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NOT QUITE A .FLOatt BUT.. The.
Bayf lel d River Spil led Dyer its ban Ka and,. 10000
the Egmonciville flats last week Whenilhe. rain;
and mild lettnperapreS melted the Winter's..
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Amen
by Kari Schuesler
Whqt s the nameof Ton:to's horse2
snow' in Such short order. Fie(di arogn4 the
country wera alio under the watei, but no
serious floOding was reported during. the
.401;104011 run off.
(gxpesitor Photo)
$4son white,
Why,
The better half and -1,11,0e
been dragging so much in;
the week ettlee we returned
from oor •PrIliSe holiday that
We almost -Started to wender
if we should. Veer have gone
away,
"My heart bleeds."
sOrnebedy at the Office said,
and I know yeit Share thetee
eentiments.
But it has been smite an
adjustment corning back...
no memos, at dinner, no
announcements ("This is the
Voice from the Bridge") to
tell you What to do every half
hour, and worst of all. tet
new islands. to %/jell every
morning.
Istead a slippery, snowy
drive into Seaforth. I've been
Close your eyes. I link. Think of a.
package of Lifesaver cendy. Can you name
the order of Colours ie a, package at !lye
flavour Lift.savers9
You say you don't know? You don't care?
It's all toosilly?
I'll give Solt another chance. Think, What
was the name of Tonto's horse?
Who's Tonto you say? Go to the hack of
•the class and sit in the corner, you dunce,
Okay. I'll give you one last try. An easy
one.
• Who goes to Keley.'s Bar?
Right( Archie Bunker, of course.
Everyone knows that's Archie's favourite
hangout,
50 you say these are stupid questioos.
Insignificant questions? Inconsequential
teltestiens?liall questions whose answers
no one Would want to clutter, up his brain
with?
Now. Newyou can't take that attitude
and survive in today's world, Just in case
you didn't knew it you live in a world or
trivia and a trivia freak is the greatest thing
going since the invention Of bobble gum.
T. be with it teday, you have t� come up
with answers tO questions most people Used
to shrug thele thoolclers. to and g4 -Whq
cares?"
Back in the glad old days, you did carry
around e certain- atiaoutit of information right
up front in your Intim To he a functioning
literateyou had to know how many
provinces there were, who was the Governor
.Oeneral. and the Premier of Ontario.
But thee you know you could al, a.ys go to.
the library to sort out the facts you didn't
remember, In our day, the teacher e told us
we didn't heye to be walking encyclopedias.
We just had to know where the
encyclopedias Were. We had to knew where Bruins in the days of ,Eddie Shoreholding a Seaferth night for Cooney at
the sources Of informatien were. WO thanked When I Was -a -young fellow everyone Maple Leaf gardens, Many SeafOrthitee
• God daily ler the library, . wanted to play like Cooney and all !creel cattle down and 1 caflsttll see the
Now thisis all chatiged. Today you're boys playing- on Seaforth teams 'were presentatioh to Cooney at centre ice.
expected to know not only the broad factsompared to 'him when making assess - Later, in 1939, when 1 was home playing
but the itsy bitsy scraps of knowledge ments about their abilityfor the Seaforth Beaver Intermediate team
everyone used to consider enimpertejet_. 1 There are other People. like Bill Hart, our Weal management contacted the
iViaybe it's the winter dragM
ging on, aYbe who knew Cooney rauch better than I, but Boston Bruins through Cooney and persu-
we're bored. Ivlaybe it's because so mucCi of at this time I would like to point out.a few aded them to collie up di Stratford and play
our life is caught up in the little thilfgs. My,, remembrances that stick in in memory. an Exhibition game against us, This would
mother used to say, "Life is so daily' . I can recall my Uncle Joe Sills, who be about- Cooney's last playing year with
Maybe we've had too much of life too faStplayed professional .hockey for Milwaukee the Bruins. On the team With him was a
. Or maybe it's because we're living in such a
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yelling the snow ae I drive,
4000410y and find that
Maltc$ trle feel 4. let better.
Me know "b000 snow, go
away Snow" ite•I• The baby.
after a Startled glance. now -
joins he 'chortling, and We
both try ea yell loud eneugh.
tO bring on. Spring. .
A theory about whv nem*.
feel so worn OM. atter they
holife front these' ate week
,teiPs hasn't Made me feel
any belter M husband
mime home from wOrk with
the ieformation that • his'
boss's husband says the
dragged oot problem, is
caosed by alcohol withdiod
symptoms, .
At first was properly
indignant that that had
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'Rernembering Cooriey.
THE:HURON EXPOSITOR, MARCH 15, 1911
nothitig to cio With es. Pet
than 1, hAd uadmit—MOO
afternoOnt eround the peel I
had a TOM C011ins. Then *V
.Always had Wine with dinner.
Maybe a, lieeeurtafterward$
and often, a drink tiering the
eeening. A lot more booze
'than we usu.110), cot:1%011e' at
borne anyway. .
Next Sher( trip, I'm going
to try to do withbet :booze
(well, maybe jns aglass of
wine with dinner), and ,e.Ce
whet difference it makes.
Speaking of the iriext., short
trip. I've jest ).earned that
Grenada. the Wand
described so glowingly in my
travel story on page 7 had a
coup i.estereav While Prime
W
,Minister Eric Gaily was
attending UN meetings in
New York Tuesday, his
government was toppled.
Grenade is of course the
place we'd definely like to go
back to Details are sketchy
but it se -ems to have been a
quiet, friendly coup. And I
doubt if it Meant an end to
tOurisel.
4'
And to think we missed it
by two weeks to the day.
tee***
We've eorne A long way
baby. but a recent incident
made me realize that even
feminists like I claim to he
have a let further to go to get
rid_ of prejudice $ about
women.,
e'e
0 , , ,„ c „: ,
"I'M 804)8,10 be bliS.Y at
work next wed because my
boss has Kt go into the
hospital", # relative said.
40h yeah, what for?" says I.
' "A hystereetomy"i the
ebra0e (Male) said.
'A hysterecterity???" '
say* I. Sere he's Made A
mistake and Wing to think
*what male operation he
Meant te Say, ,
"YeAh, she's a Wontatt."
says he, while I slink under
the table in entbarreestnent,
So ObeiOusly the ward boss
equals Man in My mind, And
that was my depressing. '
thought for last •ThOraday'a. '
International Woman's Day.
I have juet tead, with a great dol of Later 1 went down to schreal in Toronto
interestyour appeal for any information and played: junior A hockey for the St.
regardidg Cooney Ralph Weiland the grat-4-..Michael's College Majors. While there in
L. centre player who played for the Boston ,1937 I received weld that Seaforth was
coMplex world. We need the relief of the
'simple and inane, Whatever it is, triviais
here to stay. And every day that passes by
adds more minutae to the grow ing body of
trcvia literature..
Television has taken up' the trivia game
too, One of the programs takes a consumer
bent. It does trivia things for youthings you
• may have considered doing, but never took
argaret Trudeaa's book'?
the tirne to find. one,
. They answer such questions as Does the
Kleenx box really have spo pieces of tissue$
rn 'ta the box claims'? They tackle the
• s
problem of how many raisins are in the
L . Raisin Bra n cereal package. They let you
know if you can count on the same number of
raisins in every box.
They know you'd feel'stupid dumping out-.
all the Cereal on your table and counting out
the raisins. This program does it for you.
They go farther. They uncap a Contact C
capsule and count out every little grain of
Conlact-C. They want to see if you really go
get all those forty midgets exploding every
hour or so to bring you relief front your cold.
This 15 serious business, this trivia stuff,
You con't slough it off as wasting your life
away.
Trivia, the buff ay, is the essence of life.,
It's the fine line in the drawing. It'S the
frosting on the take. Of course, you can do
without the frosting and all the detail in the
drawing, but what's wrong With having
both? What's wrong with perfection? perfect
knowledge? , •
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To start yod out on that road to perfection,
leAve you with these burning questions,
-• What does A & W of root beer fame stand
for?
And Who Lives at #11 Dawning Street in
Londoe?
You say you don't eve know -who lives at
'#10 Downing Street.
Go to the Corner again and stay there until
I see you next week. .••
• What do you thin15 of 'M
BY DEBBIE RONEY
Receetly Margaret Trudeau, the
estranged wife of the prime minister has
been making headlines in the some British
papers because of confessions Of druguse.
love affairs and her life with the Prime
Minister. Expositor Asks thought it would
be interesting to find out what locel people
thought of the situation and asked; "What
do you ,think of the fact that Margaret
Trudeau has ,a bookcoming out and • el
some of the comments she has recently
made?"
Mrs. Glen Brandon of R.R.1, Varna said,
It doesn't make any difference to me. To
each his own."
A woman from Brucefield who wished to
• remain anonymous said I think the girl is
a little wrong in her head. She's got to
grow up a little. I think she's very foolish,
don't think she's done right," she
said mentioning Mrs. Trudeau not living
with her three children.
if the wants to write book the can. I
wasn't going to listen to her if she'd been
on television,' she said.
Another woman frem Brucefild who also
wished to remain anonymout said, "I think
it's a big farce. I don't imagine there's
really much to it she said of thebook.
Of Margaret's comments she said, "1
just laugh ed. I didn't really think too much
of it. It was just a big joke."
She added that you can't believe
ro the editor:
*everything you hear and that yeti don't
know how much has beep added to give the
book it big build-up.
• ,"To me she knew what she was getting
into when she go married. 'Aitervvard she
started carrying on Why the big build-up.
Was that to draw sympathy for Trudeau?
Why the big change afterward?". she
asked.
Mrs. John Moffat of g.R.1, Brucefield
' said, "I think they're giving her toot much
publicity
Mrs MErnest Whitehouse of Egmondvine
said, "I never gave it any thought. I
haven't paid much attention."
Marilyn Ahrens, a 1.4 year old girl, from
Brodhageo said, Well, 1 ve been thinimg
a lot • About it. I wonder what other
countries are going to think of Canada,
because not many other countreis have
wives. writing . about their lives with the
pritne minister:*
She added that the ,couritry was., itt
enough trouble:
Ron Smith of Brodhagen said, "I guess
it's all right. A W-5 interview with
Margearet Trudeau was to have been aired
on Sunday night but a court action
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prevented it and Mr Smith said he would
watehed the interveite if it had been on.
° He said it would likely open a few eyes
-and said the book should be published
although he said that's not likely to happen
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and Pittsburg, saying that he was the one Dublin native by the name qf Johnny
who induced Cooney and Fred Elliott of Crawford so that the Exhibition game had
Clinton to leave the Owen Sound Grey quite a erowd appeal. I believe we switched
Junior team and tre out with Milwaukeegoal tenders. I particularly remembered
Incidentally, the Greys, had a very good the difficulty we had adjusting to the larger
team and 1 believe they were considered te surface as well as the artificial ice which
be the Nt team of their daywas quite a drag on us who were used to
Cooney ah'. ay came home sometime in natural iee, It takes a little while to get
' the summer to visit his mother and dad used to it.
who lived in the 'hOuse on the corner On the defence for Boston they had a
oppOsite the front door of the Van Egmond player by the name of Jack Portland WI1O,
House. Incidentally it was and is the'same was quite tall and weighed about 225 lbs.
so that I bet my brother Der a quarter that 1er
could knock hiawn, I.weighed about 135
lbs. Anyways, I kept My eye on hint and
one time as he came around from behind
the Boston net juse t as hepwat going lht'o tae
the
oldsh
• anether stridekowe he went. It was
Almost a case of tfiy and the elephant. I
can still see the gtin oe his face when he
got up and looked down at me as much as
to say 'Who let this p44,e.fly in?'"
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Cooney as usual played a- good game and
as always was a great opportunist with the
puck around the net, The slap shot was not
used at that time but instead the quick
snap with the wristwas the one that took
the goalCes by surprise, Cooney was very
adept at this and that is why be won the
.os:ycrotriopngehaeeshetaoopmthat psei ovncesrol'aloilh
Pooetuyuelesr tgme
iQgto
yearnas
was very
be given a more permanent recognition
because like SO. many .other great athletes
'their feate.areerereembered by their own
generatu1 but unrecognized by later
generations because he tangible evidence
is around to make them aetare. Sincerely,
Frank Sills
house where rnyouHe was raised and e was quite a e a asci notio to me so much n , . , .
where„strty&eat Grandfather Daly died. * • , .
one of which was golf. He always brought - 1 • • , . .
" east of the Hospital and formerly called the Loone 's ditt on the
his,clubs and played on our course that was - , , .
situated for abOut 15 year$ on the land just',
Case farm. The housciihat Brad Smith now
lives in was used as .the Club house and
had a Grounds Keeper, Golf instructor and 7
resident caterer and cook. The locker room
was,in the basement.
The course itself was laid out by a Mr.
Thompson who also laid out courses in
„Banff and Bermuda. In the early 1930's it
, was officially opened by Sandy Somerville •
the Well known golf& %Oho, 1 believe, was a
relation of the John A. Wilson family. It
was a long and difficult 9 hole course and
considered to be the best in the area.
Cooney was quite adept at golf and loved
to play there. One hot summer when 1 was
about sixteen the fairways were hard and
fast and the greens keen so you got .the
most out of a good hit. I spent most of my
time there that summer., so often saw
Cooney play. He played the course in par
and 1 also played it in par and from what
the rege)ars said we were the only two who
ever did play that course in par. It Was a
fluke for me as far as I'm concerned but
from what I saw of Cooney I believe he
• deserved it,
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Strcatfor trait,
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Thank you and Mona for thinking of an old -
timer who played with Mr. Hockey.
(Cooney), He was a terrific stickOandler,
With his leather gloves, one solid and ope a
glove. He had a great poke -cheek.
I saw him play in Detroit. It was funny to
watch as he came in on the goalie, the puck
got behind the goalie and started for the net
Cooney just skated along beside it till it went
in the goal. (old smoothie).
• Another time we Were going, to Stratford
on the train when Cooney got up and recited
this ditty: •
"I love you much
1 love you mighty •
1 Wish your pyjamas were neXt to rny •
nightie
Don't get excited -Don't be mislead
1 mean on the clothes Iine, Not in bed."
A .group of Boyscouts sponsored by the
?Salvation Army on North Main Stwere at
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eit!
Egmondville dam. Too many of us get t
-Ord ibit-itid-it '8 arik
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,Cooney was in a' boat by himself. He -
paddled around and picked us all up. We
hung on the side of his boat and he took ue to
shore, lt could have been a tragedy but he
was the hero and it ended happily ever after.
Hope the old river rat keeps his health and
I am .glad C4th, is doing this to remember
him, -
Best wishes
Gord Hays
9250 Bishop Road
• Detroit MI 48224
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Our team was made up of Hec Hays,
Earl Smith, Chas Sills, mgr, Charlie Holmes
mgr, Musty Reed, Reg Kerslake, Cooney, •
myself, Frank Cudmore and Peg Stewart,
goalie ( the chinaman called him the huntan
sieve). •
B.V1REA MALONEY -FADDEN'
(Editor's nate: Bea Maioney-tadden wrote
, a tribute to her dad Wilfred Maloney.
longtime Dublin'-correSpondent of the
Expositor in the. Feb. 22 ;Expositor) '
tTfc cen only be undeisteod backwards
but it must. be lived forwards!
Today I read the article I had put iri the
paper about my dad and two irninediate
responses struck a cord.
One.:.1 was gloat had given him a little ,
long overdue credit and appreciation.
But.. .two, I missed making a crucial point.
rd unintentionally slanted the article. The
• idea Of being "toe eapable" Was over --e
praised, Also, the article read aS if we had
always enjoyed a close Mutually -supportive,
relationehip. • I •
Every relationship ebbs and flows, but
many are strained and broken until one day
it's too late to mend them. One or the other
is no longer there, That nearly happened to
me. '
Fortunately, there is nothing bad that
could he worse, I've been given 6 second
chance to eXplein my feelings about always
having , to pretend you are strong and
capable. We must feel free to let down at
• times; Only real men cry!
ThIS story has a very htippy ending.
There is no one I would rather have for a
father, but I nearly Missed realligetting to
know him, really getting close to hint,
because for smite 60d -forsaken reason 1
scented to feel for years I had to Iceep Up a
great front for him in Order to gain his
approVal.
I know telt Well 60' Wetild •never to
'
nsciously hurt anyone but that Was how
felt. You could feel , like • the walking •
wouoded but society or whatever, expected
you to say yea were "fine." No ene is
always, anywhere neer fine.
There were extremely high Prices paid id
tbis century for actifig "too strong, too
cepable. too tough" maybe even too
opthnistir because you never kimw how
•sotneone else is legitimately feeling.
Crosses are visible and invisible.
It takes Many incidents to build a wall
between two people4 briek by brick,
Sometimes you are not aware of the .
building of the wall, and Sonietimes you.
are, though not always secure enough or
stong enough at that point, or human
ettough or willing enough to kick it dowee,
(If only it didn't teem easier to forgive •
someonemire you get even with them.)
It started years ago With my father and
and it became a pattern that was hard t�
break Until the wall Was juSt enough of a
barrier to keep us from getting doge.
TIME LEVELLED IT'?
' 1 became Very afraid that time WOuld not
teed it. ')
1 dnft know if my dad
idever
remembered What started it, or if he was
-even fully aware of it. Like ifi most strained
relationships we never spoke of it 1 often
WOndered what wee the emotional Other -
St One of the fragile yet somehow tinperide,
table wall between its.
A couple of yenta age I get tired Of
,relating in tnenotottona "artitIcial roles. All
those synthetic eMilee, ICS a hatiditap tO
•
be labelled anything even' "cheerful," 1
have a sign in my kitchen and classroom --
Warning my disposition changes without
notiee because I'm also subject to "blind
rages," as is the next person and every
other huinan feeling on the board,
We lock ourselves1.\!_p inside when we
have to live up to unrealisiieNexpectations
of being Afraid of strong emotion.
'Especially if we've been programmed not
to ery. Christ sute cried.
Keep a stiff upper lip too long, and the
day Will eorpe when you Won't be able to
smile. Every emotion i$ two sided Where
• did we leatn we had to feel we had to keep
up a big .front? You' might feel as if You are
-
bleeding from every pore, inside but yen
most saY You ere fine„. , 1 thought 1 d risk
being ennitionally hottest*
111E TRUTH
When My dad said. "How are things
going Bea" -I told the truth, "Actdally l'm
not doing so well right now lm sick of
teaching school, my nerves are sparking,"
I felt like Addinghut didn4t-C7his God
that you always se(tried to be able to
tontect, well the signals are all out for
inc.") I've been atheist, agnostic, hike- •
wettri and profoundly convineed.
The response wat not good..not that
bad, but I put the "fine mask back on
beeause I didn't feel I was being
undostood, not measuring up, .•
I wasn't looking frif any hand outs, We
• all tieed to pick bur ownway through life. I
needed someone to reflect back to me tny
OKness 60en though 1 was temporarily
'down and feeling very weak and rotten. It's
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nothing against you to fall down flat as iong
as you are still willing to try to get up when
your strength cOrries back, I wished I
hadn't risked showing naked emotions that
day,
But to nty ultimate surprise and
pleasure when I went up home another
tithe my dad showed tne one of his true
huthan feelings. (For all I know maybe he ,
felt he had to always appear sttong and in
control in front of tne, Who knoWS?)
PARENTS DOUBT.
Anyway he said he'd mishandled a
situationbuggered it tip. I never felt closer
to him. It's So neeessary to know that
others but especially parents have lost a
few rounds, heve doubted themtelVes, ete. -
That was a major hreakthrotigle The next
visit there was a. tiey bit more openness
•and finally the wall came dowe.
I began to feel less guilty for feelifig
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inadequate, inlet tot weak as We Alt do at
tidies. (I even felt guilty for feeling guilty). .
It had been Such a hard act 10 follOw•his
„
alWayt seeming to 'be $6 t apante and
coMpetent, always knowing 'What tO do' and
never geting endued, •
NOW neither Of tie have te pretend we att.
made Of Steel and eonctdtd 1ts. SO
consoihtfl
. glIAPED
Our lives are shaped by those who 'love •
us and by those who refuse to love ut
itidei4 we meet a huge list Of conditions.
(Hate;the sin but toed the sinner). A tittle
bastard in "all of tts but God still IOVCS us. •
(Theharder anYorte is to hive the Mere they
need' it.)
taaia • ai4&aa.,,'tilV:jakr.liti."aitlikapt.0. tookAa.14._1/C00air.:••• agy 12,40 ,•'-alr.,••.a,-*•...SiMaa
A :psychologist once told me I had a
centetept forweakness in myself' which
was wily humaness. It's always a sign of
strength to ask for help, never a' sign Of
weakness I was told.
God said he would let us sink but he
weoldn't let us drown, but we have to ask
for help. His and the help of other
professioeal human beings sometimes. It
Mites great generosity ' to accept getter-
45s1ritYe'too soft and you'll get trushed. Be tea
hard and you'll break, Seed se yeti won't
break I'vebeen warned. Sometimes we're
weak and- thats OK: Sentetittes we're
strong and 'chats OK. At least we are in
good coiripany. When we cry out at times,
as Christ did whert he too didn't feet he was
up 'to what was being asked of him.
l4c too felt God had forsaken hint, At his
calvary 'menteot. cety! 'Kt•Ittires God,'e
safety valve). Why shouldn't we emnplaitt?
Another savetti
tINDERSTANIUNG •
If I had_poWet 1 d Make sure that when
anyottes calvary moments arrivedo when
their deepest fears, their emotional
sufferitig was being exposed,,:being
brought out in the heating light Of
Openness, that it ,Wreald Meet with geode,
Onderstandingiutrids at the other side of
the table Or Wherever those involved are
gathered, •
. I1EALt$6 TAXES PLACE
Where two tor mere Ott • getheted.
together hi friendships Sake 'tthd healing
taket place that's where God said We Would
find Him, tern the SupPer.beltig ktPt
whenever we share with anothert need?
How can you love some.etne yciu are afraid
or uncomfortable with? To love semeone is
to try and undetstand them, How can you
get close to someone you have to keep up a
front for?
The ultiinete eontplimetit anyone can
give another is to feel fret enough, safe
enough to cry in their presence,
• The , pain of being misunderst000ci,
ignored, isolated, misinterpreted, rejected, .
het given a' fair hearing, Misquoted, is far,
far worse than the physical pain of old Dr.
Munit's and Dr. Beehely's dentist chairs. '
You can forget those you have laughed
with, but you tvill never forget those
you've cried, with. The faithful John's and
Veronica's in' the story of the passion,
nothing fair weather ebottt those friends.
• Grass has tremendous potential to come
through ground, but it can't get through
ice. A little melting -a little warmth goes
lonHgoWwayntany tunes hve your heard
someone say, If only I had One morebotir to
-spend withaposon Who had died?'
Who is to say that the people who enotS
over to the other side, aren't wishing the
same thing. We can All spAre eath other
the ultimate tragedy of having itrportatit
things left unsaid by sending the flowers
now-4efort its too late.
Death ends a life, bitt it does not end a
elati6ansy161
h11 •
Firtilno longer' tie' ed. °my -dad's;
approval but I will'alwaysi always need his.
11,,1: Thanks for 'Year insights Oete aiirt
Leonard.
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