The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-11-11, Page 3THURS., NOVEMBER 11th, 1943
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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FATHER OF FORMER. .
DRUGOIIST IS 92
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Dr. James Armstrong, the old-
est practising veterinary sung n
in the province, celebrated ` is
92nd birthday on Sat. at Gor ie,
where he has practised . for 64
years. He .still gets ,around in his
model T Eord.
• In , addition to his veterinary
practise .he operates the Corrie
drugstore. This',year he took a
keen: interest in his Victory Gar-
den, . from which .she produced
ripe tomatoes .weeks before any:
of his neighbors. •
• Dr, Armstrong is one of a:fam
ily of 12, 'fotir' of ;whore are still
living. He has'two sons, J. Garnet.
Armstrong of Toronto.. end. Leon-
ardgists, C:. of Cle, • both drug-.
veland
• Dr. Armstrong is ,. a: staunch
Presbyterian, and .just as staunch
a, Conservative, being an honor-
ary president of the North Hur-
on Liberal -Conservative Associa-
tion. He has also received the
Masonic jewel for 50 continuous'
years in the Masonic Order,,: and
has"'�tlie"'honor: of-~•beng--�-gr:arid
steward in the ta•,rand Lodge. "of
Ontario.
Hundreds of .office building' and factories 'all over Canada,
are proudly flying ,this "3 :star Victory" flag. It. 'means .hat. over
90 per cent of the personnel have invested 15:. per, cent of their,
income in the Fifth 'Victory Loan. •
Presbyterian Guild.' u•'• '
The. meeting • : opened with
Psalm •68' ;and. repetition of .the
.L.ord's_prayer. Joe Agnew ' read
the scripture spry of -'the iealirrg
of • the ten lepers: Ronald .John-
ston gave 'a Bible study of, that,
passage and hymn' 238 which was
inspired by that text was .sung.
Katherine ,Agnew: presented the.
Catechism', question., The . _min-
ir.tes of''the'Jast meeting were tread''
• and business discussed. It was de-'
cicic-d to meet' at the Manse rc::t
Monday night: Helen Mowbray'.
.gave an excellent report •of the
P-'resbyterial rally : t-, held aBPI=�
more. After 'singing ,of hymn/767
Maudie Fisher took the topic 'on
John • Milton whose : best krrown
hymn was Sung as a trio by Helen
Mowbray, Mary' McQuaig • and
Helen, MacDonald. Jim Barger
gave a . reading. , Dr. Little gave_
_
some • violin selections and • con-
tests on Musical' knowledge were.
conducted by Marion MacDonald:
Psalm 69 and prayer by Rev. C.
H. MacDonald , concluded • 'the
meeting..
• Ashfield Presbyterion. ;W. M.' S.
The regular fall Thankoffering
meeting :of Ashfield. W.M.S. was
held •'at the home of .Mrs. Dan
Rose with a splendid attendance.
The meeting opened with sing-
ing .of a - Psalm fololwed by a
prayer of thanksgiving offered
by the 'president, Mrs. D. It. Mc-
Kenzie. 'Mrs. Francey read , the
-scripture lesson and the com-
men'ts' were given by Mrs. John'
Ross. The roll call was well re-
sponded to by . the text' word,
"Thanksgiving". A duet • . "some
• day 'the silver cord will.•break"
was nicely sung by Mrs.' John
Collinson and Pearl ' MacKenzie.
There .aquas -some --.discussion as . to'
the possibility ' of 'beginning ' a
girls' group ' but it was . thought
there ' is riot a sufficient ntiM-
ber of gir15 to carry on at pres-
ent. . Mrs. Colin McGregor ' was
appointed Glad Tidings .secret-
ary to complete the year, dueto
the removal of Mrs, Wesley Robb:
Miss Annie. Mae MacDonald '.gave
' a summary of the rally, at White-
church. Miss Mary, MacLean gave
a splendid paper. on Thanksgiv-
N . ing and how unmindful we are
of our common blessings. The
special speaker' for the, meeting
w . Rev. •R., A. MacConnel and
pre.ciation. ,He _stressed, fact
that the'need of missionary work
-was greater than ' ever and' to'
J. '' against it becoming a mere
f.- rnlali'ty •a instead "of • living. e:
Y
perience. Another duet was sung
-end with''thesinging of. a Myrna.
the benediction and. National An
them .an interesting meeting was
"bro'ught to a close.•
,.
Presbyterian W. M. ' S. , '
Mrs. Porteous opened her home
for the November meeting and
the December annual meeting
will .be . held at Mrs. ,Mullin's
Twe_ my •five ladies were , p esent
and -following the opening hymn,
Mrs. A. Stewart led in prayer.
After dealing 'with reports and
business, the • roll call " was ans-
wered by a- verse, beginning with
the letter K. Mrs. Mullin 'read
John 1:19-34 ' and the passage
was explained by Mary . McLeod.
Mrs. Neil .".NtacCa l.um gave a
reading and. the topic" on ' the
Ukranians in Canada was dealt
with by Mrs, d. Cook. Following
the collection.Mrs. Porteous gd\r '
the offertory prayer. Mrs. Ew-
an. MacKenzie read, feelingly, '.a
selection on Christ end ' current
events were taken by, Mrs. Wes
Huston. Miss MacPherson . and
Mrs -Mullin joined in the prayer
circle; A quiz,' on the Glad . Tid-
ings .events for the year, was fol-
lowed' by the' closing prayer by
Mrs. MacKenzie.
ald and Miss Dean MacLeod, ac-
companied by Mrs. Don McIver.
Ladies participating in •the pray-
-er--circle-ere--Mrs—lrchie
Intyre, Mrs. ' W F. MacDonald,
Mrs. A. Suthelaiid, Mrs. Dan
MacKinnon. and Mrs. 'Philip. • The
National Anthetri , . and closing
prayer by , Miss Dean MacLeod
brought the, meeting oto'' a close
when a 'light lunch' was served
byyhe---director' and -4 -"get•
gether"' time was spent. _
United Church W. M. S.
The Afternoon Auxiliary Of the
n_
W.M.S. met on ` Wednesday after-
_nooat the_ church. Mrs.' Rath -
,well presided. ,,After -the' business
, period, Miss L. MacLean had
charge of' the,program. The scrip-
ture lesson was read and explain-
. ed.
South Kinloss. W. M. S. '
The • Sixth School was the
meeting. place of the ,South Kill -
loss W.M.S.. when .18 members
and 4 visitors. gathered . for the'
November meeting. Mrs. Ross
1VIacMillan and Miss Annie Mac-
Leod were •the' ' directors, with
Mrs: MacMillan in the chair. Af-
ter the opening hymn Rev. H. F.
Darinled' in prayer 'and the busi=
ness period followed. Mrs. Alec'
Sutherland read the scripture and.
Miss Dean MacLeod gave the
Bible study. A •,poem, appropriate
td the study was read by Mrs.
W. F. MacDonald and .also one
entitled "Sometime" -was • given
by Miss Martha Sutherland. A
solo, "The Blind Ploughman" was
sung by Rev. ' H. F. Dann. The
new Study "book on British Gui-
ana was started 'and is going to
make ' ,interesting study 'matter
for the months to come. Mrs Al-
lister. Hughes gave the opening
chapter, and with a wall map to
refer to, the situation, climatic
conditions, etc., were made quite
plaint A trio "Haven of Restr' was
pleasingly rendered by Mrs. Dan.
.MacKinnon, Mrs. W. 'F. MacDon-
•,
Led Sys,' When ren ' Must yield
the utmost ill ftavour, quality
is- of supreme „im►ocrnce. Ask for
re
.Taylor led in prayer' .Mrs. J:
Stewart' gave a' short account of
the,. work of Miss Isabel: Leith& of
.B: C: Mrs:Iarold Treleaven sang
• a ' lovely, solo. -The second chapter
of the study book wasreviewed
by`Mrs. W. B: Anderson. This -wars
followed' by an appropriate read-
ing: by Mrs. T. Burns. The meet-
ing closed with hymn- and bene-
diction.
Olivet United :Church. Y.P.U.
The meeting was opened, with
the' use of Ity,r08 .after- which-
the
hichthe Lord's prayer was repeated
in,:unison. The: scripture was read'
alternately: Beth McTavish read
the topic. Mr. -Beech . gave as in-
teresting ' talk on Hyden, the mus-
ician. .O Canada was sting after
which the mizpah . benediction
was .repeated. ' Beth 'McTavish
tool-c-hargeof rave recreationp.er-
'iod. ' ' . . :
(Intended fox " last 'Week) After :the . op ning exercises;,
Mary McGuire read the -Scrip-
ture lesson. ,tfr Beech gave an
interesting tai about a world
with . and w'thou:t : policemen:
Hyrrm-308 , g a ties which'
we --repeated,:: he mizpah.' benedic-
tion. Beth McTavish had charge.
pf the :recreation period. •
IN COLD STORAGE in, Chesleya
Game Overseers'found 40 racoon
skins, a boxof venison 'and :two
deer hides. The skins were found .
before theopening of the racoon. `Do you hyphenate headache?"
season ' on November '1st . and "Not unless it's a splitting head
ache". '
RALPH • 'STAPLES
s . newly appointed .Nationa
secretary Of. Farm 'Radio, Forum, •
Ralph Staples- will be in charge •
of 'organizing listening groups of
farmers' across Canada, and pro-
viding .them with . Material for
discussion; Each ' Monday even-
ing-these--.farm-.-foxurns-gat hexa
-bout • their. ra ios' to '.hear 1agii.-
cultural experts discuss matters
of . vital, concern to the farmer:.
Broadcast over a chain 'of CBC
networks, the next Farm Forum
will be heard Monday, November
15, at 8.30 p;m.. EDT,' 9.30 p.m,.
ADT.
by. ;Mrs. T. !Alton.' Mrs, '. D. C. charges were laid. - ' •
of Canada keep abreast of the
Dominion's ` expanding meds.
$ix tithes since 1870 . •the Bank -.Act under
which the' Chartered Banks operate has been
revised by parliament -six times' in that period
the activities of the banks have ' been carefully
scrutinized by ,the ,people's representatives..
Every ten year the. Bank Act
has been thus revised. Each one
of ' the six decennial revisions
has: ~contributed much.. to ' the
evolution of the banking system
to 'meet .the expanding needs of
a developing Dominion:
In 1934 the sixth -revision of the
Bank Act was made. Fifty, mem- •
bers of the House of . Commons
made • up the committee, which
,examined witnesses-,kmong
,em bank officers, government,
officials and 'reformers •— and
studied -exhibits filed -by variaits
individuals and organizations.
Findings were submitted to the
House; and later that year the.
Bank Act was revised : in many
important particulars.. i.
Through democratic enquiry and decision, the Canadian banking system has
grown and been adjusted to meet the needs of the people, providing'a deposi-
tory for savings and a sound bails for Canoga', free economic development.
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