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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-06-20, Page 14eg+ Page 2--Crossroads-June 20, 1984 Shirley Whittington Trane/bugs We're getting close to that time of year when people start complaining about in- sects that fly or crawl. No matter how carefully we se- cure ourselves against these tiny beasties, they find a way to get in where we are. Insects love the summer too and so they seek out the same beaches, sun decks and golf nourses as humans do. Is there somewhere a law that says insects can't take summer vacations? I think not. The trouble with us humans is we think every- thing we do is unique, clever and inimitable. And yet we make dreadful errors in judgment like after dinner speeches and licorice jelly beans. Sometimes humans are so alarmingly thick that I'm sure other species use them to frighten their chil- dren with. (I'm not telling you again! Settle down and go to sleep before a human swats you.") Insects on the other hand get along fine without inven- tions like digital clocks and Captain Video. I think in- sects are pretty smart. If the Monarch butterfly is clever enough to migrate an- nually from Canada to South America without ever losing its luggage, it is smart enough to plan a summer vacation. Or take bees. They in- vented Royal jelly and a workable matriarchy. Why wouldn't they invent travel agents too? Some insects, I am told, hibernate all winter. Did you ever ask yourself what they are doing while the rest of us are out killing ourselves on ski slopes and highways? They are all tucked up in- side, reading brochures from the insect travel agents. (The information is printed on leaflets, a medium upon which most insects dote). Bees drone happily over alluring copy like this: "Tired of the same old sta- mens and pistils? Larva little! Pack your pollen baskets and fly with us on our popular porch and patio tour. Dive bomb balding patriarchs! Terrify little kids by buzzing mindlessly around their heads! Startle matrons in rose gardens! Or perhaps you prefer a quieter pace? Why not relax with tis at summer ball games and outdoor concerts where the air is deliciously heavy with the scents of canned pop? Single stingers should ask about the action -packed in- door flight experience. The Flight of the Bumble Bee is only a song title until you .have actually done it inside a moving automobile; Mystify and enrage the occupants of the car as you buzz angrily across the back seat under the front and then disappear into a hole in the uphol- stery." And down here, all tun- nelled snugly into their sand hills are the ants. With four, feet up on a hassock and the other two holding the travel brochure, the workers read aloud as follows: "This year, why not join the gourmet tour of Mrs. W's kitchen, the home of carelessly spilled sticky stuff? We'll take you into cupboards, cookie tins and rarely opened drawers, and bhalf the fun will be in getting there. Even the floors of this place are jam- packed with sugary resi- dues! It's enough to make your head spin, to say nothitfl�g of your thorax and abdomen. For even more hilarious entertainment we invite you upstairs to the bathroom where you'll enjoy the look of horrified disbelief on the faces of those who, after a late and bibulous night, look down into the bathroom sink to see legions of black ants crawling up the drain and around the basin. Book early for the traditional favorite - the family picnic. And for those of you with more sophisticated tastes, we recommend an evening excursion to the campground where sleeping bags provide in -tents sensations. After reading such heady promotional stuff, why wouldn't insects want to travel? They can get good group rates, and flying cer- tainly doesn't bother them. So be warned humans. Watch out for travelling in- sects bedecked with sun- glasses and cameras. The in- sects of the world are pack- ing their bags and heading for a month or two at your favorite summer spot. This shouldn't be a big worry for you however. After all, you are human, and much bigger and smarter than an insect. Think about that the next time you share your bed- room with a mosquito! The Warning Signs Fred Gore As you are well aware, my column' has been missing from Crossroads for the past few weeks. I' have been un- able to find time to sit down and respond to your in- quiries. The school year-end is fast approaching and I have been involved with the education-' al assessments of many young students. Parents of these young students have been to me with stories of how their son's or daughter's school has just informed them that a repeat of the present grade will be neces- sary. These same parents have been in constant contact with the teachers all year and were not informed until now that their children's pro- gress was not good enough to merit promotion. On the contrary; many of these parents were repeat- edly told that their children were progressing very well. Now they are confronted with the devastating task of informing their children he or she has failed. First, I advised these parents not to allow the school to do this to their children. In thi day of con- tinuous education a Bill 82, the school and its board are obligated to provide appro- priate education for all children and a repeat or fail- ure is not to be accepted as an appropriate means of meeting a child's education- al needs. Second, I advised these parents that the school must have their consent to rail a child. Silence on the parents' part is accepted as consent by the school. Third, a repeat or failure is perhaps the most inadequate educational intervention and indicates an unwillingness or an inability on the school's part to adequately address the child's educational needs. More accurately, it is a direct reflection of the teacher's inability to meet that child's needs rather than the child's inability to learn. No young student should ever experience con- tinuous failure and no child should have to suffer for the rest of his or her life because the teacher was not able to cover the entire curriculum in a ten-month span. Children mature different- ly and learn at different rates. The system cannot be allowed to lump 30 or more students into one mold. A child born in November or December is literally one year younger than a child born in January. How dare a system place the same ex- pectations on these students and then tell the parents their son or daughter is a 'failure? Our educational system is supposed to de- velop good students, not des- troy them, even before they have had an opportunity to begin. 0 0 0 Fred Gore is the director of St. Jude's Special Educa- tion Private School and Learning Assessment Clinic. He is a qualified Special Ed- ucation specialist and an ed- ucational therapist with 14 years' teaching experience in the field of learning dis- abilities. Letters requesting information should be mail- ed to "The Warning Signs", c -o Wingham Advance - Times, P.O. Box 390, Wing - ham, Ont. NOG 2W0. Such letters will be answered and reprinted without signatures to protect writers' identity. crossroads Published every Wednesday by Wenger Bros. Limited as the lifestyle and entertainment section in The Listowel 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 the Ontario Press Council. Controlled distri- bution in Ariss, Arthur, Drayton, Harriston, Moorefield, Palmerston, Bloom- ingdale, Breslau, Conestogo, Elmira, Heidelberg, Linwood, Maryhill, St. Clements, St, Jacobs, Wallenstein, Wellesley and West Montrose. Display and Classified advertising deadline - 5:00 p.m. Thursday week prior to publication date. Advertising and Production The Listowel Banner 1 88 Wallace Ave. N.rt, 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 291-1660. The Wingham Advance -Times 357-2320. The Mount Forest Confederate 323-1 550. The Milverton Sun 595-8921 ACROSS DOWN • 1. Conten'a title upon 4. Oil -rich nation 8. Fitted with boots 12. Buckeye school: abbr. 13. Alaska city 14. Window part 15. Cotton cloth 17. Hypnotic state 19. Idles 21. Command 22. Harms 24. Ostriches' kin 26. Continent 27. Schedule entries: abbr. 28. Jefferson Davis' group: 18. Drive (out) abbr' 20. 31. More strained 1. Ounamoks character 2. U.N. member: abbr. 3. Matador's arena 4. Indians of Peru 5. Santa's landing pad 6. Before noon: abbr. 7. Gross minus expenses 8. Boxes 9. Locale of a certain palm 10. Formerly • 11. Forest dweller 16. Small amounts 33. Filament •.v 35. Energy unit 36. Prejudice 38. Roman poet 39. Jeer 40. Applauds 41. Piece of tableware 44. Coral island 46. Dry gully 48. Rank for Pulver 51. Approach 52. Farewell: Latin 54. Compass point 55. Unit of force 56. Comrade 57. Uncooked someCIZEIM 22. Abhor 23. Exploiter 26. Large quantity 27. Sevareid 28. Knight 29. Cut 80. States further 32. Dark wood 34. Bakery items 37. Police -blotter abbreviation 39. Actor Roger 40. Rabbit 41. Gritty particles 42. victim 48. Algerian port 45. Famed archer 47. Eggs 49.' Juliette Gordon Low's group: abbr. 50. Recent 53. Man's nickname c p 0 3 5 W 0 get+ D S 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 .■ -.11. ■ ■ IUUU 15 16 ■■ 17 19 ■■.■ 22 23 ■■■ 24 25 ■■ 28 29 JO 26 ■.. 27 ■■. )1 ■■.32 JJ J4 ■.■ 35 ■. "37 !B40 ... 41 42 41 ■.. 44 45 ■■• SU 46 ..■.47 4B 49 g �■ j51 ■. 54 .■ II.■■ `. •.. '.7 AUCTION SALE Of Farm Machinery and some Household Effects will be held for JAMES MAIR Lot 26, Con. 4, Morris Twp., 21/2 miles north of Brussels on County Rd. 12, then 1 mile west on Sat., June 23 1:30 p,m. MACHINERY: 454 I.H.C. diesel tractor with 1550 loader, 2 -way hydraulic bucket (low hours); Case "D" tractor; New Idea 2 -row corn picker sheller; Fox forage harvester with hay head and 2 -row corn head; New Holland manure spreader; I.H.C. mower; 8 ft. Interna- tional harvester double spring, -toothed cultivator; 9 ft. Kongskilde cultivator; 8 ft. I.H.C. double disc; 2 wagons with gravity boxes; 5 section harrows; Pioneer chain saw; 3 h.p. electric motor; Minneapolis.side rake (for parts). MISCELLANEOUS: Steel watering trough; wire stretchers; Jackall jack; 12 ton hydraulic jack; battery charger; sump pump; 32 ft. extension ladder; 2 grind stones; 'cistern pumps; sap pans, spiles and buckets; horse collars and harness; 2 in. and 1 in. oak lumber; chains; shovels; forks; numerous other older and anti- que items and much more. - HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: Desk; chests of drawers; crib; , end -tables'; hair dryer; floor polisher; 2 picnic tables; kitchen utensils; toys; picture frames; wool winder; annex stove with pipes; number of antique items; other items too numerous to list. TERMS: Cash 'Day of Sale. Owner and Auc- tioneer not Responsible for Accidents or In- juries in any way Connected with the Sale. Owner: JAMES MAIR Auctioneers: WALLACE BALLAGH Teeswater 392-6170 GRANT McDONALD Ripley 395-5353 The width of ' annual growth rings in trees reflects variationsin climatic fac- tors, competition with neigh- bors and health. CLEARING AUCTION SALE Of 3 Tractors, Some Machinery, 70 Sows, Little Pigs, 2 Boars for HARVEY JACKSON Lot 14, Con. 8, Arthur Twp. Go 5 miles south of Mount Forest on No. 6 Highway to Arthur Two., Sideroad 5. Turn right, go to first corner, turn left, second farm on left, or 3 miles north of No. 9 Highway on Sat. June 23 1:30 p.m. TRACTORS - MACHINERY: John Deere 3130 diesel tractor, PS remotes with Cosy Cab, good clean cond., bought new with only 1686 hrs.; J.D. 710 diesel tractor with manure loader, hyd. bucket, working order, chains sold separate; M.H. 22 gas tractor, running order; J.D. No. 54 manure spreader, top beater with heavy chain type apron, flotation tires, real good cond.; M.F. No. 33 17 run seed drill with grass seed box, good clean cond.; Glenco 1 5' wheel cult. with levelling harrow and cylinder, good shape; Ford 40 plate wheel disc on rub- ber; 6 ton wagon gear and good heavy 16' flat rack, good cond.; hen laying cages for approx. 500 hens; also chicken waterers and feeders. SOWS AND BOARS: 30 good crossbred sows, due in next 3-6 weeks; approx. 25 crossbred sows with pigs at side, from 1 week to 4 weeks old; 15 good crossbred sows, short bred to approx. 6 weeks; 2 good purebred Hamp boars, 11/2 years old. Above sows are 2 and 3 way cross breeding. Further breeding dates given sale day. TERMS: Cash sale day. Cheques with I.D. only. Farm is SOLD. AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: A good offering of Machinery and Livestock. PLEASE NOTE: Sale Order - •NO SMALL ITEMS. Machinery sells at 1:30. Pigs at 2 p.m. Owner orAuctioneer not Responsible for Ac- cidents, Injury or Loss of Property Sale Day. Proprietor: HARVEY JACKSON, .323-2875 Auctioneer: JOHN D. MCPHEE Mount Forest 323-4058 • FACTORY • OUTLETS PICNIC TABLE PLASTIC 1®OO yd. BATH TOWELS 3®98 HAND TOWELS .97 CHILDRENS SOCKS .89 LEN'S 'MILL STORES 130 Moore St. WATERLOO 45 Cross St. ' GUELPH Wildlife center largest The U.S. Fish and Wild- life Service's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center at Laurel, Md., is the world's largest such cen- ter. It's well-known for pioneering efforts on the effects of contaminants on wildlife, studies of bird populations and habitat, and field research on en- dangered species as well as for captive breeding of whooping cranes, Andean condors, bald eagles and other endangered species. pOOD MEM ©©© '©0B0 UDOD MUUMUU OilO00D BOOM ©EMO ®001770; MEM anon ODOM ©MEI OBE ©O©Q°EBBE ©EMO MOOED 0®170.0 D©U.O© =mom OMOOfl MOM BOOM MOA OOMM: ©oMO OMM CLEARING AUCTION SALE Of Farm Machinery, Antiques and Misc. Items to be held at Lot 7, Con. 1, Mornington Township, 11/2 miles south of Milverton on 4-lighway 19 on Sat., June 23 1:00 p.m. TRACTORS & TRUCK: M.F. No. 35 diesel deluxe , with 3 ph.; No. 30 Cockshutt gas; Oliver No. 77 diesel; 1020 McCormick Deer- ing, not running; Ford 8N, not running; and 1939 Ford 1 ton, as is. FARM MACHINERY: Massey Harris No. 26 self propelled combine; 24' smoker elevator; Dearborn manure loader; M.F. 15 run seed drill; McCormick Deering 10' swather; 6' 3 ph. cultivator; 4 section harrows; 2 grain bins; 3 furrow 3 ph. plow; 3 ph. scoop; 6' scraper blade; V type snowblower; McCormick Deering 7' hay mower; bale stooker; 2 - 7' double discs; 4' one way; 3 ph. posthole digger; 2 -10' trail cultivators; 2 - 4 bar side rakes; 3 fur- row trail plow; McCormick baler, for. parts; 2 -20', pipe elevators; McCormick hammermill; grain augers; cement mixer; oat roller; wagon and 1969 Snow Cruiser. MISC. ITEMS: 300 amp. portable welder on wheels with 1951 Ford V8 flathead motor; 4 speed drill press; pipe vice; hand forge; lathe; grinder; horse cutter; scuffler; belts; rolls of barb wire; electric motors; 5' alurninum step ladder; extension ladders; sap pails and spiles; barn jacks; Wingham Clipper wood stove; cat- • tle pinchers; box stove; 250 gallon fuel tank with approx. .1 50 gallons of diesel fuel;, water troughs; buzz saw for parts; 3 piles of scrap iron; oil barrels and pumps; electric hand tools; work bench; stanchions; etc. ANTIQUES: De Laval cream separator; Model A parts; lanterns; Viking W-76 separator; scales; Surge milkers; cast iron kettle; and many small items too numerous to mention. TERMS: Cash or cheques will be accepted with proper identification. Any announcements or corrections given verbally day of sale. Auc- tioneer or Proprietress not responsible for ac- cidents on day of sale. Proprietress: MRS. I. ABRAHAM Auctioneer: JOHN NICHOLSON Milverton, Ont. .595-8596 verireessesseasewereasoesenemesseeserstamesaelestealemies AUCTION SALE Of Furniture, Antiques & Older Tube Style Radio Parts for A. J. LIPPHARDT Elora St. Harriston Sale to be held in Leslie Motors Yard Sat., June 23 10:30 a.m. FURNITURE & ANTIQUES: Bow side china cabinet made by Harriston Furniture Co.; love seat; gramaphone cabinet; wooden stand; fireside stools; small round ped. table; cloverleaf hall table with beaded trim; pressback rocker; chest of drawers; old cabinet top with pigeon holes; wash stand; wicker arm rocker; wooden chairs; wooden bed, pressback office chair; stacking bookcase with 3 glass doors; captain's chair; wooden ext. table; library desk; wicker plant stand; dresser and mirror; bonnet chest; wardrobe; kitchen cupboard with roll up door; treadle sewing machine in cabinet; large bar from Queen's Hotel, Harriston, 1 1 ' long and 8'/2' high with large mirror in back. MISC.: Session mantel clock; Ingraham mantel clock; hanging oil lamp parts; oil lamps; sump pump; wooden tool box; ext. ladder; sad irons; new gas hot water tank; 2 old fridges; 4 drawer filing cabinet; large mirror in wooden frame; old picture album; books; violin (good shape); 2 wheel garden cart; picture and frames. RADIOS & PARTS: 3 floor model radio cabinets; Magunes radio; Majestic radio; Mar- coni radio; Philco radio; tube tester; and many older parts. AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: This is just a partial list , of radios and parts. There are many other parts to be sold. Thank you to Leslie Motors for the use of their yard for the sale. TERMS: Cash or Cheque with Proper I.D. Day of Sale. Owner or Auctioneers Not Responsible for Accidents Day of Sale. Any An- nouncements or Corrections Given Verbally Day of Sale. Auctioneers: • BARRY & KEITH GRAY Harriston (519) 338-3722 or 343-3607 APPLICATIONS ARE .STILL BEING RECEIVED FOR: Heritage Fair & Antique Market Cruickshank Park, Wingham, Ontario Saturday, July 21, 1984 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sponsored by: Wingham Bicentennial Committee Sponsored by Wingham Bicentennial Committee As part of the joint community celebration marking On- tario's Bicentennial, our first Heritage Fair & Antique Market is being held The Town of Wingham and Turnberry Township are join- ing together to make this a memorable occasion for all par- ticipants. Our fair & market is being promoted widely as an outstan- ding event and promises to attract people from far and wide. The site, Cruickshank Park is centrally located, a most inviting setting. Show and sale of antique furniture, curios, memorabilia,. nostalgia, collectibles, handicrafts, baked goods. You are cordially invited to participate and encouraged to reserve your space as soon as possible. Services provid- ed: - good advertising - tables rain location - Wingham Arena - controlled access - space measuring 12' x 8' - set-up may commence at 8:00 a.m. Sat.July 21st '30.°°Ispace - dealers & crafters '15.00Ispace - bake tables Reserve your space now. For information: Michelle Kennedy or Jim Currie Box 358 (519)357-2703 Wingham, Ont. NOG 2W0 • Evenings (519)357-2628 AUCTION SALE Of Appliances, Furniture, Antiques, Dishes,. Bedding & Misc. Items for ARTHA & DORIS WALKER Gorrie. Sale will be held in the Kurtzville Community Centre (Arena), located 2 miles north of Listowel on Hwy. 23 to Gowanstown and 4 miles west on, Wed. Evening June 27 5:00 p.m. Sharp APPLIANCES: Kenmore 24" electric stove (white); •Viking 15 Cu. ft. chest freezer; small. electrical 'appliances; Viking refrigerator (while); Thor wringer washer. FURNITURE: Console dining room table, server, china cabinet and 4 harp -back side chairs; 4 cushion chesterfield; pine ext table with leaves, 5 mates chairs and 1 arm chair; Duncan Phyfe drop-leaf dining room•table with leaves; china cabinet with glass top doors; chrome kitchen table; Deilcraft dining room oval table, 4 side chairs and 2 arm chairs (good cond.); leather arm chair; child's toy cupboard; telephone table and bench; table and floor lamps; .child's knee desk; RCA color console TV (needs repair); bolster couch and arm chair; bookcases; book or china case with glass slide doors; artificial fireplace and fireplace fender (English); 2•shelf end table; metal shelf table; 2 baby cribs; 2 high night tables with drawers; wall shelf; metal cabinet; Brothers portable electric sewing machine; round Duncan Phyfe, coffee table; sewing machine cabinet only with bench; occasional chairs; wooden kitchen • table with 4 wooden chairs; single poster bed, spring and mattress; fireplace screen; umbrella and canes; various size framed mirrors; quanti- ty of • bedding and linens; rugs and runners; small radios; Lewyt vacuum cleaner and at.: tachrnents; portable record player; several good old pictures; pictures and frames; double chest of drawers; RCA portable record player (old); luggage; roll -away cot; Hoover upright vacuum and attachments; carpet sweeper; jute back and pad 1 8' x 20' beige rug (good). ANTIQUES: 5 balloon back dining room side chairs, not all matching; 4 arrow back chairs with stenciling; Boston style arm chair with woven seat; 2 side chairs woven seats; Wind- sor style wooden arm chair; 3 matching cane seat chairs with stenciling; 3 matching cane seat chairs: cane back and seat chair; odd wooden chairs;, quilt• stand; half round end table; wash table with drawer; wooden floor lamp; woven seat rocker; G.E.• floor model radio (working); 2 floor model radios (not work- ing); dresser with mirror; vanity dressing table with folding wing mirrors; vanity bench; wood hall tree; drop leaf table. BELLS: 2 school teacher bells; horse string bells; 3 ink well desk sets. LAMPS: Brass hanging coal oil lamp with crystal prisms (good); Gone With the Wind coal oil lamp (no burner); pewter base coal oil lamp; coal oil lamp; ivory dresser set. BOOKS: Full series of Great War books; large set of Elsie books by Martha Findlay. DISHES: Basin and pjtcher toilet set; Homer Lauglar blue tea set; 6 hand painted tin plates; Limouge tea seat; Saddler set; hand painted vases; .Currier & Ives pieces; Nippon, Bavaria cream and sugar and tray; Royal Worchester: Goa Eilbon partial dinner set; Lady Louise par- tial dinner set; Crockville china partial dinner set; Edwin Knowles (Marrion pattern); partial dinner set; 2 Staffordshire partial dinner sets Japanese tea set; cut glass; water set; col- oured glass; depression glass; goblets; Indian tree partial dinner., set; cocoa pot; 18 piece Nip- pon child's set consists of 6 cups, 6 saucers and 6 tea plates. „,SILVER: 5 piece silver tea service; silver cof- fee urn; 4 piece silver tea service; 2 chests of silver complete for 8; 1 chest of silver com- plete for 12; silver pieces. MISC.: Pots and pans; some everyday dishes; fracture board; sump pump; electric heater; crokinole board; full roll of inlaid linoleum 3' wide x 30'; plus misc. items. TERMS: Cash or Cheque with Proper I.D. Sale Day. Owner or Auctioneer Not Responsible for Accidents or Loss of Property Sale Day. NOTE: This is an excellent offering of both fur- niture and dishes so please plan to 'attend. Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE 485 Victoria Ave. S., Listowel Phone 291-3489