Walter Dexter extended the
congratulations of the commun-
ity to Mr. and Mrs. Sandy arid.
conveyed a welcome to. Mrs.
Sandy, who was formerly of Tor-
onto. •
The presentation of a purse of
money was made by 1Vir. Eatl
Swan,. and Mi'. Sandy Made 'a fit- -
ting reply of appreciation and in-
Vited those present to visit ,thein-
in their home. •
yi
the entire , ceremony.
A . reception followed at the
home: of Mrs. E. H. McGee, High.
Park Gardens: Later Lieut. „and
Mrs.. Taylor left for the Guild of
A11 Arts • before .'leaving for .Mon-
treal 'and other:. Eastern points.
BRUCE • CAM,PAIGN
LAGGING 'BADLY
The Bruce County Fifth Vic-
tory Loan campaign is lagging
badly. Sales -repotted at Walk-
kerton up to Wednesday noon
-totalled -$887•,410, or 34, • per 'cent
of the: objective:. This is made up
of 2,350 orders.
In the Fourth Loan,`. at a com-
parative date, 43 per cent: of the
objective.' had been raised which.
totalled $90$,700 made up by 2188
sales:
With the Loan .period half gone
Bruce ." County headquarters • is
disturbed by this lag. The money
is in the County, but a lot of it
has got to be cut loose in the
next ten days to attain Bruce's
objective of $2,600,000.
• The standing of neighboring
-municipalities ' at• -Wednesday
noon, according to Headquarters
returns was,: ,
' r ,No. sale§ Ain't. %
Lucknow • ' 49 $12,450 14
Kinloss " ...•..,... X38 • 18,500 '28
Huron • 89 3.1,950 30
Culross 63 , 21,100 a25.
Ripley .. _ ..._ ..•31 13,300 44
While we haven't got up-to-
the-mhiute returns for Huron
County, as we go to press; the
lag is evident there also.
Tcatai Huron sales. reported in
Monda.Srls- bulletin amounted.- -to-
$800,550 or only 25.61' per cent
of the' objective. Ashfield sales
at that time arnour`ited to •$19,050
or 18;49 per cent of 'the objective
"'and Weiq WVaiva iosh „sales were
$14"'t 'r 01.04per cent,
Makolm SaIs -For Homy
On Its EigIity-Seond. Birthday
Dr. 'William 'Malcolm, - hrather
TO 'DISCUSS. POST WAR
HIGHWAYS PROGRAM
•. The' Bruce"' County, Highways
Commission, of . which • Reeve
Richard Elliott of Kinloss is a.
member, ,is meeting to discuss.
the County's' post war .highway
program. The Commission will.
meet with the County and , dis-
trict engineers as well as two
County Reeves appointed at the
last session.
`Their report will, be submitted
at the November session of Bruce
County Council. and the suggest-
ed program. 'will, be made known
to the . Provincial Highways De-
partment, so . they can plan • ac-
cordingly.
No :doubt one of the Post 'War
construction jobs in ° Bruce will
be to ,complete the 'hard surfac-
-ing-=-•of theLLixcknow to
road.
RETURNS. FOR FIRST TIME
IN THIRTY-SIX YEARS
'1VIrs. Margaret Dudley o f town
of Mr. •.Robert Malcolm :of Kin -
w@ f -
Mg, repatriated • from "Japan,
ed for "home" last Friday, the
day on which . he observed his
82nd birthday. Accompanying
him is his eldest daughter, ;Dor=
othea . Pearson.
Dr. Malcolm and his daughter
have lived in Shanghai .for a
number .of . years where they
were employed by the Asia Life
Insurance' Company. Not since
Pearl Harbor have their relatives_
at Braeside Farm; Kinlough, had
any ,direct word of their welfare.
So it was very. welcome -news
recently,- when they wereoffic-
ially , notified from'' Ottawa that
Dr.' Malcolm and his &lighter
were passengers on board the
Japanese repatriation .ship,. Teia
-Ma
This ship was met at
=Morniugoa, a pinpoint: on the -In-
dian. Coast along the Arabian •sea,
.
by 'the Swedish 'liner, Gripsholrn,
where' the exchange of Japanese
nationals .and .• Americans Can-
RETURNS,
an-
-as-ttaken--coni ete13�by-sure -i e-a.dihns and -Latin -A ieriearrs--vat'
on October .16th upon the arrival
here of -her sister, Mrs. John C.
McIntyre from, pulross., :Mani-
toba. It is •thirty-six years since
Mrs. McIntyre•.. was last home''.
Last. week 'Mrs. McIntyre was
joirietl by her aunt Jane Percy,
who visited at Mrs. Dudley's.
Mks..McIntyre will spent the,
next two "weeks • in the '. KinIough
district at the homes of her two
brothers, George and William
Haideriby:-Enxoute to Lucknow
she visited in . Toronto with her
brother Arthur. - .
HARVESTERS RETURN
Weesley Ritchie of, Zion return:-
ed
eturn-ed home from the . West about
ten days . ago and on Saturday
Frank Miller and Wm..McIntyre•
arrived , back. Frank . was at the
home of his brother, Sam Miller,
of ;Fielding, - Sask., and reports
that Aaron Fitzell, who is now
82, iss spry as a man: of forty.
He was • a former Pipe . Band
drummer. in Lucknow. •
The -first place :that -Wesley Rit-
chie worked ,was right at • the
United. States border, where the,
crops .Were :threshing out .' less
than ten bushels to the acre.Only
twenty-five miles, distant where
he. later worked, • fifty ,.bu'shels . to -
the; acrewere 'threshed.
'.MARKED DIAMOND
WEDDING: SUNDAY.
On . Sunday, October 24th, 1VIr,
and. Mrs. 'Andrew Emerson cele-
brated their diamond wedding
-ar ri-iv..ersar-y at- the home - of their
daughter, Mrs. Dan Gillies. Mr.
Emerson is in his 87th year while
Mrs. Emerson will soon mark her'
84th. birthday. , • -
Both' are enjoying .good health
except for a slight • stroke` Mrs.'
Errierson• suffered a: •'few ' years
ago; and has •for .'a time been
Making her home with, her dau-
ghter,' Mrs. Angus Graham of
L, cknow- and 'M'rs: Dan. Gillies
of Ripley.
'The esteemed couple have liv-
esl_nearly_- the entire' -sixty years-:
on the farm where 'Mr. Emerson
continues . 'to reside.; They were
recipients of many tokens of. best
Wishes from . the fainily,.-Purple
Grove Ladies Airr as well as
friends and neighbours.
made. - d;.•
The, Gripsholin's departure . ons
Friday followed, by • one. £lay. the (.•
sailing . of the Teia Maru, on its
return to Japan carrying, as well
as its passenger list; large Tian!
tities of, mail and relief supplies•
for persons still detained in Jap--
anese-occupied territories.
On board the Gripsholin . was
reported • to. be 1;236. Americans;
221 Canadians and 40 citizens: of
South America. „ Proceeding on
schedule the vesselshould reach
New York,,about . December 2nd.
For '-the veteran ,Dr. Malcolm it
will be a • long and ted'.ious.
-b'utthe•-elrlrnin-ation :of which -will'
be awaited with eager expect-.
ancy..
Dr. Malcolm has two daughters
in New i'York' and a son -in -lawn
and two grandsons still .in Shang-
hai. Mr.
hang-•hai..Mr. C: V. Starr of New York,'
a son-in-law of Dr. Malcolm, is
president of the Arrreri.can edi
tion of "The • Shanghai Evening.
"Post and, Mercury?', a copy of
which we recently perused, and
which eontained•uah:article On the'
repatriation plans.:
The Gripshol i proceeded for
• her rendezvous with the -Teia . '
Maru from New York; tp Rio De
Janiero and Montevideo; thence
across the Atlantic to Port Eliz-
abeth in South Africa and from
there to India. The Japanese ship
sailed ` from Yokohama, via
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manilla
and Singapore.
Other Repatriates"`
Among others aboard the
Gripsholin are Dr. Harris Mullet
of Toronto and Rev. Father 'Fran-
eis Diemert-•o# -Mildmay:
Dr. -Mullet, .a dentist` attached
to the Canadian Mission at Chun-
king, is a cousin of :James and.
George ,Harrison of Huron Tivp.
He managed • to get his wife out
of the country .before the Japan-
ese captured.',the station where
he was working. Since then he
had been in an internment camp..
Father .Diemert, who was i in '
-charge -of a, Mission at -Peking
has been in the hands. of theJap-
anese for two years. During that
-time--hips-parents in -'Mildmay had
received- no *Word frorrr Whim, but
a letter froth a fellow missionary
reported he' was recovering from
a ruptured.peridix, and later
faucet- officiial word that %e • was -..
to be alloWed • to return
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