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First Prodyction Sale
of registered Herefords, to be held at the farm located 6 miles
north of Listowel one mile east of Highway 23, on Friday,
October 17, commencing at 1:00 p.m.
Offered for sale will be our best of 1973 and spring 1974
calves including 15 bulls, 22 bred heifers, and 10 heifers from
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no thanks
Perhaps, with Thanksgiving
just, over, it's s: go a time as
gny tglpake,aperS9nal inVen,t017
of what we ' have to be thankful
•fort if anything. Maybe you'd like
to join me, substituting Mr Min-
uses for mine, your pluses for
mine,
On second thought, I haven't
really a single minus. Oh, there
are a lot of little nuisances: arth-
ritis in my foot; rambling bursitis
in shoulders, knees and neck;
-dewlaps; a few less teeth than I'd
I ike.
But everybody has these
things. If we didn't, we wouldn't
appreciate how great it is when
the pains clear up for a few days,
or the fact that there's always
plenty of good grub to mumble
with those ancient molars.
I do have some negative thank-
fuls. I'm glad I am„ by choice, not
living in a city, with everything
that entails in the line of human
harassment: .dirt, traffic,
crowds, coldness. Especially
when I can, as right now; look out
my window and, see the yellow
October sun blazing into the
gaudy flamboyance of the
maples, and a little further off,
the blue of clean, unpolluted
water, and know that if I stepped
outside, the air would be cham-
pagne, not cheap, scented wine.
I'm glad I don't have six chil-
dren. Two of them almost
brought the Old Lady and me to
our knees, economically and
emotionally.
,
I'm grateful that Moto% got
stuck into some job that 1 loathe,
as so many meAb.ave. What could
be mote soul-destreyh4 °than
lath to SO to work e'sTrY
'
I'm glad I'M not sick, or feeble,
or pot-bellied, or ham-handed, or
tight-fisted, even though. I PI
bowlegged, forgetful and some-
times, after a sharp exehallge
with my wife, have a ringing JO
my eats.
Those are just a few of the
negative thankful% They are
vastly outweighed, to the point,
where it is no contest, by the posi-
tive thankfuls•
I couldn't begin to list them in
this space, but will touch on a few
of the highlights.
I'm extremely grateful, even
though it should last only a few
more years, that, despite the
machinations of the oil compan-
ies and the stupidity and, short-
sightedness of our "leaders," I
can still turn up the thermostat
on a cold morning and know that, I
and mine will not shiver through
the day.
I am extremely thankful that I
am not a young man, recently
married, mortgaged to the ears
for life, in an effort to provide a
roof and food for a- family.
It's taken 30 years of slaving on
the old plantation, toting many a
barge and lifting many *a bale,
but I own my own house and don't
owe anybody a nickel, and TM
grateful.
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Another thlng to be thankful for
is the fatherly benevolence of
Pierre Trudeau and his gang (I
use the word gang adviliedly).
They and their provincial and
municipal henehmen are content
with separating me from only
about half ofevery dollar 'I make,
and there is no indication yet that
they will shortly want an arm and
a leg each year as additional tri-
bute. Only a few toes and fingers.
I'm very thankful that I live in
Canada. It's a magnificent coun-
try; a people who could be Mag-
nificent, but refule; and they
don't throw you in jail for speak-
ing disparagingly of the gang in
power. (They haven't got enough
jails. and who would pay the
rent?)
happy with my immediate
family, though thousands Would-
n't be. My son is a failure, in the
ordinary middle-class sense. lie
has never made more than $2,000
a year, has no home; except ours,
and couldn't produce the prover-
bial pot. But he is working with
ultra -poor peasants in a South
American country, trying to
make a better life for them, eat-
ing their food, catching their dis-
eases, and I'm proud of him.
My daughter, after adventures
in the sub -culture that make me
shudder still, knOcked them dead
with her writing in a university
course, got her degree, is in
fourth year of a second degree in
music, has had a baby, and is
about to produce a sister for
Pokey, my grandbaby, vho is a
whipper -dipper, like all grand -
babies. Not bad for a rotten kid.
NI* wife (careful now, Buster,
watch it) is still a smashing look-
ing woman, though a granny, an
excellent cook, great company,
and is becoming virtually serene.
She hasn't thrown anything at me
for nearly two years, except a
wet dishcloth or something like
that. It used to be plates of food,
telephones, Eaton's catalogue,
you name it. She did, actually,
throw my typewriter dowstairs
last year, when I made some mild
remark about the bad temper she
used to have, but she didn't throw
it at me. That's progress.
I like my job, working with
kids, who are at least alive, not
just going through the motions,
like so man of their elders. .
-k-1. have a- few friend:44)am 1
cherish, a few enemies, chiefly
the town engineer, who does not
cherish me, and a host of likeable
contemporaries and acquaint-
ances.
M,y blood pressureis great, I
don't wear glasses, my heart
hasn't given me a bad knock, I'm
cliipper as the average eighty-
year-old woman and I'm already
at work on the book I didn't get
around to writing last summer,
or the one before or . . .
It's just great to be alive, and I
offer my sincere thanks to God or
Whoever is responsible for it.
How about you?
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BIG OR SMALL — Pug dogs are cute and frisky which makes them difficult enough to
photograph, without the problem of black noses and the necessity of retainingdetaHin
the hair. A larger size camera was used here (21/4 x 21/4) because it was.difflouit enough
just to get them on a negative. But a good 35 mm camera would have worked fust as
well, with a fine lens, if huge enlargements are not required.
PHOTO FUN
• Debate reviving
on camera size
, By GILBERT RILL
The old recurring debate
over which size of camera is
"best" seems to be warming
up again, although the 35 -mm,
in various versions, un-
doubtedly is still the winner,
by far, in popularity.
Still, there seems to be a
growing use of the 23/4x21/4 -
inch, and the lightly larger.
6x7 (21/41x23/4 -inch), probably
because of a swing in interest
from color , slides to prints,
both color and monochrome,
in all sizes..
But, basically, the hot dis-
cussions about film size are
about as logical as an argu-
ment over hammers, without
first 'deciding where, and
what kind, of nails are to be
driven.
The 35 -mm, single-lens re-
flex camera — with focusing
through the samelens as the
one taking the picture, pro-
4d1ng an titurEfte measure
Of exactly what was being
taken within the frame -- un-
doubtedly helped to popu-
larize color slides.
First the 21/4x21/4 twin lens
reflex, then a single lens re-
flex brother, finally weaned
thousands of photographers
away from their trusty 4x5
press -type cameras, even in-
cluding commercial and por-
trait photographers who
found they could use the light-
er, more portable, faster
camera and less expensive
roll film.
But the photographer using
negative materials ( for
prints). who ventured down to
the 35 -mm quickly discovered
that "it just takes a better
photograDher"' to get consis-
tent results with the smaller
size. Not that it couldn't, and
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"CORONER"
Reviewed by
Barbara Krukowski
In the past years, Morton Shul-
man was a much discussed,
much written of, figure. Finally,
in Coroner, we meet the man
behind the headlines. The deter-
mined, unyielding, caring subject
of countless past editorial car-
toons. Emphatically, he is the
political personification of
"chutzpah" to Trudeau's former
charisma.
Coroner covers that period of
Dr. Shulman's notoriety as Chief
Coroner of Metropolitan Toronto.
As a man .who took his task of
preventing future deaths by pres-
ent inquests and recommenda-
tions to heart, Dr. Shulman faced
many obstacls. Usually govern-
mental obstacles. As a case in
point, there was the 1965 death of
a .Hamilton woman as a result of
an excessive blood transfusion.
"Accidental". Although out of his
jurisdiction, Dr. Shulman be-
crme involved to the point of in-
quest. His "interference . . . in-
furiated the Attorney General"
and caused Dr. Shulman future
trouble.
Dr. Shulman reveals many
cover-ups, and depicts his many,
sometimes futile, attempts to im-
prove' automobile and construc-
tion safety, abortion laws and
eliminate such public health
sOres as cancer quacks and plain
medical incompetence. Ex-
amples are explicit, not only of.
these societal weaknesses, but
also of governmental and profes-
sional hindrances. For the most
part, many of Dr. Shulman's re-
commendations which were at
that time so strongly opposed.
are in practice today. Some, law.
The controversy of Morton
Shulman was the basis for a CBC
series, Wojek, in 1966. Based on
truth, it is ironic that the govern-
ment wasn't thrilled about its
portrayal in the series.
As we all know, eventually Dr.
Shulman was fired, and subse-
quently became the Member for
High Park in the Ontario Legisla-
ture in the NDP Party.
Although Coroner is an honest,
funny book, in a way lt is also sad.
Sad, because a man who is dedi-
cated to working in the public's
interest, a man so rare, is up-
rooted because a few people have
too much pride to admit to their
own shortcomings. From clashes
with the Ontario Supreme Court
to. the U.S. Navy, Dr. Shulman
was always in there pitching, and
his story makes absorbing read-
ing.
hasn't been done, by thou-
sands for years nOw.•
As a practical matter
microscopic bits of hair and
dust on a slide which couldn't
be seen on a projection screen
loomed up as major defects in
a print. So, absolute cleanli-
ness, and skilled technical
processing slinply is. a
"must" — or patient, time-
consuming "spotting" of
prints was required.
Of course, when the same
kind of superb skills\ were ap-
plied to work with slightly
larger negatives, reaults were
outstanding. So, one of, the in-
teresting counter trends in the
present situation is that while
the trend seems to be toward
larger cameras for "popular"
use, commercial and portrait
photographers have almost
abandoned their 4x5, 31/2x5
(two on 5x7), and larger
cameras except for special-
ited uses', for smaller nega-
tives.
Thus the 70 -mm, sometimes
100 -foot roll, is the standby of
even' the top portrait photog-
raphers in the country, WWI"'
'.`split 70 -MM," whIgh may be
'eby.qeingn sn6usecillerforthailacr4unvoiume,
is
work.
Actually, the set -celled
"automatic '126 -cartridge"
cameras in such wide use
artheese35-Ciam31( inbastasicainalitiy.c'
They
can be handled and prOc
with regular. 35 -Mm Phirs,
reels, and other eq141111Alt.
But by eliminating the MO*
camera type sprocket holes
along the sides more picture
area is provided with less
fil%ere isn't any doiibt that
an image ,which needs to be
enlarged less for a given
of print should produce
evidence of tiny hairs,
and other "crud!' which il1
leave white marks on a print
if they get there after thefilm:
is developed — or darkspots if
they're on the film; in the
camera when the light strikes,
the negative. .
But there is considerable
doubt that a larger size nega-
tive will assure a OM of
equal quality, particularly 111
larger sizes, if the takmg
.1prens:bismarethneotsh:ampar,vieturatieNse,
quality. Basically good lenses
and a good photographer, us-
ing • equipment he knows,
probably are far more impor-
tant for quality than the size
of that camera.
LET'S TALK
Conversation based
on good manners
By The Rev.
W. LEE TRUMAN
"Don't be a conversation
dunce" is a by -word in our
culture. The rallying cry has
been sounded to rediscover
what has almost become a
lost art, the satisfying enjoy-
ment of good conversation.
The basis of good conversa-
tion is quite simple and easily
stated. :It is good manners;
the application of considered
common sense in the ex-
change and sharing of ideas.
If you wish to communicate,
and to avoid pitfalls of irrita-
tion without becoming a bore,
I offer you the following tried
and true methods to enter
into the joy of conversation..
The first rule is p -e most
important rule. Do hot center
your contribution on yourself,
your spouse, your home,
wealth or person. The easiest
rock to hit in the stream of
conversation is your own ego.
Stay on or near these subjects
and it is not t conversation, it
is an ego recitation. Pick
items which are objective,
such as discoveries in sci-
ence, the arts, vital world
events, or sports and allow
sharing of conversation to
take place.
A second bit of common
ser1Se is t� learn to keep quiet
some of the time, if not more.
Someone said, "Whenever
persons have neither the good
wit to speak well nor the God-
given judgment as to when
they should keep quiet, if its
tragedy looking for a place to
happen." If you can tell a
story well, and there is
laughter, it is soul satisfying.
But to dominate a conversa-
tion soon causes the listeners
to grow restless. There needs
to be both give and take in
conversation. 1Learri to speak
and to listen well.
Conversation, in its best
form, is based on good man-
ners. Listen well, and prac-
tice thinking clearly. Be
tuned to the unfamiliar,
follow your honest curiosity
by tossing a bouquet by
inquiring further about what.
a petson is saying. Read out-
side your field. Try to under-
stand what is taking place in
our fast-moving culture and
you will not be a conversation
dropout. It can be the
greatest indoor sport and the
most fascinating experience
of all because it is 'great fun
and almost a lost art. Try it.
You'll like it.
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