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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-02-11, Page 7ANNOUNCEMENTS INFORMALS ACCESSO#1ES . . • .. You may select your wedding,,.. invitations,.. announcements and' 'accessories with. corn- t,-.-0- ,-plete confidence AS to quality .. and' correctness of form. ." Wedding announcements of. , , • TRADITIONAL BEAUTY. • 'CLASSIC 'DISTINCTION • SOCIAL CORRECTNESS Personalized wedding napkins, matches and cake boxes also available. TODAY'S HEALTH Ready to stop smoking? Then pick a 0-Day ON FOR BUSINESS EYE-CATCHING 3-D MAGNETIC SIGNS ORDER YOURS OFF FOR PLEASURE . LUCKNOW SENTINEL Phone 528=2822 SENTINEL CLASSIFIED t C.IASSIF1 ED ADS FEBRUARY 11:f 1916 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, 410uctiow, oNTARIa. . 4',IpAGO SEVEN ATTENTION PARENTS: On February 12 at 2.00 p. M. the parents of grade 8 a students planning to come to Ripley next Year or uncertain where they are going are, welcome to meet in the cafeteria. - The Ripley District -School Sectindary' booklets and literature distributed. SNOW Last week was 'one of the shortest weeks of school. We went to school on Thursday and Friday only, due to the snowy weather. GIRLS'• HOCKEY On Friday, February 6, 1976 the' girls' hockey team played Brook- side 'in the Lucknow arena. Susan Dawson and Janice Elliott each scored one goal. At the end of the game the score was 2-2. • — have to psyche. themselved up , for Q-day. The quitting date. List the reasons' for - your deci- sion, •and there are many compel- ling ones. The' chance of contract- ing heart disease, emphysema, lung cancer sand a whole series of other ills is sharply redticed by abandon- ing cigarettes. The likelihood • of your children smoking is much less if • you don't 'And on the economic front, a pack-a-day smoker who quits will save enough in a year to pay for a winter break 'in the Caribbean. - • Oh, and tell people of your plans. The fact that others know you're 'quitting will help to strengthen your will. When Q-day comes, remove all temptation to smoke. Throw out any remaining cigarettes: Get rid of matches and lighters. Retire the ash- trays. And then get busy so you won't think about cigarettes. Read, walk, swim. .Do anything to , take your mind off tobacco. In two' or three days you'll wonder why. you ever smoked in the first place. But those days aren't easy andyou won't want to go •through them again, So make sure' that quitting is for- ever. One swallow may not make a summer, but one cigarette can make a smoker out of someone who's for- saken the weed for months. ' WHITECHURCH Jack Webb of Calgary, visiting with his sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Allister Hughes of VVingharn, visited a few ,days last week with ' Mr. and. Mrs., Victor Emerson. Jack and Victor worked together as young men and had not seen each other for 50 years. Mr. and Mrs. Joh i. Jamieson entertained friends with a party on Saturday evening. , Mr. and Mrs. •Paul' Laidlaw of - Windsor spent the week end with • their parents Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw and Mr, and Mrs. Walter Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Bevin Tiffin are spending Sunday to Tuesday in Toronto in connection with Co-op work. . Week end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Fair were Miss Dolores Cardow 'and Robert Dicktson of Guelph: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gibson; Rhonda, Billy and, Gregory visited Sunday with •her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher. Mrs. Gershom Johnston was a Thursday visitor in Kitchener, One of winter's bad storms was thrown at our . 'community on Saturday and Sunday with many inches of snowfall., Winds blew up drifts and with flurries, driving was dangerous. Church services had to be cancelled. The villagers are kept . busy clearing house roofs, garages and other buildings of the great weight of snow. Farmers on the back roads.',encOunter difficult- ies as trucks are unable to get to them. Snow blowers are necessary to remove snow from the village drive ways. The back roads are blocked if the least wind arises as the banks' are so-high that the space between fills up in a few hours. School buses have had a' trying time making their 'rounds this winter. Doomed : Not trying hard ,be- cause it seems hard and trying. -• by David Woods • It was Mark Twain, I believe, who said giving up smoking was easy he'd done 'it hundreds of. times. Not so much giving It up, but giving it up forever. That's the real problem for cigarette addicts.' I knoiv. I've quit for as long as one whole. Year. The physical long- ing for A deep draught, of com- forting smoke goes away within h few days; the smugness over new- found virtue lasts a little longer. But then comes the 'false 'sense of security with which, months later, you accept ``just one" cigarette *because you believe you can' take it or leave it. Before You know it you're hooked again. That's why it's hard' for 'ine to write this column. I have not smoked a cigarette for two months. I don't cough. I feel great. Food' tastes better. And on top of all that I've apparently' added about ' 10 days to my lifespan, for each month of not snioking •— and about 10 dollars a week to my bank account. Each smoker has to decide whether to ease out of the habit gradually, smoking fewer cigarettes each day, or to quit outright, cold turkey. Each has to decide how to cope with .the vacuum created by giving up smoking. This may mean chew- ing gum, or cutting out (at least for a while) items previously •insepar-. able from cigarette smoking, such as coffee. But all , would-be giver's up of the cigarette habit 'those, anyway, who want to stop smoking forever Ripley-Huron School News ELEMENTARY NEWS • 3' YOU'LL BE REWARDED CANADIAN ADVERTIS.N9 ADVISORY BOARD