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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-12-23, Page 3THTJR:S., DECEMBER 23rd, 1943 the Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow', � i....oca1 aid Genearal Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Burns of Toronto 'spent the week -end with his •parents, Mr. and ' Mrs, • T. H:.• .B urns. ,, Mrs. Arthur Stewart of -Detroit is spending tlhholidays with her • sister, •Mrs. • II. J. • Lindsay and °Mr: Lindsay. Mrs...P. M. Johnston is ill at her horrie in the village with pneumonia. Her .daughter, Mrs:1 '.Al G.use of Hamilton is with :her, at present. Mr. 'Albert' McQuoid who was: iti with pneumonia at Winghaxn Hospital for two weeks Was ' able to leave the hospital this week;, a:k d is .at•present' atthe home of his daughter, Mrs. Warner Smyth of ulross. • Mrs. Wm.. Martin of St. Marys -Visited last weel with Mrs. R. T. Cameron. Miss 'Belle Robertson- left this weep for Toronto,: where she will spend the next -couple of, .months. Mrs. R. J. Cameron' left ori Thursday. 'for Hamilton, where ill will spend some time with her daughter, :Mrs.. N. E. PusL.ell ..ind Mr Bushell. 1111 With Pnreumonia' • Miss .Elizabeth, Henderson has been ill since early last`week with pneumonia, 'but pis making ..a fav= arable recovery;. :although she Will : not he., able 'to 'return- to .the Express Office until after Christ - SOME DIFFERENCE' When Pa ' Is Sick When 'Pa is sick, he's scared to, death, • . •, • An' 'Ma an' us jut hold .our' breath; • He drawls in bed an': puffs 'an' grunts, ; An' . does, 2.11 .kinds of . funny, stunts. He.. wants Dee Brown in mighty quick, • For when Pa's sick, be. awful. sick. sighs, He talks so queer ,an'•. rolls ' his eyes; • . Ma jumps an' runs, an' all of us, - ! Must make no sound, or . raise no cuss` An' ".peace an' joy is mighty aceerce;. y When Pa •is.•.sick--it's, sornethin' 4u fierce., y ' it .-4744 t 6 '410411W-WCZTPC-VC-1• • When Ma Is Sick , When' Ma is sick, she pegs away. 'She'•s quiet though, not much to say; • • She gcies right on . a-doin' ° things; An? sometimes laughs or even' sings; • She . says she don't. seem .extra well, :But then,it's just a kinda spen.; She'll be all right, 'to=rriorrow • • sure, An'- good Ole Sleep Will be the cure. • ,An' .Pa, 'he sniffs .' and makes no ,.kick, -For wornen •r - ck, An' .Ma, she smiles, let's on she's glad; ' When Ma is -sick; itain't so bad. , You ' don't stop playing because jou grow old.: You grow. old be- cause .you estop playing. Middle - age :is that time in lifer when you'd 'rather' not have a' good time thann recover from it. illliatiDC-4-47Zr4" "4- Chri'-tnx-as 1943 (By the Publisher) On the threshold of another ,Ch •i.stm'as : eason,'_,:the . joy •and merriment • of: this. oc • cPsion• cannot but •be' tempered , by' the trag- • edies of the oast f-ur 'years' of • war, and :the anxieties•_. of • the future. • • •-. •From many, homes hgsbands, fathers, sons, brothers, daughters, ,are spen;dirig their first, second, third,. fourth and some •even their:.fifth • Christmas in far. away places: Under • such cir- cumstance's the salutation. "Merry .Christmas" seejns. justTa bit oUt'of place. B,ut is it?•,,,Those who can't join .the family circle will want• it that way. Theirs will. be the most 'sincere and heart-warming • greeting.; of all. And in 'their hearts 'hopes' are, .high that' ere another year passes their job will be done and the true . • meaning -of. Christmas will replace "the hate • • and bitterness of war. • , And "A Merry Christmas" •is• the way' those • boys .who won't come back would• wish it also. • . There- - is nothing more beautiful. in the • phase$: of our life than -the spirit that pervades th•r .whom' land at Christmas time., It is a spirit • .that finds full expression' in the family circle, • 'yet overflows these closer 'relationships in ser- vice and affection to those less fortunate. It is the fime'•when the twinkli • eyes and' joyous' laughter of 'children, .especially warms the atmosphere of the home. The •time when the spirit 'of Christmas setzes the hearts of everyone and .for ' a. -brief spell at least, petti- ness, 'jealousy and 'little meannesses are swept away • by the, universal -salutation, "A Merry. Christmas", and men's hearts are tii.ned to the song of the, Herald 'Angels on that First, Christ- mas morning: A "Glory •to -God 'in 'the highest - , Peace on earth, goodwill. toward men". By the very tragedies and heart -aches of this :war, Christmas 1043 brings, new hope and . promise • that the true • spirit :of Christmas. is being reborn in the world; when peace on earth, goodwill toward men, Will.becorne a reality. ThSugh there be .sorrow, there is cpuse .to be glad., .• • • ' • May yours be a Merry; Christmas, or in; • hones that are sad and. lonely, flay you have . • a deeper joy, "a, peace that passeth all under- Standing". ate_. w. 1 9 6 n• Ontario PAGE THREE Recalls The 'hood. Old Days' (By Old -Timer) I long for the old pioneer days,_ when there were ne ceiling 'prices on our eats and drinks, not even• a board, 'ceiling ,in some --of 'the cabins. Then you • could . buy a pound of. porterhouse Steak .for 10:cents with a churik of suet thrown i'n to help to • fry it or -three pounds of • round steak Lor a quarter with a couple of lbs. 'of. "liver thrown, in' for dog and, catfodder: You co'taild buy, a beef •head ..for .10 dents, -shank for •1a' •cents, , 'pork chop for ••'8 cents per pound dr, genuirie.• park sausage 10 'Cents per pound. A :pig'•s head.• cut .well, back to the shoulder sold for 25 cents, 4 pig's hocks for 12 .cents and 'lard.6 __cents- per out -a girl -partner- yoli--gerierally any ceiling, • now for the drinks: milk: 5 cents per quart, whiskey $1°0.0 per gallon, 8 gallon keg of; beer for $1,25. Dozen quart bot- tles of Carling's or „Labatt's ale f or 90 cents. ' A quart of John Dekyper Holland • gin $1:00 (oh boy) and Yon could have a jolly night without, paying -the govern- 'ment,.any tax and if you drank the 'quart of John Dekyper you couldn't, see the ceiling ••anyway if there . had been one:»• • Then • Cher -e was . the• °-cau.ntry dance. Air you "ha•d .`to do to go to •:ane of these, ,old country . hoe: downs , was to.°.help; pay 'the dier, '1 y.' dropping into the.. •hat called the fiddler's change. If' you went .to one of these dances with - pound, A quarter 'of .,lamb cost 50, cents or. 5• pounds of :chicken for 25 rents.' A:real ,bar'nyard chick en that hunted his odyn living stole his eats' from the horses, cows; .pigs, and•'roarned the field for bugs' arid "'grasshoppers and he • put ,'ori .flesh The • crate -fed chicken of today is not in it with the Shanghai rooster of pioneer. days: aTo , eata chunk would give. you• a • rooster. tonic that would make you want to 'j uinp• up' on ' a stump' and ..crow. The Shanghai rooster of: Old, stood four feet high,. cou'l'd 'eat •out•.•of' a barrel. :and weighed 10 pounds. 'Bu' like 'the pioneer settler he's gone to roost. Ducks sold.' at 30 cents, geese' ,50 cents, ' t.urkPys 50 to 7.5 Cents, eggs.. 8 cents a dozen, , butter 10 cents per pound, . bread 5 " cents per loaf, ."potatoes. 25 cents per bag., Turnips were not consider- ed •food and were not• eaten un less there was ,nothing :else. So much for the eats vvit.hou Truck Driver Has 985;196 .dropped' 5 cents, into the' hat. If you hada partner you , generally put in 10 cents. If• you were "rushing"' a girl and engaged fo her you generally showed off be- fore 'the other .girls .'by'dropping • 25 cents. into .the, fiddler's hat, Eats and drinks generaily, were furnished . by the hostess • or. brought' along by the girls. Fid- dlers'.• jack -pots generally ,ran ftom```$1.50 to $3.00. If the fiddler's change was less than $1.50 he generally ,Put " his fiddle • in his box and went home mad:.There was one oidatime fiddler, W,'alter 'Sturdy, who•never went back on $1:50 He' always played "Sold ier's Joy" for .a:,break-doviin. Then there were other :fiddlers~ Hacky • Bruce; . Harry Ward,_ Jack : Ryrie, Paddie Welshand his brother Miles Without Accident Nine hundred andeighty-five thousand, one hundred and ninety-six miles' .without ''an ac- cident! That is the magnificient record of Transport Driver Har- vey Kaster of Walkerton who, for ,the second'year in succession, has won the Legion of Safety tro phy. Kaster's unique contribution to :safety on• Ontario highways,and that of four other• drivers of ptib- lic commercial vehicles, each of whom has rolled ' up' move than 500,000 miles of accident -free driving, was suitably rewarded before a gathering of over 500 at the ,Annual Members' Dinner of the Automotive Trarisport As- •sociation of Ontario, which or- ganization inaugurated and spon- sored the Legion of Safety con- test. Kaster was presented' the coveted trophy and a substantial cheque by Highways -Minister George H Doucett, who warm]y° complimented the tall, handsome, 35 -year-old Walkerton transport driver and cited his . record as a practical lesson in safety which should be learned by every high- way user. • Jnhn. .Welsh; George - Stuart and mai'. more. But the, larger the fiddlers' ;:change the. better they played for the balance. -of' the night. . - • •All the ."ceiling" I• knew -of in those . days was on the' Fiddler's t . 'jack -pot. • FORTY-FIVE AT BLOOD. CLINIC There were ,forty: -five donors •at the •Red Cross clinic held 'here on Wednesday, including 32 raen and '.13 ladies; as follows: Mrs. Kathleen, D. MacDonald, Miss Hazel A. Culbert, Kenneth Mow- biray, Charles R. Shaddick; Rex, = Ostrander,' Gordon 'Fisher, Mary Webster, MissElizabeth MacDonald, Miss Margaret Salk- eld, Robert Campbell, Jas. Coch- rane, Dr. J. E. Little, James Campbell, Harvey Houston, Mrs. Ingrid Canham, Chas,:, G. Ander: sort, Clifford Kilpatrick, • Mrs. Sarah Collyer,, Ewart . Taylor, Wir, Cook, . Duncan J: Parrish, Mr's. Amber M. Popp, Otto H. Popp, Rev. John W. Donaldson. Mrs.' Katherine Jackson, Mrs. Helen Kempton, Jaynes Jas. W. Hamilton, Russell Irwin, A. Cann, Orland Richards, Fred Emberlin,• Mervin Avery, 'Albert Campbell, •Llo'd McDougall, Mrs. Emma Walden, W. B. Walden. V. A. Mowbray, John McCharles, Melv=n J. Morr isori, Brown Smyi.1,. Miss Bernadean Alton, Russell E. Alton, Albert B. Al ton. • • For those who like a dish .of st tistics, Kaster's . mileage is _equivalent :to .mote_. than. .39%. times the distance . 'around the ea th's equator. Placing the av- er ge 'car. driver's annual :'peace- trine peace-ti e . mileage. 'at 7,500 (it's con-' siderably less now with gasoline rationing) it would take him rn- re than 131 years .to reach" Ka' terfs ' mark, and, without acci- dent,' cci de 't,' it must be remembered. 'Kaster's mileage has been rolled' u inyears of drivin - an p 18 ya g, average' of 54,733 miles a year or over 1,050' .tiles° per week, Kaster, who • has been driving m r a e i 0 s n e 0 K for' Hanover. Transport, Walker= ton, for 'the past 11 years (he turn trip.; • SEASON'S G R EETINOS, , .. vir -Christmas is int the •~ ; Holidays •' are. 1'iere _ Our sincere • greeting is, that 'the ;a . 6 Yuletide Season may bring you` much happiness- and that "°the New Year may hold in storea- full measure..':_ of all. good things. S 3 F'iNLAYSQN 6 • EROS: PLANS MILLION -DOLLAR FARM' PROD JCE MARKET Legislation to authorize the er- ection of a million -dollar termin- al produce market in: Toronto as a:,post-war project will be intro- duced at' the next session of the Legislature, : it was reported it Queen's Park. • Representations before the Marketing, Distribution and Or- " ganization Committee ' of the On- tario Agricultural Committee of Inquiry have emphasized the need for new facilities. Since 4032 efforts to get a nevv'• terminal• served by ' both major' railway* companies have. failed 'chiefly be; cause of financial considerations. No* the present :Ontario gov- ernment' intends • to ask the .Do - Minion government for a grant , to cover . the capital cost of ac ° quiring - the hand and Construct- ing the terminal. , It is"irnderstood that 'Agricul- . ture Minister :.Col. T. L. Kennedy has already arranged 'the ' pre- paration of a draft copy of the necessary provincial legislation in readiness for the •first session o� the new House. • Bargain Sale of Toys. The Store with the Stock.' THE MARKET' STORE. .Yin,' e41.%•. ' • 9 YULETIDE. GREETINGS .. 6 Want to 'wish you Merry ti Christmas,, Candy Sale at the Store with the -MARKET k. THE �MARKESTORE.I. drove .'for a Stratford construct- ion company prior to that time) is now on the regular`run from Walkerton to Toronto and return, a nightly• round trip of 220 miles. ' Asked *hat his chief ambition is, Kasten said to keep his' record absolutely clear of accidents. He is not excited' about -hearing the million -mile mark, merely shrugs it off with the remark that it's his• wife who does the worrying, especially if he is. late on a re - I • Can't think of a thing to say, Guess there's nothing' any better Than the old wish any - e way— , IN A Very Merry Christmas and a• - 1 Happy New Year ik 6 Eimer Johnston 4 •r • Ij