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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-07-27, Page 19+x sgkes• • • tt SI' . It should be Made clear from the start that it wasn't my idea.. Yore have probably noticed that it h?ts been hot lately. Not just 'hot but downright, disgustingly sticky. No complaints from this corner though, knowing Haat January appears regularly in these parts and blizzards make me anxious to turn the tong johns in for the hrjefs. After along day on the beat Thursday in the sweltering heat, the house offered little relief from the humidity. Infact, it was worse. Casting aside aaky moral convictions about keeping my scant frame -covered with clothing, in the face of the heat I discarded the shoes, socks, t -shirt and jeans and lay oniooreg %, MA; front of the television set. If Peter Kent was aghast at catching a glimpse of me lying on the floor, clad only in the old Stanfietds, it really wouldn't bother me_ I had to shed a little modesty along with the clothing, on this particularly hot night. The point being, that while lying motionless on the floor in front ,of Peter Kent, a rather risque news item got the Stan€ields into motion_ k-� There is a consumer or some similar group l lie Mann built this replica of the CN tower the 0 operating in Boston, who claim that it is not only refreshing but also healthy to store's underwear in the refrigerator. That's right. Stanfelds, bejtets, bikinis, bras, panties, sheers or whatever you are into, yin cane ukk thea all into the refrigerator next to the lettuce and half gallon of 2 percent. The group advocates that1...eeping the un- mentionables refrigerated helps keep the body cool and is healthy in a kinky sort away. vilerThe gneup was vilerto add _though, that underwear should be kept in the fridge and not the -freezer. Seems that frozen underwear can cause a slow and painful death or is a chilling "' ltev,i "rontroL Now I was lying there, beads of perspiration forming around the- Stanfields, thinking that maybe it wasn't such a bad idea. It certainly was hot enough and the thought of cool, crisp underwear about the loins had a refreshing appeal_ While the --idea certainly had its merits, I looked around with a twitch of nervousness_ What if someone actually saw me piles the ench sPecildsni and the one pair Of hovers di* tiNtr gigt WPM, let* Ole eefelgeraWr Aperfect caseel Wit? mean, s is 'k #.t aims wereover-0P3. a e or something and had to mope about the of joihey sus for a cool beveragez "" NIo the���„,1y84ots ista"t in the legs of tate boxers„ did you try &wilting tattler the brassieres''.. Ift dust doesn't seeudright. < If one didan'tt keep his wits as pair of smooth bikinis con an' . be shrerieled via with the heetetre fee eannd Not facet„ midnight sus en a bee new ma ea r FITT if oneonalbled about hi tike slat without much mare wig The current heat wave has a ;a cute lir..a effect on people and It must muiimnit Omit the theory of -refrigerated smear wasn't ifismiisseti without some serious -ekondetrattlion. Fer the tamme being, the amderweer is stacked neatly in the dresser drawer, But should alis heat wave itra—be_ IGNAL 131 YEAR -30 THURSDAY, JULY 27, INS SECOND SECTION Made. his hobby count Terry Ruston's car a w BY JOANNE WALTERS Terry Ruston, owner of Auburn Auto Sales, has long been interested in theintsi selling used cars and trucks_ His hobby is collecting and fixing - antique carsand two weeks ago he really made his hobby count when his 1948 Pontiac Silver Streak received a third place trophy in the post war class at a meet of the Oakland Pontiac Enthusiast Organization in Utica, Michigan. Ruston, his wife and two children of 12.125. Goderich drove their prize winning car all the way from their home to the Michigan meet held _; FSunday„-. uLy-1&_ y camped out along the way and .had no mechanical "kohl enis whatsoever. They sure, got a lot of stares from people when they drove by though_ The car has also been admired„ by those watching the Blyth Centennial parade last year in which it ap- peared_ There were about 200 antique cars at.the meet Scale model built for CN BY JOANNE WALTERS If anybody down at the Goderich beach late last Thursday afternoon happened to glance up at Lighthouse Park., they might have had second thoughts about where they were_ There. etched against the Goderich skyline was Toronto's CN Tower. More precisely though, it was a seven foot„ nine inch model of the 1,821 foot tower built to a scale of 1:240th by Leslie Mann_ Mann, 'who has lived in Goderich for the last three months, was commissioned by the CN Tower Lirrnited for an undisclosed sum) to build the small scale replica to he placed in the World Guiness Book of Records Museum in Niagara Falls_ 'mere, it will be on view as representative of the tallest free standing structure ion the world_ Mann, a technical illustrator and model builder now working in Charnpion Road Machinery Limited's publication department in Goderich as an illustrator, spent about one month building the tower out of plastic and wood bought at various hobbie stores. He used the blueprints of the original rower from the architect's office _ in - Toronto as hie guide_ The tower is made in Things are just about back to normal_ I.'ve been away front it all for the past two weeks and as I write this I am convincing myself that by the time it is read I will have caught up on jobs around the house_ My return was not as spectacular or as relaxing as I hoped it would be. The dogs greeted me with customary tail wagging and excited barking but didn't appear too emotional considering the fact they hadn't seen me in '16 days. They didn't hang around the car all that long and when I walked in the garage I found out why. Rather than soil the lawn that my wife had so neatly trimmed before leaving, the dogs left their marks on the garage floor where I supposethey felt it would be easier to --- scrape up. The thought was admirable. but with the heat wave and all I really wished they bad gone elsewhere. The lawn did very well without me. The grass is a pretty' shade of brown, three separate pieces and Mann assembled it Outside at Liau:thouse Park for pictures last Thursday because it was too tall to set up in his apartment_ Upon dismantling it, he drove it in his car to the museum in Niagara Falls on the weekend_ Mann was asked by the CN Tower Limited to build the medel because it was known to that company that he had already attempted one before_ He picked up model building on his own: He studied technical.. illustration at., Sheridan College, Oakville and also had a chance to work on models there_ He worked for Motion Pictures Enterpa ase . in Toronto' where he was employed making special effects for television com- mercials_ He has made such things as robots and special cars for Mazda advertisements. The CN Tower is his biggest piece yet though, he says. Mann is also a painter. He most recently did some air brush work on the hood of his Gremlin. It features a rocket taking off on a multi- coloured background. Air brush work is done with a type of spray gun a bif wider than a pencil which produces a fine spray of paint. This is the second car he has decorated which can only be expected in this drought. But I was surprised the weeds, which are surviving the dry spelt in hearty fashion, have not spared the grass from some of the suns rays in the Iengbty shadows they are casting across the lawn. I remember a saying that homecomings are full of surprises but I didn't put much stock in it, that is until I turned on a tap. The faucet rudely spit into the sink sounding much like a desperate swimmer surfacing in a pool' after being the victim of a surprise dunking. After a considerable amount of sputtering and Easily the faucet offered a trickle of water after the pump kicked into action. It eppeared•the pump took a vacation as well and I hope that when I prime the Water • system tonight the pump decided to end its cruel joke. The vegetable garden looks like something you see on CARE com- and he is willing to paint designs for other people who want them too_ Air brush painting is quite popular these days, especially for decorating vans. s Mann is originally from England_ He Lived in Toronto for ten years and when the position for technical illustrator was open at Champion Road Machinery Limited, he was recommended by someone for the job_ He has always wanted to live in a small town, he says and one of his next projects may be to build a model of a Champion grader. of the Pontiac Club and ` the car (or how it rams)_ Ruston says he was about He. also had to drive die the only Canadian par- car around a t track- ticipant, there. He didn't . A minima a of 70 points expect to do nearly so were needed for a third Will }+f y5. to C - Te=- -• - a,rc .. 1 a tAre. eight judges and four went to the owner of as different inspections to go 1951 Pontiac car who 11 -ins through iticlad"ang a tied Avon Mr the 'past wee of the outside physical years in a row now • and appearance of the car, second place went to the the interior of the car. the owner of a 1947 Penalise operational aspects of the car, car (such as windshield Ruston says he was at wipers working, etc_) and the meet once two years the mechanic,,al aspects of ago but had never tried to have theµear Judged_ �7 saved the car t a 1074'1,4) l,., .iii.` aka, crasher.. when he rust . bad a Il $11. neticed it sinking- at a bat said CIL service ssc8ttimone sylva3aria w lh Tule om, Il mrlanmh Ili S tcv,u, t:,;,, oa I -da s a3 While vla 1 _ IItt ante ¢airs rwlti°1 a )ie #h � T on cis 10hisbayailclaybut for line tho-tt pante when 1� g� the chance he nilly enjoys this may„ one wthich he is MYBoai at, a9S ni?, newly w 5=N:etas. enoncertablie and a Il didn't take `bona ` ani work to t% at anp he says Ruston is prigentily on a et re oli either antique cars when he tads the time. These include a 1947 Chew 0.10' Terry Ruston of Aubuilri Auto Sales stands proudly beside his 1948 Pontiac Silver Streak which recently won a third place trophy in the post war clans at the Oakland Pontiac Enthusiast Organization meet held in Utica, Michigan. Mf_ Ruston, his wife and mercials on television. Gardens and I never did get along and it looks as though the vegetables that are planted are making every effort to resist Mother Nature by staying in 'the ground. In their usual sporting manner the weeds are doing their utmost to grow ag thick and tall as possible and when I looked at those lousy vegetables I thought of making them suffer by letting the weeds have the upper hand_ Consoling myself` with the thought, that at least the house was still stan- ding and almost in one piece I„ absent _ mindedly opened the refrigerator to quench my thirst. There was nothing in it but the light bulb. Another reminder that vacation spending doesn't always end with the vacation_ The cupboards fared slightly better than the refrigerator but the restocking may make a grocery store investment a wise choice for someone wanting to make a fast buck. anwiewioneenrwarenew The whole chain oaf events listed here Wok all of 15 minutes but the impact it • had on me seemed lake it lasted an eternity. The bottom line of course was • that the holiday is over and its time to get back to reality. .. That thought caused me to wonder about the sanity of people who claim they would have to work for a living if they won a big lottery prize because they wouldn't be able to stand doing nothing. I question that. - , I mean weeds grow as fast on a rich man's lawn as on a poor man's_ Rich mien's dogs are just as capable of soiling the garage floor and did win a huge sum of money 1 could 'always blow it on frivolous things and keep that old pump in t'lae basement just to give me something to do.. - Yes I think 3, could get used to a life of leisure or at least. try itt.to be aide to honestly say I work because l'm boreal not because I like to eat. two children drove the car all Ike way to Ow meet ni & no problems. 'There were or ;,tt;s cars at like Meat ad Mr: esteem says the dh a"t Ms& be woad de nearly so wdL Vhstin by Jove Waltzes) 7' • jeff se , ii A is