HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-01-06, Page 7a.'Mr. end: '100. Joe * t eG
Mr. and Mrs. lloss Thomson and
Robbie, all of Brantford, were
holiday visitors with Mn.. SG
Bateson of Leopold,.5treet.
,-Mr. and. Mrs, Cliff' Robb and
David of Uxbridge and Miss
Itathy Davis of Toronto spelt .the
New Year holiday weekend with
"..and Mrs, 'liobort Ahara on
Diagonal Road. Other I Bests of
the, Maras were Mr. and Mrs.
David Wenger and daughters of
Mount Fort.
George Allen of John Street
hors a holiday yiait from hie,
cousin, MrLjootilse McConkey of
Elora.
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Many people with arthritis
simply give rap the idea of doing
• anything °with their hands ,but
Clayton Edwards decided- that
would be the worst thing he could
possibly do.
As a result of his decision,.Mr.
Edwards now has a house full of
band -made furniture, all made of
walnut wood and many pieces de-
si$ned by himkelf.
Mr. Edward*, who lives with
his wife Emma at 261 Elizabeth
Street west in Listowel, retired
,from running the sawmill at the
Andrew Malcolm furniture
factory .seven years ago as a re-
sult of serious arthritis in his
hands.
Since that time he has made a
bedroom suite, chairs, a china
cabinet, candle st • a ,lders,
lamps and literal P eds of
knick-knacks.
He says he works with walnut
simply "because I like the
urns to ccrpentr
woo4,"
Ile agrees lralnut , AMot a
thing of the past 'buts of now he
doesn't have too much dtftleulty
finding it because `he ,has an
agreement with a man near IP0-
don
-'o-
don who supplies all thewood he
deeds. .
He has made all theThrnitune in
the house except for the couch
and a matching chair, the televi-
sion set and the stereo set. Many.
of his articles are completely
original while others are close
copies of some piece he has seen
somewhere, •
"We like to go on short trips
during the summer," he. said.
"While we're out we may "See
something we like so we draw a
sketch of it. Then I make it when
we get "home."
The china (,.eabinet is one ex-
ample of these articles. He ex-
plained, they had seen one like it
while they -were at the Western
Fait in London.
"I stood there and drew , At
sketch ofit and -then just walked
away. When we got home I took
out the sketch and started
making it. It isn't exactly the
sane, of course, because I
couldn't Afmake any measure-
ments, but it's what we wanted,"
he said.
Mr. Edwards also does some of
his ' own carpentry work. Last
year he fixed up the bathroom in
the house.
He has a wood lathe and a
bandsaw in the garage, which he
uses as a shop during the sum-
mer.
"1 just putter around out there
in the summer. The winter is too
cold for doing that type of work in
the garage," he said.
He says his wife is a great help
when it comes to gluing pieces to-
gether and other . work that re-
quires steady hands. "I couldn't -
get along without her," he stated
emphatically.
MR. AND MRS. CLAYTON Edwards of. Listowel were proud to pose for this photo with
some of the work Mr. Edwards has clone in his wood working shop in recent years. Mr. Ed-
wards made thebchair in which he is seated, the tea wagon; the chair on the left and the
knick-knacks on the tea.wagon. All his Workls done with walnut. (Banner Photo)
Teachers became fair game for
hiring iy boards of education in
Ontario Monday, but <no indica-
tion has come along, to date that
any board has started hiring.
Percy Muir, executive director
of the Ontario -School Trustees
Council' said his. council -moved
the starting date .for hiring from
early March 'to this early' date in
January to give boards more
time to choose 'teachers for the
1972-73 school year.
Boards have not, begun to ad-
vertise or hire because it is still
too early to ' determine their,
needs, also, they haven't set their'
budgets for 1972'.
. The surplus in teacher supply
has made the rigid hiring date of
previous years Less necessary.
When the, supply was limited,
boards held to particular hiring
dates to place them all on• an
equitable basis.
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Mr. Edwards has also had
three heart attacks in the last
three years so hb has to take it
easy.
.Wood working requires a lot of
patience and he noted when his
nerves start to bother him when
he is working at something he
just leaves it and comes back,to it
when he feelslike it.
"I don't have to rush at it any-
way." he said. "so [lust .work at
something whenever I feel like
it."
He estimated that an article
like a chair would take him three
or four days to complete. His
favorite piece of furniture is a
love seat,; one of the first articles
he made.
"We always wanted a love
seat," Mr. Edwards pointed out.'
"When I got it finished I was
quite proud of it."
And well he might be. The work
on the love seat is extremely well
done and some parts, especially
the carving which Mr. Edwards
did by hand, are infinite in detail.
Mr. Edwards is able to do such
fine work although he is unable
to completely close his hands. He
built up the handles of all his tools
so he could get a grip on them.
Speaking of his arthritis. Mr.
Edwards, said he thought it may
be getting a little better. For the
past two or three years, he said,
the pain had been gone alt2-
gether. Now, he added, his main
problem is his back.
Does Mr. Edwards sell any of
his work? Only enough, he, said,
to buy the gas for the short sum-
mer trips he takes. Most of the
stuff he makes that they don't
need or want is given away to
family or friends.
" "Every wedding gift we give is
made right here," he said. "The
people who get them seerfi - to
appreciate them more ...than„ the
stuff that is bought. I also make
most of our Christmas gifts."
Novelty Items
Mr. Edwards is also an ex-
perimenter and makes many
novelty items.
;One he showed me was com-
pletely baffling until he explained
what it was and how it worked.
A cigarette g and match dis-
penser', it was ingeniously
designed. You simply pull up the
cover and push it down again and
a cigarette and match slide up
through two slits in the cover.
Wood working could become a
tradition in the Edwards fami:
Mr. Edwards has worked with
wood all his life and his -father ran
a sawmill. ,,
Now his son, Jim, also of
Listowel, is working 'at the An-
. drew .Malcolm Furniture Co. Ltd.
factory and he says he is inter
ested in having his own wood
working shop when the time
comes for him to. retire.
The Edwards have lived in Lis-
towel for 27 years now. Mr. Ed-
wards . was born and .raised 'in.
Belmore, north of Wingham, and
Mrs. Edwards, the' former Em-
ma Hardie, is a native of Wing -
ham.
Wood 'woricing is a hobby -for
Mr. Edwards, but itis also a near
necessity He says he needs
something to do and working in,
his shop makes the days pass
quickly and enjoyably,
Credit where credit is due. For
a man "'in the position of Mr.
Edwards to tackle wood working,
requires a lot of courage and
intestinal fortitude.- - . z
Not only has he tackled the job,
. he does extremely well at it. -
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Students enjoy visit to Quebec -City.
BELGRAVE —Louise Procter,
Brenda Johnston, Marjorie Proc-
ter, all, of . Belgrave, and Miss
Donna DeVos of Bluevale took
part in "Le Tapis Rouge''' trip to
Quebec City from December 26 to
31.
This is a school tour which is
comprised of approximately -150
students from all over Ontario.
The trip is for the purpose of pro- '
viding ., students with an oppor-
tunity to hear French spoken in
the French environment. and to
p�„ o,mote a better understanding
between English and •French-
speaking Canadians.
Vince Schomberger, a French
teacher at „Fr E. Madill Secon-
dary School, was one of the
chaperones on. the tour; They
toured_ Upper and Lower Quebec
city; Laval University," Mont -
morency Falls, the Bake Oven,
Parliament Buildings, Ste. Anne
de l3eaupre, St. Lawrence Ferry
crossing,. the Plains of Abraham,
the boardwalk; theramparts, and
the Musee du Fort. One of the
evenings' entertainment was
Quebec'shest known folk singing
-group "Les Fantaisistes". They
stayed at L'Auberge des Gouver-
neurs',".
Mrs.. Fred Fuller, Mrs.
Stafford Bateson and Mr. and
Mrs. F. John Bateson atteclded
the funeral service held Wednes-
day. December 22nd from the
Tanner and Pearson Funeral
Home, Walkerton, for Jeff Haw-
. kins who passed away earlier
that week. Mrs.' Hawkins. is' the
former Lois Bateson, sister of
John Bateson.
Vows exchanged New Year's Eve
The pastor of the Poole Men-
nonite Church, Rev. Amsey Mar,
tin, offic{iated at the marriage of
his niece Lorna Martin to Larry
Wayne McGuire on" Friday, De-
cember 31, at 7 p.m, in the Mil-
verton parsonage.
The bride is the second eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin,
Martin, Elmira, and' the groom,
tire 'eldest son "of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell McGuire, RR °'12, Wing -
ham.
Dressed in white crimplene
with, lace over -jacket and °carry-
ing a bouquet of mums and
carnations, the bride was al -
tended by her sister, Mrs. Doreen
Meekis as matron of honor. The
groom was attended by the
bride's brother-in-law, Elias'‘
Meekis of Elmira.
Following the marriage a re-
ception was held at the home of
the bride's parents, 21 Bluebird
Place, Elmira, where the mem-
be°rs of the immediate families
enjoyed a buffet dinner. Special
guests were the groom's grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clendon
'Bramhill of Palmerston.
Mr and Mrs. Larry McGuire
will reside at 15 Snyder Avenue,
north, Apt. 22, Elmira.
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THE WOOD for this clock was -also the work of Mr. €d-
warrds who has been crippled with arthritis for the past
sevenyears. (Banner Photo)
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pumps whichwerc made out of a log. The handle Of this
pump acts as'the switch for the Imp -(Banner. Photo)
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