The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-01-26, Page 7(Kinlough °News) .
Congratulations to. Mr, J.R,Lane
who wi11 celebrate his 91st birth-
day on Wednesday. .
• Mr. and Mrs. Ho lard White-'
'sides and boys°of Toronto spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr'. and
Mrs. Arthur Haldenby.
MOVE TO NEW HOME
Mr. and'Mrs. Tom MacDonald
have moved from ' the South Line
to their .new home here. •
• Sandra Percy' of Toronto spent -
the weekend with her :parents, Mr.•
and Mrs. Alex Percy, 'and Wayne.
Donald.Barr of.Watetloo spent
the weekend with his mother, Mrs.
John Barr. ,
• Congratulations to Mr. and :Mrs.
Rev erley(Bud) Sutton: on the birth
of a son.
Miis Ada. Gawey and 'Miss Eva -
Culbert of Ripley visited on Sat-
urday with, Mrs. William Cox and.
Rev, Benson Cox, •
,We extend sympathy to Mr. and
M'rs. Elmer Vance in the passing-
of his brother, the late. R. E, Vance,
and Mrs. George Haldenby
wre.:dinner guests on Sunday with
ic
.. and Mrs. Clare Sparling and ' iel-r,
boys at Walkerton, Mr, and 'Nits,.
Lovell McGuire and family of.
• Brantford also visited at the same,
hope. • . •
• ' :Arthur Haldenby is a patient in'.
the WinghaMand District Hospital
for •,a few da, ys , n..
Mr. and Mrs.. Bob Brooks of '
Wingham spent an e. vening_ with.
Mr. and ,Mrs. Perry •Hodgf ns. ,
PRESBYTERIAN W.M.S.
The Presbyterian W.M.S. • met
c ri •Wednesday afternoon at the '
home of Mrs. Don Bushell. Miss •
CICNOW ".,% 9ITII E4r sit/ KNOW O TAR
Winnifred Percy 'presid. ed and the '
purpose was. repeated. ,The word
for, the roll call was "purpose" ,.
Reports were given on the Presby-
terial held in, Lucknow, January
11th by Mss Winifred: Percy and;
Mrs. Don Bushell, 'Mrs. Lyman
.Sutton and Mrs. Frank Maulden
were in charge of the program,
The 'scripture was read by Mrs . Ly-
man Sutton, followed.by questions
and discussion on the chaptets read
.Mrs. Frank •Maulden gave :a read-
ing and several of -the .members
gave readings corresponding with
theprogra n Mrs.: Lyman Sutton
',conducted a contest.,
The meeting;closed with'prayer
r and.lunch. was served . •
The H WI. will meet on Feb-`
• ruary 3rd , with. Mrs : P. A . Murray r .
and Mrs.. Ellwood Elliott hostesses.
Rolle Cali Things 'Money can't
buy,. Topic - Education: Motto.. •
Education is like lighting a lamp.•
not filling a budket. 'Contest- ' .'
spelling. Directors - .Mrs; P. A.:
Murray : and Mrs. Charlie Murray
•
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For scums :counsel :and a fair price on; a monument
correctly designed from quality material, • rely on
Pat O'Hagan,Prop..
Established Over Sixty . Years
• .Walkerton 'Phone. 881.0234
A good many -people, decent, •
kindly, warm-heartedin most
respects, have.;a morbid streak.
• They 'get a big 'vicarious bang
-out of the gruesome or the gory,
Eyes .glinting, voices lowered.
they discuss ' with relish Aunt
Sadie's . cancer of the liver, the,
-Weekend accident. in which a
p i i'•1' a r ' .of the . community
smashed; his pelvis while head-
ing- for the .city with ehis mis-
tress,. . or ,Uncle George's • ad-
vanced dropsy.
It's a `shame, then, to disap-
a chance to add a little color to
their lives. This .week .I had that
chance. I ' cut' my , foot ` rather•
badly. Nothing ` serious,. but
enough to give me a good heavy ,
limp.
It happened on the weekend,
and Monday n orniing.. I was
ready for them. The first' eager
enquirer caught me just inside
the door, as 1, arrived for work.
'What was it? Bad fall and a bre
ken anile? Hopefully. 'Arthritis
getting • unbearable? Coyly.
No, no, nothing as simple as
that, I assured her. I explained'
that My wife and I had: been
practising our karate on Satur= : '
day night, as . usual. Growing
bored with smashing.those big.
dents in the refrigerator w b
the sides of our, hands, we'd de-.
cided to trysome footwork:. I'd
launched a jump -kick at ny
wife's . teeth. She, a real karate
expert, had stuck out her.
tongue, • and 'it . Was' so sharp'
she'd opened •a' four -inch gash in
my foot. Four inches deep, that
.is.
I don't know whether the lady.
who'd asked believed me. I• just
walked off and left her standing
there, mouth open, eyes' slight-
Ty crossed. '
,The next enquiry' carne from
one of those loudmouths who
like to, embarrass one in front
of a group. He tried, • Loudly.
"Whada do? Get drunk and fall
down the cellar stairs, 'hello?" :•
Not at all, I told him calmly.
I'd got drunk, . been locked' out,
slept in a snowbank all night.
wakened with a frozen foot, and
had had to have three toes am-
putated. I asked him if he'd like
one as a souvenir, but he didn't
seem too keen.
The next customer was a mai-
' icious old hat who looks like the°
flower, but in reality is .the ser-',
- pent .under't; "Been: , •fighting
with 'your wife again? It's about
time she put her foot down. On
yours, bee -bee."
"Well,. we weren't; exactly •
fighting," 'I told her: "I had the
shotgun out and .was just trying`
to scare herr a little, , just in fun:..
when the darn • thing went :off
and blew a, hole:in my foot the,.
size of an orange. 'Wanta.set?"
She turned green and started to
sway, so Heft left her. •
• A- : fourth—interrogator, . a
young lady who loves trouble
other -people's, that is —''carnet
up to me, eyes glistening, and
solicitously hoped it was . noth-
ing 'serious: I said- not really,.
just a few severed tendons. Nev- •
er • be able to wiggle • my . toes.
again; but lucky to get off soca-
sily. "After all, it was .a 30 -foot
drop.
• Gaping, she' pursued, "What
in the world happened?"
"Nothing much. I fell of the
roof and, landed -on .one' of .the
iron spikes': in the: front porch
railing."
"But what in the world were
you doing upon the roof; in. the
' middle, of winter? You must.
have been out . of your mind!"
"Oh, no, not really; I was:just
trying . to get my, wife to come
down out of the tree. And that
shut her Aup.. • •
As the. day went 'on, I told
other vultures .• that: A Grey-
hound bus had stopped on top
of my foot and didn't -move until
the: lights changed; thefoot had
been burned 'beyond' recognition
by a faulty electric blanket; .that
my daughter had 'been helping
to chop 'kindling for the fire-
place, missed, and .lopped`off all
but my littlest toe.
Getting my.coat in the cloak-
room at the end of a •pretty in-
teresting day. I heard two fe-
male colleagues, unaware of my*
presence, reconstructing the . ac-
cident.
"Drunk as a 'billy -goat, they
'Say, • -and climbing a tree after
black squirrels, with' a shotgun."
"No, no. 1 heard• he'd gone af-
ter his wife and kids with the.
I limed off. • Quietly.
foTri
axe, and dropped it on his
p Q ly. Tri•~
umphantly. • '
•
(Amberley.:News)
The annual meeting of St. ..'
lakes Anglican. Church:Pine: River •
was ;held January 13ths. Rey. S.W..'
• Lupton, chaired the meeting... Gord'
on Einmerton read thean, Chur•
Officers elected .for •1966'were
Rectors Warden,' Alton Smeltzer.;;
peoples 'Warden; John'Scott;.Vest-;
ry'Clerk;•' Gordon• Eniinerton Del-•.
elates to -Synod, Reg•Godfrey; Al-.:
• ternate,' Bob.•Scott, : Auditors, Art
• Srneltzer and John •Emmerton; '
Sexton, Reg -.Godfrey Board of •
Managers, Lorne Emmerton, Wil-
bur Emmerton, Art Smeltzer and
William Wilkin; Representative
for Reids Corners.hall; William
'Wilkin .
The ,County Lodge will meet at
Ambefley. Orange hallos February •
1st at..2.00p.m .
.Mr. and 'Mrs. Jack Emrnerton
and Mr,..and -Mrs. Jack Blue .v.isit-
ed .recently with Mr. and Mrs.
John Matheson 'and Mrs. Ross.
ro of Ipperwash.
Mrs. Art Courtney, spent
weekend at her home in. Amberley.
Reids' Corners W; I,_w ill meet at
the `home of Mts.'. W iliiarii Fergu• •
son,: Boundary. West, ow Thursday
at 2.00 p.m. , weather permitting:
1965 FORD, Galax'. •500, 4 Deer, Hardtop
1965; FORD, • 4 Door, Automatic Transmission
•1965 CHEV 4 -Door, V4 . Automatic Transmisslon ,.
1964 CHEV, *Moor, i Cyiindir
1964.PONT.IAE,e 4 poor Standard Transmission
:1964 CHEVY 11, 6 Cyl.indor, Standard : Transmission
1964. PONTIAC..LAU.
• � RENTIAN, 6 Cylinder; 'Automatic Trims
mision ;
1963 MERCURY, 4 'Door, Standard Transmission
1.963 PONTIAC STRATOCHIEF, 4 Door, 6, Cylinder, Automatic
Tranmission
1963 METEOR V4, 2: Door Hardtop.
1962 . •FORD Fairiana, Standard , Transmission:
1962 FORD,. Gaiaxio +poor
1960 PONTIAC; 4 Door, Autornatie
• 1960 CH.EV, 4 Door, 6:Cylinder Automatic Transmission,,
1960.CHEV,' 4 -,Doer, Standard • Transmission
'1966 AUSTIN 4 Door
STOCKING In Wingham and •Die-
trict Hospital, .on Wednesday ,''Jan--
. wary 12..196'6 to Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth 'Stocking; Kintail, a• dau'
gh'ter.
NIXON -:•Carnian ane Wilnia. Nix~
'on,'77Cecelia Ave. , tendon,
wish to' announce the birth' of a
daughter on.Friday, January 14,
196 , at St. Joseph's :Hosp'tal Lon
don. ..
STRUTHERS -' In Wingham' a' .
trict Hospital; on Saturday, Jan-
uary
an-uary' 15, 1966 to Mr. ,and Mrs.
Robert Struthers, 'Lucknow, a 'dau-
ghter.
SUTTON - :In Kincardine Hospital
‘on Monday, January 17, 1966, to,
Mr and: Mrs. Beverley Sutton,.
R, R.2, Teeswater, a. son.
(Ashfield News) •
The annual• meeting of Ashfield.
Presbyterian Church was held on
Monday afternoon; Reports from •
'the different departments showed
a'.successful year. Mrs. Duncan
Farrish resigned as Treasurer. and
Mrs.. Ewan MacLean was elected •.
••to•her place. • The otherchurch
officers were elected for another
term • .. •
W.M.S OFFICERS INSTALLED ..
• 'Mrs :Richard West was hostess
for the W.M.S. meeting on Thuts;-
day, and'was also in charge of the
program., After Mrs. Ross MacKerr
zie gave the meditation; Rev.'
Nil MacCombie installed the
officers. Mrs. Wm. Johnson read
a paper and Mrs. Gordon Robb
led in prayer. Mrs. D.A.Mac-
Lean outlined the Bible Study that
will be used this year. A life
membership certificate was pre-
sented to Mrs•. Henry MacKenzie
• by the Auxiliary,.. and Miss Sadie
Johnson, Past President, read an
address with Mrs. D.R. MacKenzie ,
presenting. the. certificate. The
next meetingwill•be'held on the'
Worlds Day of Prayer, • February
,25th, at.the home of Mrs. Ewan
MacLean:. ' The hostess and comm:
ittee served lunch.
Sharon West of London was home •
for the weekend:
buck cc little tion.
Today young Bill likes to tinker but tomorrow`
he will . be deciding on his career. Whatever
profession or vocation he may settle on. there •
will be no fin ncial problem. A life insurance
program with Sun Life not only guarantees the
funds for Bill's education but provides an income
for the whole. family ' if Dad should die ' pre-
maturely. .•
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Canada; the Company With the policy
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Why not call me today?
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•
R., R. 2. Lucknow
Phone W itgharin. 35 7-198' 7
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