HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-08-20, Page 1BY DEBBIE RANNEY
The T. Eaton Company in Toronto has
a lot of good grocery specials advertised--
like Finest Austrian Granulated Sugar,
special Saturday, morning, 23 pounds for
$1.00 or Finest Quality Cooked Ham,
special per pound at 20 cents or Pure
Coffee (fresh roasted daily) ground coffee
regular 30c, Saturday morning for 25c.
Before' you pack your 'family in the car
and head off to Toronto for those great
specials, you'll have to go through a time
machine. Try the year 1898 and, you'll be
able to get your groceries for those low
prices. "
The advertisement is out of a now
defunct newspaper called The- Toronto
World, specifically the July 29 issue , of that
year.
The paper was brought into The Post by
Harmon Devries who found it behind .a
mirror. Mrs. Devries said her husband
, bought the mirror' at Laura Williamson's
sale a few weeks ago.
In order to restore the frame they had to
take the glass away froth it and when they.
did, they found the 1898 paper.
COMPETING SALES
In the paper, advertisements for the T.
Eaton Company and the Robert T. Simpson
Company show the two were having
competing shoe sales. the Eaton adver-
tisement says, "Nearly 600 pairs men's
boots in chocolate covered vici kid, coin
toe, whole foired Congress, enamel "
Congress with pointed toe and whole foked
hit stitched patent calf Congress with turn
soles and cloth top, also- tan calf, laced,
whole 'foxed McKay 'sewn and blick ,box '
calf, laced sizes 6 to 10 These hoots were
made to sell at $2.50 and $3.00 a pair, but
having taken the balance of the manufact-
urer'S stock at a handsome discount, we'll,
sell them at 8 o'clock Satiirday morning for
$1 .50. "
The Simpson advertisement says, "TWo
hundred and, fifty is the'number and two
dollars is, the price per pair of as fine 'a lot
of men's boots as we have ever shown .
The boots are the latest product of the best
Shoe Factories in the country and consist Of
choice lace boots of patent'leather, box and
casco calf, Russia tan and willow calf
genuine Goodyear welt and McKay sewn
soles' latest style last and toes, goods
regularly sold, at S3.00, S4,00 and $5.00,
special Saturday morning at 8 o'clock for
$2.00."
GROCERY SPECIALS
The Robt. T. Simpson company 'also
had grocery specials such as 10 cents for a
bottle of tomato catsup and 70 cents for a
quart bottle of Dr: Welch's grape juice.
One little news item of interest is
headlined, The Plebiscite Campaign and
states, "Prohibitionists will in the course' of
a few days hold an organizing meeting in
Unionville. Similar meetings will in the
near 'future convene Warkworth and
Alexandria. A gathering of the kind met
yesterday in Bownianville.'"
The paper even had some news from
around this area-the horse racing results
from-Wingham.
Since it was 1898, that copy of the
Toronto World Sold for one cent. •
109th Year - Issue No. 34 -
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1980,
BRUSSELS
ONTARIO
Penpals meet
after 32 years
Janet Cardiff's art wins again
Janet Cardiff' art work has captured a lot
of attention recently.
First, Janet who is from R. R. 5, Brussels
had her work'featured in an award winners'
exhibition at the Royal Bank Plaza in
Kingston and she jnst recently received a
gallery purchase award for S250 in the'
second. Canadian Bleiftiale of Prints and
Drawings held in Edmonton, Alberta.
Her lithograph, Separate Space, was one
of 53 works out of 1390 chosen for the
exhibition
The show which includes 17 works from
well-known graphic artists from other
countries opens at the Edmonton Art Gallery
on September 5 and tours Canada till March.
4' I' 4 0'0 011 I1 Ir ,1,1 a if t
ALIEN cilEATURE! INHABITING THE BRUSSELS LIBRARY?.- Not
'exactly, -- they were members of the Port, Stanley SumMer Festival who
performed a children's show at the Brussels Library on Wednesday
morning. Looking over the group of actors Is Laura Saxon 'Of.Cran roo
(at left) and ttie company from behind the fenCe are Meg Gaily,
`Elizabeth Thorpe; Ron Monteith, Brenda-Diane Webb, Janet Armstrong,
and in front of the .ience--E4abeth VanWyck.and Andrea EVanson., • (Photo by Renney)
Brussels Post
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
Barb Watts of Brusf.els
has some very special guests
staying at her house. Her
penpal of 32 years, Joan
Perry, from Peterborough,
England is visiting Canada
for the first time.
It's not the first time that
the two have met, since Max
and. Barb Watts made a trip
to England two years ago to
meet Joan and her family. It
was more or less arranged at
that time that the Perrys
should come to Canada for
the Watts' silver wedding
anniversary and indeed they
did become very much part
of the celebration Saturday,
August 9.
It was an exchange teacher
'from Canada, a Miss Mutton
who got the letters between
Joan and Barb going. When
'Joan asked' her for a penpal,
the teacher gave her Barb's
name. and Joan wrote the
first letter. For awhile,
around 1962 or 1963, since
both had moved they lost
track of each other, but by
writing letters to Joan's
mother, her mother-in-law
and Joan's former residence,
Barb eventually tracked
down her penpal.
Although an obvious
question might be what they
found to write about all those
years, things like . school
days, their marriages and
their children interested each
other and they also discover-
ed they had a lot in common.
For instance, both have a
sister named Jean, both their
mothers were named Irene,
and they both have a family
of four. Barb's daughter
Trina was named Trina Joan
after her mother's penpal.
Joan made the first phone
call to Barb about 10 years
ago when Trina was under-
going eye operations and the
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