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Sugar and Spice'
by Bill Smiley
The folks next door
Last week I mentioned neighbors, and
after I'd finished the column, I thought
more about mine.
If you live a city apartment, you'll
probably never know your neighbor two
doors down the hall, and will take two
years before you are on nodding acquain-
tance with those next' door.
That's fine for some people. They
actually like to retreat ,into their cells, and
resent any encroachment on their so-called
privacy.
But if you live* in a small town, in a
hOuse, you have neighbors, for better or
worse, and you might as well relax and
enjoy it.
Neighb ors are not an unmixed blessing.
They 'can be a terrible pain in the arm.
When I was a kid,' we spent our summers
at a cottage. Next door was an old bat who
, 'was the quintessence of a bad neighbor.
Everybody else at the lake was part of a
big, happy family. Not so this' one. She
sneered and snarked and caused endless
trouble. Finally, she put up a fence
between'her property and ours, so we
couldn't walk on her lawn, which was
nothirig but pine needles. We solved this
by jumping the fence and walking across
' her pine needles, while she peered from
behind the curtains, calling down curses on
the brown, bare-footed vandals. That was
a nasty 'one, and caused my mother, I'm
.sure , some anguish.
But there aren't many like that. Most
neighbOrs, like yourself, are pretty fine
people, if you tret them as you wish to be
treated by, others.
There is one thing about neighbors.
They are like relatives. You can't pick and
choose. You takes what you gets. You don't
buy a house because of the neighbors,
though it might be a good idea to think
about it.
I've been lucky all my life, and I've been
--luckyin my neighbors. In the last town we
lived in, they were the salt of the earth .
One of them was even decent enough to
have his house burn down one night, in a
spectacular fire, which I got my kids out of
bed to watch. Something they'll never
forget.
I don't expect that `kind of service from
all my neighbors, mind you. That was
being neighborly to the point of no return.
But we've been in this house going on 20
years, and I couldn't haVe done better for
neighbors if I'd hand-picked them.
On one side lives a carpenter r and
contractor. For a guy like me, who can't
hammer two boards together without
making a hand sandwich, it's better than
having a fairy &mother. He is the soul of
generosity when it comes to lending advice
and nails. And when I'm standing looking
stupidly at some project that would take me
a week, he comes over, does it in eight
minutes, and, when offered pay, says:
"Forget it."
He also has a warm and pleasant wife
and a son who has grown into a dandy
snow-shoveller and lawn-cutter.
On another side, my neighbor is a sailor.
Don't see much of him in the summer, but
in the spring, lie whistles over the fence •
and holds out' a big newspaperful of fresh
smelt or perch fillets. had to cut down one
of my oaks the other day that was
threatening to fall on his house: It cost me
$300. But who in right mind wouldn't
trade mere money for a panful of fried
smelt, and the spirit behind them?
Up the street a couple of houses lives
Gabe. He is a former plumber, and still has
the tools and the skills his craft. When
you have guests arriving, and the sink is
Plugged, and the regular 'plumbers are
having their four-day weekend, Gabe
comes to the rescue. In 10 minutes the sink
is splurphing water again. And Gabe
doesn't want an arm, a leg, and your liver.
Across the way lives John, a teacher, a
mathematical whiz, and a delighter in the
solving of problems. For example. My wife'
is away for a week. I want to do-a washing.
I can't get the washing macfiine going. Call
John. He whips across the street, through
the snow, and in five minutes the washing
is thunking away. And when my wife is
away, his wife nips across and puts a jar of
home-made soup inside my back'door. •
When we go away for a few days, the
neighbors keep an eye on the place, as
'though, it' were their own: pick up the
newspapers, feed the cat, make sure the
door's are locked, cut the grass if it needs it.
Perhaps best of all is the' knowledge that
they are there, if you need them. A sudden
emergency, a minor calamity, and they'll
be there to drive you, phone a doctor, bring
food, whatever.
This closeness might seem appalling to
city folk, with their preoccupation with
privacy. But good neighbors don't live in
each other's laps. They have their
famililes; we have ours.
We don't encroach on their lives; they
don't on ours. They have their friends; we
have ours; and they're not necessarily the
same.
Poet Robert Frost summed it up, as
poets so ofteredo, when he intoned: "Good
fences make good neighbors." And he
wasn't just talking about fences.
So there you are chaps. Let's see you
come up with a fisherman, a carpenter, a
plumber, and a trouble-shooter, and I'd
say you're as lucky as I am, when it comes
to neighbors.
Annie McNeil
Celebrates a century
Ithing;' `aul and Monique MacKinnion
pplied. ish to announce the birth of
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(Editor's note: Mrs. McNeil is a
BrusselS native, She, is still as
active as one half her age.)
moments before her .100th
birthday party began.
"I've seen the ups and downs
Of Many people."
ThiirSdaylt heritage Lodge in.
Winnipeg, Mrs. McNeil was very
much up,'Relatives and friends
had gathered to pay tribute to
her.
43orn Annie Maunders in
Brussels, Orit. in 1876, she
Married fleeter N..James McNeil,
Feb. 28, 1401: they farmed near,
Oakville, Man'., then moved to
Estevan, Sask.,*here Mr. McNeil
went into 'the fuel
.ln 1929, they ticioVed to
Winnipeg with their three sons-
Maunders, Don and Ed — and
lived at 182 Carlton, Street,' now
the site of the new Convention
Centre.
• Thursday her sons were with
her at the , head table, reading
telegrams and letters of congratu,
latiOns froni Queen Elizabeth ;
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeati,
Premier Ed. Schreyer Of
Manitoba; provincial Progressive
Conservative leader Sidney
Apivak, Manitoba Liberal leider
Charles 'Huband and Mayor
Steye Juba of Winnipeg.
A greeting as Weli came from
former Manitoba premier Duff
Roblin, for whom Mrs. McNeil
one Worked and whom she
counts a great friend.
Mrs: McNeil is a life member of
Knox United Church and attends
services regUlarly. She's an avid
Wingham OPP
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investigations
During the week, officers from
the' OPP Wingham Detachment
conducted forty-six
investigations. Included were:
Twenty-two charges were laid
under the Highway Traffic Act
and twenty-one warnings were
issued.
Seven charges were laid under
the Liquor Licence Act.
Eight charges were laid under
the Criminal Code.
During the week, there were
nine Motor Vehicle Collisions
which caused an estimated
$9155.00 in property damage and
injuries to nine persons.
OnMonday, August • 30,
Timothy R. Thompson of R.R.1,
Wingham was injured as a result
of a. collision with Brenda N.,
Garniss, of R.R.1, Wroxeter. The
accident occurred on county Road
7,, east of Sideroad 15-16,
Turnberry Twp.
On Tuesday, August 31, Eldred
L. Cathers of R.R.1, Wroxeter
and a passenger, Brett Garniss of
Howick Township were injured as
a result of an accident which
occurred on Huron County Road
28, south of Huron' Comity Road
7, Howick Township.
On Friday, September 3,
William R. Rowells of R.R.2,
Conn, and Hans A. Rusmussen of
R.R.1, Fordwich, were involved'
in a collision on Concession 6 - 7 ,
east of County Road 30, Howick
Township. Injured as a result of
the collision was Hans A.
Rasmussen.
William. J. Aitchison of
Brussels was involved in a single
car collision on ConcesSion 9,
west of #12 Huron County Road,
Morris Township.' Both he and a
passenger, Steven Pletch, also of
Brussels were injured as a result
of the accident.
On Saturday, September 4,
Paul G. Kerr and a passenger,
Robert B. Ramey, both of
London, were injured` as a result
of a single car collision on
Macintosh Street at Air Port
Road, Turnberry' Township.
On Sunday, September 5th,
.Nelson E. Caldwell of Listowel
and Andrew A. Poels of R.R.1,
Wingham were involved in a
collision on Concession Road 9
8, east of sideroad 25-26, Morris
Township. Mr. Poels was injured
as a result of the collision.
football and hockey 'fan, and is
still interested in political affairs.
}ter sons said she attributes her
long life to being active and
independent. Mrs. McNeil lived
alone from' the death of her
-husband in 1945 until February,
1974.
ranbtook
Lady hurt
in fail
Mrs. Mac Engel
Correspondent
Mrs. Martin MacDonald had
he misfortune to fall down steps
her home sustaining a
ractured arm and bruises. ' She
as taken to Wingham Hospital
uesday morning. We hope she
ill soon be able to return home.
,Misses Kelly Starr, Baxter, and.,
imberly Starr, Markdale,
njoyed holidays the past week
ih Mr. and Mrs. Don Cotton.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mitchell
d boys, Thorold, visited on the
liday weekend with Mr. and
rs, Howard Mitchell.
Mrs. Bill Armstrong, Fergus,
isited Mrs. Mac Engel on
nday.
Mrs., Patrick Adams, Manotick,-
pent several days last week with
er parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clare .
Misses Sharon and Rosanne
gel, :Bernice van Donkersgoed
Lorraine Dinsmore,
ordwich, . spent • a few days
roping at Amberly, last week.
Miss LynnCameron commencea
tr aining for an R.N. at
ttatford General Hospital on
t, 1,
Mr, and Mrs. Roger Tipple and
ttle son Jonathan ;of Burlington,
d Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cameron,
'rnia, visited Mrs. Glenn
nether,
Sunday School will reopen nett
nday, Sept. 12 following, the
'ular church service.
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16 "I' e seen a lot of thin s in the g ,past century" said Annie McNeil,
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