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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday September 1990 Whats in a name A laugh or two I might as well come right out and tell you I ve become a little testy about my names Steamer and W held on I like them both but how would you feel if someone unable to think of Steamer or called you Canoe Barge Boomer Schooner Squeak Squawk Rowboat Stoneboat Steamship Horrible I bet Why it r enough to make you sea sick It s happened to me lots of times To make matters worse my pro per name is Wheldon and I ve been called Waldo Wendall Wilkie Wellington and even Imagine Willard My first day on the job at the courthouse in Milton several years ago the first fellow I was in troduced to said I m the second chap said I Sheldon and by this time I thought good grief if I say I m Wheldon will swear to God I putting them on often laughed later about the three of us meeting that first day Their proper names were Mel Dunn and Sheldon but as a joke we would we were Meldon Sheldon Wheldon I know judges that give sou id jokes like it So you see have to be on guard it ill times when vou ire Stories by Steamer Emmerson lagged with a name just a wee bit different Did you notice the cartoon strip Ernie did on me last week Wonderful talented Ernie We have been friends for years but I am a little put out about his piece Let me explain The Emmersons Besss Walkers Stockfords James and the were all residents of Top Street It si nickname In municipal and registn documents the proper name of the street is George but as kids will do we called it Top Street It was the lop street in thit part of town west of Main Street In registr documents the proper name of the is but as kids will d we tailed it Top Street It was the Back to school time presents budget woes Getting students rend to hit thi bonks when classes resume cm hit budget hard ind parents art bung urged to stt strict spending limits ick school tmiL in be almost as bad as Christ m is for pushing fimilies into serious fman ti s I education coordinator for the On tano of Ontario s free credit counsel ling services traditionally report a in requests for help at this time of According to three things can helo keep spending in line budgets bargains and com promise You have to know the limit of how much you can spend and pro mise yourself you won t go over it she says Getting the kids in at this point can help enor They II be more likely to understand why they can t have a whole closet load of new clothes if they ve helped make choices suggests doing a rough breakdown of the back budget allocating certain for clothes books supplies club fees other necessities that won be as hird if the child has been involved in the budget process be possible to save on mother budget item to cover higher clothing expenses used text books be purchased insleid of new ones Could equipment or supplies from last be reeve If the clothes in question are that important perh ips the student could Hie to help for them Nothing teaches kids the value of a dollar better than earning on their own sis Lentz Children who had jobs or ran businesses this summer will pro be more understanding and willing to compromise when shopp ing for back to school items They re also more likely to have money of their own to subsidize the budget If it seems impossible to find the money for school expenses and you need help dealing with a heavy debt load Lentz suggests calling the nearest Credit Counselling Ser vice now before the problem gets worse SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE NOW AVAILABLE HOCKEY EQUIPMENT TEAM UNIFORMS HOCKEY BAGS SALE 99 WINTER JACKETS SKATE SHARPENING BASEBALL AND HOCKEY CARDS top street in that part of town west of Main Street and beyond was Harold Cleave s farm There t another street in old Georgetown that holds more memories or produced more lasting friendships than Top Street Those still living in town who were raised on my street are truly faithful Hazel Arnold Hazel Walker Fiona Alcott Fiona docs Albert and The Lion at the drop of a hat Bud James Hockey Heritage winner and rank Of course Ernie my brother Jim Steve and sister Lois lives out of town as do Gor die James Jimmy and Ralph and last but not least the Stockfords Right at the moment I am a little licked off with Ernie his car toons Now I don think its serious start a fimilv fued but Ernie mav have unintertionally made me look like a bit of a fraud about nickname Beyond a shadow of a doubt it was Gordon and his brother Ernie that tagged me with Steamer and Steamboat that un fiLettabk sunnv in their kitchen It stuck like glue In his cartoon strip you can ly tell it Gordon Ernie Alcott and yours truly I m the one telling them it s with two For years and years Ernie and I have told the story over and over of how in your very kitchen when I was asked my name I replied Steamboat and you spell it with Everybody laughed There isn a week goes by that someone doesn t ask me how I got my nickname and then like a bolt out of the blue Ernie draws me in black and white and tells it 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