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j sugar and spice by bill smiley frp faop you had a nice christ mas we did w always do we pile in on the grandparents each year and its always warm and cosy and pleasant at the farm and the women talk six miles a minute stiey 8 the dinner and thr are kids of all shapes sixes and ages and the men loaf shamelessly diges tive juices spurtinginto their cleeks as the seem of turkey ana plum pudding waft in tor take keview peek into shlney newhosplto before public admitted agenda la h cock wod hovm te and one cookouts swims picnics we moved in a m house with mi of eak clew vapt week m and a uraplaca all w additions rfest party i was at all jtw was just before christmas when a gang of old lighter pilots got together in the city and had a real oldtime bash austrat- ianms egllshmep irishmen and canadians we reflew our spit fires mustangs and typhoons wltb such gusto that the staid old club at whlfcn we rendez voused was rocking on its mid- victorian heels vsval dawant sheet at new years and i think theres en j it ante snore at l how ave you on the new years reolntlonst are yon- a make envandbreakem type if so join the dab theres a dig membership 1 used to make k lot of resolutions about smok ing drinking being lasy argu ing with my wife and all my other sins but i found that these resolutions gave the old girl too blfon edge in our little make vst ene grand resolution than a let ef tittle ones example ftni can resetve tebe better in every ray during the coming year this is it means that yeo can i hope you had a goo in 1961 its rather depressing tnt jtt all those muddy foot prints marking what started as a clean sheet i cant identify any particular progress moral physical or financial as 1 pear back through my own 12month come to think ef it 161 was stint kind to the smiley and i hope i i it was to you and yours we i did set to church more had what might be called a typ- often but that was offset bylical human year busy quar- various other venalities i rellng being happy working didnt have any major illness getting nowhere in particular but i ared about eight years but making a lot of fuss in the during the 52 weeks this happens every year which now makes me about 104 and 1 ended 1961 just as i started it up to my ears in debt plans of character improvement and still go on smoking boos ing beating your wife kicking dogs or whatever your forte is labour council names heym as president at the regular monthly meet- ting of the oakville district labour council last week new executive board was elect ed for the ensuing term heym of oakville was elected president mr j henry of oakville and cliff hayes of milton were elected vice pre mr marty caputo offllton was voted in secretary and d law of oakville was reelected as tras- urer j kane of burlington was elected sergeant at arms messrs galer and hicks of burlington became trustees ft brodie of oakville is the new executive at large and the same hatkald tttw ini 1962 sound the fanfare roll out the red carpet here comes 1962 may it prove richly rewarding 1o you and yours bringing you a bountiful measure of good health and good cheer -crown- lrgt alt your efforts with success and leaving you with a rich treasure trove of many happy memories wigo tvlapniancts mauuci and ed