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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-01-27, Page 1244111., 4iNOMMI, COMFORT?': Most homes lack moisturein Winter.; Dry air takes the life" oat of furnitu:re and often :. leads to: sore .throats . and- colds:. Easy: solution is art ' Electrohome Humidaire. 14 models to choose from • styled to suit every decor.; sp. fan. Ideal j o.. dealfor 4 or 5"ro m dwelling. rear TV ani Electric LUCKNOW.'. .PHONE 528=3112 Konored:ouple v tAn i.r r� e Sar y (Intended Fort Last Week) Mr.: and Mrs:: ':Reg Ferguson, .. London, • . 'Mr. and Mrs. James' Ferguson, Waterloo : and Mr and Mrs. Jim Olson, Toronto surpris- ed their parents, Mr. .and Mrs. .._a H cold 'Ferguson, ; Gflderichwith a 40th wedding 'anniversary par- ty x'- - _. on, Saturday . ht: ' Mrs.: Fer= night. n was:the former: Pearl Ray: -rnard: _ Those. attending: Were. a her 'broth- - roth-- era and . sisters, 'Mr.. &° Mrs Wal- ter Alton, Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs: Melvin 'Ra ard• God rich Mr. �. r ., and Mrs. Nelson Rayrt rd Luck - now arid Mrs.. Cecil. 'Mullin,.: Lis towel. Mr.. and Mr s Ferguson were former residents of Lucknow. Within a radius of 50 miles in the'. southwest section of Maine are towns. named . China, Norway, Naples, Athens, ;.Peru; Denmark, Belgrade, Detroit,.' Poland, Dres- den, ' Palermo, Belfast, . `.Mexico, Paris, Lisbon, and Frankfort: ' L, .O T TA. LOVELINE54? YOUR BEAUTY' ''~r PROBLEMS WE CANNA? PAWN HOME BEAUTY AIDS WOO PERFORM THE FIAT GLADYS' BEAUTY SALON LUCeCNc W CaN-w aag!!l�* I 4iPL1MILT,I4Tr! '''3 WrilhOPT. 1,11112— TF1® ' U UCKNOW ' SENTLNEI.. LUCKNQW, A • NTAR•1.0 SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley . HO 'HUM, WAR IS HELL 'Is. there anything sillier than. an old soldier? . Wait a minute, .Jack, ' I' • don't, mean': honest 'vet- erans like you d -mer '''Whe fought o>ir war, then forgave and forgot. No; .-I mean the* pro- fessionals, .and ..: especially the generals. My feelings toward the ° top brass • were • rekindled- recently when.` • General " Omar Bradley took, a ' swing. .from. out in left field at General. Montgomery, claiming.' 'Monty had been • too. slow and ; too • syared' to ' close the Falaise '''Gap ' when he should. have. Twenty years: after,. the event, the old boys are still bick- ering. I didn' blame Bradley ' much. Montgomery has 'been... blaming every other general, ever' since the . war ended, for:. everything that went wrong. Apparently he .was Ttlie. "only big shot who was always.: right. , And. that reninds .Me of •the sickliest '. •thing Montgomery• ever said. , It . ^Was ' +a .. few years : ago. during an• interview:: -Tt ,was to the effect that 'he likes ' 'to' see soldiers soaking wet hungry, fit - thy il-thhy: and exhausted. • Then he knows .they have been soldier- ing. That .• sort of ' Poppycock .is fairly. typical` of they:, intell e. ce of a general. This: may have been true ' dur.- .ing : the Kaiser's 'war. Old .sweats: of that one knew all'' . about ' .'dirt, wet; • lice, slim rations and ex- haustion. But their. .troubles were .21l physical. ones: being blown .up, or 'sniped, orcaught on. t'he. •barbed wire; or 'gassed, or eaten -.alive by rats. ,They didn't o...psychologicaln t" face t h horrors of my • war. ' It was -.sheer . hell at times; for us '"pilots, esPecially, if we • were officers,:: Even•today, after ,two. decades trying. to heal the scars,`. memory,. : of . .those . ordeals sends a cold shudder'' through . me. Sometimes, for example, '.the batman ''would forget to put. •sug- ar in the `Morning • .tea '.,he brough'F, when. , he '' wakened you. But' you never complained: You: .drank it .down • stoically, . without 'a whimper. Another, experience . that left P ... its mark on many of us ., was the time ' .hey took. the 'batmen off a .l •toS e, t h e r .. Nand . substituted WAAFS for them:. Shine of the chaps, were totally_ unnerved_,_ O.: be wakened in rhe morning by a chubby little' airwoman, cooing 'ere's your .tea, lnv. ,Drink it ;up • while it's .'et." ' '- ,Some of the . hardships • we en- dured . can ,scarcely .be, recounted in a. family journal; ' one .. aero- drome at 'which. I' • had the in- credible bad luck to be stiationed, in England Was eight miles from the. nearest pub, and the .only Way to .get there • was by bicycle. Match that for inhuman con- ditions. ' ' But that's the sort • of thing we went through, and those of us ,who : survived were prematurely. aged by • the ' pitiless circum- stances under which we strove to, :ensure there'd always : be an England Seared in my brain forever is one horrible day we were ' drafted, by a brutal group captain to play 'rugger the morn- ing after a farewell party in the' sergeants' mess Rugger ' is a peculiar British, game in which you never ,stomp ,a..•man•.in the face until he is down; and only then if you can't stomp .:him , in .the stomach:,. ' • Another painful memory is that of fat senior officers stand ing. with their backsides to 'the fireplace, while we junior" offi• cers, shut off from the only heat in the place, shivered miserably around :the bar. Old sweats talk about march- ing 300 miles in ten days. They don't realize what we went through on those. .trains in. Eng- land. Sometimes we ofi tiers even though we 'hail first-class tickets, had -to ride in the third- class °trachea' with allthose rode. nasty soldiers and sailors and things. . , , Looking back, I' can't help , but:. marvel at the ' way we. faced up to the hardships of those grim days, without a murmur ,But, it • Was war, ,' and: 'we were true-blue. Except 'in .'the mornings, when We were a little. green around the. gills. That's • when they'd give you a " kipper :for . breakfast.: Hardships? I could write. a book. Mrs: Bertha- McNall : of Tees water 'comments "We enjoy;: the Lucknow Sentinel very, much.. Kairshea' Girl � Wins Provincial Honours Eileen: Burt, a member of the Kairshea 4+H Homemaking Club wrote the 'following article as* part of 4-H training that won' her Provincial Honours : for comae.- • tion of 'twelve ,projects.',rt points out• the value of. this 4-H training.' MY IMPRESSION OF "SLEEPI:NG GARMENTS," ;• We .have.`. come..to the:. end of another :very informative ,and in teresting project which I thor of ghlY enjoyed I. was pleased with'the gar- ment I: made and when .1 wear it l : will: remember.' memories,, of the project We' had • eight • 'meetings and three work . meetings- which .I at- tended. • We have been trying hard to get, our Record' =Books and . gar,- ments. done .with, added school is .ac a we 1 re tzvzties, ; Ott �� �o ,_in a Axa 1. gen ` This was the .'first "mime. I had ever sewn. sleep wear. '.Our leaders Mrs. Eoulston and Mrs. Thomson have been "helpful and : most co-operative; ` in every Way.. . We are now working: on/ our.:'. Exhibit:` `Decorative Finishes for Sleeping: Garments." ' , • Looking• back on the . past .twelve. projects, . I am glad that our "Karr rhea Institute sponsors 4 -ll. Clubs, and the many . headaches the: lead- ers ' andMothers bad. But.: at the end of ` each club ' they were hum • ble of ` their. :assistance. • My knowledge " gained . from• tie first . clubs, were of help in: their, small ways in making ::'simple 'de- _sserts.-_'. which -brought "What's that?" from ' ..my Father. Later, to : running the; household in .time of sickness.. .Every . girl . shouldn't., miss the ... chance to be •, a 4 -Her. It keeps one from; becoming pre -occupied:. and. self centred'. I ,think. if more girls were to become.: 4-11 members there would be less 'delinquency. among : 'young 'Teeple. '.1 am ` glad my, ' .parents ,took an interest in seeing I . had 'transportation' ' to, eetings. m1• had m ..first` ex rience : .. Y pe work- ing 'away from' home this 'past summer . arid I ..credit the .4-11' training 'in. snaking it possible to be. accepted as , .reliable help at the 'Lime ' 'Lodge at .Inver huron. ' Serving•, at . banquets and. weddings in the 'Institute were. always a pleasure. , . • The greatest thrill of my life was when .1 ;was one .of the girls;, chosen to represent Bruce Coun- ty at the Western Fair at .London in 1962, I was ;Very- disappointed I couldn't judge at the Teeswater Fair this fall owing to illness: '• ' I_ have always wanted to be ' a nurse but. now my mind'. wanders in the field of food. My cousin Irene Collins has been telling me how she is enjoying her work as Home • Econoinnst of Perth Coun- I am looking forward 'to the project "The Club Girl Stands on Guard." . To sum . up I have had good times and happy " memories as well as .fellowship in my years Of 4-11. I feel I will havd is broad- er ,outlook on life and will be, able to, mai .e a .home. someday with WEQNESDAYr ,IAN,;. SXH,, Ilfs:' SCOTT - CLELAND Painsettas a n d ''candelabra 'were the setting for the Wedding of Wendy • Gore. Cleland. and. Rob- ert George Scott in ^Blyth United Church. The ' . bride's, parents are Mx. . and ,' Mrs: • 'Hugh Cleland, Blyth sand ; brie g room is :the son of .114r.: and '.Mrs. ; Min W. Scott; RR 1, Ripley:' Rev. G. B. Cox,. great uncle of the' '*grown:. and Rev.W. . W , -:Q. Mather, .. officiated at the double ring ..ceremony. Mrs Kye -was. :organist and.: solo was 'Miss . Bertha Blue sing- ing, • `The Lord's ' Prayer and tie. ddin g, Pr.► , Given in marriag►e.. by' her er"We, •the bride chosayere a ' floor iengthfath= gown of white satin. The %velvet. bodice • was fashioned with an; entire waist line,uarter thi"ee-9 �:. len sleeves cave an " d.a s � c00 .Ped: nec -line k Avely �. et crown:'' held her French- illusion. veil . and she .. carried a. •crescent shaped bou- quet of red ,,roses. • Mrs:. Marjorie Duizer of ' Lond esboro was,. , matron of , 'honour. She wore a carnation red street length velvet dress With- a .that- ching, wedding ring: .headpiece. P. Miss .Heather er Cleland sister of the .bride, _Miss Carol: Stanley, Stratford and Miss Joan Pollock were, -bridesmaids ids and were, identically gowned" 'as. the. inatron of honour‘. .Soatt, R.R. p: Y,. ;acted. -•as groomsman for. his bre ther 'and ushering were' :John Martyrs a. Toronto, Lynn Fergus- on, on Braze and ..I� Wm. Cleland, London, :uncle of the bride.. A h de...; reception: folloiived . in _.: the. hureeh parlour.,, 'the • bride's other receiving ' zvmg in ; a three- piece winter white double-knit suit" with . a ;red carnation 'cor- sage. • or -sage The groom's: mother 'as- sisted "assisted m n two.piece raspberry silk .,knit p suit with a white car- nation arnation • corsage. Out of town' guests came : from Ripley,; Lond- on, 'Listowel, Toronto, Niagara Falls, .N.Y•:: and Stratford. For a wedding trip to'" Florida,: the ' .bride chose a two-piece •white lace dress with a red. rose: corsage and : black accessories. The couplewill reside at R.R. 1, '` Ripley ;'bride, is'a` gradu- ate, of Stratford 'General Hospital pt1 School ,of Nursing: KINGSBRIDGE • (Intended For Last Week}: 0n be .. hatf of the . community we would, like to • extend' oursin- cere :'s th to the family �il.. f :I Ym'Pa � m y o :the • late Michael J.• Foley, " w'hose' death occurred . in Goderich Hos pital: on Sunday 'after a : lengthy 1 illness. , Messrs. : John Kell , : and Pat . Sullivan Y are � patients • in : Goder- ich Hospital. ' Eugene . Austins is in''Wingham: Hospital. `.The cad__ __rpt ..,hand :draw fo prizes was held . on reven- ing' - p e Friday, even - in g' in was g the school: Winners for. the euchre were Mrs. Ryan • and Mr. Gus- Devereaux. `Consolation prizes went to Mrs. Robert 'How- ard Jr 'and •Francis Hogan.. ..Andy O'Brien of. Seaforth t made the draw, '1st prize, service'' for eight of silver:`waregoin to Mrs,':E - g g i 1 don Austin, 2no prize a cutlery . set: and : steak .knives went 'to Mit.• Kraemer of Briton, Ontario, 3rd prize a cutlery set went to . Mr. ,Frank Young, Goderich: • MBeDONALD GARAGE \. Top' Quality at: • Reasonab,ie Price • ROTATE TIRES REGULARLY ATLAS'BATTERIEs DUNLOR TIRES WheeiBalandng • and'HAlinment Shocknbssrber Service 2 Licensed Mechanics • REPAIRS (0,4L MAKES..OF� CARS and. TRACTORS '',r . J;."gl