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Did . you' read °'the, . bigblurb.
• about me -in your local paper
recently, It .got headlines, like.
this, in.,, many weeklies: "Sugar
and Spice Columnist Most Wide-.
l.y. Read .In Canada. y That's pret-
ty heady stuff to read about
yourself.. However, it .didri't im
press me much, as. I had 'written
the story myself,"
It said in, the story/ that this
column is 'nOW . runnijig in one
hundred and eleven . newspapers
acro.ss, Canada. Let's have a .look
at that in round' figures. Round
• ' figures arethe only sort which
have any attraction for me, 'and
Most. red-blooded 'columnists,. ex-
cept women,; feel :the'•:same.way,
Supposing the average eircula
tion of , these weeklies is; 2,000.
That means •there are 220,000,
subscribers exposed to Sugar- &
Spice. Heck, let's make it an ev=.
• • en quarter -million. And let's say
an average of three persons read
each paper in : which the .column.'
appears. That's .a fair figure. All -
right. We now have 'three -guar=
ters ;of a' million potential read=
ers of the ; eolumn each `week.
Ah, let's' make it a 'million and
be ;done with it.
When I . get tossing figures
like this around in my head, I
start feeling pretty important..
By George, I think there aren't;.
many ¢fellowswriting. a column
for which a million or two pee -
Pie are waiting feverishly' 'each
week.. Just imagine, all • those
people;. from Yarmouth, IV,S„ to
Chflliwack,• B.C., fighting to let'
the paper first,, hanging on every
word. •
With • th:i`s in mind',. I set out
to impress the family with the
famous 'personality in its midst.
"Do 'you know: that; there are' a
million people 'reading Sugar &.
Spice every week?"I1 ask young,
Kim,
"and lr :had to go.. outthere
in my dressing' gown in the snow
and I nearly broke my neck on
those. back.- steps. When are you
going to start looking, after things
around the house, like .other
men.?"
IF *,.*
phis
is ' rather daunting, but
it doesn't completely dismay me,, f
1'rn like an old prize -.f. ighter who;
has been lknoeked io the canvas
so often that his bum is more;
tender than'" his bezer. I'just
wander away mumbling ,to my-
self that .some day I'll be fam-
ous and then they'll appreciate_
me, by golly, and they'1i:miss,•rlie,
When . I. die, and stuff like .that,.
But I must admit `P became ex-
•tremely depressed the other day,.
I was . reading Pierre Berton's
column Berton fgr those out
side' the •limited range of the
the Toronto daily for "which he
works, is . a brilliant ';product. of
,west coast • newspaper circles,
,currently the hottest daily :colurn
nist in, the East.
Well,• in this column I was:
reading, he was bragging mod-
estly about ..all the .letters he
gets froM.' readers. That's what
mademe feel badly: ..Give or
take a.'•hundred. thousand, B'e:rton
"Pretty'good, oo'd, Dad," she says, and I 'have the same ;circulation.
"can I go to the Explorers' sleigh-- • His: mail averages' 30 'Tetters 'a
day.. Mine 'averages 30 a month.
ride nigher
I try Hugh Do you realize :that.
my column. is read frontcoast. to
coast?" I • enquire. •.
"I -low come neve e'an't afford' •a.
TV. set them?" he wants to know..
Punchy, • bait • still seeking• • some.
recognition.; I approach .,the. Old
Girl. ,`.`.How many papers . do you.
think . •are running . the • column
now?"
' "That rentilids ,me,.:you:,'forgot,
.to 'put .,the papers out •with: the`
garbage this n>ornikig;she says,
".
ESSO SERVhC`E
FOR TOP QUALITY • ATLAS BATTERIES
DUNLOP TIRES most S zes; 'In Stock)'
AT REASONABLE PRICES!
and .i actors
epairs • to A.1l Makes `nf ars T
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3Licensed Mechanics
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eel Ala:, .nmQn# .ani
IVIOTORCADE DEALER
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And 24 of them are bills, offers
from magazines,:•und final notices
about insuranwi' ptemiums.
That 'Convinced' ine that`' I'd
never -be a really • famous , coluin
nisi, and, 1felt pretty sick Omit
it.I` • thought: "It's because' I'm
'not • controversial ' `enough:". Oh,'
I've•; • attacked' in. my day' such '
"things as `motherhood,. the Pro=
testant •churches, capital punish-
ment; children; the,home social
drir king, temperapnce,' sex and
the weather. ,But I/just can't seem
to : get my teethinto. something
'vital, like: 'used' car dealers,' ori
vacuum "cleaner• salesmen the`
sort of thing that gets people
'Worked up .
Then I :began. 'th,irkirig. about
the • 'sort, of., letters I 'do •`get "from:
'read'ers ' and 'I felt better: •And
do. you know something? 'I'd• trade
incomes' with Pierre :Berton, • but,
h;
wouldn't 'trade: mails. I'll bet
most :Of `the letters he gets . are,
either. hacking: his • column •to
bits because the reader .disagrees
with -t hiixi. or ':•lauding • it, to '"the
skies • because :. he ' agrees.:. That-
would
hatwould !become /boring after;• a bit:
•There nothing boring,'°about':•
the letters I receive from read
ers, 'theyare' warm and friendly
and personal,' :and;. they aren't
trying to grind an .:axe or /leave.
me grind it for them.. They come,
from all over the country..'
From Mrs.' James Nickerson: of
West'. Roxbury, Mass:, . mention-
ing� • a. column she ,liked because
it reminded her of old times ..in
•
Man -u -phos reinforces manure with•``Piros-
phorus and acts as a 'sale disinfc'etanty.
Apply
at the rate of 2 to 21/2• ponnds,hct cow
add 50 poundsper da s tin•klcd. iii the gutter; or if desired,
y' � �.�f Man -u -phos per ton 1of
, o
'nianur.e before' the manure is spread on fi�lcls:
Co -Op Man -u -phos added to manure not
only adds phosphate, thereby saving an extra
applicatiion but it' . holds the nitrogen in
manure from being ,.lost to the' air. .
Rcrnehlber, manure:itself is low in phos -
hate and consequently is . not a balanced
"goodness' sake".
fertilizer. `Therefore, forg
use Co -9p. Man -u -phos with manure.
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Nova Scotia From Walter Stark
of .Oxenden, Ont.; `.claiming I'd.
make a good -MP. ,aind wishing :a
1 Happy. New• .Near.. From Jack
Cooper of. Vernon, B.C., saying
Lhe'd just celebrated,lis 69th wed-
dirm : anniversary, . feels : great; and
reads y.. column because Pim
"dam good" ' writer: (From Jack
1:Cornet of La Salle; Ont., whom .I:
haven't •s.eeri . for ' 15: years,. en=
closing.•:a :'.book he's written on'
curling : (containing' nothing but
blank page's' and 4 entitled. What
I. Hriow About Curling).
ntittee., Mrs.: Claude Dore (Jr.),
• Mrs:. Helen Swann 'and Mrs: Dion •
McCosh and ' their assistants. ;.
There'll. be another party, in 'two
wee10' 'and, all are welcome.'.. ,
Wouldn't :.it: be:. something: if
every reader .of Sugar and Spice
decided, to:. show .:,.Pierre Berton
what he..‘was . up, against and:
.wrote,;,a letter, this week ,to
Smiley, 152 .Elizabeth St,,
land; Ont know`. what -.I'd' do?
,I'd take • the whole:- million of
them, drive to Toronto.in a truck,
�
hire.sir men to carry them up to.
Berton's office, dump .them -..'on
,his desk, and say:—."Thirty letters
a • day, eh,. Pierre? This is 'my
average Weekly mail.'' That'.d
shake Jain. . •
PURPLE GROVE
Mrs Helen Si:ann, Yrs Ho-
var.d Tlioinpson 'Messis,• 'l�!l.rlton
and :Norval' Stanley 'were in
L ondon• on • Thursdayattendingthe. Capning 'of :the First Year
' urs rig. ;.Stridents.;:We .extend
Our.
our, Ccngi:'atulations to,Miss
alyn Swann who was 'one of the
65 student nurses to receive their.'
�aP
Mr, and Mrs, ,Streve1 and ,€am-
ily of „Wingha n visited with' Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph on Sunday.....•
:Mr. and Mrs Credrge'• Emerson.
visited with Mr. and "'Mrs. -John
Bell, I{incardine, Tuesday even-
ing. •
Misses . Sandra' .and 'Margie
Collins and Johnny ,Collins spent:
the'week-end in Ripley, with their
aunt, Mrs. Gordon. Stanley. -.
The P:"G W.I.• had a progres—
sive euchre party 'in' the' school
on Friday' night. There Were. 12.
tables. The ,high ladies prize went
to Mrs. George Emerson and the
gents : high fo. Mr, ` Cecil: Dore,
Miss Gladys ,Gawley and' Mr.
Bob; Thompson won the students'
prizes. Miss: Flda • l;iarkness and
Mr, 'Milton Stanley wort the
Valentine prizes Mrs; Francis
Boyle won the 'lucky 'chair prize.
Lunch was served ,"bythe 'com-
•
•Miss .Doreen: McLeod, Toronto.
spent.: the week=endwith' . her
parents, Mr:.. and. Mrs. Wilmer.
McLeod.
Several: car ,:.loads of young
people. (arid, some not •so young)
enjoyedthe' skating party at Mr.:
arid 'Mrs. " Don Chadbourne's: on
;undo
Bryan and. Bonnie Boyle .spent-
Tuesday ` night at McCosh'•s:
r. and Mrs. Frank''Pore: en'.
' torkairted the Radio..Farm Forum'
• on':.Monday 'night'. 'Th'e topic. -;was
•.Inflation Bobber or. 'Benefac=:.
tor? All agreed that inflation had
•h•arrned: thea farmer in: this 'way
because his.,. costs . had risen
sharply . and his ., incorne . had
stood-still.`or' one back. ' We'` felt '
.the government should :restrain
inflation: A recreation •period,,;
bountiful lunch completed a very
happy evening •
1VIr . and 'Mrs. Victor Gawley
en.tertained a. number of their
friends on Satur.`day evening
12:r. and Mrs: Frank'. Dore and
Nancy; Ronnie and' Dianne spent:,:
Saturday, evening'. with Vr and
:Mrs. George Harkness.
/Miss . Mary 'Anne McCosh• of
the CBC,Toronto, spent . 'the
week=end ` at 'her 'ho?ne here.
'Ou1' teacher, Miss. :Noma 'Mur-
ray and 'pupil;s and • pre-schoolers •
enjoyed .a Valentine party at the,
school on Friday.:.p:m:••
arid :Mrs. • Chester ,Camp.
tie11, Lynn and David of Amber -
ley; Mr. and Mrs. George • E ner-
sori„ Jirii.'and' Bob -*ere dinner
guests of Miss Geraldine 'arid,
Messrs. Frank and Joe' Emerson_
recently..'
.Mr. and , Mrs✓ ••Russell . Collins : 4
'and Eileen are holidaying with •
relatives at Sault Ste Marie this:
week
Mr./% and Mrs. atwrence Fry;
Betty and Loran of Kincardine
spent Sunday with. Mr, and Mrs.
Frank • Dore. ,
1Vl rs.
1 McCosh . were' in Walkerton on
Wm.. Arnold and Mrs, Don
Wednesday • _attending, the Folk
Sehool meeting,,'Plans were com'.=-
1-pleted for the ' Bruce County
Folk School' to be held- at the
EVenetta Motel.'on. Highway 21,
14 miles north of Underwood,
Thursday, March ,2nd toSunday,
March 5th,. The coinmittco hopes
for a good attendanee,: •