HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-09-28, Page 18S!GNAL-STAR'. TtURSDiT, SEI''I SM. i E'1 s°, 1974
ODY REPIR
REEIRLE'ECO1OMIC[
When 1. 'tottered downstairs
last Sunday morning, and my
wife greeted, me cheerily, and
told me to sit down, and brought
me in a big glass of orange juice
with a stiff belt of something in.
it, I was as wary as a groun-
dhog.
.I sniffed the air, wiggled my
ears and peered about to see
from what direction the danger
was coming. It's not that Um
suspicious by nature. Basically,
I am a naive and trusting per-
son. But this was too Much.
Something was up.
While she sat down across.
from me, smiling in an uncanny
fashion; I took a quick slug and.
let my .mind flicker . over the
possibilities. She was going .to
divorce nie. No, I just got a
raise. ' She was going to buy a
third piano. No. No place to put
it, except in the wood -bin down
cellar.!She was going to have a
baby. N9, she's had a hysterec-
tomy....Kim is going to have. a
baby and I'm going to be a
grandfather and ' old. That
seemed the most logical.
"Do you know what day this
is?", gently but firmly. My mind
raced over birthdays,
graduations and such, slipped a
few cogs and finally ground to a
----halt.- -kn . - .
sary.
How Could )".have forgotten it,
even though I'd forgotten it
every year for- twenty-five?
Easy. The bride isn't any bet-
ter: Every year, about two weeks
after the date, one or other of us
says, "Hey, we forgot our an-
niversary .again." And look at
each other and laugh.
Some people make a tremen-
dous fuss over wedding anniver-
saries. It's -as though they were
trying to recapture something
lost forever.
Husbands who either snarl at
or .ignore their wives for 364
days of `the year :arrive home
with an expensivepresent, or: at;
least . a bundle of flowers, ort,
that `sacred day. ''Rexninded''by,
their secretaries.
Wives who spend the whole
day in suspense, thinking "The
rotten louse. He hasn't ,'even
called. He's forgotten.", smile,.
false -toothed, through their
tears, and crack open a bottle of
vintage 1971 Canadian sham-
• pagne.
Many, of these 'couples, who
haven't excha.ged a ' civil word
for weeks, actually go out to
dinner, and evert thrash around
the dance floor in their
inimitable 1930's, 40's .or 5Q's
style, a threat of life 'and limb to
all near them.
A few of them actually have
n5 .
the stamina to press on from the
ridiculous to the absurd, and
make love:
Next day, the glow gone,
slightly hung, they become
acutely aware again .•, of such
mundane , things as heartburn,
constipation, pot bellies, wattles,
bald heads and crows' feet. And
real life bekins again:
I'm not knocking -'anniversary
celebrations as such. They're
quite beautiful if the love and
tenderness are still there. But if
those elements are missing, the
anniversary waltz is an ugly
charade.
Thank goodness . we forget
ours until it's too late to do
anything but recall our wedding
day and laugh hilariously as we
reminisce. Nowadays it's not
unusual to 'have two •• or . three
hundred people at a, wedding
' reception, with a bar, dinner
and orchestra for dancing. The
bride has had eight ' showers
before the wedding and. the
couple has. amassed about two
thousand dollars worth of
gadgets and cash:
We- had about twen%rat our
wedding. A scattering of my
wife's aunts and things. Nobody''
from my side, except a few old
buddies to whom I'd issued the
invitation, "Hey, I'm getting
married Saturday at Hart
House chapel. Why 'don't you
drop around?"
No reception. No bar. No or-
chestra; Music supplied by an
old friend who ;played organ in
a downtown bar. Dinner we had
after the wedding at a crumby
hotel in a small- town. Alone.
We drove about two hundred
miles in a borrowed car. We had
eighty dollars. No presents. It
was raining ,all the way. • We
talked about highway con-
ditions. '
But I wouldn't trade it, even
though my wife wore flannelette
pyjamas on our wedding night.
At least we didn't have to smile
and smile and smile at a host of
people we scarcely knew.
And here we were, some years
later, Sunday morning, My wife
had remembered our anniver-
sary. She had bought, each, pf us
a" present, and she"handed me a
piece of paper on which she has
..summed up the war. Her words:
To Us.
"May we continue until death
the battle' which has raged for
twenty-six years.
"Always attacking, never
retreating, shall we glori in
our victories, deny. our losses.
"Let us be constant in making
our skirmishes as violent in in-
tent as our One Big War, for we
might lose courage, weaken in
moments of apathy, flounder in
surrender.
"May we never be tortured by
thoughts of love and peace, for
these might lead the way to 'a
glimpse of hope and glory.
"Let us remain steadfast in
the face of our single purpose.
-11We-have fought a good•. -fight—
Hey, she's talking about our
life together. She's being ironic,
and that's my field. What's
going on here?
Then she handed me another
piece of paper. Her words:
l'Algng_came Bill
An ordinary; guy
You'd. meet him on the street
And never notice him
"No that's not the part I mean.
"I love him
Because he's wonderful
Because he's just my Bill. .
'.Suze.''
eten*ber ,meeting• of
BrancTheh $ 1.0p9, Royal Ca ,dian
Legion was 'held 'in the 'Green
Room with $0 vecrin: ~I.s present,
and,President George Lew in the
chair .
- •
Three applications for mem-
bership, those of T. Marsden, G.
Edwards and a. Wilson were
accepted by th,e »floor* -
The, Sick and Welfare Com-
mittee chairnian, J.'' McMillan
reported the following comrades
in hospital; Wm. McKay, ' C.F.
Chapman, J. Dodkin land Wm.
McGill
From the Sports . chairman, H.
Carroll, the meeting learned
that a Legion golf team will
play in the Ontario finals. in St.
Thomas On September 30. The
Duffers Golf Tournament for
members of the Branch will be
held the first week in October.
The . Branch• is organizing a
rifle shooting competition to be
held once a week in the
Collegiate Rifle Range during
the winter months. ,Any member
interested in golf or rifle
shooting is requested to sign the
notice on the . Legion bulletin
board
The Meeting, approved the.
purchase..of .uniforms for Legion
sponsored PeeWee and Bantam
hockey teamo and it was repot-
ted that the Legion m inpr' soccer
all. -stars would ..play an.
exhibition game in Galt ori Sun-
day.
The branch. will hold a dance
on October 27, with tickets going
on sale October I in the canteen.
The meeting approved
donations , to the ` Muscular,
Dystrophy Society, the Goderich
Laketown Band and the Huron. •
Harriers - a .groupformed to
promote track and field in the
county. •
It was reported to the meeting
,that the branch Poppy Commit
tee has been set up with
Comrade Joe Drennan as chair-
man. Plans, for the coming cam-
paign have been discussed and
tasks assigned to each commit-
tee member.
Comrade Jack - McLaren
presented; ,to the meeting several
ideas which would -make the
ACommu1X ',. x}ore aware orj,lk.
emneinbOnce ay- and ' w� ► »
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Mrs. G. Finnigan of Goderich
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'U.C.W. September meeting.
Mrs. J. Dauphin opened the
meeting with a verse and the
singing with pianist, Mrs. L.
Reed, at the organ. Mrs. C.
McClenaghan read the scripture
passage.
A skit on. "Helping Others"
with a question and answer
period followed. Mrs. G. McNee
asked for, the roll call.to be an-
swered with a small gift for the
Children's Aid. Minutes,
correspondence, and treasurer's
report were given.
The Huron Perth
Presbyterial's eleventh annual
Rally will be held in Dungan-
non United Church, Wednesday
October 25.
The U.C.W. will be selling the'
1973 calendars for the Church:
Rev. C. McClenaghan, on behalf
of the Session, thanked the
U.C.W., for the lunches served on
Anniversary Sunday, and hoped
that this • social time would
become a -yearly ,part of An.-
niversary Services. •
Mrs. L. Pentland gave as the
"Feature`' three interesting
readings entitled, "Strange but
True", "Solitary_ Trees" and
"Better Traps" Mrs. G. McNee
thanked Mrs. G. Finnigan for
the invitation to her home.
Rev. McClenaghan closed
the meeting with prayer.
A social time followed with
lunch hostesses being" Mrs. C.
Blake, Mrs. G. Errington and
Mrs. I. Rivett.
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• The September meeting of
Unit 4, North St. U.C.W. was
held in the church parlour with
Mrs. B. Crawford assisted •by
-Mrs:- insorrirrthal"g+ •"-
The theme "Modern Psalins"
emphasizing Psalm 23 was dealt
with in music and readings. Mr.
.E Rawson, spoke briefly, on__therr,_
upcoming telephone invitation
outlining the purpose and • the
method. .•
A skit . "Tell Me,- Doctor
presented the problems facing
Church Women's Groups and in
a humourous manner suggested
possible remedies. Those taking
part were Miss Jefferson, Mrs.
E. Pridham, Mrs. K.F. Wilkin-
son, Mrs. C. Crozier, Mrs. A.
Habel, Mrs. I. Zinn, Mrs. E.
Bentley, Mts. A. Schram, Mrs.
W. Sallows, ,Mrs. O.'Straughan.
President Mrs, D. Buchanan
presided over the business
session. Events in the near
future include -'Thank offering
meeting with Mr. and Mrs. 1-1.
Graves as guest 'speakers, and
the Fall Rally in Dungannon.
The meeting closed with the
Miapah 'Benediction.
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