The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-07-10, Page 11„
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Lucknow 'int., Thursday July 10th; 1941
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VOTE TO BE TAKEN
ON:BUI LDI NG BY=LAW
Property owners of the Village will
A ust
decideFriday, • by brillot 'on ug;,; 1,
';:.whether or not: they approveof the
Council spending '$3500 to repair, ren-
ovate •Ariel equip".the "Geddes' 'Build-
•ing": as a . Municipal' Office, and '.see
and storey dwelling. ,; ..
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Village Council decided last Wed
nesday to submit the matter to a
vote of ,the property owners, and in.
this issue the first publication of
the .required by-iaw_appears.'
The by-law calls for the raising of
$3500 upon the credit of the Village'
by the :Issuing of a. 20 -year deben-
ture in. tbis amount,. with equal .an-
nual payments of. principal . and in-
terest amounting `to •$246.27.
The sum' covers the purchase, ren-
ovating; repairing and improving of
the building• and the construction
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of a -vault, and for renovat:.g.ing the .
• second storey for' 'dwelling 'purposes.
The first :floor will be used as 'a
municipal office for the village; •by_•dro
• and:'waterworks departments.
: There have been . some •lively muni-
cipal.developments aince this 'build-
ing was :taken over'' by the ., town.
Councillor ,Treleaven resigned on the
grounds of the procedure 'being fol-
lowed in remodeling thebuilding. Wm.
:Murdie resigned upon a threat to din
qualify him for entel•ing „into 'a con=.
tract in renovating: the building and
• then'at a hearing of t 7-Mun`rcrpal-
Board 'a petition was .presented that
'spiked any, chance of the Board au-
thorizing the expenditure of this mon- -
ey without a vote of"the the ' people.'
41. And r , 'that vote is being called;
and we doubt if the . whole matter
• is very clear in the, minds of the
electors; If you ;have an opinion;. pro'
or con, on the 'matter the. Pub-
lisher will welcome your views in the'
,form of a "Letter to the Editor".
BO1 iNG.' NEWS
Winners of last Wednesday's jitney
'were MratClarke, Mrs: R. C. Robert
son and Mrs. Solomon: .
In a local men's doubles tournament
on Friday .evening 'winners Were, :1st;
Isaac Miller.. and JacksHenderspn; 2nd,
Aleic• Mac$enaie and„ Angus McKen.
zie; 3rd, .Fred Steward and Wallace
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Miller.
Winners of 'the , mixed jitney. bn
Monday.: evening were,' ladies= -Mrs.
Clarke, Mrs. Button, Mrs; Solomon;
iien—Howard Agnew, W. , P. Reed,
'Isaac 'Millen.' ,
Bomb Victim; Donations
Recent donations to ' the British
Bomb Victims (Refugee Fund) . re-
oived by, Mrs. Walter. 'H'amilton are,
rs. Grant MacDiarmid and Mrs.
:Elden Henderson, strawberry tea pro=
T teeeds, $17.10, 'Miss -Annie MacLennan
42.00.
4 OUNC1L STRIKES
EW : COMMITTEES
When the two' newly. elected Coen -
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*noes,. J. W. Joynt and Austin Solo-
lnon were sworninto office, lastWed-
esday,-one' of the first chatters to.
e ;considered was committee appoint-
' 4nerits, which were, revised as follows,
the first named being ehairrnan of
1'lhe committee:
'Finance—McQuillin, •:' -Bushell and
Solomon. '
Ifydro- Bushell, Joynt and Solo-
n.• ,
-Roads and Bridges—Ferguson,
ushell and Joynt, •
Property and , Supply—Solomon,
Ferguson,' McQuillin.
Petitions and By-Laws=Joynt, Mc-
uillin; Feitguson. •
J. `W. roynt• ' and Austin Solomon
ere appointed. as • Council represen-
tives on the Arena Committee, suc�
eding Harold Treleaven•' and Wm.
urdie. •
It was decided to .submit By�Law
o. 6, 1941,to a. vote of the rate-
;ers to be held on Feiday, August'
Decide. On Retread
Abe County' grant for road work
1 be again ' used to extend the a-
surfac within the.
fiynt of retreade
age... The portion scheduled for
riding this Year' inclu es a block
fie o n Inglis
the o tof i � n
h 'from P s g.
the •block east to Outram St., and
Outram m St. north to Gough St.,
,. g
he Mitchell 'residence.
�,ouncil decided to fittd out. the cost
�i kdng•-a. teat--of-..the- water, in all -
is in th
e Village.
Haven� was instructed to in-
t
-
ta11 hydro lines with the Con,
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tee grid make all t neeessary re.
DUMI;'IN"G., GROUND TO ••
BE •OPEN • EACH. THURSDAY
.the Lucknow,' Municipal Dumb will•
be, open, each- 'Thursday ' from one.
o'clock in' the" afternoon. until •8. in
the evening, with a.mari 'in charge, t'
See that disposal -of garbage and re-
fuse is properly made. ''
It :w.as this"` "reckless disposal of
,refuse that. decided Council. early this
yeas• to put the dump vnderQlock and
key, ,with admittance .onlyavailable
to_ teamsters.. It' was a very a °pu-
lar policy' however and its. mod fica•-
tion, to'the'point where the gro nds
are • .open for certain hours .each
Thursday, , will .reduce the, protests'
against the locked gate policy.
UNDERWENT OPERATION •
Miss. Margaret McQuillin • •under-
went • a serious 'operation, in London.
last ;Wednesday in 'connection with
have-develo -developed"- corrip`lac`ations thaat p ,
Association,. with•:a mastoid operation
.she underwent several; years ago..Al
though her condition was . regarded
quite seriously,, Margaret is now mak •
ing `a satisfactory recovery, and it i,.
anticipated , that the • operation".will
completely correct . the . ear .condition..
which.'.she ,has for some tune been
troubled with.
A HEAVYWEIGHT CALF
_�.IZVA �t— nn't--pretendto know much
about,livestock, but a newly -Born. calf.
that tipped the scale at .126 pounds:
shoiil'd conte in: for some "Believe'
it or not" publicity, • and might' even
catch Andy Clarke's eye.
This 126 -pound grade calf, ; pure
white fn color, was born at the farm
Of Wallace Miller on Friday'. and M-
a
erally looks half grown.- •
SHEEP: FLEECE WON BY,
MRS.,;Mcli 11VI, PROCEEDS' $28.80, .
The draw.for the sheepfleece,.don-•
ated 'by Mr, arid Mrs: R. F. Andrew
'of Zion, . was made on. Friday, withMrs. A. E. McKim holding the.lucky
ticket,. number 41. The' draw was
made' at•thehome of'M'rs. W; G. -An-
drew whore the Zion workers•',were
invited for. a quilting and tea. ,Mrs.
Isaac Andrew. mixed the tickets 'and
the draw was made by Caryl Gardner,
4 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Gardner • ••
. Tickets on the fleece were sold by
Mesdames Frank ,Ritchie and: Robert•
Andrew and the netproceeds amount-•
ed 'to $28.80, this. being due to the
fact that ,Dr. and Mrs. John D: Mac-
Kinnon of Detteit• contributed $17.50.
for two tickets:
I.U'CKNOW BAND ."ABOUT ,
BEST LOOKING OF THE LOT"
Lucknow Pipe Band competed in
the CSxledonian Games at Embro on
Ju y' ist, and, although they',didn't
figure in the• money, Lucknow spect-
ators -were •quite•proud• •of "the- boys"
.and they got a. big hand from the
crowd on every appearance. •
Here's what a press' report in part'
had to say: • '
"The Argyle and Sutherland band
under Pipe -Major Featherston •iwinr
first honors, in the, pipe band coin.
petition. •In addition to a purse of
$125, the band won possession of the
Colonel Alexander Fraser. 'Menior•ial
Trophy, taking' it front, the 1040
ners,' the 'Ingersoll pipe band. Each
band played a anarc.h, a strathspey
and' a reel. Second din the contest was'
the St.. Catherines pipe band • under
Pipe -Major Macpherson. The pipe
band of the Kent Regiment A.F. of
London .won third place and the:Dorn'
inion Foundries band of Hamilton•fol-
lowed. Standing fifth was the band of
d.he Royal.Canadian Engineers .under•
the command. Of. Pipe -Major Wright,
veteran pipe band leader The other
bands were the Ingersoll pipe .band'
the. Saskatchewan H'cirse pipe band
and the'. Lucknow •pipe •band. The
Lucknow' pipe ,hand, although not tak-
ing' any honors, was. about the best
looking of the lot .,with its' Thembers
wearing new tartans just sent from
Scotland. The 'tartan was known as
'Bonnie Prince Charlie's royal cloak"
•o''etime' as the :"Stewart' o
rind. s n1 i sf
i ingeak" tartap. Judge of the pipe
hand competition was pipe -Major
Steve McKinnon of Montreal.
: The tug -o' -war team of the Detroit
Police department lwalk'ed off with,
the' championship in that'•event de-
feating the Toronto polite departrnen
i i=fi ,rt
tea rr-t sem ls- and. -:hall •
mr he- en
iilg and heating the 1940 champs, the
Fergus tears•►. Each mail, Mr the De-
troit teeth. was huge. All weighed
1) titid ,
over 0 .pounds and the • biggest,
Omar Anderson, weighed 300 ;pounde.
TWO ACCIDENTS
OVER'OVER WEEK -END
a,
Mr:- John ;Ross, .public: school,. prim•:
ci al
Mr..;
' Severe gash to
head in a 'haying, mishap . the endIii's
;of
the' wee11. •
Sohn 'was ,raking .hay at the •farm.
of Rods MacMillanwhen ' b,roken
tongue the -horses• to. run away
r- . ..
nearby tree.. -and.into'a y t
Whether John' .was hurt in being,
thrown against the tree or -under the•
rake isn't clearly recalled' but in any
event he emerged with a head .lacer-
ation, that retluiredseven stitches to,
close. •
Fractures 'Arm . •
Oo Monday, Dave Milne was thrown
from a wagon°and ,suf°,fered a double
fracture -of the;. left wrist. • •
Dave, assisted by Dan MacLeod,
was drawing slabs. for the Lucknow
Sawrnill, Company •when the mishap
occurred , as• he was ountm the
loaded wagon. Dave landed heavily
on the . wrist causing a bad double
fracture,' and_`which wase set without
the injured Ria . submitting to. an
anesthetic: •
SCRAP. GATHERED FOR(1.
'SECOND TIME 'LAST 'FRIDAY
The Clansmen held 'a second scrap
collection tour of the Village last
Friday_.even ng_.in._iheix.....qu-est:-f_or.
paper, maga'zines,, rags, 'scrapmetal,
etc. ..
This...salvage work is carried on as.
a part of, the National Salvage Cam-
paign, and proceeds of the scrap sales
will be used entirely for war work
purposes. '
The •salvage depot is at Johnston's
Feed Stable,and scrap may be left
there at •any • time by Village or rural
contributors.
In the meantime Village: residents.
are .urged tel gather and save paper,
magazines, rags and scrap . metal:
which will ,be 'collected by The Clans=
nieii later in the summer.
Doubles Tournament Oil . •
As we go to press. on Wednesday;
Lueknow Bowling Club •is.staging .:.its..
first major tournament, ofthe seas-
ons , This is the Scotch Doubles for
the Tip ,Top Trophy, This 'year "two
draws are being made"two. and the elim-
inatioti plan followed, so that all
genies will be played on 'Lucknow
greens, with• accomodation for a total
of 44• rinks, :.
. DIED IN DETROIT
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Smith were
called to Detroit on Saturday, due t',,
The death of Mrs: Smith's sister, Mrs.
Locke; formerly Minnie Ross.' Mrs.
Locke has 'been. in failing' health for
some time and six weeks ago Mr. and
Mrs. Smith visited with her in De-
troit.
"BUTCHER BOYS" LEAVE •
George Gibbons and Malcolm 'Stew-
art, who, have been' engaged .in .Hed-
ley's 'ande McMillan's butcher shops
respcctiv'ely, have • secured • employ-
inent in •a packing house at Barrie
where they%are now working. We un-
derstand their • families will join them
shortly. '
PRAISES WORK
OF RED -CROSS
In a recent letter received by Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. •Smith, from their son
Alex who is "serving overseas with
the R.C.•A,F., Alex has high praise
for the work of the Red Cross:1
But here are his own words:
"Oh yes, you once asked about the
Red Cross. I have never bad anything
to do with them over here, but I 'aryl
sure they do not sell their articles.
To begin with, they are working most-
ly with people who have lost 'homes,
clothes, furnitare, 'money, everything+
in 'boinbed -areas, lit is to them that
the Red Cross supply blankets, sweat-
ers, sgcks and clothing of' all kinds
as well as food',artd •thep lain tiJessit-
les of life. These people couldn't' pay
becatuse they have nothing but their
lives left 'to pay :avith• acrd anyone
who deliberately injures the work
among , such people . by telling false
,stories ribout the' Red Cross 'should:
be shot, There„ are hundreds arid
thousands of people alive today be-
c usc. the organizations' li•]ce the Med
Cross:-savedp.thoni-Born---starr+ing.--or•
freezing after ,boinb.'attacks arid that
doesn't Say anything about all • their
work' nenong the wounded a injur-
ed.
end They need every help they can
get these days".
Successful .H .gh School
` r Entrance Candidates
••••Luckno. :Centre •
.ark ll'Jack;'`a n i . • 1_.
. • B we .. • Beaton; J m, Cu
"beat, Shirley (Hon,); Ferguson, Jin
(Hon.); Graham, *Arian; Griffin;
Leonard; Henderson, Lois; Jackson,
Edna (Han.); Johnstone, Bill; John:
sne, Bili Allan; ':John tone, Dona1
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Lloyd, Ivan; MacCorinell,.' Margaret;,
MacMillan, Lavergne; MacQuillan,
Gordon; MacCartney, Deniiia
McGuire, . Lovell;' McQuai;' Mary
(Hon.); Mowbray, Helen •'(Hon.);
Murray, Veronica (Hon. ); Reid, . Jes-
sie; Stimson; Bertha; Solomon; Alma;
Taylor, Doris; Taylor, George; Tre-
leaven, Patricia (lion.); Treleaven,
Jack. (Hon.); Walsh, John (Hon.);
Winterstein, ,Ruth; • Webster; Mae
(Hon.).
The_ following; candidate Was grant -
cd certificate �b • §Pecial,. r ration
-10 (5) 'MacMillan; •.Myles.
REEVE E BUSHELL
V S
RESIGNATiON
WITHDRAWN
Afternoon "arid nig-,ht sessions of,
Lucknow's new Council wereheld last
Wednesday, • when Reeie N. E. Bush,.
ell was prevailed upon 'to. withdraw
-Iiis- resignation, :and v,ontiriue--ny--of=
flee, '
The motion in this regard was made.
by , the two 'newly '.elected .mern'bers
of the Board, Councillors' Joynt . and.
Solomon and read:, "that this Council
respectfully request that Reeve Bush-
ell withdraw his \resignation as we
feel that th'e' majority of the •rate-
payers are, in favor of him so doing".
Mr. Bushell • resigned the end :; of
May, closely • following' the 'resigna-
tion of Wm. Murdie which created
the second Council seat vacancy, am'
left. the Board without a quorum to
deal with Mr° Bushel'1's resignation
which had since beeri•? on .fyle 'until
dealt with by the ney elected' Board
last Wednesday. • •
Withdrawal of Mr, Bushell's resig-
nation leaves the personell of • • the.
Board as follows:. Reeve N. E. Bush-
ell and Councillors Donald Ferguson,
J. W: Joynt, ':11,: •li. McQuillin and
Austin Solomon.
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr. anU Mrs. Thos. J. Anderson
of Ashfield announce the'engageiment
of their daughter, Jean Mary, to Mr.
William Charles Hodgins, son of Mr's.
Walter Hodgins and' the' late Walter•.
Hodgins of Kinloss. The inarriage will
take place in July. • •
BORN.,
MacDONALD—Rev. and Mrs. R.
Douglas MacDonald (nee Laura M.
Wilkin, Islington, Ont.), are happy to
announce thy birth,. of their -daughter,-
Mary Ellen, on. July 2, at• Memorial
Hospital, St. Thomas. •
TAYLOR --On Friday, June 24th,' to
Mr. aid Mrs: Gordon Taylor, RR. 2,
Lucknow (nee Hazel •Gauley of God-,
erieh), a son, Thomas Sorter,
GAUNT—In .Wingham General Hos-
pital on Tuesday July 8th, to Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Gaunt (nee 'Annie Wet -
son) of. Si. Helens, .adaughter:.
REJECT :CHIEF'S
RESIG'NATIO'N,
At. the July mg .• -of . the. Luck -
now. Fire Brigade, the resignation of
Austin', SOlornon as Fire Chief was
rejected;' .
' Mr.' Solomon's" olomon's" resignation' was text -
dere; prier .: to his :election to ,the
`.Village .Council, when it Was reported
s. • o .._ he Bri .ad •-
that a s member f the g e. ,he
Would be 'liable to Ire disqualified if
lie took is seat • on the Council. ' r.
Mr. Soe orison is chief, of the volun-
teer fire brigade which receives $125.
per year divided among its me'nibers
according. to .attendance at meetings
and fire calls. The individual remun-
eration for one who is regular in at-.,
ten,danee . is from .$10 to $12.00 a year.
It was on -the basis of acceptance
of thisremuneration that left Mr
Solomonopen to disqualification from
the Council,.
Fire Company embers in declin-
iilg to accept Mr..' Solomon's resigna-
tion, requested; l that 'he continue • as•
Fire Chief, _without remuneration, to
'Which ' Mr. S lomon agreed.
-The Brigade purposes to learn how-
ever 'i£ acceptance .of such remuner-
ation for volunteer ' services ' leaves.
The Chief liable to disqualification..
It. Pays, We Repeat!
It pays to use the Want Ad Col-
unin ,in The Sentinel. We often tell
you this --tint "every week` ,we 1i'ave
proof-of-3-t=T-wo-weeke ago George -
Beaton sold • a number\ of .pigs by
running a '2-Iine ad and in our last
issue Dan McIntyre of Langside : had
equally good results in disposing of,;
two Durham cows. •
.MET 'MISSIONARTEE ,
WHO KNEW' MISS DOUGLAS •
Cpl. Stewart'Canieron, who is stat-
ioned at Nanaimo, B.C., with the
Argyll and. Sutherland . Highlanders,
tells in a recent letter home of meet-
ing missionaries, who are well ac
c(u'ainted" with Miss 'Dorothy Douglas.
Stewart heard a Missionary by the
name of , Miss 'Curran speak, in the
United' Church in Nanaimo.. She was
:from..Forniosa' and: .speaking to her:
afterthe service Stewart found that
Miss Curran knew' Miss Dangles quite
Well and also ,Rev. Hugh MacMillan,
having''worked with both of them..
Miss Curr'aii Reade Ste'tvart-acquain-
ted with Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery'
who 'were, also. thin. Formosa, and
.whh •kn•ew. • Miss Douglas and. the
MacMillans:
:. Stewartexplained that these ac-
quaintances were English people who
could., not get back to their own coun
tiy because . of the .war, and who
shortly expect to return to China.
'JUNE PROMOTIONS .
FOR SS. 4, 'KINLOSS
I COMING EVENTS 1
DANCE •AT PARAMOUNT
Dancing' at Paramount hall, every
Friday night to Mac'Kenzie's orchest-
ra. Door prize. Admission 35e. • •
-*DANCE AT FORDYCE SCHOOL
At Fordyce School, •Tue day; July.
15th, McCharles orchestra, 'Roy M.e-
Creight caller -off. Admission 25c:
Proceeds for patriotic purposes.
MONSTER GARDEN PARTY'
At Holyrood on Thursday, July 17,
for patriotic purposes. Supper.,6 to
Good varied -program, feature attrac-
tion—Paul Bros. of St. Marys. Aus-
pices• I :WJI. Admission 40 cents arid
25 cents. All cinder cover if weather
is, unfavourable.
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PARMEI :S, ATTENTION!
Federation of Agriculture 'Picnic at
Auburn on Friday, July 18th at 1.30
o'clock. . 1M'r'
. - Y. S. Milburn, guest
speaker, See.-Treas. Ont. Federation
-oia--•Ag}=ioulture� eileagrann--Speetq,
Dancing,Speaking. Bring,,evening
lunch. Admission free. Sponsored by
Colborne &
Wawanosh,
East & West
t4' nett units of the Federation of
Agriculture., Hand in attendance,
°
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Promoted to Grade 7—Harold El-
liott, Lloyd .Johnston.
..:.Promoted _ to- .Grade_ -5.--Eileen El-
liott (h), Keith Johnston*.
Promoted to Grade 4—Shirley Rob-
inson (h). • , '
Promoted to Grade 3—Wayne John-
ston (h), Ronald McGillivray, Harvey
Houston. '
Promoted to Grade 2—Jack Mac-
Donald (b)'.
Best attendance for year=-
Harold
Elliott. •
(h)—Honours; *—conditioned.
Mary E. Smith,
,Teacher.
INDUCTED NEW
PASTOR FRIDAY
' The induction of Rev. J. W. Stew-
art as pastor of the Lucknow United,
Church was held here on Friday ev-
ening. The ceremony, was in charge
of -Rev. R. N. Stewart of Tebswaten
who -inducted Rev. Stewartupon au-
thority of truce Presbytery..Assiott-'
ing in the. service 'were, Rev: C. N.
MacKenzie of Ripley who addressed
the minister and Rev. B. Eyre of Ar -
mow who . spoke to the congregation.
Rev.' and Mrs. Stewart were intro.
duced to the congeegation at the close
of the service by Mrs. A. Ackert, Mr.
S. C. Rathwell and Mr. Andrew Lock-
,
hdrt. .r •
Later a social 'hour was spent in
p
the Sunday.School room.
On Sunday Rev:• Stewart occupied
the. pulpit , for the first time and de-
livered ul force o
f sermons both morn-
ing and evening.
Revd and -Mrs. Stewart vfho • play
• ire octant roles '
ut conducting the '
p V.
P; S. Summer School Cann at Mir-
amichi Bay at Port Elgin, are tires
week in attendance at ' eatnp, along
with their son and daughter. •
MRS. HARVEY WEBSTER. WON .
FIRST PRIZE HAST WEEK •
Winner of the . $5,00: prize in lest
Wednesday •nights, draw .' as Mrs.
Harvey Webster of Lucknow: 'Second
prize 9f' $,2.00 ...was •non by •Gorden
Ritchie, •R.'3,. Lucknow.
Mrs.
H. D. Anderson's. name .was
drawn • for '3rd '• price ' of $1.0'd, ` w,hieh.
wars riot claimed. Thrd prize. this
week will have a value of $2:00. •
' Frank Miller, R. 5 L:ueknow' was
the. •winner of 4th prize of ' $1.00,
which had, double value as this 'prize
was not 'claimed the week previous:
Fifth prize was likewise doubled and
Mrs. John . Gardner, who was the
winner received $1),00 rather than.
50 cents. Sixth prize of 50c went to
Grant Gotten. , •
PRESENT UMBRELLA' TO
MRS. C1]IF0 AITCHISON •
-r .. . iff Aitchison,._ Tom-
niys. Cli f Roy and Tom
niy .'have moved to, Hespler to join
Mr Aitchisonwho has .been employed'
there for some time. •
Before departing- Mrs. Aitchison
was presented with 'a silk umbrella
by members of the Y.W.A. of the
Presbyterian. Church, of : which ;or-
ganization she had previously acted
as secretary.. •
¶the presentation took place at the
regular meeting of the Y W A;, held.
at the home 'of .Mrs.\ Wm. Fisher, and
was made by Miss- Marion•MacDoug-
as alid Mrs. James Little. '
FAN WANTED •
The Lucknow Fire Company des-
ires to Ideate its electric fan and any-
one knowing Of its . whereabouts is
asked to kindly 'notify any member
of the . Brigade.. The fan • is used in
cases of illness. • •
RETURNS ON VISIT 'AFTER
HALT' A CENTURY'
Ja ' A.se D u y•
mesFran r of Dauphin, Man,
isvisiting in • thislocality, 'with his;
niece; `Mrs. John -S. Purvis.' He : made
the trip, east by bus and plans . to
visit here for a month • or so. .
Mr. Fraser, was a former resident
of the district, although it is the
first time lie has returned here in
52' `years, and there are few familar
faces and 'little to identify the' :vill-
age, as the one he left , more than
a half century ago: -
PAPER. CELEBRATES
50th . ANNIVERSARY
The 50th birthday of The Chilli-
wack. Progress of British' Columbia
was observed recently, when a very
creditable twenty -page paper was. is-
sued to mark the occasion.
C. A. Barber is the present editor.
Charlie learned the printing in Wing-,
ham and was for a time employed
in The .Sentinel before going west
wher• .he'•,u'blished'_ his first JaaJu,
at Pilot Mound, Man: r
KNEE ' BROKEN • IN
HAYING ' ACCIDENT
Walter Walden of the Second Con-
cession. Huron, .was seriously injured
when the team he was driving gave
a start and upset a lead of 'hay. He.
had his knee badly broken. He was
taken to Kincardine' hosiptal, later
being n oved to •the Toronto General•
Hospital. .•
MISSION . BAND RALLY
HELI) IN • LUCKNOW
An enthusiastic telly of the five
Mission hands of the western section.
of the ' Maitland' Presbyterial' Society
'of the Presbyterian Church in Can-
.ada was held. Thursday afternoon in
Lucknow• Presbyterian church, with
Mrs, R. Esler, of Ashfield, in charge.
The Mission Binds of South Kinloss.
Kincardine, , Lucknow, Ashfield and
Ripley were in. attendance. Over 100
persons• were presents .
Greetings from' the Provincial Mis-
.sion Band secretary,, Mrs: Chas. Rob-
ertson, of KessoSvile, were read by
Mrs. Esle . Greetings from the+Mait-
land ' 'Presbyterial were brought by.
the presbyterial president, Mrs:
Davidson, •Dungannon, • who spoke
briefly and presented. the South Kin-
loss Misaion' Band with a banner as
•ar award of merit from the Presby.1
terial for the highest average atten-
dance in the Presbyterial.
Miss Dorothy' Douglas, Lucknow,
recently returned ' front porraose,
where she had- served -.1.2• y -n-a
eas-s•..a--
missionary, introduced Mrs:' G. W.
McKay, her fellow -worker and friend
from :'paitisOi, Formosa, who ryas the
guest' speaker. She related stories
of the work iii Formosa.
E1;.. 'RE
HAYING IS FATAL'
Suffering a.' weak • spell while bay-
ing. last Saturday .,afternoon,' Alfred
Emerson of: West; ' 'Wawanosh, • fell
heavily . to the ground • striking his
head and .suffered injuries' that prov-
ed almost',inst'antly. fatal.
'Peter WatsonY.of town was•',assist-
ng in-
i .. ..Mr. •:Emerson n - Pff • .,the.......
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hay crop • and at the time • they were
on the ,Kway •to the barn '.with a load..
Without warning,. Mr,• Enxerson'. coll
apsdd and fell 'head first,'from the.,
back of the load' to the:hard ground,
suffering fatal neck ;:and .head inju$- • '
i'es. .
Mr.'.Emerson, who. was: 51, years of ••
age, is a son. of Mrs.- Alexander Em-
.erson and the late' Mr. Emerson. He:
has 'been a lifelong resident of .est „
Wawanosh, and. the ;shock andsorrow
of• his : sudden passing' is •felt keenly
i the a ar is lar '
n,_ a c.mmunity and i d. p• t .0
blow..to his aged,mother, w.ho is over
the four score mark, and makes her •
home With -her -son. -- :
It' was less than .a year ago,. en Au
;gust 20th, that Mrs.' Emerson's son
Jim died in'Wingliam' Hospital. Since • •
then Alfred had • carried' on• the heavy:
.duties of the farm ,Alone, and was .an
untiring. and 'energetic worker, .
The funeral service ' was '.held at,
his late residence •on' Tuesday after-."
noon, •.conducted by Rey., John- Pollock •
and .• Rev, Keene h` -WeLearr ter-'".
nient w' ri Greoi[hill emeteryt with
Jas. •Laidlaw,' Herbert •Laidlaw, • Dus
tan Beecroft, Chester Taylor,, Albert
Paterson and Carmen 'Farrier,•acting•,
as pallbearers. r '
' Besides his aged mother; Mr •Em-
erson is survived by -one. brother, Vic- .
for of •Langside,and twosisters., Lila
of Wingham and Mrs: Maud Haggett
of Blyth. ;
Week -end visitors with Mrs. Walter
R. Horne were Mr. Harry Vanelerhook.
and daughter V.irginia.of Detroit, ae
companied' by Miss Mildred Horne
who is remaining for a'week with her
.brother. .
Special..At . LyCeum.... ..
The special attraction at the Ly-
ceum Theatre, Wingham• this, week,
stars Mickey Rooney in ''Andy
Hardy's Private Secretary". •
HIGRWAYS IN ' GOOD SHAPE
There can .be little fault found in
main roads into Lucknow this sum
mer. The road south is 'a splendid
hard -surfaced road, and when work
is completed this year and next. on the
Highway •north ' to -Kinloss, that •
stretch of road will have a similar ' •
surface.
The. Provincial Highway • east on
Wingham has received •a surface
treatment. that has 'improved it con-
siderably and 'made it dust free, while
the road •west Of the Village has been
treated -with aleitiin"s1iierid'e' to lay -
the dust.
"CALL TO ARMS"
READ THURSDAY
A , "Call to Arms", 'a proclamation
in . the,'. defense of freedom, was read
at 3.30 on Thursday afternoon from
the steps of the Carnegie Hall, , by
Councillor R. H. McQuillin, acting on
behalf of Reeve N. E. Bushell:
The '•parchment -was presented to
M>;'.. McQuillin' by an officer comrnand
ing a detachment of soldiers who
paused herd' to deliv6r the "call to
Mms" in olds -time style.• The detach -
erit lined up in front of the Town
Hall, a trumpeter sounded the call
and the 'proclamation was then 'read
aloud and later displayed 'i i the' post
office.
The "Call to' Ars" read as foll
own:
Whereas Liberty is threatened.
throughout the world by the forces,
of tyranny, and
Whereas Canada of her own free
will is pledged to fight for freedom
by the side of Britain; and ' •
.Wheras the security and the irel-
fare of every man, woman and child
in Canada and of `free peoples every-
where depend upon victory, and
Whereas !Victory cannot he assured
without the lt•elp of every loyal cit-
izen of this Dominion, no ve • e it
known.' that there is urgent need for
stout-hearted, able-bodied men, to vol-
unteer for' active service 'in the Can-
adianarmy, wherefore'Canada sends
out - a.."Call.. To -.Amin . _and- eh ar,ges ... .
all true Canadians to heed and to
help.
J. A., Ralston,
Minister of National Defence.
God ,Save The .Ding
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