HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-11-30, Page 15DNE$DAIf NOV. Mh, 19/e THE LUCKNOW 'SENTINEL LUCKNOW. ONTARIO
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Dill Smiley
Marriage : a tough task
What is the mOst difficult
thing in the world to do? Climb
a mountain? Swim Lake O.ntar- .
ro? Get through to it teenager?
Face death - With poise? Be a
,real. " Christian?• , .
Nope.. All of these' can be
done, it you have trained long
enough and hard 'enough to •
prepare yourself for them; or if
you have certain qualities of
character.
Hilary climbed Everest, Mari:
lyn.. Bell swam the Take, They,
began by climbing small :noun-
tains, swimming little lakes.
There ,are a few recorded
cases of adults with great .pa-
tience and . insight . getting
through to teenagers.. But " they
probably practised on little
teenagers, the 13 -year olds, not ;
Yet battle -hardened. •
•
One can ..face death , with
poise, if one has learned to, face
with poise all the little deaths'
that make up life. .
One can even become a good
Christian by starting on the •lit
Ue' things. like -generosity and
forgiveness and: working up to
the big, hurdles, like humility
and love. •
The moat difficultth ng in
the world. today? • To make and
Maintain a. good` marriage..
There's is place to train, for
one Mag. How, de yon ' get In
shape? ,It u can't start having
little marriages in preparation
for the : big one. At least note',
arrow these poets yen cant
Althoughsone people try. I •
know ne:bird who says he las
been ' happily • married ' three
that% All iris` wives are alive,
not to .asention kicking.
• tion of marriage that's . all •
wrong. We laugh at the Victor.
ans. Prudish stuffed shirts.; But
they were on the right track.
Tor them, marriage was a seri-
ous business, evolved to `meet •
specific needs in their society:
Forthem, 'romantic love wu
usually tragic. There are no il=
lesions • about marriage in Har-
dy, Thackeray, Galsworthy.
We are the ones with the i1-
lusions, And .delusions. For. us,
marriage • is like that cotton
candy you. buy on the midway.
It's whipped together out of hot
air and -sugar. It's pink and
fluffy and you can hardly wait
to get your teeth into it. And
• . the first mouthful is: sweet, .de
-
• helots. •
But pretty so • on.it's gone, and
you're a Tittle sick, and it's all
• over your face and 'in your
hair, and you're left •with . a lit
tle roll of g00ey paper. That's
when marriage really begins.
..Wel, Mr. Dmieabaker has 'i
favorite saying: * 'When the.
going" gets tea, the tough, Ret
going." Ad ' .that's what mar-
riage is like. These who jest
think they're tough getgoing
• and ` keep right on going. But
:.we really tough ones dig in our .•
heels. and 'stay. with it.
And stay and stay and : stay;
According` to .a 11 the propagan-
da from movies, television, and'.
the .Ladies Home Journal, mar-
rage is one .big, wonderful ani-• `
oma . of giving, and taking, of
sharing, of tool togetherness.
Oh, those things are there.
You give and your wife takes.
She's willing to share every
. thing you have, from your bank
account to your booze. Not nec-
essarily
earily equal shares, but'
shares.. And togetherness?
You'll :.get total togetherness
until' you, look in the mirror
some day, when you're 65, and
realize with a shock that you
look • more like your wife than
she . does. .
But according to " us old •
sweats, marriage is • mostly a .
matter of staying power. Stay
• out of jail,' stay on the job, stay.•
away from other women, stay
',on the wagon, stayhealthy un-
til
3,
your pension begins, and
stay out of. her way when - the
old lady gets steamed up. •
Which 1 plan to do when
inine nada this .column. •
And it doesn't matter how,
many fine qualities you have, A
veritable saint, of either sex.
can have : a rotten 'marriage;
and a veritable bum, of either
sex, can have a good marriage. • •
You :might be. bettder. to read
a good book about it, but•after
20 years of advancing', and re-
treating
treating . in that blood-soaked
• ` no-man's-land between .husband
and wife, I think I;have a right
to be heard.
T'here's nothing wrong with
marriage itself. It's a venerable
institution. And some wag will
interject here, of course, "So .m
Kingston Penitentiary." But'
let's not be cynical.
No it's our modern concep-
*Oland NativeMed.Offkei�fiiuion
County Health Univ I,irring to �ode�ich
(by y R.S.Atkey)
►ODERICH - A•recent arrival
ram the United Kingdom, 'Dr,
p
;. P. A. Evans. •M, B. , Ch. B.,
).13.; H.. has' just taken over as
nodical officer of Health and
lirectot of the Huron County •
iealth Unit. •
Dr, Evans was introduced to
nembers of Huron County Court -
:4 Monday afternoon by Calvin
<tauter, Brussels, chairman of
luron County Board *of Health. '
le said it was his first. visit to
,.anada and was suitably impress-
:d with the County of,Huron after
laving visited various portions
it.4
Warden Kenneth Stewart, Mc-
diop, extended a warm welcome
Dr . Evans and his family,
h: Evans was born.and educated
Glasgow, Scotland. He graduat-
from the University of Glasgow
medicine and surgery to 1951 and
!dyed his diploma in public `
alth 111 1956 from the Barrio Univ.-
;ity, in the meantime, he has
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spent practically :all his time in
public health' services, recently .
at Walsall.„ ten miles north of
:Birmingham, England.
Dt, and Mrs. 'Evans and their
four children, Christopher 11,
Richard, nine, Maureen, seven
and Andrew, seven, will shortly
take up residence at 133 Nelson: •
Street, Goderich, In the mean-
time they have been living at the .
Bedford Hotel.
Mrs. Evans, the former Moira
Braid, is a native of St. Andrew's '
Scotland, the original home of..
the game of golf, and .although
the'plays.goif, she prefers tennis.
On the other hand, Dr. Evans :likes
it their wayt golf is his game,: Nat*
orally, he played soccer while• in.
school.
The Evans children already are
'fitting Into the Canadian scene; •
all except the youngest are attend:-
ing Sr. Mary's 'School, Goderich
and. appear to be liking it.
HUro i Board.Adopt C.Ounty Library
System, Five Stay Outslde PIan
Effective January 1,:1967, the
County of Huron will operate its
own county public library system. •
County: Council last week adopt
ed the appropriate legislation by
a recorded vote 01.27712. and sub-
sequently assed• a by-law yuttiog
the plan: into effect almost iimrn
ediately.: •
Five municipalities of the 25' de
cided to remain outside thea
system for the present at' least;
Town of.Goderich; Townships of
Hay, Hullett, Moult and East
Wawanosh However; speakers, on.
• behalf of some of•these .municip- •
alines indicated that.they might
join later. They can join in any •
• year prior to February 15. • . •
Result'of the ballot on a straight
motion to adopt the committee.
report of recommendation.was as
-follows; •
FOR; Alexander:,. Boyle,, " Cook,.
Cuthill`, Dalton•, •.Etherington;,
Guidon, Hardy,. Elmer' Hayter,
limes Hayter, Headrick, Jeffer-..
Son,' Kerr, Kreuter. McFadden, • •
McIlwatn, McMichael, Noakes,
Robinson, Stewart, :Stirling, Tal-
bot, Thiel, 'Duff Thompson,
Elgin Thompson, W;onch; total :27;
AGAINST: Boyd., Corbett, Dun-
bar, Geiger,: Jewell. (2) Leiper,
McKenzie , Moody .(2), 'proctor,Snelh total :12,
•A previous •amendment to•clause
nine,'. which' would guarantee pay-
ment for service from non-partici-
atfng municipalities, pro -rata for
services rendered, had carried 24 '-
15..
Duff 'Thompson, reeve .of Clinton,
chairman of the Huron County
Library Co-operative Board; which
had. recommended/formation of the
new system; guided the legislation
through
Council; .the debate occu-
pying nearly three hours. `The mat-
ter had been under consideration `
for some time\.
Municipalitiesagreeing' to 'the
'change were: townships. :Ashfield,,
Colborne, Grey,: Howick, :McKll-
pp, 'Stanley, Stephen, Tucker
smith. Turnberry , Usborne, West
Wawanosh; towns: Clinton,_ Exeter,
Seaforth , Wingham; r.villaget Bay-
field, Blyth, Brussels, Hensall,
Not approving were the Town of
Goderich and the .Townships 'of
Hay, Hullett, .Morris and East
Wawanosh. Not replying to County 1,
Council`s.' request to take a stand
was the . Township of Goderich.
Subsequently, the township's two 1
representatives. in County Council
Reeve Grant Stirling. and Deputy
Reeve 'Everett .Meilwain, voted in
favour, of the new .County nubile
Library System. •
Chairman Thompson stated that
from the Municipalities that, had
decided to join; total population,
,was more than 35,000, which.
meant that ,initial grant from the
Province would be $15,;000. Once
the figure exceeded th,at,the .
county would, receive an addition-
al
ddition-al $10,.000. cx a totalof 525,000. •
Per capita grant also Would* be 20
cents, • ... '
He pointed out various features
of the legislation:
Present board will be in charge
until January 1961 session of County
Council when the new board will be
formed in •accordance with the
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Public Libraries Act.
• New board will ,consist of the
Warden; three Members .of County
Council whose municipalities are '
part of the system; and three .mem-
bets who are not Members of . .
County Council but whose manic-
ipalities. are members of the county'
library,ystem."•
- County Clerk -Treasurer Johne
Berry will be secretarytreasurer
of the new library,system; empow-.
ered to investigate liability insur-
ance. fire insrirance, etc,:. for
protection .of county as at January.
1, 1967,
- Present library boards continue
to function in advisory capacity to.
County Public Library Board; must
submit their budgets to. 'county
board by February 15 of each year
so that overall, budget can be pre-
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pared. •
- 'Present assets of 'local libraries
vested' in local municipalities. ' .
• In this connection, .if local
board Wishes to turn over any: mon-'
les to County Public Library Board;
it. may do so and specify that the
particular money is to bespent. to .j
improve the local .library and at
the same time the county will. re•
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,ceive the grant, therefore making
for additional expenditures;
•provided it is the wish of the local
library. board.
- Any .municipality which does
not wish to join at the present time
may doso in any year prior, to
February 15
Library services to public lib-
raries, associate libraries and de-
posit stations in municipalities
which do not join the new system
will be discontinued' as of January
1, 1967; and service to the schools'
-Ur -the intuticipalitces wb ch
join will be. discontinued' ,as of
June 30, 1967; but where .school
children of municipalities which
do not join, -but these children at-
tend schools in' municipalities
which do join, they will be given
public library services. on •a cost
basis to the municipality of not
less: than the. county library rate
them' in effect for municipalities .•
which are part of the county lib-
rary system. , •
'Chairman .Thompsonstated that
a shortage .of qualified librarians
exists, but 'encouragement should
be given to local people, who -are .
practical* librarians, to enlarge
their qualif' catlons..along.this line.,
Thechief librarian, of'course ,..he
said, would have to be a fully
qualified personiat a salary eon
sistent with' these qualifications;
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