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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1962-03-15, Page 6One Way Of Malting A Parking Problem In the old barn, third step down from the top as you went from the grain room to the tie - pp, there was, a loose board, The barn had been around a good deal longer than I had, and the board was probably loose most of that time, so life on the farm was geared to it. a believe this is important, There are people In this world who, having a loose board, would set in motion a great program of restoration, and would fix the board. How much easier it was simp- ly to make mental note of the matter, and in all goings and comings to allow for it. Coning up or going down stairs was not Impeded and so long as you con- trived to miss that particular spot affairs proceeded in orderly fa- shion and no harm done. We all knew about the loose board, and had known all about it for years,. Perhaps you are anticipating me. An uncle who was neat and orderly came home after many years in a far place, and the first time he used the stairway he no- ticed that a board was loose, He got a hammer and a couple of nails, and he fixed it. As a result my dear old Grand- father, passing that way in the evening to fondle a cow, miscued at the repaired step, not being aware that my uncle had fixed things, and fell the length of the stairs, ramming his head into the milk pail and dumping three quarts of meal inside his shirt. This was the first time anybody had ever tripped and fallen be- cause of this board. The cow, ac- customed to the gentle approach of my Grandfather, became al- armed when he arrived at her side in this precipitous fashion, and climbed up in the manger and put her head under her arms, and refused to be consoled. This necessitated milking her in Gem Among Cloths S4t4h.4Y t' keear. It's rare to find a design so graceful, so beautiful—truly an heirloom of the future. Lace -stitch mesh in filet cro- chet—superb ro- chet superb setting for roses, tulips, pansies. Pattern 537: chart; directions cloth 72x90 in string; 54x68 inches in No. 50. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. something of a horizontal posi- tion, which is difficult even with co-operation, and she was not co-operating. And, after all this work, it was disheartening to find that Grandfather had milk- ed her with hishat still in the pail,. So, what with this and that,, the evening was strained, and my uncle promised he. would never fix anything again, The other clay I stopped in the village to see if the merchants were trading, and an unhappy gentleman attracted my atten- tion. He was holding a parking ticket in his hand and he said to me with a forced smile, "I stop three .minutes to spend eight dollars and your policeman says 'Welcome!'" Our town needs parking rules and regulations the way Athens needs history, and the hard -times merchants along the main street need customers and friends, so I took the ticket from the man and said, "Go with fond memor- ies, sir, and return another time in confidence — this is a wretched mistake, our policeman is young and ambitious, and he has just fixed the barn step," I remember one time Grand- father stepped into a new store to look the stook over, and it. was a lovely store with a good stock, and the proprietor was proud. They shook hands and the proprietor said, "How do you like it?" "You won't last a year," said Grandfather, "Oh? Why not?" "Because there's no place out front to hitch a horse," History bore Gramp out; the store folded up within the year, Anyway, I talked to the police- man about this business of pick- ing on strangers in our midst, and found the police have an odd philosophy about the functions of society. In the first place, it was clear he had some kind of feeling that a motorist is by nature a heinous criminal, whose presence leads only to "viola- tions," and that stopping an automobile in the village in or- der to pursue the business for which the village is set up is per se suspect. Parking, to him, ap- pears to be some kind of game in which he wins or loses ac- cording to the number of tickets he can give out. There is now a "problem.'.' "You know," I said, "I've seen Main Street on a Saturday with more horses and wagons parked on it than you have autos park- ed there now on 'a Saturday. There was no problem. Coming to town was a pleasant event that everybody looked forward to. We had more stores then, and they did good business and made money. You don't know that be- cause you aren't old enough. What would you do if some farmer came in here now with a team of horses and parked a hayrack in front of the cobbler shop?" Anyway, I gave the lad some- thing of a lecture, on the values of being nice to people, and how important it is to have friends who want to come hack. 1 gave hien the ticket he had given the • man, and he told me I'd have to pay the 50 cents charge, because it had been entered in the books and there was no way to "fix" it. "How would I know this man was a stranger?" he said. He said if I didn't pay the 50 cents he'd have to go find the man and bring him in. Besides, he said, what difference does it make if the man is a stranger or a resident if he still parked with his wheels more than eight inches from the curb. Yes —• I paid the 50 cents, and I don't know why. But I had something of a som- ber feeling that a nice little back country town which has been negotiating its barn steps safely for many years has had a board fixed, and we've just taken a header.—By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. all INNOCENT BYSTANDER: This girl was one of 10 members of a wedding party injured when on SAO bomb exploded at the city hall of Courbevoie, outside Pada, .•:..w la"* +n rr..;.-;- x&..,.a:i..,x`r ,a.a m. SWINGING — Using the movie props for her latest film, "The Children's Hour," actress Shirley MacLaine entertains herself with a swinging session near Hollywood. tri+' LE � 4 INGER F ARM �eW2C1.C�.�ur.e p- ClQ,L'ilUiry Ross is still in the Sick Chil- dren's Hospital but I imagine he will be out in a day or two. Joy has been staying at Dee's place so she could see Ross every day from three to six -thirty. In be- tween she was visiting the den- tist and finally came down with an awful cold so at the week -end she and Cedric went home and Bob came along to keep . Ross company during visiting hours over the week -end. And we have been busy too. Tuesday was our wedding anni- versary. Besides cards and good wishes we got a phone call from Montreal — from former neigh- bours whose anniversary was the same as our own. Generally we get together but J — now has a government job and was leaving by air next day on a special as- signment in Britain. So that was that. Next day two other friends dropped in to spend the day with us so we celebrated all over again. We were so glad to see them as they, too, expect to be on the move in a few weeks. Thursday I got a bit of work done on my Tweedsmuir history. In the middle of that one of our W.A. members came along and wanted some sewing done for the church. That same night Partner was "baby-sitting" and I had the pleasure of watching a hockey game on TV whioh ended in a two -all tie for Toronto and Bos- ton. Ever since I can remember the Leafs and Bruins have : al-, ways had a battle royal in every game they played. ' There must be a psychological reason for it. We can understand the Leafslos- ing to Canadiens but to the lowly Bruins . ', . that's another story. However, we had "Ben Casey", to watch afterwards so we did get some pleasure from our TV viewing. Friday . well, Friday was one of those days.. , you know. The phone startedringing at eight -thirty in the morning and there was one call after another for the rest of the day. We also had a couple of friends drop in for afternoon tea and before we had finished supper a young mother came in to let off steam about how awful it was to be shut in with two children all day long! During the evening neigh- bour Bill came along for a visit. So now, who says life is dull in a sub -division? Saturday morning, inbetween chores, I was on the phone chas- ing a few leads for local history, After lunch I thought I would lie down — just for a little while — but I slept until three o'clock! My eyes were still tired and my voice had almost given out, after a busy but most enjoyable week, But COLD! 1 Morning tempera- ture below zero every morning except one. a didn't go out at all but Partner took Taffy for a Short walk every day, Saturday night I had quite a time doing my weekly accounts because with so many counter -attractions I had omitted several daily entries and found myself five dollars short. Did I hear someone say — "But why keep accounts? I couldn't be bothered." Well, I agree it is a bit of a chore but believe me it is well worthwhile. However, our accounting is, not too rigid as we don't attempt to keep a bud- get. We spend according to what we can afford and by keeping track of where the money goes we know pretty well .what we can allow for extras. At the end of the year we know exactly what it has cost to heat the house, run the car, pay taxes, keep food on the table and so on. The difference between income and expenditure during any cur- rent year is our guide to what we can allow for home improve- ments the ensuing year. The fact that we don't budget doesn't mean we are against it. It is wonderful for those who can do it. But we haven't enough pro- tection to make it work. Natur- ally we have hospital insurance but we are not eligible for P.B.I. which means our medical ex- penses could be $10 or they might be $500. If they. run high that means less money available for home improvements. 'Heat, food and clothing has to be pro- vided for no matter what, but a paint job can always wait an- other year. I am telling you thisso that anyone who doesn't :keep ac- counts may be tempted to do so. They don't need to be complica- ted. Just get a three -column ac- count book and make up a sys- tem to suit yourself. Summarize. your expenditure under specific headings each week, then, you -- can get your totals at the end of the year with very little trouble. I just use a scratchpad for every day use and then it .the end of the'week' copy it all down into my account book under the pro- per headings. it's work— but it's fun too — and saves many an argument. , Until you see it in black and white you may not realize how much you spend at the beauty parlor, or, if you smoke, on cig- arettes — or Father on tobacco. Believe me, start keeping ac - 'counts and you'll get quite a few surprises — both kinds, good and bad too! Why can't life's problems hit us when we're eighteen and know all the answers? 5A14Y'S SALLI 'If you don't eat your cereal you won't grow up to be a big ev n 111 e Deddy." RUST IN PEACE =. Looks like a pairofold burnt-out televi- s'on sets, but it is a sculpture. called "Enclosed Space" ex- hibited in London. Katie's :Romance Ended By Gunfire One day last August, Ira Travis Sutton, 35, and Walter. Lee Han- ey, 46 — two holdup men' — sawed through the bars of 'their cell in the Natchitoches, La., jail, and fled to Atlanta, At almost exactly the same time, slender, blue-eyed Katie Ruth Gladden quit her job in Birmingham for another in Atlanta. In Atlanta, Katie moved in with her cousin, L, D. Gladden, and his wife, Martha, A couple of weeks later, on the sidewalk in front of the Gladdens' apartment building, Katie met two men. One of them, a slim, dark-haired man, introduced himself as Joe Patterson Jr. and his- friend as Leo Hanley, These were Sutton and Haney. Sutton told Katie they were salesmen for a home - repair firm, and that they lived in the apartment next door. Just before Christmas,. the ra- diant Katie accompanied "Joe Patterson" to a justice of the peace to be married. The newlyweds set up house- keeping in "Joe's" apartment. "They'd come over for dinner every now and then," said Mrs. Gladden later, "and he always insisted on washing the dishes. He'd light your cigarettes for you and everything, just like a real gentleman." One night recently Sutton told his bride, nowtwo months preg- nant, that he was wanted by the police. She begged him to sur- render, but he and Haney fled. With tears streaming down her cheeks, Katie knocked at her cousin's door. "I married some- body who was in trouble with the law," she wept, "I love him and I tried to get him to give up, but he wouldn't" The next day, after telling the FBI what had happened, Katie went home to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gladden, who live on a small cotton farm near Gadsden, Ala. She made the trip with another cousin, Gerald Jones, and his wife, Linda, .in the gaudy, pink and coral 1956 DeSoto Sutton had been driving when Katie met him. Katie told her story to her parents," then decided to go to Leesburg to visit an aunt. As she packed, a tall, sandy -haired FBI agent named W. H. (Bill) Major stood on a knoll near the home, with a .30 -caliber carbine under his arm, keeping the house under surveillance. When the Joneses„ and Katie came- out and got into the car, in the gloom of a rainy twilight, Major mistook Jones, for Sutton. As the car started, the FBI man leaped into the road in front of it and tried to stop it. Major, who said later that he thought he was being run down, jumped aside and opened fire. Twenty-four slugs tore into the car..Wounded, Katie screamed: "Its a crazy man and he's got a shotgun. Keep going." A short distance down the road, Jones careened to a halt. Not until he had caught up with the car did Major realize his fatal mistake. Katie, shot six times, was dead, Mrs. Jones had suf- fered a slight wound in the thigh. Later, Katie's father pressed a first-degree murder charge against Major, and the FBI agent was released on $3,000 bond• pending grand -jury action. A father of three small children and an FBI man for six years, Major was obviously stunned. He told authorities he thought he heard shots from the car, per- haps a backfire, but a relative of Katie who had witnessed the shooting, Mrs, J. C. Gladden, said she heard no such sound. Two clays after Katie was buried, ira Suiten and Haney were captured by PBI agents as they were driv- ing a stolen car on an Atlanta ex press W ay, Not a shot was fired, insects have no lungs. They breathe through tubes running all through their bodies.' ISSUE 9 -- 1909 Something The U55 Shouldn't Forget! Whatever the Administration recommends and Congress de- cides to do about tariffs and tradepanding E, with turopean heir eyes onEon9the ex- ,nic Community, they had better not lose sight of our trade with Canada. No other single country comes close to equalling Canada as. a U.S. trading partner. This is one of the reasons, no doubt, that five U.S. cabinet sec- retaries met in Ottawa (recently) With four Canadian cabinet min- isters. "No history have ever had the same two countries in world flow of goods across their com- mon border," we are reminded by R. A. Farquarson, press offi- cer for the Canadian embassy "I don't think it is genes, 4y realized that trade with Canada has been greater than U.S, trade with the six countries that form- ed the Common Market. It is only with the proposed entry of Great Britain that the Com- mon Market Group equals the sum total of Canadian trade with the United States. Canada is also a larger market for U.S. goods than all 20 countries of Latin America put together." Canada is a better customer for U.S, goods than all 20 na- tions of Latin America, although overall U.S. trade with Latin America is slightly higher than that with Canada. Over 50 per cent of Canada's exports go to the United States, and over 60 per cent of Canada's imports are from the United States. Canada's half -billion , dollar deficit in trade with the United States is a problemwhich must be correlated with such regional complaints as those in the North- west against Canadian lumber imports. The President asked for authority to make across-the- board changes in tariffs, rather than to negotiate changes item - by -item as under the existing re- ciprocal trade act. We must be inforsned what effect such au- thority might have, not only on our . regional industries such as lumber, but on U.S.-Canada trade relations as a whole.—The (Port- land) Oregonian, Modern Etiquette By Anne Ashley Q. When a man is invited by a woman to escort her to a dance, banquet, or some 'such affair, is it proper always for him to bring her a corsage? A. Only if the affair is to be a formal one, and he knows she is wearing an evening dress. Q. Is it considered polite to refuse a cigarette someone has offered you, if you prefer your own brand? A. Yes; but refuse graciously, saying, "Thank you, but. I have some." For Sunny Days PRINTED PATTERN aux 4958 SIZES 2-8 I SU. '4 s, A -B -U IfASY — just a straight fall of pleats swinging out from the shoulder yoke. Let daughter wear this gay style sashed at the waist or free. Flower em- broidery is simple, so dainty. Printed Pattern 4958; Child's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, Size 6 t,.,ees yards 39 -inch, Transfer included, Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postai note for safety) for this •pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER, Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. \L� 2. ((so,• da: ]� s /(\ !, 'If you don't eat your cereal you won't grow up to be a big ev n 111 e Deddy." RUST IN PEACE =. Looks like a pairofold burnt-out televi- s'on sets, but it is a sculpture. called "Enclosed Space" ex- hibited in London. Katie's :Romance Ended By Gunfire One day last August, Ira Travis Sutton, 35, and Walter. Lee Han- ey, 46 — two holdup men' — sawed through the bars of 'their cell in the Natchitoches, La., jail, and fled to Atlanta, At almost exactly the same time, slender, blue-eyed Katie Ruth Gladden quit her job in Birmingham for another in Atlanta. In Atlanta, Katie moved in with her cousin, L, D. Gladden, and his wife, Martha, A couple of weeks later, on the sidewalk in front of the Gladdens' apartment building, Katie met two men. One of them, a slim, dark-haired man, introduced himself as Joe Patterson Jr. and his- friend as Leo Hanley, These were Sutton and Haney. Sutton told Katie they were salesmen for a home - repair firm, and that they lived in the apartment next door. Just before Christmas,. the ra- diant Katie accompanied "Joe Patterson" to a justice of the peace to be married. The newlyweds set up house- keeping in "Joe's" apartment. "They'd come over for dinner every now and then," said Mrs. Gladden later, "and he always insisted on washing the dishes. He'd light your cigarettes for you and everything, just like a real gentleman." One night recently Sutton told his bride, nowtwo months preg- nant, that he was wanted by the police. She begged him to sur- render, but he and Haney fled. With tears streaming down her cheeks, Katie knocked at her cousin's door. "I married some- body who was in trouble with the law," she wept, "I love him and I tried to get him to give up, but he wouldn't" The next day, after telling the FBI what had happened, Katie went home to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gladden, who live on a small cotton farm near Gadsden, Ala. She made the trip with another cousin, Gerald Jones, and his wife, Linda, .in the gaudy, pink and coral 1956 DeSoto Sutton had been driving when Katie met him. Katie told her story to her parents," then decided to go to Leesburg to visit an aunt. As she packed, a tall, sandy -haired FBI agent named W. H. (Bill) Major stood on a knoll near the home, with a .30 -caliber carbine under his arm, keeping the house under surveillance. When the Joneses„ and Katie came- out and got into the car, in the gloom of a rainy twilight, Major mistook Jones, for Sutton. As the car started, the FBI man leaped into the road in front of it and tried to stop it. Major, who said later that he thought he was being run down, jumped aside and opened fire. Twenty-four slugs tore into the car..Wounded, Katie screamed: "Its a crazy man and he's got a shotgun. Keep going." A short distance down the road, Jones careened to a halt. Not until he had caught up with the car did Major realize his fatal mistake. Katie, shot six times, was dead, Mrs. Jones had suf- fered a slight wound in the thigh. Later, Katie's father pressed a first-degree murder charge against Major, and the FBI agent was released on $3,000 bond• pending grand -jury action. A father of three small children and an FBI man for six years, Major was obviously stunned. He told authorities he thought he heard shots from the car, per- haps a backfire, but a relative of Katie who had witnessed the shooting, Mrs, J. C. Gladden, said she heard no such sound. Two clays after Katie was buried, ira Suiten and Haney were captured by PBI agents as they were driv- ing a stolen car on an Atlanta ex press W ay, Not a shot was fired, insects have no lungs. They breathe through tubes running all through their bodies.' ISSUE 9 -- 1909 Something The U55 Shouldn't Forget! Whatever the Administration recommends and Congress de- cides to do about tariffs and tradepanding E, with turopean heir eyes onEon9the ex- ,nic Community, they had better not lose sight of our trade with Canada. No other single country comes close to equalling Canada as. a U.S. trading partner. This is one of the reasons, no doubt, that five U.S. cabinet sec- retaries met in Ottawa (recently) With four Canadian cabinet min- isters. "No history have ever had the same two countries in world flow of goods across their com- mon border," we are reminded by R. A. Farquarson, press offi- cer for the Canadian embassy "I don't think it is genes, 4y realized that trade with Canada has been greater than U.S, trade with the six countries that form- ed the Common Market. It is only with the proposed entry of Great Britain that the Com- mon Market Group equals the sum total of Canadian trade with the United States. Canada is also a larger market for U.S. goods than all 20 countries of Latin America put together." Canada is a better customer for U.S, goods than all 20 na- tions of Latin America, although overall U.S. trade with Latin America is slightly higher than that with Canada. Over 50 per cent of Canada's exports go to the United States, and over 60 per cent of Canada's imports are from the United States. Canada's half -billion , dollar deficit in trade with the United States is a problemwhich must be correlated with such regional complaints as those in the North- west against Canadian lumber imports. The President asked for authority to make across-the- board changes in tariffs, rather than to negotiate changes item - by -item as under the existing re- ciprocal trade act. We must be inforsned what effect such au- thority might have, not only on our . regional industries such as lumber, but on U.S.-Canada trade relations as a whole.—The (Port- land) Oregonian, Modern Etiquette By Anne Ashley Q. When a man is invited by a woman to escort her to a dance, banquet, or some 'such affair, is it proper always for him to bring her a corsage? A. Only if the affair is to be a formal one, and he knows she is wearing an evening dress. Q. Is it considered polite to refuse a cigarette someone has offered you, if you prefer your own brand? A. Yes; but refuse graciously, saying, "Thank you, but. I have some." For Sunny Days PRINTED PATTERN aux 4958 SIZES 2-8 I SU. '4 s, A -B -U IfASY — just a straight fall of pleats swinging out from the shoulder yoke. Let daughter wear this gay style sashed at the waist or free. Flower em- broidery is simple, so dainty. Printed Pattern 4958; Child's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, Size 6 t,.,ees yards 39 -inch, Transfer included, Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postai note for safety) for this •pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER, Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont.