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+4 P i "Homesick in My Own Home Town" whe How Dear to My Heart\?zf (In The Kiwanis Magazine, By RICHARD BARNITZ) As I wandered through the bustâ€" n.mxmdumuhâ€" lHeve that this was my town, the " 2" i T 1234 l c c n iitemnndirn 4 drowsy, easyâ€"going place where 1 ,...,u.u-mmm l ibboamuntitet: the cheerhol use Bc emnseetitresd clopâ€"clop of horseshoes had become the grinding of gears and squeal of ue nc o mss s brakes at traffic lights. Most of the ummnâ€"nâ€"-wh Square had disappesred. Where once I knew everyone, I was now surrounded by strangers. _ _ _ I turned away from the hubbub un“ma-nmu-. -a,-v-m‘t-oe-ahud through open fields. But around & turn I came upon one last meadow and followed a dim path toward To hold the Te “d‘mw uw.flm"fl xO TREE IS BIG Prosperity For All in 1947 HIGGINS wumegs °Noi ".”7,. rying & â€"u--â€"â€"""â€"fiv.“ t Iling of bruised mint, dried grass and the warm sun, I looked down upon where the old men, many of them Civil War veterans, sat whittling, chewing tobacco, gossiping. Beyond were horses tied to hitching rails. and breathe in the comforting arâ€" oms of stable and old leather. On sparkling spring mornings, when birds talked cheerily among the leaves that brussed the bedâ€" the rise to Soldiers my a cire» i walk Every Saturday night I went "on . the Square," wundering around, | trying to decide how to spend my five cent weekly allowance. ‘The: place was bustling wilth people and | nolsy with the rattling of carriages and wagons, and the stomping of ‘wmmnmm country stood on the curbs eating peanuts and gossiping in Plattâ€" deutach. Often my nickel went for a sode at Ed Harbaugh‘s new drugâ€" store fountain, but sometimes I spent it at the veterans‘ setout, a o Aatan is m.mmmm and Bean Soup, 5¢, Beneft G.A.R." allowance in the grocery ALIOFTE where candy was kept in large wooden buckets. It was besutiful â€"ane could look for hours at that fairyland of sugary, glittery green, pink, yellow and lavendar sweets. There were tard, white mints, chooolate drops, mixed hard candy and horeâ€"bound drops. Stick candâ€" les, my favorites, filled wideâ€" mouthed jars on the sheives. If I had a peppermint stick now, Td monoddnhllnund suckâ€"I can‘t forget how tart and ‘\hand on the top there was a loud hiss. You had to get the bottle to ”mmwmme‘» Eue "s 2 _4 Z4 ut wanak o w We drank pop from soust, heavy bottles sealed with a rubber washâ€" er on the inside. When you emackâ€" had it running down our chins. i T UE whooâ€" fiavours were is Christmas again â€"that"most human and kindly of, seasons â€" and we echo its cheer;and goodfellowship in our greetings to all our friends. We would like to:thank:our cus tomers at this time for the confidence they‘ have;shown1Lingus:and . also to thank our employees for their enthusiâ€" asm and loyal support. Sincerely, df “S , {{»L2 t I;. ‘The ice & 4 house. I ® UMâ€" | jneâ€"cream SCK | porch. To Râ€"" have the GRIVM & sodea, sarsaparilia, strawberry and lemon. As for bard Arinks, barrels of whisky stood along the grocery MMMQM“M 40 to 80 cents a quart pered down to the old barn on the NT ue OB _ _ NONCE OeB ce Th Pe®n PR C on td udmmmumu made ioe cream. I spite of the heat I vigorously chopped wood for the muwmmâ€"-r.nn as a reward I got the dashers to lick. iceâ€"cream cans onto the back porch. Townspeople flocked here to have their favorite freshbâ€"fruilt fiavors. Nothing was served in the dinky portions you get nowndays. Everyone had "healthy belpings." und you helped yourself to crumbâ€" led crackers which were always on undertaker‘s, where there were long benches always occupled by doctors, iawyers, bankers and othâ€" mwmumum Here intimate details of the town‘s families were related and prophecâ€" ies offered. Few professional secâ€" rets could be kept in such a closeâ€" knit community. I never was alâ€" lowed to loiter bere. In° INCH shooed me asway saying, "Little witchers have big ears." Someone *T. EATON C# iceâ€"cream parior was in the 1 would help Johnny get the INDEPENDENT PRES! DE N T to kad told me 1 most wunted was what that might be Kide like to get them. In the old conveniently to C! bouses that I buil! and summer I sie; aways, awakening ery of leaves or t grant blossoms to and the sun‘s firs eot e duse irathtenacapatititg "C Td k ery of leaves or the pink of fraâ€"| mmwmuumm‘- and the sun‘s first fingers poking my eyes. Then I would go on long. beforeâ€"breakfast walks through the mnd.-m-'ln-ofldfl -yu.nd.-d-lthhpd neighbors. T talked to the dogs and Mwuumm with me. Lately, from Soldiers‘ Hil at dusk. I beard dogs talking to one any cigarettes or gasoline for lawâ€"makers to tax. ‘The pioneers couldn‘t have an exâ€" ntly to cradie Lnt that I built. During nmer I siept in thes awakening amid the /wfi his getbering nctorum: what | ; to find out away to socret. ne will disturb orchard which two apple trees ir thick limbs 4 adle the tree .. Dpuring spring C * in these hideâ€" x amid the greenâ€" he pink of fraâ€" liIting bird song t fingers poking rould go on long. W ie «P t , ‘ ralks through the e4 ‘ vith me would go «t f 2 times the dogs of 4 to the dogs and and trotted along & â€" J \) t a t ty _ _ Am~ â€" aATITT] i CANADIANNNERS LTD. GOOD CHEE! , PROSPERITY * To the legion Of ;powers throughout this district that we Wwere Aurye this past yeAF . â€" > To all the male ar who served us faithfully thmth:n fi‘ long days this We extend the He;sh for a Holiday Season ofGoodCheerlnd‘;nuhl&M’- Norm2"q Manager. Robinson St. N.