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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-04-25, Page 14Page 2—Crossroads--APrn 25, 11984 L.r droughts 17s The Cancer Society daffo• dils, I'm told, slept for a time in the Brewers' Retail cooler en route to our community. So when we got ours they were folded, damp and cool, and not until I stuffed them into a jam jar on the kitchen table did the lovely yellow blooms unfurl and send out their message. Message? Of what? Spring; I ' suppose. And hope and renewal and faith. Sure it's faith. Why else would you plant those ugly oniony -looking things in the fall when all the world is cold and grey? What proof have you that they are going to poke out of the ground six months later and erupt in golden skirted blooms? There is no proof. One takes it on faith. We used to have daffodils growing wild in the bush be- hind my mother's .house in Coldwater. I remember countless Springs, when I was away from home and imprisoned in direness by exams, by little kids, by bad jobs or deep depressions, when my mother would ar- rive with an extravagant bunch of daffodils from the bush behind our house. "Put these in water," she'd say, "and let's go out for lunch." We didn't know then that daffodils would be the sym- bol of the annual campaign for cancer. We didn't know that any of us would be con- nected with cancer. Then one November when my life was unfolding par- ticularly pleasantly, a lump interrupted the continuity. HEY 111181 LEAI R'TO DIIAW WMI MY.000GHLAN 1. Here's Danny's complete drawing. 2. Finish what Danny started. 3. Now try it yourself! I was one of the lucky ones. I had superb medical care, a wonderfully supportive family and a constitution as tough as an old boot. The next time cancer hit, it was harder. Totally unex- pectedly, it stole the vitality of three especially loving, beautiful, joyous friends. The disease invaded early, and took them cruelly, not quickly. We all huddled to- gether for a bit, grief stricken. We cursed the darkness and some of us be- gan to think of those bright daffodils as candles. One spring, my mother didn't get out to the bush be- hind the house to harvest her daffodils. We watched this fiesty lady droop until the flesh hung on her bones and her eyes burned defiantly like coals in the grey sunken face. We watched the hands that had knit approximately two hundred pair of mittens, wither until her rings had to be removed lest they get lost in the bedclothes. Then we said goodbye, and felt grateful that she didn't hurt any more. So, here we are sitting around the supper table with a jam jar full of daffodils in its centre. Why buy them? why support what they represent? Here's why we support the cancer society. When Grand- ma was wasting away, it was a local team of Cancer Socie- ty drivers who took her down to the city for her check-ups and periodic treatments. They waited for her, and they took her out for a ham- burg and fries on the way home. And they did all this with • such good cheer and grace that the grim excur- sion seemed more like an outing with some agreeable friends. She used to tell me about one man in particular. "Mr. Holt plays such beauti- ful music in his car," she'd say "It made the trip pass so pleasantly." During the tedious times when she --had to stay in the city for treatment, it was the Cancer Society ladies who visited, brought her little gifts, took her to get her hair done, helped to keep her spirits up and her dinner down. The second reason we think the Cancer Society is worth supporting lives on the other side of the world at the moment, and she'd writhe in a million embarrassments if she knew I were writing about her. Her mother and both her grandmothers had cancer, so genetically the cards are stacked against this beautiful young woman. My surgeon says she should have chosen a better set of parents. But she's stuck with us, and stuck with the risk thatshe may have to do battle with the dreadful di- sease some day. But the way things are going, I think the cancer re- searchers --may -soon -wrestle Kingly umbrella The first record of a water- proof umbrella was found in a 1637 inventory of the mov- able effects of King Louis XIII of France. Made of oiled cloth, the umbrella was trimmed with gold and silver lace. crossroads Published every Wednesday by Wenger Bros: Limited as the lifestyle and entertainment section in The Listowel Danner, The Wingham Advance - Times, The Mount For -est Confederate and The Milverton Sun. Members of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association. Ontario Community Newspaper Association, and the Ontario Press Council. Controlled distri- bution in Elmira, Palmerston, Harriston, Brussels, Millbank, Newton. Atwood, Clifford, Drayton. Wallenstein, Moorefield and Arthur Display and Classified advertising deadline — 5:00 p.m. Thursday week prior to publication date. Advertising and Production The Listowel Banner 188 Wallace rrve, N. P.O. Box 97, Listowel, Ont. N4W 3H2 Accounting and Billing The Wingham Advance -Times Josephine St., P.O. Box 390, Wingham, Ont NOG 2W0 The Listowel Banner 2.91-1660 The Wingham Advance -Times 357-2320 The Mount Forest Confederate 323-1550. The Milverton Sun 595-8921 ti the Beast to the ground. So this beautiful young wo- man may inherit one granny's indomitable na- ture, another's loving spirit, and her mother's general lunacy, but the inherited predisposition to cancer may be controllable, thanks to the bright daffodils and their message of hope. So that's how it is, my dears. This month, when the daffodil ladies and men come canvassing, I'll put my money where my heart is. I hope you'll do the same. Attention Mr. Farmer We are now paying 3 cents per lb, (500 lbs. and up) for FRESH, DEAD or DISABLED cows, horses, steers & heifers 0-� For immediate pickup call 0. BRUSSELS PET FOOD SUPPLIES DEAD STOCK DIVISION Small animals picked up FREE of charge. One of our 4 -wheel drive radio dispatched trucks is in your area daily. Dial Toll Free 1-800-265-4267 or Kitchener 749-7004 24 HOUR SERVICE - 7 DAYS A. WEEK For same day pick-up call before 10:00 a.m. Proprietor: Gordon Johnston AUCTION SALE Of Appliances, Furniture, Antiques: Dishes. Tools & Misc. Items for ALICE. MANNING,,,,,d 350 Elizabeth St. W. Listowet,ant-l" the Estate of GUY McNEIL Village of Drayton, Sale to be held in the Kurtzvi►le Community Centre on Sat®, May 5 1 1:00 arms APPLIANCES: Hotpoint frost free refrigerator (white and good); G.E. 15 cu. ft. refrigerator (white and good); Norge refrigerator (older style working); G.E. 24" electric stove; Findley 24" electric stove; Admiral 30" electric stove (harvest gold); Simplicity square tub wringer washer (good); Beatty wringer washer (old working); Westinghouse heavy duty electric clothes dryer; Speed Queen electric clothes dryer; small electrical appliances. FURNITURE: Four dining room side chairs; older style chesterfield and chair (wine);.2 gold swivel rockers; Hitachi 14" portable colour TV (good); Electrohome stereo radio -record cabinet model; record cabinet; coffee table; swag and pole lamps; TV stand; vinyl green space -saver ,(like new); Electrohome portable record player; bridge table and 4 chairs; chrome tea wagon; magazine rack; kitchen stools; small tables; lamps; Electrolux vacuum cleaner and attachments; crokinole board; buf- fet and hutch with glass sliding doors; G.E. vacuum cleaner and attachments; Electrolux 3 brush floor polisher; Brother sewing machine cabinet model: 4 piece bed.roorn_suite_consists of double bed, vanity dresser and stool, chest of drawers; bed and matching dresser; night table; bedding and linens; bunk beds (need repair); pictures and frames; mirrors; small fireproof safe; electric heater; electric fan. ANTIQUES: Set of 6 dining row side chairs with cane seats (need repair); wooden ext. table; wood rocker; press back arm chairs; press back arm chair with 2 matching side chairs with leather seats; sideboard cupboard with pillers; shelv top shelf and mirror; library table desk; captain's chair. (needs repair); 2 parlor tables; wood hall tree; odd wooden chairs; Reliance treadle sewing machine; blanket box; wooden trunk; flat top trunk; Em- pire style chest of drawers; 2 wash stands; wooden couch; wood tables; bed and dressers. DISHES: Variety of everyday dishes, , good dishes including partial dinner set (Meakin); glass, depression, silver; chest of 1847 Rogers Bros. for 8 with extra pieces; pots and pans. MISC. ITEMS: Coal oil lamp; copper boiler; crocks and jugs; counter top beam scale; half- moon blue glass above door; quantity of hand tools, carpenter tools; Winter Bros. tap and die set 1/4" - 1" complete; electric motors; homemade table saw and motor; adjustable 2 row garden scuffler; 12' alum. ext. ladder; barn screw jack; some farm tools and ,misc. items. Owners or Auctioneer not Responsible for Accidents or Loss of Property Sale Day. Terms - Cash or Cheque with Proper I.D. Sale Day. Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE 485 Victoria St. St. Listowel Phone 291-3489 4E V; AUCTION SALE Of 85 Cattle & Farm Machinery For HAROLD WILSON Lot 6, Arthur Twp., County of Wellington, 1 mile south of Kenilworth on hwy. 6 or 5 miles north of Arthur on: Fri., May 4 10:30 a.m. TRACTORS: M.F. 1080, cab, new r. tires, good cond.; 930 Case; M.H. 44; J.D. no. 90 bulldozer with fork and bucket; Minneapolis Z for parts. EQUIPMENT: M.F. 82 combine, good; J.D. 16A Flail harvester; 3 p.h. Ford 3 furrovi 12" plough; 5 sections harrow's; 8' F.B. disc'; no. 84 Gehl harvester, corn head and pickup; 12' George White cult,; M.F. no. 10 baler and thrower; MF. 60 pull type combine, good; 32' x 6" Mayrat wheel auger and 3 p.h. motor; 250 bu. gravity box and 10 ton double reach wagon; 8' drag cult.; 2 rear 3 p.h. loaders; 3 p.h. drag snowblower; 3 p.h. sprayer with two 50 gal. barrels; 3 p.h. blade; 60" manure bucket; 48" manure bucket; 1 row corn picker; Dion blower. MACHINERY FOR PARTS: M.F. 33 drill; Ford harvester; Fordcombine, straight cut; Cockshutt combine with pickup; top beater for M.F. 160 spreader traw chopper for M.F. 300 combine; str w spreader for M.F. 72 combine; A.C. ha ester. CAR: 1978 Grand Fury Dodge car for parts. MISC.: Horse trailer, tandem axle; 350 Honda motorcycle; 75 cedar posts; turnip pulper; trailer; 24' x 6" auger and motor; 2 cream separators; ant. corn chopper; platform scales with handles; 2 dressers; Kenmore sewing machine; spin washer; ant. ice cream maker; wagon load of misc. items. CATTLE: 30 Hol. bull calves 150-225 lbs.; 15. Hol. heifer calves 400 lbs. (open); 20 Hol. heifers 500-600 lbs. (open); 5 Hol. bull calves 250-300 lbs.; 4 black white face calves; 4 beef stocker heifers 600 lbs.; 6 Xbred cows springing or with calves; 1 Hol. heifer, due July 30. HORSE: 1 Quarter horse colt, 17 mon, old. Lunch booth. Sale Order: Wagon Toad, • machinery and cattle. TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. day of sale. Owner or auctioneer not responsible for accidents day of sale. Any an- nouncements or corrections given verbally day of sale. Proprietor: Harold Wilson (519) 848-2243 Auctioneers: BARRY & KEITH GRAY Harriston (519) 338-3722 or 343-3607 :f� Ei . CLEARING AUCTION SALE Of 2 Tractors, Bulldozer, Machinery, Car, Misc., etc. for ROSS HUNT Lot 7, Con. 12, West Luther Twp., take Hwy. 89 east of Mount Forest to Village of Conn, turn right, go to first corner, turn left, 21/2 miles to farm on Sat., April 28 1:00 p.m. Sharp MACHINERY, TRACTORS, BULLDOZER: McKee Ebro 470 diesel. tractor, PS, remotes, front weights, with Sims cab, in very good cond., only 1038 hrs.; Case 40 h.p. gas trac- tor and loader, hyd. bucket and chains sold separate, in working order; D-8 bulldozer with blade, in good running order; New Holland 273 hay baler flotation tires with thrower, has done very little work, in top cond.; 2 Horst 10 ton dual reach wagon gears with 18' custom built bale thrower racks, in real good shape; New Holland 470 haybine with cylinder, in real good shape; Hydrein 4 furrow 14" 3 pth. plow, good; Massey Harris No..82 SP combine 10' with pickup, good motor, working order; Hesson 10' SP swather, good running order; Massey Ferguson 13' wheel disc on rubber with cylinder, good; I.H. 36 plate disc on rub- ber; I.H. 8' cult. on rubber, needs repair; M.F. 15- run seed drill, good for grain only; 32' Skeleton bale with good Doer 3/4 h.p. motor; 30' enclosed bale elevator and motor; J.D. 12" post hole auger; Oliver 60T hay baler, running order; 40' 6" PTO grain auger, good shape; J.D. No. 33 manure spreader, working order; 6 sections of drag harrows; wagon load of small items. CAR: 1976 Meteor, 2 door hardtop, 44,000 miles, sells as is. BOAT, MISC., ETC.: Cedar strip boat, trailer and 30 h.p. Evinrude motor; old wooden wheeled wagon; King electric chopper, good; number.of used x 9' garage doors; 2 sets of tractor chains; 200 gal. fuel tank; 250 gal. fuel tank and stand; cattle oiler; Ford 1/2 ton truck and cap, as is; old truck tires; farrowing crate; 10' 4" grain auger and motor; approx. 300 lbs. clean Timothy seed; odd household effects, dishes, odd tables, Duncan Phyfe table; other household and misc. items not lied. TERMS: Cash Sale Day. Cheq s with I.D. Farm is Sold. - NOTE: Not many small items, sale order -wagon load 1 p.m,t, machinery approx. 2 p.m. Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for ac- cidents, injury, deletions or loss of property sale day. Proprietor: ROSS HUNT 323-3298 Auctioneer: JOHN D. McPHEE Mount Forest, 323-4058 AUCTION SALE Of Three 100 Acre Farms, Farm Machinery, Feed, Livestock,. Some Household Effects & Misc. Items for DAVID and MENNO ROTH Lot 9, Con. 14, Maryborough Twp. Located 1 mile north of Rothsay and tum west, or 3'/2 miles east of Teviotdale on No. 9 Hwy. and turn south 11/2 miles. Watch for signs, on Wed., May 2 , 10:30 a.m. REAL ESTATE: FARM NO. 1: Lot 9, west half, Con. 14, Maryborough Twp. Consists of approx. 98 acres with 10 acres of cedar and softwood, balance good workable land with 10 acres seeded to fall wheat. Buildings consists of large stone 11/2 storey home with all conveniences. All in good state of• repair. L-shaped bank barn (needs repair). FARM NO. 2: Lot 8 east half, Con. 15, Maryborough Twp. Consists of approx. 100 acres with 90 acres workable, balance bush, 8 acres seeded to fall wheat. Buildings consists of 11/2 storey frame house with alum. siding, all conveniences. Bank barn 70' . x 50' with upstairs set up for sows farrowing and downstairs loose housing, cement tower silo. FARM NO. 3: Lot 8 west half, Con. 15, Maryborough Twp. Consists of approx. 100 acres with 10 acres of maple bush, 67 acres workable, balance pasture with river (year round) and cedar bush. Buildings consists of 70' x 50' bank barn with loose housing. Poured bunk cement silo 70' x 43' x 8'. No other buildings. TERMS ON PROPERTY ARE: 10% cash or cheque day of sale with balance in 60 days or sooner if balance is paid. NOTE: Each 100 cre property will be offered for sale by auction t 1 p.m. Each property will be selling subject to a reasonable reserve bid. Properties will .be ofd single and then all put up in one package. For information on inspection on these proper- ties phone David Roth, 638-3154 or Menno Roth 638-2301. MACHINERY: J.D. 4430 diesel tractor, new motor with Tess than 300 hours, rebuilt'- rear end, cab gone over, AM/FM radio (new condi- tion tractor); Allis Chalmers 5050 diesel 4 wheel drive tractor complete with Allis Industrial hyd. loader (good cond.); Gleaner A s.p. com- bine with 12' header and pickup, gas engine; Cockshutt 502 s.p. swather 10'; New Idea 318 bu. tandem power spreader; New Holland 352 mix -mill with 10' unloading auger and 3' fold back auger; Gehl 600 forage harvester with 22 row corn head,' 6' pickup and 1" recutter scream (good); three Elmira 10 ton wagons each with Dion forage boxes with left side unloading, complete with roof (all like new); M.F. forage blower; 9" silo pipes, flex hood; Int. No. 10, 16 disc grain, fert. and grass seed drill; J.D. 497 corn planter, 6 rows, 30"; Allis Chalmers 6 row 3 pth. corn cultivator; Case 500 semi=mount 5 furrow plow, 18" bottoms, spring reset (like nevi'); Allis Chalmers 161/2' wheel, cultivator with fold up wings; Allis Chalmers 14' wheel disc with fold up wings; New Idea -conditioner, 7' (good); G.T. 61' 8" grain auger p.t.o. drive and hopper (good); New Idea 36' closed hay or grain elevator, p.t.o. drive; J -M 300 bu. gravity grain bin with hyd. unloading auger separate on h.d. '8 ton wagons; 135 bu. gravity grain bin with ext. sides on wagon; New Idea 2 row, corn picker; 9' single row land packer; New Holland 5 bar hay rake; Allis Chalmers 302 square baler, 3 pth. 200 gal. fibreglass tank weed sprayer; 5 section diamond harrows with stretcher; 8' Int. cultivator on steel wheels; M.M. 8' double trail disc; Husky 8' double auger snow blower; Walco 3 pth. post hole digger with 8" and 12" augers; 3 farm wagons 'with 16' hay racks; 1 wagon gear; 1 5' pipe hay elevator with motor; 3 pth. big round bale carrier; 6' 3 pth. scraper blade; V type snow blower; 2 grain augers 4". LIVESTOCK: 21 Holstein open heifers, 500=800 lbs.; 2 Lim. X Hols. open heifers 700 lbs.; 2 polled black heifers, open 500-650 lbs.; 1 Char. open heifer 700 lbs.; 1 first calf black heifer with calf at side. All cattle will be blood tested prior to sale. SOWS: 20 sows varied from due sale day to bred 2 months; 11 sows with litters at side; 1 reg. spot breeder boar 1 year old; 2 spot crossed breeder boars; 3 pure spot boars, 4 months old; 40-50 chunks, approx. 40-50 lbs.; approx. 175 feeder pigs from 70 lbs. to shipping. SHEEP: 27 ewes 1 and 2 years old, some to lamb in June and some just -bre -d. FEED: Approx. 25-30 tons of grain corn. TRUCK: 1979 Ford 1 ton, F350 truck, 400 cu. in., 30,000 km., selling cert.; Int. 1971, 1 ton truck (for parts). GUNS: Winch ter 22 cal. bolt action repeater rifle; Winch ter 22 cal. single shot rifle; Gooey 12 gauge single shot shot gun. Note: Gun buyers must have F.A.C. MISC. ITEMS: Campbell- Hausfield air corn - pressor; Allis Chalmers pressure washer, 500 . p.s.i.; electric welder (needs repair); Paul hog scale; platform high beam scale; quantity of hog feeders `2 Frey 14' farm gates; several steel various size gates; 2 hyd. cylinders; seed grain and corn (year .old); Stihl chain saw; Homelite chain saw; sap buckets and spites; rabbit cages; 2 liquid protein tanks; 250 gal. water tank; farrowing crates; 2 sugar kettles; quantity of new galv. siding steel, 10' and 1 2' lengths; large fireproof safe. HOUSEHOLD ANTIQUES: 22" china head doll; wash stand with towel bar; matching dresser; iron and brass bed; rocking chair; parlour table; odd wooden chairs; steel bed; hedging; matts; everyday dishes; quilting frames; large double door; wooden wardrobe; luggage and misc. items. SALE ORDER: 10:30 a.m. Household Effects, followed by Wagon Load and Misc. Items. Pro- perty at 1 p.m. Machinery at 1:45, followed by Feed, Livestock. Note: This is a -good line of Machinery so plan to attend. Owners or Auc- tioneer not responsible for accidents or toss of property sajg day. TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper LD. Sale Day. Lunch Booth. , Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE Phone 291-3489 ..