Cape Breton's Magazine

Mike McCormick's Political Tale continued from inside front cover you looking for? A letter to go to Bos? ton?" She said, "I'm not looking for no letter. But I'll tell you something I have got, is a hundred dollars cold hard cash in my pocket. And that's more than you ev? er had, 'cause you never worked for any? thing in your life!" Then she said (on the recording), "Some? time later, Mr. Slaven being the mayor, I went to the City Hall for the same pur? pose. He beseated me in his office--the first time I was ever beseated in the City Hall in my life. He listened to my story. And he. he"--she started to fill up, you see. "He reached into this pocket, and he gave me a sum of money. I want to thank you very much, sir, for your kindness to me. God bless you and may you reign for a long time yet." "Thank you, Mrs. Currie." Then the next story was about a young fel? low who, telling about Slaven, how he got the firemen to flood the natural ice rinks, and made ice for the kids to play hockey. And that was a big step. You see, that was actually true. But I wrote the script and got Pat Connolly to read it. He was 10 years old. He became quite an announcer in Sydney and in Halifax after that. And the third was about a young fellow who couldn't get a job, and Slaven got him in? to a vocational school to learn a trade, and he got a job from that. And the fourth one was about a lady who had lost her property for taxes. And she went to the City Hall to make some ar? rangement. And Muggah kicked her out of his office. Wouldn't even listen to her. But when Slaven became mayor, she went in and made a deal--she rented her upstairs for $25 a month and paid $20 a month on the taxes and redeemed her property. So...Slaven said (over the radio), "Now, that's my record, and I'm standing on it. CAPE BRETON REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT INFO 539-8124 PEOPLE ON THE MOVE And I'd ask you to support me on Tuesday at the election." Muggah came on. He had the rebuttal at 10 o'clock that night. And when he came on, I thought he was wise to us. He said, "This evening my opponent was on the radio at 7:30. And he had a bunch of people in the studio speaking on his behalf. Who are these people? Who is this Mrs. Currie? I swear to tell you. those things never happened...." But geez. And the election was held on Tuesday. Slaven won by about 1800 votes. He really swamped Muggah. But it was just that little gimmick that I used, you know. That would be 1940. It'd be about, in the spring, I would say. Spring of 1940. (And was Slaven really that wonderful a man, and Muggah that terrible a man?) Oh, no. hot that great. 'Cause Slaven was a fellow--in those days, he had been divorced %V7?' Je<'. Computerized Wheel Balancing Complete Road Service 539-5670 265 PRINCE ST. • SYDNEY iFQoodrieh brunswick- Smce1914 H. H. Marshall Limited Corporate Head Office Halifax, N. S. 3731 Macintosh Street fr B3K 5N5 lo WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS OF PERIODICALS & BOOKS' 3 H. H. MARSHALL Founder and First President (1884-1923) H. H. MARSHALL LIMITED TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE MANY PEOPLE WE SERVE. IT HAS GIVEN US OUR VALUED HERITAGE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXCITING FUTURE. BRANCH OFFICES CHARLOTTETOWN ST. JOHN'S SYDNEY H. H. Marshall LIMITED 103 York Street, Sydney (539-3220) DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOMED