The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-02-14, Page 17„
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You'd think the Smileys
,could have one. tiny grandchild -
with rib Milre than the u§tral
anxiety and expectancy.
Nota chance. Theyliad
turn it into a three-ring eircuw.-5,
Just about the time the wee
lad was due to arrive,. I
provided the first, ring. 1.
racked up my car. Not
seriously.* Just enouglk so it .
cOuldn't be drivem, ' it 'was
during: the holidays, and bet-
ween these and relentle,ta
storms, day • after -day, the
repair's took twice as long as
they would have normally.
No transport. But we had to
be there when his nibs" arrived.
It's a hundred miles away.
Result was a nightmare of taxis
and buses.
There's.nothing more dismal
than riding a bus in mid-
winter. It's either a super -
modern one, with the heat tur-
ned up so that you are gasping
for breath and sweating like a
wrestler, or it's an old-timer,
.with no heat and a draft that
would freeze the brains. of a
brass monkey coming in around
the wpidow.
There's riOtliing more
frustrating than waiting for a
cab. It's nW'problem down-
town in the city. • You can flag
one down on the street. .But
when You, are in a reinote
suburb, you"d be.better Off with
a dog team. We waited 55
minutesfor a cab one night, af-
ter five phone -CEO'S; on each of .
--which4 mas-assured--"He's on
'the way," a 'pure and
downright lie.
My daughter, true to family
form, provided a ring two f the
cirCus." I'm onlY glad I wasn't
there, or you'd be reading My
obituary. inatead ,of 'a -coluenn
this week.
• She began getting signs that
the little stranger was
developing claustrophobia and
wanted to see the light of day.
Nothing violent, but enough to
send 'my wife into aCtion, With
all guns. .. , .
"Hang on. 'Well be right
uri." .Up • meant upto the
university apartment where
she and her husband are living.
It's right out in the country
and a br7ute to get at, unless
you have a car. '
My ,Wife commandeered my •
bother-in-law,'and he drove her
there: Naturally, •the young
conple doesn't have* a car.
Potential Granny dashed
into the building, and was just'
starting up on. the elevator,'
_when she heard a di4rpbodied
voice asking, there anyone -
there' '
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She was, more than a little
startled., It was the voice of
her, son-in-law, and it seemed.
to be corning out of the walls.
It was. He'and my
daughter, the pregnant). kid,
were-, 'stuck in tilt wilt)ityilv-
eleira tor, beTween 1,10..m..„; They,
w.eren't stuck because she was„?
pregnant 2 but , because ,the
elevato'Hiad ' ceased
to descend . -4..,hey:d- been, cr
Their '4ay. down.
Well, how does" that. grab
you, as Melodrama? It's like
something•you'd see on one of
those 'medical ries ton TV.
If I'd been there, I'd haVe.
fainted dead away and , been
carted off. My wife ia made of
sterner stuff, She can get ,
hysterical about: a cat crapping
On -a carpet,„ ' But when it
comes down .to real trouble,
she's right on.
And my brother.1n4aw is a
great man in a „crisis. He
posted my wife where,she could
talk to the two kids trapped in
the elevator. Then herounded
up the troops: security guards,
SPICE
bg BILL MU
Association t
superintendents, and elec. Using the ladder, they had
trician. ' , „ " clinibed out of the elevator and
They tried everything.- , A . crawled; through that juat-big-
ha If hour. passed. -NO-thing. --briough - hole; -,on tb* the second
An hour. Nothtng worked. floor.
They celled the elevator corn- « Needles to say, • loy reigned
pany. It was New Year's Day. • supreme, „Laughing and
A recorded message.. Tension' hugging and kissing.
grew. It was like a wake. Nobody had gone haywire in
Pregnant woman trapped in a nasty situation. The :kids
stalled elevator. : had. hot panicked. In fact,
After nearly an hour an& a Kim sat on the floor :and
half, my -son-fn-law, one Of the . almost, went to sleep. My wife
trappees,: had an idea: There, kept her head, through an hour
was a small sPace at the hot- and a half of mental anguish.
,tom of their elevator car, but --My -brother-in-law 'came out
Kim, with her bulging' belly,:
„couldn't get through it.- There
*as' a little more room:at the.
top.
If they could .set through,
from one -elevator car to the
other, maybe...
The' rescuers found a panel
between the -elevator cars. It
was rern6Yed., The electrician
was skinny. He was hoisted Up
and crawled through the hole.
A-, ladder was haisted and
passed to him. Silence.
After a few minutes of this,
the rescuers started pounding
the wall and shouting. No an -
',men Panic. They were just
about to call the fire depart:
ment when the kids and the
electrician 'walked down' the
stairs, into the lobby,.. •
• •
Sorority
„
feeling like, Horatius„, at the
bridge.
Well, all turned out, fine.
But the third ring of the circus
was 'supplied to my wife. First
day the baby rwas home, -she
was going up to see him, and
her own 'Child.
A.:young woman had ehrown
herself in. front ofa., suliway
train, and it took Ty wife three
hours to get efie",re.
Why can't we have a :grakl:
'child without. all this fooferaw?
Ph, well. At least, the first
tirnell'e crosses the borderinto
the States„when he's'aboUt gix-
teen, and one of those snarly
U.S. Immiiration Aficerg sayg:,
"Where were you born?", he
won't :have to answer, "Duh, in
4n elevator: -
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but cannot afford vase
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The January meeting of the of Maurice van der Meer and
Gbderich and "District' Gary Davidson,:
Ass6ciation for the. Mentally .• ..'MxsrEvelyn Garroll repotted
Retarded' was held in Queen, on the Christrnas,.catrd sale. It
Elizabeth School January 21.
Nine pgrsons were in atten-
dance.
Vice-Prekident Bill Cameron
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presided. He gave details of the
Benefit' Hockey Game in sup-
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port of Goderich and District
-.Association for,, the Mentally
Retarded,' with: CKNX
Tryhtiftis vs Signal -Star Paper
Leafs on Felituary 24. En-
thusiasm and appreciation
were shown by the members of
the Association.
The election of officers- will
take place At the upcoming
„...Yebruary ',meeting. The
nominating corprilittee consists
was not as successful in d973
some years but Mrs. Carroll
thanisedN.11 -those vvho help9d.
Oe of the members asked
for pertinent informatiopregar-
ding&pensirns etc: for the retar-
deff'adults and Aeaineti the
followihg:
Mentally Retarded adults
receive a "disability pension of
$115.00 per month. Out of this w
they must Nity $15.06 a month
,to defray operating \costs at the
Workshop. For their tasks at
the Workshop they are paid .06'
per 'hour which comes to $1.60
peweek or $6.49 per month..
Legion gets ready
to accept tank,
An advance party of three
'members of the Toronto 5er-
vire Battalion (Militia) ‘:isited
the, Goderich-togkBranch Ofl
Saturday,, February 9 to corn-
Plete plariSmfor transportation
of a Sherman Tank from
Toronto -to Goderich.
The Sherman, now deac-
tivated and repainted, was pur-
chased'hy Branch 10.9 last -year
and wilrOccuPY a Wilicrte tt
eh"e ea:-.;53T-frie
aircraftafSky ,H -arbour airp,ort.
'Brandi president R. Chap-
man and the. members of' the
advance party made a recon-
naissance ,of -the site at -Sky
H a r bo u r a nd to resee ,no
problems -in • winching .r the thirty -ton mom4ter ont,o it's
final resting place beside the -
Lancaster.
Money talks and it is the: only
conversation worth having
when times are had. (Fred
Allen)
P lo nI June Bait
. A meeting of the Beta ...Theta
'Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi was .
held, on Tuesdayevening,
'February 5 at -the home of
President,. Verna 'Kane. * Fif-
teen members, repeated the
opening ritual. ,
Further ,planning was
di,ctissed for the June Ball to
be held on Saturday, June 8 at
Saltford Valley Hall. Music
will be .supplied by the
Bluetones. , Tickets will be.sold._ Spring is in the •air -
at $12.00 a couple. ' This will starlings, crows, robins al.1 seen
include .a smorgasbord dinner - in the area .- spring.ploughing
, folloWing- -the- dance-' • 4-,--
, being, done - Eldon Bradley.'
. 4,o,an Spittal reported ft -or - ploughed ten acres on the Jim
' the seryieLproject for this year, ' Bradley farm recently. • .
is -Well under way.„ The chap- Mrs. Maxine Luther ', was
'ter has donated $125.00 to called on• the• "Who am I"
, Aloxandra. Marino Hospital: to -progranirrie;:put wa-unable to
. be used for. crib rriattresseS., identify' theperson. . • o..
. high chairs, and •sitters , which • FCL. MacKenzie among.
. arg needed in .their nursery. ' ' many others. from the Lucknow
.... The • -culture program was area is holidaying in the' South.
• given by Joan Spittal on "Ex..-:' - -1Vir.' and ' Mrs. Olit,er*
press' Yourself'.
folloWed the closing
tunch
ritual,
A retarded adult may earn
$24.00 a month without the
Pension being affected. Mem-
bers agreed that the trainees
are not paid sufficient wages
but the 'Association cannat
af-
ford higher wages at the
present time.
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