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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-04-11, Page 1r • .4, ?'. .r. -42:00 A 'YEAR—IN. ADVANC -5Oc EXTRA TO U. S. A. .FORMER RESIDENT. OVER. • ON.E HUNDRED Mrs, R. G. Ellis, a formerresident of Lucknow,observed her 101st birth- day on Saturday at the home of tier son, • George Ellis of .Brantford, The Ellis family lived: where Alen' Mow- ` -g, bray's „residence s ,now situated•; : and' which 'he Purchased froin the James 'Miller E to . is std .� I ,t.. about fifty years ago :that the Ellis fainil : left Luck- • now. .• At that tune. the present.gravel pit 'had not been opened, with the ihillrunning oat tothe roadse." • 'Angreat many .things have changed since. she was .a- girl, "and' not for the better, either," according to 'Mrs. R, G. Ellis when interviewed at Brantford on her birthday. "I' do think the airplane, the avtomnomible, .the radio and other inventions are fine things," • she said. - "But in• the. old days .you; .could .• always' de- pend on: a man's word, as if .you had all the documents and lawyers in 'town to ,back -•it up: You can't• do that any More. Everyone used to try to live a good religious, moral life, but now- : adays so many people are out only •for' a good: time.". Mr$.Ellis attributed ,her longevity to hard . work' -and plain .living. Al- though .her eyesight, has failed, her -hearing is good and' her memory keen, She thinks the •wornen .' of • .today wean tor; .few• clotes, If it Weren't for their, coats they would freeze, Mrs. Ellis ,said. . WANT SWINE CLUB, MEMBERS SIGNED tip BY SATURDAY A number of boys have signed "up as members off, the Boys' Swine 'Club being operated ,,in conjunction With the Lucknow' .Agricultural ,Society. A number, 'of. others. )lave signifiedd their interest in theey� "Club biit it '. is nec- esstry to have their application forms filled in by Saturday this week. . The Club membership is' limited I. to twenty and the Committee " in charge : asks that,, those planning , to join do so at once, so that Club plans ' can be formulated,' • Application forms May be secured. . fromthe secretary, Mr. Joseph Agnew or from members of the Committee, who will gladly explain thedetails of the Club to anyone interested. Mem- bers ; of the committee include Sam Alton, Adam McQueen,•John, McQuil- lin and Fred Martin.. DIED IN KINLO'SS OLD-TIMERS TAMERAC • 'Ell DOWN. AT PIPE BAND BALL ' The Pipe Bind hall, held last Fri- day •night, is forecast as an anndal event, and a popular one. 'Carried out as advertised, as an oldtine dance, the.prograin catered to those who like the reels.' and squares, two- • steps and old' -time waltzes, and"wbat.'„e more it 'Pleased, .them. ' `There was a nearoCa aEit , . crowd` .in attendance that danced until about three' a.m.. to the music. of, 'Donald M Charles and': Roy MacKenzie'seom- biped of chestras, • the McLennan and MacDonald orchestra of Lochalsh 'and the McDonald orchestra of Amberley. Pipers''ledthe grand, march.' Roy Me- kkreight and Donald Blue °were: callers= off.. , Not for years . in Lucknow has one seen so many couples gaily step the reels and ,lancers, and ane might read - guess that it • would be the -Scots ' frilyoin .the Lochalsh and Kintail dis- tricts '•who ' figured prominently in these old dances, in which, they delight so much. " The event, as well as making a big hit with the crowd, provided' the Pipe Band, with a substantial financial boost pf . slightly more than $100.00. • OPENING r,ROADS :. With main. roads bare,' West Wa- wanosh Township . council' decided not to wait on the elements to clear snow bloclt;ed concessions and sideroad's, and so engaged provincial plows,which have been .busy thepast few days opening these roads for motor traffic. EXTEND TIME 'LIMIT .FOR FREE • TREE APPLICATION& An extension ;'of one month has. been made in which farmers may make application for • free trees for forest planting and windbreak pur- poses,: Applications are made to the Ont ario Forestay -Branch, Toronto, and *ill be received until. May ;1st. .... • This distribution of trees is restrict- ed to the fotlewing purposes: Refer- esting of: suitable lands for the pro- duction of forest crops; . improvement of existing; depleted woodlands; re- clamation of idle wastelands • which would support forest, growth; the pro- tection of slopes and hills, or light soils, where erosion or drifting oc- eurs; the conserving of water . flow and for shelter belts and wind breaks for agricultural crops. Trees cannot be supplied; for dec-.- orative- or ornamental planting. Donald MacKay, °aged 77 years, • passed 'away •at his home on the Sec- ond,of Kinloss on Friday..The funeral. service was held in . south Kinloss Presbyterian. church on Monday, with . interment in South KOleae Cemetery. :Three brothers and' twa sisters sur- rvive, Alex of Edmonton,- John, Angus, Jessie and Annie 'ori the homestead. . • . A fuller obituary ••will be published next week. ' • Want Senate Seat For Her Friends of Miss Agnes MacPhail have started .a campaign to have her appointed to the Senate. The Ontario Chamber. of Agriculture has expres- sed. an opinion that theofarmers have i suffered a serious loss in her defeeat at the recent' election and is urging that she be appointed to the Upper Hoose. New prints, wash dres^s materials, shirtings,. cottonades,. factory co ton, ' white cottons, etc. The Market Store. CONDUCTED BAPTISM' AND ORDINATION SERVICE.; SUNDAY The sacrament .sof Holy Communion was observed in the ;United Church on Sunday morning, with which was associated the reception of several new members, the sacrament of . bapt- ism and the ordination of three new- ly elected elders, conducted by the pastor Rev. R. C. Todd. With•' the reception ofnew mem- hers was associated the adult baptism of Mrs. Harold' Johnston and Gordon and Melvin Morrison: New members by certificate and profession of faith included, Miss Bertha Alain, Greg Leith, Mr. and Mrs. 'Eric Cox, Mr. and Mrs Harold Johnston, Mel- vin and Gordon Morrison, Miss Viola Kerry and Mr:, and Mrs. ' Redvers Johnston. . The three new elders, elected earl• ler in the year, and who were ordained at this service - were Messrs. W. G. Andrew,. Joseph Mallough arid • IIai•- vey Treleaven: Grade 13 Easter Examination Results Brigham, Robert Caesar, Madeline 61 43 Campbell, Audrey Carter, Mary 60 58 Curran, Bertram Fisher, Mary Gilmore, Helen...,......... 20 28 Hamilton, Helen' • MacCrostie, Marie MacDonald, Etta Belle ode MacDonalds lelen ..........,.. , 51 Si MacGregor;, Robert Macintosh, 'Robert • , , 57 54 MacKenzie, John K. 50 62 MacLea.b,ois ailatay .> s se x'ur Salkeld, Margaret 66 Solomon, Marvin Stewart, Bessie ....,.... , 81 Twamley, Elva.. 47 . Wainwright, Fred -Luc-100i Ont., TJiursday April Mk.. 1949 INSTRUCTION FOR. RED CROSS.WORKERS A recent bulletin from the Canad- ian Red, :Cross Society,.. to the local Branch gives' instructions regarding w orkr000 and home service aefivit- • -Certain .lines 'of Hospital• . aupplies- are' sufficiently. stalked for thtime. being, and: it is, recommded• that '1 4 no inure. be made •.When'en•preseat sun= plies- are used up. •A list of other-art:- tides ther-art.titles . is '•expected.•• to.' be substitu te', sbo l'' d • rt y fora 'wo;rkroom ••manufat- .ture.' '• .• . In regards home knitting,,,the, bul- letin states no more wristlets are needed, and in 'connection with, the knitting.'of socks. again empha:.izeo to check on the :finishing of ..the toes. .11re bulletins points. out., the . need for'. Refugee , supplies,, but • adds' :that materials purchased for 'this work should be bought with money 'espec,- ially raised'•foo the •purpose. It stres- es the .need for 'adult ,as well as children's ' garments. • . • ' Want Old Gloves ' The' IocaI,•Branch. welcomes old - gloves . oftany soft leather. These are to' be; found stored away in practically: every home. What gloves are received Will be forwarded to' I.O.D,E, branch- es which organization 4 ,• utilizing them tb make excellent windbreakers, for wear under a ,coat: This is .complished• 'by' sewing the leather. on to... a lining: •- Do You ' Listen • To Mtn? To our notion an interesting 15. minute radio., program is Andy Clark's "Neighbourly News" broadcast. each Sunday Morning at, ten .o'clock,''. from CBL. This •program is sponsored by the C.W.N.A., • "and is a' review of "pithy" paragraphs :as gleaned by Mr. Clark from' weekly newspapers. 'Last. Sujiday • morning The Sentinel was mentioned as Mr.' Clark spoke of the Easter week, "traffic jam" of sleighs and cutters in local church sheds.• SPECIAL UTILAC OFFER—One' 25c brush, one 30c can of Utilac, 'any col- our, both for 25c. This offer closes Saturday, April 13th.. Wm. Murdie & Son. LOCAL RED CROSS BRANCH SENDS ,TOTAL OF 2251 ARTICLES Just what the Lucknow and,Vicin- ity Breach' of the Red Cross Society has accomplished by its consistent activities during the' past few months, may lie gleaned from the fact that a total of -2251 articles has been sent to Red Cross, headquarter' s during, that time. Another' shipment will be, made the latter part of April. • , Phe total of 2251 articles already shipped included, hospital supplies, 1632;. knitted articles..538; , refugee clothing 81. LEFT 'FOR THE COAST . TO MAKE HER . ROME mm Mrs. : Wm.Hawkshaw, Con. 10, Kin- loss, held an auction sale of house- hold effects last Wednesday and left the latter part of the week for Brit- ish Columbia where she plans to make, her home for some time at least. • Travelling bytnotor, Mrs. Hawk- shaw ancompanied her daughter, Mrs. Christina Stubbert, former proprie- tress of the Queen's .Hotel at Walk- erton and her son-in-law and daugh- ter, . Mr. and . Mrs. Elmer McPherson. All four plan to make their homes in B. C. DEATH OF ANGLIS McDbNALD PORT ELGIN=• -The death of Angus McDonald occurred at his home in Ar- ran Township hi his 77th year. Born in • Lucknow, a son of Mr. and Mrs. :Donald McDonald, he spent his early manhood in Michigan working on the i: g g N 1 railroad, In 1890 he was united . •in marriage to Alexina McLeod, who 46 54 55 predeceased •him three years. Hp, re - 70 59 50 sided' in Arran Tawnship for the past 41 4 35• years. Surviving are silt sons. 36 62 45 37 Keith. and ' li;.oderick, Saskatchewan; 37 36.. S�G-.t oant�D ir'o�'t' Ai_ .._.fano. • ' • ' i►'loaric and 44 Neil of Arran Township. Otte son, 18 30 47 Norman„ died • hi Saskatchewan in 1917: 39 30 59 ab. 50 52 67 50 4161 51 ' 71 55 •65 , 70 .' 68 65.' 88 •g2 34 59 62 ,53 • 50' • 50 60 3i 57 1 •' 62 ; 46 74 '$6 45 70 • .62 '61 ab .23 80 86 79 80 8t 66 97 •8o 75 38 34 46 32 • CaM of Thanks Sisters and brothers of the late Donald MacTCay wish to sincerely thank • friends and neighbours for their many kind acts' and expressions o ;svatitatthu,a ,' Card of Thanks • Mrs. Parker and daughters wish to' sincerely thank their Mend* and neighbours for their many kindnesses at the time of their bereavement, Concludes Second Terin William` Bender. on,; . Knox College student,: has eonsleted his second term in studying., , for the ministry and is' visiting fere a 'few days with his parents Mr. arid Mrs, J. W. Hen- derson. Bill has &'been. assigned to Barr. River: near 'Soult Ste. Marie, and will leave far the? ' North next week `tt aasume hia ministerial duties un- til the fall term,p .o ens. • MOD° MATHESONludTH ESOi• HEADS' FARM . C p -The: annual meeting of the Luck- now Consumers' Co-operative Com-' panyy, Liniited, was:held in the Orange Hall, 'L'ucknoar on . Friday at which Gordon:. McKeracher•, •a gr i c u 1 t u rat field man for the 'United Farmers of Ontario, 'was appointed to act as chairman for the election of officers resulting as follows; ' President; Murdo' Matheson; lot vice, 'Dan Nicholson; 2nd vice, AleJ MeLennari; directors, John McIntosh: - John ;Colwell, 'Pat Gilmore, Fred Ari-' derson, John McKay, and Dan Mae - Donald; business manager, John Jam- ieson;, sec.-treas., Charlie Anderson; Lunch committee, Miss Jessie. McKay, Mrs. Alvin Irwin, Mrs. James,. Web- ster, Mrs. Robert Reid; .entertainment committee, Melvin 'Stanley, , Gordon' Campbell, ' .Dan Nicholson, Walter' Dexter, John McIntosh, Isobel Nich-' oleen. A. • M. NIC.HOLSON sou of the late Mr.. and Mrs, .Alex ll'icholson' of Kinloss. Township, who was the choice of 'the 'people of the Mackenzie Constituency• in .Saskatch- ewan at the recent Federal election. With returns: coinple-te, "Sandy's" majority was 1100 over his Liberal cpponent. The -Communist candidate lost ',his •deposit:. BORN: TODD -"n the Women's College St, Hospital.. Toronto, on Tuesday, April 'nth, to' Rev. and Mrs. R. Collin Todd.: Lucknow, a •daughter : ^M!NG EVENTS • TALKING• PICTURES. , • Premier Motion Picture Service pre- sents the absorbing 'drama "The :varlet, Letter," in the Town Hall, Lucknow,, Friday,. April 19th, at 8:16 under' L.O.L. auspices..Added attrac- tions, cartoon, comedy, Gray Owl' and Sonja Henie featurettes. Admission 25c and .15e. DANCE IN LUCIK,NOW • The Paramount W. I•. is holding a dance in the ''Town Hall, this Friday evening, April 12th. McCharles or- chestra. Admission 25c. Everybody welcome. • CLANSMEN DANCE ' Benny Palmer and his nine -piece band will provide music foiothe Clans- men's appnual . spring ball to be held in the Town Hall, Lucknow, on Wed- nesday next, April 17th, Dancing froth 10. to 2. General admission 50e. OLD PAPERS CONTAI :INTERESTING ITEMS- • (By John Elliott) Two 'old newspaper s -.received from Mrs; H. Anderson of -London dau 'h- / g. Y ter of ,'Mr, , , , B. ,Somerville pioneer' miller of West Wawanoski,•. make .in- ter+estin �"istq.ri 1 reading g � �:•; today, They pm are eo ie s of tile. Dipodia' True nanner dated: July 1864, 'and' the: orig. -final address. e rvill, on. thew. is .Thos:B. Seree ,, Belfa^" st, G.'.W.�• vi'a Qoder=' ich., , The • publisher of the • paper was d ames ' 'S.omerville, a cousin of . the founder . of Lucknow: Like his Luck- now namesake, the Dundas James Somerville was' for a time a member of the Canadian- House of Commons, .but . he was best known as a news- paper man. ,- These two copies of . thepapers were evidently .special numbers, sent to his cousin, Thos. B. 'Somerville, proprietor of the.Dumferline mill near Belfast.Historically they are .interest- ing. The American civil war was 'ge ing . on, and the issue was not yet decided: The Confederates were act- ive and there was a story of their successful raid in the Shenandoah Valley. In the North, there `was .anx- iety ` as to how General' Grant was progressing, and reports were coming in as to Sherman's advance on Alanta in •Georgia: 0 - Details were. given of .the sinking off the coast of France of the' Con- federate, or' Southern roving raider, 'Alabama, by the Federal or North- ern warship, Kearsage, and the':sav- ing; of the•life of Captain Sonnies' of the Alabama-! y an Englishman. 'President Lincoln's reported reply to certain peace rumors was that no terms would be considered which did not inelude the abolition of slavery: There was war in. Europe also,: Rus- sia and Austria against Denmark. Terns of peace were being consider, ed. Telegraph reports stated that Max- milian had reached his journey's end n peace; having arrived at the Mex - can capital. ` tater. history showed that it was an' unfortunate move for him. • In Canada, parliament had bee prorogued and an, election was bein held with ' the • reconstructed' cabine appealing to the 'country as follows Sir E. P. 'Tacke, premier; Geo:: E Cartier, attorney. general, East; Joh A. MacDonald, , attorney genera" West; George Brown, president of the Council; Oliver Mowat, postmaster - general;. T. D'Arcy McGee, minister of agriculture; H. Langevin, 'solicitor general, East; J. 'Cockburn, solicitor - general, West; • A. T. Galt, finance minister; Wm. McDougall, Provincial secretary; A. Campbell, commissioner of. Crown Lands; J. C. Chapleau, Pub- lic Works. The twoleading newspapers "refer- red to by the Banner were The ' Tor - ,onto Globe and The Leader. A railway tragedy . on the . Grand Trunk railway was fully described: An • immigrant train • , of eleven cars, travelling lweet, had about 475 on board, Prussians; Poles, Bohemians, Swedes, Norwegians and North Ger-' mans, mostly bound for the Western States, but some for Upper Canada and New York. At St. Hilacre in Can- ada East, where the track crossed the Richelieu River there was a draw, 'bridge about 50 feet high and 70 feet wide which; at the time was open to allow' the passage of a tow of barges going . south to Lake Champlain,It was a clear night and the' stop sig- nals were up, but for some unaccount- able reason, they were ignored, and the train plunged into the gap on top of one of the barges. At the time of the published report the number of known dead. was 88 and'many patients were in the Montreal hospitals. In the'local columns of the'paper appears, one, • well-known name. Dun - d as was then" the home of the Oster family, Rev. Featherston 'Osler, M.A., being rector of the united -parishes of a> boro. There . is a full account of the corner -stone laying of the new church, at which Rev.Mr, Osler presided. Rel, ferenee is made to Mr. B. B. Osler as. one of the local barristers in Dundas., Later he was one of the outstanding lawyers of. Canada. A younger mem- ber of the Osler fancily was Mr..tus; trace Osler. E; •B, Osler was a leading n g t n 'Gone with the wind' AT , Lyceum Theatre WINGIIA M THURS.,.. FRI., and SAT. Zr SHOWING 'EACH APTER� N ON & EVENING ALL SEATS RESERVED HONORARY' BANQUET MELD FOR A. M. N.ICHOLSON AT HUDSON BAY JUNCTION On• Wednesday. evening people of Hudson` Bay Junction and district turned out one 'hundred strong to at- tend a congratulatory, banquet in hon- on of A. M. Nicholson, M.P:-elect for the' Mackenzie Comstittiency .qf Sasic- atehevcin: Spd nsored. ytheBoard of, Trade the barigiet drew the attend - ante q ttend- ance.o•men• and Women of all' part- ies, .creeds and class"e's' wh'o for , i ,. gut differences incelebrating the vioto .y of the "home . town boy". who made good,'"'says the Junction Judge: • Following the dinner, • R. Jervis, president of the Board of Trade, in- troduced the several- speakers who extended congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson for the success achiev- ed by hard work during the past four ••COMMANDS SECOND CANADIAN , DIVISION Mr. Nicholson. responded with words of appreciation for the honor that had been conferred upon him by the constituency and paid a.spee- ial tribute to Mrs. Nicholson for the sterling -assistance she had given him during the. campaign :for •election.., He assured the gathering that it: is his purpose to aid in furthering the welfare of the constituency and that nothing would 'be too much trouble if it works out to that end. • BENNY PALMER'S BAND HERE NEXT 'WEDNESDAY' • Benny Palmer.'s' nine -piece orches- tra, one of Western Ontario's "most 'popular dance e bands will play- a re-'; turn 'engagement here 'next Wednes- day, April 17th;` under • auspices of The Clansmen. • • This • band 'Owes well received last fall, on their first appearance ;n Luck- now, and' The Clansmen. did 'not hes- itate to bring theist back to play: for• their .annual' spring .dance. • Due • to the. fact that this • orchestra. broadcasts 'from Landon. on ' Wednes- day nights;' the • dance will start ••at . o'clock.'and' conthine :until . two am, .• TAPPED 2,600 TREES Sap's been runnin' now for over ten days ' in some cases, and last •week the season's first maple syrup made its ' appearance . locally., Bruce County's .maple syrup king, .James. Garland of Cargill is. again carrying. on extensive .operations „ with some. 2,600 trees tapped. b ORMER ASHFIELD RESIDENT' BURIED AT KINTAIL ' • The funeral of Alexander MacLen- nan, whose death occurred in Chicago, Was held from the home of his brother Mr. Kenneth D. MacLennan on Tues- day afternoon, with interment in Kin - tail :Cemetery. ' Mr. MacLennan, a former residet►t of ,Ashfield and a cattle drover in the Township, has, for the past: thirty years 'been with the Chicago stock yards. The remains arrived in God- ei•ich on ` Monday and were taken to Kintail for burial. Mr. MacLennan is survived by .hi wife, formerly Margaret Clark of St. Helens. ' Upset Grocery Wagon Mr. P. S. MacKenzie of the law firm • of Tomlinson and MacKenzie of Pott Elgin met with an accident in • Wialkerton Tuesday morning :of last week that would have been of little consequence except, for the nat- ure of the .other vehicle figuring :in the mishap. • . In Walkerton that morning. to 'de- fend a client in :county court, Mr., MacKenzie was backing• his car from. the curb when it'came in.contact with a grocer's delivery wagon, which was upset, 'sp'illing the groceries about. SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS FOR THEFT IN' BOND DEAL onvrc 'ea on wo c rges of steal- ing a total of $3,150 from McKenzie Brothers •of. trl, ifriBu,• a Toronto onKid 'osssalesWmald n, wasrochsen- tenced , by Judge Owens in County court at Walkerton to four years in Kingston penitentiary, Bridle was accused . .of having through the purported• sale of geld nine .bonds <to eented the ins Kinloss Township in July of -1936, and $1,050 from Kenneth C. Melenzie of the same Township, at the saint time. The bonds were never .delivered to the ' BIc1enzid' brothers, and charges of theft of the money followed famous of the sons of Rev. Mr. Osier was the eminent physician, Sir Will- ian bsler. ' t The Odd . papers show that there were stirring times 75 years ago' just as 'there are in 1940. i Brigadier' -General Victor W. •Odium of Vancouver, . has been selected to command the 'Second Canadian Divis- ion of the Canadian aActive Service `In. making this selectiion. the Gov- :ernment.:of Canada 'has' been` influx; enced . by General Odium's^ long `and ' • distiriguished 'career and his., devotion to ,,the service of his couritr,;.•bothoin , • the field and as a citizen of .Cance", • paid Defense Minister Rogers.. The. Odium family are well remem- bered by older residents of Ladino*, and while we have failed to establish definitely whether or not Victor r Od= lum lived, here at one time, members: of the family did. General Odlum' has been a member of the board of .governors of the Can- adiariBroadcasting Corporation since its cileation in 1936, and reeently was appointed vice-chairman of the hoard. `' General Odlurn also was active in other fields .besides military, . having been editor-in-chief of The Vancouver Daily World, which he• joined as a re- porter at the turn' • of the century. - • '1 General Odium, born in 1880, start ed, his military career at the age c: 17. -as 'a private; in the 22nd Oxfor Rifles at Woodstock, •Ont.. After joining the 2nd Battalion o the 'Royal' Canadian Regiment in 189" he went to South Africa, where h participated in operations' in th Orange Free States. for his service, - he was awarded the Queen's So- '' African Medal with three clasps: On his return to Canada, he follow ed courses'at, Victoria College and tb Uiniversi' y of Toronto, specializing i political economy. He returned late to South Africa as a lieutenant in th 3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles. On his return to •Canada, he wa appointed provisional second.lieuten ant in the 48th Hiighlanders of the Canadian ,militia in Toronto. In 1903 he was transferred With, the 'same 'rank to the •6th . Regiment (Duke of Connaught own Rifles) in Vancouver.. Later he became a .lieutenant in : the 102 ••Regiment at Nelson, B. C. In 1910, upon the formation of theaI 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers, he was trans- ferred to this regiment as a provis- ional captain: He was promoted ,capt- ain April 1, 1910. In August, 1913, he rejoined the militia, He was appointed a captain in the 11th Regiment Irish Fusiliers of Canada) in Yancouver, He was Pro- moted •major in 'this unit in 1914. At the outbreak of the First Great War, he ' was appointed major in `the '7th Battalion, C:E.F.; and saw active' 'ser- vice in France. ' Thrice Wounded . He . became lieutenant -colonel and officer commanding this unit in April, 1915. In 1916, he was promoted: brig- adier-general,and appointed to coin - mend the llth Canadian Infantry, Brigade. He 'was then 35 years of age: ' General Odium, was thrice wounded, the first time in August, 1915, and , then in May, 1916 .•and. September, 1918, , General Odium is a companion of the Order of the Bath aild of the ' Order of Saint Michael and Saint' George.. He was also awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Order and Bar. He holds the colonial auxiliary forces Long Service Medal and the Officers' Decoration; and also .the Order. of Danilo. Transferred to the reserve of of- ficers on demobilization from the C. E. F., on . December 12, 1919, he was appointed on September 10, 1920; of- ficer commanding the 34th Infantry Brigade at Vancouver:. He was trans- ferred to the reserve of officers at, the expiration of his tenure of corn - mend and was appointed honorary col- onel, of ol-onel,.of theTrish Fusiliers, of Canada, his old unit. d 4. c n.' e ` s ' I Clouds Obscure Sunk Any possibility of seein_ a .artia ec copse• of the sun in this district on Sunday afternoon was ruled out by an overcast sky. This condition • seemed toobe•general and prevailed in United States where the total eclipse could otherwise have been seen, how- ever' one • was able to hear about .,it,' as a "play-by-play" description of the phenomenon was broadcast from es fl gamigbh�bove; - od s�3ati:t"yeb'ii��TUTYm+�3+3., •"ptrY-f'j-�a; graphed the spectacle for subsequent observance ance and study. , • This eclipse is known as" aring eclipse, as at totality, the moon blots out all Of the sun' with the exception of ' an outer ring of light.