The Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-01-03, Page 7WED e Y : JAN. 3rd, 1.9$2 .
PURPLE. GROVE
Mrs. Nina Fox, Kincardine,
Doctor John ,Fox of Toronto, Mr.'
Bruce Raynard ;visited Miss .Mar-
garet Robertson and 'IVIrr Don
Robertson.
'Mrs. ' Sadie ,Stanley, Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn• Young and ' Vicki
Louise,, Miss "Betty ,Schmidt,: Mr.
Maurice ,—Donnelly,—Pinkerton,,
.Mr. and' Mrs.. Jerome. Schjnidt,
,' Mildmay, Were Christmas guests
of Mr. .and Mrs. Burton Collins
and family,
Miss Rosalyn. 'Swann , js holi
•daying with 1,'irs.. Helen Swann
Mr. .and Mrs,. .Jaynes Brooks
:,:entertained the MacDonald fare
-ilies. on 'Wednesday' evening...
d.Mr..° and Mrs. Walter "-Forster
and family, -Mrs., John. Colwell,;
Mk.,and ;Mrs. Gordon '`Patterson,
Mr: • and Mrs,, Donald . McCosh,
Mary Anne .and 'Richard were
Christmaaguests, of Mr. and Mrs.
Currie Colwell,, Kinloss.
, Mrs.' Wilfred •._r:
Currie
and.T cher, ,
Larry,' Allan 'Carol -Ann, •Mar, .
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Ellen,. 'Mr. and Mrs. Pete, Peter
ton : spent. the weekrend with Mr.
Milton • Stanley:;
Miss•• Elaine'Irwin `visited iss
: Rosalyn Swann. .
Shirley McCreah visx
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d'her
stint, Mrs. ;James Brooks.
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Mir. and -'Mrs. Jack Farrell and
.famil Mrs. Herib ',Farrell,: Mir.
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M-rs John MacDonald . spent MMlcCQs.
Sunday-4n-London-wi4h4Ir..-and
Mrs. Beverley Cliffe..
.Mrs.• Frank • Dore, D' ne' and
Ronnie visited . Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence. Fry and family..
Mr.. James Ernersan„, Guelph is
holidaying with Mr. and Mrs...
George Emerson. • '
Mr.. Donald Robertson, Miss
Margaret Robertson and Mr. Cal -
Vin Robertson spent Monday with,
Mr, and Mrs. Kenneth Robertson
and •farhily.. •
Mr. and Mrs. ' Ross Shiells,
•Mary Ellen, M. and Mrs.• John
'Bell, Mr. Frank' Emerson, . Miss.
Geraldine • 8merson; Mi?; -Joseph
Emerson; spent Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. George Emerson, James
and Robert;••
:. Miss Mark, Ann''.McCosh and
Miss Annetta ;Forster Toronto,
holidaY ed at their homes, •
Mr, .arid 'Mrs. Lawrence Stan-
ley, ,r3e*
tan-ley,Betty Jean: and Ronnie,;: Mr. •
and Mrs. • Glenn Stanley, • arid'
family and. Mr. •. and 'Mrs: ` Russell•
Stanley 'and- • family visited • Mr.
.Y
Norvai• Stanley,
Miss Barbara. .'Leeson ' held the
Club. meeting, at her home on
Wednesday's afternoon.; .,
• Mr;" Edgar, Watson, Mr; Robert.
McCosh, • Mr. and Mrs. James.
'McE•wan, Jamie,: Kenny and San-`
dY Mr; and Mrs. William Arnold'
.and Gordon' were Thursday
guests of . Mr and Mrs Donald
Got something'in•'min.d .you've, always• wanted?
something ; that would. add :.greatly to your'
••anticipation of the year ahead? A new car, per
haps.. ; a. hi fi' . or 'an '•'up to -date TV.`:. or
even .a cottage in the:'country
There s'•no need to :let 'an;afte holiday empty-_:
pocket feeling!.interfere . with. the way a shiny:
New Ye 'r could, look to you as it . ets underway
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'1962 could be ; the Year. for • getting things you
want.:for iyou and .yours
' Resolve: now to start things off by di.o Pin ` into
your neighbourhood branch` of the Bank of
will be lad to,.discu'ss •
Montreal. The people there ... g
a low-cost`,1ife-insured loan through theB Qf,1hl
Family Finance Plan. It's one; resolution 'that's
` 5P.
=well worth. keeping
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,'ONTREAL;
Mr.- • Wesley . ' McIntosh spent.
Christina Day, witk ;Mr, James
Brooks,'
Mrs, Helen . Swann,• Mr. Norval
Stanley . Mr. Milton Stanley visit-
ed Mr. Don Robertson and Miss
1VlaMaret �Robertspn., "
Mr, and. Mrs. Gordon Macon
ald• 'spent •Monday ,with Mr, and:
Mrs. Thomas MacDonald, • •
M. .and - Mrs. Victor gGawIey,
Marlene and Gladys, • Misses
Ethel;, Ada and Lettie iGawley
visited Mr, and Mrs. Don 'Chad-
bourne
Mrs; Victoria ,Srnith and Mr.'
:Murray Campbell. .Visited Mr.: &.
Mrs. J'ac MOIver,.
Mr. and, Mrs.; Gordon MacDon-,
ald were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred • Gilchrist, Luckrow on Sat-,.
"urday. '
Mr. andrs. ` 'Wallace ib
M R ey
visited -Mrs.. Victoria Smith,
1VIr. _and . Mrs. • Frank' • Currie
spent a 'day ,.in. Hamilton.
•Mr:.., arid.. Mrs. Myles Armstrong
and •boys,,. Mr. J. O. • Armstrong
Mr. and Mrs. Le, lie'''Hartwick &
famil" 'London, of Mr. and -.Mrs.
.y
Keith. Armstrong; Hamilton; Mr.
and Mrs: Alf H'erbert,. Linda
Wendy. of Weston' visited
Mrs, Frank Currie. `. •
Mr. Ira Needham 'and "Mr.' Wal-
'ter Needham visited• Mr. 'and Mrs.
Peter Leeson.
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PAG44 SEVEN
'I 'hope you. •had a 'nice Christ -
Mas, We did. We'always do. We
pile in on -the'.;grandparents;' each
year, and it's:; always '`warm and
cosy • and •:Pleasant at -the . farm.,
And ',the, women• talk six :miles •a
minute as they" get the • dinner,
A•nd• there are kids ,of all shapes;
'sizes and ages. Arid: the men 'loaf
'shamelessly, ';digestive juices
spurting into. their cheeks as . the
scent of turkey and 'plum .PuddE.
ing waft ?n • •
I hope you- had. a good .year. in`
1961.. .It's 'rather • depressing.
look back: over the year, isn't
it? All • those muddy footprints
marking what started as a° clean
sheet; I can't identify: any part!,
cular progress',.;, moral,;:physical or
financial; as:I ;peer : Back :through
my .own';12-month 'stint. • • '
.1 did get to: church, more often;
but ' that was 'offset by ' w'arious
other.vek>e lines. I.didn't have any;
• major illness,, but I aged '"about
eight `.years during the 52 .weeks.•
This;••:ha'ppens 'every,
• now:` makes me' ,about 104.. And
l ended 1961 ':just as:` I started it
-up to my ears in;. debt
Happily, ,the ;• rest of the' family:
:did how. some: ;pro.gress. ` : The:,
kids did fairly well .in 'school arid
with their • music,• ',grew ; a ' foot
each;; and.. beat me ;for a',•.small
ald :attended, a; family -,gathering
.at the ;home' /of', Mr.and . Mrs.
:Lloyd McClure; Paisley on Sun
day: '
Mr, and" Mrs`. ' Frank Currie;
Brenda and Darlene'.. were Sun-..•
day. guests of Mrs Gertie•'Walsh;
Mary Margaret.Forster is holi
daying with Mrs. Donald 1VIc,Cosh,:
Mr:• and Mrs: ,Walter .Breokles,•
Laura, Philip,; Arthur, Mr: and
Mrs. Russell. Bushell. and;``' Bob,'
.Mrs. Gertie Bushell `visited ''Mr.
and ` Mrs „r Edburt'. Bushell' and
George.
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Miss • Joanne :Crozier of .Dun
gannon visited:. Miss: Katherine
Bushell,
Mr . and `Mrs 'Frank'. Dore, Naris
cy,•R'onnie and.';Dianne, Mrs:'Wil
limn White,:Bob 'and ° Mildred,,
visited ' iVir and Mrs.Ritchie
White, •'Kincardine:
Miss Eileen Collins,; Goderich,.
spent; the • holiday; with . Mr. 'and'
Mrs: ,Russell .,Collins::
Carl"'bore. spent - a couple of::
days -with Mr: :and Mrs.- Claude.
Dore.
Mr,.•and. Mrs: Harvie'Th'.ompson'`
and .family spent,' Tuesday even-
ing: withMr . • and,:: Mrs. Claude
Dore Jr
Miss • Hilda . Emerson, Mr: and
Mrs, ,Goldie Emerson' and: family
of London visited Mr. and' Mrs..-'
Sam "Emerson.
Bobbie •Thofrrpson'of Tedswater
is. holidaying with Donnie
ness.
. Mr. and . Mrs. Don -Dore and•
amily, Mr..Cecil::Dore, M. Stu
art Dore, ' Mr.' and Mrs. • Frank
Dore .and.M.r. ',George
�Thornpson,' Mr, : a'nd' Mrs., Harvie
•Tligmpson were. Christmas •visit;-
i ors with Mr. and Mrs..". Claude.
•;Vit': and Mrs. Andrew Patter=
son,` Mr. and Mrs. 'Gordon .Pat=
terson spent Thursday. evening
with Mr. and Mrs.•Burton..Collins..
R. G. Bennett•" ermer Huron
County Agricultural, representa-'
tive, has been: ;named' chief of.
the Marketing' division of , the
Department o'( Agri•Culture, He
Will be ''responsible for supervis
ion • of co opei at'ives, dairies,
• market developn'tent, ' farm. pro-
ducts inspection and 'farm labor:.
'y`fu Tong, age 10, : of .Bong
Kong, has. been 'adopted by the
, 1 Goderich . Lions Club under the
••Foster• Parents': )elan, The ' crib
(''will pay '$186 a year'for his keep
Cain: Hong Kong.. ;. ..
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Bill Smiley
increase in allowance. On. the •:
debit side, ,they.' figured • out .nut'n
erous new: ways, of pushingtheir
parents Closer td.. the' brink, 'and '
the• cost. of clothing and, feeding
them 'leapt Istronornically.•
. My .wife had a good year,. •. too.
For some reason; s ede..
c
ided • t
o
stop pushing.me ad began pul-
ling
me. I didn.t-move any; faster,.
but we were 'both comfortable
in : the ' negs. She',oalso showed':
other si ns of mellowing.: .Only
twice, th...t4I recall, did she .belt.
me a good ne:•This is anew low:
• I. •Staggered ; through My , first
year •'o€ teaching :,Wchool, and •'
found it .chailenging; ;: frustrating,
exhausting and. fascinating, : at
various •..times::I':thinik. I'll be a:.
reasonable teacher in 'Another—.12
years, if .the boys ' in the' white
coats; don't ` get rrie ;first
We incr:eased-'the ,complications
of our domestic, life by. •acquiring
a •• virginal -looking , kitten" ,who'
promptly ;went out and got ,her.,
self '<• in the. family •,;way,, and ,as
erazydcocker spaniel,'who,•at this''
nlomient, tied •up:-iti the, basement,
is. yelping in':plereing fashion, in-
forming; all and, sundry that" this.
is a : hell• of a . *ay' to treat One Qf
the ; family.
During the year, I' ea,
curl and' :my wife learned torned lilayto,
:the organ. II;• found wine "new fish=.
ing . holes., .As. a '.family, •-we , ex-
..plored' the new district,' we'd'
moved.: to, .,and . had some . flies ,
cook -outs, swims, . piomes: -•.We
moved into a. ' big' . square houses
With. lots..: • of '• oak .... trees,, „closet
space; black squitrr`els and : afire-
Waco, all welcome additions
Best party I Was at.all year vvaa ,
,lust ybefore. Christmas, when " a
gang of of l ;fighter' pilots, got to .
gether in ;the ,city arid. had .a real, :;
old-time bash,'. Australians, Eng-
lishmen, . Irishmen and .Canadians,'
we 're flew our Spitfires, Mus-,,
tangs• and: • Typhoons. with such.
gusto that the: staid'. old club. 'at .
which we:rendezvotised• was roc-.;.=
king' on at5° mid-Victorian". heel's...
Come to', think of it, 1961.was':
kind to the SmileYs, and I hope.
it was to,'.you and yours. We. had
what might be 'called a: typical
human•.••': year busy, quar,r.•eling;'';..
being .happy,. working,...getting
nowhere in partictilar7• but mak:.
ing> alot: of • fuss in the process.
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`And. here 'comes. 'another one:
at 'us This is a:. pretty rough one
to.,.face with 'The : B,omb srttmg; ;
there like. a great, obscene
'cure.But I ''suspect that, Bite :
most. Canadians; we'll go ;'through ,
1962 much as we ;, have, other
yeas,': scrambling, worrying, en
toying, ;going three steps, forward.
arid' two :back ", C
I, for one, have no:;' intention of
sitting around :Sweating. about the
blasted, bomb,: First thing 'on' the.,
agenda is to :cock the usual de-
fiant srioot at New Year's, and I
'thinks there's, enough;' life in the :
old boy to' 'db.;.it" once more, at
least. .•
How are you on the New :Year's' •
resolutions?'' Are•you a make-'eri=
and break -'ern , type? If ; so; join,
the, club: There's a •big.'inember
ship, 1 used'••to make a lot' of
resolutions about' smoking, drink
irig being lazy,• arguing with, my
• wife, and all the other. sins.,.But
1 found "that : these resolutions
gave the Old Girl "too !pig'.an
edge in our little talks:
Now. I make "Just • one grand, .' .
sweeping resolution, rather : than •
a lot of little ones. For example,.
you ,can 'resolve to •be better in,
every, way ' during th'e. coming
year. This is vague enough It
means that you' can devote your-
self to 'nebulous, plans, ofcharac-
ter improvement, and still' go on
smoking, boozing, beating your'
wife,b Kicking dogs, or whatever
. your ,forte Is..
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