HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-06-17, Page 16A QDERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY; JUNE 17, 1971
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Dear Ann' Landers: (ease other guy's kid and all. As for
print this on Mother's Day. It her she's got to •be
might .ppe,m1 a few eyes while feebleninded. A woman who
there is still timer It's too late gets pregnant when her husband
'.' 'fox me. We buried Mama last „is overseas is a total imbecile. As
week, 1 see it the only guy' who comes •
sf.
..As my brothers and 1 sat by 'out good, here is Mr.
the closed ,casket, fragments Whatttzname.. Clean as a hound's,
unwelcome . • memories invaded ' tooth: No' paternity. suit, no-.
my L(? •,.U:,s ...:.: s SLSz 48 . r
hadn't thought about for years ,even looks cross-eyed at him.
--- or maybe ever: The times we :And what really kills me is your
talked about sending Man.a to ' out-of:this-world statement that,:
visit ,her sister. We 'knew she ' God • will bless an act like that.
wanted 'to go "but somehow we You are also bananas. — Read
never got around to sending her. •You,ln Stars A'nd Stripes
When her- sister•l died -we 'Sent Dear Reader O.K., we don't
Mama to the funeral. You'd have ,„agree. What's so bad about that?
thought we might have learned . If'you could predict every word
something from that experience I • wrote before you read it, it
but I'm ashamed to say we would be a pretty dull column,
didn't. wouldn't it'?
Mama wasn't what you wo(tld ^ 1
call fancy, butshe enjoyed good ' Dear' Ann Landers: My-
music ' and , plays, especially sister-in-law-- has two mini. ture
--about••the.o1d.crountry. Whenever poodles.. These dogs are not
some special entertainment came trained. She says they are a
to town my brpthers and I • nervous breed and she doesn't
}d say to eac
Id like that
you
woenev r got around -o taking her. to "live with .it" and she expects
The last time I saw Mama she everyone else to live with it, too.
was helping my brother's wife, We bought new carpeting in
just home from the hospital with November and every' time my
a new baby. '.Ulama seemed so sister-in-law comes over with her
Old and frail. It occurred to me poodles I am a wreck. They have
that I hadn't seen her for weeks. already made two spots, but I
I said to myself, "I'ye got to find saw,them in time and ran with
a. little more time for Mama." " the soda wate.r.-,h told her last
But l never got around to iL. Sunday to keep the dogs in the
' `• til he ' rt' ry~ n ° '.. kitelier:t--vvhen she comes to visit—
time. — Regrets
other, "Mama want to upset them. (I think she
." but we is lila). Anyway she has decided
or leave there 'ifome,. She said,
Dear Regrets: Here is your "They are like _my- children.
aTr o - .-ray :-:-,--their. babies :.:::tk kitchen
- condolenc:' to you and your because they were not trained?"
' brothers. ' - I didn't know what to -,say.
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TODAY CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
TTot'bnto`Telegram Syndicate
Wally's .engaging :smile is just like his disposition. )fie
is.a bright, friendly boy:„who:.makes..friends easily and is
inter'ested in everything he sees. • Y
Wally is' nine. He is a healthy, active boy, keen on
utdoo l<isiris; es eeiaIl iritr
fattii v: v�olvea witi occer
a camper w;tth_h.is -falter 1 He'S in
:no Wand 111 this', Winter -rt. -iT-' Nrdel .-thongth==rrot-itttsky 7111
Build, he plats' 'defence and loves' it. He is also interested
• * * * . Please help me. — ' Non-Plussed
Dear Ann Landers: I like to _ Dear . Nob: Babies who are,
.�` _pvt-`-tr'iv-,hand •over your ans'wecs- = not- tr+a'ined'-usually.w.ear diapers,
and .see liow Fny, • thinking
compares with you•rs..Usually we
are on the same wave lertgthbut
—
your •advice to ``Lost," 'the
Infantryman who returned from
Vietnam Co find his wife thiee
months gone,'was terrible.
"-Lost" says, "I can
understated. I'm not bitter. I love
her." His wife says:"How
wonderful that I am pregnant!
The good Lord ,has been
generous. -We should be happy."
Ann Landers says, "Superior
understanding and1empassign, -
forgive and 'forget,.,:Beequal. to
.the challenge. The rewards •will
' be tremendous. God bless."
_Here's the way J. see it:
"Lost"' is an• idiot. Beats me how
anyone , that dumb, survived
Vietnam.' You should have told
,him to get his marbles counted
and throw' the tramp 'out —
Te!' her if s1i ' s"willing to take
the same precaution with her
dogs, fine otherwise leave
'thein, in the• kitchen or keep
them at home,
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leopard. • '
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BIRTHDAY SECRETS
'lt hen you a:re little, birth-
days,. are great days. There
are tufts m faatcy wrappings,
. the nickel pop; 'That' used to
slake a big evening fbr a
young fellow arhd his girl.
i .remember adults sitting
on the veranda'h,: drinking
lcmonadre in the dusk. And
t,, he, ripped open „without•,the . chip- ;.lop- of
b.0 in the quiet, tree -
line Meets of small towns.
As a,,kid,.1 ate stew in. the
hobo "jungle" down by the
railway tracks„ and talked to
the quietly desperate men
riding the rails from coast to
coast. •
-1 remember working a
' bo) of thirteen • is ' (whole Saturday with my big
.shout sty years older, at brother, on the . huge
least l in his status 'feeling, • .grounds of the huge manse
than • a, "little boy'"' of of the ,minister. And I • re-
t\sL'lVe, member very distinctly that
A hoydenish girl of fif- he gave its a short dollar (16
.teen -is five r years younger
than a "young lady" of six-
teen.
Seventeen is a special
age•. You are looking" back
with scorn on sixteen and
looking forward with licking
lips to eighteen. •
highteen is a.tremendous
harrier to - crash ' through.
f off• both -sexes,
yclu can now get in to see
dirty movies without bor-
rowing somebody's I.D.
card, 1n. some depraved -
areas, such as Alberta, I be-
sieve, it means you. can
drink legally.
the are troni. There is cake
and .candles and' ice creast,
'and - a general feeling that
at least for a day, are
Number One.
As' lite, tltjnhles along.
c,et;,,h,,,,t,lre , rapidly, 'onee
hlrthda, s 'ar highlights.
!lotus work) and a long
blessing. "
And one of my favourite.
..memories is the clang of the
horseshoes when the local
men gathered on 'gamer
evenings to enjoy the only
sport1they'could enjoy, be-
cause it cost nothing.
1 t was the best. of all pos-
sible times, and the worst of
all possible.times. But it was
precious, as every moment
of life is. Take a guess. How
old am I? -
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Twenty-one used to be. '
the climax of all~fairtttd - �-
It was the "I've -got` the' key^`
. of the_ doornever been
�^�t•^��rr�c�he��
thing. It meant you could.
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You can see Wally is,a handsome lad with blonde hair,
• brown eyes; fair skin and a few freckles: He's tall for his
age, He likes school and is good atudent. •-
Wally love -s, other -children, so Children's Aid adoption
workers feel he would thrive in a happy, busy household
where' he would find plenty of stimulation and a great deal
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sill death us do part
BY BETH McCONNELL-. •
;Dungannon
Marching up, her foot steps in the•aisle
And her little fairy,,feet
Are going up. to meet he? pal,
,Oh how they look so neat,.
end while the wedding march' is'played
With slow steps she repeats
Until at last the alter reached
Her lover stands to greet. - -
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'The'x' uric 'stops and the'service starts' .t•
To love and cherish never to part.
What's in store for their young hearts
That have been•pierced with cupid's darts?,
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Oh dear children,while you meet
In hall or church ax' on the street.
We hope that God will always keep
Your love and happiness always sweet. '
—..- Down the aisle you March again
Out the doorway where you entered in
And the pictures of this,day are taken
To keep for years and, not forsaken.
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Oh keep this pair for years awaken
Not one quarrel make them forsaken
When silver hair teir°youth has taken
Keep chem pub -while old age is creepin'.
And -when their eye'S"areclosed in death
Take them to eternal rest
And in God's presence they be blessed
Their hope in life will stand the test.
• tai.' sophisticated youth of
toda?, the 21st birthday' has •
become rather a ho-hum•af-'
1.111'.
After. that, most- crucial
birthdays were less than in-
spir,i,ng, sante of them occa-
-1ons for deep soul-search-
ing, if not tears. At least for
\.cL'men. M1en have always
•t:eken birthdays a little More
-asually, -
- B -u -t- .most worsen look
Hr«ard• to .their thirtieth
1lrthday with anything but
.anticipation. And' when
filch foriitth is upon them,
think -.they were step-
.p1ne inso,senility. Strangely
.sough, after a couple of
1,y s Of claiming they're
1 er the hill, they turn right
-hack irito- t he same women.
they. v`ere 'before the birth-
day. .
Ah. v_ t�Z1 sly de il. You've
guessed that 'all this is lead-
ing up-tosomething. And
you're right. Tornol'rOw is
my = ";&Sth birthday,
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Don't think I'm going to
4drnit which one. It's for
women, not strong; silent
men,, to _quibble about their
ages. But I'll give you some
tips.
I have lived during the
lives of four British mdn-
archs, not including Quee,n ,
Victoria.
•L,t is a' -rank ranardT-that-.T_..._-.-
was in World War. I, though
some of my students insist
on' asking "whether 1 ever
had tiny personal dog-fights
with]. the .Red Baron. In fact,
my first movie was called
"Lilac Time', all about
silk-scarved pilots throwing
their brandy glasses into the
fireplace and taking off at
dawn 'in their Spads to bat-
tle the Hun. .
1 remember Jack Benny
and 'Fred Allen_..and -Fibber
McGee and Molly on radio.
Even Amos 'n Andy.' •
' Qn the other hand, my
first great love was Marlene
Dietrich and she's still'
around flashing herlegsrand
singing sexy song. I .was
about twelve when I fell for
her. • •
I grew up in the era of
the ten -cent hamburger and
Clean wateris
your heritage
Respect it.
Did you know that Ontario has
more fresh water than any other
-part•of Canada—evert the world?
And did you know that this
"Fresh"water it becoming
polluted•?-
OWRC is continuously
developing programs to stop
pollution, but you've got tb.
�r •..mea«.M
help to make them work.
.Don't drop garbage,•drip oil
or gasoline or put anything
that pollutes into our lakes and
rivers.
And be critical it you see
anyone else doing it.
• Remember.. It's our
water. tet it live.
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