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Z'm not much forblood' lines,
whenit comes to people. But
every so often, when I'm .:won
derirtg . what.. is wrong with, •or
right . with, my kids; I•• begin
thinking . of all ' the characteris
tics' they've:inherited, and 'of
what will become of them, with.
all'l, those. queer : ancestors:. lurk-
ing in the background.
Ocie of my old -maid aunts, : a
goody soul in , many' ways had ''a
?fir conviction that there was
something special • about. the
Smileys. As a result,, she got in
touch with one of' those firms
that ` specialize in • family trees:;.
She proved, to her. own . satis-
faction, and for: a staggering' fee,
that ' we were descended from
Sir. William Pitt the 'Younger,
among . others.
This is about as impressive' as.
saying You are directly descend-
ed from Adam and Eve: I'd; have
been : much more interested had
.she ;managed : • to 'prove . that . Hen
'ry 'Ford was: •, my.. uncle
previous marriage,, or that Gina
Irollobrigida. was : a kissing cou-
sin.
My personal `:guess is that my
kids. are. the descendants of a
long line of Irish .peasants,. who
lived on potatoes, 'never.: washed,
went around in their bare feet,.
and: never did :anything more -il-
lustrious than steal a few cattle
or slaughter the odd Englishman.
However, I Wish; to go on re-
cord . as stating that I'm mighty
happy , about the one : and : only
living grandfather my kids have.
There's a man anybody ` Would
be proud. to claim as an ancestor.
Fictional • grandfathers are
gruff old characters, big men
with a thatch of white hair and,
twinkling blue eyes. They're as.
shrewd as : all get out. In their
youth they have- :been 'buffalo
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' 1957 Mercury Automatic.
•• .1957 Ford, 2-door.Hardtop, automatic.
In 1957 Buick Sedan, automatic.
i 1956, . Chev ' Sedan:
▪ 1956 Chev 4 -door Stationwagon:
II 1956 Meteor Rideau, automatic.
■ 1956 Ford Sedan, 'with automatic.
a 1956,Ford Coach.4.
1955 Meteor Sedan, With automatic.
1955` Buick 2-door'Hardtop.
2 1954 Chev Sedan, automatic.
1954 Ford' Sedan:'
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hunters,, ' or sailors,, or. ;soldiers.:
They emit corny philosophy ev-
ery time: they: 'open thein mouths;
I'm: afraid; ••my father 11148M
doesn',t'. fit that frame,
He's; not .gruff, but gentle:'
He'S, not. big, but weighs about
118, soaking wet- He has about
as; much hair a,> I'll have at. his,
age. He, has brown eyes, and
they , don't twinkle: • ,He's; not, 'at
all.' shrewd? . thank heaven. He's
never shot, a buffalo or anything'
else,. • not . even a ' man. :And :he
has no homespun, philosophy,,'
Praise. be. •
• There's nothing flamboyant . or
colorful about my kid's " ,grand;
father. He's led a peaceful life..
He's worked hard. He doesn't
cuss, . drink or •oyster.; He's mild,
of mariner and speech. He could --
pass for a Sunday School super
intendent, which' he has been.
Nothing exciting- has: ever • haip
;pened. to. Grandad.
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Unless, of -course, you consid-
er . its exciting to lose your arm
in a threshing machine, as he
did about thirty years • ago. But
there's nothing interesting in the
story "of a. man who raised' a
family, and ran a farm, ' With one
.arm.
Heck you can : read ; much more
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thrilling' :stuff than that every
day, in the papers—all about
fellows who' have been , out . of
work for. simply weeks, ` and will,
any . day now, cease to draw un-
employment insurance. ' •
No nothing,.: exciting like that
ever happened to Grandad. Oh,
a little ' after he lost .his arm,
while the remains were ,,still in
bandages, he :was thrown out of
a cutter and' broke. the thumb on
his good hand: But he:, passed a
pretty the,
:winter, run-
ning the:: farm:. with four, fingers.
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And :. a couple: of 'years later,
while he was up a ,.ladder putting
on storm ; windows, he . fell 'and
smashed, the ' bones :in bis ampu-
tated arm, orwhat was left of
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He' said it "was pretty;, sore
for a :while." .But It wasn't very
exciting:.
He, had an''iron hook fitted to
his stump, and it was a„;;;useful,
thing,. though uncomfortable.
One • day he was watering. a ra-•
ther jumpy .horse. His hook 'was
thrust .through a. link : in: a long
chain ` attached,;, to. the horse's.
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leadrope:. •
•Something startled the animal.
Mymother-in-law looked out
the kitchen wndo�yv and' saw the
beast. go ib - .at full. allo ' with
her husband, completely helpless,
berug.; dragged• at the end of the
chain. This � :gave hi7r a; bad
shoulder for years:.
Another day, • he was.. raking
hay, ::with a team, when -he slip-
ped.: off the seat and fell • be
tween' horses' and rake. None of
the' tines penetrated . his body,
but he was' picked up by the
rake And. rolled” along with the
hay until, he yelled "Whoa" and
the horses, ' by • :some miracle,
obeyed.
• He drove' a , rural mail route,
With his 'one arm,' in' the days
when the mailman started out
in the '`sleigh ,.in „the .xnorni:;' ,
went 'throe h; whatever torture
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the winter day had for him, and
got home„after dark. ' '•
On more than one occasion , the
sleigh overturned,• °.the ' horses
ran, •and he had.to walk home
to a wife frantic with worry •be-
cause the team had .galloped into
the yard with the sleigh 'long
before him. : ' •
Today, at. an : age when most
men are tip -toeing cat1tiously:
'toward retirement, my .kids'
igrandad, is • tough as pemmican,
looks ten years younger ',than he
is; and does "more ' work in a
day. than • most men of half his
years. •
I have yet to hear him corn
plain about anything. •He has a
tremendous courage. He'• has: anv
integrity that is whole, He is
;generous and gentle: For these
reasons Tan very glad that part
of 'him Is in r.my children.. Even
if he has led: a. quiet, •uneventful
life.
A person ':can't get Very far:
if he has to waste time cover
frig tip his tracks,
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1st KINLOSS BOY SCOUT
`GROUP
Just as there are Districts and
Regions in Service Clubs, •Fiat-
• ernal Orders, Churches; etc.,: so
there are in Scouting. Our Dis-
trict is
is-trictis called '..Saugeenwith
Groups belonging from Ripley
and ' Belgrave to. Chesley and
Durham. Kinloss ,was 'represent
ed at, their ` annual spring dinner
Meeting, at Walkerton last 'Wed-.
nesday, by 'Morley Wall, Rae
Haldenby, : Wally' Breckles : • and.
Lloyd Ackert,
SCOUTS
Five new.. recruits were wel-
comed to the. Troop on Thursday.:
They were marry Haldenby ;.and
Teddy Milne . of Westford; ,Jim`
Dillon and Eldon Eckenswiller: of
Kinlough: and , Walter Dickie of
the 4th Concession. •
A Flag : to break and` a leader
to lead was missing 'as Scouter
Frank became de -railed: doing a
good turn helping • load' farm im-
plements ,for
m-plem,ents.';for the west.
CUBS ....,..
The special visitor that we
made mention of in last week's
column was Chief Archie Gowan-
lock ',of Walkerton. At Friday
night's meeting.. it was his duty
to invest three. assistant ' leaders
who haveattended the, meetings
for the last two' months. They
are Duncan Campbell of Kinloss,
Ernest Ackert and Barry_: John-
ston of Holyrood
The meeting was rounded out
with :handicrafts:
PLAN FOR ` WEST HURON
W.I. DISTRICT MEETING
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The :executive, of the: West,
Huron District., of the W6men's
Institutes met recently in Dun-
gannon.'United. Church with ,45.
ladies 'present. Dietrict directors
and executives were • • present•
from .Goderich, Tiger Dunlop, St..
Helens,: Kintail,•' •Wingham, ' iBel-
grave,. Blyth,. Londesboro, Clin
ton, :Auburn • and/ Dungannon to
• plan ' for . the • district 'annual Is
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meeting.::‘ This will be held at
Wingham„on May 17th;:with re-
gistration ' to begin ° at .9:30 a.m.
and. the morning session to ,be
gin .at 9.45.
Thee president .;of West Huron,
Mrs. Otto Popp, was` in charge
of the meeting ,and thepresidents
of the 11 branches' were named,
a nominating committee to pre-
pare' a slate ilof• officers for . the
coming year. IMrs. -I McWhin-
ney. of Dungannon, was •named'.
convener of this committee and
will. present;; her slate of . offi•cei s
at .the. annual meeting.• •
The ladies of ' the' Dungannon
Branch served afternoon tea to
the mern'bers of the: ;visiting
branches.
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