HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-06-21, Page 18The 741age
time was thepillar of
iMany, communities.
sangthe melodies of
couldbeaveritab
with his b
gleamhigwithtl
labqrs,orhecouldb
size and build. • But
thing for sure,
Oet\et Hollywood, (
moviemak.ing)0 came'
upon. westerns and very few
got toinclude the village..smlthy
' To many, be was a legend in bis
own time, He has been Writ*
about, sung about and even been
a television and film.tvoular,
true place, however, is la the
blacksmith.. shop. Within the
ShadowY' building:fie s e e
with, his anvil, his hanunter, his
forge and Most of all Ins )Custt
mers.4arses,'
All Weds.,all Sizes, the
sAithytan olleed Atm all. He's
fought, the*, cursed them and
blessed them, act shoed horses
who .donnedn Pak of fron'holise7
'shoes as easjly and t ObitOrt4-1
asyouotIwou1dfitinto
'OS ilacUtO aikte ha'
that thought the only reason they
Were in the smithy nbOP was to
kick it flown,• •
In•thePreSeiit day an.dagethe
village blacksmith shop has bei
replacedbY garages and Aes
lions and automobile ,
I_Lald conies alive
e* Wa-
it! trade
oe
of
well.
art Wrostier
What make* a man want
into the trade of blacks
Maybe the *Me reason
every WY wants, to be anot
IlabsRAtth Or Gordie Howe, The
blacksmitlih)g trade, in the days
when Mr. PhilllPn took his aP"
prenticeship in England; was
• looked upon as on art and even 4
sport to some got
to be Part Ivrea
'wino and 'Part animal lover.
PhInlPs Came to Canath
from England in A922, took UP
present shop inHolstein in 1932,
that
for 25 coats a
aspodally
with the overbead. of building
maintenance, coal,' nails and
hotivhz,Phillips becegie the
smithy, a man who work -
bard, won respect and confi-
And in Holstein the ,village
thystands. tuft very day,,
.remainedbas -th&e ever
Theiap
gr
w shoes Ye
t canmal
There's
and learn
•but,theyc
shoes."
There is,One p
able by the
horse owners
and joy•in foi a new s
"Weused shoe".them
were between two
they
their
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TRY THESE LON-;',':Stwai01011.1he'shoe one thing, but Offing' it on the`horse is ;Otte
aiiother;c$111 Phillips, a blacksmith Who took his apprenticeship in England in 1917, says
jheliorses,ShOci.id be trained their feet befOrelheiere brought into the shop. Here he
fits a shoe!,, :beautiful,PerclierOti. shown -00, owned by AiIan Horsburgh.
L'zbdyWedned*ya*tayas thebig, action, cia8tettrita7 sectlenin
me el Banner, The Wingham AdVaneellines..and The Mount
root 'Conteclirato, Wenger 13rtut., Limited0 Pnblasherts, ttox 390,
•
. tiObort 0. Wenger, .41.eas.
Dick Eskara4,Zditor.
Distilayandielasiffiedaildeadline—
Tuesday,Week prior to publication date. •
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Sulto lisSciat ono
News,,,olk2iPaviaPerttoteirtile.osdeSit84',"
1OR01410 (TIPS) — The
era' Department of AgVculture
• recently announced ait nerease
in assistance rates' for shipping
feed grains ' to Eastern Canada
and British Columbia. The in-
crease amounts: to '40' cents per
Van'
The assistance rates orObpa.
by the Otnadiati Livestock Feed
Board to tarrnetif effiletthlt the
liveigtock., Aosediag t, ti* re-
port, the inereases,in the ratite
are to help Offset Increases in
transportatiOit costs that oc-
Sam* highest selling boar was with the movements :Of .4 ibinek4,
a Durbc consigned by Justrite smith. The roaring fite,,*ust'be
Farms /Ad, Dutton. It was pur-. tuilf,upiejOStthetigltdegreetot
chased: at 4400 by the Ridgetown .the 'shoe and, from 'the',
College of Agricultural Tech: :totge, 0.0 innithY.Wrnifto the ant
`nOlOgy. perhaps• the are or
A total of 25 boars, sold at an blaarsinithint comes through
average price of $100,40 with 7 more than in any Other move -
Yorkshires averaging $263, 7: meat' The ringing IS steady and
1.andrace $112, 5 liamiishires calculated. It's ,a AO/tulle pulse
$166, 5 Durocs $221 and 1 Chester you ould almost set your watch
White at $200. by. "You've got to keep up a
Ali boars in this and all other ,,,steady rhythm. Instead of just
monthlystation-tested boar sales
have an average index (average
of backfat index and age index)
of400 and higher and have been
passed by a culling committee for
physical soundness. They are
from herds which have passed a
visual herd health inspection by
the provincial swine veterin-
arian. „
Nuclear plant
(open to visitors
The ° public information pro-
gram at the Bruce Nuclear
Power Development will begin
Rattner operation on Saturday,
June 16.
Free tours, Which include a
visit to the information Ceiitre
theatre and exhibit area followed
by a OW bus tour of the site,
Will rim daily from the Visitor
Centre between 10:30 a.m. and
P.M. Until ntidSeptember.'
$ REWARD :.$
Top prices paid for.
DEAD -:& DisAsizi).
Cows and Horses and
stocker cattk
oe •
All small animals pickup
-111iREE as a SERVICE to you,
have; thrat trucks to
SOrvicojiatt 24 HOURS 1
PHONE,,
8874334
sgussots..00: 0000
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your esilvit and picti'fiss; Ow tucks
are radio tgallipod for th. fasta,
Woo,
C $11 ON THE SPOT