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THE ,I VCKNOW SENTINEL,• .UCKNOW, ONTARIO
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
ow The Days Go
,tt's pot the cough wot car,
ries you .off. It's the coffin they
'carry you off in."
That old. English folk saying '
rpretty well sums up my attitude
toward life •this week. I:t isn't
• the work- that's killing me; it's.
•
:the after-hours stuff,' in a typi-
col• week.. A •
Last- Monday, 'after work, I ;
'wrote my. column, then spent'
'five hours studying an essay by
' c, S. Lewis, Concisely ,called
'Right and Wrong as a Clue to ,
•the . Meaning of the Universe."
3 fry selling that one, 'to a girl
whose chief worry is. her .hair-
do, or to a .boy who can hardly
wait. for thelast bell to ring,, so
that he can streak for the pool- •
'room.
Tuesday night l ,went curling.;
Firsttime this year. Next morn-
ing, I felt 112 years old whet I'
crawled out. of the sack. My, : ,
muscles worked only in fits and:
starts.. •
Wednesday, afternoon, rushed .
to .matinee: to see movie of Mae -
beth. Sat with doe -eyed female
English teacher. Later ..told my
`daughter. I'd held' .hands, with.
her, throughout, ' the ' .show.
Daughter. furious. Wednesday
night,'a two -Hour meeting of our
staff's General Futility Commit -
jet, ,
ommittet,. ..
Thursday : afternoon: • a two
hour drive .to the. city, through a
swirling snow -storm. with Kim;
her last (halleluiah!) visit, to
the of hodontist Five years and
700dollars after it all began the
kid has straight,teeth. •,
Two more hours home, the
transport ''trucks giving us a
mud -bath a'bo'ut every two miles.
But we hada jolly'conversation..
in .the cozy' car, in the- . black •
night,. in the- white wilderness.. •
• Talked` about four-letter words.
,their Origin 'and their ..-faseina ;
tion. We agree, they were. ugly
but powerful. Not : the dirty ,
ones. They reveal merely a 1im
•''ted , vocabulary: But such epi-
thets as. slop, ' drab, slob, Clot,
punk, jerk; fink, have a certain.
horrible charm.
Friday night is relax might, ,
the week over. t 'curled again,
and later got into ' a session,one
of those " Kids_don't know hoW,
picky •they.' are today". sessions -
with some other creaky relics of
when I got home.. But not to
worry, Tomorrow• I could sleep
Tomorrow arrived, about -30
winks later, and the .Old Girls,.
still a . bit. owly, informed that
she wasn't up to driving the kid
to the city for music lesson. I
was thrust into the snow and
ice.' She slept in. -
Hugh was to come home with
us, for . a ' weeekend'.s. skiing. He
.didn't . show up at Abe rendez-
vous. We went to -his men's resi-
dence. Nobody had :seen him
since eight o'clock the night`be•
,fore. With some .faint. hope that
he's. either • eloped or •been
napped, • Kim and 'h struck: out-
for the long, dreary drive home.
Momma is all.rested up,; and
informs'.me that we're going out
to .spend the evening with some
new friends. Groan. It._ was exhi-
larating :but exhausting, four of
us talking 'at once. Left at 3
a.m., ,clutching a delicious home-
made coffee . cake.
• Sunday, was church,-curling•in
the afternoon; and ,a special
treat in the evening -- dress re-'
hearsal for an annual. pageant in
the, church../.1 am in' charge of.
:rounding usufficient : bodies, •
of 'the right size and shape.
Have'you ever tried to deliver'.
25 reluctant teenage boys to a
church on' a Sunday evening, in
this .day. and age? Don't. •
•St. Joseph • had sprained 'his
ankle, skiing, and couldn't make
'-
i it: St. Peter had- the. flu. St. An-
drew just didn't bother showing.
up..St. Thomas had go out of,
town with . the bantam hockey.
team. St, Paul thought the ire•
hearsal wasnext: week. .The
shepherds have lost their.
crooks.' The three wise men are
two dopey kids who want to get
homeand, watch Bonanza. Judas.
is sore' because he's just.learned
' he's the villain in "the piece.
' And you grope off' to work ;in
the dark. Monday :morning. And
you.have a rough day. And you
come home and look at the'
mail; two whopping, insurance
premiums, a fuel bill that, makes
you • want '•to "run for 'the nearest
travel agency; and :a,'notice-from
the bank that your. account is;
overdrawn. '
Oh 'well, it's a::great lite. if you
don't die from sheer living..
the De ression. also got hell
,
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HURON COUNTY
TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION
SCHEDULE OF. CHEST CLINICS
SEAFORTR:
SEAFOR'1<H 'COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Second Wednesday Every Month in the Afternoon
WINGHAM`'
GENERAL HOSPITAL,
Third
• Monday of the Month in the Afternoon
EXETER:
SOUTH HURON HOSPITAL
Third Thursday of the Month in the Morning
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.CLINTON: •
PUBLIC HOSPITAL. "
• Pdurth Monday of the Month in .the Morning • .
GODERICH
ALEXANDRA, MARINE & GENERAL, HOSPITAL
Pourth Monday ;of the Month in the 'Afternoon
N.B._Either the July or August clinic is subject to cancellation
at each centre. Notice ' is ostially given well . in advance.
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AVAIL 'YOURSELVES OF THIS
FREE SERVICE
PAGE
EVEN
LOCHALSH
Sympathy is extended to Mrs,,,
Robert MacIntosh in the death of•
her father: • • '
Visiting Mr, and lylrs Oliver
McCharles for the weekend were
Mr. and Mrs; Donald McCharles
and Scott of Brantford
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCreighx,
who are spending the winter in•De-
trait, spent.: the weekend in. the
community and attended the fun-
eral of'Frank .MFCreight of. Kincar-
dine.
Quilting seems to be the older
of the day with no less than five
in tharear.eporting working en.
gtiiits.
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• Jim MacKenii'e" was oh the win='
•ning•team in the Massey- Ferguson
bonspiel. He will now advance;to
play., in Walkerton on February 9th:
' Mr: and Mrs. Walter Dexter att-
ended the funeral .of the late Frank.
McCreight on Saturday. Mr. Mc-
Creight was an uncle of Mrs Dex-
ter. •.
Mr.' and Mrs: Ed. ' Farrell of Kin
cardine.and Mrs, Murray McGill
of Goderich spent Thursday at the
Torn Farrell home. .
Jim MacKeniie spent Wednesday
in Toronto : «
PURPLE GROVE
W.I. CARD PARTY'
• A card party:, sponsored by the
Purple •Grope W .I . was held at the.
Community. Centre on Friday, even-
ing. Prizes were awarded to the
following; Men's high to,.Don Dore,
lady's High Marilyn >Peterbaugh ,
best players were Brenda Currie -
and Donnie Harkness Serving :On
the committee were Mrs; Victor
Gawley,, Mrs. Howard Thompson', •
and Mrs. Frank Currie., standing in
for Mrs., Morford McKay' who was
unable ' to attend
The .W I. meeting for February
was held at the home of. Mrs. WiT
liam Arnold, ' :
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•• Weekend guests of Mr. and'. Mrs:;
Earl •Elliott and family were Paul
Elliott of Detroit and: Mr. andMrs.
Ken Hodgins of Niagara Falls.
• Mr. and Mrs. DeWayne• Greig'
of Hamilton ' spent the weekend '.
with'Mt.:and Mrs. Victor Gawley.
Also therefor the weekend from •
'Toronto Was Gladys Gawley.
Waiter'Collins and Cecil.Dore
visited -on Tuesday evening with
Mr. and Mrs ..Don Dore and family
Mr. and Mrs. ,Frank Currie and-:
girls'spent Saturday • in GoderiSh : •
where they visited Mr.. and Mrs
Ed Linner and .family.;
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stanley and .
girls; Kinloss .spent Sunday with :
Mr. and Mrs. Earl ''Elliott and fam-
ily.' •
am-ily-•. .,SA
" Recent visitors ,of Mr.. .''and Mrs.
Donald MoCesh. were. Mr..arid:Mrs'.'
Howard -Thompson and Gladys Gaw•.
ley.
Mrs. William 'McInnes, .Dianne
and :Ronnie spent Sunday afternoon
in Bervie with Mr. •at d`Mrs. Clan—
'de
lau-•' e' Dore.'
Mr. And —Mrs. Gordon McDonald
• and girls visited Mr, and Mrs. ;Ho-
mer Devitt and' family on Sunday.
Mrs. William Mclnnes and Nan-
cy .Dore spent Saturday at Purple •
Grove where they calledon a few
friends.
Mr, and Mrs. Jack Barr and: fam-
ily ,and
am-ily•and Mr. and Mrs. • Dan McInnes
and family visited with Mr. and
Mrs.'Gordon McDonald and girls
Friday evening, •
Don Dore spent Sunday aftern-
noon in Teeswater at the home of
Mr. and Mrs: Claude Dore and,
boys. •` ' -
' Francis Boyle and Bryan spent
Saturday at -Paisley where they attj
ended the PeeWee. Tournament.
Mr. and Mrs. Torn Farrell and
Mr. and ;Mrs, Glenn Farrell, Glen-
da ,
len-da, Wayne, Grant and Larry all
of .Kincar dine were recent visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Francis Boyle
and family. •
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.fights phosphoru$
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trace elements, plus- vitamins A and D. Discuss the
advantages o of ,CO-OP : Cattle.. Mineral .A,' with
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