The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-04-14, Page 7�SSDAY, APRIL . 14th, 1945 I,;pN
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
WITH A SPLASH,
A. chap, from a paint company
phoned the other day and asked
Jun to write, an,; article on house -
painting. At first . I was 'a little
4 a. nonplused, as I have never. •paint-
ed :a, house to my life:
Then ,I remembered -the : ham..,
One time the : hog farmers asked
me to write an. article about. pigs.
I agreed.
My wife snorted, "What do you
know about' pigs?" • •
•'Exactly,' I retorted. I sat• down'
and wrote an account of the :life
and times ;of :a' hog that for sheer
ignorance of the , subjecthas
never been surpassed. But the
hog 'farmers liked it.• And that
Christmas . I '.received a 'twelve
pound ham from, a packing !coin
parry, ,,as ' a. gift. • . •
while I was chatting with this
paint man on the phone, my mind
began to race along these lines.
"0 a .feature on: hogs:' produced 'a
beautiful .halo; surely a few hund
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red words on :house -painting
would be good for' a house. Or at,
least . some paint. And I have to
paint the trim on my house. this
spring. So...", .
While it
is a fact that there isn't
likely •a man: in North 'America
who has' spent. more • time not
painting 'houses than I, it is not
quite true, that I have never paint-
ed • a house: At the same time, it
is not quite true that I have paint-
ed a house.
Let' me . explain. One summer.,
in a .period, of acute mental de,
pression,. I spent my entire vac-
ation trying, to paint the trim• on
the ancient,' sagging; heap of first
and second mortgages we'd, just
•
bought.. - •
It was during'the ,first' : nau-
seating: bloom of. ; the do-it=your
self sickness. • The . whole :country
Was . full of sweating; cursing,
frustrated men . struggling; to as-
semble everything 'from golf carts
to, , .50 -foot yachts from their
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I was hooked,.'. too. I decided to
paint the ` house myself. Achieve
personal Satisfaction,•' bask in 'my
wife's praise;: save all' that
miney. . •
There didn't seem .to be much
to ' it. "A few gallons of paint and
you won't know the old place.
Probably double its value." I
,tented a ladder, bought brushes,'
paint, .and turps, as we old ' house=
painters call it.
'The housetrim was about 60
feet 'off the ground. l climbed up
to ,have a • look at the • old paint.
Half' an hour later, my wife came
out to call the kids end found me
there, . clinging with both"' arms
and legs to the top of the "adder,
white as chalk) moaning piteous-
ly. She had to call, the fire depart-
ment to getme down.
I lowered my sights and decid-
ed . that, for thpyear, it would
be enough' to t the windaW.
frames• on the ground floor.
First, , I ,had . to scrape, where
it was blistered and cracked and
peeled. Did you ever try, to scrape'
flint? In' hell? It was the hottest
summer in 30 years..
I'd. scrape for half an hour,
clear, . a •patch , • four inchesby
four, then m climb down, dripping,
and go in- and fetch a cold beer,
M T emerged, instantanepusly,.
three r o ' four neighbours would
KINLOSS
Mr: and* Mrs. Douglas' , Graham
visited Wednesday': with Mr. arid
Mrs. Warren Zinn . and family. •
and Mrs,: Allan Graham: and
Niart a' visited .Friday. with Mrs:
Jas: Barton: of .,Fergus.
Misses' Eileen and ' Donna., Burt
will 'be:: hostesses, for .South' Kin
loss Y.P.S. on Thursday night:,
Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd MacDou-
gall and Grace were week -end
guests with Mr. and Mrs, Jack..
ing ,.out. ;• a
To cut a long.;story short,. I got
two and a hawindows done that
.year., It.cost me about .$200 for.
dried out :•brushes, spilled ' paint,
ruined. clothing, and all • that beer.
The next .summer,' I sensibly
hired a couple of painters. ' They
did `a bang-up•job and didn't even
charge extra. fora: 'all that paint
they put oh the brick -work, the
window -panes,, the lawn, the vines,
and the. '` children,
But 'the, whole business.. gave
me a' lasting interest in house
painting, and I ' formed a few
maxims; I'm happy .to pass along
to the novice.
First of all, you, must have the,
proper . equipment .for ' house -paint-
ing. Two basic ;items are a house,
and some . .paint.: A. third . thing
that •makes. •the- job bearable:. is
a wife who likes painting.'•
Oh••yes, one 'more thing. You
should have' a• swimmning pool:
Drain the water and' fill the pool
with turpentine. You'll need : it,
every .drop. Happy ;house -painting,
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•Needham, Suzanne and Janie of
Corunna. Allan MacDougall of
U W.O. spent the week -end at
home.'
.,.*Mrs. W F. MacDonald, Mra '
Itod MacLeod, - Mrs. Wm: Mac, •.
Intyre and Yin. Ira i iekie . at-
tended- the Synodical • of . the:
W.M.S. for t h e Presbyterian
Church held. ii Walkerton/on Wed-.
nesday afternoon
Mr.' and . Mrs .Jas. Burt and
family and . Mrs..'McCorvie visited
with • relatives' in Toronto' over the
week -end. Mrs. McCorvie stayed
in Toronto for a longer visit,; .
Mrs. George .Lockhart will be d
hostess - for' the Kairshea W.I..in
the Kairshea ;Hall •this; Thursday
afternoon, April.15th:
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Mr. ' and Mrs. Ed Reynolds of
Hamilton ;'spent a few, ''days last
week • with Mr. and Mrs. RayDalton.'.
Mr, and Mrs. Mark Dalton vis-
ited
relatives in Detroit over . the '
week -end.
Mrs. Maurice .Edwards, Mary
Anne and Sharon, London, spent
Sunday, with Mrs. :Aug; Kinahan.
Mr. and. Mrs. Pat O'Neil: and
children spent Sunday' ' with Mr,
and Mrs. Jim O'Neil: ••
Basil 'Hogan, Tom and Ronnie
visited in London . on Sunday. '
Miss Beatrice Keenen, Toronto,
Mrs M. McLennan, ' : Goderich,
visited with Mrs. Martha O'Neil
during the past week
Ronnie Drennan, London, spent
the week -end with. Mr. and Mrs.
Earl' Drennan. a
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