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Barrie Examiner, 17 Jul 1959, p. 7

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BOOKS llND JafiiesrThurber About New Yorker Editor rnn YEARS wnn ROSS By JAMES moan This is personal history of the first 25years of The New Yorker ns dominated by its motoreditor Harold Ross James Thurber long associated with the The New Yorker as writer cartoonist and stall mem berl1ns drawn vivid portrait oi the eccentric contradictory warmhearted genius that extraordinary man surrounded himself with many of the witiiest men and women oi his day such as Dorothy Par her Robert Beuahleyand 0g enNash and it is these assoc iates oi Ross who give anatteot innate picture of the plorions and crises ed betweém the tor and ii writers Although Ros treated man he ntxHasked in all seriousness Is Moby Dick the whale orthe mant he was unquesti nany one of the great Mias Ruth Peacoek daughter oiMr andan Stanley Pea cock Woisle treet has been entertained idal showers recently Mrs reg Tumllnson Thompson str George Chappet East street held mis eitaneous shower for the bridetmbe Mrs Tomlin sons home 155Mllel Spence and Miss Averill who will act as Miss Peacocks attend ants ior her wedding to Tom marrow held kitchen shower at thehome oi MrsBud Horn Oak St kitchen shower wasaiso given by Mrs Eric oherts John street Mrs ingertRegina Saskr atehewan is spending gtthree weeksholidayv with her parents Mr and MrsAllan Kelsey with street Tnisis Mrs Win sons first trip home to Barrie in eight years Ters RLuHadfielo Toronto has been recent house guest of Mrs Sawyer Henryflslreet Mrs Sawyer also spent few day MrandMrs McVeig Penetang atreei will have as Iweekend guests Mrand Mrs =Paui Borysiuk burlington Mrs VBorysiuk isther daughter the former Elizabeth McVeigh They will attend Lhe christening of their granddaughter Lisa Marie Borysiuk at ht Marys Roman athoiio Chur Monsignorl can will otficiat READING editors his day and this book makes reading um willdelight those ii any who have never heard of Boss comic weekly AND FOUR TO GROW ON by Frances Palmer This is an honest and heart warming account of the prob lems and rewards of bringing up happy adopted family on writer and her husbandodopt brother and sister Joe eight and Roch live who have be shuffled from one ioster home to another and as result are sus picious obiiie and love The Pal mer however gradually win their inlet and Frances Palmer tellsrnnny delightful storlaoi their reactions to the farm on which they live the neighbours and the school They then decide to adopt two more children and thistime Joe and Ruth play bigpart in making the two new Palmersieel at home This is al together happy touching book No GARLIC sour by Leonard Wibberley Flower Show vi Held In August At arecent meeting of the Vespra Horticultural Society the members visited the Alliston Horticultural Society Cyrll Jackson moderated panel dis cussion Mrs Jack Johnston Minestng spoke on the subject of growing African violets Mis Jack Gable Barrie spoke on preparing for the flower sho Jack Johnson Barrie led sion on grow ing annuals Ce ii Fertier Bee tune led discussion on grow ing gladiollis The plansfor the Vespra Flower Show August 25 at Mid hurst Reforestry was plannedior Septembe to Visit gardens in the area vowgt Under old Scottish law sim ple declar on oriwiilingnessbe lure two blessesconstituted legal marriage in Toronto with Mrs Had Tells ma Gripped by the urge to see tin awny places the author and his ere atodds over anty Mittend baronetl bestselling authorJud with CmTrade ommimm doubt no no Thursday that will be some time yet before any gov erumentdoano are available to an in Gouda Garland LNlpissing tfled repeatedlyin seta direct answer from the to the question Does the government intend to make available this year iongterm capital loans or small businme framed by Mr Gprlsnd or rhakht yes or no answer to his question Mr Churchill said the 115 governmentvgaveho linen cial aid to small business for years after its small business branch was established 1h An Einmiaer WntAd ram PA out LONDON GENTS SOAKED BYZULU munow Prln Agent Dinizuln is six years old wife and four new leave and Her Royal Highness was their home in Caiiiornla and set bored tie in sInmyPortngal Not one of the Wlhberieys could speak the language but in remark ably short time they find house near Eaterii complete with suitor iotn What follows is vivid picture oi the deligth and disadvantages oi living in Port ugaland description of ti hmnan foibles oi the people round them Arsreat deai oi warmth and humour Imderlier the keen observhtion in this hook and makes it pleasan travel experience N0 ONEWILL ESCAPE by Hans Helimnt Kirst In this terrifyingand altogeth erbellevahlehovel the author speculates tothe events and courseoi World War In His thesisis that divided Germany makes war ioemtahle and World Warmoomesasaresuitotan upmingin East Germany the most frightening aspect of the hook is that rwhil or West wants the war they are unable to prevent iL Events move fast and the world is trayed in days The author has succeeded in making his chara diers ehland human and it an exciting we Alter 35 Years BCAlTeacher Retires DAWS NCREEK 30 CP Manitobahorn Mrs Jean Gething has retired at 35year teach ing careerin vthevPeacé River country of northeastern British Columbia Taylor gougeCoupe Kilker ran Ca Creek Hudson Hope Clayhurst thsan Greek all are names of selflements fertile dishictaners has taught at every on Born at Ridin Mountain Man she completed er formal educa tion in Vancouver Mor thnniznguesk attended ceremonial dinner held to mark gs retirementShe sh lane to continue collecting fossils keeping scrap events and local interest ea sandman13 cmn nessto eigher East Then she looked out the win dow of her secondstorey apart ment in Jermyn Street and saw someone water window box Thevprinoess decided to do the same Buther window sill heldonly solitary plant in solitary pot So VElizabeth watered the peoplepassing below with cups of water aha started titlehour siege Startled clty gent got drenched looked encoun tered av melonslice grin ried away rElizabeth was delighted She used only to lock out the maid gt By lunchtimoa crowd also had gatheredontheother side of the street jhvo policemen arrived They hammered on the door They pleaded withfler Royal Eiglr desist But thecnp kept emptying tirelessly Finallysomenna remembered Elisabeths motherI six foot Princess Algandria AAlhe Palmer Dinizulu was withKher lawyers at thavlnweourts phone call and mother hurried home by cab The siege was ended Princess Alexandria an nounced firmly Elizabeth zeta little spanking sin stuns CLEAiSFANCE FABRICS whenMiss Sam Timer May mach raya the English havozoever turned to to make skirt Lady Pameln Berry wiieoi Fleet Street editor re plies that this lust isnt true She Volunteers to find Miss Mitford good Finnish skirt if she will otteudloodon lashlon week startingij It RAPE ENGIVJSEVFASEIONS The disp about drus started tiord in rare intervqu published by The Daily Express lsuednn indictmentoi English iashionfrom her lovely borneon therliuo Monsieur in ti had to cut down on anti subsidized clothes she said do the racy Millard style would get one suit every year hour good Paris drasamaker Itism myth that Enflish suits and jackets are superior to French ones they have never leornedtomakeaskir Last time was in London new suit the jacket of which delighted me but the skirt was quite impossible Miss Mitiords words usually win respect Sheis the author oi Love in Cold Climate and Pitt suit of Love The love theme neatly blended with solid re searoh waves romantic thread through her books on Madame de Pompadour and voltaire Min Mitford impressive ero lected foreign wordiwere not WANT To set TllE momentum aAle HAIR 511qu gt vaoudoestw PL Permenenk JASMWMWJO No Noonti Group singling some STAGEFOR GLAMOUR AND ROMANCE ezzaul fillmemo alsoburn Ems rim1 that original peryardinisali gimme Most ara pdry finished 1536 tom harmum

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