TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. pee te F Se Dear Ann Landers: There comes a time when each of us has reached the limit of his endurance-when we can take no more, My time has come so I am writing to Ann Landers. Tam a planist-organist, For years I've played for weddings, funerals, anniversary celebrations, testimonial dinners, confirmations — just name it and I've supplied the music. My bureau drawers and closet shelves are loaded with handkerchiefs (ail lace - no place to blow a nose), hand- painted vases, homemade Jewelry and assorted pieces of junk. i have paid babysitters, driven hundreds of miles and put in dozens of hours rehearsing as. well as per- forming. Everyone says, ‘Your music made the event ~” or, “You set the tone, created the mood --' High priase, to be sure, but after all is said and done there is no substitute for money. I hope every person who reads your column, will offer Ann Landers For the past several years we. have had separate bedrooms. Our marriage is a phony and we both know it. I’m sure things would have been different if he had had that operation when I begged him to. 'There’s nothing you can do for me, Ann Lan- ders, but I hope you'll print this letter so some of the sissy men out there will see and get smart. - Peoria Dear P.: I'msorry you didn’t write to me 15 years ago. I would have told you to take your Marine to the family doctor for achat. Many husbands who fear this surgery invariably change their minds after they ‘have talked to a physician an i received reassurance. ‘Ignorance and fear are the twirg! culprits here. I'm sorry for ya both. Even though your child bearing days are over, your s life need not be. Consider)’ counseling, with or without mall nt can’t burt — and it might help. TERRIBLE WINTER . : The Winter of the. Rals (ri aters) was the name given ing! Newfoundland to the winter of BAe 1317-18 when the land wast’ Plagued with famine, extreme}. Q cold, destructive fires and food ti a rio Vee a ee ee aaa eee mame CASH to the musician who “makes the event, sets the tone and creates the mood” and not Stewart Brown, Bert Goulet, Jack O'Connell, Hank Barg, Angus Conchie, Ken Kerr and Wally Swanson. Boglund, Derek Hales, 2nd Row (left to right) Harry Roger, Jack Hill, Ernie Hainstock, Bill Young, Bill Hood 3rd Row (left to right); HERE'S THE 1971 executive of the Canadian Legion of Terrace, Branch 13. Front row (left to right) Tom Kenna, William Griffiths, Poul A “HAPPY POSE, following the installation of officers for the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion Branch 13 was made by, Front row (left to right): Olga Waselowich, Billy Stickney of Kitimat, Eve Melnyk, Marg Potter, Betty Gair, Freddie Letwin. Back rew (left to right): Bey, Dickie, Dorothy Fairclough, Dorothy Sheasby, Byri Peterson and Pat MacDonald. At The Library BY CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Shut Up And Eat Your Snowshoes by Jack Douglas C. P. Putnam’s Sons Jack Douglas writes gags tor Rowan and Martin and other comics, which should give you an idea of the serious nature of this book. Seeking emancipation from the rat race of life in suburban Connecticut with its commuter train schedules, weekend cocktail parties, and rising taxes, Jack buys anisland home ip northern Ontario. . With naieve hope he relocates “along with his Japanese wife, Reiko, his six-year old son Bobby, @ pet wolf and a cougar only to find his isolated haven beset by other aggravations -- swamp instead of roads, 60 below winter weather, and a scheming caretaker with an unabridged encyclopedia of imaginary ailments to choose from whenever work is men- tioned. Though every bit as hilarious as his earlier books, Huckleberry Hashimoto and _ The Neighbors are Scaring My "Wolf; this one.is marred ‘by the liberal use of. needless’ profanity, which makes it off * limits to young teenagers, .- . It's a-Wise Woodsman Who Knows What's Biting Him’ by Richard Frisbie -. Doubleday and Company » Known: for his’ humorous . 7 articles, Richard Frisbie adds. * to -his' reputation at the same. . time giving factual advice: on. * camping, from choosing a hiking trail to selecting basic ‘|. ; camping equipment and’ even “the d When you don't know who . to turn to ee TURN TO US WITH CONFIDENCE 3 MacKAYS FUNERAL | HOME Phone 635-2444" Terrace, B.C. 7 how. fo. suvve if marooned on’ : AVAILABLE PHONE 635-5376 5016 PARK AVE. PARK AVENUE TRAILER COURT coders Gardens » Wish To Announce That. Mr. & Mrs, 8. Hartman will Be. Mandging The 40 Suites ‘Complex: As OF danuary Vn. Of The Cedargrave. Gardens. : PHONE. 635-3648. Please Apply ar The Above ‘Addross. “Ve eit: assume that he or she will be insulted. Bean angel, Ann, and ‘print this, —Dizzy Fingers ” Dear Dizzy: Here it is -- with an added word to you from “Angel.” The problem can be eliminated by one frank sen- tence. When a musician is asked to provide music he should say, “I'd be happy to but I’m charging now —-” and name the fee. Dear Ann Landers: The woman who wrote to say she is proud of her husband because he had a vasectomy has every right to be. Not every man will do this for his wife. My husband is a World War II veteran. He was a Marine. To listen to him talk you'd think he fought the battle of Guadacanal by himself. Yet when I asked him 15 years ago to have the operation he refused -- said I had no right to put him through that. 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