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• By 'i?4. r.. ".I... Smiley
There's something • completely
• satisfying about getting the old
•nose back to the familiar 'grind-
stone after • the • scramble • •of.
Christmas and the folies of New!
Year's , Eve have faded. It's a
..good . • feeling" to ,have a• brand,
new year stretched ahead, , as
clean and fresh as a field of new
snow, even though we• . know it
won't look like much after .we'vs.
bogged around in it for awhile.
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Looking ; back over last year is
rather depressing. I , can't ` seem
to see anything of progress, mor-
ally, .physically, • or financially,
in my own twelve month ,stint. I
did get to church mor e often, but
'that was offset by an increase in
smoking, and Some pretty vio-
lent swearing. I didn't have any
major , operations, but made the"
acquaintance of :a nasty customer
called Arthur Itis. And I ended
1959: as I' did the year before,
deep in debt.
Happily, the rest of the fani-'•.
did show • some progress. The
kids did ,well with music and
'school; grew a • ' foot, ; each, • and.
improved 'their swimming,.: skat:
ing and sundry other accomplish-
ments. On the debit side;, their
internecine! warfare , increased in
••` tempo, and they learned -a: ' num
her of new ways of irritating
their parents' to the,' verge of
breakdown,:- _ _
Mywife had a • good ' year, too.
She. seemed .to; get a lot :smarter,
because, she stopped trying.' 'to
push Me, • and began pulling . me.
I. didn't, move, anyanr faster, but
we were' both, spore comfortable.•
'• She also showed definite; signs
• of meliowiu 'said laidhands on
olntl• oil c` 'ts� I.
. m `'wi e
e . F• y��tvri tha
can : remember,.
We. had a traed before
g .Y.
Christmas, when our spaniel pup
was killed by a. car.' There :were.
some heart -broken days ' around
• our house;. I can 'tell : you. our 12-
year-old, a tough young nut who
wouldn't, cry if You .pounded him
with a two-by-four, wept open-,
ly, bitterly and often.. His mother.
• who ; called that dog evert kind,
of no-good you could imagine,
still weeps ,Whenever •she thinks
of Playboy, the. puP•:.
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Isn'tit; amazing how . little we
can`, remember of what happened
in •the . world •at largeduring the
past .year? I vaguely: recall that
the Queen' was here last summer,;
that Mr. ' Kruschev visited the
• West during the ,year, -,that there
were various "incidents"` in' var-
' ions pats` of : the'. • globe, all of
them scary. • But most : vivid in
my memory • are • things like cat,
Ching. 14 nice speckled trout one
hot day iri .June; -the day Kim's
pony -tail was • cut off; : the day
Hugh won a scholarship at the
music festival':.
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Like most ,:Canadians, I ani in-
clined to be ' more interested in
What's . going on in my: Own back-.
yard than what's happening to
the. world.. It's nothing.; to brag
about,, of course, As 'a;.nation, we
are prone to •interest ourselves:
• more in a local dogfight than in
the starving' ;millions of Asia;
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more in: our new outboard, mot
or- than in intercontinental mis-
riles. f
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• This doesn't'apply only: to Can-
adians, 'of 'course. It is World-
wide. But it seems to be empha-
sized in our country because •we
• are, so well off, compared to
great sections of the world's pop-
ulation. As a nation, we are -gen-
erous • enough with gifts and•
loans, to less, fortunate countries,
though we don't strain ourselves..
but, as individuals; we.' 'acre' con-
tent to make our piddling ,con-'
trfbutions to missions and world
welfare organizatlonS then ds,N
'THE LUCKNOWSENTINEL,: LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
miss them tr'oM our minds.
Perhaps we could set as one`' of
our goals for 19$0 ; an; examina-
tion of what's wrong; • with the"
world, and a deterniination to
do' something, however small it
may •be, about it This is my one
resolution, ; and I'm going to 'do'
my miniature best, to spread.
lightfi:' and
cheer, to be more
Christian; in thought,: word ' and
deed, And if you don't ,think:
that's a tall order for a harden
ed sinner; a solid, sceptic, you. is
wrong, Mabel,
Besides, • it's much • : simpler 'to
make- one , grand, sweeping res-
olution ; like that, than a lot of
trifling ones. It means you can
devote" yourself to studying
,world affairs and making nebui-
ous plans to do good and still
go •:on smoking, swearing, booz-
ing, beating your wife, kicking
dogs, or whatever your:.forte`is.
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These cut-and-dried resolutions
are all right, but give me a big,
fat, sloppy, confusing one that
your wife can't put her 'finger
on. and say "Ptah!"' `
LEGION' SEEKS
NEW�:PRESIDEN.T
The regular monthly ':meeting
of Branch 309 • Canadian. Legion
was held Tuesday, December 29•
with: ;1st vice President, • Stuart
Collyer in the ,chair; •
•The Charter • was draped and
a chair . placed at , the front of
.the hall in memory of the.'presi-.
dent, William MacDonald; ':._
The draw for '$14.90 was • won
by Harvey Kilpatrick. It was
decided that paid ':up members:
for :1959: would' participate in the.
`
draw until; March•
The Parcel ,• committee . gave "• a
good • report of ',gifts sent out'. at.
Christmas.
A nolgC natin :,..committee, of
Ken :. Cameron, Harold `Ritchie
and: Bud Thompson agreed to
interview members with a, view
to 'finding ' a president for. the
next meeting.
next
• Bingo • committee stated
that the 'next bingo will. be : Jan-
uary 7th and may be weekly.
after that : date.
WEDNESDAY, JAN.
sth,, 1964
• ESSEX, • JORbAN, DURANT , . more than . 2,400
different cars have been, made in North America. Of
these, less thanthirty still make new appearances each
year on Canadian roads:.
The reasons for failure were many, -but the , under.
lying factor was the . inability to make annual, profits
sufficient for survival and progress.
This is a dramatic example ;in just one industry 'ofd
the role of .profits in helping a company 'survive. +and
grow. Without profits, only one road., faces any com-
pany. It must lay ,off its employees, '.close its doors and
go out of . business.
Whatever the industry, whatever its size, steady
profits mean steady jobs.
HE
EEL: •_ ,C01.PAPATNY- ....OF.: CAN
LIMIT•E'D
MONTREAL- GANANOQUE -. HAMILTON "BRANTFORD . :.TORONTO':
Canadian -made steel from Canadian -owned plants
ITUARY
. MRS. ALEX * IREHOU, SE
The death Of Mrs. Emma :Mire-
House occurred recentlY. ' at Meli
to Manitoba: Her. . death occurred
after a long illness following 'a
stroke, and •thirteen'•.days`: after
she had observed her '85th .birth,.
day.
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Mrs Mirehouse was a native
of Lind§ay and . went west in
1915 Three years later the : mar-
ried' Alex Mirehouse, a native
of the Langside 'distil)* and
they farmed in. the Fertile dis-
trict until takingupresidence
in Melita thirty-two years ago.
She was member a e ber of the United,
• Church, . •w'here ` the funeral'' ser-'•
vice was •heldwith interment in '
Melita. .• t Y
Besides`' her : husband,. she is, ..
survived by a brother, Mark Lee'.'
of R:ayboro.
Huntley : .Dawson 'of Kinloss is
a nephew, and returned, recently .`.
from. Melita where he visited
his uncle. ,
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