The Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-08-16, Page 7The „,Crodericb: Signal -Stas`, Thu day,. A gu,lt 16th, ' I
By Bill Smiley
Isn't it odd how the weather
changes. with your age? Take
summer, for example. The
older you get, 'the shorter- and
colder the summer gets.
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When a boy is ten years old,
and school lets out, summer
stretches ahead for gpproxim-
ately six months. That's prob-
VIIK‘ ably the best age of all for a
boy„ He hasn't one single
worry in the world. He doesn't
care what he' looks like. • He
doesn't have. any work to do.
Girls don't interest him in the
slightest. ° He lives in a wonder-
ful world in which the boundary
between fact and fantasy ' is
merely an imaginary, line.
He can swim for hours, until
his lips "are bluer than his eyes.
Or he can lie on his back in
the grass() and watch the clouds
sail by. Or he can play hall in
the. burning sun when anybody
else would collapse•." He can
eat an entire meal, in four min
utes flat and be out the door
again. - He can drink eight bot-
tles ofpop and eat four ice
cream cones without turning a
hair. Ah, .wouldn't it be grand
to be ten again, when summer
lasts forever and is always hot?
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If ten is the best of all pos-
sible ages for a boy, fifteen is
probably the worst. Especially
in summer. If his ,pmprents• are
not well off, he has to work,
and he envies bitterly the rich
kids who can, go off to summer
camp or family cottage. If his
.parents have lots of money, he
resents having to' go to the
cottage, where there's nobody
but women and kids, and he
envies the Ivcky kids yyho have.
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At fifteen, the average male
is acutely aware of (a) girls;
(b) his complexion, which drives
him to thoughts of. suicide; (c)
money, of which he never has
enough; and (d) girls. Summer
is pure torture for this bird,
who invariably falls deeply in
love with somebrown-legged
girl who is just .yisiting for a
couple of weeks. His heart is
broken. when . she leaves, and
,e writes her sickeningly senti-
mental letters for three weeks
after school- starts in Septem-
ber..
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By the time the male animal
gets into his early twenties,
summer is once again a fine
thing. His only` complaint is
that it's . not long enough. He
works hard and plays twice as
hard. He drives two hundred
miles• to fish, or plays thirty-six
holes of golf, or dances all
night, without any noticeable
decrease in stamina.
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He has the world by the tail,
a car -on a down payment, three
girls who think he'sthe most,
nothing in the bank, and little
more in his head, 'except, an
excellent opinion of himself.
Summertime was made for him.
Now, let's look at .him ten
years later. What? That's not
him! Not that thin, haggard
(dr fat; flabby) fellow coming
home from work on a summer
evening with his shirt all stuck
to him and the martyr's look
on his face!
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Watch him as he .picks. up
the tricycle and the sand 'pail
lying on the front walk, surveys
the ,fawn mournfully, drags him-
self into the house and heads
straight for the refrigerator.
It's the --same character, all
right. Only now he's in . what
is known as "the prime of life."
That means he has kids; a
first and second mortgage on
the house, and eight payments
to, go on the car. He's at the
,age where he's "getting estab-
lished" in his career. In other
words, .he's working himself
silly at his job so that he can
keep up the payments on his
house so that he can come home
at night and Work himself silly
mowing the lawn, weeding' the
garden, painting the trim or
building the patio. For a big
entertainment deal, he can take
the family for a little drive and
buy them ice cream cones. At
this age, it doesn't matter much
whether it's winter or summer.
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When a man"' gets into -his
sixties,
summer should be a
time of leisure and pleasure.
By then, he should be able to
take. plen4Lof holidays, ,go fish.:
ing .whenever he feels like it,
or just sit on the verandah and
rock. In 35 years he has learn-
ed how to handle his wife and
his life, or` should„have. His
children have grown up and
are living in the city. Summer
should be a time of drowsy
peace.
So what does he get1 Grand-
children. Hordes of them. It's
too hot in the city' for the little
darlings, so„ mummy brings them
up to visit their granny. For
the Ashok*, horrible `summer.'
That' tear up gr'arpa's•"flower.
bed's, disturb • his siesta, *rock
his power Mower and maifo hint
driver thane out for swims on.
dates when the sun Wetili stun
(Contributed)
For the thirty-third consecu-
tive year the descendants of
the late Murdock and Donald
MacDonald and their sister,
Mrst Christy Harris answered
the call of the clan. Their usual
Meeting p1age isamong the
fragrant cedars of the Hills -of -
Home in Ashfield above the-
quietly
hequietly flowing .stream which.
brings back so many fond mem-
ories to 'all of us.
From the unfurling of: the
flag of Scotland and the Union
Jack until the last strains of
Auld Lang Syne, the hills rang
with the skirling of the bag-
pipes, the laughter of the child.
ren and the hearty greetings
and hand clasps of the aulde
folk. ° -
Our eldest •member, D. A.
MacDonald, faithfully recorded
130 present. He also presented
our youngest member, baby
Heather MacDonald, five -day-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken.
neth ° MacDonald with a fitting
remembrance. Mr. and Mrs. D.
H. Agnew, of Plymouth, Mich..,
were the couple coming„the
farthest, even driving aund
by Manitoulin Island to be sure
to win the award. The newly-
wedswere the • blythe of spirit,
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Stothers, of
Lucknow. Mr. and Mrs. Don-
ald • Simpson had the, largest
family • present of eight bra'
lads and one bonnie lassie.
The jovial president, Mr. Bill
Harris, of Ripley, planned a full
program of sports and enter-
tainment. The young and d the
not so 'young; ran races, kicked
the slipper and scrambled` for
peanuts. • A special treat for
the equestrians and - horse -lov-
ers
lov-ers was provided by Tom and
George MacDonald who con-
ducted rides_ on_ their.. beautiful
,rides
horses, and " by
Paul Harris and Bill Campbell
with a handsome prize-winning
Palomino. -
As we relaxed... after partak-
ing of a sumptuous supper, we
remained in our circle around
our platform and piano and
were highly entertained, Mary
Finlayson and Joan MacKenzie,
of Lucknow, delighted us with
their Highland dancing. It was
heart-warming to • behold the
-graceful steps of. our veteran
artists of ,Scottish dancing,
Bruce Cameron, of Detroit. A
sing -song of ° Segttish airs was
ably led by Miss Marian -Munn,
of Ripley. John MacRae, of
Lochalsh, in his Scottish brogue,
sang as only he can. The pipers
in their *idles who added
color and music to the day were
D, A. MacLennan, Murray 'Mac-
Donald,
MacDonald, David MacDonald and
Finlay MacLennan; but greatly
missed were the lilting tunes
of "Uncle Alex's” fiddle. S
Those sadly missed . were'
James MacDonald, of Montana;
Alex MacDonald, of Lochalsh,
and Mrs. Stanley Drennan, of
Kincardine, who passed on dur-
ing the year.
Friends were present from
Kintail, Lucknow, Ripley, New-
market, Teronto, Hamilton,
Preston, Detroit, Windsor and
Sarnia.
To you who were not able to
be with us, you were in our
thoughts and we hope to have
you among us next year.
As deepening shadows sank
into night the clan parted with
the oft heard remark, "This
was the best reunion yet."
To create one job in heavy
industry in Canada : now re-
quires an investment of about
$20,000 in plant and equipment.
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st
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Yep, the menfolks have their
ups and downs in sum'iner. For
women; of course, it's different.
They love summer:" Whether
`they're three or 83, they go
around with practically nothing'
on, reduce the cooking to soup
and peanut butter sandwiches,,
acid have little _rests in the
cool of the house while -their
,males are out doing battle.
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