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DISPATCH FROM THE FARM
The Plaza Has No Truffles
While all manner of great
issues disturbs the equanimity
of affairs, nobody seems to be
making a great outcry about the
lack of truffles. I shall now do
so. I think things have come
to a pretty pass. If there is any-
thing to disturb a man to the
marrer, it's to be denied truf-
fles when he has his heart set
on them. (Spoken, of course,
by one who has just now looked
into the encyclopedia to find
out what truffles are, anyway.)
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As things trend around here,
by and large, I seldom deal in
truffles. They are not native,
or endemic, in this locale, and
for that reason I have been able
to get along without them fairly
well.
Well, a short time back I
took my bride to New York
City, and there we disported
to the hilt. We even went and
looked at the Christmas tree.
Everything was fine except the
water. New York water tastes
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Gordon McGregor
funny. While we were there
they were having a big to-do
over putting fluoride in their
water, but we decided New
York was one place where they
better put everything they can
into their water and see if they
can't get it palatable. A little
peppermint would be good. An-
other thing they could do is add
molasses, ginger and a handful
of oatmeal — this is refreshing
and wholesome, if kept cool.
I drew a tub of water there for
a bath, and didn't know as I
should get in the tub. It didn't
smell like anything I ever
smelled before. It's the truth
that the first thing we did upon
arriving home was drink deep
from our drinkingwater tap.
The old fable of the city
mouse and the country mouse
recited a lot of arguments pro
and bon, but I don't remember
they discussed the quality of the
water. Anyway, we disported,
and one noontime for what the
people in New York seem to
call luncheon we went to a
place called the Plaza. It is a
kind of a lunchroom. It looked
to us like a fast -spending crowd,
and we were told it included
several notables. It also in-
cluded a very pretty lady who
walked around telling how much
her clothes cost, and where
they might be bought — and she
told me some little thing she
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ALEX ROBERTSON was installed as Worshipful Master of
the Wingham Masonic Lodge on Tuesday evening of this
week. He takes over from George Guest, who has held
the position for the past year.—A-T Photo.
had around her neck came to
"only" $90. This set me up a
bit, but when my wife and Igo.
sporting we don't hold back.
We come home and live on left-
overs for two months, but we
let go while we're at it.
So, I thought I would try
the Eggs Benedict, which is
something I don't ever remem-
ber tackling before and for a
meat -potatoes -and -pie man
this is derring-do. "I would
like the Eggs Benedict," I said
to the waiter,
At this, he paled visibly,
and a great aura of dismay be-
clouded his features. He seem-
ed in evident distress. He look-
ed all around, to make sure that
none of the notables in attend-
ance was listening to him, and
as if it brought him great an-
guish of soul he leaned down to
me and whispered, "I'm sorry,
sir, but I have to tell you that
we don't have any truffles!"
I realize that because of the
limitations of the language, I
am not going to convey the un-
happy effect this had on me. I
felt, too, that it was having a
similar effect on the entire ho-
tel. It seemed to me people,
including the notables, paused
with their forks halfway and
stared. The tension was great.
And somehow I was aware
enough of the gravity of this
waiter's admission that I did not
feel like asking him, "What is a
truffle?"
It seemed to me, instead,
that some kind of heroic res-
ponse was due — one of these
savoir-faire things that lets
both sides retire victorious from
a skirmish, and composing my
thoughts rather hurriedly I
therefore said, "Ha, I was sit-
ting here and heard you say
something -- and it sounded to
me just as if you said you didn't
have any truffles! Ha, ha!"
The waiter didn't actually
put his finger over his lips and
go Shhhh! but he looked as if
he thought of it. I could see,
now, that this had been a ter-
rible intelligence for him to
impart, and that he did it with
all the bravery of a little boy
'fessin' up to his grammie that
he swiped a cookie from the
pantry jar. Here was, in rele-
vant terms, a supreme moment
of shame — Fort Knox has no
gold, Florida has no sunshine,
the Plaza has no truffles!
As far as I was concerned, I
now had a great hunger for
truffles. Their exquisite flavor
and exotic delight appealed to
me, now, and I could see that
with all its great skill at cater-
ing to the public the Plaza was
doing a flop that day. It didn't
help a bit when 1 told myself
that the exquisite flavor and
exotic delight were not the
real consideration -- that I
'wanted to see one to see what
it looks like. What Netter
place?
The exquisite flavor and ex-
otic delight came later, when
I could get to the encyclopedia.
The truffle is a European edible
fungus which forms underground
and because of its peculiar
smell may be hunted with
trained animals, mainly pigs
and dogs. Perhaps if I had
known this back at the Plaza I
would have risen better to the
occasion. I might have shown
more respect, and carried my
end of the canoe in this social
portage without teetering. But
I didn't know that, and all I
can say is that the Eggs Bene-
dict were really very good, and
I enjoyed them much. But I
shall always insist the Plaza
owes me some truffles. — By
John Gould in Christian Science
Monitor.
Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Jan. 9, 1.964 -- Page 7
Four Injured in
Two -Car Crash
A two -car accident on High-
way 4, four miles north of Teen
water on Saturday night caused
injuries that sent four people
to hospital. Three others es-
caped with minor cuts and
bruises.
Bonnie Ballagh, 17, of
Teeswater is in serious condi-
tion in Victoria Hospital, Lon-
don, where she was removed on
Sunday morning from Wingham
Hospital. She suffered internal
injuries, concussion and lacer-
ations. She underwent surgery
on Sunday afternoon.
The car in which Miss Bal-
lagh was a passenger was driven
by George Miller, 21, of Tees -
water, who was uninjured. Also
in the car were Arthur McKague
and Diane Dalmer. Miss Bal-
lagh was the only one hurt.
Church Official
Goes to Windsor
Rev. Canon J. G. Leth-
bridge of London, known to
many in Wingham, where he
has on several occasions been a
preacher in St. Paul's Angli-
can Church, has been appoint-
ed rector of All Saints' Church
in Windsor. Rt. Rev. G. N,
Luxton, Bishop of Huron, has
announced that Canon Leth-
bridge will take up his duties
there on Feb. 12.
Canon Lethbridge is at pre-
sent director of information for
the Diocese of Huron and assist-
ant to the diocesan commis-
sioner; chairman of the dioces-
an council for social service; a
member of the executive com-
mittee of rh? diocese; the
downtown church committee,
radio, television and film com-
mittee and other diocesan
groups.
Parents of a teen-age son
were discussing their boy the
other evening. "One thing's
certain," the father said. "We
always know where Tom is.
He's in the family car, The
only trouble is, we never know
where the car is."
Watch Night at Salvation Army
A Watch Night service was
held at the Citadel, to usher in
the New Year. Suitable hymns
were sung and enjoyed. Per-
sonal testimonies were heard
from a number of those present.
The Scripture portion was taken
from the story of Jesus in the
Garden of Gethsemane, accent-
ing the responsibility which
rested upon His Disciples to
watch with Him.
Earlier in the evening a
Soldiers' meeting was held. Dur
ing this meeting, financial de-
tails of the new building were
dealt with and the budget dis-
Greet New Year
At United Church
A quiet worship service was
held in the United Church at
11 o'clock New Year's Eve.
Mr. H. Treneer was at the or-
gan and Rev. C. M. Jardine de-
livered the message,
Mr. Jardine's subject was
"Only Small Actors". He said
the saying is often heard that
small parts are for small actors.
His contention was that in
Christianity this is not true,
Small parts are important and
significant to the future in de-
termining destiny. Mr. Jardine
said that we never know what
the consequences will be.
Christ himself used examples
of the small things we can do
in His name to serve our fellow-
men and take our place as
Christians. Sometimes the
small parts are more powerful
to issues that follow later than
the more spectacular perform-
ances.
OVERHEARD Man to
talkative wife during radio
broadcast. "I can't listen to two
stations at once!"
cussed. The local members
were encouraged to do their
best by personal giving, to
meet the current needs of the
local work.
Following the Soldiers' meet-
ing, and prior to the Watch
Night service, a social hour
was enjoyed by all. Games
were played and lunch was serv-
ed, in the informal atmos-
phere of the junior hall.
In Wingham Hospital are
Bruce Rawn, 22, driver of the
other vehicle and his father,
Herbert, 60, both with lacer-
ations and contusions, and Er-
nest Stauffer, 35, with lacer-
ations. All are from R.R. 1,
Greenock. They are reported
to be in satisfactory condition.
The Miller car was travel-
ling south and the Rawn car was
crossing the highway at Con-
cession 12. The Miller vehicle
struck the other in the centre
of the passenger side, Damage
was reported to be estimated at
$3, 500.
At the Hospital
Patients admitted to the
Hospital during the week are:
Belgrave 1, Blyth 2, London 1,
Lucknow 3, Teeswater 4, Wing -
ham 11, Ashfield Twp. 2, Cul-
ross Twp. 9, Greenock Twp.
1, Grey Twp. 1, Howick Twp.
4, Kinloss Twp. 6, Morris Twp.
3, Turnberry Twp. 1, E. Waw-
anosh Twp. 4, W. Wawanosh
Twp. 4, Total 59.
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