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THE! LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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ejs happy families everywhere. gather
together to celebrate this
most .festive of
we wish r
yours every jay.
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THE SEASON'S GREETINGS and .;BEST WISHES
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e're enteri g the
Holiday 'scene with
sincere thanks and that
" Season's best wishes to
' :all our patrons
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whose '. f ;will
and,confidence
live value so highly.
1RtLIMEIS
lucknow Feed Mill
SOCIAL,BUT NOT SOCIABLE!
There is little use in complain-
ing about the rigors of putting up
my tree, the horrors of trying to
find a present for my wife, the
abyss of debt into which I am
plunging. I know how much sym-
pathy I'd get.' We're all in the
same boat
But with. the . holiday season
coming up accompanied by its
usual parties, 'I thought . it might
be 'a good time . for your friendly
old uncle Bill to pause and ex-
amine 'that 'phenomenon of the
second half of the 20th century --
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Social 'Drinking. •
Social Drinking is one of those
beautifully 'vague terms we're so
fond of these days. They cover a
multitude of sins, and yet,some-
how, they sound respectable.
It's. like ' "Neurotic". The lady
who is nutty 'as a fruitcake will
inform 'you with some pride,
"I'm' terribly neurotic, you know."
Fifty years, ago, she wouldn't
have announced so' freely that she
was , batty
Social : Drinking is similar. The
fellow; who is so hung-over the
blood is running out his eyes, will
tell, .you;.. "I'm strictly . a `Social
Drinker."
Everytime I hear the term So-
cial Drinking, I utter .a couple of
short, barkinglaughs: Social
Drinking is t an excuse'.for
getting plastered in • public, in-
stead of, , quietly and :decently at
home, or . out behind'the `barn,
Social Drinking' and .the'. Cock
tail_- Party go : hand . in. 'hand.A
Cocktail ' . Party is any gathering.
of Social Drinkers, .'slopping . free,
liquor' into empty stomachs at a
rate' which. 'suggests prohibition
is about to. become law within the
hour. They make a gesture to-
ward the social end. of' it by eating
a cracker, With' . a dead -sardine on,
it, with every fifth drink.
Don't ' confuse sociable drnk-
ing with Social Drinking Socia -`E '
ble drinking is a quiet ,glass with
an old friend, •by the fire; a cou
,�. ple of bottles of '••cold beer, out
fishing; a hot noggin, in coml.
pany, after a winters day out-
side.
But' Social Drinking is. a horse•;
of a different hue. Ask. the house- .
wife who comes down in the . mor-
ning
after a Cocktail.Party, head"'-
thumping like a ." bongo, and is
confronted by the ' following: , , a
cigarette -burn on her new • coffee-
table; a puree of whiskey -and -
ashes . on her white linen, table-
cloth; a purple .splotch on her
lemon' carpet: 28 dirty glasses
a lady's: handbag; a man's" hat:
•14 empty cigarette • packages; • and
• her• husband snoring on the chest-.
erfield.
Ask. the ..chap who 'drops in for
drink -just one , before facing
the :spouse and spawn, after work
He -gets. talking with the boys,
arrives home'an hour late. He's
a little high-spirited, but scarcely
a' reelingf drunk. Know what he.'_
gets for dinner?
Cold shoulder and hot tongue.
Yet all: he,' was doing was a little
Social Drinking.
Actually, Social"''Drinking was•
fine, as • were . so many other
things, before women got into' the
act.
.But then women. ',started booz-
ing. and things . have' gone from
bad to hopeless. Mixed drinking
developed. And.. the only thing:
worse than • mixed 'drinking ' is
mixing .your drinks. ,
Social Drinking has all the
potential destructive power of the
Bomb. It leads to broken prom-
ises, broken dishes, broken .hoses,
The. •only good thing
and broken homes. •
about. it,.
and the only' reason it is :so pop-
ular, is that it enables one to put
up with• all .the..bores• and boors,
f'tthe knuckleheads and, knotheads,
the dopes and dullards, viwith which
! society seems to be infested now-
adays (except for• the sparkling
people like you and me).
u ; Now, 1 hope I haven't thrown a
wet blanket on your plans for a
l.y just wet holiday season. But ust to
I end this little homily, may t re-
mind, you• the lines written in el--
eventeen . seventy-seven. by ' that
great Welsh poet,Hugh Dunnit
if you get stinking
From drinking, • •
It isn't ..Social;
• It's .atrocial
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-KINTAIL KIT KARRIERS,
The Kintail'Kit Karriers, held
their sixth and seventh meeting
on December 8, 1964. We opened
with the 4H Pledge followedwith.
the • roll call. Janice Robb and
Jean Drennan read the minutes
of the last meeting. Business was
the skit for Achievement Day.
We are to do "Spending Your
Time Off" and are doing reading,
music,:. homework, sports, danc-
ing, sewing, TV and radio, as top-
ics. We• then discussed. "Canada's
Food Guide." and . had a test on
"Safety on : the Highway," and
had roll . call . for the • seventh
meeting. Followed with discussion
on the different • Public Health
Services. We are to make a
sheet for what we . ate for three J
gienough food 'We closed our meet -
`WEDNESDAY,. DEC. 23rd,, 1l4R.
CUPID PLAYS TRICKS:
*,(Walkerton Herald Times).
• In accordance with ' Shakes-
peare
who said:"Love is. not love,
which alters .when it alteration
finds," two attempts by the weath
errnan: on. Saturday failed to deter
a prospective bride and. groom,
from their intended date with.
cupid at the alter.
• The place and: time set for the
joining in holy.matrimony of Miss
Anna Marie. Prokopovitz of Rivers -
dale ani. • Walter 'Gould of Galt
were .St, Annes Church, Rivers -
dale at 10; a.m. on Saturday, •
The day of the wedding how-
ever marked the commencement
of ' real winter, with heavy snow-
fall and winds of blizzard. pro-
portions. The groom -to -be faced
with precarious driving 'conditions,
telephoned to the bride's home,
saying that he would not reach' the
church.. until 11.o'clock.
On arriving at the new hour
set' for '.the ..nuptials,, the prospec-
tive groom•found' no trace. of, his in-
tended at the church. It'was .then
learned that the bridal' : party .had
now become,stuck J in the 'snow-
drifts and would . be late in arriv-
ing at the .place `appointed for.the
wedding cermony.
1 The time for the nuptials'was
advanced another.hour, and with:
the arrival of twelve O'clock noon,
the. 'contracting parties were on
hand; and the: organist could • fin
ally strike• up the processional.
da s to see , if we . are eatia
ing with the Queen, USE SENTINEL WANT -ADS
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Our thanks and best, wishes' for a ?{apps
Volidaa to all ' of : sou' whom it has been our . .
great privilege and pleasure to know and to serve.
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MacMI ILAN
Lucknow
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To.all our loyal fri•
ends
andP atrons we send
this Holiday greeting
with the wish that *ow
enjoy an the delights
of this festiva«�sbtL..
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