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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-12-20, Page 12irtr A PAGE TWELVE Trak Wagmre s:El�rrnvE4 theKNow. Ola'r�; uo : 1re3 ere sisoi tr.zt esim#srie rs a e onomm rt'. -fes: We' thank you; :sincerely . for your Patronage,, Frie idahip. and goodwill and •extend. out -Rest Wishes for christmasand • • ruthless. When they come; roaring the New Year,; . it's• • .` - `• ... • ' . the path, step lsnartly out.. `. along` t • aust'as HAROLD , RITCHIE.TEHBarber of their Way, if ,you want t.. avoid being bowled over. fav idwta?+ 'mons +0 + sovr + `twavt I've always known- what I. didn't want out. of life, but ' have "never had. ' a clear idea of 'what I did want, As the years go by, I find. that • if doesn't matter much, any - Way. Every so' often,. as you are. charging madly • along. toward' some "goal; life ,will :give you an unexpected.: ,shove, • and you find yourself tottering, off in a • new:. direction: Now, I just stumble Off along the new track, "and it -seems to iirork' out This 'annoys • ,my wife ' deeply. Like " most: women, she don't take nothin' ofia life.` She believes that ' life, or fate, should be taken by the :scruff: of the' neck. and given •' a good shaking. `Surely,yoo know what you` WANT' out of life," she cries in exasperation; . demanding that I name it, or them., I mum- ble something vague aid•': low, about. wanting a : little peace. But for :the life •. of me; I •;can never name. anything concrete' that is my' heart's desire. I don't - want a lot of `Money, though I'll take; and "spend any s re a iJentea�xt — I given. • amounts.. I • have no desire Ever °stop to. 'wonder what. you •really . want out of • life? Some people seem to know,, from the time they are kids, a#d go 'after it, letting nothing stand in' their way., 'These, birds' • can . be pretty 0@'! ? iT;mit-: 4vite?1 11iatPiftes% a, 'tz2' 3tirkTJe+ woliporeeroito rrr!! r thanks and best wishes. for „a. 'f [olidaa to all of you whom it has been our great privilege and pleasure to know and to serve. ROSS SWELLS, Amberley •!.. r !1 �1� r i 1�; i : 1�; l�: 11; 1 a�1 , ; 1 �1 .mss• st a friendly message. to: thank, , y*ou for .your and 'v�rish ou and patrotiage Y y ones a out loved holiday season hill:of f iendship, good. cher,; good health, apd . much haps rness1 MONTGOMERY MOTORS Ford -Monarch -Falcon Dealer Phone 40,Lucknow for poorer. I `d'on't even want good, looks, my vanished youth, my once luxuriant' hair, •a big car,.' an expensive wardrobe, a J::second Wife, obedient :children, a posh'.' home, • public • acclaim ' or private respect: And it's just' as. well It donut, because ' '. inost of these things are out 'of reach many other things I' want, such as food• forall the 'hungry of the world, peace on earth, a long and. healthy life and a big, pension for everyone. But theseare out side the limited scope ofmy family's resources, so I've merely asked for a few small, selfish things. And if . they can't. manage to round them up by Christmas. morning, ..it doesn't matter, for But that's all pretty negative, and I don't blame my wife and• 'I kids for being irritated, They've been at Me for :weeks, and they can't: even get me 'tis say'' what I• want . for Christmas- .I .realize rhow unfair: this is So I've decided, a to ..co-operate, : and, :to list here A exactly what I Want most• iia the" world. I'll .expect to fund it under. the tree. I want, tWo years off. No work of any .kind..'This . gift it to be i.vrapped in' a::magic carpet, that *ill 'tranSl ort :.me : anywhere, .in , h the twinkling ofaneye. free. I'; would dearly love to; see •places. and people of the world_ • But 'rd. Want ;to . get` hone: for week-, Iends, 'even' from Hong Kong, "or' the. Kalahari Desert. • Nest? I Want, 10 More • chld'ren, as bright and lovable: and annoy- ing as the two .I .have.. They'd range in age from lI'ugh, who is • 14, do �.wn to six weeks old. Among ' them, I'd , like a• sprinkling of black and .brown and yellow ones, .' for •. variety. And for the 01d. GirI's sake about four trained "nannies," done up • in the same :,.package. '• `. • Thirrl.' I. Would • fike three 4r bar' ti nt.'s in My, ytfe •• When y v. -as s •c stel.. or cowardly, or i near;, • given back'to.n . sp that I` could try to do .better this ticirae `AEI the ;other t> »,nes, • *hen `I was, thoughtless, or lazy,. or rifle, or vain, or. potrnpoug, or crabby, or wreak, l:.t'*iyl tet go.,t /,•$ut I"d tike 'Nose feu back. su t- alrl gift -It -rapped. X' Untsier the tree' •1 ,r� ould like t'J� find.. to StnQ1L Piaekage5. the followng..,a day' next spring to �E hieh I would catch my limit fat specktecl a "day aaerl. t�: ttnryr, ,rt• which F 'would shoot game of ill` in the loW se, °cry ties. Jot o.we f each. (,lease Tha4 .' ei'nott,gh. That t .ai. do for Phys Chrlstmas. Yost:ll. notice that hive asked ofity for 'personal ersot al this gs. r could .:nae • asked for • V,1......EUNESDAY, DFkC . 2i th , 1961 ,five alre4dy had the nicest Christ,. mas present a • fellgw could xe._ ceive. It °'came 4fi'oarj Mrs.. Janet l�Iallett, who is 88, flat on her .back in hospital for the past la months, and ,a reader of this column. She wrote; in part; "I .want to tell you I bad not laughed in months, nothing but tears, and one of your columns made ine laugh so hard my nurse; rushed into my room to see why I wls crying so hard, When I, shell ,tears, no one heard me. So you. 'can .see -how, surprised and pleas- ed my nurse was to ; hear me,. laugh.. Too can see '•what it . is to read something that will lift you up and make you forget foi a time the sadness and loneliness," Oh, yes, ' there is one more + thing•,I want out of life, One more Christmas `present And.. if I can't have any of the •others, , please. `giveme this one. I want. a' Chrism - mat Day of love. "and warinth'aand peace and deep happiness for all the readers of . this column, and all the 'ones they love. 4: 1 !1 1�1.: 1 �: 1 1 : 1 --i . 1 c! .r• xt JOHNSTON'S RESTAU -.Phone 266-W, LucknoW' SEE OUR SELECTION of MOIR'S CHOCOLATES Fancy ' Boxed. for :.Christmas • T � r- rl. r or every- • one, we .wish a Christmas Season glowing with good cheer. enduring friendships and. cherished 'memories. GORDON FISHER, Barber GREETINC.riS an ONSTRU •1 iiotiday time Y•e fake pleasant` in wishing you astd your` .: toyed ones full measure of`. gflol cheeil, ,one•, 171. or 292, Lucknow r+ C `• v ",�1 v i ✓ " yr • v , ,r rv' - ... .4 - WISHES