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The Rural Voice, 1983-02, Page 50i WAN', 'OUNT Y STO: Baking Supplies at Bulk Prices • Vitamin supplements and herbal remedies • Herbs and spices • Gourmet coffee and tea 1 J)•(iCOWAN'S COUNTRY STORE O�3 ,���4 169 Main St. E., Listowel 291-2118 a s'o Here are a few of the February specials at P. E. M. TIRE SUPPLY 345-2400 Motorcraft ® Motorcraft Automotive 20.8 x 38 rear tractor tires 1100 R 22.5 steel radial truck tires P215/75R15 steel radial passenger tires 15°%, off S600. each S350. each S95. each Car undercoating using NEW oil $20./car plus tax (Trucks - $25. plus tax) May be slight charge if pre -cleaning needed. Visit our new location just each of Dublin on the south side of Highway 8. ..Where customers come first • Welding • Fabricating • Maintenance WILLIAMSON WELDING & REPAIRS TRUCKS and TRACTORS R.R. 1, Walton 519887-9078 BERG SALES -SERVICE -INSTALLATIONS FREE ESTIMATES • Barn Cleaners • Bunk Feeders • Stabling • Hydraulic Pumps Donald G. Ives R.R. #2 Blyth Phone Brussels 887-9024 PG. 50 THE RURAL VOICE, FEBRUARY 1983 GISELE IRELAND REPLACING MEMORIES Every home has a particular room that is the family favourite and most likely looks like a well read book, a little four little to dog-eared. Ours was furnished ten years ago with toddlers in mind. The colour scheme was as close butter as we could manage. This year. the whole family decided that the room had outlived its purpose because the youngest is in grade three. The time was here for a change. The brown vinyl couch, that had been covered with a throw over the past years to hide the many splits, was the first to go. It was kind of hard to get out of the floor because the legs were imbedded after years of body contact games and leaping upon it from door- ways. The end was held on with four peanut w inch spikes. Added to that were the two swivel rockers that instinctively dumped you backwards when you sat on them, or made you leap out of them if you happened to sit on the loose springs a certain way. We burned them with regret. The big wooden table which bore many scars from riding toys and surface lacerations from games, model glue and finger painting was taken out to be refinished. Once all the furniture was gone. the floor looked like a gopher field. Years of prying off wads of bubble gum and melted crayons from around registers with a kitchen knife has taken their toll. The baseboards were witness to the fact that all the sprogs could write their own names in various indelible materials. They would definitely need paint to cover the autographs. Surprisingly the panelling on the walls was in good shape. The ceiling needed a coat of white paint and one window needed to be replaced after it had stopped a stray hockey puck. The light fixture managed to survive through years of flying missiles and a lot of high sticking. After a six way discussion the new floor was finally chosen and we settled on a beige -brown carpet. The furniture was a bit trickier. Everyone wanted something different. One wanted flowers, the other stripes and Dad stipulated comfort. At his age a good time consists of laying horizontal and watching sports on the tube. A concensus was finally reached and we decided on plain rust and rust flowered pieces of seating equipment. The bookcases were cleaned out and I finally took out of storage,boxes of knick knacks that had been stored for safety. Out of habit I still put them on the top shelf of the bookcases. The curtains were the only sore spot. By the time we had come to the windows, we had run out of money. I went to Grandma's house and filched some white sheers and their most redeeming factor was that they were free. They did make me promise to take their fancy drape ideas into consideration once we could find some more loose loot. We rehung all the pictures of the children over their growing years and their mischievious smiles from the walls are a reminder of the history of the room. I wish now that I had taken a picture of the room before we started because that period of family life is gone, and who knows what the next ten years will bring?