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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-01-27, Page 7• t. ,,THURS.,., JANUARY 27th,194* The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow,Ontario Jack McCall of Sydney, Nova �Soetia, •.is spending his furlough. with his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Peter McCall. WHITECHURCH -Mrs. J. F. McLean visited 'last week with her daughter, Mrs. Cross and Mr. Cross of Walker- ton. Mr. and Mrs. Mcllwraith spent a few days last week in Toronto, and attended the funeral of the Matter's brother,` 'Mr. Hazelwood which was held on Tuesday. M'rs. Hazelwood . returned home with, them. for a visit. Mrs.. Janes Wilson Jr. had' .a surprise handkerchief shower at her home on Friday evening for Wrens Jean. Wellwood of Hali- fax and Velma Scott of . St. ' Hya- cinthe, Quebec,. who return this week. A. number •ofyoung ladies •were. present:uring the even- ing Jean and Velma were given seats of honor when an address was read to them by Mrs. John- son Conn. Mrs. James Wilson and, Mrs. Garnet Farrier stood behind and showered them with lovely handkerchiefs from a fancy de- corated umbrella. The Wrens were taken completely by . sur- prise, and then in .a few chosen words thanked- Mrs. Wilson and the ladies. It-. was asp ---enjoyable evening for all. The W, M. S. meeting of the Presbyterian church was held at' the. 'home of Mrs.. Ezra Wellwood Thursday afternoon with a good attendance: Mrs. Robert Ross, the new president took the chair: The scripture lesson was read by Jack ..Cook of the R. C. A. F, who reported at Halifax early, in the. New Year, has been posted to Scoudouc,. N. B. Mrs., George Phillips received w word from her'. nephew, Pte:: J. ~J. 'Phillips, statinghe had been transfer `red to Berrnuda. Percy Ramage of the R.C.A.F. left last week on his return to. ,-Manitoba after spending his fur- lough, here. His brother. Wilfred, who is in the Navy, is stationed at Cornwallis,, N. S. ' Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie received a card last Week froth. Alex who is ' a -prisoner-of-war in Germany.l --Oet er-2&h and Alex .said' hewas-well,,and extended a Merry Christmas to. the .folks here,- adding that he hoped ' it won't be long before he's home., Husband. Killed Mrs. Helen Christie,who oper- ates er-ates a hairdressing busines in • Ripley, was advised ' Mast week that her husband, : Flight Ser- geant C..' W. .Christie had been killed in action. Mrs. Christie and her little son ' have., resided at Ripley since last suinnier. Three Brothers overseas • Three: sons of Wm. E. Kilpat- rick" ilpatrick• of Macklin; Sask., who taught schocil':at•Paraniotint some, forty years ago, are now 'serving; overseas: Gordon .:' and . Winston are in England and" Flt. Sgt vey Kilpatrick was through, the Sicilian Campaign and is .now ° presumed to be in Italy, Welcomed Back Sergeant-Major George Mc Nall, former reeve of Blyth, was given a . rousing welcome , when he entered' the Huron . Council ,Qhamber last week, after an ab-, - sence of a year and . a half over- seas. He assured the members that he had never failed to extol the_, wonders . of Huron . County. Be expressed his admiration of the people of Great Britain, . and said he thought it would take a year to "lick" the Germans. Married la England Miss Brenda Nonie Humphrey, only daughter of Mrs and Mrs. M. Humphrey, of Rudgwick Post Office, England, was'.'married re- cently to Sgt. ' J Joseph . William Ellacott of Wingham. Sgt. Ella cott is in the 4th Light A.A. Reg- iment, R.C.A. The wedding which took place at Rudgwick _Parish church, was °conducted by the Vicar, the ltev. A. N. Wynn. The best main was Sgt. Frank Hopper, brother-in-law Of the groom. OL.IVE-T- - rAii iE SEVEN The Past Tear In Review OCTOBER Lucknow Business Men's As- sociationnamed three-man hous ;ing committee. ` Lucknow Public Library join- ed County as tion: Webster ,Kenneth W er fractured his ann.. in, fall from 'apple tree. liip Champions winners at. High. School ' field. were . Everett, Ch Lane, George 'in, . Mary. John- ston and Mary M arshall. Rev. R. C. d preached an- niversary services in the UnitedChurch Dr. Wr.altoM lin and his dau- ghter, Mrs. Dorot hea Pierson list- ed as among se being repat- riated. from J . Miss Muri lake, brought.to Lucknow wi respirator in- stalled in the Mallough home where Murie s, since remain- day vice Tod ' tho apan e1 B with. a 1 has ory ion' ' Jo l sometheinsufferedheld at Maple Leaf Aircraft ' plant w NOVEMBER School , Board decides to serve hot drink at. noon hour to pupils who bring %their lunch. Village Council set restaurant closing hours at midnight throughout week, 12.30 on Satur- day night and 10 pan. Sunday night; and banned the .operation of slot machines or° pin ball ma- chines on Sunday. County health nursing ;service 'discussed ' in Huron County. ;113r..,.James Armstrong of �!Gorrie still ctively conducts veterinary practise at age of 92. PO.. Edward McMurchy . and Fit. Sgt. Harold Graham, neph- • ews of .Mr. and Mrs: Angus Gra- ham, • 4th. Concession, Kinloss, both 'reported missing within 'a short period. West Wawanosh: led . all Huron municipalities in the. Fifth Vic- tory Loan by subscribing $88,900 or 132:69 per cent of quota. Ash- field raised $103,800 or 100.78 per cent; Lucknow $07;500 or 1-0.per cent ;and Kinloss raised 85 per centof, its Objective of $65,000: Jack Kilpatrick was ditically ill with phlebitis. John Cowan, Sr., of . Ashfield observed his •89th birthday. Anouncement 'made . that' Ash-' field would lose ,its right to a deputy reeve ' at the end of 1943, as there Was ; not the required :1,000 owners or tenants on the -municipal voters' list. Announcement made of redu c-` tion and equalization of rural hydro rates: Eighty-nine at sixth, blood do - Or , clinic. Presses ,of the United. Church publishing 'liaise commence ting first Bibles in Canada, • H.uron : County plansy 8 -year. road program involving an ex penditure of over four million dollars. , Acclantation given . municipal councils '.in :.Ashfield, West Wa- wanosh and ' Kinloss. Gilbert Fra,yne succeeded Alex' MacDon ofd as reeve of Ashfield: Mrs..,Alfred Lockridge, (nee Myra MacDonald) was critically ilh Curling Club re -organized and discussed possibilities of using the old rink. . - ith several hun- 'itation by ' Mrs. Wellwood and prayer by Mrs. R. -Ross. A paper on • prayer Was given by Mrs. A. E. 'Purdon and a paper : on the. ,Hungarians by Mrs. •Robt. Mow-. bray. The Glad Tidings 'prayer, was taken by Miss Annie Ken- nedy, . 1, ° The Young Peoples Union met on Thursday evening with the president, "Mary McGuire, pres- iding. The meeting opened with hymn 496 after which the Lord's prayer was repeated in unison. After the adoption of the mine - tes, Edria ' Barkwell took the prayer. The scripture lesson was read by Lovell McGuire and the, topic was taken by Jack Bark23 well. Mr. Beech gave a talk. The meeting closed with hymn 494 and the Mizpah benediction was repeated.. Roddie McCharles had charge of the recreation. "s- The WI 'M. 6.:• meeting., of lithe United church was held Thurs- day- afternoon at th'e home of Mrs.' Ezra Sholtz. The annual . meeting of the United church' was held at the. church last" Monday, with Rcv , 3. A. Ward ,,as chairman. J. D. Beecroft, Amos Cornelius, Herb- ert Laidlaw and. Ezra Sholtz were elected °to the committee of Stewards. Mr.., -.Malcolm Ross, Mr.; Jas. Falconer and.. Mrs.. Millan Moore were appointed as a com- mittee for the M. and M. Fund; and Jas. Falconer was appointed to attend Conference: The re- ports showed a . successful year financially with. $20.20 being raised from all sources... $150.00 Was contributed to M. and M. fund and $148.00 to W. M. S. Mrs. Gordon Benson and little son of !Toronto visited last week with relatives of ' this commun- ity. The Women's Institute' had a euchre and dance in the hall on Thursday evening with 15 tables playing. Prize winners for high- est scores were Mrs. Ernest Case- more and Mr. Ernest Casemore. Lunch was served and 'dancing was held to music by Tiffin's orchestra. • Messrs. Bert Eynon and Don- ald 'Ross on-aldRoss who 'are training at London''spent the week -end here.. The annual meeting of the Presbyterian_ church was held last Tuesday. Rev. A. H. Wilson was chairman. The reports were received and showed a successful year financially. Four new man ages were elected Messrs. John Simpson, Wm. Purdon, Frank Coulter and Dawson Craig. A BROKEN BACK- was suffered by Mrs. -Dolph Wilson of, GIarns when she plunged through an open trap door in the barn. Mrs. 'Wilson, who is 45, was taken to -- Walkerton Hospital: Junior: "What's gossip, dad?" Dad: "Anything that goes, in one ear and over the back fence". Rev. G.. M. Young and lllirs. Young of 1Dromnore-and formerly of South. Kinloss 'retired .to Lon- don to 'reside... • Eighty donors attended Fifth •blood. donor' .clinic. • Duron County Council agricul- tural committee made represen- tation . tohave floor price of dres- sed hogs pegged 'at. $20 per cwt. at Toronto.. . Arthur ` • Roach sold Ashfield farm to H. J. L. Eedyan d Moved.. to Listowel. R e n - ec tao held • at Paramount I? in honor of Mr. and Mrs. ' Elliott .Sandy. ' Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Emerson celebrated their diamond . Wed- ding anniversary. Bruce County ®Highwa-ys coin - mission met to discuss post war program of highway work. ' Sink -hole developed on high - Way on Concession 9, ' West Wa- wanosh. • , . 'Mrs. Christine MacDonald, na- tive . of. Lochalsh, observed her 100th birthday in Toronto., ' Elmo Pritchard bought Harry Andersonhouse in Lucknow. Wood stolen from church shed at Zion. Other thefts reported. Wilfred Black competed in in- ter -county victory loan quiz cion- test. DEATHS—Robert F. Andrew, Mrs. James Scott, Alex McDiar- mid, Tena Smith,. Mrs. ' George Irwin, Mrs. Alex ,G. McKay, 'Jos. Wilson. - , • DECEMBER Dr. William Malcolm and his daughter reached New York en the Gripsholm. Bruce County retired its, „last debenture debt. , Public school concert cancelled due to the flu. A. G. (Andy) Smith appointed assistant supervisor of the Do- minion offices of -the''W.P.T.B. Cecil Johnston • elected presi- dent of Ashfield, unit of the Fed- eration .of : Agriculturer Federation of Agriculture plans..,. winter program . to encourage dental care in every school' 1sec tion in the country.. Rev. Dr. W. O. Rhoad elected moderator, of the . Presbytery of Maitland. Thieves ,broke into ' Shiell's store at Amberley and broke op- en gas pump at Pine. River. Helen ,Orr won $200 Normal school scholarship. -Navy League tag day raised $5.37. • - . Rev. W. H. Mitchell, his wife Dr: Helen Craw °Mitchell :and family arrived home from the Orient. • • DEATHS — Mrs. Mrs. Robert Mur- ,doch, , Michael' Courtney, Thomas J. Sullivan, I .J'ohn A. MacKenzie, Charles M. Ross, Michael O'Con- nor.; Benjamin Taylor, Dr. E. B. Balfour, Wilson McIntosh, Peter McDonald, Mrs. Boden Ritchie. Robert Baird. • George Middleton, who is em- ploye . on e Alcan Highway, visited at his home in Kinloss. Sgt. Art Ellis of the R.C.A.F. killed on active . service overseas., Claim made at nomination meeting that the -municipal .build ing known as the Geddes Block, is no asset. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Todd mar- ried 50 years. Village reeve and council_ 'el- ected by acclamation: with Harry Nixon .suceeding Jack :Kilpatrick as. councillor. Board of Education lacked re quired number of members.• Miss ' Helen MacDonald ,of the Bank'. of Montreal staff trans= ferred to, Bloor and Lansdown branch in Toronto:. Wm, Stimson, Jr., .suffered a leg injury when blown into the air •by one of Jerry's ' mortar boribs. . In Huron. County 1,953 applica- tions were made for a total of .19,404" tons of Western grain on which subsidies of $33,825.26 Were paid. Eight-year-old Audrey Stanley of Kinloss' suffered a ,fractured leg while sleigh riding. DEATHS—Mrs. Ed. DiRworth, Daniel K. Alton', Mrs. George Gibson, ' W. P. Crozier; Mrs. Mar- garet Ann MacDonald, Mrs. Thos. White, Ma,well Raynard, John Hodgins, W. 'H. Logan,, Roderick MacLennan, Mrs. John Johnston, PJiilip J. MacMillan, .Mrs. Oliver Johnston, Peter O'Malley, :John Shields; David Forster, • John H. Webster, Wm. 'Ii nnelly, James Durnin, Rev. R. Fulton Irwin, . John Hayworth, Mrs. Robert Mc- Cosh, Wm. Armstrong, Donald Ross,' Mrs. Donald Stewart, Mrs. OFFICER COMMENDED - In recent orders issued from headquarters of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police, Officer Otto Mc- Clevis of Walkertonreceived high praise. The citation' stated that "Constable McClevis is highly conn iiended for his votion to duty and for the ex- ceptionally efficient and, thor- ough manner in . which he Per- formed ,,his duties in 'connection with -the arrest and conviction of Hubert Chappell, Leonard. Elnor and George. Debbie on charges of ' breaking, entering . and theft and having burglars' tools and theft Elnor and Dobbie appeared -before Magistrate F. W. Walker at Walkerton on November 12 . & were each sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. On Novem- ber llth, Chappell appeared be- f-' ' age W. G. Owens at Walk - ASHF'IELD NOTES • Mr. and Mrs. Les Ritchie visit- ed with Mr.. and Mrs. Irvine Henry at Belfast on Thursday of. last week. •Mri.' an d Mrs. Bruce Holland and Wesley of Clinton' spent . Sun- day with -Mr, ..and . Mrs. Peter Cook and Afarnily. 0 Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilson and Jimmy of Lucknow spent the wee -en • • wi , ` r and -7Ogr'� •°', Robt. Ritchie. . Mr. 'and Mrs. Gordon Ritchie and Clarence and .Mervin spent, Wednesday evening with Mr. & Mrs. R$ E. "Gilmore.. . Mr. Arthur and Miss Frances Gilmore spent Monday evening. with Mr. and Mrs. Con Hogan: erton'and was sentenced to three, 7 yrs i" thv 'eniten"tiary". Inevitable Fate of -. . ToirClever Nazi Siren . She (the Mata Hari of World War II, -they called her) murder- ed a friend , to steal her name,, joined the French Underground to betray hundreds, spread . a' trail cif terror across Europe -- anti death 'caught up with. her. at last.. Read. the story of the Nazi siren, in The. American Weekly with this Sunday's; (Jan- ar 30) _i,saue...of. The: Detroit Sunday u Times. - Lady of the house: Why don't you go.tn work? Don't you know that a stone . gathers- no' • moss? ' Tramp: Madam, not to evade your question at all, but merely •to obtain .information,. 'may I ask what practical utility is 'moss to La man like me?