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Movie fans ''everywhere
remeirrber those old scenes
with the deadline halbt
• editor.* of the Daily Chronicle
Lhuriched over his classic
black typ:ewrfter clicking
a�uv.iy a -the=-speed"b1 sound,
the. pins`trip:evsuited executive.
leisurely dictating into a
'manirnoth "recorder", or the ,
bobby-sokexs,,sha` nig it at -the •
carner4drugstore by the juke
bolt.
For anyone whorhas viewed
these , clas•sicscenes-. or
•'worked•in an office,;there'is
an isolated corner ar'"the
Huron County. • Pioneer.
-._. Museum which Should be of.
:► - gfeat•interest.
' The' museum has .a fine
-collection of .office copiers,
typewriters,. dic.taphones
cash 'reg-isters and; yes, the
classicWurlitzer round top.
.juke box--.
.The juke box On -display has
a . eaut,iful outward ap-
perranee, 'finely finished an
the wood__se ltio,ns,. and it is
filled with --78 ' rpn'i • sin'gles
from. years gone by. `• It is
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meg Afi pit. Mueu*
BY ROB. SHRIEK
de#„jnitely _in excellent con- •striking feature of this'model
ditioit and should bring back :is .thearrangement of the
many memories . • "tetter keys. They spread out
The- corner 1's 'tfl 'blighted fr ytn the top like wings. It
by a collection , of "antique would .be -the perfect addition
typewriters as varied arid to any office i a typewriter
unusual as -anyone could ask, • with horns:
dating back to when a Also on display is a
separate set of key's was •Manhattan: It' `ts a: very
neee nary • fat .capital :and, „d'istinguished-looking-•
'• srnallletter;s..• ., ' machine, the type that Would.
*be .ultimate in elegance.is .. be'at^ilorne in any.turn-cif-the;
a portable '131 ckensderfer.. century newsroom..
Ahead of its time. it had all Probably the most unusual
the: features . of a modern of -the typewriters" is a model
.portable: and was built' in tori`":'. that typed on of flat' .cheet,of
stylish hardwood • 'case paper. The entire keyboard
Complete with steel 'carrying moved '.across-. the paper
handle. which lays flat on a platform,
Predecessor to the most ' making _ for a challenging
-popular typew'riter.of:today is �YYp.i g job;,since your- fingers
h'av�
to :,with, the .Smith Premier 6. It . the
'featured .`a 25 carriage keyboard -
assembly for the widest, of E1n interest -mg. additionto
I`paper, and like, many • others .-any-office would be.a logbook
uses' a -baffling -rod assembly--ee plete-.with its own built-in
which could make one lock. The lock itself -is inside
the spine of:, .,the volume,
:,rn-aking it. iossible for
anyone without a•�,key,or 22-
inch
2 inch biceps to open the cover.
Two • dictaphones can be*
seen as well..The first hada
• Makeshift rTitcrophone.whiCli
would ' record magnetic
signals on a steel drum..
The second operates on the'
same principal, . but is far.
mo>Ae modern in - design end
• construction: Either .ogle.
would:- take up about twenty
tirnes the •space of today's
portable•cassette recorders'. •_
If -your boss needed•.copies°•}
• •df adocument, 'it would not be "
the feed -in=take -out operation
-itis today..
• To begin with,. you would ..
,have to set the type. You
could-uuse .a'flip-type model
which stores type on .plates,'.
or a°. cylindrical design
allowing you to turn directly
-to the type • desired. After
selecting :the,type.,'you would:
then set it on the racks _
providedby the "press box. •
The difficult part is now
over. You simply use the Ink": '
9 ' roller to ink your type, place a
sheeCof •paper. •on top, .and:
--pres<s-the..typ'e-.onte.411a.sh•eet:-.
Now that 'wasn't so hard, was
it? Don't tell me, you'd rather •
t ave :1-ero - > •
You can see the equipment- •
used for the operation••at .the -
museutn..
Also' handy for "viewing are
four . classic ornatelysculp- -
tared: cash registers,
examples of which -can 'still he •
seen in . country .stores
everywhere.
As you can see, the business
machines :of todayA have
-advanced phenomenally over
those of -yesteryear. But those
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'� `.„..>'” „",•: old --machines still serve a
purpose in reminding us of
the great. 'ingenuity and m-
vention<, of man, as well as in •
• giving usa hostalgic:7ook at
• the world'many years ago. All
items •*'In•entioned . are on
Public display at the Huron '
County Pioneer: Museum:
wonder how on earth it could
work...
Another of the now -popular
brands ilxhibits is an Oliver
No.. '5 •S'tandard. •The most
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---.Consumer minister Sidney
Handleman bas announced
that liquor store employees
have been told to accept only
official age of majority cards
as identification where there
isany doubt about the age of
prospective:. • youthful pur-
' chasers. ,. '
"As far; as I'rn concerned,
no othes'f'orrt of identification
currently`in• use is suitable,gr.
acceptable," Mr,• Handlemai
said. "A driver's'license or
social security' card' is easily.,
borrowed: whereas the age of
Majority card.incorporates a
photograph of the bearer,'
Application forms for the
cards are available at Liquor:
Control Board of t�ntario
outlets, . Brewers Retail.
stores, most licensed
This• classic• juke" box, on display at the, Huron. Countyr
•Pioneer Museun, was seen at several drugstores, school .
cafeterias, record -shops and buildings. This item is now a -
collector s piece', as it took only 78 rpm discs. "'"•;°,
All Those Fantastic
Bargahis;V ill Be Out
• Spdcial
Friday, 3;iu1j# 2.3'
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premises and by a written Or
telephone ;pequest'; to the
Litluor 'License. Board ----of
Ontario, u .
The procedure for ob-
taining age of majority'cards
IS similar to -applying for a'
passport. ,Complet.ed. ap,-
plicationst b'"e`arin:g the
• signature of a. guarantor, '
must he rettfrned. '.together
with: ' a passport-s-ize,,;
pl'fQtograph,arid a $.2 fee..
The staff at all liquor stores-
Was `• "been instructed to
provide M; assistance to ' in-
'divIduals whoxe:quire help in
comislet n•g t..lie forms,.. Mr.
Handleman said. ,
More than -1,000 of the
cards, which were -introduced
in Ontario. in 1973, have been
issued to date. Initially, the
cards were . intended to
provide proof of. age in
licensed establi:shrnents."
Mr, and Mrs. Arvin Proctor
of Goderich returnee from a:
recent`onemonth vacation in
-the Western provinces where'
they •visited.their son $all, his
wife Roberta; 'and their new ..
granddaughter, Su,s'an
Elizabeth. r •
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