Loading...
The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-04-06, Page 17 4 e". 0 r p.00 A Year—In Advance; 50c Extra to U. S. A. L1701E144, ,ONTARIO, THURSDAY, ,APRIL 6th, .1.944 • • • 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. • 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, • AJ - •vin Alton,"john Rouiston; Arthur Contearn, Chas.Anderson; Lc on- • ard Ritchie, MilVert Reid, l'oy • 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. •• • . 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... • ' . • • • . 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. • • LLOYD STEIN WON • . • • „ 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. t „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 I 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 • 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 a • March Provided A Variety Of Weather • 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. • . , . 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 • . 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 . . • c. 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- :,. and Mrs. „• - • ...,>,.4.47;:vCk4.11,,,, ..•'5.k•••• • 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- • 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. , - • 9 • • Bruce Conservatives • To Name Candidate • ..• 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, , 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 • 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". ' ' • • Salesmeri for each municipality and municipal objectives will be announced shortly, • •; • In \Huron, County chairman , Rev W. A. 'Beecroft has been • • 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 0 . 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 • REMAIN i:NPEN TODAY . . 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 • ° • • I . • • 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 • 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 , . , T,71* -7 • v t 4 A ; 9090,4 •9•0•,: • , • 17 •,• •-• p 44; 40,0;1•.; ' • ' • 4,4*. -F