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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE ELEVEN Today's Short Story GRANNY'S AND MINE By Michael Tiff T'S a picture of Granny as she was twenty years ago. You say she's kinda Joung looking? Well, she was that. She was in her fifties then and as spry as a robin with a song in her heart. She's still with us, living in that same upstairs room at our house, 's not quite so ay any ory but the song is still in her That, beside her picture, is a pair of field glasses. That's right ~~ field glasses -- and they're Granny's--or I should say Gran- ny"s and mine and our most precious possession. Why, we or joasession -- two Cloverdale Annual Bazaar. I was going on fourteen then and spring was here and, you hings B. Jo or yo vi li appen! or a when spring is here, On the same night of the Bazaar, Cloverdale was having its annual boxing tourna- ment that the Athletic Associa- tion promoted--six bouts in all, ranging from bantam to heavy- weight. Bazaars were all right for older folks who like to get out of the house once in a while and sport wound in their holiday clothes, suying raffle tickets at the booths lor market-baskets of fruit, or throwing little hoops around pegs for dolls, or buying soda oop. 1 was a freshman in high school and I had never seen the fights before, though I had listened te the roar of the crowd. The boxin| tournament was going to be he under the stars in Franklin Square, an open lot used as 2 k, which was near our house ere they had built a grandstand with a fence all around. i was against the Jin of » seeing a , saying it was a harmful influence, and such, and ma sided with him. But I was going on fourteen and I was no baby. Besides, there was the gang and they were all going, Granny, coming Fl, from her room upstairs, overheard ow talk; smiled at me and led me out to the back yard. "You must mind your pa and ma for they know what is best for you," she told me. Then she batted a baseball to me like any boy and kept me running all over the place trying to cateh that ball, After that, she made me give her the daily roller skating lesson. Granny told me she had never, when very young, seen roller skates, and she had been a little gir] once. Granny was like that--defying the years, eager to play, eager to laugh, but wise as an owl. Once I heard pa thank her for some ad- viee she had given him about a big noté he had signed at the Granny made me take her to a pur} gs school entertainments aughed as hard as any kid at the acts and recita- tions given by students. She never game in the school gym. Times were I'd just forget she was Granny and think of her as a ¢lagsmate. a { "But these field glasses stay with us," sald Granny, "we need them." Granny wanted me to respect the word of my pa and ma and to obey their wishes. She said a fel- low's duty was to his parents and [ knew she meant about the box- ing tournament in Franklin square, that I was not to go. Trying to have me forget my troubles, Granny made me escort her to the high school May Hop. There she took me out on that floor crowded with youngsters, and swung me about in steps that to this day I have not learned; swung me. about in graceful rhythm to the orchestra; danced with the gay abandon of a girl in her teens, and even the gang looked on and were awed. They | considered that Granny was just like one of them when she told them jokes that made them laugh. Then came the roll of the drums and we all knew it meant. an announcement. "Select your partners for the waltz contest." Fellows picked their girls. Granny picked me and, before 7 could stammer a word, she was guiding me along to the strains of the Blue Danube Waltz and, once accustomed, I felt myself floating as on wings. Whenever we passed the judges' stand a thunder of applause greeted us; and Granny seemed to live the waltz until I could see those blue waters before me and probably the audience could, too. Of course -- you guessed it -- Granny won first prize, a new pair of field glasses, and they gave me second prize as her part- ner--two tickets to the Annual Bazaar. Then from the gang came advice to swap the two tick- ets for Granny's field glasses and, though I hesitated at first, prod- ded by the gang, I squared my shoulders and went up to Granny, suggesting the trade to her. t Granny shook her head, her eyes twinkling. - "We both don't like . bazaars" -she said, "We'll 'give these tickets to your pa and ma--as a sort of present. But these field glasses stay with us, We need them. Did I ever tell you I used to count the park benches in Franklin Square from my window?" (Copyright), Whitehall Notebook By JAMES McCOOK Press Staff Writer London, Aug, 7.-(CP)--Red-fac- od, hearty Willie. Gallacher, the West Fife Communist, and Lord Winterton, the lean, elderly Hor- sham Conservative, are as close as blood brothers when it comes to the Parliamentary privileges of House of Commons members. Gallacher, Winterton and many others among the 640 entitled to sit in the "most exclusive club in the Session Enlivened The 1046-47 Parliamentary ses sion was enlivened by corridor fist cuffs between a reporter and a house member which later was sol- Cd veins by & committee, 0 penalty was imposed Members also heard it In 28 every be heard whenever he orrison But when they hopefully raise the question of restoring private members'. days, when each hope to have his chance at the Common's ear with his particular problem, Herbert Morrison, as gov- ernment leader, shakes his shaggy head with becoming sadness. Morrison, in fact, is not looked on as sympathetic to heavy doses oh Words, no matter how good they ; ing 20wers for the government. Members Should Buckle Down Morrison agreed member of Par- dament were being overworked but u \ they were elected to work hard. He sald he did not believe in idle Par- laments. Members make increasing use of the daily hour of questions, when they can use their ingenuity in framing supplementary inquiries to condemn the whole government prose or lash the opposition with tter words, In these sparkling minutes, Gal- and Winterton, contrasts in ideas and appearance, stoutly main- tain the right of the private mem- ber to strike a hard blow. A ques- tion and answer, plus a supplemen- tary, may take all of two minutes to conclude but sometimes, with wit and energy, it makes more his- tory than a two-hour, sonorous speech, NEWSPAPER PROTESTS RULING Buenos Aires, Aug. 7.--(AP) The newspaper La Nacion has rejected the contention of the government that it should pay import duties on newsprint as has been ordered by the Customs House, contending that the law clearly exempts news- papers because they are cultural or- gans. The Customs House, in or- derinfg La Nacion and La Presna to pay the duties; asserted they were commercial enterprises, and as such not entitled to exemption, N.Y. Paper Raps U.K.'s Socialism New York, Aug, 7T--(CP) -- The New York Daily Mirror has editorially laid Britain's econo- mic ills fo her Socialist govern- ment and warned that "Socialism is, historically, the first, fatal step toward Communism." The Mirror editorial suggested that Britain soon would ask the United States for further finan. cial help but said: "If we have to maintain a 'first line of defence' by underwriting with 'our capital- ist dollars a Socialist experiment --well, Americans will. want to think that one over, - long and hard." The Mirror, a Hearst newspap- er, frequently is. critical of Brit. ain, The New York Times commen- ted editorially on the British cri- sis yesterday, The Times said that in some ways Britain was in a more serious position than in 1931 but that in others she was better off, and that Prime Minis. ter Attlee should "clear the air on this matter of Britain's for. eign exchange resources." The Times added that the Uni- ted States sheuld "acquiesce, gra- ciously and sensibly, in the rea- sonable request of the British that they be relieved of the man- datory provision in the pending general tariff agreement of Gen. ev against the use of discrimin- atory trade quotas, In the situa- tion in which she finds herself at the present time, Britain should be granted the maximum leeway to buy in markets which will enable her, as far ds possi- ble, to conserve her supplies of dollars ang other 'hard' curren- cies , , ." Housing Goal Set At 60,000 For '47 Ottawa, Aug. 7--(CP)--Gov- ernment sources revealed that the actual number of hemes built in Canada in 1947 would be about 60,000 instead of the 80,000 set as a target by-federal housing of- ficials. Officials, confronted with a situation they admitted was dis- appointing, said the chief trouble lay in the small number of new homes being started. In the first half of the year, the 16,899 new starts were 25 per cent below the total for the same period last year because of growing costs, rising labor charges and continu- ing difficulty in getting construc. tion materials, The 60,000 homes expected to | be finished this year--the same number as 1946--include 40,000 under way Jan, 1, With the rising costs it was becoming increasing- ly clear that more and more home-hungry Canadians were re. fusing to build. In all, the situa. tion faces the government with day, CHECK RESTAURANT VENTILATORS Ottawa, Aug. 7--(CP)--As an aftermath of a fire Tuesday which caused about $250,000 damage to stores and offices on the corn- er of Sparks and O'Connor Streets, the Ottawa Fire Depart. ment has decided to make a com- plete survey and investigation of ventilators in all restaurants and eating places, probably its top problem of the | Plant N.S. Salmon In Duffin's Creek Toronto, Aug, 7--(CP) -- An experiment to stock Lake Ontar- io with salmon is in progress at Duffin's Creek near suburban Pickering an official of the On- tario Department of Fish and Wild Life has announced. The official said that in June the department planted between 30,000 and 40,000 salmon finger- lings from Halifax. Duffin's Creek was chosen because it wid- ens out to a large stream north of the lake and has the greatest drop of any stream emptying in- to Lake Ontario, freeing the wat- er of sediment and dams, Until about 1880 the lake was abundant with salmon and then they mysteriously disappeared. Once, Lake Ontario was noted for {ts landlocked salmon which were identical to the ocean dwel- ling variety. The department hopes to dis- cover information about the spawning habits of the tasty fish and have built a trap in the creek, Warn Scrap Prices 'Ridiculously High' New York, Aug: 7.--(AP)-- Steel pricing policies may become "com- pletely demoralized, and stabilized costs out of the question," if scrap prices hold to present "ridiculously high figures," the Iron Age, na- tional metalworking weekly, report- ed. Scrap's inflationary gyrations surpass even the hectic World War I days" without a sign, "except wishful thinking," that a peak has been reached or a downward scrap price trend will develop soon, the paper said, The Iron Age steel scrap com- posite price reached a new high of $41.75 a gross ton, with "spectacu- lar market strength." All] Wtraaaes is stock up wilh ® ar end whi mn bu 3 C'S gallon jars GENERATIONS HAVE ENJOYED IT e Tea flavour thet holds the preference of three generations as Daly's Tea has done must be extra- ordinarily good. It is. Try it. Ask your grocer for Daly'sTea. 2 CANADIAN THe Royat Offers AiR Force A CAREER TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ® Generous Pension Plan. @® 'raining in a Skilled Trade. fHE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICES 22 ALBERT ST., OSHAWA 3 FRIDAY & SATURDAY 9am. to 7pm. AUG. 8-9 ® Clothing. A Mobile Recruiting Unit WILL BE AT ® Medical Service, @® Dental Service. W.A. Meeting At Zion Postponed HELEN DAVIDSON Correspondent Zion, Aug. 5--~The Zion Women's Association meeting for August has been postponed until August 13 at the home of Mrs. Robert Killen. The "roll call' is to be answered on "Peace." Church service next Sunday is to be a combined service between Kedron, Zion and Hampton, at the Hampton United Church. Service is to be In the evening, Mr, and Mrs. Murray Morgan and Gail, Mr. and Mrs. Leech, Paul and Gerry of Toronto, spent the holiday week-end with Mr. and Mrs. M. Morgan. ; Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Yourth. Mrs. Yourth was the former Miss Doris Glover of Taun. ton. Their marriage took place last Saturday at the Northminster par- sonage. Mr. and 'Mrs. L. McKenna of Oshawa were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Davidson. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Cameron and Joyce, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. 8. Coverley and family of Ebenezer to visit Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McKewen of Klinberg. Mr. and Mrs, Redford Cameron and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. Venner and family, attended the Chant picnic which was held Saturday at Geneva, Park. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Moffatt and Paul, Miss Lois Hamlyn and Mr. and Mrs. B, Ange and family of Oshawa, were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs, Percy Davidson. Mr. J. Hircock, Mr. Albert Hir- cock, Douglas Lloyd and Robert, of Thornton's Corners, "were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Hircock. Mr. and Mrs. G. Glaspell and family, Mrs. PF. B. Glaspell and Mr, and Mrs. D. Yellowlees had a picnic at Lynbrook Park on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Blanford of To- ronto; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lang of West Hill, were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Gelssberger were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schmidt of Newcastle, Mrs, James McMullen of Harold, is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stainton. Mrs. Carol Stephens of Oshawa, is holidaying with Miss Grace Stainton, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hoskin and family of Harmony, were week-end visitors with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reford Cameron. Mr. and Mrs. F, Cameron and Helen, Mr, Ted Sonley and Mr. Al. bert Hircock, were Monday visitors of Mr. Percy Bryce, Mountain Lake. Mr. and Mrs. of Oshawa, were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cameron. : Mr. and Mrs, Fred Cameron and Helen, Mr. Albert Hircock and Mr. Ted Sonley had a picnic at Orono Park on Sunday. George Chant and daughter of t. Thomas, were week-end visitors f Mr. and Mrs. A. 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