The Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-06-21, Page 7•
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TE LT.ICKNOISr SENTINEL, LUCKNOW',- ONTARIO
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BAND CONCERT , 4. .
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•. on•Apra 29th the. L.H.S. band
Presented their' annual band cen:-
certin the Town hall. A large
.audience--7-wasatteaattee-71O-
enjoy, he 10Cal and outside tat-,
• entertain-
ment was, officially opened by
Ray MacKenzie; secretary7trea,s-
• urer of the School' .13and.
THE DAVIES .
' The stu.dents, . of the High
-.Scheel had the privilege Qt, hear
ing a very fine musical .cericert;
for .‘t:12.e second '.sticeesSive year„
' 4We Towo/Hall this Siear,.pre7
Sented by the Davies ,. Family.
:This eneedingly good:talent was
• Widely. appreciated and enjOyed
' by the students.' .
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PERISH THE THOUGHT' 1 !
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(:By Gladys Milne) ••
* sitting .at the back of Grade
class -room one .daY; 1 began
,td vision. eaeh studentin his re.-
apective. positionten': years if-rern.
• •the Present :1951. •
• , Margaret Chin was sitting ina
room of 'a large hospital weeping
over the suddenpassing of two
of her' patienta. I:understand she
badunclerestimated:her pea-siZed.
amounts again. I ayinPathized
With, her as best I could and.
agreed"that:the electric chair was
not nearly so pain'ful as lingirig.
Shirley Johnston, in.:a room 'f
'tier down the hall, Was hav'ng
difficulty getting on °Viler •at-
ierits; an elderly 'man, .to open
is .rhotith.,se she 'could cleari.his
eth. After ten minutes of coax,
even: prying- a.- little,' to her
consternation she found hedid
not any..teeth!" sid&-step,
ped Gail MacMillan charging
down the corridor after 'a 'Patient
• Who had '.deeidecl'..to go 'home.
,Suggeated . thatGail buy , a pair
of running shoes. On enquiring.
afterthe hospital's...chief "tonsil -
snatcher" ; namely,. Dr. • Bruce
Johnston,: I learned that, he was
maintaining his :bettenlate-thah-
never policy for he had not Yet
arrived... • • '
Later in the day as I was:00• -.
ceeding dOWn 'country read; a
great cianking.antl.:SpUttering in.
the: distance ,attra,eted••iny atten-
tion. Finally 'Up coughed: a be-.
• ••„draggled old sedan.' bulging with
Children' and I found. that Kath-
leen Sane; the rural school rifarn
wasYtr:eatirig. her students to an
afternoon drive.,I'aitived at Jane'
• *Johnstone's school just in time to
catch a touching 'Scene when a
bhu1. little' boy shyly; • Prepent-
cl_Jahe with a bouquet -of .butt -
ctipS: She was moved beyond,
I visioned journaliat Ruth An-
dersonwork'ingfeverishly • at a
• desk—or wasit a Waste paper
basket. With drawers -upholding
'her old theory that the only time
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all„ls,..,thejast Vine
•".• you try. But What progress had
• Joan Campbell made inten:years,',
Was she a banker, a teacher 'or.
' a nurse? ..111 have to let .ydt.i.,de-
• -cide "that for '•I could only .see her
• behind bars •rushing Wildly frorii
the wicket, :to two 'students in
one Cerner,- to a, patient. , an-
other. 1 knew that girl •would
-neverrmalte up her mind! •
•• / .Morley Chin. "was. engineering'
:the construction of a ',Massive
th Structureor.was it one Of thoSe
Mailing towers? From the lookg,
at, of the slant on that 4building,VIer-
ICY was either mixectitp in angles'
111 and degrees: or , „sal . worrying,
abotit labOur-sayingi•devices.. Ray
to iiIacKenzie, the t "Whiz" at' math-.
ehiaticS,, had beterne an. aeceurit-.
ant."' Ile was • Making out income
tax, trying to ,perfect a 'method•.
"by, which he could help to
•.,•'bank-
rupt the -average citizen without
him leaststiPeting hini; The
• ;last Vision -or was it -a Sight-,
:Was Allah .1Vracintyre' tugging. on
• :the. IbtisinesS section of 'a Jersey
' Covi so , interested in 1 his , work
that when I'Saids?good afternoon"
et .• he !abtentiniridedly• e p1 i 4d
'Woo",
from.:this little sumniary of
definitions or daffYnOtions, yo'u
:Pct ,author to lie a little
isbit wacky Maybe, welt ,it sad
• but *true for :you: see 1 iieverl
really recovered' fictrril Grade 13.
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now TO STAY
AWAKE IN CLASS
• J3r,lAce Johnston) •
• One of the rnestldiffiCult Pro'6'
lams facing .the zribdern Scholar
is how to stay awakeIn class.
, This problem varies with
ferent
slumber through language classes.
•while'Othersfirid historrior-niat-
rniaS More, sleep-proOking,..
'There are seVerall solutiotis to
this problem advanced. One of
the worst of these inethet41.,Veult1
he suitable for that type
o, stu-
dent who likes • to. live danger-.
otiSly. Its. consists Merely of not
preparing .your hornework.:, You
. wiilfind that you •will stay up -
usually .'alert during i''the
especially when the 'homeWork.
ILI, being corrected. Although this
method is not recarnmended,11 is,
surprising the number of students
thatinake use •of it. , •
• Another factor to be considered,
in staying awake is the .seating'
arrangement. Avoid back seats as
you will find it almost impossible
to go to sleep ina front seat.
One of the beat methods. of
stoing awake in claSs isto be,
come interested • in the subject
and take an active,Part in ans-
wering questions. .1716w:ever ,this
methodlicit . is t Very :Popular and
generally ,useci Only asa last re-
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• If you Use these methods and
Make a practice of staying awake
in class you •will be amazed, at
the many :useful facts you
some-
times pik up.
. Of us.. favor equality; :butfor traces of the Pioneer days.,
For those. Who.. are 'interested
ye would like something better,
in hiStork; LuckneW 'also boasts
than that for etrraelyes. •.
• a' Well,stocked antique shop; and
3VIIP TOURISTS WOULD,LIKE
TO COME TO THIS DISTRICT
(B Ruth. Andersen)
When I survey the cliatrict atir-
rounding Luoicnow, withwt wish-
ing to show teomuch partiality
to any season,. .believe, that
this -area -is ar-layerritr.lts, mcist
beautiful raiment and Pregents
the,greatet dureto•tOuriSts.in the
autumn months of September and
. October.;
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At this tittle the roads winding
round . the hills of Kirilow are
ts4burireoanu.
n'd011 baytumb4raetp
tt..i..ntadkpiunrg.
The fields, . Some a.,rich, verda:nt
green, and• others, ' an alinoSt
purple hue,, verge'intO the, leaf -
strewn r floors of .sturdy forests
where trees; with leaVes. 'of gay
'orange -red and fresh, new ,green,
mingle. in' One panorania ' of.
un-
exceljecl beauty. When this pic-
ture Is viewed. through .a thin
haze of autumn mist, one has
a Scene which cannot be surpass-.
ed anywhere. . ..•
he'concessions surrounding
.Luckn'ow are rich, iri pioneer hia-
'tor3r for tho,se tourists who: like
to delve into th'e past. took such
an :expeditionrecently niyself,
and net -far from town, on a 'largo
farm practically free of fences;
.e)mlorecl, •an old mill. The build-
ing., builton a,Lmeclerately-,sized•
strearn, •had all but completely
fallen doWn.,• but' in the debris,
the two huge mill -stones could
be clearly Seen: History is where
you find, it, and this district is
ideal ,for, those people who like
• to'get Out irc the country and look
then there is the adiriirabl. ro'-
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THE .TORTIIRE CHAMBER
(By Edna Reid). •
strange: the .catastrophe
'that - can . happen to.; one:in
`.drearnal,EVeryene..kneWs that the.
-•'exaggerated-,•"Tiricriclents S)1. such
dreams could never . occur but
,still the..thoughts Of. them- con.
tinue' to 'be disturbing : ' Although
I don't like to admit that a .drearri'
Ceuld. ever bother •Ine;, must
say that the one. I .ani .abOut to
relate, -did: not help ' me to enter
High StliOol., with any assurance
Having passed entrarice. I
was soon to begin 'my first year
iri High .School, "a' thrilling •pros-
pect.. That until one
fateful night, my b.rairi;. instead
of Sleeping, Conjured hip '.a dis-
tasteful picture. Of High -School
lzfe, learningme a Most
illusioneci•atated of rniiid
pictured rhyaelf. sitting .in •
rciern in'Which an, awful
prevailed, until the ominous
voice, of the peragOgue, directing
's.4late_aiprinfLsone_Un4pr_tuuat '
urchin; broke. the spell Whatever,
caused e.me to imagine these
ridiculous circumstances is to -
explicable 'but 'despite the reali-
zation that they were ridiculous
my iinagitiatiOn 7 -Continued to
function • 'Mich to H dia.-
co
•My. distress was only increased
when‘1' discovered 'that I Was the
unfertiMate victim : -'61 the teaCtil,
•er's undesirable attehtiori.. It was.
almost like .being„,Ori trial Where,
the:cOnderrtned; was senteneed
by the Pedagogue, rny.presectitOr,
to. imprisonment • in. a torture
chamber built of; books. As' each.
neW subject w.as cliscusSed; a neW
book .• was added .to • the prison
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As if being 'a tOrtUre°
cham-
ber were 'not enough, was, con
pelted 'to experiment a
pi:diens looking, odOrifer„Ous?
coction, ' the contenta of 'Which I
never did discoVer, .aa; after an
hour's beWildering and thireWard
ink, 'adding of . one thing; .,that
would not dissolve, :and atterript-
•ing to sUbstract . something .else
already dissolved, ,..my .seltition•
went dowh the,tirain. What With
the teacherra '^derisive 'words and
the humiliating laughter of my
classmates ringing -iry.tny, ears,
passed the reinairider.pf the d'ay.
ift abject:misery. .
Happily my dream WIhrch 'had
turrie'd into a nightmare tor'ene,
ended at thia Point, and although
I was giteatly relieved I've .often
wondered Whether or: not 1 ever
escaped'fiehi that torture chant-
-.BA IsiCharaciteriistic of a
cream; m'ter lei ternplete a mys-
tetY 'story..: • •'•
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.4ect underway at the. school ,at
present—the collection of accur-
ately labelled , pioneer rehcs
which ,could some day 'well be-
come a real' drawing card se to
speak, ifor tourists frorn all over
the land.•
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A trip to, Lake ;Enron, iscer-
tainly a "intise. for .suminer
guests. 'Here there an .eXcel-
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lent sand :beach •for bathing_
There is also fiihing, in the lake.
to satisfy the most ardent' sports-
• man.. The scenic little lakes in
this, region, such, -as Clam Lake
and ,Silver Lake; are. at -.Present
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being ..otrtfitted as fishermen's
paradises. -
The Majority, of tourists seem;
to come from the middle -age and,
over bracket, and Most of them.
Would,' doubtless appreciate the
discovery of the corriparative.ease.
and serenity of life,, as we know
it in
• With "ample accoinoda-.
tioh available and shops which of-
fer the 'best infoods; drugs, hard-
ware.' and dry' goods, Lucknow
TcaTi'01-s1r.14se7tottrists.:' who
find their way to 'us. Also with
imPrOvernents: unAerivay, :and .in
seine cases comPleted, • toWards
the construction of .better 4roads
'and bridges pri- the .highWay ap-
proaching our town, we shall in
all probability find more and
Mei pe ure
we offer and:returning'Year after.
year to this. potential. mecdai for
tourists. •• .•
' little girl slowly approakhed• me,
almost .in tears. '
"Is your. name ',Ioyce?"•, she
sturnibled. • • '••• .
"Yee', I replied hesitantly4
"I was the .firStJoyce", she
rePlied; "
• 'A frantic mother. .hurried up
-and-wrapped-the
her arms. As she turned
she gave ine one of these 100U•S
thatyou never' forget. •
• 0 ! An' embarrassing mOntent.
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• (5kY Mary :MacMillan) •
All shoppers have the •same
purpose in nairid,;to,"obtain. a,bar,q
but not•-a•thein :pursues a
similar course of actien: ;Those
who know • exactly what they
want and can make: theirpur-• '
chase -without a •• great deal .ef
densideratiOn, are otWit0:4-rare.-
One Orr these is: the little, boy
from the next block, who enters
the store with .a proud, ,happy
grin. and struts 'up to the clerk
'at the candycounter, clutching'
five pennies in his grimY' little
hand. He leaves happily a few
minutes later, •the iproiid possessor:
of two of ,the best 'sticks of candy
he has ever seen. • ,••
When shopping, One. Might also
Meet ;the timid little man with
his hands chucked into hispock-
ets, who .comes •hesitantly up ,to
the••clerk;' Producing a 'thick roll
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of bills fro the depths a his
pocket, he shyly states, that his,
• wife had asked him to oet"her 0
a five -cent spool .Pf thread.
turning the rest of .his • money'
and,- the spool to his pocket;,
hastens out, very Much embarr,
assed
-The' of -the other -type; -o-tra*
will frequentlyfind a stOut oVer- •, • A. • °
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ly.',olreaseci lady, wearing •a-tinY 1 ,
hat With an enorInbus. feather, •°
above a .displeased and frowning
countenance_ She canfind' ab • •
solutely nothing that is just what!
she had' in .mind. In reality; she ."' •
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hadn't the slightest idea what '.
she wanted when she entered the. • .• •
Store . and will probably leave
quite, angrily with nothing to • •:-` ' ' '
show for .her , lengthy . shopping • • • . '1,
tour
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Then there is the business man• , '. . I ' .1..,
mho ' hurriesrin.:', every '25th ,iire :,,i.,.,,,,i,,,,I.,
NoVerniber at five minutes' after '.. - :',.... :i.'..,•--,
six. p.m. Nervously jingling the
• coins in his' packets,, he asksthe •
clerk to' suggest • a „gift for his •
wifefl3i
' ' rthday, explaining that:
h with something quite 'rare°. •7'
lii
A.' year he plarined to surprise,'
and' ,wonderful. After 'half 'aa
hour's. cans,ideration,,he leaves in
haste with the •usual tWo'-potict,
box of assorted cheColates. • .
• All these present a, hunioroia.,
picture of human nature to the'
person who takes notice of the•
average shopper. • , „. '
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Mt MOST •• • '.• .•'••
EMBARRASSING MOMENT • ,*
(11Y. Joyce' . •
Marry piano 'recitals follovvverY
much the same form and reutine.
• This particular one was4ather,
'different; I think, owing, to .,`.an
unusual obcurrence. I imagine
was quitehorrifying or perhaps
amusing to the listening audience ,
had been ehaSen toplay at this
recital ,and being' quite young I
•was • thrilled and ex,cited.
days .flew •past, /the night came,
the curtain was 'drawn, who was•
to play? It was a 'girl, Joyce .by
name, and a, very 'frightened 'one.
toe. • This narne, familiar .to
Was called and i• went on stage
with the excitement and entbus-
iasin of a yourigster.j, Was un-
aware of ,a mysterious hush that
`fell .over the aiglience as. a ap-
proached the piano. - 'I, hurried
through my piece' and returned
backatage. ,0I settled back corii
fortabl, 'only in ai few minutes
to hearmy name again. SoyCe!
4oYce!. Was. this me? It couldn't
be..Agairi .it was JoYce! I,rushed•
on stage and played 14: previetts
Selection. In, a few minutes'. a.
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