,| _ Local Fronch Teacher Of English ‘; TOM CLOUGH MOTORS LTD 261 MAIN N. Ahis recent . disUnetionâ€" . was awarded to Mr. Allard‘s. poem "Petit Bout d‘Hommé," which is a sonnet on a philosophical theme which was originally inâ€" spired by the eldest of his five children Michel. The sonnet comâ€" peted with entries from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Algeria and Canada and was judged by French Academy, The Toulouse society which awarded the prize is a comparaâ€" tively recent organization and it awarded its first honor to the great Victor Hugo himself. Alâ€" though Marcus Allard disclaimed any. such great pretensions on his part it was faifly obvious that he was very pleased"by this happy coincidence whith is very understandable. s Marcus Allard makes very few pretensions for his happy hobby: of writing poetry. He was first introduced to. the problems of rythm and words by a fellow recently started to ‘ postry, Marcus Autelius Allard who is an English and history .lecturer at the Weston Collegiate has done _ remarkably . well.. Over 15,000 lines of verse have been written since he first became interested in poetry ‘a short three years ago and recently he was honored with the first Inâ€" ternational prize for poetry from the Society of Arts and “Lotu}'l of ‘‘Toulouse, France. s Now Is The Time To PLUMBING, HEATING, TINSMITHING, HARDWARE 1168 Weston Rd. MT. DENNIS Phoneâ€"RO. 2â€"7575 English & Mouldâ€"Ltd. heck The Heating System Plumbing & Heating Specialists for 40 Years FARGO PMERMATRS These handsome 1958 FARGO POWERâ€" MASTERS introduce brandâ€"new standâ€" ards of costâ€"cutting performance.,. safer, easier operation. .. bigâ€"load strength ... and â€"style that does a public relations job for you, too! This is newness that makes sense all the way. 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A new Fargo dual headlamp system that casts light up to 75 feet farther for safer nightâ€"time hauls. "What‘s the good of doing that?" retorted the sceptical cliâ€" ent. "I never knew Queen Anne." "This is‘ obviously genuine Queen Anne,"â€" said the furniture dealer. "Just.look at the legs." ~â€" With typical straight forwardâ€" ness Marcus Allard, recalls the following anecdote which resultâ€" ed in the composition of the verse, "The Clock". "A young man who claimed heâ€" was a writer came up to me one day. He said that he had heard that I wrote poetry, which I willingâ€" ly admitted. He then challenged me; to sit down and write a poem. This seemed very silly to me, but the youngâ€" man was being very earnest so I sat down and â€" wrote: the followingâ€"poem: The only rhythm we have As ticks the clock, so does my soul, . With ev‘ry tick a moment oldgr; And both we rush without a goal, 6 Less taut the one, the other golder . .. \ _ known, Substratum of our entity, This song to which we both have grown f Is sung in dire monotony A tick, a tock, a tick, a toclg Forever same, forever trite, Till comes the tapping of a knock s Announcing one‘s etermal night . .A ~NOT ACQUAINTED Marcus A. Allard. 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