The Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-08-01, Page 5WEDNESDAY, .. ,AUG. • 1st, 1962
RICE
mom By Bill Smiley
Saying Wrathy to a housefull
pi memories is like taking. . leave
of a friend -who has ,been • with
you through thick and thin, and
whom, ybu._ will never see again.
We did it • the other day, when
we sold the house in which• we
had lived,during the'. Years
when the kids were. small._. •
-As we went through the ,bate
but familiar rooms, a combin-
ation . af •affection, and• sadness:
flooded aver' us. To me at' least,
that • old house had always-. had
a real •Personality, . ands just
noiw it, seemed' to, .be trying to
,say something,
At first, I couldn't.. quite• get
'the ' message., Was • it mutely
pleading. that we return? Was.
it whimpering that .;we'd neg-
lected. it? .Was . it ibeseeching us
not .to` . leave it, lonely, •arrnid.
' strangers?, Or .was• it 'just giving
me 'what—for .because .I had
brought shame on it• by letting
the taxes: get . in arrears?
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n rate, : t whin ered
• .At: any a., � p
wordlessly as We made the last,•
melancholy tour:.Ir each. room,,
the memories came: • .crowding
+back, good; ' ones and •bad ones•
1t is only no* that I ' "realize
the house •was remembering, too..
• It was Saying thingslike this:
TETE' 'LUCKNOW SENTINEL, "LUCKNow,, ONTARIO
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1 home brew, .108 bottles, • and'
you quit making it, 'forever?
"Come on • into- my ' living
;•roam, now. • Yes, it still has the
I bay window,_• whe: `you used_
to erect -those huge spruce at
Christmas. I :never did hear a
Man swear • so. • My handsome,
slim -pillared mantel is still there,
over•• the fireplace that doesn't
have a chimney. There's where•
the piano • sat. Remember the
sing -songs, with people six deep
around it? •
"Let's• go up .my 'big; curving
.staircase.: Pretty graceful, •com-
•pared to that poky,, little :on'e
you have now; isn't it?.• There's
your old _ room, • Remember how
thekids' used to':paddle in, 'bare-.
footed, on Sunday _..morning, and
slap you. gently ' in. the ' face till•
you :groggily sat up • to:. 'button••
that shirt or tie 'up that, pony=
tail?
"Here's . ,Hugh's 'old room. It•
hooks . small a 1 to him now, but
it seemed :huge then. Remember
the night you two. ' put .. 'down•
the linoleum .here, and almost
agreed to get '' a • divorce 'before:
the job was 'finished? ;Remember
the` time, Hugh tied his sheets
together and shinnied out his
window and thirty ` feet to the
ground; when he was ten?
"Kim's room :looks about :.thee
same. • There's the., new plaster
in,. the ceiling.: Bemerrvber the
night about. 30U pounds .af it
came down 'and youthought'•the
furnace had blown' up? Remem-
ber how helpless you felt when
she lay there, miserable, burning
with fever, measles .frern nose
to toes? "•
"Here's in j► big; bright kitchen.
HOW. :many: thousands of hours
did` you • sit around the. old,.
white kitchen . table . with con
vivial company? How they used
to •'Pile in ` ion' you: The trout
fishermen and the deck:hunters,.
the friends and the relatives,
the .commercial travelers and • the
summer visitors.
"Remember • how you two. used
• to :dance in the • kitchen,to the
little, old, toy' record-ip ayer,
••• 'crowed with- .delight`
• in her highchair? .•Renri'emlber :'the
•' night Geordie ' tossed a huge
irec:racker_Lunder- 4he�yattering •
females? -Remember the night the
fishing ',gang/ dropped • in and
"Yes, .,'the !bathroom' is .pretty,
isn't it? Should ;be;' it ,cost you
Plenty. 1 ' still don't ` think '; the
.pink'' :.mother-of-pearl:; toilet seat
was :essential. .' But you. enjoyed
'that- --wide—ledge-L-on the bath --
tub.
ath=tub..I've seen you soaking • there.
with cigarettes, matches; books;
WHI, TECH R(. 11
•The Ladies Aid of .the Presby
,terian Church quilted :a , quilt
last week.
Mr. Fred tDavis:on .died. in the
Nursing Home in Wingham, die'
was formerly of the community.
Mr, and. Mrs, David McDonald
visited in Orillia on_Sunday with
friends'.: •
The • Whitechurch United
'church will hold church servi-
ces at• 2 o'clock this Sunday and.
for the month of August,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert • ,litchi-
son and family of St.. Helens
,visited on Sunday at the home of
Mrs• Adeleen Dowling.
Nit, • and Mrs. . Carmen Farrier.
and family of Long,Braneh, Mr.
and Mrs, - Clifford Farrier and'
family of Kitchener, Mr, and Mrs.
'Russel Farrier ` and family of
Wingham, Miss .Winnifred Far
:rice 'and ' Mr. and Mrs.. Garnet
Farrier and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Gillespie of Sarnia at
tended a family picnic at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Farrier'•s on Saturday.
:Mrs. George Fisher, Mrs, Rus'
'sel Gaunt, ' Mrs. Albert Coulters;
Mrs. Ezra Scholtz, Mrs Dan-Tif-
fin
an-Tiffin and Miss Annie Kennedy,
members of the Whitechurch• In-
stitute ' served tea and cookies
at the Southampton Museum -en
•Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Purdon
and family visited .on Sunday .at
the : home of Mr. and Mrs.. Kauff-
man, •in Kitchener.
Mr., and . Mrs. Robert Purdon
and • Mr. and Mrs Archie Purdon
made : a business trip to London.
last Thursday.
• Mrs: Lena /-l.unbur of ' Tisdale,.
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• es all at hand
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'Here's the little. •b.ackbedroom
that • you spent so much time
and money decorating, and never
used.. Down • the ••hack . stairs nov►w.
Hmf, you don't even have .a
. tbaek. stairs in your new house,
do you:? ' Here's :the old utility
room, where you spent' so • many
hours in ;your. ,pyjamas,.'holding
that stupid spaniel , ;pup on a
newspaper, .while he ready ' the•
cleaned up :your entire' stock of sandwiches, beer and your glans
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"Here's the dining-room:.Huge,
isn't it? 'They ; tell me. you; eat
in orne- ,end of the living -room,
in . your .•.new• :place...Now, let's
take a look down cellar,_ 3 ou
couidn bear it?'.: I don't blame
you. You spent ','even soul=des-
troying • 'Years- battling that :` old
furnace , (before • you• gat sense
enough, to put .the ,new one in,
and. 1 know there are still 'tufts
of• hair ', and:. • skin ' from ' your.
if: : head on some of . the beams
down there.. '
:� "You have to". go, now? Aw
• ' Well, I'ti sorry. Even though
•you ' were . the most clueless fam-
ily that ever lived in me, I've
• missed, you I gave you a lot
of trouble, but we . had '. some
good times .didn't we? You'll
• never forget . those days. Re-
• member me, ,remember me . .'
'• That's what 'the old house.
• 1962 Pontiac .Laurentian Sedan "automatic :fully equipped ti •
:: • One used, one: new).
: • 1961" Chev Belair Sedan, 'automatic,' power stecring, fully. •
i equipped.
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• 196 6
� PontPo>ttiac Standard .Sedan, • ,
• 1961. Pontiac' Laurentian, power steering, autoimmatic, • fully �.
equipped •.
1961 ;Pontiac • Parisienne 4 -door : hardtop, Y' , automatic, ,
4 fully powered. •, •
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• 1960 Pontiac. Sedans standard transinissiion, steering
1961 Ford•
• Fairlane � 500 Sedan, automatic and power
1958 Chev .Belair Sedan.. •
• • 19.58 Pontiac • . Sedan; sutonra.tic.
.1957 • Pontiac Sedan, automatic
1956 Buick 4 -door hardtop.
• :NUMBER OF 1955 MODELS: from . $350: up
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• TR>rciCs •
• 1961Chev r •, •
•/i -ton Pickup. •.
• 1960 r/2 -ton Chev Panel Truck, •
• 1957' Chev %-:ton . Pickup.•
1957 Chev. Panel 'Carryall. ' •
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-.Two 19$6 Chev V2 -ton Pickups • •
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Brussels :Motors .•
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• Cities Service Dealer' .- 'Phone i'73, Brussels' • .
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said; ' as we locked the door
and; walked 'away ''for • the last,
tithe, ,
' 'CHIS THING)1S
ALWAYS BREAKING
DOWN, 1 WONDER
- WHY ?
IF YOU HAD
BOUGHT INEQUALITY
CO-OP-TWI•hl-E, YOU
WOULD HAVE SAVED:
YOURSELF THAT
TROUBLE
ow District
o -op
Sask. .spent three weeks visiting
with her sister, Mrs'. Gibson?Gil
'Tespie:•Mrs. . Furbur left last
week to spend 'awhile with her
daughter at Scotland,. Ont
Mrs, 'Walter Arscott, Valerie .&
Andrea are spending a.' tfew' days
in Toronto visiting. ' with .relatives;
there. r
' •'Mr, Derwyri . Hill -is a Council-
lor . ate the Kintail Ohurch camp
for ten days.. Jim Currie, son 'of
Rev:. Rdbert A.'. `Currie of Sarnia
and formerly .,of Whitechurch • is
at'tendiing • camp.
• Mr. and Mrs. 'Relison Falconer
arid far -filly of Sarnia visited over.
the week -end' at the home: of
Mrs: Cecil •F•alconer. '
Mrs Florence ..: Henry and :Miss.
Frances Henry of. London will
spend • a few 'holidays 1. at. '.their'
home here; Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Mitchell .-of Toronto spent . 'the
week-erid at. the Henry. home..
;Miss . Lynda. • Johnstone -':spent
the :week -end at. the.•home of her
parents;' • .M and :M•rsc.larkr
Johnstone in Belgrave. 'Lynda
has :been at the home of.;Mr. Si
Mrs. Charlie Tiffin on • holidays.
Lynda, Barb:ara, ,Mary and'' Al-
Ian Stanley, .children of Mr. and
Mrs. George Stanley of Lucknow,
,visited over the week -end at the
hone of their grandparents„ ,Mr.
and Mrs. James McInnis
LANGSIDE:
Mr: and Mrs Fred: Woodley,•
.Matthew, .' Vicky• and Valer.•ie. of
London visited, for a week' with
her:.pa.rents, Mr. and Mrs;, Phillip
Steer. Other,+ visitors 'recently
were Miss Phyllis Steer, Mr..
Ian Wallace, Mr, :arid Mrs; Fred
Woodley, Sr., • of London, Mr:
and: Mrs. Dorn Bell and: Wayne.
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of Toronto are visiting• on their
vacation at • .. present.. Mr'. peter
Steer visited for • a . week with: '.
Mrs. r h' • Pinkney
and M s. am G a
and Glyn at •. their cottage at
Arriberley Beach, ' • :
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Mr. KennY, Orr .of Daytona. '
Beach,' Alberta is visiting With
his mother, Mrs:' William Orr &
brother Bulb. and :':other friends.
'It is .nine years : '.since he was..
,home..
Mr.,' LloydMoffat is a patient.
`:in . V ictoria'• (Hospital • in London.'
Mrs: Eddie Moore visited :at
the homes of her 'brothers,: Mr.
Clifford ' Young and.. Mr. Wes
Young, '
• 'Mrs:' Pegig of Goderich visite+.
Mr: and Mrs.• boug •ISim!pson.- '
Mr. 'and Mrs. Art Hinschlberger•
and 'Bale are Spending '.part. ' t..
their vacation .' with her parents,:
Mr.and .Mrs. Frank : Miller and
other ..,fraerids. ••
The 'C:OIC•, was held on
da morning during church ser-
vice, wi ` a `goo •' 'attendance. :
Bible schooL is being held at
the''' home of. Mrs, James iRich�;
ardson and Was :well attended
this ;week;:. the highest attend-
ance •.being ''811 'children. ''Some• of,
her helpers. are• Mrs. 'Gordon. Wall,;,
Mrs. Allan; . Graham, ' Mrs. Brock
McKenzie and daughter, Dorla,.
.Miss Lynda Johnston. Misses
Wendy :and Sue Reynolds. Ach-•
ievement• Day Will . Ibe held
Friday commencing `. at ./ p.m,
Mr.' and Mrs. Ted. Evans, and
Lynda of Downsview are spend•-
ing, part of their holiday with, his.
parents,. Mr: and `•Mts. ' Willian
,Evans. ,• . . ,
A restaurant: • advertised in .
the • local paper: "Wanted .—
oian to 'wash dishes and two:,
waitresses.".
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