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| A Policeman's View Of Spoiled Christmas Us QW OR a owerrt, 14 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, December 20, 1965 which describe the evolutionary periods and I must admit that: some of the first men and some of the monkeys look like they are pretty close relatives. l am a religious person, how- ever, Ann, and my early teach- ings make it impossible for me to accept this Darwin stuff. I would appreciate it if you would give me some support so I can . Dear Ann Landers: I have been a police officer for over 19 years. The problem I am writ- ing about is one I've had to deal with every year when I've pulled Christmas duty. I am talking about the Christmas eve family fight. We get more calls from neighbors to go out and settle family fights on Christ- mas eve than on any other night in the year, including New/convince him he is wrong.-- Year's. i\Fight Renewed You walk into a house which} pear Renewed: Save your is gaily decorated, the tree is|breath to cool your soup, Lady. | aglow, beautifully wrapped gifts|}you won't change your hus- are under the tree, and the hus-|pand's mind. He'll just show| band and wife are throwing|you more charts. things at each other. The kids)" The origin of man has been a| & ate crouched in the corners favorite argument for ages and seared out of their wits the scientific findings are all on| About 99 percent of the time his side. Considering what man you are able to patch things up/has done to himself these last} and nobody is arrested. But the/59 years I think the monkeys | holiday has been spoiled for' have a right to complain. everyone. I wish parents could learn to| pear Ann Landers: Our 11 control their drinking, their | year-old son accidentally left) tempers and their tensions s0|pis bicycle in the driveway) tHat their children might re-| which we share with the neigh-| | member Christmas as a happy pors. Our garages are side by t E = instead of a nightmare!cide in the back. en the police had to come to! r é The woman next door is the ')FOR THE BIRTHDAY he THE STARS SAY By ESTRELLITA FOR TOMORROW a Carefully planned--changes: in your methods could save time, money: and enerey now. Make ho drastic alterations where things are running smoothly, however. You may come up with some unusual ideas but, before presenting them, be sure that they are workable. If tomorrow is your birthday, your horoscope indicates that, while your job and financial affairs could be lagging iem- porarily, within another four months you will enter an excei- lent period for advancing these matters, In fact, the weeks be- tween April 15 and May 15 will be a highly profitable period for Capricornians on practically all fronts. Not only will you see a definite. improvement in the aforementioned interests,. but the month will also be propi- tious for both romance and travel. Other good periods for finances: Mid-August and late November, but do be conserva- tive for the rest of the year and consolidate all gains you will make in October, since your next good financial "breaks" won't come until late December and the first three months of 1967, | Aside from the aforemen-| tioned April-May period, other) good cycles for romance will | occur in late June and late July| : FOCUS ON THE FIREPLACE Give Fireplace A Face-lift Before Hanging The Stockings Traditionally the fireplae is|Adventures of Huckleberry 'lof the fund-raising project. jthe contestants and also Mrs. In St. Maty of the People hall, decorated in the Christmas motif, the Federation of French- Canadian Women, met last Tues- day and announced the results Mrs. Phillippe Chabot' who had raised the highest amount, was crowned "Queen of Suc- cess" by last year's winner, Mrs. Viateur St. Pierre, and was presented with numerous gifts. The first runner-up, Mrs, Jean Cardinal, and the second runner-up, Mrs. Pal Corriveau, also received a gift won by Mrs. Viateur St. Pierre, Mrs Howard Gimblett, Mrs, Laurent Gagnon and Mrs. Sauveur Na- deau. The winner of the hand-woven bedspread which was also part of the project was Miss Anita Pilon of Welland, Ontario. Mrs, Charles Tanguay, in! charge of the project, thanked! Wellie Richard and Mrs. Vvan Gilbert for: providing -the gifts} which had been donated by individuals and some city mer- merchants, Mrs. Roland Lacroix Sang a Christmas carol and appropriate ;SOngs were sung by other mem- bers. Mrs. Levis Boucher pre- sented a comic sketch. During the buffet supper ser- ved by Mrs. Bertrand Blouin jand Mrs. Roland Lacroix, the £ . : RD. : =. wes Chibs > und-Haising e of the focal points in the Finn... . "the bricks were kept}Reverend N. J, Gignac pro- Mrs. Phillippe Chabot Tops La Project mission and thanked the mam. hers who. contributed, : Mrs. Camille Doiron gave a report of the meeting she had attended in Toronto of the * cil of Societies of South ° tario, French-Canadian Women. She reported that the purpose of the organization was to es- tablish good relations among French organizations in Ontario South. Mr. Pierre Laporte of Ottawa will address the next meeting, May 14, in Quecn Elizabeth House, Toronto. All French-speaking persons are in- vited, A sum of money for the parish and a_ Christmas gift were presented to Father Gig- nac and presentations were also made to the Reverend Joseph Joseph Borge and Mr, Wil- fred Leveillee, the church care+ taker, A Mass will t» said by Father Gignac for the intentions of all the members. HOUSEHOLD HINT Expecting guests for the first time at a new address? Replace the porch light bulb with a green, blue or other colored one and tell company to look for the colored light. DANNY TAKES TO AIR -Danny Kaye pilots his own clean and red by pouring water| posed a toast to the queen. Mrs. on them and scrubbing them|Lewis Boucher won the atten. down with another brick." jdance prize Stone fireplaces, those made At the. business meeting for which Mrs. Jean Cardinal pre- (the latter two months especi-|house during the holidays. It ally good). Don't take mid-|gets fancied up in greenery. It's March, late May or October ro-|the custodian of Christmas| mances too seriously, however,|Stockings. It deserves to look break up a fight between Mom yorid's rottenest driver, as well ahd Dad. Thank you.--Officer as the meanest perton alive. 1 by sng orang All of us are in| sure she ino lad 4) kit's in ' | bi f teach him a lesson. your debt for an eloquent letter. | Pike just to te FED-UP With Christmas He ps ? Give i) its best. So, before you and mited, Peace in the home and goodwill téward one another should be|t an integral part of family life, not only during the holiday se son, but every day of the year. Right after she did it she had he gall to drag the fpleces of bike over to our house and yell a.|up a storm that our kid almost gave her a heart attack. She said, "I thought for a minute I Dear Ann Landers: A relative|had hit the boy and yo of Charles Darwin appeared on|died by the wheel." Then ae a' radio program recently and| began to holler about ses § revived an argument in our ble kids and terrible paren sa house that I hoped was dead. My husband says she meth About five years ago my hus-| buy our boy a new bike. oo band and I really went 'round|does the law say Burne: ahd 'round about this and now/Aplenty : he's at. it again. Dear Burned: I'm no lawyer, My husband has scads of lit-|but I can tell you what I say erature to support the theory|I say your son doesn't deserve that man descended from the|another bike until he learns to monkey. He has shown me take care of one. And it 's up to charts and pictures of skulls|his parents to teach him. CHILD GUIDANCE | CreativeThinking Is Greatest At Pre-Kindergarten Age | By GARRY C. MYERS, PhD jon the floor saying, "Go out-' Day 660--Pretended picking| During recent years numer-|doors." up something from the bed and| ous researches have been car-} -On the 14th day of her third putting it into a real glass of} ried on in creativity and crea-| year--with her little car, started|milk, and that he was giving} tive thinking in children, chiefly|through the room with, "I go to|Mother something from a real children of the elementary|school; bye." Later said, "I! envelope. school age. An obvious element| home." Day 664--Picked up a real) in all crea' is imaginat A few days later--when she|shovel and began_ natural] In the .upished report: oi, was put to bed said, while point-/shoveling movements and then| some of these researches crea-jing to the covers, "Dog under|dumped the real pail as if dirt tivity was reported as highest/there." Later it was a kitty,/were in it. in the child from three to five/then two doggies and a kitty. Laced with nostalgia are these Granny Look dresses. | Narrow matching lace bor- Day 781--Often puts food to! ° sie GRANNIES GETTING YOUNGER ders the full-length front placket of the shift at left. Collar and covered buttons are in the Mod Mood. Sim- ilar lacing and. buttoning detail the high-waisted, short-sleeved version at right. The fabrics in rich, true colors reminiscent of plush hung parlors are "coined" jerseys of orlon acrylic and wool. They are "coined" or bonded to a sheer nylon tricot lining for shape retention and cling prevention. They could prove disappointing. | your decorating crew go into A child born on this day willjaction, do give it a face-lift |be endowed with' the jneeded to make a successful lin- guist, artist or writer, talents jing. Chief offender jcontend with is the soot stain. you have to iarry tile, bluestone, slate, |.; of quarry tile, bluestone, s sided, Mrs. Yvan Leger re flagstone or magnesite, are por-|ported that she had sent money! ous and so is the concrete injand used clothing to foreign | which they are set. When wash-!; - lamps from Lighting ever Stored Toronto -- Hamilton -- Oshawa. ed with soap-type cleaners, al# the concrete} eFor unglazed brick, which is;scum forms on | | DISHES TAKE TIME Clearing the table and wash- ing dishes takes at least an {hour a day of each housewife's ltime, or more than 45 working jdays yearly, HOME FOR CHISTMAS HALIFAX (CP)--The Halifax Lifeguard Corps raised money | |for 15-year-old Bernadette Dol-| limont, a student at the blind | school here, to spend Christmas with her family at Placentia, | Nfld. It will be her first Christ- mas at home in four years. | | art {I-30 WIFE PRESERVER | | Cool fudge in ice cube tray, | jusing tray divider to mark off i Squares, | the most common fireplace ma- \terial, iscrub it down with a bucket of jhot water spiked with a cup of isal jto restore them to their original | be completely rinsed away. A hot sal soda forms on the concrete which eannot be completely rinsed away. A hot sal soda solution applied with a stiff-bristled brush is the recommended color, give them a coat of coldicleanser. In the case of a slate water paint after first consult-ifireplace, you can give it a ing your local paint dealer on dark, lustrous look after it's the proper shade and washing/washed by carefully applying a them down with the sal soda | little lemon oil and then wiping solution. Or you can try what|it with a clean cloth to remove Mark Twain described in Thelthe excess polish. which cannot dust it well and then soda concentrated. If the} bricks have faded and you want House of Faire COIFFEURS NOW IN NEW LOCATION 14 Ontario Street -- Oshawa Expert hair stylists to give you the ultimate in hoir styling + . « In @ comfortable, friendly atmosphere. Facials with Revlon and Sens Seucie preparations. PHONE 723-6901 REITMAN'S GIFT CERTIFICATES is your answer to any gift problems, Available in amounts of $2.50, , years of age. It began to de-/She played she was eating an|the mouths of toy animals, | cline after the youngster enters|apple picked up from the floor. Day 814--Said he wanted to school. Took several bites of it. No ap-| 12°), telephone near).| ple present. Shoveled imaginary|'e!ephone (no telephon | In this column and in my/Ple p : ginary| His mother held her hand to| early books I maintained that|/S20w with real shovel into a this is true. I based my con- clusion on elaborate notes I still have, which Mrs. Myers and I kept on the emerging of imag- ination in two of our own chil- dren when between their early second years till nearly five. These children had been read| to a great deal from the middle real pail. Frequently "washes"'} imaginary dishes at the table. Fed an imaginary woodpecker | Phoned several times. Talked to imagi-| nany dog or kitty. Carried an| imaginary tray about, asking us! to take some candy. Often in-! Sists she is a dog. his mouth and told him to hold} his to her ears. He put his own} hand to his mouth and tele- Ne-Ne. | ay §870--Plays more with) trains he makes from blocks) than with real toy trains Day 965 -- Tickled Rickety! Ann's chin (rag doll) and told Age of two years 10 months Ber, to smile. "Rickety Ann Age two years, one month-- --W ' -|don't feel good." When I asked her where my| Day 981--He wanted to: play| fountain pen was she said, "H ' rene '\ball, When I could not, he got! "hope lgelyy ecea ag voc, bane Rickety Ann, put her at one end kon these ta.....,2.,.0f room and he rolled ball from ee prea Aae *9UT-anG-B*/ the other. "Rickety--Ann--ean't half-months=Ste played that a catch ball." suitcase was a house where she : cared for her doll; a barber-- ANSWERING QUESTIONS shop where the doll's hair was) Q. We have started a new cut; ice cream parlor where she|way of getting our daughter, jfed the doll ice cream, with alfive, to take codliver oil. We pencil for a spoon; and a store|pay her a penny every time shell where she sold things and made|willingly takes it and save the| bills on paper with pencil. The|money for the next bottle of same suitcase became all four|codliver oil. What is your. com- of these in about 20 minutes.|ment? of them for their scientific value " : : ant in the study of child develop. Bead notes were recorded by a doubt that your plan will ment and for the help they may|_-* afford any parent to appreciate of their second years. Some of our notes appeared in my first book, "The Learner and His At- titude" (1925), and my second book, "The Modern Parent"| (1030), both-now of--print: Latély I dug up the original motes recorded between the years 1913 and 1920. As one reads them recorded on succes- sive days, the gradual develop- ment of creative imagination is revealed. My guess is that this type of evaluation holds for practically all young children. 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