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le to ibo cutting; :lean. iit is
:pushed fay and ov. r thq sur*
-fare of: the wale. This: slight
angle gives the plane's ecu ti
edges s eitig4'siaeat'ing ac,tion
tn, t is :much 'easier to, voutrol
than' ►helk the pia e.ts pushed
"forward with, its cutting edge at •
ri>it jangles to, the gra o.L, the
wOfigt, Be. sure to ..maiptatn a
steady downward pressure as.
you •push: the. - plane forward.
visit) TING CULTIVATORS from
6` to 13' SPECIAL per ft. , $45'.
PACKERS from 10D to 14° with or
without, transport. Kit included
frim $5$0 to $900.
BOG RAKE FERTILIZER SPREADER
Interior Ring Included
Reg. $370. $298.
DISC 54 UNITS available in various
makos,e9'2" to 21'6"
Painted, Repaired, New, or Used
Blades from $600 to $1800
RAU RACE
' Reg. $530. NOW $375.
FEED RACKS
Rao. $495. NOW $375.
PLOWS from 3.7 FURROW
3 Pt. or Semi -Mounted
COMBINES, various makes
and sizes
„ CORN PLANTERS, various makes
4 and 2 row
GRAIN BOXES AND WAGONS
I.QCKIE ELECTRIC
* Residential
* Commercial
*Farms
* Electric Heat
R.R. #2, Gorrie, Ontario
CALL 335-3149
3, 5 & 10 SPEED
BIKES OF VARIOUS MAKES
Golfing, ,
Hunting and
FkOing,,
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CENTRAL
BICYCLE SHOP
48 Arthur St. S.
Elmira 669-2706
minion FACTORY
OUTLET
In Their Original.
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IN BLYTH
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Blyth 523-9666
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ASPHALT PAVING
DRIVE WAYS
PARKING LOTS
Listowel
291-4794
Wingham
528-2626
Mount Forest
Harriston, Palmerston
TOLL FREE
338-2210
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P 8 F Lawn and
Sports Equipment
LISTOWEL 2914441
Licensed Mechanic
"We Service Whet We Sell"
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1. WheY0 1114,9 ;largest_ ba k
bungling is the world?
2.`'hat country's language Ih
.the gotIettero in I ifJl ket?'
3, What, is the oldest kr.inwil
"team" game: or sport?,
4., What is the largest t Single
bu lnesS ,,orggnization inthe
world?
5. What is the hardest of 411
.minerai§? x.
8 Who was the first U. S.
President to have a ephane
his.offiic]e?9.. �+ the - .a,p��f $�
7. 115/hat • s oldest in-
dependent republic in Africa?
it, Which is the most abun
da0;t of all birds in the world?
9. What five media account
for the greatest expenditure of
advertising dollars in the U. S.?
ANSWERS --
1. The Chase Manhattan
Building, in 'New York City. 2
That of Cambodia, with 74
letters. 3. Polo, first recorded in
Persia in about 525 B. C. 4. The
U. S. Postal Service. 5.
Diamond. 6. Herbert Hoover, in
1929. 7. Liberia. 8. Chicken. 9.
Newspapers, direct mail,
television. magazines, and
- radio.
price
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GUNS, AMMO,
REPAIRS AND
ACCESSORIES
ABC
SPORTING GOODS
350 Minnie St.
WINGHAM, ONT.
F
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Satisfaction
ales
ervice
3 miles east of Listowel on
Hwy. 86 Ph. 291-1158
MOVING?
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Houshold Moving
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" PHONE 369-3203
Located on No. 6 Highway
'% Mile South of Varney
ikUY USED MATERIALS
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DOORS - WINDOWS
LUMBER, ETC.
HOUIIS --
Mon. to Fri., 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
plat., 8 a.m. to 12 Noon
JOE'S
TRUCK 4 tRAILER
Wingham 357-2612
Repairs to all
makes of cars
and trucks
DIESEL FUEL '
Specializing in
TRUCKS AND
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ADVERTISING
IpEADLINE"
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TUESDAY NOON
WEEK BEFORE
PUBLICATION
MAGNETIC
SIGNS
For Cars, Trucks,
Offices, Mailboxes
Eliminates costly lettering
Removable when trading
or painting.
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MOWER CENTRE
Sales and expert
repairs to all small
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HARRISTON
Bus. 338-360
Res. 338-2117
ALADDIN
OIL LAMP PARTS
CHIMNEYS, SHADES,
WICKS, BURNERS,
MANTLES, ALSO
ELECTRIFYING
KITS.
Bring your
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THE TREASURE
SHOP
Clifford, Ont.
327.8091
•When people aek;:rny
column: at one point oratrole�r,
they *pally soy.« " oy,1 btet You
get a lot of Man," ; ;r
Well, yes. ` 1 do.',' out MO
exactly' have to hire a 040'040
tie` send out 'answers,, along :with
a ::;,autographed, picture. r.
l . salveihe problem by nt,on-
sweringust of my mail. '40T1
result, I frequently f lgufty, f or
as long as three or four Minutes.
Ninety-five per cent Of'my mall
is garbage, and is disposed of as
such, Along with' the . junk
mail—flyers, broadside( and
special offers that . every':prie
gets—I get quite a few getters
from 'nuts. 6
Atikokan, Ont., seems o a
breeding, place of thin . spe ies,
with apologies to all , the fine
Atikokans who, .I'm sure, abound
in that fine,fresh, : northern
community.
Years ago, I hada .running
battle with some kooky minister
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from 7 KW to 100 KW,
The . money you save dur•4.
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P 9
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Sales and SERVICE since 1937
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ED SEMPF
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LISTOWEL TRAVEL BUREAU
163 Main St. West
HARRISTON
PACKING CO.
Give us a calf
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
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*Honda Dealer
LARRY'S CYCLE
WORLD
*Large Stock of Used Bikes
*Sales and Service
WALKERTON
881-0984
Across from the
BREWERS RETAIL OUTLET
from Atikpkan1 who: accusedme
of things I'd have been delighted
to be able to dp,r As f recall, he
thought 1 wasu, rake, and I had to
convince him that .I was a .hoe.
Thep one Sumalner 'evening, a
stranger walled into my baok'
yard and iritrodtieed himself as
the former • lino -type operator-
from the Atikokan paper. He
wanted a reference for a job, and
he wanted us to..join forces and'
bring down the free - .enterprise
system, or the Women's Christ-
ian Temperance Union, or some-
thing of the sort. iso got a local
job, lasted a few weeks, and the
only thing we managed to put
down were a couple of beers.
Recently, I received another
letter from an Atikokan.. For
eight and a half pages he be-
labored me about the inefficiency
of private enterprise, because of
a remark I'd made, suggesting
the Canadian postal service be
turned over to same.
MACK ELECTRIC
MOTOR REPAIR'
"WE REPAIR ANYTHING
ELECTRICAL"
291-4213
295 Inkerman st., Listowel
CROSSROADS
SERVICE
DI R ECTORY
REACHES
30,000
READERS
A WELL A DAY THE HADCO WAY,..)
Rotary Drilled Wells
Machine Dug Shallow Wells
Caissons-Eorthboring
HADCO
Well Drilling &
Digging Ltd.
Elmira - 669-3761
TOLL FREE
1-800-265-8916
TRIAN
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rs Ltd.
WIe
and
Retail
PASSENGER FARM
TRUCK
On the farm service
Phone 291 2521
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Sales and Service
CUNNINGHAM
MOTORS INC.
131 Kincardine Rd.
WALKERTON
881-0740...
Bit
This guy agreed that the postal
Service Was rotten, but be told
me with many examples, that.
private 'industry, also, is 10 111-
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pletely inefficient, I agree, mean.
It's lousy, 1 know. I once worked
for a summer in one of North
America%s great industries,, and 1
have never, before or sinew; n
such skullduggery among the
workers and stupidity in manage-
ment.
But what hurt waS when he
called my remarks a "figment of
the imagination of a naive, in-
experienced, sheiteaed academ-
ic,- such as yourself." All the
nasty words were underlined;
Well, I've got news for , you,
boyo. Any guy who has worked on
the lake boats, in industry, gone
through a war, engaged in that
toughest of ail free enterprises,
the weekly newspaper business,
and staggered through nearly 30
years of marriage and childrais-
ing, is not exactly naive, ine--
perienced or sheltered. He may
be a shattered wreck, but.
And I resent being called an
academic. I'm a school teacher.
Neither proud of it nor ashamed
of it. I don't try to mold little
twigs in the way they should
bend. Nor do I try to turn out a
"product" that our society will be
proud of. I just try to teach
younger people somethingf of
what I have learned about life.
The letter mentioned vi*
signed, but above the signature
was,a fairly desperate "You can't
use my name," with* the "can't"
underlined three times: I should,
and have you fired as an atheist,
womanizer; boozer and Marxist,
but I won't. It isn't important.
Boy, here's another letter I
don't quite know what to do with.
It's from a chap who tells me I'm
all wrong about the Post Office,
and then proceeds at length to tell
me what a dirty deal he got as an
employee of that moribund
corpse. File it4.1 guess. He, too,
can't be named.
_Here's a pleasant one from a
lady whose daughter must live in
sin, or lose her university grant.
If she gets married, her husband
will have to pay her.fees. This is a
blatant inequity, in my eyes, but
a subject for Women's Lib, which
•could certainly use some intelli-
gent causes,for a chane.
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'And .:here's a eland, froiu a
fellow who has written a book. He
sent me a copy, and says, "After
you have read it, would you con-
sider giving it the same mention
in your column as was done with
Ten Lost Years? He says, "This
book is similar, perhaps more.
profound." •
At least he's honest. kit_ you
would, it maygive it some extra
sales impact -required at this
time." Sorry. No Way. It is a dull
book.
Ah. Here's a lively bit of cor-
respondence. It's my weekly
news sheet from Imperial Oil.
Fifteen years ago, at a rather
bibulous reception, I met a
charming young ' lady who
worked for that company's public
relations department: ,
When she learned I wrote a syn-
dicated column, she wanted to
know if I'd like to receive the
regular Imperial Oil news.
"Sure," I gestured expansive-
ly. "Send along anything. A quart
of oil here, a gallon of gas there,
your sister if she's not busy."
Ever since, I've been getting
that hot little item from Imperial
Oil, the weekly news release. And
it inevitably kindles a little glow.
In my fireplace.
Oh,. Lordy. Here's another
great sheaf of correspondence
from that perpetual nuisance, the
guy who had his name changed
officially to Mr. Midwife.
He is now President of an or-
ganization called International
Scientific Lay Non -Medical Mid-
wives.
Now, I can swallow Non-medi-
cal Midwives. But I find it hard to
conjure up ah International
Scientific Lay.
And that's the correspondence
dealt with for another week.
YOU CAN FiX441
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►n,' • , . _ f I..11.,hc,d of
t~tt;htE�n�� •41, • hat have
unrked fll; 'he
enlii1vcd !1•ll s..;1. ••— ,r+ \\ire
solder eV,. in
thl:. i l , ,• r. easier
solution ►,1tt,ing:5 =,oc►den
plop ►„
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Some old• friends of mine who
were holidaying down our way
phoned me up last►day.
`"lloy?" they Asigl, "Wemz a h �
ink your diredtion.and we thought
• we'd. drop in to ria you! But
where do we go from here? How
do we find you?"
"We#l," E said, 'that's quite
simple. You just cow to our.
town and find the inactions of
highways 4 and 1,4 and ask at the
gas station there, We're only five
minutes away."
But it was over an .hour before
they found me, and when f asked
them how in the world' they had
managed to,.get the;:sel, es Tot,
when the directions verso e1t-
plicit, I discovered that there was
no such thing as Highway : No. 4
anymore. The government had
quietly changed the number to
138. Highway No. 14 on the other
hand had become No. 201. No one
seems to know why. I've, asked
several of the ,great; people' in the
highways department but all they.
will tell me is that they merely
followed orders. Said it would
take thein a month or more just
tearing down the td signs and
putting up the new ones
All of which seems to constitute,
just one more costly proof that
this age is infested with people'
who will not rest ,until they .= have
changed something, and Whether
the change is-fbr the better or riot -0
is a secondary consideration.
I have already sounded 1,bff
about the way a faceless bureau,
cracy has been trying to make us
think metric. The only reason
given us officially for the change
to 'Celsius seems to be that
"everybody else is doing it so
why not get in step?" No mention
at all is made of the fact that old-
fashioned Fahrenheit uses a
scale that is more than twice as
sensitive as that of Mr. Celsius.
Anil' apart from the fact that the
changeover has created a lot of
new and'costly civil service jobs;
I think the switchover to metric is
again an instance of change for
the sake of change.
We have progressive preten-
sions!'
retensions!' And we , are not Yankee
foliowers after all! We're ahead
of Uncle !Sam by a country kjilo-
meter !
I,am well aware, ofeQwrse,at
the big multi -national corpora-
tions like Bowaters, McMillan -
Bloedel, -General Motors, Gen-
eral Foods, I.T. & T. and their
brethren do have their reasons
for wanting to see the whole
world go metric, but if you can
think of one single advantage to a
farmer like me, I do wish you'd
tell me about it. You.don't have to
go into any great detail. Just let
me have the simple arithmetic of
what the changeover to kilos'and
centimetres is going to profit me
after I subtract the cost of all the
changes I'll have to make. Like
scrapping my granary scales and
that $500 p weigher the effi-
ciency -experts urged on me a
couple of years ago, and mapping
my fields in hectares and all the
hundred and one other chores this
new system is supposed to
MAKE YOUR FARM
A SAFE PLACE ..
Agents constitute a ' major
Canadian social problem and
health ha2ard, killing at least
thirteen thousand people each
year in Canada. Unfortunately,
farmers account for more than
their share of this ghastly total.
For a number of years, accidents
on our Ontario farms have been
on the increase, today only fores-
try and mining are considered
more hazardous than farming.
Are you doing your share by
making your farm a safer place
on which to work?
BLACKBOARD HERITAGE
Even , though modern
blackboards are usually
made from slate or plastic in
colors other than black, they
retain the name given in
Colonial days to pine boards
' painted dull black for use in
classrooms.
*errand O Mg by
Comfortme if F n
seerrrs .to me that Ili
being ascus: to pay for the ,privi-
lege .o f suffering . Still mo!'e-
bur.'eauerattl r . *;
Copy for, , Cre roa
Lima ,retia received p
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and contracts call ►tauj ice
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