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by Bill Smiley
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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1967
DEAR DORIS
PEAR DORIS — Bob really
fell for me, but I just didn't
enjoy being with him after a
few dates. Then three weeks
ago I met Jim. We really dig
each other and we've been go-
ing out ever ,since.
Every time Bob phones me I
either tell him I'm sick or baby-
sitting. So far he has believed
me, but I know it won't last. I
really like Bob, and I don't
want to hurt him by telling
him about Jim, but I know he'll
have to find •out somehow.
How can I tell him so he
won't be too hurt and so that
we'll still be friends?
Desperate
DEAR DESPERATE—Here's
your chance to show you are
really grown up. You are un-
kind to tell Bob anything less
than the truth.
Explain that you value his
friendship; that he is a fine
person and the right girl is
bound to come along for him,
but that you don't want to
waste his time in thinking that
he has a chance with you.
He'll be hurt, but he'll get
over it—bravely!
Confidential to Imposed On
—Better call a halt before you
blow your top. Your neighbors
are showing the thoughtless-
ness which sometimes goes
with extreme youth; and need a
little coaching in how to carry
their own weight.
Suggest you use cars turn-
about: their one week, yours
the next. Decide how often you
are willing to baby-sit and warn
them not to count on you as a
regular. No one likes to be
used.
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March 25
CANVASSERS GRIPE ME •
I don't know whether it's the
weather, but certain species
proliferate in this country with
the rapidity of rabbits. One is
the chairman of committees.
There's one for every snowbank
in the nation. Another is the
guest speaker. There's one at
the bottom of every barrel. And
another is the canvasser. In
some s m all1 e r communities,
there are more canvassers than
non -canvassers.
A canvasser is a weak-willed
person who can be talked into
asking other people for money
for a "Good Cause", or even,
more popularly, a "Worthy
Cause". The number of worthy
causes in this country is only
exceeded by the number of
backboneless birds of both
sexes who allow themselves to
be put on the list of canvassers.
And I know whereof I speak.
In my day I have canvassed for
the blind, the retarded, the re-
sort owners, the Red Cross, the
Salvation Army and eleventeen
other worthy causes. About
the only thing I haven't done is
sell cookies for the Girl Guides.
And I've hated every minute
of it. The trouble is that the
average Canadian' citizen.. heart
ily detests the handing over of
cash for an intangible. At
heart he's a generous soul. He
knows the Red Cross does good
work, that something should be
done for the blind and that we
need a school for retarded chil-
dren.
But he can't eat them, smoke
them, drink them, or even at-
tach them to his car. There-
fore, the fellow who will fling
down a ten in the liquor store
as though he grew the lettuce.
will dourly, head shaking, peel
off a couple of thin one -spots
for the Sally Ann. The house-
wife, who buys her weeds by
the carton, will spend 20 min-
uters looking for two quarters
for the Cancer Society.
And I know just how they
feel. I'm the same.
Some day, somebody is going
to rap on my •door for a bad
cause; a free crock a day for
alcoholics; •a clinic for potential
pool players; e home for unwed
fathers. And I'm going to hand
over $20 cash without quivering
an eyelid.
This preamble, as you have
probably gathered, is because I
got suckered once again into
canvassing for a good cause.
This time, it's a eommunity
swimming pool. A year-round
pool, already. There's •a good-
sized lake within the town lim-
its. We live on the shore of the
biggest fresh -water bay in the
world. Six miles away is one
of the Great Lakes, with miles
of safe, sand beaches. But the
kids have to be able to swim in
the winter.
Next summer, I'll probably
be canvassing for summer ski
hill, with artificial snow. For
the kids.
Maybe is was the sheer au-
dacity of this campaign that
grabbed me. This is no picking
up $800 for the blind, or $500
for the crippled children. They
want over a quarter of a mil-
lion. The resultant campaign is
a combination of the Night of
the Long Knives and the St.
Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
What it amounts to is $30 for
every man, woman and child in
town. Non-realistic, you say?
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Nonsense. All it takes is
enough canvassers, and they
will cowe the citizenry into
coughing up.
My first night out was a typi-
cal, Six calls to make. First
place, nobody home, Second
place, no such address. Third
place, a response. A chap on
shift work tottered down, in his
pyjamas and snarled the party
I was seeking lived next door.
Called on him. "Wouldn't give
you a plugged nickel," he said,
"but my wife said she'd give
two' bucks".
At the fifth place, I rang and
rang. No answer. I looked in
the window. The householder
was lying en the chesterfield.
There was an empty glass be-
side him. Threw snow at the
window. No response. I kicked
the door four times. I left.
But I struck it rich at the
last place. Caught both husband
and wife at home, A very mod-
est home, Gave my sales pitch
with fevor, enthusiasm and
sincerity. They admitted they
had five kids, agreed they
would use the pool, and looking
a bit troubled, but game,
pledged $50 .a year, for three
years.
Ret urn e d, triumphant, to
make my report. "Oh, yes, good
old Jimmy," chortled an old-
timer oncanvassing. "He
pledges for everything, from
church to paying his taxes. Has
been on welfare for two years
Can't hold a job more than a
week."
PAGE SEVEN
Evangelical Group
L se Easter Theme
at March Meeting
The Easter meeting of the
Evangelical UB Ladies' Aid and
WSWS was held on Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Dorothy Koehler led in
the devotional period. The
chapter in the study book on
the beginning and growth of
the Anglican Church in Canada
was given by Mrs. Menno
Steckle.
Melvin Melick and Ellwood
Truemner favored with musical
numbers,
The committee in charge,
Miss Olive O'Brien, Miss Pearl
Wurtz, Mrs, Ross Johnston, Mrs.
Myrtle Hay and Mrs. Dorothy
Koehler presented a playlet,
"Joyous Easter Morning". The
cross and the resurrection and
their meaning in the life of a
Christian was emphasized. Mrs.
Milton Oesch took the solo
parts and Mrs. Beatrice Hess
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The special centennial offer-
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All members were urged to at-
tend the WSWS convention to
be held in Elmira in April.
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