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CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
•To celebrate• her 10th: birthday,
Andrea .King on' Thursday had
Cathy'Sniith Cathy Wright; Adele
Gath,.,Debbie St. Mary:; Karen
Ritchie, Nancy Michael, •Jarninia`
Michael; and. Doris Naylor play
games and contests with her during
` the afternoon. All presented their.
hostess with a gift.. A lunch with
birthday cake' ad•orned with candles
:•
corripleted.'the memorable party,.
'Whitechurch`Pee'Wee ball team
•on Tuesday night played; Blyth team
on Whitechurch diamond with a •
score 7 6in favor 'of :Whitechurct
On Thursday. evening they played
with Belgrave:with a score 18 •-10
in favour of Belgrave..
Mr, and Mrs. Donald Watt,' Rob-
ert, 'Donald and Norman were
Sunday .evening guests of Mr, and •
Mrs. Andrew Gaunt.
• Mr. and Mrs. George Kennedy
visited Expo from Wednesday to.
Sunday -
Mr, and Mrs. Charles Tiffin, Mr.
and, Mrs; Fred Tiffin were in Lon-,
' don o'n'.Tuesday at St Josephs Hos-
peal where Charles received
treatment.
• We' are pleased to report:Russel
Ritchie was.able to'return home on
Thursday from .Wingham :and Dist
:BY REV. tHUNCAN McTAVISH
Underneath the hill and >•off to
the-east.of'ciur house was the .old
swimming hole, it : -too has::long:
since filled up.with:-the erosion of
the.'topsoil from`tirne to time.: But
as a boy:there:•was part Of the hole
that was supposed to :be around •
thirty feet deep. .It 'Was a favorite
place an summertime for the boys
'Of the neighbourhood to gather.,
From the Twenty -Fourth of May,
which 'was a' holiday in those days,
untilthe frostynights_of Fall chill-
ed, the waters ;
hill-ed'.,the'w:aters; each noonday saw •
a bunch ofboys; disporting them=•'
selves in its depths. Contrary to
all rules laid down• as :to staying.
•ont of water to avoid undue shock
oto the system, the hurried from the.
dinner table, ran down over the'•
hill and sheltered from the gaze
of others peeled off our .clothes
.and clad incur "birthday.suits"
plunged headlong' into the hole
Looking back, I am amazed that
we lived at all after violating all
the rules of health. But I can't re-.
call a single incident when any of
us.suffered a cramp in those waters.
riot Hospital.
Mt. Ha•
rry Fowler visited recently one thing r am certain, It
• 'with Charles Marlon and . Mrs D, c helped' develop •a bunch of good
MacDonald; ; swimmers which in turn made for.
'good bodies, I have yet -to find any
Mr, and Mrs. Victor Emerson and exercise'which in my judgment
Misr Garfield MacDonald of Luck tones up the muscles of the body
• now were. at Purple.. Grove on Thurs - and.distributes mote:evenly those
day evening. Victor visited with q•mdverrientsnecessary for ood g body
Donald Mccosh while the ladies 1. building. There was no diving;
attended the Curator. meeting in r board - high or low o :in those days.
Purple Grove Community Hall • . i Just the bank from which to, hurl
waMr, Norman McLeod' who "is t on oself. Put to plunge head first
where'
told g. o Iwaters and swim. clear '
in a. Cook on Bruce CountyY its
told the ladies what information across under the surface, was one
he. needed: • 16f the feats tb which every lad set
CICN'OW SENTINEL . .LUCKNOW ONTA
Brother Panes
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KINLOUGH•NEWS:
We, extend sympathy to Mrs.
Weir;Eckenswiller in the passing Of
her brother, the late :Leslie•Mor-•
-
land.. The funeral was held ,frons.
the Needham Memorial Chapel, •
London on Friday, with the burial
in
Kincardine 'cemetery: • .
Congratulations to all those '•who;
have been successful in their•exam•
inations.'
,1Vir, and Mrs:;. Clare sparling and •
Douglas: of Walkerton visited on
Wednesday with. Mr. and Mrs.
George Haldenby:
• Mrs. Everett Stanley, Mrs. Rae •
Elliott, . Mks; Dan Tollefson arid •
Bradley, and• Mrs.' Ezra Stanley.visit,
ed on.Monday with 'Mrs . Ogle
Russell at. Kingarf and with Mrs :`
George Haney at •the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Emerson ,•. Ripley,
' Sharon Stanley has gone to Honey.
Harbour for the summer and 'Arthur
Stanley has gone on. a trip to Ed
inonton . He plans to spend a few: '
days in.Caigary where .he will
attend the Stampede.,
Mr. and Mrs Dont Gillespie,
Ronnie and Cathy.•were recent'visit=
Ors ' with relatives at Sarnia;
Visitors at •the hon'ie of 'Mrs. Will,
iam 'Fox Were Mrs. S'. Slade
Kincardine, Mrs. J. Reid'Pine
River , Mrs. ;IL :Ackert and Mrs/.. M.
Hodgins Holyrood:•' ' •
• We are pleasedAO to report that Mrs.
Elden Eckenswiller w'as able to re- ..
turn home from the . Kincardine land
District Hospital..
• Ivir., and •Mrs; ,Howard Bennett
and son' Howard spent Saturday; with
Mr: and Mrs.., Arthur Haldenby, '
who.returned to Toronto with them:
for some holidays,
Mrs."Frank Johnston of Lucknow
and formerly of.here "underwent •
Surgery in London last .week and. is
snaking .a favourable recovery
• Allan Sparling of Walkerton `spent
•a,, day with his: grandparents, Mr:` • .,
:and Mrs... George Haldenby-:W •
Mr: and Mrs. Langford :and'
son• Jarrie :of Woodstock: spent the
•week end with'. Mr-. and Mrs Bert
•N :
icholson•
Walter Safety says,
"Think, don't'sink!
Be water wise!' Learn
and • practise water
safety'every day.' `.
OLIVET
Walter Dexter was soloist in Ol-
ivet. United Church on .Sunday,
Evelyn . and Ruth White and
Cathie Van der Hock.left on Fri
day for. Haliburton where they -will..
be employed at. a surniraei resort • '.
for the summer:
Visitors this• past week with Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Dexter, were: 'Mr..
and Mrs. Wilfred. Dietrich of. Tees -
water, Mr. and Mrs. Les. Beirnet,
.of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs,. Victor
Stewart of Paris and Mr . ` and, Mrs
Frank BarkWell of Torontd.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stacy and
family of Toronto:spent.the •week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ham-
ilton and family. •.
• Sherry and Cathie Nelson of Lucke'
nor are holidaying .with ,their
grandparents this week.
' •Joa.nne Hamilton is employed for
the summer with Mrs. Frank Scott
•of Kintail,
his mind: and heart.
• Wehad never heard of the many
and varied strokes that snake tip
this'professional sport; bi.btir day.'
' 1 only recall: three different,strokes-
the belly' stroke; the back 'stroke.
and the side stroke., No 'medals
Were awarded for 'special, achieve-
ments., But•when the sun was beat-'
E ing down shaking the noonday an
infern+o. I knew of no better place
tri be than in. the swimming hole,
W . epiy •• I: Y.». nl •• %. Yr aVile
0lfEIlMl3lM►Y, JULY 12th. 1111
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
S.i1�ys-toEx-co.it
Sone were written on ardi•• '
, nary ruled Paper, while the,
breakfast diaites rotted in the
• sink.: Others were immaculate•
ly typed,-aUbmjtted flat in mak
uscript form, wtih return env .
• lope • enclosed. Some 'writers
want a pen name used, others
.want their names in big, bold
. type.
Don't tell'. me there area'
any -creative writers in Canada.
ahTheem...countryMort than is craw100lingentriwiest:
"
for the Smiley. -to -Expo guest
column have . arrived; • and.
they're still: using in, ' •
My; : wife thought all• along it
was rather • an ' ill-conceived
project;. or ,is she', put it, "a
dumb ideal", and I'M beginning •
to agree • with her. One of the
:chief hitches. is that t forgot to
'organize some judges. So: rm.
it,
So, 'first Of all, I Wiest read
them all,some twice, some.
'thrice. This Is. going, to 'absorb
about 100 hours, and ttie
whole idea in the• first place
. was that : I'd ' :get a holiday.
Something . wrong there; some-
where -
Secondly, ail Hesse w1e • au't
wia, along, with their, blame :
;and friends, are going to bite
me for life. It's easy: end is
make.. enemies without deliber-
ately : alienating about 2,000
people. •- . ' .
And :thirdly,.. it's costing me
$25: • to 'acquire ' 100 hours :' of
work, and' 2,000 hostile tar
Lives.. Sort, of silly, isn't �ttt
however; :I: dunnit and I'm
glad. The Toronto ' Telegram.
News Service.has kicked in en-
: other. $25' and a lot of .people
have had a lot of . fun taking a
whack at writing a column:: . `
And I • shouldn't complain
about` its being work. It's fun..
Especially delightful is/ the
fantastic 'variety of both wri-
ters and subject matter. The.
',gaiters are of all sexes . and :. all
ages from 16 to ,"76. ' And ..they
wax eloquent on . everything
from ' pheasants to : families,
fromtaxes to toenails. •
Thanks, too,, for the many
warm and.: friendly personal
messages enclosed. • It's • kind
,and thoughtful, even :.thoughit
won't 'Win ' a prize. What the
columns ' have .proved . to me,
once again, , is that . there's' . a:
great deal of good humor, good
• spirit, and good intelligence; ' in•
our country.
The .entries . vary in many
other ways.. Some .are quietly
humorous.• Others: are .sardonic
or ironic. Sortie dead seri-
ous, some angry; some passion-
ate. ,(Not that way, Mum).
They came from office work-
ers, farm.' .wives, students ; and
grandmothers: Some people
submitted as many .as . three'
columns. Some ore ungraminat
,Ick• and. hiiariows. Others, [fie
impeccable, • but ars;
doll. Bemire 'religious, others
• ribald.
• One 'gentleman. writes ami*
ingly of wo two pbeantai, . '
named Job* *MI • Lasater,
cause he *IA *kik they'd he
around, lint ,fin War of aqd• •
Deer ventir bili Itislan el-. teak -
ere is no was way:.A
'farmer, student Of .sine; (RIi
there, lidarY Cpm)' 'tells.
what.. a..charaete, r her grandpa
is. One .try . Consists • of his
first letter beam from a lad
serving in. Viet Nam
And 'they tome• from all over
thecountry, which makes this
thing a real centennial kick.:'
Put them : all ' together : and
you'd have a.book. It would be'
• raggedy .and` uneven, •but inter-'
esting, and;„ would present a
pretty, good idea of: what.•Can
ada \ and Canadians are • really
like. • •
Trouble is, so many of the:.
columns are so good that I'm.
in a quandary, right' up to my
navel: I started to make' two
piles: the good ones and the,'
rejects. The pile ;of rejects Is
two Inches high, the other one
two feet.
Perhaps the sensible thing to
do Would • be to write a :guest.
column myself, under.a pseu ;
donym, submit it to me, and
declare it the winner. It
wouldn't be • cricket, but it
would save a lot . of agonizing . ' over .that final decision. Not to:
:mention 50'bucks� ..:
chips. 1'11 find
Don't worry, chip
a solution. Perhaps what' I do
with my exam papers Take an
Harmful toy the top .of the ;stairs
and hurl them. The one that
lands on the highest step gets
top ` mark. Bear with .me while
I. peruse. Hope to announce the-' •
winner next week:
PARK'H
SHOP
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cREST HARDWARE
WELCOMES YOU TO.PARK BEHIND THEIR 'BUILDING
COME :UP' THROUGH THEIR STORE ONTO MAIN STREET
TO DO YOUR SHOPPING. •"
Don't forget the Lucknow' and District Lions
Club Carnival on 'Thursday, .July 20
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