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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-02-08, Page 7WIDPIN113S AY,• ,FM. Atlh 1961. THF. LUCK1�lOR/ SEl 't'�1VEL, .LUCKNOW,• QNTA11110 . PAGE SEIrg sll ' • Illl(I 1 11111111N n l III 11 _..) III p l 1 11 11 Ill ... _I 1 11 nl a1 l ,,l ...i1�1.1.i111..11i1..1110111111.111illllll111111111►111111!l1111111IIIIIIIIIIII(11 III II I I I r�- i .11.1.111111.1.1.111111111lIIIHILIilliIlliIlllllip111l111111iUIIlgQgll.I i 011111111111 11lIililllllgl i.inuop By Bill ` S rrm, l I ey' 9lgllillHiil]Ulllllulr;' SomethingTratherfrightening is happening ,.to the steady, reliable, Canadian. citizen. I don't know. what's behind it, but it's • both unnatural: and, 'unnerving, He is, YY 1 ,Y AVE O NS Plumbing and Heating Esso Oil Burner' .' Sales and: Service FOR SAFE, DEPENDABLE Convenient budget; terms up to 5:years ;to pay. AIWAYS:LOOK'TO IEICIRIAL [01 THE FEST beginning to enjoy" the wintery Or, at least, he pretends: he. is. For generations, Canadians ap- proached The winter 'sensibly. When 'the first snows came,, they put ;on. their long underwear, a gloomy .look, and a 'long:suffer:ing air; and stayed as • close to the ►'ii e . as possible for the next six months., . Winter vas , something to be lived through and • there was nononsense about 'enjoying it. :'• But. this ,dour and honest out-• look ,has been corn.pletely'• 'shat- tered .within ,•the 'last few years. Every week end, thousands. of pople head out of the. cities with their skis and. a couple of :crocks. Motor clubs hold` races through the blizzards, over the icy roads. Guilin;, rinks are'.crammed. Peo pie are. spending wee=ends• -'at• their cottages, , tramping through huge 'drifts to''get' in• to them:'. ' Toe; other'.day a ,,friend told me he •had taken his family. 'out .:for ii 'Midwin'ter picnic, . on a .Sunday. The, temperature was about. 8: above. He• dug a hole' iii the snow, 'built, :a fire; and • heated some ,stew ':The'kids :loved it," he,said.. ':No.' ants;• no :flies, and almost 'no , fingers• on the: :smallest boy,'' by ,'tire time they got him .home; •But `,it's riot. only . the` young. �vl 'ca are' e:yelling in the 'elements iliese days..,Everyane is infected. Staff" inembers at'our school''have crgaiiized a hoc:l:ey team You ,Herod hear theni. sitting around br egging. T:hey 'niay :• be short of wind on, :the ice .but' they're • not when they don't . have , the skates ren. .Most'•of them'haven't p1'wa:yee' hockey. fpr •moi.e than' 20 :years, But they:are' as .'rabid as the local pee=wees. MON•UMENT'S. For sound counsel and a fair' price on..a; moriumert correctly designed from quality Material, rely on SKELTON MEMORIALS Pat O'Hagan, Prop Established. Over Sixty Years='` Walkerton Phone 638-w. • Ontario THE ALASKA BRQWN `BEAR is the biggest meat -eating'. • animal in .the world, often attaining a height of ten,feet when he rears up on his hind. legs, Like all bears, the `brownie' hibernates in winter: Soon after they. first now,finds a cave' or a deep shelter under an,ove- s.falls, he e �sspring.. •'hanging ledge of rock. There he curls up and sleeps until The bear 'retires' for several months every year, . sustained'by the fat.stored in his.�body, When y:, • being's retire, however, the don't receive the son e, Human bei helpfrom Nature: The turn- instead` to life • „ n ”can Make a man's retirement years more' They insurance. Nothing ca . financially secure than a portfolio of Sun Life policies tailored to his req'uirerents. Let roe tell you how. •, ,y .. J:.. Kinahan' :R,R. L[1C Nn1� '01.011 ,1 Witfigh tf 111 -w.. SUN 11E ASS'IJRANCt COMPANY QF> CANADA t'; f y, GU RQSS CORNERS RN E S Several from the community . attended .the 9chain saw school Monday. evening sponsored by ■ Ron ' Stanley, Kinloss. Messrs.. James Wilson, Jaynes Hodgins & • ' as ■ ■ ■ ■ • FOR FAST. EFFICIENT OVERNIGHT • Reg Brown were among the door Prize winners • • Mrs. frank. 13.r9,wn spent Mon day evening. withi: Mrs. Orval Wilson, : Mrs. Toni 'Stewart visited. ■ 'Monday evening •with, Mrs. Ron. r Stanley, Kinloss.•no. N. A ,number from this: ar ea .at= ■ tended .the John: Deere' Day in, •:Teesater the. Friday sponsored•' •'■` by 'JQe- Cassidy. • • The severe cold spell this week, accompanied by high east,' winds Thursday night - found , ■; many farmers with frozen water ' pipes and: frozen water ;bowls, o. Friday morning. 'This caused a : busy. day. for the men folk • on I.. ■• • 'Elderly gentlemen who should lie sitting at home with pipe and slippers, enjoying • the peaceful twilight •of their years may ;be. found on igny `curling rink; dash- ing up and down as though the. devil :himself was . after ' them, & sweeping as trough ,angina pec- toris was a tropical fruit. • -- Matronly Ladies, who should be • at home ..knitting Bootees for their grandchildren, may be seen hurtling" down some "near -Aper• , pendicular s],opes, bowling over 'everything in . their , paths, froth. fellow -skiers .to small trees.. Winter carnivals are .spreading across 'the. land •with the speed Of • bubonic ;plague.. ,At these, a; .few : good-looking young • ladies' a're' 1•named 'Queen of the Carnival, ..& are :never ;quite the same again,., While 'thousands of young . ladies// who..;know.they ' are,. equally "good= looking are not named Queen '& I are ;never • quite the 'same •. again.' Where is it all going. to ;end? When ,are 'we Canadians, going ' to 1 stop ,running around with frozen: r gt ins;' pretendink, we just. '.love' .our big,white, beautiful b Winter? • How soon 'will' this hysterical nonsense collapse; :• and•let us „re- • vert :.to our ,'old, happy misery? I, for; one, can't .stand much. 'More, :of `ilii$ jolly, healthy love= affair that• we are trying !to carry. r on witl•'that frosty old :termagen't,' ' Madame • , de .Winter, .: Who .'has been. • planting her icy feet, in.; I.the small of .our warm"beks•for. lo .these many years. Oh, it's easy enough to.' •be l trapped into this false :delight. in 'winter. *Each of • us• has within 1•him the' tattered-' remnants 'of •a. sirian child ' who 'once wallowed. , • in Snow 'with. the grunting plea .sure of a: small pig • rolling • in :• wets Mud, 'And. it's• this buried •memory of the':joys of winter' that gets us .in .trouble: ; •. The other day,.' for instance,'. was out :with my son,' who was learning to sky, rather ::gingerly I, was .egging hist on/to:. try: the steep slope. `.`•Let's see you',do it, 1, Big Shot, if it's so -easy,'° he sug- gested. There was.,;,no way out., I put on.:the• skis, swallowed 'once .losed. ,my eyes, and pushed off,.:. 'overcoat flying • out behind econds later; without Once• h tvin ` a my' eyes, I fouled liav;elf at the bottom, still on my, feet. •,/ :* •■. ■ . ■ , ■ ✓ . i, i> . '• All Receive `C WhenYou'Sh are, °. p By WALDEN BROTHERS n .... ' PI-IONE •COLLECT: SUPERTEST GARAGE .- PHONE 248, Wingham 1.5 Kincardine 530 TO or' FROM • LUCKNOW. : '- TORONTO LUCKNOW - LONDON •, 'Calk s ■ ■ • ■ r• ■ ■. ■. ■ ■ ■• w• ■ • N. ■ ■• • alder Bros. 1,.RANSPORT A : Lo r 1 a s 1 ds Inue a New Wingham Warehouse Serving Wingham and District Household :Moving Service to any Ontario points.. No Load Too Big` No Load Too Small t. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ .. • tri •■ ■ •. ■▪ •. '., • ■ LUCKNOW ..■ .�. Ripley 193 is ■ Is 4 ▪ ' . Tell Your Traveller, .or ;'When . Ordering, To SHIP 'BY WALDEN' BROS..' TRANSPORT, ..■• By Phoning `RUQ'' 7-6 r5 41 Toronto: or G 8;6.75 3 London . ` qui••■aa.iEl! ■:e■■• ® a'■■ ail aifu-■e■Olt" ni■ ,the farms• and ';r doubt• gave ex:-• :are• ( spending sometime in . Klin- tra 'worm 'f'or the;: business' places•' cardine. a"t. the lion -ie , of Mr. ,and who 'cater to .thawing. pipes 'and Mrs. '`Arthur Campbell welding. • • ' Mr.:. and'..Mrs. Giant: Wall `an•c' 'family; Walkerton .were .Sunday Visitors • with Mr: 'and . Mrs. Mor:.,. ley Wall: and famiiy. Mrs. Frank..'Brown; and , •Re.g spent .Sunday '.evening With, Mr,. :and • Mrs. .:Harvey • Nich'Qlaon• and:, Hugh; Bervie ' Mr:.Mac . McPherson and 'fam- •8th con., • and . Mr. ,was,.. ,Hal - derby• were•'Surday` 'visitors with Mr. ,acrd 1Vl.a T;dp.-1 art. On Saturday;, tie' 4‘-11. clii'l�s' gathered in. . xcincaruune ,': •,r • Achievenien.t Day. The girlsmo- delled.'•their dilesses. Miss' :Betty' Fells•trees up to 3 feet.in. di- J'ean• Hodgins 'received. proven ia:l honour•$.. Miss 1 1'a<rie v oyer; .• ameter..Cuts 18 trees in 18 county: ours';... Aliases Bev=e,rley,' Wall.. and , Mariori Green. •certifi Cates'., Each gi.r'1,' recei 'ed a : spoon. The ,girls presented their leaders, .Mrs. Pe;riy,•'Hoc4ins Mrs. Alex Whytock • each • with •a: ` lovely ,cup and saucer•: The. lead �,NALD. . '•And,this: is how. we . are Snag- :t'd Tmt aedia'te1'.v, I was ready to i .• l u.y •sl :is,` take }e ions, . and star t Owing; "s•cl uss" .or `lush whatever it is skier .cry as; they, skihi the slope.s, I was • saved, seconds Only 18f"'pou.nds.' Famous Honelite quality.'.' Have:a FREE DEMONSTRAii0M• Vess bar and chain TANLEY cis appreciate -the fine co -opera `.; Kinloss . Ontario. tion shown +by tli:e girls Phone Berv.e ' 2441 Mrs. Jas Haldenby .aid g r1s.:. Only by niy :iron will, which :al - :,ways comes_ to my rescue' when' I •'dee:de I'll:.,. learn to play the tiba, or -write a novel, "dr take ,up ..But • some people, wile ticin't have the same 'firm •ec ti of • ' of their fancies,• : are caught 'up. in the .artificial ex- citeme`ot of winter, and go charging about in the' snow, ,ut- ta•i•ing sjirill little cries• of sin-fil- 1 ip.tod in uhated pleasure • I have always• maintained that Canada in midwinter. is. fit only fc••i', jackrabbits, alcoholics tr�ci 'children under' twelve.' And tlic "$o6ner we get back to'..oi.ir :old fired with Winter,• and forget' this game Of footsie we're • trying to play with her, ther, Soono' vvWc+'ll. `'rega'in our. old, decent, :' '14radian, midwinter surliness: 41111111111 service' between .....STR TORONTO NTO a TFORD• OW EN ,,SOUN SOUTHAMPTON ' • KINCARDINE and i`nterh ediate points , fast . . convenient economical Effective' Monday February 26th'1961 Forget about traffic strains parking worries— , consult: your local CN agent for the new; con- venient F2ailiner schedules.• 4441' •