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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-09-25, Page 5W,DDNE;5�DtAY ' SEPT, 25, 1883
THE LUCKN OW swrotrz, LUCK1.lt?W ONTARIO
PAGE :ME
Brcthers Began ..EdUcC,tion I�r Ashfield,
Receive In Tennessee
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Sepember 17, 1963 r employed in Washington, D.C.
and since that is near at 'hand,
they'generally spend their ,week,
ends at home.
Best wishes: to you, and all
our ' rfriends •.in Luckn•ow, Ash-
field, and Ripley,
The Luc'kmow Sentinel,,
Lucknow Ontario
Dear Mr. Thompson,7 believe the time ,has 'come
for reneviing• our Sentinel sub-
scription. Wye Surely' appreciate
receiving ysour paper and in that
way keeping ! •in, , itouch with, all
the•new+s. • .
Tribute To Dan ' MacDonald.'
We• were sorry to read in your
paper of thedeath sof Dian Mac,
Donald of •Lochalgh, the news. of
his :death ibrihvgs memories of a
good and Useful man, ,,who was ,a
great credit :to 1 is..church and
'community, . We remenn ber also
• perso3ial kindness.: he showed to
us When we resided .at, the manse
in Ashfield. '
Our two sons, Bill and. John,
who began(their ,education at
Hemlock, City •' 'School received
their B.A: ' degige from Bryan
College; at • Day+ton Tennessee o
June ' 4th.. They are presently
Wm.: O. Rh'oad.
NAME. 4-I CLUB THE
ZIPPY 'ZIONETTES.
The Zion 4=H Homemaking club
held their first ;meeting, on Sept.'
19, at 4:310 p.m. at the home •of
Mrs: Gordon Kirkland. The meet-
ing Was opened by repeating 4-H
.pledges. It was • decided iO call'
the club 'the Zippy Zionettes, .Mrs,
Kirkland .detnoi traced ' making
the Rennet desert. Nancy Kirk-
land ,followed 'by making junket..
The ne ct .meeting: is to '.be held
at the .home of ,Mrs,. Frank Ritchie
on Friday Sept...27
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and aud;
SPICE
Bill Smiley.
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What...qualities doyoung rpeo=
ple wank in a father? ' You'd :be
surprised, And 'then ,again; you
might not. I found out the oth-
er.
th-er• day, when' I' . asked abopt 35
teen-agers to list the trai swhich
they considered would make up
The' Ideal Father. •
They don't want much, • really.
The .modesty of their demands
was am.oat pitiable, , All they
want :is someone ' With the books
and build of Rock ;Hudson, the
moralS of Sir ''Galahad, the' lov-
ing .kindness of St, Francis, 'bhe
sense Cif humor of ' Stephen. lea -
he.
smooth,:
' light beer
brewed` by
(cARLiri G
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063.44
ager Beer
cock, and • the bankroll orf E. P.
Taylor, to'name • only 'a .few of
the required attributes,.
As. 1 wrote down their , sug .
gestions, checking themone by
one against my own • character-
istics, • the hearty senile with
which I ha'd begun to' write the
list turned intoa sick": sniver.
My wife has been telling me
for years that 'I'rn • a lousy fa-
•ther,.and I've ; 'been retorting.'
"L yarn not. I nay Ice 'a. lousy
husband, . 'bust • I'm '.a perfectly
good father; Ask the kids." • •
And 'they, depending on . whose
side the ,treacherous young de-
oils •. feel like throwing their
weight., would: answer; 7He's not
so bad, . Morn,- there must be
lots worse fathers 'than. Dad!"
Or: "She's right, Dad, you're
not much of :a lather." • •
But. here was ;proof, from out-
side .bhe family. I had only about
four, of ,the 30 qualities' required
by. those teen-agers • in The Ideal
Father, It 'hurt,: I' w'on't deny it
For a 'moment I toyed, bitterly,'
With the notion of turning in
my 16ayear=old ;union card. in
that great society of BOOBS , •=-
t'he•' Benevolent • •Order. Of Be
sild:ered. Slaves -whose nim
bershirp is made up of the noun-
try's finest,: its •,•father's.: .
:Fortunately, as an old' BOOB,
'I .have great -resilience. We /polite
back faster ,than, a cheque mar..
ked ' NS.F: :Just. as' I ;reached
the bottom. point in my
lusign, 'I' remembered' that. • we:
were discussing,'• not me,' or any
ordinary `BOOB,' but :The Ideal
Father
Immediately, I .;brightened. As
I . looked '''back over my life; I
realized that h ,had never' been
an Ideal child, student, fighter
pilot, . rnrisoner..of. war, Weekly
editor,, columnist or. „school-. tea-
cher. `
I admitted to • myself that I.
had been a dis.appom''ting child,.
a . lazy• student, a frightened.
fighter pilot, 'a prisoner
of war, • a slapdash weekly ed
itor, a . columnist ' by sheer ac
cidexirt :arid• a schoolleacher..bbe-•
cause • there was a: shortage.. of
'same. .
And as I +pondered°the matter
further, I .remeniibere.d:,that most.
Local Breeders
VVin At Seaforth
Local : rbr.eeders, Andrew C
Gaunt of West Wawanosh and
Herber J:.:L.� Bettyand Sons Of.
Dungannon, wear e prominent
winners. In the ' shorthorn :and..;
Hereford regional shows held at
Se•aforth last Week... Thornton
Eredy is .president of the.' uron
County Breeders 'Associratibm.
There. were 8 exhibitors in the
Shorthorn show, 'with Andrew
Gaunt • having the grand cham-
pioh fem,ale.
Gaunt cattle topped the •lo1-
lowing classes:. female, 'Calved
prior to May 1st,' 1960, senior
yearling heifer, junior yearling
heifer,' ,'stunmer. yearling/ heifer,
junior heifer calf,.'senior ch•a.m-
pr'on' female and ' reserve, grand
champion ferhaie, setnior ` steer
calf, yearling steer, grand cham-
• pion /steer, breeder's ;herd,: pro-
geny of dam. ; .
. In the. Hereford show there
were ten exhibitors .•'with the
Eetdy cantle topping ' the' fo11ow-
ing' competitions! .summer year-
ling bull, junior champion bull.
and reserve, ,, grand champion
Ibull and reserve,' senior• heifer
calf, junior. heifer calf, reserve'.
junior ch•t•mpian female, ,reserve
grand champion, f e rn
breeder's herd,. ;two bulls, three
car nes, end junior:.'calf,•
RosE GARAGE.=
CARS - TRUCKS TRACTORS'
LAWNMOWERS -WELDING
o •t1 a people whom I had 'con-
sidered . Ideal in -these various'.
capacities, over ' bhe years, . htad
been a sharp pain' in the ''arm,
end, moreoover, hadn't had ''one-
quarter of the 'fun I'd had. .
So cheer up, ' fellow -BOOBS,
It • doesn't • really matter whe-
ther Yew . are kind, considerate,
'thoughful, loving, generous,
rich or • well -g domed.
Be honest, Dads. Doyon, :really
care 'whether you ;wear ` the
pants, whether -you . • are Indus- ' a
trious, ambitious, 'initelligetit` and
rbrarve? . Does in pain you that.
you 'are' not good-looking, sports-
loving, .=steady; reliable, a pillar'
of the : community, and "full ' /of •
fun?►•
. Don't ' give it another thougrlit.
Those teen-agens are just like
us- dreamers; We'd: like. •our
children. to be Ideal --polite,
obedient, clever, handsome, quiet,
'thoughtful, ;'kind; decent, thrifty. '•
and so 'on. • •
We'll ' ,have ;to accept our kids
just • as they are. An,d a good
thing, too. ' % Who, :.after • all,
wants tobe an : Idea.i anything?
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