The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-04-17, Page 1_
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Lucknow Ont., ThiarsclOy April lith, 1941
EASTER .PAGEANT
•• HELD .LAST WEDNESDAY
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An impressive Easter pageant "The
Conquering Crops', was presented in
• the, United ChUrch IRA Wedrieiaay,
, directed • by Mrs. a„,. W. Joynt, and
ander the auspices ef Mrs': Aildreves
Group of the W.
, The decorations, ceataineli. and
lighting effects provided a truly EDS-.
ter time setting and added much to
• the inspiring presentation, that was
• very/ fayourably receivedby-the- con-
gregation.
...A twenty -voice choir o1young peo-
ple assisted theoughOut the Pageant,
with *re.... Norman Wilson' at "the or-
gan, with violin •aCcompaniment by
Dr:, James. Little. .'
The theme of the pageant ,Was car-
ried out in a program of Easter rec-
itations, music, drills, a ,..dx,ema and a
concluding Patornime. • Tots of the
priniarY clasa of the Sunday School
gave a aeries of recitations and e
chorusWhile older -puptls presented.
-r-jdrillsT-cherusen and-rectationi.-The
one act drama "The Lord is Risen"
was presented by a • grotip of • Yeung
men. Solos werb sung. by •Margaret
Rae and Mrs. Harold Treleaven; Arra
etta Dahmer gave a reading and
• mixed quartette ,of Mrs. Treleaten,
Belle Robertson, Eldon Henderson •&
•0.eit'rge Jerat- sang two .numbers: 7
• The story of the patomitne was
told by ' Celia Wilson While the young
"ladies enaated this impressive •con-
' eluding, number. The- iatrodirction
the pageant was giverli byAlan Mc-
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Kim.
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FINISHED RED, CROSS WORK
WANTED NEXT WEEK
All *completed Red . Cross dewing
and knitting • is -requested to ha.
. brought in. on Thursday or Saturday
. of next 'week, April 24t1i and 26th.
All parcels are to be brought to the
work room in the ToWn. Hall an. either
Of the afternoons mentioned, •
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STUART MacKENZIE IN,
,• COMMAND OF SECOND 97th
Formation of the 21st Field Brig-
ade, R.C.A., Reserve Force, is nOw in
progress, under the command of Ma-
• jor G. W. Howson .of Winghara. The
brigade willconsist of four batteries,
— 2nd 97th with H.Q. at Walkerton,
2nd, 98th at Kincardine,.99th at Wing-.
• ham and the 2nd •100th at Listowel.
The Walkerton Company will be
- -known• as the-2ral.-97th Battery_with
H.Q. in the Walkerton 'Arrnouries and
• will be under the cemmand bf Mr, , P.
• Stuart MacKenzie. Training for the
men will .be carried on one night, a
week and a provisional school in At,
tillery for Officers and N.0.0.'s will
•• commence immediately • under the
•• supervision of Mr. MacKenzie and
• Capt. Bell the Brigade Adjutant. Mr.
MacKenzie, who is a qualified Artil-
• lery Officer was previously with the
98th Battery at Port Elgin. Heawill
continue in the 'practise of' law, .at
Walkerton -and will -devote his 'spare
• time to the training of the tom? bat-
• tery. •
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Hurt At Hockey Game •
'Mrs. Roy .Lightfoot was injured
• recentlyat a hockey game between
• Paisley and Seaferth 'in the Owen
Sound Arena. Mrs. Lightfootwas hit
by the puck during practise before
the ganse. A tooth was injured and
„...• four stitc of•--UsT
r` a cut on the lip. -Port Elgin Times,
ELDON McLEOD CAPTAIN OP
, ALBERTA •TEAM -THIS WINTER
Received an interesting letter last
week from Mrs. Stewart 'Levis of
• East Coulee, Alta., (nee Eileea John-
' ,stoa of Luckhow) Which centains the
news that Eldon IVIcLeod has become
' a father,
• Eldon will be well remembered by
hockey fans in the vommunilY, :hay-
ing starred on the ' Lucknow JaVetille
.4• Hockey team three wiriterth past and
• as, well was a valuable,, member, of
'the Intermediate Clutti Eldon returned
West before the next season, and
Was soon after inarried..•
Ile is presently employed at East
• Coulee, Alta., in a greedy and meat
• store. This past season Eldon vas
captain of ,that tortat's hoelcey team
which won the district hOckey chitty',
ionshin, playgta were recently
honored et a banquet at which Elden
wits preSented with the cup On 'her'
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half of the team. •
Eileen states that theyareenjoy.
• ing lovely spring weather fallowing
• quite an early breek-up of winter,
With no excitement- due to froods as
• wet the case last: year.
WAR S.AVINGS, RESULTS
ARE EXCELpEISTT HERE
, The regular 'purchase Of War Sav.:
lags :Certificates is the hltPcittant
factor in making this get financing
plan a•eaccess. •Citizets of this; com-
inanity have 'made an excellent start
iii this tespect_Official figures list
Taucknow as having invested $1500 in
tert:ifleates-daelaglebreaty with the
Match figure increased:to. $1700. .
tO BE ORDAINED HERE-
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.William Henderson, a graduate. this
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terra of Knox ,College, Toronto; will
• be ordainedsat a service inathe Luck -
now Presbyterian Church, his home
• church, ' on Tuesday, of next Week.
•Graduation • •exercises *ere held in
Torento TiresditY. • of this. week
when eleven students received degrees
at the annual -convocation held in
• Knox College Chapel.
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CIWOQ1b10-:-CPAIM.9-A.P,S
, The Bruce County Highways Coin-
mittee and County Engineer George
Stephenson are making a. spring sur-'
• Vey of county reads:' Reeve Dick El-
liott. of Kinloss is chairman of the
committee; which inspected the Luck -
now t� KinioSS road .on Tuesday of
this week.
Donate To War Service's .• '
A donstion •of $4.24 to the War
Services Fund has raised the Trail
Rangers donationsto charitable and
patriotic purposes to a total of $52.76.
You'll find Particulars in the 'Tra0
Ranger • column, but , in • case yen
'lleven't yet,.become a reader' of this
weekly feature; are • draw the fact
'to your attention.
WEDDING BELLS
• ROUSE -WHITBY, . • ••
• Easter lilies and daffedils decor-
ated St. Peter's Anglican Church ori
Saturday for the wedding of Miss
Evelyn Grace Whitby, daughter of
Mr. arid Mrs. Joseph :Whitby of Luck:.
now to Leading Aircraftsman Syd-
ney 'Rouse of the R:A.F. at Port Al-
bert; son of,Mr. and Mrs. g. R. Reuse,
Carsholton, Shrrey, England: The cer-
emony was perforined•by Rev. A. A.
Maloney. • _•
• Wired in marriage: by' her father,
the bride was gowned in • stiffened
white net embroidered in gold thread.
Her finger-tiP veil Of' net was held
by a coronet �f orange. blossoms. A
sheaf Of balla lilies ' and adiantum
fern formed her houvet. The bride's
sister, Mrs. Rose Knight, was brides.
maid, wearing a duaky 'rose crepe.
Her bouquet was- butterfly -roses and-
eweetOeas. Aircraftsman John Heath-
er of London, England, was grooms.:
man. Mrs.. Norman Wilsonwas at
the organ and Mrs, J. Wesley Joynt.
was soloist. •
The reception was held at the hoine,
, Of the bride's parents. Mrs. Whitby
received her guests Wearing a gawn
of Vinecrepe, and corsage of mina -
tions and maiden hair fern. Among
the guests were 'members of the R.
A. P. of Port Albert. The bride and
groom will, reside, in Lucknow.
• IRWIN---MAGOFFIN
• A wedding of interest was solemn-
ized at the manse of the Presby-
• terian Church, Lucknow, at 2 o'ilock
.-We.dnesday,„„Apin, • is
Lorene Isabella, eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Magoffin of
West Wawanosh becarne the bride of
Mt. Calvin Henry Irwin, elder son
of Mr. W. J. Irwin and the late Mrs.
Irwin of Kinross. Rev. C H. MacDon-
ald conducted the ceremony.
•. 'Ilhe bride Were a becoming gown
of twilighf blue and corsage of sweet-
heart roses and .natillen hair fern. She
wore her. mother's coon, fur. Miss
VerneMagoffin was her sistet's
,bridesinaid and was 'flecked in teal
green with corsage of carnations. M.
Ivan Magoffin was groomsman.
Following thp eerernony the bridal
party teturried to the home Of the
bride's parents where a luncheon )yas
served to the immediate family. later
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin left for a hone
moon trip to Hamilton, Niagara Falls
arid eastern points. They will reside
on the groom's farm on the Second
Coneeesion of, Kinloss.
Won Second In geed Judging
Bey Fiolayson tind Fred Martin t•
tended, the Bruce Comity Seed'
•held recently. at Paisley. Fred is it
Member of the Board of directors.
Roy Competed in the , geed judging
competition and won second 4p his
'class in the judging of grains, grass
beeds and potato&
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"THE B.RIGHT PATH"
TO BE SHOWN HERE ,
The new Hydrofilm entitled "The
Bright path", provides an interesting;
•,entertaining. and educational story
on Hydro Jt *ill be slioavn here, free
to all, next,Wedneeday 'evening
Town
The growth of Hydro since itsi
eeption hap been tremendous, and in
the film, the. idea of the magnitude
• pf this greei, enterprise may he ob-
tained through the graphic: construe
thin °scenes depicting the (building of
monster dams and. power 'hotties,. and
the interesting 'shots of all th,e
prhi-
cipal 139*ex:sites of the system, in -
eluding scenes of developments On the
Niagara River and deorgian Bay
systems, the Eastern Ontario division
showing the Trent Valley system,
• pictures of the Thunder Bair develop-
ment, and the mammoth power site
in the Abitibi Canyon where extreme
difficulties were experienced by e919-
Str9:91,441.-P9rtle9' wilk.41.40P,ng:.-the
• powerplant and clearing right-ok-
ways. • •
• As. a fittingclimax • to the film,
many. Scen.es are slichrn indisating the
innumerable applications far .electrie-
ity as applied to industry, as well as
the efficiency and eeenomy that may.
be Practised in the home through the
use of electrical home appliances,. .
•COUNCIL LOCKS VILLAGE DUMP
REFUSE -DUMPED AT -RANDOM'
The careleas dispoSal. of refuse by
seine people at the Village dump has
:caused Council to. Iodic the gate lead-
• ing te the grounds, and to 'prey&
four local ,teamsters wth keys: They
are pave ;Milne, Wni Johnston, P.
Malcolm and Peter Carter •
• Annually; if not more •often, the
Village dumping ground has to un-
dergo a housecleaning as some peo-
ple persist in dumping garbage and
'refuse all %yer the place. On the
property there is a "hole as big as
the sea" in which,. to deposit this
:mete, with :a roailliay leadingto,
within 'd re‘i• feet -or- the edge. But
4ritheut fail there are those who
scatter refuse all Over the plaee, un-
til the approach to the duinping
ground proper. becomes almost int -
passible.
(Its a contiitien that Councile in
past years have •tried. mote- or less
•unauccessfelly, to -FerriedY, and this
year's Board has decided that a lock-
ed gate is the onlY solution, with
teamsters alone able to gain admis-
sion to the grounds.
Probably it will lead to a system-
atic garbage collection plan.
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Attendhig 0. E. A. Conventiott
Miss Helen Thompson is in Tor.:
onto this , week attending the . Ont-
ario Educational,. Association conven-
tion..Six of IVIies Thompson's' music
pupils from Hanover sang in a thou-
sand -voice school choir which took
part in a concert presented' in Varsity
Arena on Wednesday might. Net pro-
ceeds of the concert will be donated
to the 'Canadian War pervices Fund.
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• CLOSING BOARDING HOUSE •
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Mrs. Sam McGuire is closing her
boarding house and will make her
home with her daughter, Mrs. W. R.
Munition,. Second' Concession.
and Mrs. McGuire operated • this
oar ing onse'in-Olrrer7
number of years. Mr. McGuire pas-
sed away late in January and •Mrs.
McGuire, who will observe her 80t11
birthday on June 1st, has since car-
ried on:with the assistance' of Mrs.
Hamilton. The property is now2 being
offered for sale.
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• AIRMAN REPORTED MISSING
Rev, Wm. G. Waldron of Marlboro
United Church, Brantford, and Mrs.
Waldron, ' have been officially itoti
tied that their son, Sergt, Observer,
W. Lloyd, Waldron of the R.C.A.F.
is miasing in action overseas.
Bev. Waldron was a former mini-
ster at I3ervie, while Sergt. Observer
Waldron was in intimate friend of
Miss Jean MacKenzie arid has at
different times -Visited at the home of
her parentio Mr. and Mrs. Wiii, Mac-
Kenzie ef Langside.
Sergt. Waldron, who attendicl Eitt,
cardirie Collegiate, !went overseas
With the R 0. A, P. last fall. He Was
presumably abotticV a bomber, and
while offieially reported as MisOig;
his parents have not completely given
up hope for they recall that he had
preyiouslyt been missing 'foor three
days before safely returning to his
base. •
cv-tflpiat
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GIVE LI BRALLY
FOR, "OUR soyrf
. This meek the local campaign for
the Canadian War Services Furid is in
full swiag. Twenty-four canvassers
,ato at 'work, 'in2, the, village With in-
structioae to exisPlete the canvas by
Saturday:night if Poaaible.
• Yote may ;already have been called
c'1,!: 1,f not you wpl yet be paid At Msit
• bytwe of the ,canvassers. Give lib:
• erally, • for Luekriew's objective is
$700.,, and what you give is -for "our
boys" la the lighting forces, to bring
• them .some of th,e comforts, services
and entertainment that we ourselves
• enjoy; and Whichrthey have voluntar-
ily denied theinaelves upon entering'
military life. ' •
It's a Co-ordinated appeal sria be-
half of the Salvation Army; Canadian
:Legion, Knights of Columbus, Y.
C, A., Y. W. C. A. andthe ,Y. 0.D. E.
to • provide sufficient funds to, its.
sare- these alit- organiXatiens :-Ofiaa9f7-
ficient :income to carry on •essential
war services, for the "troops", at
• home and abroad during 1941.
.• There are vatiorts methods of mak,
ing your lionation; which can be full
explained • by the canvassers. dontri-
.
butions inay be paid in convenient
installment plans,' if so desired, any,
time during 1941., at is definitely
the only campaign to he ,oarried oii
by .these organizations this Year• .
Local canvassers at work this meek
represent such organizations as •the
Women's iqstitute, The Fire Corn-:
.pany, The Clansmen, The Legion, The
Town Coamil, the 4eca,l, teaching staff
as well. as. private citizens: :
The town was divided into 12 dis-
tricts by E. H. Agnew, with a teem
• of two canvassers appointed for each
-district. They are Austin.'Solomon
and G. H. Smith; Noble Johnston and
'Dick MeQuaig; Dr. James Little and
Mre. Ostrander; D. Ross and Mrs.
'Phillip Stewart; George Burgess and
Clyde Reid; Roy Finlayson and Gor-
don Taylor; N. S Calvert and Har-
old TreleavenraaTick Kilpatrick aPa
• Mrs. Cliff Atifcliralif';,-Cainergn. Mac-
Donald , and,Cleir Agnew; •NOrinan
Wilsea and rs. Morgan Henderson;
Wm. IVIurdie and Harry IVIcQuilIhr;
Mrs.. W. B...Anderson and Jim Hen-
derson.
The local campaign is under the
chairmanship of Dr. W. V.,Johnston.
C.• D. McAlpine is -treasurer 'and Jim
Henderson, secretary.
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1.0•9_ CANADIAN
6 WAR SERVICES FUND
riiirdi 15,500,000
1000 YON'
"6.
APPEALC.
NONE
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1 COMING EVENTS... 1
PLAY AT LANGSIDE • •
• The Langside Y. P: S. are present-
ing their .play "Grandpa's Twin Sis-
ter" in the ForresteVs Hall,. Lang -
side en Friday evening April 18th at
8:30 sharp. Admission 25c and 15ca
FREE SHOW & .DANCE
You are -invited to attend the Mas-
sey -Harris "Farmers' Night", blithe
Town Hall, ucknow Friday. April
:25th at '8:15, sponsored by J.. S.
lCil-
'atrck. Interesting and; entertaining
films. Dana' after. IVIeCh.arles orch-
estra. .
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.PLAY.-,4PANcE.
Under Ausprces Lucknow
• Agricultural Society'
.1, •
TOwn-Hall, 'Lucknow
Friday April 18
3 -.Act Colitedr
• "LOVELY' LADIES"
Presented • by Ready.Porager-
vice Class of the Kineardine,
• United Chute '
DANCE, AFTER.
McCH,ARLES' ORCHESTRA
All for 25c
CONSULT NEW
PHONE DIRECTORY
,
•..Featuring a :green., colter with a
message on the,beck urging the pur-
chase of war savings'stamps and cer-
tificates, Taucknow'e: new telephone
clirectory haS just heen distributed:
In aid of the 'national war effort,
The Bele Telephone Company
don-
ating ' the' hack cover of all ita 1941
directories to promote the war sav-
ings campaign: . StailtrIS • and .eertift-
ieates are on !sale at all. Bell Tele-
phone offices: ' •• • =
"Since there is a .very large -namber
of new. and changed listings in the
alphabetical 'section alone, the need
for destroying the old book OW care-
• fully consulting the newone before
•placing cane is Obvious, if the "wrong.
number" nuisanc,e is .to be avoided.
• The green cover will Make it easy
to distinguish the nevi book from the
Altogether., over 5,000 volumes of
the 4ireOtoiy are. pi d,_Qf this
total; more than 220 are distributed
• in Lucknow. The remainder ko to;
subscribers :in surrounding commun.:
ities. .
.NEPHEW KILLED AT TORONTO
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-• Mr: John Barger received word of
the accidental death of his nephew,
Dubois Barger, in West Toronto on
Good, Friday. Mr. .Barger, age -50,
wana C.N.R. employee.and was kill,
ed in. the ' Railway yards at West
• Toronto whenstruck by a loose
freight car. while waiting for a train
to 'rime
• PRESBYTERY DISCUSSES
PROPOSED CHURCH '.GROUPINGS.
A special meeting„of Maitland Pres-
bytery of the Presbyterian' Church
was held in :Lucknow With the Mod-
erator, .Rev. ' S. M. Sott • of Kincar-
dine, presiding.
A committee of which Rev.
• vn ee nt t*,, hIlret-uegahlt in aWrillgelarisLuWire Cti9nr
the foliowing ,,,givapings • elf the
churches, South Kinloss and luck-
• new; Kinlough,r Ripley and Bervie;
Dungannon and, Ashfield. There was
considerable discussion and no Plan
Was adopted but two others.were,sug-
gested. One of these would link Cal-
vin with Wingham. Another plan
suggested . W.hitecharch with Luck -
now. •
No action will be taken .on any of
t1iTaiiiuiiiW th,elliave been Pre-
sented" to the congregations. affected.
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Summer -Like 'Weather
•.• Delightful spring weather that has
prevailed for ten days, quickly re-
moved winter's last, truces, and cul-
minated in a "made:U.:order" Easter
week -end with the mercury , soaring
to summer heat on Sunday and was
ideal for the "board walk display"
of spring clothes.' •
• Augmented by holiday . visitors
large congregations attended 2ristiat
Sundify services' in local churthes.
•The %eat wave" on Monday was
broken by a brief but heavy deluge
of rain• near the stipper hour.
, It, looked like late seeding ten days
ligo, but so exceptionalhas been the
weather that with its continnance
seeding, operations will be in full
swing within a few days. Gravel
roads, however, ior the moat pert are
-s'FTIT'-r&Tgr4vith
spots". .
Misses Mary _Struthers and Kath-
leen Mdatosh • are spending • a few
days in Toronto. •
Lieut. T. A. Leishman and Mrs.
LeW;rnan"spent the ,week -end at the
home of Mrs. Leisliman's father,
George IL 'Douglas,
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Mr. and Mrs. _Maauel Taylor, Mr.
M. Taylor and Miss Jeant*tie Taylor
of Sarnia were God Fridrevisitors
with Mr. and Mrs. B. Pearlman. .
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fensham of
'Toronto were Easter visitors with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. jim Smith.
Edwin Smith of Listowel is spending
the week here.
.1ack Webster who fer some tithe
has, been employed at, Valleyfield,
Quebee, Spent the Easter 'weekend
with relatives here, befote leaving.
,f9r• Winnipeg. •
• John Vinee, a resident of Lutknow
fel' almost six years, and an. employee
at Treleaven's Flour Mill, le spending
a week's vaeatinit at Hamilton, John
is a native Of YugoslaVia• and his
Mother and two sisters still reside
•there, not far fram the scene of the
bitterest fighting.
EVEN PLAYING 'ClIFaCKERg
FOR PATRIOTIC PURPOSES
, There have been Many means :de.;
visel fot, raising funds for patriotic
purposes, but the latest .lecelly ib a
checker, competition, to which fluid
eacI pisyek is.-tequested to , donate
$1.09.• • ,• ,"
.It promises to be a .keen competi
tion. with veterans olthe genie
throughout the- dietrict being Chosen-
• to 'team up .agailet each other: The
sides are captained by Joseph Agnew'
and F. D. 'MacLennan. • ,
The scene of the clash is Johnston's
• Restaurant.' The. •elate . is tonight -
(Thursday) at • o'cloek Forty Wiz-
ards of the "silent" game are • ex-
pected to compete, "•
JOINS H. L. L UNIT
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Russell "Buster" Whitby, youngest,
seri Of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Whitby
of Lucknow, enlisted last Week in the
Highland light. Infantry Battalion.
`!Bustee—was...--lome—in—unif*t_the.
latter part of the week, and had to
report in London on gunday night bat
returned here the first of 'the week
seeking new: reernits. for the unit.
"Blaster" is the fourth brother ,of
this flunilY to., offer his services. Geo.,
Ted and Sidi: all joined the Pith Bat-
tery shortly after. the -crutbieak
the war. Sid was later given hia hon-
orable discharge upon faiiittg to .pass
his final medical test George and
Ted are in training at Petatyawa.
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MRS. BAIN PASSES'
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• The death of Mrs. Roderick Bain,
aged 26 years, occurredatt her home,
Concession 5, :Kinloss on Wednesday.
The funeral service will be held. at
her late reside/lee' on Friday after-,
noon at two o'clock With interment
in Greenhill Cemetery.
OBITUARY
MRS.-WILLIAIVL GOLLAN •
Death came suddenly to .Mrs. William
dollen on, Wednesday of last`weekj
in Walkerton Hospital, although her.
condition had .been such that little
hope was held for her recovery. Mrs.
Gehl% was 'in her 31st year and be-
sides her bereaved husband is sur-
vived by a young family. of sit child-
ren. '
It was a sad scene on Good Friday
afternoon when the funeral service
was held at her late residence, con-
ducted by MacDonald. In-
• terment was in •South Kinloss Cero-
etel7 with three brothers, Arnold,
Art and Dan; Fred'Emberlin, Nor-
man Taylor and Fred Millie acting as
pallbearers. ••
Mrs. Gollan.was forinerly Florence
Mae Thomson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Thomson, of, Kinloss.
Besides her bereaved- husband, the
six motherless children surving are
bwo boys, Grant and Lloyeand four
little girle„Willena; Phyllis, May and
_Margaret.
• itrs..doiren itirvived by her
parents, four brothers and six Bib-
ters, Jack 'of Kirkland Lake; Att of
Lucknow, Arnold of 'Wingham and
an at home;, Mrs. Dick McQuillin,
Jr,. (Emily) of -tucknow; Mr's. Mal-
colm Stewart • (Alice) of Lucknow,
Winnie of Windsor; • Mrs. Harold
Stewart (Margaret) of Windsor and
Noreen and Doris at home.
• Angus. Keith, a respected Pioneer
farmer, of Lenore district in Mani-
toba died Thursday, March 27th, at
the hospital, Virden, aged 71 years;
one month and six days.
Mr. Keith Was born in Teeswater,
.01if.,'" and as, a young man went to
ManitabaKHe located in Lenore dis-
trict, where he engaged in farming
operations up t� a few years ago,
:
ohne:n., due, to ill•
health, he retired
from active: work -and -moved to Vir-
' In the distritt where he lived and
friend.
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eafor
m,so many years he was ee-
teeed as a good neighbour and
ie
His wife survives him end the syni-
pathy4, of many Wends is eirtended
to her in the bereavement his, •pass-
inghas caused. •
The funeral was held Saturday af-
ternoon front ,St. Paul's United
Church: where a service of -sympathy
Wae"earidueted by the Minister,' Rey.
W. A. r1na
°80bcTZwere depesited in the
vault 'in Virden Cemetery and will
later be laid •to restin the family
plot in 13readalbant 1Conetery. The
pallbearers Were Messrs. James Gard-
iner, J. Leask, Angus •Ftame Jack
Hill, Dan Gillis and Wro.
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MANY DIST.RICT TOWNS ADOPT
"HOMECOMIN,G WEEK" PLAN
We have Previellely 'drawn atten-,
.tion to the Move which ie on through-
, out Ontario' to veneer a "Homecom-
ing Week"; NY which a special lnyl-
tatien is extended to American
friendato visit :Canada. :
The plan is not one Of 'a round of
activity 'sueti,. as an Old
uniori,. bit rather a week specially
set aside, for a visit to the old home,,
or with friends and relatiaes,
Many neighbouring towns are ad.
dopting the plan, and it is expected
that the idea will shortly ha hilly
explained locally by a puhlielty man,
who is promoting "Homecoming
Week". The week generally agreed
upon is ,the 'first week- in•Jaly.- _
The Plan .is simple,: It is advertis-
ed in the :weekly papers, and each
subscriber is asked to: forwo.r4. his •
or her copy to some friend ,er rela-
tive in the United gtates.
, Its a unified effort to attract ,Aina.
erican teuriate to nadaTheywill,
'experienee no tr.-liable In getting:a-1,
crass the line, and they will find all
of the wild rumors" that have • been
.circulated in the States as quite un-
true, not forgetting that -their $1.0
is werth $1.10 ovet here.
Its just What's it's celled, ''Home!
corning Week",. when Toni, Dick and
Harry can renew 'old. friendships and „
acquaintances knowing in advanc,
that "everybody" will be over here
that week.
ACTION RESULTS FROM INJURY
RECEIVED AT C.N.E. YARD
The Spring assizes opened at Walk-
•erton on Tuesday afternoon with no• •
criminal docket t� confront 'make
Pakten of Toronto, 'who is prodding.
Three ciiircases are slated fog her.
ing,being two jury and one non -jury'
entries. ' •
• One action scheduledto be heard
by the 'jary is that of claire Milne, .
against the •'Canadian Natiiii,tal, Rail-
way, as the result of an injury rea
eeived in ,ttre local station yard last
'August Clair was thrown' from the
dray ,viagan and ,auffered t fractured
wrist • Counsel for the Plaintiff is
Caniphell Grant of Walkerton while
the C.N.R. is represented by .R. E.
Laidlaw, LC.; of Toronto,
250 RECRUITS' WANTED TO
TRAIN AS TRADESMEN
' This week the Department of Nat-
ional Defence is ealling, for approx-
imately 250 men'between the ages
of 19 and 35, physical category ."A"
Or "Bl" to train as tradesmen in the
following trades: Fitters (machinists)
blacksmiths, (Forge and acetylene
weldhig)a, *carpenters and, joiners,
clerks, electricians WI motor mech-
anics a:nd fitters (Motor vehicles);
Starting 21st' April, 1941, for men
selected for the above trades,' classes
will commence in Technical schools in
the district, the first' dourse will be
of .10 weeks duration. Here Is a
„splendid opportunity for young. .men
willing to enlist for, Active Service
to get trade training, rwhieh will stand
•them in, good stand after the war.
• Men interested should communicate
direct with Capt. Treve 'lames, Re.
cruiting officer; at the Armouries,
Walkerton as soon as possible. •
MAILS LOST THROUGH
ENEMY, ACTION,
Canadian citizens expecting.r. mai
from soldiers-er friends in England,
mailed during the period 14th to 23rd'
March last are advised that. there
may be Considerable delay or perhaps
loss, according to 8 statement releas-
ed by Postmaster Gerietal William P.
Mulock.• .
Word has just •been received that
a steamer carrying Mail is overdue. •
The ship was supposed to have left
the other side during the last Week
of March,- and .was due in Canada a-.
mind the first week Of Ain,. The -
*inner was Carrying 4,Z61 bags of
mail, •ihetuding 3,855 hags of lettere
-and 403 hage of- parcels. •
--- The Canadian Post Office Depart'
ment is at all times anxious tb pro-,
vide a Wife and expeditious. Mail set=
vie between citizens of Canada and
military forces and friends in Great
Britain, hut the above is an example
of One of the unavoidable aituaticine
which from time to time confront the
• Postal Service., •
NOTICE
• The Village Catmell has found it
necessary to lcick.the entrance tothe
duinpirig greundkeys have been ftir-
nished to local teeitisters, namely,
Wm. .10htiston, Dave Pailrie, V, Mal-
colm and Peter Carter. 4
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