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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-10-16, Page 9.wianinsraY, QQT. !leth, 1963 .ar PAOrrE NINE ST.- HELENS Meeting 'Seventeen ladies attended the TCW.• meeting on Tuesday at the *home of Mrs. Tom Todd: Mrs Gordon McPherson' was in. eharge of the Worship service.: Miss Isabel ;Miller .gave the seri Pture reading and. Mrs. . Jifii... Cameron gave a . reading on "Thankcggiting Thoughts." tlV iss W. D. Rutherford gave a' 'short ,talk on Pakistan and •India, Rev, Tristram gave ' a Thanksgiving. Message to the •ladies. Final ;plans were made for .the bazaar and tea on October 26th.:IR•ev: Tris- tram told df •plans to organize a O.{x.I,'T, 'an'd Explorer's Group. Mrs. • Lorne •Durnin and Mrs. De Boer •served lunch at the, con - elusion of 'the . ineeting. Amidst ' autumn leaves and towers, Miss Patricia 'Carrick . was guest of honour at a . show= er in .'tire I all on Monday even- ing Mrs. Wm. •Rrutherford play= • ed 'the ' piano Melodies. as 'the ladies •gathered; Mrs. A./1411S Mc-.. Donald rea=d an:'ad'dress•_of good. wishes and, the •lari'de was .essis ted in openi'n'g thegifts tby Miss- es Rosie H'aggitt, Margaret Tay- lor; Susan Dorscht ,and kiss McIntyre Readings were 'given •by ..Mrs: Jim Aitchison and -Patsy Cranston. Mrs. Chester Taylor will Sheila McQu'il:lin 'favoured with piano solos. Mrs, DonPan- nabecker conduoted.:a tur'erous: gameafter which: Munch was served.. The shower was arrang- ed by. Mrs. .Ross Errington,. Mrs. :Allan Cranston and: Mrs, Angus MCDon'a1d. Bruce. Co=operative • Medical • Services •is mak n'g plans or: the construction::' of.' ,a new office building in . Paisley, • Secretary- ;Manager •is Lorne Evans. .of • Paisley. The Fergus creamery safe was rifled recently with 'the loot: amounting, toabout' 4400 ' cash • 'and a larger amount in cheques. 1' • • Local 'merchants keep the economic wheels of this : com- rnunity turning.' throughout, the year. Read '.the -ads and. shop at and SPICE By Bill Smiley, ' . What did you do, old friend; on.. T,hanksgiviirg ' week . end? Whatever -it was, :it Could: not. have been anything• but pleasant on this' odd,; • pagan holiday, iso peculiarly -Canadian. I "know, We imported' it from the .States. But .•eve have made it very mach our own, • and it hasa flavor that as purely Can-• adi'an, much different from the Thanksgiving observed across the line. ' Pagan? yes indeed. It should be a religious time, with. the en- tire population •,on its •knees, giy- ing thanks 'with, : full ' hearts. The percentage of bhe; popu- lace ,*halt is on its knees on Thanksgiving Day could .probab- ly.'ibe accommodated in a couple of 'trolley cars, The ;rest are on their wheels,. their feet, .or their tails. • • Thanksgiving week' fiend marks the last ,gay,, mad 'fling ,of the Canadian. people before they get down to, the serious business of trying 'to stay sane through an-. other . winter. • •It's the week end' to charge about the country, visiting rel- atives or friends, pointing wildly to the. 'last . furious 'fling of ' .col-• or in the trees,;:. making. the •last nostalgic trip to the cottage, get='. `ting out in the boat for one,. final .It's the week end . • to tramp th'e 'lush, Mall fairways for that last, 'blasphemous game .of golf, to ' stroll the muted woods. with gun, ,to wade the navel -deep ice -water for 'that ' last rainbow trout. • , • . It's •bhe week 'end . to sit In your favorite chair,. col& beer •'to hand, 'and watch .all the foobbali .n ]:.HERE 081.► ECEIRITY...: ;‘r. iss ....IF YO u WERE TAliEN OUT '0F. THE PICTWIE • Plan for your family's security flO%1' through life: insurance. Don't gamble on their future. Even tomorrow may be too late. I ani' a local Sun Life representative. I t liy not call nit today? • WILLIAM, J. KINAHAN. R. R. 2 Lucknow' —: Phone :Wingham 357-1987 .SUN LIFE. ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA ,games on 'television, your peace broken .on4 rby, the maddening aroma ' of : roasting turkey, . Or, if .you're die domestic type,. i't's the week end for quiet plea- sures, deeper, satisfactions; put- ting on the sbonm windows, rale- ing anciz,•-bunning leaves, :+bringing in your ,bulbs., Not exactly . a religious holi- day, is it? I think there'd a great dumb •feeling of thankful-. Hess in , Canadians at' this time of year, but it doesn't manage to. break' through the pagan rit7 uals with which • We have sur-, rounded the . occasion* I'src 'not complaining; ' merely observing, Burt every year,` at Thanksgiving;., • I make .personal and lonely effort to take an hour off from ;the .tun,' compose my features into a suitable solemn expression,. ,and ,think about the things • for which. .1 should be thankful:' I don't have to search. Sometimes I can do it :;an ..10• minutes. • • • * The first thing for 'which ti am thankful is'being alive: Hundreds. of niillioris aren't, ,arrdd Look: at what they're missing! The second is .food. I have been hungry, and it's the snort degrading,' demoral- izing, soul-destroying illness in this World. •.. .• ' A• noth+e'r reason to the :thank- ful is for freedom: In this conn - try, we have a •personal freedom to speak, work and worship that is, beyond. the -wildest ±dreams of the .majority . of our fellow :hu_ mans: ;Health is.. a reason for raising.' thanks. I can no :'longer outstrip a • gazelle, but I ,Can outrun a 60 -year-old .. lady With arthritis:. I. can't .swim sfive miles any more, but. I can swim farther than my wife.. That's good enough: Work • you 'like ' is reason for thankfulness, I • like mine. It's too hard, and : I don't snake en- ough money,and l'ar .,always •be-: hind .iii it, but I like it Envir- onment. ' is .another source of thankfulness. • :I wouldn't trade my oak tree and . my"'black•'"sgar refs, my favorite 'trout stream and my partridge-haaunted woods for the Taj. Mahal with Liz Tay- lor in residence. • • There you are,, Out of space, and, ..I've barely started. Try it. YOU don't know 'how rieih you. are : 'until you begin to count. Oil drilling operations . are to be 'resumed in Bruce • County with some 18;000 acres being leased in the Paisley-Qhesley ar- ea; •' Drilling will: not. ibe. commen- ced until spring.. '. • ' 'Bruce Co, council Wi'11 have • 1 more memtber, neat year, 'bringing its strength to 39. Port Elgin this summer voted to add a deputy reeve : to its. ' council, .ngsbridge St. Joseph': C.W.I.; Kings - abridge (held ,*'heir monthly meet- ing at the ;home of Mtn Robert Howard on. ctobehr 7th with an attendance of 25 m'em'bers. T h e 'meeting opened :with the:League Prayer led by. the . President.. Prayers were said for .the'Pastot Rev. Fr, ° Paul Sanquitt who ' is ill' in London. ,Minutes of the September meeting were read hby the Secretary Mrs CyrilAustin.. This being the month dedicated to the Rosary a spirituel reading was given on the Rosary by Mrs. Donald tFrayne. Mrs: Carl Reig-' ling ”convener of education gave• a reading on: discipline of chil- dren. Two •rnerthbers of the ' Lea- gue attended the Deanery "meet- ing at Seaford). on S ptember 28th and gave a report there of: The League is catering to. the Lions ;Club in Lucknow on Oc- tober 28th;' A 'bake sale: •was held and was quite a success. .The meeting, closed , with prayer af= teriwards •luneh Was served.. ' Presbyterian . W.M.S. •., • , The October meeting of- the Afternoon ' Auxiliary of the Wo- men's . Missionary Society 'met in. the. Sunday School ' room of the dhnbrcli on October. 2nd; Mrs.. C. Cook, ,• ffrst vice Apreaident, was in the chair. • She opened: the, meeting with Call to • Worship: The Bible 'Study was given by Miss ''N. ' M'a'lcol n 'otn the eight Beati'tude,'"Blessed are. ;those who are. persecuted for' ;.righteousness. sake, :for . theirs is the Kingdom. Of Heaven." This was followed with prayer... by Mrs, 'J: Little. Mrs. ,Ii. Reid' was asked to give the Meditation' at a Meeting in'. the Untted'• Chunmh on' Tuesday,. • Octciber '8th. MTs: Porteous read. a letter from..the !Glad Tidings• requesting more suibscritbers, ,and asking that • subscriptions be- ;Tri before the ermd of N'ovem'ber, The Thankoffering •meeting•'is to be he on ' t ctdber 22nd'- with Mrs, A. Gaunt • as guest speaker, at eight o'clock, -The roll call was given by repeating a verse, • containing the word 'Team.* The Prayer 'Circle. •'was ;given IV Mrs ,Anderton .and Mrs. Camer- on. A letter of thanks, from Taiwan, for Mast year's Ohirst- marcard s, was read by .Mrs M. McLeod. The Mission Study was given tby 'Mrs, 'S•i, Agnew. 'The ' Visiting Committee •report-= ed . benvisits in . September. • C.W.L. Holds.. Joint Meeting St. Mary's C.,W.L, Lucknow joined with the St Augustine C.W.L. members for the Octo- ber ',meetirg when plans were finalized. . for •tlle annual ' ifowl S plaer::to . be .held Nov'envber 5 at .the • Lucknow, . Legion:: Hall, Fr; E Malak opened the . meeting` with prayer. A short review of the Deanery meeting at $eaforth was given. Useful • articles .to be.: sent to Sundale Manor are to beleft at .the church within' the next two weeks: Lunch was : ser - wed by the St. Augustine ladies. followed by a short social per- iod. SilverLake'w.I,.The 'Silver L Lake Iiisttuite held their October meeting at Bruce Lea Haven, Walkerton. The •,pas iddent Mrs. Albert Colwell opened the meeting with the • Ode and Mary Stewart•. Collett. Roll, call was answered by :.naming your favourite news papers columns. Mrs. 'Mary "Camp'be11 'and Mrs. • . Lamont were, 'appointed rto at- tend the :'Viral. Rally : in Kincar- dine as voting delegates; The'. convener, Mrs. Mabel Campbell took • charge .of the remaining program: Mrs. 'Jame*, MacEwan led in a sing -song. 'Humorous readings were given by Mrs, Geo. • Young:. sand • Mrs.. Albert Young:, "Time to Pray" was read by :Mrs. Lloyd Husk..Mrs. James Mac Ewan played the accordian and led in more sing -song. Mrs. William Smith read . a reading. and • Mrs Mabel Campbell' gave the motto: "Community • is like a ship :everyone. • . ought.' to be ready. to take 'the ' helm." The meeting closed with the Queen and sinaoing of Grace. Lunch was served by Mia.' Albert ' Young • • Mrs. Clarence Moulton after which Mr; Thompson took the ladies on. a . tour of the Noone.. . GARAGE;,' CARS, TRUCKS -TRACTORS LAWNMOWERS -WELDING 528-3428 LUCKNOW For increased farm income COOP offers this Fall Fertilizer Program for the most economical use of fertilizer on your. spring crops. 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