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WHAT is The following article appear ed inParents Magazine in No vember1950 as in advertise ment by the New England Mulual Life Insurance Com pany For the benefit 01 the many parents at boys in the district this article would hear repeating Ed Between the innocence of baby cod and the dignity of manhood findaa delightful creature called boy guys conic in assorted sizes and colors but all have the cor it every hour of every day and to protest with noise their only weap in when their last minute is fin shed and the adult males pack them all to bed at nith Boys are lound everywhean top underneath inside of climb ing on swinging from running around or jumping to Mothers love them little girls hate them older sisters and brothers tolerate them adults ignore them and Hen ven protects them boy is Truth with dirton its hoe beauty with cut on its linger wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and hope or FDR EHRlSilHi un WE nimiua FROM YOUR SHURnGAIN DEALER ll ROBINSON MANAGEMENT STAFF Stroud the future wzth frog its pocket When you are busy boy is an inconsiderate bothersome inlrddl log jungle noise When you want him to make good impres sion his brain tums to jelly or else he becomes savage sadistic jun le creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it Ahoy is compositehell the appetite at horse the digestion of sword swallower the energy of pocket sized atomic bomb the curiosity of cat the lungs of Mm the humiliation of Paul Bunyan the shyness or violet thmity of steel imp the enthusiasm of firecracker and when he makes mething he has in thumbron each hand 21 like ice cream knives saws Christinawmie books the boy arches the street woods water in its natural habitati lmge animals Dad trains Saturday mornings and tire engines He in not much for Sunday School mmpany schools books without pictures music les sons neckties barbers girls over coats adults orbedtime Nobody else is so early to rise orso late to supper Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees dogs and breezes Nobody else can cram into one pocket rusty knife half eaten apple feet of string an empty Bull Durham sack gum drops cents sling shot chunk of unknown substance and gen uine supersonic code ring with secret compartment boy is magical creature you can lock him out ifyour work shop but you entitle him out of your heart You can get him out 01 your study but you cant get him out of your mind Might as well give uphes your captor your jailer your boss and your master frccltledlaced pint sized catchasing bundle of noise But when you come homeyat night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams he can mend them like new with two magic words HIVDADLK Lions Hgiieiiwo atherings Finish Up Year Lilstweek the Lions Club of Bar rii had two gatheitlngs pertaining toChristmas and ve season THE BARRIE EXAMLNER WEDNESDAY DEC 21 1952 19 MERRY CHRISTMAS Patrons Friends HAPPY NEW YEAR too Is What We Wish for You The best the season can bestow George Dangerfield and Staff WWWII It is so heartwarming to reber at Christin astime friends whose faith and loyalty have always meant so much to us Along our greetings we send you every good wish for Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Management and Staff $011 NIhursdaynihl lQecJlB the Boys Girls Committed under the leadership oSDr Gert Wood gen put on the anntinl Christmas pnntyforr31 undrriyilegedf chil is complete turkeyz din bywca Reg Ayres ownsuh0had grand patyzHo eand smg GeilytISnth and James lllcatthe porno with Christ Vesprnirc3led foods CUNDLES AS 93 carols May 511mm cliche 3553 Hg re Holiday be heaped onv youandrhoseyoo loin mm gnu can if all through Bmahnro in lands passed from control of tofther of thevUnitewSthtesrinvlmll