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of without regret, and with
eW secret misgivings, I made
ig change a couple of years
Frazzled, scrambled, and
htly addled, I took myself
e, and - we had a serious
Just the two of us.
Smiler, old bQy," '(said to
"how much longer do you
end to keep up this non -
se? Is this what you fought
the war for? Is this what
reallIT want out of life, to
a seller of four -dollar ads,
chronicler of endless meet-
s about nothings, a 'pacifier
old !idles of both sexes who
ve a beef, a lugger of papers
the post office, a member
40 organizations, a payer of
rtgages, a fighter of lost
uses, and a Lousy husband
d father?
"I d'no," said me in my
aightforward, C a n aq�1 i s rr
y.. " Wutcha gotten Miii ?"
Well, what do you do when
u talk to a .moron? You
mor him, that's what you do.
I explained carefully and
arly about ulcers, and pen -
ns, and security, and family
etherness, and the fact that
as 40 and ready for pasture.
e listened open-mouthed.
is was all new.
As a result, soon after,I dog-
ddled my way out of the
rhulent stream of life as a
eekly editor into the quiet
ckwater of life as a school
ocher.. I figured I would lie
ck and float thexe.for a while,_
sting up before I sank .quietly
t of sight among the bull-
gs and the pollywogs "and the
)idity and the mud of • the
•ademic pond.
local candidates have asked me
to give them a hand, and I've
,premised both.
i„ a: Y: 4.
These are only the major
obstacles she has thrown be-
tween' me and my courtship, 0,f
that, cool but complacent lady
known as Peace. She has also:
Bashed in the roar end of my
car; loaded my eavestroughs
with ice to the pendulous point;
arranged for my call to get in
the family way again; tricked
me into getting five weeks be-
hind in my work broken the
sipper on my snowboot, and
put my hot water system on
the blink.
But I must have fallen asleep
that pond and been washed
t to sea, with a force -eight
ale blowing, breakers every -
here, my collapsible life -belt
oing just that, and my emerg-
cy rocket flares in my other
ants.
"it's just not that simple. 'Yeti
an't just turn' your back • on
ife, that aging but still lively
istress you've kept in style
or years, had so much fun
it, done so many crazy thinks
rig). and exlreCt her to let, yeti
,alk quietly into the arms 8f
sat Other Woman -dear. old
sni, "cTitll _PieT1c1 '"
She won't .do it.• She'll hurl
buse at you in public. She'II
grow gravel at your ,window
n moonlit nights, . She'II trip
ou as ;you march heavily to-
ard respectability. She'll put
ack squirrels in your attic
nd0 black fhoughts in your
ead. She'll just plain raise
ell until you take' -her 'back.
if.
i'ti e ti's e T.. J e ;,_looked = thd..
titer way when . she flaunted
erself, I've held her at arms'
ength 'until I ran out of arms.
've put my head in the sand
;hen she approached (and .re-
eived a kick in the rump for
y pains).
give up. Come back, you
old trollop, and I'II embrace
you as of yore, and forget about
Peace,• who never did appeal
to me much anyway.
GDCI POST
THREE WINS
Enumeration • In
Hunan finished
Enumeration of voters in the
riding of Huron ended' February
23. It commenced February
18. Returning Officer R:'t'. 13u1 -
ton said there are 1;.4 •pblling
sub -divisions. These are now'
being set in type at various
district newspaper plants.
The Town of Goderiph is the,
only one with urban polls in the
riding and as such required two
persons enumerating for each
poll. The rest are rival fold
had only one enumerator for
'each poll.
Enumerators who did the
work in this area were as fol-
lows:
Ashfield
Nb. 1, Mrs. Doreen McGee,
R.R. 6, Goderich; No.• 2, Ray-
mond Finnigan, R.R. 1, Dun-
gannon; No. '3, Marshall Gib-
son, R.It. 3, Lucknow; No. 4,
Joseph A. McGee, R.R. 1, lun-
gannon; No. '5, Earl Drennan,
R.R. 7, Lucknow; No. 6, Mrs.
Ida Barger, R.R. 3, Luckknow;
No. 7, Miss Lorraine Hamilton,
R.R. 3, Lucknow.
Colborne
No. 1, Mrs. Kan Morris, R,R.
4, Goderich; No. 2, Mrs. Robert,
McCabe, R.R. 4, Goderich; No.
3, Mrs. Verne Pean, R.R. 5,
Goderich; No. 4, Leslie John-
ston, R.H. 1, Port Albert.
Goderich Township •
No. 1,•Everett Mcllwain, R.R.
2, Goderich; No. 2, Roy. Wilson,
Goderich Collegiate teams
did n t play the part of the
perfep host Feb. 26 as they
took three of four games from
visiting 'Seaforth basketballers
Goderich won the junior boys'
game by the- convincing score
of 64-6 with Ron Drennan net-
ting 31 points.
The senior boys won their
second straight 41-34. John
Everett led tlae Goderich attack
with 13 points.
Maureen Dowds led her, team
‘vith 17 points as .the Goderich
junior girls downed the visitors
38-26, . .
Seaforth scored three points
in the last minute of play to
down the Goderich senior girls.
Carolyn Clark ,scored 24 points
in the losing cause.
Girl Guides'
Church- Parade
R.R, 1, Goder1eh;� ,No. 3, Jolui
Wain, R.R. 14 'Bayfield; " 11o. 4,,
Mrs. Jibbed,n Welsh
r
R.R. 2,
Bayfield; No. a; Robert G.
Smith, IR.'fi. 1, Clinton; 1Vo. 6,
Robert Grigg,. R.It• 3, Clinton.
West Wawanosh
Nc. 1, i'rs. Flossie Ivers, Dun-
;annoni`;' Nn. 2, Ernest Dmitri,
ft.R..22' Lu'eknoW; "No.
Frank McQuillife, R R 2, Luck;
now; Na. 4, Mrs. Ted Rice, R.R.
2„ Lucknow;. No. 5, Mrs. Allan
Miller, R:R. 1, Lucknow; No. 6,
Mrs. Thomas Armstrong,. R.R. 2,
Lucknow.
Goderich
No. `t, Mrs. 'Rose Hill, Mr.i.
Frank Young; No. 2 East, Mrs.
Mabel Powell, Mrs. Clarence
.MacDonald; No. 2 West, Mrs.
John Whetstone, Mrs. George
Currell; No. 3, Mrs. Verne
Smith, Mrs. Lois Wilson; No. 'i,
Mrs. Charles Anstay, Mrs. Isabel
Kneeshaw; -No. 5, Mrs. Edward
Johnston, Mrs. M. Sutcliffe; No.
6, James H. Ross, Miss, Fern
Robb; No. '7, Mrs. A. Ilugili,
Mrs. Al. Dowds; No. 8, Mrs.
Morris McMillan, Mrs. A. Mc-
Connell; No. 9, Mrs. Laura
Paget (% H. Sturdy „Miss Anna
Moser; No. 10, rs. Leonard
Near, Mrs. Louis Fulford; N.
11, Charles Rance, Mrs. Peg.
Wood; No. 12 East, Arthur
Kaitting, Mrs. Frank Phalen;
No. • 12 West, W. E. Peachey,
Mrs. William Madge.
Of Canada's 13 Pr,1me Min•
isters, three „were born in the
United Kingdom, one in New
Brunswick, and three each in
Nova Scotia, Quebec and On -
The Girl Guides and Brownies,
more than 120, strong, paraded
to Knox Presbyterian Cllurcta
on Sunday morning, Feb. 24th.
At the same time, , some 25
,members attended service at
St:•. Peter's Roman Catholic
Churclt»
At Knox Church, the flags of
the 3rd company were dedicat-
ed. Representatives from the
packs and the companies assist-
ed in the special service. Tak-
ing -Tart-also- were-- -tire-- color
parties. The 'sermon subject oft
Rev. G. L. Royal was on the
eighth commandment:
But she's -given me the works.
determined I would never. act
n another comi'nittee; join an-
ther organization, donate, any
f my free time to anything,
r do ,anything for anybody,
unless it were life or death.
PROBLEM OF SURVIVAL
ANSWERED BY BIBLE
"The problem of survival is
talked about in ,,ry nation
or the earth tocI iAlthough
answers to - this pi blem~ 'are
many, the: _L'_rkrle gives; the molt
-interesting- and --the best -an-
swer." So stated T. -R. Jones
of Toronto when he addressed
the Goderich congregation ' of
Jehovah's Witnesses as they as-
sombled with 575 persons itt
the Collingwood District .High
School atiditorium on .February,;
24th on • the subject; "The.
Bible's Answer to Our Problem
of Survival:"
• Because the nations of the
earthtrrare not even remotely"in-
tereslted in our Creator today,
they ignore our greatest proh-
,itern,. Armageddon, he said, act-
dimg that the Bible alone .sup-
plies the answer for our prob-
'a3'-
First did Class
Starts Tonight
A mune in senior first aid,
under the a apices of St. John
Ambulance,, Commences this
evening at St. John Hall, Ham-
ilton street at 8 p.m.
Classes will' be held each
Thursday OVening for seven
weeks, followed by an oral and
practical examination in first.
aid conducted by a medical
doctor.
Can Qualify
• John F. Cory of St. Johft Am-
bulance explains that a text
book and practise bandages will
be issued to each person en-
rolling in the course. Each suc-
cessful candidate will receive
the St. John certificate in first
aid, or the next award to vtthich
he is entitled. The award "thtts
received will qualify the can-
didate as a first aider in in-
dustry under the requirements
of the Workmen's Compensation
Act.
Persons wishing to enroll may
do so at the Hamilton sticeet
hall this evening. An enroll-
meatch. ee is charged to cover
f a
material u
cost of ma used.
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tr7 ,
OBITUARY
THOMAS WILLIAM SIDDAL
Rev. Emery Shank conducted
the graveside fundral service
at Port Maitland on February
26th of Thomas William
Siddall, 79, whose death occur-
red in Woodstock General Hos-
pital Feb. 24 after an illness of
eight months. Interment- was
in Port Maitland cemetery. He
was the father of Edward Sid -
dell, Goderich commercial fish
erman. "
Surviving are .one sister,,Mrs.
Sadie Mason of Dunnville and
a brother, William! Siddall of
Port Maitland. A brother, Lorne
Siddall, also of Port Maitland;
predeceased him by three days
Born at Port Maitland, he was
a son of 'the late George Siddall
and Sarah Ward. After attend -
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Life Insurance
b
ing school in. Melton Township,
he was' a commercial fisherman
herm a
from -which he retired in 19-04=
Mr. Siddall was a member of
the Anglican Chu;l''cbi" in Port
Maitland.
Pallbearers were Six nephews,
Wayne, William and John Sid-
'dai', Donald and Robert Hanna
and Edward Platt. -
CONTACT
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London Life •
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INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
W. J. HUGHES
FIRE and AUTO
50 ELGIN AVE. E.
Phone JA 4.8526
Roy N. Bentle
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
P.O. Box 478.
Phone JA 4-9521
GODERICH - ONTARIO
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• 118 St. David St.
TELEPHONE JA- 4-8787
Real Estate Agent
RUTH VAN DER,MEER
P-HON_E_-J.A_4_7.8Z5,, .Goderich.
Agent For
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PHONE JA 4-8142 J
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1,
What happened?' Life cackl-
d=sw1ih-glee; and-finddrnyself
n numerous- committees;
ember of leveret organiza-
tions, lurching out of bed •to
teach Sunday School, collecting
tor -the -Red Cross-;- Iiting--A'uf
the school yearbook, and giving
hell) _to.._backward students, after
hours.
1 determined I would be a
better husband. Life 'sneered.
Every time 1 tried to, oust a
bad habit, she was right there,
tantalizing. -So I still lug home
the box •of --suds, Itght. one fag
from the end of another, stay
up till four a.m. reading, oc-
casionally try to tell my wife
sire's wrong, and avoid any dis-
cussion of repairs, renovations
or renewals.
Personal 'Mentions are always
welcome in The Signal -Star.,
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IN DOWNTOWN
RETRO
1 derided to be no -better fail).
Cr. Life chortled. When I took
tip skiing, the kids were efrt-
harresspd- When '1 come• home
ready for a fatherly chat, every-
body disappears, When I ask
them if' they'd like to go for
a nice family drive, they look
at each other significantly and,
roll their eyes. Only this morn-
ing, Kim said, "Dad, you don't
seem happy any moire`:- You're
acting kinda strange lately."
I swore I'd never have any-
thing to do with politics again,
on any level.' Life snickered.
I'll swear it was she who put.
the skids under bid, just JO
make a fool of me. At any
rate, not one, but two of the
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Radio, television Room Available.
,i Air Conditioned rooms in season..
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OPTQMETRIST .._ ..
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DAVIDSON'S -.Texaco Service
No. 8 Highway, Goderich
Phone JA 4-7231
JA 4-8491
116A West St.
1-25
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INSURANCE
Co-operators Insurance
A -Complete Line of Casualty
and Life Insurance.
Prompt, Efficient Claims Ser-
vice 'by Goderich Adjuster
of CIA.
319 Huron Road
Phone JA 4-7411
ALEXANDER &
CHAPMAN
GENERAL INSURANCE
AND REAL ESTATE
Batik of Commerce Bldg.
Goderich. Phone JA 4-9662.
A. J. Alexander, Res.
JA 4-7836.
C. F. CHAPMAN, Res.
JA 4=7915::
THE WEST WAWANOSH
- MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE CO.
Head Office, Dungannon
Established` --1878
• BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President, Brown Smyth, Dun-
-gannon; Vice -Pres„ Herson Ir-
win, Belgrave; Directors Paul
Caesar,`R'1:,-Dungaiata:orl:; George.
C. Feagan. Goderich; Ross 'Me
Phee, R. 3, Auburn; Donald
P. MagKay, ,R. 1, Ripley; John
F. MacLennan, R. 3, Goderich:.
Allah Maclnty,re, R. 5, Lucknow,
Wm. Wiggins; R. 3, Auburn.
For information on' your in-
surance, call your nearest direc-
tor who is also an agent, or the
secretary, Frank F. Thompson,
Dungannon, phone Dungannon
48.
HURON CO-OPERATIVE
'MEDICAL SERVICES
Prepai�Health' Plans
at Coit
.the (.5...C.4) way
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President, Fordyce Clark, RR 5,
Vice,Fres,,-- Gordon
Kirkland, RR 3, Lucknow; Mrs.
0. G. Anderson, RR 5, Wingham;
Mrs, Lloyd Taylor, Exeter;
Hugh B. Smith, RR 2, Listowel;
Lorne Rodges, RR 1, Goderich;
Roy Strong, Gorrie; Russell T.
Bolton RR .,1, 5baforth; • Bert
Irwin, ER 2; Seaforth, Bert
Klopp, Zurich: Gordon Richard-
son, RR 1, Brucefield; Kenneth
Johns, RR 1, Woodhalit.
C. H. Magee
Secretary -Manager..
Miss C. E. Plumtree
Assistant Secretary
For information, call your
nearest director of our, office in
the Credit Union Bldg., 70 On-
tario Street.- Clinton, Telephone
HUnter 2.9751.
or see your
. CG -OP representative
GEoRG( TURTON
319 Huron St., Goderich Ont:
Phone JA 4.7411
Esso Imperial Products '
20 Albert St., Goderich
Office --JA 4-7502
Home -JA 4-7835 tf
Butler, Dooley,
Chartered Accountants
Trustee in Bankruptcy
Licensetl Municipal Auditor
44 North Street. JA 4-8253
GODERICH, ON?II O
32tf
Set April 6th
For C.A.S.--Meet ►ith .CHROMALOX
April 6 has been set as the r..- =
date for the Spring meting of !.,._...''=
The Goderii h Sit tial -Stet 'Tlaursoay,. March 7th, Jam:
1961.,
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Counties, in ...this r l~,r�� ..
i iron, Druce, •,Grey, .Pufferiii,
Ontario, Peel7Sirncoe and Yot'lt.
The mine .of Niagara a Falls
comes twill the Indian word
' Qnguiaahra, *.which meant
"tbundei er of the waters."
1V1'cQowan s'umd county eterit-
treasurer John Berry. The
agenda is .not yet complete, but
one of the spealters will be Bev.
11. G.. MacMillan' o Oaiisille.
Mr. MacMillan, former minister;
of Knox Presbyterian Church
here, was local director of
Huron C.A.S. priorto August,
Makeyour . home complete
Children's Aid Societies in the ; •
eight -county group to°which the !
Huron organization 'belongs. i
• This one will be held in the
court house here, and arrange-
ments are in thtands of a
committee appointed at the
Huron a, nual " meeting; Presi-
dent W. Jewitt, Mrs. Mervyn
Cudmore, Mrs. K. Johns, Miss
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