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ane •ipeople are . addicted to
tugs,ethers to. drink, some to.
the weed; others to ' Women
Teachers Are addicted to sum
oris` . courses. Why?
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Ask a' teacher .and' he'll tell
you, "To improve my profes-
' :uional competence." • Ask the
' chairman of. the ' school -board
and he'll' tell you, "So he can
demand more • rponey," Ask the
teacher's wife, if' you, want ,the
reel truth: "So lie can get .down,.
to .the city there and have a ;big
time running around. and living
1.t up . while ' I'm Muck here at
home with the kids." They're
a11 equally right..
wt's ' why. I've" been taking
a Refresher ;Course in . English.
And don't. ,think it hasn't been
refreshing. It started off in rip*
snorting style and the pace has-
n't let up for a minute. Giris,
drink, bawdy conversation and
wild reunions : with ' old ,com-
rades. rides.
I . hadn't • . really •intended to
get involved in anything beyond,
a few love .affaires and half. a
dozen nights o'n the •town. . That's
why 1 picked out what I thought
was a fairly quiet spot to stay.
'My allusions were impelledeven
before: I • got dressed in the morn-
ing. There was. a surreptious tap
ori my door. I open' it and was
a . terrif is ,reunion 'with some Old
Mates. It was the night of the
Premiere of •The Great Escape,
and +I was passing the movie
house. I wandered into the lob-
Iby, : told. the " eloorma n J. was : a
old ' prisoner*.cif-warwhat the
filrr•'was about) and he telt'. me..
to go on M. .,(``''
It was a thrilling . show.' At
least: that's What the critics said
about it. in neat day's .paper. I
an wwd. After the show,', the old
P.O.W,'s care : 'out, ' .grand, in
rented white • dinner jackets and
fat. wives ' With .borrowed mink
stoles. And there was old Elmer,
large as life. In .fact,' twine; aslarge. • •
I. hadn't seen old - -"El," . as : I
Called ,him, since the day •the
Russians liberated . our carp,.
back • in May, $945., He . hadn't
seen me • since :+then, either , ,tis
you can • imagine, it was 'a :.hil-
arious reunion. Nothing 2. would
do 'abut .that I'd have., a drink' with
him. We''went off withour arias.
around each other's shoulders.
At. • least, ' `•as far as they'd reach
Mine wouldn't=,.goo imuch' past the
nape of ,his neck;. Be hada. grown.
Sideways. -
f,
`We Were just getting nicely -
into .Our, reunion, and .swearing,,,
we'd reforge the ,strong:+bonds Of
. onfronted. +by.• two yoiungladies,
both. stark naked and grinning
broadly
*'*fir.
Talk about yo=ur:.' Profumo at:
fair. "moi ,tinea; Bill+" chortled
Xnieces, 'eline and Susi, aged
four' and ,three .Well', that wasn't
so bad.- I'm.ed:bare-+bottom=
ed little 'girds, andto, these were
theonly ones ' 1 had anything .to,
do with . while .1' was away, so
:�elp.:' me, Mom. .
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But the n d rink . was another
matfter. `t% conldn't seem to stay
off it, ;without' `,the vld :Trouble.
'n' Strife there ••to .keep an eye
me (Morning, anon and night,
I Was into.•;the stuff. I'm so sick..
a: coffee it'll be a ; `joy; to eget
hone, where a Man can have an
honest +bee?;: after a. 'hard .day's
;work watching .the .starlings de:
corating his new • picnic table.
When there' was the shocking
conversation I was exposed to.
• At. homme, the• dialogue runs`- on
pretty ventionai lines Out
know,:. stuff like,= "When are you
going to cut the grass?' The place
looks 'like' The Petrified Forest.
Or, "Hey, ,Pad, will you take us
• for a' swim and play ' badminton
with us and go "bowling. with us.
and give us our allowance and
;buy some Watermelon and ice
cream and :a boat so we can go
• ' waterskiiing• and an . I' 'drive the
ear?"
�k lk
Pretty tame stuff. But on the
• sours" ; 'there were no restraints.
Just 'a bunch of men, out for a
good time, ar d„ inn 'holds barred.
You should have heard .us. throw-,
'ing- the ba i rdy talk around. Like;
"Yeah, o y~' -. old "woman's- the
same. Sorta owly." And,. "Yup,
these modern kids are spoiled,
rotten." And, "Guess I ' gotta
gedda new car.' Body's
And a ' lot Of stimulating. stuff
like that. •,
•- But this was nothing coaupared
to the 'wild tithes at night. That's
When we really cut loose. I'll
R.-• never forget .the. first .nightr
threw caution to the winds:: Met
' couple of the boys. downtown
In a ;bar and .had ,a pretty : rauc
ous time, talking about how they
had a hell of a tirrie .,:getfting
their kids toiractis the ,piano,
too.
,
b•' .
.*fir
Well, sir, they'just :couldn't
sbay ,withrile. • They faded. There
I Was, att:24 3:3O p.m., raring to*.
And by sheer; chat e, 1: got int
those days 't hind the wire, and
bring our- familtes. `miltto. visit each
other, when El asked if I'd gone,i
straight back to Calgary when
I was discharged from the air
force. As I've never been in
Callgary i,n ,my lite, I was rather
taken aback, •
A feW minutes later, It had'
been revealed that AElar's name
was Elwood Mtddiehouse, and
that he thought • mine was $ill
Wiley, who'd slept • •in, the bunk
above his ilii • $taling , Iuf t 3. .1
was . in Stalag ILuft 1. We parted.
rather coolly, trying to outf um-
ble each other" for the check:.
There's nothing ' .quite, as r+e-
freshing as a. -refresher • course.
At " least, I can tell my wife that
1 led my class. Down' to the, caf-
eteria . ' every , day, for coffee
f fee
break.
CiJ!:...ET:NEWS
Mrs. Ross ' cuxnining of 'Luck
now was :a gueste0 Olivet Unit-
ed C'hureh Women when' they
met 'at the home of Mrs. Walter
Dexter : on Thursday,. evening.
Mrs.. Cumming gave a n`ai`ad des.
cription of her +trip +to Seattle,
Washington • and her • visit to the
'World Fair there,. last .S 'antler.
Mrs. Dexter . gave the call. ` to
worship and a hymn was sung.
Mrs, 3:1., Anger read the scipture
arid comments: Mrs. Donald'
MacTavish ,gave a Iaaper entitled
"It may be later than we think.".
Mrs: White ‘eondiicted a . Bible
quiz. Mrs. Anger accepted.. the
.office .of Friendship Secretary. It
was. •decided.' to order the !magi-
zine,'• "World. ; Friends" ';for our,
young folk " as ...usual TMrs.:Mel-
vin .,Cothng . thanked. the : speak-
er, the •hostess and the commit-'
tee: The meeting
set . g c Closed' With the
W,M:S. benediction.
Mrs .and :Mrs.. Harr Christie
of .Y Teeswater entertained .at.:, a
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rbarbe ue.. Supper. in . honour of •
Mrs. Christie's sister, Diana . An-
ger; and Mr. Ron;ald . Brooks on
the acoasker of : their: birthdays
Friday. Eighteen young . friends
were guests including Mr.. `:and
Mrs, .'.James .;McLeod, Kitchener.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Culbert - and'
family of. Detroit visited on Sun-
day with 'Mr. and ;Mrs. `H. Anger
and : Diana.
NEWS BRIEFS
FROM NEARBY
Mrs. Will Conn. celebrated her
,931el• birthday on l+'riday, •July 5,
at. the.
Hardie
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ome of Mr.; and Mrs;
pson : of 'I eawater.
Mr. Chas. Martin .has .spur-�.:
chased the Kennedy home ,.in
Whitechurch, Mr. and Mrs. Bar
ry Machan: of '. ;Brussels have
purchased Mrs. •Dowling's 'home,
there ' and Mr. Leroy Biintoul has
purchased: Mr: John • Pur+don's •
farm on the river road.'
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Baptismal' service was conduc- •.
ted at Donnybrook • United
Church ' for Janice .Marie,' daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs. Edward'
Robinson,. and. Brian .Albert; son.
Of Mr, ; and Mrs.. Morley John-
ston. .
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