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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-10-26, Page 6• ar and Spice Shiley • By the lime you read this the Canadian landscape may``" •be as. bleak as the inside of a public lavatory, but I can't resist .a pae- an too the finest autumn in mem- ory. The other day I was out for a last;,lohg draught of that most heady of brews --a perfect Octo- ber day in the country= -and;, as ,usual, I . grew quite tipsy on it., Standing at• t1e top' of a high hill, I could• see for miles' in ev- ery direction. The ' •sight was 'enough t•o make :a poet weep at the inadequacy of words, or a painter • curse thea: scanty range Of . his palette. It was one . of ,those blue and gold days, when the world is still, and waiting. High, .high; out ,of sight: and sound, a couple .of .jet aircraft drew their ` careful, chalk marks across the sky. '"Far below' .was that' eternal showoff the . Bay, bluer thanever a' maiden's eyes, broken only :by the islands,, like.: many 'bonfires in ' their crimson and yellow' . fla e.. And.-, back from the water ' rolled the bril- liant tapestry of the tail foliage,,, the •green fields,and silver, winding river. THF LUCKNOW SENTINEL', LUCKNOW, ONTARIO; IINLOUGI=... Mrs. C. Stark, Mrs. R..Schnel- ler, Mrs.' J.' W. Colwell and Miss Edna; Boyle attended . the • fall Deanery meeting at: Tara, on Tuesday. . Mr. -Arthur ' Graham of Sault St. Marie visited' during the week with relatives and friends. here., . • We ,extend sympathy to Mr. Elmer Vance in the passing of his Mother, the . late Mrs. Samuel Vance.. • ' Mongoloidijt Perbap s you'd• rather spend October in. Cuba, .where Tarzan the Apeman was. recently, ' de- nounced .as . a tool of imperia- list :interests. Or in., the States, where • the voters have to face that grim decision: whether Pat or Jacquie .should . go to the. White House. • No sir, for •food and friends, and • all • God ' sends; there's no place •'on earth that's quite . as fine: as • this Canada of ours,' in October. ;And I'11' . stick to that, •even • though my -daughter pick- 'ed ick-'ed for • her leaf collection• the: other day, some brilliant , sumach leaves ' that: turned out ' to be poison . ivy .f Mrs Annex Percy attended, the W.I. iRally, . at Port. Elgin on. Thursday. ; Mrs.` John Murray and daugh-; ter Debbie of Lethbridge Amer-. to visited, during the week with Mr. and Mrs. P. A.. Murray, We are pleased, to; report . that Mrs. Gertrude Walsh, who has been a patient, in Wingham hos- pital for the past two weeks due to a leg injury was able to re- turn to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Currie, Mrs. , J'. W. 'Colwell spent a day last week withrelatives at .Port Elgin. • The' H W,I; xleld 'a ' Hallowe'en dance' on Friday Evening with ,music supplied. by earruthers Orchestra. Judges were Mrs. Al- bert Colwell, Mrs. Frank Col- well and :M.rs. James McEwan Children . - Fancy dressed girl, Jackie Johnston; Fancy dressed boy,'' Brenda' Eckenswil- ler.; Fancy dressed couple, . Elaine Murray,: Madonna Graham; Co mid girl, Donna ' Burt; ..Comic boy, Sharon • Stanley; ' Best Hal- lowe'en C os t u. m e, Bernice Thompson, Comic boy, • Jean Sutton; • Most Original :Costume, 'Joanne Thompson;'. Best Comic Couple, Mr. and Mrs. J Carter;. Best:' fancy couple, June Ackert, • Karen Carruthers. Best Hall I 'stood .there •witlt my child- ren. ;'Even they were momentar- • ily .hushed by. the magnificence of this ,Canadian • `fall•, day: I. couldn't help wishing . that life would always be as sunny,' as clean, and : as exciting .for . them as it, was: at- this moment: Then I started to, get hungry. :A . typical Canadian. On those rare occasions when : we are tou- ched ou-ched to the quick : of life,; beauty or truth, our gastric: juices,, tem- porarily quelled,.. start tobubble like a' home-brew mash, and sky, forest and' ake. are ` dismissed . . with a ."surS is a . swell view." And we hurry horn, duck out. of the -golden afternoon into 'our caves,, turn. on the idiot box, & ;sit there swilling . beer, : watch 1 ing the football game, and drool- ing over the odors from the •kit ,.: chen. WEDNESDAY,; OCT. 26th, 1964 • .MONUMENTS:. For sound counsel and a fair price on a monument correctly • designed from' quaYity material, • rely on SKELTON MEMORIALS Pat O'Hagan, Prop,. F-stablished Over Sixty- Year9. Walkerton . ho .. a 638-w • a ' Pa . Ontario Costumes — Lady,: Mrs. Morgan .Johnston;. Gent, Gerald Murray; Best Original Costume, Lois Robb,. Barbara. Murray. We are sorry to • report ' that little Kimberley Susanne, daugh- ter ..of Mr.- and' Mrs, Douglas Haldenby is in. Winghain hospi- tal With a hip fracture;. Visitors during the week with Mrs; J. ' W. •Colwell were .Mr. & Mrs. Currie Colwell ' and family, Mrs. Annetta Bushell, Lucknow, Mr;; and Mrs. Don . McCosh of Purple grove: . Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wilson of Conn' visited' with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barr and 'family, `We . are sorryo report that Mr. Wesley Guest"is , 'a patient in Wingham hospital. We wish him improved : health. ' • , " Friends of Charlie Burt a for- mer resident . regret he is a hos. pita! patient, Mr.; and .Mrs. Burt ' will. celebrate '.their golden wed - dins 'anniversary in November. Mrs. Ethel James - and son El'-- mer of . Wingham visited on Sunday with Mr, 'and' Mrs. Per- ry llodgins and Sharon. . Mr. and.Mrs., Bill Burt attend- ed the funeral of her .18 . n{bnth old , nephew .,at .Tiverton. • , Members. of ' the • •Presb t ri y ejan Young People attended a meet- ing of the Young Peoples .Coun- cil at Teeswater on :Sunday ev- Service in the Anglican..church wild. be 'withdrawn on, Sunday next owing to the Anniversary services : in ' the , ' 'Presbyterian Church. ... The' Japanese, . they tell me, can sit : for . a whole day and, contemplate the beauty ' of a. •willow leaf, or a tiny. pool: You can belabor ,,the. •average Canadi- an _with the most . riotous colors, the most' : extravagant vistas'' in, the world, : and within seven minutes he's wondering„ what's for . dinner. Mind you, I believe the Candi= dian; ,has `a .deep, if mute affec- tion' ffec-tion. for his native, land . But he. should be: reminded at intervals' of how lucky he . it to live in this country of freedom, of bounty,; ! ,and, of unexcelled loveliness. j There is, no person on earth with so much to:e` thankful. for. as • a ,Canadian, on a find • October, �. day. *** i Think of all the •poor devils: who don't live in Canada' in fall. 1 How would you like • to be ; at'Y• Australian; for example?. Down; ? there it's spring . right about..'': now. No ` anticipation of cosy winter nights with the trees;'' snapping and ,the furnace rub ling, for himrum b-! No looking for - Ward to 'those brisk, bloodcurd7. ling days of midwinter, for hirn.' • Nothing: • ahead for . him but' month after.month of, brilliant, monotonous sunshine. It trust be depressing to be an Australian in , •' S How about the s October? What he has to face is '• six solid months of days spent in •the fog and drizzle, and 'nights spent ,ire 'the Dog•' arid Whistle: 'By 'spring, he , is so wet; inside and out, that ;he'd never notice it if the entire island sank ' quiet- ly to the ocean floor. • Maybe you think :.the folks .in• the Congo are better off in Cyd- tob& than. are Canadians~, Not a a hope. You've, 'just "learned hoPt to prbnouncq the name. 'of the new president, Kisamafuto; when WS replaced by .a ghap called: • It took only moments to write Jim's cheque from home; it willtake him only moments to turn it — --into cash at his local bank. Jim's cheque is only a of 2,500 000..;: iandled every day by a clearing system operated by the chartered banks that reaches into every corner ot; the nation and; runs around/tie clock. ; This vast and efficient system which enables Canadians to transfer money simply and conveni- ently from person to person, place to place, is one of many -ways in which the chartered banks 'keep... a . pace with the needs of a ' growing, expanding • Canada.:• t THE CHARTERED BANKS SERVING .... . YOUR COIMUNLTY4 ,9 1', ti•