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L1701E144, ,ONTARIO, THURSDAY, ,APRIL 6th, .1.944 •
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SEVINTY.T-HREE' r •
AT BI.Q0D CLINIC
At the, tenth Red CrosS Blood
Donor Clinic held here yesterday'
there. were 73 donors, including
65 men and 8 ladies as follows
•• , Fraser McKinnon, Walter G.
.MacKenzie, John McKinnon, Miss
Gladys 'McDonald, John D.
Milian, Miss Maudie Fisher, 'MrS.
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Mary Sproul; Chas:" McNee, Carl
leman Farrier, Roscoe • Robb, Miss
Stisie Carriek, Cecil. Johnston,
Frank 1VIcLennan, Wm. J. Cook.
Gordon. Saunders, Lloyd Stein,
Jon A. Ackert, John McLeod,
Orville Elliott, • ' Everett •Harris,
• Alvin Irwin, Donald MCDonalci,
Edward. McKenzie, Thos. Young,
:Miss Kathleen McIntosh, 1V1iSsi
Marion Stinson, James larrish,
Jerry 'Cranston, A. Grant Mc-,
Diardlid, Blake Alton, Duncan J.
• Farrish„ Ronald Treleaven, R. C.
McWhinney, Miss Bernadean
. tOn, • Ronald liccrostie, Clark
Finlaysori, 'Eddie Moore,, Frank
Ritchie, •Harry Wilkins, Henry
McKenzie; James Ketehahavi,
William KetthabaW, James Ne]. -
son, Stuart McLennan, Mrs. Ilene
Gibson, Morley. Johnston, Gray-
; don Ritchie; Howard Cann; Fred
• Guest, Grant Farrish, •, 1 Chales
Hallam, Harold Ritchie, Gordon
Andelson, Virden Mowhray,
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•vin Alton,"john Rouiston; Arthur
Contearn, Chas.Anderson; Lc on-
• ard Ritchie, MilVert Reid, l'oy
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McKenzie, • Lorne Eadie. Allan
'Reid, Finlay McDonald, Arribre.s.
• Gibbons, Peter MacDonald,
arclWest, Pharis
• Alton, Conalcl Simpson,'AkiAn-
drew, Lco. J1 Courtney; ThornaS
SUFFERED HIP .FRACTURE I RED ckoss TOTAL
Mrs J. rt, McNab, who has nOti.STILL GROWS.
beep enjoying the best ot health
of late suffered a • fall 1. at her
home, on Tuesday morning that
resulted •in ,a hip fracture. Mrs.,
1VIeNab was taken to London for
treat:Merit. •
Her many friends here deeply
regret her mishap. •• •
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Donations in the current Red
Cross ,campaigri continue to be
received and up to Mor,day night
had' reached a total • of $4620.22.
01 More than $150.00 which earne
in tiuring the past 'weer., $11.45,
retresented the proceed;4 of lest,
, dance 20711 pr •
i d a
Won • The Quilt. :
A lovely 'quilt, raffled 'off 1y
the Main St. .Bridge Club' was
won by Mrs. H. D. Thompson.
Proceeds will be used. for patriot-
ic :purposes.'
Underwent Operation Monday •,
Mrs. Lorne MacLennan Under-
went a major operation ip wit
Sinai\ Hospital in. Toronto on
Monday and carne through the
ordeal well. The operation had
been ,originallY planned for last
Thursday.'
ONE RATION -BOOK' MINUS
;SHEET- OF SUGAR COUPONS •
One thild's ration 'book issued
-4, short the •,sheet.'Of sugar
ons.:ThiS was removed. in error
along with with:the tea and coffee
.sheet... • '
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The sugar coupopS.a.re out of .a
:book issii9441 to one ot,the.folleW,
'big children.: Kenneth..NicholSbn,
V. .Warner, .Barbara Webb, Jack
Webb, 'Evelyn. Webb, Harold Mr-.
Tavish, Catherine Ketchabaw,.
•:RUsseil Ketchabaw,
Or Everett Swan..• .. •
By .preSentinethe hook with the:missing sheet. at. the.
Mtni
-Cipal. Office, the cos may !a
at the unicipal Office 'last week.
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LLOYD STEIN WON •
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„ FERTILIZER PRIZE •
There was a comparatively
• small crowd ,at the dance 4ast
Thursday night, at which a draw
was made for a ton of fertilizer
donated by John Jamieson. Lloyd
Stein held the, lucky ticke4.
• Entire proceeds of $71.45 were
• donated to the Lucknow and
Vicinity Branch of the Red Cross.
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„Presentation ,, Made
• Mrs: Wm. Youn
• •The pleasant aftermath of a
membership' contest , staged •by
members of •the • Lucknow Wo-
men's Institute was held in John-
• stone's Furniture Store on Thurs-
day evening, when the losing
side; captained by Mrs. j. S. Mac-
'
Kenzie, played host' to \the len-
' I Tiers 'under the leadership of
Mrs.. Win. Yinim
. • Mrs. Garfield •Ostrander pre-
sided for a short program con-
sisting of readings by Mrs. V.
• N. Prest, and Miss Eva' Greer and
•" in.usgcal selections by Mrs. Yanke.
, Films were shown by' Rexford
• Ostrander; Mrs. J. W. Joynt ted
• in commurdty2 singing and Miss
• . Mary MacLeod conducted an a -
A • musing contest.
• The highlight of the evening
• was 414 presentation of a lovely
purse and a gift of .money to Mrs.
Youn who is leaving for Chesley.
• Mrs. Youn has been a valued
- member of ' the institute and a
• most • faithful attendant at the
• Red Cross work room. Fellow
workers attended the social and
obtained.
WATCHED JUVENILES
WITH INTEREST IN A. c.` "
•Jack Webster ("Big Jack" as
Ihe is so popularly known here
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writes from Bralorne, B. C. 'tell-
ing of the interest, taken out
there in the Lucknow Juvenile
this year. Jack says he could,
hardly ,get a chance to read The
Sentinel himself fOr the rest of
the boys wanting to knoW how
the team was gibing.
"We've had 'a marvellous win-
ter up here in the bridge -river
valley"' he said, and added that
for the . past couple of winters
curling hip, caught his fancy, and
he attributes his success 'at the
game to beginner's luck. Jack,
skipped a,.rink this winter that
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has been 'lucky in beating old
curlers from several western
centres. , •, .•
"Give my best to eVeryone" he
• says in concluding his letter.
To Hear Russell Kelley
On Post -War Planning •
Russell T. Kelley, Hamilton ad-
vertising executive and a former
Bruce County boy, will address
a meeting in Paisley on Thurs-
day next on ,the subject of post-
war planning. '
• The meeting will ,convene at
.30 and will. conclude with a
luncheon with the /Mice County
publishers as the host At this
meeting it planned to dr -aft
a post-war program with a coun-• `
ty-wide perspective. ,
Among those who will attend
are the Post -War Committee of
the County Council, the . County
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March Provided A
Variety Of Weather
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March, as it so often does, pro-
vided the Unusual on the weather
Menu. There were only, three full
clear days during the month and
plenty of strong winds and gales.
On March .5th the Mercury
slipped to 11 below zero, and on'
the 24th climbed up to 50 for
the -warmest day of the month.
On the 10th. it vas 6 below arid
on, the 19th, 6 below. •-
• And believe it or not there
•were 301/2 inches, of snow dtiring
the
month, although 'riot much
Of it -remained for long, Of this
amount 12 indlies fell en the• ath
and 9th. Rainfall during the
month measured 1.7 inches. •
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CHECK YOUR RATION BOOK
In iS3Llitig th ratidn book§,last
tLek. wei-e• a few da,40,3
.where the •red Card: :was not rc;71
rnovM4 front book number.
Check .your :book please aZd. if
:this card was not\ renloVed., you
are 'reciliested.td do so and hand
.it in at the MuniciPal Office
PLAN TO _FORM
LOCAL AUXILIARY.
Next ,Moriday evening at eight
o'clock a meeting , will be held
in the Legion Rooms, at which
it is planned to organize a Ladies'
Auxiliary of tim Canadian, Legion
of the British Empire Service
Leagme. •
• Mrs. R. ' J. •Pegg, • Provincial
President and Mrs. E. 'Griffin of
Woodstock, Zone Represeritatiyc
will be - present to address., the
meeting and explain tbe aims 'and
functions of the, Auxiliary.
All interested ladies 'are invit-
ed to attend. •As we understand
it, besides charter members,
membership will be available to
those With relatives overseas.
.RETURN UNPAID
TAXES .TO COUNTY
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Adhering to the policy of re-
turning allunpaid taxes to the
County, the Village Council at
their April meeting on Monday
evening instructed the Clerk to.
return the outstanding 1943 tax-
es, which amounted to $533.62,
4nd which is regarded as a coln-
paratively low figure.
Tlite Meeting was on Mon.
day night, rather than Tuesday,
in order ,to allow Reeve Soynt to
attend a meeting, of the Ontario
Municipal Association in .Toron-
to.
• Council decided to .resume the
municipal garbage collection Sys-
tem, as' soon as the weather war-
rants this service, and are pro-
ceeding to engage a eollectoi.
The Bbard of Education re-
quisition for $1350 was ordered
ontributed to the presentationClerk, representatives of tile Fed- paid
Refreshments were served . . •
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eration of • Agriculture, Thomas A vote of thanks was extend -ed
from a prettily zdecorated- table -PPA and.' the County alLthosewh_o_aSsistPd the diq:-
rs_David Huston.OPublishers each of whom is in-
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and Mrs.
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• THREE,HOUR SERVICE
In St. ,Peter's Anglican church
on Good Friday 'a sfseciai Easter'
service will be held from 12' noon
to .3 p;1n., with. local and district
clergyman taking part in con-
ducting this three-hour 'devotiop
period. ' . • • s•-•
HURON APPLIES: FORA-
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REFORESTATION .TREES •
the Agricultural Coirirnittee of
Huron County Couricil'haS made
application for 200,000 trees for
reforestation purposes. The Y in-
clude spruce, pine and white ash.
The trees -will be diStributedto
the various anthicipalitieS • des-
iring them nand will be delivered
to a • central point by county
trucks. •
• Ashfield Township has ordered
31;000 of them. 14,992 .will go to
West Wawanosh; 10,817 to East
Wawanosh; and 9,965 to Turn -
berry. , - •
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Bruce Conservatives •
To Name Candidate
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..• A - Progressive ..,cOnerVative.
LeonYention is to beheld at SPuth-
ampton, next Wedries‘FlaY, when ''a
• candidate, will be, •chosen to, reP-
resent BrUce riding .iri, Ihri,H.icixt
:Federal •electien:7-...-----r
There appears to be twb "sures'
to eonteStthe 'non -Ill. -lathe. Lieut.
Andrew ' Robinson . of Kincardine
rTownship arid RCeve W. S. Fen-
ton of •Por,t. Elgin. 'Several. othel,
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prospective candidnales have been
imentioned : . • , . ,,,. . •
TWELVE PAGES
FLAY PLAtNS. FOR • .
LAUNCHING LOAN
•••••••IMINMO •
Once' again the people of Bruce
iand Huron Counties are being'
called on to "Pirt,,Victorw First"
and meet .the deniaridS• of a war-
time 'nation in the Sixth Victory
Loan which opens *On April 24th; • '
• Organization in Bruce county •
is •rapidly being completed, with
Carripbell Grant,' Walkerton, as
County chairman. David Cassels
of TorOnto is again unit organiz-
er with G. Ross Winchester and
William Flack of Toronto assist --
ant organiiers. Ralph PeqUegnat
• of Port Elgin, who has had out-
• standing success in other •loans
as payroll savings chairman will
• again head this department and
Ellis Millard of Southampton is
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cha'irfnan • of Sales. Publicity is
"being 'handled by J. W. MacLeod
of Kincardine.
• Arrangements are under way,
to mark Victory Loan Sunday in •
churches . throughout 'Bruce on
April 23rd, the day immediately
preceding the. start of the cam-
paign, in which every citizen of
Bruce will beasked to "Put 'Vic-
• tory First". ' '
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Salesmeri for each municipality
and municipal objectives will be
announced shortly, • •; •
In \Huron, County chairman ,
Rev W. A. 'Beecroft has been
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• This conVerition,Ffoeuses atten-
tion on •other. pOlitiCal parties in
• the riding. The present merriber,
• Capt. Torrilinson--Who.. is
overseas, Will unquestionably a-
• gain be in the field for -the Lib-
eral nomination, and it is rumor-
ed that he may have opposition in
the person of Carl Whicher of
Colpoy's Bay. Those who claim
to be . in "the know" consider
'that Moffatt Jamieson is certain
to be the choice df the C.C.P.
Whilethere doesnq appear to
be any immediate prospects ef 'a
Federal electiori the Progressive -
Conservative organization at least
isn't going to be caught napping
grid is very optimistic as to their
chances in .,this old Liberal
stronghold when the tithe'does
come. • of Robertson-Joynt group of the .
Women's Association proved to
be a delightful event, and was
attended by a large gathering of
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. busy With the organizers appoint-
ing chairmen and • connnittee.
members. Rev. BeeCrOft :reports
that he• is pleased with the re;
1 sponse so far as 'nearly all of the
' previous committee, • members,
J havd agairi' greed to act • in tt,e
1 Sigth• Campaign: , •vet•
1•The opening of the: loan will
be . preceded by a ceremony at
1-Ottevea-7en---Saturday; April, -22-nd . .
when . the insignia of the loan
will be- presented to each Prov-
ince. Smaller replicas will • be .! •
prepared for' each, • county and at
• a ceremony in' Huron County .on •
April' 23rd, the insignia will be '
presented to Rev. BeecrOft, and'
then displayed throughout the
County as an incentive to reach '
the objective.
Postess 'Tea Was
Much Enjoyed Event
A hostesi, tea held in the school '
room of the United Church on
Thursday afternoon by members
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REMAIN i:NPEN TODAY
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As is customary before a holi-
day, local business places will be
open this afternoon and evening
(Thursday) and will' be closed
all day Friday (Good Fkida3r),,
Distribute .Almost 2,500
Ration Books Locally
A total of 2,440 Number Four
Ration books Were issued in the
Village last Wednesday., Thurs-
day, Friday and Sattriday. Due
to the illness of G. H. Srnith, his
office *as, not used and the en-
tirerdistribution was made at the
Municipal 'Office. •
Arrangements for ' the distri-
bution were made by J. W. Joynt
and E. H. Agnew, and they were
assisted in carrying out the task
by a Staff of volunteer workers
who ineludedr Wrn. Porteous,. K.
C. Murdie, Marshall Graham,
Rev. J. W. Donaldson, Rev. C. H.
MacDonald; Rev. J. W.; Stewart,
Mrs. Elmer Johnston, Mrs. W. V.
Johnston and Mrs. E. H. Agnew,
Last August a total of 27.0.
tribution of .• the fourth • ration . Three ration bp.oltS were issued
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• An interesting program includ-
ed :a duet by Margaret Rae and
Doris Taylor, a reading by Miss
Eva Greer, a solo by Kathyrn'
Agnew; piano instrumentals by
Mrs'. Crispin and Miss Sharpe and;
a one -act play "Have you had
your operation". Mrs. R. Robert- ,
son announced the cast which in-
cluded, Mrs. J. W. JOynt, Mrs.
R. H. Thompson, ,Mrs. W. B. An-
derson, Mrs. Roy Black, Mrs. H. '
D. Thompson, Mrs. Gordon Tay-
lor and Mrs. L. C. Thompson.
Refreshments were then serv-
ed.
ELEVEN- SHEETS:. IN
NEW RATION BOOKS
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The' raurriber four ration books,
issued last week, contain eleven
sheets as follows; one sheet green
tea - coffee coupons, 'one sheet
pink Sugar coupons, one sheet
orange preserves Coupons, . two
sheets orchid butter coupons, 4
sheets of buff meat coupons and
one each of "H" and ."It" coui3-
ons. From the childi.7en's books ,
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