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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-08-24, Page 6rf PAGE SIX m THE L1tCKNOW 'SENTINELR . I.UOI NOW ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, .At7G, 24th, wok Sar-. .and Spice By W. B. T. Smiley This has been quite a summer, in our family , For. years. I was certain . that our domestic life was hectic to the: ultimate de- gree. Now - I know better.. I. have realized that aur -normal home life was .as placid as a millpond. Perhaps a, pond in which people Were • • always drowning; • Perhaps. a pond into ' which somebody was . always hurling •boulders. But nevertheless, a veritable put a good allshe can advertiser. She's' just had about stand. ,Arid. SO, on. So we. sit up until 4: a.m., drinking coffee and stuff, and trying .te outdo each other With details of the ordeal we've been through.. According to me, I study until 2 o'clockin the morning, and 'am. at the end of my resaurees.," According . to her, she.'' doing , the work of three women, running a house and a business and ;bringing up a •fam- ily.- amily.;; I. haul. out all my ;school- books to .'show her ' how • " much workI :have to cover. She drags Me to the, laundry . room and • makes me look carefully : at , the millpond, compared to the roll- Mg flood waters of this summer,: of washing she has to . do. heap Neither of us will, give an inch. My ,own part. in. it . makes the. celebrated Dr, Jekyll -Mr. Hyde the_ All gets the weekend off, to. a refreshing start. *. * ''* ' Zook .as .well -adjusted as..a Sun- day School superintendent. In the city, I .am the keen. Student, the dedicated. ;teacher With, oth- er student -teachers, .1 sPend hours gravely 'discussing;," the vi- tal ' aspects' -of education, like "how much they gonna pay. you?" and • "guess we'll hafta sneak our ,beer . in •after • dark; when westart teaching." *.* Qn :weekends, s • I rush;home, weekend,. and; am;, transformed into ardent husband,: devoted father, editor - 'Jai writer, social butterfly, and big-time ; real estate. ; operator. The theory , is that ,I.. go home every weekend to getaway from The rest. of the :weekend main- tains the pace. 'The kids appear on the sceneearly,; brown, heal- thy and just, squirming with en- ergy. They've had. 10 hours sleep,. They don't care whether I drown from sheer, a cha'ustion, as long as I �i swimming • with them. There are 64 things . to do at the office; .Somebody ,• invites. ,us to the cottage for a quiet Sup- per and ' 'a pleasant 'evening around the fireplace, , and it. turns .'outthere ire, 18 other. peo- ple . there eo=ple,there who: have no intention Of spending ;a. quiet .evening.;] ' '../ .* ., the.. arduous studies, to. refresh About ten, minutes to train - Thyself, in the cool, clean, north-, time,, Sunday evening; we real-:. e •we 'have hundreds of import- ant things' to .`discuss. :My wife has another surge of self-pity; The kids. wail: "Bey, Dad, yon. just: got . here!" And : I 'wearily pack, my untouched books •into the suitcase; forget. my shaving brusli and toothpaste;- ;and we ern air. The reality is: that :'I i. climb on the train Sunday nighi" for the trip back to the :city, looking' as though '.a cross word would make me burst into tears, and feeling ,as though I had been, keel=hauled. . . At theother end, things aren't head for the , train. There is a much 'better. •When' I; get 'home, great orgy of waving as: the U.S. CARD FINDS ANI B ERL.. E.X B.EACH (AMBE Y NEWS) • Mrs. ' Stewart Shiells held a quilting at her home on Wed- nesday with a number . of ladies attending; All enjoyed a social time over •the . tea cups. Miss Mary Ellen 'Shiells vitas in charge of the organ and chim- es on Sunday when the Junior choir, provided , music for the service. Miss: Glexina ' Camgbeil was- .heard. in a solo and the choir rendered an anthem. Miss Margaret Cosens4: of Japan pro- nounced the benediction in the Japanese language,'. Messrs. Lennie ,Huston, Carl. Pollock and• William Courtney are prnployed at: Lurgan ' beach' where Mr. Durnin 'Philips , . is building'' a new cottage. Attending the shower in hon- the '- Old . Girl. has just. been train pulls .out, and another re- through a grueling week 'in the freshing : week end :'is .. down the l editorial ;chair. , She ; is firmly { convinced that -nobody appreci- ates her..' The kids • have 'been getting lippy:; There have been. 16 than good, must cone to an end.' : long-distance calls '. for. me, and; My course ends this . week. And none . of them, would tell her.' then we have a delightful' week's • what • it Was about, which in- I holiday, with. the loving family furiates her ` A subscriber has I re -united, and nothing to• do for bawled her out. She has bawled (:.seven *hole. days. Except pub` 1 lish a paper,` sell .a' house and business,;pack and .move: to ano- ther town 100 miles away, and figure :out. how we're going to get • the furniture from '•. a house 1 with 9 large ;ron s into:. a house I with 6 small •rooms. *..*.* our of Miss Marilyn McTavish on. Thursday . evening. at . St. Helens .were, Mrs... (Carman Mc Leod; Mrs. • Archie Courtney, Mrs. James 'lMcNain, Mrs. Robert Courtney and ' Mrs. -m Leonard' Courtney, ' • Mr. ,and Mrs. 'Donald' Hutton and . son • of , Fort , William have moved to '•their new. • home ` in Pembroke, ' tOnt., . 'where Donald is engaged in 'Radio `'Work. Mrs. 'Thomas Bell, Sr. obser- ved lier 86th birthday; on'' Wed- nesday. Despite., • failing ' eye sight, her hands are never idle as, many hoursarespent in knit- ting, ' a• ',favorite _ • pastime. She also enjoys , doinga few :light household : duties . when health permits. • s Mises. Barbara and Beverley Rathwel1 of Lucknow . visited with . Mary • Ellen: Shiells .for a few days: last' week. ; Mr. Thomas Harris of .Ripley has purchased the property of the 'late -Leslie .Ray at Lurgan. Mrs. Ray Collins . visited with Mr. and Mrs. Frank - Harrison & other friends: in. Windsor 'last week. . Mr. •,Kenneth McLean of For- est' is visiting. with Mr. Dan McLean of .A•. mberley.. Mr. arid. Mrs: Erving Benson received a 'card. from California • friends' recently. It was sent .air* mail and ,arrived `in.record tiin:e. with amress, Ambertheley rp Beactherh, , Onteagre., addwhich. leads us to believe that 'Amber- ley is not 'so' remote.; • The Reids . Corners Women's Institute and other ladies of the community enjoyed • a sbus trip to Barrie on Thursday with Mr Allan Reed • of Dungannon' the. efficient bus driver. -The • first stop was at. the Crippled Child- ren's Canip 'at Collingwood where visitors . were amazed • to `see : so many, //cheerful faces among .those • w were handi- capped an example we would' do well, to remember. At Mid- hurst, a .:picnic was . enjoyed and after a stroll' through . the . park to see ..the' birds, animals and. re- ZION forestation area, the ladies were • Mr. and . Mrs. • Bruce. pmaa� on their way -to the Quilt -Rug. and Stephen of . London visited Fair in Barrie, Of unusual inter- la4 Wednesday with Mr. and '• est was the, display .from Toron- Mrs. Nelson Raynard. ' • to of leather trimmed furniture Mr: arid Mrs. Murray`;MCDon, with• insets .of animal hides. • ih• ' agh and family left' for :Prince wild life ' • patterns. Wall hang- Edward. • Island on .' Friday... :: i s where used.' with the same , Mrs.' Jean Pa ernick ngP, ,Larry, •& trim, also ;matching , stools . • and Mrs:• Mamie Johnston of Gode- all. were marked ` at . fabulous rich visited ...last Saturday with prices. Quilts;, rugs, :weaving & Mr. and Mrs.. Will. Ritchie; crockery making were `also. : 'Mr. and Mrs. D. ' A;. Hackett' viewed with interest. After visited Sunday • in "Kincardine - signing the guest book, . all :with' Mr. and • Mrs. Ken', Petrie. boarded the bus • for Collingwood .• Mr. and Mrs. • W. G. Hunter;, where the '.Georgian China shop Marlene and Larry spent Sun- was visited,.. also. the various •i day at Mr and Mrs. ' Alex Hac- stores. Intriging, -also were, two kett's • at a .Hunter Picnic. wuivieft))) .(UNTIL VERY LATE... N. TO KEEP OUR Z HEATING KNOWLE RIG �, PO 0� ,o4 ROY HAVENS Plumbing and: Heating Esso Oil Burner Sales and . Service large boats in, harbour, A dining at restaurants the ladies were once more on their way, A. 'beautiful evening for the drive home brought the . day to a happy ending for all:' • .However, .bad 1 m. s . -no k: less) .: AUGUST 24th TO SEPTEMBER. lOth 1 - BARGAIN.; FARES TO TORONTO.: foil 7i e .ROUND , IRIp Going Tuesday, August 23rd .toSaturday,SeptemberlOth mci: Return limit—September 14th. For fares and train service"` contact aurIocal agent. 25.60 ei rz'TRAtI!/ CANADIAN NATIONAL All in- all,, it's been an unusual., 'summer, as `Noah' remarked af- ter the thirtieth day of rain, but an. , enlightening 'experience I was ' ►given ' to ,understand that when you reached the age of 40, you were lucky if .you . could make life's: . brief'.. candle flicker at one end. In.` the past eight weeks,' , I've had : it blazing .like a Roman candle at both: ends, and there seems • to be ,a little powder in the old magazine :yeti, TO. REPRESENT, BRUCE IN DAIRY PRINCESS CONTEST Tor the,',second year, Miss Rith Ann • Hollands of Kincar-, dine ' township will represent Bruce' county as dairy princess at 'the :Canadian National Exhi bition my/Toronto.- Six contestants vied for • the title in competition held at' the Kincardine township farm. of Murray Mad,eod. Miss o lin , whb represented in • � Bruce won her.,way into semi-finals is daughter Of Mr. and Mrs:. Cecil, Hollands, • Kincardine 'township. in September she.: will be start- ing her, third year •. of .studies ` at the, University of Western On- tario at:London. ,She has been a member of 4-H Dairy. Calf Club for seven years and. has aided:' the family in its care of a fine herd of 55 . Hol- steins, Judging in the, competition .was done by PetterCutter of Paisley, Bruce t'ederatiori•'Of Agriculture president John Shier, and Orville Shewfelt The Bruce entry, w lY go to Toronto on Saturday:, August 27. • • • The UNIVERSITY OF : WATERLOO. °is a . non -denominational'. • university incorporated by a private, bill passed by the Legislature of the Proviace'.of Ontario. It' is supported by student fees,govern- ment . grants ;(provincial and federal) as . well as contributions from industry and • private • donors. The University of "Waterloo. offers ' general . and _.honours under- graduate nder- gr aduate degree courses and, graduate courses in ARTS SCIENCE - ENGINEERING Two . cburCh,related colleges •• have, becoine. associated' With. •thea university: as of July I, 1960 These These are ; • ie Roman Catholic federated University of. St. Jerome's ' College '• The., Anglican affiliated RenisonCollege' • UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO `degrees are granted ONLY to students registered' in the University,. either directly; or through` Jeromes College 'or Renison College. • '� The faculty, : , consisting of more than 80 full -:tune members, its welhequipped , • . ,,. -classrooms,-- laboratories = "lib. ., ary, athletie-=and �•o#he�r•�faeilitiea- rare- ::,: likewise . provided ONLY for`. students enrolled in the • Universityi or its Colleges. r Aro Address enquiries and applications for ARTS —=SCIENCE - ENCJNEERING to: A. P. Gordon,' Registrar,. . • THE. 'UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, Waterloo, Ontario. PLEASE NOTE For the: information of students contemplating enrolment this fall, its . should be noted • that Waterloo University. College is NOT federated • with. THE 'UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, THE UNIVERSITY' OF WATDRI.00 ,regrets- the contusing, similarity 'of` .lames, arid welcomes ' enquiries regarding its courses..,... .... . This • declaration has been made nece'ssary'•by numerous requests for , clarifidation of . the • situation concerning. higher , education. in • `Waterloo. • . ,.