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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-07-25, Page 12tth S4 1 w,, fr. r, .r4 .7r sr, til;ait� rs )19 • .r. • ,AGE TWELVE THE LUCKNOW ;SENTINEL, LUCKNOW , ON'1'ARIQ, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25th, la62. UGAR. and SPICE +•• By Bill Smiley, One of my • Grade 12 .students is taking off in the morning on a trip. I rather envy him.,..He's heading for Vancouver, on: a bicycle.• ,All . he, has to ' do—is pedal through the great loneliness, of Northern Ontario, ant -crawl . the endless prairies; 'toil across 'the • tRockies and push the last long ,Stretch through the vastr_ess of H.C. • ,*,* He has . a' brand-new • 'bik.�e, ..$50 • in. Cash, • qne army blanket and • a. big supply Of peanut butter sandwiches, to commence his journey: Also, , of 'course,_ he has one other thing a stout heart When he :reaches ' Vancouver, he will sell his bicycle and, set. offs, for the Yukon; He hopes to ' work there . for a year, save a stake, then . return home and . 'go back to school to complete 'leis .education. IHe wants. to:: be a .. writer. •Thousands of . young, People. have,: the: sante desire, but 'they' never do'' anything • about it except dream about . all the, ' mon- ey a writer is supposed .to . make.. Thin fellow; does '. something. about it. • He - writes all the time +poems, ` stories, paragraphs — struggling ...heroically . • with a natural inclination to misspell. [He's going to keep a. daily jour • • nal on•. his; trip. • lie' could: have •chosenno. bet- od .: df` ' ac uirin:' the experience and material so help - :All to •a „budding writer. There, Twill : be :50 stories, a hundred •.poems, a . thousand incidents, in the strip of Canada across which his wheels will: roll.. this 221er I. envy .him,. . r said. He 'will grow brown'` and .hard: .He Will lie '.beneath : the: • stars.. • and yearn. He will. 'heat perk and •beans ' •beside a mountain . scream. iAnd he' Will 'meet athousand interesting people...Some of , them will be mean, most of. them friendly.. He will. 'see a . Canada that the passenger on transeentinen- tal . train or jet 'liner -never. sees:. He• will smell the pines and see ripening wheat and . feel the sun, on his back in, the morning, and • tear coyotes.. yapping at night. He will savor the joys .of hot. food in an empty belly, •.warmth rafter. "zero at the bone," conver- ,sation. ,after loneliness, rest .after exhaustion. He will marvel at . sunset on the prairies :and the • moon setting fire •to a tiny lake:,, He; will, encounter hospitality. that: will enrich him '.with an :abiding .faith in human kindness. If he's very lucky, he will have• the most rewarding, exper- ience -he will get to know"him self. This is 'the most difficult. of :•all things for modern man, who is so . seldom alone, 'with time to think, and feel, and won-. der. ' ° I . think he'll make it. The fact that 'he reads and tries to. write poetry 'does not. mean .that he'sa pantywaist' who will be crushed by his 'first `tbrutal: •en- counter with 'life; This lad plays a • rugged game' of football. Last . summer, he got as, far as ,Mex- ico and wound up` fighting' bush fires. in• B.C. before returning to school: He's .'sensitive,, but tough. . • . . But the important thing is • net that he makes it . It :is ' the fact that he is going albite. We :hear so much' today about • the desire of 'youth for' conformity andsecurity that it's refreshing to• see the evidence: refuted. 7' do agree that today's y wig- stens seem to lack ' a . spirit • of adventure. But •note the word "SEEM." I don't believe they really lack it...I think . they are. seduced; away from it by ,over- protective parents; they are rob- bed 'of' their initiative by having things •made too easy for 'thein.: At any, ..rate, I'll • be ' going west, in spirit; and wishing "I. were 20 years younger, so that I could be • riding with him: I. have a: special interest ' in him. because I taught • him English and encouraged him in his writ- ing • . So. I gave ;him a letter of in- troduction. ' It .reads: "This will introduce Jim McKinnon; one of my Grade 12 students.. During the year,. this student has . never (a) milled a switchblade ou.. me (b) written. 'an essay in which there . were nospelling errors; (C) done. anything of an un- gentlemanly nature,• while I`: was looking at him. Any ;favours tendered him would be, apprec- iated by Bill. Smiley. There you are. Fair . warning to my thousands : of .readers ' in' the west: :If a dusty, unshaven. hobo , with a ',;bicycle , appears ;at yourdoor, or your: newspaper office, and 'pulls .out' that letter, you : have a chance to tell: me: off, by proxy.;. On • the other hand; if you don't' feel too hos- tile to ;.me, : don't: .be afraid to. give him . a coup Of .tea. or 'a shakedown in the barn. -He's a. •decent 'lad, and maybe sorne day • he'll' put you in : a book: • W [r. Wayne Henry spent the week -end : at the home of Mr: & Mrs. Orest . Iawerchuck . in To- ronto. PURPLE GROVE' Mr, ' and Mrs,. Donald Chad- bourne, 1VIadlene and Gladys Gawley, spent the week -end in Kirkland Lake and other North- ern 'Points. • Frank Dore'sfuneral was held. from Linklater Funeral Home to, the Ripley Cemetery on Wednes- day, Mr. Don Rdbertson and Mr. Kenneth Robertson visited Mr. Calvin Robertson in Victoria Hospitai, London: . Miss Mary Anne MoCosh is spending the week. at .Five Oaks in Paris. Mr. and 'Mrs. Donald . McCosh,, Mary Anne and: Mrs, William Arnold spent the week in Quebec City. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon` Patterson spent the' week -end at. Smith's Cottage Bala, Muskoka. John Collins Ronnie Dore, John D. Coiling are spending the week at, Mirmachi• Camp , near. ,Port. Elgin. Mr. Cleve Hill: visited Mr. Richard :MoCosh. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth' -'‘Robert- son, Linda and Mr.:John Taylor visited Miss Margaret Rabertson and Mr, Don Rob; rtson,. , Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs, Morford Mackay on the ar- rival of a baby girl.,: Mr, and Mrs. Gordon McDon- ald and. Mary Helen 'visited with Mr. and Mrs. • Fred Gilchrist_ on Sunday, Julie Stanley is spending a few day.S with Mrs. Helen :Swann, Qn Mac and Elma May McDonald visited with Mr.. and. Mrs, Gord- . McDon 1d._ Allan Traher is employed by Francis Boyle. •w.. Visitors over the' week -end. with Mts. Frank Dore and family were M,r.: and Mrs, Richard Kidd, Merritton, Mr.. and Mrs. Law- rence • Fry;, . Betty,: Loran and Laura' Mae, Mrs. • -Gordon Mac- Donald and Mary Helen, Mr. & Mrs, Rex' Stewart, Mrs. Alex Stewart, Mrs. . Donald Stewart, Mr. and Mrs, William. White,' Mr; and' Mrs. Donald . McCosh 'and. Mrs. Burton Collins. Miss Vera Dore, Inglewood, visited •Mr, and Dore, . Mr. and' Mrs, Howard 'Thornp, son, Mr. and Mrs. Harvie Thome.,. son, Miss '.Margaret Robertson,. Mrs. Gordon MaCDonald, Helen McFarlan and Katherine Bugheu 'attended <the Haldenby -Pe rey wedding on Saturday and. later the 'reception. Congratulations to 1Vl:r, and; Mrs. Ivan McFarlan on the ar, rival of a baby boy, • Mr, and Mrs. Gordon.MVlacDon, aid and •Mary Helen. visited, Mr, and ,Mrs; Lloyd McClure, Paisley on Sunday; Lawr.enc,e came horde • •with them for 'a few holidays. 1: ' John D, Collling visited Ron- nie Dore. . Mr. and Mrs.' Harold Campbe l spent the week -end at their farm on the 10th. Concession. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Patterson, Mr, and Mrs, Andrew Patterson, Mr. ' and Mrs. Arthur Patterson. Pat, Brenda and Gail visited Mr. and- Mrs. Burton. Collins. Miss Annetta Forster left on Wednesday for the Calgary Stampede,. . She will later visit Mr. and Mrs. Bill Colwell in Mrs. Claude Edmonton, 1' •`Mrs. Carl McOlenaghan visit ed on • Saturday at the *me. of Mrs. •-Elmto„ Pritchard. There will ,be noservice, hi the Whitechurdh, United Churcji,N on 'Sunday,. `July. 29th. ' Mrs: Jtack Kelly of High River Alberta; is . visiting at the :home of her brothers; Mr. John Boyle.. Mi s'. Myrte ' Beecroft :from: New London.. Conecticut is - visit- ing at the home .of .Mr. and Mrs.. Dustan: Beecroft: ' ' 1Vir.'v. and, 'Mrs.. Hector Purdon.;. and faniilly. and Mr. and• _Mrs.., Relison 'falconer and family' of. Sarnia spent the week-endat the home, of. Mrs. Cecil 'Falconer. Mr. and Mrs. Alex -'Butler of Goderidh visited 'on, Sunday at the home of:Mr. and Mrs. James Mcrrtnis. , Mr,' William' Forester and, fa- mily and Mr. and Mrs. Horaee Aitchison and family • of Wing,. ham attended ':a ' family picnic in Kincardine -en Sunday. Mr. Ross McGregor of Toron- to 'spent the week -end at the home of Mr... and Mrs. Walter Arscottt • - Mr and Mrs. Russel . Chapman spent tle'•week-end at the 'home. of Mr. anad. Mrs. Ross Smith in Toronto and also attended a Wedding . on •Saturday, ' -Mr. and Mrs. thigh- ,MaoMiltan of Holyrood visited onSunday at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Wes Tiffin. • • Wit., and Mrs. Jim. Mcirntyre and family of . Ridgetown, Mr. and Mrs, Bill Parker and family of Exeter and Mr, and, Mrs.. Mel- vin MaClenagt • n, Michael.. and Paul Geiger. of Waterloo visit- ed on Sunday at the home of '1VIr, and Mrs; Ben Mc+Clenaghan. Paul Geiger and Allan McIntyre are spending this week- with the M'oClenaghans, •- Rev. and Mrs. George Watt & family of • Oakville visited last creek tat the home 0. his, father, Rev., 'John Watt, .. I Is Ypur Subscription-Renewedl ' ...just abazct ever bo does say "MABEL I .. d BLACK LABEL I" d r