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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1944
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The Lucknow Sentinpl, Lucknow, Ontario
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Dave . jeWitt who iS. stationed
.in'Britishi-Columbia with a. High-
• land7regirnent„ • spent,.the week-.
, end 'at the home / of, his -mether.. •
flariston Tay19.T.7761 theLC
Thomas .has 'been
. spending, ....his Airlough "at; the
•,.. homeof sits T..., B..
Taylor of ...St.. Helens: , • .•
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HUntei .Patterson..has.been
tinned .for limb... in.:, New:-
foundland with the 13,C.A..F•
Hun-
tef ..ofIen, saw M1 Oi'r ;.when he •
was in M.:yr./feu/Al .1d. and rnisses•
lain 'since his return to.: Canada
OI -Posting •elsewhere. .
, • Tpr, Jack., Lockhart :a:nd Tpr.
'Tony •KauShrnan of--Cam.p Borden,
• formerly ef Fertile, Sask.', spent
• part of their N'ew Year's, :leave
with Mr. .• and. Mrs. Elmer John-'
• ston, .and. later .,Visited With. the
..foi-rrier's uncic Mr. _Henry',
sar, Fou4h ConcesSion.e, • • ,
• J..o.hnstonof the R.C,.A.F..•
•-• fit'.1•10 eisVille-sperit..New 'Year's
7.with , is: parents, Mr.and Mrs
p ns on, is mother." has
• • made'r favorable -recovery from
her: recent
•
Arrived Overseas
• • Mrs. A. C. Hai:Mit:on 'of Htiron
• To-wh•ship -PeCeived- wOrd-rec
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ly that her son Andrew had . ar-
-• rived. overseas early , in Decein •
ber. Andy enlisted last• March.
Calvin McKay of .Camp Ipper-
' wash spent.. the week -end With
Mrs. McKay'at .Holyrood Who ap-
• companied him, -�n his return to
London.
' 'In 1VIediterranein.Theatre •
,• Mr. and, Mrs. Robert McNeil
eeeived word from their son Rae
last week that he had landed- in
• Italy. Rae left for overseas • in
. .
McNal1, stationed at
Hamilton with the R.C.A.F. and
who is convalescing • from pfieu.
monia, spent the week -end with
his parents, Mr. and ,Mrs. Robert
McNeil.
Pte. D. M. Phillips, nephew of
• Mrs. George •Phillip, has arriv-
ett with the Canadian Forces in
• the 'Mediterranean theatre, 4,i ace
cording to an air letter -received
by his aunt. •
„ HAS BEEN IN THICK OF
SICILY AND ITALY BATTLES
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Mrs. • Percy Crosier, formerly
Dorothy MacDougall • of :Kinloss,
'receivetti 'an airgrapli Christmas.
•" gr( etirig . cart! 1(o -in her husband,
in Italy, which bore the insCrip-
tion "Christmas Greetings from
the Eighth Army" and the quoti
ation, "Together you and 1 we
-will see this. thing through to
• . the. end".
.. Dorothy's husband is with the
• 1 lth Canadian • Tank Regiment
and has.been in the thick of the
fighting ih .Sicily and Italy, and•.
, •
has.escaped •"without a scratch".
Percy landed in Sicily On- July.
10th, and in:Italy onSeptember'
• 3rd.. He states he liked it in
Sicily;'but he'doesn't think'intich
of the rain and mu.d in 'Italy at
present.
. The elements,and terrain' corn-
-, bined• to inake tank warfare
possible for a time and Percy
was transferred temporarily; to
• transport driving duties, but is
nOw back . in action • with the
tanks again. • N •
, Mrs. Crozier and her d'atighter
Sandra are making their,honi• e
with her mother, Mrs. jphrt Mac-
Dougall, 'Second Concession, Tin -
.Flt. - Lieut. "Bud" • Hornell,
nephew of :"Mr. Wm. Hornell re-
cently 'arrived overseas at the
,controls of a big bomber:
Gnr. Hugh Rutherford of the
Regimental Police at Orillia
spent .New Year's with his par-
exit§,- Mr; and Mrs. Wm. Ruther-
ford.
Bruce MacLennan .of the Mer-
chant. Marine has .been
hoUda-
ir3g with his parents; Mr....-' and.
.Mrs.• Alex, MacLennan, - •
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' Allan -Treleaven of 'the. R,.
A, F.,- at •1VIarining Pool, Toronto
spent,. christrrias.vith:. Mr, and:
. Mrs. 'Harvey, .TreleaVen...•:-.
Wm. StirriSOn, Sr., of the,„Veter-
ans Guaed returned, to his. unit,
on Tuesday. Bill had an extended
1.(..aVe • due to, an attack'
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.of .sciatica. • ,
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Mr. and Mrs.. Peter Moffat of
.received Wed.nesday from theirson David; that
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he Wei, well and had just..arrived...
Overseas....
Gordon- CooMbi 'AO, has
been Making . herhome' at the
Whitby tesidenCe,:.• 'received a
c able last.; Week announcing •the
arrival' overseas Of her husband,
.r,ecentlY • of port Albert.
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10. •Ted Buswell, sOn of IVIr.
and Mrs. A. E. Buswell, and FO.
John Weston, a nephew of rt, J:
*Ore of town:NV-et-Met at Gib-
• raltar: John and Ted knew each
ot er lyas-. boys, Nidlen .John used
to' spend his holidays •in Luk -
now: with.. Uncle Bob, but they
didn't recognize each other When
they' met in R.,C.A.F: :uniforms
at Centralia. ' . •
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'•They were on the Same 'flight
one day when one of- the boys
•suggested. flying over LucknOw,
The other's curiosity was arouSed
as tb what h knew about Luck-
now,3t, and so.- ey renewed * a
school bby• cquaintance which
has grown ,to a warm friendship
and which has been further
strengthened -by a surprise meet-
ing .in far-off 'Gibraltar.
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HONOR ,LOCHL.SH
'MERCHANT SAILOR
• . LochalshiCommunity Hall was
the scene of a social evening on
New Year's Eve when a- large
gathering of friends and: neigh-
bors met to honor.John Finlayson
of the Merchant Marinewho was
home on furlough.
The evening was spent in danc-
ing and at the lunch hour John
was' presented with a- purse of
money by .Finlay MacDonald ef-
:ter Roy MacKenzie had read the
following address;
Ladies and Gentlemen: • ; •
• We have gathered here tonight
to honor one oour native sons.
A§ many Of yt3u already know.
John is in the service of the, Mer-
chant 'Marine. He has, in the
short space of °time that , luA
-1 elapsed. since last May, Crossed
the. Atlantic a number of times.
He is now entering service on
another .ship which in all prob-
ability will take him .43 mere.
distant parts .of the world.
Sohn, we cotildh't see y9u go
without showing some small
token of gratitude of your ser-
Vices4n helping to carry this war
to a successful end, and, so in
•asking you to accept this small
gift, we wish you "Bon Voyage",
Smooth sailing, and a girl- in
every port. And may it not .be
long . before you are .back again.
• Signed on behalf of . your.
friends 'and neighbors, Finlay
MacDonald, . Roy • MacKenzie,
Duncan A. MaClenzie. .•
John •thanked") his friends for
their kindness and assured them
he would always remember them
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The Past Year In Review
From Tilt; Sentinel Files of 1943, we surnmarize'some of the highlights o the
Past Veal-, which review we- found to be of interest to our readers.
jANUARis,.. • ' ,
" Fit. • Lieut,.'DOriald MacKay of.
,
King'S honor, :list,' • the citation
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reading,. ''cornsr-
ices in the air, non op-
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-Mr. obserVed his
91st birthday.:, .. • -
' Aftcs•r more than ayear, of
ious :waiting, Sgt. Chas—Jewitt
Was listed as "misisng in' action"
at Hog Kong which fell to the
daps d Christmas Day ,1941.',
• . Bertha; Jean, blue, daeghter
,of Mr. 'ancl•Mrs.:,156nald.131ue,.was
,presented with a, layette- as '.tire
first child, born, in Kiricardi.nt
Hospital in the NeW Year:".-
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F. G. Todd re-elee.ted,as.a..'Do:
ininion,director of the'Aberdeen-
Angus .Association, .
•Kinahan of. St.
'Au-
gustine died, frorri
WhCri ',trampled by an in:,
iSP-'21--7 •
Ne- Council took office under
,reevesitiP,.of J. W. Joynt. N. E
Bushell.' 1 Donald' Ferguson and
Harry • McQuillin • retired' .frorn
Board,' with.a corribined period of
service tifith-Iling :yedrs. •
General ••tie -tip Of traffic by
violent storm that started on
January 18th, andidelayed open-
ing of County -Council sessions
•till late in 'the week.
Fit -Sgt. • Alex MacKenzie . de-
clined opportunity' to :return to
Canada" after 36 bombing trios
over enemy territory. Was on rest
leave, and acting as an in'stru'ctOr
awaiting chance "to get back'. ori
operations. ••
W. 'A, PorteouSinstalled as.
Master of Old Light LOdge.
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Mrs.1 Annie Campbell eelebra-
ted her' 85th birthday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. -C. W. Alton..
Jean Graham, 'daughter of Mt.
and Mrs. Angus, Graharn, Conces-
sion • 4, Kinloss, graduated
n'tirse in • Windsor, El-igland,•
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'where she too -k appst-gracir
eottree--mesurgeitr.-ande planned. to,
remain there:•- •
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•J. R. :Lane and °sear' Keiffer
suffered frozen fa*, when• -they
had to ,abandon.' their car in bi
ter January storm and walk from
Greenock:to Kinloss. ••
Joint Huron and Bruce two,:
lay farra. meChanie courses hE,.1d
in Lucknow.
Gnioss C,otindil named 1Vir. 1VIc-
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George of 'Chatham 'as the• -new
:rigineer. on the. Ackert •Drain,'
John Fairish imas-pjetted' pres
dent of Agricultural SoCiety.
Weather. re(riew 'howed Jan-
uary iinowfall to ;be' Over thOt•?,
• feet,, 'with no thaw, during the
month and only, three -clear days.'
• Jack.Aitchi§on was Severely in.
jored and confined to hOspital fer
some time, when struck by2heaVy
limh while Working 'in "the. bush.
Local 'Red Cros report showed
receipts of over $4000. during 194.2.
and the War Work Corrithittee':s
report. .showed that' more than
5600 articles had been made, Mrs.'.
WM. .Hornell • .was appointed to
-theeeed Mrs: ' Mekim - as- :War
Werk Committee Convener.
Sam Cook 'of West Wawanosh
observed his .91,st birthday.
DEATHS—win. J. MacKenzie.
•
William J. Thompson, • Charles
Durnin, Mrs. John Egleatone.,
Mrs. John McKinnon, William R.'
Conn, Dr. Edgar Coultes, Mrs. J.
F. Davidson, Mrs. Donald .Mae -
Kenzie, Joan Elva Turvey, Mrs.
Foster Moffat,: George, A. Boweti
-FEBRUARY
James Lyons re-elected:
dent of Dungannon: Agrtcultural
• Society. •
West ' WawanOSh •Mutual Fire'
Insurance. Company :voted $1,500
to*Aid to Britain and $500 'to Aid
to RUssia funds.
•
Miss Dorothy Douglas left fOr
• British Guiana,- ,W,here she was
• serit• bY .the VV.1111.,S,.: of the Prei-
bytevian Church • .•
•• :Marathon, got underway ,with
14 tables for' bridge and , 7 for .
•
euchre,. •
Mid-F-burary cold' Wai'le ,gerit
Mercury zooming to.30 below. • .
• LUCknow .and district. contri-
buted a 'total of $1,150 to the„ Aid
•to R,ussia fund as Well as •several
•bales of warm clothing and bed-.
• Re.. J.H Gebghegan, -formerly,
• of LUcknow; transferred frem.
•Strathro,y tO_Woodstople '
, -Tom Webster of West •Wawa -
nosh ,indisposed for several
•weeks from infeetitin that result-:,
frOm a nail 'penetrating his
kee
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• Cecil Mullin.suffered fractured.
.leg in accident at, Listowel.
Word was received • by Miss
`13eatrice McQuillin of 'St. Helens*
her. brotrer;-:--P11
Geerge McQuilhn was missing
• after 'air. OperationS.
'Legion cOnductecl carnival With.
proeeeds of $33,85.d6nated to, Aid
to Russia fund. ' •• .
Kairehea Club matie,„pieSerita-
tions . to ',Mrs. :Tyndal :RObinson:
and Mrs. Archie -McKinnon be-
fore rnoVing from the community.
Lucknow Juveniles finished on
top ,of the group -with a tO 3
win over Wingham.
London lodgeh'Onored John El-
liott who was a member of Laek-
1:161; Lodge t:O.O.F: for 64 years:
Volunteer workers distributed
2,200 .No. 2 ration books at Muni-
cipal Office and • G. H. Sinith's
office.
DEATHS — R. V. MacKenzie,
Wilbert Perley, Mrs. •Alfred Rit-
chie, Angus • MacKenzie, Robert
G. Wellwood, Mrs' ArChibahl
Thompson, Mrs. ,Frea chaplin,
Henry Hawkins, John IVIeKenzie,,
Colorado.
Continued in Next Week's' Issue
EASTERN SEAPORT
• (By 'Mrs. A. W. MacMillan)
• Tarrying along in •this old Eas-
tern Seaport, one surely gets tht.
breath of windjamniers—it-is n.ot
inernory only. They arrive from
all ports of the nine 'provinces,
some. with. the rolling gait,of the
'prairies, others with that from
the house across the street. Gocid
boys all: It is the Navy on Parade,
Dutchies and- -Norse French, anti
Greek, the Cockney, at home and
abroad . When you hear them
whistle "The Road to the Isles",
you *realize, they; have absorbed
something from the people of the
Garden of Eden. The spirit of the
Scot still broods where his fath-
ers conquered a wilderness and
founded- an
"Hello, 'Airy, gorblimey your
iyte. Och, I 'was dropping a line
to the bairns". '1.1.e big Scot from
over Cape Breteri way swings
along in tow with the sailor from
Norway, where to, heave ho, and
let's* dunk up at Little Joe's Cel-
estial Palace, where' they serve
biscuits for bombs. •
As We sing along by the hill
that was the Battery, we hear*
the staccato of guns—air guns.
not pop -guns. We see the outline
Of ships, all on the assembly, rid:
ing high,' a graCeful shape, just
lau,nehe - -another lady to, ear-
rY hell to Ver. Shepherding the
Woe • ' .0at.esie •
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Canada, • proud and defiant in
their coats Of grey, giving a sense
of security, an omen of victory—
the price of peace—the cost of
war.
-Past the depot, along the street
called Front, stopping for a soda,
looking across the' wafer at th,
beautiful farmlands . OPPosite.'
•chatting with the boys from Mon-
treal,. Brandon. Vancouv4r. Stop. -
ping in, meeting old friends...Jean
And Eleanor, discussing the Lakes
and "The Grove". This war has
brought us all together. Peculiar
how space has become compact in
this land. Tinning the corner in-
to Water St: and along to the
Post Office, rnail. from home. A-
long the street to monuments to
other heroes and other days and
there Ole _old bank blinding, the
mother house of one of our great;
institutions of finance.
A quiet evening at •hoi'ne Sun-
day next: They do go t& church
here in this old Port. The church-
es on their hills watch carefully
over the lives •these -people
who o do o he sea in shif)s, •
and the men who build the ships
for them.
Old port, new people, strange
voices and stranger tongues. In-
teresting, yes?
• "So that's jour new Overcoat?!
It's rather loud, isnlit?"
"Yes;' but I intend to wear
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Help, Yourself ' to the .Vitamins
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At dinner ,iiaLtheilay• of old, -
We simply used ,.:-to` sit and * •
grappie '• •
All a hungry man could .holcr
Ofbeef or -bacon, ham or scrap::
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Craving coming from within '
• Was • all, that ever seemed .10
• matier--L
Thins; continded to be 'thin; •
Cornplacently tho, fats 'grew
.fatter: . ••
Now; our modern kitchen queens
•Feed us, mixed and in rotation..
Carbohydrates, starches, grfens.
Proteins in balanced ration.
With a retrospective sigh '
:1 .view the present and decry
bnce We used to live .and die; .
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' Now We 'have to live and diet!
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The song was "Asleep in the
D,eep" and the =singer was well
And truly *deep when a friendly"
voice from the back of the hall
_assailed him: . •
"Go easy, old • chap.
gel:141e Yourself if . you're not
cakefur.
Mothel': Harry, where are the
apples gone that were in the
•cellar? .
• Harry (after much hesitation):
They are with the cakes . that
ttepe.4.n.--the. *
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