HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-12-24, Page 26p!AGIVIWIENTY.$IX
THE•LUt
' KNOW SENTINEL ,°• LiJCKMOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24th, 19
� : �zr t.h .F ►onderfxil
:.holiday season, may you ;
be joyful. And,'thanke
for your support!
iivertaI.G.ene1ra1 Stare_
Ruth. and .George Harrison'
Muy',`this' holiday: season
be for all 'our • customers'
rte= _truly blooming ones,
We thank , you for your kind ' patronage.
LOMON'S..GREENHOUSES
LUCKNOW
PHONE : 528-3017
out 900: Area
one -Directories
Bell Canada' -s -nook., rraulti=
colored telephone directory will,
be introduced in Lucknow this
week, .according to information
issued by K. C. (Ken) Aay,
local Bell manager.
The cover on the new book
depicts the word "TELEPHONE'
repeated over and over again in.
a square designthat
funnels
toward The-characters—
in .the word •are designed in a' •
computer; or data processing type
face.: •
The new book will continue to
underline Bell's campaign to '
further. acquaint area'customers
with the term. Directory.
Assistance".., which .was: recently
introduced to. replacethe. older
term "Information".
Iv1r. Aay.said use of the term
''Information" in the past had
been misleading to .a. good •
number of Bell customers,
"Some people misconstrue its-
meaning , " :he said "There have
been- many'cases -.where •customers.•
have.cahed in.the ..hope, our
operators can. give the m s informa - ;.
tion on';a•.great number of thpics--;
-things like=wherethe liquor store-
is located , who's` who 'in the
municipal government'and the
like': ~ The.: new term- "Directory:
Assistance'' =- more accurately
describes the .servic'e•our':operators
• Mr. Aay•said .about. 900 new •
directories, will be delivered in .
.Lucknow this`year, as compared:
to 'a total of 854 in 1968 :.
About'I0 million copies of
Bell telephone .books are :produced
yearly ---making it the la�ges-
:printing ;project in Canada. The
directories constitute about 9,
billion printed pages • and their •
total paper weightis estimated
at about 13,,•000; tons
"If all The directories produced
yearly: by Bell Were stacked• one
on top of the:other,," Mr.:Aay ::.
'commented; ",they would: extend,
nearly 205 miles i'rito the. sky.
laced in an imaginary bookshelf
they .would..run from Toronto .to
• Windsor, non' -,stop:
PLEASE NOTE that our old number is NO LONGER, in service: Just
PHONE 528-2822' and if that line .is busy your call AtJTOMATICALLY rings
in on a second line into our office. If.both lines are busy, you •will, get a busy
signal. Wait a few minutes and then PLEASE CALL AGAIN.
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you
th-efo y- c f
very Merry
Christmas.
BILL NELSON •
TOM WEBSTER, JOE MacMILt:AN''
•
rtstrnas 1.
hairy.
As; the getting -ready -for 'small ;ransom There .is;a great
Christmas tempo around .our ` sense 'of , dissatisfaction..
' hot4se increases from mild 'pan ' Decorations in: those, days,
.
is to wild 'hysteria, I can't help were: ' simple, inexpensive, but
'thinking a long way back:': to ' just right. Strings of red paper
the times when Christmas was.; , bells, ' venerable :.but :,'cheery:
an experience.`to be anticipat d Strings of red; and green
with thrr) lrrrg"dClight,: oo-; . e ---cur er ' pe- paper -a --over-the
savoured . when it arrived, rath- house. ,The tree itself had "ici-�
`er than the inane, exhausting cles" and some colored halts. A •
scramble 1t - has become 'in, g,few' : wealthy people; .: had , col -
these ; affluent :times. ,_,.ored lights. • On top was a
First real. ; indication . • of : biome=made angel:: .
Christmas . was. the buying. of - . , Today, on decorations • alone,
_-the-turkey._In-;.my home.town,. some_peaple_spend-what,..wsiulti
there was an annual. Turkey have fed a family in those days
Fair, late ;• in November Elicit- for two months..'Fancy candles;
ing ' for youngsters. Farmers ' store-bought wreaths of ersatz
brought 'their turkeys to' town, holly, Colored- lights every:
fresh -killed and .•.plucked, but where, . inside and out; 'trees
with heads, feet and guts still that are .almost. hidden from
there.. "-Housewives .• wandered the naked • eye; by festoons of...
among the turkeys, looking for fribbery
the perfect bird, pinching, pok Buying gifts` in those days,
ing, sniffing. Then it ;was., hung was simple, compared' to .'the
in'the woodshed, by the feet, frenetic . business'. it is today..
. At the:' right time, it - was • There was ''scarcely' any money
brought An,. the pin -feathers then, arid:: everybody 'needed
• plucked iich head—aziti ometbi g -So-Fi wa Ia uri--
.•feet .chbpped':•off and guts re derwear,.or .a hand-knit• sweat-:
moved.' Then the scent of er, socks or •gloves, maybe a
home=made : dressing filled the few real` luxuries, like '. a • 591
air. It •was a real turkey. cent: game of snakes and lad -
Today;' we elbow and shove
s=or---a—book.—Ten :dollars
.
our way along , the meat count...der didn t : go ' far, even then:: .
er; gazing -at a row' : of pallid. Today ,people' ; almost go.
•
,yellow -white lumps wra around . the bend trying` to .find
p Aped; .in .something 'for . other people
•.'.plastic,' legs neatly. tucked in.,;'who :hive e�erj►thing,. ; Or can
They all look the same, and buy h Nobody.. makes ' a gift.
pape ewet They. 'buy :them. They .haven't,
cure in
t ey all" aste the sai
the eknowl d ee aha svv time, because of the . "Christ
• g t t e dont mss rush Clothes that4don't
have. r disembowel 'them, that
they .are "eviscerated" and that-fit..Eight•dollar toys. that last.
five' minutes. •. A..hundred 'dol;
the' giblets are in a rice'little; lars' worth of , ski 'equi.pment
that -isn't the 'right 'kind.
' Christmas Evethen was. car•
ols around the piano, mother
stuffing the-turkey,;kidsJo bed
early. quivering .' with , excite-
toeking=stuf fi ng --time.;
for the adults. A. quiet chat,
with.* little despair that there
wasn't money . for ' skates and:
new winter coats, . and things
like that.
Today it's frantic lastininute
shopping and , Nk rapping of
gifts, entertaining people tyho
have managed to, finish .'their
rat race (we got to bed at 4
a.m. ,last year. after •receiving
bag tucked _.inside the .frozen
'carcass; .I. can't quite believe
'that they have 'ever ':been real
turkeys that have walked :and
eaten, and fought and mated:
1,
next step. You went out'into
,the country . with your 'kid
brotntoher, the bush and half
a mile
selected a
beautiful spruce, one eutting,
the other watching for the -
farmer. You dragged and car-
ried it, sometimes two miles,
home. There. was a great sense
of satisfaction..
Today we ,go • down t0 'a.
Christmas' tree t arollprs and .others, and, be
through a pile of half -frozen,
lieve �it or not, we had:, frozen
crumby Scotch pines, select chicken .pies •idr .Christmas• d1
the least ..misshapen, take it 1 er.)
home,. and When it thaws, dis-
h
, y
cover' that the frozen side has' a Hope I'm not gettiing„ maud
gap the length :of your, armiii.• lin, but Christmas used to bir
it. This is afte"r forkiiig over : a ' merry: Now, it's just hairy.