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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 -11 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 UG and aud; SPICE Bill Smiley. • • • • 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 • 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? SAVE TIME AND EXP'ENSE Have • buyers "coming to :•you.. UseSentinel "Want' Ads; • • • eplut •: We'd like' .to call to' yor, attention A truly happy' inodero iinivention: It saves you worry, Running and hurry: . I•It's ell's convenient: KITCHEN EXTENS/ONI. Save countless steps—get .more things done—,order your Kitchen ;Extension from �tttfnowf BELL xt