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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-11-06, Page 22ti Page 2A—Crossroads—Nov. 6, 1985 SANDWICH GLASS. The History of the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company. Enlarged and Revised. By Ruth Webb Lee. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vt. 624 pp. U. S. $35.00. Reviewed by PERCY MADDUX Glassware of the past is something that is being avidly sought by collectors of fine glass objects, chiefly for dining. Especially impres- sive to collectors are those glass objects manufactured by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, which was •incorporated in 1826 and lasted until 1888, the founder being Deming Jarves (1791- 1869). It is his story and the stor of the company that is told i Ruth Webb Lee's boo "Sandwich Glass". Sand wich is located in Barnstabl County, Mass., on Cape Cod The type of glass made by this company is known as Sandwich glass. The book is more than a history. It ,has many black and white plates of various objects of this company's manufacture. It is a book for lovers of old glass, but physically it is tremendously heavy, as though you could press your clothes with it. y n k e COLONIST'S CALF The skeleton of a calf ex- cavated from a filled-in well at Fortress Louisbourg Na- tional Historic Park on Cape Breton Island is helping scientists in their research into the life of early settlers at the old French colony. The rare specimen, dating from the 1740s, is being studied at the Zooarchaeological Identification Centre of the National Museum of Natural Sciences and is expected to provide information about the varieties of domestic cat- tle brought to Canada at that time. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES $10 ORDERS filled free! Powerful all -profit program pulls $10 orders. FAST. You keep entire $10. Write for free details NOW! Hugh En- terprises, 250 -12th Ave. No. 101, Hanover, Ont. N4N 2S9. HELP WANTED EXPERIENCED siding in- stallers required. Year round work. Contact Gerry Haack Siding and Supplies, 207 Madison Ave. S., Kit- chener 742-8394. 6,13 REPRESENTATIVES wanted, part-time, full-time for a new fast growing lingerie company. Phone 519-821-2574 anytime. 4tf YEAR round work available, full and part-time (shorter hours for students). Call Brian's Poultry Services Ltd. 367-2675 or call free 1- 800-265-3009, between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. tf COMING EVENTS LIVE THEATRE The Grey -Wellington Thea- tre Guild presents: "I'll Be Back Before Midnight" by Peter Colley. Warning: Some scenes may be frightening. At Harriston Town Hall Theatre, Main Street, Harriston, Ontario on November 21, 22, 23 and 28, 29, 30. Curtain time 8:30 p.m. For tickets Brown's Family Pharmacy, Listowel. 6,13, 20,27 SERVICES CHRISTMAS PARTY CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAYS ' MAGICIAN Professional • Reasonable Humorous • Amazing Ages 3 to 103. HARTLEY: 658-681 1 At wit's end by Erma Bombeck t My husband and.l. are the only two people living in our house at present, but you wouldn't know it. There are clothes and boxes•in every closet, toys and -sports equipment stand- ing in corners, and belong- ings that give way to a ghost- ly feeling that there are eight or nine people in residence who only come out at night. Sometimes I feel like Irm sitting in the middle of Miss Havisham's mess in "Great Expectations" watching the mice nip at the wedding cake. My kids say I, am sit- ting on a gold mine. How do they figure that? Take those eight boxes of old baseball cards behind the linens in the hall closet. They have assured me that some- day those little babies are going to be worth a fortune. It .blows my mind to think what Pete Hose with a burr haircuLwill be-worth-in;fiv or 10 years. And clothes for the '70s. You know how , they go in cycles. The '50s are hot now, but in another 20 years, it will be their turn and guess who can just go to the closet and be in style? You got it. Even the car with the two 1Tat tires and no battery that is parked in the yard has gold written all over it. In another 30 years, that car will be a classic because only 1 380 of them were 'made and most of them have self- destructed or been torched a by the owner. I would have thought that p there was no use whatsoever c for a fox full of• bluebooks and old spelling tests, but I one of my kids was appalled. "When I make it big, you're going to kick yourself for throwing away so much as a phone doodle. Haven't you read about Sotheby's auc- tions? Have you any idea what a Beatles' lyric on a cocktail napkin would bring?" I'm not challenging any of this. What I don't understand is the ruleabout why a future classic cannot be moved while it is in the aging pro- cess. Wouldn't the Hallowe'en masks of Richard Nixon and G. Gordon Liddy be col- lector's items if they were stored in the kids' apart- ments? Would the comic books from their childhood he worth any less if their mice nibbled at them instead of our mice? No one will ever tell me that the Smithsonian in e- WashingtonD-C., start out as the home of a couple with three br four kids who couldn't bear to part with their childhood, so they said; "Hey, Mom and Dad, how about hanging onto this airplane made out of balsa wood? One day people will file through herr-e-just to -look - at this piece of history. And would you store this bicycle without a wheel? And this broken tennis racket and ucky gym shoes?" Yesterday, I nearly killed myself when a box of record lbums fell from a shelf. They are destined to become riceless. The lyrics are lean. Sometimes I ask myself if deserve to be this rich crossroads Published every Wednesday by Wenger Bros- Limited as the lifestyle and entertainment sect,on In The rrsrdwe[ Banner, The Wingham Advance• Times The Mount Forest Confederate and The Milverton Sun Members of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspaper Association and he Ontario Press Council Controlled distnbu• lion in Arthur Drayton. Harriston Moorefield, Palmerston. Elmira. St Jacobs and Wallenstein Display and Classified advertising deadline - 5 00 p m Thursday week prior to publication date Advertrsmg ar id ProituO'7ron The L slowel Banner • 188 Wallace Ave N P 0 Box 97 Listowel Ont N4W 3H2 Acounhng and Bd6ng The Wingham Advance Times 'Josephine St , P 0 Box 390. Wingham Ont NOG 2W0 The Listowel Banner 291•1660 The Wingham Advance T 'es 357 2320 The Mount Forest Confederate 323-1550 The Milverton n 5958921 COMING EVENTS GUN SHOW Gun Show at Listowel Legion Auditorium on Sunday, November 17 from 8 a.m. to 12 . noon. Call 291-3960 for additional information. CURATORS' WORKSHOP The North Perth Women's Institutes in association with the Stratford -Perth Archives presents a new learning ex- perience which the public is cordially invited to attend. Learn how paper is made, how to care for and handle older documents and photos plus much more. Experts from the Archives will give detailed information and demonstrations. On Wed., Nov. 13 beginning at 1:30 p.m., at the Listowel Kin Station, 555 Binning St. West. More information? Call 291- 1598.' No admission fee and free refreshments. - CSB DENOMINATIONS Canada Savings Bonds come in two forms — Compound Interest Bonds and Regular Interest Bonds. Compound Interest Bonds are sold in ctenornination as low as $100. Other denomina- tions include $300, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. Regular Interest Bonds are sold in the same denomina- tions starting at $300. LEN'S MILL STORES QULT BATTNB Or wide $ 1 B Bni. 87" wide $450 QUILT PRINTS 38"wide $� 88 it 130 Moore S., WATERLOO 45 Cross, GUELPH 215 Queen, HESPELER CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Friday, Saturday and Sunday November 8, 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Village Crafts, Belgrave • Quilt and afghan display • Cabbage pine furniture (3 types) • Wooden Christmas ornaments • Crocheted and knitted items • Wooden clocks and other articles Free Coffee GORRIE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP Gorrie Community Hall Sunday, November 10 • 9:30 a.m. - The Lord's Supper 11:00 a.m. - Family Bible Hour/Sunday School Speaker: Graham Russel, Clinton 7:30 p.m. - Praise & Prayer Meeting • Speaker: Graham Russel Fri. Nov. 8 & Fri. Nov. 15 - 8:00 p.m. Young People's in Wingham Bible Chapel Tues. Nov. 12 - 6:45 p.m. - Awana Boys' and Girls' Club, Wingham Bible Chapel . DOG KENNELS ONE OF OUR BETTER OPPORTUNI- TIES. MODERN HOME (CENTRAL AIR) MODERN KENNELS (CENTRAL AIR) IN BUSY "TOWN" LOCATION, LONG ES- TABLISHED. MANY EXTRAS WHICH CAN BE SEEN BY CALLING: GEO. W. PRUE 1-357-3689 IF BUSY 1-357-3484 K. FITZSIMMONS REAL ESTATE BROKER Help Wanted Experienced Body Person If you have these qualifications and would like to join a fast growing dealer- ship with good working conditions, —Triode n--si-rrJp-and equlpmenfand excel- lent benefit package: Please contact in person': Roy Brocklebank LISTOWEL CHRYSLER 74 Main Street_East-- Listowel, Ontario HELP WANTED We require a person to work in our Dyehouse Laboratory as a trainee. This position will be of interest to a grade 12 or Community College student or graduate. The successful applicant should have a good background in science and chemistry. position offers an excellen This - - op- portunity for advancement for an ambi- tious, self -motivated, stable person. For an appointment please call the Per- sonnel Manager at: SPINRITE YARNS & DYERS LTD. 291®3780 . fr 1 UCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES uctio Sales Regular Monthly HOLSTEIN SALE Thursday, November 14 at 12 n • on DISPERAL of Lanor Holsteins for Laverne Martin, Dungannon. Selling approx. 60 yead of registered and NIP cattle, including 25 cows; 10 bred heifers; balance open - various ages. Rolling herd average BCA 144-147. Herd is classified, ROP tested. Some unit sires used are A. Birch Hollow Royalty, A. Willards Master Et, Ajay Starlite Sidney. Cattle are being sold as barn was destroyed by fire. More details on cattle day of sale. Also selling 16 Grade, listed cows for Harold Knott, St. Paul's. Following this sale, our regular monthly sale will be held. Approx. 100 head of registered, grade, fresh and springing cows and heifers. Some open. Also selling two serviceable age registered Holstein bulls. NOTE CHANGE OF DAY Also note the following sale dates: Dec. 4 - Regular monthly Holstein sale at 12 noon • Dec. 7 - Regular horse & equipment sale at 11 a.m. Dec. 11 - Pre -Christmas Special at 12 noon Sale to be held at Carson's Sales Arena, 1 mile east of Listowel on Hwy. 86 David Carson - 519-291-2049 Jim McKague - 519-392-6736 LISTOWEL LIVESTOCK LTD. MURRAY REA JACKSON & JACKSON MANAGER AUCTIONEERS 291-2319 291-4450. 291-4528 LISTOWEL LIVESTOCK LTD. Every Tuesday 1 p.m. Weaner buyers don't buy a pig in the dark and drive 150 miles to pick them up. Come to Listowel Livestock where 800 to 1000 farmer's hogs are available every week to see what you buy. Consigners bring your weaners to Listowel Livestock where strong prices are received for good pigs. Dairy Buyers: Heifers are now eligible for some export as regulations have changed. Local stocker calves weekly with 300 on November 12. Listen to CKNX Radio for weekly reports on Wednesday. AUCTION SALE Of Car, Appliances, Furniture, Antiques, Guns, Dishes, Tools & Misc. Items For the Estate Of: JAMES BURNETT 570 Elizabeth St. E:, Listowel and MR. & MRS. LESLE McKAY 430 Wallace Ave. N., Listowel. Sale will be held in the Kurtzville Comm. Centre on: Wed. Evening Nov. 13 Sale Time 6:00 p.m. APPLIANCES: RCR no frost refrigerator, white & good; Simplicity spin dry washer; Westinghouse older style refrigerator; Sunshine older 24" elec- tric stove; Gilson 15 cu. ft. chest freezer; Kel vinator 30" older electric stove; Speed Queen spin dry washer; Moffat 30" gas stove; McClary Easy wringer washer; Wood's apt. size chest freezer; wood space heater; small electrical ap- piiances. FURNITURE: Zenith comp. stereo with speakers; two Admiral stereos, cabinet model & records; TV i stand; rust floral chesterfield & chair; platform rocker & matching arm chair; hex. end table; round wooden kitchen table; ped. with leaf & 4 captain chairs; space saver; chesterbed & chair; coffee & step end tables; green floral chesterfield & chair; portable B&W TV & stand; French Provin- cial chesterfield & chair; vinyl swivel_.r..ocker; mat -thing table lamps; plywood desk; round card table & chairs; Electrohome B&W TV, console; hall table; wall mirrors; chrome kitchen table & 6 chairs; wooden bookcase; plant table; small cab- inet; chrome clothes rack; clothes hamper; footstool; smoker stand; bedroom suite with dou ble bed, dresser & mirror; nite table; bed; chest of drawers; wooden bed; triple dresser & nite table; bed; dresser with mirror; odd chairs;_cedar_r„hest _._. bedding & linenes. ANTIQUES: Wooden bed; dresser with oval mir- ror; washstand; washtable; bake table; wooden rocking chair; square parlor table; drop leaf table & leaf; wooden stool; trunk; wooden bench; wood- en rocking chair with cane back; copper boiler; odd wooden chairs; wood box; brass fire ext.; milk cans; wooden frame mirror. CLOCK; Forestville mantel chime clock; cuckoo clock. DISHES: Partial dinner set for 12 Johnson Bros.; variety of glass, dep.; good & everyday dishes; 2 coal oil lamps; crocks; pots & pans. CAR: Ford 500 Galaxy; 1 963 Classic, auto, V8, p.s., p.b., 4 door sedan only 22,000 original miles; all in good condition, selling as is. GUNS: 12 gauge double barrel shotgun; 22 cal. single shot rifle; gun buyers must have F.A.C. MISC.. Eleutrohome humidifier; 3 wheel bike; electric barbecue; fireplace glass doors; Shop Vac; steel folding picnic table; 20' wooden ext. ladder; wooden step ladder; dehumidifier; tin shop stove; garden tools; lawn chairs; Keymar Ker. heater; wheelbarrow; hand tools & misc. items. TERMS: Cash or Cheque with proper I.D. sale day. Owners or auctioneers not responsible for accidents or loss of property or deletions sale day. Auctioneers: BOB GILMORE - 291-3489 DOUB GILMORE - 291-3421 AUCTION SALE Of House, Property & Furniture For the Estate of: MARY STINSON Village of Wallaceville & Household Effects of: MR. & MRS. LEONARD FEICK Harriston at Gray's Auction Centre, corner Hwys. '87 & 89, 1- mi. w. of Harriston on: Saturday, November 9 at 11:00 &m, PROPERTY: N. Part Lot 6 Con. 4 Wallace Twp., Village of Wallaceville, approx. 3 mi. east of Gow- anstown or 6 mi. northeast of Listowel. Lot 79' frontage x 198' deep, older house on property. To see property prior to sale day phone: Les Loughran (519) 335-3434 or Barry Gray (519) 338-3722. TERMS OF PROPERTY: Property selling at 2:00 p.m. with very reasonable reserve Ibid, 10% down day of sale, balance in 30 days. APPLIANCES: (2) older fridges; Westinghouse frost free fridge; (2) 24" gas stoves; Simplicity wr- inger washing machine; small elec. appliances. FURNITURE & ANTIQUES: Chesterfield & chair; wardrobe with mirror & 4 drawers; dresser & mir- ror; chgst of drawers; small chrome drop leaf table; end tables; card table; telephone table; stereo; tape player & tapes; 16' table; wooden chairs; recliner chair; pool table & ques. FURNITURE IN THE ROUGH: (2) flat to wall cup- boards; ext. table & leaves; loveseat & 3 chairs; cabinet; washstand; dresser with moustache pulls; (2) wooden beds; 6gun stock chairs; cup- board with glass doors. MISC.: Crystal vases; collector's plate; brass um- brella stand; lamps; pictures; mirrors; pots & pans; linens; fan; odd dishes; kitchen utensils; step lad- der; bench grinder; small jig saw; hobby drill press; Workmate bench; garden tools; floor shuf- fleboard; carpet for indoor bowling & balls; vacuum; set of World Book Encyclopedia; many books; & many other items too numerous to men- tion. TERMS: Cash or Cheque with proper I.D. day of sale. Owners or auctioneers not responsible for accidents day of sale. Any announcements or cor- rections given verbally day of sale' take prece- dence over written advertising. Lunch booth. Auctioneers: BARRY, KEITH & KIM GRAY Harriston (519) 338-3722 or 343-3607 CLEARING AUCTION SALE Of Farm Property, Some Machinery, 1974 Car, Antiques, Household Effects, Dishes, Misc. For The 'Estate Of: • FRED DONALD Lot 6, Con. 3, Proton Twp, 9 miles east of Mount Forest on 89 Hwy. to Conn, go north to first corner, turn right, 1/2 mile to farm on: Saturday, November 9 11:30 a.m. Sharp PROPERTY: consists of 100 acre farm, 85 acres workable, 10 acres hardwood, good soil, hasn't been worked in 3-5 years, has 8 room 2 storey stone house, some pine flooring, wood shed, oil furnace, drilled well with small drive shed. To view property please call 323-1328 or auctioneer. Terms on property - 10% down sale day, balance in 6.0 days on closing, selling subject to reserve bid. Property offered for sale at 1:00 p.m. CAR, MACHINERY: 1974 Ford Galaxie car, p.s., p.b., V8 automatic, only 13,500 miles, good run- ning order, sells as is; JD R ground driven manure spreader, real good cond.; 5 ton wagon gear, good; IH 7' trail mower, good; old grain binder; walking plow; 26' skeleton bale elevator; other items not listed. ANTIQUES, HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: 6 good matching press back chairs; 3 matching press backs; round oak dining room table, 5 legs, with leaves; Hoosier kitchen cupboard, good; McClary cook stove, good; varnished side board with mir- ror, good; 2 antique dressers with mirrors, good; 3 washstands, 1 operr_press backsockerTcap---_ tains chair; 2 oak arm chairs; upholstered chairs; antique oak davenport couch; library type stand; round top trunk, good; wall telephone by Chicago Phone Co., good; upright gramaphone with records; Panasonic 20" portable coloured TV set, top,cond.; McClary frost free fridge, good; Gibson 24" electric stove; Old Buckeye incubator; odd wooden chairs; 2 benches; caned rocker, needs seat;_. 911 lanterns-; .... sugar_ kettler--good=-copper boilers; bake board; barrel butter churn; square dining room table with leaves; old caned wheel- chair; double iron bed, brass knobs; old cream can; hay knife; parlour table; hall tree; old sewing machine; mantel clock; metal beds; wooden wagon wheels; set of wheelbarrow scales, rough; old bells; tinware; brass aladdin Tamp; 5 oil lamps, incomplete; crocks; good ironstone pitcher & basin; odd toilet pcs:; good glass butter dish; old lamp shade; electric clocks; good green & pink depression pcs.; Royal Nippon salt & peppers; old platters; vegetable bowls; sad irons; shaving mug, good; old calendars; pickle cruet, good; parlour lamp, no chimney; water glasses; cups & saucers; plates etc; pots & pans; other items not listed. MISC. TOOLS ETC.: Older model Stihl chainsaw, working; electric chainsaw; sap buckets; set of burdizzos; battery charger; 50 Ib. anvil, good; small forge; 32' wooden ext. ladder; 25' endless drive belt, good; small pile of lumber; old fence stretcher; logging chain; forks; shovel`s; etc.; small bench vise; wagon Toad of small items. TERMS: Cash sale day. Cheques with I.D. only. Property as stated above. Lunch booth. Sale order: i T :30 a.m. antiques, household effects, etc. Estate, Executor or auctioneer not respon- sible for accidents, injury, deletions or loss of pro- perty sale day. Auctioneer: JOHN D. McPHEE Mount Forest - 323-4058