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W.EDNFS+DAAY, MAY 1$th, 1962.
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KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATIO
Parents, desiring to. ' have a child attend,
Kindergarten during the 1962-63 School term are
requested to • register with Mrs. Helen Hall, at
the .Lucknow" Public School,. on Friday, May 18th.
from 2,:00 to 3:30 p.m.. -
Proof .that the child... will,' .be five . years • of
Age before December. 31st, 1962, . is required and
the child should accompany : parent at time of
registration.
Tuition .fee $15.00, for non-resident chil-.
dren, • payable at time ; of registration.
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imisma By Bill Smi1ey,
Well,, Moan, how, did you 'make
out, '• on. YOUR day, • as the adver-
tisements cali`'it? Same sold rou-
tine, ': I; .suppose:.. lots of :kisses;
cuppa tea. in bed; .big production
of a patted' begonia ...or '• stale
chocolates, . everybody •off* to
church ' With- a: flower In . the
• buttonhole; . rapid . diminishing.' of
'interest' in the !whole: .project;
you getting huge dinner and
doing , dishes While family 'rests
after excitement ' and : Strain of
. 4 ther'-S Dray.
Just to show:' you that, some-
body' cares, I saved 'my Mother's
`Day column until this ' week
You'll 'need' a pickup ,about,
.as: the realization sinks. in . that
• last. Sunday's .fussing ...over 'you
is a once -a -year shot,; and. you
.are relegated to, your usual'•func
tions•: of household slave,' comedy..
straight man, domestic `.detective,
family; wailing wall and: unpaid
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FORWARD
with .
FISHER
Liberal . Candidate
for .'Huron
ERNIE FTSRER
1O.Y�ars.
Administrative
Experience
5 Years As "Cotiticilman • ,~
5 Years As iylayormiummumasisaimmamy
civil servant:
my ball went a tittle croo1 d
ax d through the kitchen win
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clow-? And 'what red -(blooded 'boy
hasn't burnt all his eyebrows off
with a firecracker? No. I think,
she was just: 'in a !bad: mood that
day.. '. .
People talk about mothers
working so hard. I never noticed
my mother doing much. Except
maybe fooling around with the
• housework. And doing a. little
washing for the seven of us..
And you'd . hardly call ironing
work.,, • a personsings all
the time. And there was the'
cooking forus and the 'three:
boarders, but .she .enjoyed .cook-
ing:
In, the summertime, she ran
Don't thank me; It's a• pleasure'
to: come right out and announce
my firm. conviction 'that mothers',
are the finest people in the world
with the .possible exception
of 'fathers:.
Everything . I .an . I owe to my
mother's training Well,: perhaps
not quite everything:. She. didn't
teachme ' to shoot pool, ' play
poker,. drink beer, swear and
chase after women, . all" of which.
I. used to ,do. Nor did she show.`.
me how to play golf, fly;an air-'
•plane,. 'catch•. trout or write..', a
column .
•
a tourist business in, the house,
but, she got a kick out of talk-
ing to 'the . tourists. Then 'there
'was; a, cosmetics line she sold,
when Dad, was out of work,. but
•that was good for her.. • Got her
out of the house. She was' sec-
retary for the Blind Institute,
and in the Home •and ,Schaal
K1NGSBRID E
"Congratulations` to Mr, and
Mrs. Peter Van Osch on the
birth of a son in' Wingharn Hos-
pital :last week. .
Nineteen children. received
Club and the Ladies Aid and the
choir, but that was all fun. •
No, I' can't recall my mother
`doing anyreal work. Seems to
me ,she spent most of her time
fooling around doing little things,
Like looking for things we'd:
lost. And.' kissing places where
we'd bumped ourselves:, And
picking up • our clothes., And
hugging us: when we were feel-
ing .sorry •for . ourselves.. And
getting us ',little: snacks after
school. And helping us with our
homework: And nursing us when
We were sick • And taking us on
picnics. And telling us .bedtime
stories. And solving all ' our
• problem's. . .
And, Mom, I hope .that's the
way your kids remember, you:
their : First holy. Communion on
Sunday; They were .1P.Au
tin, Wayne Courtney, Ursula
Courtney, Mary Ann Dalton,
Henry Hendricks, Joseph (Hend-
ricks, Joanne 'Hendricks, Michael
Hogan,Paul, 'Hogan, Aneta IIo.
gan, Leona Ilogan, Jerry Knoop,
Bernard Miltenburg, Joseph
O'Keefe, Bernard' O'Neil, Michael
Wildgen, Mary Van. (toy..
Mr, and Mrs. 'TORO O\Br en,
and family and. Mr, D. Lassaline
of Goderich spent Sunday with
the Mark Dalton family.
Mrs. "Marie Garvey :and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Balland and children,
sent • the week -end at the Car-
,vey homestead.
Mr. and" Mrs. Len . Woodley of
Toronto spent the week -end 'with
Mr.
'and Mrs'. Clifton Austin,
who " returned to . Toronto with
them for . a two. weeks vacation.
How things change! Nowadays
when the doctor 'finds a patient
in a run-down condition, he 'pre
scribes less.' golf and •i'nore time .•
at the 'office.:
± .But she.; did'teach tne. some
important , things: never • to say,
anything about a, person unless" ,
you'could :say something good,•
'always`: • to vote against Mae -
Kenzie 'K%nrg; never .to be cruel;
alwaysto laugh sardonically when
you .paidYour taxes; . never :to••be
.:discourteous, whatever:; the : Sit-
uation; always: to land ' the first:
Punch if you were forced to,
fight.
She also' taught me how to
make a ' bed, 'do •a family : wash-._
ing,;. prepare. a . simple -;meal,, • do
the dishes, and ,run • an • ironer,
all of which have 'stood in '.in
good stead since .I got.` married.
.Back in :those days, I :didni
'appreciate. my. mother. They can.
be, annoying ;creatures. to chil-
dren, you knOw. 'Their, interests.`
are very limited; They',miss the
big picture and '•harp ' . on such
details . as clean ears, '.looking ,af-
ter. your horrible little brother,
going • to :Sunday . School, hang-
ing
angirig up your clothes, going to
bed at bedtime, . and ,getting up
at getting -up : time:
Not ,only . did my mother pes- -
ter me, with such petty irrita-
tions, she had the gall to suggest
=--only once in ' a ' while, . and
rather, timidly, 'I admit—that I,
cut' ,the lawn, run an errand;
or help :my Dad put the ashes
out, She even had the ., effrontery
to' dropthese' hints when • she
knew perfectly well I had to g�
to the• 'matinee, or.. off to' play
ball.. Oh, I' put • up with a lot.
around there, 'I can tell you,,
And• she was: cruel, too. I
distinctly remember the :beatings
1 used t� get. Well, I remember
one, anyway, Well, maybe not
a'beating; ,exactly, but three
skelps with the yardstick.'• I Was:.
six at the time, and I'm quite
certain. it 'scarred' me,; psyeholog
ically, for life.
I still • don't know why she
threshed me :so' brutally, I hadn't,
done .a• thing. How; could I know
illy kid. brother would swallow
that screwnail • I gavehire to
play, with? Could I . help , it if
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