HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-04-22, Page 18)EIUOB SIQNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1931
Landers,
Substitute mom
DEAR ANN LANDF ,'m
busy -ha ;, ,..trd-working,
budget -conscious mother of
three small children. A b6y 8,
and two. girls, 6 and 4. A
neighbor ,of oers (divorced last
year) has two children, the same
' ages as ,our .older ones. Her kids,
. ae over here 'a lot, especially on
Weekends.. When mealtime
comes , they, hang around 'my
kitchen with longing eyes, I
-haves 't the heart CO tell them to
go horrie..l'm. afraid t.here,'s. not
, much to eat theze,.,Their mother
drinks: and Sleeps, (or passes out )
- '"'alWays saying, "Mommy had 'a
headache and had to lie down."
My husband says I'm being
taken advantage of by that
drunken slob and, I Should stop
being a sucker. Ours enjoy
these neighbor children and they
really are sad little tykes. What is
your advice? I promise to lake
it. — . GOOD , BUDGET
STRETCHER -
DEAR GOOD: View this !as'
an opportunity to teach your
children what it means to be a
good neighbor. Share what you
have .with these, unfortunate
youngsters .w—"'even if 'it means
'watering down the soup' and
adding a little oatmeal. to the
',.hamburger: The moral
enrichment will more than
`compensate for the :itamin..
" deficiency.
DEAR ANN LANDERS: I atm'
not much .of a reader and that's
wny` I like your column. You
don't use a lot of big words and
usually you get right to the
point. (If a letter ,is too long I
won't bother with it:)
I happen: to....,.need a, few
answers to some '-important
,questions but 'I warn you, if'you
go on too longwinded, 1 won't
read it. Just tell Me in ,a few
-words the following:, What's
wrong with smoking grass? 'Is
there any evidence that LSD can
be fatal. — LOVER OF SHORT
ANSWERS
DEAR LOVE: I'll try .to be
brief because if you don't finish
reading' this I'll kill rpy elf:
The first thing "wrong" With
grass is that it is illegal. Second:
You have no Waft of knowing
what you are getting. Sone grass
is laced with .strychnine and
Lord knows what else. Third:
You" have no way:o'f `knowing, iri
advance, how you 'will be
affected.. . Some smokers
experience nothing more than a
pleasant high. Others, become
stoned and completely
disoriented.
On LSD: While the substance
itself r is not ' fatal, . some
acid-hea,dsr have been known to
kill themselves while tripping.
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Dear Ann. 'Landers: I've been
going with Bryce fornearly
three years. 'We ,keep , having
these terrible arguments, about a
tramp, who will riot leave him.,
alone. On seyeral'ocgasions when
he was supposed .,to be working-
1,„te . 1. iearned he was ;seen.
lulls wo matemi... w .
Last night Bryce stood- me
pp. Tonight he tried to explain.
The tramp showed up at his
apartment just as he was leaving'.
-1.1e couldn't be rude so he
invited her in fOr one drink.
Well, one drink fed .,to another
and the next thing he knew it
was 6 o'clock in, the morning.
Bryce has begged me ' to
forgive him. He says this woman
means nothing to him. The only
reason .he has been nice to her. is
'because she gives him mdiney. -lie
promised to marry me; next year
when he is debt -free and able to
buy me a nice ring. Please advise.
His Barby Doll.
Dear Doll: Under what rock
did you find THIS prize'? My
advice is to give Brype the air so
fast he'll catch .pneumonia from
the breeze: There's a name for
men who take money from
women but this is a family
newspaper, 'bony . • •
Dear Ansi Landers: Like you,
1 do not drink. Like you,'1 an+r
I,
surrounded by people who
rt "'tiStidd- to” bb -a problem —
getting ,drinkers 'to leave me
alone at a party..1. became weary
of carrying decoys LgingeLale 1
want, or water with a
cherry iii it. :After awhile I
became annoyed with myself for
pretending. 1 solved the probldm
This chubby baby is just two months old — the picture
was taken at six weeks Peter; a big healthy boy of black
and white descent, 'looks Indian rather than Negro. He has
• dark -brown eyes. an abundance, of straight, black hair,
and a medium. complexion. At present, his left eyelid
droops slightly°, but doctors are. not concerned because he
''has been seen .with both eyes wide open'.
Peter is' an alert infant, ,''responsive to voices and
• •beginning (w'notice. movement. Serious for the 'camera, he
is usually full of smiles and obviously loves attention. 'In
fact. the only times he cries are' when he wants to be
picked up. Already he has found that works well, because
he. is in a big -.:.fester family where there a- .wttsualy._:
somebody ready to cuddle the baby. - r
He. is easy to .look after because he is a relaxed little
fellow who eats well_ and, best of •all, sleeps "all night ,
.Peter.needs parents who will loge a'ha-ppy, responsive
baby boy,and value his heritage. To inquire ,about adopt-
ing Peter, please write to Toda•,'s Child, Department of
Social and Family Services,' Parliament Buildings, Toron-
..Ao ,182. For general adoptionrinfnrmat;ion, ask your. Child -
with one simple sentence. Here/' yen's Md Society.
it is: "I have never known _
person With so many brains that Well atte.nded:,
. he could pickle part of ,them in
,alcohol. _Aar that little saly'o- -
the lushes leave me pretty much
alone. Try it, Ann. — Success It's
Beautiful •
Ahmeek Spring party
Dear Beautiful: I don't need Bright spring sunshine
to, thanks, 1. just telt,the lusht •favoured the Ahmeeks' fqr the
that'-if±•drrn't mind them getting 'Desert Card Party", April 14 in
Smashed, they shouldn't mind ', Legion Hall. Thirty, one tables
my not getting sma'shed.-- Lt_ .....came to play, Mrs: R. W. 'N,eville,
works, just as,well, regent and ' Mrs. A, Habal
TREES
FOR BOULEVARDS
PROPERTY, OWNERS interested in having young
trees planted on boulevards in front of their homes
should call 524-8344.
J. Harold Walls, A:M.C.T.
Clerk -Treasurer
57 West Street
honorary regent, welcomed each
guest..Mrs. W. G. MacEwan,'Mrs.
C. Gibbons and Mrs. E. Sitter
'seated the guests. • An Easter
arrangement and tall branches of
cultivated pussy willows which
were sold at the end of the day,
and the lovely costumes of -the
ladies added to the 'attractive
scene.
A variety of delicious deserts
were served 'by Mrs. 11. Dodd,
D. McMillan, Mrs: • F.
Walkom and Mrs. V. Crooke, tea
and coffee by Mrs. C. ,Ruffel,
Mrs. N. Claremont, and, Mrs. S.
Robinson.
Preparations ,.,,,ytrexe ' ably
organized by Mrs. J. C. Curt and
assistants Mrs. A. Alexander,
Mrs. C. Snell, Miss E. Elder, and
Mrs. G: F. Mills. ,
A ,draw on a decorated cake
conducted by, Mrs. G. Stokes.
was won by Mrs. Robt. Cook.
Door prize winner was Mrs, J. C.
Cutt. High scores for bridge
"500" and euchre' were held by
Mrs. J. W. McLaren, Mrs. Archie
Johnston and. Mrs. Tim Elliott,
At 4 o'clock a bountiful
supply of home 'baking went on
sale, in charge of Mrs. A.
Holmes, Mrs. C. Mutray, Mrs. R.
W.
ha Craigie and M 'Mrs.; 0.
Straughan.
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Mrs. R. G. Emerson looked
after posters for advertising and
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overall treasurer •was Mrs. J. G.
Henderson.
This well attended event
proved a social occasion for
guests and workers alike and was
also a financial success.
r -ASHFIELD •
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd 'Collins
and Laurie, Janice,. Julie and
, Shelly, visited recently in
Montreal with' • Mrs. Collins'
sister.
Mrs. David MacMurchy is
visiting her daugher, Mrs. Chas.
Hatherton in Elmira. '
Mr. and Mrs. W. Oliver and
Keith, who spent the winter 'in
Florida, are home again.
Easter visitors with •J. N.
Mackenzie's were Mrs. N. J.
Mackenzie of Lucknow and `Mr.
and Mrs. George MacGregor of
Hamilton.
Jan Simpson of Toronto was
home for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. George Foster of
Rodney were recent visitors with
Colin Howes.
Mr. and Mrs.). George
Ledbelten and Barbara spent the
weekend ' with Mrs. Colin
MacGregor.
Christine MacLennan of
Stratford , was home for the
weekend.
• The warm weather of the
weekend pr6duced 'tie best run
of maple syriSp al is season.
Mrs. K. L. Mackenzie of Ann
Arbour was home for the Easter
holiday.
PROUD ONES SUFFER
IN NEW "HARD TIMES"
For most people, and esp-e,
dally for Canadians, spring.
is 'usually .,i time of hope.
the ice and' snow have gone,
or are. going. Che days are
lengthening, the sun lis
strengthening, ••
The world is coming alive
again, with the first hints of
new. growth.
ut for , a great many'
people in this l;a'nd of ours,
flus spring offers little but
do alit ,a,nd d.espaiir. 'There is
"� .3<<•�dyt°k „litadow;lyiiv:.',OrrisV,r4,
this relatively clean cou.ntr'y
of ours.'lt's name 'is Unem-
ployrne nth'
'
'nor the first time in a
genern, Canada, this vast ,
and wealt-hy , country, is,
facing the hard facts that its
economy is in rough shape.
Thousands of university
graduates will be scrambling
for the jobs that will absorb
half of them. Thousands of
students will be competing
for jobs for a quarter of
them. Thousands of skilled
workers will be - ready to try
anything to make a living.
Maybe it hasn't 'caught
up with you yet. But- 'itt',-ty.
could. In my town, we had'
a boom about three years
ago. New,industries came in.,
New Sub -divisions `were de-
veloped. Real estate soared.
New families moved in for
all the new jobs, and the
pop.
indus-
1•hisulation spring,increasedthe
tries..are...liobblirig,,,.it's tough
to sell a house, and men
who have worked well and
hard for• 10 or 15 years are
laid off and looking for
w:Qark.
The signs are familiar. 1
was only, a kid during the
worst. years of the Depress!
ion, but .1 remember.
My father had a pros-
perous business. He went
broke because people didn't
•have, the money to, buy,,
what he .was selling, or
couldn't pay for what they
did "buy." . -...
Middle-aged (late• for -
.ties.), he didn't stand a
chance whenthere were
hundreds, of thousands of
young men ,looking for any-
thing. He was :a gentle man,
and a proud one, and • it
broke his 11044/11e wound
up selling,coft'rns, on cbm-
mission. No expenses; pay
your own. Try that ' •some=
time, during a d'epr`ession.
My mother was made of
stern. stuff, . _and with. _.five
children, 'she knew it 'was. a
situation. where pride and
dignity , had to go by the
board.
She. patched, and she
'mended and she .sewed and
she darned. She 'tppk in
boarders, and we, kids
doubled up. She sold home
baking. She went out and
knocked on doors, selling
cosmetics to wonie ,y�ho
couldn't afford a boxM,of'
face powder.
exist. He.'s tried with all his
energy for months to find
something, 'There's nothing.
tie's bitter
Last v, 1 get •a letter
from ^ z.. t> rs des
crate '4 ',si xt. was laid ; a
off frotaf rcwpgnsible job in `r
industry;, liar used up his un
employ tent Insurance and
.say
.Savings„ and . doesn't know
•where to turn., He wtutts a
job,, but. knows the odds
against him. ,•
Other countries, incl•u-
ding those,with almost no
natural resources, are
.
Ifdtirittirrer
assic natural resources, is
withering on the vine. How
come?`
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Perhaps the root of 'the
Problem is' that our leaders
are talking out of both sides
of their mouths at once.
One side spouts free enter-
' prise, the other socialism. .
And we are left with -one
foot in the boat and the
other on shore, as the boat
drifts quietly away from the
land. It's becoming an acu- '
tely uncomfortable posi-
tion, and somebody else is
going to be acutely uncom-
fortable, in the near future,
if somebody doesn't grab an
oar
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Whal, it cost her I 'can
only imagine. But somehow
we staggered through. Going
"on relief'„ was a disgrace to
her, and we `neve`' fell that
low., She" invented new
culinary triumphs like
potato -skin hash (when
there was no meat) and por-
ridge. soup •(when',there was
no meat or 'vegetables.)
Today, going on relief, or
welfare, doesn't seem to
bother; many people, In
fact, for manyitis a way of
life and they feel no oppro-
brium or discomfort.. Their
attitude is that the world
owes them a living, no mat-
ter how stupid' or useless or
lazy they are.'
But it's the' 'proud ones
who are, hurt' °A friend of
mine was • a- product -ion
manager, working in big in-
dustry. He was a good..,.pne.
Suddenly, his job didn't
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