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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-05-01, Page 21• How lucky HELP WANTED LICENSED AUTO MECHANIC LICENSED BODY MECHANIC CONTACT LISTOWEL CHRYSLER DODGE 291-4350 LOCKIE ELECTRIC *Residential *Commercial *Farms *Electric Heat R.R. #2, Gorrie, Ontario CALL 335-3149 Bicycles • SALES SERV/CE. SPEDO BATHING SUITS BICYCLES HUNTING, FISHING AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT HOBBIES CENTRAL BICYCLE SHOP 48 Arthur St., S. ELMIRA 669-2706 union FACTORY OUTLET n Their Original OLD MILL .f fh, r.ilvr., inch IN BLYTH 41wrr 1.94 BAINTON LTD. Blyth 523-9666 • MID WESTERN PAVING ASPHALT PAVING DRIVE WAYS PARKING LOTS Listowel 291-4794 Wingham 528-2626 Mount Forest Harriston, Palmerston TOLL FREE 38-2210 YOUR AUTHORIZED YAMAHA DEALER P & F Lawn and Sports Equipment LISTOWEL 291.2441 Licensed Mechanic W. Service What Wd.S•M" Every so often I'm reminded Or how very lucky Canadia» e: We are not smarter than, !#h people. Goodness knows, we are no more industrious. We are ;'fit luckier, because we happier to . living in this country at :t1110 time»C When you consider that We lOre just a drop in the bucket of ,The world's population, you can 'See just how blind lucky we are,: Millions of people on earth to- day, are literally starving. 'tO death. They. willdead,' MOM dead, in days, mons, a year*; Millions more are il$t above the starving line. They eke .dutw a barren, blunted, hopeless exist' ence, just one step away f roni the animal. These hordes are subject to .all the other things that go with a minimal existence, besides ham, ger : cold, disease, ignorance, fear, and perhaps worst of all helplessness. And we complain endlessly, we Serice.Direc GUNS, AMMO, REPAIRS AND • ACCESSORIES ABC• SPORTING GOODS 350 Minnie St. WINGHAM, ONT. i . Sta rc raft . Jayco • P.rovvler • Glendale Open b days, closed Wed. Satisfaction ales ervice 3' miles east of Listowel on Hwy. 86 Ph. 291-1158 MOVING? (-01) hFIRKBmR . BXPRBSS Lines LTD WALDEN BROS. 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ALTERNATORS from 7 KW to 100 KW The money you save dur- ing one crippling power Toss can buy your alterna- tor. SOMERS MOTOR GENERATOR SALES LTD. Tavistock, Ont. 519-655-2396 Sales and SERVICE since 1937 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 - Thurs. 338-3330 CROSSROADS SERVICE DIRECTORY REACHES 30,000 READERS .r.r..nr® Canadians, about such horrors as inflation, postal strikes, taxes, and all the other relatively pid- dling burdens we bear. We howl with outrage when butter jumps 15 cents a pound. Some of us nearly have a stroke when the price of beer and liquor is raised. The very wealthy feel a deep, inner pain because they can retain only 55 per cent of their in- come. But what does it all amount to? The consumption of butter will go down for a few weeks, then rise to new highs. The consumption of alcoholic beverages will not even tremor, but go steadily upward. And the rich will become richer. Talk about fat cats, or buxom beavers, and we're it. The Lucky Canadians. The envy of the world. Oh yes, we have -poor people, quite a few of them. But you would be hard put to ,it to find anyone in Canada literally starv- , For All Your Travel Needs *AIR *SEA. *LAND ED SEMPF 291-4100 LISTOWEL TRAVEL PURL 163 Main St. West - 1 caossRoaus ADVERTISING DEADLINE TUESDAY NOON WEEK BEFORE PUBLICATION TRIAN i LE TIRE Distr' • ut. rs Ltd. W oles and Retail le PASSENGER FARM TRUCK On the form service Phone 291 2521 LISTOWEL DATSUN 1 New Sates and Service CUNNINGHAM MOTORS INC: 131 Kincordile Rd. WALKERTON. 881-0740 e are ing to death. Or freezing to death. Or dying because there is no medicine for disease. Truth is, the' vast majority of Canadians eat too much, suffer from over -heating rather than cold and are much more likely to die from too much medicine than they are from disease. And even the poorest of Or poor, with all the buffers that welfare provides, are materially millionaires compared with the poor of many other countries. You,. Mister, wheeling your Buick down the highway and beefing- about the cost of gas, might just as easily be pulling a rickshaw in Calcutta, wonclering whether you could last until you were 30, so you could see your first grandson. You, Young Fella, who made $10,000 in six months with a lot of overtime, and quit working so you could draw unemployment insurance, could be sweating it out in a South African gold mine, or a Bolivian tin mine, for enough bucks a week to barely feed your farn�wly. And you, Ms., whining about the mess the hairdresser made, or complaining about the cost of cleaning women, could be selling yourself in the back streets of Nairobi to keep body and soul to- gether, if you'll pardon the ex- pression. But you, aren't, and .I'm not, and we shouldn't forget it, mates. We were lucky. We live in ..Canada. Once in a while this hits me like a punch between the eyes. One of sroad y i,. 2 In these times was on a recent holiday weekend, We were spending a weekend with Grandad, in.the country. It waa cold and Watery out414e, and I spent one of Jtbose rotten, lazy, thoroughly enjoyable times when there is nothing 10.40..and nothing to worry about! eating and drinking, playing cards, en- joying the fireplace, reading, watching television. The only fly in the ointment was the constant decisions to be made. At breakfast, for examiple. Banana or fruit juiee? Cof f e or tea? Bacon and eggs or ham and eggs? Toast and jam or 'fresh bread and honey? Evenings were even worse.. An hour after dinner, I had to decide whether it was to be coffee and cake with ice cream or tea with butter tarts. Then there was the bedtime snack and more deci- sions, But it was watching television that blew up the pufied-up dream that life was, after all, good and gracious, cosy and cotnfortable, warm and wonderful. There on` the "news", with nothing to hide it, was the non- Canadian world. Children with the bloated bellies and stick -thin limbs of the starving. Other chil- dren, torn and bleeding and screaming with pain. Mothers howling their anguish because they had lost their chil- dren and couldn't find them. A refugee plane with more than 200 "soldiers" and only five women or children aboard. And everywhere, on that naked screen, people, suffering, terri- fied, running like rats, from nowhere to nowhere. Not much you and I can do, except feel horrified. It's all too far away. But at least we can stop bitching in our own backyard, and face the facts that we're not smarter, or harder working or better looking. Just lucky. H. GORDON GREEN How many of the old supersti- tions can you remember? How many of them do you still believe in, or sort of—without admitting it? Now that science has ushered in an •age of awesome enlighten- ment it seems to me that awe we had once for Grandmother's charms and signs and portents must have all but disappeared and I think someone ought to take time out to make a collection of them before we've forgotten them entirely. These old beliefs were, after all, a very important part of our "folk wisdom"., My own grandmother believed implicitly that the breaking of a mirror meant seven years' bad luck. A black ca.t crossing your path might be even worse. Es- pecially on a' Friday. And if it should ever have happened on Friday the 13th, well that would have been enough to send her to bed for the rest of the day. And here now are some of the other beliefs of her day : A table knife falling to the floor means that a male visitor will come to dinner, and from the di - Q. What can I do to remedy the inside of one of . my aluminum vessels which is beginning to turn black? A. Slowly stew some acid fruit, tomatoes. rhubarb, etc., in the vessel and watch the sparkle return. And the food, itself. won't be harnnled. Q. Hove can I remove rust stains from a sink or bathtub? A A mixturelof one-half cup grapefruit juice and one-half cup salt. Q. How can 1 prevent tarnish on my costume jewelry? A If you'll keep a stick of ordinary blackboard chalk in your jewelry box, this will aid in preventing tarnish. This same idea works well in silver cabinets, too Q. How can I remedy scorched woolens" A. Wet the blemish. then rub some dry cornstarch over it. Brush off the cornstarch when the article is dry Q. How can I make my own brass polish? A. Put two tablespoons of salt into a cup of vinegar, add just enough flour to make a smooth paste, then dip a damp cloth into this and rub rhe brass until the stains are gone. Rinse with cold water, then dry Q. What is a good cleansing treatment for dentures' A An overnight rest in a glass of water with two teaspoons of baking soda added. rection in whih the knife points. A fork falling to the floor indi- cates that a female visitor will soon appear. When your nose itches, you are going to kiss a fool. Step on a spider and it will rain. The seventh son of a family will have a wonderful life, especially if you put a live toad in his hand when he is seVen days old. (My father was the seventh son. He is 92 now and has, had a wonderful •life even if they did forget the toad.) If you sew on Ash Wednesday, your hens won't lay. It's good luck for crickets to chirp in the house. It's good luck to sweep the house on New Year's Day. Don't burn the wood of a tree struck by lightning or you will. have sickness in the house. The right front foot of a rabbit brings good luck. To put your right shoe on first in the morning will bring you good luck throughout the day. If you kill a toad your cow will give bloody milk. If you dust your henhouse with wood ashes on Ash Wednesday, the -lice won't bother your hens. Speaking of the superstitions which were connected with yes- teryear's agriculture, I think one of the most interesting pieces of advice ever given me about animal husbandry was given me by a picturesque old widow who was still going strong at the farming business when she was in her 70's, and going it alone. "You take a mare with four white feet," she told me, "and you face her due north when she's getting bred and she'll throw you a mare colt every time. I know because I've tried it.",She couldn't abide males of any kind. And truth to tell, all the horse- flesh on her farm was female, except for one. Seems that just as the great transaction was about to be consummated, his silly old mother switched her rear end around to due east. And he was the disappointing result. CROSSROADS Q 00:1 me' CLASSIFIEDS Copy, for Crossioads Clu fleds must be received by -51,110.„ Wednesday of week pior t fib, ideation. . For Sale or Rent FARM for sale or rent. - Well- drained, suitable. for beans .Or corn. Phone 343.3019. For ,Sale 1973 GMC v. -Lon, custom' Cali, radio, 350 V-8, automatic, power steering and brakes, radial tires, rally wheels, 17,000 miles. Phone 291-2460. BEAGLE PUPS, registered field champion stock. $75.00 and up. Paul Coghlin, 1/2 mile north of At- wood on Hwy, 23. Phone 25z NEW STOCK of milker parts for Viking and Gascoigne now at Crest Hardware, Mount Forest, 323-2881. Special liners for V' milkers that last yet milk the best. • 24-14 Miscellaneous GROW CUCUMBERS FOR: RICKS Prices have increased over 14 per' cent this year. For information and contract's • call Maurice Cronin, RR 3, Teeswate r, 392- 6290. rrp 8122 REGAN SILOS ---Builders of poured concrete silos for. farm and industrial use, silo roofs and accessories. Liquid uid manure tanks up to 50' in dmeter, below or above ground. For estimates contact: Regan Silos Ltd., RIt 5, Mitchell, Ont. Phone 347.2793.On- tario Silo Association.:member. J5b Coming Events ALL STAR TOURS Pioneers of Escorted Motor Coach Tours Limited space remains for Florida and Mid Term School Holidays SUMMER TOURS Are filling up fast for; West Coast and East Coast -(Weekly Departures). Plus many de- partures to Washington, Nor th.rn Ontario, Kentucky, Alaska, Smoky Mountains, California, New England, Bos- ton, Ottawa, Nashville, Wh..ling,.,, Akron, and Off Season Florida Tours. We con take you when you wont to go. We also provide courtesy pick-up service from Wingham, Listowel, Mount Forest and many other sur- rounding towns. TO GET YOUR FREE COLOURED BROCHURE, FILL OUT THE COUPON BELOW AND MAIL TODAY To: C.R. ALL STARS TOURS LTD. P.O. Box 24, Cambridge, Ontario NIR 5S9 Name Address City VAN EYL BROS. CLIFFORD, ONT., 327-8045 VALUE & SAVINGS on FARM EQUIPMENT VIB-RO TING CULTIVATORS from 6' to 13' SPECIAL per ft. $45. PACKERS from 10' to 14' with or without transport. Kit included from SSSO to $900. BOG BALLS FERTILIZER SPREADER Interior Ring Included Reg. 5370. $298. DISC 54 UNITS available in various makes, 9'2" to 21'6" Painted, Repaired, New, er Used Blades from $600 to 51800 BALI RACKS Reg. 5530. NOW $375. FEED RACKS Reg. 5495. NOW $375. PLOWS from 3 - 7 FURROW 3 Pt. or Semi -Mounted COMBINES, various makes and sizes CORN PLANTERS, various makes 4and 2row GRAIN BOXES AND WAGONS