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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 • „ 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. • REPAESEW4 imunity • OtitittlOWeekly 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 • SUPPLIES •• • Llc. 399-C-73 , Dos to the Incriais,1014iittioricos ws aro again obits to:0100 you, to iprits; your-•frohr• dads. or ".410110414 cow and • As serylos tkifou 44. t4411.,pick up.:, your esilvit and picti'fiss; Ow tucks are radio tgallipod for th. fasta, Woo, C $11 ON THE SPOT