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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-04-27, Page 8'...i.,,,,;•:,,,,...,,,i, ik•,'io;,i.., - , • . , '...44'47,41,,iv: ..fi itt.,:....*4.1.•.r,44",4kigiv.44;4,,,,,.....,..- . • . , f, PAGE EIGHT The R4mbler. My last article had made ref- erence to the problem of winter 'travelling from the Canadian mainland to the only island pro, vinoe, Since writing that article I again visited the island when even more serious prob-: •' lems •were encoii,ntered. One'lias quite , a distinct 'remembrance of the 'proble,ni, when, with some One thiindred and. seventy ' enters yoti spend some seventeen • • .hoUrs so near and,wet SO far rain, land, 'caught in an ice field. Nat• uraliy such transportation •-...•,ities did not provide.for sleenitig accomodation. Some were indeed fortunate *lid landed on a ches- terfield or easy 'Chair. • Some , sought to • pass away the weary hours by rolling the bones when • high finance, did a shuttle action • from one side Of the ring to the other: Others found some ,corp- , fort in periodical xplanations, as to the progress of the boat thru the trobuled 'waters. However •• promised to tell 'you:,bf 01,more • modern means of transportation • and One which: will stand to the fore in post-war years. One does not 'need ,tivo guesses. to. know that the air transport, will be a very, big factor in our vast_ \ sys- tem of intercommunication. I had, the rare experience. one afternoon of travelling in a plane fully fitted for fighting. in. Can:: • ada's coastal waters as well as in one of the planesdesigned for the comforts of passenger travel..• Instruthents of destruction make strange travel companions. One potentialites of such equipment looks with respect to those who knOw how to direct these forces when the' occasion arisei. I was • fortunate in getting this lift a-• • long my journey since the pat15 _., of duty led in the same general • 's -direction,. After a warrn-up And • •the Pilot felt that everything was in •readiness, down the strip for the take off . and soon we were • lifting into space: •No need to worry over visibility on a day like this since this was limited only by distance, the circumferI ence of which expanded a's ,we gained altitude. One thing -that has impressed *me on the few ocacsions in which it has:been my pleasure totravel • aloft is the .accuracy attained' by •the early map makers. In ,their •- day the coast line •was' -explored only by boat and yet their gen- •eral conceptions were very 'close • to the full perspective which only is visible from a high'. altitude., We were . able to see the outline •of the greater , part of the prov- • inA •from around 3;000. feet. • The firSt lap • ol my journey • which if traversed by train and. ferry Would have required ap - proximately eight hours took 30 minutes by plane. • Having come to the mainland •• and to one'of the' heavy timbered areas' of Eastern Canada it was interesting to watch for the vari- ous little saw mill •settlements with their smoke curling sky- wards in the bright sunshine. • ' The next lap of my journey was naturally under more COm-. • fortable conditions since it was ase gr -plarie,tof sim t sign to 'the T.C.A. The passenger list although) not heavy was of • 'some significance: There vas a vice marshal, a wing command- er, a group captain, squadro-n leader. a pilot officer, W02. and myself. I don't suppose the rank- ing had any bearing on the fileas- . ure derived fon the trip. This I do know,it was indeed gratify, ing to see familiar scenes from a different perspective and to • know that it was possible to tra- • vel., over ground that had prey-. iottsly required 'the greater ;Dart of a day, in three-quarters of an' • hour. Yes air _fraxklAs__.hpre 4 The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario Deliver Your Cream For EXTRA Year Around Profit. • This Additional Earning Will Pay Your Trips To Town And Give You Additional Extra Money EVERY WEEK. We Are Now Paying 2c Per Lb. Over Price Paid, , $hipped- Truck. • Pays To 1Deliver . . Deliver for Profit We "Still Cannor Buy New Cream Cans and Require The Additional Cans Not In Use Throughout the Country. • Please Return That Extra Can That Is Not Required For Your Immediate Cream Delivery Requirement. It Is Illegal To Use A Cream Can For Any Other Purpose. Silverwood Dairies Ltd.. LUCKNQW, ONTARIO.'• stay and with all its weaknesses still' holds the record as being the safest mode oftransportation [per Mile travelled.'So start plan- ning now for that air .trip 'you hope to make when the •war • over. The school• teacher wps telling his class a Bible story: "Elijah built an altar and piled :wood on it"; he,said, "then he Gut up the bullock in pieces and laid them- On' top. Next, •he ordered the people to fill barrels with water , and pour it on the altar. Now can anyone tell' me why all this was poured over the bullock on the altar?". Up spoke a'''bright- boy frorn the back.of the class. • • "To make lots of gravy". Nati• ; : . . • ,•.:• • .. • .. . • " „ •::-• • • : . • :4, • X • • .• • •4••••••:•.:4/ •••• • ',;••••':•--'1;•••••.'''''...:••••• • E Steel Products • GUELPH STREET •finited Factor,e A:SO' at Montreal and Toronto . _ Makers of. E.S.N Steel-trussBarris- Statite Jainriewav_Pouitry E.,q,uipraconj_ PRESTON, ONT. • ..7..w4.4.14,,r-4-.44.-.74,4,7,-,444-4-4,- I. • THURSDAY, APRIL. 27th, 104 . Dungannon Branch Red Cross Donations Dungannon Branch of the Red Cross Society made an excellent • showing In the recent campaign, • raising a total of pprox im a t e ly -$2600. Of this amount $514.75 wa • received fi-om 'Port Albert air• , port. A similar amount was, sent • from Port Albert to the Goder- • ich BrariCh, although •the air port is not included • in, the Goderich • area. • •• . . The Dungannon Branch also i•deived a Count Y grant of $600. By a :house-to-house canvas ap-• , proxirn,atelY $1400 -was raised to: • well exceed the, original objee- • tive of $875.00. Mrs: Otto Popp's* collections: Arthur Thompson .25; Mary J. Robb .50; George Rivett Rivett .50; Mr -i, •• • Chas. Fowler .50; Mrs. Margaret McIntyre ,50; Rev. H. J. Vicker- son 1.00; Leslie Scholtz Wm. McClure 1.00;: Mrs. Rebecca StOthers 1.00; Mrs. Amy Orser • 1.00; Mrs. Honor. Moss 1.00; K.'N.: • Dawson 1,00; Mrs. R. Henderson 1.00; Mrs. Elilabeth' Robb 1.00; Mrs. James Stonehouse 1,00; Mrs. Wm. Andrews 1:00; 'Thos. Woods 1.00; Mrs. Frank Jones 1.00•; W. A. Orser 1:06; .Walter Dickin- son 1,00; JOhn MacIntYre' 1.00; - Otto Popp 1.00; HoWard- Squires • 2.00; Mrs.. David Sproul 2.00; Mrs. Bert, Maize 2.00; ThOmas Dickson :2.00; •Ellen ;Durnin 100; Laura •Sting& 2,004 .Mrs. W. A: Orset- 2.00;- Mrs. Lorne Ivers 2.00; Dav- id S. Errington 2.00;, Mrs. Gep, Hamilton 2.00; • Thomas Rivett 100; Mrs. Mary Currie 2.00; John arri-reTMEWhin-ney 2.00; James Davidson .390; Chas. Alton,4.00; Mrs. 'Wm. Sp'roul 500; •Mr8. R. Moore! 5.00;Mrsi J. G.', • Montgomery 5.00i. Herb Finnigan' , 5.00; Mrs.' •Harvey Bryans 8.00; E117abeth 'Elliott 10.00; Robert • Durnin• 10.00: Flora. DUrnin 1,5:00: Masonic Lodge; Carlow. 5.00;-* $1.22.25. • Kintail Wornerls Institute' $25.00. • • • • Everett •Finhigan collections: •Nelsen Culbert $1.00; :Jack Er- rington 1.00; Thos. McCann 1.00; Fred, MOss 1.00;c1Jas, Gibson 1.00; Hugh King 1.00; Harvey Andrews 1.00; JOS. Carroll 2.00; Mrs. Cald, Well 2.00; Rayniond Leddy 2.00; •Th(*.y9ung 2.00; Wilfred Kina- flan .2.00; Alphonsus Boyle .2.00; Thos. MacLean 2.00; Olivia Cul- bert 2.00; Minnie JOnes. 2.00;;Kit- chener Finnigan 2.00; Jack Chis- holm 2.50; Mrs: Thos. Leddy. and family 3.00; Riehard. Finnigan 5.00; Edgar Carr 5.00; Everett Finnigan 5.00. Total -$48.'00, • , itoss McNee and Thos. bickson: Howard. Sproul .50;.*Graham Mc- Nee 1.00; Orland Bore 1.00; Rus: ;Sell Brindley 1.00; George Wilson 2.00'; WM. Campbell 2.00; Thos. P. Dickson 2.01P, David Nevins •2.00: :Wm. 'Caldwell 2.00; James' Sproul 8'..00; Ross & Charlie M 5.00; Carman Farrier 5.00. Total.L-$:?,6,50. • • Mrs. ,J. M. Reed's collections: John Curran $1.00:i.Thos. Stoth- ers 1.00: WS. Thos. McWhinney L00; Mrs, Wrn. JOhriston 100: James Finnigan 1.00; Samtiel Roach LK B. J. Bellinger 1.00: 414,4g4 1.00:. Mrs. Ellen Shackleton 1.00: ' Girvin Reed' 2,00; Roderick Mc- Donald 2.00;' Mrs, John McGee 2.00; Cnra Finnigan -2.00; Mrs. Jarnes Agar 2.00; John Blake 2.00; Donald FoWl, r 2.00; Miss Melinda Black 3O0;1y1rsMelvi Rad 5:00'; ;Mrs. Cecil Treleaven Jacob Reed 5.00:' F,toberI Stothr-rs 5.00: James MeWhinney 5 0(: (.;:rirge Irwin 5.00. Total - 57.00 • • •. . • ,. , '.... FEED' FINN'S' Poultry Tonle and ... ' „ . Vitami•n 13uilders-st0ps , Canni- 12,a.listn._:. Maep Feed -arra:('. --.. v• t D. )1.: v tpun.-_,gg._ lad • -4e4c4103Ar,