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8A GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1971
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Dear Anna Landers: Please tell
"Bunioned Ear Lobes" what
she's in far .if' she marries a man
who speaks on every su bjeet--and,
monopolizes every conversation.
�Y.aa .suggestion that qW.,
give the guy a subtle tap on the
knee_ is ridicu.lbus. A friend of
mine tried it, the other night and
her husband yelled, ' "Quit"
kicking me. 1 don't like to ' be
told to stop talking." The poor '
woman turned red as a beet.
"Bunioned" said wistfully,
"He's fine when we're alone."
Tell the dear girl they will be
alone a lot if,,she tries to shush
him 'up and he resents it. Such •'
couples are studiously • avoided.
' My husband is also a non-stop.
talker but 1 have learned to smile
sweetly and feign interest
although I've heard all his jokes
and opini•, ..hundred times or
more. Thee who can do this
is sure to have a good marriage
and an appreciative husband. '
--Voice of Experience.
Dear Voice: There has to be ,.
special seats in heaven for wives
who laugh at their husband's
ten -year-old jokes and. listen to
reruns of -their views on every
subject. Sounds like you deserve
third' row center,• dear, And
you'll be in very good company.
SOW, of the 'greatest women` 1
khuw .wild, -be #„ se te& •ire —that
section:
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Dear Ann Landers: Our
daughters are two years apart
The older girls is 11 and a slow
learner. She has epilepsy ; °ean
barely read and is painfully shy,
At present she is in the 4th
grade. Her younger sister is 9,
bright fo>~ her age' and has an
outgoing personiality.
When the girls were younger
they got along reasonably well:
Now they are beginning to
quarrel and compete for the
same friends. This has created
problems. For many years a, girl
1 _will call Cindy used to be the
older girl's bet friend. Cindy has
become bore with the "slow
learner" and is now the younger
girl's best friend. Of course the
older girl feels left
I am trying td be fair. 1 know
I cannot tell Cindy she must not
drop.. the older girt. More
problems along these lines are
bound to develop. 1 need your
advice. —Santa Cruz. '
Dear S.C.: Your ' daughters
should be encouraged to have
sefiaTite friertrig.'4' riot °.farce -
them to share anything, —
particularly acquaintances.
I suggest counseling for the
y ungez girl — perhaps a few
sessions would be sufficient. She
needs to understand her older
sister's problems so she can be
supportiveand helpful rather
than competitive. Get going at
once. •
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Dear Ann Landers; Please
print s to this a for those' who are
print
alWa
., hurry. Its .might slow
'em , down. No attribution
necessapy. — I'm Anonymous.
He hadn't time to pen a note,
He hadn't time to cast a vote.
He hadn't time to sing a song,
He hadn't time to right a wrong.
He hadn't time to love or give,
He hadn't time to really live.
From now.„ on' he'll have time on
end—
Hedied today, my "busy"'
friend.
SOME PIONEERS o..
KISSIN' COUSINS
By doing a little mathemat-
ics, I've come to the concha='
sion that. I' must' be related
to half the --..population of
Canada. ,
.1've just received a•small
booklet • .compiled; • by my
uncle, Ivan .C. Thomson of"
Ottawa. I't sets forth the
genealogy of . my , maternal
ancestors in Canada.
' Some people find their
• ancestors a huge bore. Oth-
ers are afraid of skeletons
the closet. l find ancestors
fascinating, as 'L try to pic-
ture them, think of the
credibly .difficult lives 'they
led, and, wonder what char-
acteristics 1 and my ehifdren -.
have received from.them.
My uncle's 'booklet is no
high -coloured romance. It
deals in -facts, births, deaths,
names, 'property titles. But
among the pages is the oc-
casional laconic , ,comment
which makes me . wish' I
could leap back into the
19th century and. explore
further.
My maternal great-grand-
parents were certainly not
of the aristocracy.. He was a
ship's carpenter, and .that's
one reason he, Walter
.Thomson and She, Margaret
Farrell, his new bride, 'set
out from Donegal, Ireland,
for St. John,. New Bruns'-
wick,
runs=wick, where .' there was a
,,ship -building industry. ' He
'v was 20, she•19, It was 1834,
`Within a few years, with
three children, they moved
to Upper Canada, because
Walter had heard of work to
.be obtained in .the 'building
of slides on the tipper
Ottawa River.
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These ' slides,,, were built
tor the lumbering business
w lilt l� _ :was .:.sli.m.ni i n g-' -the'
cream from the 'stands of
wonderful 'pine in the..area..
`I'he purpose of the slides
was to' allow the cribs and
rafts of square_ timbt to by-
pass rapid. 7 he timber was
floated ddwn' .the river,
eventually td reach Quebec.
„Some .of the great rafts were
half a mile long.
In 1847. great -grand-.•
father Thomson vas Lip,
pointed Slide Master of
(;.rand Calumet Island in the
Ottawa River, 'He held the
position for more than 30,•
years, to he succeeded by
his son William,' my "grand-
father, who was to reign un-
til the last ,raft of square
timber°carne down the,Over
•in 1910.
That's the ba'ckgr'ound.
My mother's family attend-
ed a one -room school,
brirdarfnereii. cher for $4 5
a year. My uncle Ivan head a
good job.. He went to the
school 'early in fall and Win-
ter, and lit the fire, lie got
53100 a year. My grand-
father got $1:00.,,a day for
his, government position as
Slide Master. Pay ceased
when the nax..igation season
ended, so the Nast -i4 -bad to
• ,:farrn•.as well, There were ten
in the .family, and from
what I've heard, they had a
happly life on the island.
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As a child,1 saw the old
homestead high on. a hill
overlooking the mighty
Ottawa, and was thrilled.
But as 1 said, while the.
facts in the hook 'are, inter-
es-ti'trl;, it's the little asides
that inflame the curiosity.
q he original family of
Walter Thomson was eight
children. They produced,
among; thein, exactly' 60
more J'horpsons: 'I"o4a,y,,,
i''ight might iru„lu r „l„t?Tr „n„
Anna married 7 James
fatal. "I he�� had tour child-
ren, "She also raked. John
nie . Robertson:” N6w
;t.her.e's a star. itaatse.lf Who
Wias Johnnie`' Why did she
ryttse horn'' What ht'ecartie of
him?
John (Mountain Jack)
was a timber cruiser and a
.real bruiser• in 'the lumber -
,tack clashes of the times.
"He had a. terrible temiier
°anti was known up and
down the Ottawa River as a',
scrapper.” He died at 9 1 , a
pretty ripe age for a brawler,
who also 'Sired 15 children
in two marriages.
Catherine "married
C;eorge Kemp who was very
fond of liquor", No other,
comment, . except naming
their children, with the last
thtis• "Jason was drowned
at Temiskaming".
Another son, Waktix, had
nine children. Myrand-,
father William had ten.' A
son 'J,'mes had eleven. The
youngest' daughter, Jane,
must have realized, that even
such a good thing *as Thom-
sons could go too •far, pro
•duced only. two.
Anyone who can multi-
ply can see why 'i have so
many relations. The original
two had grown to 60 in two
generations: Heaven knows •
how many th'e 60 produced.
But I'd really like to go
hack and talk to some or
the old-timers.-. They were
virile people in more ways
than one. •
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Lady marks
85t.h birthday TODAY'S CHILD
in Clinton
The „ family of Mrs. Edward
Miller, Clinton, surprised her at a
rty .on July 11, on the
occasion of -Mrs. Miller's 85th
birthday.,.
Friends and neighbours
attended the party which was
held at the. home of her•da.tighter
Mrs. C. Perdue, Clinton.. Mrs.
Miller's other children incrltrde
Mrs. Alcide Corriveau, Mr., Reg
Miller, both of Clinton; Mrs,
Arlie Lockhart of Qoderrokr;wdr°w
Mrs. M. Irving of Milverton.
Mrs.' Miller has 13
grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.• Relatives
attended froth• Kitchener, Blyth,
Seaforth, Goderich,iClinton and
surrounding area. ,
Johnston kin
meets in
Seaforth
A reunion of the descenda▪ nts
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Johnston took Face at the
Seaforth Lions Park on 'Sunday,
July -11.P , •
About ,eighty were in
attendance from ' Lucknow,
Seaforth, Goderich, Wayne and
Flint Michigan and California.
°At 1 p.m. a bountiful
.luncheon was enjoyed and sports
under 'the convenership of Mr.
.and Mrs. Eldon Ritchie of
,Lucknow follow ,.
e r" s"s i`°" taifine, a rte
business meeting resulted in :the
election of the following officers
for 1972: •
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President, Mr. Charles Orrt
vice-president, Howard" Spence; •
secretary, •MrsAlvin Jone's
treasurer, Mrs.- 'Oswald Sitter
sports conveners, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Orr. ' • ' '
It was decided to hold the
1972 reunion in Lions Park,
Seaforth, on 'the second Sunday
iri July.
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