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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
SI4E'S EVERYTHING BUT PATI
I get: a few . fan a • letters; About
half of them are fromdear, sweet,
intelligent people who tell me
theyread the column faithfully,
and lieit.
About a 'quarterof them
are.
from muttonheaded, wrong-mind-
ed,
rong minded, opinionated. , people who ' read
the column faithfully and disa-
gree with my politics, language
and philosophy. The other ,quar-
ter is made up of •frantic. chair-
men
program committees
for various service clubs, want
mg toknow if: I'll speak totheir.
group on July 14th.
The answer to the last . one is
always no. .I spoke to a service
club once,: and swore I'd' never.
do it again, I have 'never had
Such an ignorant audience.
After " spending a ' week . prepa-
ing .a speech, find driving fifty
miles on a winter . night, after . a
hard day's work, l was asked
ENT
anxiously by the 'president if l
could keep it down, to • tell minutes
or so,"
About half the memberswere
half -oiled and two or three went
to sleep while' • I was being intro-
duced. This is about standard, The
president and secretary kept
looking.. at their watches. Before
the ritual "thank yea eight , or
ten bad slunk out..,. The .president.
apologized, "they 'hafts go curl:.
The.. minute the vote of thanks.
(in which the mover called• me
Mr. Wiley,, the famous colum-
nist) ended, the club came to
life with tigerish intensity, and
I sat .'there listening . for three-
quarters of, an hour to them
quibbling ' about . whether they.
should spendfifty bucks oh a.. don-
ation . to boys' hockey, which
would get them . a picture and a
half colon in in the local paper,
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or twenty-five bucks on :a dona-
tion to a • scholarship, fund, which
would; get them a paragraph.,
Guess which won..
However, as Q you have long
since guessed, this "experience. has.
,nothing to do with what I'm go
ing to talk about. What I started
out to say was that we hada swit-
ch this week. ' My_ wife .got a fan
letter. .
It fwas a lovely letter—' -warm
kind,. friendly, intelligent,. • and:
utterly mistaken..
In part, it • reads, "I'm sure
you must be 'a very -patient wo-
man and a very., happy one, as
I think I can tell from: your hus-
band's column he is: a happy
and contented man,and this is
mainly all a wife needs to be•:
happy herself. Perhaps?
Bless you, dear lady, for , that
theerha ". There's still hope for
reading' public, .
My wife is about as patient as
Henry the Eighth,.' about as happy
as Hamlet.. '
She's a good kid, . 'basically,
but 'it's been a 'long_ time since
she was on base. . Or even knew
what inning it was.
At least once a week, she's so
depressed, she says, "I just feel
like jumping off: thedock." l re-
ply, ' "So who's stopping you?"
She, old patience, bellows; "You'd 1
lust • lovethat, wouldn't ' you?
You'd go, right out . get marr-
ied to 'some your flibbertigi-
bbet"
libbertigi-bbet" who couldn't . keep you iii
line." And. so .. on.
She think she's .smarter; finan-
cially,.
inan-cially,• than the president Rf : the
Bank of Canada. But she never
has any change .for the milk bot.
tles.
She ,claims . she's • so . neurotic
she can't sleep a wink, ever I
take her to a movie, :she falls, as-
leep in eight minutes, and it takes
the ,combined' efforts', of me, the
ticket taker, and the 'manager,
to get her out of the theatre
when it closes: .' '
Last week she wanted to go .to
Africaand: teach all , the kids in
the :Congo how to 'play the piano
with ' the proper. finger ' move-
ments. Next week, she'll be bawl--
ing `"bell out of me because. I
haven't been bawling hell out of
kids about someting or other.
thing` or other.
Happy? No. Patient? It is to
laugh.. Interesting? Si Attrac
tive? . Si Nutty? Naturally. ' And
perhaps, .that; dear lady fan, :is.
why her: husband is , . as you put
it "a 'happy and contented man."
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ed as witches, goblins and ghosts.
called on every home in the area
and while receiving treats for
themselves carried boxes for don-
ations for UNICEF on Halloween.
Mr.. Walter Dexter was in. Walk-
erton for .a few days during the
•past week as :he • was called'for...
jury .duty.',
Thee children of North .. Ashfield
Public School enjoyed .a . Hallow-
een . party on Friday afternoon.
Mr. Kenneth MacLennan has re: -
turned • home from Kincardine hos-
pital. ' '
Mrs. Ewan MacLean spent the
week -end visiting'friends and rel-
atives in Sarnia..
Break .School WinidoWs .
A• great deal of destruction Was
done on Friday night by culprits
who made themselves• busy tear`.
ing Mail boxes off the posts and
breaking windows in. North Ash-
field Public School.
Mr. Oliver Backwell has return-
ed
eturn
ed home much improved in. health:
Miss Margaret MacLeod of Tor-
onto spent' the weekend visiting
her brother M. Kenneth Mac-
Leod.
Present . Couple .:,••
A ,presentation was held on :Fri-
day ' evening for, Mr. - and Mrs'.
Walter MacLean' .who : are ' moving
from the Bradley home -to a'farm
they :.purchased : near Kincardine.
Mrs: Eldon Bradley and Mrs.
Oliver. McCharles were : in Wiar
ton .on •Monday attending a Meet-
ing of the- Bruce Presbyterial of'
the United Church of Canada
Mrs Lorne Luther is ' spending
a :few days in Ridgetown 'visiting
relatives., and . friends;
Zippy Zionettes,
T HELENS The second meeting cf the Zip -
Mrs.: Robert , MCQmllin a n d
George' of: Hamilton and .Miss
Mary Pardon- . of Kitchener ,were
week -end visitors with . Miss Bea-
trice, Charles ' and Wm. ' McQuil-
lin. ' ..
A cordial invitation is extended
to ..West Wawanosh residents. to
attend: • t h e Remembrance Day
Service in . the hall on Sunday,',
November 8th at 2:30.
Mrs: George Fisher and ,pupils
entertained the mothers and , pre-
school' children at their Hallow
e'en party on Friday, afternoon.
Al enjoyed the spooks and witch-
es' that attended the "parade_
Fust a reminder . of the ' WI
meeting on Thursday (to -day) :at
2:30 p.m. Mrs. Donald Riehl of
(oderich will be guest speaker.
py Zionettes was held on October
27th : at the 'home of • Airs. Kirk-
land_ The president, Donna Rit-
chie opened the . meeting with the
repeating • of, .. the 4-11 pledge.. All
members answered the roll call
by telling their plans for their,
first *aid . kit. Nancy.. Kirkland read
the . minutes of . the last meeting. fi
I No definite time was set for the,
next: meeting, Mrs: Harvey Ritch-
ie . demonstrated ' howto put ' out
fire if someone's clothing catches,
on 'fire:. Donna Ritchie assisted.
' Nancy . Kirkland ' . assisted Mrs.
:i. Kirkland while it ` was shown
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Keep. Mentally Fit:". Mrs. Frank:•.
Ritchie gave a• talk on good books
.to . read. in their spare time. The
meetingclosed with' the singing
of the' 4'Queen."
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life• is like a • mirror, it never
ject 'for the' notes.' was' ' "How to reflects more than we put into it.
Mr. and •Mrs. "Wilmer. Nicholson
and . family of Holstein and. Mr...
and Mrs. Eldon Miller were re-
cent visitors with Mr. ',and. Mrs.
Gordon' Lyons: and family.
The U.C.W. ladies : are planning
their bazaar and tea . for Satur-
day afternoon at 2:30 in the Le-
gion Halla Meet your friends and
enjoy the afternoon tea. :
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Mrs. Annie tiaeDonald,; is a
patient in hospital' in London
Several from the.' community
attended the Masonsbanquet held
in . Lueknow on Wednesday even-
Miss Jean Montieth of Niagara
Falls is spending a few days visit-
ing in the community.
Mr. • Ellis Gossell of Ripley is a •
patient in Kincardine tiospitat as
the ' result of an accident while
painting at North Ashfield Public
Sotwol. -
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