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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-10-07, Page 9WEDNESDAY, OCT,, 7th, 1050 • THE LIJCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO • PAGE 'NINE Sugar and Spi(.e By W.B. 'T. Smiley . Once a week, .whether I need. it .or not, ' I ' take a hath. And' once a year, without fail, I sit down and count ,my blessings. Every Thanksgiving, I make a point of it. I suggest you try this excellent custom, which induces anunaccustomed humility in the. ;most hardened of us. Each year, when I do it, I feel all pure and holy for ail hour or two. • ** The daily scramble can become such an accumulation of small irritations, minute frictions and petty miseries that life seems to be nothing ..but a', great big pain n the arm. But just, sit back and ;ick off, the good things you have, tnd you'll feel like •that rarest .of creatures, a happy, well, -adjust- cheese, " crusts of . bread and hunks .of meat about my person, so I'll never go: hungry. ,ed mijlionaire ** One thing for which I'm deep- ly thankful is reasonably good health, There are teeth missing, I can't smell, and some of the old jointsare giving me hell, but on the whole, I'm a doctor's' des- pair. • In ten years, I've spent three days in ' bed -and $3.00 on doctor, and that was to getmy corns : pared. Of course, the rest of my family have cost me about $2,000 in doctor's bills during that decade, but that's neither here nor there. It certainly isn't here, anyway. • 9 *.*s • '.I'm' thankful for: my three squares' a .day., I ,tried .living on ,four squares. a day one time, for couple 'of .weeks: The• squares were slices of bread, one-quarter inch -thick. That experience has left me '.to this day' with a per- verse urge to .. secrete • bits of Another thing I'm. grateful for is the' spring -filled mattress and. the wool blankets and the Old, Girl beside me, .glowing away like a box stove. ••.About 15' years. ago, I spent six 'Weeks, at this time of .year,', sleeping in box cars, barns and ditches, my sleeping partner a skinny Canad- ian corporal (male) who ,exuded about . as much heat as a garter snake. ** Fin `happy tohave. a• :ew close' friends. Most Of us have many acquaintances, few true friends. I •have,. .seiveral frieiidsto whom ,I could go for anything, in time of need.', They'd give me the shirt off their backs, their last crust of bread, their wives,. anything. Except money,.. of . course. . ' * : It's wonderful to have' :haPpY, healthy, children who only re- quire new shoes every three months. I'm afraid I subscribe to the pagan view that in our child- ren lies. ,our immortality, •And in that • thought, I find deep satis- faction. It means that my kids will' prdbably have to , take as much lip fron theirs as I. do from them, while I lie happily mould- ering in Bayview Cemetery.. *'*. I am :deeply thankful to have. a gentle, tolerant, patient, under- standing wife. I'd be even more thankful it she used some. of ;those qualities when dealing with me; but., at least it's nice to know ' she. has them;•. • * *. * I'm thankful' to have a job I like. W,here . else, except in the. .weekly .editor's chair, can a man who .is. completely unfitted for anythinguseful, find himself not only making a, living, but able to, sound off like a 'preacher? A Wonderful'New:World of Style -Here's practical„ styling' that's elegant too! Three beautifully -different rooflines . ..new sloping hoods that let you. see more of the road ahead a new design .that''gives,;yau high style without .the high prices. Bodies' are longer, wider and roomier Allis year -and easier to ' get, in and out . of, with wide -opening doors ,and forward- swept windshield pillars. Ford's Wide -Set •wheels give you a,hefty grip on every road .. a car that moves, corners and rides like no other Ford ' you've ever driven. Savings. include up to 4,000 miles between' oil changes, and muffle& with up to twice the ordinary life. With a choice of V -8's .or. economical Six, you ,cati be sure that, . without a doubt, the 1960 Fords are truly the Finest Fords of. a Lifetime! SI'X or APS See your FORD--EDSEL-MONARCH ••dealer! Sce 'FORD' START( EE" Tuesdays ore CBe reread= (Certain teaiores illustrated' are standard on some tnodeit, opttonal.. of dxtro .Dost or)'ethers.) ome acrd-EdseloMofiarch Dealer or Phone. 40, Lucknow Ing, thankful, 1l'mevarydl• � Canadian, Three months from now; as t plod through the slush, I'll be' cursing the country with the' best , of them, but in the fall,: there's .no other place so close tele what paradise should be like. • * * Finally, I'm humbly thankful: that I'm' alive; Millions are not, Life is 'a superb gift, made evens more' delicious by 'the fact that we ' must surrender it. It • is full of madness and magic, of mel- ancholy and merriment, of a thousand good things, each a de- light to treasure. . . * * #: So you're, alive, . :aren't ' ' you?' Be thankful. " KINLOUQH :: Mr. and Mrs. Stanley John- ston and family of London spent . the week -end with Mr.,' Wesley Guest. . The •Holyrood W.I. met' at::the home of 'Mrs. Roy :Graham with Mrs. Frank Matdden presiding. Mrs. McPherson was chosen de- legate to, the . Area Convention at Owen • Sound. A representative from an ' English potery -firm is . ° to attend a meeting in the near future.. A Itallowe'en Dance and a :Remembrance Day service. and • Cater to the Lions are the*,com- ing events. Standing committee reports' were given by the ` cone veners.. Resolutions ' by Mrs. • Raynard ' Ackert; Mrs. ' Lorne. Eadie" presided for . the program: Piano 'solos,. Madonna Graham....' arid` . June Ackert. Solo, Mrs. • 'Jack Hewitt; Motto, The soil. is `our ' heritage, by: Mrs.. Lorner Eadie. • ` 'Contest,. 'Mrs. Charlie Murray. 'The guest'. :speaker was Mrs, Orland Richards who' was: convener of 'Standing . Corn -nit= - tee Ion Agriculture and Canadian Industry fin? the Federated Wom ens' Institute of Ontario, gave a. splendid' -talk on Agriculture: Mrs. Maulden on .behalf of .the. Institute ;'presented Mrs. Rich-: ards with .a :gift in appreciation. Judges . for : the. • bean caserole contest were Mrs. ,Richards .and Miss, Eva. Culbert.' Priies went to' •Mrs. .Roy Graham. and. Mrs., P. A. Murray. A bean.' guessing contest' was: won by •Mrs. Perry. Hodgins. The.: next: meeting will be the "At 'Home" and • variety' concert. Each.. member is to get ; a number for the Program: and '• report, it ,to. the ' Convener, Mrs.. Tom Hodgins beforehand. Lunch, was. served. •,Mr. and Mrs. Karl Boyle Qf ' London: spent. the Week -end -with. Edna and May Boyle • . Mr.: and Mrs. Currie Colwell,: Bruce 'and Betty •and•' Mrs. An-: a. nettBushell spent Sunday with Mrs. J. W. Colwell. ' , Mr. and Mrs. Bert, lgicholson: 'were in London . on . Monday. where she., underwent .dental: surgery. ' On Sundays next, October 11th, . Harvest .Thanksgiving Services will: be held in : the Anglican ; Church at '11:00 a.m. and' 7:30 ' p.m.:; .Standard time. • Services will be in charge - of Mr: L, Ben- ' nett with, .,Rev. Benson Cox preaching'. the sermon, at . the morning service and,, Rev. • H. 1.. Jennings . of . L'ucknow in the evening.. , Mrs. J.' W. Colwell visited with Mr;, and Mrs. Walter Forster and : family' at Ripley, '.;during the ' week. ' Presbyterian ' Inissien ,Band The Victoria Missioe Band of • the. Presbyterian Church met. on Monday ' afternoon . in . the •Sun ' day< Scheel, Room with 36 'girls' and; boys present. After the opening` hymn the motto was repeated in unison. The scripture was read by Janet Carruthers arida•' prayer. given bY Donnie Johnston. Sharon 'Mowbray gave a piano", solo. The Missionary story . was given by Mrs: Doug Simpson of Teeswater, the guest speaker, Wendy McKenzie thank:- ed hank-ed Mrs. Simpson,: then -Beverley McDonald gave .a prayer:, The meeting closed ,with the •'singing of a hymn and the theme. • • 4 • ♦.