HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-06-18, Page 9Poor old Pop!
He doesn't get many crumbs
of recognition thrown his way
these days.
Oh, once a year, like next
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Sunday, we will present him with
a too loud tie, a too large shirt,
too small socks, some fishing gear
be may not want, a mushy card
and figure we've done right well
by the old chap,
The rest of the year we expect
him to not only put bread and
* butter on the table, but steaks,
cake and ice cream, too.
He is also supposed to spend a
good part of his time listening to
exaggerated stories, pleas for
more allowance; play ball,
hopscotch and pat-a-cake, help
with lessons, mo del airplanes and
kites; doctor cats and broken
dolls, sings hymns and nursery
rhymes and strive to be cheerful
while keeping a roof over his
family's head while they continue
to demand more and more from
him. * * *
On T. V. he is often pictured as
a lame brained dope, and nearly
every publication he picks up
informs him his role as a father is
diminishing.
Lately, scientists are looking
at him with disdain as they tell
him superciliously, babies can
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Cottle happy birthday last Friday. His half-sister, Miss Ida Cottle,
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Is there no end to the
indignities to be heaped upon his
head?
I take up my pen, or rather my
typewriter, to defend the grand,
old institution of fatherhood, for
without fathers the world would
be a wretched place,
* *
At the camp-out at the
Community Park last weekend, I
asked some youngsters what was
so good about camping. You
know what one answer was?
"Dad's here!"
Now, to children living in the
country and small towns this
might seem strange because they
see their dads quite a bit. But to a
city child whose father is away all
day and often all week, the
privilege of doing things with Pop
is sheer luxury.
Long before he goes to school
a child watches his father drive a
car, hammer a nail, milk a cow,
ply an oar, handle a shovel, fix a
motor, throw a ball and wash the
dog. And he learns from
watching. * * *
Dad provides a dynamic
contrast to Mother.
To a small baby he is the
embodiment of strength.
He lets you stand on his
A remarkable birthday
party for James Cottle
RECEIVES CONGRATULATIONS FROM FELLOW RESIDENT — Mrs. J, Boyes, of the Blue Water Rest
Home joined James Cottle's 101st birthday party and offered congratulations on behalf of all his fellow
residents while his daughter, Mrs. William Green, Exeter, listened.
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stomach, tosses you in the air and
catches you safely in strong arms,
or lets you ride high on his
shoulders to see the whole world
from that great vantage point.
Mother's touch is soft and
tender. And while Father's is
harsher and rougher it holds with
it more excitement and risk.
Last week, I watched a young
father playing on the beach with
his little children.
The tiny girl playfully put her
hand over father's mouth.
He snapped his mouth open
wide as if to bite her. To such a
small child his large mouth and
teeth must have looked capable
of chomping off her whole arm.
She pulled back with scary
delight . . . almost positive he
wouldn't really bite her . . yet,
she felt an exciting, breathtaking
risk in this game.
Dr. Margaret Mead says a
father is so tall, a small child
looking up to him sees a giant
with hairy nostrils ... an image so
frightening few adults can recall
the actual sight.
But, because father is so
frightenly big and so sure of
himself, a child develops a sense
of wanting to expand himself.
Children can take their failures
to their mothers where they can
regain composure, but they
depend on fathers to urge them
on to success. * * *
I had a friend who used to say
rather disparingly, "Fathers are
fair weather friends!" •
In a way this is true.
Fathers want their children to
succeed . . . expect them to . . .
show pride when they do . .. and
disapproval when they don't.
And a child needs this.
Mother will dry the tears.
Father must be firm and tough
but understanding too.
In past generations children
often grew up with uncles and
grandfathers around them from
whom they learned all sorts of
manly things.
Now, instead of a father's role
decreasing it is intensified
because he often has the sole
responsibility of teaching his
children how to win and how to
lose, how to want to grow up and
still be patient with his present
small skill, how to grit his teeth
when he would rather give up,
and how to take the next rung on
the ladder.
To his little girls a father has a
special role.
By being treated with a
mixture of gentle roughhouse and
undemanding and unthreatening
solicitude, a daughter discovers
she is cherished because she is a
girl. She learns to trust herself
with men and to expect they will
be strong and protective in their
care for her.
What rot to say fathers' roles
are diminishing.
The continuity of civilization
rests heavily on the way fathers in
each generation prepare their
sons and their daughters to be the
men and women who will carry
on. * * *
God Bless You, Pop!
In honor of James Cottle's
101st birthday, the Blue Water
Rest Home, Zurich, where he
now resides was the scene of
much activity as relatives and
friends came to congratulate Mr.
Cottle and visit with other
residents, last Friday.
The party was entertained by
students from Zurich Public
School, St. Boniface and St.
Joseph Separate Schools, who
came to sing and perform for the
happy occasion. Mr. Cottle sang
lustily along with them.
He was in fine fettle, and with
Mr. & Mrs. Lorne Johnston,
Bob and David motored to
Niagara Falls Sunday and also
visited with Mr. & Mrs. Ivan
Prouty, Dun das.
Mr. & Mrs. Preston Dearing
visited last week with Mrs. Violet
Quance and Mr. & Mrs. Colin
MacDougald at Bracebridge.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Dinney
attended the graduation of their
son Robert William, from
Humber College, Toronto, June
13th. Bill graduated in the
Funeral Service Education
Course.
Wedding bells
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Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Gebel,
Clandeboye, at St. Martin's
Roman Catholic Church,
London, which was tastefully
decorated with baskets of pink,
white and yellow flowers.
Officiating at the service was
Most Rev. W. T. Flannery. Mrs.
M. McKerracher was at the
console and accompanied the
soloist, Ron McGinley of
London.
The bride's father gave his
daughter in marriage and she
wore an elegant floor length gown
of white Swiss sheer. The empire
waist and low scooped neckline
was decorated with appliques of
Swiss guipure lace as was the
short, puffy sleeves and the
simple A-line skirt. A chapel
length train draped gracefully
from the mid back to the floor,
and the shoulder length veil was
held by white roses. The bridal
bouquet was a purple orchid
surrounded with white carnations
and ivy.
Jo Ann Shoebottom,
Lambeth, Susan Gebel,
Clandeboye, and Mrs. Catherine
Roberts, London were bridal
attendants. They wore dresses of
pastel green crepe, which
featured empire waistlines, loose
sleeves cuffed with a frill, and
trimmed with white lace. They
carried lace umbrellas filled with
pink, white and yellow.
carnations,
Groomsman was Larry
Greenlee, Lucan, and the ushers
were John Ward, Lucan, and
Richard Bedard, Lambeth.
The wedding reception was
held at the Bungalo Restaurant,
Lambeth, after which the couple
travelled to Toledo, Ohio. The
bride donned a yellow crepe pant
Outfit,
The newly Weds will reside in
Lucan. The groom is employed at
Gebel Cabinet's Limited, and the
bride works for the London Life
Insurance Company.
a perky party hat set jauntily on
his head, helped to blow out the
candles on his birthday cake.
"Isn't it remarkable? Isn't this
a wonderful occasion?" he asked
the many well wishers who shook
his hand.
Then, with a twinkle in his
eye, he said, "You'd have to drive
a long way to find another like
me!"
Asked to what he contributed
his long life, he answered, "Good
living."
"What is good living?"te was
queried.
Dom SO eta
The Exeter Times
Advocate extends Birthday
Wishes to following senior
citizens who celebrate this
week:
MRS. ALMA PRICE,
Lucan, 90, June 21,
MRS. MARY
HODGSON, Lucan, 82,
June 25,
MRS. MABEL RODD,
Huron St., 80, June 26.
We are happy to give this
service free of charge. If
you know of anyone having
an over 80 birthday who
would like to have it
acknowledged please
phone or drop us a note.
"Why, good living is good
living," he replied tartly, "No
smoking or drinking . . . that's
what takes the life out of you."
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