CER A Aa OL a oa B2 PERCIVIL CASTLEGAR NEWS, October 5, 1980 LAST DID You SEE ‘THe RAMSL_| PLAY THE. FALeeNS ON TW nent NV Gee (4.2 WATCHED THE. 4 BEARS PLevy THE ANIMAL Kinepom” ON TN, IT was: Gs Your Stars By st Stelia wiser There is a about the ne: days that encourages accomplishment. Those’ who take advantage of their har- monious surroundings should be able to reach goi ge goals their families. e “ecm this week as offs; surpass themselves. “ ves. ‘All seems favorable now for problem solving. Person- al matters that have seemed confused ately suddenly become clear. New under- standing between marriage partners, leads to new joys y week's end LEO:(July 23- Aug. 7) — Make every effort to share new knowledge with anoth- er. This is a good week for joint ventures at home. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) - Newly acquired’ assets make life easier on the employment “scene. Take your weeks to get to know new WinGO:tAug. 23-Sept. 7) - A parental error of long ago surfaces early in the week: Problem-solving ses- sions are highly successiul (Sept. 8-Sept...22) .-- your. immediate Pieatlosrtted gains you much in the way of respect and authority. Grasp an opportunity to leat LIBRA:(Sept. 23-Oct. 7) - New responsibility on the - home front may confuse you at first. Ultimately, howev- er, you succeed well. (Oct. 8- Oct. 22) -- A logical move early in the week brings a high degree of success at week's end. Don't overlook an offer of suppo: SCORPIO: (ect. 7) - New/ people, laces, new 23-Nov. new , excellent, impr Bis superior - has “ene he chith "SAGITTARIUS:(No ae Ty.= Group activities best in ou:’ Partnerships ‘thrive as ‘week ‘draws:té a-closen(Dec. et Dees 221) fi Dinect cyour toward new.wareas of i QU CAM an activ CAPRIC! Jan. 8): = ther hand, activities: a Worth’ the: rewards. ‘(Fel Peb?'18) re “Complieat human ‘relationshipsican:bhe simplified’ if-all wil take the time.to. shear. each other: acess (Fo israren - Family, Riefpbersyanvi supper each ober ‘other ifany et of them are to meet with success by (March 6-! March 20) -- What- “ever is new and different takes your time and energy Even.so, progress depends upon the past. Tampons week's end. : ARIES:(March 24-April 4). — Take care that domestic argument early in the week doesn’t spoll what aug be excellent TO; pril 5- April 19) “ Lay sl oad early in * the eek enables you .to ‘move ahead with plans for a new venture. tavelve loved ones in challen; TAURUSHApTI 20-May 5) ~ To flirt with,untried ways and means could be danger- _ous this week. Keep to meth ou know and 22) -- Take care ig to help anoth- discourage is a good week for ‘self-development. .GEMINI:(May 21-June 6) ~ Follow your instinct when it comes to making decisions tegarding .change on the employment scene. (June 7- June 20) — Take your time early in the week, and you will not make a mistake as week ends. Challenges are at first confusing CANCER; (Gune 21-July Rik = Timing is vital to suc- is week. Don't jump the ane take things in the order of importance. (July 8- July 22) -- So long as you are open and above: board in your dealings this week, you cannot lose friends. Be pre- pared to declare sides. ght, 1980, United Feature syn ‘Syndieate, Inc. f. Silk sponges ‘marketed Some time soon you may see little blonde sponges on the drug store shelves right beside the sanitary napkins and tampons. - Silk sponges, imported from Greece, have recently come on the market as a natural alternative to con- week. hese keep you busy this" U profit Many women are dis- accrues now. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) ~ An earlier failure may isfied with the di -currently Sen “but are make you tenta- tive about accepting a we hee said Sheina Lanai, the ouly local challenge. Be Complete Insurance Service. Open Six y¥ Better! COHOE INSURANCE AGENCY LTD. 269 Columbia 365-3301 Sponges have many ‘ad- vantages over conventional disposable tampons, she said, adding that they are more comfortable, are not treated with any chemicals or bleach- es, are less expensive and are reusable, The sponges cost about $8, but last between four and six months because they can simply be rinsed out under the tap and re-inserted, Ler: man said. She admitted that rins- ing a used sponge in the pri- vacy of one’s own bathroom is one thing, but doing it ina . public washroom is another. “It’s not something that all women feel comfortable with, although it doesn't bother me. It can be an in- |. convenience,” she said. - re She suggests carrying van extra sponge and a plastic bag to hold the used one in. as natural alternative “And using a sponge influences how you feel about your body and its cycles,” she ‘ said. “Women’s ps . i of zs y nu cribees ‘Check those Oct.'1 West: ern Expreas tickets. Winning} numbers’ for’:'the.. $10;000' prizes are 1884180, 1880477, | 2085585, 847191: 1998600; . The, five. $100,000 sas ning numbers are 361 8735417, 2062167, 2258304. 1884171, ‘ For additional ~~ National Youth Orchestra now accepting applications ‘The. tional Youth Or- chestra of Ciriada is now ac- cepting\‘applications for its annual‘auditions. © - These are to be ‘held November through January, in 21 cities across Canada. All young musicians resident in Canada,’ or Canadians ‘abroad, who study an or- chestral instrument, are in- vited to participate. Internationally recog- nized as a pioneer in. or- chestra training techniques, Canada’s NYO has been in operation -since §1960. Its graduates are to be found in every Canadian’ symphony orchestra and in most of the major musical centres around the world. Age eligibility for par- ticipating in the NYO varies with each instrument. The details are forwarded with the application form. How- ever, all musicians between the ages of 10 and 28 may apply for a free audition. An NYO audition is not a com- . petition — it stands alone as 4 valid learning experience. Its main purpose is to stimulate interest in the profession, to inspire to greater efforts and, finally, to instruct. Many qualify for NYO. Only 100 may be selected. Where applicants are of + equal merit, often for dif- ferent musical reasons, con- sideration is given to their development and talen in re- lation to age, the scarcity: of . other orchestral training in their area, and their potential about menstruation are changing — it's not such a taboo any more.” But, she added, attitudes change slowly. “Druggists think they're weird. “She said they are reluctant to stock her product. But about 80 per cent of health food stores she has approached now sell the sponges. major symphony orchestras, are attracted to “the study program. They work side-by. bia musicians qualified for . side with the most talented students, some of whom will be playing in a large or- cheatra for the first time in - _ must be submitted y Oct. 31 their lives, ~ Each NYO student is awarded a full scholarship, up to the value of $5,000 which covers all the sum- mer's expenses, including in- tensive study with the inter- Queen Elizabeth School. national faculty. Fourteen British Colum- the 1980 NYO training ses- sion. Audition applieations and are available, with fur. ther details, from’ the Na-” tional Youth Orchestra, 76 | , Charles St. W., Toronto, Ont. M5S 1K8;_ telephone, area code 416-922-5031. .marking anniversary: A gala weekend, Nov. 21 and 22, featuring a wine and cheese social, a night of variety sketches and music, a basketball tournament.and a gala wind-up dance will mark the 40th anniversary of Sur- rey's largest Senior Secon- dary ‘school, Queen Eliza- beth. > Throughout the week- end there will be special displays of memorabilia and school photos sparining ’ the four decades, along with | tours of the school for former gtads.. 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So if .you're ‘going to remodel your bathroom, .be sure to | start at Bartle and Gibson. “Built-in Vacuun system i is also available at. _A.3. PLUMBING. Front Street Beets nearer iby coh over i In tune this series I : have come to a much better understanding of the concept of ‘pioneer.’. It \is a term which includes not only ‘‘firstness’ but. changes through time in ideas, technologies and soci- ety and an involvement in these changes, And, asin’ ‘most human activities, there are degrees or ‘levels’. among ‘ploneers.. For example: My father, though a chemical engineer by pro- fession, was a radio pioneer hobbyist, and, while’I was still. a young boy, won the Marconi Medal for being the first man to receive a trans- Canada radio message. His aerial was a huge cradle strung between two tall fir trees; his set, made up of endless dials, tubes and wet sells, was at least 16 feet long, very expensive and couver seymour etaen) and access roids and bridges {n Dunc, ‘onthe Cowitchan’: River.’ The pay for the men’ was board and 80 cents an’ hour (10 cents was. held, back hen ¢l ey Few people today realize | that from. these essentially ‘make-work,’ depression-tim! projects. hay was originally ja’ forestry branch); that the Present-day parks, camp- grounds and picnic grounds and their’ attractive’ rustic: furniture had : their’ begin: . nings in these forestry: camps. ~ Some of the camps, such as the Green Timbers at New Westminster, ‘became | the famous Green Timbers Nur- sery) and Forest Ranger , School’ and one of the early First building to be situated, and still standing, on} f we sion crew had to rush off to out of an office in Nelson put ont a house’ fire!” Diesels love-sick bull-moose, but they. do have their good points — I suppose. Practical considera- tions are very wearing on howled and led like a tove-sick banshee, Today one cauld buy.a far more efficient unit, for a “tiny fraction of the price, and conceal it in one’s ear — one small example of the rapid evolution of our technological society — in muniturization, increased complexity, ' in- creased efficiency and, yes, even decreased cost. Joe Killough, a true. pi- . oneer, with a longer per- spective of years, than mine is one who has been in the unique position of being not ‘only actor, director and spec- tator in the drama of the evolution of the city of Castlegar and its way of life, _ but in the of his from the ii six-month course offered by’ the school was Joe Killough, who, in spite of a limited formal Between 1945 and 1950 Joe, as ranger in ‘charge, or- ganized the Kettle Valley - For with top honors — thus proving once again that lack of a formal ‘education is no bar to success for-any man or woman with. the’ requisite determination, experience and ability.‘In‘-fact, ‘itis the cornerstone of the'adult edu- cation program ‘for Selkirk College and “similar senters today. ‘About this point in our conversation I asked Joe about forest fires, (the ran- ger's main concern at this period of ‘time) ‘and* which was the worst offender’ — chosen vocation, the forestry service, as well. - In the’ late 80s the pro- -vinelal , and federal govern- Ments created the FDP (For- * est Development Projects) |. for single unemployed men. : A manning depot was set up in Vancouver, an army-type camp was built on the Uni- versity of B.C. Endowment lands..{it .was later to be ome’ to an entire’ gener- ation of UBC students), and the men moved in. From here, Joe and other assistant rangers took crews and built work-camps from 50-125 men on the Island, the West Coast and elsewhere that men could work through the winter. Jog -and his men, for example, built firebreaks on the Van- - by; fire- RS? “None ‘of these,” stated Joe; “the worst fire-causers were the old coal-burning steam railway engines.” As one of those ro- mantics who remembers with a pang, the nostalgic and haunting ery of the steam- whistle echoing ‘through the hills, ‘them was fighting words. | But Joe, blandly ignor- ing all the danger signs, continued: “Those old steam “en- gines were mechanized in- cendiary bombs,” he said. "In one day, one engine with a faulty ash-pan produced 80 brush fires between Midway and Beaverdell; then, when they finally had these fires out, the exhausted suppres- est’ Ranger District (later. divided into two districts), but had to lo- cate his office in the old courthouse : in : Rossland. While in theory this was a good location, it had a num- ber of drawbacks — the Inck of space, the changing econ- 2omic picture (i.e. increased ractivity on the High Arrow. and decreased lumbering in the Beaver Valley): so Joe began: a protracted : negoti- ation ‘With Nelson District : office to.relocate in Castle- - gar. This. culminated, hap- pily, in the purchase from the school board, of the present forestry property and the .construction of the forestry offices, garages and ware- houses. The school board, had originally purchased the land for a high school site, and - later decided it was too close _to the highway, was equally happy to sell. It then pur- , chased property on Seventh :Avenue and built the Stanley Humphries High School, and the elementary schools in 1957 in their present location, away from heavy traffic. The high school at Robson (later at Raspberry) and the Castle- gar Elementary School were then closed down. In'1965' Joe was prom- oted to Inspector of Licensed Scalers, on the staff of the District Forester. He worked jurisdiction an area covering may sound like a .the entire’ Koote: shed (from the,‘Alberta’ der to ‘Anarchist Mountain of and national history from the ULAR great. and from Mica Creek to the international border).’ ‘This, too, reflected great, ‘changes in the forest. industry and in- creased government involve- ment in a major Provinelal operation. The job involved res- ponsibility for the - organi- zation and training ‘examin- ation of licensed scalers, the checking of. milla,’ lumber recovery, and later the trans- ition from B.C. logscale mea- sure to cubic measure and then to weight-ratio scaling. It is probably worthy-of note that Joe and Rod Pic- -kard of Celgar, finding that the older .method ‘of log scaling ‘was too slow, cumber- somé and for an from Britain in the 1850's, the-increased set- tlement of : were Ganada - (Ontario), . ti pty, plains of the prairies to establish farms,.the clash be- - tween Riel and his Metis and the growing federal power represented by the North West Mounted Police (who, also acted as a military force ‘against-an encroaching Am- erican influence),then the continued. movement into. B.C. with the great upsurge in lumbering, mining and, farming at the beginning of © this century. The fact that one man in his life time has JOHN CHARTERS’ CASTLEGAR NEWS, October 5,.1980 Reflections &. _ Recollections _ “In the old days the strength of your: own right arm was your) salvation and you never took to the! cen- tral office what you could do yourself.” .' More | recently, however, the malaise of cen- tral organization, both in the public ‘and’ private sector, seems to have crept in — an increased bureaucracy, a re- duction in the opportunity for taking ‘personal il ity, reduced intercommuni- cation and a general increase in ‘chiefs over indians.’ Par- kenson’s Law continues to ‘ prosper. And what does a retired forestry ranger do with his retirement? Like most re- tirees who have led a busy working life, he is so busy putting into practice his own mag “keep busy”*) (with house maintenance, garden- ing, ‘curling, golf, ‘Meals on Wheels, lay reader and. church hole that he scarcely has time to have a family dinner with his wife Tannia, his daughters Tannis (Mrs. Paul . Winston) ; and. Babs (Mrs. George Bourchier), their husbands, and his eight grandchildren, or to answer those good people’ who per- sist in asking, “Now that you -are retired, what do you do - with all your spare time?” Ce "1 had intended ete ms * ing. this brief account of one of our. outstanding pioneers at about this point. However, after starting this ary with and modified in part the fon of our own operation as large as Celgar, worked out the initial factors of a more efficient method of volume sample scaling in 1960. Their work was then set up on a statistical and ultimate system by a forestry expert, Karl: Hustad, from Victoria: and incorporated into the provincial system of log scaling. As a_result of dramatic changes ‘in forestry regula- tions and the bringing of ~“Heenséd~scalers“ under “gov- ernment jurisdiction, Joe's staff increased from three to 86 field workers and eight office staff at the time of his retirement in 1971. In brief, the story of this one quiet: man, touching on and reflecting so many changes in our social and cultiral history, as it does, could be said to be an outline By ELLEN EWING Most of today's _infla- :] tion fighters aim only at . the gas station. Restaur- ants. are as crowded as ever, grocery carts are stil] piled high with junk foods, and instant dinners and liquor sales-are up. Mama didn't call it in- flation. She called it The High Cost of Living and she fought it on all fronts except the gas station. Our garage had a car in it, but the car belonged to a neighbor. “Why on earth," Ma- ma used.to say, “doesn't everybody ride the bus? So efficient, no maintenance and cheaper!” © In those days, no one heard of “energy conser- vation,” but Mama prac- ticed it. Except for Christ- mas and occasional guests, the “company” rooms were closed off during the win- ter months, The pot-bellied stove in the dining room was the hub of the family circle. We ate before it, played casino before it and dressed be- fore it, Bending over to yank on stockings was hazardous. More than once my fundament was,brand- ed with the iron grapes that decorated the stove door. “Recycling” wasn't in Mama's dictionary, but she practiced it. Worn-out long johns became washcloths, dishrags and cleaning rags. The sleeves and legs were used as mop heads. Even * the buttons were salvaged. When the holes and rips of old age appeared i in the middle of our bed sheets, the sheets were ripped into halves and the | sides seamed together to. form a new center. Months later, when that “new” center had given up, the sheets ‘were torn into squares for use as “clean- ing tissues” and in long strips for bandages. Of course we had handker- chiefs, but they were for brow-wiping and show and not for runny noses. Even if glass cleaners had been on the market, Mama wouldn't have used them. That's what vinegar and newspapers were for. Polished windows. made the whole house smell like a pickle factory, but the glass sparkled. Newspapers also were used to line pantry and kitchen shelves, with the hanging-down part _scis- sored into scallops. Some- times Mama added fascin- ating cut-out designs. - The bulk. of yester- day's. newspapers, of course, were used as toilet tissue, supplemented | by. the black-and-white pages of the mail-order catalog. And not once in all those years did our old chain-pull toilet fail to flush. Mama also saved bot- tles and tin cans — the former to hold. the sum- mer'’s supply of home- brewed root beer, and the latter as basement organ- izers for nails, screws, nuts, bolts, ete. Depending on my growth and current fash- ion, dresses and coats were let down or: taken up. Faded dresses were dyed and last year's Easter bon- net was revitalized with Putnam's hat dye and ar- tificial Mowers from the dime store.. Making over was as important as making do. Coats became jackets, jac- kets became tunics, dres- ‘ses became jumpers, jump- ers became jerkins. When fashion de- manded greater length than a let-down hem would give, Mama simply spiced things up with a fancy insert. She did not approve * of our neighbor's easy out — sewing a strip of con- trasting material to the bottom of a skirt. With Mama, patches were a work of art. She never got credit for it, but I know she invented fancy- pocket jeans. Mama never heard of |How mamma fought inflation ying weren't Mama's only plastic wrap, ‘aluminum foil, zip-locked bags and sandwich, garbage. and trash bags. All my school sandwiches were wrapped’ in the waxed paper from store-bought bread, . then put into “used” grocery sacks, : Mama recycled food, too. What left-over stale bread was not used in meat loaves was, steamed to temporary freshness. The flavor wasn't so hot, but the margarine melted beautifully. Mama did draw the line at some forms of re-: cycling, like the flour-sack bloomers worn by some of my contemporaries. She said she didn’t think Pills- bury’s Best was approp- riate covering for a little girl's derriere. -: But Mama didn’t throw out the flour sacks. She used. ‘them to strain the juice from fruit pulp in the annual jelly-making marathon. Making-do and re-do answers to the high cost of living. Everything she bows she bought with “Paying cash," she used to say, “is a one-time hurt. And if it hurts enough, you'll probably decide you don't need whatever it is after all!” The Seattle Times community. from a scattered, rural, technologically prim- itive society into’ an in- creasingly populous, central- ized and technological com- munity is to recall to mind our debt to our pioneer cit- izens who hung in when things were tough, and to re- mind us again of- our ‘own brief history. This dogged, indepen- dent pioneer spirit also per- sisted into the work ethic, for. as Joe. expressed it, ee my own imp if bat- tling: a forest fre! then listening to. Joe explain the tactics involved, I was,.as a former soldier, impressed how like a military operation it was. [have therefore asked 1 Joe to have the last. word. That is, to give a facsimile report on one of his. own battles as a ranger with our most ancient friend” and enemy — fire, remembering, of course, that tactics here, as in other battles, are changing with technologies, “One late afternoon in August ioe), Thad gone we Parents in the eyes of our children One of my children once was instructed in art class to draw a picture of his mother. | saw. the picture displayed at an Open House . hair like an unmade bed, floppy bedroom slippers, a around my a hand and a charge card in the other. | in one. It occurred to me he had never seen me any ‘other way. To him, | was the Bank of America . . drive-in window that served breakfast . that dealth . the first . . the only money There are a lot of naive mothers out there who think that clean underwear .and a hot lunch is what public education is all about. The rest of It Is free. Allow me to enlighten you. There’s money for milk and money for tunch, Insurance premiums, pens by the bunch, Get better grades with a calculator-recorder, Sign Mom and Dad up as athletic supporters, Money’ for breakage fees, money for locks, Sewing kits, notebooks, name tapes for socks, Support your school paper, support your team, EVERY year about this time, T have an affair, whether my wife likes it or not. I fall in love and let the chips fall where they may. I have my September Affair. In movies and novels, that title means that a man, or woman, falls in love in the fall of his or her life. It has a sweet, nostalgic note, with a touch of sadness init.” But I’ve had a Run Sheep Run, and Red- light and Hide and Seek, Mothers cetied, but nobody came. It was the first fascina- tion with the September Af- fair. Our mothers seemed to sense it and fet us have a last fling before life became serious and autumn dimmed . the lamps. : As a teenager,’ working five hundred miles from Masloff's mill’ on upper China Creek, with a 10-man crew to take initial action on a fire which had started in logging ‘slash'a mile or two, west of fire front, always’ ensuring, ted to follow up as soon‘as’ that they had a retreat route | possible with ja large crew. before dropping the match. bi ze) “Completing the freee i e comp! lex crescent, we dro; ae two acres ar bisbede pce uge M “pile. of planer shavings.’ ; at of the line. a hy “On -arrival, ‘we. found —~ we had fallen back to the mill; , that the fire already well . the fire line was like a large: i under way 4 the west rapidly int the -f side of the mill, slash accumulation {from years of logging in a-heavy- mixed stand of the house roofs had ignited © from sparks, but these were ished with water buc- | jatar around, the, mill: com: kets by the mill créw. plexjand)use the:.small:milt fires had all. connected. up. The firefront was checked as there was no fuel left to burn; on the flanks the fire passed by, being held at some dis- tance out by, our back fires, the mill complex, three or. four vehfcles, and we our- selves were all safe and the fire was brought under con- ‘trol in a few. days. all the cul- verts and bridges on the road’ had been burned out and ‘it was imperative that we get our trucks out as soon as possible for use elsewhere. Therefore, a mslal F.S. bull- dozer was brought in to re- pair the road only sufficiently to get our-vehicles out. “The bridge over a small box canyon just east of the mill, and about 25 feet wide and 16 or'20 feet deep had been burned also, Therefore, two large trees were felled across the canyon; pulled in to place by the cat, blocked in place, and slightly flattened on top. Then while a man at the end of each log guided us, we drove our truck out over the canyon on these two. logs * without ineident:""""” ra Bowed the . wind lad and? prescnily . the fire!sras yHeading: dotwn : the also’ catting off. unirdtreati ont ate : to try to ave! tue! mit ag’ ‘ourselves, y /ekew were to continue trying to protect the mill complex, my crew and I headed up the valley, getting as close to ‘the firefront as possible, we then began setting a crescent lane of fire, conversed toward the fire front. “This was accomplished very cee So Contribute to your environment..Plant a tree. Dictionary, typewriter, a lock for Season basketball tickéts . your bike, «fight, tight, fight! Peanut brittle, a cones, popcorn, taffy, Keep the band, the debaters and a cheeriéader: happy. Money for replacing a stolen 1.D. Money to send a speller to Washington, D. c. T-shirts, class pictures, adopt a family in need, Vil postdate a check! Is the family me? 2 Bumper stickers, yearbooks, fees for S.A.T. - A gift for Miss Weems in her first pregnancy. Lost books, ring deposits, write a check. “Tell me you didn't carve your name Ina desk!i"’ Physicals, calling cards, a book on little-known facts, A field trip to see ‘The Empire Strikes Back.”’ Actually, | don't feel that poatic about my material vs. maternal image. It was just'a slick way of lumping It all together. Europeans are constantly being amazed at our mass . free education. They wonder how we can educate so many for so littl le. ( don't know about the kids, but I’ve learned’a lot! My love affair with September because she had to go back to Rio in four weeks, and I was really gone, and I knew I'd never see her again, and we wandered in the soft, September dusk, hands clutched, and by heart turned over in its grave. Then came the war years and there were a few One pearance of Paddy and Mac and Taffy and Dingle Bell - and Nick and Freddy. And that long, hot September of 1945. Home. Alive, Unreal. Really unreal: the family, the places, the peace, the lom, and then the silly young people back at the university. But on the Niagara Peninsula, Affair since I was a sprout. Every year, I fall in love with the month of September. And it is sweet and nostalgic and a little sad. And achingly beautiful. : Asa tyke, it meant coming home from two months of wild, free running about at the cottage, one of a big’ . family, We were sun-burned * and bramble-scratched and just a couple of jumps ahead of the gopher or the ground- hog, socially. What a thrill to be home! Flip a light-switch, flush a toilet, in the big, old house with the high ceilings and cool rooms, after eight weeks of grubbing it. And then, the magic of modern living re-discovered, it was out into the streets to find the “‘‘kids’” and race around in the glorious playing Bill Smiley home in September, { had my Affair. There was a churning yearning to get back to school, friends, football and the interrupted romance with the brown-eyed girl. It almost hurt physically, As a youth, there was the headiness and tension of go- ing off to College, a big word, in September. A strange and frightening place. A small-town boy ina big puddle. New people. New manners. New everything. A Sepiember Affair. And at college, first year, there was the wrenching af- faic with a South American wench. Sylvia. We met by chance and it was wrenching Ce é with the grapes and peaches lush, and the thrill of know- ing I had passed elementary flying pai and could put the white “flash”? of a pilot in my cap. One in England, hot and hazy and languorous after a cold, wet summer. And the weekend leave in London, twenty years old and a pretty girl on my arm and death lurking in the wings, and car- ing not. Too fast it went. One in Normandy and jump to Lille, and jump to Antwerp and life every day ona tenuous, white-hot wire, and the beautiful weather and the terrible daily disap- the Affair with the trees and the cool blue sky and the long dark hair and yet ‘another ‘pair of brown eyes, browner than ever. And the next September. Marriage to the brown-eyes and a wonderful week at the old cottage in Quebec, with this strange woman. Canoe- ing and swimming. and me teaching her how to cook. And she’s just as strange to- day. And just as brown-eyed. And a lot of Septembers since, golden and blue, with the last breath of summer in the green trees and the first kiss of fall in the cool nights, and the magic that makes me fall for the ripe charms of that ripe lady of the. year, September, oozing with plenitude, gorged with the tis of summer, yet waken- ing with a sigh to the brisk business ahead. I have a bad cfush on.the lady. ©Argyle Communications Inc.