The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-07-20, Page 1ti
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LU,f3KNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 20th, 1944
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KI NLOSS FARMER t
BURNED TO DEATH
Mr. Sam- McComb,, a lifelong
resident of the Blackhorse ,
trict was burned to death when
fire destroyed his little • frame
home ,about •a 'mile from.Kinloss
Village on Monday afternoon, Mr.
McComb had lived :. alone- since
`the death of his . wife.. five 'years
•ago.
' Cause' of the fire is . unknown.
Mr: McComb had been in' his
usual health ,arid, had been seen
by residents of the vicinity short-
ly
hortly before the fire broke out a-
bout two o'clock in the .afternoon.
'By the time neighbors reached
the. premises the flames had gain-
ed such headway as to prevent
them rescuing the aged man.:•
Lack of an adequate water
supply made it impossible to
check the fire and it was. ;bout
three hours later that the charred
body could be recovered from the
razed building.
Mr. McComb wasa son of the
late Mr. and : Mrs. James Mc-
Comb and, was born 77 years ago
on. the' South Line. on the farm
now owned by : his son Ernie.
Twenty years ago Mr. McComb
and his wife, formerly. Catherine
McNeil, moved to . Kinloss.
A private funeral service was
held at Linklater's Funeral. Horne,
Kincardine, on Wednesday after -;a
oon with interment in.Kinear
me Cemetery. Surviving are two
sons '.and one daughter, Ernie : of
the South, Line and Wilrner and
Mars. Charles Stevenson of De-
troit. •
LOCAL .ENTRANeiE PUPILS
WERE ALL SUCCESSFUL
. s u
The :,tweiity local' students of
Grade 8 were all-, successful in
passing .their High School En-
trance' examinations ' •which' is a
credit to these pupils and to their
teacher, Mr. John D. Ross,. prin-
cipal of . Lueknow Public School:
- Throughout . West ' Bruce ' In-
spectorate 95 .percent of -254 en-
trance candidates were success
ful. . Of this number,:151 were re-
commended on the _year's work
and 91 passed the entrance exam-
inations. Only 12 candidates fail-
ed.
At Kincardine centre 52. out -of
56 were successful, at Ripley all
24, at Tiverton 10 out of 11, at
Lucknow 33 out of 34, at Tees-
water 36' out of 37, at Port Elgin
32 out of.: 35, at Paisley 33 out of
35 and at Southampton all 22.
OFFER 518.00 • IN VOUCHERS
FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
Another event that promises to
create much interest .at the Luck -
now Fall Fair is a .public speak-
ing contest for public school • pu-
pits.
As an 'inducement merchandise
vouchers valued at $10.00, $5.00
and '$3.00 ; are being offered as
prizes by the Roberta Simpson
Company Limited. .
These - prizes' 'were received
.through the efforts ' of ' John
Hanna,. M.1g.P., and John Farrish,
president of the. local Fair Board.
AUXILIARY STAGES GARDEN
PARTY. NEXT WEDNESDAY
WEDDING B ELLSHE
T." 1 NS PUPILS
ACTIVE WAR WORKERS
SERE ---NORTON
A. very 'pretty • informal vved
ding took. place at the home of
Mr.- and Mrs. Henry. Horton , on
Wednesday, July 12, when their
only daughter Mary 4.lexardria,
became the bride of Mr: George
Orland Bere, son of Mr..Robert
Bere and the- late Mrs. Bere of.
Dungannon.
• The„ bride looked • charming in
a street length frock •of,white silk
jersey. She wore. ' her mother's
wedding veil caught- with a 'clust-
er of orange blossoms and carArmy $4.00; to Russian Relief, Township; 1st Vice, Hal. MacLean,
ried a bouquet of Better Time stwo afghans; to 'the, County sal- I Wingham; 2nd Vice, Frank Fing-
roses. Her only adornrnent 'was a vage, collection, paper and rags; land, K.C., Clinton; 3rd Vice, .Dr_ k
pearl necklace, the gift of, the one sack of milkweed lea .es was IE. J. Weiler, -Mildmay Sec.--'Treas
groom. She was attended by Miss collected,, & War Savings tamps. A. C. Attridge of Goderich. The
It isn't ail:. reading, writing and
arithmetic at 'St. 'Helens School.
During • the past., term the 26 pu-
pils of this school, under the dir-,
ection ` of their teacher, -Miss
Beatrice . McQuillin,, have contrib-
1COM,BINE 'LIBERAL
ASSOCIATIONS
A 'Liberal Rally was held in
Wingham Town Hall last Friday'
evening to .re -organize the riding
associations of North' Huron and.
Huron -Bruce,
-uted in no small . way ,;to the war A new set-up was decided upon'
effort 'Their 'activities arid con at. •thismeeting whereby the Fe-,
tributions . duringthe term were: deral and Provincial riding or- •,
donated to the Senior Red Cross ganizatiens were combined into
$26.00; to the Junior 'Red Cross one ,Association and, a new slate
$3.50; to the Navy League $4.00 of officers erected, as follows:
and magazines; to the Salvation President, Alex Alexander, Grey
Cora; Rutherford of Arthur, in
powder blue silk. Jersey and car-
rying a bouquet of Johanna Hill
roses.; Kay Stothers, also of .Ar-
thur, played the wedding music:
while the bridal party took its
place before .a beautiful bank, of
woodland ferns interspersed with,;
hydrangea, pink and white roses
and other summer flowers. • Mr.
Henry Galbraith, Wingharn, sup-
ported the groom and Rev. G. G.
Howse , officiated. During the.
signingof the register, Mrs. Roy,
Pinder,. Goderich, sang "0 'Per-
fect Love":. '
After the 'ceremony a re&ption
was held at which -Mrs. Hprton.
and Miss Worthy, Goderich, aunt
of the groom; received the guests.,)
The bride's mother wore a two-
piece . suit of rust flowered silk.
with navy accessories and a cor-•
sage of cream eolored roses. 'Miss.
Worthy wore a gold crepe dress
With matching accessories. , and
t Talisman roses. •F011owing:the re
Underwent Operation
Mrs.• Alex Mowbray underwent
a major operation a3"i London ten
days ago. Her condition is re-
garded as quite serious..
BORN.
MIDDLETON—At Mt. Hamilton
Hospital on July 7th, 1944, to Mr.
and Mrs: Mearle 'R.. Middleton,
624 Main St. East, Hamilton (for-
merly .Florence Ironside) a son,
Robert Stuart.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ' -
THE. WOOL FUND•
Lucknow and Vicinity .Branch
of the Relic Cross has made a
practise of presenting, every boy
from this area, upon enlisting,
with a parcel of knitted ,goods.
Wool is iio longer , available thru
the Red Cross .:,for 'this purpose;
so a special "wool fund" was es-
tablished some time ago, with
wool purchased independentally,
m order to continue this practise.
Donations . to this fund have
been received in the amount of
$91.65 which provides sufficient
money to carry on this work for
the time being. Donations are:.
Hackett's \W. M. S... .. ...... •$10.00
• Ladies from, Stand Pipe
Hill 24.35
Sale of tickets from Lamb
Raffle' 15.45
Prize money 2.00
"T •' Sunshine Euchre Club - 25.00:.
"S.S. No. 9 . Ashfield (pupils
of Miss E. Ritchie) 3.85
A
purchased during the year tot- matter of appointing a chairman
ailed $62:50. �^ and vice-chairman for each . anun-
icipality was : left in hinds ds of
the executive.
The 'meeting, which attracted, ...
• upwards of one' hundred persons,
was addressed by . The Hon. Nor-
man McLarty, Secretary of State,
who was introduced by Dr. J. W.'°
Shaw of Clinton. Mr. McLarty
stressed Canada's war effort ".as
second to none under the " Mac-
Kenzie • King Government. • He
pointed to the;present adminis
' tration's progressive post-war
planning program, which includes
taking ,care of the members of
the • armed forces as.they return;.. ..,
and he asked his audience whom
they wished to represent them. at
the' Peace Conference.
Previously there were two' rides
ing organizations --=that of North
BELOVED HOLYROOD LADY
PASSED AWAY MONDAY
•
The death of Mrs.,James Baker,
a beloved resident of the Holy -
rood community occurred m
Wingham Hospital on Monday.
Mrs. Baker, . who . was former&&
Nellie Gray, was in her 77th year.
The funeral service was held rt
her: late residence on Wednesday
afternoon with interment in Kin-
loss Cemetery:
NIGHT A 'SUCCESS
With the weather' ideal a mon-
ster, crowd attended The Clans-
men's treet dance in Lucknow
on Tu e day evening—Music was
supplied by Carruthers orchestra ',Huron for federal purposes with
and the pavement was • in' "ball.- H. C? McLean as president, and
room floor" condition for the f the provincialassociation for
Huron -Bruce "of' which Murdo
Matheson of Ashfield was presi-
dent and J. R. McNab, ;secretary.'
These .two constituencies are . .
now represented by Progressive -
Conservative members; Elston
Cardiff (Federal) and John Han-
na (Provincial). °
Liberal activities were again in ..
the spotlight yesterday afternoon
when the annual meeting and el-
ection of officers of the Bruce
Liberal Association was held In
Port . Elgin. 'This " riding is . rep-
resented by .Liberal •:Member . W.
R. Tomlinson, who is serving
overseas. To contest the constit-
uency the Progressive -Conserva-
tive Party has already choien Mr.
Andrew Robinson as their candi-
date. •
dancers:. A hot dog booth also
An `event of unusual interest ception, a daintybuffet :luncheon did a 'flourishing, business all ev-
1 is being planned by the Lucknow :Was served to about thirty gues enin
g•
Branch of t h e Ladies Auxiliary.e dining room was decorated
to be' held next ednesda
in pinkThand white while the'
garden party on the lawn at Mrs. table • looked lovely • with spring
W. B. Anderson's home corrunen- flowers.'
ces at three o'clock, with special The happy couple left for a
entertaining attractions. Supper
short honeymoon amid & shower,
will be served from 5 to 7 "o'clock: of confetti and good wishes, the
In the evening dancing • and bride travelling in a , two-piece
bingo ' will be held in the arena,
and at midnight: prize draws will
be held to ' decide the winner !!if
an electric record player and a
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LADY. BOWLERS HELD -
TOURNAMENT LAST WEEK
cedar, chest.
I:
Lucknow Lady Bowlers held
their first trebles tournament of
the season (last Wednesday; with
five local rinks, twd''from Wing -
ham and one from Goderieh en-
tered in the competition.
First prize , was won ' by Mrs.
DuVal's rink of Wingharn. Mrs.
Rouse's rink of Goderich won
second. The local rink of Mar-
jorie ' Solonnon, Hilda Twamley
and Mrs. Wes Huston placed 3rd
and fourth prize went to Mrs.
Crawfoi d's rink of Wingham
DROP PAIR .TO PINE RIVER
Pine River and the local Maple
Leaf team tangled in :a pair of
softball games over the week -end
with the Pine River Squad tak-
ing both`games by 13 to 4 and 10
to 3 scores. The first game was
played here Friday and the re-
turn game at Pine River ' on Tues
Monday Afternoon Sewing day. The local squad is under
Club .,...yam . -:� .... •1 ehe":. to naevi" of "-W. - 5 'Reid
1VIrs: S. Rathwell 1.00 and with a • few 'practises funder
their belt should be ready to
take on all comers.
The line -lip on Tuesday was:,
Everett Lane, c; M. Soloinori, p,
ss; Jim Purves, 1st; Geo. Chin,
2nd; Ben McCue, ss, p; 'Bud Orr,
3rd; Bill Chin, If;. A. Wall, ef;
George Crispin, 4Howard Ag,
v umpire oI'botl: games.
$91.65.
TheC'onunittee in charge Wish-
es to emphasize that. they wish
the names of all boys . in the ciis-,
tric t as they enlist.ILThese and
any who may have been • overs
looked should be : reported
promptly to . Mrs., . W •.: a sh:
beige suit with white accessories.
Guests were 'present., from Lon-
don, Stratford,; t ' ur and God-
erich. •
1.
Timber Going Overseas
Lumbering is a busy industry
in this community. The Lueknow
Sawmill Company has been load-
ing several cars of choice lumber
for overseas,- and " last week the
Kennedy .Lumber Company load-
ed four ,cars ,of square timber
which is also destined for the
Old Country.
ENROLLMENT OVER .
HUNDRED MARK
Total enrollment last week in
the • Red 'Cross `:Iorne Nursing
Course being currently'conducted
here, totalled 101 ladies. A sim-
ilar course is being conducted_at
S.'Helens where about forty' lad-
ies are enrolled. The courses have
been in progress ad month with
;lectures held weekly—in Luck -
now each Tuesday evening and
at St. Helens on Thursday even-
ing.
Locally..MrS... S—Reid-had
charge of the first two lectures.
At St. Helens these lectures were
shared by Mrs. I. A. Ward and.
'Mrs. T F. Wilson. Last week Miss
Flora DUrnin • gave a lecture on
dietetics at both centres. . On'.
Tuesday of this week Dr. W. V.
Johnston lectured on -infant and
child feeding and demonstrations
were conducted by Ws.,
hompson and ?alis. Ix. R. A11ini. i
Buys Il+iitehell Home . .
Roy .Graham.' of Kinlough .has
purchased the Moorehouse Mit-
chell residence • in Lucknow. In
remodelling , and repairing the
building Roy plans to dismantle
the east wing of the big home,
we understand.
•
WAS GUEST OF' HONQR
ON' SHIP'S TRIAL R
Miss . Jean Thom, Mothercraft
nurse, who has been emplloyed
at Pietou, :N_S., for same time
won a special prize recently
which entitled her to make the
trial cruise of a newly launched
merchant ship. •
The ship was at sea all day
during which'tune Jean 'had the
thrill of taking the wheel, and
of firing all the ships guns. One
four -inch shell casing which she
fired has been engraved 'as 'fol-
lows: 'Fired by Jean Thorn, sea
trials, S.S. Avondale Park, May
9, 1944, Presented by Foundation
Maritime, Pictoi*, N.S." " Jean has
forwarded the shell to her home
at St. Helens.
Cortlition improved
Tpr. Leonard Johnston who was
critically ill after loosing both
legs irr'the Italian campaign, is
now making. good progress, -and
in : his lastietter he said he ex,
pected to be taken •to Britain
Eddy Johnston of Lucknow.
,LOST VALUABLE HORSE
Andrew and Webster, propri-
etors'" of Fairview Dairy lost; a
valuable delivery horse last week
and one particularly suited for
the villagemilk route. The ani-
-Mal: was '*k , for- a fm, days. be-
fore it died.
•
GATHER. SALVAGE
NEXT TUESDAY.
The Clansmen's mid -summer
salvage collection will be held
next Tuesday evening, July 25th, -
commencing. at 6.45 sharp.
Paper of ail types still , heads
the • list from point of current
importance. Scour your premises
for old _books, iriagazines, news-
papers, cardboard, and anything
of paper eonapesitiori:
The collection will also include
rags;ron; -� iii bb es and in-
ner tubes, glass and bottles. -All
types of salvage should be kept
separate, and boxed or tied se-
curely. For . the convenience of
the collectors, and so that no-
thing will be overlooked, ,all sal-
vage
Clansmen are dependent �___- - _
vage should: be placed -at .tbe.cu. b•
on ,salvage sales to send periodic
shipments of cigarettes to the
boys overseas from Lucknow and
the surrounding rural commun
ity. Receipts are dwindling and.
the cigarette list is growing.
The salvage depot is. at John-
ston's Peed Barn, where rural
contributors as well as v*Ilrgw, W ..,
residents ,,:msy deliver salvage' of
their convenience. 4 .