The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-05-07, Page 44k
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THE LUCKNOWSENTINEL, LUCKNOW, 'ONTARIO
WEDNESDAII, MAY 14th, 1969
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Sister Of Lucknaw Woman Ordgined
Second VlFom�n Minister �n Pres.;{Lurch
•
The..Ordination servi'ce •for; Miss'`
Anne Wightman,. 24, the 'second
•• .woman,to be ordained into the
eer' C u ch'
tninis.tr• of �t�hel� Presb t� lin h r
y. y
• in. Canada, Was held on Ma S', in.
• y,.
.the Presbyterian Chur h••;in Belgrave
•
Congregation; Rev ;: Gordon` Fish,
Wingliam; who spoke' to the
ordinand and Rev, Harry. Waite, .
Atwood; clerk of the Presbytery of
Stratford '-.Huron. Harry Boyle Of
Kitchener was guest'soloist for th'e.
occasion:.
.The church's only other .woman
mini$ter., Rev, ShirleyS. Jeffrey of
Appin , who has a charge.at Engle
hart;, was.•P: resent for the service. . • `
Rev. Wightman graduated -from
} Winghain`and District algh School
1,in.1963 and'is'a.. raduate of Water,,,
University. and.'Knox College • •
ervice was under the direct-
ion of,the Stratford Huron Presby ~
Zery . 'Officiating cleray included•
• Rev :.. Robert. Bissett , A vonton , mod
erator; :Dr. Finlay Stewart Kittch-
ener; who addressed thee.
.Heart Fund gifts have speeded
.
virtually every :advance on cardio
vascular medicine in recent years,
rolon in • thousands :of lives::
•
Jew PR.0
Douglas Point
'
She said Thursday.. night her ambi
tion, to become• a minister started
' hfrotrandstr-e
University.
H 'eft S
•
on.Vancouver Island,; "which•is
under the church's mission board:: .
Rev,. Anne Wightman gave ,the.
benediction 'to ' close the service
after which all gathered .atthe
Women's Institute .Halla.for a social,
hour:
•Guests wereresent from •Toronto,
Englehart Guelph, Kit•chener,
Hanover, Listowel,. Lucknow,.
Wingham, and the Belgrave comm•:
unity.
Earlier'in the week, Anneg radua:
•
ted fron l.Knox. College in
Convocation Hall; University or
Isn t, tax, time:. fun?
With . the income . tax return
safely .Off 'at the usual eight
minutes::before midnight.` on
the last day, and my wife, who.
• figured out mine, nearing• nor
mal a couple of .weeks:•later, I'
think I have cooled o tt enough'
to pay a 'deep-felt,' and deeply
deserved, tribute.
Oh, not to her.. As I told her,
from' a safe, distance,, "Any
dummy can do that." I didn't
really- mean it. It was only. in•
retaliation for.her applying to.
'me the epithet "stupid." twelve
times during one Sunday 'after -
.noon when I was helping her.,
We .got a different • total 'on • •
'every column of figure's> '•
Patiently,
.1 pointed: out to
her thatwomen didn't have
the panache to deal. with in-
come .tax forms, They want'
everything to come out even,.
just: as; they do. when wail -pap-
ering. Men would much rather.
'grin'fiendishly and' say, "Let's
see what the computer .can. do:"
with • that.",
Toronto:,Of local interest Rev
George I,. Dou. las' presented dip •
lomas to the'. ten mem ers o t e
graduating class
Mr. and, Mrs. Edgar Wightman,
Belgrave; ,Mr: and Mrs ..Bruce Ham
ilton,. Lucknow• Mr. Ross
. ' tman Guelph and Miss. Barb
ara. Ferguson; Acton,: attended the
graduation exeicises -
:Finally, in disgust,' I left it
to her: She's .so; ridiculously
honest that I: probably won't •
even be ,fined this `year, as •'is
the custom.: But ' that takes a
lot . of the fun and 'excitement
out of. it. There s ` no ioy. in
doing. .your 'income' tax form
.unless you, think,yy�you've gotten...
-away with''sonlet4nng:
No, the tribute I: Want to' pay.
is to •. a 'modern 'writer.. He's
anonymous, • or I'd :,:trumpet: his
name .front the housetops. He's
the chap who produces; that.
annual best-seller : called.
General Tax .Guide. Don't let
the title fool • you •.That's`just, a:..
front fair-oneef . —Most baf
fling 'mystery stories of ,the
year.
;It's wlldty unfair that his.
-publishers,: a 'stodgy. old ..firm
called Department':of. Nationa
Revenue. with headquarters in >
Taxation ' 'Canada, do not give
this author the glory and' pub:
1icity .which: is. his .due. •
Not since, Nicolo Machiavel
li :wrote The Prince,. back in
the.sixteenth century, has such
a :brilliantly diabolically clever
piece 0f-1p-rose—Teen.
• •
A�`nd this`.guy .; does .' it 'ever
er:,assignrnent, ective eptem
year-.
• .
it l is the c mmuni ofm
.Sooke Rev .: W ghtan''is .a:sister of Mrs. •The- 1968• .'edition ` of. • this
' o` Y :B uce .Hamilton of Lucknow.• ' Work :ran. to only' thirty, page4
•
but it was a little' masterpiece.
Ithad the usual '•combination
of complication, suspense, mys-
r' ter.y, irony and horror, While it
smacks; •of Machiavelli there.
are undertones .of Edgar .Allen
Poen
Mind you, . it's; not for the
average, reader,', who 'likes °.a
plot with beginning, middle
'and end. This is for •the more
• ' sophisticated reader, who likes
jumping backwards, forwards
andsidewaysin an effort.. to
keep up with' the subtle, invo-
luted mind,of the writer.
Nor 'is it a: thrilling encoun-
ter •for. the fellowworking for''{'.
a salary,,,paid by cheque,with:
all deductions at source. But,
for • the citizen who has more
than one source of income, the
'book's combination of . back-
tracing; leap -frogging, equivo-
cation and gobbledegook are..
. sheer • delight.
My wife enjoys this -sort, of
•thing.` 'In 'fact, :her favourite'
•;indoor• sport is' reading ' aloud ...
to me <excerpts which• • prove•
that I anf going to..wi,nd up ;in.
the penitentiary for life. ;if I. ;.
ignore' Item .86 of this gem, ,
which the author, 'with typical.:,,
irony, calls a, Guide.
•With'•a guide like' .this, who
needs a `compass. It's all there,
:.perfectly clear. For . instance,
she was delighted to find that,
becausewe live in: one of the:
• ten provinces ' of Canada, we •
get something: an "Abatement`
for Provincial Taxe's." This can :
amount .to ;28 • percent. '; Just•
likes money in, the bank. Pretty
• , • darn decent of the federal gov
' ernment; It" is actually called. a
"reduction."
Of. course, you don't'get this
reduction. if you, live in the
-Yukon: You have, to pay. the-.
.' whole . hot: Pretty .darn mean ::
of ; the federal : gover.nnient.
''And, of course, if>you do .live
in one'of the ,provinces, your
"reduction" is added ..back :.
reyou•paythe
somewhe e, .and.
whole shot, anyway: But, this is
just one of the. charm.ing,'illlog
• ical . little peccadilloes that
th, h oo1 a Innis �! f o r4 •
ee
.Anyone; that :is; who is beim '}.
skinned: alive by a trappe.r who
smiles and smiles,'while 'your
pelt is 'bein remove, d
D. E. (Don) White has.:beeni: app
ointed public relations officer for,
the•Bruce nuclear power
.coiriplex He•currentl'y'holds.a
similar position at. Ontario Hydro's,
Pickering nuclear power -station:..
Inhis nei: ,post, lire. White's res-
ponsibilities will embrace public
- relations activity� for both Ontario
Hydro and Atornic'Energy o•f:Can-
ada--L-td .
Can-ada:Ltd.
Id addition. to establishing :'is.ito:•
facilities for the complex which
includes the existing ,20(:),00(,)-,.,,.
kilowatt //Douglas Point nuclear
power station; a new 3,UVc„e6<-`.
i:ilowatt nuclear' plant; and
• AECL's heavy'water production
plant , 1yr.. White will provide'
. liaison with surrounding comriunL
ities for both orzanizations:
He will operate from terriporary
office facilities in Kincardine
until the project office becomes.
'available early next year
A' raduat.e in Zen tai bus,i:,t
adii inistration from kyers'on
P lytechnical Institute', h: Wl ice
bean his Hydro career iri the
Sales Division 'in lf✓'S' •
>W'e
was:appcidrarTablit.
kora officer a.t Pici+°e'inz lay 14.
1;•c'.t . ;is• :neptx :t.merit .is ,
, effectiv iri"ti ediatel4
'Busy Beaver .Says
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-SAFER AND •FUN 'FOR THE.
.WHOLE :FAMILYI
THESE ARE FIRECRACKERS...:.
THEY'RE NOISY DANGEROUS AND..
CAUSE BODILY.. INJURY ,AND FIRES:
I SUGGEST YOU DON'T USE THEM:
NLY ADULTS OR'.OLDER •
CHILDREN UNDER
SUPERVISION.”
SHOULD HANDLE
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:FRY WELL.
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YUP, FIREWORKS DIS-
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