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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-02-24, Page 7• • 1 THURS., FEBRUARY 24th, 1944 4, • The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario 1 elKiE SEVEN Elwood Solomon of the R. C. A. F: is visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Solomon. • Met ,In Italy •• • Doug Clark and Clyde • Reid have ,met in • Italy, according to: ' ' word. receivedby. Doug's par- • ents. Doug. is with 'the • and Clyde,' a 'grandson et Mrs; Thomas Reid, is with the Royal • Canadian Regiment, The ,boys .had dinner together recently. • Stationed In, Quebec . Elmer Culbert; -son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy. Ctilbert of, Ashfield, •• who reported for duty In the • Navy late in December, has been • stationed for the past few weeks at Quebec, and where he is con- valescing from . a recent illness, • with .pneumonia. • Learned of Father's Death •Mrs. James Ritchie had .a wire last Tuesday, and a letter on Thursdayfrom •her son Harold, who had arrived' back in port to learn of his father's death which occurred -while, he was .at sea. Harold said: it was the roughest trip he.-- had .yet had. His stay in port as short and •he• is back to sea aggin.. • Arrived Overseas •• • ' LAC. -;.\lelvie Orr has arrived oversc ,acording.to wordre- • ' ceivei here' last wk by by• Mrs. dosed his ..shoe repair • • busines's herolat spring to join the. Air Fee. 'as .a tradesman. •i Since sted for and • ear:y receied j•, MORESMOKES 1 CON F UC I US N ACKNOWLEDGED 'SOUTH KINLOSS Since publishing the list of those who acknowledged receipt (By Hugh. MacMillan) of cigarettes from The Clansmen, a few more replies hive been received. These are from Doug Clark in Italy, Harold Greer, Tom AltOn and Raymond Richards. Raymond wiete as. • • • Jan. llth, 1943, England To The Clanernen: ' ', , , • I would like'to offer rny most sincere appreciation ,,fpr :the pig- aretteg .I reeeivedt 'from you in December. Please pardon my taking such a -long period Of:time , 'itii acknowledging the sinokes. It•. is partly due' to the'fact - that .the squadron I am on moved twice ' during pecember, which kept most of us so busy that we had little time for anything ex- cept our., work. We are fairly well Settled here however •and all the fellows are tryineto get caught up With their correspon- denee. • ., .• There is a great deal of talk • and speculation over here at the • , . present as to when the Second Front : will open and when the show will be over. Everyone has a different idea on the subject,.About. the only thing that everY- one does agree on, at, the present is that it is far better to be here than in Germany. It ,must be a riot over there all the time with so "many bombing raids. If you ctild see them going over Vvery day you would not have Muth doubt as to who is supreme in .the air now: • I am afraid this is just about' my lirnit for,: now. Thank you very much again: for .the srnOkes. • So long for the present. • 'Sincerely, •• • R. G. Richards. • Lucknow Sentinel ; . Dear Sir: • Through the medium of your Paper I wish to thank the orgah- -izationS that have .been so .kind in, sending me Cigarettes, 0:spec- . • The last time I was in Kinloss some One said "Have you seen Confucius, he is the South KinlOss. church". • , "NQ, that isn't' .Confucius", I corrected, though he may look not • unlike the • great Chinese Aristotle. "Some day I'll write a little story about,. the :old: fel- low, how he carne i1ito my Poss- es.s.ipn and something about his life.. I'll" send it to the 'Sentinel. Perhaps. they'll PrinOt for you", p-prornised:., So. here :it is. • One Wednesday afternoon a Chinese woman *came to‘a church where a friend of mine was the minister. She had something all wrapped up in a huge handker- chief (orfuroshiki) commonly used for carrying parcels. She asked for "the teacher". A man ai the door said, "You mean the minister. He's out just now". The woman seemed in distresi. She must see "the teacher!' at all cost. So • the minister was sent. for. When he came the woman began •to undo the furoshiki and tell her story:: Under the furoshiki were layers and layers Of newspaper wrapped round and round. Ealli wrapping gave time for a sen- tence or two. • ially the. Women's Inetitute, the Po4tel T44 The Yukon Women's Guild^ ,the Clansmen' • I- Club, theleanadian Legion, and _ •eon: : - enzle Mrs. -Johnston and Mrs. Hcilly- wc: !,• . r,sh. has man. Through the' kindness of these I have had a supply of cig- arettes 'at all times and can as- sure them that they are very much 'appreciated and thanking them all again, I am - Yours, , Gnr. C. J. Roulston. • 1 in •ihe : Ed- -;n • 1W, t • •. : . : • T1it • - Received Service Ribbon in recent • • letter tt- :4.:•ther. Mrs. R. j. Cair.ensn. said •tna-: iat that , time • the w: ,of "spit, polish arici visit • by Thc rriricess Boya. .had • inapt 1. ,: .• - : . •• .". • It is one thing for a man to have convictions and something else for him to have the right convictions. • BOUNDARY EAST• Messrs. George Kennedy and Wallace Mille± attendel the Fair convention.. -at Toronto. . . Mr.; Robert Laidlaw spent the week -end at his home here. - Miss Eunice Purves, ••.• who is .working in London, spent the week -end at her borne. - • Mr. and 'Mrs. John • Patterson 4-f I.ondonare, the proud parents , a baby girl: ". . iind. 'Mrs. Fnaris' Mathers .Carolyn spent Sunday 'H:•• Alo-. Hackett. • . Yive l'adies of the Jolly Work-. met.at the horrie of, Mrs. S.un ...Moreison on Friday and NV,HITECHURCH • • , • • 4.11.1:g& a quilt tor the Red Cross. '1.7; •77. 1 h quilt was donated by Mrs. • 'Nljerisen. Itwas moved by Mrs. M117'4 -.4:01T -aricT-seconded . by Mrs, 'Mrs • • .4 • ....• In;•( tht• • • - 1 • • . • - • - 1 • ii; • • Mathers that. we 'donate two d�l- ie C#NX for 'the Milk For ....am Fund. ,Cellectioits, arnottm- Ont. dollar. Lunch was they hostess. Mr and Mrs. WM, Evans and y Delaware visited laSt .• .it George, Fishers and Imo, purchased Mr. Walter •:l t,e'm at 'Langs.-1de. "It's my Nneighbo_urs'. They gave it to me to take away.: My neighbour's wife was' very ill. Sick nearly unto death. They tried every kind Of medicine and had priest after priest try to drive away the evil spirits. But the -woman • \grew worse and worse. I kept telling them they ought to ,become Christian and give up their - old superstitious Practiees. In their desperation one day they challenged me to see what I could do..I wasn't very • good, at it teacher, • but right there and then, as 'bravely as I Could: I .said "Let tiP• pray". I prayed thebet 1 could and what • clo-YOu think happened.? The Ivo: Man began :to feel 'better. The husband was so impressed he de-: cided to become a Christian. TheY: gave .me the family idol that had been in the house for generations. • Here it is. Won't you please take it and, keep. it? And what is more important, I have come to re- • quest that* you, teacher • Would come tonight or tomorrow night, and have a cottage prayer meet- ing :,:at their house. All their rela- atives: :aed many of the , neigh- bors will be there and, you can pray better :than 'I: can". So a meeting was arranged for Thurs- day evening. My friend ,had. too many such family idols around. He had no room for them in his already crowded house, so he • • •••• • • • • brOuglit it to meto bring home to Canada. I comes, therefore from Far Formosa.. .The old fellow represents quite a work of art. If you do not be- lieve me just try carving one! He comes out of a community in. China and is several hundred years old: His 'family name is SUN which means a kind ef.pro- phet: "His official. title, written on the case in Chinese character§ is "The Great Protector of Right-- eousness". He: was a man revear-• ed in his corntnunity as one who - had ne fear., of superstitions. He 'was .atso considered able to cure „ diseases;. When he 'died and was no • longer with, them in the flesh , this. image was made:' Its pres- ence in :their homes was said to • bring the blessing of 'peace and 'contentment. " • His whiskers are interesting. They Indicate the style of his period of history. Though they look like a complete beard, they • are actually in five parts.; two above the lip; two as sideburns • and one on the chin. • May. the old fellow help us to. Understand our friends arid allies the Chinese; in these dark and tragic days of warfare. . • A woman bigamist in Western • • Ontario waS. g.ven a reformatory term.. Wouldn't tWo husbands be punishment enough? ' GROWS • AS VICTORY NEARS. $10;000,000 needed NOW! This is the year of supreme effort, the year Red Cross will be needed .as, never before. And as our all-out victory drive gains momentum, as casualty • lists inbuilt, as the horrors of war spread wider • and sink deeper, this need will grow. 0 We must See them through: the fighting. men. on every front; the gallant Merchant Navy, the wound- ed ancl maimed in British and Canadian hospitals, Prisoners of War, the homeless war orphans of Britain and the suffering millions of Europe. • Only the Red Cross meets this Caii for vital life saving food forPrisoners ofWarparcels, medicines, comforts, blood serum and nursing 'that spell • survival for so many. There is no one else to do the job. , • That is why we cannot fail: why we ask you to open ;your hearts and purses, giving to the limit of your abiliry. Remember, Victory will not be cheap; the real need lies ahead. • ,G. H.- SMITH, Preoident;. 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