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"Anyway, I wanted to tell you how so many people prayed for my poor husband. He died March 0. I really believe all the prayers helped him accept it. He got pneumonia suddenly, had the last â€"rites, went into a coma and died. He was quite thin, but could have lived down to skin and bones, because he had a strong heart and was only 51. "It broke his right hip and his pelvic bones. He turned over on his stomach and crawled a quarterâ€"mile to the road. He had our faithful dog with him and "He used to tell of all the close calls he had had as a prisoner. Then, one day, he was riding a tractor, standing up and looking for a new calf. The big wheel hit a hole and then another, and threw~him over the front and the tractor ran over him. ‘"Then he went to an A.A. cénâ€" tre. It was terribly hard on him, but he quit for six years. Then he ended up with cancer. farm and father four boys, he was an alcoholic for six years. "He came home in °45 and quite a few of his chums died of lung conditions soon after the war. Anyway, his nerves were really bad and with trying to the rest of his days so he‘d nevâ€" er have to go hungry again. (Ed. mote: Me too.) _ < i _ This may be cheating, but someâ€" ! body else is going to write my column this week. I received a 1 12â€"page letter from a Prairie wife . that made me sick of my own petty whining. With a minimum ‘of editing, and changing only names, here it is. sians began getting closer, they (the Germans) moved them on boxcars and on foot, with very little food. He once said he thought he should always carry & piece of bread in his pocket "He was taken prisoner at Dieppe. The first year they had their hands tied. When the Rusâ€" "Dear Smiley: We‘ve read your column for a long time. I enjoy it. When you told of your daughâ€" ter‘s illness, I wasn‘t able. to read the column because my husâ€" band was seriously ill with canâ€" cer of the lung. I was with him most of the time. I read the one later where you thanked everyâ€" one for their prayers ... _ COMPARE OUR QUALITY AND PRICES â€" YOU‘LL Buy W G. E. BUILTâ€"IN DISHWASHERS _ $100.00 OFF COST PRICES Brand New â€" Floor Models Bill Smiley B ©. Model 23571 Reg. 424.00 Mode! 24561 Reg. 494.00 FuH width loading shelves, soft food disposer, rinse glo dispensâ€" er, cushion guard interior. Push Button Selection © Daily Dishes © Pots and Pans © Rinse and Hold © China â€" Crystal "Thanks, Smiley, for listening I have four boys." _ Rest in peace, old kriegie. Be of good faith, noble woman. Be good to her, four boys. "He would just cry when he‘d see the Bob Hope show at Christâ€" mas, all those young boys going through so much and the bigâ€" shots making millions on their deaths and crippled lives. "So I think the prayers helped him to come to his death sooner than he could have. He felt very bad about being a prisoner and being through so much and peoâ€" ple didn‘t appreciate what they went through to save our counâ€" try for us. He was very sad about Vietnam. (But, to summarize, large lump on neck going to brain; loss of control of right: hand, burning bedclothes when cigarette dropâ€" ped; mixed up mentally.) "So when he found out it was cancer in his lung, he seemed to expect it. He had his operaâ€" tion and lost his voice all sumâ€" mer and got really thin. Then he gained weight up to 147 pounds and got his voice back, with all our prayers. "He used to talk about his acâ€" cidents so he could say, ‘T‘ll likeâ€" ly die a mean death.‘ f "Our neighbors had a bee for him and put the crop in. He got home on crutches. That fall, our crop got hailed out. So he sure had his hard knocks in life as well as close calls. "In the hospital, the doctor operated on his bladder. The pelâ€" vic bones had busted through, and the blood was taking urine all through his system. "When he saw Ja%k lying there on the road, he thought it was 4 clump of old rags. Anyway, Jack told us how be prayed and thanked God for the neighbor paying attention to the dog. back and licked his face, and Jack told him again to get help. He went south to the edge of some neighbor‘s trees and barkâ€" ed and barked. The farmer was just going with his tractor to work again after supper. He told his wife, who thought it was a coyote, that it was Jack‘s dog and something must be wrong. sent him for help. The dog came Everything Comes Clean in a GE Dishwasher Panels Extra K4 ** 224.00 188.88 The runoff pipe ‘leading into a large storm sewer near the CNR tracks between John and Union Streets was just recently installed. w Watlerloo police said Monday that_ the pipe is now safely covâ€" Tenâ€"yearâ€"old Norman Goutreau of 130 Union St. E., was freed from a 1%â€"foot runoff pipe by Waterloo firemen Sunday night. Norman had apparently crawlâ€" ed into the pipe and became frightened when he got stuck. A passerby heard his. screams and called the fire department. He was freed after about 10 minâ€" utes. Tight squeeze for youngster of pessimism and dismay in thé editorial in the recent Chronicle ‘on: the _educationalâ€" conference held recently in Toronto. ~ Schools might indeed be dead, and â€"itâ€"is possible that they will be attended in the future in a way similar to the manner in which churches are attended toâ€" day, as something that one can take or leave as he sees fit. We do appreciate it, but we do not hold it sacred. Some of us feel that you‘re wasting your money, that it is not necessary to build fantastic schools to have a learned, literate population, and we are looking for alternatives to This eventually ’?n greet with bitterness, bemoanring the milâ€" lions of dollars spent b¢ the hardâ€" working taxpayer in the plush educational system we have toâ€" day, and you say that we, the underâ€"30s, simply do not appreâ€" ciate the sacrifice you oldsters have made for us. ‘Iâ€"was sorry to note your tone Parkdale Plaza PARKDALE PHARMACY For your Health and Happiness Parkdale Pharmacy % IS OPEN _ SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TILL 900 pm. SUNDAYS 12 NOON to 9 p.m. PARKDALE PHARMACY Post Office Hours "Where Friendly, Courteous Service Is Assured" and general negative tone is unâ€" derstandable. Let‘s get off that horse, though, and stop worrying ~about the spilt milk, and let‘s get together and take a good look at the validity of the system you‘re hanging on to, and let‘s see if we can do a better job Madam: I should like to express my conâ€" cern for the 8.8 acres of wellâ€" established woodland which Major Holdings and Devéelopments Ltd. propose to destroy in order to build 152 walkâ€"up apartments at Bearinger Road and Albert Street in Waterloo. . for less money some other way. ANDY TAMAS, Integrated Studies, University of Waterloo. the system that bothers you so, In seeking these alternatives your poor planning and reasoning has been exposed, and in laying out the precepts for a new education we have shown you the inadequaâ€" cies in the system you have built. No one likes to be inadequate; pays PHONE 578â€"2910 Albert & Haze! St», . . Weterilep ChiShicib, Thureday, May. 21, 1970 § FREE DELIVERY | Any resident who is not receiving their paper in this manner is requested to call the Chroniâ€" cle office at 744â€"6364, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. Waterloo Chronicle carriers have instructions to deliver a paper to every home and business on their route each Thursday evening. Theyâ€"are also instructed to place the papers in letter boxes, between doors, or in milk boxes, whichever applies to the particular home. Notice To Chronicle Readers IS DEDICATED TO MAKING YOU FEEL and LOOK BETTER â€"â€" Sat. 9 a.m.â€" 6 p.m. could not be so deésperate for funds that they are willing to sacâ€" rifice nine acres of trees which have taken years to grow. Because they are active, communityâ€"mindâ€" ed citizens, I am sure that in coâ€" operation with our planning board they will consider the welfare of the city and, in all probability, be able to find some alternative use for this valuable woodland. With today‘s concern for the preservation of our environment, and improvement in our quality of life, a wooded area also attests to the forwardâ€"looking, informed, and upâ€"toâ€"date attitudes of the Waterioo citizenry. The dirgct_ors of Major Holdings As they now stand, these trees are a decided asset to the tity. Most importantly, they act as a buffer for the noise which emanâ€" ates from the adjacent industries, the railroad and Parkdale Shopâ€" ping Plaza. In addition, they preâ€" sent an aesthetically pleasing enâ€" vironment for people who are livâ€" ing in an area which is rapidly inc._teuing m population density.