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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-07-06, Page 15for •864 ,A THE 'BRUSSELS POST, JULY 6, 1977 15 nixed ugers 484, Viand Drive, huell, .6037 884 k, all ouse, utes, Joe 527- .861 I? .88•tf er 21 Louis ssels, -884 CeSS. DO, .884' Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley It's tough on old turkeys . S. NOTICE TO CREDITORS in the estate of ROBERT LORNE NICHOL, late of the Township of Morris, retired farmer, deeased. All persons having claims against the above estate .are req uired to send full particUla6 • of same to the undersigned On or befpre the • 29th day of July; 1977,. •after which date the estate's assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have then received, , • -• , • CRAWFORD, MILL & DAMES BRUSSELS 'ONTARIO: • • Solicitors for the -Ek,e0fOr Clitssified 22 Legal Notices 24 Cards of Thanks I would like to thank all who sent gifts, cards and letters and these who visited me while a patient ;ins Strfttford HosOtal.'Spial thanks to Drs. LindWay Schuh, WhitMan and VnderWood . and the , wonderful nurses on ;• 4th floor north. -7- 'Isabelle Shortreed. , • ' • 24-88:1' 'boys,of laSt year's Grade 4 fOr the NOTICE TO CREDITORS lovely lovely leather purse, and to the In the estate of • WALTER Staff Of Brussels PubliC School for. ALEXANDER . arrangitig• the delightful tea; and: • late of Brussels, Ontario, retired for the leirely: gift. I 'willhaVe •, . • painter, deceased. many wonderful 'memories •te All persons having claims. againt..cherish •• in the years ahead.= the above estate are required to /4argatet Tyiearian : send full particulars"' of f same"to• ,, `•• the undersigned on bi..bef4e the . 29th day of July,:' after': I would iii"e to thank everyone for • which date the estate's ..a0ertS will all the lovely shower gifts With, be distributed, havitig...: regard, : special thanks tOAlie who:. ',only to claims that havO•th00.§'Oei). 0 40a131§:: received, . •• ' evening i:• • , It was greatly CRAWFORD, 111II4L .‘ipAVIES'':7';•aOre4ated and , will •; always be. BRUSSELS, NTARIO `' remember ad Shirley SolicitorS foi the Executrix • Johnston •;•• • • • • • • . . , . . 23 Bus. Directory.' like- to thank relatis,.: neighbor's . and, friends:•:•:fiet 'their • • .and of oils • Sale, To••.k1.1• for. :the ' baking barn and. commercial painting,.. •;:sanxiWictiOS'.404. the. ladies who airleSs spray; . helped •.1*134.c ,• day ;truck, sand, blasting, ' AlsO. thanks' the Lee :Club:far looking Apr; so' • 1 ......theiiihtfulhes • Wilf ,•;•:'hever••:', be fdrgotten ~- Freda and' Mervyn • .•••••,-;,:,'•e•••,h,. „• '•;'• „ wish to thank• ihe,,AlOitile'and dmOol and`:,s.'taff.of Grey' .Central who renienibered.'he „ cards, letters and , was a patient in .. in ,hest Wishes::: which, I . 'received Hospita l. it was • ,nioch k6Ur . thoughtfulneSS:: Will alWAYs appreciated, -- John 13lcock be 'remembered: Stuart • : .14.,88x1 ;McNair. •• 24-88x1• • •. . READ and. USE POST CLASSIFIED 111111111111111111111101111111.1111111111111111114111.1111111111111111 OLYMPIA RESTAURANT russels In l'affaire Trudeau, my sympathies are all ,With ' our Prime Minister, whatever I may think of him politically. It's tough for An old turkey to hang on to a beautiful • chick. I know. I've been trying to do it for years., Mywife is beautiful. And I'm not saying that proudly, or because I'm trying to butter her up. saying it as a fact. And I'm sure everyone who knows her will agree.' I am not tall, dark and handsome. I am short, white and• rather ugly: Or, as we ugly people say. my face has a lot of `character. So, as you may imagine, I've had a lot of trouble.hanging on to her. Not that she's a philanthropist ; extending charity to any ' male: Who comes along. N or is she a pilatelist,:flirting freely in order to stamp on My: ego. She isn't even a philanderer • ,(the'•world I was looking for .in the -first Place)," • No, there's little chance of her running Off with another man. She knows to the • • penny how much insurance and pension I -represent. She's not going to throw that away' for anybody less than Robert :Redford, and we don't see too much of him iii the crowd we hang around with. • And still I have trouble hanging on to her. It's not in the marital department. It's the arms department. departinent... , .• I have' trouble hanging on to her arms, When she's going to hit me, or tear out Some Of my scanty locks, or clobber me With a telephone or something. .• When we were first married, I didn't have So Much trouble. I was stronger than she, and I could hang on to both her wrists, put my head down to avoid a butt on the Mise,. and raise one knee in front of me to .:.• ward off a kick in the groin. But' years of sedenta. ry and licentious living have made me .a shadow of my • former Self, and she, like most women, has got steadly stronger. • Look around, and YOU'll agree that most women of a certain age could take their husbands, in one round, with one arm tied behind. To add injury to insult, she has been dbing yoga, exercises of late, and has • developed muscles neither of us ever knew existed. She is a long-suffering woman, no, about abou tit. How would you like to be married tome for 30 years? But you can be long suffering and have a short fuse, one of life's little dichotomies., She has a fuse about three-quarters of an inch in length. Take last night, for example. She had dinner all ready but not cooked. Vegetables in the pot, ready to turn on. Chicken livers in the pan, salted„,peppered, floured and ready for a quick fry in butter. Frenchf ries all ready to dunk in the boiling oil. We sat down in the living room for one of these intimate pre dinner chats that are just as Much a part of marriage as post-coital depression, whatever that is. I read it 'in a book. She recently lost her cleaning lady, and that, coupled with a visit from the grandboys, had put the house cleaning 10 light years behind schedule, if you believed it all. • I listened with my usual interest and sympathy, occasionally interrupting to read her fascinating bits from the newspaper I was reading. • Finally, I got the drift. "Sweetie! Youre exhausted. Let me get the dinner." Over-riding her protests, I strode into the kitchen, calling over my shoulder: "Just relax. You know I can handle everything." I kept up a cheery banter from the kitchen. "Is that all the vegetables we're going to have? Migawd, there's enough chicken liver here to feed a threshing gang." Not a sound from inside. I .thought she was lying ' back, maybe reading the women's page. Turned on the cooking oil. On high. Got the veg. boiling happily. Put the chicken livers on high for that first golden searing. Took a small libation from the cupboard, to keep my head clear. Magnificent sound of cooking. Veg. bubbliing. Livers sizzling. M . ade a fast salad and a nether drop took, to keep my other head clear. Dumped the french fries in the pot of ho cooking oil. Clouds of smoke, spatters of grease on walls and self. Seems you're supposed to put them in a wire basket or something. • Screams of rage, anguish and bad temper., Pot of fries torn from my grasp and carried to backyard as billows of •smoke polluted neighborhood. • Re: .cimination: • , "Stupid idiot!!!" • "Why don't you get the dam' dinner yourself?" "Cretin. Imbecile. Jerk." "Howuzidano?" Feeli ngs, as they put it, were running high. But what really made the fit hit the shan was that, while she was running around declaiming to the entire neighbor- hood that I'd ruined the wallpaper and the new paint, I calmly, like a reasonable man, retrieved the pot full of crilsp, black fries, loaded a plate with them and chicken livers, and began eating my dinner in a dignified fashion. This was when I was unable to hang on to her. She seized the plate of greasy liver and doubly greasy chips, and flang them on the floor. She tried to fling me after them, but her hand slipped on my greasy shirt, flew back and gave herself a belt on the lip. Today everything is back to normal. She has a fat lip, but she's got her kitchen floor washed, a task she wasn't looking forward to. No girls, I didn't do it. , And that's why my sympathies are with Mr. Trudeau. It's hard for an old turkey to hang on to a beautiful chick. Especially if she's going yoga. • • ` I would like to express my'Sineere thanks for. gifts, *eards; and. geed.; wishes expressed by these.: who. attended tea. thanks . alSO to • my, first class; for thp beautiful:. to .my girls and • • • Mq sincere . School for :::i.Offret41it :P403' • .345-21F9 for spring and SUrrirnei'prie0„, • .LAJRIE'SOCR,L Staffs, Ont. b23- ' with ;visits, which was .given' for ,•6:••...mahy" -;: rests while. I .••;::“.,;:,fist, the ::: Phone 0:(?1,1, 4 • Wed0:- Spa gb. • Meat: " most fALD nship, anon, 27th ,reby ulars gned, sseis gard I. • ay Of, y , eck 1Names* by Rembrant nSterling•SlIver Gold Plated 10k. Gold Lovely gifts for irthdays Anniversaryv Dinner $2 7.5 10111101 000oloommilmillumuniminffilliiiiiirn Brussels zw,„.r ***4---; !FOR THOSE SPECIAL OCCASIONS EVening 'appointment can be arranged by phoning Member BBA is' 7 Audrey may er s Lloyd Jewellery & Gifts Where Personal Service is still important 887-9000 Retirement tea held On Sunday, June 26th a tea, arranged by the staff of Brussel§ Public School, was held in the auditorium in honour of Mrs. Margaret Tyer'man who retired on June 30th. Pouring-iea were Mrs, D.C. Warwick, Owen Sound, and Mrs. Clark Matheson, Brussels. Both ladies were former colleagues. Later in the afternoon two former students from the first class, Mts. Maurice Smith ; London and Mrs, L.M. Taylor, Brussels, had charge of the tea. table, Many former students and friends attended.