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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-08-06, Page 11WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ith,. 1%9 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,-ONTARIO KNX PresentGil• �n y WHITECHURCH NEWS Joe Tiffin this, week received•a. gift from C. K. N.,X. of four beautiful gold glass, mugs for being 'chosen Sportsman of the day. Vhitechurch and Walton, Bantam teams played soft; ball last. Tues- day might at Walton with •a score row-min:favor; af` Wadtoir-The return game, onThursday,,night was' rained out:. Sleopmaster & Simmons MATTRESSES and BOX SPRINGS L PRICES I.UCKNOW ' ..PHONE •32540. artasttc Well, what do you ' think :of the moon now? For centuries,, lunatics .have, howled at it,lov- ers have yearned under it, poets have rhapsodized over it • and pedants have ' pontificated about ..it. And what does the beautiful, silvery, chaste goddess turn''. out to be?' An old hag made of • slag, with a bad,,case of acne. Like most of you, I. was.',. glued to the .television set 6Y— hours or hours at a `stretch;: listening to. inanities and 'profundities, but experiencing the tension, ter ror and triumph; of the.` crucial ' moments. • y I've lived through some har- assing experience: .the Great' Depression,. World War II and p.o.w. camp, . the cold' war,.• and two '. teenagers. 'And I'n- glad that" I was spared to see those two ' fellows lolloping •` around on the Moon, It was something -o-b''' part of =the human race at . that moment. Listening to all • the: learned scientists and humanists dis- cussing the birth of a new' era n, I se m��.� d -to g�e two'' major impressions. Most' " people felt a combination • of • awe, ' pride and exhilaration. ' The sheer impudence of the feat was a thrill, Petty, ignoble man : conquering the majestic But, the opposite 'feeling moon... ' was expressed by a smaller, but intelligent and ' vocal group. They scorn the.. whole enter \prise ,arid suggest that man should feel a -sense of ' spending so.' much money,: time,' technological skull, and brains. to' accomplish•such a "useless' mission, when. t :many thing here on earl which need • the application of those ingredients so much • more. . They have a point. An all-out attack on. poverty, illness, star- vation appears more rational than flying half a million miles: to pick up some rocks. But 'of • course, as a scant look at history will prove, man has never been a rational crea- ture, though he often prides 'himself on. his reason. ,lith„. ;top} e1nS:,: the sappy m� ire' • leaky: boats ,,,manned by con • victs, into the sunset. Scott and companions` trudged• the°.bleak. wastes .of Antarctica,. and died, after reaching ; .a ' chunk of ice called' the South 'Pole, ,only to find that Kilroy ' had been :,.. there History is interesting , chiefly,_, ,because of'the mystic that. is in man, 'and his fortitude in searching : beyond' the known: a e ' age an: an• • enry ud son and Samuel:Hearne and Lindbergh and Sir Richard : Hi- lary and'' a thousand others out of your ' history books,, and. <' what ..have. you left?" . A dull " plateau, full of such: soul -stir- ring events as the passing. of the'' Education Bill%; of 1872, and such -like. That's' all very romantic, of • course, ' but .we. must be realis- tic. ealis tic. Is that' why the , Yanks "went' for. broke";in' their.:. ef- fort- to --get there.. first?- Partly They are a nation of immense. pride and ability,• with a 'flair. 'for the dramatic. , But' there is : no question that rat..._on..._the moon• ,had ; powerful political implications. What a pity! What 'a truly ., wonderful stroke.of mankind the moon` trip would have been <.' had the team preparing and '. executing it been made up of a :. world, rather than a, national, . ,t,\ group of men, working without, thought of:power, . propaganda or prestige! If the : moon becomes merely a-pawn-in_the_power,struggie • Joan Tiffin, was among th• e staff members of Bank of Montreal on the Bank floatin the Teeswater Reunion parade on Monday. Week end visitors with Mrs. Cecil Falconer and Mrs, A.E. Purdon w ere Mr. and Mrs. Athol Purdon, Shelley, •and .Dennis Purdon of •Detroit, Mr. ',and/ Mrs;. Hector Pur - ,don, 'Sylvia and Raymond of Strath- royand Miss Agnes MacKay of. Lon- don, who will spend a few weeks with her sister,Mrs. A.E. Purdon. Mr. and Mrs.. Hugh Poole, Alex apd_Anthony of Toronto spent the'. week end here. The boys erected a;. tent on the lot recently purchased from Mrs Cecil Falconer and spent the night there and their ,parents • slept at the Motel:' • Mr .and. Mrs. Eric ,Evans , \Diane and Melvin of Hyde Park were. Monday visitors with his parents:, Mr.. .and :' Mrs. Bill. Evans and all attended the Teeswater Reunion. Mr and Mrs.. E •Emerson, Sharon. and Darlene of StCather- ines and •her brother'Victor' Gignac. of Welland spent the holi- day' with Lila Emerson• and on Sunday; all visited with Mr:, and . . Mrs Victor Emerson. Mrs ...H.D. MacDonald spent last, week at Wiarton, where Dave is • PAGE. ELEVEN.' 12' :and 16' °. 4' Extensions Also Available ' Danor 5,000 and 6,000 Bu. capacity �1WIINIII�IINIIINHI■IIINIIINIIIEIIINILIELI,IEIIINLII�IINII�IIIEIII�IIEIIINIII�. uc. tri now is to op PHONE: 528-2125 working with the Construction Co- pany'. .Attending the trousseau, tea on Saturdayetiening at the home of Mrs. W A. •T ffin,:.Wingham honor of her daughter, Hilda,:, bride to=•be.; were Mrs. Fred Tiffin lvirs: Wesley Tiffin, .Shirley Tiffin and Mrs . Victor` Emerson: Shirley Tiffin, staff member' of the Bank: of Montreal, ` Lucknow is on holidays. and ; Mrs •.' Russel Moore of Preston •spent, the week end•tenew - ing acquaintances intim commun ity and attending Teeswater Reun- ion. LucknoCalf. CIvb The third meeting' of the Lucknow 4-H .Calf Club was held at the 'farm; of Andrew Gaunt o i u y 22 , the . The • meeting opened with the pledge,' foilpwed`by,: the club. busin A class, of Shorthorn cows anti hei- fers was then judged , followed. by.a. lesson on Special. Management Practices and Disease Prevention. ,The members then moved ,to the house where they were served a lunch after this the meeting:was .adjourned. .- Ask any personnel manager thereo,are more people looking for 'A tactless person'is who says employment than there are folks P ` what everyone is thinking.. • 'looking for :work'. I • • alar • SHUR,GAIN has three mineral product: .designecl, td. custom -fjt.all cattle feeding programs • '. 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