The Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-07-30, Page 112,.00 A YEAR -LIN ADVANCE -50c EXTRA TO U. S. A.
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Lucknow Ont., Thursday, July 30th,1942
URGES ACTION TO
C•U.RB LIQUOR SALES
In a speech in the House of Corn -
mons early in June, A. M. Nichol-
son, C.C.F. member .for MacKenzie,,'
urged.: the discontinuance of liquor
advertising for theduration and that
the people be encouraged to reduce
their - corisumptiori of.: liquor..
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'.Me.. Nicholson referred to the yic-
ious .propaganda• carried on by
' brewery companies and to the fail'
ure of Temperance.. organizations to
-have the. ,Government act in con-
ection with their four concrete pro;
osals to restrict . or curtail liquor
consurhption. ,•
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ARMY BAND TO PRESENT
CONCERT HERE SATURDAY•
The .regular, Saturday night band
concert in Lucknow will be present-
ed this week, Saturday August 1st,
by the A T.C. Pipe band of Listowel.
This • twelve piece band includes
eight pipers andfour drummers,
whowill put on a performance to
thrill you. Much. `of their • band con-
cert will be piit on while on . the
xiarch,. and Will commence ,:early in
the evening:so deaf t be.late.getting,
into town.'
Kenneth• 'R' .tou114 ,a former • mem
th Luf knowr-Pipec Band be7bet. of e
longs to this Military Band and will
accompany the pipers to Lucknow
Saturday evening. The band is of-
ficially kn wn`at--the A29 A.T.C,
Quoting the increase in liquor Pipe Bance
sales, and the .total sales in each
province in Canada, Mr. Nicholson
said:
"I ;am ashatned to observe that
the gross liquor sales in my .province
of •Saskatchewan 'were more than
the total ' amount .which the . Mini-
• ster of'Finance'.asked the people of
• the'. province to raise , in 'connection
with a -i -even" victoryeloan--
"As the leader of the opposition
rightly said the other day, it' is a
serious, reflection on :the ' Canadian
. people when such a large proportion
of •the revenue of the various pro-
vinces is derived •fr�m this 'traffic.
It .has been estimated' that our liq-
uor bill last year 'would have fully
equipped 800)00' soldiers or,:' would'
maintain .100;000 soldiers in Canada
for eight months, or in ' Great Bri-
en •-•would-have_
"`fairs for^six' mewer
t ,
paid for 250,000. Bren gunseor 26,000.
Bien gun. carriers :,or 100,000 anti-
aircraft guns. or 2,700 fighter planes, LIMIT NU111SER OF' SMOKES
=------orL850-$olingbroli. —bombers, or_,200 TO BE RECEIVED OVERSEAS
"ram" tanks or 222 corvettes or 34.
destroyers..,
"In an article in Liberty of Marsh
21 there, was .a statement to the ef=
feet that within the past .3 months
more than• 400,000 cases of beer had
it_shipped to the various .battle
ion-•'�' Y€a' 9 c' a
YY- -
which .has been shipped to the
troops overseas ,since the beginning
of'the war would, fill fifty miles- of
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LOCAL RINKS WIN
MIRED TWILIGHT' ' • ,t' -
• Eleven Lucknow. rinks . and three
visiting rinks from Wingham took
part in the mixed rinks twilight
on Monday night, 'sponsored' by the
Ladies' Bowling Club.
Local rims woti all three-'=grize -
In first place was Robert Rae's rink
comprised. of Mr. Rae(' -Mrs. E. H:
Agnew,.;v'4m., Schmid and 'Jean Bus-
hell. They had 3 wins and a plus
of 19: Winner's .of secencr•prize were
Isaac.,' Miller, 'Mrs. Morgan Render'
son•, Alma Solomon and Bill . Chin
with 3 wins and ,a plus of 16. Third
prize went to. the rink of Dr. John-
ston, Mrs. T. Clark, W. P. Reed and
Mildred, Ritchie with 3 wins and a
HAYING INJURIES
PROVE FATAL
Patrick 'Hogan; a well known Ash-
field"Township farmer, was fatally
injured. in..a haying accident late•
Friday;, afternoon and passed away
within twenty-four hours.
Mr. Hogan was driving the horse
on the hay fork, when the double-
tree broke, -'striking him with ter-
rifie force in, the 'abdomen: Suffer -
g
in severe .paid, • the injuired man,
was brought tea Lucknow . and then
rushed.t*'o Winghem Hospital,, where
an. emergency 'operation' fere a ;rup-T CORN '.
tured bo :el, was: performed by a' .. 9 -FOOT
London specialist in. the early hours
of Saturday.mrning. Planted on June lst, less than
,. •Little ' hope was held for . his re- two months ago, Wallace Twamley
covery and he passed away Senn- of Ashfield- has a fine--4'1z-acre corn.
day afternoon- .'Mr. Hogan was 72 crop, ail of which towers well above
years,'of age, a son ok the late Wrn. his head- .This field 'corn is • of the
Hogan :and a lifelong and esteemed hybrid variety, and' one of the larg-
resident of Ashifelc4 est stalks in the field has attained
The funeral service was held in a 'height of nine feet.
St. Joseph's Church, Kingsbridge, on
Tuesday' morning .at 10 a:m. with,
Father John Hogan, brother of the
deceased, celebrant of solemn high
asses- Father__Quiley__,_paid a . fitti-1ng14-es. William-WeW.al.lar age-$2years,
o'ccu'rred et the home of his niece;
.CAUGHT 9 -POUND PLKE
AT -SILVER LAKE
Bob' MacCalluril, of Dearborn,
Michigan, and formerly of Lucknow,
decided this year to spend his vaca-
tion 'at Silver Lake at Kinloss. One
of those real .restful holidays when
you eat and sleep and fish—and let
your whiskers grow.
Bob. 'spent a good :deal of time on
the lake,. but not, in vain for he
hooked. • some pretty ',fine .-fish, the
best of the 'lotr•being a 30 -inch pike
weighing . nine pounds.
PASSES IN ASHFIELD
. After a lengthy iliness, the death
RECRUITING UNIT
TO BE HERE FRIDAY.
tribute to the life of the .deceased.
Father Glavin officiated as .deacon
and Father :Paquette as ub deacon.
Father Ford and Father Mahon were.
also in the `Sanctuary.: '
Interment was ,in ,Kingsbridge -
.Cemetery with Wm: Brady, James
Brady, Bazi-l. Hogan, Les Ritchie,
James . McGlynn and Dennis Hogan
acting as pallbearers.
Mr.: Hogan'' is . survived b y two
sons, C�nnie of Hamilton and Will-
iam at: home," as well as liy"' fora}'
brothers and twee sisters,,' Mike and
William of Ashfield, Joseph of
North Dakota, Father .John Hogan
of London and Mrs. Bern -Brady -anis.
I4rs. 'John Brady of Strathroy, Mrs•
Hogan, who - was formerly Margaret
Foran, predeceased her husband
twenty-eight years ago. k
Canadian,. military authorities
seeking to provide a more equal. dis-
tribution•.,of cigarettes received from
home by Canadian soldiers overseas,
have .ruled 'that no ' one man • may
keep .for his' individual use More
iiiazitli -
number he will; be^erequired.-.to„suee
'render theta to his commanding:o£-
ficer . for • distribution among. men
=-HEM,Ple-STOCKAMAIN
ASHFIELD REEVE WON
FIDDLERS' CONTEST
The '01d Time Fiddlers' contest,
No. 1 Mobile Recruiting Unit from held in Lucknow on Saturday even
ing under the 'sponsorship. of .the
London will be in Lucknow. on Fri-
Lucknow Business Men's Associa-
day afternoon (tomorrow) ' for the tion was won by Alex MacDonald,
purpose of recruiting for. active ser -
reeve of Ashfield: In second place
vice, for the Veterans! Guard and
was Piper Kenny MacLennan got
four the Canadian, Women's Army Kintail and third prize went to Don
Corps. The unit will be in charge aid lVicCharles , of Huron. Township
of Lieut. A. C, .F,. Winslow' ;and it Cash 'prizes of $5.00,, $3.00 and $2.0(
is planned. to visit Lucknow `, each ,were aWarprizes of
Fridayafternoon. as part :of
an'• sell nt tants. •iri.'thi
. - There were' six co es
out recruiting program for the .Cori ,comipetition and: all were placed ir;
•adan Army. • one .class.: with three prizes offered.
The new set-up in. Military Drs,.. night was warns ani 'the con=
trict' No" 1 calls for the •.opening of . The g
test • was held on • the . dance ,Plat -
four recruiting stations 'throughout form instead' of in the ' arena, and.
the -district:. To augment these drew : a big crowd of spectators.
branch recruiting stations mobile;re Other contestants were Jas. Parks;.
�-
cruiting, units wtT cruise periods• Roy Irwin and g... VY...Stewakrt,. The,_ _
cally through less-populated,sections latter is• employed at the Maple Leal The games started at li ani. The
of the district. • • •. Aircraft- was only 25c and an extra
'Women Wanted
Aircraft- factory and - •gave a , pop -
War, 'performance on the violin, but dinie`charged for the grand stand.
Tomorrow afternoon also, a re-
did not figure as. a ,prize winner be- "Parking space" ' must have been at
Bruiting personnel for the Canadian 'ca e, his selections were not of the a preniitrrici for no teams were a1=
Women's.. Army Corps will be. in; old -trine variety, lowed' on the grounds. The games
Lucknow. Volunteers for' the C. W. were preceded by 'a parade from the
A. C. are required.at once for many WINGHAM OAND GODERICH Caledonian Hall to the park.
different types of .work both'' in Can- RINKS WIN TREBLES • • A grand concert was billed for
ads and overseas fihe present call Lorne Gymnasium that evening.. I3►=
-is
ra hers typists, clerks, , .• in 'the mong• the , artists listed on the 'pro-'.
.,,for--stenog- P a- _._ - _- - - ....-A .eaparity�tr3��0Ok...part_ .-.-� :._Vele-Nile':_-
waitresses, accountants, _drivers;' Lucknow. Bowling Club's .Irish Tre gram popii1i i SdPrano
bookkeepers, canteen helpers and twilight` on Thursday night- Miss K.'C: Strong and Miss Renetta
demanoinen.� 'laundry
is; a particular :tiles , , , • and Hamilton's rinks of J. Hornell of Lucknow- Scotch �-
Prjrte s . Snd
detnano for 'laundry women, who'Wthgh won first- and second ring by Su' �i1 m .titors of the
may bo .sent overseas' #or' duty with h ree' Goderich rinks,' afternoon was.also also featured, as well
y -dace, .while th well
p as ': an Trsdian Banff• which as
as .. providing music furnished a
thrilling war dance onthe platform.
Then came Donald Dinnie's build-
up, which :read: "The world renown-
ed Donald Dinnie, in the character
of one of the strongest' men in the
world will. perform..several_•,of..las'
great feats of, strength, almost rive
ailing the labors of Hercules' or the
fats 'of Samson". • •
' cu ,_ medals,,
` �kt"-"'giteCrnrSSions. r psr
ornaments and archery prizes .were ,
.presented to the winners., .The..ad-
mission to all this was 25 cents and
IOc, with • a reserved seat double
ticket selling for 75c.
Principal' officers of the.• Society:—
encereeD, A. MaeCrimmon, chief;_
Mrs:. Lewis Taylor of Ashfield: • on-
ThuTsday,. The funeral service was
held at. the Taylor home• on Mon-
_da_y .aft-ernoon •with interment irf -
Ripley Cemetery.
SiXTY YEARS SINCE
DINNIE WAS HERE
The Caledonian •.games, . which
made Lucknow famous in years
gone; by, are -never mentioned with-
out associating with them the name
of Donald Dinnie., ,, •
It will. be 60 years in September
since the champion athlete of Scot-
land, while • touring:.Caixada; took
part in "The Games" . in '•Lucknow.
• In -the 'publisher's possession is
a wellpreserved copy,' of the, pro-
grana of events for that historic : day,
Virednesday,- September- 13th, •:1882.
Headed- "Auld Scotia's Game the
program was bided at the
8th an=
nual games . of the Lucknow Cale-
donian Society, with $1200 in prizes
offered. '
WEDDING BELLS
WEBSTER-LOVETT
A quiet but very . pretty "wedding-
was - solemnized at Douglas United
Church, Vancouver, 'on July, 22nd
at eight p.m., by the Rev. R. N.
rMathe$on,` When Dorothy Gwendo
line, only daughter of Mrs. E. "A.'
and • the late Mr. Lovett of Van-'
couver became the bride of Jack
Lane Webster: son • of Mrs, D. H.
Alton and the late D. K. Webster of
Lucknow, Ontario. •
--e The -bride .-given__in. n a7 ri age
boxcars, 90 percent of which, would not receiving that 'quota..
be water, and it • seems unfortunate
that at this particular time - we
. should- be finding space to move
fifty miles of boxcars leaded with
beer. When it was necessary to send
materials to .Dong Kong, the best
that could be found were boats tra-
' veiling at eight knot's an' hour, boats
that did not reach Hog •Kong with
those essential materials in time for
them to be. used by • the brave . de=
*dem . of that strategic point. Hon.
membersemay -be-interested. to•'learn•
that the president of a company that
has done a large export , liquor. busi-
ness, Mr. E. P. Taylor, is one of our
' dollar-ayear Men. • I understand
that is Mr. Taylor's job, to see that
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whether it_ is mart _a_PP . , f lying_
beer
•� fortress -or a barrel of � , these
' commodities will be sent as ,quickly
as eossible, to the places most in
need of assistance. But apparently
MF. Taylor was not successful in
getting. the needed equipment to kind go into the homes of our Can -
Hong. Kong in time to be of any use adian people, so that. the increase in
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to our defenders there. He was able, the • consureption ' of these liquors
according to this article, to see that may continue".•
400,000 case's of Canadian beer Were ' Mr.' Nicholson • then referred to
shipped to the various battle .fronts. the' appeal oto cut down ori tea and
"Take the_ question of advertis- coffee, and the introduction of sugar
' ing. I hold in my hand the, latest rationing and added this comment:
issue . of , the . Kew World, which ,is "The Canadian people are scot ob-
n. published by Mr. E. P. Taylor. Ac7jetting to cutting down their sugar,
cording to the laws of Ontario a' tea and. coffee: They. -realize ,that
magazine ' of this sort could . not be one of. ' the ,most valuable services
published in- this pr'ovince,_because being,pe3-formed is that of the men
of •its liquor advertisements: I 'do, who go out to the sea to risk their
not know, whether hon. Meinbers lives in order to keep_ Open the,
' are familiar :with this magazine, but channels of commerce: But, I think
' it presents a subtle type , ofd prop- it disgraceful that we should be able
. agenda". to find shipping' space for unlimited
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' Mr. ' Nicholson proceeded to. refer • quantities of liquor. while we have
, to page after page of liquor adver- .'to restrict our consumption" of cof-
' tisihg in ° this Magazine,'agazine,' and then fee, tea and sugar; and that; so far
added, "I, submit that with Canada no attempt hap been made to get
at -war it is unfair to allow adver- Canadian people• to restrict their
• tisemei}ts of this type to appear in consumption of liquor. - • •
ed thousand copies of this "In' view of the' situation I have
>t huiidr
magazine; in order to encourage our outlined; in' view of the alarming'
young people to consurne liquor". increase in the consumptionof liq=
. Mr. Nicholson continued:. "I ung wonder if every
rthe province
ovinceer f Cana not
ders an' 1te groeedur - is -that-flu?
is
editorial offices
and circulation de- give further consi • era s •.
par
tme nt are in Toronto, in the Cosa- matter. I wonder if he sill net' ad -
course building, 100 'Adelaide street mit.that this now ha
-s oridefice regardingthat, regard=
and
problein
national
all Corte phave said 'or
West;
•directed to be serif to'. less of what he may °
• advertising is
address. I understand that most What ' may have been. dobe in the this d
of the printing is done in Toronto past, some stepshould
seedthat adver-
two Well, -known publishers; then in the fist place Will be cus-
hy tisententa. of this type.
- tate material is shipped, to Montreal; coiitinu'el. for the 'duration of , the
and the Complete ragazine is Mail-
' 're'd from Montreal • back ttl the news War and, in the second place, `that
stands., In this 'way it, is possible 'our people will be encouraged to
to see that advertisements of this reduce their- consumption of liquor".
The Daily Mail said the ,order was
designed to stop "illegal trading". of
cigarettes which . Canadian soldiers
allegedly have :been selling -in dis-
tricts where they are billeted.
SUCCESSFUL GARDEN PARTY
HELD AT KINGSBRIDGE
The annual .garden party spon-
sored'1 y St. Joseph's. church, Kings-
bridge, was held' on Monday even-
ing, witly'the usual large --crowd and
fine supper. The ladies of St.. Jos-
eph's parish' donated the rations to
the holding of this
• okepossible
m
annual event.
Ah interesting concert was held
on'the-lawn =after supper,_ and --the.
evening concluded with a (lance in
the Hall to music by MacKenzie's
orchestra. • -
anfar. •az s, •-.s•
the Canadian --troops,. there...
Applicants must be. British sub-
jects between' 18 and 45' years of;
age,. with no dependents, not lower
than "B" category and ready to en-
list for the .duration ;for 'service any
where.
Full information ' regarding - en
listrnents in the Army, the Veter-
ans' Guard' or the C.W.A.C. may ' be
obtained at the Town' Hall, ' Luck -
new en r'riday afternoon or at the
Army. Vehicles on Main street.
Matheson's, Pridham's and . Hunt's
• placed third,; fourth and fifth ' re-
spectively. The only Lucknow rink
to • figureein the money was corn-
posed of Wellington sMeCoy, Austin
Solomon' and Bill Chin. ,This • trio.
wine,a s ecial prize.
MAJOR HOWARD REID
y1sr[ED HISl.SISTER HERE-
Major Howard Reid,' accompenieT
by: Major Cersan, visited on Mon-
day 'evening atthe home. of the
former's •sister; Mrs: Garfield Os-
trankder. Both men have been over-
seas and returned together to Can-
' ada in the early spring as instruct -
THE PRIZE WINNERS•
Prize winners last . Wednesday
ht_iai�the ucknge Merchants'
taro; Tower o f t3 =tea 'tfi a` Dix c r , w_
There was' an'unusually'', heavy tailored suit, shoes and Arabian •tur- Brooks, R. 2. Lucknow,' 'Mrs- Ed'itlr
k special on this line on Satur, 'ban" Her only contrasting color' was McAlpine, Lucknow'; Mrs. Sarah
with nine cars of cattle. and a blue tailored_ blouse and jevbellery Collyer, `Ldeknow; Teddy Collyer.
day
sheep shipped from Lucknow alone to mate -h. Gardenias and roses• were 'Lucknow and Carol Gardner, R. 3
b John Jamieson and. W. E. Hen- in• hes corsage: Her only attendant Lucknow,_ The .second and sixth
y prizes were not claimed.
Berson. Mr- Henderson shipped five was Mrs• Norman White, who wore
of which were -a -'-very pretty-- ensemble .._ in.. __ til: o . _._.
cars of cattle, head64•.
'choice steers, which were going to shades of blue . with corsage of vio-
New York; having been bought by lets and roses: Mr. Norman'.White of
Jos.'McCurdy and Harold Davies of Vancouver, formerly of Queenstown,
Toronto. Alberta, was best man. i
Following the ceremony the re-
ception Was held at the •Cave Sup
TO DEFER COLLECTION ' . per Club':
The happy couple will make their
home in .Vancouver where Jacli is
On war production in, the shipyards
for the duration-•
L. _
MANEELY-CRANSTON _,
The Kincardine United Church EXTRA FAIR OF LEGS
parsonage was the scene of a .pretty NO HINDRANCE TO DUCK
Monday Jrrly 20th- when -
OF OLD NEWSPAPER
. Efforts of salvage comn`iiittees has
been so suecessfiil in ' collecting old
newspapers, that 'the supply appears
at' present' to more .:than tax thp..
capacity. for . handling this class of
gaTvage. .
' •'in'any event the director of Nat-
ional Salvage has notified salvage
committees . east of Fort' William. to
defer the' collection of old newepap7.
ers for the time being. This "how-
ever
ow-ever does not mean, that such `paper
should not be_, saved • for future . col-
lection.
TIO Director urges carrying on.
the collection of the most essential.
war salvage material such as -scrap
rubber, .scrap steel and metal, rags,
wrapping • papers, paper . bags and
bottles. - '
TO RETURN TO CANADA
Mr:. and Mrs: Jim Scrimgeour of
Milverton received a cable from
'their son, Flight -Sergeant William
Scrimgeour of .Milverton ' which
stated: "Am• coming home; stop
sending' mail". • ,Bill suffered severe
injuries 'in ' a crack-up -overseas
months
few
.a
pleted their- duties. as instructors•• 'listed on the program were: : J., S. -
wi11 return overseas..' Tennant, M -D., lst .chieftan; Capt.
Major Reid, who is a veteran of.
l and John Me -Pherson, 2nd'chieftan; Jas.
the. First Great ,War, is m coram B. Hunter, 3rd chieftan;' D. O- Cam:
of the Hastings and Prince Edward
eron; 4th, chieftan; John Murchison;)
Regiment which went overseas, with assistant secretary, D: E. Cameron,
the First .Division soon after the corresponding secretary, marsiials—
outbreak-of' war, dtsemisarkmg on Thos. McDonald; Jaiines`Steveiison; _. _ --•:-
standard bearers—A. K. Cameron, '
John. Stewart; bard -J. D. Stewart;
Pipers -A: Finlayson, • James . Mc-
Kay, Harry Ross: games: managers
-James Findlater, Alex McPherson,
Angus McQuaig. •
There was a total of 50 ,competi-
tions listed on the program, includ-
ing . feats of strength, sports, con-
tests, . Scotch dancing . and piping,.
New Year's; Day. Major' Reid re-
mained overseas until this springy
and he is looking forward to rejoin-
ipg' his ' Regiment when his- duties
in • Canada are cornpleted.. '
EVERGREEN TREE'MA'RKS
SITE OF OLD- HOME
ago. Visitors over theeek-end at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. 'Sam Durnin
were, Mrs. Meda Rutherford of De-
troit, Mrs'. Anna Topham of Flint,
and Mr. and' Mrs. Lee Lintz' and'
Doris. of Davison,' Michigan.
wedding on ori _ - - .
Eyn
vel Doreen, .only daughter of ' On the farm of Wm. Hunter, 3r.,- Mrs. To'pham and Mrs. Lintz are
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cranston, Bervie,
Ontario, was'united in marriage 'to
Clifton James Maneely, son of•Mrs
L. M. Maneely of Bervie. The cere-
mony' was performed by Rev. Geo.
Kersey of Kincardiise.
The bride- was becomingly attir-
ed in a rose figured crepe dress
with hat to -match. They"were . at-
tended by Mrs. Harry H. Middleton
and Mr. Jack White of Bervie,
friends. of the bride and groom. A
wedding • dinner was served at the
_ home of Mrs. , L. M. •Maneely.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Maneely will
PORT ALBERT R.A.F. DONATES reside in Bervie.
-OVER7$'1000•-•TO--4U-REN-'S FUND
To the Queen's Fund . •in aid of
bayi'tub victims, sponsored by the Lon.
don Free Press, the officers arid men
of No. 31 Air Navigation School, R.
A. F., 'Port Albert, have donated
more than '$4000.
:Since" September 1941, their gifts
have been. sent regularly to .the;
Queen's • Fund. Month by ieeenth,
through Squadron Leader A. Hoop-
er, station chaplain, the R.A.F. boys
have sent their donation 1.0 the fund
until 'the ototal has been swelled' to
$4,127.29.
-planation of W
the men at 'Port Albert have done
so ou.tstandirig a. job, is thrat t`iey
are R.A.F. men. They have been in
England. They need no
appeals, no
graphic , description of what Nazi
savagery has wrought in their home
land. They have seen, they hate lett
and they know that nothing can be
too much for an organization Which
%Voris• uneeasingly''to alleviate,, the.
Miseryand , suffering of British
eboreb victims.
e
AL to.
1 COMING EVENTS
Don't Fail To Hear
The
A29,A T. C.
Pipe• Band ,
n •
Lug ow
SATURDAY. NIGHT •
August 1st—
This 12 -piece Military Sand
F ' ow
eI
Will
Thrill
�rotin° Lrst
You With its Performance
And Parading..
COME 40 TOWN EARLY
THIS . SATURDAY NIGHT
of Zion there ss a gg daughters of John . Rutherford, . who
Came to St. Helens from Aberdeen-
shire, Scotland, • with his .mother,
.brother and sisters in 1850 or 1851.
He bought the: blacksmith shop from
Mr.' Peter- Clark and built a house
near it and planted two - evergre-
trees at the front ' gate. One di
but the other, is standing yet. It was
planted 80 years ago or more. After
some years the family. moved to
North Branch, •Michigan. They are
all very proud of, this tree and uponou
returning here, always go t to
St. 11elens to see it. The tree is now
,the only land mark of their old
home at St. Helens.'Mr. Rutherford
was • brothel -of-Mrs:-•Jelin-G
• . four -legged ed duck
which we, figured was sitre of a
place - on Andy .Clark's broadcast,
until we. heard himmake mention
on .Sunday of no less than two other
quadruped ducks.
This "Hunter" duck was one of n
late •hatchwhich came out last
week, .The duck has a second pair
of legs and, webbed feet.• attached
under the wings and, folded like. a
pair of arms. These extra legs are
perfectly normal and fully develop-,
ed, but appear: to be of no use to
the young duck—nor are they' any
bother as they do not interfere in
any way with it ' getting around.
INTERNATIONAL PLOWING
MATCH IS CANCELLED •
The International Plowing iiatch
to have been held near Seaforth in
Huron County in mid-October has
been cancelled, aceording'.to an 'art-
nouncemeet made; by General Man-
ager J..1. CarroIl following a Meet-
ing of the Plowmen's Association
executive. •
The decision was reached, in co-
operating with the X)oininioe Gov-
ernment,- aimed, at the conservation
o gasolltie,. tri es -a demali hour •
A great deal of Work has already
been done by the Huron County
committee, in .preparation for the
big 'match,
. and
the decision to can-
cel it has been received with regret.
but also with general approval • if
the eaneellatrorl means' aiding Can-
ada's •war• effort, and no doubt Hur-
on County will be the site for the
first match, when the International,
is' resumed.
n
Festival to be held in Snell's Hotel
one November 30th'.
The invitatton carried this verse:
"He, the Saint whose sacred teach-
ings,
Earliest, shook the Pagan shrine; ,
burst the folds of Heathen dark-
-
ness,
Shedding Christian .light divine".
The 'quoting of verse was . popular
at that, time, .and each program of
the games' carried the following, in
a•conepieuous• position on the front
tug-of-war, archery contests , and
even a 100 -yard race for hotel keep-
ers . only, weighing not less than
a 160 pounds. Five yards start was
allowed contestants over 200 pounds. `
The, program also ' included en
article of agreement for the 'heavy
weight. ,athletic contest ' between
Donald Minnie and Duncan C. Ross..
consisting' of five events including
throwing the light hammer, the
heavy hammer, the lightstone, the
heavy stone and tossing the 16 -foot
caber. the match was for a $500.00
prize and was open to all cgmers .
who, deposited a similar '' amount
with the Police Gazette in New 'York
or with Dr. 1VfacCrimmon of the Cal-
edonian Society;
Tug 0' War Popular
We also have a program cif'' -the
loth annual' games held in Septem-
ber 1889. Dr. MacCrimmo'n'was still
thea ie , ' . • 1. 'ule was secretarq
and John Murchison, treasurer. The
'Games continued to be conducted,.
much along the same .lines, although
on this, occasion the number of
events was cut' down to 36, thirteen
of which were exeluslively for non-,
professional residents of Bruce and
Huron Counties. A igolci medal was
given to the Clan -haying the largest
representation present.
The Tug .o' War , was. always . pop-
ular at The Games and the 1889 ,
eonpetitions featured a draw be-
tween 'Zora and a . Huron -Bruce
team, with prizes of $50, and $25.
Special, trains vtiere•-r>•itr-••--te---all--•
these games, with excursion rates
featured by the Grand Trunk lgail-
way from such centres as Guelph,
London, VViartori'. and all
roterven7
cover:
Oh, Canada, I lo'e ye weel,
Aitlio' nae son of thine.
Within thy wide domainthere
beats
Nae truer heart than mined ing 'points.
But when' a day
like this, comes The Caledonian Society always
.
' Celebrated the Festival • of St. An-
roun '
• Mild Scotia has her claims drew, and another interesting print=
•i
The thistle 'aye Corn's uppermost ed piecin this connectlost is anhe
I,11 gang to see the games. ' • vitation of sixty years ago to t
•