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'Nx AV FN > id ® [ @- ° BS a @ > ° nd a 1. 'a K) eR NJ with John Gast iY I've quit complaining about the weather. In fact, I'm not going to make any more predictions about the upward turn of temperatures, the end of the snow, or that old chestnut about how itn snow but not stay on the ground. The last time | predicted that one, | couldn't find my car. For two days. On main street. Nope, I've quit complaining, and for those of you who've had to suffer, I'm really sorry it took "me so long. If it wasn't for me, I'm sure Spring would arrive a lot sooner. It's not a matter of temperature inversions, cold and warm fronts, you know. It's the OI' Man. He's got my house bugged. As | become more wary every year and hold out longer, the warm spells last longer and longer. But event- vally, I'll break down., "Well dear," I'll say, smiling up at a clear, blue sky, "I think that's about it for this year." And that's usually all it takes. But all that's changed. It can snow in August and | won't care. I've decided to do something about the weather via a package of seeds, some department store dirt and a 3' by 2' windowbox garden. There are some minor problems. My wife who's been afflicted with kind of an ingrown green thumb (Goodyear rubber plants wilt) secretly detests and begrudges me every tiny sprout. It's not that she does things to them, rather it's what she doesn't do. She doesn't'keep an eye on the garden. Take for instance the time she let the kids water the patch. By the time | got home, the " seeds were floating on the choppy surface that lapped at the sides of th box, and the young fellow's model USS Wasp was listing heavily to port. m Another time, | thought she's swallowed her pride and. actually planted something on her own. "No, John," she retorted, 'that's not potato hill. That was the cat." And then there was the time the kids staged the Battle of the Bulge among the seedlings. The Germans had advanced from the corn through the head lettuce to the carrots, and the Allies had outflanked them from the cabbage and hit them right in the peas. Or the time my three-year-old daughter thinned out the asparagus. She doesn't like asparagus. But it's those $14 tomatoes that I'm waiting - for. My neighbour, Charlie, grew them last year. Charlie goes after most things with all the vigor and vim he can muster, and gardening was no exception. Besides the seeds ($.39), he invested ina small garden tool set, about $10.98, a $29.99 wheel- barrow, a $5,99 rake, a $7.88 shovel, a $450. tiller, a $249. compost shredder, and a $499. steel storage shed to keep it all. Calculating last year's crop, that comes to $14 a tomato. RRR PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited Phone 985-7383 Sa re, Gon : (om) 10 "rs we w "Arion + Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher John Gast J. Peter Hvidsten, Editor Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Part Perry Star Co. Lid., Por! Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 pér year. Single copy 20c¢ DIA AAA AAAI, A ~ I NIAAA INANE, aaa MARR ARS PJ ab t dy 4 4 . SY TPS Slwisasybalidy muir Utica and area news Miss Brigitte Beck and Mr. Dale Beare called on Mrs. Service will be held In Epsom United Church on Sunday, April 28, at 11:30 m, The Rev. Del Millar, 'B.A., B.D. will be the guest minister. Utica Sunday School meets at 10:15 a.m. A speedy recovery is wish- ed for Mr. Harry Harper of Oshawa, formerly of Utica who is a patient in Oshawa General Hospital. Harry had the misfortune last week to fall, breaking a leg. .- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wallace of Stouffville spent Thursday evening with Mrs. Jack Crosier. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Evans of Scarborough were guests of Mrs. Lloyd Taylor on Saturday. . ) Mrs. Jack Diamond has been spending a few days with relatives in Toronto. Mr, and Mrs. Bruce Bailey visited Mrs. Laura Tucker in Peterborough on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Doug McKinley of Willowdale were supper guests of Mrs. Chet Geer on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs, Hillis Wilbur enjoyed the Minor Hockey banquet and dance in the Legion Hall in Port Perry on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jack John- ston of Oshawa were Sunday supper guests of Mrs. Cecil Harper. ~~ Mr. Ryan Sutcliffe of Janetville visited his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sutcliffe on Sunday. Special Line Long & Short Sleeves Jack Crosier and on Jack in hospital at Port Perry on Sunday. Nineteen tables of people 2 enjoyed the euchre .in the hall Lon Fr 1 Friday e evening. 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