The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-11-07, Page 6•
Page 6--Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 7, 1979
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
"The Sepoy Town"
On the Huron -Bruce Boundary
Established 1873
Published Wednesday
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Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0
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Lest we forget
• that every war ever planned was thebeginning of one enacted—
that every weapon ever built has been used—
that a country is not at peace while actively preparing
for war or assisting another to.do so -r -
that there is no neutral .stand --- to not actively say NO
is at best to condone war—
that the victims of war include all people of all races,
all nationalities and all political idealogy and that those
who are living often .bear a 'heavier weight- than those who have died—
Ifl,ve forget
they HAVE died jr vain. They gaye their lives to the
vision of enduring 'peace, and that vision must not die
with them. We owe them and ourselves the realization
of peace for all people.
Rem,ember --the past by honouring all th
_ victims Of war.
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—those who are the future by
committing our lives to
asiurieg_..peace. ' •
We live in a time of many times overkill, routine political
violence and possible annihilation—
Who will rnourn us after W. W. 3
Contributed by the Religious Society of Friends, Vancouver
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BY SANDY NICHOLSON
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The death of Jack Herbert in Victoria on
September 5 suggests this article. Jack and
his older brother, Dick of High Tor in
Northern Saskatchewan had finished high
school 40 years ago and were among the first
to join the RCAF and go oVerieas. Diek lost
his life in 1943. Asi recall it, Jack's plane
was shot down over water and he was lucky
to survive.
At the time Dick lost his life, sisters,
Gertrude and Joyce had married and George
Herbert and wife, Mary were alone on the
homestead. The war had been going very
badly for the allies, se George and Mary
decided to offer their services. George had
served in the Boer War and again during the
First World War and suffered from the first
use of gas for the rest of his life. The
Herberts were among the first to make the
long trip North of Wadena to the area open
to World War I Veterans. They• helped
organize the first school and had the first
High Tor Post Office. Their four children, all
did exceptionally well in high school.
George was accepted for service with the
Veteran's Guard and Mary became a
Corporal hi the Army. While- I was the
Member for MacKenzie, I was surprised
to hear of the enlistment of the two, and was
told that Mary was to visit Ottawa her' next
leave. Like all Members, I was always
delighted to invite anyone from MacKenzie
to have a meal with me in the Parliament.
Then, as now, it was one of the best eating
places in„Canada. The priee; then, as now,
was subsidized by the taxpayers so your
guests in selecting the food always marvel -
ted at how lucky their member was! I had
been in touch with Col. Ralston, Minister of
National Defence, who said he would like to
meet Corporal Herbert. He arranged t� have
some pictures which will be in National
Defence Archives. During our visit CO.
Ralston asked, "How old are you, COrPoral
Herbert?" Quick as a flash came Mary's.
reply, "Sir, that is a question a gentleman
should never ask a lady." We all had a good
laugh.
1 oelieveJack was disclleirged as a result
of his service and was 4 student at the
• University of Saskatchewan when the 1945
General Election was held. Each political
party was permitted to send one scrutineer
to look after their interests in each area
where soldiers were voting. The scrutineers
were well paid and every M.P. had a good
person to recommend. My CCF colleagues
agreed that Jack Herbert /would be, an
excellent person, and while he wasleverseas
he was able to get some additional
information about his brother. .
Jack got his B.A. at SaskatcheWan-and his
M.A. at Toronto. After doing research work
at the North West Mounted Police Memorial
at North Battleford, he was the Director for
Saskatchewan Historic Sites. His next
• assignment was in Calgary with the Glenbow
Foundation. In 1959 he went to Ottawa as
Chief of the National Historic Sites. From
Ottawa he moved te Winnipeg as Director of
the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature.
On completing this work he went to
Vancouver as Director of the Vancouver
Centennial Museum and the H. R. MacMil-
lan Planetariurn until ill health forced him to
retire.
Jack leaves his wife, Claudia, two sons,
Richard and Garth and one ' daughter,
Marilyn. His two sisters; Mrs. Gertrude
Hartzell, Keivington, and Mrs. Joyce Hayes
of Porcupine Plain, are not farm. from High •
High Tor is like of places in all
• parts of Canada where pioneers worked so
hard to start their scheel.- to get a post office
and to make a better community. The
residents are proud when • a local boy
achieves as much as Jack .Herbert, It seems
we have unfinished work in assuring that
war does not cut off boys like Dick and
shorten the life of so many like Jack.
Letter to the editor
• • ••Rett:tern.ilers comrades •
1To the Editor:
This is' in remembrance of
the Church Parade which
took place in Lucknow, Sun-
day morning, November 11,
1939 in which the boys of
your town took part. The
parade by the 97th Battery of
Royal Canadian - Artillery
• from Walkerton included
men who served with me
personally.
Thus, in this event of the
40th anniversary of the above
mentioned Church Parade; I
remember them well.
The following served with
the 97th Battery of the 7th
Canadian Medium Regi-
inent in England and France,
also. Europe.
Battery S/M Cameron, K.;
Gnr. •MacInnes, G.; Gnr.
Maclnnes, J. Gnr. Ma.cln-
ties, N.; Gnr. Milne, D. G.;
Gnr. Robinson R. R.; .Gnr.
Robinson, W.; Ghr, Web-
ster, A. J.; Battery. S/M
Webster, E. J.; Gnr. Web
LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE SENTINEL
75 YEARS AGO
Monday night last was Hallowe'en and
it was duly celebrated by the small boys
in Lucknow with the usual pranks of
removing gates, ringing bells, etc. As far
as we have heard, no serious damage -
was done. There is perhaps no night of
the year which popular tradition links
with more peculiar character than the
evening of Octdber 31.
The action' of Hutchison vs Long was
tried at Goderich: this • week for slander
brought by George Hutchison of Lochalsh
against Alexander Long of the same
locality for having stated "that there was
nothing surer than George Hutchison
burnt his own barn." The jury gave the
plaritiff a verdict for $40 and costs.
John Henderson and W. A. ,Allan of
this Village, Richard Finlay of Ashfield
and Lou Gaynor of Kinloss left on
Monday Morning lett for a deer Shooting
hip to Taint Creek in the Parry Sound ,
distAct.
Anothez enthusitistii meeting of the •
• Farmers' Elevator Company was held in
the Town Hall on Saturday last. It was
decided in the near future to make many
improvements to the elevator and from
the speeches made at the meeting and
the expression of all the , members
generally, it is evident the tompany is
determined to keep the elevator under its
present management.
50 YEARS AGO
Charles A. Robertson, Liberal candid-
ate in North Huron, had an easy victory
over his Conservative opponent,
Whitely of Goderich. Robertson's major-
ity was placed at 1,462. Fred Elliott of
Port Elgin was chosen Liberal Party
candidate in North Bruce by a conVention
held at Tara last week. The fulmination of
another candidate was made necessary
by the death of P. A. Mewhinney just
before the regent election. A by-eleeticn
in the riding will be held November 20.
There was no thou t of having the
election go to the Cons�ta�veididate
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by default.
The Lucknow Women's Institute,
which has had in hand the erection of a
memorial to the Lucknow men who fe11- in
.the Great War or died as a result of war * '
experience, have all preparations made
for the unveiling, of the monument on
Armistice Day, Monday next. They have
asked Major Tromlie of Southampton to
give the principle address. He saw war
servia, and is a splendid speaker.
Kenneth Cameron and a gang of mot
have been busy the .past two weeks
packing an exceptionally fine crop of
apples in Mr. Cameron's well -know, n
orchard. The apples' are of fine quality
this season, thedry weather conditiops of
-August and September having favored
the development of sound and clean fruit._
25 YEARS AGO
Effective at the end of the month A. W.
Hamilton concluded 48 years of railroad ,
service. He served as agent at Lucknow
for over three decades and retires here,
where he will devote a. good deal of his,
ster,:G. C.; Gnr. Whitby, E.
H.; Battery S/M Whitby, G.
R.;,-Gnr. Whitby,
Any omission of a name is
due to the records being 'in
error. •
I hope these Comrades -in -
Arms will be remetebereclo at
all times. They served their
country and fought for free-
dom of all coentries.
Sincerely,
Frederick W. Daw.
spare time to pheasant raising, which he
plans to expand from a hobby to a
commercial business.
Spence - It -win, cement contractor. of,
Lucknow, is i patient in Wingham and
District Hospital with severe head and
chest injuries following an accident
Saturday morning when his thick went
out of pontrol on the slushy, slipper:),
highway, south of Belfast. •
Mrs. Charles Bonnett of R. 1 Eolyrood,
suffered a fractured right arm on Friday
afternoon, in a fall down the colter steps
at her Kinloss Township home. She also
suffered a head injury. She was taken to.
Wingham Hospital for treatment,
Russ Johnston of Ashfield is to receive
treatment at IvIalton, foia badly fractured
foot which has failed to heal, properly. It
is* well over three months since Russ
suffered the injury an he has been
Unable to put weight on the foot since.
Kites had tne cast taken off last week and
the injured foot bandaged temporarily
pending treatment in Melton.
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