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WEDNESDAY, JULX 2001 i9�
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SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
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THE .LUCKNOW SENTINEL, O,UCKNOW, ONTARIO
A.110.. agQny, nQ ecstasy:
My. wife keeps 'asking me why
my hands shake..It would ,not.be
polite to. respond, "Baby, living
with you. 'would •make anyone's
hands shake," •
'So, I. blame it on the ' war.
Some fellows have burned faces,
aluminum legs, sleeves pinned.
up, glass eye, Sonne have great
:shrapnelwounds on abdomen or
' buttocks, which they will happi-
:ly show,• you at the. Saturday
night "party. My hands, shake,
She .doesn't believe the war •
' bit 'anymore; so IO. blame., itt or.'
booze,: the tension:, : of teaching,
• •or.the pills'1 take for my bursi-
tis: '
But the real reason is that liv-
ing with . her would make 'any
..body's hands shape;
What :bring this to mind, is
that 'I'.ve just..•gone ' through
about 48 hours' of domestic pur- •
gatory. Cowardly. husbands. go.
:quietly :off to :' mental institu-
tions, or have heart . attacks...My
'hands shake;
The occasion . was the recep-
tion of our son's marks fat the.
:end' of first year university. and
about $1,700. Plus tax.:
When the paper arrived with
the first-year; results, 1 threw it
on. the table, •'ran to. the bath=
room,' lockedmyselfin, and
started flushing the toilet at
twelveseebnd intervals. a,
As. I suspected,it was futile.
The : alternative sobs. . .of grief
and shrieks of: rage penetrated
my refuge. I had to Connie, out.
and be a father.
I' know you. 'won't .believe it.
but that kid's' name, Was 'not ' at.
the .head 'of : the. firstclass`hon•,
ors. list. Nor: the'.5econd-class
honors list..' Nor the ,.third.. (He
,had told, me, .just before leaving
for the west. coast job, to start
looking for his ,name' from.; .the
bottom of thepage up.) At least
at, was there:. l
1 tried .. to console the Old
Lady with ; 'stuff 'like. :'Rome
wasn't built in a -,*day;,.you
, know," and "You can't 'grow,
roses without thorns, • you
know,' and • "What, the ,hell,
we'll; all 'be dead in fifty years, '
Yon ; know", and similar bits of6-•Y
homespun comfort.: It was as
useless as. trying to' hum •Flow •
Gently. Sweet Afton with a Bea-
tles, :record going, full' bore,
Kim was: a. big help,? though.
She Sat, there tossing, "What, a
lazy bum!• '. Why: 'weren't 'you
tougher with him? How could
hebe so stupid?'!, and other bits
of oil on the firer
Frankly, I was ' relieved that
he'd•passed; Mywife was .infuri
'ated alternatively with the Lord,.
who hadn't . catieed' a miracle to
.pass, his professors, who had
barely allowed the kid to pass,
and the kid, who had, allowed a.
year to'pass as though .he'd been
on a°Mother planet. •
But she couldn't just keep on
sobbing and uttering ' maledic-
tions,:.We ,had `arranged to go tin'
a picnic with another family and.
their four little kids. •
So we went. And the results
proved to me once again that
stupid old platitude that "life
goes on," It was 'a wonderful'
'combination: sun • end sand:
their baby eating algae and
amts; their little boys burning
themselves as they roasted
• marshmallows and a most peen.
liarly potent potion of Gordon's'
lemonade I'd. mixed:
..Under this prescription, my,
old, girl was so relaxed that she 0
burst into tears Of 'shame. and:
rage only four times during the
picnic.
Next day she. 'was definitely'
on the' mend.,She .cried until
noon, brooded on her bed until
four p:m., but • got up and put
the chicken legs• in the oven
for some people' we'd invited far
dinner._ . •
By great good luck, their kid
had failed his year outright and
dismally. That cheered things
up a bit.
Later in the. evening, an ,old
friend, a •professor,' of English,
dropped in with his wife; They:
were on. holidays. Their daugh-
ter,. an "extremely brilliant stu-
dent in high school, had also
just completed first.year uniwer-.
sity. They hadn't' yet seenher
results.
We had the extreme'
oftelling them that she, ,like
Hugh, had barely staggered,
through: They left, looking.'sick. .
We went to bed, the boss almost
buoyant.
Anda she wonders '.why my
hands. shake.
Plans Progress
For Fali Fair..
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FAIR NATES •
(Contributed)
The regular monthly meeting
of the Lucknow Agricultural
Society was held on Thursday
evening and plans are taking
shape for the Fair to be held on
Sept, 16 and 17. With Miss Dom-
inion of Canada coining to. our
fair, we feel we are greatly hon-
oured and the parade committee
is planning as big 'a.parade•as:'
East year. You too can help by
telling Charlie Webster you are.
' entering in the festivities. '
Three bands are to be in attend-
ance,
ttend-ance, among them, the Bruce•
County •,Junior . Kiltie Band, who
are already making plans to play..'
:at the Worlds Fair =in Montreal
• next year.Lucknow. Fair: Board..
feel ,fortunate in having this
.band play at their fair.
A bigger and • better Midway has
been'•booked along with: all other
attractions that make for the
fair. ,
School work has been •received•
and judging is taking place. The
response has been good •in this .
department: • . '
Tidesweil Reunion Held At Dungannon
(Dungannon News)
.'The sevenih annual reunion of
the descendants of W, -rd. Tides
well and Lenora Hall was held' on:
Sunday at the: home of Mr.: and
.,Mrs. Wm. Park, Dungannon..
Sports and contests were con
vened by Pearl Tideswell and
Lewis 'Johnston,. A touch 'and take'
�tablefor the adults. prizes for
all children and, a .ball' game
'were enjoyedbyall before sitting.
down'to a •bountiful picnic dinner.
The business was conducted by
.rhe president, W m . Tideswell Jr:
The new officers for ,a two : year
and 'Joanne are on vacation this`.
week, at Kincardine trailer camp.
term are :: President- Harry Tides -
well;. Vice Pres.- .Fred TideswelI;
Secy • = Fred' Bowra; Treasurer
Walter ;Smit jest Sports - W m . and
Louise 'Tideswell; Lunch Gail •
Ashton.., Travelling farthest were. '.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter' Smitjes•,
John : and Jimmy of Stratford
• The 1967 reunion will be in
Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs.. Irvine Eedy. arid
family visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs.' Jack Van. Horne at
Grand Bend.
Mi. and Mrs Frank Thompson.
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