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Getting younger every minute. Let’s try the fishing. Drive to special spot with friend who knows where the big ones are. Might through swamp and slash Co dark, brooding pool behind “Raver dam. Lie down on beaver cles ominously. Three perfect Wings that would make Arnold Palmer green. Step up to; ball, Ignoring admiring, awed looks of ivomen. lock! Straight down the tairway, 120 yards in flight and I 10-foot roll. Not a day over Mt. l I can see myself now, at the beach. Take off the sunglasses. Stand up to my full "height of five-foot-eight. And a half. Suck h the flab. Saunter to water's 'edge, glancing nonchalantly at bikinis, ramps and bosom. Stride straight in. Swim like a paddle- wheeler for 20 yards. Pretend to 'ioat on back while regaining wind. Stride out, all, clean, brown, and not a day of 31. Or on the first tee. Eight am. Smell of _sun and glass. Flex mug- There’s nothing to do but try to exist through this hiatus. And one of the best ways to make it possible is to think about how young ,you will be in July. Right now, I'm middle-aged or older. The snow hasn't quite gone from the shaded corners. Mud is ubiquitous. The gr/rt,', season is over and the go t and fishing haven't begun. There is no real Promise of spring, except that my winter boots are leaking, always I good sign. _ What it is, of course, is a state of mind. Some people up middle aged in their Ms, and others in young in their 705. 0r it’s a time of year. I am extreme We aged in April and November, and I'm sure you are, too. What is my 1trfr, ill Your tultti,t,tl,, our " is in that M U ”in h you're Sos, in.“ gut 6. At AS, it'sp-iasthiietNts. And if you’re I hale III - SS, you just might admit, in a Weak moment, that you My as middle-aged. Effective April 13th, all residents of the City of Waterloo who are 66 years of age or older will be eligible for a pass which will allow them to purchase trolley and crosstown bus tickets at one-half the normal cost. Registration for these passes will take place during the week of, April 13th to 17th from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. each day in the Waterloo Square Mall, opposite K-Mart. Tickets may also be purchased (any number of sheets) during registration at a cost of $1.00 for a sheet of 12 tickets. Please complete and clip the following form and bring it with you to Waterloo Square: ADDRESS ... AGE .... NAME 1witrrtoaryHvrtahaif-ferxrttusr-and_ceeifjthatrantarrsamuaee or older and a resident of the City of Waterloo. FOR OFFICE USE ONLY After the initial registration period of April 13th to 17th, passes and bus tickets may be obtained ONLY at City Hall. Half-Fare Bus Service For Senior Citizens I've lost at least no years Just writing this column. I'm not even afraid to so and look in the mirror. I know that behind those dewlaps, that gaunt and harassed look, lies a light-hearted youth of not more than " A smile and the wrinkles turn up, instead of down. A wink, and I'm ready to go out on the town. Now, don't carry this to ex- tremes. Don’t get out your baby pictures, or the one of your Sun. day School class. Ymiweep at your lost innocence and sob over your smeared purity. Like every- thing else, the cure for middle- agedness should be taken in mod- eration. But take it. In the cold, dull damp 1rtApril in Canada, we all need something to prevent us from going mad. Neither booze nor barbiturates will help. Just think young. P.e...mmt. TELPHONE NO. .PP... Another trick that works is to get out the old pictures. There’s the fighter pilot, with handlebar moustache, the deadly, whimsical, lifted: eyebrow that used to slay the WAAFS, and the cocky look of a kid who can never be killed. grow old or get married. , There's the football picture. "Biit Smiley, bb." That meani halfback, not half baked. Close my eyes anal can feel the clean smack of the ball into my hands as l leap for a high pass. And drop it. Not a day over 19. (Please Print) CITY OF, WATERLOO DATE (Signature) = u tb . Td', m." Ml G. iS v?“ » a. L» , , - _ . . . t '." A s: 'tjill, » V 'e iEil,all, Fb', f . a . T “K a“? '1“ ‘ ra- ' ._ w", ‘1 l c?, " " M Mrst . Ilii - I " .. a. iTrsiut' at First United Church within moments of the noon orri'nine, Ffiday. Booklovers sighed with contentment as they discovered Profits were up approximately $300 on last year's event, which like all previous sales proved tremendously popular with the public and successful for the organizers. “We had excellent books this year," said Carolyn Rachael, one of the group of hard-working women who say -svork for the next year’s sale begins the day after this year's event ends. About 12,000 books changed hands, an average 10 per person, when the K-W University Wo- men's Club held its sixth annual hook sale, Friday and Saturday. Boolworms’ Helig/It Crowds jammed Hilliard ma TRe youngster Gay be bored lit tho 1&th had a [tall at last week’s hook ale. K; 'i'iirh Two-day sale ups profits $300 E33 gt: r, a One Winn scooped up a tran. slation of Boccaccio's Decaneron with glee " a t0-yettroid beside her pounced on How to Write Without Knowing Nothing. breathing from incomplete editions of encyclopedia to back treasures stashed among the rows of books that coyered the long little old Indies forget their rheumatism in the excitement of exploring the possibilities in the boxes jammed beneath the tables and behind the moving mass of FOR YOUR FREE COPY WRITE: Please forward ra The 19Worttttrlo deget ta The 1970 Budget Digest --Budget highlights In xi ADDRESS KM)" T'lllilE 1970 '", @ONTARIO "!8:llil,fj,llii'jl" wit"')' --Budget Mghihrhts Tn simplified form -cornpleu text and siipporttng papers .......q............e..q........oe......q.......... .....................q....e.............re...o... ...............-.-....e...t........... The "on. Charla lacNau Mon, Treasurer and Minister of "l,'e'l','/,,,-c,, Queen’s Park, Toronto 182, Ontario. [In Hon. cum; FpcNiygrhton, is now available Your copy of a Got the can“... My 0! Ontario's provincial fhtttnclttI plctun. This information ls available h complete text with supporting petpSN--ttr In an easy-broad simplified form that presents " the budget highlights. of the nucleus of a' library for the dropin centre he directs. Organizers gave him his pick courtesy 9f the club. Proceeds from the sale will be used at provide --The 37th mm] B. Mabel mm. haln award to the top Grade " student in each local high school. --A $300 bursary to a local till entering university. t issues of the National Gem“ magazine were grabbed by the book hunters. -. . Steven Men from the iik Angel arrived Saturday in search