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WADNF.aSDAY, . SEPT. 21st, 1960'
LUCICN
SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
N•rPr#""'"'"°"'"*"*"°'"'P"' RENOVATE S.S.
S and' pIce AND MANSE
(-ST HELENS. NEWS)• •
By w. s 'Ts .
• Boy,,. my .only regret is that,
somebody didn't steer me into
this teaching, game years ago.
Iva' the easiest stint I've had
since.1 worked in the salt mines
of Poland. as a.priSoner of •War.
About the same hours, too,
The amazing thing about it is
not that it's so easy, it's that .You
actually get paid for. it. I, doibt,
whether squirrels runningon ', a,
,treadmill ' receive• a nickel for
their' efforts. And as far as h
know, the prisoners in • those 'la-
bor
a-bor camps in :Siberia don't .draw
a salary. Teaching is just :aseasy.
as
either of these occupations.
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Tfh, not really so " Abad, though.
You don't have : to .get up until;
about 715:.. iia .the morning, and
some nights you ' have your. les-
son preparations completed by •2
I seem to .be thriving on
it: I've only lost 7 -*pounds, have
• lasted two, , weeks' ."ifind haven't.
even. ;beep fired yet. •
It has a lot of good points, too.
It •cuts down on' the smoking,
:.when you have to teach six',per-..
ioas before lunch,'without tine'
. ,.for a single;' drag, ,, from . .9 •. to 1.
That' first cigarette, • when . you
finallytotter out'. Of ''the class=
room, isbetter than,, a -stick• of
marijuana. •:It's like ` being• kicked
Ion the headl- by •':ari. angel. The
room spins slowly , around yo u
you -drift happily about: a foot
off the :floor. • •
Then there's, „the happy: Bohe-.
,.;mian-camaraderie..of theteach-
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ers',. • room,.. Six ,men teachers,,
slumped 'heavily in " chairs,` star=
ing at their bots. and sucking,
deep on the weed. A few: women
•teachers, .. exchanuging sprightly.
-repartee 'about *how their feet
• hurt• `It's all sort of . gay and
warm and charming. °"•
Miss W. D. Rutherford opened
her, home. on Thursday for the
regular meeting of the W.M.S,.
and the •W,A.. when ' 15 ladie's
were in attendance;: Mrs. B. •F:�.
Green, *the president . •wasin
charge of the W.M.S. meeting.
Mrs.' George Stuart read the
s •cripture lesson. The treasurer's
'report •'showed that • $81,00 had
been sent to the Presbyterial.
treasurer. It, was agreed to • try
and proeu,re Miss' Ruth Sauna-
ers, ourmissionary for prayer,
who is on furlough from, Korea,
ak.. speaker for your ' .Autumn
•Tharikoffering. The ladies are
'asked to. save .their old . nylons
and good • used clothing. Fifteen.
hospital and six home calls were
reported:. The new study .book,.
"The Ship Under theCross" was
introduced , by Miss Rutherford
in .her .usual •interesting manner.'
Mrs.. T. J. Todd presidpd for
the. W.A. which, opened With' the
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room; smoking aridtalking about
joining the Canadian. battalion
being raised to fight in .the .Spa,
nish Civil War. •
Our •extra -curricular activities
.consisted of 'shooting ' pool • and
roaring: it' up at the: country
dances . in the :district, on Friday.
nights: We had -almost none of.
the .myriad of affairs and events
which-. are 'part 'of high .school
life today. About twice . a year,
there would. be a rigidly super-
vised : school •dance, at which all
the boys stood: on one Side • of the
gyre and tallied -.rii, .b while the
g ,Y�.
girls danced. disconsolately 'with
each other.
Today's high school studentis
.as far removed, frdm the simple,
youth of our day as -a, rocket mis-
sile. is -•from a bow arid . arrow,
.He works' hard and plays, hard..,
He 'must becontinually on the,
jumpi
if he :s \to, meet. his, social.
and acade¢�iic' obit etions. • Pro
g
` video thie men in the white coats
And another:asPect of the. job
• has cheered nie immensely... Be-
fore 1 began .teaching,; I . agreed
with ..most people that teenagers .
were/monsters from .outer space,
or • Somewhere. I'v.e,changed my.
:mind completely. ' I have • five
'classes of them, and there isn't
:.a single one frem outer . space,
as far • es. I . can . learn 71.)
Seriously, I've never :met more,.
interesting peop!e than the 180
odd kids I face ;each .day. They
range from bright little crickets
of boys, athirst for knowledge
to great hulking brutes of 17,
whose leering presence .makes
,your hackles rise;. from •• dumpy
little' dolls. who will get .a'•crush
on me, to elegant, sophisticated .:
young women who will scarcely.•
deign, to sweep me with .one of
those ;insolent.. glances' with
which ,'' elegant, sophisticated,
young women dismiss" Fold- men.,
don't come for me soon, .I Shall
look forward :with pleasure, arid.
some tre'pidation, to letting him:
use' me as a springboard fron?.
which ' to launch some' of his,
jumpa;
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HIGH-QUALITY PROTEIN, AND CALCIUM
TO BUILD STURDY BODIES
liree,l Marie Fraser's "Milk and •
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DAIRY RAI?MiER:S OF CANADA
409 Huron Street,Toronto
.use 4f ,the. theme hymn, prayer,
and creed. The scripture lesson
was read, 'by Mrs. Eldon Miller :
and the comments, by. Mrs. Lorne
Woods. The theme. .was, The
spirit is the candle of the Lord-
the test. Mrs. Green expressed .;
her appreciation 'of the Work.,
done at the Manse :during their
vacation and it was agreed •that'
the association pay for. the tile
put on the. bathroomMon, Plans:
were made for the cleaning of:
thefloor of the Sunday ..School
roof i ; which • has recently.. ' been
redecorated . and'. it was decided'
to hold a • tea and bazaar' •at 'a
:later date. A pleasant social •hour•
followed' when afternoon tea
was served ;with Mrs;.. Eldon Mil-
ler .and Mrs:.James Curran as
hostesses._
Rally • Day. was. observed in the
United Church on. Sunday with;
Mr. Lorne Woods..: the superin-
tenderrt of • the Sunday , School
conducting worship . service , on
'the:: ther ,e, "Into all the World,
:with the Bible." ' The choir . sang
the anthem "The' hope of the
World 'is Jesus" and' GYadys'-Mc
'Dornald read the ,stork,' of "The
Bible in • the Pickle Jar," . telling
of °how Kim and his family .risk-
ed. their lives:. to save the . trans-
lation of the Bible from. the
`communists: iii .'Seoul Korea, ' by'
burying.. it in 'a pickle jar. •The
Iffering was taken by Patsy.
ranstori' and Susan, Dorscht 'and'
Rev. B. F: 'Green told of the
wonderful ' work, of the Bible
Society in presenting •the . Bible.
in so Many languages and distri-
buting it throughout the world:
Mrs. Havens Group W.A.
'Grants 1 members of Lucknow
W.A.. met Tuesday afternoon for
the :September' .meeting, at ;Mrs
Breckles:home with 14 members
and 4 visitorsr ien-t. Themeet-
ing
eet-
ing. Was '• opened with , ..theme
hymn and • 'motto. The roll call
Was answered by the . first ,chur-
ch. - I -attended. ' 'After businesi..
was completed Mrs. Pharis'•. Ma-
thers, program .,;convener, took
charge.:. of program. Mrs. John
Nicholsonread the ' scripture &
gave the devotional. Mrs. • Wm.
Humphrey 'gave a reading "His
Coming' A recording 'by 'Mrs.
Harold Haldenby was played.
Mrs. McKim gave an interesting
:talk on her;,: European • trip, deal-
ing.. with •different foods of the
different countries. .• .'Mrs. J.
Boyle gave a reading "Button
up • . your Lip." Mrs:. • Ma thers
thanked, all "who: took part and
conducted :an oral contest and
all '.repeated the Mispah..benedic-,
tion
Group IH WA. '
Miss Ada Webster was hostess
'for an evening, meeting, when 22
members answered the roll, call.
A. poem entitled '`God's Gift"
was ,read .by Mrs. B. 'Elliott to
open • the meeting followed ' by
;hymn 350.' The devotional theme
was .The Test," scripture ,being
'read from Gal; 6 ' 1-10..by • Mrs:
;LE: Taylor;, meditationand pray
er by. • Mrs. E. Wightman. Hymn
384 closed the' devotional period.
:..The business • period '; consisted
' chiefly • Of. committee reports,
flower arrangements, for the
church services. '& discussion :on.
the anniversary $upper; `; 'Mrs.
> Raynard •Ackert presidedfor., the
program :and read a lovely poem
which was followed . by a 'solo
by Miss M. Rae.. Stewardship
rernarks were giverCby :Mrs. A.'
'Robinson' on the chapter "Youth
Speaks." '., Mrs. L. Hall favoured
with two readings: Mrs. L Ack-
ert showed ` slides of B:C. and of
the C.N.E. Which were:.inost col-
ourful &, interesting. The bene-'
diction `closed the Meeting after-
which 'e contest. -and social time.
Was, enjoyed.
Close , to '37,000 -persons; 56
per:. cent.,of ,,then? women,: , are
employed• by The ,Bell .Tele-
phone ,Company of Canada• .. in
Ontario .:and Quebec:
Oh, it's exhausting., ; but scarce:
1Y ;dull. The modern. high school,
is a far' cry ' from the leisurely
hall of. learning you and I 'at
.tended, Dad. The .bodies: are:• .
pouring into them from the pub-
lic schools
ublic',schools at ,such` . a,rate that
space and time are the essentials:
in coping with, them: As 'a result
the ,thundering, 'herd must be
kept on the run • and under the
titiTa113 t ald0�.
Ali *w' •
With a broader curriculum;
his . outside , activities • tripled or •
u quadrupled, the youth 'Of today
must scramble, riot.' amble, it he:
is' to avoid .being trampled un-
• derfoot, Young Hugh, who made'
the jump this year from the
moderate. pace . of . public • school,
with its recess periods and . long
lunch hour, to' the split-second
gallop of a‘ district high school
is enthralled and appalled;, !`Gee,
dad," he observed,. "you haven't
even :time. _to go to the bath-
room ",. He's right. ••
•Rackgry' 'Thfrties,
ni the .titin
when I 'was in high School, there
wasn't much' point in graduating
as'there
were no jobs available.
Some of us; stayed around so
long' the new kids thought we
Were on staff. The 'caretaking
' Staff► that is, as we spent out,
“res"
down in the boiler 1,
oak
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