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I should like to thank those
who took the trouble to. Write
to ,the Sentinel, saying 'that they
do ' read Rosemary's column. I
certainly appreciate •it,very 'much..
Sometimes in this sort •of thing
-•one feels that she may be in .a
rut, have gone . stale,. with noth-
ing r. new or original • to present,.
if so, why waste -time having :it
set up , in type, .if • no one is going,
to read it .anyhow? I was inter-`
ested , to note the places the let-
ters cue from, •Toronto, • Hamil-
ton, Elmira, St, Mary's, Goderich,
and a, rural route from Teesvia-
ter, I' have often wondered whe-
el. my most interested readers,
any, were ., farm housewives,
most concerned, with . serving
substantial ' meals to their work
mg men and -children who might .
have, a long . aw'alk to and from'.
school, or whether there were
some who would likesomething
different for a ' bridge lueon.,
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the:• howl that would go. up from
•WDDNES'D
AY, FEB, 25th, 1959
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`THE .LUCx1�TOW SENTINEL',I:UCKNOWONTARIO. ON •
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I find that I prepare quite dif- 1 Radio and TV ,programs—here
Thrent meals for our own table we go. I was much amused .43Y
to What 1 used to when we lived a letter in the London Free Press,
in the country, when there were The writer was speaking of the
bowls of cracked, eggs on the C.B.C. Producers' 'strike, and
pantry shelves the yolks went thought 'it ' was worth continuing
into •a delicious golden .pudding indefinitely if it "kept the Plouffe
sauce with whipped cream, cream •f. Family off the • screen, • With
also being more plentiful than which •I heartily agreed .Then he
now; and• whites were the basis went of to ask for mere good.
for .angel food, or an extra fluf- red-blooded programs like Wyatt
fy Snow pudding, : I dont make Earp, Bat Masterson, Gunsmoke,
doughnuts as often, nor apple Country Hoedown, Milton; Berle
fritters, as When there were pails etc, "Why Spoil ,Saturday night
of lard,' on the 'basement shelves, with 11 hours hockey? And who.'
and we 'don't use as much canny, watches ballet " he asked. •
ed fruit .as 'when then there .Were ap- l .e Here, : we certainly. have ,a'clear
ple :and cherry • trees' in the back! se of diversity of tastes ,in TV
yard, and currant bushes •and I programs. As .for me, I lust can't'
strawberry. plants. I • did {believe get out • of. the room fast' enough
my shelves. hold as • many 'jars when Wyatt Earp or Bat Master-
of apple jelly though, as they son:a e' and Country •Hoe -
ever , did. As . I have told you . pp arn'
. down • or 'Milton Berle.could'
dozens of times, there is no jelly driveme right out ,sof the house,
like wild apple felly and wild! and down to the river bank! On
apples are to be had for : the = the other hand I . could watch
`scrounging'. ballet a great deal .oftener. than
I wonder 'if •the `nay's had any 11 have• opportunity to do so. On
criticism to offer — criticism is one of the few nights-when•there
good, or if .cthis 'n' that' is just was ,,ballet 1 discovered .that my
not her Cup of ' tea at all: Cer- glasses were quite• smeary, but I
tainly we do, not, all think alike, just could not leave for a moment
or have. the ' same taste in read- to go run the . tap on them, .but
ing ,Material, or house furnish- I -had to make do ' with a•.wisp of
ingsI found • in or supper° dishes � or � radio facial tissue "that my
and: TV, programs • pocket And 'your can imagine,
For .a nominal installation fee
you will ; ownyour own equip.
ment,
If you /wish, /you may rent our
equipment with no • installation
charge being made.
the -thousands: to whom .Saturday
night hockey has been ritual for _.,..
for. P
perry, Soft.` or Swam
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delivered before March 20
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Elm
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•KINCARDINE
WRITES OR PHONE ' . COLLECT
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Want ..cherry � 10 in.'up, , elm 12 in up
Allogs
will be'measesed
befor •
-delivery
years:
And so it. goes. Maybe it isn't,
love that . makes. the world ' go
roun .maybe 'its variety.
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KIBITIZ INGf BETWEEN
NORTH. AND ' `SOUTH
Mr, . and Mrs. Ernie . Ackert,
who aren't •going;South this win
ter,;• received . a black bordered
y • ' card from . friends in Florida,
1 which had.' the following; printed
• message:.
.Come to Floridan why • 'stay.
'north feeling half dead? You ;can.
be .buried beautifully in Sunny
Florida for -only $49:50 Conveni-
ent layaway plan, 'Make ;reserva=
tions now • Write for free book-
let; "How to kick ' the- bucket
'gracefully" Stitt and , Deadly,
planting :specialist for Northern-
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To which 'MrAckert compos
ed ' the following reply Stay . in
the North where you + can, be
buried the' day you. die, (if the
• roads are not blocked). Free cold
storage for `one month.. Only $5,00
dawn. You can send the •balance
in monthly instalments, just ,'as
you thaw 'out. Cooler and Calder..
'No embalming necessary:: Luck
now Disposal 'Plant.
WISHES. COPY OF,
CENTENNIAL BOOK
'In. a letter. from. Mrs, Melvin
Johnston • of Listowel, the form-
er Betty 'Graham : of Kinlough,
she expresses regrets• in not hav-.
. ing been able to' attend the Cep-.
tennial • dueto ibereavement in
her /husband's family, and wishes
a Centennial book, if we still
have one--whichwe have.
Fred and. I: Grundy, mention-•
ed; in ''the: book were uncles of
her father the late Herbert Gra-
ham 4 .+oi-' .Kinlough, . and Smyth
McLean: was an uncle of hers
mother: 4<
• Betty'starts the writer reminis--
cing by reference to "Peter Pip-
er's Troubles," 'a stage play ,pre-
sented by the Anglican Church,'
assisted by some `foreigners' .in-
cluding the writer. .Those ,were
the days when the local stage
play was a popular type of en-
tertainment, and there was quite
a demand for • local "talent," as
various groups capitalized on this
,means of raising, funds forvari-
dub organizations,
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Memory fails us in recalling
the entire cast of 'P'eter :Piper's.
Troubles," but among/ the Play-
ers' were Betty;. Mrs.. Hassal, Jean
Durnin (Mrs, W. S. Reid of
,Strathroy) George Douglas, . Joe
'and George Hassal. • ,
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tion," we take the the liberty to
"lift" a couple .• of remarks: •
She would .like to see,.. and ob-
tain- if possible, some pictures of
the Centennial, the firsts time she
is-. up: '"The -Back to -School gath-
ering. "was really something."
Ann said:. she ,visited/ recently
in •Toronto with another former.
Lucknowite, Mrs, J. G,. Murdoch,.
who is' fine
Mrs Gannett lives: only, a• few;
doors/ f rom' Mrs, Ellen (Andrew ): ,
Best, but had: been a "neighbour"
for six months before .:sheknew.
it. :
Publisher's note -, Mrs Gan-
nett's interest ,in Cente''hnial pic-
tures has been repeated by, many
people:. and we would be glad if
someone. 'could come.' up • with
a,,plan, as to how snaps, , slides
and, movies could be reviewed,
and • copies obtaMed to •complete
a documentary , record on • film
of: this : event.:
RECALLS THE 'GOOD, ..
TIMES. . AT THE'.:,GREEN
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kletter received. several weeks
.ago • by Mr, and Mrs. Jim Mc
Naughton. from @ Rev. .and Mrs.
Ernest Howe of Sunderland,.. Eng-
land,. says, "We often think', of
you , all in i ucknow."
Rev: and .Mrs: Howe :'spent' an,
.extended, holiday , last year with
their daughter, Mrs, Jack .Pollock"
and•Jack and.made Many' friends
here ..The ` Bowling sGreen becanie
a, favorite• rendezvous and before'.`
their departure friends at the'
Green presented them with a
Lazy Susan serving tray This
they refer to as a "hum "
dinger,"
tocoin .a ,phrase picked.'up, here;;.`
when ' they tell. their friends
:back'home,, about' all the happy,
times they .had in Lucknow..
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Have You Renewed Your Sub,
scription?' ' .
1 WOULD . LIIE. TO SEE
.egrsTENNIAL PICTURES
'Ead an interesting letter some
time ago from Mrs: H. ,Gannett
(Ann' Johnston), of Toronto and
while it was "not for publics -
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FYI It 5" 111`iUE? 11tr
Daddy s. voice.... Yt's the first of m•
any
warm 'and wonderful moyne tts' in store for Suzie
moments Mal will some to !ter,. by 'telephone, t'ier.
whole life through.
The lives of all of us are constantly enriched by
hearing the voices of our children, our parents, '.
our friends — loved •anes•'who May be out of sight
or far away but are never out of reach by telephone.
The telephone keeps us in touch with them all
giving us so much forso little,
THE *ELI YEl,EPHONE COMPANY OF`CANADA
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