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.P GE SIX
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, .LW..KNOW,. ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY,; AUGUST 30th, 147
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
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With summer • on the 'wane
- and boy, how it .waned
,around here —. I've made a
discovery. With the .minimum,•
of ` 'encouragement, • I. could
spend therest n f' my. life as, a
' beach bum.
Never was Ttnuch oC a hound...•:
for the beach life before,. As a.
.boy, I swam in . fivers ° and
lakes, but not, at beaches., Any-
way, kids are too busy swim-
ming and diving and horsing
around to„be bothered lying on
a beach.
As I .grew older, beaches still
had little attraction. ` I ,just ..
didn't like 'sitting in the sun. I
don't .tan. I just sort of turn -
burnt orange. leaches were for
.: 'women, little kids and old nee
-
pie, I preferred golf or; fishing.
' 'Well, I'm not., a woman or a
little, kid, so I must be turning.
into anofd people. , Someone.
o ,hIoquy
will think unkindly, no doubt,,
thatit's the advent of the. biki-
ni. that.:has prematurely aged •
me.. This is merely a half-truth
`i'im not particularly: addicted
to_ the sight of ..navels, though
some of :the ..other 'stuff dis,
played is mildly interestin.g..
No,
it's -,the other sig its .and
sounds that fascinate me. No*,
i:;don't.like the -huge, crowded,
commercialized peach,' It` in-
spires in me, With its, noiseand,
utter and bawling 'transistors
and screaminghumanity, ::noth
ing. butnausea.
• But the' beach: we go lo, 'al
most every day: the •sun shines,
is not like that: It is clean:sand
and cool, blue water and
friendly., relaxed.I?eople. There •
are, no loud -speakers bellowing'
the latest beat; There isn't a;
hot-dog stand or a .:motorcycle
MODE
Ford Galaxie
With 390 engine
lags;_
ev ,:Bel Air
wer steering
S MODELS
5 Mercury:
2 door. hardtop
Ford XL
2' .door'; hardtop :
number of 1964 and 1965 Chevrolets?;: Fol
and Pontacs :in' ' hardtops . and .sedans, .,
V-8 automatic.- : •
,
1964 MODELS
1964 Mercury
2: door hardtop'
A number of cars, different makes and models
TRUCKS
evrolet 1 Ton Pickups
964 Chevrolet 1 TonStake Body
dual wheels, V8 motor-
BrUSSeIS....Moos
Cities Service Dealer
Phone 173, Brussels
o►u Remen . ger !•tugh,lo :HaII and' Shelley Miley
'Wherk They, . Had The C.raitvds. Clieeringi?
. or a, beer can in, sight. ,
That, doesn't mean it's as
quiet: as "a ' church. The ` gulls
wall,the•.:mamas holler at their.
children,, the kids scream and
fight and cry.' But when you -
stretch' out on the sand after a
dip; and. the.:Sun 'bores into'
you, taking away the aches. and
the' tensions, it's• as, though; u
were hearing it all.,tlrought.
ton wool. • '
'For some . reason, ' "our
beach has become `a mecca: tor'•'
newcomers to :Canada. Foreign-
ers,•as we used to call. them in
the old unenlightened :
You car lie- there all day and
scarcely. 'hear a *Ord of .Eng
Gish. And. ,what a ` pleasant '
change that:. is. You :could be at
Odessa: • on the -Black Sea.: My' •
fiungarian and Polish and Ger
man have. unproved . tremen
dously. ,.:
But they're great . people
They 'love the sun. mind their.
own . business, and pick up•;:
their junk. When they "leave,
which is more than can'be'said.
of • a good A many tenni-
' generation ,Canadians. ' '' ••
it's- fun' to watch, and ,listen.
Over here are a couple of Ital- •
.ian• grandmothers in • black
dresses, both built about five'
by five, yattering.'.away eighty..'
miles an hour. Just fiver• there
is 'a majestic young woman
with Slavic features, a'' baby,..a '
bikini .so sparse you couldn't '•
blaw .Your nose •in • it, and a •
bust that ' would knock 'your
eye out. Maybe both of them
.Back up on the sand• a bit is
the. teenage, Crowd. .They too .
have, discovered our beach this
summer. About sixteen; 'of.
them sprawled in a .loose sir-
-1-eler Y -heads• -together -indulging
i.n'harmless sex play;' laughing,
puriehing, smoking and making
their intricate plans- for .the
„evening. But they're decent
• youngsters,• who apologize
when they, hit 'you on'the head :.':.
with their football. No hippies,,,,'
thank• the powers.
Here comes an elderly{ Ger=
man gentleman who must have
. drunk half the beer west`of the
Perlin Wall to produce that
Magnificent pot There's a
young Jewish'. father, spoiling—
his
his kids rotten. There's a.. Hun.
garian couple. tanned the col.
dur of. tar, with two beautiful
i '
blonde urchins,
And speaking of • urchinsi.
this is' the ' real fun ' of the.
teach. They are through, over
and', around the prone bodies
They build castles and dams .
' and forts. They'. hurl 'them' 1
Selves- into the water, shrieking
•
+• '�•�.a:::*.04 Milli 'whk' i r 3 -,
'with delight:And' they're:: all so
brown : and firm . 'and smooth
you could eat them.:.: '
`Why', do 'all; those .darling,.,
chubby five=year-old girls . have
to turn into, 'bored, -neurotic...
harassed women? Why do all
those careless, sturdy, ;happy
little devils of boys have toy
turn into hard, suspicious,• u1-.
cerated men?
A good question; But I still
,haven't 'told you .wliy I: like the
beach so' much.I've discovered
that it's the •only 'place ; in, the
•'warld where=mywife will shut-,
her mouth for two or three,
hours. at a stretch.
Pre-school
The. Pre-Schooler is one .}
of.the.Ieaflets in Sun Life
'of ' °Canada's Values . in
Education series and .was
written to provide pa rents
•with° more information on I
the normal'. development
of the child 'from birth. to
the age of five. This leaflet
t
points out, that
ming.nsigtity . into a
child's needs at
this'timecan help mother
.and:fathers develop strong
parent=childrelationships
which are essential to his
whole•growth.
Other leaflets in this series include
WHY -STAY IN OL?
THE VALUE OF A COLLEGE •
•
EDUCATION, •
WHAT ABOUT TECHNICAL AND
TRADE SCHOOLS? and
YofI CAN GE'THIGHER MARKS;
For any of these keaflets or. for a
complete set, write Or" plione, me today.
.There is no charge or obligation.
WILLIAM J. KINAHAN
R.R.:it Lucknow •
Phone Wngham 357.1987
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