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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-03-06, Page 12a1 ,I. ;r. 1 146, ' Not Without.regret, and : with a 'few' secr,.et. misgivings, IL;m'ade • a big change a ,couple -•df years ego.. Frazzled,, scrambled, , "and slightly, 'addled, I took myself aside,. and we had a serious talk. Just 'the" two of -pus. - `5Sm'i1er, old boy," I said, tot,. me, "how !Much longer do you • d'ntend to keep •up this :nonsense? is ;this what you fawglrt in the. +war dor?. Is this what you, real- y Want out of life, to be a seller•. of four-do11'ar, ads,�a �c'h�ro= Meier of endless mese. tth about. nothing,' a parHier dr old ladies, of both, sexes. rozh ci 'have' a ;beef,. lugger' of 'papers .;to the post office, a xnemlber .ctf 40 organi- .actions, 'a ' payer :of Mortgages, a :fighrf er Of dost ' causes; and a lousy 'husban'd and' father? • • "1. d'no,. said me in. my: ' straightforward, Canadian. way.' Wu tcha often .rad ? y„ LR•Y;hU} :,h:•• y\y pYe11 :vt �at do yau do nF � rou . talik ''to a Moran? ..Vont • thio - • an PICE ilk Smiley • THh LUCKNOW SENTINEw, .,[+iICKNOW, .I'II:. swear, it was she . who put the . skids' under Dief, .just to malt*e a fool of rate; :: not one,. but two of the local candidates have „asked . me to give them a hand, and. I've ' pro- mised both,: from the end: of :another, stay up ,trill 4 a.m.. reading, occasion- ally ,try to �'te�ll . my wife•. Yhe's wrong;. ,arid •avoid 'any discus - Saari., repairs, renovations 'or 'renewals. • II decided 'to be : a ;better, fa- ther. Life chortled. When I took tip skiing, • the kids :were 'em- barrassed, When.. rI, 'come 'home. ready, 'for' a fatherly chat, , ev-. erybody:disappears. When ' I ask ,th'e'm lf 'they'd 'like to tgo for a nice .'family !drive, .they look at each other - significantly and. roll their ,eyes, Only this . mor- ping; Kim said, "D'ad, y'o u ' don't sees . , 'happy any ,more. You're actinngy•tlrinda •'strange lately." I swore I'd never have, any - MARIO These +are .only !bh'e major' gab- stacles..she h+as thrown between me .arid 'my courtship of that cool• but complacent lady° known. as Peace. She has also: Bashed in the rear=end of my. car; load- ed my' eavestrot.ughs with ice . tb. the • pendulous point;'. rarranged fora my cat to get: in trhe 'family ,way. again; •tricked me into get;; ting 'fiv'e weeks ' behind in .my , :work; !brok•en, the _ zlptPer on my'. sr:.)Wboat, al -41 'pint my ,hot ter 'system of the. ablin'k. I' • give up,' Cone back, you old. trollop, . ,and . I1l embrace 'jyc•u' as' of ,yore, and '(forget, •abcu.t ,Peace, ,who neverrdi_d appeal to me 'Much anyway. CLARENCE McDONA 11 ADE Eli LEGION LIFE : ME D , Clarence Mac'Dlanald rod God- erich,, and a native of': this coin- Inanity, oin-n mity, ' •was presented • +with, a Life. . Membership in the - +G;oder-: ich branch of the Royal Can- adian Legion .at the 'February thing to do with politics again,' meeting. on any level Life snickered:, ---The; presentation ,Ifrorn..'Ottawa J. kiihNfirgornme....••••••••• E. • wE'p+NFOAY, (MAR, ilk' )SS.O SERVICE FOR TOP QUALITY ATLAS' BATTERIES • DUNLOP TIRES (Most Sizes *Stock ): AT. • , REASONABL', E PRICES! 'Repairs.. too Alla. Makes. of Cars and Tractor's' • 3. Licensed 'Mechanics. ' Wheel Alignment and $alancng� MOTORCADE. ' DEALER was. made 'by the • Goderich ' Le-' TABLE,CLOTH 'Paper In rolls of • g>.on president; Jim' Adatn. .A,1100 • feet,. long, and. a yard wide veteran of • World War 1, Mr suitable: for 'banquets, picnics & ent. "an catered meal, The Lucknow: • MacDona�d is a .past prest;�d tiny • of .Goderich ;Branch, 109 and .has Sentinel,. ` +been gurblie relations officer for I • Zane CI fo'r• several; yews. ' , - Is Your: Subscription'Renewed?•' • ... • So' ' I exrplained - careful:ly end iclearl about ' 'ulcers, and ; (pen- ns, and security, 'and family. getherness, and the fact that I was 40 ,a'i'd - ready 'fox; 'pas-:. tore, Me "listened • open -Mouthed: This .Was oral new 7k * * As °a 'result, soon, after,,I dOg- paddled ,My Way. out , o'f - the :tor! Jaullent strewn.. of life, es. 'a week . ly editor into .the quiet' back,. Water of 'life.. as .a: school teacher. • 1 'figu'red I would 'l+i:•e 'back and. ±loat there for ° a While, : resting up before' I sank quietly, out ,of: • Sight among : the ,buIlrfrogs and . ithe pollywogs . and • the : rterpidi'tyw and the . rood .:o'f the..academic • pond. 'But. I Must have 'fallen- asleep' 'tha•t pond and' .been. washed, out to .sea, with . a. 1611'6e -eight -tale ' (blowing; ` .;breakers eRnery where,. • ,nny` co11apsi+ble life -belt doi'n'g. 3tisit ''tllva�t, ..and' my .eter agency rocket flares in my • 'Other F,ants:' It's , just not that simplle. You can't. .just turn'. your' back . on• • Life,' that : aging •but • still. lively.. mistressyou-ve kept in siyle for . years,:, had • so ' much fungi t ' witl h done. so :many crazy things with, • and. expect .her • to -let you, walk. quietly into the arms of • that other ... Wonian-dear • old. 'dim, dull .Peace.. rS,he wont do 'it: ;She'll hu'r'l abuse 'at ;you .in !putblic. 'throw.travel gat :your .window. :on`.moonlit • nights, shell bi•p you . as.. you- March`'heavily : to= • 'ward respectability, ' +Srh,e'. l►i • • put black squirrels in: your ,attic and. •+'black •-i thought's': in • your head. .She'll just plain raise, hell' un-, • 4ti1 you take her •back.'., . I've tried. I've, 'Booked thre oth- • er way .when she 'flaunted her--; seIif. I've- held ;her at arns' aet gbh until I`^roan: out o'f• rarmsi . rye •.put irtly !head 'in' the ,sand. 'when she •approached (and re ceived akick ' in the rump. .For 7ny pains) , But she'"s given me the works. 1 detern ined, I ,would never act On another committee, join an- other ' organizati,on,, 'donate any.. • of • tmy. 'free 'time ,to ;any'thingr or do anything''for, anybody,. unless• :it 'were' t fe or,'death, What 'happened? .Life cackled With .glee., and I ;find 'rn'yselff on numerous committees, 'a member :of 'several organizations, lwrch=. • itirg .out of bed to 'teach Sunday School, collecting ` for . the nod Cross, ;putting out, :the seh>aol. year -,book, and ,,giving help to backward students .after ,'hours. Idetervnved. 1 would be a• •re�t' tm er ` ,husband., Life • sheered.. Every time 1, tried to oust •a ibad..h'abit, s'he° ;was right there, 'tantalizing,•\ So I still lug ;home . the - ,bo rn of suds, .1ight ,one fag.' HOW MANY ARE.:BANX . CUSTOMERS ? A safe guess w ould be; every' one of them 1 That's because,' in Canada g , g • pra,ctioally.ever bod has re ular� dealYn� s.with a chartered bank/Deposit r an 121/2 million ban •one for every . • ' • ac coon s number er move than b Stec • t • ., • adult. And, on the books of the banks at any one time are.1,800,000 loans ' • for just,;abaut •every personal nd commercial � . purpose Through • O y• , 5,0 O branches, from one end of the country to�the' other the chartered g g within :.. r banks: trip a' full, bankin,servxEe �vithilthe eaoh of everyone. E :Ci AR" `E E ' BANKS 5 147.VIN'c YOTJ „ » p