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ASSOCIATION; 'VICE-PRES.• • '
The regular "monthly meeting,
of the Life Underwriters Associa4.
tion of Saugeen washeld at the
Everglades Restaurant; Walker-
ton. ' The. meeting was chaired by
the 'President, Mervin 'Patterson.
Grace was said by • Clarence
Thommpson.
The nominating committee con-
sisted of • Clarence Thompson and
Harry Breugeman ,recommended.
the following officers for the 1:962".
terin: President, 'Mervin.'Patter-;
Son; ,vice-president, William Kira
Ilan; secretary -treasurer; ' Rodney
Helwig. The •following• committee,
chairmen were also 'appointed for
the year 19e2: ,publicity, Harry
Breugerrian; . program, Wilford
•Caslick;,'.'membershiP, Clarence
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Thompson as .chairman aandWrn.-:
Iinahan as .co-chairman„; William
Conlon, Ethics ' and 'Practices,
Harry Bi eugeman.
William Kinahan was appointed
as. the ,representative to the: an
.nual meeting •Of the . Life Under:-
writers
nder-writers ,,Association :of Canada to
be held. at the. Royal York Hotel,
,Toronto, in: February 1962. '
Plans :Were laid by the mem-
bership :committee to •increase the
Membership of ' the locat associa-`
tion ,from, ': the life "underwriters
in the. Saugeen area: -who are:not
members .at .the : present :time but
ho.•hold life insurance licences:
A dog's bark may be. worse ;than
his bite, but it never s'eemsso
personal.
:Have character =' drin't be ogre.
What. '•in the name of all that's
hysterical is goiri g , on in 'Canada,
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these days? You,: can't pick up, • a
paper or "a magazine without the
word. FALLOUT hittirngti you like
.a:, big black" bludgeon.
After years of • virtual indif-
ference to the threat of nuclear
War, suddenly, the whole .of North
America has gonehog-wild for
shelterst is avidly devouring
every bit of garbage published
about radioactivity, and is 'hotly
arguing such questions as whe-
ther there'll be 75 per cent. or 85
per, cent of our population'Wiped
out in a missile attack.
I had 't noticed the rapid' build-'
ups ofpanic' in our. publications,.
but hadn't paid too• much atten-
tion to 'it.. One. :'becomes a:, bit•
cynical about the constant state
Of apoplexy .of our,. daily press;'
This week,': however, my kids
at school were delivering, .their
annual oral "compositions'— those
'who 'didn't have , enough nerve
to . skip school- 'that .day, . ;D.o you;
knew what• their favourite topic
',was? .Fallout shelters!
This was . too much.. When cute
little '• girls of 1&, 'who; should .: be
discussing such subjects as dances •
and hairdos, . stand.: up 'there ,iii`
.front of the class .and, say; "Mr.
Smiley, . fellow . students, ,the to-
pic 1 have `chosen to '.speak on
today is What .Will You Do When
the Bomb Falls?" fit's time :some
body called. a halt to the 'hysteria
That's bad.. enough:: But . these,
panic ' purveyors have . even. got
Amy :wife interested: , ' That's
what worries me., Things, must he
serious. For•years; . I'•ve been. try-
ing to get her interested . in•
world 'affairs..
Sortie of 'these attempts have
almost driive'r me straight ,up the
Wall, across the ceiling, and down
the. other" side., •
"Do . you realize ',we're facing,
total annihilation?"' I .would „sk
her. "Mess'.',', she woul.. answ�r;
`bzt
t'when are'you ggoing . to stop
:sm'oking So ,much?" •
She never knew. the president'
Ghana from:the, president of,:
:the local 'Rotary Club. Het ` idea'
ofa big- international crisis was
When .:Princess Margaret married.
Tony,: or '.when :Liz. Taylor bagged
a `new.'husband.
Now, s:he's, talking fallout shel-
ter. Not that she's changed her.
mind. about' .what's • important in
the world She still thinks nuclear
fission is something vaguely un-
comfortable, bike trout .fishin',
only more So; She is firmly con=
wincedthat War •is .a lot of 'ri-
diculous nonsense, indulged in by'
men .every so often to bolster
their egos •
No, she hasn't become inter -
Bill Smiley
she doesn't • like • to be out of
style, and these days fallout is
the 'fashion. She still thinks radia-
tion is something to do with'
where you pitt water. .in a 'car,.
•but she's . not going to rpiss. the
show. ' • ".
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Big worry, , at the moment,is
where . we're. `going to put the
Plano, in the shelter. She doesn't
want it: to get damp. Affects the
tone., She's also a little troubled
about • the exact shades of the
drapes.. There won't be any
windows in the Thing; of .course;
but 'lack of windows never stop-
ped a woman, from`• fretting over.
curtains..
• The kids are • getting organized,
too They'ke quite• practical about
the whole thing. Told.' they might
bring• their most -cherished . pos-
session, Kim `voted for. Piper the
cat, and Hugh '. for Playboy the
pup. 'I agreed.; . as we might have'
to 'eat. thew: There won't . be
room for much food
You see, • my ..wife needs : her
sewing machine, ,her steam; iron;.
her hair dryer, and' of course';.:
the vacuum ..cleaner,' to: :keep. the,.
place tidy. .She Ansisti . we put
in the hi-'fi; so we can rot to
Rachmaninoff. We're, not going to
eat like pigs, she. clairris; so the
dining :.room . ,table ,must go in
And ,she doesn't want any.. dirty-
'booted rescue workers : tromping
around on her good rug, so that
has • to': go. inside.: Along with all,
the • good =china, silverware "and
glassware.
PAGE' SEVEN
Purves . IFamily
Move To -•
(ST. HELENS, NEWS)
A • capacity crowd attended a
pot luck . suPPer on Saturday
night sponsored by the S . Helens.
Mr, Murray Gaunt, CKN •ss•;:
ciate • farm , !editor was guest.
speaker, of the evening. He had
his slides of his . recent trip to
Bermuda: The N.11. 'presented
Murray with a 'gift as a little • re- .
inembrance of St. Helens. -.E 'W.`'•
Rice and Lorne Forster favoured
with' solos while Brian Gammie
played an accordian -'selection..
Miss 'W. D. Rutherford gave a..•
reading. The evening was climax -
1
ed with a rousing; sing -song. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Rae Watson' have-
Moved. to Londonfor the winter
months. •
The December meeting of the
W.I: will. be. • field on• "December.
7th at 2 o'clock: _ Roll call, Christ-.
mas verse:; Topic, Mrs: Ernest'
Gaunt. Contest, Christmas cook-
res, six; Gift exchange (50c)
Lunch and program, Mrs. Fred..
McQuil'lin,, Mrs. • De ..Boer:' and
Mr's. Ernest.. Gaunt. • •
Mr. • Ken Purves/ ' and • his sis-
ters, Mrs. • Elizabeth Bolt,
Annie Irwin' and Miss Marjory
Purves have; m.oyed this week. "to:
their. new •horse: near ',Mitchell:•
This family will ".'be * greatly .mis-
sed in the..c
:Mr•:•Hugh.
stop spent
his parents:;
Rutherford,.
turned after
at Kingston'
omrnunjty.
.Rutherford ofKing-
the . week -end with.
Mr. and Mrs. Will,
Mr. Rutherford re
a' three week's'. visit
with his sons..
All.
some
We're n,ot. going' •to :try•to get''
the car • inside, '. because it's in t,
sured:v..But • I'll be hanged if T
leave . the lawn•rnower : out. It's n
Second-hand :; power `.mower
bpught this fall for $20., and
never was 'able to •get,the ;motor
started', so' I'm not goi•r g to; just.
let .that'go.;up in smoke, without'.
getting, some use out of it,..
..Kim 'isn't any -trouble:' Except•'
that.: she says she :• won't go" 'into
the ..thing unless we.' take • the
'television set: Hugh is bound his
bikenot going .to- be'left:out.'in.
,all that , radioactive dust.; though
i.t doesn't seem to bother him that.
been sitting outin the snow
for the past two weeks.
It's taken: a 1ot of Planning,-"lint'I think • I've 'found t:he solution..'
It ,Will be'a lot cheaper ..to .' hire
a fleet of bulldozers to cover our
house ;with. earth, than 'it will .. be,
to • aiuild a shelter.. big ,enoug.h: to
hold everything my family .in_
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•silts is. esseii iai• to ' surviva.l::
Despite the "wonder drugs"
which have saved. tens of thous-
ands of . tub'erculo`sis victims from
death', there are still nearly 1,000
deaths a year from this disease
nationally -minded: It's just .that in Canada:
SME' 'DRIVING 'WtEK _'DECEMBER 1-1'••
1 takes longer to stop
when: roads are, slippery!
•At 20 miles an hour, stoppingetakes 10' times
as' long on ice or sleet as on' a dry road'
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if )sou' want to avoid' Winter accidents
stow dolt/4; keep your windshield free, of ice and snow;
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follow at a, safe distance.
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If you do have to stop in a' hurry, pump your brakes,
don't jam them (Power brakes need gentle pumping.)
C o®o y:.r.ators
nsurance, Association
men ,are •not homeless; but
are borne less •than others,
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THE KANGAROO, 'the .largest of the
' Australian marsupials, roams the
`countryside in large bands. Although a
full-grown. kangaroo is nine feet' high
and weighs. 200 pounds, the baby is
• only an inch long when it is born. It
stays inside its° mother's pouch until
it is 'five or six months •old, at which
time it weighs several pounds and Li
able to shift for itself.
When the .young kangaroo leaves: its.
"home,' it is ready to take its rightful
place in the world. To help yourchildren
take their rightful place in the world,
there is" nothing better "than life .1insur-
ince. Let me tell you about Sun Life's
t' Educational Policy which can so easily..
prOvidefunds for their .college, education
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IL>R. 2, Lucknow
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