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it!s small, bitshe's
l'rrr always impressed 'bb the ingenuity of people
who invent something, M you will see; it d'eesn't take •
big things to impress me. .
This, week's ramblings are arsincere thank you to
'the person that came up with tided of a magnifying
glass. •
Now up until recent years, 1 never had much uso
for ono of these things. But...as one gets a little older,
various parts of. the body start to erode or break down
orweaken. ;
Case in point is my baby blues. 1 remember I. used
tolaugh at My mother when Z had to•thread a needle
for ter: I'm not laughing anymore. Even with one of
the needle threaders, threading a needle tries my
patience to the limit. ,Once 1 could seethat hole in, a
needle and didn't need a threader. Once° i could see
that little loop on the end of a needle threader. 1,10 -
anymore!
o•anymorel'•
Now I have .ta' use a Magnifying glass to find the
little loop to getthe thread through. Then 1 have to
use the magnifying glass to find thehole in the needle
to get the threaderthroughl
By now,' you may be wondering why 1 don't get
ple with poor sight,
But lE think the best use 1 have found for the magni-
fying glass was as an assistant in administering first
aide
Phyllis recently jammed a sliver up under her nail.
It imbedded itself in the nail. bed. We knew wehad to
•
glasses. Well, I have glass-
es, but they are for reading
or working at the *commit-
cr. They don't work for
anything else.
Back to .the magnify-
ing glass - lt.aiso.conies in
useful whop you have to
pluck your eyebrows.
At work, 1 ant forced
touse it if Phyllis hasn't
changed the date on the
postage machine. The .per-
son. who invented this.
machine and designed the -
area for the date certainly
wasn't thinking . about `peo
•
S clime( Ne -t oiC5.
Lucknow Concert Band
played scores frpin dwa
• 10: years'ago
May 18,19.88"
great• dead" of damage las leen •
Ono in: the area over .the past
week due to the gale force
/winds. The storm .Sunday • night
:caused.. the huge pine tree' to come
.erashing;Omagh the.front door of the
house owned by A, :J. "Wilson in
Lueknovv. it 'took 'a. chainsaw to
••••remove the offending •,tree front the
front" room of , the :.home: The -
pugheed residence 'next door. also
:sustained • damaged "'windows during
the storm. Last week; a near tornado
• in Dungannon played havoc• with
Sheds, shingles .and. :banns. The shed
•on :,the Downey farm, Couldn't Stand
the pressure and tumbled down. As
well, a. funnel -cloud was sighted near
Belgrave on Monday, although "there
have been rto"reports of any serious.
damage..
Pedestrians"" in Lucknow will soa►n
have 950 more feet of sidewalk at
";their disposal 'following the . accep-
Lance .by the Village Council ;of the •
Work ,quotes presented by Claude"
-Quay. - "
20 years ago
May 17, 1978 •
bouquet this week .is; thrown
to the , Lucknow, Concert
Band, the Lucknow Junior
Concert Band and their director, Gord
Their evening of music at the
Lueknow arena on Saturday was not
only enjoyable, because those were
our children playing" the instruments;
but, because their musicianship'was.
excellent: .
They played difficult, advanced
arrangements of Broadway musicals,
movie scores,' country and western,
hymns; popular songs, rand :the, elan
sits. Yet, there was hardaTwx-ong<:-
.note or 'a musicien off key.
Their obvious` pleasure in creating
their, music was*Only outdone ' by the
enjoyment of the audience who was'
stirred to foot tapping,. Band clapping
and singing along.
50 years ago .
May 20, 1948
embers .of the Lucknow``
Legion, the Agricultural
Society; and the Village
Council conferred last week' at, the
Caledonian Park, where the Legion
• plans to install 'floodlighting for night
• softball.
Singular honor has- been accorded'
Dr. W.V. Johnston who was elected
president-elect of, the • Ontario
Medical' Association at the annual
Meeting of the council held in;
Toronto last week, The appointment
has to be ratified.; at the general meet-.`
ing; in lune when the president-elect
assumes .his office:
the %nventor
get 'it out before it started to fester. Phyllis is the first
aider in our office; but seeing as She was the injured, I
got to play, nurse. .
She could see the sliver, but 1 couldn't. First I put
my glasses on, and with a. needle in hand began to
dig. For'. being such as whimp Phyllis fealty, was a
trooper seeing: as 1 couldn't 'see the sliver and was dig-
ging blind.. . •
Lightning hit my grey matter and 1 ran to get my
trusty magnifying glass. ltnns, there it is. The first
problem was trying to hold the magnifying glass -in
one hand, use .a. couple of fingers to pull back the
Beall around her thumb and rnaneuver the needle.
The other problem was that through the magnify
tns glass,: her finger and the needle looked•much larg-
er and unfortunately I'kind of dug, that sharp instru-
ment in a little too" far.
' Between the two of u. si.:her with good eyes and
myself with the magnifying, glass, . s e think we got
that tiny piece of wood out. `
Sol really 'ami thankful for the person who invent •
-
ed. this handy lord. As the years slip by, 1 have no
doubt lE:will find Many .other uses for it,
Writer co
:Dear Wingham high
school'area Citizens;.
This is a letter of coin
niendation for the
"Broadway .RRevue, pre-.:
sented at F B. Madill $.S:
this past •week: The '
. teenagers displayed their
commitment; enthusiasrrt,
and talents to provide first
class. entertainment for the
comtnunity. Thanks also .
to'the direcand'all
ethers" who cotors ntributed in
any way. ; , .
The only disappointing
'part of "the evenings :was
.the lack: of :attendance by -
members of 'the: comrnuni-
ty;- The students deserve a
big applaud for: their atti-
tude as; well; as for their
talent, Their hearts and
souls were `clearly..inthe
mmen
+
performance ' 'even i '
gallery, seats and, many,'
many others were empty.
'Did you attend any one
of the evenings, or did you
• let opportunity pass: you
by? It was ainoppnrtdnity
to. enjoy . an 'evening of
entertainment of cxtraordi-
irary- quality: It .was an
opportunity to encourage
and support our youth, the;
`future:leaders of Our cam=
miunity, It was an opportu-
• nity .to' see; locally, high-
lights from musicals that
aditl
many :of us. would not be
-able .to attend : in the . larger
centers for various rea•
-
sons.
We all have oppoirtuni
ties every. day as we go
through life: Sortie, we let
slip, through our 'fingers,
• and then find it is too late.
I challenge you to, make
:the mtgst of every day, to
.be aware of the' present
and what is ,going on '.
around you, and to ,give of
yourself'in':whatever way
you can.
Again, congratuhations
and a big thank you to all
who made the eVeniiigs of
• the performances at 'our
local'. high school :•a suc
'cessf
Mabel Wheeler
(a youth supporter).
Kathy and .Brian "Knechtei:`had some work done On the hill) at ,Lucknow
Village Market last week. Huron Landscaping workers were In to clean
up the hill, and plant "a: number Of trees and shrubs, sonic of'which will
flower, and, add some color to the hill.