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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-06-27, Page 201 Bill Smiley I'm dented, not daunted Hod a belay recently. Some especially women, are rater daunted by certain birth- days. For a young, attractive wo- man, having her thirtieth birth- day is almost as horrible a pros- pect as having all her teeth out. After a couple of years in the early thirties, she realizes 'that she is really just coming into her best period, that of a mature wo- man, still mighty attractive, and with a new emotional maturity she didn't have in the Gay Twen- ties. She's in the Flirty Thirties, and enjoying it thoroughly. But withthe fortieth milestone looming, panic sets in anew: She suddenly is convinced that any- one in the forties is over the hump, headed into a wizened old age. Strangely enough, after a couple of years in her early forties she admits to herself and anyone else who will listen, that she's in the prime of life. She can still draw a whistle when the light is right, get her bum pinched if the party is rowdy enough. She's probattly a grand- mother, but she's a "young" gramma. With a good dentist and contact lenses, she can disguise the fact that her teeth are still there only through sheer will power, and that she's blind as the proverbial bat. Then that grim reaper, the gaunt visage of Fifty, comes over the horizon like a wolf <sweeping down on a lamb. This time, there is no panic. Just sheer despair. She knows, with a little .mathe- matics, that anyone in the fifties is away past Middle Age, and has one foot in the grave and the other on a piece of dog defeca- tion. She is OLD, and there's no hiding the fact. Yet five years later, in her mid -Fifties, she's striding about a golf course, or screaming "Sweep ! " at the curling club, or lying by a pool in Florida, holding in her gut and convinced she's in the Golden Age. Of course, Sixty is IT. The old man with the scythe is lurking everywhere. There's no longer any way of disguising the wrinkles and the wattles. At 62, she gets a good tan, hides the eyes with shades, and maybe even has the jowls tucked up be- neath the ears. And a good girdle does wonders. Crossroads Classifieds Farm Machinery MF 36 10 -ft. swather with con- ditioner; McCormick '201 10 -ft. swather and conditioner with water cooled motor; MF 300 combine with pickup; MF Super 92 combine with pickup; . New Idea 701 uni-harvester 2 -row corn head and grain head; Gehl self- propelled 2 -row forage harvester with hay pickup; McCormick 2 -row No. 50 harvester; 'Dion forage blower with pipes; Gehl forage blower . with pipes; 2 AC forage wagons, self unload, with heavy undercarriage; 1200 David Brown and loader; 990 David Brown with cab; 880 David Brown; Nuffield 460; MF 35 and loader; International B 275 and loader; John Deere 60 with power steering; Ford Super Major; 44 Massey;.Cockshutt 1600 and 40 D4. Call 338-3821 or see JOE DOWLING, 112 miles west of Harriston on Highway 87. For Sale 103 VERSATILE swather with air cooled motor, 12 -ft. head, in good condition. William Beirnes, RR 2, Listowel,. 291-3389. ONE SELF -SERVE hot drink machine suitable for installation in service station, barbershop, etc. Phone 335-3130 or 392-6059. LARGE QUANTITY OF USED CHAIRS, $2 AND UP. Large quantity of steel from used desks, $5 and up. 500 new school desks complete with the exception of book box. VERY REASONABLE. GOING OUT OF THIS LINE. Large quantity of overseas boxes, $1 each. Durham Chair, north end of town, across from water tower. Phone 369-2018. GARNET, GRETCH, FENDER, HOHNER, OVATION instru- ments and equipment, electric pianos and organs. Adlam Music Sales, Durham 369-2456. QUALITY, SELECTION, PRICE & ADVICE. TN FINAL DAY of Johnson's Stock Liquidation Sale is Saturday, June 29th. Save 10 - 50 per cent during this store -wide clearance sale at Johnson's Men's Wear, • Mount Forest, phone 323-2686. ONCE A YEAR we celebrate and thank you for your patronage with our .BALLOON DAYS June 28 and 29. SPECIAL SALE RACK. Drop in and visit our. shop. Judy's Sportswear, Harris - ton. 20-27 WAREHOUSE SALE .New Furniture Bargains "ESQUIRE" Cash & Carry Hwy. 4, 1 meter west of HANOVER Livestock For Sale REGISTERED POLLED Here- ford bulls in top :breeding condi- tion. Halter broken. Herd sire had an average daily gain of 3.9 pounds. Ed Powell, RR 1, Wing - ham. Phone Gorrie 335-3893. 27=4 PERFORMANCE, tested Angus bulls, Sire Emulous 1023, A.D.G. 454ibs., A.Y.W. 1224 lbs. Free de - ..livery. For more information phone or write REIDHOLM FARM, Jarvis, Ont. (519) 587- 4193. 6-13-20-27 Work Wanted B AND T home and general re- modeing. Kitchens, baths, • rec. roome, etc. Call Harriston 338- 5528. 16-23-30-6 iscellaneous TRADE IN your old furniture: Show a cushion from your old chesterfield and a chair from your dinette to a SCHUETT salesman for an evaluation of your old suite ' towards BEAUTI- FUL NEW living room and dinette furniture. Godfrey E. Schuett Ltd., furniture show- rooms Mildmay and Mount Forest. DELIVERY IN SOUTH- ERN ONTARIO. 20-27 FOR YOUR farm building needs phone Bill Metter, R. Martin Structures Ltd., (formerly Beav- er Farm Buildings), 30 Kitchener Avenue, Guelph, (519) 821-5804. rrb DON'T THROW IT AWAY, we buy old furniture, complete households and estates. Give us a call and tell us what you have. The Treasure Shop, Highway 9, Clifford, phone 327-8091. 2-16-30-13-27 RECREATION GLENDALE MOBILE HOMES and Travel Trailers for sale; also large fully serviced and land- scaped mobile home lots for rent. First sideroad west of Stratford on Highway 8, 12 mile north. Crystal Lake Mobile Homes, Court Ltd., Ret 5, Stratford. Phone 393-6121. tf JAYCO Hardtop trailers, travel trailers, fifth wheels, mini -homes and truck caps. !accessories, rentals. We need used tent trailer trade-ins. Bumstead Metal Fab- ricating, Wingharn. Phone 357- 2272. 20-27-4-11 BETTER VALUE. Coronation and Bellevue trailers. Soft tops, hard tops and travel. Starting at $475. Plus all camping, boating, hunting and fishing supplies. Frank's Sporting Goods, 327 Woodlawn Road, Guelph. 643-20-27 At 65, she's collecting the old age pension, her late husband's pension, living in a house with the mortgage paid, and jaunting off to Europe or California, where she picks up her second husband, a well-off widower. She's never had it so good. At 80, widowed again, she's a swinger in Sunset Haven, playing bingo and the piano, and giving the eye to every fresh octogena- rian who enters the place. And that's how women are daunted by birthdays. Person- ally, I am never daunted. I have a lot of dents, but not a single daunt. Things have changed a lot,. around here. My birthday used to be a small something. Carefully coached by their mother, the kids used to come up with gifts whichl - aw, shucks, you shouldn't have done it -- accepted gratefully and gracefully. Nothing great. Maybe a fishing -rod or some golf balls. ,QAnd the old lady would bake a cake - a ready -mix. When they were older, away from home, they'd call (collect) on the occasion, wish me Happy ray, could % Noel, I ;: the UV*ex ask coyly, "Know what y la?""Yeah, Sunday: Why?" 1 try ago "°No„ 1 MOM what day o.`fyA the .nth'!" "Not t'* Wait'll I cheek the calendar," • I try again. "No, I moo what day of what month of what year? Bow old are you? How d, you know how old you afire? What day reminds you?" "Oh, g"Ay, pad. Wt' didn't you tell melt was your birthday? 1 would have sent a card: Or something," No, I am not daunted. But f never, ever, forgot,, my father's birthday. Let's see, 1 can still remember. it, It was April 3rd. Or was it November 3rd? Anyway, 1 always sent him a card, ever if I didn't remember until a month after the gccasion, Anyway, I got one call on my birthday this year. It was from Amy big brother. After grumpily cultural Tklbits With A Vas wo rood 14..OW nova - papers that Ca have no *confidence In themselves and as 1 f havo thought that toys were. w%. The 1 meet arousually wolf -confident enough. Now, how, I'm be- ginning see what tothosewriters mean. It's not that we as Cana- dians.have no self -confirm, but we have no confidence in our fellow -Canadians. f came to this conclusion when discussing, over the last few weeks, export pos- asking me what 'I was doing jr1 bed at noon on my birthday, be revealedthe real purpose of his call. He wanted to know if 1 had my little brother's address in Germany. I didn't. Some birth- day 'greeting. But I did receive one birthday card which touched me deeply. It was from my insurance. agent. He never misses. Service Iired�i Walkerton 881.0984 Across from the Brewers' Ratoil Outlet BARBER'S Upholstery & Carpet Sales & Installations AUTHORIZED .Harding .Celanese .Bigelow Armstrong DEALER 253 Main St., Mount Forest Ras. 323-1294 Bus. 323-1470 ti INSURANCE auto fire life liability -income tax pr.por.d -loans arranged -r.pr.s.ntativis for s.ven trust companies Reasonable. Rates CALL NOW Monkton anytime 347-2241 Brussels Tues. and Fri. . 887-6663 Ronnonberg Insurance Agency SAUGEEN VALLEY MEAT Custom Killing Cutting & Wrapping Beef by the SIDE and QUARTER . Pork half or whole CLIFFORD Phone 327-8401 TRIAN c LE TIRE Distr • ut . rs Ltd. WOI es le and Retail PASSENGER FARM TRUCK On the form service Phone 291 2521 LISTOWEL r o� Over 30,000 readers weekly GUNS. AMMO. REPAIRS AND ACCESSORIES ABC SPORTING GOODS 350 Minnie St. WINGHAM, ONT. i HURON, DEAD STOCK REMOVAL, CLINTON We pick up all farm stock.free of charge. Three trucks for fast efficient service. License No. 237-C-74 7 Days a W..k 24 Houma Day CALL COLLECT 482-9811 Call us first, you won't hove to call anyone else. 1 MIS 1p CHRYSLER BOATS a MOTORS Marine Service Pool Chemicals General Sports Raleigh Bicycles . LISTOWEL SPORTS CENTRE 380 Wallace St, N. Ph. 291.2986 Milverton Heating d`2 Sheet Metal SALES & INSTALLATION FURNACES EAVESTROUGH ING SHEET METAL WORK MILVERTON • ONTARIO BOX 309 • 593.$172 USED CARS Glen Martin's Garage expert mechanical repairs O.M.L. Towing Service FORDWICH 335-3515 44 444 Lid OUR f4 Phone 356-2802 A.N. BOWMAN MFG. LTD. METAL FAIRICATING ATWOOD - ONTARIO letk -♦ Also Metered Concrete Mobile Service SOUND SELLING FOR SATISFACTORY RETURNS Serving the People of GORRIE-FORDWICH KURT RON LEY Auctioneer R.R.2 PHONE GORRIE,335.3 ,679 ainlon FACTORY OUTLET In Their Original OLD MILL IN BLYTH WOOL .nd LEANER PRODUCT eAINTON LTD. Blyth 523-9373 ..Starcraft . Jayco Prowler . Glendale Open 6 days, closed Wed. Satisfaction ales ervice 3 miles east of Listowel on Hwy. 86 Ph. 291-1158 PLAN YOUR MOTORING FUTURE NOW] Increase the resale value of your car or. trucjc with COMPLETE PROTECTION 517 1 1 th Ave., Hanover Call Les at 364-2832 "A MUST TO PREVENT RUST" - office, travel and tent TRAILERS - truck campers truck caps - trailer parts and accessories Open 6 days, closed Wed. 2' , miles west of Hanover Oft No. 4 Hwy. Ph. 3i4.37411 HADCO Well Drilling. & Digging Ltd. Rotary Drilled Wells Machine Dug Shallow Wells Sulphur Free Wells Deepening & Repairing Ca issons-Earthboring Elevator Shafts "A WELL A DAY THE HADCO WAY" AUGER RENTAL 91. 1PNIENT f `• )FOR•ANVJOB :. E1.MIRA 669.3761 ST. MARYS 2144702 HARRISTON PACKING CO. Give us a call for MEAT FOR YOUR FREEZER -hogs by the half and whole -beef by the side and quarter CUSTOM KILLING TO YOUR NEEDS hogs - Tues. beef - TI urs. 338-3330 • ATWOOD PET FOOD SUPPLIES LTD. 1 Due to the increase in meat prices we are able to give you top prices for fresh. dead, or disabled cows and. horses. We will pick up your calves and pigs free. Radio equipped trucks for the fastest service. CASA ON THE SPOT Local Calls Atwood 356-2257 Long Distance Zenith 70650 7 Days a Week 24 Hours a Day Lic. No. 427-C-73 feiI N$U ANCE A Types of, nsurance . 3354525 337.2636 GORRIE WINGHAM LIVESTOCK FOR SALE Calves - Calves - Calves Good Quality Holstein or Beef Calves, 1 to 3 weeks old. Rea- sonable Prices, We Deliver OSINGA BROS. 519 .. 1 *t1BB 41i8 Listowel sl Usf . No 040 doubt l that 1 butt ttl .c11 the ab�M'', of other Canadians to deal with Japanese buyers. Canada is the greatest IaII ti in the world and couldn't be inthis pooh MISS Cana- dians are the greatest trade's in the world. Let's not underesti- nate. foreign traders,: but let's not underestimate our own pi's either. 0-4-4 Can we rely on the figures Statistics Canada give* us? Every three months a selected group of fanners receives a form to be filled out as to how mgch and what crop they grow, how much and what kind of livestock they intend to market, etc. When those predictions don't pan out, those farmers are blamed for giving inaccurate reports. Mr. Patterson, a retired farm- er from Blyth, dropped in the other day and told me that after wild IIIOld, al#i1 +0 months. If tha bOon fid hito the cow IEeltersl years. thel formers who lid must bo dieProw portlonat&y high. J c ' wonder about all 11te tis- tics they chi out in Ottawa, neverG ft's been satisfied sold', thand at ait ' fc sis truth. Take . the weather. As everyone know., this was too wet and the farmer wasn't the only one dissatisfied; Now that planting..mostly' and seeding i*� � done that same farmer is praying for rain in many parts of our area. He is so much dependent en the weather that he .is almost constantly worrying. But give him credit too, for if the weather damages crop pests, he sib and says, We hope that next. year will be better." .n.11•1111•.nrllll■r Dave Farrish4 Plumbing & Heating Air onditioning and Electric Fully Licensed Four men to serve yoti Offices in LISTOWELAND WHITECHURCH Phone 291-1382 357-2530 COUNTRY FURNITURE and UPHOLSTERY Winghom' • N Molesworth .NEW CHESTERFIELD'SUITES $200.00 - $500.00 upholstery service .Custom stariopirit Cott 4lt+601:1 furniture \ 291-1563 2911038 LISTOWEL AI's Collision Service Phone. 35T-2206 Conc. 2, Morris Twp. Repair and Refinishing Enamel and Laquer Rust Repair Frame & Body Work ON CARS& TRUCKS if Repairable We Do It Comlmlbdore Canada When.you buy a ' Loko►hurst Mobilo Homo you "get what you ask for" Also See Don for.oll leisure time trailers DON McPHAIL MOTORS 338,3422 HarrIstou W. D. Nur STATE FARM INSURANCE Auto- Life- Fire WINGHAM 357-3280 SEE & try the tough ones at P&F LAWN & SPORTS LISTOWEL 291.2441 This is our business.... NOT a sideline See the EXPERT on Small Engine Equipment Bolens A GOOD YARD AHEAD Toro STEVE MEW Power Lawn Mower Centro across from Harriston Drive -in -Theatre Bus. 338.3616 Ras. 338.2717 iVorY4t:t4,71 • Box 709, Durham PHONE 369-3203 Located on No. 6 Highway 'A Mile South of Varney BUY USED MATERIALS BATHROOM FIXTURES DORS • WINDOWS LUMBER, ETC. HOURS Mon. to Fri, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m. to 12 Noon HUNTER MOVING STORAGE;, ALLIED VAN LINOS Local and Long Distance Class D P.C.V. Licence For delivery or shipping needs CALL THE EXPERTS HANOVER Collect 344.1860 1