The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-01-27, Page 6L
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• RAGE SIX
THE LUICKNQW SENTINEL, LUCKNQW, QNTARIO
WEDNESDAY STAN( 27th, 1960-
,
Sugar and Spi:ce'
By IN'. ii' •.1. Smiley
The other daya fellow from the
''Toronto, Star, Ben Rose, was in-
terviewing me. At least,. • I think.
that's what he was .doing.. That':;,
:who he ,.said he' was' anyway;.and
and
he :can* down • to the house, . and
we had a •beer,. and he borrowed
some books from me,,
Be asked some. questions about
• how '.1 got started in. the .news
paper, business., While sorting out.-
' theconfusiang• answer, an odd,,
look . passed :over his face. He
said: ''Really, then, you've never
had any' other job?" I floundered
mentally hack.through, theast
twenty years and had ib admit;f
• somewhat . psheepislily "By the ,
gollies, r I•. guess ` you're right." I.
never thought of it that way.
It , was rather ;a, saerin
'thought, but I didn't 'let it,bo her
Me. , at, the time.. Tonight, , w-
• ever, 1 was reading the ' eIp
Wanted ads. hi . the evening pa-
per, 1 do . this once' in' a While,'
just to •see if 'anybody. . wants a
used editor, for a forty -hour
week, at .$10,000.. o year. There
aren't . many openings:
As I read down • the columns,
which pleaded-. for real ' estate
i• . �•.
SA N D E RSO N'S
Ladies'• and Men's. Wear -85
Fashion 'Millinery ;
BRIDAL. GOWNS:
FORMALS
.•
salesmen, nurses; ppressman, up-
holsterers, production experts,.
commercial, artists, stenogra-
phers and short-order cooks,
that.• remark trade by. Mr. Rose
flew into the back of my mind
like a. bat, and hung there, up
side, down;, 'squeaking, -. •'
My• eyes started to :slide '.down:`
the list with something akin to
panic,' until all I was seeing was.
a -Wilk' of Aggressive Young Man,;
Bricklayer, Coding iClerk, :Meeh
antics, Middle-aged Couple; ' Sta-
tionary Engineer, Junior, Comp
tometer Operator, Female • "Re-
ceeStionist Good. Appearance, and
a lot of other' things I air defin
itely nbt:
gotbol : of myself', slowed
L d..: y ,
�1own, and read every ad care -
/fully. Do you know• the only job
on. three .pages, for which .I was
qu lified? It . read;, -100 . MEN
WANTElf. Highest wages paid
to . distibtite advertising matter.
Paid Ine , day., Phone so -and-
sb.".' That's a job, stuffing• hand=
bills. under ..doors.'
*'+ *.
• Anyway; 'it' Was quite a jolt to
realize that here I am, nearing
middle, age, and the only job I'm
qualified for,, if' I lost the one I'm
is; peddling bills 'with a bunch
of rummies. Now all- this'• doesn't
necessarily mean you don't have
to know anything to be an editor.
Nor does it mean that all editors
would .be, editors,
ln, any ,;:other
j ob'. , I know some itors , who
,
would make eitcelleht bartend-
ers. And` vice. versa.
Of course, it's' not .entirely, true
that. I never had another job I'
did'- work at several thinks, for,
short periods, in .between, . sort
of.' For, instance, ' I •worked`. on a
passenger steamers on the ,,treat
Lanes, in summer holidays.
There •I learnedto sort' ;.dirty
linen, polish brass, l wipe u after,
the seasick, and shoot crap., But;
there doesn't seem to be much
call for this .sort of thing in 'the
Help Wanteds
Anothersummer; L, worked
a factory, where I learned sever.
al trades: ,Like welder's helper,
-for. ; eivainple.: I..used.' tb, pull the
.welder's dirty, great •tank.s around'
-for. him, on a sort of 'cart. affair:
Then , I had to sit, arid watch
° . "them,' while .he ` went off, . into a
.building .:to : weld.' ,There 'had to
be..a. man w:atoning •.Chetanks, in
case they blew : up, or something::.
Company rule. But I;- don't see
any, ads •:looking for. a . Welder's
Tank Watcher;
THE KANGAROO, the largest"of the
Australian marsupials,' roams the
countryside in .large•'bands. Although a
' .foil -grown kangaroo is nine' feethigh
and weighs 200 pounds, the baby is
only aninch 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 is
' able to shift for itself.,, '.•
When the young kangaroo leaves its
`"home,"' it is ready' to take its rightful
plate in the world. To help your children:
take their rightful place in the world;
there is nothing better than life insur-,•'
ante. Let me tell you atfout Sun Life's
l ducationat'policy which can to easily.
Provide funds fortheir college education.
m. J. Kinahan
R.R. 2,' Lucknow
' Phone Winghaiti 717-w'4.
.SUN LIFE :ASSURANCES
COMPANY OF. CANADA
Later : that summer, they , put
me to running the `freight eleva-.
tor. "I enjoyed that, until the day.
I fell. •asleep at the, bottom of 'the
elevator shaft and everybody
went home sand• I was 'locked .in.
the plant and had to, wait until.
the night watchman: came around:
about 11 ' pin Scared the day-
lights out of hien;
Oh, S had a „few other skills,
too, that are not to be sneezed at
In prison :camp; .I picked' up some.
fancy culinary tricks, and• can.
still • turn out as nicea batch of
turnip jam . or ,:prune ,punch' as •
you'll .come across: During, a
year in ' • hospital :: I • learned
enough crafts to set myself up
in a -souvenir: shop anytime. 'To
mention: only a' couple: I learned
to knit and ground. out ,baby's`
soakers Idle ..a Machine for a few•
weeks;' I learned leatherwork;.
and my wife, still, has a vast five -
sided .
ive-sided; receptacle, w'hich•I told 'her.
was•. a -purse, and in which she
keeps • old •golfballs, to prove It:
The more I' • think of it by
George, the cheerier I get. Why
there are hundreds . of .things I
can do. I : haven't even ,begun to,
touch .some or the. more delicate
skills I've acquired. Like hearing
spelling ;iessoins,, shooting a fair
game of pool, pulling on' kids'
rubber boots,, making a good pot
of chile, and reading . a ' book
while shaving:. •
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CU ,OSS
LR' CORNERS
C'ongra'tulations to our reeve,
Mr. Mike Fischer op winning the
wardenship for i rUce County .;
and • bringing ;honour to, •Culross
township.
Miss, Alice ' Haldenby, Wing-,
ham,, and 'Mr. , Lloyd' /Tusk were
recent , ,visitors with Mr: and
Mrs. -NtWilliam, 'Haldenb
• • v' . . Q 1 Wilson r, and Mrs:OrVal
and farnily were recent-- visitors
with Mr,,` and' Mrs. Morley Wall
and family. •'
We" are glad. .to: repo.r.'t. Bob"`
Green to Abe home' ' from, 'Wing
ham : Hospital. •
Mr. -and Mrs. John Schuma-
cher sent Friday evening with
Mr. and .• Mrs,. 'Morley Wall and
family..
Mrs. Frank •Brown • and, Reg.
spent Sunday evening with • Mr.
and Mrs. Lyman •Sutton, E;in
lough.. •
Mr, 'and •Mrs. John Schuma-
cher were Sunday .visitors with
Mrs; • Archie, McF'arlan and
•
GavllerMcIntosh & Ward
CHARTERED • ACCOUNTANTS •
Bell Telephone •.Building:
WALKERTON
.E. KENNEDY, B,Ed BA,CA.-Resident, Manager
Telephone; " Business '633;' Residence `1'06
Spence.
Mr. and ._Mrs. • Ernest , Hanna,
and family spent:the the week -end
.with Dr.. and Mrs. Don :Willetts
and family, Mount Albert.
Nlr. Done Bell; Toronto,.: spent,
the week -end. at the ,home of
Mr. ° and . Mrs. • Ernest Hanna,
Mr. • Jack Morrison.. and Penny
'of Uxbridge visited Sunday with
Mrs. A. Clreen: and boys;, Mr.'
Cedric . Green .'returned ;.`home
•
with thein. # --
• Mr. and Mrs. Morley Wall
r:vs•s•��wi�
motored to London, . on. , Monday,
• . We. are :sorry: to • report that
1V.fr. Albert' 'Shelton of, Parkhii
and. fornerly ` of Kinlough fell'
on the ice,.. injuring his shoulder
which will lay him off work for
a•. couple of months. .
T �. pewriter ribbons fo
Y . b , r any
make of machine are now• avail
able at . the Lucknow Sentinel.
•No matter what; the machine, we
have the ribbon. Phone 35 'Luck -
now, •
I'm . certainly • 'lad I had this`
little chat with myself tonight. I
was a little depressed there`for.
a, while, ,but never again will I
worry about being out of a job:
It shouldn't be any trick at all
to pick up as 'position where they
want a man who is not•'just .one
of those narrow specialists, 'but
who is pretty darn expert at
several 'hundred things,' How
many • men are there ,around, for
example, who can name –the
wives of Henry VIII, play, a ket
tledrum, and `fire four , fifty i il,-
imeter eantton with their eyes
sht'rt? ,
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THE ';GREENS MADE'` IT ALL RIGHT s•.
all $100,000. of .it.' M:ind'you it took Mr.' Green, -1,p years
and that's what he made, not what.he''kept.' Li•ke'the Greens `
•,. S of•us in our lifetime will •earn morethan this•imp o'sing •
• pile of bank notes.' Ques±ion is. how much will we keep? Sys
tematic saving at the`B of 'M helps you: keep more ofwhat.
you make. Just one of those 1`00,000 dollars Will open 'a
.702 noes . )ns' savings account for you, h(eep it strictly for saving, And
!HORN"
there's' one thing g ymoney y pinto : ,,
thin,. you can sa foro he more ' ; ou' out
• that account .. , You have really t it Made, •
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