The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-05-19, Page 7WEDNESDAY; MAY 19th, 1965
THE LUCKNOW SENT, NE1.4* UCKNOW, ONTARIO
PAGE SEVEN
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
MAY - HE GET SEASICK!•
Among adults,though few would
admit lt,, there is :a great deal of
• jealousy of, today's•' teen-agers,
This is revealed by the adults'
oft -expressed, wish that kids' 'n
their teens could, act like , then:;
by their q reaction to any hint of
change in.:the • ruies for their' chil-
dren; and especially by their end-
less prating about, how soft a'
time the ' youngsters have now,
and how hard it -was in their day,
To •hear most adults ' talk, you'd
think they'd never had any . fun.
at all, .When they were ,kids, or
ever :done anything,' foolish. There's
a steady stream of ' 'poppycock
about how far ' they walked to
school 'through,the snow; how
scanty.' were their wardrobes; .how
early they had to be. , in at; night;
how hard their • parents worked'
them;• how good their marks were
in school. :
There's a:. modicum of truth in
all of this, of course, 'because life
was a ,.lot more simple and fru;
gal a quarter-century •ago,But
With. the passing-oftime the mor-
sel ° of truth: becomes a bit 'of
malarkey. Personally, I : think we:
had a 1nt "lessto cope ,,with, soc-
ially and
oc=ially'.and ' psychologically,; 'if ' not
physically; • than ' ,today's:' teenag-
ers. ••.
But this attitude. •received , a
jolt this 'week, when my . son an
nounced, that• he had nailed down
a summer job"; It' was difficult to
keep: my upper lip both stiff and
buttoned, when I compared • his.
first real job with. mine. , • '
There are parallels. Both' ofus
got the- job at • age 17; and both
jobs .wereon the upper 'Great
'Lakes boats. There the' parallel
ends.
For instance;. I .:hitch -hiked 480
miles, With $2.50 .cash, ,to . meet
my • boat. He will . be driven three
miles,' by his father, 'to.. catch ''his.
•And the. hours aren't '.quite the
Sante. ' I worked, the graveyard
shift, '.midnight to noon, .seven
days a week. He'll work a• cou-
pie of , hours ' morning and after-
noon, -.about, three hours in the
evening; and have a day and, a
half ^! off each week.
That's all •r)'ght I" don't. bear a
grudge/I. Nobodyshould have to
• work like a 'dog. , But there's a '
slight difference in the' pay I' pul-
led
uhled , down $30 •a ' month, even on
the 31 -day months. A dollar a
day And keep. My son will' be
knocking off just over nine times
as much. '
However; ' that's • OK. Wages
have gone up, a lot,- ' Why should.:
hework for peanuts? I must ad
mit, though, that I was a little
disturbed/ by° the difference in
our duties,.
scrubbed floors,', cleared, out
lavatories, polished brass. • and
sorted, dirty: linen. 'spare 'mo-
ments i; ' helped, sling ou# the
gangplank, ' or 'made the officers'
beds. MY kid will organize shut
tleboard. • games, play the . piano
for ,singsongs and run. a :movie.
projector,. In spare moments,: he
will chat to ,nice old. ladies;
That's fine. No hard :feelings:
We can't all be • aristocrats in
our first •job: 'But *hat about this?'
I wore'• a scuffy old. smock, cov-
ered wit1i brass palish. He'll •wear
a ` snappy blue uniform, covered.
with 'brass buttons, •
• And, what, y about this? My of -
;ficial title ` was Night Porter. His
is: Entertainment. .Steward I. ate '
with the deckha'nds and firemen
He'll eat : in the diningroom. I
slept with seven other, scullions
in„ a stall •large enough for one
Shetland pony. Iie'11 share ,E ca-
bin ."With one otho..r, softy of . the'
Sikties ,•
I was forbidden,' • on pain of.
keelhauling ' and 16 years • in the
hulks, to. have anything to do with
the passengers, except mop up af-
ter them. The. kid, in, the. cap-
tain's
own .words, `Vili have the ,
girls 'following you; all ` over the
boat."
Oh 'well ,• No use being
bitter.
The good old . days of' the 'Depres- •
sioa, when you knew you were
a .slave,. but were happy, to . be a
working . slave, are gone forever,
. However, I can't help, 'hoping
the kid will get •good and seasick
all over that _uniform, • the first
'time • he hits' a . roll: in Lake Sup-
erior. ' At least . we'd have that
much in common in our first
summer . jobs,.
L...._ CH
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the time *men for the fathe r=
and son , banquet for the junior
hockey : players . Several • from this
area. attended . and enjoyed hear-
ing' and seeing. Paul; Henderson::
Visiting K. L. 'MacKenzie for a
few days was Hugh; MacKenzie
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of North Bay
Seeding operations 'were in full.
swing by the week -end, but the
drenching. rain .of 'Sunday brought
them; to ' a , halt again.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs Tom Far-
rell for the past week was. 1VIrs
E. Farrell of Kincardine, also vis-
iting in thesame home were `Mrs. . • .
Della , Worthy ' of ' Sudbury a n tl
Mrs. Robert McCormick of :Kin•
cardine.
'.Friends • . ' of Dianne MacKenzie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
MacKenzie, were : sorry ,to hear
of.. her. : misfortune and accident
which , sent. her : to Wingham. hos
pital 'for : a few days.
• Spending the week -,end with Mr... '.
and Mrs, Dan 'MacLean were Mr.
and: Mrs. Allan 'MacLean. of Col
lingivood.
Beginners' &. Parents Visit School
Children who .will begin ° school
at North 'Ashfield Public School
in the' . fall, , 'spent a . day at the
school the :first .of the week, along
with• parents' -.and, met', the ,teach-
ers
each-ers and Public Health . Nurse
. ' Recent :.visitors ;with. Mr. and,.
Mie.' -'Henry MacKenzie were 1Vir.
and Mrs; Allan MacKenzie of
Kincardine. .
Mr. and 'Mrs." Lorne Luther
, were visiting . in 'Ridgetown re-:
cently. :
Dislocates 'Shoulder In. Fall ,
. Friends of Mrs.. Daisy Medlar --
les _Will' be sorry _to .hear :she is --
in 'Kincardine hospital, , having drs:
located her shoulder... ' • `•
Mrs. Annie MacDonaldhas re-
tur ned to Ripley from . London and
is presently t the Thompson. n
sing. 'home..
• K. 'L. MacKenzie . is` again work
ing in Goderich• at the Salt Mines.
ST• HELENS
Mr.- and Mrsi Victor- Taylor of
Clinton were Sunday visitors with
Mr: and Mrs. Lorne Woods. ' ,
• Underwent . Eye Surgery Recently
Mr.. ;an& Mrs: Angus :McDonald
visited with his . mother, Mrs.
Donald ''McDonald'in. -Victoria: Hos-
pital, London, ' on Sunday. • Mrs. ,
McDonald. " had eye ..surgery 'on
Wednesday.
Receives'. Diploma At
Graduation, Exercises
• Mts. Don Pannabecker, ' Ross,
Roger . and Mary . attended the
graduation exercises' of Western
Ontario . Agricultural School ' at
Ridgetown '. on Tuesday. Gordon
Pannabecker •received,, his diplo-
ma :'having 'completed the two
year course. 'Congratulations
,•
Gor-
r •
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Observe 'Wedding reddinr Anniversary
Mr, and Mrs.. E ldon Miller
were
1
tests of 'honour at a 'famil ga-
thering on Sunday . at the home
of ,their daughter, Mrs. Don Cam-
eron and Mr. Cameron. on the
occasion of their 30th wedding
annit+ersary• • .
Mrs. `-David' .Gilmour . and Jet-
feray of Toronto spent a . few
days with her parents Mr. .and
Mrs. Harvey Webb.
Mr. and Mrsr' Ale* Nolan of
Regina, Sask.,; ,and Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Corrigan of Barrie visited.
'ort Wednesday with Mr., and Mrs.
Allan Miller
Congratulations are extended to
Mr,and Mrs. fi.obert Struthers •
! and Mr, and Mrs, Larry Salkeld
who were recently married.