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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1945-06-14, Page 7THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE H, 194S illllgnB|llillWUHIIMVIIHIIIRIllHlll9lllHIIINUWIWl'l|(IIWIiajllHliaili*IHIIIill*IINIIIHin'aillB|i*lllHiliKl!MIIIBlliaUM |IIJ|lll!<>School Picnic “Happy Go Luclyi MRS, HARRY PUGH SMITH CHAPTER X Champ Fields, managing editor of the Westhaveu Clarion, fires Tony- Blake, but Barbara West, his sec­ retary, intercedes. Tony saves him-- Self by scoring a news beat and gets a raise in pay, Taking Barbara to dinner and a dance, Tony proposes and is accepted. They get married and are very happy for a time, and build great hopes on a PlaV Tony is writing. When the producer agrees to produce the play of sub­ sequent acts live up to Act I, Tony quits his job, Barbara—mow an ex­ pectant mother—gets out of pa­ tience with him tor gadding about instead of working on his play. She is forced to support him. When the theatrical producer decides not to produce Tony’s play he begins to realize his folly. The two make up Tony and hustles . around .look­ ing for a job, over every week or so, She also had Tony’s mother and sister to dinner frequently, although they riled Barbara. W mother could hot get over the way Tony waited on Barbara. She said of course her generation had always waited on -their husbands, -spoiled them no doubt, but she intimated that she could not understand modern wives who seemed to expect to have ev­ erything thier own • way. “Though. I will admit, my dear,” she said to Barbara, “that you seem to have Tony eating out pf ypur hand,” So Tony worked and saved his money for doctor bills and it was astonishing how the time flew. Be­ fore they knew it, it was March.* H< * Tony called the baby Skeeter -for. n-o reason at all, since he was a rosy, healthy little rascal. His name was Anthony Carruth. Blake, Junior. It annoyed Tony’s mother a great deal to have such a nick­ name bestowed On her grandson. She was convinced that he was the m-ost . wonderful baby ever -born. But Barbara did not mind, because right from the beginning Tony was crazy about his small son, The day he was born Tony -called up every­ body he knew to tell them the news. He was forever "buttonholing some­ body as the baby grew -older to ex­ plain about Skeeter’s first tooth or the like. Everything the baby dia struck Tony as miraculous. The first word Skeeter said was, ‘da- ' da,” and Tony would not have tak- you've wasted all the fire of There were only a handful; en a million dollars for it. ' Tb Barbara’s surprise Tony did not even mind walking the floor nights when Skeeter had the colic, and Tony could soothe him better than anybody. He tramped miles that spring, singing Casey Jones in a funny sing-song voice with Skeet­ er slung over his shoulder and Tony patting him where it would do the Tony combed the town for a week without success. Both of them drew a sigh of relief when he finally made a connection. “It’s not the swellest job on earth,” he confessed ruefully, “and we’ll have to live in the country, but we’ll have a roof over our heads and three squares a day.” “I think it’s swell!” cried Bar­ bara. The new job was in a small suburban town about ten miles from Westhaven. Dwight was what Tony called a wide place in the road, of stores and a down-at-the-heel residence section, cluttered around a large shoe factory, Tony was to Write advertising copy for the fac­ tory. It soon appeared that he was more of a general flunkey around the place than anything else. The factory belonged to Jasper’ Graves, a self-made millionaire, He Was . a pugnacious old individualist who believed if he employed a man he had a right to ask that man for any sort of service. However, after the first week Tony and his employer got on beautifully. Dwight boasted no apartment houses, no furnished rooms of any kind, They found a house they liked. It was a five-room cottage, comparatively new, with- a pretty yard and space for a garden, It had window boxes and .trees and Barbara fell in love with it at sight. There was an open fireplace in the living room. The ichimney was red, the outside* of the house walled in soft gray shingles. The rent was half what tjiey were pay­ ing for the flat, ’ but the cottage was unfurnished. Although their furniture was sketchy, to say the least; Barbara had practically everything she wanted. They liVed within w'alking distance of the factory, Tony did not have to leave till nearly eight in the morning. Barbara could al­ most call to him from over her back fence when he was at the of­ fice. He often ran home to make sure that she was all right. Barbara -really icared very little if she never saw anyone but Tony, hut he liked excitement. “How about asking the gang out for a buffet supper during Christmas week?” she asked several days be­ forehand. “That would be great!” Tony ex­ claimed. Then he shook his head. “But you aren’t up to getting to­ gether a flock of sandwiches -for a lot of people, to say nothing of cleaning up after' them.” v “You can help me,” said Bar­ bara. Tony's face again lit up, -then he sighed. "We -can’t afford it.” “We’ll shave what it costs off something else,”., she said, squeez­ ing his hand. Christmas was ..Barbara’s idea of a perfect day. -She and Tony spent it alone together. They had a tiny tree. Afterward they went for a walk. However, precious as that day was to Barbara, Tony enjoyed j the party, He a-cted as if he lxaa been away for years and years. He was as excited as a small boy. After that she had the crowd Highland Cedar FENCE POSTS 11 LARGE RUN Sound, Straight and Peeled AT LOWER PRICES also Lumber and Shingles A. J. CLATWORTHY We Deliver Phone 12 Granton most good. ‘.‘We should let him cry it out/' said Barbara dubiously. “The book says you just spoil them if you take them up when they cry.” “Drat the book’” cried Tony, “If you think I’m going to let the lit­ tle devil lie there and cry his heart •out, you’re all wet!” Skeeter had done a great deal to clear the situation between Bar­ bara and her in-laws. So far as they were -concerned, Tony -was a past issue. Barbara had justified her existence, -or so they' seemed, to think. Nobody who had pro­ duced so marvelous a baby as An­ thony Junior needed to be held at arm’s length, their conduct implied. Tony had planned to -buy a. -uew topcoat for Easter, but he didn’t. There wasn’t money enough after he bought the baby’s crib. For the first time’’in.-- his life he had his shoes resoled and one day Barbara noticed that the back -of his serge suit was shiny. “You must get an­ other one,” she insisted. “Who, me?” demanded Tony. “Be your a-ge, woman. This suit’s got to last me till July. Our son needs a permabulator. The doctoi' said we had to get Skeeter out in the sun every day, didn’t he?” Tony had always liked to go places, hu't he never seemed to be bored staying home night after night because they-could not leave the 'baby. “Nope,”: he said when the gang invited' him and Barbara to come in for the Fourth of July celebration, “we can’t make it.” Skeeter has to go to bed at dark.” It was Skeeter who started Tony back to work on his play. Tony had never had any sense of re­ sponsibility until he took to worry­ ing about Skeeter. “Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and think what if he were to get real sick or something and not a dollar ahead in the bank?” he ask­ ed Barbara. Barbara winced, “Yes, I think about that now and then,” she ad­ mitted. “If anything were to go wrong, we’d be in the ’soup,” said Tony. “You musn’t worry so,” she said. “Nothing’s -going to happen. We’re both strong and well and if Skeeter was any healthier we' couldnt hold him.” “Yeah,” muttered ' Tony, “but it isn’t fair to a swell kid like that to run the risk.” The next night he went through his trunk and dug out the first act of his play. After Skeeter went to bed, Tony set up his typewriter op the kitchen table and put a -blanket under it to muffle the sound. All during August and Septem­ ber her pegged away. He kept on, a quilt wrapped about his logs, aft­ ei' the weather turned cold in Oc­ tober, If the kitchen was hot in summer, it -Was far from pleasant in the winter. There was no way to heat it except with the gas oven and Tony said they could not af­ ford to run that for hours every night: He made a dozen false starts, only to tear them up and begin over. He finally sweated Out Act Two and read it to Barbara. She Said it was good. She couldn’t bear at Grand Bend The Stephen Township school area held, their picnic at Grand Bend on June '7th with a large crowd in attendance. The results of the races were, as follows: 6 years, girls, Fay Ford (Na,’4); 6 years, boys, Kieth Gill (No, 8); pre-school age children all received a banana; 7 years, girls, Dorothy Tledeman (No. 8); 7 years, boys, Charles Lippert (No. 6) ; 8 years, girls, Audrey West (No, 8); 8 years, boys, Bob Watts (No, 8); 9 years, girls, Labelle Hill (No. 3); 9 years, boys, Donald Love (No. 7); 19 years, girls, De-' laine Denomme (No. 6); 10 years, boys, Clifford Pephale (No, 3); 11 years, igirls, Rita Houlahan (No, 7) ; 11 years, boys, Merton Desjar- dine (No. 12); 12 years, girls, Audrey Page (No. 8); 12 years, Harold Baird (No. 8); 13 girls, Betty Greene (No. 8); 13 years, boys, Larry Houlahan (No. 7); 14 years, girls, Helen Shaptou (Ho, 3); 14 years, boys, Ronald Dawe (No. 8); two-legged race, 6-10 years, girls. Eileen Regier and Delaine Den-omme (No-. 6); two-legged race, 6-1 o years, boys, Jimmy Houlahan and Howard Clarke (No. 7); two-legged race, 11-14 years, girls, Marjorie Den­ omme and Barbara Hartman (No. 6)‘; two-legged race, 11-14 years,’ boys, Joe Vansteenkist and Eugene Houlahan (No. 7); wheelbarrow race 6-9 years, boys, Donald and John Regier (No. 6); 10-14 years, boys, Joe Vansteenkist and Eugene Houlahan (No. 7); shoe scramble 10-14 years, girls, Joyce Willard (No. 3); jumping race, 10-14 years boys, Ronald Dawe (No. 8); over1 15 years, boys, Arthur’Pfaff (No.i 4); young ladies’ race, Joy Des­ jardins . (No. 12); young men’s race, Orville Ford (No. 4); pencil race, 10-14 years, girls, Colleen Gill (No. 8); kicking the slipper, young ladies, Audrey Finkbeiner (No. 7); married women, Mrs. M. Desjardins-(No. 7); teacher’s race Mrs. M. Desjai’dine (No. 7); trus­ tees’ race, Ernest Willard (No. 3); mysterious spot, .everybody, Donna Desjardins (No. 8); guessing con­ test, combined weight of members of board, Mrs. A, Webb- (No. 4) and Mrs. F'. Preszcator (No. 3). Two ball games were played by three girls and three boys from each school. After supper an excit­ ing game of ball was played bet­ ween Sharon and Grand Bend teams. boys years. to say anything else, but Tony was his own worst critic, “It sounds like Bessie in the First Reader,” he exclaimed disguested- ly, and tote It up, “I can’t (.understand what has happened to me,” Tony groaned, “It does seem if a person was cap­ able of doing a bang-up piece of work once, he -could repeat, But every time I sit down to the type­ writer I am bored to death. The Whole idea Of the play is wrong,” . “Maybe you’ve gone stale on it,” I suggested Barbara, ‘ “You have talked the story so much, gone over and -over it verbally with every­ body and anybody, Perhaps-—per­ haps your inspiration in conversation, Tony, Why don't -you try some­ thing new?” Tony picked up the manuscript of the first act of his abortive drama and tore it straight across. He grinned crookedly, “I feel bet-, ter already,” -Curiously enough, he could’ hard­ ly wait at night to get to his type­ writer. In three weeks .he had the first draft completed. He did not read it to Barbara until then. He had refused to discuss it with her dr anyone else. “Well,” he said, when he finished, “what do you think?” “Oh, Tony, it’s splendid! It’s much better than the -other.” Tony put in all of November on- the revision of the play. He mailed -the completed manuscript to Pink­ ney Law on Thanksgiving 'Day. A week wentv by, then two weeks, without a word. Three days before -Christmas Eve the play came back with a curt lettei’ from Pinkney Law’s secretary. Mr. ,Law was sorry to have to reject “Angel Un­ aware" by Mr. Anthony Blake, but while the play was not without mer­ it it was not in line with Mr. Law’s policy. “That’s that,” muttered Tony, looking as if he had been stabbed. “I guess by now I ought to know I can’t write.” “You can write!” exclaimed Bar­ bara indignantly. “It simply shows Mr. Pinkney Law is not as smart of judge of the drama as he is sup­ posed to be. Won’t he be sorry when some other producer snaps it up?”* 1 They mailed the play out again Christmas Eve and tried to be -more nonchalant than thejy had been before, but they could not hide their eagerness. One month later “Angel Unaware” returned for the second time with a lettei' ■to The effect that it did not appeal to that particular producer as hav­ ing the' necessary spark. ”■ Their finances were at a low ebb. It had .been a cold, winter. Price of coal and food had -gone up. Try as she would, Barbara -could not hold their • expenes within the bud­ get. The ran a little into debt dur­ ing January and again in Febru­ ary. Neithei' she nor Tony were sleep­ ing well because they were -both­ ered and they thought a lot about what would happen if they needed money in a hurry. “Only" nothing’s going to hap­ pen,” said Barbara. “Why should it?” . Then eai'ly in -March -Skeeter de­ veloped scarlet fever. Barbara did not (fare look at Tony. “Should we have a nurse?” she asked the 'doc­ tor. “I’m afraid neithei’ of us is very experienced about illness.” The doctor pursed his lips. “That won’t be necessary, unless some­ thing crops up. I’ll give you exact directions about -taking care of the patient.” The doctor said the baby must be kept quiet.. It soothed him to have Tony hold him. He went to sleep with Tony singing “Casey pon'es.’’' in a strained voiqe that made Barbara’s throat ache. The baby’s fever went up twice a day— a little higher each time. In be­ tween, he lay perfectly still, listless and limp, a shadow of his formei gurgling self. Tony’s mother was there. “Ba­ bies can get' desperately sick in an hour,” said Mrs’. Blake, “but they recover just as fast. At least Tony was like that and Skeeter is the image of him. Tony had, all the children’s diseases, but they never kept him down long.” “I do believe -Kkeeter’s a little better tonight, don’t you?” qua­ vered Barbara. It did appear the disease had run its course. The fever began to describe a descending arc. Between times Skeeter was less listless. He even seemed to have a bit of appe­ tite. Then it rained the next day and the air was heavy with fog. They took every precaution, but somehow the baby Caught cold. He Was husky that night, his breathing harsh, “He can't have taken cold. He can’t!” Barbara Said. (To Be Continued) —Ij A FINISH FOR EVERY SURFACE HURON LUMBER COMPANY the Hensall Drain Improvement I which the Council discussed, Kei^s- lake anj Moir; that we hold a, special meeting to read Engineer’s report on June 26th at 8 p.m., Car­ ried. Correspondence was read as follows: Dept, of Labour, W, H. Golding re war gssets -corporation, Dunlop Tire and Rubber Co,, Gutta Percha and Rubber Ltd., -O.C.F., County Engineer, W. L. Whyte, Meadows, Critoph and Misener, Monteith and Monteith., Dept, of Municipal Affairs, Workmen’s Com­ pensation Board, Huron Expositor, .Liquor Control Board, Health Lea­ gue of -Canada, War Assets Cor­ poration, County Treasurer, Canada Trust -Company, same considered and filed. Bills and accounts: W. Allen, trucking garbage $25.60; R. Simpson, labour garbage 4.00; J, MacBeath, labour garbage 5,60; G Schwalm, labour garbage 1.60; R. Moir, labour garbage 5,60; R. Dick, labour -garbage 5.20; W. Madge, disposal garbage 8,00; T. Kvle, salary 73.80; T. G. Bonthron, postage 5.00; Hydro Commission, hydro hall 11.48; W. R. Davidson, coal h'all 19.80; Huron Expositor, printing 3.99;( H. Williams, fire extinguishers 94.61; Provincial Treasurer, insulin 1.16; J. Hen­ derson, plants .hall .50; County of Huron, snowplowing 36.00; Village of Exeter, ration board share 30.00; Drysdale’s Hardware, supplies hall 119.22; R, Drysdale, -tile 3.60; R. Hensall Council The regular meeting of the Vil­ lage Council was held Qu Tuesday evening at 9 p.m„ after the Court of Revision on the Assessment Roll of 1945, with all members present except Councillor Hyde. The min­ utes of the previous meeting were read. Kerslake and Fipk: that the •minutes be adopted as read. Car­ ried. W, C. Passmore and O. Twit- chell appeared as a delegation from the gasoline dealers and presented a petition signed by six out of sev­ en dealers on 85.7% asking the Coun.cil -to pass a by-law regulating the hours for the sale of gasoline as Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m, and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sunday one deal­ er remain open each Sunday al­ ternately. Fink and Kerslake: that a by-law be prepared to meet the wishes as requested by the petition. Carried. G Twitchell asked about the'sidewalk in front of his prop­ erty, requesting the same to be repaired, same to be looked after by the council. E. Fink reported re 'the loan of the bootli for Fair Day. J. A. ^Paterson reported Bay- field wanting the Dance floor for July 12, same granted; also as W-oof having added another pool table and paying the necessary li­ cense fee. T. Kyle reported re dog tags. T. R. Patterson reported on Middleton, supplies 9,45; W. O. Goodwin, supplies and eliib baga 85.20; T. Huddleston, labour hall 10.50; T. Richardson, labour hall 10.50: total $470,41. Moir ah< Kerslake: that the bills and ac­ counts as read be paid. Carried. Kerslake and Moir: that By-law No. 4 be given first and second reading. Carried. Moir and 'Kers­ lake: that By-law No. 4 be given third and final reading. Carried. Kerslake and Moir; that We now adjourn. Carried. CORNISH REUNION The 12th annual Cornish reunion was held on Saturday, June 2 at the Exeter Arena owing to the con­ dition of the weather. The after­ noon was spent in sports, the latter part being a ball game. After -the game ended a very appetizing lunch was served by the ladies present which everyone enjoyed very much. After supper it was de­ cided they would hold a reunion again next year in Riverview Paru, weather permitting. If not it -will be held in the Arena on the first Saturday in June 1946. The elec-, tion of officers for the following jear are as follows: President, Mr. Oliver Jaques; Treasurer, Miss Lois Ford; Secretary, Mrs. Verne Smith; Sports Committee, Mr. and Mrs. F. Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. S. Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Penhale. 1 >' .....—...... "".. . BOARD OF EDUCATION The regular meeting of the Board -of Education was held in the Public' Library, Friday evening, June 1st, at 8,1 5 p.m. Absent. E. R. Hopper. The minutes of the pre­ vious and special meeting were read and approved. The High School principal re­ ported for. M.ay^.eRrolment 186; War Savings $58 8.00, -Cadet 'in­ spection was held May 7th with Major Young present. He stressed the fact that the Cadet Corps was an excellent training in citizenship. Twenty-six hoys will attend Camp under supervision of'-Mr. E. Howey. Thirty-six students will get leave for farm labour. The final examina­ tions will begin June 11th in -or­ der to release Mr.. Howey for icamp duty. -Upper School exams will be­ gin June 18th. Tha London Life -Co. had offered to show • the Commer­ cial class graduates around the de­ partments and offices of their building jf arrangements could be made for a Saturday morning visit when any who were interested could be interviewed for positions. They emphasized the value of mat­ riculation requirements. Per J. M» Southcott and H. Whyte, adoption of this report. Carried. Principal Bl-owes reported for the Public School for the month of May: number on roll 161; War Savings $97.67. A teachers’ meet­ ing was held for# a half day at Hensail. Miss Margaret Taylor had supplied for -one day in the absence of Miss Pepper. The staff expressed their thanks to the Board for their cooperation during: the past year and the salary increase of $10 0.00 for the coming year. The report was adopted on the motion of R. E. Russell and J- H. Jones. The resignations of Miss Tape, Miss Henry and W. R.' Goulding were read. Per J. M. Southcott and J. N. Willis: that these resignations be accepted and that the Board place on record their appreciation of the service rendered, Carried. The Committee with the principal will draft “ads” for staff positions. The principal will draft a letter for the Department re the farm labour certificates. All other intervening icorrespon- dence Was read per the chairman and discussed. The answer to the qnestionaire re -Capital Expenditure will be sent to the Department before June 8. Per. Rf E. Russell and J. N. Wil­ lis, payment of the ‘following ac­ counts: G A. Hawik,ins, supplies $2.55; Jones & May, supplies L3.47; Times-AdVocate, -supplies 25.92; M. Alderson, labor, etc. 18.50; Grigg Stationery, supplies 27.58; D. GeStetner, supplies 56.78; Bruce Rivers, supplies ,16; Car­ ried. The “New School” Committee is to meet as soon as possible. • Per. J. M. Southcott; adjourn­ ment.K, M. MttcPaui, secretary When will I get the telephone I ordered? » o£ testnctVons C° many CO1 -a--. finance UsM ^<1- o£l1 liqte increase an immedra^ ties.” . w\nch ®“n' the t«"e upon the ubout . necessary teq.u«eW- I contin»‘n8 - the rnanu£aot«e * ’ '’ul products, SXA—*. avadaWc suppV ol depena in the ■ civilian g°° e the “an “1CreaS® will require to .... ■- : SISf Our ability to instal tele­ phones depends not on instruments alone, but also in many cases on obtaining wire, cable and exchange equipment. Sven when we can secure necessary manpower and materials, it will take time —at might be months to instal all the apparatus necessary to serve our waiting applicants. We shall lose no time, you may be sure. We are grateful for the patience and understanding of so many who have had to wait so long for telephone service. I HODGINS REUNION Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Needham, Lou­ den Township, entertained about 6-0 members of the HOdgihs family in t-he form of a picnic and birth­ day party in honor of Mr. Will HodginS, yiking, (Aiberth, who joined the ‘family reunion after an absence of forty years. A delicious luhch Was served, the dining-room table being Centred by a birthday cake. The Weather 'being unfavor­ able for outdoor sports, a lengthy program Was much enjoyed with Rev, M. H, Elston acting as chair­ man, Mr,. Jas. 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