The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-01-26, Page 18Page 8—Crossroads—Jan. 26, 1983
Byron birthdate
English poet Lord Byron
was born on Jan. 22, 1561 in
London.
CHYM/CKGL FM
Yeats death
On Jan. 28, 1939, English
poet William Yeats died at
the age of 73 years.
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WILLIAM J. LEESON
JAMES T. WEBB, General
Manager of CHYM/CKGL FM is
pleased to announce the
appointment of William J. Leeson
as Sales Manager for
CHYM/CKGL FM Radio Stations.
Bill has been with CHYM/CKGL
FM for the past two years as
Sales Representative.
Previous to this Bill was with
Radio Stations in Guelph and
Kitchener.
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H. GORDON
(GREEN
There can't be many
Canadians who have seen as,
many Royal Winter Fairs as
I have because I saw my first
one in 1931 and I have missed
very few since. And to me its
appeal is as fresh as ever.
I always head for the cattle,
barns first. For the city man
who doesn't know which end
of a cow gets up first and who
doesn't particularly relish
the smell of either end of her,
I suppose that the strange
bond between cattle and the
men' who breed them will al-
ways remain a mystery. But
as the great naturalist John
Burroughs once wrote
"There is virtue in a cow;
she is full of goodness; the
whole landscape looks out of
her soft eyes. I had rather
have the care of good cattle
than be the keeper of the seal
buckets and others whose
one reason for being is to fit
into a tiny cage and poop out
the millions of pale -yolked
eggs you buy in the super-
market. But the hen in the
modern hen penitentiary
bears no more resemblance
to her beautiful cousin in a
poultry show than a bed-
raggled scrub woman bears
to the latest centrefold in
Playboy.
I must repeat that I am a
cattleman myself. That I
have good cattle — good
enough to be shown almost
anywhere. So I know as well
as John Burroughs did that
between fine cattle and the
man who breeds them there
is something which is inex-
plicably spiritual.
But IA sell them all tomor-
row if they didn't earn their
of the nation." keep.
I'm a horse lover too. And for the horse lovers —
There have always been the bridle rich of the Royal's
horses on our own farm famous horse show as well as
though when they come up to the lovers of good horses
the gate to talk to me I've everywhere — their
never been able to tell them gleaming mounts mean big
why. And at the fair 1 thrill money. There's even big
as much as ever to the pomp money in big horses now.
and poetry of the horse show. Thirty years ago the draft
I love the heavy horses too horse may have, been fox
and I still find myself gazing meat but today he's a status
into a box stall inhabited by a symbol as well as money in
ton of Percheron to marvel the bank.
how any hide can be so full of And my friends the pigs? It
horse. And I am equally en- is with profound regret that I
tranced at the sight of some have to tell you that almost
mammoth Clydesdale all of them have now run
getting his feet washed and afoul of the tragedy of agri-
beautified untill there's a business.
plume of fluffy white on The Royal is truly the
every giant hoof (Yes, great strutting place for all
Virginia, there is such a of country Canada and it
thing as `horse feathers') . provides magnificent proof
And the pigs? Oh don't get that man has carried out the
me talking about pigs again! Almighty's command to
Wandering into the pig barn e1' have "dominion over the
is like going back home for fowl of the air and over the
an Old Boys' Reunion.
But do you know where I
spent most of my time at this
year's Royal?
At the poultry show. I
walked every aisle of that
tremendous exhibition this
year. Walked most of them
twice. Now for those who
have never visited one, there
can be no adequate
description of a large poultry
show. There are chickens
here small enough to fit in
your pocket, and others are
so big it takes a double cage
to hold one. There are
chickens with fur instead of
feathers; chickens' sporting
Easter hats; others in pants
and snowshoes; chickens
" with barred feathers,
spangled feathers, pencilled
feathers. There are even
chickens whose every
feather, even the tiny ones in
its neck, is tipped with a tri -
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every bird here is, to the
man or woman who owns it
at least, beautiful. And not a
creature here was raised
with any. thought of making
money.
I hear by the grapevine
that some of the great people
in the Royal's top office are
now suggesting that it might
be time to close out their
poultry show. The space
(-could undoubtedly be put to
more profitable use and
after all, the Royal is sup-
posed to be an agricultural
show, isn't it? And is the
raising and coddling of fancy
feathers really agriculture?
It isn't of course. It is art.
There are kinds of chickens
designed to fill Colonel
Saunder's finger-lickin'
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cattle, and over all the earth
." But this fair also re-
minds us incessantly that
man expects to be rewarded
fol• achieving such mastery.
That his never ceasing effort
to make his animals more
efficient has but one im-
portant aim and that is to
make more money for him.
Only the quiet, kindly peo-
ple in the poultry hall are
different: For those are the
only countrymen left to us it
seems whose labor is
prompted by nothing more
than an incurable love of
beauty
I cannot believe that the
powers that be in the Royal's
head office really intend to
phase out the poultry show.
Indeed had I been told 'that
this year's show would be the
last in this hall, I think I
would have stayed that extra
day in Toronto — stayed till
the show's closing moment.
And then as the quiet, kindly
people began to file out with
their beloved feathered
friends, I think I would have
stood by and lifted my hat as
to a funeral passing.
Women's hair thicker
Women's head hair is
slightly thicker in diameter
than men's. The diameter of
scalp hair increases rapidly
and uniformly during the
first three or four years of
life, but after age 10 it in-
creases slowly or not at all.
Sing it again, Sam!
Most birds sing in early
morning •or at dusk, but
some carol throughout the
day. The record -holder is a
red -eyed vireo that repeated
its song 22,197 times in a sin-
gle day.
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By JAMES G.
McCOLLAM
Member, Antique
Appraisers Assoc.
of America
Q: This doll has been in
my possession since I was 9
years old.
The doll's head is made
of china with eyes that
open and close. It is 141/2
inches tall. The arms are
made of composition and
jointed.. At the base of the
Backgammon
By Ward
X's best play by far is
Bar/23, 6/5', hitting O's
blot on the 5 -point. The ob-
ject is to prevent 0 from
making the 5 -point and
gaining a big advantage in
the game.
Of course, 0 will proba-
bly bit right back. A total
of 21 out of O's 36 possible
rolls do bit next turn. But
X's risk is slight because X
is almost certain to re-
enter immediately.
X will lose ground in the
race, but this is not an im-
portant consideration at
this early stage of the
game.
Now is the time to strive
for positional advantages;
making key blocking points
and establishing an ad-
vanced anchor in the oppo-
nent's home board. Much
later, positional advantag-
es, if any, can be converted
into a racing lead.
That's why X must de-
stroy O's atteiltpt to estab-
lish an advanced anchor on
X's 5 -point. Any cost to X is
easily worth it. In an ex-
change of hits, 0 is much
the loser for not having
made the 5 -point.
Being bit may even help
X make O's 5 -point (the 20 -
point). The man sent to the
bar is an extra builder, al-
lowingadditional rolls
such as 5-4 to make the
point.
A common kind of mis-
take is to play the 2-1 its
Bar/23, 9/8. This overcau-
tious approach leaves X
with an inflexible position
that is hard to improve.
Relatively few of X's rolls
make new points or even
play safely.
As a result, X is more
likely to suffer a disastrous
bit later in the game when
0 has a strong home board.
Another common mis-
take would be to make the
23 -point with Bar/23, 24/23.
In this position, the 23 -
point is a particularly bad
place for an anchor.
0 bas a blocking point,
the 17, six points away, the
most effective distance for
blocking purposes.
This will make it very
difficult for X to advance
these men safely during
the rest of the game.
Probably the best alter-
native to the recommended
play is Bar/22. This play is
too passive however, as it
concedes the initiative to
0.0 would have the advan-
tage of one fewer man
back than X, plus a much
better chance of making an
advanced anchor.
Points are numbered 1
to 24, starting with X's
home board at the lower
left. A move, for example,
from the 7 -point to the 3 -
point is written 7/3. 7/3•
means that a man was bit
on the 3 -point. 7/3(2) means
that two men were moved
to the 3 -point.
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REVALO DOLL
. Made In the 1920s
in Germany
head, it is marked "Revalo,
Germany."
Can you determine the
age and value of the doll?
A: Revalo dolls were
made by Gebruder
Ohlhaver in Hamburg, Ger-
many. Yours was made in
the 1920s. In good condi-
tion, it should be ` worth
$500 to $600.
Q: My Hummel No. 4,
"Little Fiddler," has the
enclosed mark on the bot-
tom. Can you tell me when
it was made and its current
value?
A: This is the Stylized
Bee Mark which was used
from 1960 to 1972. It is cur-
rently selling from $100 to
$145, depending on condi-
tion and market area.
HUMMEL FIGURINES:
These are the Hummel
marks used from 1970 to
the present. The top three
are versions of the Last
Bee Mark and the bottom
is the Missing Bee Mark
currently being used.
These are estimated
prices for "Shepherd's
Boy," Hummel No. 64:
Crown Mark — $275
Full Bee Mark — $200
Stylized Bee Mark —
$120
Three Line Mark — $110
Last Bee Mark — $95
Missing Bee Mark — $89
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LITTLE FIDDLER
... Bears the
Stylized Bee Mark
is.wr
H ndwriting
Tells
Get on
with
living
By DOROTHY
ST. JOHN JACKSON
Certified
Graphoanalyst
Dear Dorothy: My hus-
band has had his own band
for the past 2 years. He is
gone every night. Very
often, he wants me to go
along with him, but I pre-
fer to stay home in the eve-
ning, relax and watch TV.
— H.C.
Dear H.C: Stay home.
Relax. Watch TV. Pretty
soon, you'll be as smart as
the Flintstones. It's your
fear of new and different
situations, where you
might feel out of place,
seen in your small and
closely spaced writing,
that keeps you so near to
yourself. Long ago, you cut
yourself off from close as-
sociation with others.
Somehow, you were given
cause to lack trust in peo-
ple in general, seen in the
squared off loop on g.
You are a tactful person,
seen in the tapering of m's
and n's, and you're hand-
ling your man on this issue,
because you don't like fric-
tion. He's accepted. But
how long will this last?
He might just get used to
your "no's," and quit ask-
ing. That's just when you'll
start wondering what's
wrong with him. Best you
start counting your bless-
ings for that special kind of
husband who is willing to
take you along, when he
has a perfect excuse to
leave you at home.
Companionship is al-
ways the soundest basis of
marriage, and it's this rich
ingredient that makes it
more rewarding with each
passing year.
Try scanning your life.
Scratch out the people and
the happenings of your past
that have no right to con-
sume you now. So get on
with living, you can't just
stand still.
If you stay home, relax
and watch TV, you'll see
yourself slip, quietly and
comfortably, into disre-
gard.
But, the band will still
play on.
Get your rear in gear.
Take a walk.
%:ilia a hi. 4.T.*h'.
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2 door, 4 cylinder, 4 speed, economy plus
1977 IMPALA
4 door, V8 automatic
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4 door, V8, automatic, 26,000 miles
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Completely redone .. .
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V8, 4 speed overdrive, only 13,000 km
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