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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-07-26, Page 20la'Y 204 A97.3- When I was young and ignorant extdiiistmwas forever, nothing bor- ed me more than -cm people" tolicing $.0 ituch about deatb. Ase0011 aa my Dail received ts hoMetown weekly paper, be would flip to the obituaries and read them to my mother, inter- .spersing the printed word with comments about the deceased. Often the latter was a distant cousin, Or someone fatheT had gone to school with or sotheoue he'd worked fqie os a boy. He'd reeaU where tligdead person had lived, what he'd done and some of his peculiarities. I couldn't•imagine why my mother could be bothered listen- ing. She didn't, of coarse. She was much too busy bustling around, cooking, or sewing or doing a wash. But she .pretended to, And would drop in ' the occasional comment or correct him on a date. Now that I am old and not quite so ignorant and realize the brevity of our stay, I can under- stand. It wasn't a morbidity on my father's part. It Was an in- terest in, and awareness of, the fact that death comes for us all, even for the archbishop. He knew it was closing in on his generation quietly but relentiesSly. onsttpated Chfees-A-Mint. It's a 'chewing .gurn laXatiVe that's gently effective. -And pleasant ming: It's one laxative everyOnacart take. So don't sew from irregularity, Reach for a . gentle laxative. feen41,111int. Newel . LAXATOVIli 7s, : twatnwiss4watoirs, "Sni: .10'40**1.4404 "4". 11 ana not abOut to start reading obituaries as a regular pre4in- 5er treat, but I did read three lately, with a sense of almost personal loss, though 1 didn't know any of the three 'involv- ed", if that's the word. Joe Brown. The name means nothing to young people today. But it recalled for me Sat- urday afternoon at the matinee„ almost falling out of my seat from laughing at the antics of this great clown. Betty Grable. She was never much of an actress, but she was a great Hollywood personality, in the days when there were such creatures. Pin-up girl of the western world before the cen- tre -page, alknude fold -out was dreamed of. Veronica Lake. Fell half in love with her when I saw her first movie. She contrived to look sexy and sinful in the days before bikinis and bra -less bosoms. Brown was an old man. But Grable and Lake were in their fifties; forgotten by the world but not exactly doddering. Each had a distinguishing specialty. Joe E. Brown had a mouth about the size of half a watermelon. Gable had legs that inspired an innocent sort of lust at a time when an ugly, exposed navel would have been just that. Lake wore long, blonde hair over one eye. Half the girls in town went around half -blind trying to emulate her •hair -do. My feelings of nostalgia were brought to a focusyest'erday. My wife and I were at the beach. She was flat out, turning black under the sun, as is her wont. I was sitting up like a gentleman, in a chair, carefully covered, but still turning red in exposed areas, as is my wont. Near us on the sand was a young couple, very handsome, with a little boy, very bad. He was bugging the Ofe out of them: kicking 4 sand in their fa0ea; throwing cold water on their hot, PORT SEVERN, ONTARIO the mouth of the Trent -Severn' Waterway—overloolcino Georgian Bay. Excallont homo.cookad mials.—Comfortablo accommodations: • Protected 'mach Good swimming. Seat ronitils naarky Lets of dock Space — Guido sorvico avallablo. Flint Minute walk to enfortainmant. Ideal for family vacations Excallint.fisidne Just a little over two hours from dm Western Ontario area. COME 'FOR A DAY AND STAY FOR A WEEK—THE SEVENTH DAY IS ON THE HOUSE. Rates $13 to $18 per day per person, double occupancy. Includes all meals. Children half rate Phone or writs for reservations — 1.705635.21272 Your!, hosts — ART and EDITH DEKKER mortality dry hOdieia; running off and having ti) fetched; demanding that hs father do six things at once. But he was cute. My Wife watched, then ask nostalgically -and tenderlly, "Would yoU /like to young again like that, with the little one?" I thought carefully for 12 or as seconds and replied, "No". I meant it. When I look at my flab, I'd like to twenty, even ten years younger. When my seed wart is throbbing and my bursitis in the shoulder is burning like acid, I'd like to be thirty years YOUnger. But when I think of the agony and the ecstasy of starting all over again, raising those kids, sanity Speaks. Days at the beach, sure. But, even though watching them like hawks, the sudden disappearance of one, and the frenzied running up and down, searching, until the child was found playing with a dog, forty feet from the water. Summer nights in a small town, yes. Until a four-year-old vanish- ed at bed -time, and the frantio running around the Mock, calling wil y, knowing there Was * deep *WI MD of water, and the rage when little miss was discovered watching TV next door. NOPO., Sweating out music festiwia$ adjudicators' remarks1 en do without. Trying to steer out of drugs wild into education 1 can manage to give up. 11 think ¥ can even sacrifice Santa Claw parades and riding with tots on the ferris wheel at the midway. No, 1 don't want to be yoUng again. It' too hard on a chap. I'iu saving what's left for my, grand- children. We'll walk on the beach and in the woods. And I'll answer, from my pinnacle of ignorance, all those impossible questions kids ask. And when I'm stuck, saY, "Go and ask your grannie," Death, where is they sting? 'Grave, where is thy victory? It's great to be getting old. Well, anyway, older. Crossroads Classified Ads Copy for Crossroads Classi- fieds must be received by 6 p.m, Wednesday of week prior to pub- •ikcation. • For Sale • • MOBILE HOMES by Marlette of Stratford. Two quality built models with popular expandos for spacious living on display. Mapleview, Mobile Homes, RR 2, Listowel, 3/4 mile south of Trow- bridge. , rrAug30 INCREASE your grass yields and replace plant foods taken out by good hay crops with proper fqrA1li*,;44P.OcOPPr.‘ Tilitg ad- vantage Of our special cash prices. Steckley Fertilizer and Farm Supplies, Millbank, 595- 8951 or 595-4707. Sept.20 ORANGE. ELECTRIC Fence Wire made of poly and stainless steel, does not kink, easy Jo use, only hand tension required. Stocked at most country hard- ware stores and feed mills. De- tails Langside Distributors, Luck - now, Ontario. 26-2-23 STARCRAFT CAMPERS, Glen- dale Travel Trailers, Aero Lei- sure pick-up cabs. Sales -Rental - Service. Propane tank refills. Full line of Primus propane equipment and trailer acces- sories. Now at Jewell Trailer Sales, Highway 86, three miles east of Listowel. Phone 291-1158. Livestock For Sale 3,000 WHITE Leghorn pullets, AA 26. Will be 20 weeks old August 9. Phone Roe Farms Ltd., Atwood 356-2211. BULLS FOR SALE 60 CHAROLAIS From Angus, Hereford Shorthorn 1/2, 34, %, I5-16 Cross to PureBred from some of the top Charolais Blood Lines. Priced From $500. WAT.C111A CHAROLAIS Hwy. II, North Mount Forest Wanted YOUNG COUPLE require old furniture. We have recently purchased a very large, old home and are seeking large, old wooden furniture to help fill it. Particularly interested in a huge chest at least four feet wide with several drawers suitable for linen storage, If you have some old furniture not in use, please call Wingham 3574276 after 6 p.in. 19-26-2 Miscellaneous BIG B RANCH, RItt3,-,'LlstciWieti,' horses boarded, rented angly riding Instructions gitien. Phone 291-1884. 2612 • HERE IT IS farmers, at your country hardware and feed mill, new bright polypropylene milk pails that withstand boiling water. —Also a white super dairy brush at low cost. —A rough and tumble heavy galvanized water pail you asked for. —Along with calibrated pails for calf feeding and inflations for Viking and Gascoigne milkers. LANGSIDE DISTRIBUTORS Lucknow, Ontario 26-2-23 GUNS BOUGHT, sold and re- paired. ABC Sporting Goods, B. Jenkins, Minnie Street, Wing- ham. rrpMar WEBER'S SEWAGE DISPOSAL SERVICE Modern equipment used. We pump septic tanks, cesspools, etc. All work guaranteed. Call or write Lloyd Weber 887-6700, Brussels. rrb Jane Ahrens wins Bruce WI scholarship Miss Jane Ahrens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ahrens, RR 2, Elmwood, has been award- ed the annual Bruce County Wo- men's Institute Scholarship'. Jane has been in 4-H Home- making Club work for seven years and has completed 14 clubs to receive botkCounty and Pro- vincial Honors.ln 1972 Jane was chosen as a delegate to attend the Provincial Girls' Conference in Guelph. School and community alike find Jane actively involved- -school activities such as 1972 Yearbook editor and 1973 layout editor. Jane won the general pro- ficiency award for Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 and was on the Honor Roll of Chesley District High School for Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12. She has also been named as a 1973 Ontario Scholar. Jane plans to continue her edu- cation at the University of Guelph, at Macdonald institute in the area of family and consumer studies. Her hobbies are guitar, sewing, cooking and reading. An alarm clock is a mechanisni to scare the daylights in you. • • Westinghouse REFRIGERATOR ......45:coo Ft, of usabls spite . 11 shelves let yOu adjust the intortor to suit. your storage needs —extra cold 74Iay, meat keeper stores 171/2 lbs, fresh meat —Butter conditioner cin be set for • hard,' medium/ soft • —Fits flush lot wall can be builtright in if you want * Pulls out on adjust* able rollers for cleaning the floor • • • Westinghouse FRE;ro • • Saye twice - Once when ip'oi• i. buy food at its most plentiful - and cheapest - once, right now - when WestinghOuse Freezers are on special. • ;ta:-) tti,u,el'77,17F" 111310 sillil!etxe Range i;1:09""vgliO4:14i1sYchltir 71811shitiihrileuse ir dribiuh:Owtsileil t$'''s4PI Westinihouse. DISHWASHER .- Westinghouse all the features that have range with housewiyeS ac- the most popular and least ‘mode this the most popular ross the country. whileYeuPrenhtsi met' ee; priceBPuPYilsi oneItrgce nt .°iwi • Westinghouse LAUNDRY PAIR Fabrics Have Changed So Have Westing- house Automatic Washers and Dryers. They're built to handle every type of fabric --- Safely! Thoroughly! Autornatically! Come down and see the full line - there's a • model to fit every need - every budget. Comparison Day 'Bargains are, avaiktbie at the following Authorized Westinghouse Dealers Atwood Superior Store Atwood Padfield's • Crest Hardware Durham King's Home Hardware Fordwich Opperman Electric Formosa Towii & Country Appliance Service Hanover - Gambles Home Hardware Harriston Jack's TV Centre Listowel Ron Machan Hardware Lucknow R. H. Carson • & Son Gorrie P. D. Lieserner Hardware Mildmay Aroloommesiormomminiiminteleamsimmomirmormlnammormormereirioririlialmi.4 • Charlie's TV, & Appliances Mount Forest J. J. Hammer Limited Neustadt Askett's Appliance Centre Palmerston looloiroommurrismiourmariseirdompai - Le Grand & Sons Hardware Tectswater Hodgins -McDonald Limited Wingham ,11 Wi Ladies' BLUEGRASS MONDAY - Free Gerrie .2 ii . ... S , Golf RECREATION TO FRIDAY Coffee Palmerston Iles Gross ......... . Special AT CENTRE FROM - 11:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. With Every Game Prices for Mini Golf and Driving Range Reduced by 25% . [Ismael Elmira Mitchell CM al Me Sroifr Wtlee.-Kitcheaer GUNS BOUGHT, sold and re- paired. ABC Sporting Goods, B. Jenkins, Minnie Street, Wing- ham. rrpMar WEBER'S SEWAGE DISPOSAL SERVICE Modern equipment used. We pump septic tanks, cesspools, etc. All work guaranteed. Call or write Lloyd Weber 887-6700, Brussels. rrb Jane Ahrens wins Bruce WI scholarship Miss Jane Ahrens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ahrens, RR 2, Elmwood, has been award- ed the annual Bruce County Wo- men's Institute Scholarship'. Jane has been in 4-H Home- making Club work for seven years and has completed 14 clubs to receive botkCounty and Pro- vincial Honors.ln 1972 Jane was chosen as a delegate to attend the Provincial Girls' Conference in Guelph. School and community alike find Jane actively involved- -school activities such as 1972 Yearbook editor and 1973 layout editor. Jane won the general pro- ficiency award for Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 and was on the Honor Roll of Chesley District High School for Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12. She has also been named as a 1973 Ontario Scholar. Jane plans to continue her edu- cation at the University of Guelph, at Macdonald institute in the area of family and consumer studies. Her hobbies are guitar, sewing, cooking and reading. An alarm clock is a mechanisni to scare the daylights in you. • • Westinghouse REFRIGERATOR ......45:coo Ft, of usabls spite . 11 shelves let yOu adjust the intortor to suit. your storage needs —extra cold 74Iay, meat keeper stores 171/2 lbs, fresh meat —Butter conditioner cin be set for • hard,' medium/ soft • —Fits flush lot wall can be builtright in if you want * Pulls out on adjust* able rollers for cleaning the floor • • • Westinghouse FRE;ro • • Saye twice - Once when ip'oi• i. buy food at its most plentiful - and cheapest - once, right now - when WestinghOuse Freezers are on special. • ;ta:-) tti,u,el'77,17F" 111310 sillil!etxe Range i;1:09""vgliO4:14i1sYchltir 71811shitiihrileuse ir dribiuh:Owtsileil t$'''s4PI Westinihouse. DISHWASHER .- Westinghouse all the features that have range with housewiyeS ac- the most popular and least ‘mode this the most popular ross the country. whileYeuPrenhtsi met' ee; priceBPuPYilsi oneItrgce nt .°iwi • Westinghouse LAUNDRY PAIR Fabrics Have Changed So Have Westing- house Automatic Washers and Dryers. They're built to handle every type of fabric --- Safely! Thoroughly! Autornatically! Come down and see the full line - there's a • model to fit every need - every budget. Comparison Day 'Bargains are, avaiktbie at the following Authorized Westinghouse Dealers Atwood Superior Store Atwood Padfield's • Crest Hardware Durham King's Home Hardware Fordwich Opperman Electric Formosa Towii & Country Appliance Service Hanover - Gambles Home Hardware Harriston Jack's TV Centre Listowel Ron Machan Hardware Lucknow R. H. Carson • & Son Gorrie P. D. Lieserner Hardware Mildmay Aroloommesiormomminiiminteleamsimmomirmormlnammormormereirioririlialmi.4 • Charlie's TV, & Appliances Mount Forest J. J. Hammer Limited Neustadt Askett's Appliance Centre Palmerston looloiroommurrismiourmariseirdompai - Le Grand & Sons Hardware Tectswater Hodgins -McDonald Limited Wingham ,11