The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-08-16, Page 17WEDNESDAY^ AUGU_ r$.17
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THE: LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
ay Don Thompson
' Vacation time at. The Sentinel is
:once again past And Monday finds
us, back at the typewriter. With a. •
sunburned nose,, peeling back,,
headache from Sunday's sun, a
,phone that won't stop ringing, and
•all the people who have been try-
ing to,$et in touch with us for the
past two week's converging on the
office,. Such is the price of a'holi-
day but it ••really Was quite pleas
ant while it lasted. ',
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Although we realize that we do
far less exciting things during Our
'holidays thanthe tnajority of our
readers,‘ it has beconie .a :custom.
to comment in print.•on'our two
week vacation. Many people tell
us they enjoy the comment •and .we.
are suremany others.never get past
the first paragraph,.
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Everyone feels that his or her job
is the world's most demanding, but
two weeks away from deadlines,
phone calls; meetings, Meetings,
and more meetings, . most :of which
are after .yotir regular working day,
is a much anticipated break to all
'newspaper people..
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EXPO. in Montreal was:the .destin
ation of the Thompson family,.
Bev,. Don, Susanand°Nancy; for
the first four days of the•'holidays.
We left Saturday by car for Toron.
to and after an overnight stay,
• . took' the train, the CNR. Rapido, : to
Montreal. S;aturday en route to
Toronto 'we, took time,: for a route.
at Elora Gorge park and ,Saturday:
evening,took the kids by ferry' to
Centre Island in "Toronto; a ;place
where we had"'been ourselves asa
it
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child but had never been back,
The Toronto population were
Making verygood use of the ex-
cellent picnic and park facilities
On the island,.
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Th train trip to. ontreal was .
fast, cool and interesting, lt.takes.
'five hours in air conditioned..
coaches and' for those.:of'us Who
like, to watch 'people ,'it was an
interesting trip. The kids weren't'.
bubbling over with excitement
'about their first train trip,• prob
ably because they were so.keen on;,
getting to• EXPO., "`When will be;:
we beat' EXPO?" said five-year-
old Susan about ien Minutes after•
we had left Toronto. Nancy, who
is four, :reacted a little more fav'
ourably to the train trip..;
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With all the talk about Lodgexpo,;
and the criticism it is receiving,:
we would .like to say a .good word.
Our, accomodatipns:were excellent,
We 'stayedin an apartment, clear-
ed ,prior
lear-ed,prior to EXPO, and; the facilit
ies were excellent. We had `lots of
room,, a frig and stove, which we
made. ood use of and'which•heiped
to' reduce our food bills. The . .
buildinghad an indoor,swirriming
pool which We made use of on
three. occasions.. We were on.
b '
Sherbrooke Street,' a a . tock from
Metro,(subway) and 'a bout 15 :min
uses from EXPO,:' .
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We talked to many PP
. people Prior.
,
to our trip to EXPO about taking
the Children, . age. s five and four. '
Without exception, everyone
thou ht we. were nuts..Some' plain-
ly
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told us, others were more. dip
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lomatic',in their comments but
were.shaking their heads in
aritazement "" It's. no place :for
children"', we'heard on many
Occasions and we are pleased to a
have proven .this remark wrong so.
far as we, are personally concerned.
Our children gained much from
EXPO and we gained much from
having thein share the experience'
with us, We will' admit that we
went,at their pace and not an, adult
pace. We didn't set any records
for having our passports stamped in.
the pavilions, but•then° perhaps we'
saw a,few things and let the others
do..the 'racing,and stamping. In
anycase,; we were glad, that the
children had seen EXPO and we. •
were pleased to -have accomplish-
ed this without any problems
.While hurriedly changing trains
an the sulWay,we met the Jim
Boyle family who were at EXPO
at the same time. Mary, Linda
and Lorraine were returning to
their lodging after a day on the
grounds6. Jim and Lorna had stay-
ed at home that day so we'�missed
them. Also ran into Lynn and
Harley Lashbrook and families,
publishers of'theRodney Mercury
and 'West Lorne Sun. Took an hour
or two to look up G•eorge;Ander=
son while`in Montreal. 'George is
employed, there with :Ingersoll
Rand Ltd.
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Spent Sunday,' Monday; Tues
day and Wednesday : at . Expo;'
.returning to .Toronto ::We' pesda
night by train and onto Lucknow
by car; We were quite surprised
to.find the crowds at 'EXPO the
smallest, and the lineups the
shortest, :on Sunday. Montrealers
tell.us.that Saturday.•and.Sunday is '
the time to Visitthe site now. Mon
trealers• are "out of town" for the
'weekend in many cases and every•
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one else stays away because they
think the weekend crowds. will be
the.•largist:
Spent the remainder of the',holi-
days at the family cottage ,at Am:-;
°berley Beach, trying to keep ahead'`
of the mail which piles up, in
mounds, 'and which mostly .ends •in
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the waste basket. The waste basket
material is from`sources all across;
Canada with most of the::authors
looking for a free plug' for this or
Couple T� ResidE t
Ire Toronto.
JOHNSTONE N4ARSH
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•,A quiet wedding took place. on:
Thursday:,. July 27th at; 4..p; m
St : Thornas `A nglica n° Church
.Walkerton; when: Thelma Marsh.'of'
Toronto became -the. bride .of Mel-
'yin Johnstone of Toronto, •scin of
.,Mrs. Jarn.es.Johnstone`of Lucknow
a * • and the late•James: J.ohnstor e, :The
The lake weather was lousy for
.the most part, high winds,. cloudy I
days; cold nights!, We did ,manage
•to get. in a few movies and a.lot -
of reading,. which unfortunately, as
well as broadening: your mind, has,
a tendency; to'.broaden. other parts
of the Body. Combined a little
work and pleasure by attending the,
Ripley and Huron Centennial Cele•
brations/which: were very successful.
Also4mariaged to make the annual
visit' td. the. Kingsbridge Garden
Party which once again was a fine
'succ•ess.
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Other •members • of the Sentineh
staff spent the• holidayperiod in. •
'various ways... Tony Johnstone.,
.wife Donna and :son -Pa tilispent. the
second week •at the Point Clark
cottage. of Shirr Bowers of Huron.
Donnie Johnstone shared the: ' r
cottage venturewith brother 'Tony
as did brother Brian, an employee
of the. Lucknow Fruit Market
Mrs. Campbell (Ivi.argaret)' :Thom -
pson, accompanied by her daughter
Joanne, spent part of the• vacation
in: Kingsville with Mr, and Mrs.
-Mel Goyette.and family. Linda.
Goyette returned here for. a visit • •
withJoanne During the second
week, Margaret, Joanne, and Mar-
garet's sisters,' Mrs... Al (Jean)
Martin of Long'Beach:, California'
:and. Mrs. Ron (Helen)! Rothwell, of,
Norwood'spentthree days at EXPO,
I going.by chartered, bus from peter
borough..
Mrs, Harold (Muriel) Ritchie and
'Harold enjoyed •a motor trip to
'Eastern Ontario as far -as Kingston.
They visited in i3elleville With Mr,
:and Mrs; Jake Brunner. an uncle •
Of Harold's,
As- this is written., five have not
been in touch with Mrs, Alan
(Marie) Barger since ttTe holidays: •'
I However, we imagine Marie would,
spend her holidays at their farm
on the 12th of ,Ashfield caring for
her three.childre.n, and doing the,
things 'that we have prevented h r
f rofn doing' by keeping. her .btlsy4
typing the SentneI'rlews each •
week:
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Rev. J. R.King officiated at the : -
wedding '.' ceremony.
The bride's dress was of blue lace
.with Matching; lace coat and .she •
wore a whiteorchid corsage.
A' wedding :dinner ,followed at the
Hartley House; Walkerton. After -
visiting the groom's' inbther in. .
Wingham and District Hospital, the
couple left• on: a'wedding trip too
northern points. -They-wih reside.
in Toronto.
PERFORMANCE THAT
.JUST WON'T BE BEAT!
Somebody had to make a. Straw
,Chopper. that 'shreds.better and
• .takes Iess;powe'r. We did it! How?
We designed it better.' We put
mere quality in',. more care in So
you, get a chopper that •works. '.
better; longer..:: and takes less
•. power all the time 'it's doing a
better job! There's a big bonus for,
you here, too . ,,• your. Innes will .
' keep right on working season after
season with practically ,no repairs •
needed 'ever. .
,Hammers` are . hardened free
swnging•and curved for far greater.
air blast. They're, individually re-
pla'ceable' in balanced• pairs, and
spirally' mounted to even out power
surges• for better chopping, .
smoother:. running. And—best of
all. o•- straw no longer is.a problem.
Tfierers-no bunching, 'rio plugging';
when you ptow.
bistributed by:
H. L. TURNER
(Ontario) Ltd.
BLENHEIM, ONTARIO
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