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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW; ONTARIO
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THINGS: WERE HECTIC .
;How I envy the fellow who: has
two weeks holidays! Hetakes his
family to a cottage, ..or on a motor.
trip, or out camping,, and that's all.
there is to it: He can ' then go
quietly and sanely back to work.
Things are always pretty hectic.
around .our placeinthe summer,
but . this was thehecticest ever.
As a teacher, I'm almost 'frantic
for school' to start so I can get off
the ferris wheel,
Five weeks. at ' summer music
school for Hugh. Three weeks at.
a different summer 'music school
for the old lady: Two_ weeks at.
camp for Kim. Two weeks re-
- • fresher course in English and two
weeks as a weekly editor for •.me.
Now . this • doesn't sound ' so. bad,
. when you say it quickly. But. all.
these things were ,'going on in 'diff-
erent
dif ferent places: at different times. The
result was a' :combination of the.
• Grand Prix, Musical Chairs, Who's
Been . Sleeping • In. My Bed? and
Let's Break • the .Bank..
My wife gets home every Sat-
urday .night, heads for the . base-
ment with a huge armful of soiled
clothes, and ` we don't see her until
it's time to get ' in the car late
Sunday and charge off once again
in all " directions.
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Last Sunday,- for the first time
In six weeks, the four of us were
under the same roof • together. We
were all a 'littleuneasy at being
with these strangers. • •
Hugh came through virtually un-
scathed, despite the trembling and
trepidation of . his parents. He
talked us into : extending his stay
at ' the 'summer school- from three
weeks to five, ' in a letter emphas-
izing the "`inspiration" he was
getting there: .
After deep and midnight consul-
tations, we . reluctantly sent off'
the requisite extortion for
the extra two . weeks. Soon after,
another letter arrived. In this one
we learned he'd been out for dinner
steak' and .mushrooms, Chianti,
the . works with a Yank girl
whose father was an English teach-
er, was divorced, and' was having:
an. -affair. with the daughter .of the
bartender in the place they'd eaten.
• ' Hugh's n}onimawas ready to
call out the militia, declare . war
on i:he U.S., and invade if necessary
to snatch her: boy back to safety.
His . father was. '•trying ' to soothe
her ''fears. and :at the same time,
remembering, with not `a little
sadness, what he was like at that
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However, he surprised us, He
arrived home' the day he was sup-
posed to. Even more amazing,he
had, some money left. Completely
astounding, he looked only slight-
ly depraved. In five weeks, he
had: become 17, fallen in, loe at
least twice, .bought a• pipe and
tobacco, cooked for ' himself for
two weeks living' mainly, on pab-
lum and cheese, and had been in a
beer joint. • :.
None of this,' bothered me too
much, although his mother• gave
him an interrogation that would
have done credit to 'Inspector Mai-
gret. • . ' •
Perhaps the most .. rugged 'two.
weeks of the summer were those
I :spent as a weekly editor. It all
began with a wedding my part-
ner's, and very. nearly ended with
a funeral — mine. • •
And how doubly devastating it is
to be a weekly editor in a tourist.
town, where every old -friend cott-
ager' within a radius of 40 miles
is hellbent ' on wreaking your mar-
riage, ` your constitution, and, the
next day, with his hospitality..
Oh well, the worst is over. There
remains only a gritting of teeth,
a girding of the loins and a hard-
ening of the resolution, . to get
through the last week of summer.
- the 'Weekly newspapers convent-
ion. When that's :over, and I. ` come
home, •a . shambling skeleton, a
shadow of the fine, healthy young.
fellow I was on '.the first day of
July, my plans are made. I phone
a. sanitorium, take ` my :20 days.
sick leave, and resume living about
the end :of September.
CUL:ROSS CORNERS
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Congratulations 'to ; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert . Gutcher. (nee :Marie Beck,
ing) who were, married: Saturday,
at the Sacred Heart Church, Tees -
water. Many of the.: neighbors at-
tended the. marriage; . and they
also were in attendance at the
reception'. Saturday evening in the
Formosa • Community.. • Hall.
Congratulations. to'Mr. and Mrs.:
Bob Brooks .(nee Sharon Hodgins):
who. were married. Saturday in
the United' Church, Wingham. Mrs.
and Mrs Art'; Hodgins were.
guests
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Lamont: (nee a Lindsay) who ing ,this community was .. plunged
were married aturday in : the into darkness. It was 2'i4 hours
United Church, Teeswater. .before . power:wash.. restored: On
Mr., :and -Mrs. Tom Colhsot}, of , some farms choring was a prob
.Preston; are • holidaying with Mrs.:l lem
Catherine O'Neil and Miss Mary ( Mr. and .Mrs. Tom Hackett and
.Collinson 'and Other. :relatives. Doug of'"Ashfield, spent Sunday
Mr and Mrs. Ezra Stanley re- with .Mr. and Mrs. Midford Wall:
turned home after ..a : trip along ? .Donnie . Wall Port Elgin, spent the
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Mrs. Earle .Hodgins is stayingI VIEW :FILM AT OWEN SOUND
at the ` home of Mr: and . Mrs. 1 Donaldson•. whilethey . are hoiid- Mr. Ernest . Falconer, presiding
aying in the West." • minister of the Wingham Congre-
''Leonard Stanley is on : a trip .to gation of. Jehovah's Witnesses in '.
the Western -provinces. this area, announces . that a free
Mrs. Remelda Whitehead,' 'Tees- ' two-hour color film will be pre -
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Mrs.. Morley Wall.. ( 7 p.m.' as a special feature of the
Misses Patsy and Elaine. Schu- ! three-day assembly of Jehovah's
macher spent the week -end with Witnesses scheduled for this , week'
their grandparents, Mr. and . Mrs. 1 `end, September ' 4-&, at the O S C:.
Arthur. Fisk, Tee swater. (, V.I. Auditorium in Owen Sound.
. Visitors with Mrs: Catherine ' The film is entitled "Proclaiming
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"On. . Friday, evening, . Mr: and
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and . Mrs. ' Reg Welsher (nee Don- 'Siebert, who' w. s raised at Zurich. • '
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On the, Boy Scout trip •fromthis postmaster, has been voted to the
community are Mr. and Mrs.. ` Hockey: Hall of Fame. At the 'age,
Morley . Wall, Martin : Benedict, a cf 35 Babe met death:by drown,.
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