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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-08-02, Page 20• "NO 4.4tVoinsds lintea for a it summer day. Columnist Rich4rd Need - Um, Inotlern CaSsandra w -ho is swot happier than when he is ath disaster,. prophesies with some,glee the wiping 00 of the American dollar* and with it the anadiun, Allowing to inflatien. He says to put your motley in 4 SWIR; blAkz. SWISS fralRe$,, ,quesquft:4 what money? ause of that same inflation he% talkingabout, ninety per cent of Canadians are lucky to titalte ends Meet, let alone have anything to invest. Needham also says he doesn't I3iii Smiley people's capitalism believe in stocks and boncis• Nor do L When I was young and foolish, just out of ,the service, and bad a couple of thousand doliars in back pay, 1 was twice bitten. Now I'm thrice shy. Both "Ittivestments" were based on red hot tips. One thouSand shares of a real dog called AnsleY. a ("gold mine" 'which turned out. to 4.- moose pastnre. It ,rose three cents hi a week; and I was counting my paper money and congratulating myself on my shrewdnesS. Seriously cOnsidered becoming a speculator and getting rich fast. INTEREST RATES Now Available on 1ST. AND 2ND MORTGAGES Anywhere in Ontario .On RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL and FARM PROPERTIES - interim Financing For New Construction & Land Development For Representatives in 'our Area Phone SAFEWAY INVESTMENTS AND CONSULTANTS LIMITED (519) 744-6$35 Collect Head Office..56 Weber St. E.„ Kitchener, Ont. —We Buy Existing Mortgages for Instant Cash— • Several in stackpriced to clear . • SEE THEM NOW DURING OUR IV In two WeYeks Ansley was down to n cents. In two months it was cuff the beafl, as we wieder-dealers say. But the second tip was too good to pass up. Ilt came from a friend who was not only an ex -POW and therefore to be trusted, but a stock -broker and therefore el, the inside. He was sink every nickel he could raise into Eld- ridge, another gold stock. There really was a mine this time. So 1 went for 1,000 shares at 33 cents. Like the other, this stock immediately went up a few cents,. ne doubt due tt heavy plungers like the. Then it began to slide, slowly and gracefully. When it was close to bottom, there was an announcement N shareholders, of a reorganization of the Company. It would now be called Elder and we would get one share of Elder for each eight shares of Eldridge we possessed. This was a little disapPointing, but it was better than a goose egg. Each year came glowing company reports of the great future for the stock. The reports were all we got. Then came another an- nouncement. Elder was going to amalgamate with Peel and the outlook was roses all the way. Again there was a juggling of shares. I wound up. with 12 shares. Not bad when I started out with a mere 1,000. But hold: Peel-Edler actually did stagger through and is now a respectable stock, if the term is not automatically contradictory. MY 12 shares are now worth alorndst as much as the original 1,000. In 25 years am' down only about $40. Except for that 1,000 shares of Ansley, Which I've Written( off to experience. That's prety dang ept financial career, if you‘ aslc- me, You thought this story was going, to have a sad ending, didn't you? This all seems, to have very little bearing on anything, but it .dKs. iiiirhen the Smiley* finally decide to go to England. the dollar is steadily slipping, and prices in Europe are rapidly increasing. Rest, the trip costs a lot more than we figured on. Somehow, there is a parallel there Co my career in the stock market. • "Why does anybody want to travel, anyway", groaned nty wife, as she contemplated the hprrars of getting ready. "I'd much rather stay at home." Her trouble is that she's a woman. I could throw a sweater, shirts, socks and underwear in a bag and be off, without a back, .ward look. She says, "But the house is filthy," and goes into an orgy of , vacuuming and scrub- bing. The place looked all right to me. "What am I going to 'wear? What shall we do with the cat? How can I be ready in time? What if it rains all the time? Who's going to mow the lawn?" And on and on. 1 answer : "Just wear your swim suit. Then, if it rains, you'll be all set. You wouldn't be ready in time for your own funeral, and you wouldn't know what to wear. We'll put the eat on the back lawn and she can graze it, like a sheep." Like any wife, shetruly appreciates understanding and k_ hei:iowlplikeveethis However, all these things can be ironed out. It's the financial aspect that's bad. After:spending a small fortune getting ready to go, I think we have enough left .1W a one-way ticket; We'll get home somehow. I have a ,rich niece in England. ,If she doesn't kick through with the home fares (and- I think she would, with alacrity, after we'd visited her for a few weeks) we might have to swim.• should have •stayed in. the stock market and bled to death slowly, with. dignity. .................. Westinghouse REFRIGERATOR -15 Co. Ft. of ;Mb', Spam" Cantiliver shelves let you acIlust the interior to suit, your storage needs xtra cold 7.day meat keeper stores 17½ lbs, fresh meal ..-.Botter condifioner can be set for hard, medium, soft ' • - —Fits flush to wall. can be built right in if you want . Pulls out on adjust. able rollers for cleaning the floor • 1 • .‘. • Here's a• Whirlwind! ,, • • ,. i ding. • mower e rteatirP8you'd-expect POYlot more f 0' • e-ectrio staril1040rjust$49.96* rugged bodyframe' • be steering wheel — e brake • ktore-.ettosa garage space engine;cut See it r)°YN at your nearest Torodeate• /• fa • ...-4.4tetio..• ••••••,. 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