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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-01-08, Page 18PAGE EIGHTEEN. • 'ran 'THEILUCKNOW SENTINEL,, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO FkS • • WEON:ESPAY, ,JANU/kik- $th, •190 letter To The Editor "'.VVe heartily wish that this New, Year. brings to all of us the a- biding love and un- derstanding that leads to : peace among men. Thank you, , our loyal customers fo.r a truly 'wonderful year. • ;•. • P dnK d0A10411D.: oKraQoo llecember Editor. , Lucknow Sentinel, Luc know , Ontario , To Residents of Huron County; May I again on behalf of the resi.,< dents of Huronview express. their sincere.thanks. for all the cards and gifts received by them at this, season, . Also thanks to the different groups that came to entertain them , not only' at Christen .s tirne , ,but for the numerbus..times throughout ,the past year-4pur•'thanks to those who. took. the residents for drives and helped. in, any way to •add Variety . to their lives . • .. • Special thanks•to Legions:, Churcti ,groups and service clubs who remembered the 'residents in, so many different'ways.. •As. usual the. Canadian Forces Base contributbd. their social tiines,as well. as ,presenting•.the Borne with three wheel chairs which, were rrluch app reciated,,.A.M,. scrap -dealers? • May -1. also -thank -all -those les who aLany time sent flowers, to Ow home to add beauty and variety to .every day living. • The management and staff wish to thank you for your concern -and consideration for the welfare of the. residents. in our care.,' May 1969 be good;„to everyone; a Harvey •C ;Johnston , Adrninistrator. •". • • yes! rs • sno'win a ain a know ! iYou:`'can't bear to: go home to -night. •Once' more ,your,..wife failed, to get her :.washing dry: •SAVE HER: HEADACfilf3-AND-NISER'1f-(ANfl-lfOtiRS TQ'O), trop ifltoCREST HARDWARE Today and buy her a This brings us in ` a round about way to the new school system :in. Ontario,. which ,prom- ises to,: be interesting. The old' local school boards, chosen in their own'. communities,: are being • scrapped, and • county boards, . elected, -have .already replaced them. Theoretically, ; the idea is, a ,et s hear your , views • : good one. It should give equal,= •I '' se. of death Nothing like a good • e 'flu- to -make you'. f turning but.a. column off, less prose. 1.' feel ;like a fighter n o•the'ropes' in the fourteenth .:round with the ••crowd yelling to th oxhe guX; ' i1Lhim� Kill hi So perhaps y . forgive if we don't spark] +` brilliantly today, and just ear up some. items this week, then begin the , New- -Year,-•-with-a•-freshY-slate- ; and a sound • constitution. • I We had a very merry Christ- mas, thank you. But an insidi- ous old custom is being re- vived. No less than three k dif- ferent groups of carollers ap- peared at' the door,- and had . to be suitably entertained. By : the :time the: last ganghad left, we . 'were well into Christmas .morning, among o er ings.., It's a charming' old tradition, 'but I hope it doesn't spread too. far. If , it does, next Christ- mas Eve I think 'I'll just call' ' the cops and have the caroller charged with.disturbing the peace. It would 'be,'a eh p- er. .. -• • • For once, everything fitted: when the 'gifts were •opened. • See me in. my 'new: off-white • • turtleneck sweater and Pierre ty of educational opportunity That would be a switch to' all children. That's the ptir- hurch_bellcand a blazing 1 pose. In-•-the-bad-old-dos„--be--= log fire and jolly evening with • fore '1969, the fatter centres got the best facilities and , often -the best teachers, while the ,.leaner ones had to -struggle. along\with 'what :they could af- ford. f ford: I . hope it works. • But . I ' have reservations: Many a time have I seen something made bigger, so that it would _ be more effi- cient ' and cheaper_to un._ :.: Usually, . the opposite occurs:: Expenses increaser and 'efficien- cy ' decreases, because 'of sheer size. Parkinson's Law takes over:. Empire -building ; begins. Al- old'friends'brought in the New Year on a 'pleasant note. Not for me the $30 -a -couple New Year's •Eve in a nightclub with a lot ° of idiots in paper hats, • throwing, streamers, blowing their little horns and ..kissing everyone, in sight. Speaking of bells, Lt. Col. John McEwing of Spokane, Wash., retired, has . a bell in. the belfrey which is bothering him. Describing himself in :'a letter as a "sentimental nut," he. says he has bought the bell from the little red schoolhouse he attended as a boy, near Port , ready hundreds:` of new admin. `1---istrative 1ob's- ` Li�gin; Ontario. _ , . That bellhas many memo ed for . the new system. Under' ries for: him. He planned to •. • it, board members .will'. receive' present -it, no strings -attached; -.—a --stipend; and--no-doubt, • exp-•=•- to the new consolidated school penses: The old boards worked "which has •replaced :the little • for 'nothing. Paper -work 'will one -room: country schools, as a double, then triple, and so- on. symbol of all. of them, those , • Hope I'm wrong. It will take • humblei institutions w h ere . , a ` couple of years to. tell: And many a great man got his start. by' that time,. the.. system may The. Colonel flew east :and: be 'so rigid that changing it lked to the architect respon will •be like getting an elephant ta- to stop standing on your foot. .Ile was enthusiastic; But` . i Any comments? he trustees stalled. They were - going out of office at the end of the year, •and. "couldn't Trudeau will look lie some body from -Ila-' ' make' up their minds” about rc,• 1� Kim, `with her usual exquit'' site sense of timing,. almost • turned Boxing -Day into a box- ing match when she announced • she'd like, to go to Israel and work on •a kibbutz for a year,. after finshing high school So a c..uple of years from now, T • ;nay be a Jewish grandfather. avrng,-••something• -.as --old fos ioned as ati 1875 school bell on: the premises. • To me, it.:sees an excellent idea, and I hope the new board. will be receptive to the Colo- nel's� idea, We talk a 'lot `about • Canadian a, and preserving our . 1. • heritage. Why sell it • to, the . TIN0100E'.DRY,. NO ON:..SALE_.AL. 'HE WestiiighOuse.:.., •...'...oa••e.. e• o• oo•i...... •.• ALSO WASHERS,: RANGES,. DISHWASHERS, FOOD FREEZERS' AND REFRIGERATORS rest ..Hardware. LUCKNOW' - "PHONE 'S28.300'