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LUCKN.OW, ONTARIO, • THURSDAY, APRIL 27th, 1944 •
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TEN PAGES
LOAN
NEXT BLOOD CLINIC SET
FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 10th
START I'N.RRlJE',
The llth Red Cr s Bl' :d
Bruce is now on • its way.', t
52,600,000 objective in the Sixt'
Victory .' Loan: •
As the loan opened Monday
there were two subscription
which indicated'a determination
"to' put .victory , first,:•as Brut
cogpty Subscribed. 00,000, ah in
• crease of $5;000 'over its last pur'
chase of victory bonds. The Far-
mers' Central Insurance Company
"of Walkerton subscribed .$25,000.
This ; Bruce county company now
has •$160,000 in warVloan and. vic-
tory bonds. .
J. F., Scruton, 'president of H.
J. Heinz Company will be , the
speaker at a •. meeting of Bruce
County .manufacturers in Port
Elgin on April 28, while many
of the plants have aireeady' been
visited by Captain T... L.. Tor-
rance of Wingham, recently re-
turned 'from the Italian front.
Industrial: plant employees '• in,
Bruce are being: -,asked • to pur-
chase $120,000 in' bonds and in-
• dications 'point to this objective
being Met.
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o Donor • Clinic will be held fn
h Lucknow on Wednesday, May 10,
` 'Donors are urgently needed and
your :pre`sence at this clinic •is
s requested,'
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More facts about Bruce ,and
the dictory loan are being aired
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from .district radio stations_ At
12.45 noon station CFOS, Owen
Sound carries the voices • of
Ral h Pequegnatf ; pct : E1 r�
Robert McVittie of Southamp-
ton, W. P„ Krug of Chesley and
C. G. Walker • of Wiarton, while .+
station CKNX, Wingharn, has
other, speakers listed, ' including
Campbell . Grant, ' of. Walkerton,
chairman for -Bruce countyfor
the vietory. loan.•
Though the loan drive is .only
a few days old and the response
has been good,. it is still, some
distance to the. $2,60`0;000 mark
,which fnust be raised in Brucii
County.
•You can help bymeeting the
canvasser, on his first -call. This
will eliminate tedious and diffi-
cult call backs and speed com-
pletion of' the loan •campaign in
which 1 all , must "Put Victory
First". •
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ATTENDING CONVENTION
yr. .and Mrs. George Burgess
of town have been visiting for
the past. week in Toronto. .The
first of this ,week Mr. , Burgess
attended the Proyineial -conve-
tion , of the Canadian Legion,
gion -is
a delegate from. the local •branch.
Early Delivery .
. Fairview' Dairy commenced
- 'early • morning delivery on. Stn—' r
day, with the milk wagon" start-
ing out at 5 a.m. • c
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• ATTENDED N ' MEETING
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A pre -loan meeting of Victory
Loan e
salesmn and others charg-
ed with . the: salesmen
of at-
taining the Bruce County. object-
ive was 'held ' in Kincardine'., on
Thursday evening, •
In attendance from this district
were Messrs. G. H. Smith, Geo...
Haldenby, Rhys Pollock, V. . N.
Prest ' and J. W. Joynt. j
RAIN DILAYS SEEDING
Week -end rains have :soaked
the ground and delayed, seeding
operations, . which 'otherwise
would' have been . in full swing
this week. As this is written on
Tuesday, the sky, is still overcast,
with little .prospect of )much work.
being . done this week:•
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Told Of Prison Camp
Plans For Christmas,
FLT:''LIEUT. DONALD MacKAV
Who was reported missiing ;late in
February; ,: is now a' prisoner - of
war according . to word received
by his parents .at • Kintail last
week _ •
• -.–cut Courtesy ,Signal -Star.
MRS.. ALEX MORTON
P'ASSES :AT, GUELPH
The .'death occurred at. Guelph
on ..Saturday after a. length;,; ill=
1 ness of Mrs. Alex Morton. She
Was in her 82nd. year.
._.__.' '.Mrs -..1\4o ten viae_. •ferererly
Mary McDougall; a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Angus Mc:-
Dougall,
c-Dou all, former: Lucknow resi
amts.
• The funeral was held at Guelph
on Tuesday, and was"attended by
•Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie. received
a letter last 'Thursday from her
son WO. Alex MacKenzie, D. F.
M., written in a German prison
campon Decelii ber :"12th, 'and des-
cribing their, plans for observin
this •day; of days:. The vagari
of the mail service are illustrate
the fact that' some time ag
Mrs. MacKenzie. received'.al Tette
from Alex written on Decernbe
31st ' after the: festivities were
over. -•
Last Thursday's letter 'read a
follows: .
Dear Family: . ,
g1 Mr. Jarnes Forster • and Mr. an
c' jMrs. Walter Forster ,froth ' this
d 1 ccremunitv., Ails. Forster, who
o [has. teen ill with pneumonia was
r unable to atttnd.
r • Surviving besides her husband
are one daughter, Mrs. Dave Cal-
lander and a son Mark of
s . Guelph; also two sisters, 'Mrs.
' James 'Forster of West Wawa-
nidi, 'Mrs: Annie Brown 'of. Van-
]• couver and a ,brother • Tom of
-. Saskatoon. •A •daughter Laura.
predeceasedher mother three
years ago.' .
Well it . won't be ' long , til
Christmas and I am looking for
ward to . the day.• First of all I
will be getting a Red Cross par-
cel with a Christmas pudding and
boy, that • is something. We have
decorated the hut as best •we
could with odds and "ends, even
to a Christmas' tree. Several of
the lads are putting on a play
which promises to :be good. We
,have ,our own orchestra' with in-:'
striirrients supplied ..by the Y. M.
C. A., through • Geneva, , and ! it
could easily •compete with the
best orchestra back home.
A letter from home would
make •everything complete, ' but
eally, I don't expect any from
ou 'till 'January. Your first par -
el will be 'a welcome sight and
am not kidding. Send cigarettes.
hocolatc and any food you can.
I hope you enjoy your ,Christ
mas and my thoughts will be
with you. Do , not _worry about
me as I am .O,K.• and my health
is good. .
Lorre -tio -every-bodry; Ale-x.a!
On Friday Mrs. MacKenzie re-
ceived another letter from Alex,
in. which he acknowledged re-
ceipt of his first letter.from home
since being taken prisoner on
September 1st. He had met and
form. ed a close 'friendship with
Jimmie ---Graham "or Schiin aciica.,
County Warden To Speak.,, .
.William Shewfelt; warden of:
73ruce. Couety,' will speak• in sup-
port of the Sixth Victory Loan
over CKNX on Saturday evening
from 7.30 to 8:00 o'clock.'
RIPLEY PLAY DREW •'
LARGE. 'CROWD HERL'
The ., very interesting play,
'Silas'Srnidge from Turnip :3itld;e',
was presented .to a lar e audience
.in .Lucknow- last- .Vett? rt r<3
night.. by. the Ripley 'Dramatic
Society. '
This play has been rnal'iing a
big hit whs.rever• presented and
'va•s equally well received herd,
although it was nearing nrtuni•ght
before. tlic filial. eurfain. ' '
A dance followed the. play `, ith
° r iusic by MacKerizie's Orclme;;tra.
iL . .. .
. . P �r�:zl l .. The
.Lucknow•Agi�irtrtttxrr'ail.,-'eri :t: '':
who was, well acquainted with
A'ce's sister' -in-law, Mrs. • Tom
MacKenzie and her family.
Season "Opens Sattirda,y
Fishermen are giving their
paraphenalia a, going over these
paraphernalia a going over these
`F...of-the ': c. 'sig .t .,;.,, .. : Y..,
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s'.`l.r
n.t, ..p..chlcd �t�ut �<ars�
on
onSaturday
of this; week.
PASSED AWAY MONDAY
Mr. James 11. Reid, a resident
of the ,Paramount conimunity,
passed away on Monday. He was
77, years 'of age, and had been' ill
,for some time.
The funeral service will: be
held at his late residence, Bound-
ary .West, on Friday, Apimil '23tnr
at 2.30' with internient in Cretin-'
hill .Cemetery.
BORN
:WEBSTER —• To Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard. C. Webster at Victoria
Hospital; Landon. on Thursday.
April 20. 1944. the gift of a son
(Douglas .Clarke).
TYSON—At Geraldton on. Thur•. --
day, April 20th, 1944, to Mr. and -
Mrs. A. E. Tyson (formerly•Vera
LEGION AUXILIARY TO
HOLD.FI•RST; MEETING'
The first meeting of •the newly
orgarjiZed,.Ladies' Auxiliary.: of
the Canadian Legion will be held,
in
the. • Legion "Rooms ° next Tues-
day;, -luta 'grid 'at 8.30. The Ai xi-
• iliary will meet regularly on the
first Tuesday of each month.
ESCAPES 'INJURY.
IN FALL . DOWNSTAIRS
Mrs. Roderick McCharles • of
town' . mira.culously escaped sev-
ere injuries early last-weekk,
when she tumbled down the
stairs 'at her' home, Mrs. Me
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.Charles suffered a. weak spell at
',the head of the stairs and
tumbled down the entire flight:
In spite of her 85 years she suf-
fered tl.only ' 'a slight . cut and
bruises. •
The McCharles;_family has had
there than its share of trouble' of
late. Duncan' has been confided
to bed for several weeks with.
phlebitis: Irnprovement isslow
and it is expected he will be con-
fined to his home for 'a • consider-
able time ' yet.
OBITUARY
• MRS. JOHN MacRAE
The Lochalsh community was
saddened by the death of Mrs.
MacRae who'•passed away Tues-
day,. April 18th, after an . illness
of several months. 'She was i
her, 72nd year.
-Mrs, .. MacRae • we's former
Jessie Allan MacKenzie, .a daugh
er of . the, late John 1VIacKeezi
and Mary Fletcher.' She Was bor
in- West Wawanosh township
near Whitechurch but her mothei•
died when she was.a child . and
she'. grew up. in Lochalsh at thm
home". of her aunt, Mrs. Allan
Mackenzie. When a young
woman she trained as ' a rwrso
in.. the Frances E. Willard Hos
pital in Chicago.and after gradu
atien practised her 'prpfession in
Indianapolis. Because of her skil
as ' a nurse she 'wasp frequentl;
:called to homes of neighbors in
the Lochalsh district.
KINTAIL AIRMAN
IS WAR PRISONER
• Mr. and Mrs. •John. MacKay of
Kintail:' were advised last • week
that their.,,, son, Flight -Lieutenant •
•Donald. Kehzie MacKay; •D.F:C.,'
is" a "pi''isorier-Of •war in Germany.:,
This ` information, was 'received. '
after, ' two Months o€' anxious
'veiling, since Donald was • re -c -
ported missing on a bombing
,mission over enemy. territory, on
February 20th. _
First advisement of theirson's
safety was received' late last
Wednesday night through the In-
ternational Red Cross, and this'
was followed within a ' few hours
by, a message from Ottawa:
Donald . is '291 years of age:
Shortly `before his last flight' he
was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cress for "skill, fortitude ' '
and devotion to duty", and had
previously , beert 'honored' by 'be-
ing included in' the King's ' New
Year honors list: •
RECEIVED ANOTHER
SHIPMENT ..,OF. PENS
The . Lubkriow• Fire Company. . P
has received during the past week
a .shipment of: twenty-one 'en-
graved
n-graved fountainens for distri=
''ifthi1 to. 1_ =i "riren ar irVeinieh
on active service. '
'This is the, first shipment of
pens: that has been available for
several months.
In the meantime the list of
n those' in uniform .continues to
• grove', and'the Fire Company will
ti, appreciate "being, aidVised -of all'
_ those who have net. yet received
e a pen.
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TO' HOLD CHECKER
TPURNAMENT TONIGHT '
Checker players ' from town
and district' will match their wits
at' a competition to lie held toe
night (Thursday) ; in' Jolrn$ton's
Restaurant. Sides will be 'cap-
tained by F. D. MacLennan and .
1 Joseph: Agnew.. • • • '
`, • Proceeds of the • competition '
,will be donated to the Red -Cross.
'In .1901 she Married John Mac-
Rae of Lochalsh and lived on the
MacRae ,farm; until' her death.
Her Christian devotion and high
ideals 'won her the respect of the
entire cornmimity. She was a life
member of the Women's •Miss-
ionary Society of Ashfield. Pres-
byterian Church and was always
ready to help .with the work of
the church. the W.M,S. .and th
Sunday School. .
Mrs. ?vlarRac' is Gurvived by her
husband. John :41acRaie: four
dhildren..lan, Strathrciy: Duncan,
Uxbridge: J.im, Toronto: and Jc�s-
sit, (Mrs. W. A. Fenetyl. Bra:t-
don: one sister. Anna,. Toront,,
and • three brothers, Rey.. and
• 1.c, ...-_Sask�rtchewan.- and Keir.
eth in California: '
The funeral service was con-
victed Friday. April 21st, in Ash-.
field Presbyterian'. Church •by
ev. Dr. W. ' O. 'Rhoad . assisted
y Rev, Wm. Matheson and Re,>.
olaert 1VIcConnell olid ��.as it,-
ended. by many friends• Pall
carers were neighbors, R, . A.
:rant. Dunean'Cameron. Hende:•s
inkwell, Donald B. MaeKe'n'ie.
(meld R: 11;tchc�nzie and ".Olin.';•'
Woods) a son, -David 4rdrrruird'- - - A
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BUSINESS •MEN TO MEET;
• A meeting of the Lucknow f
Business Men's Association' is to R
,be held in_ the Town Hall to- b
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Joke. On Us
Last week we referred to "sii-
vrroxl" copil cars that resembled a
`dinte he ing in cireulailiolr. V6't
since learn that they are not ''sil-
vcr:ed".,lju_t tla-at it_is_i.lae--ra ttrra4-
api,rtla�rarte•e • t"rf 'slit ire w"''issu•e'' et
United 'S'tates. pennies. ',
nmorro'v night, Friday, April 28.
at g o'cletlt` sharp, at ‘Fiich all
members are requested to bre
present. •
FIRST DAY'S LOAN
SALES WERE GOOD
.The Sixth Victory Loan care- •
e paign., got Off. to.'ari 'encouraginr
start • in Lucknow on Monday,
with G:. H. Smith reporting sale.,"
in' excess. of $7000. for tile' first
day..The objective is •$95,000. Th-'
quota for Kinloss Township is
S65,000:
.Presbyterian Guild . . .
The meeting Monday evening ,
was presided , over 'by the 2nd''
vire president. 'Mary- McQuaid;'.
After the opening • hymn • the
Lord's prayer was.. repeated in.:
rtn't'i`sirr" Il"orothy'Itrelntosh read".—
the scripture-hlesson and the Bibl
study on Paul's missionary jour-
ney was given by Mary McQuaig.
•Readings were given by' Elaine•
Little and' Betty Hamilton. The
.topic on the Reformation in Eng-
land.
ng-
land_ was taken by_ Bett __Mac__...
.Donald. The Cat,,chism .ctuestio:i
was discussed by Miss M. Mae
Dougall. Joe Agnew. conducted `
Bihle' quiz. Following a sing sone,
Miss Mary McLeod closed‘.tm,:
meetingWith prayer.
:`•.1;,rC:har les. Flower l7c•a;rct•ti \V(
young rnen, many of whom a
boys she' had taught' in her`
day Schciol
- iJui zt�i �1 hey -low' •reniernhc,
ti e2�i'�tlr «ill
a'nir-InnTririnartil
friend. and Christian neighbor.
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We are all in •favor cif a pad •.',
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etat .. i, ow,,an•d •then.- – t..
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