The Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-05-30, Page 12PAGET.'.� E'
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THE LUCKNgiI SENTINEL; L JCKI QW,-QNTAIUO
I am observing • a. birthday
this. week. You'll notice I didn't
say celebrating: No, at my' age
you don't .celebrate..You merely
observe them, ' with' a dim view
or a wistful look.
In an -effort, • tot Prove that.
there's plenty of ,life in the ,old
boy yet, I am taking on a pair
of huge mortgages the day be-
. fore my birthday, • They say
there's nothing .like a fat . rnort:
• gage ` to make a fellow 'hustle.
If' that's true, 1, qualified years
ago for a membership in The
Hustlers... • '
I knew the hair Wa% getting
tthnner andthe teeth Scarcer,
but 1 haven't much. of a. pot
,
yet,• and figured 1 was .in' pretty
good shape for my age. A couple
of • experiences on a recent hol
Idly' week ` end destroyed this
• illusion and: left me convinced.
that I'm a. pretty :good age for
My. shape.
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First of all, the two .old' 'side
kicks ' dropped in: for a • visit,.
with. their • families. • The three
, of: us joined. the RCAFon.• the
same .day,, and we've : kept in
touch ' :since. In those days; . vie,
Could 'make. the old Welkin ` ring
right ,merrily • all • night. You
should have ' seen us, .Saturday
night, trying to maintain . the
•old traditions." • •
,It was more like a .wirigding
at the' Home fore the. gaged • than
a 'reunion .' of • warriors. One ` of
the boys was in great. pain.' He
had pulled a 'Muscle 'in- his back
while trying, to . tie his • shoe-
laces without putting his foot: on
a chair. 'The other 'divided • his
anxiety equally between his.:ul-
,cer and• his high' blood 'pressure.'
•And I fell sound asleep right
in the middle of ' 'teiling otic
wives • what hellers ..we were in
the old ' days.: •
The second incident to "•em-'
phasize my increasing Senility
was a challenge from my daugh-
ter.
aughterShe's practising. for a field
day at school and wanted ' some
competition. Despite the ` fact
bhat I nearly . burste;a blood
vessel ; . over it, she' beat . "me
handly in both • the broad jump
and the hopstep,. This hurt, abut.
after . all, she's n. ,training, and
30 years younger—What really
destroyed'.me was the Old Battle-
axe. tried it, and beat both my'
marks : without, even breathing
hard. • ;
I• `don't really mind' getting
olden. But I • 'Certainlyresent the
fact that ` they're making all the
stairs ':' steeper ' and . the garbage,
cans heavier these days.
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When I look , back : to my
birthday, however; ' and realize
what has happened since. June
2, 11920, I can't help thinking
that 'I've been .. fortunate enough
tolive in one of the most excit-
ing eras man has. ever exper-
ienced.
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What ' "They day;
About Artificial Ice
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3Qth, 106:2
RECALLS NORTHTSO,IJTH . .
HOCKEY GAME IN-$OME`—.
RINK Old' APRIL. 1st
The senior publisher well re-
members the hockey ' gaine of
some forty years. ago, referred;
to din• . the • following • letter
from .Tom Alton,, now Bruce
County treasurer,
Tom uses the nickname by
which yours truly was familiarly
known in his hockey days and
now, seldom heard (thank good
ness)... ,
Walkerton,; Ont,
Dear : Susie:-
I have been following; .with
interest your articles and reports
on the undertaking the Lions.
Clubhave started, to install art.
-
•ificial ice in the Lucknow Arena:'
It has brought ; back memories
of hockey games we had in the'
old :Lorne • Rink. 1 'am trying to
remember. the players on the
teams ' from '• North of Main
Street and .South of• Math Street.
I believe it was the; winter' of
.191::22, that, ' we had a, very
close series ' of games. Along in
March . we had, each wen 2,
close.. games but the weather turn
ed ,mild sand then it turned cold.
and on a Saturday evening we
played •. a tie . game before the
'public skating. Jack 'Henderson
told 'us we'eould play another
.game''. on• Monday,- April ":,1st,
after school. It turned mild and
when we hurried, to the :rink
after ' 4 there, was several pools
of water • on ' the.. ice: However
we., decided' ' to 'play and . I • be
lieve •'our Northside, team ikon.
It .'was: a . hard fought :game and
every time You were • body.
checked you .gat up soaking wet:
A lot of m_ others••thought their
•
sons ,..had • fallen in the . pond
when they arrived home. The
North -team had Wilfred, and
Lovell : Murdoch: ' Morgan ' Hen-
derson, 'Bill Sproule, the .•Mac
Innes., brothers, myself andsome
others: ` I ' believe. The -South
team had yourself, Bill and Andy'
Thompson, Bob Andrew, 'George
Douglas, Clarence and Alex Mir -
die . and: others. ,Perhaps, you'
can recall all the . •players: I.
think.. we . set' a'. record .far . a
hockey game in Lucknow played
on natural ,.ice in. April.: ' '
The . • new artificial ice plant..
should. lengthen:` the .skating and
hockey season and :I wish,- the
Lions Club ;every success. I am
enclosing a • small. donation.'
Yours very. truly, •
T. H. Alton...
,lust . think. The •war to end
wars : was' over., George; V. was
on : the throne of England,- .and-
tle sun never Set on the Brit-
ish • Empire.: .In' those 40 -odd.
years, . we've hada bigger . war,
George's granclaughter is Queen,
and the Empire has almost van-
ished.
When I. was born, there .were
no jet' engines, television comm=
erciais, rocket missiles''.or nue-
leer .weapons. In other -words,
things were pretty ;quiet. ; In
come tax Was only .a cloud 'on
the horizon. No one had climbed
Mount Everest or run a four -
minute mile: Tuberculosis was a..
'dread disease and lung cancer,
had / not been; invented yet,';
•In: those four decades and a
bit, Canada's . population• has
doubled: The telephone has "re-
placed the back fence as a
gossip -monger. The automobile
has gone through' the stages of
a curiosity, a' 'luxury, and• idol,.
a necessity, and .a /monthly mill=
• stone around our necks: •
There were'nt any Corr n'iun-
<ists just 'Bolsheviks: Socialists
were "Reds." Whisky k was
stronger and a, heck of -a lot
cheaper. Women were dressed
much as they.' are: today, and
were just as ,neurotic. Oil heat-
ing, deodorants and tranquilizers
were/unknown. Nobody Was try-
ing to get..to the •moon. Fifty
dollars a week was big . money,
- lily golly, that was a long'
time 'ago,' W &nt st '
MEET A. N. `SANDY' M!.K!0..N. A.LD
social Credit Cafldidute
For The Riding
Of Bruce.
Sandy is •20 years of age.,
1 -le has lived .most .Of
• his life as• a .storekeeper
in Kintail 5 miles
below . the; southern
•Ibound'ary of Bruce.
He is married with one
daughter, •
He: is a manager at
Ashfield Presbyterian
Church.
He • is no ' stranger to
Bruce, ' having business,
and social connections
within the Riding.
Bruce Needs A :Social' Credit Representative In Ottawa.
IURth N
Ashfield ' Presbyterian. W.M.S. :
The May meeting sof the
W.M.S. of Ashfield Presbyterian.
Church. was ` held at , the home.
of 'Mrs,. David ' MacMurchy.: Mrs.
Jahn '. MacCreight• :who was . in
charge of •, ;tile: program opened
the; •meeting,,with. prayer, Mrs.
Ross , MaoKenzie ga - e the - de
votional., Mrs. Ewan MacLean,.
Mrs. • Wm." Ross and Mrs: Henry
MacKenzie gave reports . on .the
Presbyterial '.held 'the •' day •!be-
fore in ` Lucknow.' Mrs.. D. ' C.
MacLean read a prayer, Mrs:
Hector MacLean a letter from
Miss Dorothy Douglas, Formosa,
and Mrs. Wm. Johnson a ' poem:.
Mrs. Emile MacLennan and Mrs:
Mac Creight led- in• prayer/' Mrs.
Hector MacLean offered.' her
home =for the June meeting:.
There were ': 20 present:
.Presbyterian Evening Auxiliary'
The May meeting of Luck now•
Presbyterian z.Church ' Evening
Auxiliary Was held::. at the home
Of . Mrs: Jack Pollock of 'Tees
water on Tuesday evening. Miss
Audrey Fiederlein was in charge:
of *: the 'meeting; which opened
with the scripture reading, fol-
lowed by the hymn; "The •-Word's
My • ,Shepherd. Misss Fiedeleinn
rea a . oe entitYed " Pr
d P m aYer
for a Home." Sentence . �prayees
'were given by three of. the mem
hers. • Mrs. • Robert MacKenzie
read three' articles from the
"Glad' ridings" a message
from'' the: President, Mrs,..'Curr,:
an article "When We 'Study
an: outline u.of `2;ine at Fellowship
House" in Winnipeg written `by,
the House Mother:; The' :Bible
study; . "Questions and `:Answers
from the' Bible," was .,taken by`
`Mrs. Morgan Henderson. Mem-
bers were reminded to bring their
donations of money. for the (bale
to the June'•meeting. Mrs. .How
ard'"Agnew gave; the topic on the
"Life of a - • Christian . Guianese
Family." Miss' Fiederlein thank- •
ed ;.the;'hostess, Mrs:, Pollock, for •j
her- : hospitality:. The - meeting
closed with the hymn • "Blest Be
the Tie..that :Binds" followed by.
the ' benediction. Mrs. Pollock
read ..a : couple of ..'poems and
lunch was servedby the. Gose-
mittee in charge: '
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