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'The second thing. I'm .not go-
ing to do is put it in • a trust. ac-
count so my kids can go to col:
lege. My kids can get through.
college the, same way I "did, by
borrowing the' • money from One
of their uncles. Nor 'do I plan to
invest it for my old age. If I get
hold of that $70,000, I'll never
live to a ripe old ' age, •I /1 can
guarantee that,
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With a bankroll 'like.. that, I'll,
live like a rriillionaire. First, I'll
get credit cards, ,good anywhere,;
for everything, from • dinners to
dancing • girls. These won't : cost.
. me a •nickel. Then I'll .buy a
whole flock of plane tickets, on.
the 'Buy' Now—Pay Later • plan,
I'll outfit the whole family from
top to toe, `using my credit cards.
Then, ; away we ':.go.. Trips
around the world ' andback...
visits to all the exoticplaces,
the. lush spots, •for forbidden
'fields. Tutor for the -kids.
French maid "for Mom. Swedish
masseuse for; Dad. 'Their salaries
would be 1the ' only expense,, as
everything else would, go- on • the
credit cards,
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We'd `see the world in .high
style for; about two years. • At the
end "of -that time,: I figure the
FBI. and the Mounties; would ,be..
Closing' in,• 'We'd' ship the: kids;,'
':back to one of their
aunts in Canada. We'd sock. the
remaining 5Q,000 ,into a Swiss'
bank, and retire' to •.live, happily.
on . the interest; for ' our.' brief
remaining: sp,an, on.; the golden
isle of Majorca. Our only extra-
vagance,
xtra-vafance, would" be •;the.:occasional
dispatch; ` to credit card compan-
ies and airiines, of cables saying:
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So; sue' mer!
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ST. HELENS
Mr.' and, Mrs. Eldon. Miller 'an,d
LoisL
of
U have ° moved into Mrs. . John
Midler s house in Liucknow for
the" win'tpi; '.:months ::
'Mrs.,:Allan Cranston wo. first:'•
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prize and' Mrs: Allan Miller se-
cond for the • ladies. :Mr., Lorne
Forster, first aid .Terry • Wilson,
•second. for, the gents at the shoot
party sponsored by'; the Women's
Institute' in: the Community ,Hall,
'on •Friday right. • There were 7'
_tables playing,
Mr..and Mrs, Fred:. Thom "son
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and Benny of `Exeter were . week •••
end. Visitors with, . Mrs.. ' Thomp
son's. ' . parents, Mr.; and' ' Mrs.'
'Gordon.' MacPherson:
• Mr.,. and ,Mrs, :, W; Rice ac-
cotnpanied. by Ir; ' ,,and ; Mrs'.
John .Hall\of ; Lucknow were.. in
'Hillsburg • on Sundayowing', to
the death .of ' 1VIr. 'George. Bryan.
Mrs; Ernest Gaunt •is making
favourable. ' recovery :following'
surgery' in' Victoria Hospital': in
London last .Week. ;
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CULROSS CORNERS
Having experienced the *first
snow storm' of the season,• Mr..
Lorne Becking : and his snow
pOugh' are ibecoming. •a familiar,
sight. .
• lyirs: : Frank • Brown . and • Reg'.
spent .?luesday , evening .with' Mr.
and. Mrs. John S•chuinacher'' and
Charlie. ' •
Last . week the. Inspector.'
made
his semi'•annual' .:visit to our.
school. . • •
Mrs Clayton, , Meyet spent last.
week ih . Hamilton on :account'
of. Abe illness of her mother-in-
1avtf: • Mrs. Meyer.. .
Mrs. Frank. • - •Brown; spent
Thursday' afternoon .. with ; Mrs.
Wm: Hodgins; Bervie.
` Congratulations to Mrs. Frank
Schumacher . on winning,
valued. at, .fifteen .dol-
lars 'ina, draw at'Church's .and'
..Miss` Joan .'Lamont •on winning'
a:; blanket at Kings
Mr. arid • Mrs,' • Morley. Wall
Were.. the • guests of :Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas...Wraith, Wednesday ,evening.
.Mrs. Frank • Brown .• and: Reg
visited Thursday ' evening at the.
home of ••the Wilson Bros, '
' and Mrs. Ritchie, Zion.
are spending :some trine` • •with
•Mr.• and Mrs: Elmer Wall...'
On Sunday'. evening, •. -Mrs:
Frank Brown and Reg were :din-
ner • guests .af ' .Mr. • and ' . Mrs..
Harold ' Nicholson and family, of
.Bervie.
,.• Mr,• and Mrs.' John• Schuma
cher spent Sunday . evening with
'Mr; and Mrs. Jas: Wraith.
wli TECHURC.
Mr.. •anal.., Mrs., Harry ..Swan , at-
tended the wedding of, his' bre
they; ..Mr. :W..Swan. to Miss 'Don
na. Siirridge'' of ' Kincardine ' ,on
'Saturday, January 9th,
' Mrs. Brian •Boothrn:an +left .:on
Thursday,for her home ;in Hazel -
.dine, •Alberta: •
ath
•'..Sym • . is :extended•, to : the.
Y p .y
family :of . the -late. Mrs. .Jane
Kennedy;. who passed away
at •her borne . en.rJanuary:: 9th. in
her'., ninety-eigth • year. •
Little :Janice ; Farrier. ,is • .under
the :doctor's!" Care with 'German,
measles•..:,
There's no. betteilwayto cut:fer-:
tinter costs than • to take advan
tage of the early seastin discounts
on Co-op Fertilizer.
UN!TEO co-oPERATIVESiiro, R1U'
before
Plus an
Additional,
BY -PAYING CASH , IN 10 . DAYS
ucknow District Coop,
immliniwitvratour
Sugar and Spice
By .. , ii:. ;I, Smiley
Bought aboutmy eleventy-sev-
en lie sweepstakes ticket the other
'day. 1 could line- the walls of my.
:study with the• old. ones, ifI had.
a study. They're sort: of pretty'
too, with that.' chubby dame on.
the front' staring at you ''quizzi-
wally, ` and practically saying:
"Sucker!" .
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Every tine I buy 'one,. I kick
myself: "Why': are you • doing
this?" I ask me in 'disgust.' "First
of all, it's against the law. .Se=
cond,,. you don't give: a tippler's
tart .about "helping out ' the, Irish
hospitals. Third, if you have an
odd quid . to throw arou4id, why
don't •you .give it to something
worthwhile, • like. theestablish-
ment of a school where people
'Could learn to , smile, in twelve.
easy lesons, attractive. partners,
no experience .necesary?"
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But every Anne I, give myself
a going-over like that, a still,
small voice within me ,says: "Aw.
shaddup. This time. we're'•gonna
wint'''er. Seventy thousand 'sing-
les of the : glorious green. Can't
miss.': Gotta,. feelin'.'' This .tiny
voice is knownas • ,Human' : Nat-
ure or Arrant Greed,..depending
on., :whether' it's y.•our, ..own
some.body'.else''s. '
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It's' a' fact, ::though, ' that every'
time' I pay, over part of the gro
eery .money 'for•_ one'of'those little
offpink sheets with an the fine
print on. them, I do` have a sud-
den, dazzling vision ' of winning
$70,000, or whatever.. it is they
give you It . must , be something
like one :of. those spells in which
a: Holy Roller- sees the vision•
and starts to , roll,
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• ,Trouble . is, something always
jars 'me out of my trance before.
I can build; up ;the faith and really
get into it I'm sitting ' in •.the'of
flee,: clutching rny'sweeps>. ticket.
I'm `'looking out the. window.. I.
don't see the snow ;Ijelting• down.
and miserable .''feIlow-towrismen
crouching their •way 'through
noses dripping::
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No, 'what .. I . see is ,the white
gleaming , beach it Rio, as 'the
planedips its wing to. make the
circuit of Sugar' Loaf mountain;
Or the firm, brown, Spanish ser-
ving -wench
er=ving wench" setting' up: breakfast
on . the 'terrace,. over -looking the
Mediterranean `;. Or. the. ' agile,,
frizzy -headed ' kid scrambling up
the ` palm ' tree., on Koalahuao, to
fetch Me a fresh coconut.:
Aid just about then a . metallic
Canadian. voice clangs ' into my'
reverie :with "say, I. wanna ,ptid'
da ' nadentha paper: .I, got some
real. good ,pigs •for sale":and'`I•
know 1' m 'back, • 1.. ha'ven't won
the sweeps, it's snowing outside,
and: it's the middle of •.January,.
in the • true north .• •strong, and
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freezing. '
However, Hope springs 'eternal.
on the hurnan beast, as the old
Norse folk=song has; it. I wish
Faith • and Charity would make
it a ..sister; act. Nothing: will ever
convin6e; me that,I'm not going to
win the .next Sweepstakes. 'And
I don't .mean one of; those pidd�
ling consolation. prizs; either. I.
mean the bundle. It'h got to hap:.
pen , soon, while I have a', nodi
.cum of health and a Vestige of
youth left, or it's too late. Next
summer, I'IL, be 40. After that,
who cares?
The first thing I'rn .•not ;going.
to do with the money is buy a.
house. That's all those dopes can
ever say • who are .•iriterViewed'
'after they Win one, I've got a
house, of,sorts•+ Whywaste Mon-
ey building'. 'a fancy new one?
And have some "bum, living in
it fifty years from now, curse
me, upand down because I made
• such a mess of building . his
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