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J2AEN
OUT ON A LIMB
(WITH BILL SMILEY)
With trouble in Africa, the Arrow
cancelled, and the j3eriin situation
looming Up, it seems as good ,a
time as ally to give a progress
report on Playboy. For those who
came in late, Playboy' is the blaciispaniel pup we bought for the kids
at Christmas. A charming, ivt
bundle, he was as cute as a Koala
Pltaaf� The youngsters were
en0a1.1mt.
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Christmas, with its ,sentiment, is
long _.gory from us, and we are
battling tbitter winds of March.
And that sweet, little„. roly-poly
puppy is 1•ong gone from us, and
we are :battling a great, rangy,
hairy, leaping, chewing animal
whose veere presence in the house
keeps fly wife in a constant state
of near -hysteria.
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We tried. Oh, how we tried to
bring I inn up properly. We'd. never
had a dog before, and we knew the
first couple of weeks would be
quite a strain, until we had • him
trained to use the papers, stop
crying at night, and do everything
he was told. We thought it might
even take a month. •
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But I must confess that there
are a few complaints. For example,
when he eats out of his dish, hie
ears hang down into his mush and
milk. After the stuff dries, it gives
him the appearance of a dirty old
man Whiase-tobatte ruice-'has dribk
bled, out both corners of his mouth
into his beard.
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” And he smells. Thanks to: Feld-
webel Hermann MVluller, I haven't
been able to smell •anything .&ince
.,;October 15th, 1944. But my wife
assures me; that he stinks. We
tried chlorophyll ,he
in his food,
We brushed him. We gave him` a
bath (and Idon't even want to
talk about that). He got steadily
worse,_ '__aFinally we gave up,_and,
now the kids, from fondling him,
smell just like him, so we're sort
of used to it.
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We got a big shock when .1 took
him to the vet for his shots. The
pup had been scratching himself'
wildly .since we got him.We'd
sprinkled him with flea powder,.
but he kept on biting and chewing
and .flailing himself with his foot.'
My wife said he was lousy. I
scoffed at the idea. Anyone knows
that all pups scratch themselves.
And besides, how could he be lousy
wl?eiv nhe- wac a Choi oughbre4i? 4
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Anyway, the Doc rolled hint
over, parted the hair on his belly.
and pointed out as lively a nest of
'lice as you'd want to see. When I
THE FIXED ".....iNCOMC SQUEEZE
told the Old Girl, she nearly broke Italian affairs, the best and 'most
down. I got her, calmed down, andxpensive she'd ever had. She
we sat there, nervously. scratching told me she'd had to search 'for
ourselves. It dawned on both of two days to find a ,purse to match
us about the same time, that one them.
of the favorite tricks' -of the kids •. �"' * * *
was setting the pup on top of their When• we came in, she put them
heads -holding him there•and•walk- -on the floor, in the, hall,... -and 'was.
ing around the house that way, Whipping around the kitchen in
pretending he was a ,fur hat. r stocking feet making some tea and
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yakking. The'apup was playing
The real problem, however, and around. She went into -the hall.
we might as well face it, is No. 1 Next thing I heard was 'a piercing
and No. 2. We spread the papers scream, followed by, a yelp, then
down, and .after his meal, I hold wild sobbing. He had eaten bath
him there for about ten minutes• toes.. off, her imported shoes.
He reads the headlines with .inter-
est. . When I get a crick in,. my
back ' and release, him, he trots
straight to the nearest patcb of
'bare -floor and -makes a mess on it.
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Oh well these things can be ex-
pected in The best of families, and She didn't even appreciate my.sug-
gestion, were still fond of }tint, He had gestion, the next day, that she -cut
so .many endearing little tricks. the toes of the shoes off cleanly,
Like running between my
it took the' combined strength of
Hugh. and I to hold her, while Kim
scooped up the pup, ran with him
to his room, and shot the bolt from
the inside. For the next 24 hours
she alternately wept over her .shoes
and threatened to murder the dog.
legs knock the spike heels off, and
when I was staggering out with a make them.into toeless sandals.
big load of ashes. Or jumping
frantically when you were putting
down his bowl of food. knocking.'
his head on it and sending it all
over the floor. You couldn't help
but love him.
ed at a, 1:912•13.cost of $13,000,000.
FIRST SKYSCRAPER
The Coo \‘ ort u < ng.
York City. the world's first truly,
modern skyscraper, was construct -
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Bu.t•.+he.nearly...go.t_.the
.. axe _last
week. We'd been out somewhere.'
My wife, as women will,. had` worn
snowboots, and carried her shoes'
in her'. hand. They were extra-'
special shoes.` - T7iose.,sleek, spiky
FIRST 5c STORE
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F. W. \Voalworth opened the
first "Five -cent store" in Utica.
N.Y., in February, 1879.
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Deportation Face
By Teen-ager'
WhoSiole Cars
A tall, 18 -year -Old English im-
migrant, who stole • a Goderich
man's car, faces deportation.
Police Chief Fred Minshal1 -said
in magistrate's court Thursday that
.the immigration department has 'a
warrant out for Michael A. Gott-
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• land.
Magistrate D. E. Hblmes remand-
ed the 182«pound youth to jail
for one mote` week. He is to be
Sentenced today. N•
Art an earlier hearing, Gouland
pleaded guilty ,,to stealing a 'car
belonging. to 1-iarold Shore, of
Goderich.' He' also, admitted taking
a car from Owen Sound.
Gouland said he came to Canada
in- late 1957 under, a plan spon-
sored by the YMCA and, the' United
Church. He was given a job on a
farm but was fired after two weeks.
"I. didrr't know,..a thing about
farming," stated the'lative of Lon-
, -11011", ,
He said he tried unsuccessfully
to, find a job in. Peterborough, then
was convicted of car theft. Later,
- at Smiths Falls, he was found"
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guilty of possessing a stolen car.
Gouland, who claimed to be
qualified as a nursing orderly, stat-
ed that he had a job in a hospital
at Smiths Falls until police 'arrest-
ed him and told him, he was being
held for 'deportation,,. •
didn't -want ,.,- be . deported,
so I escaped from the jail and took
off," he told' +Magistrate Holmes.
He worked in the hospital. at
Woodstock under an alias , for a
while before going to Owen Sound.
He took a car there, abandoned' it
near Goderioh and stole , Mr.
Shore's auto:*
Crown • Attorney. H_, Glenn . Hays.
produced a -toy cap • pistol in a
holster, Which he said Mr. Shore
had found in the car after it was
returned, to him. '
The magistrate ' 8ted that Gou-
land had been given suspended
sentence on the. convictions at
Peterborough' and Stniths -Falls but
had failed to go straight.
It appeared from past perform-
ance that Gouland was not likely
to become ' a citizen worthy of
Canada, observed the magistrate.
He thought the youth would be
better out of this country.
FIVE -CENT SHOVEL
The first sale_.to "bp..made--by
F.. W. Woolworth in the world's
first "Five -Cent Store" was a fire
shovel to an unidentified lady.
Cost of , the ,item was five cents,
on $100. or more invested for 5 years
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$3.50 PER WEEK
The first weekly wage earned by
F. W. Woolworth, founder of .the
great chain- whieh•»-bears -h nain-er
was $3.50. He worked on . three
months' trial without pax,,,hefore
being granted the wage.
SALES TOTAL '$127.65
F. W. Woolworth's first success-
ful "5 -cent store" was located at
Lancaster.,...P.:end.--. .,.opening -days,.
along with seven clerk's and his
wife, Jennie, a native of Picton,
Ontario, the store sold goods valu-
ed at a total $12'7.65. •
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84 -HOUR WEEK •
In 1873, at the age of 21, F. W.
Woolworth, founder of the great
chain which hears _his ille>� "w
hired by a Watertown, N.Y. • store
on three 'months trial without pay.
He worked , an 84 -hour week as
stockroom boy and. janitor.
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