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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-02-05, Page 13pt a • a • Anti Landers • • ' Acr, •crofbntocreirgram *Arlie* Looking at you with his contagious smile is Tim, 15 Months old. Anglo-Saxon in background, he is a - real tow- head with big blue eyes, and very fair skin. He has always been in good health except for a few colds. Tim looks chubby in his picture but. is slim, wiry and very. ;active. He can • walk and climb all over the furniture -but when he's really:in a hurry crawling is faster, He is a happy, easy-going baby, developing normally. • Tim loves other children but can be contented ff he has to play alone. He is responsive to music which sets him •dancing. • This little boy needs parents who will not' worry over mental illness in his fathees. tamily. To inquire about adopting Tim please write to Today's Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182 -ii- For general adoption information ask yOur Children's Aid Society. -James Richardson - Sons Ltd • • Serving The Feed Dealers Of Western Ontario. PHONE, .5.24-8388, GODERICH 0 ot r DEAR ANN LANDERSMY Sister' and her hnSbartd; visited. us fora weekend. While they were here,- 011ie,. who had 'Ina completed his ,basic training, in the Infantry, decidedte knew all there was. to know about gaps. He, volunteered to clean. my husband's . deer rifle,' (The rifle wasn't even my husband's. He had. 'bOirowed it from another 6rcother) Well, after the big- shot had. taken- the rifle apart, he eouldn't put it back together, He left 'the piecesin a heap -and said, "Gee, I'm sorry. It was M.ore complicated than t thought.g,, • My husband had to hire a gunsmith to put the On back together. The 'bill was a lolapalooza. 011ie has left for ()I/meas.- My •husband is still burning, .He wants to write and ask 011ie to pay half the repair bill. What do you say? --FROM DECATUR DEAR DECATUR: I say forget it. The time to-- have settled the matter was when 011ie said, "Gee, I'm sorry---." Your husband should have asked him then if he was'sOrry enough' to pay someone_ to put the gun back together. Consider the bill "entertainment" for a member -1 of our Armed Forces. • DEAR ANN LANDERS: I've torn up a dozen letters to you, but I'M going to mail this one no matter how stupid it sounds. My husband has, decided he married beneath. himself. He _ doesn't like the way our home looks. Hesays have lousy taste and he' is right. I've looked at home furnishing magazines until I am blind,. 'AU ,the_ ideas look "great in the pictures, but when I copy them in our home, -they look.terrible. „ My husband says our possessions look like discarded -.junk — which, of course, they -• are. I bought m9st of our furniture at garage sales_ and adetions. We are not poor, Ann, but I °figured I'd •rather have • better quality' furniture and accessories even though they were, second hand. ,Maybe I •P' Made- a' mistake: Perhaps I • ALL NEW GODEIOCH RESTAURANT Steal House and'' Tavern THISSPACE RESERVED ' FOR YOUR AD p: PASES—' PARK .THEATRE..,:. BO.OKS & STATIONIEAY . • 4, Cards For All Occasions , •- * Gifts ' Books * Stationery Supplies' * Records ANDERSON'S BOO 1(-ENTR 33 East St. •• Goderich GODERICH. BUILDING • CENTRE * 524.8383 rnrr.rar V WO. - am itrat-' esea PAINT, WALLPAPER *PAINT * WALLPAPER * CARPETS,' • -* TICE -"•* LINOLUM 'your Complete Home Decorating Centre' McARTHUR and 'REILLY LTli West St. Goderich estatolamirratrambairatrio, THIS SPACE •RESERVED OR YOUR AD . r • 7.1,, • • -0. sl . shoUld., have bouOt • eheape ',pieces that were new, 'XIM,QPS wreak trom listening to, my husband run • dqwP, 111Y- tast#4111.9P1,4113t1100 upset if I thought it was.just the house, I'm afraid it's me and everything abouthi§ lire tliat. I • have anything to do with. What do • yQu Suggest? - SACRAMENTO' s, ,bEAR SAC:, Yonr husband 1,§ probably '7-"" going overboard criticizing the housain an effoit , to ,lhask his dissatisfaction With other . things yvhich are more "difficint to talk about, You both need' tt) see a counselor who can get to the" heart.bf the problem., It's mare. 'than the furniture, 'Lady. If he refuses. to 'go' go alone. DEAR. .ANN- LANDERS: Here's a suggestion for the nm 000g11101:1) SINAL4ITAlto TtILIRSPAY, rENIVArlY 1910 ° .whose hair is getting thin on Op. and he doesn't Want to wear a toupee and can't afford. Stirgleal transplants. Don't rot •gluey gunk - on- your-- lieedi Buddy. Wash your hair often and wear it soft and, Maly. Use 61.1114413 lotion ,on your scalrt; If will opt dow'n on the glare and give the •aPpearancq of full head' of hair. I have tried. all these little tricks _and they work so well I want to • share them with the . werld, - WILLIAMSPORT; PA'. , PEAR WORLD: Here are the pointers :from .Williamsport, and 1 haVe Oneto add.,Don't let the', few , strands of hair you have, grow:long and. then drape them , over .the top of your balding: . head.. thisdoes not , create the. illusion of more hair. It merely accentuates the meager supply. ArikL. , P • the frast DO YOUENJOY A FIREPLACE, IN YOUR 1-101JS5.?- ALWAYS KEEP AFIRE SCREEN IN PLACE TO PROTECT YOUR NOME- -ANI p NEVER J.LE.AVE— CHILDREN UNsUPERVISE-1, - NEAR YOUR FIRE&• • CFHC • r I've been thinking Seriously about. giving Up my job as a -teacher, and' settling for a 10t less money' and a- lot More peace of mind. And ranot the, only, one. *agues, 'right and left, are OilhapPYt One ,would like to go into the hotel business. An• - other *taloaOf_.#4Yht., .11 Some:: rough land On al,ariiteuliii Is-, • land, and Others, who have been teach,_ • ing a long time, are planning to quit soon and takea re- • duced pension, rather than bat- tle it out to the full term. TheY can't face another five years of teaching apathetic, lazy and -in- solent kids, Another friend, who has taught' happily for 23 years, says he used -to look forward to every day of it. This' year, he' admits, he faces each day with a poft of vague horror. Still another' is socking every nickel he can spare into investments so that he can get out while he retains his sanity. , ' " Had lunch the other day with - a chap who -this year, atUr some years of running his • own business; came into teaching — in the technical department. On his 'own, he worked 10 or •12 hoUrs a -.day. At this lunch period, he didn't stop talking for half an hour. From the outside, he thought teaching •was a. snap. The pay was good, and the holidays 'looked great- Now, he's ex-- • hausted at the end of a teach- ing day, though he's done no physical labour.. He said: "I • nevel. knew there were kids like these." Perhaps we sound like a bunch of old . fogies who are getting tired. -Most of those I've' mentione•are- in their_ 40s,- not -quite in the old -fogey class. And they've enjoyed their teaching for years. t :another --telleague is talking about. ,going ;to. the NorthWest, Territories. :Another la thinkht'g of taking job in a: steel plant. HO. wife, also a• . teacher, wants to out ant 40,1001a1,Virk.., atleg--011000;: They are alt In their 20s. . orki 0 • Alt of us are Makinfrili4ite reasonable salaries,. it d b quite *:wench, financial tO quit caPetiallY•ftho whu" have roots in the Comm,' nity, a Mortgage, and growing children to educate. • . . But, the malaise is there- •- And it's difficult to' put your finger on the. trouble. Our wives are. getting worried They. ask, "What is wrong, spe- . cifiealt?" And it's difficultto give an answer that, doesn't sound. trivial. It's a host of little" things which add 'up to .6.__one.„jord — frustration. - What is the trouble, then? I think there are two major sources. First, the pendulum has swung too far — from a system that was archaic to one with ned permissivences.4Eve- ryone is. supposed to do his own thing.. Sad truth is that a -.majority of teenagers hasn't got a "thing" to do. They want 'to be entertained, not learn. They'll sit happily through a. movie at school, cheMizfgg. But try t� *et them to taik 0014 express their 14' relate it to their own, lives, a they grow, !with borodoln, " Theere:mentally lazy, as inoat teenagers have alwaYa „ Their favourite comment on 41, • thonghtprovoking, )41100144 movie, is • Stoopidi.. rye' never believed in cop, • poral. punishment, -either tic* disciplinary 'deterrent or 414,a • spur, But I'm." beginnolg to .wonder. I am hurt and alarmed -at the increasiiig, leek of Ow* • tesy, theavho cares?" attl. tuck ' of :the 'kids, and the crease in plain, dirty talk. (The language you van, hear in as modern. high school, -'especial- ly among girls, would curdle your blood.) • You can .imagine the -Joyous - rapture of my wife to My Pro.' posal that I quit Like the good . wife,she is,-she.said go anywhere with. me, and do anything, as long- as I was hap py. She made up a great list of where and how we could save money, without the salary. But the reaction has set in, • and in 100 casual, little hints • she is revealing the- utter folly of it all. But, I was prepared for that, and I'm going to keep her thinking about a shack, and a pot-bellied stove, and potatoes; and porridge for a • while yet. It'll do her good. FOR, YOUR , FIRE INSURANCE See or Phone MALCOLM MATHER5 ,GENERAL JNSURANCE AGENT 44 WEST T. 524-9442 TO THE r.. •• „ , • * FRCGIDAIE. * WESTINGHOUSE° ▪ G1B$ON • HOOVER Sales and Service GERRY'S • APPLIANCES • • The Square 7 Goderich NowOwned and Operated By Chuck Jewell " 1.4 • Wm. R. Alcock 104 West St.' EXCELLENT SELECTION o Regular or Safety Toe° 14 DiffrerfStyli- DAVE GOWER'S The Harries Of Six Signal -Star Subscrib 4 ers Are To BeFound In One Of These Ads Industrial & Garden Centre Hamilton St. 524-8761 imiimart 11111111111111111111111•110111G............1111=111.11%. 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McLean , 191 East St. 524-9432 RIVETT'S TELEVISION — RADIO 34 The Square Goderich TRAVEL SERVICES SHOE,STORES For FASHION RIGHT SHOES. .The Place To'Go Is r_ ROSS SHOES , The Square Goderich SPROULE" SHOES Keith trail • 162 Newgate St. Pootweaii For • The Family • 524-9174 Kingston St. Goderich John D. Robertson 1.19 Bruce 5t. E. Oaril liunge YOUR COMPLETE • --1-R-AVSL-SE-RV1-C 29 East Street GODERICH 524-8366. THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR YOUR AD THIS -SPACE RESERVED FOR.OUR AD D. A. KAY 8tSON Painting and Decorating • Contractors • Painting, 'Wllpapering Draperies, Floor-andini 33 Huron Rd. 482-9542. Clinton THIS , SPACE RESERVED FOR YOUR AD CONTEtT RIMS Each week the names and addresses of 6 subscribers will appear in the Business Directory. • -Look for your name and address ih the ads. -Take the Business Directory and suitable ideritifitation to the advertiser in vvhcise ad your name appeared and —Pick up your passesby Saturdiy nightclosing. 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