THE HERALD 14 JOYCE BEATON The Unexplained Recently Ann Landers had a Idler from the ifc of mortician ho was mortified at the people lo the funeral parlour in which to bury their dead This once iRnin brings to light the macabre approach we take to dying and the sir infic ply rooted customs some of us cling to concerning funeral home etiquette I known a woman who for twenty years kept a while shirt In readiness for her layingout ceremony There was nothing wrong with her husband health she Just wanted to be ready If the inevitable should happen to catch her short By the lime he accommodated her the shirt had yellowed and was two sues too small so all her planning was in vein Another woman why do these things always seem to happen to women arrived at the funeral parlour with her husband clothes as she wis asked lo do Along with the tieand best suit was a set of long winter underwear She said he always wore long underwear at that time of the year and he would be uncomfortable without And another strange occur a rice happened when my own four yearold son body was on view A relative leaned over and touched his knee uncovered between the short pants and the knee socks His wee knee is cold she informed me adding that 1 should a pair of long pants to wear But the strangest them all In my experience concerns an ESP It was in Montreal when I was teaching Sunday School Our choir leader would each Sunday at about the same time as I and we would chat over of the week and the hymns to be sung that day On the Sunday in question I saw him standing in his usual place at the head of the stairs but hive a chance to talk to him However I did notice he was wearing a new suit It was brawn and blue pin striped and looked very nitty I meant to say something but was sidetracked Noticing during the service that the hymns were suae Inquired as to hy Sly friend the organist and choir master had taken ill and the priest had driven him home before the service beg in I mentioned to my husband that I had seen him and hat he was wearing a The following Tuesdaj T read his in the newspaper Upset at not having spoken to him when I hid a final chance I phoned the priest But you have seen htm he informed me I drove him home at 10 and lie died at 10 15 But I did see him there 10 1 insisted Hi wearing his new sun and I en have dunce tell him how nice it looked then proceeded to describe the suit There was dead on the pt one followed by in it but you must have seen his ghosl He trial suit or the first time Sunday and widow tells me that is what he will in Sounds like the Twilight Zone t if Its one of the strangest things I in my Joyce Beaton Is editor and publisher f CANADIAN I1EE a monthly publication on Canada heritage Its era I Is people and artists II available for yearly from Main St Milton Ontario 1 IN7 Employment group opens evenings The Labor full employment committee is kept busy handling calls from unemployed persons and will be open Tuesday and Thursday evenings answer all calls A meeting with Cliff of the Ontario Federation of and Italian Peel mem ben of parliament is being coordinated for Bill chairman of committee said Wednesday arc being sent to the elected members and the pub He will a duincc Most persons who call lie office Mr said are interested in workmen s com unemployment in Pension and welfare committee is the finishing touches to an in depth research report pre pared on the role of Canada Manpower We are not sails with Manpower all Mr is very close mouthed on its actual opera Hon yet millions of dollars art within and Peel regions by ted Once the report is finished the labor council will ask Manpower what is being done with the money and what are the positive results he said The committee is now two- monthsold All meetings arc held at the United Auo Work Union offices on SI reel in Brampton The objective of the commit tec is to cut red tape and speed up procedures for unemployed persons who have been disqua by the Unemployment Insurance 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