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SPICE
by, Bill Smiley
From My Window
'Shirley J. Keller —
I really didn't appreciate the humor in
it until I had thought about it a little bit
and then I realiied why my associates at
the office had thrown their heads back in
hearty laughter when I confessed what
gift my husband had given me for our
17th wedding anniversary a few days
ago.
"Did" your husband send yob a dozen
roses?" aslfed one guy, fully•exiiecting
I suppose' that my wedding anniversary
offering from my husband would be some- -
thing sentimental.
"Ng," I confessed. 4 1 got two.geran-
lums." •
Potted or not?" was the next question
after my friend had 'gotten' up from the
floor Where he'd been rolling with laughter.
"Potted," I answered, wondering why
, in the world he found -potted geraniums
so comical.
Where did he^find those?" was the
next question,' asked from behind a large
hankY with which he was wiping the tears
from his eyes. •
I was just a little miffed by all this
merriment. It was plain to see they did not
understand my husband -as I did.
First let me explain that iny.tusband
is a very practical man. I doubt that he has
a • sentimental "bone in his body. He's- the
kind of a fellow who. signed his love letters
before our marriage with his full name,
Christian name, .second or, middle name,
surname.
- When I graduated froth schOol he-gave
m.e a fountain pen. When we were married
he gave me ,nothing at all so that he
would have. money to pay the motel -bill.
When the babies were born he presented
me with scrubbed floors and washed
windows on my arrival h'ome from
hospital. At Christmas, he buys ironing
boards and coffee pots and sink stoppers.
Actually, when you come right down
to it, two' potted geraniun0 'are pretty
romantic coming from a man like my
husband wino believes Valentine's Day is
the launching of the campaign, for the
Canadian Heart Fund. •
But I suppose' to men who thrive on
love and romance, potted geraniums sound
pretty funny asen anniversary gift. And I
see the humorous side of- it now that
think about it a little while.
I'm not sure my husba,ed would enjoy
being the object of such fun-making. He's
a pretty serious fellovy and somehow 'i
feel absolutely certain that those geran-
iums figure verY,largely in his plans for
the future. And that; my dear readers,
is what, makes my husband so special to
me.
We've been wed now for nigh onto two
decades and I have learned that if there
ever was a man who could make things work
out for the best, it is my husband. Proof
of that is the fact that even though he
married me, we are still together - and
realanably happy - • after all that time.
I was probably the. worst risk any
man could take for a wife. That's true.
I couldn't cook..I couldn't sew. I couldn't
keep a tidy house. Arid on top of all of
that, I am 'nothing to look at when you
are hungry, buttonless and up to .your
knees in last week's newspapers.
Somehow, I fitted into his plans for a
future. Being a very practical -man, he
seemed to recognize in me something that
was good for him. He knew that we were
the right combination and he set out in
our marriage b make it work even' though
my own father predicted disaster.
Potted • geraniums may not be the
language of love. They may very well
end up in one of our three flowerbeds
Or hung from a basket on our front porch.
But I'll _give you odds that those—
geraniums will be the healthiest plants
in. the neighborhood, they will be joy
to Us and to our friends for the entire
summer, they will be brought in very
carefully this fall and stored away for a
few . months 'to, rest, 'they will begin lb-
leaf out arid bloom and next year I will
have four or more geranium plants for
the garden and a heart 'full of memories
from our 17tn wedding anniversary.-
Somehow. my husband's practical and
not-so-romantic gifts have a way of turn-
ing Into the most treasured possessions
I own.
So readers, you may get a laugh out
of the two potted geraniums I received
as an anniversary gift. You fellows may
even call my man a cheap-skate for
selecting the lowly geranium when it is
customary to give gardenias. But smile
away 'cause my potted posies were choien
for me by my guy and I know they're
special.
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APRIL 17th',.1896.
the Sleet and Slime storms on Satur-
day and Silridaf did 'considerable damage
tb adifie Of the Viral tele-0611e lines in
this district, There, Was -prod sleighing
'Orr Mairl Attait- but it Soon disappeared.
19tr4..„;HarrY tiliretileY and bogies
Beattie are horrid from the Agricultural'
Oollege iiitaelpiu Mr. Beattie, who tree-
,
James Ha stie, of the-6th Concession
of McKillop, has bought from James
Cowan; the 25 acres of land, on the 7th
concession for the sum ot$1,150.
Thos. Hills, of Egmohdville, has pur-
chased two lots from Wm. Smith. He has
abundant faith in the prosperity of the ,
village and is fast becoming the largest
real estate owner.
.Miss H. L Graham leaves for Peter-
borough to attend the annual convention
--of the W.FAVI.S.
• The Violin class, udder the tuition
'of Miss M. A. Bennoch, clOsed the' winter •
term by a musical .recital in the hall of
the 'Young Men's Christian Association. ,
The pupils were assisted by Miss Jessie
Oldham and Mr. Mullen and also Mrs.
Cheswright, Miss Daly and J. A. Wilson,
while Miss Johnson presided at the piano.
Mr. Alexander Gordon; 4th Concession
of Tuckersmith, informs us that he planted
potatoes, on the 13th inst. If he keeps Jack
Frost away he will have new potatoes on
Dominion Day.
Miss Flossie Weir, of town; has gone
,to Helmuth Ladle's, College, London, where
she will take a Course in music.
Workme n have cornmencedoperations
on the Good Store, recently 'purchased
by the Dominion Bank.
Robert Charters, Mill ROad, Tucker-
smith, was in town with his Tight'arm in
a sling. He was carrying a pail of boil-
ing sap, when he slipped and fell, and the
sap spilled over him, scalding his hand and
arm.-
Miss Mary Munro, an employee at
Van Egmond's Wool len Mills, met with a
painful accident. She was working at a
loom when ter right hand got caught
and part of the second finger wastaken
off.
Adam, Hays of town is having a stone
foundation placed under the house on
Goderich Street, owred by him and occep-
led by Robert Jones.
Harry Cresswell, son of 0, E. Cress-
well, of Tuckersmith, lefrfbr South Dakota,
where he is employed with his uncle
in•the ranching business..
John' Common, of McKillop, has sold
his fern] on the 11th Concession to Wm.
McKay for $3,500.
John Sadler, of Staffa, met with an
accident while working at the saw mill
which might have proved fatal. The
emery wheel burst, one piece striking
hire on the right eye.
APRIL 22nd, 1921.
.Potatoes, which a year ago were sel-
ling at $5.00 and $6.00 a bag, have but
little market value this year, as no one
seems to want thern, owing to the bumper
crop last/alit — •
„Br. Peek, of HerMaIl, intendS shortly
fitting tip aft office across from his preSent
one le, the dwelling now occupied by Mr.
Wiekirta:
Seaforth, like other
owns and cities across
anada is participating i
hamber of Commerce Week.
hese voluntary organiz-
tions represent citizens
If eath -community, banded
mgether to promote. the
:ivic, commercial-, indus-
:dal and agricultural
)rogress of the community
Ind district which they
;prve and to work for ,
)etter government at all
levels.
The problem. that many
)f them face.- including
;eaforth -- is the lack of
ictive members and the
)esitancy with which too
in-tne-oommU-n4ty-si -
Iccept responsibility for he
e forward looking organiz-
ation.
Here the role 'of the
Chamber of Commerce through
the,years has been impres-
's.ive. Besides spearhead-
ing continuing'efforts to
emphasize the advantages -
sponsored many
ents that have
n to e better kn
The Chamber
to present to
serves 'a unite
and main stree
After all S
any community
as viable cent
long as it fll
and requirement
people in its
'The elterna
community from
mess has gone
days ready tra
a community to
miles away tha
better service.
Co
th
an
mu
mu
of
su
special ev-
contributed
own town.—
continues- -
the area it
d community
t.
eaforth - o
can contl
res only
ls the ne
is of the
district.
tiVe is a
which bu
With t
nsportati
n or twen
t provide
is etces
ble tn' mintrte-S--end'it'is
re people'will gather.
Mpetition isn't .some-
ing that is between people
'd stores within a"com-
htty; it is between cm-
. • '
Service in the chamber
Commerce', as in.any
cces-sful'organization, is
luntary.
Only-by giving something
themselves in time and
fort can men and women
ke. the Pontribution .which
tured his. ankle about six weeks ago is
able to get about again.
A motor has been installed to run the'
pipe organ in the Methodist Church.
The town was in darkness on Saturday
evening and th e power was ,off most of
Sunday.
Weather conditions being perfect, a
large vote was polled' on Monday for the
referendum, the women voters being es-
pedially prominent in every ward. The
result in Seaforth, was a majority of
327, against the importation of liquor
into the province.
The -death -occurred. ifs Goderich, on
Thursday of Mary Gibbons, widow clime
W. T. Hays, and mother of Major Ft; S.
Hays, of Seaforth, in her 82nd year.
• The Challenge euchre held in the club
rooms of the G.W.V. A, between the ladies
and gentlemen, proved a great' success,
about 160 being ,present, which resulted
in a win for the men.
There was , a good attendance at the
baseball meeting held in the G.W.V.A,
rooms when the following Officers , were
elected for the season: - Hon. Pres. Dr.,
• Chas. McKay; Pres. Kenneth Ament;
Treasurer. Thos. Smith; Executive corn-
rnittee, Allan Reid, Ralph Wieland, 'Frank
Cudmore,• Earl Smith; Manager, F. L..
Downey,
Miss Minnie Carlin,. of St. Columban
has rented .her fine farm to Alex Darling
of. Dublin.
APRIL 19th„ 1946.•
Seaforth firemen were called to the
Seaforth. Farmers Co-Operative, Railroad
Street', to extinguish a fire in a truck
owned by Sproat and driven by Wm.
Morris.
A largely attencted meeting,of. Ni. 156
Branch, Seaforth of the Canadian Legion;
held in the 1.0.0.F.Hall, saw fourteen new
members initiated into the Branch. Presi-
dent, H. J. Dunoan occupied the chair. The
new members are C,-A.Baker. H. Earle,
J. E. Brown, R. E. G uth, O.D.Hays,
J. J. Cleary,' J, ,J. Wood, d. Smith, K.
W. CooMbs, W,P.Little, D. Wood, A. Q.
Irvine, F, E, Willis and J. B.' Higgins.
'On Monday evening about 40 relatives
of Miss Elizabeth 13roadfoot,_ R.N. of
Tuckersmith, gathered at the home of Mr.
and Mit. Rey McGonigle, Seaforth,, to
honor her prior to her marriage.
The dwelling on Goderich St. of Harold
Dale has been sold to Miss Martha C.
Fowler, Hilrot Road West.. •-•-•••
Cleave Coombs, who recently returned
from overseas, went to Toronto, to meet
his wife and when they arrived in Egmond-
ville, 50 guests had gathered at the home
of Mr. and Mrs, H. Coolnba to give Mrs.
Coombs a hearty .weicomet home. The
evening was spent in welcome home songs,
with music by Earl Van Egmond and
Walker Hart. -
Hugh Wright of town had the misfor-
tune to have two of his fingers partially
severed while working with a rip-saw
at his borne.
Capt. Fred Jackson, of the Brockville
Miles, who spent the past two years in
Jamaica, a.w.r., hag returned to Canada,
and Spent a few days with his mother,
Mrs. L. C. Jackson,
A. R. Turnbull, of London, England,
'arrived -here to spend a .holiday at the
• of hiS.MOthek, Mrs. G. T. Turnbull.
For most people and especially for
Canadians, spring is usually a time of hope.
The ice and snow have gime, or are going.
The ,days are lengthening, the sun .is
strengthening.
...The world is coming alive again, with
the If1g4t hints of new growth. 3
or a great many people of this
land of ours, this spr'ing fiffers little but"
doubt and despair. There is a dark shadow
lying across this relatiVely clean country
of ours. it's name is Unemployment..
For the first time in aegeneration,,
Canada, this vast and wealthy country, 18
faCing the hard facts -that its economy is
in rough shape.
Thobsands of university graduates will
be scrambling for the jobs that will absorb
half of them. ThouSands of students will be
corripeting for jobs for a quarters of them.
Thousands of skilled workers will be ready
to try anything to make a living.
Maybe it hasn't caught . up with you
yet. But it could. In my town; we had
a boom about three years ago. New
industries came in. New sub-divisions
were developed. Real estate soared. New;
families moved in for all the new jobs,
and the population increased.
This spring, the industries aretob-
piing, it's tough, to ,sell-a house, and men
who have worked 'well and hard for 10 or
15 years are laid off arid looking for work.
The signs are familiar. I was only a
kid during-the worst years of the Depres-
sion, but I remember.
M y father had a prosperous business. He
went broke because people didn't have the
money • to . buy what he. was selling, or
couldn't pay for what they did "buy."
Middle-aged' (late forties), hp didn't
stand a chance when there were hundreds
of, thousands of'. young men. looking for
anything. He was a gentle man, and a
,proud one, and it broke his heart. He
wound up selling coffiriA.-on Commission.
No expenses; pay your own. Try that some-
time, during a depression.
My mother was made of stern stuff,
and with five children, she knew it was a
situation . where pride and dignity had to
go by the board.
She patched and she, Mended and she
sewed and she darned. She took in boarders,
and we kids doubled up. She sold home
baking. She went out arid knocked on doors,
selling cosmetics to women who couldn't
afford a box of face powder.
What It cost her I can only imagine.
But somehow we staggered through. Going
'on relief" was a disgrace to her, and we
never fell that low. She invented new
culinary triumphs like potato-skin 'hash
(when there was no meat) and porridge
soup (when there was no meat or veget-
ables.)
Today, going on relief, or welfare,
doesn't seem to bother many- people.
In fact, for many it is a way of life and
they feel no opprobrium or discomfort,
Their attitude is that the world owes them
a living, no matter how stupid or,useless
or lazy they are.
but it's the prbud ones who are hurt.
A friend of mine was a produCtion manager,
workihg in big industry. He was a good one.
Suddenly, his job didn't exist. He's tried
with all his energy for months to find
something. There's nothing.'He's bitter.
Last week I got a letter froni 'a chap
who 'is desperate. He's sixty, was laid
off from a responsible job in Industry, has
used up his unemployment insurance and
savings, and doesn't know where to turn,
He wants a job, but knows the odds against
him.
Other countries, including those with
almost no natural resources', are flourish-
ing. Canada, ' With Triassic natural re-
sources, is withering on the vine. How
come?
Perhaps the root of the problem it that
our leaders are talkinelmt of both Sides
of their Mouths at once. One side spouts
free enterprise, the other socialism:
• And we are left Witlf one foot in the
boa"( and the other ,;On, gore, as the
boat drifts quietly a t `a3 the land.,
It's becoming an actite•WrIncOtrifortable
position, and somebody else is going tobe
acutely Uncomfortable, in the, near future,
I/ somebody doesn't grab „on oar.
r
nue
as -
eds
s-
o-
on,
ty
of the community, the vo
Chamber has been respon,sible
from year to year fOr other
coMmilnity endeavours such - of
as Christmas'activities ma
and decorations. It is the spells the -difference be-
parent body of the merchant tween a live community and
committee which in turn he's a dead one.
in the Years Agone