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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-03-10, Page 11f WEDNESDA'r 'MARCH lOth, 196S' THE LU.CKNOW SENTINEL, UCKNOW .ONTARIO SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley SOME SPRING FANCIES 'We all ..know what a ' young cy in; the spring ' for anything yt g man's fancy., is suppased to light= ly,.•.turn to in spring, But .when you . get right. down to it, young men are vastly. uninteresting, ex- eept to 'themsolyes, . recruiting of- fleets, of course, young vvo- that is dangerous, foolish or •irri- dating. On the first day the tem- perature is: above 49 they :want to :go hatless and barefeets. They build rafts that sink; They dig caves. in , the sides , ;;of ; crumbly and i .:ts They ' ;. c. r• o �s s • - swollen. So we will ignore: the fancy of s r, eafms on the-. slippery.- trunks young men' this spring,; especially > �f. fallen t� ees. ': 'They. walk' ., ori 'since it's lightly turned to the i ailway tracks• same,• sort' of thoughts.. in. the oth- The mature,. ' or married, man. er . three seasons too. Let's ex- is ,. stunned.; by' .spring: • A : few amine .the fancies . of some of the . weeks ago,.. his hone was , quite, more interesting age groups.' ' ,attractive, Y with that nice white Sole aim of very small males,, now• covering everything: Now in the. ' spring, seems to be mud. 'it's • nothing but a big, fat ` eye They. love 'mud: It has the same sore: Paint peeling,eavestroughs fascination for ' them .that ,it has, dangling, .cellar' window broken for' small pigs. They like to walk . `and .'.a potato . sack ''stuffed in it.. ' in'it, kneelin it roll in'it,, push'':•Storm window for the •southeast. mall 'girls down in it, and bring side of the kitchen still . leaning ,ng as much as possible . of it home. againstthe house:, where he : left with •them: it • last fall; Front lawn. littered ,Slightly older boys have a fan:, with kiddy car, grapefruit rinds • • /. dropped while . hustling out. ;wine' bottles contributed hypassersby,. the rake, a' pile' of dead leaves;: and the whole . torn into trenches worthy 'of 'Flanders' fields by the' visits of the coal truck, He does the .only sensible thing, m in the circumstances. He sits . down with.. pencil' and paper and, lays .,out a plan •of cleaning up, painting, ' general improvements. He reads it triumphantly to his wife, He's, "so sincere she's really impressed. She's: proud' of him. A. new leaf...•First job. he'll . tackle' is. the front lawn, . Then the : cel-. Half' an hour . later,she, discov- ors the new leaf is lust the 'other side of the same one.: he turned., over last year: She catches him cleaning up the front lawn by chipping: grapefruit' skins into the coal -truck craters with a '',golf club. They have words. She dons' her boots : and' rakes • the'. lawn, sending him to the cellar. When he ..doesn't ' show- up ' for 'supper; '' she figures he's really bucking... down • to it,.. and' goes down cellar" to , call , 'him;, . And there 'he is, 'crouched on the rem- nants of .the . coal -pile, with his fishing rod; .practising;." his, fly- casting •into the large pool be- tween the vegetable -bin and the furnace. What about the •oldster , .th codger? What: kind of a : fancy. does. he. have, come: spring?' 'Af- ter After .dicing ,wttir death through a long, cruel winter, when his ., old side -kicks Were. ' appearing, with: 'monotonous regularity: on the .obi- tuary bituary page, I imagine he's' pretty pleased 'with, himself; In fact, I know' he is; I, was 'talking An one :the other.day,- As he sunned' him- self in front of the, post ,office, ,he told me: :,f4Didn't ;think. l'd make it, back there in January. Flat'. on '.my back and: gettin' worse every. day. The .old lady practically .had the insurance. • collected And off ...to Florida f�r the 'rest of the wi er.. "But;" with an evil. chuckle. 'she got fooled.. 'She caught the cold and l buried 'er the end of Feb- ruary. ' Have snort now whenever 1.feel like it..Say, son, when do. them tourists start to. arrive? I'm goin'•. to spend the 'whole summer watchin' them . girls 'in. their shorts. I . figure. it won't do "them any harm and should . do me a lotof'.good•" • ,It's not the minutes you put in at the table that makes you fat, it's the seconds. ', ".Is`Your Subscription Renewed? 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Huron Presbytery of The United Church • of Canaria was held on, .Wednes day, , Mareh •` 3, in ' Wingham Un- ited ' Church, . :chairman, ..Rev: J. Clifford, Britton of-Seaforth. • Presbytery was . inf ormed. r that 14 ministers are entering ' The United • Church of Canada from such. churches; . as; T h.e: tilt ` Convention ', 'of On t a r o and 'Quebec, .The Evangelical Re- formed Church of ; North-west Germany, The Chinese. 'Christian. Church of Formosa,' The ' 'Church. of Scotland, ' .The Reformed Chur- ch. hur-ch•. in America. These ministers will be , received by Presbyteries across Canada.;. Rev. .Clifford G. Park of Clin- ton, a member ' of The: London - Huron Committee on Church Un-: ion, commented upon : the • pros pects of union between the Angli can : and United Churches:' "There are two" requirements for a . suc1; cessful : union. between ' the two Churche (1) ,the .acceptance. of 'Bishb's by the United Church, and (2) recognition by The: Align - tan Church of The United. Church ministry= as- valid `without re -or: - dination. = In , the ' proposed ..new church the method of establishing and consecrating Bishops .'should satisfy The . Anglicans,.. 'then a- gain,. :the factthat: the , Bishops would .'be responsible .to the Churg ch Courts should . make ' it accept- able "to The :United I' Church., We: . should also • point out that :; this.. will be mutually acceptable mem-:' bership • `as• well as.. ;.ministry. It' 'should be kept ' in .' mind that ' the London -Huron : Committee's : ' find- ings have no authority outside London Conference and ' Huron` Diocese; : we 'do' hope that our plan ,will spark' discussion and ac- tion." The United Church Women . of Huron. Presbytery reported, that 2,957 Members . raised a total ;of $110,000.00: ;in 1964. The Centennial Committee ini- tiated plans, for the ':observance of `. the '' Church's 40th Anniversary when• •it' designated Sunday, June 6th as the day to hold such an it event; recommended .'that, each_ congregation plan a local: ser- vice with a speaker from another denomination • as guest. "In' such a way," 'the ',Committee Chairman, Rev. • 'Cecil ,Jardine, Wingham, ' re- ported, "we. can emphasize' our membership in the '.Church' Cath- olic (or worldwide).:" A solemn note Was/ expressed regarding.. the shortage of ordain= ed. ministers. Ninety men are lost each year in, the church 'through death, retirement, etc: ,'With',' the. increase in ;;the .number ' of , new Churches being established. and : a. poor . enlistment in the . ranks .'of students. ,the picture does not lookgood, for the rural areals. which would be the, first. to• feel the shortage. . KINGSBRIDGE Dennis Dalton.' and Alice Dalton spent the week -end with Mrs. .Dalton and family. • ' Jchn Van Osch' of Dundas, Sally and Nancy Knoll of—Kitchener, visited 'Mrs and. 'Mrs. John Van Osch Sr.. `over` 'the week -end. Ursula Courtney, returned home last week from Goderich .hospital: Mr.' and Mrs. ' Ray Dalton, ' Mike and 1ithie and Jim. McDonald spent last week -end in ' Toronto and Pickering... Mr. •and Mrs. Bob Leslie, Joan and Kay of Neustadt visited Nor- man O'Connor .and, Patti recent . Mr, arid Mrs. Bill; .Gower and family spent the week -end . with Mr. and Mrs. Thos, O'Neil, Mr.. •: and Mrs. Jim 'Sinnett re- turned home +for the week -end af- ter ' 'spending the ,past two weeks in Toledo, Ohio, where Jim is. working on `the boat in . prepara- , tion for the navigation season. • We extend our sympathy to the family . of the late Mrs. the Bow- ler, formerly of this parish, who. died in Toronto last week. Many of her former, friends and neigh - bouts paid `their last . respects at the Lodge funeral home Wednes- day 'evening:.' '