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As it turned out, everything worked fine. After pounding me a few on the chest, she had a good cry and we both felt better. She got the floor scrubbed at her dad's the very after- noon I was out on the Bluenose II in Halifax harbor. And she had cooked a good dinner and had the dikhes washed at her She got a bit grim around the lips on that last morning, but didn't crack up until I came down, fresh from my bath and shave, and inquired urbanely: "Is my bag packed? The lim- ousine will be here any moment to take me to the airport. 'v It all seemed perfectly logical and simple to me. But noth. ing is ever simple to my wife, except on those fairly frequent occasions when I am completely baffled by something that must be fixed around the house, and she finally does it with an exasperated kick or a triumphant croWiWe keep a lot of triumphant crows in the basement for such instances. That's when she emitted the opening line of this column, I knew what it was immediately. I patted her back and said: "There, there, dear. You don’t have to start scrubbing at Grandad's the minute you arrive. Take a half hour break after the drive and have a nice cup of tea" Quite a bit of planning had gone into our holiday. I was to fly to Halifax for a weekly editors' convention. She was to climb into the rusty old Dodge and head west to see her Dad for a few days. My daughter and husband were to come and stay at our place for a couple of days, with the grandsons. At any rate, on this occasion, it finally hit her, an hour be- fore we split, that there was something rotten in Denmark. She had been shopping and house-cleaning for two days to leave everything spotless and well-stocked for the kids. She had been planning the meals and the scrubbing and cleaning she was going to do at her father's. And she had been work- ing like somebody in Upstairs, Downstairs to get me off on my jaunt clean and respectable. “I hate you, Bill Smiley! I hate you'.." This line was not from a disgruntled student, an irate parent, or an mum?! region It was my wife talking. _ _ 7 _ . .. The occasion siras our parting for our annual separate holi- day, and she was a bit irate, untterttie and disgruntlegi. _ A She had been up at seven, Honing my shirts and packing my bag. I was up at the stroke of 10, well-rested and ready for breakfast. Both the Parkside and main branches of the library have new hours for the autumn and winter. At the main branch, the adult de- partment is open from fr30 School classes are invited to enter the contest in a group or individually. The contest ends Oct. 2. The Parkside branch of the Waterloo Public Library is hosting a poster contest for children of all ages. Using the subject title Li- braries, children can make any type of poster they choose. Library branch plans Contest ART’S RECREATION CENTRE 60 King St. South WATERLOO 886-1870 Now in stock at Art's am. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday, from SV30 am. to 6 p.m. Friday and from 9-30 a.m. to 530 p.m. Saturday. The children's department is open from 9:30 to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday except Wednesday, from 9-30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9-30 a.m. to 530 p.m. Saturday. The new winter hours at the Parkside branch are from 930 a.m. to 8-30 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, from 9-303.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday. from 9.30 a.m. to 5-30 p.m. Saturday and closed Monday. There were some poignant moments and some funny ones at the convention. There was a tear in most eyes and a lump in most throats when Cecil Day, one of the grand old pub- lishers of the Maritimes, was given a standing ovation and choked up completely with emotion when he tried to respond. There was great fun, and not a little confusion as Don Mc- Cuaig of Renfrew, Per Hvidsten of Port Perry and Bill Smi- ley of Midland planned. well into the wee hours, the Grand i' Post-Convention Tour to Paraguay. starting on Nov. 12 from ' Pickering Airport in a Sopwith Camel. _ r 00m mese [rungs nappenea. v - T, RY It was the announcement of a new award for Canadian 9c.,.fV SCH EN DEL S 'hTdm'iii', community newspapers: Outstanding Columnist. It was a no "is m scum. VATElloo- ”-1100 well-kept secret until this humble columnist was called to the m mm 05111106!" * m SuPPUES . ms podium and presented with a handsome plaque and an even Open Daily to 5:45 pm. - mm. and Fri. III 9 an And it seems even better for the woman in the partner- ship. She got home rested, refreshed and looking wonderful. I got horpe exhausted and looking like a skeleton with white hair. it must have been that sea air that tired me out. Another thing Splitting like that is about the only way we can get to see our old friends. She had a grantrvisit and some good talks and even went for a couple of drives with some of her longtime-friends, and caught up on all the sensational dirt on everybody. And I went for a sail on the Bluenose, walked around Citadel Hill and sank the odd refreshment with some. other old grumps as we reminiseed about the days when selling a 810 ad was the highlight of your week, and get- ting out a 12-page paper was about the equivalent of cleaning the Augean stables. There has sheer delight in listening-in as one editor tried to talk to a pretty and charming young French lady in pure Ottawa Valley French. - And there was a very warm and unexpected experience for yours truly. No, it wasn't sitting next to Joe Clarke and Maureen McTeer and Robert Stanfield in the coffee shop. It wasn't listening to a speech by Howie Meeker, though both these things happened. My old friends in the business are in pretty good shape, considering that most ofus are gragdfathers. Quite a few are semi-retired, turning over the papers to sons and daughters, and themselves working a day or two a week. That's the way " like to ease into the twilight years. But I don't have a paper any more, my son is in Paraguay, and my daughter is busy having babies. I wonder if they'd sell me a piece of the high school where I teach, so I'd have a good racket going to pass along to my grandsons? ’ father's just ghoul the time I was mum my mm ttartaoener.ett-.yirt1yeedrtri.dtueoether. 1obsteramtiiatenirtgtoagoodDixieundbanttirtVatitatr. 1.y.at-tirtarytsterteoeti.teePtohtrmc8t. 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