The Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-07-23, Page 8via LVa Riv6W s iv EL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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THURSDAY. JULY 23rd 1942
THE i1I, NS MILE RIVER
' (Dy Will Favaday)
The NitieMide -River ;may not _be
As .farm, as, other streams,
But •I an;.4nre, for you and me,
! It figures in our dreams..
We see it in the summer sun
Reflect its fiery beams:
rsting NeH
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Monday July 27,
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Concert it9 p. m.
ADMISSION 50c, Children 25e
St:: Joseph's ladies...have__don- _
ated the rations
DANCING
IN ICINGSBRIDGE HALL
oat 11 p.m. (•
McKENZIE'S ORCHESTRA
TRUCKS HAULING PRODUCE
MAY CARRY'PASSENGERS.
Beside its bank no battling throngs
Have fought in bloody strife.
No great composer with his songs,
Has made it throb with life.
No Lochinvar has .crossed :its 'flood
To win a loving wife.
To you, and me I'm sure it •means
More thanythe'Danube can.
NNorcare we that Niagara flows
Beneath a
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That archeso,es:a boiling
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Defied. by puny; man.
It has been announced by Jaynes
LOCAL and GENERAL
Miss Belle,' Robertson is •holiday-
ing . at Pen Lake, Muskoka.
Miss, Isobel Hamilton of Stratford
isholidayinig, at her home_ here.
Miss Doris Ritchie *as a recent
visitor at Lundell and Woodstock.
lyfiss? Lundell Mina Graham of; Chillicothe
spent the past week with her sisters
and brothers here. ^
Miss Margaret Hardy of London
was a recent guest with Mr. .and
Mrs. George, Andrew. r
We sing The Banks of Bonnie Doone
And "Where the Shannon Flows".
The lllecillewaetis "born
Mid Selkirk's iceand snows.
We care nothing from where it
comes--'
We care not where it goes.
We hear the "Volga Boat 'Song"
sung-- •
Stewart, services administrator for The music always thrills.
the Wartime Prices & Trade Board' We known: that other streams flow'
t k d tohaul "any pro
hat trucks use b
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ls" ma carry as ' mills
ucts �x�rn alexia__ __ _ _ _. Y .._ _ _.0 Beside -historic
Mrs: Margaret Hamilton of the.
R.C.A.F (W.D.) •of Toronto spent
the week -end here •
Mr: and 'Mrs. Phil Parfitt and so
of Timmins visited .last 'week with
Miss' Lillian Mitchell:
SLENDOR TABLETS -Harmless.
effective. Two'weeks supply $1.0
Gordon R. 'Taylor, Druggist..
'Mrs j1G. Anderson is slowly im
proving in health since suffering
stroke about two weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. A .E. Millson` an
Eileen of Weston visited -this wee
with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Joynt.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Huston
Toronto spent a few days last we
with his '.mother, Mrs: David Hu
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FOURTH. CONCESSION
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many as two. passengers' in• the cam; And that: the Tiber' seeks the sea moved to her.• home in t
in addition to the driver f i�°ned Seven Hills
"In fact", 'Mr. Stewartsaid, [ Treleaven.
0.
Mrs. J...Carrtithers was hostess,
for the *July .meeting of the IL F.
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There was a large attendance,
Mrs, A McIntyre presided and the
Meeting opened with singing the
opening ode followed by repeating
the . Lord's prayer • ire unison, Mrs.
McKinnon -read the . minutes of last_
meeting and Ms. Martin gave the,e.
treasurer's report. 'Community sing=
ing "Drink to me' only with Thine
eyes" with Mrs. Houston at the . or-
gan. The roll call ivas responded to
by "A Canadian Hero". The . busi-
ness was discussed and it was 'de-
cided-to
de-cided•to baye a, picnic on Friday at
Poplar Beach: A program followed
which included: a paper : by Mr s
Houston, violin selections' by . Dr
Little; a reading by -Shirleyley Moffat;
,
a reading .'by.. Mrs. R. Martin; Miss•
Doris Irwin sang "Home ; on . the
Range" playing her own accompan-
iment en the guitar; a reading by
-Mrs. Wm. McDonald; a 'musical
number by Mrs: McKinnon and- Mrs
Middleton; a splendid paper by Mrs.
Wm. Eadie; a • poem by Miss Eliza-
beth McIver; Mrs. A. Sutherland
reada paper on 'A.ustralia which
everybody benefited by. Three little
girls, Jean Mc Kinnon, Shirley Mof-
fat and. Betty Hamilton made some
pretty wall, pockets which they sold
at the meeting and 'netted a nice
profit. ' of $1.75 with • which was`
-l�oug3�t- a�-pr�etty��uilt top
for
the
refugees. During the meeting a pres-
entation was made to Mrs. •McCal
lum.. Mrs. D. L. McKinnon; present-
ed her with a pretty table lamp and
Mrs. A. McIntyre read the following
address:
a
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of
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'-- -Mts -Richard-Johnstons�f
he
e eve . past Rome's a. recently.
"it is 'village, formerly owned by Dr.
expected' :at whenever shopping
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The Jordan:is a ,sacred stream.
can be done on trips that.are nec- The Ganges is, also:- , Mrs. N L. Campbell and Lor
essary for'. the" hauling of produce, . The Nile, I'm told, was worshipped, Campbell of Toronto are visiting
grain, ' etc.,' this; practice will be fol -too rfhe home of :W. and Mrs R.
lowed", I By men of long ago. Thompson,'
Individual permits would be free: -
1 And there are many sacred streams and Mrs: Wilfred A. Johnst
ly ' granted to farmers and `other and two
R.
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rural residents to use _their trucks.
to carry themselves, their families,
-employees-or-:neighbors ron�=:trips -for
•essential ''purposes when other•
means of 'transportation were not
available:. Applications would • be • re-
ceived and handled-promptly7by--the
regional 'and sub -regional offices of
the prices.. board. Trips for essential
purposes include journeys to attend.
chinch and trips of. reasonable fre-
quency for shopping : at the nearest
town,
et��* CI SO.
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ess house at No. 31 A.N.S.,. Port
Albert, for • the. accommodation . of
airmen's wives, relatives and friends
CONSISTENT AT LEAST! On short visits to,. the air school. It.
is in charge of Miss Pearl Beekwi'ch,
The following` story . is going the - of Montreal,•with Miss Dorothy
` till nds and' was told -by Andy Clarke -Smith. of Stratford,. -as... assistant,
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on his : "Neighborly News broad- The hostess cast Sunday morning: .:
"There was a •merchant. who . re-
fused to advertise in his local news -
Paper, saying "Nobody reads it,” but
who constantly' . secured hand -bills
from some wholesale house, which,.
were passed around and'' placed in
the automobiles on the ' streets.
"When the • merchant's daughter
o
the office of the newspaper with a airmen's, wives at ' the new club
- long story about, the wedding. The
editor set up the type, printed it on
200 handbills and sent a group of
boys out with instructions to place
them in automobiles standing on the
-street: The-bzirehant,--veho: was . sub-
ject to high blood . pressure, is now
thought to be convalescing in a hos-
pital.
No matter where you go.
I have no • doubt . that other streams
Are loved by other men.
Some .• rivers have been made famous.
By poet's: glowing pen,
But most of them are far,away; �-
Beyond my sight-and.'-keyr.K-
And yet whenI think of the times,
As boys, we used to play
In the little Nine Mile River
In days now far away,
,My hearts beats fast with pleasant
thoughts,
.: . ;oayr.
The following • letter is from ,Mr.
B. F. Murray, a native ,of Lucknow
and a brother of Mr. George Mur-
ray who `returned to the Village a
short time ago. The letter is m re-
sponse to,an article, about the' late
Dr. Garnier which was .sent to Mr.
Murray at Los Angeles:
Los Angeles, California,
July • 4, ,1942.
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Thom .
Mr. L. C. p,
Lucknow, Ontario.
Dear Mr., Thompson:
I enclose herewith'the proofs: of
the article ''on Dr..Garnier' and: I
thank 'you • sincerely. for your court-
esy in• sending them to me. I knew
Dr. ; Garnier very well as -'a school-
boy and he was always kind to me
although . he was sometimes 'a little
rough -with- some of' the other boys.
I 'have enjoyed reading the'article
very much.: The old doctor had more
of a career than I knew of.
on
sons .of Newbury' have been
holidaying with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. S?McLeod.
Miss. Eunice Newton left. on Sat-
urday for Woodstock where she ac-
companied a group of young git is
_to -their Y. W. Camp 'as music in-
structor.
Mr. and • Mrs. D: R. MacDiarmid
and Donald of Cleveland are spend-
ing the week with the former's
father, Mr. Alex NlacDiarmid • and
other relatives:'
s house is a new build-
ing, newly furnished with I a large
�_loiunge, with piano and radio, spe-
cial' facilities for children, a 'sew-
ing machine, kitchenette, refresh-
ment and light lunch 'facilities and
overnight accommodation for stran-
gers in cases of .emergency. •
On Friday afternoon.Misses .Beck -
g t married he went gleefully to . with and Smith gave a tea for the
house at Matthew's Field, on the
lake bank opposite the airport.
Jerry: "Why do, you say there's
' too much favoritism in your fam-
So Englishmen can` have their-
Thames, .•
And Scots can their Dee:
The Irish can have their Shannon,
The Germans have their Spree.
The Russian may his Volga .keep—
--No-doubt-it's-fair .•to.see .._._ _._..
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JEAN • McAULEY of Toronto, dau-
ghter 'of Mrs. Mary McAuley of Rip-
ley, who was spending- her vacation
with her. mother -at the Royal Hotel,
was taken suddenly ill and rushed
to ' Kincardine General Hospital,
where an operation for appendicitis
was performed.
ily?"
Tom: "Well, when I bite my nails- puts his foot in his mouth,, it's
I get into trouble; but when baby cute '
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The French may praise their stor-
ied Rhine,
(It used to keep thern 'free.)
Americans can rave about
The noble Missouri,
But we will keep the Nine Mile
Creek.
For you, myfriend, and me.
My fancy oft takes me backward
To that dear Nine Mile stream,
And I can still hear it murmur,
I still van see it's gleam
As it forever onward flows
Through memory and, dream'.
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m. Blue 'and Margaret, Mrs.
Dear Mrs. MacCallum..
The folks who retire, e
And go to the • town,
Have hearts that are light,
Like the white' thistle down.
: And -its 'glad -we -are -feeling :....:
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Old friend, that for.'you,' • ,;,
This happy . existence ^
Has really come true.
And -we're goingtoissyouu.:__
Your face and your smile,
Have' brightened our meetings
For quite.a long while.
So . we thought about something
You'd have to remind you.
Of the Club friends
You are . leaving behind you
Several copies of the Sentinel
have come to hand and I am finding
much of interest in them although
it is difficult for me • to iden-
tify many of the persons mentioned.
I have not beefy in Lucknow for
over fifty years and many of my,
relatives and friends, have passed
ii&
n a
e
ro
on. Din .Campbell�Cam „„�.
Campbell) was one of my first.errn- 1
ployers and of course I knew the
Campbell boys and their sis-
other Camp y
To any of my friends and 'associ-
ates who are still on deck I send.
greetings and I hope the Sentinel
will continue to be prosperous and
well-read for another fifty years•at
' least..'
Very truly yours,
WANTED=
A PLACE•TO
The 'following poem is going. the
rounds, of weekly papers at present:
I'm. just one . oi• those country hicks
Who come, from ' away out in the
sticks, ' . - •
4x --vote° ake-a plea .
work like he s%:_days a were
We
And when 'we're done we like to
streak
To our home town to buy our eats
And meet our neighbors on the
ani= i ,, ra F�i`�il"&=
Detroit, are ' visiting` with Mr. ari
Mrs.. J. D. Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Habkirk and
family • and Mrs. Donald Habkirk
and daughter of Munroe visited here
last,week with the former's mother
at the. Graham ' home
We understand we were in error
in reporting that Alex McCarroll of
Seaforth bad suffered a stroke.. Mr.
McCarroll has not been ” enjoying
good health,•but is able to be about
every day.
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GANDER FIGHTS SKUNK
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Prince Edwayid Island has always
been noted for its geese, both wild
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jarpieson
visited with Pte, and Mrs. J. G.
Splan of Kincardine on Saturday
evening. Pte. Splan .• was on week-
end leave from Ottawa.
Mr. and , Mrs: J. W. Henderson,
Jim Henderson and Miss Helen Mac-
Donald visited last week with Rev.
and:Mrs. Wm.w11enderson at Hills-
dale. On their 'return they were .ac-
companied by Miss Marion Mac-
Dougall who had been visiting rt
Hillsdale.
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At nighttime the darkness.:
It's" .curtain draws down,.
When its lamp lighting time
You will think of us lasses
Who save all our sighs
Just for cleaning lamp glasses
ButY.ou'll touch a button •
And presto—what light,
This lamp we have purchased
To make your house bright.
And methinks that often
At lighting • up time,
Your heart will be crooning,
An old-fashioned rhyme,
New friends are like silver
But old ones are .gold.
The first we must. make
And the latter must bold.
God's Blessing, we wish
On your house and your home,
May fortune attend you
Wherever you roam.
Signed on behalf of the. Kairshea
Club. :
: Mrs, M cCalluin • thanked the lad-
ies kindly for their gift and every
body, joined' in singing "For She's
a jolly good fellow". Mrs. Moffat
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John Graham has returned to, the thanked the hostess for her •hospi-
ome of his grandmother, Mrs. Wil- tality and those taking part in the
on Hamilton, after spending two program. Singing God Save The
weeks at the Rotary Boys camp at King closed the.meeting. Lunch was
Kitchigania. It is John's third year served and a pleasant time spent.
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st
street, _.....
We can't take off no working day,
And . if We do, there's hell to pay;
You folks in town don't do that way,
You do your buying every day.
And that's why I don't think it's
right,
To hog the stijeets.On farmers' nights.
You've got your cars parked on the
street, .
Before we hicks Sit down' to. eat;
Then we must slop hogs and feed
'' the sows; •
Coax all the juice from 'bossy `cows;
Pick up the eggs, coop up the hen;
Shave off the whiskers (if `we're
men!)
Dress in overalls •_and calico=-
-Since -wheat has gone.-so,goshdanged.
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THOMPSON'S
-"Phone 82•. We, Deliver_...,
that meets visitors are the 'flocks one of the group of boys in the fir
of geese waddling along the side of prize tent.
the road, says Arthur. 11. Mould,
manager of 'the Canadian National
Railways. hotel, the Charlottetown,
who is an authority on island mat-
ters. Recently Mr: Mould was' but
visiting 'a farm whose owner told
him that a pair of wild geese had
been nesting near some of his' dom-
esticated birds. One day the farmer
missed the male/ bite and on making
search, the body o .a large 'skunk
was discovered with 'signs of rough
handling. Further search discovered
'the missing gander hiding under an
old' barn, ostracized.by his wild as-
sociates and those of the barnyard
until such time as he became corn- -
pletely deodorized.
The August meeting will be at the
and domestic, and one of the sights ' at this camp, and he was this yea
Mrs. Margaret MacPherson, Misses
Ina and Grace •and Messrs. Billie
and Gordon MacPherson spent the
-week-end-en a -trip to.Georg n 134y. ther Billie of Toronto are. spending
They visited friends -at Barrie,_Pen• a few weeks' at R. Middleton'S.
tanguishene and Midland', returning •Miss' Blanch` McDougal of Toronto
on Sunday afternoon by way of is :spending her vacation at her
home of Mrs. R. G. Martin.
The Red Cross' quilting will be
held on Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. R. Moffat.
Miss Barbara Black and her bro •
Wasago Beach.
MISS BERNICE BLAKE, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Blake, Dun -
galloon, has been engaged as prm- in Toronto
cipal of the two -room school at d Mrs R Shillington of.
.home.
A community picnic is to be held
at Poplar Grove on 'Friday' after-
noon, July 24th.•
Mr. R. Middleton spent 'Monday
Newmarket. F the past two years • Mr. an
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Age 40 to 55 5.00
Age 55 and up' . 5.00
STARLINGS FIRST APPEARED
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO,
A Sentinel of Mardi 24th, 1927 in
the possession of Reeve N. E. Bush-
ell, carried the ' following item:
"Mr. Cori Decker ' reports having.
seen a half-dozen .European Starl-
in-gs--in---town- a week ago. --He -re:
members the bird's and their songs
quite well in the, Old Land. The
starling is. a'newcomer to this coun-
try. •A few brought to New York
a number of years ago have mul-
tiplied and • are spreading. Niagari -
fruit growers fear they.are going
toe troublesome, but Mr. Decker
says they were protected in Europe
as being destructive to injurious in-
sects. They are much dike 'our black
bird but are smaller and have a . ,
different song".
The, starling incidentally
stranger in these parts now.
low— •
Crank up. the flivver, give her juice,
Then start' for town . but what's
the use? •
The streets are lined far up' and
down'" •
With cars of folks Who live in town;
Who seem to think it's quite a treat
To see the "rubes" stagger up the
street; ' • '
With butter jars andeggs and°cream;
But say it takes a lot of steam.
To lug that stuff six blocks or more;
You walk until your feet get sore;
Your shoulders ache, you're getting,
red;
You wish the you were home in
bed; And then you spy that yellow paint
That's put just where the autos
ain't;
There's two cars where there should
be three,
They've straddled that there mark
you ;see.
It's our. town too, so please, be -fair,
We want to spend our nickels there.
You've watched us,long enough to
is no
SGT. PILOT Jack Bate'son of Wing -
ham is now in the Middle East with
an R.A.F. squadron.
COLIN CROZIER of Crewe report,
ed at Manning Pool, Toronto; last
week to commence training.in the
R.C.A.F. hp.
DOUGLAS •MOFFAT, son of Mr. &
Forsee—
We
• Mrs. Thomas Moffat, Con. 4, Cul
h h been a teacher at Richard's London spent last week at, the: hom W see a parking place by
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she
as a needgee. ross has.enlisted in the R.C.A.F.
Landing, near Sault Ste. Marie. of Mr. John McLeod.
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roo�r at. considerable swing. Pikes have. been re ute
You' pan buy Congoleum or ljnoleum For .any
: � vial .this. seasnin. New goods. & Patterns,' reducedto ,•49c`
Spun Rayonsy the most ,,popular reps ,mate .
New 'fancy Bed Spreads,.r:ayons at $295, :. $3.45, New Krinhle. ;B.d preys . at $1..69, $1.95
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