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r the georgetown herald wednesday june 13 1945 thm winner dont worry ma by ellis k baldwin mcclura syndicate whu ftur hoof er by smith whitxand mcclur syndic u wnv fftturai cergt jimmy graham sat slouohed over the writing table in the popt exchange gnawing at the end of his fountain pen he hat ed writing letters as much as his mother loved to receive them it wasn t so hard at first but now he was running out of things to say the only piece of news he could think of was something you couldn t put down on paper the command ing officer had given strict orders about that jims nostrils twitched the mem ory of the spicy aroma in his moth tr s kitchen took him across the m lies to burtonville she wo standing beside the stove with long spoon stirring a batch of apple butter the day he broke the news enllsted7 jhn that s fine she said firmly pushing back a strand of graying hair which clung molstlj to her flushed cheek the grahams have all been good soldiers she sang out as she cut a thick slice of fresh bread and loaded it generously with the delicious brown concoction he had noticed her fingers trem ble ever so slightly when she handed il to him jim came from a family of fighting men right back to greit grandfather ebenezer who carried a musket in 1812 she reminded him as if he didn t know it he knew too they had all returned everv ne of them except his own father that accounted for ma s trembling fingers put a graham in a cage th maneating tigers and nothing but his bare fists and he d battle his way out somehow she d often baid proudly but when she read stan hall mpp for a second term in the j ine 1 streetsville district farmer was the candidate in halton 4t i provincial elections stan lccevj il progressive oonscrva effective protection id the hcdual tuiuf why don t ducks get water logged everybody knows that nature has provided them with effective protection unique water re pell ant oils impregnating their down and feathers effective protection is the keynote to satis faction in brantford roofing too dependable against the elements fire resistant durable and attractive brantford roofing serves countless thousands of canadian homes whether you are reroc building a new one w or a castle its charm vastly enhanced by th designs offered by bran to apply its reasonable m curl warp or split 1 home or the memory of spicy aroma in his mothers kitchen headlines about shipwrecks and sink ings jim saw the color drain quickly from her face jim s sister wrote him ma took on something awful after you left she s not afraid you can t handle yourself at the front i guess you know what she does fear his letters arrived home steadily at first when he was assigned to the job of instructor and it looked as if he would stay on this side for the duration ma grew calmer the letters he knew meant a great deal ma read them to almost any me whowould listen she a brantford roofs brantford roofing company limited brantford ontario -fafakhy- tht georgetown lumber co ltd soid a good son writes regular jim s pen scratched methodically across the paper he put in a para graph about the weather and re membering regulations crossed it out his next was dated four days liter he looked around at the other uys writing relatives and sweet hearts he envied the way they kept lhe words flowing they re going at t like a final examination and as if they knew all the answers jim told himself fascinated he watched the sandy hi red corporal beside him he had i nose upturned like a teakettle snout unconsciously jim chewed his tongue as he wrote what you telling them corporal he asked here have a look a sly gleam lighted the corporal s eyes jim read a few lines and laughed iloud it was perfect the descrip- tit n of the screwball fellow who v rked in the big kitchen was better thin a candid photo mind if i c py a little ma would get a laugh nut of this writing was easier after that jim swipped with other fellows the letter marked the seventeenth v is a cinch he found a movie magazine on the reading table it reviewed the film he d seen at the camp theater the night before only as he copied the plot he kept think ing of the time his mother took him to the bijou in burtonville she had bought his first long pants th day his wtlst ached now there o o bf one more but he was s rrnss the room next to saw the schedule ed for the entire nt lack variety he everything from to radio start kate g the bones in his burning coals when dont worry about ma j re treating me grand quickly he addressed six en velopea than he folded his missive and tucked them hi a moment lat er he was grinning txappqty beside the poet exchange counter licking the flaps to the man there he eaid can you space these so shell get one about every four days ones he was across he knew ma wouldnt worry because she realized whan graham finally got into cora- baf he couljlteke cftrc of himself a s the bus drew near camp chris began to worry wonder and worry what would actors with whom he had worked think if they knew that he stumpy chrla was now earning coffee and cakes enter tainlng soldiers he remembered the words of his agent are you sure that you want to do this chris you re just hitting the big time now and off you go on a wild goose chase making the army camps is all right for some stunts but you re different you 11 be taking a big cut in salary stick with me and i 11 get you thirtv weeks of the best time what are you going to do when the uso closes this performance don t worry gus chris an swered i 11 mall you the 10 per cent as usual it won t be quite the money that you ve been getting from me for the last couple of years though 1 don t want any commission nn a deal like this gus replied 1 t edly if you are set on jo mnf this camp show unit i donate m share to patriotism thus chris had joined gals guys gogs and fun latent pr duction of uso camp shows inc sura he knew that guys like him were getting their heads shot off overseas and he was still hoofing so what he hadn t asked for his draft deferment these were the things troubling stumpy chris as the bus pulled up to the entrance corporal pin f the special services office v i wilting at the post gite to meet i d direct the troupe to the hosp til s it was to be a hcspitil this l i what a pleasant thoiilit special sermcts s it me i n here to see that nom t f you in nl tllrs shows up 1 st strayed or sti len the corporal said you tilk as if you ve been in st ow business yourself c i p 1 cj i s addressed the neut r ever play a split week in dts m lines ydh i used to do a prettv fi r mat c turn corponi p t ey repl d y u re stumpy chris aren t ci we shared the bill in dts moi ts i couple of years ago renumber some jump for me huh mil c to soldier right corporal chris said sure i m stumpy chris how does your uniform fit by now pretty good this armi life doesn t do a fellow any harm guess that they won t get you for a v ile yet no chris answered disgustedly you know these draft boards thev stick a guy who wants in the army in 4 f and put someone who d gie an eyetooth to stay out of it in 1 a mine a 4f oh well you re doing your part the corporal said in an understand ing tone we need uso shows here can t get enough of them for the boys say it looks like we re almost to the hospital glanciag from a window of the bus chris noticed that a large build g with a rd fmnn pnlntfri the mr v1 u i an ton wbr our lliility to metal telephones leju mla not on metru- imnts ilone hut im in many e ibcb on obtaining win c ible mil x li hi equipment even ulien wi jrihiuri tit s ir muipowir m 1 materials it will tike time it niifjit be months- to instal all tin qip ir it is in mrv to serve our waiting njiplu int e eh ill iom no lime oii inn be sure e ire lt iu ful for tht j tie m t ind under- et hiding of so m un who li tve li id to wilt so long for telephone seriec t jtfcxzve scajtc6 gnutf wnis tir uitd length of the roof had come into view is that the recreation halp he asked corporal piney nodded they got a stage to work on again the corporal nodded entering the building chris and his company were informed by a cheerful red cross gray lady that they would have fifteen minutes until curtain time upon further in quiry chris found that the building contained no dressing rooms he wondered just what the army ex pected of a person anyway what a life i fifteen minutes later to the sec ond the audience began to file in dressed in bathrobes and pajamas they presented a rather bedrag gled appearance these fellows had seen plenty what would they think of a 4f civilian dancer chris waited impatiently while the carter twins finished amid a series of long drawnout whistles it was tough to follow a sister team well at least he could thank his lucky stars that he didn t follow the animal act v there s your cue chris stumpy chris made his way to the center of the stage they were stuck with him now they a have to like it sayl that guy certainly has a lot r he ball i a tall soldier arm exclaimed to corporal was standing at his side can tie that here i am with b jr ken ing feeling sorry for my self and one-legged- guy comes out ad goe through a terrific dance routine i should complain ha i a lot the ball the corporal replifi enthusiastically thats an laerstateme hei tops i ought to vnow i worked with him before the ny got me la er refte- ing i n the evening stum v c rls hea armed yes they re just 1 i youngsters he had nowp ai fra- e this was another wr bu oy hadnt changed maybe i j lavefpnly one good w could show the best of the i a umr i about dog dancing 4 get ready for next winter by installing a fairbanksmorse stoker saves coal saves labor phone 250 for a survey of you heating equipment no obligation w h kentner son georgetown ontario georgetown your shopping centre houses are scarce in a georgetown if every householder who could temporarily rent rooms or apartment to those in need of ac commodation would consider this it would help until the present shortage of houses has 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