The Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-06-14, Page 7•
VED,N. E9DAY,, JUNE ,14th, 1961
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Ti-f,ELUKROW SEIsITINEL, TAICIC140W, ONTARIO
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PAGE SEVEN
,illoppicappa III Simier
Mother's Ajay in this cauntr,y
is announced with blare of
truMpets, A roll of c1rurns,..' and
a wild jangling of Cash regi`iters.
Cbt:nmercially, it is, •creeping tip
on •Christnias. Emotionally;
ba; long since passed the Twelfth
of' July. Father's. Day, in Corn-
•.pariSon, is a sad little echo of
• this sentimental orgy.•
Even ; the advertising, reflects,
the -:„difference . Merchantsand
• manufacturers overcome *their
Customary 'delicacy as.- Mother's
• Day approache.s., They don't. sug-
gest that she Might like 'a little
token .'They bellow at 'us in 'no
•uncertain •terms, our duty to-
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•.wards Main; $'Get out, you lazy,
• ungrateful, , selfish bum," they
holleti "and buy that sweet little
old pother'. of 'yoUrs something
...VorthWhile." Strong' men cringe
under the assault, and go. into,
debt for,mon`ths, buying Presents
for . .who ate not . even
their Mothers., but their •wives.
• The days when Mom received.
hwc of chocolates' or a pair of
nylens IVIother's^DaV went•out
with a ten-cento'hot dog.NoWa-
clays, men 'are warned, in black-.
and -white or full celour, that
sweet old Moir' will settlefor
anything . • from .an automatic
'dishwasher .to the Taj
suitably gift,wrapped •
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What a 'difference inad-
vertising prior. to Father's Day!
it is Slightly' embarrassed, dole-
ful,' feeble. It 'consists of such
rousing slogans as "I)On't forget
Dad on 'Father's Day;!' The im•''
Plication• is that yon, probaibly
will, but that if yoi.fi„..t do,' don't
worry too. much about it., 04,
the men's clothing merchants put'
a brave face on it and beat the
IdrUm 4 ba, but, even they haven't
the nerve to, suggest anything
rtiore extravagant for dad than
a Sport shirt, '••Or: a new hat.
The car dealer who will tout,
With •a straight face, a "iecond
car, for, the family". just before
Mother's tjay, suggests that dad
would bejUst crazy about 4 new'
tire:. iron, or a, jack. The appli-
ance •dealer who •will coolly try
to. sell you a washer -dryer .com-
bMafion as .a. gift for Morn, Will
he pushing 4,-$1.9/1,flashlight for
Father's Day:
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Is there •• anything' significant
'in this contrast? ,Oh, -yes,
deedy. There is little ,dotibt .that.
'it reflects- accurately the, prestlge
.enjoyed;'` resPectively, by mother
and 'father, in Canada teday.
Mom iS a goddes, to be 'placated'
by. appropriate, gifts. Dad • . a
•I6,: R, a • harmless • one, to be.
„thrown a .bone, • ••
This „unnatural state .of affairs
• seems • to be peculiar to 'North
• America.. In Europe, Asia " and
Africa' woman" is still 'playing a
•supporting role only. • Even •in
Mcislem • countries, where a man
• a bdve t th 6
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P9: dol-lbt. .head
of he house. 131;4 IA 'the $tates
and Canada, the ,n4t4rol order
of things x.vsers,o.d.. •
Oh, 370.4...011.1 haVe••19 believe
me- Ask the statistics
They'll tell YOU W149 controls and
sPends, most -of the .moneY on
this continent. Ask • the manu-
facturers. They'll tell you 10.110
sex, ihe*, gds.. are *slanted te,‘
wards,. TheY'll tell y90 why ev
erYthi4 that'sMade. •PowadaYs
from coOkies to cars,„ 1.4a4 to come
in. a' fancy. package Qr a weird
colour,' •
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Why has: tills. situation. devel-
'oped in. North Arterica? Can we
• hiameour women for it.? 'Are
they, more pushy than, the .fe-
rnales of other continents?: I ,dqn't.
think so.' In fact, they are
"the ones. who iwere pushed
into a role they .never, wanted,
poor kids.
• I ,think .the whole thing is a
product of pioneer: days 'in this
continent.: The. North American
woman had to.:be a .good deal
• rnoTe sturdy,' *independent 'and•
• capable than her si'ster of * -other
lands, - if • she was 'to cape with
the -trials: .and, dangers besetting
the •early settler.s, •
• She had to work like' an, • ox.
She had to impiovise, td use her
head • ;She. had td• be nUrse tea.
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HOW MANY HAVE A. BANK ACCOUNT?
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Chances are they all havelBecaiise nowadays practically everybodtt
is a bank customer. And they go to the bank so often and for
so many reasons: fo deposit ,savings,arrange a loan, buy or sell foreign
exchange, purchase money orders .. In fact if Canadians seem to use "
'bankineservices mOre than the people of any other country/ The
chartered banks, for their part, 46 then7' utmost to make each
'branch a friendly, efficient centre for every kind of banking service.
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•Tat .,C1IARTERED ..A.NKS SERVINIG YO-Urit COlVI4T.TNITT
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• cher end teomparilon 'to her child- •
ren, •because fathe'r was too busy
clearing the back forty to, ,sp.pak
to them during the day, • and too, -
tired to .do anything fall
into. bed at night. •
• After a few geneoti,oms .�f thJs
it was :natural fi*, the 'chihlren
to, look 1.1.poi the mother a.s the
fountainhead of w*Io2.01, • sm-
• po,thY 4.40 htmAn wAr*tb. Dur-
ing the "same generation, the fa -
Aber faded into a figure who a,p-
Peared only 'at meal4iines and
whose chief ''conversational item
became, '"We can't afford it." e
The.entire process *a'sspeed-
'ed up by two. world wis. While
our men 'were off in Europe,
fighting and revelling in. a 4b -
piety in which the male was su-
preme, .Our women had Ad
on more and more ,responsibuitY:
Whole, generations • of . children .
• got the idea that Mom was head '
of the family, simply because
.Dad was not there. •••
• There 'Was no' stopping the
Snowball...After.. the first world
war, our womeh started smoking- '
After •the second, they began.
• going into bars. They have:infil,-,
trated the golf course, the curl,
ing..rink,Q the House of Conimons
and the stock market. They have
learned tosWear, wear trousers •
and make speeches. And the end
is nowhere in sight. • ••
rm, coniplaining. It' •'Was
inevitable an accident \ of his-
tory.' All I'm doing is trying to
!eXplain to you, fellows why•„des-
pite• the.'fact that your wife itit• •
a ri.cw,•w-Tist Watch on Mother's'
Day, you are 'going to wind up•
on, Father's''Pay ,with the usual
$1.50 tie,' for. °the purchase of
Which the kids will 'tap yOu; .for .
$2:00 and keep the, change:
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Even a: tombstone ' will
good things about a • guy, When
he's down. ' • -';
• KINLOUGH
We . are sorry to report that
Mr. Wesley quest is again a 'Pa- .
ti•ent in Wingham HoSpital. • '
Mrs., J. W. .Colwell returned
home affer spending awhile: with
• 'Mr. and Mrs. Arclifl Xasori and
Mr: and* Mrs Don MeCosh.
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Miss Karen Nicholson Was -,a
, patient in Wingharn Hospital
when she had her tonsils rerrioy'•
ed..:She wasable to return.bome
' on •Saturday, .• •
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Congratulations to Mr, and
1Virs;',Ivan -McFarlan 'who. Were ••
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married.ori Saturday at the home
of Mr. and Mr.,g, . Howard Orr
4 COnkr aUlatiorlS ..to Mr PlOyd.
Stanley Who .was chosen •Luck -
now District ijigh • School iepie-,. - .; ,. '
AeritatiNie: iyi the student leaders
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Mr. *and .krs. Bert. Nicholson, 4'
. • ,I•Caren,. Evelyn; Allan and Lois A.' •-: •,•;1
attended ,a xecePtion" fOr. Mr. 8i: •
Mrs. George .Dobison .(nee. 'Jean . , .
CUy.ler).. in- the Bervie .Anglican . ..":•• :::". .' . • ', '
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ChurCh ,•baSernent. last.' Mondaynight
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,••••• . Mrs,. Niiii.am, Cox ' and Rev:
.. . ., • Benson Cox visited with Mr: and , ,•!-, .
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'Mrs: Jadk Scott on' Sunday.. ' .: . 0, . ••• •
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' . A• family • 'gathering'Was. held '' • ;•'• . ;• - ; / 1, .
at .the home of Mr -F,. Ciertrude •
Walsh on' Sunday belore Mr:. &
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Mrs.Jack Walsh and family leave.,•,"..:". ',•• ',
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• for. their home at '..Melfort,.. Sask. • :
:,. Around '40 guests Were .preSerit ,
• fr'orn Listowel,Thamesville, .PaS--
' • ley, • CariSruhe.,' Tiverton, Kincar-
dine,. ,iPley, Kinloss?•and rela-',.
tives in. this drstrici,.fts. Gert. -
'rude Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. Jack •
Walsh: spent Monday in., Toronto,.
M1'8. ' George Graham, was hos-
tess fin', the W.A. trieetitig :on • . .
Thursday' afternoon. Mrs. • Roy .,..,
Schneller presided and also read . .
,the scripture. • Prayer. 'forlowech
The ‘ineditatiOn was given by
Mrst Tbm liodgins.."Visitors were
welcomed. 4 : This being a devo.,
tional Meeting each Member took
Part in the prograni, .The Meet.-
iil,g‘ Closed with 'prayer and a:de-
liciatis flinch ,vvas served bs'• .the
hosteSs. ' • .. '•
• Mr, 'and Mrs. Bert IlitholSon, '
,Xareti, Allan and Lois.Visitedori
, •: x8iii:idoays, e•Vening with M. 'arid
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8tanley.,and farnily at,
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