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4A OODER SIGNAL -STAR, THtRSOAX,.1R8t14Ry Z9,
1972
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Be careful, of wishes
Dear Ann Landers: 1
•recognized`'•`No Name Lady,'' they
divorcee who • was keeping
company with two,married mete --
one Monday; .Wednesday and
Friday -the other , s'uesday, '
•�"'l�f%ursclayane '` �r ay: I aj;so .
recognized myself. I'm Tuesday,
• Thursday and Saturday.
"Lady's" letter made me
.curious` as to the, identity of
Monday,' Wednesday and Friday
so I di'apped by last Monday and
used my key to let myself in the
back door.
She was, entertaining the
gentleman in the bedroom -and I
rv?cogniz'edhi''s yoi•ce-an old buddy
of mice. I noticed his shoes in the
living room and I decided to play a
little joke. l took one shoe and on
the way home I pitched it into Lake
Calhoun.
,-When the rna-n's wife reads this,
and I KNOW she will, because
everybody• reads your column in
the Minneapolis Tribune,' she'1r
know why her husband came home
last Monday, night wearing one
shoe. -Fun in Minneapolis
'Dear Clown::I didn't realize
.people in Minneapolis were so
starved for fun, but thanks for
writing. It's interesting. to know
what some people considera joke.
I. just hope . the guy didn't come
-hunn'a.wiih a frozen foot' It was 25
d•Igrees berow, zero up•theref
Dear Ann Landers: I'm 24,
married to a wonderful man. We
have two darling children and I
wouldn't trade thy life with anyone
-I know, but I have a terrible habit
that I can't seem t� break and it's
hurting our marriage. I 'telephone
my mom at least• two. or three
times every day -just to gab. Some
days I'll call her. six times. I know
this is childish but.I can't control
myself,
I run, into trouble when my
•
husband tries t� telephone. me
from his -office and --tile line--- is.
busy. • He gets• very annoyed
because he knows I'm talking to
Mom. When he's at home
weekends, and he hears me call
her he blows his top.
Willis not a person wh9 tries
to hang onto her children and she
rarely calls me. We have a good,
relationship and she has, never
made Inefeel that I ann, pestering
hemr. Pteas.e,' Ann, help me. -Salem
•Dear Mouth: A Problern
recognized is half solved. Now fpr
the other half. Before you make
your first and hopefully, ONLY
call of the day to Mom, jot down on
a piece of paper the things you
want to say: Give it at least ten
Minutes thought. If something
occurs to you after you've hung
up', make note of it for
TOMORROW'S call. Obviously
you are a phone-a-holic. Think of
one other person you can .call
instead. How about your mother -
in -lawn? °
Dear Ann Landers: Me writing
.Ann Landers -•I can't believe it.
•But I'm desperate for advise. I'll
make it short and to the point. I'm
in love with a fine young woman,
age 20 (I'rn 23), and we want to get
married when she• finishes
• college and • we can manage
'financially. The problem is -her
mpther. She dislikes me and 1
an'tfigure out why. When Martha
brings up my name, her mother's
response is, "You can do"a lot
better."
Mama is the most
overpowering, domineering
woman I've eyer met, She has
flicked husbands for Martha's two
-Older sisters and madelife
miserable for a. third daughter
who married against 'her wishes.
Martha is scared to death of her
mother. She says she loves me but
she thinks maybe we'd better call
iteff. Whet can I do? If I lose my
• girl on account of her -mother I'll
=die. -Woe Is Me .
DearWoe: If you lose your girl,
it won't- be: on account ofher
mother. It'll be on account of the
girl: My advise'is-relax.,
Remeber that wise old French
adage, "Becareful what you wish
,for, you might get it."
TODAY'S CHILD
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NEEDS A HOME SOON
Here is .Tony, an appealing five-year-old of English. and Italian
descent. Tony is a slight, solidly tlui It boy with lovely dark blue eyes,
brown hair and fair skin. He -is healthy and active, loves rough and
tumble play and is a good traveller. '"' ,. •
There is some urgency about finding adopting parents to`ir Tony
very soon. Aichange in his foster family is making it necessary for
Tony to leave that home .within a, few weeks and the Children's Aid
Soeie ty' hop es he Will have only one move.— to a permanent home
with a mother and father of his own. , '
Tony is a Iovabl a youngster with a delightful personality. He is.shy
at first; but soon makes friends and is,very affecfipnate. He ehjoys
music and likes to beat time with a drum dor tambourine. He is fond
of books and, television, especially Sesame Street and Galloping
bourmet.. He likes 'playing outdoors --loves the water'and plays
happily with his tricycle or scooter. • '
This lad is not-., expec,ted to be a eadem ically minded and he_ h as
been slow in :speech. However, he ',is progressing With Speech
therapy, wh ich will likelybe needed for another year:
Tony needs an affectionate,' active family who will want to help
him with his speech difficulties. Isthere a family with those
qualities needing a dear little son? To inquire about adopting Tony,
please write soon to Today's Child, Box 888, Station K , Toronto. For'
'gener al adoption i nform ation ask yo u r Children' s Aid Societ y.
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In.a nostalgic mood today,.
I've been thinking that, with
the onslaught of the Speed
Age, .many . of 'our fine old
Canadiantraditions have
fallen by the wayside, died
on 'the vine,or- simply lain
down and curled up their
toes.
One of the first to; go, of
course, was the blacksmith.
It hurts me to face the
truth: that most people to-
day under thirty have never
known the sensory joys of a
blacksmith's shop.
At this time of year,
small boys used to squeeze
through the ramshackle
door, 'and edge as close as
they could to the fire, freez-
ing their bums and roasting
their cheeks. There was a
fine acrid stench of.' horse
manure and scorched
hooves. There was the leap
ing flame as The bellows
blew. There was the ringing
clang as the smith°beat out
the white-hot metal be-
tween hammer and anvil,
acid the satisfying hiss when
the hot metal was plunged
into the cold water. ' •
At a certain age, most
male kids would have set-
tled happily for the life of a
blacksmith,' a .free soul who
spent his days doing the
•most fascinating work in -the
world.
The decline , of the•
Smithy, of course, was
brought about by the grad.
ual phasing out •of another
tradition -- the horse-drawn
vehicle. ,
I wonder how many kids
of this generation have ever
spent a winter Saturday
"catching -bobs",. This 'was ,
our term for jumping on the
backof farmers' sleighs.
All• day Long "the farmers
came and went to ani front '-
town. And •all, day' long we
hopped on behind a load of
grain, left that for a load or -
°
° sup hos going the other
W ,,pocked up a sleigh
pt ed: with logs for the re-
turn trip, and •shivered with •
• delfghf td fear:as the farmers
shouts at us, ,and even.
soometit., es flourished. their
whips to our direction.
As we grew a little older,
about ;12, we graduated t�
' catching'' on the Wing a cut.
ter. This was mole daring
and more dangerous because
they could really fly, , the
roomer was much smaller,
and the farmer 'could . turn
around'and belt you one of
the tat`.
Most of them, of course,
were pretty decent. I know
now that they were more
worried about us 'getting
' hurt in a fall than they were
aboutthe extra weight their ;
horses had to pull.
Then there were the
- .butchers' cutters. ''hese
consisted of a- sort' of box„
with runners beneath, and a
' step at the back for the
• driver' to stand on. The t
horses were not plugs, but
real road -runners that went
line 'a bat out of hell. They
were every bit as exciting as
a Roman chariot, and the
drivers were the env}; • of- -•
every boy, in fur caps, reins
in one hand, whip in the
other, as they tore through
the town like furies. -. , "
• And I wonder' how many
boys have played hockey all
day on a frozen river,, when
a hard shot the goalie miss-
ed might slide for a quarter
of a mile. We never had to
worry about •,ice -time, or
changing lines; We could
play until_ we were pooped,
then sit by the bonfire until
rested, and have another go.
And there were alyvays
twenty or thirty playing at
once, . so everybody got a
whack at the puck. Some
° great stick; handlers, came
out of that. era.
Think of the depths to
which we have sunk. The
THEi.VA'Y1T WAS
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smithy, with its light and:
shadows, its reds and blacks,
its earthy smells, its sense df
life, has been replaced, by
the garage, a' sterile thing
.with its cement, floor, its
reek 'of gas• and oil, and its
unspoken • assurance that
this -is -gonna -cost -you -plenty
-buddy: -
The cutter, swift; and
light as a bird, no longer
skims the snow. It has been
replaced by a stinking, snarl-
ing, skidding beast that only
modern man could abide
the snowmobile.,
No more meat -cutters,
careening around the cor-
ners on one runner, deliver-
ing in any weather: Now, we
plod like zombies 'through.
the supermarket, to moron-
ic
piped -in music, and pick
up the odourless, antiseptic,
cellophaned' ~packages '-the
great gods Dominion, •Lob-
law or Safeway have assign-
ed to -us, and carry them
humbly to our cars, three
blocks away.
• Our kids have -to get up
at five a.m. to play ho'ckeyti'
and irthey're not real "kill-
ers", .get about four minutes -
ice -time.
Ah, those were the days!
And I haven't even begun
on the most vital of all win -
.ter equipment the' puck
consisting of . a frozen
horse -bun:
North St. U.C.'W.
discusses Zambia scene
The Afternoon Unit of North St.
U.C.W. met in the church parlour
with an excellent attendance.
Assistant leader Mrs. Clairmont
was• in Charge of the program.
Mrs. Clairmont read Psalm 714.
Mrs, Marie Hughes was the
speaker ft* the afternoon. The'
topic. was Africa, particularly °'
Zambia, where Dr. Hughes'
sister and her husband (Mr. and
Mrs. Harry' Glaves) carry on
their work, '
•
The church, in Zambia is
ecumenical. The government Is
gradually asailmrng
responsibility of hospitals and
schools. The U.C.W. of North St.
• haves • supplied material % for .°
bedspreads for anew 20 bed T.B.
° wing at Senettga Hospital where
Mr. O1aves is Administrator.
Mips, Cia!r, otyt thanked the
speaker and Miss, ° McGowan'
closed' this part -of the -meeting
with prayer.
Mrs. Buchanan presided over
the business period. -Reports
were read and adopted. Pyjamas
and yarn for Childrens' Aid work
was given out. •
World Day of Prayer March 3 in
Victoria Sty United' Church, was
announced..
A very interesting meeting
closed, with the Mizpah
Benediction.
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