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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-02-24, Page 3rt THURS., .FEBRUARY 24th, 1.944 The Lucknow Sentinel, Luckno le I'AMVIOUNT The regular monthly meeting of Paramount Women's Institute was 'held at the home of. Mrs. 0. McCh•arles with the president, Mrs. Robert Reid presiding. Mrs. H. .Ensigfi' took charge of the program. Readings were given is by Mrs. Wrn. •Kempton, Mrs. 0. McCharles, Alice Barkwell and Mrs. E. McLennan. . ' Mrs. Jack Hamilton gave a splendid paper on "Horne Economics". The Mar. meeting will be held .at •the home of Mrs, Robert Reid with Mrs. Al Irwin;' and Mrs; Wim. Stanley. the program corninittee. - ` Miss Ada Stanley is visiting in Toronto - M•rs:.J. 'Henderson is with her 'Mother ;who, is -.seriotisly In in Wingham hospital. Mrs. A. McNay attended the, funeral of her' aunt in Teeswater' and is, spending a few days with ° relatives. '• . Mr. • and. Mrs. Jack Hall ••of ° Lucknow visited .with. Ar,' and Mrs: Grant 'McDiarmi'd on Sun= Mrs:. Tom Roach . visited 'with her nict�, Mrs. W. Dexter. LAURIER Misses Lillian 'and Lois Mac - teen of Kincardine spent the week -end at their home. Mr. 'and Mrs. Jack Bradley and Mr. and Mrs. Henry MacKenzie spent last. Friday in Owen Sound with Misses Edna and. Eliza Cook; R.N. and also attended the hoc- key match. The . Ki•n'tail ''Institute meeting kri11 be . held at the home of Mrs: D. McIntyre. Roll call, "An Irish joke". Mr, and Mrs,.,.Hugh__Fergusbn and family spent, Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Bill . Harris of Rip- ley. A large crowd attended the. Orangemen's •'Card' Party .held at Amberley: • ' Mr. and Mrs. Henry MacKenzie. and . family spent Sunday' with Mr. and Mrs.. .Best Alton of• Lanes. . WALTER ROSE, widely known poultryman; of Brussels died at his home on . Saturday from a heart attack: The funeral was ';en. 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PREST, Manager 4 Ontario PAGE THREE Uu'ited Church Y. P. U. The meeting was in charge of Lorraine Drennan and opened with hymn 226 followed by the scripture reading taken by-Shir•. ►ley. Culbert. Mr. -Stewart .led in prayer. Hymn. 416 Was then sung followed' by a piano instrument. tat, by Miss -Sharpe. Rose Howse gave a reading.: The topic was taken by Dr. ' ,Johnston.. ' The meeting' .closed with the . rnizpah benediction. . . • United Church. Evg, Auxiliary The,: February. ' meeting :was held at the) home of 'Mrs. 'Camp- Thompson with Mrs. G: Taylor, .presiding: The. scripture lesson was read. by Miss Helen Hamilton.. Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. K. Murdie 'were appointed to as- sist at. the, World's .Pay of Pray- er. During the study.. period, a chain `of readings was given . by Miss J. Osborne, .Mrs. Charles McDonald, Miss 'H. Twamley and Mrs: Percy Webster. . Mrs. K Murdie. gave ..the topic on' "The blessings of Health" and . , "The Skill and Joy .of Work"., from the study book "For all of Life". Mrs, Harvey Webster gave ' a Valen- tine talk. The meeting closed with mizpah benediction ' .and•' a contest' and social half hour fol- lowed.. The meeting on March 21st will be' :at the home of Mrs. Arthur Cann. j Presbyterian. Y. F S. ' , On' Monday evening the Y.P.S. meet at the •home of Miss Mac- , .Gregor. The president, • Ronald I Johnston was in the chair. After the opening exercises Marion-, Graham :gave the Bible Study. After the business part 'of` the meeting Joe Agnew took charge. The Catechism' was explaCifed by Elaine 'Little.. A •duet by Gwen• and Allan Stewart •was enjoyed. Thetopic 'The :Travels .of a brief case" ' by Rev Hugh McMillan was read by :Marion MacDougall. Readings were given by Mayme • Irwin and. Everett Lane. ' The hymn "Abide With Me was sung and Rev. Mr. MacDonald closed with prayer. . • "Doctor", .enquired -the anxious patient about to 'gounder .anes- thetic, show long will. .it be be- fore I know anything?" "My dearsir," responded the exasperated..niedico, 'aren't you expecting 'almost too much from a little ether?" ASI-IFIELD Mrs. D. A. MacLean of Loch- alsh was in '. London cast weeti 'Visiting with Mr. and. Mrs.• Don- ald Martin. • ' Starting on February. 6th and for •the next six 'months the church service in Ashfield 'Pres- byterian church will be at eleven o'clock a.m. Mr. and, Mrs.. Frank Hamiton were at home to a' few of their friends on Thursday evening. - 'While the ladies quilted a quilt the gentlemen played progressive • euchre. The people around Hemlock Cityare. very much interested in the Lucknow Girls Hockey tear as four of the players come from 'that district. They are the Misses i1,rances Hathilton, Isabell Mac - ( Donald. Jean Bissett *and Helen MacKerl,zie: .We wish them the best of luck for the -•whole hire- key season. • We extend congratulations 10 Flight Lieutenant Donald M. Me - Kay of the Royal Canadian Air Force, ,overseas,' on being award- ed the Distinguished Flying. Cross. He' is. an Ashfield boy of whom we are very proud. 2.26 1 BQUNDARY EAST The. regular . meeting of , the Women's ; Institute' was held Tuasday, February 1st at the - twine of -Mrs, Garnet Farrier with the vice president, Mrs. E. Case more. in the chair. Afterthe op- ening exercises • was community singing, "Carry me back to old Virginia" and "When you and I were young Maggie". The roll ca11 was answered by Hints , on poultry raising. After '•the busi•: ness was,` 'dealt with anirnstru-. mental,' the sTlower Song, was played"• by Mrs. W. R. Farrier. Mrs. Lott gave .the motto "For - I get the mistakes' of the past • year ands press" on . to greater achieve- ments". A solo, "Somewhere, A :voice ' is Calling" was ` sung by Mrs. E:. Scholtz, after which :the meeting was btrought to ' a close by • the • singing of the National Anthem.. • ' . • • Review Red .Cross Year The annual Red Cross. meeting was held .at. the •home of Mrs. G. Farrier. • Reports were given by the leaders on the year's work of each '.group.' Mrd. Mowbray took the chair for the election .of officers, assisted , by . MrsFE. Scholtz, secretary. Mrs. ,Jas. Fal- coner .' was. re-elected president, Mrs. D. Craig • and Mrs. R. Mow- bray as vice presidents,. Mrs. E. Scholtz .,was elected secretary & Mr.. Milan .Moore was returned as treasurer. Mrs. Gibson Gillespie wasre-elected as head of the work committee and:' Mr. Lance Grain' was named for campaign manager. The report of the past year'.s work of the Whitechurch unit. was given by Mrs.. Gillespie as follows: quilts 118, crib quilts 9, afghans 1, sweaters 5, child- ren's sweaters 2, . turtle neck sweaters 1, socks: 18 pairs,• sea- men's socks 9, gloves 9 pairs, scarfs 2 from S.S. No. 10 'White - chinch, ,10 • children's ''dresses, 8 convalescent' jackets, 6 pairs. of pyjamas, toilet articles and hos- pital supplies and cash donations of $36.00. The Whitechurch area. donated $645.50 to the campaign tund of the Wingham Red Cross. Donations to .the Jolly Workers Club toward this work were tons by Mrs. George Ken edy, Mrs. George Fisher, Mrs. Ed McQuil- lin. Tpp and'batt by. Mrs. Forster • • • :and Mrs, Pat McMillan and • quilts by Mrs.' John, MacMillan. , and; Mrs. Ed' McQuillin:' , Several'letters of thanks were read :;from the 'Soldiers—Who. had received 'boxes from. the Red Cross. The next . meeting: is to .-be held the second Tuesday Of March ' at the home of .Mrs. G. Gillespie. •• The Women's Institute . held a St. Valentine concert 'and dance in Whitechurch on 'Tuesday night. with a . record attendance. , Mr. James" Falconer Was in the chair. Thie prograih consisted of solos" by Mrs. Eynan, Mrs. Scholtz;' Mr. , G9orge Tiffin and .Mr. Towle; . duet by. Roberta : Mowbray 'and' Ruby Conn; . readings entitled. "Imagination and • good advice" by Edgar Guest were given by Mrs. Beecroft; "Should a Lady propose" by Mrs.. R. Mowbray; "Courtin', by Currie ° 'Burchell and "The Cattle Thief" by Paul+ ine Johnson'. was given .by Mrs: , G. °Fisher•. Musical numbers were given' by Mr..Garnet Farrier and Mrs. E.•S.:choltz and by the or= chestra. Lunch was served . and a dance followed with music by the Conn Waddle "orchestra: Proceeds 'amounted tc $24.35. During the dance a quilt which was donated by Mrs. John Webb was 'auctioned off . and bought by Mit Aldin P-urdoh. ..' The Y. W. A. meeting was het at the home of ' Mrs. Dawson Craig with Mrs. Johnson Conn inthe chair. The scripture read- ing , was given by kAlis. Conn. Meditation taken by Mrs. Rhys. Pollock. The roll call was ans- .wered by a verse of scripture. ,Papers • pn India were read by Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Craig and readings by Mrs. James Wilson and Mrs John Craig.. Lunch was served by. the hostesses. The next. meeting is to be at the home of Mrs..James Wilson: Lady (reading newspaper) : It says here . that a woman in, Omaha has just' cremated her third husband. 40 Old Maid: "Isn't that always the way? Some of us can't even get one and others have hus- bands to burn". Biscuits that the whole family;.. Magic's Orange -Raisin Biscuits 2 cups sifted flour , 4 tbspns. shortening 4 teaspoons Magic • 32 cup raisins Baking Powder t tbspn. orange rind tspn. salt 1 egg 2 tbspns.. sugar ' .cup vni/k Sift • dr*• ingredients together. Cut in shortening until well mixed. Add rai- sins and orange.rind.'Beat egg slightly in measuring ..cup•and'add milk to make cup. Add to first mixture. Roll out about ;11. -inch thick; cut with floured biscuit cutter.. Place on greased pan. Bake in hot oven (.475°F) about 12 minutes. Makes 16. a , Made -- Canada Yowt;'guc rantee.=of +� 'r + pitl ll L.