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“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
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‘.‘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)
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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.
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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?
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the t«"e upon the ubout .
necessary teq.u«eW-
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in the ■ civilian g°° e the
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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.
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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. Turner, on behalf
of the Hodgins family, moved a
very hearty vote of thanks to Mr,
hnd Mrs. Needham, The evening
was closed by singing the National
Anthem,
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JOHN MCA/1 DIES
John McCaa, son of Mr. ahd Mrs.
Alexander McCaa, died at the home
of Mr, and Mrs. -George Coleman,
Bigiiiohdville oil June 6th in his 87th
year, He had been ill lor years. He
was born in the Township of Tuck-
hrsmith and after farmihg for
many years, moved tn Egmondvliie
22 years ago, and worked as a con
tractor, ’constructing many build
ings. *
X & ROLFE,