The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-01-29, Page 6!AGM SIX
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THE LUCKNOW' -SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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RED -EYED . BOOK FIENDS.
week I'm supposed to 'speak`yond recall, never reads :anything'
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to our honor:, 'students and their
parents, at 'a banquet. Dull topic:
"Good ` Reading '•Habits:".
Choice : of ' speaker was a hil-
arious piece .: `of '; , mis-casting • . .I
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think I can ~ state, ' not `. proudly,
but with little : fear' of contradi-
tion, that my personal reading'
habits are . the most atrocious in
Canada, maybe the` • world. '
Thirty-five ears ago,moth-
ermy . - was saying anxiously, • "Billy
Smiley, you'll' be: <; blind :..before'
you're 15 if you don'tstop read
ing : in, dark .cornersl"
Well t blind ' et . and .I m
still reading, . m dark corners. Not
to' mention . bright '" corners, on
trains, planes and ships, in bath-
rooms, libraries and restaurants,;
before breakfast and after going
to bed, walking ,to -work or wat-
ching television, .
By the lime, I was ten, I :had
barreled through the' Rover Boys.
the Tom Swift series,: the BBortatio
Alger .pap, and was gnawing ;on
the : massive historical novels of
G. A. Henty. By 15, I had ` gob-
bled Zane Grey and. Max Brand,
along with most of the detective
stories available. •
At about 16, 1 was devouring
books, historical, `political; travel
and biographical, with wild, swing-
' 'ing excursions into the fiction of
Dickens and Defoe,: Poe •' . and
Proust, . at the rate, of about one
and -a -half volumes. a day.
Then came 4 sin n e
with Hemingway, . Thomas Wolfe
and, Evelyn Waugh,. with heroes
haunted, wild, and sophisticated.
Heady stuff for a. teen ager Then
came the. war.:
While, :. the other ., pilots played
cards,- or ed about' the girl.,
they met in the pub. last night,
I read.
The real book.fiend, lost;be--38'
pocket •novels.
remotely ' connected : with realllife,
as' it's . being , lived;' He's a pure.
escapist.';
If . he lives ` on the prairies, he
reads' about the sea; or mountain.
'climbing.' If he lives ' in a fishing
village,. he. 'reads westerns. • If 'he's
a shy boy; he reads about bold
men It he's a detective, he reads,
love stories. If>//he's- a:. politician,
he: reads about detectives. If he's
Making ' history, he:: reads romance.
If • he's'': in the middle•of . a love.
affair, he reads ; war novels
alcoholic . the drugad-
dictThe . and d
dict •'will sink pretty low, when
money runs' out: They will:lie'
,yY
.and cheat'and steal to. get the
goods. The alcy:will drink shav-
ing lotion, rubby-dub, or. . put a
tin of. ,canned` heat'through a loaf
of..bread to 'get a smash.: The dope
addict, will resort'. to 'prostitution
or armed robbery to obtain a:.fix.
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This is kid stuff. A book fiend,
when • cut off from sources, , will'..
sink.' to' •unspeakable degradation";
It begins: :when- he `picks up dig
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carded newspapers.. Next ' thing
you .know he's avidly persuing
public signs, snatch .. books, ; and
empty .toothpaste tubes:.
But that's only the beginning..
One day in Algiers, just ; after the.
war, I met an old air force friend,,
a Sikh., from India. He was 'a
book fiend, as I knew. One'' look
at ' :• his ' :red -rimmed, . . vacant eyes
announced. it: He` was leading an
the ac a tae old lady by the hand
Asked him where he was going,
who she was. Turned out she was.
his aged mother. He was on his
way to the slave market. "I know,
what .you think," he slavered, "but
I can't ; help it. I . gotta gettta
I heard later' he got $19 for her.'
Or,,' to putit in `':realistic : terms
Henderson Comber I.imite
1rtstanding.-Accounts.-
Owing to the death of the President of this,
,Company, Morgan M. Henderson, it is now 'es-,
sential that all accounts owing or outstanding,' pay-
able to John 'W. Henderson Lumber Limited, ' be
n •.- .
The `remaining Directors would appreciate`
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very much the co-operation oall of their valued
customers. =•'
The; accounts should be paid in theoffice of •
the Company. at Luoknow, cin or before
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CR:AWFORD and HETHERINGTON, W Moat
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• Solicitors for the Estate
:sof 1VLorgan M. Henderson,
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tet At .hitech.urch
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(.WHITECHURCH: NEWS)
On .'Tuesday Mrs. Victor Emer-
son, Grey -Bruce, Area Secretary,
vas hostess i for Subdivision; 16
meetingof District Presidents,
District ' Sec. -Treasurers and Fed-
erated Representatives.
The " subdivision Districts .:are
Bruce East? Bruce ' South and Grey
South. Present : for the , meeting
were Grey, South. Board member.'
a n d Federated. 'representatives,
Mrs L B. Sharp, Durham; District
President, ' Mrs. Harold Biasing,
Neustadt; District. Secretary -Trea-
surer, . Mrs. Jas. " _Milligan, Mount
Forest, ' Bruce . East . - District
Pres,, Mrs. G. Weelflei , Paisley;
Dist:. Sec -tress,,: Mrs. Leslie Pil-
grim; Eden Grove; Federated
representative, Mrs;; 'Horace, Clark,
Paisley. Bruce. South . Dist. and
Pres. and . Federated Representa-
tive Mrs. Clifford` Hewitt, Kincar-
dine R.R. 2; 'Dist.; Sec.-treas., Mrs.
D. J. MacKinnon, Luclnow. 'Area
members, present were Past Pres.
Grey -Bruce, . Mrs. Don . McCosh,
Ripley.; treasurer, Mrs. T. J. Cor-
nish,
or nish, Chesley; Mrs. Harvey Hous-
ton, Public Relations officer and.
Mrs. Victor ' Emerson, . See. Mrs.
I. B. .Sharp, Board Member, pre-
sided for the meeting (10 a.m. —
4:00 p.m.),and gave the members,
information: to. give their branches
on all the phases of Women's
Institute 'work 'covered _ ` by the
F.W.I.O. at their .fall Board meet-
ing held the' last week .in Novem-
ber in ' Toronto. . Those preparing.
the noon luncheon for the ladies'
from.. 'Whitechurch branch were
Mrs.' Annie Lott, Mrs, Albert 'Cool=
tes Mrs Claude Coffin .Mrs.:
Garnet Farrier,' Mrs.. Ezra Schol
Mrs: Dan Tiffin, leader and Mrs.
Tom Magoffin; assistant • leader
for" Whitechurch Women's Insti-
tute, were in Lucknow Tuesday
and Wednesday :receiving instruc-
-tions from Mrs. :Donna Mae Holm,,
Bruce County Home Economist, in
connection :: with • ,. the 4 -II Club
spring:. project "The Milky Way."
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• WEDNESDAY, JANUARY mor.
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ESSO SERVICE
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FOR TOP. ,QUALITY .' ATLAS BATTERIES.
DUNLOP' TIRES (Most Sizes • In Stock)
AT .REASONABLE PRICES!
Repairs to All Makes of Cars and Tractors
3 Licensed ` Mechanics
heel Aand l Balancini
MOTORCADE DEALER
Mr. and 'Mrs. Claude Coffin re-
ceived word ;on Tuesday from their
Son ' Allan and Mrs. Coffin of Kit-
chener` of ' the arrival of a baby
boy' This is their 15th. `grandchild.
Mrs. Doris Willis, %Mrs.: Annie
Lott, .Mrs.. James Laidlaw were
Thursday evening ' visitors with
Mrs. ; Gordon Elliott , of ' Winghami.
Mr. James Mcilrath` ;had • the
misfortune to break some ribs . in
an accidental 'fall this week.' •
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon ' Fisher,
Lori and :Ronnie of Guelph spent
the, week -end with his parents: Mr.
and Mrs. George Fisher.
Mr,,
"'a' s. Eddie'` Johnston
and Mr
and : their.: friends Mr. <. and Mrs.
Pat Karns all of Preston visited
Saturday :with Mr and:. Mrs.
George.:: Fisher and attended`, the
Clark -Gibson reception Saturday
evening in . Lueknow
Young. People On Sing .Time
The Youn People's Society
le's held
g Church ,.
their meeting. in: the United Church.
orf Tuesday evening . with an at-
tendance of 27; The President
Mr Elwyn Moore opened
meeting with a sing -song,
Miss , ,Sandra Fish accompal
on the piano. ' Rev. :George'
chellinstalled the' officers.:
roll call •was . answered by a
from the, Bible.. It was decid
'have a crokinole party •Tut
.evening, January 28:;''The Sc
appeared ., on Sing Time• 'Jaz
appeared on Sing Time Sul
January 26. The topic Evang!
was given by Miss Muriel:I
Arthur Laidlaw and Donald .G
A :hymn was sung and the :I
ing closed ; with the, Mizpah 1
diction:: The next` meeting wi
held February 11 in the chu
'NEWS BRIEF•
Lucan .electors recently
74% and 72% • respectively in 'I
of • cocktail and : dining • . lou
and two men, immediately • 1
application' for licences for th
unit motel they, plan. to ''buil
a cost: of $200,000; .'with cos
tion roma aceomodation //for
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forting, useful, taken for granted.
fiver wonder how you'd . cope
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