The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-02-13, Page 1.$2.00, A ,YEAlle--IN ADVANCE.',500L-EKTRA To 1,,L S. A.;
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Lucknow 04, Thursday February 13th, 19
TO MAKE HOUSING
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SURVEY OF .1,, III-LAGE
Maple Lee,0 Aircraft Engineer .Ad-
• vises' Meeting Thal -Large Numbers
,0f .Employees Of. •Aircraft Plant
Will'Reqiiire Housing—Village Sur-
vey T� "Be Made. ' .• , '.,;
••.f,•
.prospect,s eimfeW
hin-
be1ng.empioyed in---Luckno_w.
.by ap1e Lea Aircraft Corptix%
•atien, a survey •or the housing situ
ation in the Village is tO barnede
specially appointed. •Committee.
The'Crinithittee was appointed at a
meeting of the •Lircknew Bueinep
Men's Association on Monday night
after the gathering had been address-
ed by RuiSell M. 'Crooks, B.Se.A.E.,
Chief • Aeronautical •Engineer Of the
Maple 'Leaf Aircraft Coeporatien.
Whe—le-cently :located.
government approved
engiii-
eet who is in charge cif production
and theTPerionell of the plant,
' He pointed' out that it will he nee-
essarY to bring in large numhers �f
qualified men; Many a wiinin itiwos.
anticiwed would' he Married inen
and: thits the matter of hOnsieg them;
wes of PriinarY .consideration.
These men; accustomed to city; con-
veniences, will :work .long limps' al
= tiresome: jobs, -;arid Will -require. an
expect ;in the • housing • aceomedatioe
• here, many of the Modern ., conveni-
enees they have been used to.
It was •suggested by Mi. Crooks.
• that might be necessary to seek.
housing , meow:id:Won in Winghair
and even 'Kincardine; • and also , have
the GoVermrient-undettake to build:
houses here, He !..forecast Lueknow
as a. "boom"..-toven.
-Intimating thatit might ,be ,
• Weeks to two' months before. the • in.
f' Dix of Men started, the Conimittee
prereieed to have a detailed housing
:„,•repOK'StihnOttetto.';Mr,Crooks with.
. in two weeks.
The committee includes Wm: Mur,-:
. die; chakinari; ItohPet Rae, C4 H.
Smith,: J. It; .-McNitb;. Harry McQuiI
lin, _De.. R. L., !freleaven,...J.;', W. &mit
and Thomas BUrns.
The Committee inet folloWing the
meeting.anddecided to list residences
within the Village \with and, iwithnut
modern .eonveniencet, and to follqw
up with a •canvas if the village to
ascertain definitely what houtini ar-
rangements can be made, and in other
'cases how Many men could be beard,
ed, The eommittee is. also studying
the Matter of beard rates and rent-
als. •
Joins Airforce
• Keith McCormick Of Ripley and . a
Valuable Member of The Sepoys hee-
l* team for the Past two seaeons •
has joined- the sIt.C.A.V. 'Keith anade
aPplicatinn some time ago, and re.;
Ceivedlis call on Friday; Ile reported
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LUcKNOW WOMEN'S INSTITETE
TO AID CAIADA.'S WAR EFpORT
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4 ,
TO furnish a ward. ia. a Canadian
hospital in England, the Lue-know.Wo,;
Men's Itastitutt is to play' its 'parr.
The:hospital was hunt by the Can-
adian Red Cress' Society and 'handed
oven to the "Canadian Army Medical
Corps for adminiatration. The "cost
of fernishing a ward is approximate-
ly $2,e00:_Thisisepp1ies• 3
'all additional furnithings. This gift
will ,be 'identified by a plaqueasthe
gift of the Federated Women's Insti-
ttite of Ontarie. •
LucknoW Women's Institute col-,
tribution td•Jiis fund will be, pro-
ceeds ireiri a program and dance to
be held in the Tolwri Hall this Friday
evening, February 14th, The CENX
Ranch. Boys will provide an holies
program and play foe a dance after,
including -a -free 'Mich -the
ening will:cest Yen only 25c.
RetOTHER. DIES IN ENGLAND
Mrs. Emily Carter, whe"is emplpy-
ed at Simon Donaldson't, has reCeived
word from her sister Louise in Eng-
land, of thedeath of their brother,
George Poi,
Mr.Pox, wh.0 was in. his 40th --e
was engaged in War 'work; when be
contraCted. infhienza that caused :hit
death Jauuary' 3rd it his home in
Burton -on -Trent, which is in the
lands, ivehera herabings. have beea fre-
quent and severe.
Fox hired in Canada for '
time and it known to Many in the
tucknow and Walkerton district, He
was an accomplished violinist.
PROMINENT MINISTER TO
CONDUCT 'SERVICES HERE.
Rev. Dr. J. G. lInkster, formerly Of
Knox -Church','" Toronto, Will 'eencluet
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the Services on Sanday, February' 16?
Morning -and evening, in the.Lucknow
Presbyterian Church. On Monday 'eV --
ening ha Neill give an illustrated' lect-
..i.lre On New Zealand. Inkster,had
charge of one of the „large churches.
in New Zealand for siel, inonthi and
upon his return to Canada, was ship-
wrecked When the boat; struck a mine:
Linotype On The Blink
That there's a Sentinel' this, wee
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On time at least, •is due to the. fact
that it was Saturday moiting the
linetype .,thermottat.- took the notion
to go on,the blink. A new thermostat
was seciired by express that night
and ,rephiced. in time to get thie issue
out on ' time It was a costly, and
troublesome cielaY neveetieless.
' The thermostat controls the temp-
erature of the molten lead for type'
casting, keeping it at a terepereture
of from _535 to 550 degrees. It's fail.:
ure to operate rendered. the Inachhie
riplaCind.
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•!V
at , London on op y was in-
structed t� return early next week. -Ile
wits presented with Wrist iwatnh
on Saturday „night by Ripley Mende,
Card of Thanks
Mr. John Spindler Wishes to ack-
nowledge with, sincere gratitude and
thanks the many kind acte and ex-
pressions Of sympathy of friends and
eighbOrs during the illness and • at
ime of the death . of Ars-,_,Spind-_
MRS, .TOS. ELLIOTT; SENTINEL .
SUESCRIBER FOE FIFTY' YEARS
The folloVving much apreciated let;
ter was received last week from Mrs.
Jtiseph 'Ellieatt (pep .Paterson)
daughter el the late Di. D.. Paterson
, of Lucknow: , ; '. • • ,
; Toronto.; February '5, '1941
-.Dear , Mr. Thontptori: ; • .
' One again it is time =.to bond My
soh‘ription to. "The Sentinel". :44n
these days when one has tto thoose
hetWeen •thinga— the home Paper
• Cornet among the things we • nuist
have 4f possible: This Year 'timeline. eur
- fiftieth Sabsetiption, for it is' fifty -
Otte years thia year -tl*t we set rip
• our' hotne, and The Sentinel has fit.
. 'ways been tn. it Some Wealth, naturt
Ansi, it is not ite intereating at 'others
• and then alont toine a d,(10 that
Setts, "trorth the ''Year't ''Suhseription.
1,,ong entay..yOu carry on. '
, irwrs
Charlet St., .Teronto.
SELLS :THREE OF
HIS FLAX MILLS
A; major business transaction has
been ioncluded by the local fiax firms
ef J. G. Andersen and Son, whereby
elle *mills Seaforth,• Mitchell and
Ttivistock have- been disposed of to
-the Hesky Flax Prodtiets;: Limited.
transaction _Included . all. build-
ings, crop and eqnipment of each of
these three plants, with .„the ,excep7
thin of special machinery in the Sea -
forth mill which will ha remeye4 to
the Lucknow piant. • .
-At present 'gr. Anderson is build..
ing a ' two.:story ' extension to the
Lticknoar plant, which he will operate
solely ih the futUre, With an increased
acreage sown to flax in this district.
, The flax industry has been gener
allsr badly upset for the pas several
!months, commenci ery bad
harvest season. Tike elgium
designed flax machinery, whi many
mi)ls, were installing, including the
Lticknow plant, was away behind
seheatile :heing made -available.
This new , machinery Was, installed in
the Litcktiow mill about the first, of
.the ,year, only to be found quite nn.
eatitilitettal, With the reselt that the
local mill has only been. working part
tiine, in spite of the fact that there
is An, immense' flax tonnage to be PrO-
cessed:
Installation 'of the Sea -forth 'plant
machinery here; will 'shortly one t6,
Lneinnw min in Tull -time operation
for seVeral months toganne. .
a.
'ORGANIZE FOR WAR"
SAVINGS DRIVE
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.Liaeat.'COMmittee Appointed' To, 'wake
-,,House=TO-Housie, Camas. To Reny'
Citizens To Pledge To Buy. Certlfi-
eitte)et Regularly.
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Citizens of Lockriewand the sur-
rounding cojninunity are tabe asked
o---Pledge--2their-7-dollars-,-'under-Tthe
nation -'wide War Saviiiis drive which
is underway this menth. ' .
At a largely attended nide** Of
the Business 'Men's Asspciation on
Monday. night a cotmnitteo was set Op
to make a house-to:4botases canvas, ap-
pealing to 'citizens , to : "Work, Save
and Lend for. Victory': A sirnile• ap-
peal will he made throughout the sur-
tounding rural community by means
ef circulars.L_
The local coininitteeit as follows,
Chairman, G. H. Smith; canvassers:
R6l3ert Rae R. ,11. `McQuillin W. A.
Forteirns, A. E. 1VIcKira, Thos, Burris.
J. L. MaclVallan,..T. W JOYnt, Gordon
Fisher; Wm. Reid, K. C. Murdie, Jack
Hall,: C. b. McAlpine, Jos. Mallough.
Cameron MacDonald; W. W. Hill and
James Pickering, Adyerttaing cein-
mittee, William Herne117-Campbell
-Tholpson • and G. It
• The Committeemet last night
(Wednesday) to draft 'final plans for,
getting the drive underway and which.
they- expect to complete Within a
week..
It is not instl•e, one-month drive:
but 'a Campaign, designed. to have cit-
izens across the Dominion pledge
themselves to invest' a certain amount
eaeh month, regulerly during 1941 and
for the duration of the war. The cam-
paign has an objective Of. $120,000, .
000 in94i. The minimupi objective
fel- the Village of Luck/le-Wile $1,20(
Monthly, -:-Or a per capitasaving of
$1.20 per month for ever k Man, wo-
man
Mict'ehildeiw tiie Village, on tr-
basis, of af pOratlation of. 100 per-
sons.
Of necessity, if the objective .is to
be reached, some must iiriest' to a
much greater extent than this if the
monthly. -Objective ES to be reached .
and , the year's total of $14,406 eb-
tixined. '
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There are tWo. forms- of -pledges that..
citizens can subscribe to. One. is the
Bank pledge, 'whereby citizens anth-
nrie the • Bank to invest so much
monthlY, which amount is deducted
from their account..The other.is the
Honor Pledge by which citizens Corn -
mit themselves to a specified monthly
saving. .
Apart . friim . the patriotic angle.
these War., Pairings Certificates are
gilt edge security, bearing 3 per cent
interest ,compounded half -yearly sa'
that in seven and 'one-half Years, e
$4.00 investnient has inCreased in veil-
4stered in the name of 'any, one per-
ue to $5.00, with larger sums increas-
ing in, Value 'accordingly. Not more
-than $600. in OertifiCates rimy be reg -
son in one year. ' •
These certificetas are repayable, in:
seven and one-half years it their full
face value, "but'may be redeemed af-
ter six months at an established Scale
of values, as printed on every Certifi-
cate. • '
The sale of certificates is what. is
being stressed in this canipaign,.but
the purchase of War Savings Stamps:
is not to .be overlooked, and at pres-
ent li:ocal tcheol Children are °heing en-
'eonraged to save their pennies and '
'Males to buy .starripe„ Sixteen ,twen--
ty,five- cent' stamps secures for You
a .$5.00 certificate, and -these who can-
not buy, certificates outright are,org-
ed to mveet their "two -hit pieces" in
sta'res.ca:MPaign is On! Mo. ney saved
now buys essential War supplies; it
flows back wages, and it will pro-
vide pest -war protection for those
Who invest; Let's Put it over big in
this district.
RED CROSS NOTICE
R is'requested that 411 epinPleted
Red 'cross work, *wing and Iniiiiing;
be headed in on or before SaturatY,
February 22nd.
PALLED POR-SERVICE4'
•Mi. Fred Newman, ,wtho took over
the farm of Mr. BenNaylor in West
Mrawatiothr-littrspring, hasbeen c11-
8j- up for seqhfa' with the • It.C.A.F.•
and is to repeat a LOndon on ThUrst
day of next week.' Fred, as a conse-
qnence, it holding a Clearing auction
sale of farm stock, iinplements, etc.;
at his farm. . next Tuesday; prior to
leaving for service. Ile ,was associa-
ted with the Air Force in the last.
war. I'
CAUGHT-TN -SHAFT
NEARLY STRANGLED
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Jack MacDonald had a narrow
.ape from strangulation in his ,fathz,
er's chopping and sawmill last Week,
When he was caught in the line shaft.
As he passed the -shalt the back. of
his sweater became entangled and,
ehOked hi that. nld not
call for help. Jack remembers no
More until he "came to" On the floor
With the back of his sweater ripped
• The fed that it was an old sweater
he was wearing, and.whieh tore away
releasing him; is e•redted with saving
Jack's life; !'.=
• :,IN MEMORIAM
TWAMLEY—In 4Oving memory Of
Violet Marion Twamley, •who passed
away, February -13th, 1940.
Time speeds en, one' year his. passed.
Since death its gloorn, shade* cast
harn, •*.i.ieilien all ,eeerneel
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•And took .frinti; us' a 'Shining ;light..
We 'mitt' that.light And ever .
Her:vacant-place-there is -none carifill-
.
•Ever remembered by, Father, Moth...
er...and ,Hrether.:.•
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I —COMING EVENT! f
, DANCE AT ST. HELEN'
There will ,be dance in the COnl-
munity Hx41, St. neleif.'s on Thursday.
February nth, Under auspices of .the
Women's Institute; with •ProCeeds fol
'patriotic purposes. Music by FcChar-
les' orchestra. Admission '25e & 1-0c.
Ladies -with lunch free.
DANCE AND PRIZE DRAW
Linder auspices of Leacknow Bran&
309, of the Canadian Legion a dance
and prize draw will be held in the
,Tow n Hall; Lucknow, Friday,. Febru-
ary 21st. Music'hy,Mcdharles' orches
trai-Boy-Neereightr-caller=off, lunch
counter .service. • Admission 25c., The
draw' will be made for three prizes
suit.of clothes, a hat and a pair of
shoes, Tickets are 10c or 3 for 25e.
. LU,CKNOW II. S. CONCERT
In the Town Hail, Lucknose cin Thurs-
day Fetarnary 13th, at 8:15 p.m. Phor:.
uses and other musical mimbers; pres
Ontation of medals and l certificates
phyicial training nimibers and a One -
Act Play "The Ghost, Story," by, Booth
Tarkingtbn, produced :by permiteiori
of Samuel French, Ltd., Toronto.
General admission 25c.
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. BIO MIGHT FRIDAY,
, The leieknow• Wornen!s Institut;
is offering a big evening's 'entertain
ment tint Ftiday, February 14th, in-
cluding a program, dance and free
lunch, all fiir 25c. The' Ck/sik Ranch
Hoye will play for thedenee and Pro.
vide an hOur's progtain Prior to the
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TIME EXTENDED FOR
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Lgrilai-OsAY' PRIZE CONT -EST
The letter -essay contest on the sub-
jeet "Why I ought to go to ,aureh,"
has been extended Anti) March. lat.
The contest is oiYen to boys, and girls
frern 12 to 15 years of age. The let-,
ter is not to exceed 500 words' in
length, :and for the two hest letters,
l'onf"$th2.e06epandinion of the judges,
$1.00 will be awarded.
/f yon have not entered the ceii-
test, do so now, and mail your essay
to P.o. Box. e08, Luelourtitf
EXPECTS BROTHER
MAY iLEAVE FRANCE.
• Following a king Period. of.negotia-
ting, it appears .noro: that Mr: ,Wm.
-ItIacKinnen,e brother of an T. Mac-
Kinnon; .qcnicession, 6; Kinloss, will be.
permitted to; leave France and return
to Cazieda.,` •
Mr -Mackinnon a chartered to:.
_CO:intent:Alas tr.sidedAn_Frarteafer,
26 years. He succeeded in getting out
of paria•on June 13th, two days 'be-
fore :the Germans marched . in and
since then has been at yichy.
Formerly will to do, Mr. MecKin-
noh. hat lost everything;ihe owned, and
his brother here has been wiring him,
money. in am effort to Make it poss-
ible for hip to leave the country.
.Arrangenients are.earried on througb
th,e New York office ef I travel agen-
cy an"Tialt" received word Iantweak
that a 'cable had been received 41ac-
lqnnon. preparing to leave, ivivaits
_visas." •"
' This was interpreted :13y' the Travel
Bureau to Mean. diet it is now .orily
a Matter of Mr. MicKinnOn obtaining
the. Spanish and Portugesevisas; te
start the .journey for Oanatla. •(A visa
_iasapiaitaes;IrtlY,y.an'official endorsement of,
Sinee then, "pan" has received ,a
follow-up letter to the affect that hie
brother "till"' left ichy several
week t ago and it Awaiting his vitas
at Marseilles, and that he has also
been Paid :0000 'francs which was be-
ing held for ,:maintenance.
Thus itis anticipated that Mr,' Mac-
kinnon will shortly, if not already; he
aTloWed: to.leave unoccupied France
for America. .
JUDGEMENT" RESER,VED 'IN •
RAIL LINE CLORSIG.HRARINg.. the statement saye.
WAS R9YilooD PAL OF
SAM: kcGUIRE,
Thisweek we ritelyed a, renewal
subscription from one a our lona
.time inbseribert, Mr, Frank Guest ol
Waclena; Sask.. Mr. 'Q'test_had beer
in thehospital for five 'Weeks witt.
heart trouble hut is getting Along" Nei;
nowHe reports , fine. Weather, al-
though a few. cold days -clown to '6(
-Wow-Lone nliirning-And
other, day. •
He mites the Passing aivey of en -
'other old fried, kr... Saltine' McGuire
Mr. Gies t and Mr. MeGuire Were boyt
hoed- 'friends together and both the
same age, so Mr. Guest it now in his
.83rd:yeae,
'CANADIAN RESERVE NOTIFIED
TO PREPARE FOR CALL '
bettelieffs; hattericaTer
other' unite of the Canadian army
Which up to the Present have not
been celled. upon to mobilize. for act-
tFe, service; have been fwarned to pre-
pare for .such 'an eventuality through
instructions issued' fthe first of the
week:by the Department of Natietial
This order, no doubt, applies to the.
Wingliarr: Battery:Loi whiCh__ quitaa,
nurnber,Of Lijcicnow boys belong. ,
The ., Departniental announcement
notifies officers crinincljng to see
that a change irten reserve to .an
active role can be carried put With
a minimum of 'delay.
In the eventof a cal' to the 'der -
fence of Canada, all members Of ex-
isting reserve units ,are Under obliga-
tion to reepond, However, kehiforcez
merits fin- the aCtive army fromthe.
reserve are d on a voluntary has: -
is. The same principle will be obser-.
Veil when reserve units are mobilized,
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SOME MEMORIES
OF. HOLYROOD
. (By John Mat, London)
The Sentinel of :emery 30th 't •
tained.a well, written appreciative e' .
icle of the Purvis fannly and ti
place in the life of the lielyrood coi
munitY duringthe last sixty yee.
or more. .
F_IL.it_ba....somewhat_helatte
shentd,like to add•rny word.of trlb -
to the memory of that excellent ff.'
ily. John, •141izie .(that name seer
°
to fit better than • Elizabeth) are ...
members I knew best. I
;punted a pm -tonal friend, and Lizzi :
one of God's good women, was v •
of all' the complimentary things
abed her. . „-' •
Surn, or Smile as she is bi
thinking,: I :knew best of all. I -•!,
'the teadlier-At-Itasrlind;7.itir
school, in 1876 when Mrs. Purvie
her family moved 'from the farm tc
Ilolyrood, taking the Place of -the *-
Bride family, Who removed to Luck;
now. SuirinNwas orie' Of MY student
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a bright, intelligent girl, with a win-•
some per-ionality that she •tetained
through life. Aineng her girl school
mates in these clays were: Mary Ag7:
.."Harria.,EllukiAnn_. and
Emily Harper, the Hunt girls, Matilda
Baker; .Sarale,E. and Lizzie
len, Minnie Rowe, ,Ellezi Falconer, El-
eanor Ross, • Alice Gray, Nellie Cor-
rigan, Lizzie Fleteher. (1sTanne of jun- ,
lot girls 'Omitted). I remember them
ail, It is pleasant now to recall the
last of my visite to ElolyroOci during
:the years since my teaching .daysitt,
In September 1939, I had din* with
Snsiin 'and- ,an old time reminiscent
talk, and is 'seas in my plan +4; repeat
this year,, but sugh was not to he and
HOlyrood in .future will -he different. '
My knowledge of the Old place guen •
hnek more than seventy, Year*. For
much of that tune the:named. of four
:nen, all good. friends of 'Mine, were
associated , With Holyrood,, Jelin :Pur. •
vit., Andrew „ Shoehottom, , Thomas
Henry and John H. A.cliert. Ali, of
these are gone, and there itre left no •
rePresentatives of the first three.. It
is, good that the Ackert family is still
so well represented. •
/me .intereeted me -greatly' to note
:how prominent the 1:urvie (Purves)
name is in the history of Kinloss.
Cording to Norinan Robertson's His-
tory of the County of Ernie;
John Purvis, , Sueanie, father, was
reeve of Kinloss from 1856' t4 1863, .
arid warden of the County in 1858 and
1861. -Robert Purvis was reeve in '65,
'56; '61, '69 to 83, and again in '93,
'94 and '95 and warden of the County
in 1880, '84 '82. • „
If the editor does net object I maY.
next 'Week refer- „to Holyroed as "I
remember it 73 years age.
(Eat Note—We certainly won't oh- •
ject and Oen assure Mr, Elliott that
his contributions are always welcoine•
and we are Ceitain are enjoyed by
Our • readers:.:
The hearing, regarding the closirig
GUEST COMMITTEE
or the :rail** ,line; from Clinton t
Wingharti, concluded in *Gederieli, Opo"APPONTED 91‘1.;140NDAIr;
'Thesclay afternoon, with jiidgemenf • '
Residents of the Village Will. have
4eserved by. the :Board of Transport,
• the oPportuility.montihly to Play host
ComMissioners.
to a -numbee. of reembere' of the 'R.
'
The line has been operating at a
/y. F.% at Port Albert while on week•:,
loss ofabout$9000 a year, but It.
Hetherington, K.C., argued that the leaves. -•
propos- • At :the Business Men's meeting on
2a miles ofrailway, which it is
Monday evening_ a five man commit-.
'ed to Close should be given credit for
tee :was appointed to have Charge of
the bridge traffic on business emaneW
making arrangements to entertain.
ing it other points which passed over
the men assigned fo. Lneknow and to
the. line in queStion. This, he Said
arrange for transportation for them
would More than offset the loss.- The
to and frem the airport;
The Cornynittee-, includes Edgar Hol -
Lyman; Rexford Ostrander, W. B. An:
derson, Rev. A. A. MaloneY end
Kilpatrick.
ary in January some thirty R.A.F
Men were week -end guests in Luck -
now -homes, and it can be- expected
that a similar number will be avail-
able eaclenionth The guests arrived
Saturday afternoon, returning to .ft. •
Albert on Sunday evening.
With Pteernamiii- •
Kelso McNay of FaramoutO is quite
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Leck'new Flour Mills, . for instanCe
paid .$17,000 a year for freight PP
grain holed from TVS
alorie.was more than denble,the los"
in 1939. If the" line was abandoned
this revenue would be entirely, lost.
He quoted Other similardasesThe
Liicknow mill, after 75 years' oper-
ation t would be forced to 'shot down
'because of the grain rate from Ged-,
erich to Lticknow. vie; Stratford and
Listowel, twiee thj,., present distance,
WOUld -124 .doubled from:.six 'to. 12 cents
•it hundred, while the in transit
rate would be increased from two
and e half to four cents, coniPletely
wiping ,out (his Profit and rea,king it
impessible for him to , compete.
"Thousands and thousands of dol-
lars :are going tp be lest to the
age of •Lucknow"; cotinSet exclaimed.
W. E. Treleaven was the first wit.
dance, Proceeds will be donated to .
help equip the institute,Weird irr the
Oenadian Red Cross Eoepital in Eng
land. • ;, ' •
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1-4ItEE SHOW -a DANCE
Co to the Massey -Harris Farni-
,
ers' ;Day in the Town Hall, LucknOw,
Tuesday reiiitzar3r .16th sponsored' by
Eilpattick, Massey -Harris, C;I.L.
and Beatty dealer. 'Two dhows at 2:30
p.m. and, 8 p.m, comic showing for
the children at 4:15." As a eourteiY
to 'farmers who drive a lotig•dietanee
to the evening show, town folk and
others who can are requested to at -
after; Mcaharles' orchestra.
tend he afternoon thuw. Free deride
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ill with pneurnonia at present,. •
G. STUART HEADS
, INSURANCE CO.
At the annual meeting of the pelicy
holders and directors of the West
nes g called for the 'Municipalities. Wawanosh Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
The source of his supPly Of grain George Stuart of St. Helens was el -
was Goderich and -Sarnia. In 1934 he ected president for the ensuing year.
had 724 tons shipped, 'from Godeeich The meeting was held at Dungannon
to Lucknow at 8 cents: He stated on Friday.
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he wes offered a rate of five eents The auditors' relpott showed the
'if he stopped trucking. Then, after' cqinpa'ny to be in good finaircief
a year ad a ihalf, this Was increased standing with s surplus of almost
to sixecents. A siding in his plant had $69,000, Total receipts for the year
cost $-4,900. At present he is shipping amounted to. $35,093.491 disborse-
000 barrels of flour for export. In ments, $35,55'7.78; paid for fire losses
actual cash he had paid the C.N.R. in .1940, 419848,79; paid ire 1940 for
in 1939; 13,990. Fees paidfor freight fire - losses which occurred hz 1939,
and switches in 1949 were $1,7 693..$7,363; total assets, $78,192.43; total
His'buthiess is increasing and in Dec- ,liabihties, ,$18,312.07,.which leaves a
ethber, $4,915 'WO paid in freight, and surplus Of $59,8p.m. •an ittereme of
January, 1944 $5,514.17- If he has .$3:03.4.88_oVer. 1939,_ .
the co-operation\ of the railway he Officers . elected at the directors'
expected his business to increase t� *meeting are, president, George. Stuart:
$7,000, per month. If, the company vice-president, 'Wilfred McCarthy:*
takes away the -rate based on the secretary, G. C. Treleaven; treasurer,
short hat)l and thrusil the long haul, ,Thomas Stothers. Directors ate Don
hewill lose the export arid the dot- ald McKay, Ernest Adiert; Robert
ing of the railway Wotild „Oro* him,. Davidson, George Sowerby, Marviri
back, thirty years. MeDeivell,. Ross MePlies; and -Harvey
Counsel asked that if the bOard4 Anderson. The latter thiee were the
should Make an ot!tler 'closing the' retiring directors this year, and were
road that the road bed be left undis- lire -elected to the Board,
terbed, to that at least a freight ser- i •
Vite emild he maintained. In lieu of - I,TORN ,
this he asked that if the line was GEOS,SETTLIn Windsor on Suriday,
abandoned that all freight "rates be , January. 1.9th, to Mr, and Mrs, Ger:.
based oti the assierePtien that it wag don Gressett (nee Mary 'Meintosh),
stilltherea daughter,. ClaYle Diane.
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FIVE BELOW SUNDAY
....moomm.•••••.•
A one -day stem on Saturday abat-
ed that night as quickly 'as it com-
meneed in the morning and Sunday •
dawned clear arid cold. .It ws •the
first completely cloudless day and •
night since, last September, and by
early Monday morning the Mereury
dropped to an official 5 ' below zero.
To date the season's lewest .teraper.
iture is nine below..
The ' storm ,Saturday was, fast • .
blocking all roads, .bht it abated se
quickly that 'plows soon had traffic
s
back to non'' on main roads on
Sunday. • '' .• . ,
NEPHEW PASSES IN ENGLAND
4ev. CaMpbell Tevenee of Bluevale,
and formerly of Ashfield
ceiVed word from his sister, Mrs. Wm-.
ler, Of Senthumoton, England, of the, ,•• a
death of her son; Lieut. 'Henson Wal-
ler, from illness contracted while in
recent military service. lie. leaVei a ,
Wife and a Yew* child. Lieut. Waller
was al partner with his father in it •
firm, of lawyers. The Offices, also the
'wines of the senior and junior= Walter
ftrtty= deiolished by - raids,
e
t6-:%vIlaS.elVTel;enal.:11had sah
ntiontt'
Rv.aer nephew,
his, brether'S only San, killed in act-
ion earfsr last surnmer with the Brit-
ish t'Xpeditionary • Porce in Mandel%
This 'young man *as killed On ,his
2Sth hirthday.-
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