The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-09-07, Page 10PAGE 10,--GODERIC H SIG;NNL .STAR,'WEDNESDAY, SEPTMBER 7,1
PO
ular area shoe repairman bets new home workshop
By Darrell Kloeze
Lorne Reid, Lucknow's master shot:
repairman, knows what makes a good
business: be friendly, do good work, and
charge reasonable prices. They're not
secrets, of course, but so often nowadays
people forket them too easily.
For Lorne Reid, business has always
been good. He says he rarely needs to
advertise, because enough people hear
about him by word of mouth.
He has customers from all over Bruce
and Huron counties. Many people come
regularly from Goderich, Kincardine,
Wingham and Clinton to have their shoes
repaired, their skates sharpened, or bags
and purses fixed:
Mr. Reid started repairing shoes almost
40 years ago. He was stricken with polio at
an early age, and the Department of
Education arranged for him to apprentice
with S. C. Rathwell, who owned a shoe
store at the time in the building where
Fairview Foods now is.
For the first six months of his appren-
ticeship Mr. Reid did not make any money,
but he says, "When I think back I wasn't
worth very much, then." But Sam Rathwell
was a nice man to work for, and Mr. Reid
says he was a good teacher.
lie trust have been, because in 1955
Lorne Reid took over Rathwell's repair
shop, and he was left repairing shoes on
As own. Eight years later, Rathwell's Shoe
Store moved across the street to where Les
Petter's Shoes is now. Mr. Petter bought
the store 11 years ago.
Lorne moved with the store and for the
past 20 years his customers could find him
working the back. But now, Mr. Reid is
moving again; he has recently started
working in a workshop at his home.
The change has made things much
easier fr-- hi,.• HP F:'- r".".r now than
he had at the store in town, and the
machines are placed more to his advant-
age. The large machine used for stitching
soles, for example, is made to be operated
standing up, so it has been sunken into the
floor where Mr. Reid can easily operate it
from his wheelchair.
Mr. Reid says shoe repairmen tradition-
ally use benches from which they do much
DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO
DESERVES THE JUNIOR CITIZEN
AWARD?
Ontario's community newspapers and
CP Air, co-ordinator and patron of the
Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards
Program, are seeking entries for 1983.
Recipients will receive a Junior Citizen
lapel pin, plaque, 5200 and a family picture
with the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
Nomination forms are available at this
newspaper.
THE WINGHAM SALES ARENA
LARGE SALE
on Grocery Items and Bulk Goods
(LUNCH BOX SPECIALS -FOR BACK TO SCHOOL)
at
The Wingham Sales Arena
Sale Starts Thursday, September Sth
BULK COOKIES
Cream filled, choco chip, wafers, swirls, raisin oat,
arrow roots, crackers, coconut delight, almond, etc.
BULK NUTS
Cashews, barbeque nuts, salted and unsalted, beer
nuts, redskin, almonds, pecan halves, walnut crumbs.
BULK CANDY
Jubes, black balls, smarties, marshmallow, carmels,
gum drops, rosebuds, mints, licorice, and assort.
wrapped candy.
BULK BAKING GOODS
White and brown sugar, banana chips, butterscotch
and choc. chips, semi swee choc., quick and regular
oats, cocoa powder, all purpose flour, rice, bread and
graham crumbs.
DISCOUNT GROCERY ITEMS
Canned soups, vegetables, vinegar, paper towels,
sandwich bags, garbage bags, cereals, canned salmon,
sardines, ketchup, canned fruit, tea bags, coffee, Jams,
pickles, salad dressing and cat and dog food.
BULK SOAPS 8, CLEANERS
Shampoo, hand soap, disenfectant, dish soap,
multi-purpose cleaner, fabric softener; window cleaner,
etc.
While attending this sale see the fine selection of
clothing for the whole family, new and used furniture,
carpet and no wax flooring, sporting, goods and gift
Items.
TERMS: CASH, CHEQUE, ViSA. MASTER CARD
THE WiNGHAM SALES ARENA 357-1730
Just North of Wingham on Highway 04
OPEN MON.-SAT. 9-6 P.M. FRI. KITES TILL 9 P.M.
THE WINGHAM SALES ARENA
��.
mammal-non�
• /1;
H you re
NEW IN TOWN
and don i know
which way to turn
coil the
(7iloit
hostess at 524-7165
or 524-2544
You'll be glad you did
L�
DAILY
CAR
RENTAL
You Can Drive A 1983
Plymouth Compact
Equipped with Many Op-
tions For As Low As
16 ■ per day
95
OR A FULL SIZE CAR
WITH AIR CONDITIONING
AT SLIGHT ADDITIONAL
CHARGE
Special Rates For
Vacation Periods
Includes 100 FREE
Kilometers. Must have a
valid driver's license and
be over 21 years of age.
Security deposit
required. '100.00
Deductible insurance
available.
For More Information
Inquire Today!
GODERICH CHRYSLER
LEASING
414 Huron Rd., Goderic'I
524-7383
GODERICH TOWNSHIP
KARATE SCHOOL
Introductory Course:
TWICE WEEKLY
MONDAY: 7:30 P.M. -9:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY: 7:30 P.M, -9:30 P.M.
Ages: 10 And Up
Registration Fee: '30 for 10 weeks
REGISTRATION
Monday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.rn.
AT GODERICH TOWNSHIP HALL )Holmeavillo)
For Information Call: 452-3634
A
of their work, and when he started he
learned to use a bench as well. But his new
workshop is set up so that he does not have
td leave his chair to do any. work.
The story behind his new workshop is
truly amazing as well. Mr. Reid's sister,
Jessie Stevenson, did most of the carpentry
work in the shed behind the house to make
it into a workshop, That involved adding
four feet of length on to the shed and
redoing the inside to • make it suitable for
working in.
Just last year, Jessie Stevenson added
on an addition to the shed, making a small
garage for their tractor and tools. Mr. Reid
says she did about 80 per cent of the work
for that as well, including all the plans and
cutting.
Mrs. Stevenson also works as a clerk at
Les Petter Shoes. That will make it
convenient now for people who need their
shoes repaired but who cannot make it out
to Lorne Reid's home east of town on
Highway 86. He says they can still bring
their shoes and boots into the shore store in
town, and his sister can bring them out to
the house.
As if she were not busy enough,
Mrs.Stevenson also tends a large flower
garden around the house, and smaller ones
elsewhere on the property. The Reids keep
a very large part of their 150 acre farm
behind the house as a lawn, and rent the
rest out to farmers. Mr. Reid keeps the
huge lawn cut, and the property looks very
neat.
In his workshop, Mr. Reid can do
anything from repairing shoes, boots,
bags, purses, to sharpening skate blades
and fixing zippers. He has a few large
machines to help him with his work, but he
also does much of it by hand.
He can do practically anything people
ask him to. Quite often he has to build up
the soles on boots and shoes that have been
worn down. Rebuilding a shoe to give
better foot support is another common job.
He has become quite an expert on feet
through his years of experience, and can
usually think of something to do for people
who come in who have problems with their
feet. Help might mean strengthening the
shoe's bottom to take the weight off the
ball of the foot, or shaping the sole or an
instep to distribute the weight more
evenly.
Whatever the method, Lorne Reid must
produce good results, evidenced by the
number of customers who return to him all
the time.
11
Lorne Reid Is now working out of a workshop behind his house. His sister Jessie fixed up
the shop for him, and he likes the room It gives him to repair shoes and bags, sharpen
skates, plus the countless other things he does. [Photo by Darrell Kloeze]
1
F AS H I'ON FOR MEN
FROM
DAVIDE. WHITE
David E. White has always
maintained a high standard of
quality, service and selection
of men's fashions in
Goderich and area.
Now, we are growing and
expanding.
Throughout this expansion
and growth, we pledge to
continue to maintain the high
standards of quality and
service in men's wear, that
has come to be synonymous
with,,the name, David E. White.
And men's fashions are
perfectly tailored to your
proportions at no charge at
David E. White, Clothiers for Men
and Women.
Now something; for both of you at
David E.White.
Clothier for Men &1/omen
36 ShoppersSgluire, joderich
524-4312
C