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LUCKNOWSENTINEL, LU,CKNOW, ONTARIO
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New Year,'s. • Eve is tike, only
oceasion .during the: year when
the devil makes a. determined
effort to take over. an Canada,
The red%: of. ithe year; we're took
busy scrambling for mon;ey,Or
to,cared of - the .''consequences.
of sin, to be anything but ' a
fainly sedate lot : •' ; . '
BBut on the last , evening of
.the year,.. hair is Jet down, in-
hibitions , are ;let out, • and the
+,gong .. iskicked around . with
- abandon and that- national sym-
+b01 of ourfootwear, the snow-
' +boot.... •' '
OaldNick chooses : his time with
care. His opposite 'number,.: St.
Nick, has just given us his an-
nal going-over. We are left
..-with a pile -of ' bills, a moulting
istmas, tree, a gastric , condi=
+tion; .and a: vague 'horror of •'what
lies ahead ' - - three. ;L'bleak, "' un-
broken months at the mercy Can-
adian winter.. We 'are ripe for
• Auld •Cloutie'•s - machinations. He
could 'scarcely `miss.
But • even so,' he.' selects his
victims With Ate hand of:. an lir-.
tiisit: • ie:'doesn't''battier• with the
regular boozers,. the • ;hardened
• party. types. He • already, has. them
capering 'down the . beckoning
:primrose path. He's not going to .
',Waste time enlisting them: They
MVlaybe a was somebody ., else
.who told the host's •'w1fe �tlxat
she'd be •a .pretty nice little .wo
man _only she could ever learn
to .shut ,that .'big, . flapping mouth
of hers, . . . ••
Perhaps that ' was your .twin
brother •who ,broke hisshoul-
der, jumping , off the mantel to
show them how ., you . .used to
land when you were in ,the spar=
atroppers. Maybe it wasn't you at
all who ' got a good whack . in:
the face from: his' Wife for"hang-
ing.' a • big N'.YIE. kiss ,on that -
recently divorced 'slater of :the
undertaker. • • •
Now., just 'a: minute, Mother.
Don't you: run away. How iLs• the
back these: days? .Slipped • dise
back in . place? Been, a • long
haul, hasn't it? But', we . did warn
You, at. last N.Y.E.'s , party, `that
The Twist was Just• as strenuous'.
as -The : Charleston. And ' • we
did't ' like to ,point, ,out, that you.
were 30.E years older.
Where's Granny sliding away
to? ,Never mind,' Gran. you look-
ed great in that lampshade last
'm glad, . ttoii,gh, .that
you'-ve decided Ito stay home and
tAuad . ' Lang Syne it with • the
grandchildren this year. 'I think.
•Let's ,face itcchaps..'Hogmanay
and Lang May Your Ulm • Reek
and all, that ,but ,,we're •not quite
the wild kid's :we • once: were.
We've got .children ,oaf our own;
dani nit, .and' we've .'„got;. to stay
hi -line New Year's. Eve,, if.. only,
to ,maake . sure. .*they' stay home.
* * * •
We've •got to , recognize that
the ;Bacchanalian orgy :is,. not for
us. < solid; citizens: We've:. got . to
retain •our..sense', of res+ponsibil
'We've ,got to -set atv.. ear
ample, -raise . the standards hold
the line' •against . barbarism and
hellery.. We've got ..to . stand 'firm :
in' the : quicksand.
What':• that Nick?.' You are?
There ' ill? "ery
3od s going?
AU. ngbt?
Just 'like old times?.
Absolutely not. Ridreui rus,.0ut
of the question..,What do you
think- we' are, a couple of crazy
kids? We're :too old.; The school
board might -object. We owe . it
to . the children: No, there's . no
possibility 'that' we'll ' change our:
minds.
Uh; what time..: did . yon'
say it' starts; .Nick? •
tee. already igned ; :up
•• 'No, it's,the 'good ones he goes
after on New. Year's iF ve. 1An�d
he doesn'tmind paying :overtime
to his minigns, if they .can guaar-
antee..hini a, lot of br..oken'.prom
yes, and'=a reasonable smattering
of broken ,'homes, 'broken car
eerswand broken 'noses,•
As a• 'result, we have ' shou--'
legs removed from whee1s, which
immediately leap cuts': of "ruts
'and careen into wild, untrodden
ground: We. `have noses . hefted
from grindstones and plunged
into beakers. .*e .have •pillars .of
the comm unity, stepping out frornl
lander `and letting the darn thing
saig dor ; a night.•
' s.oy, o
u think this rs a
little .fanciful;, do :you .neo+w? : You
don" believe ghat ' :01d Nick : real
•ly has • anything to do with it?
You, think:it's just. a lotto swell
people havana lotta fixe,' do you?
What about last NeW . Year's
Eve, Dad? • :Maybe :. you've for.
•gotten, , . and 1 don't: blame you
J C MacDoncdd Is
Maycr 'Of O.riIIia:
J, C. (Jack) M aeDona lid,. 5 '
native 'of Chesley, and •a resi .'
dent of Orillia for 16 ` years,
was elected mayor of that town
when he received a rnajority of.
22i votes over .George MacLean
who was. considere'd'• ;a Strong
candidate for re-election..
1V : MacDonald 'had been reeve
of Ori1'lia and served this year
as warden. Of: Sirncoe County.
" He conducted; .` 'the election'
campaign on., the appeal', to con-
e'kide his municipal service • in
the, mayor's' chair.
Jack, who vas well a known.
sport • circles . in tile:. '$rause Lea-
gue era,.; is a brother
of the late• Wm: MacDonald, who
was on the •',high„ school' staff
ihe're for several years, and of
the nate. Mrs.(Dr.) . D. R. .Fin-
layson of ii.uukn•ow,' whose death
occurred early this ` year.
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KINLOUGH
(Too; late for Last `,week)
,The • Christmas . meeting •of 'the
Presbyterian •WM.S. wits held at
the home Miss Winnifred Per-
cy .With, Mrs. Jack . Barr presid-
ing..
A: 'Christmas. hymn. -and
-Christmas Story was, read
by :Mrs. Alex IPercy. ' Mrs, Jack
Barr ,led. in Prayer.. The roll
Call ,was a Christmas verse. The
'program: for • 1963. was • .read and
1962 reports were given by the
various secretaries and conveners'
Mrs. Dion. Bushell •;was in charge
of the program The progiram
in ,,the Glad 'ridi.ngs Wasfollow=.
ed: Miss. Winnifred ••Percy,' Mrs.
Donald MoEwan, Mrs. 'Morley,
Bushell,'and Mrs. ':Perry Hodgins'
assisted. ;in phis part of :the pro
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gram The Bible, quiff from Jud-,
ger was, answered :orally. •Cour
tesy remarks Were given by Mrs:
Frank 'Maulden Lunch. was, 'seti
ved and: a social : half hour en-
joyed.'
The Reir. T J McKinney
presided tnd..Mrs. Jack-Bar+r was.
pianist for the Presbyterian • S.S.
Christrnas: progra:>n wahioh was•
ars , follows: Bong by ' 'two Junior
classes;;'•reci+tations •by' Bobby Mc-,
Ewan,' .Bruce 'Bushell, ,:Dale Mc
Innes," Johri Bushell, Kathy Dore
and Jimmy., Dore;' :piano solos;
Brenda: Biushell, Bobby .McInnes,•
Brian `Percy.. A pageant ' entitled
"the 'st '+ghted; path" in which
allother classes :took P;art� .. was
followed. aby i:.tihe :presentation of
the attendance pins• and certi'fi-.
cater : and diplomas for verses.:
Mr,' McKinney shaved• two films
Santa Claus' • visit and lunch
completed. the •evening. , :
ASHF1EIDI
(Too• late „for •'last''week).
Mr and MTs Wm.. MacDonald
and Jean visited recently.'_ with
.Mrs •. Stephen Elliott; Por''t Huron.
Douglas Farrish of .Sarnia was
home for the .,,week -end;
George Moncrie'f is making
favorable progress •l in Victoria
Hospital, ;London after. surgery.
COMPTON . PARK
, A, pretty wedding n w.as solem-
nized on Saturday in -Ripley.
liYanse when Rev.,: N >.1 lVTacCom-•
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bie ' officiated 'at :the marriage;
Of .Miss 'Eleanor 'Elaine Park;
eldest daughter of '..Mr '; and Mrs.
Ben Park.of ' Dungannon, : and
David James Compton, grandson,
of Mrs. George Kitson of Kintail:.
The attendants'; were Mr. '. and
• Mrs. Colin Howes. The wedding.
dinner ..was served at' . Dunlop.
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FIND .SEWAGE ESTIMATES
AWAY :BELOW TENDERS
The. estimates and tender price
for sewage • work •at Chesley
were widely divergent but, says.
The Chesley Enterprise, that
dn't faze the Water Resources
• issiort which blandly dei-
did that water rates be increas-
ed' by one-third,"
In Harriston the Corniniss ori t"
engineer- estimated' sewage costs
at $1$5,000, The .lowest bid When
tenders : were openedfor the
36b 'was $278;000, .
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