HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-01-23, Page 5VV EDLN . tiAY,. JAN 2ard, 1
LUCKNOW sirrruITEL, ' wool' ow, ONTARIO
Custom Butchering
Mondays . 'Hogs,' $2.00 in by A4;00 p.rn.
Cutting and Wrapping, 2c pound.
CATTLE, CALVES and LAMBS EVERY
�..:
EXCEPT SATURDAY
We„Do Curing and Smoking .. Beef. Pork and Lamb,
Sold Whole, ' Half or Quarter , For Better Service,
And Lower Prices -:;:, Call Ripley 100,
Chas. Hooisma,' Prop,
Do you' loaf h;e writer with all
the, intensity. of .your 'soul? iso
you consider. that it is 'fit, only,
for. Eskimos • and abominable' snowmen? Does your, s�isat
shrink :into a cold little gray
• lump: somewhere in the v.ici-nity
of . your `.' liver,- .when ..it snows
.again? Does your heart goow .hard
with hatred .: •'when: the mercury
drops?
D'o you• shriek, lady,.at• your
-.little: ones, when they...,come in,
' plastered' with snow,just ,seven
:minutes after you have spcnt.half
an
,hour ',bundling them. •up. to questions is .a screalningi: homi-
• go 'ou!t, and they whimper; "Mum cidal "YES;” you may relax,
y I .ha'fta., wee-4wee"? friendand neighbour;` You are
Do you; take. the :.nam of the neither neurotic nor odd, ,Per
Lord' in.vain, ssir,'cve•tv•time you ,verse nor peculiar. There's not a
•go out In the morning and •dis,- thing wrong .with'• .you You .are
•cover• t}iat the holy, old jum'pin'- a typical,. •normal,. •average,: and
jeeziy' snowplow has. dumped ,the honest Canadian.
daily 10 -ton donation •iaito,• your You• •have not• only .n:ry syrn-
•
and
ICE
By Bill Smiley.
,Do you wonder,When 'y.ou -re-
ceive : your oilbt1.1, if . they. have
got your' bill mixed up with .that
of :the Chateau Lau ? Do
develop -a -dee! • ing hostility
,toward Old friends who announce
they are, off for a hol'day in the
sputh?
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Gird- Gude
News:
The regtufar meeting of the tst.
Lucknow. Guide Company was
held on Friday night at the .usual
time and place.. After roll call
and collection of dues, the patrols
were inspected by their :P,L.,'s. A
busy half hour .was . ,spent, r in
patrol corners, and Captain Pas-
sed several tests for the guides.
' Elizabeth 1Vlathers-led an active
•game, following which. Mrs. A: E.
.McKim led the guides studying
the Astronomer badge 'in their
final theoretical session, Captain
meanwhile '•worked with the tw¢
recruits, on� �thetr•'tests an,d:Bever;
ly, MacKenzie helped, the tender-
foot • guides•. with their second'
class knots,
-At Campfire „tl're • ginls began
instruction on the `Triend to, the
Deaf" badge. The deaf mute akp-
habet:•, as far as "gv .were prac--
't.iced. fob this time. Taps' Closed
the „Meeting 'it 8.;30 •p;m. The
Robin patrol tidied up tend Sev7.
eral ,girls passed :tests afterwards.
The guides are reminded to bring
their "white .elephants') to be'.
sold. at . the next meeting. • "
used to be one of you. I've ;been,
through the loot, For. 40 -odd years
•I was a -plodder :through slush,
a • ;hunches ' of shoulders a ai.nst.
blizzards, a snarling , payer: of.
fuel bilis, a •.blasphemous scraper
Laurier? you of it winds"; ierld -with :-'
fingernails, because rny' blasted
scraper.,• was missing. -
• ..Oh, yes, I was one of you .mis-:
erable wre•tehe's; . a '.bent backed
slave 'chopping ,ice off the steps,
a terrified. knocker -down of big-
iciales, .'a 'puffing purveyor of
garbage cans through snowdrifts,
a furious shoveller of• drive 'ay�s,
a -barking •seal when that -frosty
morning, air, first hit.the tattered
- hurrgs, ,an ;'envious despiser' of . the
'birds .with. enough money• to. ma
�grate'in�to. the sun.,,
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But, '.I'M "sorry, old :'buddies;
I've 'left you. That's all .behind.
I'm`. on the other side: now.: `..I
got sick of being. a rabbit;. 'and
decided to' run .with the hounds:
4sa result, `a 'w -hole new. life' has •
Do your bonesache, your• joints
creak,` your • `eyes water these
days? Dpi, you.resent getting up:
'in what "seems to',be,the .middle
of:.the night; togo to' work?,
:If the • answer' to all these
drive'way?pathy, but my `,understanding.,- I
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up to sten years to repay.
*These loans coverthe purchase,of all types of
• farm': equipment and improvement to the farm
house andbuildins.`farrYi �
•
• Issued by'authority of Hon. Michael Star►;'
Mir ;stet of labour,'canada`.•
Made Donation To
Fire Victims
Mrs,' Ira Dickie was hostess for
the January 'meeting: of the Kair.
shea Women's Instituee at the
'Hall, 'IYIrs:, ,Farish' Moffat 'presid-
ed, Mrs.Harvey Houston read.
the scripture, 15 members and 2•
visitors were • present, The roll.
call, "A resolution I would: like
my husband' to make;"
During the business . period.
plans were again: laid .for the an
nual Calico Bal}, which is 'usually
held';Friday of, Easter Week,',A:p-
'ril 10th;' A committee of 'fen were
taken from`th•e roll call A dona-
tion of $5.90 from, the. Disaster,
Fund .is being donated in goods
from' the treasury .plus material:
donations from the members.•'
Thanks to the Crest -Hardware for
receiving these items for "the . In-
stitute,' to 'be delivered at . ;the
first .of this -week, 'this " is for a
family in the community who.
had their home destroyed by ;fire.
"Mrs; Allister Hughes has.'been'
appointed` Curator of the . Tweeds-
rnuir Book; and *ill.•be: made,; a'
member of 'the Historical Society
of Bruce County•:' 1
Mrs. 'Houston presided for the
program. •;Mr_s,. Vinien. Mowbray..
was Pianist, for a •sing=song. Mrs.;
Evan Keith gave the.' topic, .on:
penei for • rrie,
• , Now, I .dance `blithely • to, the
.window at first..:light to '..See
Whether anything'fell• during the
night:. I clap my .hands and ;cry,
"Goody!" ;when; 1 , see ;that.' !big
afresh` pile of 'white.' stuff inthe
driveway, I gi uriq ble when the
!temperature rises: .I. complain.
• bitter.•ly' when nothing•, white falls
.fro . heaven :in. ` . two days:. 1
,grolich about the winter :being
so short. I sincerely pity those
who have fled to the tropics. •
. `What's happened? I've. been
skiing. Yes sir,' they' got the old.
man out on the skinny:. sticks last'
Saturday, and he .inai e . it down
the little kids' hill; twice Without,•
failing. That ;was' on the 14th '&;
21st runs
•'Ohs. •they.:laughed; when L sat
down the minute I stood up` on
the, nthings.. But they ' weren't.
laughing an hour • later, when . I•'
Whizzed. down the slope, yelling,
"Scheiss!" or whatever.,it `is
skiers '.yell, . bowling over
year-olds Like''five-pins.,, and tak-
''ing-those eight•arid 10 inch•l•uwnps
'as though I'd been • born
within.
yodelling range of 'the . Mat+ter,
horn.
lire
ht started out as a mere effort
to find . out why I bought about a
half. interest. in : a sports.shop, at`
Christmas, for the kids..I 'start-
ed :'but, wearing 'My • golf pants'
over my'•deer hunrti,ng underwear,
-andold' fishing 'jacket over.
my curling sweater',.
''By the' end of the day, 1• was
ready ' to• sell my golf clubs, try.
to get a ,refund from the curling
club, and attempt• to trade in nay
waders and my shotgun, • if I
could only '• hae one • of those
brilliant sweaters, and a pair of
those bull -fighters' pants,'like the
f
other skiers, and sit around in •
the chalet, drinking • 'Coffee,. with
.the best v of them. ,
No rnoreagrumbling about win-
ter, No'!t lore hatred of snori. ,No,
more longing for spring; ?ou l
should': , try It.' We skiers are
F:AGE, FM"
Australia, the setting for the 1014
triennial conference of the As
soeiated Countrywomen of the.
World ,(A.C.W,W.), held in Mel,-.
;bourne, in ,October of 1962.
it is thoPed the members' will
'study ,more fully the Fall, 1962,
issue cif Home and Country. Mrs.
Ted- Collyer, gave a most thought
provoking motto,` "What: is good
enough for company is not too
good for Tour family, be. it cour-
tesy, or silver, teapot•" Those
treasured pieces -of -silver, and
fancy dishes should come out of
hiding, in the- cupboard, and be
put to Use, where the family
May More enjoy therm, Miss
,Karen' Carruthers favored with a
piano solo: Mrs: Houston• ,pre-
sented a graph .of Federated' Wo -
Metes Institute of Ontario; in re-
lotion to branch, district, conven-
tion `area • and provincial board,:' &
explained the. offices which are,
the connecting link of each. ' ,
,Mrs, Elymer Reavie gave the
courtesy rernarksrto . which our
hostess replied. The hostess .aivd
directors served,, sandwiches and
tea and a soci,al'. time.'spent• Mgrs;
Donald MacKinnon is.:hostess for
the `F?ebruary sheeting. '• .
We •Hook forward to tiie paper
every week writes LeRoy OW
bert of Wi�arton' is renewin his
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month„ •'gt,zaraiitee
hooked, .1 -,tut happy, In fact, I
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lilted. mys first time out so well .11 C. 'n o,,
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