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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-11-04, Page 11• a THURSDAY OCTOBER 28, 1943 Had a 'note.from. Erie Cox last week. He •has been •posted from • Manning. Pool with an, R.C.A.F. detachrrient to the University of Toronto,. ,, THE- LUCKN0W SENTINEL, LUCKNQW: ONTARIO Mass •Campbell has reported at London and will be posted to, Kitchener for training. Prior to her departure, •relatives and' friends held a surprise gathering at her home when. they presented her with a .utility. case with fit- tings and an army album. David Campbell made. the pres- entatiph • and on behalf 'of • the. gathering `extended best .wishes' to Miss Campbell for success in her new duties in the service of her country.. • Kathleen's twin brother,. Grant Campbell has be. en,,ov'erseas with' cr.. Dorisi.�oi� M�Cl�na.�,��..:��f ; •tl�i��wPc,rw::�ie�gaa�r��ent far two ,.Whitechurch;whoo�fi�as been ' years.' An 'elder brotliirx": Fliglif tioned at' Rivers, Manitoba for Sergeant`'Gordon Campbell, is an the past nine months, reports at instructor at the R.C:A.F. Bomb- * . Hagersville thisweek where she ing and Gunnery School at . Da - Will sad_ as dietitian in the mil- foe, Sask: ' Gordon enlisted' while Itary hospital. teaching school at Holyrood. Sgt. Stanley Kennedy of Thes- salon, who has. been overseas` for_ two : years with the Forestry Cori*,.has arrived back in . Can- ada and visited last week in Wingham with his sister, Mrs. W.,' M. Cannell. • W. H. ' (Bill) Treleaven,. son of • Mr. and Mrs., .Harold, Treleaven has been 'posted from. Manning Depot, Toronto, to No. 3' I.T.S., Victoriaville, ,Quebec. Two• W. H. Treleavens in the. same class' at. Toronto caused some confusion. WHITECHURCH evening with good attendance. in the United church last.Friday a • Prizes for best costumes were won by Gordon Wellwood and Mr. and° Mrs. Kerry of Paisley • visited with their daughter Mrs. Ab Coultes and Mr. Coultes. Mrs. Annie',.Hendersan and her granddaughter Myrna .Stockill re- turned to their home at Po� r san after ' spending Months' with the farmer's aunt,I served and ll. ..social time was en - Faye McClenaghan and Mrs.1 Ezra Scholtz and Mrs. Ezra Weli- wood who 'were dressed as bride and groom which • caused much laughter. . 'Games .and contests' were held after which lunch wase Miss Christina��Laidlaw and other jAyed by relatives. ; . Miss Mildred :McClenaghan, a •• 'Mr. and Mrs. Ab •Coulter and nurse -in -training at Guelph hoa- Marlorie and Jack, al , Mr.. and .pital,' visited' recently .with her Mrs. Ezra Wellwood ani son.Gor-agents• Mr. ,.and Mrs- "George don motored to. Paisley last Robert middle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles `Liddle of • •Blyth' and formerly of Ripley, has ar- rived overseas, with the .R.C.A.F. The • other lad; from Winnipeg, is a grandson o-f-�rn .. Tr-eleaVen;r„ forrnirly_ ofk Lucknow:.' The two boys are distant. cousins. , Lieut. Art. Traplin, Mrs. Trap - lin, their young son, and the for- mer's mother, Mrs. 'Albert Trap - lin. of •Owen: Sound were .,callers here the4iiist-o-f ti; e- v el -Art. was overseas and :returned: tb Canada' to take an officers': course at Brockville. He is now station, ed at, Han Halifax.. His' . father d brother. , Tom .are• also . in Ifni form, 'and 16 -year-old brother Glen can't. wait until: he too, can. join . the. service. WATCHED. AIR RAID' ON LONDON PAGE NINE . • cal duct by' Mrs. Dawson Craig and Mrs. Garnet Farrier; • a piano instrumental by Mrs. Ezra Scholtz and two readings by Mrs. Dustan Beecroft. Mss. 'Jack Mc- Intyre was ' called to the front and was presented, with '.a nice cup and saucer from the Institute as a remembrance. She ,was sec- retary treasurer•and .leaves soon ., for Dungannon to make her home there. She thanked them in ,a few 'fitting words, Lunch was served and the. remainder of the evening .spent in dancing. • Mr.a:nd Mrs. John Falconer of p .Caledon are visiting with, their. McClenaghan. uMDonald_ . ewman"aa.) usl,naisons :,Messrs'ap. rxJcrwawmmranewsna nd Cecil leo ° rs xa w'her .Gordon Avas,•:darripeting in a: Victory :Loan. quiz contest, but we ' 'are sorry, helost by saying one wgrai• wrong. • -Messrs. Clarence . Cox, Garnet. Farrier, Ezra Scholtz and Misses Lucille St, Marie. and Annie Kennedy were blood donors , at; the Wingham clinic last Wednes- day. :mow. Barbara Newiinan of Wingham .. visited on Saturday 'with 'Mr..and For his gall ntr"y a. "Scottish Mrs: Cecil -Falconer. On Monday .evening this week soldier was given a decoration. A week, or so latera friend asked �+, Hallowe'en social was held,'1 the Institute had a euchre , an dance in the hall, with a good attendance. Mrs."Dustan :Beecroft 'had highest - points for ladies and won a' prize while Mr. Caslick won the gent's prize. The pro-: gram included a sing -song;. 'a • vo- "And what does the wife, think. of your. medal, Sandy?" "She doesna'' ken yet", was. the reply. "Its no my turn to. write". Mr anti. Mrs., Wm. Reed' have received a letter from their son Howard; somewhere .in' England,, in which he describes a recent air raid on London. , The letter -reads° in part: Dear Mother: Just • a few. tines this evening. in answer tp two of ,your Iet-. ,tern -which I received a few days ago' Capt. Wilson and I have moved. from the Regiment but for the time being' my : address is the same. • Had a sixteentpage letter 'from Billie D. What a boy to write long letters. " The mail here has been 'slow in coming. The ,cigarettes haven't been coming at all and most of • the boys are buying ' Cig- arettes' cost over• five cents apiece here. • • r° Last night - there was an air raid over London and 15 Jerrie* got in.� We could ' see the tracer shells in' the sky just like ••stars. Three of .the, planes were shot down. While they were bombing here, the R.A.F. was : going over to Germany and 'it sounded as. 'though there were hundreds of •our planes going over. There were . 60 Gerrrian planes came over but only 15 got into London. •It was a great sight to see th searchlights all after the Jeri( S and we saw , one. of them s fiot down not far from here. The ack-. il ack guns were really' patting up the tracer .shells. According to the . paper several bombs . were •'dropped but •I never Beard any. Maybe the guns sort of drowned the bombs out..HowPver as long as they don't drop any ,bombs around •here we don't mind. HURON *YOUNG LADX• • JOINS WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS The enlistmentofMiss Kath- leen Campbell in •the Canadian Women's Army Corps; makes the third member 11'robert�-?C�b�l� .�._._._..., ��►� lllitrs-.__ of the family of . Con. 2., Huron' Township, in ,the armed services. SPEED_ THE VICTORY! .` We can h 1 TO—bring g' closer ' that glorious day when the boys come home triumphant to our welcoming arms. We must- do our:'part to speed Victory by buying 5th Victory Loan Bonds. They've got_ : the " Axis back on its heels the master race is 'on the run. Our money, invested inbonds, will ,bey the extra, guns, Planes, tanks and skips to lay'. it prostrate...in •uncan i WonaI surrender:, Back our boys with bonds, Remember, we're onlm asked to lend: Do • it now, and speed reiunion in. Canada. • This. Advertisement Sponsored By The LuckUOW Sentinel ;�t;�ppcirt o `iti:ettfr: _._ • p�cxtx__•�: 1•