The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-01-12, Page 13THE ;L,UCKNOW SENTINEL,• LOCKNOW, ONTARIO
low
IAIUITECHURCH family, Mr, and Mrs, Walter
Elliott and family
Curries School held their pro-
ressive .euchre party on. Friday
vening with Mr, and Mrs. Bradley
albraith, Mr. and. Mrs, Lynn.M. or-
ison, hosts and: hostesses,
There were i5 ,tables of ;players
njoying the pSrty.. Prize winners
were; high lady, Mrs. Howard
Walker, high gent, Roy' Dawson,.
law lady, Mrs. Alex. Leaver, • low
gent,' John..'L. Currie, novelty
prizes,. Mrs. Kenneth Wheeler and
George Walker. The young fry en-
jpaed .games and contests in the •
basement, until the card, game was •
over., •Lunch. was served by those
in charge The next party will be
supervised by :Mr. and'Mrs, Law-
rence'Taylor and Mr, and Mrs..:
Robert Arbuckle. a• . • '.
Mr. and .Mrs.. Leslie Ritchie -of•
Lucknow were Thursday 'visitors
with Mr. and ,Mrs. Russel Ritchie,
Langside .
Attending the reception of Mr.
and Mrs. •Jinn MacDonald (Kathy
Dalton) in the Legion Hall Friday
evening from here were Mr: and .
Mrs, H. D. MacDonald, Mr, and,;
Mrs: Gordon Rintoul, Brian, Gary
and Gail. ''.
Attending the reception of Mr;
and Mrs., Ross Forster (Helen,Camp-
bell) in Lucknow on Saturday ev- •
ening frorn thhis vicinity were'Mr.
and:Mrs', George. Fisher, and faun-
'ay, Mr.` and Mrs: ,Gordon ' Fisher,
Guelph, 'Mr: and Mrs. Bill Fisher,
Toronto, Mr.. and :Mrs. Arnold' : •
Lougheed and family., Fort. Erie,
Mr. and Mrs, Bob .payvson. and
Cindy of Kingston spent a few days
last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Fisher.
Mr. and Mrs, Russel Proctor of
Livonia, Michigan, spent a few
days this week wfth.Mr. and Mrs,
Russel. Ritchie , Mr. and Mrs, Fred
Tiffin,, Mr, and Mrs. Charles
•Tiffin. and Mt, and Mrs.. V: Em-
erson,
We are sorry. to report Arthur
Moore last weekowas again, admit- ,
ted to Wingham Hospital. having
contracted" a heavy .cold. The.
community wish him a speedy re-
covery.
CALIFORNIA TRIP
• Mrs. ,Cecil Falconer, accomp-
anied by her sisters Mrs. Jack Mc-
Intyre, Wingharni, and Mrs. Geo-
rge Tiffin, Lucknow , went to Sar-
nia on Sundayto the home of their
brother, Hector Purdon. On Mon-
day,
onday, Hector Purddn and his son.'
Bruce `accompanied by his sisters
left for California„
"Attenddng the celebration of Mr..
and •Mrs. Ilex Leaver's 40th wed-
ding anniversary in Winghant on
'Thursday evening were Mr.. and
Mrs.. John Gaunt, Mr. and Mrs.'
Norman Coultes, Mr. and Mrs.
`Albert' Coultes, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Coultes, • Mr and Mrs. Howard
Walker,. and. Mr.. and Mrs. D. A.
Hackett of Zion;.
On Saturday •morning''Mr. Don
:Watt, `student..minister, Linda,
tvlewhinney, ;,,.Irene DeBoer and
HURON COUNTY DEBATING
TEAM WINS • FIRST ROUND
On Thursday, December 9tb
the first .r u of the annual Cou-
#tty De bat " .' ompetition was .
held in the, i' ton. Tewn. Hall
with a .good rowd in attendance.
T a Huro •:county Debating team
co sistin; f Miss Elsie 'Doig,Mrs.
Je ,, James Spivey and John
Stafford • was host to the .Lambton •
County team consisting of Miss
Hillory Rothera, .Ralph Cameron, "
John Krall. and Don McGugan.
The topic used was "'Resolved.
that Farm Credit is Too. Readily
Available to Ontario Farmers".
lvlaurice Love, Provincial Direct-
or forHuron"County was chairman
,.for the evening and Donald Young'
was time- keeper. The flume '•
County'team was declared the
winner and now .move on to the
second round against Elgin County
in early January. Judgesfor the
evening were Art Bolton, Dublin,
a farmer and former Assistant Ag
ricultural Representative for Hur-
on County, Mr.' Perry;, Agric
ulture Teacher at South Huron
District High School and• Mr: An-
drews, Manager, Toronto Domin-
ion Bank at Petrolia. ' • •
For, sounn counsel' and a fair price bn a monument
correctly designed ' from quality material., rely , on
- •SKELTON., MEMORIALS.
Pat O'Hagan, Prop.
Established Oyer Sixty Years
Walkerton Phone '881-0234. C
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Doris Rintoul were: at. C. K. N.X.
TV, making film strip for "Foot-
*steps In the :answering of quest-
ions:. Teeswater contestants who
were successful on 2 previous occ-
asions again won by :a small mar-
gin. '
ears
ick
gid .
"Barn Raisings," "Husking
Bees, "Threshing Rings,",
and ' many other kinds of,
``Trading Help" were a part
of the early +Canadian. tradi-'
This is t
we get rid ofhe time
the of year when$1,500, from the' bank to make'
undesira the trip. He h'as • a hangover
bles. in the community By yin, • from those six -ounce, forty -cent
desirables', ' I mean »people with Mexican' drinks, and a 'twisted
more Money than I. They: leave back from trying to•tango,.
our northern community for >..
Her twin'
•Florida, ' Mexico, the' , W e s bed is.lookswife' like in the an inmate of '
Indies. • Belsen, because she's. had Mexi-
In . one fell swoop we get rid c a n complaint, commonly
of all the; softies, the 'cowards, known as, dire rear; ever since
the sybarites. In:' short, the rich ° they crossed the border. `.She•
white trash:' • . whines, ; he 'snarls., They totter
It's as 'much' a ' art of 'our-, out into the muggy heat. And
partheritage 'as the Saturday night another horrible day 'in Acapul-
:,.
bath; or spring 'cleaning. And I co has begun. •
•
Whenever a Pioneer, was..
faced -with a job he couldn't
do .by himself, 'he asked his
neighbors for 'h 1p and'
pledged his help, in return.
Through CO-OP .organizations, working together with his/neighbors,
a mane tan' sell his produce ' at,a b tier rice and bu�' what he needs at
er Price
a saving. '.CO-OP strength is the. strength of many people working to-
gether toward a: modest goal for mutual benefit.
Y
Annual- Meeting, Tuesday, January ' 1 th
JOIN ANSUPPORT
UR :.(ONSUllifIER .-CONOP'LET'S MAKE 1966 THE REST .YEAR. EVER
think it'sa good thing.• It's not like thataround here.
My daughter 'wakes me at six- •.
When the last . barber, or
'bricklayer has bragged about
being off to the Bahamas, when
• the last druggist or doctor has
informed me pompously that
"We'll probably take in Acapul-
co this year", I feel a sense of
relief,
The rats have left the preez:
ing ship, and there's only • the.
`hard . core, :the : sturdy pioneer'
types, the rugged individualist.
and the poor people, left in the
temperate (hah!) zone:
The restof 'us, the best of us,.
can get down :to the real glory
of winter living, without ,stum-
bling over a lot of : sissies who
are better off down there -get-
ting, sand in their.-'n,avels
As one of": the old : true-blue.
breed, fighting,' it out, with :the •
elements, I am inclined to scorn
them As a humanitarian, :I can
,only pity;, them: Think of what
they're missing! : •
•
What is there in, the soft and
sensuous south to equal' that.
crunch o( toes breaking off,
• that crack of bursitis in .the
• should er . when you : throw.. the.
first Curling stone, that snap of :
thigh bones on the ski hill?
• Let's take a look at. a couple
of these . hot -weather hounds:
Look at this bird •in Florida.
Getsout.of bed and there's that
same .old . crumby; monotonous
sun blazing down, just like all
'the other 'days: Same':. old rou-
' :tine.. • The. inevitable orange
juice on the ' inevitable patio;
the inevitable trip to the beach,
with the'. inevitable obscenely
fat softies -lying- all around. Or "
the inevitable' sweating it out
on the golf course with a lot of.
other 'Middle-aged liars.
And hem's our pal in Mexico,
just : getting up• at 10.30. He
hasn't paid ;last year's income'
tax et but . he borrowed
thirty and : I 'call a cheery good -
morning: It , may . sound a bit
more like. "BUMPH",but it's
well meant My...life's . partner
shoves me 'out with her .foot ten
minutes later.
Down to a jo,lly breakfast -�vi=
slice of toast. . There's :the ,thrill •"
`'• of variety as you prepare .' for.
the day When dawn comes,will
the ,;sun be shining, the, snoH•
:falling; or a:•blizzard howling?
• Out':into the wild:white yon-
der:. Grab the shovel and make
the snow fly, chuckling heartily"
;all the while.as you think 'of
those poor slobs in the south,
with nothing to ,do every d'ay
,but the same old things. '
„The clean,. fresh, northern air
hits your; lungs like a .dum=dum
'bullet. Bark seal -like greeting,
• to :neighbour, • .whose; head is •
just visible over his.snowbank
• Off to the garage. Excitement
'of wondering whether • the car ;
will: start...' The. • sheer, demonic
• joy of belting' out the driveway
backwards and trying to smash :
through the bank the snowplow
• has, thrown up: Sometimes you `:.
' make it.:
-': Karen Dawson and, Ferne Crans-
ton, student nurses; at Sick Child
ren's Hospital, Toronto, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Dawson
for the week- end
• Ronald Black of Goderich and
Bill -Blake of Stratford: were week-
end visitor's with Mr. and. Mrs.
Cecil Blake;
"Mr. Delrnar Maize of Toronto
,spent the .weekend with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert, Maize. ' He
was accompanied from London by
Mr. Maize who, had been a patient
. at Victoria Hospital for the past
two weeks following surgery.
Mt' Harry Fong of Toronto has
been, visiting, with Dr. and Mrs.
The , skidding, 'slithering : ad-
venture. of the •drive to work.
Wheels. spinning Visibility
twelve feet, every' man for him
self
The goodfellowship.'and viva-
city of the .teaehers ,cloakroom.
everyone: stamping,, cursing..,"
and running at _the°nose:
`And another .day of "glorious .:
winter living has begun. Don't
try to tell me about -the sedue-
• tion of the languouous ' south-
land. ,Aust give me the crisp.
virile challenge of living where
men' ;are men. And you can tell
them'' from women. 'When you
get them thawed out: 4.
Vokes for the past week. •
There were seven tablesof
•euchre at. the' card party at S,'S;•
No; 6 on Thursday, January 6th.
Mrs. Fielder was the winner of the
ladies high, with Mrs. Victor Err-.
ington'having low score. The
mens', high prize 'went to Maurice
Ivers, and low to Lorne'Ivers. -
Another euchre party .will;be held
on' Thursday; January 20th.
The L.O.L.; had nine tables at
their card party on Friday night,
January7,• The ladies high prize.
went to Mrs. Wilbur Brown and ,
second high to Mrs. Russel Afton.
Lorne Ivens won the men's high and'°.
Bryan Stothers second high. Wm,
- Wiggins got the lucky birthday. «.
prize. The next card party will
beton January 21st, ..