HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-06-15, Page 17SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Irate,
air man
Cops and robbers
Some of you, gentle„ readers,
undoubtedly live next door to
bookies; others live . cheek by
jowl with bootleggers. But how
many 01 yclu can boast of liv-
' ing right door to a couple of,
',bank robbers? We can:
During the six years we have.
lived .xnthis house, one of the,
Many rtbanes of my wife's, exist.
Brice has. , been the house ,next�
door. Its. a crummy old, brick
house, habby and dilapidated.
The tenants, who . change
about a ery .six months, are in
,much the same condition as
the house. That .is not said
unkindly. They are poor. They
are' tough. It's ' all they can'
afford.`' .
„Invariably, they have great
gaggles of children. Invariably,
'there is a 'good deal of scream-
ing, and some cursing, at these
tads. invariably, there is wine
drinking and fighting.
But•, they struggle on, the
men in and out of 'work, the
women banging endless miles
of diapers on 'a clothes line
thatsqueals like a banshee at
every yank.
They don't bother me.
They're not malicious. One of
the women used to come over
,and use our phone, when she
wanted a cab to go - and get
some beer. Qne little boy, age
' three, told me to "go to hell"
when I told him to stop using
our lawn chair as a trampoline.
But` nothing serious.
The only thing that bugs me
is that the rotten old board
fence ",between the properties
keeps - failing down. And it al-
ways falls on . my side. They
don't 'care. It's not- their fence,
but the • landlord's. He doesn't -
care. So I prop it up. This ' ,
week, however, things •.livened
up. Last Thursday, a bank in a
nearby village was held up by
two armed me. They got away
witty about $6,500. '
Roadblocks were thrown up,
as they say. My assistant de-
partment head, on her way to -
the dentist, was stopped three
times by scowling policemen
brandishing shot -guns. • She
weighs 82 pounds and couldn't
even lift $6,500 in . $100 bills.
I heard all about , it Friday
Morning, at. school.
In the meantime, back at the
ranch, all hell was breaking
loose. First,,., my, wife got ,a call
from the rector's wife.
"How are you? I mean, are
u all right?"' '
Fine. How is ,everybody at
, your place?"
"Fine, but are you all
right?" ,
After more of this, it turned
out that rector's wife, ' and.
practically everybody else in.,
town, had beard a ruiner, prob
ably springing from an erro-
neous radio report, ° ,that• the
money from the bank robbery
had been found in the attic of
the old Cranston home, on Hu-
gel Ave.
It just happens that we Dive
in the old Cranston home. It
was •once ovined by Bill Cran-
ston, a weekly editor who went
straight.
My wife did a very sensible
thing. She went straight across
the street for a cup of •coffee
with a neighbor. From there,
in comparative safety, they
watched the show.
Almost immediately, carr,
loads of , the curious began
driving by, our house, slowing
down,, looking hard, •
By this time, three,provin-
cial cruisers and the loeal pad•
dy.wagon were parked in front
of our house and the house
next door. Cops swarmed about
the place next door, with'
drawn guns. 'The kids enjoyed
it thoroughly, chattering at the'
police.
Our neighbor's phone rang
Madly, • asw-people demanded to
know whether the Smileys
were really in on it. -
My wife said she wouldn't
look in the attic, unless the
neighbor went with her. She
refused on the grounds that
'she was afraid of the squirrels
up there. •
The police cars were there
most of the day. Some kids
came back to School from
lunch and, told their teacher
that Mr. Smiley's house was
surrounded by police cars,
"Something to do • with the
bank robbery."
Rumors are still flying.
"They" say that the money was
found next door. "They" say
that two men, not the tenants,
were arrested there. "They"
say that the guns were found.
Well,. I hope "they" are _all
wrong and that the original.
rumor was right. One of these
days, I'm going to get up -
enough nerve\ to go up and
check the attic. And if the
$6,500 is still there,. I'll send
you a postcard from Crete.
•
r:..h.e
The farmers who last month
marched" an " '1iament Hill, in"
Ottawa, now say they want an.
other meeting With the govern.
meat, -And they want it soon.
The Ottawa- march committee
has, sent a telegram t4
culture Minister J,3. Greene,
asking for the meeting before
_June 23. The committee, which
Thursday in Toronto held its ,
first meeting since the big march,.
says it wants ,to find out what,
the giver. nn►ent• plans to do about.
the requestfi the• farmers made
when they went to Ottawa,
(The Ottawa deznonstrationlin.
ally broke up when ,the minister
of forestry, Maurice Sauve, pro.
mised the marchers he and Mr.
Greene would take their requests
to the cabinet by June10.)
The telegram says the comm.
ittee wants 'to know- the date of ,
4any Visitors
At Dungannon
Karen Dawson of Galt is spend-
ing her- holidays at the home of
, her stems; Mx , and Mrs. K. X,'
Dawson and is oursin, ;Y.I. ,t time
n .Alexandra :vi1,'the and Genreal
. nospi'tal.
Rev. Glen Wright and Cecil
Blake .are attending the London
conference of the United Church
in London this week.
. Mr. and Mrs. W.lbur Brownf
spent Sunday in Dundas1 where
they attended the 80th birthday
of their aunt,Mrs. Nettie Coach.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Raynard
and Dianne of .Z ion visited on
Sunday, _ with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Mason McAllister.
Mr. and Mr:.. GranwSowerby of
Willowiale were weekend visit.
ers with her parents Mr. and Mrs., .
Cecil Blake. During the past week
Mrs. Jack Gardner) Mrs. Lorne
Woods, Mrs. Harvey Webb arid
MCS. Gordon KirklandofLuc.'dnow
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene,
Hanson at the Blake home.
Several members of the,
gannon Women's' Institute atten.
ded the West Huron district
.annual in Clinton on, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs.' Thomas Park
visited with friends in Auburn on
Sunday..
• MCKEOWN
On Saturday, May 27, a pretty
wedding was solemnized by Mr.
John M. Martin, Evangelist of
Hawkesville , in the Maple street
Gospel Hall, Clinton, The bride,
Mary Joanne, -is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Lowey,
R. R. 4;, Goderich: The groom,
Paul l Arthur, is the son of Mrs.
Lucille McKeown, of R. R. 2
Campbellford.
. Given in marriage by' her
father, the bride. "looked lovely
in her .gown of white organza
over taffeta. The cathedral.length
train wa's trimmed with lace,
as were the elbow -length sle.
_eyes, The veil was held in place
by two fabric roses. She car.
ried two orchids on a white
Bible from which : fell stream.
- ers of stephanotis.
The 'ma.id of honor, Priscilla
Martin, Toronto,was gowned in
aqua shantique• detailedwithlace
appliques on the bodice, and, a
self -bow in back from which
fell . matching streamers. Her
headpiece was of aqua roses
with tiny seed pearls and match.
_j ing fly -away veil. She carried a
nosegay of pink and white chrys•
antheinums. Bridesmaid, Cath.
tierine Ball, Toronto, and junior,
bridesmaid, Catherine Lowey,
sister of the bride, wore gowns
identical to that of the maid of
honor:. '
The groom was attended by his
U
brother, William McKeown, Ham.
ilton.'• shering the guests were
Alvin Duncan, Port Dover and
Edward Martin, Clinton.
Following the reception at Wes.
ley Willis Church, Clinton, the
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bridal couple left for a trip to
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the groom's farm, R.R. 2 Camp.
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To receive her guests, the
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pink bodice, and corsage of white
and aqua carnations. The groom's
mother assisted. wearing a green
and, blue „print dress and, coat
with white and pink, carnation
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PRE , - NUPTIAL EVENTS
Prenuptial events honoring the
bride included a shower at the
home of Mrs. Herbert,Solmes,
Springbrooke,assisted by her dau.
ghters, Mrs. Harold Reid and
Mrs. Norris Conboy; a shower
at the home of Mrs. Menno Mar.
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ghters, Mises Pricilla and,
Clara Martin; a snower given
by Mrs. Alvin Duncan, Port Do.
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given' by Mrs. Eric Moore, God.
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day,- so the farm organisations
can fit, -it in with ' thelr plans,
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t#lt u, eons translation to be avail.
able So all participants can foi.
l' w,, the proceedings.
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The telegram, was signed by
Charles Munro, president .of the
Qntario Federation .o1, ;Ag, ,cul.
tore; John Polzner, president of
the Ontario Farmers' Union, and
l$onel : Sorel, .president of the
Union Catholique ;des' Cul*
tivateurs,
Mr. Sorel said, following the
meeting; that the committee is
"giving the government three
days of grace, after the date
when they said they would have
an answer for us."'
He said. if the farm leaders
- do not get a reply by -Tuesday,
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it will, be a demonstrationof
the government's lack of good
faith in dealing with, the farm
ers' problems",.
Asked What steps `the farm•.
ers will take if they don't t
word -by 'Tuesday, Mr. Dolmer
Said,: this . would be up to tee •
corimitttee.
"1 can tell you if -we ,,don't:,;
get .a meeting Gate arranged by
Tuesday, well start pl nnin, g:
further action," he said,-
WAIT ACTIO 1"
Mr. Munro' said Sarni
groups are " looking for "same
kind, of meaningful action from
the government on,our requests."
He said statements like the
recent government, rel o
. i upplement ry .milk ,qui Will
not be Onongli for tieminitteLL.
*'We are:waitingare for poem -
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Canada's ali rieulture pol cy," he..
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JULY 1,1967':
A really BIG ONE. is being planned and you, your farm
or your organization should be in it. Let's make this
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