The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-05-04, Page 181
Page 2 -Crossroads -May 4, 1983
Shirle
Whittington
Her ',.srnes
the humdinger
These days,, music follows
us wherever we go. From
morning, when the clock
radio zaps us with something
catchy, to evening when the
Journal signs off with vague-
ly heraldic trumpets, music
seems to come at us from
every corner. Music oozes
into cars, drug stores, eleva-
tors, supermarkets and
restaurants. One prosperous
little city I know serenades
shoppers continuously with
canned music that floats
along the revitalized main
street.
Maid streets without
music systems are infested
by lardheads who parade
with tape decks the size of
portable sewing machines.
Any day now, local music
lovers will park at the beach
in vehicles which are really
just mega -watt stereos, with
wheels.
Learn to Draw contest
winners are announc
We have received the
results of the "Learn to
Draw" contest and the
winners are announced this
week.
The first place winner in
each category receives the
Jelly Beans album by Danny
Coughlan and a silver dollar.
Second, third, fourth and
fifth place winners in each
category receive a silver
dollar.
These were the prizes
announced in the first week
of the contest. However, so
many excellent drawings
were received that a number
of honorable mentions have
been added to each category
and these honorable mention
winners as well will receive
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ICY KIDS LEAN TO DRAW
MIRK DANNY C
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1. Here's Danny's complete drawing.
2. Finish what Danny started.
3. Now try it yourself!
silver dollars.
There were no entries in
the five years and under
class.
Ages 6, 7 and 8: First,
Steven Anderson, Kitchener;
second, Melanie Goulding,
Elmira; third, Julie Brown,
RR 1, Listowel; fourth,
Shirley Anne Kuepfer, RR 2,
Milverton; fifth, Vicki Hen -
rich, RR 1, Waterloo.
Honorable Mention: Mark
Paulin, Wingham; Jason
Wright, RR 3, Harriston;
Sarah Frey, RR 2, Wallen -
stein; Enos Frey, RR 2,
Wallenstein; Mary Adams,
RR 1, Palgrave.
Ages 9 and 10: First,
Samantha George, Wing -
ham ; second, • Elvina Frey,
RR 2, Wallenstein; third,
Harold Kuepfer, RR 2, Mil-
verton; fourth, Bradley
Mikel, Elmira; fifth, Heidi
Rothwell, Paisley.
Honorable Mention: Chris
Powell, Listowel; Kathy
Newell, RR 5, Wingham;
Diane Johnston, RR 1,
Gowanstown; Stephen Kuep-
fer, RR 1, Milverton; Merlin
Leon Frey, RR 2, Wallen -
stein; Justin Ping, Wing -
ham; Jeff Staub, Arthur;
Sheila Turner, RR 2, Pal-
merston; Laurie Kaye
Wright, RR 3, Harriston;
Lori Brown, RR 1, Listowel;
Christina Grant, Elmira;
Julie Henry, Wingham.
Ages 11 . and 12: , First,
'Kevin Martin, Wallenstein;
second, Nikki Reavie, Wing -
ham ; third, Valerie Frey,
RR 2, Wallenstein; fourth,
Sandra Wilhelm, RR 2, Pal-
merston; fifth, Catharine
Brubacher, RR 2, Bluevale.
Honorable Mention:
Steven Elliott, RR 1,
Gowanstown; Margaret
Hills, Moorefield; Jeff Earl,
RR 2, Listowel; Lisa Aberlb,
RR 2, Elmira; . Geraldine
Donkersgoed, RR 3,
Moorefield; Roseanne Gill,
RR 2, Listowel; Paula
Atkinson, RR 1, Schomberg;
Louisa Bauman, RR 4,
Elmira; Shirley Cunning-
ham, Palmerston.
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Winners and those receiv-
ing honorable mention from
Wingham, and Wingham and
Bluevale routes may pick up
there prizes at The Wingham
Advance -Times office.
Listowel, RR 1, Listowel,
RR 2, Listowel, Palmerston
and RR 2, Palmerston, and
Gowanstown RR 1 winners
will find their prizes waiting
for them at The Banner
office.
Milverton route winners
may drop in to The Sun office
for their prizes and the
Wallenstein and Walleiystein
route winners will find their
prizes ° at Weber's One -Stop
Store in Wallenstein.
All other prices were
mailed on Monday of this
week. We hope these winners
have received their silver
dollars by or before the time
this week's Crossroads
a arrives.
crossroads
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It is wonderful to reflect on
the ingenuity of the man who
invented the musical toilet -
paper holder, or the Scotch
decanter that chimes "How
Dry I Am" when lifted. A
lady I know has a wind-up
apparatus upon which you
set the telephone receiver
while you run for whomever
is wanted on the phone. The
distant caller gets an earful
of gentle tinkly tunes.
Watches, content for years
with quiet ticking, now emit
tunes. A man whose wrist
suddenly beeps ' Plaisir
d'Amour" knows it's time to
leave the sales meeting and
move on to the next appoint-
ment, whatever that may be.
Canadian ragtime and jazz
pianist John Arpin uses an
answering device which
serenades callers with his
rollicking keyboard ar-
rangements. Phone our local
radio station and the same
thing happens. They don't
put you on hold: they put you
on hear.
Now a U.S. company has
developed a musical device
that replaces the boring old
ringing that announces that
your telephone requires
picking up and answering. If
you install this pre-program-
med micro -chip, your phone
won't ring. It will sing.
The device is being billed
as suitable for business as
well as pleasure, and trans-
plant surgeons should get a
lot of mileage out of the idea.
Imagine calling Dr. Chris-
tian Barnard for instance,
and hearing: "Won't you
give your heart to me?"
How would Wayne Gret-
zky's phone ring? With "I've
grown accustomed to her
faceoff?"
Phone the headquarters of
the PLO and you might hear
a snappy rendition of "Yes
Sir! That's my Arafat! ". A
call \to the home of Indira
Ghandi might elicit a record-
ing of "Whose Sari. Now?".
Her business 'telephone ;
would serenade callers with
hits from 0 Calcutta.
If Dolly Parton subscribed
to this service there would be
no difficulty in finding ap-
propriate music "Mammar-
ies of You" seems a natural.
Does Linda Lovelace have a
phone? I bet it tinkles "I'm
in the nude for love".
Retiring teachers would
find "Bye Bye Blackboard"
an appropriate substitute for
the dull ringing noise a tele-
phone usually makes. Arthur
Murray dance studios which
are located upstairs over a
grocery store could greet
callers with "Waltz in A
Flat".
Brian Mulroney, the Con-
servative leadership hope-
ful, might consider setting
the words to a famous poem
to music: "A jug of wine, a
comic book, and thou beside
me, voting in the wilder-
ness."
Ever since I saw the mem-
bers of Canada's United Na-
tions peacekeeping forces in
their pale blue tams, I've
thought it would be fitting if
their phones rang to the
strains of "Blue Beret Hill".
If the Phone -Tune idea
catches - on, making phone
calls will be as much fun as
listening to the top 40 on
radio. I see an interesting fu-
ture for the fellow who in-
vented the notion. I've even
thought of something he
could program to indicate
that the line is busy.
"The Flight of the Bum-
blebee". Isn't that a hum-
dinger?
9111111Bill Smiley
Dropme a line
sissimariamigewp
This is neither an Old
Home Week nor a Remem-
brance Day column. It is
merely a desperate attempt
to catch up with my corres-
pondence, triggered by a
week's holiday, in which I, at
first tentatively, then fran-
tically, pawed through the
unanswered letters on my
desk.
Oh, yes, I have a secre-
tary. But she's not worth a
diddle. She's great on emp-
tying ashtrays, sorting my
desk until I can't find any-
thing, and telling me I'll
never be a writer until I
learn to change a typewriter
ribbon.
She also serves a great cup
of tea when I am script-
orially constipated, and
fending off phone calls when
I sit before the infernal
machine in a catatonic state.
But she simply won't get
down to it, and write my
column for me. What's the
point of having a secretary if
you have to do the dirty work
yourself? Especially when
she's practically a blood
relative: your wife?
Back to the letters. We'll
work from about now back
through a year or two.
A letter from Orest Woy-
chuk of Wainwright, Alta.,
hit me where it hurts. He'd
read a column in which I re-
ferred to his brother,
Roman, "Chuck", an old
POW buddy. Chuck is dead;
flew into a hill down in Que-
bec in 1957. We'd planned, in
our young romanticism, to
go to Yucatan, Mexico, when
we got out of prison camp.
Chuck was' reckless and
violent. I could have pre-
dicted his end. I was re-
minded of him when I read a
dedication to a novel: "To
the victims of the Great
War; among whom are the
survivors." One of his favor-
ite sayings was, "If you sleep
fast enough, you can get five
or , six hours sleep in two
hours."
Orest says, in understate-
ment, "He was very restless
on his return from overseas
- there's no need to explain
why - yboth were there
and went thru it all." Chuck
hadee wives, and his
brother says they? "Had a
hard 'time catching up with
him", because, "My home is
where I hang up my hat for a
few moments." Poor girls.
Poor Chuck.
Another old ghost turned
up recently: Don McCuaig,
former private in His
Majesty's forces; former
newspaper editor, the
scourge of the upper Ottawa
Valley. For some reason,
this idiot and I have an affin-
ity that transcends almost
everything. We can meet
after ten years and
thoroughly enjoy each
other's company. Silly duffer
is in France, living in a vil-
lage, taking an immersion
course in the language. I can
just hear that Ottawa Valley
Irish coming through the
French. For example, "ter-
rible". In French it comes
out, "Terreeb", with a little
guttural on the 'r'. In Ottawa
Valley it comes out, "Tur-
bul."
Here's one from Jack See-
ley, Hay River, NWT. Yes,
Jack, I'm guilty. I am the
guy you worked with on the
old Hamonic on the upper
Great Lakes in 1937-38-39.
But I am no longer the fellow
you recall as "A handsome
and intelligent young man
from Perth, Ontario by the
name of Bill Smiley. We
were both stupid to be work-
ing for one dollar a day,
twelve hours a day, thirty
days a month. And I am not
handsome, merely distin-
AM OLD TIRE. NALP-B
MIME, MAKE& A STURVI
TIE. IT ISH'1'. THEFT -
PROOF BUT IT WOULD
HE MAIN 114 MON
guished. You were the hand-
some one, with your lean
face, blond hair. Remember
Peachy diving off the hurri-
cane deck? Remember Capt.
Bill Taylor flouncing around
like a French gigolo, wooing
the lady passengers in an
aura of sweat and booze? He
wound up as a bartender,
after the S. S. Noronic burn-
ed.
And another from Bob
Love, somewhere in Alta.
(envelope lost), a long and
friendly and warm letter of
reminiscences and shared
experiences.
And another from Mrs.
Jay Webster of Lake Fran-
cis, Man., which tells a lot
about the state of Canadian
publishing, book -selling, and
Winnipeg as a cultural
centre. "Would enjoy
reading the books you men-
tion, Boys, Bombs and Brus-
sels Sprouts by Doug Har-
vey, and Terror in the Star-
board Seat, by Dave 'McIn-
tosh. After asking on the
average of once a month in
the Cole Book Stores in
Winnipeg, I was told it
wasn't on the order form so
couldn't be ordered. Some-
body must be failing in their
job if these books aren't
available west of Toronto."
Somebody is, lady. Cana-
dian publishers, notoriously
timorous, would rather
spend money on public rela-
tions for their name than
pushing books with merit,
but without a big -name
author. Canadian booksel-
lers are generally subsidiar-
ies of American or British
chains. Most of them
couldn't name ten Canadian
writers to save their souls.
In line with that, I recently
received word, via my prin-
cipal, that the school board
wants me to write a "ration-
ale" for two fine Canadian
books I put on my list:
"Lives of Girls and Women",
by Alice Munro, and "The
Wars", by Timothy Findley.
Both of these have been
widely acclaimed. Both are
works of art. Both were
printed and written in
Canada by Canadian
writers. And I must write a
"rationale" for their accept-
ance. The Board doesn't
have to write a "rationale"
for questioning them. I do,
for suggesting them. So
much for supporting Cana-
dian writers.
More letters. A card from
my daughter, almost three
years old. "I was thinking of
you a lot as your 60th birth-
day approached. I love you a
lot. Always have. Always
will. I have just begun to be
aware of the things you have
taught me: strength, perse-
verance, tolerance and
humor." Thanks a lot, baby.
Just went through the old
cheques. Sure enough.
And eleventy-seven other
letters. I'll get at them dur-
ing the summer holidays.
But don't let that stop you. I
need nourishment. Drop a
line and let me know that my
secretary is not the only one
who reads this column.
Sleeve problems
By BETTY W. KINSER
Would you believe the
number of things that can
go wrong with the sleeve
area of a garment? Now,
I'm not talking about prob-
lems in -construction
(which can be numerous),
I'm talking fit. It is amaz-
ing the ways you can be un-
comfortable in a sleeve.
For example, shoulder
width. If the shoulder of
your garment ' is too wide,
it .will cause a tightness
(that's right, a tightness)
across the upper arm. The
cap of the sleeve - instead
of being over the top of
your arm - is moved down
on the arm, rearranging
the sleeve and putting
stress across the arm.
If the shoulder is too nar-
row, you will feel a pulling
on the sleeve when you
raise your arms or bring
them forward. You can't
spend the rest of your life
with your arms at your
sides.
If the back of the gar-
ment is too narrow, there
will be a sharp cutting feel-
ing in the front curve,of the
armhole.
If the bodice is too wide
in the area between shoul-
ders and bustline, you
won't like it. When you try
to raise your arms, there
will be a terrible pulling
and your entire blouse will
ride up to your chin.
When there is a discom-
fort in an area such as the
armhole, rearrange the
garment to see what the
solution might be.
For too -wide shoulders,
pinch a fold in the shoulder
of the garment and just
feel that discomfort disap-
pear. Back bodice too nar-
AUCTION SALE
HARRISTON LION'S
CONSIGNMENT SALE
Of Household Effects, Appliances to be held
at the Harriston and Minto Curling Complex,
on:
Saturday, May 7, 1983
11:00 a.m.
INCLUDES: 16 cu. ft. Viscount freezer; 1
range vent hood; 2 Franklin stoves; 1 wringer
washer; 1 Electrohome humidifier; 2 spin-dry
washers; 1 auto cooker; 1 deep fryer; card
table and chairs; 2 sets TV tables; 1 3 -drawer
dresser; 1 coffee table; 1 single bed mattress
and box spring; 1 chesterfield suite; 1 swivel
rocker; 1 table lamp; 1 bookcase headboard; 1
set table lamps; 1 black and white portable TV;
2 chairs; 5 end tables; preserving jars; gallon
jars; 2 B&W TVs.
ANTIQUES: Buffet; Marconi radio; 2 wicker
baskets; 1 Crown crock; trunk; 2 tub benches;
White sewing machine; 2 Remington
typewriters; Harriston stove; pedestal sink;
brass light fixture, 4 bulbs; blow torch; cast iron
bathtub, finished enamelled side and end; cor-
nered basin; bonnet cabinet; 2 armchairs; 4
chairs; dresser; armchair; 2 brass steam
whistles; captain's clock; Aug. 25, 1947 issue
of Toronto Star; Aug. 25, 1947 issue of the
Guelph Mercury.
SPORTING GOODS: Tent, approximately 10' x
12'; 2 Coleman coolers; boys' and girls' bikes;
1 ladies' 10 speed; 1 Moped, as is; 3 sets
alpine skis with poles; child's swimming pool;
12' x 12' screen; tent.
MISC.: 1 electric snowblower; 1 roto tiller; 1
aluminum door; 1 set swinging doors; 1 set in-
terior shutters; truck insect deflector; spring
compressor for repair of Brigg's and Stratton
motor; anti -sway bars; car radio; Amprobe volt
meter; assorted children's toys and books; In-
dustrial alimander heater; 1 set ET mags,14"
unifit.
BOAT: 16' Chrysler fiberglass with 105 hp
Chrysler motor and trailer.
Other consignments. Consignments taken
until sale day.
Owner or Auctioneers not responsible for
accidents day of sale.
Any announcements or corrections given day
of sale, verbally.
Lunch Booth.
Auctioneers:
BARRY & KEITH GRAY
(519)338-3722 or 343-3607
row? Slip one arm out of
garment to allow more
width, on the opposite side.
See how it helps? Garment
too wide? Fold out all the
fullness and notice the dif-
ference.
Oh, yes, there is one
more sleeve problem -
the level of the underarm
curve. Too high or too low,
it can be miserable. Usual-
ly we find armhole curves
too high on those figures
with square shoulders; and
too -low curves on those
with sloping shoulders. If
you have neither of these
features, but still have a
curve problem, perhaps
you should reconsider the
size pattern you buy.
AUCTION SALE
for:
ESTATE OF
NORMAN McDOWELL
Plus additions from a Fordwich home, to be
held in the Kurtzville Community Centre, on:
Tuesday, May 109. 1983
6:30 p.m.
SALE CONSISTS OF: Oak dining table, chairs,
buffet and china cabinet; 24" Westinghouse
range; chrome table and chairs; 14" RCA por-
table colour TV; recliner chair; Hoover spin
washer; fridge; stereo record player; antique
wooden rocker; swivel rocker; chesterfield and
chair; antique wooden bed; bookcase bed;
Electrohome vacuum cleaner; 2 trunks; treadle
sewing machine; double barrel shot gun (FAC
required).
DISHES & CHINA: Nippon salt and pepper,
candy dish, flower vase, and cream and sugar;
rose bud vase; crystal basket; German cups;
plus assorted dishes and glasswear; Wear -
Ever cookware.
GENERAL: Lawn mower; hydraulic jack; large
selection of garden and hand tools.
TERMS: Cash.
Executor or auctioneer not responsible for
accidents or loss of property.
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AUCTION SALE
Of Appliances, Furniture, Dishes, Antiques &
Misc. Items, for:
MRS. ALMA PUGH
270 Inkerman St., Palmerston.
Also
OLIVE & BOB
CUNNINGHAM
Ethel.
Sale will be held in the Kurtzville Community
Centre, located 2 miles north of Listowel, on
Hwy. 23 and 4 miles west of Gowanstown,
on:
Saturday, May 14, 1983
12:00 noon
APPLIANCES: Simplicity spin-dry washer;
Westinghouse electric clothes dryer; Beatty
wringer washer; Kenmore electric broom;
R gina electric broom; refrigerator (green);
30" white stove; small electrical appliances;
Viking humidifier.
FURNITURE: Chesterfield and chair in rose
velvet; sectional 3 piece chesterfield (beige
-and good); chesterfield and chair in gold floral
cut velvet; bronze kitchen suite with oval table
and 4 chairs; lady's writing desk; tree lamp;
small tables and lamps; wall mirrors; pictures
and frames; 2 floor lamps; telephone table and
bench; swag Tamp; clothes horse; radio -record
player cabinet; TV tables; 2 bronze maple seat
bar stools; Magnus small portable chord organ;
smoker stands; card tables; wool jute back
maple carpet, 11'/2' x 19' (azure blue, good);
gold semi -sheer drapes, 96" x 405" (good);
Cedar -Lane' chest; continental bed; box spring
and mattress, (like new); matching bed spread,
curtains and dresser lamps; bedroom armchair;
single bed with headboard; chest of drawers;
Singer electric sewing machine, cabinet model;
2 oval braided rugs, 9' x 12' (good); bedding
and linens; books; medical books.
DISHES: Variety of good dishes, including ap-
proximately 30 mixed pieces of hand painted
Nippon, Noritake; Depression glass; copper
lustre; flow blue pieces; Harriston Royal Hotel
plates; small collection of bottles; cruets.
ANTIQUES: Grecian half -back sofa; Victorian
style sofa in good condition; spool legged ex-
tension table with leaves, good finish in maple;
4 matching wooden dining room chairs with
press pattern seats; wooden extension table;
wicker rocking chair; parlour table; 4 wooden
chairs; cutter robe; 2 wool buggy spreads;
team bells; variety of bells; cradle telephone
and wooden wall box; brass fire extinguisher; 2
china jardinieres; china base coal oil lamp; coal
oil lamp; toilet pitcher and vase; blanket box;
iron and brass bed; dresser with bevelled mir-
ror; washstand with towel bar, all good; flat top
trunk; 2 washboards; variety of Red wear and
Waterloo County crocks, jugs; Beehive quart
jar, Rose quart, Purtian quart, no -dot Crown, 2
Beaver quarts; dash churn; parts for hanging
lamp; pine bench; single drop leaf table with 3
drawers.
MI SC.: Lawn furniture including patio table, um-
brella; fiberglass window awning; quantity of
paint; tack room curtains; Addo-X electric ad-
ding machine; wooden stepladders; aluminum
extension ladders.
LAWN MOWERS: Ariens ride -on lawn mower,
4 speed, 5 hp, 26" mower, like new; gas push
lawn mower; garden tools and handyman tools;
boy's and girl's bikes; doll buggy.
SAFE: Fireproof office size safe on wheels.
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale
day.
Owners or Auctioneer not responsible for
accidents or loss of property sale day.
Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE
485 Victoria. Ave. S.,
Listowel. 291-3489