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SUGAR
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by Bill Smiley
Two Lucknow Lassies Linda and
Nancy Walden were among the'
exhibitors at the Blyth Fall Fair 4-H
Calf Show recently. The girls,,
daughter . of Mr and Mrs. Glen
Walden or Lucknow picked :.up
prizes in the 4-H Showmanship.and
Senior : Holstein. classes . Both attend
Lucknow District High School:.
ADVANCE -TIMES PHOTO.•
Now for• a snooze.
You 'think you're tired? I've
been home for three days from,
my second trip to Expo, and
I'm .`still whimpering with'
fatigue.
Any. Expo trip is a • back-
breaker) but` ‘�-hen you `are she--
. pherding a' gaggle • of 'teen.
agers, it's . g selling• You wind
up a three-day 'trip, with :blis-
tered
blisstered feet, hollow eyes.. and the
stunning realization that you
are really, . at last, over, the hill.
Picture your faithful • corre-
spniideht_lurching out- of bed
at' 6'" a.m., to catch the bus at
seven. Repulsive, isn't, it? : But
you should have seen the same .
body some .21 hours later, af-
ter a nine -hour bus trip,, hours'
of trudging . the : asphalt of
Expo, :and ;more 'hours of `get.
• ting the kiddies to bed. And to
sleep. Some of those "kiddies"
are 20 years old.
I't 'was ' past the • repulsive
state by then, and was: merely'
:pitiable. .'We averaged 19.
hours a day. in action, five in •
It wasn't all that bad.
though. It seldom is As usual,
97 ,percent of the kids came.
through with flying colors We'
didn't lost a; single • body, and'
they were .punctualat the.
buses; Which floored me com
.pletely.
It.was 'the'other three per=
: „(. «.'. .. .«. .. . ' _ .. ' ,
eent,L coarse w1i mad tl .e
jau,rit svme�t�e`hat• less than a pie,:
mit, Clic ,bird on my bus 'got
into the booze; harfed all over.
the back seat 'and floor of the
.hus. He did- it so quietly that
,we 'didn't find' .'out about it'
until morning,
Ite wai 'torn into small strips,
and 'given' job 'of 'cleaning'
-�csat all' the ' `buses.. He was a
lamb for rest of the trip•
Three little guys in Grade 9.•
'went to the .Tunisian .restaur
ant for a meal.: It cost' them
S21,:' They' gleefully; admitted
:as how the •carafe= of wine they
had with` dinner 'might have
put the price',up.a bit.,
What, surprised, me «;as. the
calibre of the culprits. On my
bus 1 had' a pretty tough crew.
Mostly Grade .12 tech .boys..
had along 'my—rhinoceros-hide- '
whip, . my brass knuckles, •,
sand -bag and the special • re-:
volver which shoots .tranqutlli-
zer darts Didn't need' any-.
• thing. They were angels.
• • Real • trouble -makers, were
the so-called "leaders'" of the
school." Whether ' it was sheer '
• giddiness from exhaustion, or
. a desire to show' off,' I don't:.
know. But,. I . told one . of them
in my most ferocious ' manner;
they were acting like old maids'
who have had their first marti
We' got the 75 boys" "settled
down" in one htiige dormitory
;about 1.30 min. the first night .
At three T was awakened.'
Nicaught two
Peed out and
seniors sneaking in the back
door.
Pointed, a trenlblirtg (with:.
•`CNC:', +k.:'...
.... iit}g. At� o abuf��-
said;, "Kelly. t o you want a
one-way ticket home tomorrow,
.,, with a phone tail' ,preceding •
it?" •
" Nossir.".'' .
"Well, that's what you're •
going to get, and that goes .fore,
anybody else 'who'' even peeps ..
_... ....was:.-rrA•�i-.;YG:
•
like a little. bird."
Miracle. , They went off to.
sleep, It wasn't exactly visions
of sugar -plums •' dancing' in
their heads. If was .visions of
enragedparents and •an' irate
principal.
Second night, boys 'were
bushed and it was •'thee girls,
who goofed. 'around ' half` the
-2---night, giggling, •0 singing—•.a.crd.
,talking: My own daughter was'
right in .the thick of .it, and '
looked like a ghost at break-
fast/
But it all. A kink here �andrtd here,to
• inll
be. ironed .out. We learned a
lot. One .things •keep them
starved. Stop for food, and , it
doesn't matter whether they're •
on their last legs. You'd swear
Gabriel had just blown the
trumpet. They come' to life
with a vengeance and yack,
sing and ,horse about as though..
they'd been given speed•pills
• • About Expo. It's losing "its
gloss. With the season nearing
its end, the staff is • growing
steadily more surly, and sloppy.
Can't' blarne them. Theexcite-
ment has' worn off, the big
show, is' losing its momentum,
r•enns a `"^
.;�?nd�t�a�.�at�hoi�`hc�;� a-��r
silly with .their. jobs>
Foundmy son, ;anyway. 'Ap-
propriately enough, he's work-
ing 'in a 'building where they
• have .monkey cages: We spent a
happy half=hour .watching the
monkeys. As tiisuaI, he was
lirdite. As usual, l ;was took.
Sure' the bad weather is coming -= especially foi
hanging clothes in' the back yard. Weather Good,
Weather Bad 'it's' always a perfect drying . 'day
when ou have .aWestinghouse; .Automatic
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