The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-09-23, Page 74111:411164, *,
WEDNESDAY, SEPT.,, 23rd,, •1A641
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By Bill, Smiley
IT'S THE HAPPIEST
Everybody happy • n o w that
• school has re -opened? You should
be. With the possible.exception
of Christmas. Day, it's the hap-
piest and, most exciting .occasion
' in . the year, for a ' large part of
our population. •
• When I was a kid, we all hated
going back to school. And it was
real. Schools were grey •a n d
grimy. Classrooms were stuffy
and poorly lighted and smelled.
Teacherswere maiden ladies of
eighty. or ninety years old,. ,and
crabby as' hell. •
Nowadays most youngsters .are
thrilled to enter the . portals in.
September.. They've had' enough
summer. They , want 'to get back
with their.'peers, and gossip, `play,'
• work, stretch their 'minds,' find
somebody . to' hate besides their
parents. •
Nothing/ is quite'. so charming
as .the • gossoons entering Grade
1. Shined =and: curled' and.'•starch-
ed beyond. •recognition, t h e. y
march off on -opening day •.with
the .new schoolbag clammy. hand
' clutched by 'a disgusted. older .bro-
ther,
brothen, or.. ,pompous:' sister; They're
as scared: and excited as a pilot
on his first solo flip.
Next in sheer delightfulness, I
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think, are the kids'entering high.
school. Last year they were the
big' wheels in Grade 8, the moni-
tors, the safety patrol. Members,
the seniors. Suddenly they, are
plunged into ' a vast . high school
where they are 'nothing, t h e
youngest of the young, the rook-
ies, ' the chickens just out of the
nest. Their bewilderment is some-
thing. to behold..
Mothers either weep or breathe
a sigh of , purest relief on ,open-
ing day, depending 'on whether
they have lost the. first of. their
nestlings, or. have 'jest got rid of'.
the last of. the little horrors who
have _been nudging them . towards
an 'institution for the. past twelve
years, •
Fathers, too, heave either a sigh
or, •a :groans depending on "t h e
age. of, the kids. If the students
are young, it means the oldman
at ' least knows they're in: .school
and safe, not being buried alive'
at the sandpit, or' faling into ;the'
water -filled ditch,'"'or' running. out
in front of speeding• cars to get
their, ball. If they're university
age, ' he breathes :'heavily ' 'and
• grunts with a minging •of• pecan
fiery •pain and. wild .elation as` .he
signs the first of many. ,' cheques
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KINLOSS
Visitors this past: week with their,
cousin Mrs, Allister Hughes and
Mr. Hughes are Mrs. Bu stead
and 'MrsTaylor of Meafod.
Allan MacDougall. returned to
Western University • for • his third
year this week and Bruce Mac-
Kenzie registers for his first year;
Mrs. Wm.' : Townson and ' Mrs.
Mel Hodgins ' of Sudbury visited
on the week -end' with Mr. and.
Mrs.. Ira Dickie ' and " b, oys.; They
had taken Calvert: Townson back
to resume studies ,at Western Un-
iversity. .
Jim MacKinnon and Kenneth
Roulston both missed a week's
school being ill with a virus . in-
fection.
Mrs. Evan Keith and Mrs„ Ira:,
Dickie attended the Senior Train -
ing
raining School at Walkerton, Monday
and Tuesday. '
Members ;;of the Kairshea W.I.
and . friends finished quilting, three
Red Cross quilts and an applique
quilt this past month..
{Intended For`�Last Week)
Ueartful sympathy. to the Thomp-
son family as they carry . on. the
work of publishing . our local pa -
/Mr. . and Mrs., . Geo. Middleton
and Ross` Hamilton, of Toronto,
spent the week -end ' with Mr, and . '
Mrs Gilbert Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs: ' Ross 1VIacLagan,
London, visited Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Fraser .MacKinnon and
' family. •
Kinloss Boy `Scouts ;, were busy
picking apples. on :Saturday ;.These:
are to be made into 'apple juices
'which will be sold` at the ,Fall
Fairs in this area
Mr. and Mrs Jack Needham,
Suzanne and ` Janie, and •Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Boyle and 'Janet of
Corunna : • spent ' • the. week -end at
Needham's .cottage.
Mr. Hugh 'Jamieson,of Hamilton
-has,. conducted the services at the
Presbyterian churches ;for the
past` two Sundays:Next .' Sunday,
September:. 20th, Dungannon Pres-
byterian.
res-byterian; church will be observing
their anniversary ,so : Lucknow and
South Kinloss will. join with them.
Bill Chislett has begun, a course
in Electronics at St. John, Quebec.
.:.A• surprise party for >denver
Dickies' 21st. . birthday was held
ednesday evening at his home.
barbecue supper was followed
by a rousing musical program
with, thea very talented:'. guests.,;
.Anne. and Jamie Graham were
week -end guests . with Margaret .
and. Gerald Doleman:
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Theoretically, the teachers' are , In reality, most of thein totter
happy. They return to school clear in, red -eyed, wrung -out and broke;
eyed; refreshed, bushy -tailed, ded- after seven weeks' o f summer
icated, . after their long vacation, . school . and one dreadful.. week vis•
which' they spent lying `on the iting relatives,. during which their
beach, poundng, a golf • ball, Or kids were ; holy terrors. and it.
touring' Europe. ' . rained every :. day..
Teeswater,. Lions . have .cancelled°
•their 'bingo' games for this season:
They lost .heavily on .'their first ,
bingoand. subsequent ventures
haven't pulled them.out• of the -hole.
Teeswater Lions we believe, were ,
the orginators of the "big money"
bingosin this district a few:yea•rs
ago.
•
board.
The "drop -outs" are. happy as
morons./ They' quit . last :Easter,
took a job, • the job 'petered. out,
and now they fervently agree with'.
their mother, whosaid they 'were
too stupid to make .a. living un-
less they •had a university degree.
So they've dropped backin, to
keep •warm for another .winter.
The school board is. happy. The
long .dull • summer,.. with nothing
to do but make money; is over,
and they can get hack to the fas-
cinating topics of" how much the
new boiler will • cost, . how lousy
the new daresubmit' .are, how much
they , ' to the council
in their budget, and how different
things,were when . they ,were at
school:
• The ' caretakers ., are happy. Af- •'
ter all, it's rather frustrating to
spend all summer washing, wax-
ing and 'polishing, with nobody to.
appreciate. Now, their two months'
hard . work vanishes in ,a twink-
ling,
andof -grousing th
ey
ous ng go to 10
about dirty
kids ',and sloppy teachers.
The merchants are happy. Their
"Back -to -School" advertising cam-
paign went over pretty well.. Now
they can relapse comfortably in-
to criticism of the, stupidity • of
the school board, the hours and
salaries of the tachers, and the
manners and morals of to -day's
students, compared . to those of
their own generation..
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