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SPICE,
••mir By Bill Smiley
Don't expecat those ingrediexits,
•of any good column: unity and
oherence -this " week. •
Since ,last . NovenLber, . I've •!been
idling: everybody whit. bored,
• ine ►by ' .talking about .; what a
• dreadful dose of flu he had.
"Stop ,babying . yourself," RI oder-
zderl, `,1It's• all in your "ma?nd.•
;• :You're getting top .much rest.
You're not boozing enough to
• ust want kill the !bugs,' You. J a This has al.vays tickled me—
/
day off." And so on. So .. , the ;fellow who de ands that. the
' : at .couldn't ;happen , to 'a ; paper -aPer ' rint the 't h the 'whole'
p ,
dial), but wvshat throws • ane is truth"and :nothing ;but the •truth.
that •I had to wait • Until. Easter What he means, .0of .course,. is the
',holidays to . catch it... • truth •as' ;he: sees it, Or the truth
Something that gives me a. a',c'ut, Somebody else. Most news
big pain in the .arm is: the ad - papers sprint the ,truth, but show
vice youget from' doctors when me one : that. prints ,the 'whole
the flu sneaks'up' and pounces. ,truth; and I'll be '.'the '.,first to
"A: couple' of flays m bed' •is the donate -toward =a ` statue for its
best cure." editor. Or a.' torabstor.E
Who . in the ' world , can._ take a Perhaps . it' would be a good
couple of days in bed in this thing if, • newspapers did '!print
:'crazy. acre? •A farmer, -+with the the :Whole •truith,' asbout every=
thing; It 'would • certainly, spot
some life +innto the 'obituary
limns. But in 'the first place,.. a'.
lat of ,people would suffer where
it • 'hurts::most—i:n their Vanity.'
In , ,the: .second', place, th, editor •'
,would be so :busy•,:facing. actions
!Or.: slander and ,libel that, •'even
if he =won; :them all, he ;WoOldn'.t
have time for any;tshing. else.
The 'truth. is. a' fine thing. It's
like potatoes,' one of the • staples'
of: life, but just as we eget 't•ired,
of spuds three times . a . day, ev-
ery day, sue ,could get ' mi'ghty.
Weary, of nothing but the plain;
;unadulterated. truth,
. Do you .think . �yYarnen would' I.
lead • .a fuller life if, .1w/ten. they
ask 'how ,they . look :in a : new
Outfit,' their i usbands ''informed
• them . that they . resemibled- some-
thingleft mut for ,thedog's break=
fast?
Would ;the A'Preacher feel rich
er, spiritually, if you told :shim;;
right in., ,the- . middle . of. :the • Sun-
day ,..rnorning' handshake, That
was the dullest : sermen I aha:vie.
ever . heard?"
Would, your • friends feel •more
warmly toward ,you if ` you an-
swered the casual query, "How
ai e' ;.you?" with the' plain, .. un-
varnished truth,, right from..your
throbbing corn through .your
pulsing hemorrhoids• ' ' into your.
aching back 'and; on trip to your
certainty that you had a" Tump.
in : your . breast or a .brain tumor?.
Perhaps,. ,the 'bride Would • get.
a abetter' send-off in, life 4f ' the
editor,, instead sof cooing, that she
was radiant in white . airrmy an
zontally'.
THE L,UGKNOW SENTINEL, .LIJCKNOW, ONTARIO..
Most of. the election; recrim
inations are aver' by now, but
a :few editors. are . still catching
it .from readers who +feel that
the local • paper was : onessided in
its,coverage, 'or did not ,print.;the
whole .truth.. Few `of' these com-
plaints' are from winning Candi-
dates or their supporters.
ST. HELENS
\ Mr, and 'Mrs Irvin 1VIcCaibe $
Brian of Windsor. and .Mrs,, Carl
Johnston of Bluevale .were rem
cent +visitors. 'with. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McQuillan.
Mr. William 114m'phrey ''is a•
patient in W'ingham • ' Hospital
fol owing: a. seeding accident. on
Thursday. .At present, , Mrs.
Humphrey is a Patient' -in
•toria Hospital, London following
major surgery.
Mr.; ',and 'Mrs, Andrew Gaunt
and Mr..., and 'Mrs, Les Ritchie
were . recent visitors .art., London
with Mr: and r''rs : ip;.Tar'bour.,
A good crc wC, 'attended, the
con=eert' and dance on V edne iay
evening 'in' the St; ric,en5
noimeed: The • ,beauty • of th
bride, a plain,. •dumpy iittle.giri,
..was scarcely marredhy ,the.- hint
of a black ` mustache beneath
her proominent ' nose, on 'which
sat. a . wart; the. size of a small
gherkin.' . •
Truth, !like cheap whiskey, 'is
"invigor'9$ting -in • small ' doses,
•bu't: is easier to take if It is mixed
With .`something. '" . •
Mr, Charles, McQuil'1in showed.
slides of Canadian scenery he
had visited recently. His. picture$
.were exceptionally well receiv-
ed, as the colour and sbeau•ty were
so naturals The . Andrew. faanilyt
Bill, 'Louise and Mary favoured
wit'h lin.usLc.al,selec•tionsi and Jan -
6t Carruthers and Sharon Mow-.
bray 'played piano .duets.. -Fel,
lowing. lunch, Tiffins orchestra.
�plaYed° for, the dance.
The May meeting of the
+wi11' =be held ►May 2nd in the ball
at 2:09: o'clwk..Roll .'call ., An
!tern- of naves .in the ;Press since
th.e last, Meeting. Motto, Things.
kept .in use 'never.' rust, 'Mrs.
'C•harle;, ,McDonald, ••Topic, 'Gard-
ening*, Lunch and 'program, -Mrs..
Jchn Pritchard, Mrs. Angus..iVlc-
Donald, .Miss Harper. Plant or
,b,u1,btale. Just a reminder of the
Sunshine . Sister Banquet . at
Whitechurch on : Tuesday next
April .38th at 6;45 (sha'np). •
OBITUARY
DR DANIEL !LAKE
',Dr. Daniel Robert 'Blake, :51,
of Eglington Ave. W., a _specia-
list in • psychiatry :in Toronto,
'WEDN'ESDAY, APRIL 24, 1961
died in hospital: :on. April: ;3....r�
following; a Short illness,
• Born in,.. Winn ipeg, Dr. waki
was the •son of the late D. ani
Mrs. M. R. Blake He; graduates
in medicine from the. Universit
of Manitoba' ,in 1937;.He date,
took post ,graduate . studies it
'Psychiatry in .',England; Provi
dence . R I,; • Philadephi,a, Penn,
Rochester;, N.Y.
He had 'practiced iin Toror:tl
since 1941.specializing in psy
chiatry and was on the staff o
St. Joseph's and the North West
ern General. H'ospitas..
He ,was a mnerhber of..the Ma
demy of Medicine, the 'Canadia
and the ' American' Psy=chiatrii
Associations the' ,Parace` .lu s Club
the; Thetta Cappa 'P.s'i . Fraternit3
and .the United, ,church. of Can
ada. ' ' •
He is' • survived by ,his- wife
th'eformer . Kathleen Forsyth/
from -Portage La; Prairie" and' hi:
sister, [Mrs. D. L, 'Gibson .Iron
Saskatoon, Interment took piaci
in Mount !Pleasant Cemetery it
.Toronto::.
People who ' look ' .down:. or
others • ,may be 'liv'ing' bn .;a bluff
•
seeding to. be ',done? A • fisher-
man, with , +the ice just• nieely
out " `,af. •the lake? A contractor,
with ihis first job in . four months,
and: ••a rush- carie?
Ask any .• mother of young
;children thou. man'y :days she
• spent in.bed last time She had
the flu. s .The only ,. birne most
'women' ever..spenid a .few days
in .bed is when they are om=
pounding their '.confusion/ by
': ibrin:ging another a 'little. stranger:
into the . world. ••.•
. sEnough of `that Z still: Say it
served µ.raze right . ,Hoiwe,ver, T
anade it: to ,''dinar -eh' on' Easter
week -end,- before suoct mbi ig,
and ' was • delighted • -to .renew
acguaintan es. with -: so many old
friends ; Ihadn't seen': since last
Master.: They should.. Charge :ad-
mission, ;and a good stiff one,
Or. those buses. who .burn up' at
church • once. a", year,, on '!Easters
'Sunday,. day,• stuiffed'. full of hot -cross;
!limns and:: holiness;
•' I did overhear a ; 'reinark that
day • :which rather. . refreshed• niy
soinbre ;Spirit: As ,wewere com-
ing out of church,a little fellow
ahead„ of us,. clutching, • his . inoth
er's;hand, piped, loud aid clear,
"Does Jesus. have' a' second "name,.
• Mum P' 'His ..num, looking around
proudly to• make sure everybody
noticed: how: cute the kid was,:
answered: brightly, "Yes: dear.
It's Jesus .Christ" .The little= guy,
• pondered this, . and shrilled; "I
bet I.: know . what God's . second
name" is."' His .mother 'took off
out of; there so fast. the .:boy'Was
practical)ly. Streaming . out hori-
EMORIALS
Unsurpassed in `'Beauty and Value
MORRIS
;GRANITE And MARBLE WORKS
Representative /
Ross :. MacLennan
Phone 51
Kincardine
RIPLEY :, MEAT MARKET . l
Custom Butchering
Mon days ;Hogs, $2.00 in by. 4:00 'p.tn.
Cutting and Wrapping, 2c pound '
CA"T"TLE, CALVES and, LAMBS EVERY DAY,
EXCEPT SATURDAY
We Do Curing and Smoking W •
� g �..y: � � Beef, Pont and . Limb..;
Sold : Whole, . Hall or Quarter .-For Better Service,
V .
And ; Lower Prices --• ' Call Ripley 100,.
s' Chas. Hooisma Prop.
Cincinnati Cream to
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