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NOTYCE RE ,
CHRISTMAS AND NEW' " YEAR'S:
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There will be +ino ' milk 'deliveries " on
`Christmas and New Year's -•.Day' and our •
trons are. re uested..• to purchase their
necessary requirements/on Monday pre •
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.ceding each:' holiday.,
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Alex Andrew, Prop.
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*SHOWER AT DUNGANNON
FOR MSS JOYCE GLENN "
Miss •Joyee Glenn, ''bride=tote,
was ' showered with ° a .miscell,an-
ecus- r at' ! : Dungannon
.°s ho wethe
parish' , . hall on Monday of last
Week with 96 guest present The
hall lovas decorated for the occas '
ion and the bride-to-be Was seat-
ed at the frontof the , hall in a
specially,.` decorated' chair. The
guests circled. about, and, friends
assisted Joyce' and her sister June
,to ' open the gifts. , :Mrs: Gladys
,Rivett and•'•1VIms. Mary Rivett, •who
sponsored the shower, . were as
sisted by friends ` in serving a
lunch: ; Mrs• Dulrnin Phillips con-
tributed > piano music an Mrs.
Allan Reed. 'gave <a humorous
reading
BORN
LA,IDLAW—in Winghaan General
Hospital on Wednesday, Decezn-'
ber 5, 1951,. to Mr.' and Mrs. Elroy
'Laidlaw (nee Louise Martin) of
Whitechurch; ''a daughter.
LEDDY in Wingham General
Hospital, on Monday, December
100th, to Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Leidy', R. 2, Auburn:, a son. �!
;FRfl1CHARD•-=in Wingham. 'Gen-
eral Hostpital, on; Tuesday.. .De-
cember 11, 1951, to Mr' and.'Mrs.
John '• Pritchard,` R. 1, Lucknow,, . a
son',
HEEEENDERSON In, Wingham Hos-
pital • on Friday, Deeeinber;'14th,
to Mr. and . Mrs. Jim''' Henderson
of Lu.cknow;(nee Mary -Simpson), S`
,..
a son;'James 'Douglas
5 WEEKS ON,.4. BIPTCLE
(Continued from rage,10
sped along through the rain We
could, :see. the ' outline of the
Cairngorms.^ Some of . the peaks
were still snow covered. No doubt
they would have been more beau -
Wu/ if we had gone through on
..our bicycles but we would have,
had to walk most of the way.
erth vii asbck` n -the farm
ing country "again' and it .was rich.
rolling • land dotted with?herds of
black cattle, It looked good even
in the rain. We .hated "to' Cleave
Scotland for we .felt as if we
belonged there. Everyone was.
friendly • and' accepted , 116 as if
they . had always known us. In-
deed, we.felt as -though we ,Were
leaving home as we headed down
'the . highway from. Lanark thru
Moffat to Gretna Green and then
across the .border to Carlisle.
The Lake ;Country of . Northern
: England',was our next stop. liege.
we • cycled` over more heather
coveredhills, in more rain;.: look-
.ing. for. two villages !called Great
Salkeld and . Little Salkeld, We
found them too, and• they were
quaint,. 'pretty little. English vill-
ages with thatched cottages: •sur-
rounding the • village church. We
;found also • that. there are , still
Salkeldssliving in the villages.
When- the 'fog., cleared so. that'
wethe .could. See from .... . he , _ wind s
....otw
of the Youth Hostel ` in Penrith,
we realized that the hills around
that. district . were ' really. not
Meant' for cyclists 'So we went
by bus to see the English lakes!
A, lady behind us in the :bus
was. heard to so that one, should
see the, Lake' Country in 'the rain
to •see it ` at • its best. We have,
therefore,. seen it. at its best. a For
over `a; week we 'wore wet shoes
and were in a chronic state of
moistness. The. whole trip from,
Penrith across to York, and down
the Great. North Road to London
was made in the . rain;
This: part of the country was
very flat and. Was -,almost a con -
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TRU' DtrjANTBIDR. 24th, 1901
C� .
N 'G rI
er
eelure-Boxing-Da ' . •
A Civic :Holiday• for the Village of Luckno v
andcal upon, all -citizens to observe the same,
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C. McNAB, Reeve.
tmnuai landing -field, dotted With
stations... Most of these
airdron'ies nom! have •crops grow-
ing between the runways but it
would. not. take long to get them
in running . order. • again: The
landscape' was, therefore,'a lit-
tle uninteresting,: but the crops
looked god. •
The roads in England__ are
superb' and even' the narrow,
winding country roads are., pav-
ed. Every road has a name and
ev' ry . crossroad • has its • sign
' o ts.
P
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The ` `Bobbies or ' policemen
are walking 'encyclopedias. ' and
the. ultimate . in courtesy.: ; The
people themselves' are most -help-
ful • too. ' We :found that r all we
had to do was to • drag out a'
road map, :look puzzled. and in
no ' time at all at least half ' a
'dozen'people would offer to help.
• Unfortu'nately, the method of
;giving directions such as. `bear
straight ahead for .a couple of
miles ` then turnsharp right and
you .cawn't miss it" • rarely had
the desirert . effect for • we. found
that the "straight ahead" part
of the road, really twisted nd ..
turned like a snake and the ."turn
right" .' actually . meant turn kW'
To our sorrow we.also found that
a; Scotch nil'e' really' was at least
two Miles! •
Our trip wasa- wonderful ,ex.
45erience
ex-
perience"" and "n. aver.; to tbe' forgot-,
ten;: As we returned to, Harpsen.
den; :considera'bly ,wiser and with
a few extra' callouseand strain,
ed 'muscles, our Only r regret' was
that.,we did licit have more time l
to continue our:' tour:': There "is -
only one •better way. to find out.
about, a' 'country and -that is to
walk. We ;have tried that ;:method
too ,but it !takes" more time thah.
we have to spare: • ,
,Raunchy, middle - aged man,
perspiring" profusely to other:
man in 'businessmen's gym:., "Th
lroulble. is I'm . not. in shape to
keep fit":
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