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oe ~me rw, 20 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, November 22, 1967 ANN LANDERS | Sordid Past Haunts Unfortunate Girl Dear Anm Landers: The letterjgrace should be said by a mem- from the girl who described her|ber of the host family. boyfriend as a "first-class gen-| The woman called me ill-man- tleman" because he offered tojnered and ignorant (those| | pay for her abortion (which she/words) and shouted angrily, "If later discovered she didn't|yoy don't say grace we won't need) moved me to write my|eat." I was too choked up to first letter to a iewspaper. speak so I just sat there. They]: This letter will probablyjdid eat after a few minutes and sound like a grade B movie or a/grace was not said. I didn't)! rotten made-up story, and I only|touch a bite of food and excused) & - wish it were. But unfortunately/myself immediately after din- it's true--every word of it. ner. My mother died when I was) My boyfriend walked me 16 and I-started sleeping with home and he was terribly upset. an older fellow. I told myself [| Was I wrong? Should I apolo- was doing it because I. missed|gize? If I am invited to his my mother, I know now I did it/ home for dinner again, should I because I was too dumb and too acceps?--Perplexed weak to say no, Dear Perplexed: Guests are When I became pregnant my sometimes asked to say grace boyfriend took me to an aber. and when asked, they should do tionist who botched the job and sa A guest who defers to a/j I almost died. As a result of member of the host family, that abortion I will never be however, should not be pressed able to have children. My or made to feel uncomfortable. "great love' dropped me) The boy's mother sounds like promptly and I took up with an-'she could go bear hunting with! © other bum who dragged me 'switch. If you care for the| down into the gutter where I/young man, accept future invi-| stayed for three miserable tations and make no reference years. to this ugly incident. Say grace, One day I woke up sick to/if asked, and carry on as if} | death of myself and decided to| nothing happened. i get a respectable job. I am now 29 years old, and I look 45. 1 i avoid my school friends because| Refresher Course I have made such a mess of my! life I don't know what to say| Offered Nurses TORONTO (CP) .-- A six-|~ when we meet. week refresher course, designed/ oe ates BRIDESMAID'S GOWN seven bridal attendants at the December 9th White House wedding of Lynda Bird Johnston. (AP Wirephoto) balance being paid by the Ontar- io Hospital Services Commis- sion. I am tortured by the past and terrified of the future. Ii, return 600 non-working wrecked my life because of 8/nurses to their profession, is| | The White House released foolish mistake. If just one girl being conducted in Toronto by| ¢nj esis a a. learns something from this let-j+,, Registered Nurses' Associa- s ske recently, de ter perhaps my messed-up life! tion of Ontario. scribing it as one of the will have served some purpose.) Margaret Peart, director of| gowns to be worn by the Please print it--My Name 48/the courses and former director Mud : of nursing at Doctors' Hospital,/offered on weekends and at Dear Friend: You did not ask/said in an interview that 27|nights. for advice but I feel obliged to} women--mostly in their 30s and! The nurses pay $25 each, the give it. Your inability to forgive|40s--are taking the first of a se-| MAMMOTH BAKE SALE yourself has set you on a course] ries of courses. | of self-destruction. Brooding | @ Festival of Dolls of All Nations @ Treasure Table and Tea Room r This is the first time the asso- and agonizing over past mis-/ciation has given refresher} takes takes energy--energy that! courses for nurses. could be used to build a decent} More than 1,300 registered future. Professional help might/nurses replied to 19,000 letters be the answer if you are unable! sent out to find out who was in- to do it alone. terested in taking the course. Many applicants stated their Dear Ann Landers: Last week|greatest problem in returning to! I had dinner at the home of ajwork was getting baby care fa- friend. I have eaten there be-|cilities and the fact that such fore and he or a member of his/expenses could not be deducted family always said grace. This|from their income tax. time his mother asked me to| A second course starts Jan. 9 say it. 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