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We went out shopping to buy a little something" for Poâ€" key, the grandson. Just a little shirt, or a toy, or some other trifle. Fifty dollars later, 1 staggered out of the department store, toting two large toys, six little shirts, four pairs of overalls, a fullâ€"dress suit for the kid. and a plastic shell windbreaker with a lining and a hood to "keep him warm when he comes out from swimming.‘" At 15 months, he‘s going to be doing a lot of swimming, you see. This seems to be a good week to clean up some loose ends, so, if you happen to have a loose end, join me. Me and the Old Battleaxe spent a couple of days in the city during our winter break holiday. And ~spent" is the word. It would have been cheaper to fly to Mexico and pick up Montezuma‘s curse, as they call it there, or the dire rear, as we call it here. This remark has no connection with the opening sentence of this column. Then, of course, we had to deliver the stuff. So we invited ourselves to dinner with daughter and told her not to fuss, that we‘d bring along an old chunk of meat or something. Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, she agreed with alacrity. My wife‘s idea of a couple of items to help out with dinner turned out to be five dollars worth of steak, the equivalent in pies and stuff, and assorted groceries running to another 10, my daughter supplying the potatoes and water for the coffee. However, it was worth it. We each got to hold the baby for about 10 minutes, in oneâ€"minute snatches, between boits of trying out his toys and having clothes tried on him by the women. g\iter many years, I finally realize when I hate trying on new clothes for my wife‘s surveillance. That baby despised every minute of the clothesâ€"modelling session, and bellowed lusty protests as his mother and gran pulled his limbs into all sorts of gymnastics, trying to stuff him into his new pants and shirts. _ It probably happens to all males in childhood, and they resent it ever after. Next day was even worse, financially. My wife was deterâ€" mined to buy a rug, bedspread and drapes to match some new wallpaper in a room she‘d decorated. As any woman knows â€" and most husbands, too â€" this is a threeâ€"month, not a threeâ€"hour quest. It‘s usually about as easy as looking for the Lost Chord. Consequently. the old girl went off with leaden step, sagâ€" ging mien and builtâ€"in frustration. She looked so depressed my heart went out to her, and in a moment of madness, I ofâ€" fered to accompany her. Unfortunately, she was in the bathâ€" room with the bathroom with the door closed and the water running. and 1 was so emotional that 1 was whispering, so she didn‘t hear me. Open house for UW‘s greenhouse Apr. 20 To my astonishment, she burst into the hotel room two hours later, eyes shining, looking like a girl on her first date, and radiating joy. She had hit the jackpot in her shopâ€" ping. Everything matched some shade of offâ€"yellow. _ Since I had expected to greet a wornâ€"out woman, full of recriminations. weary,. dispirited and emptyâ€"handed, I got carried away. > **Hey! This must be your day. Why don‘t you buy a little something for yourself in that women‘s store? It will give you a lift." The public is invited to an open house preview of flowers and plants grown in the University of Waterâ€" loo‘s greenhouse _ from 10 am. to 4 p.m. on April 20. Included in the display will be _ forcedâ€"blooming forsythia, decorative hangâ€" © Small classes with persâ€" onalized professional instruction. © Use your own clubs or ours ©@ For beginners or those with some experience ®© Professional Tim McCutcheon, C P G.A ®@ Classes Begin â€" Tuesday, April 22 or Thursday April 24. six week course, one hour per week GOLF LESSONS 57 QUEEN ST. NORTH, KITCHENER PHONE 743â€"5201 KITCHENER FAMILY Y.M.C.A. 2 Smiley for further details call ing baskets of â€" carrot greenery, and flowers which will be planted around the campus this spring. Experimental _ plants grown by bioloby researchâ€" ers at UW will also be on display. The greenhouse is located north of Colâ€" umbia â€" Street and west of Lake Columbia. **Well, as you know, l haven‘t bought a stitch of anything new since I don‘t know when. Maybe I‘ll pick up a new spring blouse or something. Not to be an old\‘fogey, I decided that, by George, I‘d get a new tie, myself. Well, I guess I got a little carried away. I walked out of that men‘s shop with two ties and two turtleâ€"neck sweaters. 1 am not exactly the turtieâ€"neck type, but in a devilâ€"mayâ€" care moment, I tried one on. It was white, made in Italy, and I swear I looked just like Fred Astaire, just in from Acapulco. Fred‘s a goodâ€"looking 72. Fifty bucks lighter, I left the shop with a red plastic bag containing my goodies. I felt guilty but jaunty. Two good things did come out of that holiday, however. My wife told me she wanted to see me in one of my turtleâ€" neck sweaters. I fought it, but finally gave in with bad grace. **Where are they? They‘re in a red plastic bag. Where did you put it?" â€" â€" These sweaters had extraâ€"high turtles. They conceal your wattles and push your dewlaps out so that you look jolly, rather than just hangâ€"dog. I lost both my guilt and my jaunt when I went to the ladies shop to meet my wife. Yes, she had picked up a new spring blouse. And a new spring suit. And another suit. And a casual outfit. And some more blouses. She was snatching things off the racks like a twoâ€"yearâ€"old opening Christmas presents. _ _ Ah, well, what the heck. You can‘t take it with you. Esâ€" pecially if there‘s nothing to take. Well, there goes 50 bucks, plus an L.D. call. Went out morosely to put some empties in the car trunk. There was the little old red devil plastic bag. With sweaters and tie. Next day, back home, she modelled all her array for me. It was then that I learned none of her shoes or purses ‘‘*went with"" the new clothes. The rest is history. _ "It‘s with the rest of the stuff", she retorted. It wasn‘t. It wasn‘t anywhere. After going back over the day before, we agreed that I‘d taken it into the diningâ€"room, put it beside my chair, and had walked out without it. Of all the stupid . . . Phoned the hotel, longâ€"distance. No, Lostâ€"andâ€"Found had no trace of it, but, learning my name, the lady there said she read my column in the Blenheim paper and we had a nice chat. The other good thing was gypping the hotel on breakfast. We ordered breakfast for one. I drank the orange juice, she ate the buckwheat cakes, 1 ate the toast and jam, and we shared the coffee. Two breakfasts for the price of one. l‘ll bet they haven‘t caught on yet. I saved $1.80 on breakfast, two days in a row. A profitable trip, taken all round My trip to the city . Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, April 16, 1975 â€" Page 27 Rollerskating will begin in early May at Moses Springâ€" er Arena. Watch this ad for times. WELL ADULTCLINIC â€" Coâ€"sponsored by the Waterioo Regional Health Unit. All Adults Welcome. Health Screening and Counselling by Public Health Nurse: (Includes blood pressure, urinalysis and blood tests) For appointments phone 579â€"1020. There is no charge. _ SERVICES *#*>> ARCTIVITIES Tuesdays 8â€"10 p.m. â€" BLUEVALE COLLEGIATE Sundays 6: 30â€"9 :00 p.m. â€" WATERLOO COLLEGIATE (Corner of King & Allen St.) Dropâ€"in Activities Daily Mon. â€" Fri. Include: Games Room, Floor & Table Shuffleboard, Billiards Rooms, 5¢ tea & coffee. Note: No memberâ€" ship needed. INFORMATION : 579â€"1020. Community Services staff is now preparing plans for three days of family fun in Waterloo. We encourage as many community groups to participate as possible. If you have any ideas or would want to participate in this weekend, please contact us soon at 576â€"2420 Ext. Waterloo Minor Soccer Association is urgently in need of coaches and managers during May & June to help with Pee Wee & Bantam boys teams and also coaches for the girls divisions. If you are interested, please phone 576â€"2420 Ext. for more information. Saturday, April 19th â€" 10â€"2 p.m. Waterloo Arena. NOTE: This is a late registration for all children who missed the original registration. COST : $5.00 per child PHONE 576â€"2420 Ext. 60 for more information. FROM ALL WATERLOO GIRL‘S RINGETTE ENâ€" THUSIASTS to the Waterloo Petite Ringette Team who won the Petite Division in the All Ontario Ringette Championships which were held this past weekend in Toronto. We also commend the Waterloo Tween Team for finishing second in their division. Besides winning the silver medals the team was also chosen by officiâ€" als as the team best demonstrating good sportsmanâ€" ship throughout the tournament We heartily thank both coaches and players on the two teams for representing us so well. ACTIVITIES FOR SENIOR ADULTS ADULT RECREATION CENTRE BOYS BASEBALL AND GIRLS SOFTBALL REGISTRATION CONGRATULATIONS WATERLOO DAYS JUNE 14th & 15th MIXED BADMINTON SOCCER VOLUNTEERS ROLLER SKATING Marsland Centre : 576â€"2420 COMMUNITY SERVICES