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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-04-02, Page 15An T a;+ndrs: n •4. Robby is eight months old and you ran tell from his 4. -expression that he's a charmer. He's a big boy with reddish blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin. That beguiling smile is nester far away. Robby is an alert baby always interested in what's going on. Hey loves to be in the midst of children's games. His own w , favorite plaything is a spoon and he likes toys on wheels 'that he can push around on the floor, Robby wears corrective' boots attached by a bar to correct -a right club foot. They are doing their work well and he will be able to do without the bar by the time he is ready to walk, when it is expected his feet will ' be normal. In the :meantime he gets. -around° with 4eonsiderable, agility by m4 • pulling -himself along the--fh or-or--in••his valker. His general health is excellent. This 'winning little boy would lie a real asset to, a family , wanting a happy, lively son. To inquire about. adopting Robby, please write to Today's, Child, Department. of 'Social and Family Serviees, a.rI ament Buildings, Toronto 182. For general adoption information ..ask' your Children's Aid Society. James Richards�fl& Sons Ltd� Serving The Feed Dealers of Western Ontario PHONE- 524:8388 GODERICH :,-. +GH SIOIr At.: mA, „ ►► `, IL' 2,1 ow un DEAR ANN LANDERS: I intended to write this' -letter eight years ago when my motherr" died of cancer. I'm late, but the Message is still the same. It's addressed to all children who still have a mom or dad. We buried my father ten days' ago. He died of a heart attack. There was absolutely no warning. He was `in his middle fifties, -strong, handsome and he. seemed to be in the best of health. He had had no history of heart trouble; ie fact, . n4 medical problems of any kind. The last words I had yvtth him` were the night, before "he died: He ,was ekplait1ing in detail something he . had planned for • ne,1wasp-'t-very-•-exerted about- it boutit and- I could see he was disappointed. I didn't even say thanks. The lixst thing I thought of whenthe doctor said, "He's gone," is that I hadn't had a chance to show `my dad how much he meant to me. It suddenly occurred to me that I had had plenty of chances - but I never used them. The best example Was the night.before he died. I hope every kid who reads this will ask himself, "When was the last time I showed appreciation or love for my parents?" It's too late for me, but I hope those who still have the chance will take it. :- LAURIE DEAR LAURIE: Here's your letter, I can add nothing except my thanks, -putting your thoughts down on paper, , DEAR ANN 'L'AIVDERS: I'I1 get right to the point. There is no time to waste: I have a strong hunch that my -wife- is practicing • prostitution. We ,both have good jobs and don't need the money. Prostitution is illegal in 'California and 1' would hate- for my wife to have a police record. The publicity would be very hard on the kids and on me, too. My boss wouldn't stand for it. I'.d. •appreeiate-an._answer._.n.the • eciatio paper, I can't risk g'etting a letter from Ann Landers in the mail, Our mailman has a big month, MONTEREY ,DEAR MONTEREY: The law should be the least of• your worries' 4 in fact, you seem, to :be eoncerned about all the wrong things. Talk to your wife 'at once. If your hunch is right she needs professional help. • PEAR ANN LANDERS: My daughter -in -la' v gave my son a beautiful can opener for Christmas. L He- knew my can opener was not in very good conditioh so he gave me their old one. My daughter-in-law raised Cain. She said shehad another- .placer~for-the--old--e opener and he had no right to give it, without away her pertnission, Every time she came to my house she made a remark about how much' she missed her old can opener.• After three months of listening to her gripe 1 wrapped up the old --can opener and gave it back . tc her. She. as embarrassed but glad. to have it. What is your opinion of this? - LARGO, FLORIDA . Easter DEAR LARGO: Your letter • wins first -prize for this week's Most shattering problem. Second prize goes to three high ,.school ,students° (Ashvdlle; N;C., Mint, Mich: and Whittier, Calif.) who want to know if a high school ring should be worn with the an -emblem`facin -the wearer-Of-the- ring earer-i thering or the person who is looking at it. ►ys W0AD DO T - KNOW IT$N YET ---BUT JUNIOR {-IAS SOME PO IT YOUR- SELF OURSELF IDEAS OF HIS OWN U SIA/9 por -100,6 OF' PgAC+4 Of CFHC Somebody ought to do- some- thing about • ,aster: ' It's much too flexiblb. It's supposed to be a time of rebirth and rejoicing. Bet you can't really be swept away by a 'feeling of rebirth and new life when there is still a foot of now on the ground and the wind cuts to the mar- row. . Sometimes, Easter is in March; and. nit -,weather is beautiful. Sometimes it's 'in April and the weather is horri- ble. I don't know how the date is determined, anf tnor' a than I --know law io fix loose Aoor knobs, how to get outboard motors going .when they stop, what to d o when a woman weeps, or how to play midwife to a cat. I'm not knocking 'Easter. I like it. I love the sackcloth and ashes •feeling, and the gloomy dirges of Good Friday,- when even the pubs are closed. And there is a joy and triumph in the Easter Sunday hymns that can't be surpassed, I think, even by the Christmas carols. Easter is also one . of the days that keeps many of our churches from becoming -ex- tinct. Some primitive instinct brings' out. the wayward, the fallen, the sinners, and the Baster Sunday collection -is the best of the year. You meet old church friends you • haven't seen for a year. And won't for another. • "This --year, we• -were -sent Manifestation. No, ,it wasn't from the Deprtment of Na- . tional Revenue, although it is pretty good at -providing such things. We had a birth in the fami- ly, and were privileged to wit- ness the blessed event, an, ex- perience which__rnust convince the most hardened cynic that God does see the little sparrow. fall. " ` Orr kitten had a .baby. This • may seem a contradiction in terms; but she is • a bare adoles, cent, yet she man'ageto pro dt ee, with great yowl' g labor pains, one tiny kitten.. I di•dn't • think" cats had labor pains, but she did.• Now, I haven't any use for, cats, but I was fascinated by the whole procedure: We knew she was pregant, of course. But lady cats, just like lady wom- en, are , rather unpredictable about the exact day, or even week, of.the'great moment. " • • The water sac, ,or whateve1 had*' burst all aver the.14'0044• 4'` ed upholstery,IT She had begun to act a .trifle , Odd,' it's --true; •pr-awlg---they, house looking for the most in- convenient possible place to lay her eggs. We caught her twice in the fireplace, casing the joint. But I .thought :it was at least a week away. She was s� spry. When we put her out, . she would leap nimbly onto a win- dow sill and sit there glaring malevolently at friendly "tom- cats come to visit, or, alter- nately,, at us through the win- dow. I " j'ot home for lunch, from a Saturday bonspiel, and was chatting with my wife in the living room, boring her- with the shots I had almost made. Pip was sitting on the best chair in the' room. She was acting in a rather peculiar fashion, stretching her legs in all directions. I remarked on it. My wife agreed and went over to look at her..BLAM! Tao late. With one a fell swoop, . snatched her up.. ,and deposited~ her on a blanket,. end she 'popped a;Ykitten thing resembling a • tiny, dead dinosaur. Child-hritd'e: - tho le► .she was, Pip's instinct. woirked ..and she licked and ticked 'until the infant's heart began a oto beat, Isn't it remarkable hew a cat will clean up the entire mess, leaving her offspring sleek and shining?- now hining how a mere cheek of a kitten, by the " act of g i v i,n g birth, turns into a ;complacent, mild -eyed, smug mother, nurs- ' ing by the hour with her motor .. going on all cylinders? We were as delighted as she was, and had a glimmer of that feeling grandparents must have when the first grandchild - arrives. What really shook me, 'though, was my wife's reaction. Normally, if anyone drops so much as a crumb, a bit of ash, or a drop of coffee om her precious furniture; all hell breaks loose. And there's her good Chair, with a great stain on it, and she tosses it off as nothing. She became all soft --arid ' motherly and was heating milk and tucking .in the kitten and lifting it on her hand to look, with the inevitable accident, FOR YOUR FIRE. INSURANCE: See or Phone MALCOLM MATHERS GE ERAL INSURANCE AGENT 46 WEST ST. 524-9442 ' / • 4 ' •' TQTHE • 0. F oY ' Pleasant Surroundings and Good Food THE GODERICH RESTAURANT STEAK HOUSE - rind TA VERN • THIS SPACE, RESERVED FOR YOUR AD 1 • DOUBLE PASSES TO THE PARK THEATRE w ° BOOKS & STATIONERY rr Card s For All Occasions *,kG ifts * Books . * Stationery Supplies -Records r. ANDERSON'S . a�. BOOK C5NTRE 33 East St. Goderich BUILDING MATFRIAL: PAINT, WALLPAPER * PAINT . * WALLPAPER * -CARPETS * TILE * LINOLEUM "Your -Complete Home Decorating Centre" Mrt. Edna Cowan 208 Cambridge St. McARTHUR an REILLY LTD. 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