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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-09-11, Page 15I* - BY HELEN ALLEN `TotantoTelcgram 8yydicate • • a.w 0 r Glenn looks quite grown up 'for three -and -a -half, but actuaIly'this little boy is rather immature for his age. t, He is a handsome lad, as you see, with lovely grey- • brown eyes, softly curling light brown hair and skin that takes a beautiful tan. Glenn is usually active, outgoing, exuberant and mischevious, but in contrast can be q,iilet and uneasy, especially with strangers or when over- tired. He likes to play with his tricycle and wagon and, like most boys, is fond of cars. He loves small animals like kittens. Glenn has his favorite ,TV programs — cartoons and I Love Lucy and he enjoys listening to records. His background is Anglo -Saxony and Italian with one Negro grandparent. He needs parents who will be understanding if he takes time to settle in his new home and who will provide love, direction and stimulation. To inquire about adopting Glenn please write to' Today's Child, Department of Social °n4 Family Services, Par- liament Buildings, Toronto 182. James Richardson & Sons Ltd • Serving The Feed Dealers of Western Ontario PHONE 524-8388, GODERICH BUSIN ESS V Discovered. husband was transvestite DEAR ANN LANDERS: In 1955 I married a man I thought I knew very well. Six months ago I discovered a side of him that has left me dazed and shocked. About two years ago he, became involved in a theater grup. Every Monday night he has ° . to attend rehearsals. I became suspicious when, after two, years, of "rehearsals," it occurred • to me that'. this group had never put on a performance. One morning while he was at work I jimmied the lock on his wardrobe suitcase and discovered a fancy assortment of women's clothes. I realized Olen that my husband was a transvestite. When I faced him with' the evidence, he admitted everything — said it has been going on since his teens. He insists it is a harmless, form of recreation, swears he is not a homosexual and even named two prominent men in town who are members of the "rehearsal group." Eight men (or whatever you want to call them), rent a hotel ..suite once a week. They sit around in their dresses and high heels, have a few drinks and play cards. We have a good sex life and two sons. No one would guess my husband has . these tendencies. He is normal in eveg other way. My questions are as follows: (A) Would psychiatric help cure him? He insists he is not sick and that this quirk is no worse than being hooked, on skiing or golf. ($) Should I contact the wives of the other men in the group and ask them how they live with the problem? (C) How can I be sure our two sons will not inherit their ather's----tendency? — MRS. ODDBALL DEAR MRS. (A) Psychiatric help will not help a person who does not believe he needs help. (B) Leave the other wives alone. 'Knowing what you know won't help them. (C) Encourage your husband to spend time with his sons, to- take them bowling, skating, swimming. Have him play ball with them and participate in male -type:, activities which they can imitate. DEAR ANN LANDERS: My son, Charles, is 21. He has been going with a nice girl for 'three years. She is two years older than Charles sand has a well -paying job. He is still in school and won't be able to support a wife for several years. Three months ago the ' girl surprised Charles by having her grandmother's ring reset in a ladles mounting so .he could give it to her as a symbol of their engagement. She also carried her photograph to the newspaper and' wrote up the engagement announcement. Yesterday Charles told me he is, not sure he wants to get married. He says the girl is pressuring him to set the wedding date and it is making him nervous. Would it be all right if Charles wrote her a letter breaking off the engagement? He says if he tries to tell her in person she is sure to cry all over him anc)d he can't stand tears. Your opinion is needed. — RIVERSIDE. DEAR RIV: It's obvious the girl is pressuring your son and he would be wise to extricate himself prortiptly.' But, please, mom, advise the kid to put on a raincoat and hip boots and face the flood like a man. A fellow who takes up three years of a girl's time owes her the courtesy of a farewell visit. *15 to- • 'r E NEXT VOIC• YOU i-1EAR MAYBE IONIOIZ'S -$OYTO M OF -r E STAIRS >�p GATES -Hone :.r C.1 t ODEItICkl S ONAIrSTAR,SE TEMB R K .19 ' ;4 Summer wanes, and so does the sky, and so do I. How and why .do we wane? The summer wanes with sadness and digni- ty, as is her custom. The sky wanes regularly. And I wane Violently. Some people , grow benevo- lent - and kindly as they get older. 1 just get more violent. 1 hope I turn out to be an Angry Old Man. And I know I will, if 11 can just hang on long enough to get old. It's a world to turn anyone, even a gentle, _. 'weet chap like myself, a bit savage. Don't think that I'm just get- ting crotchety. I've been crotchety ' for years. You hear people going around all over Canada saying, "My, isn't that Smiley crotchety?" And others replying. "Yes, crotchety is the word. If there`s a word for it, it's crotcl.ety." Mind you, I love the world around ✓ me, and up to half a dozen people, and I laugh like a mental case at some of the things I see. But; there is a limit to the amount of garbage I can stand being thrown in my face day after day in this year 1969 A.D.' That makes me just like the Prime Minis- ter. For instance. We 'have so much surplus wheat that we have a national hernia, trying to lift it from here to there. Politicians go white trying to figure out what to do with it. Why don't we' give it away? I don't mean the farmer. I mean. Canada. Pay the going rate to the farmer and give' it away to people who are starving. Up go the taxes. So what? They go up anyway. For instance. Our education- al system caters to the medio- cre, to mass -production of the mediocre, just like big indus- try. The intellectual elite among our kids are starved to Aota garba. death, that is, bored to death, and the kids who are below average are swept under the rug. This means our schools are full of fat, lazy kids who are there only because they don't want to face the lean, cold world. I'd turf out on ,his or heF tail, at 16, every kid who wasn't interested. And I'd let him back in, with generous help, when he became interest- ed. • For instance. Daily newspa- pers lie daily. Not downright lies. They merely slant, distort and colour the "news," depend- ing on their policy and politics. However, it's a free country, and I guess they're free to lie. For instance. Television could be a tremendous force for spreading peace and love in the world; What it does is spread jam on cake, and vio- lence on ignorance. With a few notable 'exceptions, it serves its patrons garbage, in a fancy wrapper. Its entertainment does not entertain. Its news seeks out the sensational or the silly. Its commercials are aimed at a world of morons. Do you 'really believe, fob example,' that a certain brand of beer is , mak- ing,,,Canada famous throughout the world? Or that you can get clothes cleaner in cold water than in hot? Or that you'll never make it if your armpits sweat? v • and ,aUU °fit ctt y . .tel for all .thin Obscenity the three big. U.S. networks last year split over two billion dollars in profits. 'The CBC,. which gives us the same ref- use, generally, came up With its usual deficit. This shows the superiority of Canadian. television. Somehow. For instance. There are two laws. One for the rich and one for the rest of us, And any lawYer and any polieentan knows it. If you're a dumb kid from Newfie, or an Indian Who got drunk, you can rot in jail . for a. month or two before your case is even heard. If you're a middle-class doctor or business- man, and you have the money and the -right connections. ,you're home free and every- ._.. - thing is hushed up. For instance. Poverty. Twen- ty million people living in one of the biggest countries in the world, with enormous natural resources. And millions living in sordid, squalid poverty. For instance. The Church. Again with a few notable ex- ceptions, it does not face life. It wrings its hands, or washes them, Pilate -fashion. You don't , see many preachers charging into a finance company and brandishing a whip these days, do you? For instance, This column is about garbage. And I just re- membered this is garbage day" • and I forgot to put mine, out. • FOR YOUR AUTO INSURANCE See or Phone MALCOLM, MATHERS - GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT 46 WEST ST. 524-9442 z 6 DOUBLE PASSES TO THE HEATRE • ALL NEW GODERICH RESTAURANT ;Stook -Nouse and Tavern d Ivan H. Steckte Your MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. CO. . 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