The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-09-07, Page 7)NESDAY, SFT: 'ith:' 1960;
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THE LUCKNOW •SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Sugar and Spite}
By W. B. W. Smiley
;"his week the Old Girl anon I
will observe our 14th • anniyer-
sary, You notice I didn't . say 1
!`celebratefz.. We just observe
them, rather • coldly,..She's been i
a. little cool ' about..:anniversa•ries
since .the* time .I brought.. the,
present and the card, a few
years back, '
She'd been, beefing about •her I
.paiht brushes, 'being hard to
clean, On our anniversary; I
gave her a lovely little package ;
of paint brush ,clearier, suitably'
gift -wrapped. I, also :handed her
a beautiful anniversary card. It
cost me 40 cents, and had flow-
ers and cupids and all sorts of
things on it.
Only thing was, that. it . was
headed off: , "To niy darling hus-
band, on our 'anniversary.", I'd
forgotten to read• it.'
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These anniversaries 'are hard_ has been by .my side, ever ready didn't work,
Fourteen .years ago, 1 ,abhor, • ;.:-**-`""‘".°
red the idea 'of - poasessions.. I'
didn't want to own anything..I
didn't want to sink any roots...
Since then, I've' collected, an.
awesome assembly of junk,and
my roots are S far. 'down they're
blocking the sewers. Besicdes the
ball -and -chain, ,I've'acquired 2.
children who. , eat' like ' sharks,.
two Mortgages, a g.reat big, .old
house that swallows, everynick-
el, can raise, and: enough: ac-
cumulated stuff to fill, a couplet
of warehouses.
A lot of water•.has gone under
the bridge in those , fourteen
years' And most of it has ended
.up in my cellar. But.. there's
.plenty on the 'credit side, too.
We've two . healthy;.. youngsters
whose ,daily•' presence is. a joy in
our lures, and .also a great boos-
ter of sedative sales at the .drug
store.
Was it worth it? Would I. do.
it . again? You're darn right I
would. It's been a wonderful ex-
perience, and as we step off into'
the fifteenth year, •I. can't help
giving . thanks • -for the . gentle, with a,: word bf encouragement,
lovely, 'steadfast • help -mate. ,who or a slam on . the ear, if ' that
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NEW IDEA �.ISTRIB .
D. UTOR
Goderich, Ontario
Carlow 2821
er to take than birthdays. The ;
whole 14 years: was brought
graphically to the fore ' tonight
at dinner, when I looked around,
and realized. that elf, these peo-
ple belonged to' me,and' were
my; responsibility for ' feeding,
clothing 'and housing, among
other. things, 1 • ' •
Fourteen years ago; I was a
young • veteranofthe air i.force,
fad ginger and peculiar. ideas:
jith' the,aid of the other young
veterans and various : Wenches, I
had been: successful in •getting.
through'. all my gratuities' ,in a..
few 'months of high ..lining: I
was. broke,: free, cynical; selfish,
.and 'happy. as a trout. • :• '
I , thought ' Love was: something.
made ,up by women and, the.
movies.' .,Marriageand children
were: for ' the : dopes • ':Money, was
something for : other-- people to
scramble after. The 'Home .. was
where old. people went.. when
they ran out of .money. `-Family
ties were :neckwear I borrowed
from my : brothers. : •
.' Those, werepretty„'godd• days,
in retrospect. `All' I wanted to '.do''
'was read books,eat, drink and
sleep when 'I felt like ' it, and '.
avoid personal• entanglements
like :the plague. My : chief ambi-'
• tion: was • to avoid work In any,
form, and my only. `desirye was
to find. some, exotic land• crawl-
ing with beautiful:. women, and'
there settle clown: in 'the ' sun:
• 13ut; even as • the walls of
Jericho, I •tumbled.. Like, ' most
'young men. of that : age, I was
just an egg. I thought ] was' hard
boiled, but .I ' •wasn't. even ;half -
cooked. •One /crack in the shell,
,and I ran all •• over.' the place, •
*,*
In short, . I got married, and
I've. been running all ' over the
place ever ,since.,• Our marriage,
in .those 14 years'•has ''had' its
ups and downs: And a .good part
of the time .we, seemed to be
gang sideways. In those 14 frau-,'
tic years, however, I've, changed
a lot. My cynicism ' has become'
.merely a healthy, scepticism: I.'
haven't a hope of, being selfish
any more. But some: things have-
n't changed, :I'm 'Still broke; arid'.'
I'm still free.
Oh, not=.:=free:4irr''t'he `o'l`d LN'ay, i.:
mind you: I can't go.out with '
'girls •any more. 1 'can't sit up...
with , the boys until the wee
small ' hours, and I' can't throw
all 'my worldly possessions• in a
bag .and take' off for Rio.; Not
unless I want , to arrive at the
airport with .a kid clingibg to
each leg, and my, wife flying
from 'my ,,neck like a pennant.
But I'm free in the things that
really count, I can go golfing &"
fishing any tinie I f el like it.
As long as the kids don't want,
A, go swirruning,. 1 can speak mY .'
haind • freely on any subject,
around our house, without fear.
'of contradiction. A's Yong as I do
it down in the 'cellar`, ,or while
l'!a mowing the lawn. . I . can
fibhirs 'an dn :from ' wearing MY''
sox, "If 1 can catch
hint before ' he gets out of the
house,
ASHFIELD Q U
HOLQS PICNIC
Ashfield Presbyterian *Sunday
School picnic was held Tuesday,.
August '30th at': Ashfield park,
ideal weather and a large
crowd made . a' most successful
event: -
As. the crovld gathered, Rev.
Neil" Mccornbie,, Sandy MacDon-
ald and D. A. MacLennan. enter-
tained with bag -pipe music.
Racing events: 4 yrs. and un
•der, Linda; Boak, Ian. MacKenzie; t
5 .yrs., Robert. ,Simpson, Kenneth
Farrish; 6 and 7 yrs., Robert
Boak, Russell Moncrief; 8 -aizd
yrs., Billy Boak , ,Brian Johnston';
Boys '10- and 11, • Dpuglas Mac-
Kenzie, Herbie, Barger; Girls .10
and:11, Nancy MacLennan, Bet-
ty. Simpson; Girls 11 and . over,
Gail . Howes; ' Boys 11, and .Aver,
Sandy MacDonald, Robert Boak.
Girl's., .'•3 -legged race, '12 .and
under, Margaret Farrish • and'
Sandra Boak, Jean 1VLaoDonald &.
Jan Simpson; . Girls 3 -legged
r
Kenzie , and Cathy Gibson, :Mary
Louise 'Sirpson & Shirley Robb;
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Boy's 3 -legged -race, 12 and und-
er, Douglas , MacKenzie and
Herbie Barger, Larry .Farrish &
Murray Johnston; . Potato Race,
12 and under; Shirley Robb,
Mary Louise, Simpson Potato
Race, 8: and.under, Valerie 'Stq-
thers, • Alma Farrish; Potato
Relay, •Nancy MacLennan and
Betty Siinpson, Marlene Drennan
and .Sandra .Boak.
Sack race;,boy's 12 and under,
Herbie Barger, Larry' Farrish;.
Sack race, ' boy's' 8 and under,
Garry MacKenzie, Billy Boak;
Sack race; girl's 12' and under,
Jean :Drennan, Verna . Farrish;;
Sack race, girl's 10, and under,
Marlene' Drennan, Shirley 'Robb; ,
Kick Slipper, girl's Mrs. Duncan'
Farrish, Mrs: Donald ,Simpson;
Kick Slipper, boy's, .,Sandy Mac-
Donald, Reuben' Wilson.
The Sund ay School • teachers
served lunch from a, Well laden'
pi1cnic
,Rev. .McCombie, Wilfred .Far-
rish, Robert .Boak and Reuben.,
Wilson managed sporting events:
and 'a, ball game., ;,.
ace; 8 and .under, Diane' Mac- •
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