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8 The Aclon Free Press Wed Sugar and Spice by bill smiley I m trying to figure out some way to go and see my son in Paraguay summer Maybe my faithful readers can help There s nothing whatever to stop me from just buying a plane ticket and going Nothing whatever except that I can ford it There s a pile of miles between here and there And the way my wife s been throwing money around lately new carpeting new wallpaper new sewing machine we II be lucky if we get through the summer with enough left over to pay admission to the Fall Fair So I II just have to use my native ingenuity which is present in very liny amounts Why bother you say Why not let the kid come home for a visit Well his monthly income is probably around forty bucks so ht has the same problem I have He been there over a year now and reason he I get our letters though we receive his And he is my only son And he must be lonely He managed a longdistance call to his mother in Feb ruary on her birthday from Argentina But he just has no contact with home and we cant phone him Just as well If we could the old lady would probably be calling him every Sunday night at about a rattle Besides I love to travel and I never been to South America His mother flatly won t go She s afraid of being trampled by an elephant or squeezed by a boa eon stridor or pinched on the bum by a South American sheik or something Slowly a plan is emerging There are a few blank spots but my itinerary is taking shape I think I could rake up the price of a bus ticket to New York From there it s a short hop to Bermuda On that beautiful island a Reader a subscriber to the Kincardine News who has sent back word with a mutual acquaintance that she be delighted me the island She d pro bably put us up and feed us for a day or two Next stop Jamaica My nephew has a house and servant here I have fed that boy of his bottle and changed his diaper In years gone by He owes me Then a across the Caribbean to Mexico City where a friend of a friend lives A bed and board and a couple of days among the Aztec ruins would be a nice change After that we hop to Guyana first stop in South America It used to be Dutch Guiana My brother worked there for a couple of years and and has influential friends in the capital Paramaribo I should be able to doss down with one of them for a couple nights while I get cllmatizcd It s the next slop that worries me Once I get to Rio Janeiro I m home free I have an old girl there Sylvia She was a knockout when 1 knew her in college and used to neck under the trees In Queen s Park until I was so weak I t have gone one round with Carmen Miranda She might not recognize the wreck con fronting her but all I d have to do is say Its Bee Yo and shed rccog immediately that Canadian pro nunciation of eu tamo I love you which she taught me from the Portuguese One big problem Between Para maribo A and Rio down around the middle of the continent he about 1 500 miles of jungle mountains jaguars not the car and cannibals stuff to give any man the twitch So here your chance to help gentle reader If you happen to have an uncle or brother working in the tin mines of La Paz high in the Andes we could zlg over there and let him put us up for Ihe night This would mean a jungle jump of only about miles a mere bagatelle though the Andes are a bit dicey From La Paz in Bolivia to Asuncion Paraguay is a mere half day s hop Then it Just a day by bus up into the or Green Hell as it is known and it a casual Hi Hugh Thought drop down and say hello I can just see his face And hear his first remark Where Mom As you can see the trip would be a piece of cake once we sorted out a few rough spots like that jungle bit On the woy home could go around by Sao Paulo where I know a of nurses Or did 30 years ago No problem All it needs is a tittle cooperation from my readers If you know anyone who could put us up for the night in Peru or Chile or Buenos Aires feel free to drop a line We II shack up with anyone even missionaries Oh There one other thing You may have notieed that I been using we all along and that my wife I going There no paradox involved I quite cerium lhat some Faithful Reader has a light aircraft a pilots license and the summer off Preferably male though if the Women I ib raises a stink take anybody I 11 be perfectly willing to split the cost of the gas No guarantees of course ex a lot of southern and home by Christmas d v Pet of the week LADY IS a part German Shepherd and part Husky dog who lives on s Fifth Line Because of the warm weather and her skin Ladys owners the Roches family got her coat trimmed Lady looks a little like a lion with her mane and pompom tail but she s a five year old dog so do not call the police for help Urgent need for blood Medical operations in Toronto have been almost totally stopped according to Hank Kroes from the Acton Red Cross The spokesman was notified yesterday Tuesday by Red Cross of Canada that Ihcre was an urgent need for blood for major operations in city The 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