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By BILL, SMILEY i'
THE IRISH IN;SPRING
Caught. between • the Seventeenth smiles wildly., over the scene, when
of. Ireland 'and. the y Twenty-first,
of Spring, '' I was' in a.quandary
about a • topic for : this week's
epistle. (A quandary:is' '.a cross
between an Irish bog and the first.
day of spring • in .. Canada).
Come to think; of it,the two'
have a lot in: common: the Irish
• and spring in this country. You
never ` know- what to expect.: You
•may be,;in`for a:. bout of weeping,
a hurricane .of abuse, or a blast
of hot air, from'either,
Perhaps it . • is this unpredicta
bility that makes .the • company'of
the Irish and the coming, of;spring
in Canada such a constant source
of: bewilderment, delight and des-
, pair. I speak as ' an expert.: My
.wife is half Irish . and ' I've bat-
tled my, way through a good few
of: those •Eskimo's nightmares
first day of spring—in this . land.
I never know any :more. than,
the kids do, ,•whether .my wife is
going to hit me.' or kiss me. And
I ,never, know whether the twenty-.
first of March"is- going, ; to wrap
me . in a great volumptuous . em-
brace or flay.me'' with . a wind
that would .freeze the brains. , of
a brass' monkey.
There's ' a great . deal of myth
in the 'popular conception' of those
tricky twins,. the Irish and'spring.
in Canada.
Irishmen are supposed to be
bubbling' over with the juices of
Life. They are understood to be
warm-hearted, charming,; gay and:
lively. They're expected. to be sen-
timental ' and eloquent, generous
aid devil-may-care. And many of
But don't blame me.. if the first
Irishman you meet after reading
this ..is a lugubrious,' long -faced,•
mournful, money-grubbing,' pleas-
' pre -shunning, nit-picking, , self -pit-
ging, people-hafing type. Some of
them are, • - •
Same with 'spring in Canada.
It's supposed to: be a day when
the blood burbles, when the young
mothers ' are all out with their.
' new 'baby -carriages, when the sun
the'' first tiny 'flowers poke their
dainty heads .up, • and 'the streams
gurgle with rapture,'and the , air
smells.:'and feels and tastes' :like
champagne And'sometimes it is.
But 'chances are, on the Twen-
ty-first of Spring,: you'll, be rack-.
ed by 'flu, you'll ' have a .'hole, in
your ; rubbers, •.your eavestroughs'
will . be ..pendulous with: ice, your
car won't` start,. the ice will stretch.
as far as eye can. see' on .the bay,
and' a' gale that would curdle the
blood 'of a . Laplander. is howling
north.
out of � the
,:However, that's: life ' And this
is my '..salute to •: the . Irish, ':whom
I. have loved and; hated, . fought
with and laughed at.And this. is
also.' my salute to.spring, .:which
�I have loved. and . hated, ::coped
with and cursed . at
Perhaps we .should let • some
more; : distinguished company. have
the'; last word •on the Irish. Like
George' Moore, : who said, "My
one claim. to originality -among
Irishmen is that.: I have never
made :a speech,"
Or Mark Twain; • "Give an Irish-
man lager:for F a. month and he's,
a' dead man. An Irishman is _lined
with . 'copper, and: the. beer cor-
rodes it. But, whiskey polishes .the
copper., and is the' saving of him.
However, I . intend to have the
last . word! on Canada's first day
of spring,"myself. " Here it is.
Canadian spring
Ain't even a season.
It's merely- a. 'Thing
That's, usually;freezin'.
NEWS' BRIEF
March gales ' flattened a 230x43
foot • ,structure., which was` 'under
construction on . Peter. Hummel's
farm' near Varna."Eleven, men
working on ' the job' `miraculously
escaped death. and injury when
saved from :being. crushed by -in-
sulation baits which had been de-
livered just a few minutes before.,
The regular meeting of White
Church Women's Institute was held
March ' 11th at the home of Mrs.
Garnet Farrier with the, president.
Mrs. Claude Coffin presiding. The
meeting opened with the singing
of the Institute Ode and repeat-
ing ' the.. Mary . Stewart Collect in
unison., • Mrs, Coffin . Stewart,
welcome to all.' members and: vis-
itors — Mrs. Bruhaup- a mem-
ber of the Saskatchewan Home-
makers Club and Mrs. De Groot
who comes from Holland where:
our A.C.W.W. president Mrs. Van
Beekhoff lives. The financial.
statement was given. • The roll call.
was answered- by 15 members and
4 visitors telling the T.V. pro-
gramme they like and why. The
April meeting 'is • to be held i'the.
Whitechurch Community Memorial
Hall .• on April 8. Mrst George
Walker, Mrs Jas. IVIcInnea. and
Mrs. James Laidlaw were ',appoin-
ted
appoin
ted to bring in a' slate of .officers
for ' the ' April . meeting. A dance
istobe held with Tiffin's or
chestra on March 20 and a var-
iety :.concert and • dance with . 'Far-
rier's orchestra... Mrs. Johnsto
Conn gave a ' reading I will ; if
I have time, and a second one'
written by • Mrs. Ross ° Patterson
of Kapuskasing : and ' sent : to. Mrs.
William A. Taylor. The motto --
no sense and nonsense cause :.ac-
cidents, . was...prepared by : Mrs..
Ed Walkerand read by Mrs,
Bill. Evans. The •.topic - Work to-,
ther, live together and strive 'to
gether, was given by Mrs. Victor
Emerson `stressing - awe
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ruce Jr; Farmer Wins,Overseas�Trp.
• Art. McKague of Teeswater,: ,sly . active in, 4-11. Junior Farmers,
n of ' Bruce County and other community , activities.
Past � President t _ - thirteen n' : 4-H ._
d. .... a He has completedtee
Junior Farmers, was awarded on
of the; :. highest ,' Junior • Farmer Club, projects and' is.presently
awardspossible at the recent Pro- leader of the Teeswater 4-H Grain
Po,
vinciai Junior. Farmer Conference Club. He held.' almost all; the of-'
in Guelph. He. was one:of four fices in his local club and'the
delselected to ' represent County Asociation.• . He was. a
Ontarioes, cast of. the win-
Ontario , on a •:six week � tour, of member.of the
i. in ' and Northern .Ire-' rang play in the Provincial Jun-
landBritain Drama ; n May,: June and. July pf Tor; Farmer Dr
i The tripis sponsored year.. He. brings honour not . only,
this year. P
e Ontario .'De artment, of : Ag -to himself but to the ..Teeswater
by th 0 , . Department
th t e e , riculture and ,,.the Junior Farmers , area and ail, of, Bruce County.
home .
and work: together in the
from: the ~. time we..are 'able ' to ` will be, entertained by various rur'
w ; ;
alk We learn' to be patient' tic
al 'groups during the tour.. One must be ..poor . to know the
Art .McKa ' e 'ha ' •f i
s been,extrem- luxury. o,givng. ;
tful; � kind, facing ' ilLswith an un- i;u
ruffled mond and knowing how to
keep on keeping on at .,a11 times.
The future of the world- is : not.
decided at the United `Nations or
in the parliaments' of the : world.
,:It: is decided by the boys ,and
girls in our'homes. . When. God
wants to change the world he puts
a child, in' some •home to do it.
In, the home` learning to live .to
ther ' means playing, working, ex-
ploring or. worshipping together.
Mrs. Dan Tiffin ' gave a piano.
solo., 'Mrs. James Laidlaw expres-
sed
xpres sed thanks ` for card sent ` while
Mrs. Farrier' •.was ' thanked . for
the, use of her warm:" home, Col-
lection $4.75 pennies 37. The meet-
ing closed, with . the singing' o
the Queen.
The Whitechurch Custard Cut-
ies held their :. meeting . Tuesday,
evening at the home of their lead-
er • Mrs. Dan Tiffin. The presi-
dent, Miss : Diane Coultes, opened
the . meeting by the 6. girls present
repeating the , 4-H Pledge in un-
ison. The roll call was answered
by a report on the soupor des-
sert. they :,.made with , -milk . and
the recipe .put in the , file. The
theme of this: ' meeting was . bak-
ing with milk. ,,The girls were
taught how to make a pour bat-
ter.
atter..To demonstrate this, they
'were taught important points on;..,
how to make,and cook pancakes.
A discussion was held on milk
in review. Misses Beverley'. Sol-
oman, Marlene. Weber and Ter-
easa DeBruyn made, the pancake
batter and Misses Diane Coultes,
Janis Farrier and Sandra . Fisher
cooked and- served the - pancakes,
which all enjoyed • with maple- sy-
rup;
• A reception arid dance was held
in Whitechurch ' Community' Mem-
orial :'Hall on 'Friday evening • for.
Mr and Mrs. Donald Dow �Glor-
is Stobo ). 'A large crowd . gather-
ed rand enjoyed dancing to music
by •Tiffin's orchestra and' the tail-
ing off., being done by Mr. Fred
Deacon of Gorrie. At lunch time,
Mr: and Mrs. Dow were called
to the ,platform,, when ' Mr. George
McGee read an address to the
newlyweds and Mr. Lloyd Why
tock presented them with a cof-
fee table and a gift of money, Mr.
Dow thanked those wlo 'had' plann-
ed the evening's entertainment for
them and to all folks' in 'atten
dance.
Miss Nancy Simmons of Lon-
don spent the week -end With Mrs.
Ezra. Scholtz & visited Mr, Schol-
tz in. Winghani and District. Hos-
pital on Saturday and als& visit-
ed 'with her grandparents Mr, and
Mrs.. Charles Martin.
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