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WEDNESDAY NOV. 71st,
!NAEP/Alit•t /■••11•/■aa.a/Ontim■mlion/ i' .iIII■mioniiii■stiosa eamatianamennose
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Life can be a mighty . pu Gish-
jig• process. And I don'tmean the
ordinary straggle. • for ' ekcstence.
Nobody. has ever described -that
snore accurate than • Thoreau,
who 'observed. that, every 'man
leads, a life .of quiet desperation.
No, I don't. mean Nthe day-to-
day fracas with . our families,
'our jabs., our society and .our:
cominplaini'ng bodies. We become
• inured to this grim warfare, . +E
I. 'swear that, when we stagger,
groaning out of . bed on a (bleak
Nov Aber ;day, we 'almost wel-
come the coming fray,' because
t as •-eassurance . that,'at least,
we are still in there -fighting.
But . it 't the,: daily horror*
that leaves those great, purple
welts on our . sensitive souls: It's
the nasty " backhander that comes
out of nowhere, just when we.
think everything is . riinning
sanabIly WPM L '
The 'pagans • knew enough •Ito
propitiate the gods . with sacri-
fices.. The Irish know enough to
try to keep 'the •fairies from.
clobbering 'them. The rest '.of us
have to rely on such feeble tricks
as keeping ' • our fingers cressed,
and knocking on wood..Ali we,
get in. . response ons arthritis in
.The" •fingers, '.and no answer,' re -
There's .
e -
There's.: one ,thing,.' however,
about' these .nasty '' little hog
•gangs from fate. They always.
tole in three*. .Once you've had
your three kicks in the teeth
yon can .:rest easy for . a while,
until the .next series is due.
re ' just had ung . latt -
int, and thoughfeel groggy
• and sorely bruised. -there is also
a pleasant sense..of relief as 'I
sealize that 1 am home free,
for a While.
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The %nit assault vas 'on my
v peace of mind.. You've 'heard of
:. people wt% el ls.. nn. 'the Imo':
7 We lll,.'hat"s nothing .I have littttle,
bleck Chimes chaSing' each . cgher-
aroand rain :Imlay top , stoney.
'It seems that The .six.hind-
• red .black squirrels . who. are so
"cute" . around' 'Our r place an
summer are not contented with
the- 'bushels of 'acorns an • my
awn They want to get, at the
nuts 'inside the place. They have
chewed a hole ion.. my roof, May-,
ed. in ' with all Their: relations„
and are throwing a 24 -hour -a -
day ' s Tin square dams-;+rrng. .
broad jumping and ,ruirming ra-.
Cess 'as featured eantertairtne t.
It mnarhes. your 'blood run cold
.to heir them thu nderii g around
up there.. It's ' driving our Cat
straight out of . ,)cher mind.
Web* . iny wife in that flame
of mind 'when `97illsv don't you.
do something about it?" be-.
coma a chip can my shoulder. �.
I had no sooner decided the i
squirrel situation was hopeless, IN
when the . second sortie p . wash -
made; this time on my pocket u n
book, My wife took the car to
the city the other day. It was n
pouring . ram. Some gawk slam-
met into her from behind' when a
she was Parked at a stoplight
She jumped -.out, didn't see ' any . ■
serious damage, didn't' want to
ruin her hairdo, jumped in ■
again and drove away. That one
cost me $1311The •impact had 1111
broken the reverse gear in my n
automatic • bans , . no.
name, no ' licence number, no No .
al
insurance. .
After these two, I was cow- , n.
ening a bit, knowing from ex-
perience
xperie nce. that. the gods :had
another . `slaw in the slats' for n
me. It' didn't take • long. It came
in the form of'• a brutal ' attack ...
on my , professional pride. I
learned from an article in Mac-, is
Mean's magazineHeat' I was going al
.steadily downhill in my social ■
status. ` n
There it ' was, in black and L
white. A. , survey based on an INeducatioan-in a formula, spel-
led out the class. sy m in :
• "classless"' Canada_ n
:Glaneing . casually at Class' 1,
I was not surprised •tto'. learn that n'
I' was not 'included !amongs' the as
judges, doctors, ' lawyers, engin-
eers' and architects.. After all,,
those boys,, except the judges, 'al-
most need another .hand' to jam
the stuff into their trousers' sow-
key
'Butt. I did expect to be at ;the
top of Class III, . suselly. Little:
did I knowhate I .am 'well be-
hind stock brakers,, Veterinari-
ans.-
etegri nari-ans„ . chi ognractars,, fuanance •rina!i-
ager and` .fe='. aD� : librarians, and
just• a couple of jumps 'ahead
of cflerotinen. That chant must
be crazy
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But what rally hurt was
that aft the . things ' I had :been
previous officer, . armed
aforcces; air pilot;. editor — are
higher in the class structure than
what I '''am now — school tea-
cher, Vie. Itis pretty distneart
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London on Thursday succefful lime stock
Mr: and Mrs. Gordon MacDon- Thursday. ^ . •
alld and May. Helen were Suan Mr. George Bushell `®l
day gone : of Mr..atnnd : fa ' •Bert: lino University spent th
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Mr and Mrs. Wilfred Trailer,
Larry. Mary' ' Ellen ::and Carol
Ann,, Mrs. Pete Petersen and
1U�5-s Rosalyn Swann viSited Mr:
Milton Stanley.
Grunt Gilchrist and Mass Win
nifreed Wrightson visited Mrs.
Gordon MaeDonaid_' °
Mr's,: F raruk. Dore, . Nanncys .(loan
one • and. Dianne Were Sunday.
visitors of Mr. and Mrs - .Louis
Misch. Walkerton.
ton.
Mrs' Ross 'Shied aria Mary
• Ellen werea recent visitors of
ening to find.out that you have M .George Emerson...
UM same rating, as'social worker, Mum.. Donald McCosh was inn.
female., •
Guelph 'on-'1'hnaasday and 'Friday
The . o ly thillig that ` nmadea aline, at the Institute Area Meeting;
insult bearable was the fact That. ;+ Percy ,Griffith Was hos-7
I lit .hell out of the Old 'Lady/ teas to . Bervie United Church
who is down. at 50 per cent, as Woaaneis, ' I]Janat ®an 'WednesdalY
mask tea ' erg female, and isn't evening while Mas:. Robert!.
IYlli
!even . mentioned as '"Ilio nfe..' &nigh wasunfit 1 ..an
Wedane slay .afternoon_ '
Bch Forster kited Pick Mc-
Cosh_
Mr. 'Call®non':
Robertson rand Mr.
Don Robertson attended d •1theA
weddnnng oiF ‘Wisc, Linda RobeIlrt-
som ' and Mff, J1.-hn TayDor ooh
Saturday:
'Miss ale+one..Gawky, Toronto
spent ;the week -end : with ,Mr.
&
Mrs. Vnettor Gawley. ...
.Riplley Hugh School: Corn-
mtnenternent was.. ,held Wednes-
day. Thursday"'and Phriday even-
Mrs and Mrs. Ken . Belll, M
and Mas. jralin (Ben l+ ir. .and
Mrs. A ialiae* Pa►ttterson,; . Mr. and
Mrs.. ' Gordan n ' Patterson' , were
gusts of Mr_. and , Mrs. Buaarton
M%. 'Frank Dore and • Dianne
were Satavrday ii„sittora. of >
Kenneth. Briandley. •
Mrs . Hellelm. Swann spent ; a ffew
days . ki .leo ems.. •
• Mu ._John C®Dw llD 'Bilis. Don-
ald McCoh were 8a nday guests
off _Mrs. Annetta ,Bushell.
G¢': and Mass. 'Gordon Patters
• MUSS Carolyn Forster and
.,Joe Pial ;ter spent the week-
end in, Toronto 'and •sttended the
Itoyal ,° Winter, Fair_ -
Mrs.. Goldie, Husto n„ Mr. Donor
Robertson„Rotson, 'Mr.. cailvirn . Robert-
s= and 1lf Russel Cain= '®
ratted M Margaret RQIR'ttteffi. IlltD.
In renewing '+.1: a Sentinel 'sub-
scription„. , Mrs. I.:. <C: Boyle of
Moose Jaw . says they enjoy ; and
appre ciatte the news „ from the
snerroundu ng ,d strict. •
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treatment for a sore eye. and, .. GDadys were
Mr. William ' Patterson held .a of Mr. and 1 . ' John
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