The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-06-15, Page 81C
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WBDNESDAY,: ATIM 15th, 1960
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We laughed '41. him, but we
loved him. I hope• my kids re-
member .me . as fondly as I ' re-
member , my Rad;
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'•WHITE SWANS..NEST,
,AT POINT.'CLARK 'f
White swans are ' an . attraction
at` Point dark, where ` they have
nested for the first time in the
memory of time su#nmer
resident ' o ' this resort.
'The ,• '''parents 'and 'their, two
;young ones .have been frequent=
ly• seen of 'late. They, were tem
;porarily •frightened' ., off by a
tractor, loading gravel at ',the:
beach, but returned. after a few
'days' absence. , ' '
It. is questionable how ,long
they will remain. with the , sum-
mer 'cottage season now, at hand.
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By W., 0.T. Smiley
I was; going towrite some-
thing about. Father's Day, tilt 'I
began thinking about my own
father.", ,and 'decided to try to get
something • of him down 'onpa-
per. , In a , quiet, ' self-effacing.'
way, . he 'was quite .a character.
, Married to • the , hustling; bust-
ling,, lively, capable, quick=ton-
tongu_ ed,. ' sensible woman who
was my: mother, he seldom had
a .chance to dominate the 'scene..
But . when he did, he made 'an
indelible impression. '
One drama in Which he al
ways played the lead was Driv-
ing With Father. My mother was
afraid. of nothing in this world--
except
orld—except being in a car with 'Dad'
at::'the wheel. Only a .deep sense.
of marital loyalty forced her to,
climb' into.. the family chariot.
She prayed'' steadily on journeys..
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people.• ' But inanimate objects
could 'rouse in him a perserker
fury ;that must have come With
the touch of Norse blood in his
ancestry. Should he strike his:.
head on a .cupboard door, ';he was;
apt to tear the°whol thing off
the. • wall, and 'reduce it to,'k'ind-
ling:
If he' got a %liver in, his finger
while working on something, he;
was quite capable • ofsnatching
a saw and cutting out, the entire
chunk of offending wood. Ignor_
ing the : resulting gap, in table,
:or a boat,' he'd' pant; triumphant-
ly; "Where, you . dirty skunk!" as
he finished. '
,My Dad could take a 'lot of
hard ' going , and suffering:: He
preyed it 'especiallyduring his
last illness. Brit be Lad' a genius
for exaggerating small hurts.
Should '. he cut, • himself': while
shaving, he .didn't bleed; It
"spurtedout in . quarts."' ' If' he
knicked • a finger with a •knife,
he'd • vow: "I' tore the end off
my: finger." If he,. scratched his
hand . on a nail, he ' had, "ripped
Dad !bought his first car about_]
1920. ' The dealer g'av4 him, , al.
driving lesson, and ..turned him
loose. Proud as a peacock, he
wheeled 'her home to surprise.
,my, mother. Completely at ease,
he turned' into, the driveway,
drove right ''into , the . • stable,
whichWas to Arouse • the • car, and'
drove right out `through .the
backwall• • of the :building, corn-,
ing : to a halt among ' the- tomato
plants. He'd :forgotten how: to
' stop; His driving' never. improv=
ed much from •that. day. It•'mere-
lygrew more' exciting,_.
He. never quite mastered the
various` positions : of the:'' gear-
shift.,Clambrng: one, of the:almost
' perpendicular hills of those' days
ile.:was 'quite 'as, 'likely' • to throw
.her into "reverse as into low, at.
•the crucial moment.''' If he. were
flustered .which he . always was
from: the moment he got into the
1car, he 'was as likely , to jam : hisg,,, ont , the.gas ped as.: on.. the..
'brake.
In • the daytiinei . he'd some
1 times go•`7 or',`'8, miles without
getting .off onto theshoulder or
running :. inter a lead of hay, But'
at, night he really came .into his,
own. wtrisforined from
a •middHele-agedas "merrachant into an
.armoured' knight of .the middle
ages. • 'Couching'' 'his lance, :.he
would , :touch `spurs; to the old
Chev, .,arid ;thunder . down ' the
dead centre .of ,theroad to Joust
with any false: knight. entering.
his , domain: `
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The'' dastardly villain would
be' about a mile away when' Dad
would start yelling at him to
• dim .. his lights.' Looking ;directly
info, the, beam of, :the oncoming
headlights, " he'd go' straight for
his ' man, neglecting; to.. dim . his
own' lights in 'the ekcitement. At.
the.; last possible . second, •Dad
' would" Peel offwildly' toward
the. ditch, swerve' V all .: over: the
road; and "Shudder ;to" a stop with
one wheel hapging .over, a cul-.
vert. '
From there, he'd ' glare over
his shoulder to 'see 'whether the
other fellow. had been • ditched:
I'll swear he was a :little 'disap-
pointed when , he could spot a
tail light shakily dissappearin
into the distance." To the untold
joy of the entire family, he :fin-
ally refused to' drive at all, after
dark,, because .:t"the__brutes _won.'.t
dim their lights." I : don't think
he even'' knew where his own
dimmer SWitch was.
Another .. area in whi0C my
father was king was the cellar,'
as we, used to Cali the recreation
room; I don't think f ever heard
hire •utter a. blasphemous word
above ground. And I don't :think.
I ever heard him utter any
.other kind while he was Wrest-
ling, with the old' furnace.. A's a
yci(nngster,, I Would put one ear
against the :furnace pipe,'. and
listen with ' awe and horror as
Dad' 'ripped dut some oaths that
Would, curdle, the blood- of `a
buccaneer.
I wouldn't Have you think'
that my father was a -bad-temp-
ered Man " He was the lout of
gentleness and ; kindness with
RETURNS FROM All
TRIP TO• EUROPE
Norman Weiwood, „former pro
;prietor' of The Market Store, has-,
returned after ;a most , in`terest
ing tour of NATO air bases in
•France, 'Germany and Great Bri
tarn. Travelling; wither Ed Blake'
of London, arid' formerly of
Winigham;' ' they crossed the At-
lantic in a Comet . aircraft. The
actual ocean crossing' was made
in five hours,, to the landfall in
Ireland, but the flight continued
on 'to an air base in ' France,:
The two 'men spent some time
at the big NATO base at Metz,
where ,.the 'Canadian. headquart-
ers is. located,. Their trip also
took' them to establishine.nts in
Germany and olber:' points' in
France, . as well as a side trip to
Switzerland. ' :
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