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sound like me ANN LANDERS Boss dreads firing help Dear Ann Lenders May comment on the letter from Frustrated In Orange County the fellow who compalined about the jerk in the office the stublebum who couldnt make decrsron the inept rockhead everyone had to work around The question was Why dont the executives do something about those turkeys My husband is an executive who was brought to this branch office to reorganize things and move the turkeys out When it came down to the wire the ones who yelled the loudest about the incompetents had plenty to say about the lousy deal SoandSo IS getting after 15 years with the company The critics will never know the long hours of agonizing the sleepless nights the knots in the stomach before man is let go Those decisions are awfully tough but they must be made in the best interest of the company Perhaps the next time you complainers look into the tired eyes of the boss youll see compassion instead of ruthlessness They are human too Married To One Dear MTO Letters against the boss outnumbered the ones In support of him 10 to one Thanks for giving us balanced perspective Dear Ann Landers You were wise to tell the teacher to speak to the parents when childs behavior indicated he might be psychologically disturbed But obviously youve never been teacher Its the correct thing to do but it isnt easy You wouldnt believe the hostility exhibited by some parents when teacher suggests that Junior or Mary may be depressed disturbed slightly retarded dyslectic or hyperkinetic The best way to handle the situation is turn it over to the guidance department or the school nurse Parents attach no stigma to the problem if they think the basis is chemical or organic What they DONT want is to be told that Johnny is do ing poorly because he is spoiled unmotivated undisciplined and was never taught respect for others or decent manners at home Seen Plenty Dear Seen So have Only get the picture in lettersfrom mothers who call the teachers incompetent and mean because they are unable to transorm spoiled unmotivated rude kid into mannerly respectful brainy student in half semester Thousands of teachers across the land deserve medals not criticism Dear Ann Landers Would the necrophiliac like to have my wife since his bride took off have been making love to her for 20 years if you can call it that and she would be the perfect partner for him The woman lies there like shes dead Please put me in touch with the guy who wrote He would be crazy about her Sign me Id Like Live One Dear IL Sorry Buster this isnt that kind of column If after 20 years the situation is so blah maybe you need some counselling on how to make woman feel alive Dear Ann Landers People often come to you to unload pet peeve Heres mine certain relative who shall be unnamed has habit that ruins my appetite Whenever food is served she cuts everything up in small pieces until it looks like garbage Ive seen slobs dice up whole steaks but lemon chiffon pie Should say something Yich Dear If shes your age or younger say something If shes older look somewhere else and keep quiet ERMA BOMBECK There are cards for all seasons you Its little strange You bask in the sunshine of sweet ness and light and make all my dreams in accordprithee mother you know Im not much but face it Im all you can af ford Good grief By Erma Bombeck Greeting cards were origi nally born out of the need to say for people what they couldnt say for themselves once gave my mother card depicting little girl in hooped skirt knocking on the door of cottage and saying You bask in the sunshine of sweetness and light and make all my drasms come true prithee reap the harvest of all my love in everything you do Happy birthday Mother smiled and said It soundsjust like you Prithee mother said youve been basking in the sunshine too long All wanted to say was Im not much but Im all you can afford Not so today Ive never seen so many cards for so many oc casions saying greetings in so many ways in all my life Some of them you can even send through the mails If you put your foot in your mouth and are sorry theres card forit If you won tennis tourna ment diploma in sheetmetal divorce or passed your eye examination theres card for it even saw one that said love living with you because Ive got case on you When you open it up it threatens Marry me or Im taking you to court There are marriage propos als business proposals vaca tion proposals and some propos als that are just plain indecent was picking out Valentine for my husband when sales person asked if she could help Id like something little sen timental Heres one she said handing me card My ears turned red You wanta see my ID That ones not so bad she said We had one that was wa terproof so you could read it un der cold shower Just tell me what you want to say and how you want to say it Maybe Ill just get Mothers Day card Unwed Underage Un wanted Undone Unsung Un expected Underfoot Just something that will Clini Heres one that might fit MAELLA FABRICS jewellery dept March 25 26 27 Thursday Friday ll am to pm Saturday 930 am5 pm BOUCLAIR STRETCH This low crown sweeping brim patterned straw hat from Frank Olive is shown in New York as preview of the gt TOPPER FOR THE NEW SEASON new season ladies toppers AP Photo Children living in apartments and highrises are deprived of an attic environment for development of their creativity says television director Les Rose Rose says the oldfashioned attic with its boxes of memorabilia and interesting castaway objects was an ex cellent playroom capable of fostering creative thoughts in children Its been replaced by ar tificial attics kindergartens and day care centres where the props are all there kid goes into kindergarten and is han ded something Heres play doughnow play Rose arrived at his con clusions about the lack of creative opportunities for children after completing the documentary film The Creative Spirit the latest in the continuing series The Human Journey The Creative Spirit will be telecast on the CTV Net work March 28 Researchers on the program His and her children become theirs as Widow and divorcee live together TORONTO CP Two years ago Lydia Burton now 44 and David Morley 40 trusted their instincts about one another and decided to raise their two families together But it wasnt to be tradilt tional arrangement with the pair marrying Separated Lydia and widower David decided to live together because they wanted to With divorce rates climbing steadily in Canadaalmost 21percent jump in 1974 was re ported by Statistics Canada families are sometimes finding it necessary to regroup when marriage breaks up Parents like Lydia and David who face the harrowing proposition of raising brood of children alone and are not pre pared to remarry are breaking down the conventional mores Some might call it shacking up for the sake of crude exe planation said Lydia David and would not have made such serious decision lightly It had to be permanent for the 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refunded cer After her death Lydia met David one day By this time Lydia was separated from her husband We were both going through kind of grief said Lydia and part of what we suffered brought out certain qualities in us that became very com patible She agreed that such rela tionship is rare but she said We find it very liberating and honest Being 44 and not 24 and having young kids it took cer tain amount of soulsearching Davids son and daughter were terribly lost without their mother and my two were suf fering the traumas of our sepa ration The transition that her two children had to make with the entry of two other youngsters was hard at first LEARNED TO ADJLSI You take two sets of chil dren who are not babies Each has his of her own hierarchy in the house so there were num ber of tensions to iron out Her children boy and girl aged and ii and Davids two who are it and have learned to adjust to the situation The lmys share one bedroom the girls another They attend the same school and have become insvparable Lydia and David told the chil The Medox Ear PierCIng 99 dren from the beginning that they would not be getting mar ried We arent ashamed or eme barrassed about our status be cause we are happy in what we are doing said Lydia Before David was really committed to the marriage relationship and believed in the institution But David treats me as an equal and is great to be with feel kind of bitter that hadnt done this before They share the housework and meal preparation David admits that before he moved in with Lydia he wasnt as sensi tive to the fact that women need other outlets besides the home But he feels strongly about participating in daytoday ac tivities and sharing the child rearing restxmsibilities said Lydia Both are interested in social change and are collaborating on book about the Annex area in Toronto where they live As David had been renting home in the city with his wife and Lydia jointly owned house he moved in with his fur niture and they say the 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