The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-03-02, Page 2a
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL.
LucEBow; oVriutio:.
Established 1873
Published Each Thursday Morning .
Subscription Rate -- $2.00 A Year In AdVanee
To united States $2.50 ,Single Copes 5c
Member of The N. A. '
14. c. Thompson, Publisher and Proprietor
THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1944.
EDITORIAL
FOR THOSE IN PERIL, PAIN AND.
PRISON CAMPS. GIVE GENEROusio.-Y,
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• In this fifth year of, war. the ,Canadiaa.,
Red Cross is making an appeal for $10,000,000.
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The caMpaign is being 'currently' conducte,d
and the Lucknow and Vicinity Branch has
been called on to make' its contribution to aid
in the carrying on 'of this great 'humanitarian
work. ; Thereis no..siOubt that citizens of this
community , will again respond liberally for
"the need grows as victory nears". " • —
A, few facts about the Red Croasmay,bear
repeating, although almest. universally the red
cross on the white background has,beceme the.
symbol of man's humanity to man.
The Red; Cross is non-political, non-sec-
thrian and nen-belligerent it is :an internat-
ional organization into whose hand.s govern-:
Meats have placed 'the• responsibility of safe-
guarding their citizens in enemy 'countries,- of
'ministering to the destitute and of collaberat-
ing with the fighting services to save life and
alleviate pain.. ,
The task includes supplying food and corn -
forts ;to war prisoners, looking after civilian
war victims, collecting blood serum, building,
equipping arid -staffing hospitals; supplement--
inglstocks of medical and surgical- supplies and
• providing auxiliary nursing services..
Familiar services, rendered . by the Red
Cross are the despatching of war prisoner food
Parcels and dried blood serin. Of the $10,-
000,000 required by., the Red Cross, $5,500,000
will be spent during the year on. food parcels
• alone. To keep blood serum flowing at top
speed, $750,009 will be required.
• A brief statement by a Luamew boy, now
in a German prison camp, is proof sufficient,
•.if we:needed any, as to what these. Red Cross
food parceLs mean to the boys behind barbed,
Wire. It is 'Proof they are reaching their ,des-
tination.
Their importance was amplified recently
in an article in the Canadian Medical Journal, .
quoting Group Captain F. F. Tisdall, nutrition
advisor. of the R.C.A.F., who interviewed per-.
son nel repatriated from. German Prison camps '
last November. Many of these men believed -
they could not have lived without these food
parcels. This belief -Was based on the experi-
ence of Some prisoners who received no Red
Cross parcels for three months in 1941 and
whose nutritional condition seriously deterior-
ated- in that 'short time. " '•
EVery .item of food contained in each 11 -
pound Red Cross parcel was carefully chosen
to supply diet deficiencies in enemy prison
fares., To .this end nutrition experts who de-
signed these parcels have indeed succeeded.
Two dollars and fifty cents sends a life
sustaining parcel to one of these boys. Give
n• ow and give all you can.
Last year the objective was reached and
passed. This year the need is greater. Can-
adian Red Cross is. the living link between
Canadiani at home and kin- overseas. Keep
mercy on the march! ,
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There is little in the line of entertainment
to excel a well -presented local talent play.
The able presentation of the one -act play et
the High School concert on Friday. night ac-
centuated this opinion, and caused mapy to
recall the "good old days" when Lucknow,
hoaited a dramatic society second to none. This
type of, entertainment has done a fade-out in
,k the face of radio and motion picture competi-
tion, but there is latent talent here. if some-
one would take the initiative. A good horae
town play would be an excellent way to boo.a
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The 1mA:we* Sentinel* loucknow* 011 twin
To date Premiair D-rtwe astail be Ariortaly
eharOd With not making an dikkrt
Meat many of the planks in- his 24,.point, pt''
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Even witliA wartime curtailment of motor
travel and a reduction in the spetx1
Motor- accidents in Ontario :during, the first
eleven months of 1943, resulted in 563 persons
killed and fifteen times .that number lialitrea..
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• Opposition Leader E. B. joliffe inaltested
the method o appointing • the HQ'lse Speaker,
Would he expect to be. coristilted in view' of
his declaration' that "the C.Q.F. cannot and
will not collaborate .with either, taf the old
partiee. ^. .
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• Speaking of firefighting equitunent. The
Paisley Advocate says: "If the equipment used
in the Sepoy Village is as out -dated as the
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Paisley outfit, we'd like to see it"., How about
_antique contest at the Fall' 'Fair to decide
the issue?. • ,
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Attorney -General Blackwell plans ,to end
the • controversy over whether slot machines
are gambling devices or "vending" machines.
He is introducing legislation at the present
'session •to have these "iron bandits". definitely
ruled as illegal.'
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Acquisition of the Union Stock Yards at
Toronto was one of the highlights of .Premier
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Drew's throne speech. Its high time something
Was done, when an aged Clintonfarmer could
sell only twenty out of fifty-five head he had
On the market,- and yet couldn't buy a steak
in a nearby restaurant because it was meatless
Tuesday.
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Safe driving pays in more. ways than one.
Harvey Kaster of the Hanover Transport re-
centlY completed one million ...Miles of driving
• without an accident The fete- was' fittingly
obserVecGaiong hi's route from Walkerton to
Toroato; and Kaster was presented with
cheques and war certificates exceeding $300,
as well as scores of other mementos. I,
There are now 1,250,000 liquor permit
holders in Ontario, compared with '250,000 a
-Year age: This rationing regulation has proved
• to be a boomerang. :To counter it has been a
simple thing, • and the wholesale taking out of
new permits, emphasizes that if there's a loop-
hole -in the law, there are many who will' take
advantage Of it. Would the "'general public
adopt such tactics to get more butter, sugar, or
tea if similiar "loOPholes" existed? We doubt.
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Washiligton has issued for publication the
following menu as applicable to Japanese pris-
on eamps in the . U.S.; Breakfast—Grapefruit,
whole wheat cereal,. fresh milk, hot cakes; ba-
con, toast, butter, syrup, coffee. Dinner—beef
• stew, leafy greens, carrot -raisin salad, biscuits,
butter, 'jelly roll, coffee. Supper—Corn chow-
der, scalloped,oysters or fried fish, oven -brown
petatoes, tomatoes, bread, butter, jelly roll,
coffee. What no caviar or thick cream? L- Port
Arthur News -Chronicle.
Never did- like spelliing, and in 'the rush
of rattling off our "stuff" for. each 'issue we
often take a chance on a doubtfal word,.tather
than take time to :refer to the "blackhead's
•corripanion", Last • ;meek-, we- took --a chance on
a. couple of them, and shouldn't have. The two
we noticed after the' paper was of the pleas,
were strepteCoccUs and shekels.. How did we
spell them? Well, if you didn't notice them
•,'we, won't go into that..
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The time it Wok to clear the Town Hail
of the capacity crowd at the High .School con-
cert 'on Friday night, emphasized the need for
fire escapes On the building. , Of course if
necessary the 'crowd could move mach more
quickly, but at that, we shudder to think of
the consequences.should a fire break out with
over four hundred people packed in,,the u d -
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TOORSDAY, MARCH 2044 1944
Local and Geperal
Mr; and Mi' Ben Naylor re- Mr. Wilson MacLean of Viti
turned home last week from a
visa in Toronto,.
Mr, Con Decker visited last
week in Kitchener with Mr. and
Mrs. Sydney Decker.,
' Mrs—Alba McIntyre has joined
the local staff of . the Bank of
Montreal. „
Mr. and •mrs..cecil Mullin and
family of Listowel spent the
week-endi,hore.
Mr. WM, Johnston is visiting
in Goderich with Mr. and .Mrs.
Fred•Prieea and was a recent vis-
itor at Elmira with Mr. and Mrs. -
Jack •-Johnston.
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Dr.. Kenneth tt. A. Thompson
of Chicago and son Kenneth,
spent the week -end with his. par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs: D. M. Thomp-
peg visited for a few days 'with
his sisters, Misses Frances and
Lillian MacLean.
Mrs. James Alton ram' d
home last. week'after- an e.xtend-
ed visit in Toront6 with her ,
ghter, Mrs. J. G. McIntosh and
,Mr. McIntosh.
EAT WHAT YOU LIKE! Wilder's
Stomach Powder brings ' quick,
Comforting, relief from ,
tion, .heartburra sour 'stomach... ,
50.c aridl1-r-MV1'VOR'S"DR4ar— • .
SORE.
. 'Recent visitors at the..horne• o4. '
.1Vira. Wm; MacKenzie, were Miss ..".
E. 1. . Goff ,:of the • photography
section of the Women!s Division
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of the It.C.A.F..'at Rockcliffe and
Cpl, Frank MacKenzie -arid. LAC.
HoWard Thee •of Centralia. •
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Among those attending the Mrs, Thomas Roach who has
'funeral last Thursday, of the late .been making her home for Ohne
K. R. MacKenzie were,LACI with Mrs. Annie Morrison left
John K. MacKenzie of Maltkin; this week to visit With herneph-
Mrs. -Ivan Leadey and' Miss ;ew and niece, Mr. and Mrs: Robt.
Katherine MacKenzie of Toronto, Marshall of Huron Tovenship.
Andrew M Thompson of Bow- Mrs. Roach held a successful
manville and Wm F., Thompson 'sale • last week after disposing of
of Toronto.- , . • her:.farrri to Dick McQuillin, Jr
Lifits Of Seecl For Sale
Are. Novi Available
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Despite low yields of cereal
.grains throughout' Ontario last
year°, the Seed DisPlay, held in
connection ,with the recent, an -
neat meetipg of the Ontario Crop
Improvement A s i a tio n;
brought out many samples of ex-
cellent quality seed from various
parts of the Province. •
.The display :included such re-
commended varieties. as Erban,
Ajax, Alaska and Vanguard.
Several samples • of barley and,
Soybeans represented substantial
quantities of these approved var-
ieties. There was a marked in-
crease in the qualities of hybrid
corn and seed _potatoes effer_ed,
for sale. In all, the total
quantities • of seed listed in
:the display amounted to 97,441
bushels of grains, 11,350 of forage
seeds and 19,140 seventy-five, lb.
bags of potatoes. ,
Coniplete lists have already ,
'been prepared and distributed
giving growers' names and ad-
dresses, varieties, grade, quant-
ities, offered for sale and price.
Copies may be secured withOut
charge from local agricultural.
representative or by writing
-Crops, Seeds and Weeds _branch,
Parliament Buildings, Toronte.
Considering that it will be ne-
cessary for an unusually large
number of farmers to purchase
seed for 1944 crops, buyers would
be well advised to place their
orders at once. -'In locating tfierr
requirements, they will find the
prepared list cif much value.
LEADING PRODUCER
OR ENTIRE -DISTRICT
Mayor Garfield'. Case , of Owen
Sound, who is • tne distf.et
nian-
• ager of the North American Life
Assurance Coinpany for •the
Counties of Bruce, , Grey and'
-Dufferin,• -annotiriced:.•taday. that
Grant McLennan of Ripley, the
company'slocal representative in'
this district,•had led the agency
field force for the months of De-
Cernber and January. and was.
virell on the Vyay W repeating the
performance for
Mr." -1VICL-elarien has been with.
the North. American • Life for
Many years but only recently
was promoted to the, position of
district 'representative. Thiscern. .
prises . all the southern part of
Bruce County, Atthe time of his
promotion .he. associated himself
with the ()wee Sorrel ageney zeal
now reporfs business:to •ped
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THOUSANDS OF. SNOW
BALLS' DOT FIELDS
A real phenomenon occurred
in this, district yesterday with
the heavy fall .of.snoVir the pre-
vious night. Thosewhoknow
say it might not occur again for
hundreds 'of years.
• It is stated 'that the—terriper-
ature and. the direction' of: the
wind must' be just so to cause the
appearance of thousands of snow
balls that cover ,.the fields bor-
dering thehighway towards pal-
merston. Some of the balls would.,
be around two feet in diameter
and there are many smaller ons,
each leaving a track where they
were rolled by the wind. --Lis
towel Banner.
KINLOUGH
Mrs. Aylmer Ackert is hostess
to the Women's Institute today
(Thursday).
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stanley vis- • :
ited Sunday witria Mr. and Mrs.
E. Seitler,
About thirty ladies attended
the Worlds Day of Prayer Ser:
vice held On Friday afterneon
last in the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Milton. Walsh took charge
of the meeting. Miss Edna Boyle
presided at the ergan. The second
leader, Mrs. Wesley Gaunt also
took part. The appointed hymns
Were .sung. Mrs. 'John Emerson
contributed a Solo. Misses Nellie
Malcolm and May Boyle read the
prayers. Mrs. W. J. McLean gave
a paper Oh dendeninationalis
The National anthem colsed fe
meeting, Mrs. Wesley Guest as
chosen key-avbman for next year.
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Miss Evelyn McLean. of Lon-
don spent the week -end with her
mother,'Mi.s.' W. J. McLean.
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- Mr. Wrn. •Pinnell • of Sarnia
spent the • •week -end at. his . home'
here.
Mr..Hugh Lane -is steadily im—
proving after a soiere heart at•ha.
tack. •
Mrs, Wm. Wall spent a few „
days ' with 'Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Sha,umacher. Mrs, Shaumacher •
underwent an operation in Wing -
ham hospital.
Mit. Fred Hodgins received '
word that her qughter
Mrs: ehirtleS Fowler .had 'Under-.
gone p major operation on TOPS
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day lest and will be—a patientin , •
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