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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-06-01, Page 7WEb?N1 .D•A'Y ' JUNE lit 1960. . • THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO READ YOUR, ONTARIO HOSPITAL. INSURANCE GUIDE • —if you haven't one, ask your 'employer .or. write Be sure to get'. your -Certificate, Of Payment (Form 1.04) from the firm you are leaving. Then follow the:. simple instructions on the back. ONTARIO . HOSPITAL• SERVICES COMMISSION TORONTO' 7.; ONTARIO KINGSBRIDGE • (Too Late For Last 'Week) Mr. and Mrs. J.. McConville: of Scarborough • and Mr. and Mrs.. A. Hartman and., family ''of Wat= erloo visited • at..the home of Mr. and -Mrs, C. Austin: for the ' h oli-. day: . Dr.• and ,Mrs. Kasper of, Detroit visited with . their. relatives •here recently. Mrs,. Jos 'Ciiarvey and daugh- ter, Mrs:'•Murphy and children, of Toronto, spent last .Mondayat their.. horine here: Mr. ' Norman ` ,O'Connor and. Mrs. Marguerite. :Brown, Attend- ed. the graduation exercises . at Waterloo i n.iversity ; Colle.ge MrsN. +Brown's • song David, was . • one ofe 106; •graduates to receive his B.A. ' • Sympathy is extended to Mrs.:. • Mark Dalton ori . the death other ':uncle, 1VIr. Lass'aline. of Windsor: • 1Virs.• Talton attended, the funer- al on Tuesday : : Mr. • and Mrs ...Gordon Valad and Ieitti of North Bay visited at their farm.' this past week. Mr. and Mrs. 'Clifton- Austin visited. • in London • last week. . • ,Congratulations to', Mr. and. Mrs ' Edwin Meyers on." the birth of •their ` daughter in, . Goderich The children of; 'St. Joseph's. School participated in the music festival -in • Lucknow last Fri- day' night. 'It . was •a wonderful success and Special .thanks isdue to : Mrs. Duncan' Simpson, • :the music director. and Mrs.' Walter '. Clare, their teacher. A .highlight of".the occasion was the tumbling act' put on. by sonie of the pupils. Congratulations to;; Maurice Dalton on winning first prize in the driving contest held. in Gode rich 'recently. • • ' • Other visitors we=re John Neill .sof .. Toronto, Danny Dalton of Kitchener, Miss . Mary Sheri- dan. ' of; Toronto, Miss "'Frances. Gilmore• of London, Miss .Pran- ces 'Dalton . of- Riversdale, Jas: Martin : and, • Arnold .. Maeskman •of London:.:• " • Mrs. Gilbert . Frayne, whq ..is a patient, iry• St:,•.Joseph's Hospital, London wish=es to thank every - ons ' for . their kindness. and con- sideration during •her stay there • Festival 'Winners on T.V. The 'Westfield School is ,pre senting. their' whiners from the Belgrave • School : Fair Music Festival on "M'Lady CKNX T.V., . June 1st:',Miisic Supervisor ,is .' ..Mrs, . Elaine MoDowell . of. Ashfield and tlie' teacher ;is Mrs. Margaret :Robertson. • Mr ' arid AVIrs..A.:.: Kraemer' of • Besson and: ° Miss Margaret SIGNS FOR, SALE—"No Tres - Kraemer. of Elmira• visited at passing", "For Sale" and "For `the liunie., of Mr. and Mrs, ' Eu Rent" signs 'available.' at The gene Frayne thi§ 'past week -end.' Lucl r=ow Sentinel, phone 35. ii..•1/fR�IU11R.WAIAD■111■i•i1.■■t■U1:1111I ,.■I■lIi- ■ FOR FAST, EFFICIENT. OVERNIGHT 1 7 ' L cKNOW 4 , LUCKNOW t Service TO or FROM •- TORONTO. or'.. 1 1, ' 1, ■ ■ . • 1�I PHONE COLLECT: SUPERTEST, GARAGE PHONE 248, LU°EKNOW ▪ � 8 rxt. Vin Ira 15 �.— incar&ins• 530 • ..-=.� Ripley 1,9'• 1 • �, . • 'Tell Your Travellers, or: When Ordering, To i BY WALDEN EROS. TRANSPORT , ..� SHI>i � .. By Phoni�tg },U.7 -b541 1 oronto .gr E 8-'6,7,53 London �"■� • , � rinaaea 161■ i �aasli■a ■trmaeisms sa -eiimissmaissas ial :LONDON Gall en• Bros. AI( Loads Insured New Wingham Warehouse * Serving Wingham and District • Household Moving Service to any •,. Ontario 'points.. No .Load Too Srmail. No Load Too Big — 1 ■ ■ .. f ■ . A ■ ■ :1 1 1, Alt Receive Care, When You Ship By , ■ 111 WALDEN BROTHERS.. i • • ugar and Spice By: N1. IS. 't,, Smiley This week I celebrate my 40th birthday. For • :a woman,. that is a fate 'worse than death. ',She shies at • the 'cruel barrier: like' a jumper refusing a too -Wall hedge. For my own; part, I view • the 'Situation with • equanimity, in terest; and not a little satisfae-. tion. . There were a good many times •my life When I. didn't "think •I'd reach 40;, hencethe satisfac- tion, This is the age when a'man is supposed to get restless, and kick over' the .:traces. Hence the. interest. A d .I only have thirty years to .for the pension. Hence the equanimity. ' • .To • my children; • my; ' 40th birthday. marks 'the approach Of senility. They look ,.on. .me with a • mixture of amusement,., affec- tion fec-tionand indignation: As .a fath- er, they are fond .enough of me.. • It's my old fashioned ideas they can't. , stand. • Like ` thinking they 'should: go to bed some time be- fore midnight; and should no goo swimming on the first ` of. April, and a ' lot of mossbound' old stuff like that To my. wife I .am'' a mature' man who should startacting like one • for a change. I'm a poor father, a useless . honieinaker and I smoke • too much. I yam impos . sible in an argument,: •sornetithes going •to the length of :disagree-•. •ing with : her. But she's ; looking forward to the . future, nonethe- l.es`s. She's convinced that. ,given, another•. 15 years, sli.e'1l have me housebroken:;• To •myself, "'I'm a mere youth, just entering the best . years of my' life,. handsome, :.courageous, adventurous, and only prevented; from running .off to the '.South. Seas With Gina : Loliobrigida' by :the fact -that she' hasn't:asked; me.` That =gray.at the „• .temples 'Merely : • adds -•to: •• air.. sophisticated` charm. ; Those groans when . I •get up inthe morning are riot my sore back, but inattiifestations" of horror at facing a world in which I' am. not :fully.'.appreciated. • Fortieth birthday', sa .• .good; tithe to balance • the •;books You. find out whether there's Any orking capital to ,buy a . tobog- gan for the len slide down the other slope of • the mountain•.it's :taken you 40 ;.years • to ,climb Looking over my ~assets, I find that I've had more' than sty fair share 'af 'good: fortune,. and oat face the coming :.years, it not with .joy, ' at. least • without des- pair., physically',, I'm ,lucky Lots - of men:, my. age'•have ;paunches,, not. mere pots. Lots of'•men ,my' age. haveneither their own teeth nor• hair, and mine, while not: luxus riant, are my. own: • :Lots• of men My age are toting enough plub- ber to make an Eskirno's 'mouth water,;. and I have to eat like a ' .hyena, . just to stay even. • • Lots of 'men my. age have An, { ulcer,. ':a • liver condition, high bXoodpressure or a strained heart. I've been. spared . these banes.. Can't stnell a .•thing, but 'I can see right across the room, and 'L• can hear ' a , mouse burp • at 20 paces; Don't worry, i'rrn typing ,this with all ;fingers eros- sed. • , * *' • The \years have been good to me financially; too.. When ' I was married, I had ,$108.60 din th:e bank. and • didn't owe . a cent. On m:,y.40th birthday, I have $35.40 and;owe everybody in town. But I have a: big old house half paid for, and a 6 -year -old -car all paid for and 'two kids all paid • for, and a wife who ••still 'hasn't got that,. fur , coat .lfut has a floor polisher /and built-in cupboards: ' In . the mental ..and spiritual departments,. I have improved .with age.; At 40, 'my mind is so quick. and Active I can keep my wife in a good humor about:ono, day out •of three, The ratio used. to be one ' to ten. And on Sun- days: I'm right up. there in the front pew with the best Of them, Provided, of course, that I don't have one of those Siinda.y thorn.; ing colds, or it's too rainy to go fishing, or I haven't been up too late the night before. • *** • Yes, th e years have been, ,good to . me. -By rights, ,I should be fertilizing sonxe portion. of a fo reign • field, By rights,' my kids should have turned out looking: like me, instead of getting their mother's good ' looks. By right, I ,should be a . dull, .poky professor, absorbed • in the 17th .Century Minor ;Poets, 'instead of : a bright, lively editor absorbed; in sewage disposal methods," . C'ounting your blessings may be considered corny by the cy- nics, 'but it has always been one. Of my . favorite rain -day sports. Not Marty men of 40, for exam- ple, have been' blessed with. wives three times as smart ' as themselves. Mos are only twice as smart. o' ' I . could go on; listing allthe good things I have as I step. over the threshold: into the frighten- ing forties. Suffice' it to say;•.that. I'rn• looking, ,forward to , it. have lots of company. Some of my best friends are 40. 'And have been: for years. . • • • .• • R v • . What causes . highway 'accidents? Well, ' experts. • all • conclude:. '• The 'gasoline, is too 'refined, The drivers : much too crude.? It takes a, raft of friends' to 'keep somepeople afloat. PAGE, . SE.,V OBL,TUAR'i WILLIAM JOHN ROACH. William John Roach passed away in Kincardine General ., Hospital, May 5th,' in his 68th year. He: was born in 'Ashfield township,. the son • of the late Mr. and Mrs. John. Roach and spent most Of '�life in Huron. and Kincardine. his, Townships, M ' Since his health failed three • • years ago, he has been cared for by his brother, 'George' and, sis:;• •.„ ter, Mrs.. Nesbitt until, hiscon ditidn • wor'sened two weeks. fore his death. and he was taken to the hospital. . 'Service' was conducted' at the.' McLennan Funeral Horne, Rip- ley, by .Rev. G. W.• Sach. • The palib'earers were: Stewart,,. Armstrong, Walter Nicholson,. Jack Peterbaugh, Frank Lindsay, Herb ' Sheane and Robert Smith:, He . is . surviv'ed by five sisters and twobrothers: Mrs William. Miller (Sadie), ; • Listowel,; Mrs. Thomas Culbert (Emma), • Dun gannon; Mrs.',Sam Nesbitt; ' (An- nie), Lucknow; Mrs. Fred Herd. . 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