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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-06-25, Page 19he. WEDNESDAY,:. JUNE; 2Sth1.969:. • 411 ..e:A t .:r! t. n:1k .1, 7i�'s', � THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO'. PAGE .N• INETN: EE It's:. been quite: Don't talk- to = me i -about bear with, a. sore head. He'd back down the trail like a bun- ny if he met a teacher, in June, • with a• sore .tooth. Right now I'm • willing 'to ' take on any - 'thing, up to and including, a• . grizzly. • •June is . the, month in which nothing is so rare as a .day,; , according to Browning, or somebody. And for school teachers, it's, a month in which • every day is a., hard night's work ' . . . • The teacher isplagued by paper. , work which . could be • done by a ,15 -year-old moron, an administration which • is ' twice as stupid as he thought it was,. 'and ' students who • are • bored from • the . belly -button both ways by school.. Throw in a throbbing tooth and you've: got yourself a, mean • • critter. The month stsfrted off. fittingly, , with everybody for- -getting .my birthday, on• the •grid. The only card I received •. was 'from my insurance com=' • pany, a ` card .which annually: infuriates me. • Next. day, one of those nico- - tine -tanned'' -stumps - which my dentist' ' laughingly .calls teeth began to kick up. And it's been kicking : up, down "and sideways. ever, since: .• • ; If I had anyguts I'd. • tie a' . ,string: around,: it, .. fasten, the' string to a doorknob and,;slam the door However, I hatre‘ about "as many .guts as I. have teeth, .so I go on trying ;to save this one : I can't even bite a marshmal • low ' without going' into orbit; so I've, practically •been • on a liquid diet for weeks. •This has, its Tisa ivantages kie a'.. month "You're Only As" OW As Yon-- Act," ourpAct," is, goodentertainment. • Mr. Trueman; a Maritimer, was salty. .The chairman,, Richard • Doyle; editor of the Globe 'and. Mail, was even wittier, and should .write a ' book; The venerable, if `not blessed,.. Harry Boyle, a witty writer ,and editor under his farm -boy • facade, . was there, and • was. witty. In fact, the whole thing was ,excruciatingly funny for many, painful for me.. My wife gal :loped through.a huge and exc.-. • ellent dinner, darting 'her eyes at my plate, where nothing was missing except a few' of the inevitable green.:.peas,, which I . ". had managed to mumble Just as dinner began, I had a terrible attack . of . leaping bi ' 'cuspid and couldn't eat . a• bite. I''decided the only thing to do was " • to, paralyze.', :the; tooth. I. tried, but it refused to play. All I succeeded, in doing, was paralyzing .'the . rest of : me, :meanwhile' carrying : on about :. ,-my tooth. (bravely, of course) :to such :an • extent that my wife remarked later like hav- it :was • ing a crying baby' in Church.. However, it all worked..out fine We went to a small gath 'ering after the dinner,; and in-,.' credible .numbers• of • 'young,.. pretty college girls hovered. about me, ,fetching .me aspirin,.., • gin and 'other medications. Meanwhile; my Old 'lady' "spent an hour or so :straighten ing out .the 'editor of the Globe and Mail. I "fully' expected to find 'this .4column on. the front page on Monday morning. But , there ; it was,' the .:same old o. i e melange of`world- crises Mel Stewart eId• au T&i Leav ng Community For HerDauqhter Neighbours and friends of Mr. and Mrs..Carm'an Hamilton of'Lucknow• Mrs. Melvin Stewart def Guelph entertained at a trousseautea on. Wednesday, June' 18th in honour Qf her daughter 'Deanna Dawn. The .guests were received: by Mrs Stewart; Mrs'..=:Myhill4and--the bride elect ... • A white lace table -clothe over • • pink 'adorned;. the dining, room : table ,'centered with -a beautiful • flower' arrangement••of pink roses, carnations and Shasta daisies in:a gathered at their home on Wednes= day evening of last week to honour i them prior commun- ity,. • to leaving the • • The'social, evening wasa surprise to: -the Hamiltons They -were pres- ented with luggage';. Mrs. Hamilton :with a housecoat and Carman with a wallet. _ • The couple have'movedto the Simcoe area where they are em- w. ployed- at a••tbbacco, fruit and veg- silver howl, . flanked by silver can 'etable faun- , - die holders with pink(candles. r...• •:Pouring tea in the afternoon .were: the Grandmothers, Mrs, Wilfred Drennan and•Mrs. L. My,hill and; in the evening Mrs , • Cora , Edwards, and Mrs: Blanche 'Kelly of Toronto, aunt of the bride. Serving in the dining xoom were Mrs. LornePernfuss ,� Mrs .. Bed. S tic.kland , Mrs. A l Corstorphine 'and Mrs. E. Setter. The trousseau and'•'gifts were 'dis. ,played by Judy Stewart, Mrs T.* 'lvlyhill,, "Jana Myhill 'and Jeannie' McKenna.. • DUNGANNON W, D,' Foulds also. •calied ..on,• Miss: Beth McConnell.' Several families `from•Dungannon area attended tli,e "Farewell" • service at Blakes Church on June' 22nd and appreciated, the invitation. te. be'••present on this m.ernorabie .• occasion. The noonluricheon. At, Brookside school'•provided a':spleii- • 'did opportunity for'the '`old tiiners'• to visit the old and.• young ° . in this fine community. REPORTFROM,.. QUEENVARK..... BY MURRAY GAUNT M.P.P. HURON -BRUCE.. A griculture: Minister', • William Stewartthisweek defended the. rising price ;of beef but ordered a • fact; finding study on price' conipar isons "so that the consumer has the full story, and is not misled:" . There: areg y several groups mostly consumer ..associations , :that • have indicated they plan'to boycott beef • to, protest a 30 per cent price in- crease in the- past month ' worse . every morning. a and . murders • and stale •;toothache or •,a •hangover? And seeches. of Cabinet Ministers.• how. 'would ou '1'' ? speeches • y ike'both. •� Not content with my .physi- • , As Is our custom, my wife': cal• suffering,'• young ; Kim, hit and I :went :to, the annual Lea- me in June with another 'veal- cock "Medal. Award Dinner re- lop She :wanted' a loan;toward. cently.':I've been: a judge in the . an electric' piano. After' a suffi- competition .for .several years. cient.. number of things, like and enjoy .meeting. a few big . !Fie on; thee, wench!"• and • shots: and finding.. their feet Are ."You're. going "to. have to pay made of 'the. same''type` of clay interest; you; know," •1 buckled, as • my own.;, and ant now :subsidizing one of Despite the'snide 'comments those: rotten;groups to the tune of_:soine w> rsjroan t e bi .200. dailies, it's a good • party in a good cause —..keeping alive' • ,and fresh the works and mem- ory of • Canada's =- and. one 'of the world's greatest comic writers. / . This . year's ' winner • , was.. Stuart..Trueran, whose book, ' r A similar memorable occasion was, held at; Zion Church the, prev-.'' ious Sunday, . June :l5th ., Mrs, Celia Moore has been in Goderich Afexandra Marine and' General Hospital since the 19th of May • 3 .. .19.69.,••beef'is.selling around 38 cents per' ib. but the consumerist paying an average of. $1,:50a lb.. PY•g � The date:of the. General Farm,:. Organization 'vote, '`June ':24th; ,is .fast approaching:. Opinions . differ-widelybut I •certainly hope, Y no matter'.how 'farmers feel about: it they. will take the opport= Unity to 'expiessthe r o • '1' . i • voting.either one wayor the other. . In this: way, an accurate expression of opinion will be.obtained How• �'eout that beef. Ivlr'Stewart po>Lnt d o •farmers•;have .nqt been receiving ;profitable; prices for 17 years . • in•.addition;•.When one.: compares beef prices. with. rising wages.., he • said'. "the average wage earner: • today can buy, almost twice as. • much ••beef .with the returns from hour's'labour than he•could 1949" : •:; ' • Mr.. Stewa'rt'has asked 'the ehia4r na t. e-9nzario•,E0Od_ -: 'All that ,was' needed .to. make ' • Council, and his staff to prepare a it a ring-dinger of , a :month report on•beefprices immediately: Our'•exports of 'beef cattle and carcasses to the United -States are approximately haif`the volume of=- export movement.year•;.ago. Farm' ers are not withholding cattle as has been: suggested During January and February.farmers'were actually' marketing almost 5 ;000 - head 000 -head more cattle per, week than they did a..year ago. Supplies have•' simply run out and during the'Week ending May.:3lst, amost 7',000 few er cattle were marketed than a In order' to accurately assess - the ;situation one must come back, to, --..the,.factrtha.t_beef-cow-calf oiler-: ators , the starting point of ani• •beef production, have ;not been receiv •ing prices in the past 17•years that' .. •theyhave found to be profitable. Inevitably they have allowed plod- • uction to decline., until we • are now producing -less-beef- feeder -cattle than in previous years, and we are doing so at a time. When our •popul- anon is.:growing and. per capita • consulnption.of beef has risen to; an all tinie,high of more than 86' lbs. app 7auadfc- for -beef. - n were the headlines about elec- tricians getting • $6.50 an ` hour,. and the-iftetestrates soaring daily..: A :great month; • June. For blackflies. • ONUMENT For sound counsel and a fair price on' a tnontiment correctly designed from ;quality material, rely on SKELTON': MEMORIALS Pat O'Hagan, Prop. Established Over Sixty Years ALKERTON ' . • PHONE 111-4234 ONTARIO RIPLEY JYBATf01R ... 1111111111.11111110 Custom Butchering -- Curing and Smoking. Cutting and Wrapping Sausage Making :Fast Freezing ,HOGS AND CATTLE ON MONDAYS . '. CATTLE ONLY ON WEDNESDAYS With Two Big_Coolers We Are Able To Hang Your Beef From 1' To 3 Weeks..,.:: W a ever For Home Freezers' We Sell Choice . Home Killed Beef,, fork • and Lamb In Any Quantity At Lowest . Marketing:.Prices ALL GOVEliNMENT PROTECTION' INSPECTED FOR. YOUR CHAS. HOOISMA, .PROP. ABATTOIR 395-2905: STORE 395-2961 has grown particularly since the age of the ''barbecue" has. arrived., lt's,interesting:to'note that in 1951 the last -time when b:eef prices reached -their tirr-en-t 1euels:,the. farmer got as high as 45 cents• and the consumer was paying an average of 95 .tents per, 1b, ln'., armacy PHONE 528.3004 ZIRADRYL LOTION For. protection ,from: Poison Ivy :.,• and ..Oak and relief of itching in ivy and oak poisoning try ZIRADRYL ever, if many farmers •do-n'ot.. vote at:•' they ill ha ve done the in'- all, h,yw dustry a::dissetvice•:- ;' Donald: Deacon, (Liberal., York ;'Centre):, the Opposition Critic for "the Department of .Financial and• Comrnercial'Affairs, said during'• the estimates of that.departinent• this •week;,that unless the Ontario Securities Commission•prosecutes nore vigorously romoters who g YP, scheme,to'defraud the public;,,' there velli•::b'e another financial, ... .collapse as bad or worse than the • 1929' crash. I?.eaci n suggested that sentences, for'such. persons are too light and should be increased to a minimum'of 10 years.. ...e tone-paint'..'_, ecause• civ" a are. now •.handlmrg-l� m• BENJAMIN 'MOORS PAINT PRICES AS 'LOW PER QUART • i. • • RUBBERMAID SALE DISH PAN, Reg. S1.9$ $148 DRAINER TRAY, :Reg.. $2.77 DISH DRAINER, Eteg., $3>98 $2.99 :or Realfaint Bargains end Other * Specials Visit.