The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-03-07, Page 22•
$ -- +Iaseroads-March 7, I_974--
13ill Smiley
Confessions of an aging jock
Ole of these days I'm going to
halve to sit down and have 1.' tie
talk with rnyselp
It Will go sotethirw like this:
„Look, B111. It'4 r<< you
acknowledged that a ,i never
be in the British Cons ,.o m pet}
tion for the curling championship
of Canada.
Let's face the fact that l treat
competitive spirit, tremendous
desire, and the heart of a lion are
not enough, You also need some
skill and some muscles.
"You curled in a local bonspiel
last weekend. Won two, lost two.
Not bad. You're 'a fifty-percenter
in sport. But on Monday morning,
when you bent over to tie your
shoe laces, you couldn't straigh-
ten up again. Somebody had
shoved a knife in your back, just
above the tail -bone. If your wife
wasn't pretty handy at
straightening things out, you'd
still be going around on all fours.
"Why- don't you forget that silly
business of running up and down
a sheet of ice like a rabbit gallop-
ing sideways, poundirfg_ the sur
face with a broom while some
• idiot yells, "Sweep!" as though
you were washing the'dishes in -
BARRY W. REID
CHARTERED
ACCOUNTANT
1..
218 Josephine Street
Wl:glr
357-1522
.FARM°FOR SALE
250 acres on highway No. 4
between Durham and Varney
•
w4 registered. Hereford
bulls •
-8 registered Hereford
Cows
-7 -rregister`ed Hereford
sliders �; ,
ALL EQUIPMENT
-2 tractors
-baler
hay "bind
Contact
,lora Dilworth 369-2182,
'DURHAM
69-2182-
DURHAM
Van Eyl Bros.
40 ft. feed racks $375.00
:16, 18, 20 ft. $20.00 per'k
bale racks <.
.zero. grazing harvesters
.whetl discs reconditioned
with now blades while stock
lasts.
.torn planters.
.cultivators - new and used
.fertilizer spribders 3 point
hitch list 5316.00
now 5266.00
.Schultz 200 bushel manure
spreaders save 5300.00
now 51,582.00
-new post hole S17#.00
augers
-scraper blades 6 ft. 5120.00
7 ft. $135.00
8 ft. 5250.00
.sprayers 100-500 U.S,. gallons
.wagons with used 5170.00
tires
.ploughs 3 • 6 ft. furrow
Clifford
327-8045
stead of sweeping your guts out?
"Why don't you stop blaming
the ice for being too keen or, too
heavy, when you know perfectly
well it is you who is too heavy and
not keen enough?
"Why don't you stop blaming
the skip for. not giving you the
right ice, when you know fulll well
you couldn't hit his broom' witha
front-end loader?
"Why don't you give up the
game, except for the safe position
of critic behind the glass, where
all the really hod shots are
made?'
"Why don't you just go -down to
the recreation room at the curl-
ing club, and fight it out with
Capt. Dalt Hudson for the undis-
puted Russian Billiard Cham-
pionship of the club? 'After all,
you beat him once, five years
ago, when he was only 72.
"And while we're having this
agonizing appraisal, why don't
you do the same about your golf?
A few years ago, when you were
shooting in the nineties, it is true
that Jack Nicklaus and Arnie
Palmer were trembling in their
boots. They knew a comer when
they saw one.
"But, as often happens to a
dark horse charging for the big
money, something happened. It
was bad enough having a tri k
shoulder and a trick knee. But
was when you started' pulling
those trick shots that .yoti should
have quit: like the booming
drives that used to go 100 yards
straight up and. 100 yards straight
down, landing twenty feet behind
the tee.
"Why don't you just play golf
with your wife, whom you can
beat handily if you remember to
say, "Woops! Don't lift your
head ! " just as she's starting her
Swing."
Yep., it's pretty sad When you
have .to get down to the concrete,
and discover it's fresh -poured
menti But that's the„way it g
with us aging athletes. We have'
only our shining memories to fall
back on.
I was pretty. good, track and
field"athlete; in the sprints and
.jumps: Orae year I was a cinch for
the .junior .championship.. Every.
Every-
flosty,t214i.evight before
the track meet, I went out with
some other guys, stealing grapes.
An over -zealous gardener chased
us four miles. Next day, however,
with a tremendous burst of pride
and speed, I managed. to finish
third in the 100 yards; fourth in
the 220.
In the days when you didn't
have to be a big, slavering brute
with haunches like hams, I was a
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PHILIPS & ROGERS
MAJESTIC "MODULAR 4"
SERVICE DEPOT
RON ASKETT
TELEVISION SALE
AND SERVICE
212/Main St. W. Listowel
Phone 291-3704 •
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MARTENS SPORTS CENTRE
. Suppliers of club jackets,
team uniforms, team
supplies.
Now taking orders for
STRETCH NYLON BALL
UNIFORMS
Orde► early to avoid
• disappointment
21 Market Place; 271-7710
STRATFORD
mil wi
MOBILE HOMES
DOUBLE -WIDE HOMES
Glendale
Marlette
Pyramid
Bendix
HOMES
ON
DISPLAY
• LONG.T(RM FINANCING
(10% DOWN)
MOBILIEE CENTRE
Nib. s HWY. BETWEEN HWY. 401
AND KITCHENER 653•57e8
pretty fair football quarterback.
And I have a broken nose and two
rickety knees to prove it.
In the airforce, I enjoyed, and
was good gat, formation flying.
Only trouble was that I some-
times formated with the wrong
people. One day I took off in a
cloud of dust, spotted another- Ty-
phoon, my leader, and joined him
in close formation. Rather to my
surprise, he circled the air -strip
and landed. I did too. I climbed
out and walked over to ask him
what was wrong. I'd never seen
him before in my life. .My
squadron was off in the wild, blue
yonder somewhere, one man
short.
I can't help envying the kids of
today. They can learn golf and
curling, sports they can use untl
they're decrepit, while they are
young.
When I was a kid, golf was for
the rich -- people earning away ,
up around $3,000 a year.- My only '
acquaintance with golf was div
ing for balls into- the river water
hazard into which the lady golf*
ers pumped ball after ball, We.
sold them back for a dime.
As for curling, that was a game
playedby eccentric old gentle..
men on an outdoor rink. ' '
But, -by golly, the rich and the,
eccentric old gentlemen didn't go
to the poolroom, and we did.
Maybe I started too late to
amount to anything on the ice or
the links, but I'll take any of these
other old fogies on, on the green
felt cloth.
Crossroads
Classifieds
For Sale
GLENDALE MOBILE HOMESt*
and Travel Trailers for sale; also
large fully serviced and land-
scaped mobile home lots for rent.
First sideroad west of Stratford
on Highway , 8, / mile north.
Crystal Lake Mobile Homes,
Court Ltd., RR 5, Stratford.
Phone 393-6121 ' tf
SEWING MACHINES
New. and Used - Service to all
makes. Agent for : White, Elna,
Universal,' Bernina, Omega.
BAYLEY SEWING MACHINES
805 - 10th St. E., Hanover.
364-3606
• 7-14-21-28
VERY .GOOD PRICES at your
complete lawn and garden cen-
tre, LLOYD'S SMALL ENGINES
RR 1, ATWOOD, 356-2639. We
even have Sekine first quality bi-
cyCles.
-$7.14
CAMPEiRS - Year end clear-
ance of rental Sunkamper hard-
top campers. Moore's Trailer
Mart Ltd., 377 Huron St., Strat-
ford - call 273-1850. • rrb
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ZDENO, all 1973 Honda models
still for the old price,. largest
selection of motorcycle parts, ac-
cessories and clothing in the
area, large selection of USED
BIKES; Zdeno Cycle Centre,
Honda Sales & Service, 431
Elizabeth Street, Guelph, .Ont.,
821-4590.
21-28-7-14
CAMPING
AND TRAILERS
JEWELL TRAILER SALES-
Starcraft, Jayco, Prowler, Glen-
dale. Open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed
Wednesdays. Highway 86 east,
Listowel. Phone 291-1158.
My 9
The Living Bible, buy ten get one
free. Bends Book & Bible- Shop,
505 Wallace Sciiith, Listowel.
14-21-28-7
FANTASTIC SPECIALS. '71
Moto Ski Grand Prix, '72 Moto Ski
Capri 400. '71 Sno-Jet S.S. 433, '71
Alouette 440 wide track, '73
Alouette '340 Eliminator. Your
LEISURE. TIME CENTRE, Don
McPhail Motors, Harriston.
28-7
THE LITTLE CASTLE
ON
WHEELS
IS
HERE
Don McPhail Motors
Harriston
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Copy for Crossroads • lass-
fieds must be received by .m.,
Wednesday of week prior to pub- .
&cation.
sprits. the=n _ rinsing with clear
"`
Aaate+:
Q. BoW can 1 prevent , window
glass fromistreahling ati 1 wash
it?
A. Adding ' alittle' vinegar to
your wash water wit, avoid"
streaking, and ttrfl'1 also nlakethe
glass sparkle'.
44. 'How ,vska, s► wnod*vo
uyUt 'imott thit wood that
has been rout out and' sculptured,
Into the desired shat!
.A. By boiling tftepiec r inpure
Otte oil for eight to ten tttinuteS.
Many, other such "hobby hints"
are contained' in: my hbuschol i-
hnts
book
Q. HOW Oar► I prevent chtoses
and Indian. m*tong it s *swell
as bamboo .curtains and furs.
itu re,, f irons Yellowing?
A. By ;ckwung them with
salt Wates
1. Can you ,sugp st an easy
repair for *msll.. totes In
linoleum?
0 .
• OftentiMes a good filet' For
such holes is prow dad by •
n ixtore' of finely chopped cork
and tial ld 14lt e.
• HQW 00,4 I 40104$ SIM?
Rt
• Just abut .the easiotend
simple way la to rub it or with
acfoth ri t with 'crows*.
BRUSSELS
MOTORS LTD.
'[Huron. County's :Foremost
Car & Truck Dealer"
BANK NAN, E PATE
Avg. 11„78 % over 36 Mos.
for new and used cars
28 Successful Years
In The Same Town
OPEN Weekdays till 10
Saturdays till 6
CARS and TRUCKS
887-6173
Wanted
LISTINGS WANTED, wanted,
wanted and APPRECIATED.
Horace A. Wells, Realtor, phone
348-3019 Palmerston anytime.
Your property deserves the
BEST. 28-7
Wanted To Buy
CARS, trucks and tractors for
wrecking. See us for any" parts,
towing or good used tires. ,Bill's
Auto Parts, phone 338-2021, RR 3;
Harriston. •
14-21-28-7.
Wanted To Rent
LAND FOR pasturing cattle. Ad-
vise acreage, price desired and if
water available. Apply. to, Box.
305, Wingham 1Adv.ahce:Tirnes.
Help Wanted
PERSON FOR WORK on apple
farm. Required March 18 to Dec.
13. Work involves pruning,
spraying, mowing, and orchard
supervision General farm ex-
perience helpful but notneces-
sary. Salary open. Aply to
Chudleigh's, RR 3, Milton, 416-
878-2725.
28-7-14
Mllliscellaneous
GUNS . BOUGHT, sold and re-
paired. Reloading components at
reduced prices. ABC Sporting
Goods, B. Jenkins, Minnie Street,
Wingham, rrpMar
FOR ALL YOUR power. needs,
Moto Ski snowmobiles, complete
line of -mowers, tillers and garden
tractors, quality Bolen's and
Toro equipment, see POWER
LAWN MOWER CENTRE, Har-
riston.
HURON DEAD STOCK
REMOVAL, CLINTON
We are now paying $5-$15
for fresh dead or disabled
cows' and horses over 500
lbs. 'Two' trucks to serve
you better. Fast efficient
service. Ali small farm
stock picked up free of
charge as a service to you.
License No. 237-C-7
Call us first, you won't
have to call anyone else.
24 -Hour Service
7 Days.a Week
CALL,COLLECT 482-9811
- office, travel and
tent TRAILERS
truck campers
truck caps
- trailer parts and
accessories
'opeuOloys,:alased Wed.:
2112 miles west of Hanover
on No. 4 Hwy. Ph. $64-3748
TPA/ LE'/?
SALES 5 RENTALS
PLAN YOUR
MOTORING
FUTURE NOW!
Increase the resale
value of your car or
truck with.
COMPLETE
PROTECTION
With
12% ',HsirA
HOUGHTON
PROCESS
51 7 1 1 th Ave.,
Hanover
Ca I I Les at 364-2832
"A MUST TO PREVENT
RUST"
14-21-28-7 ,
ATTENTION SKIERS
MINTO GLEN open this season
Saturday, Sunday and School
Holidays 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
flood -lit for night skiing Wednes-
day, Friday and Saturday 7:30 to
10:30 p.m. New Lodge facilities,
rental and runs, Downhill and
Cross Country Skiing, Snowino-
biling and Tobogganing. Special
Rates on season tickets for fami-
lies or clubs. MINTO GLEN SKI
CLUB, Harriston, dial 338-2007 or
338-2722.
rr Mar.
Q. What causes my iron to
stick to the clothing as I press it? .
A. Either too much starck
doilies not properly rinsed, or
dirt on the bottom of your iron
can cause this. If it's the bottom
of your iron that's at fault, rub
,it with a damp cloth when coal.
Polish with a dry cloth. For
stubborn cases. use silver polish.
or run the iron over a little tabic
salt spread on waxed paper. In
the case of rayons and other
synthetic fabrics. too hot aniron
will cause sticking.
Q. How can 1 relieve tired and
aching feet?
A. Boric acid in the foot bath
will not only relieve tired, per-
spiri►lg feet. but will also remove
any unpleasant odor.
Q. What have you to say
about the idea•ofsoakingclothes
before laundering them?
A. Don't soak them so long
that the dirt is distributed
through the fabrics. "soaking
soaking
overnight, be sure the sudsy
water is cold, or your clothes
will take nn a poor color.
Q. How can I remove stub-
born stains from my kitchen sink
or bathtub?
A. Try rubbing over these
stains with table salt dampened
with turpentine or mineral
TELEVISION
. AND STEREO
ANTENNA SERVICE
-Colour T.V. Towers
Our specialty.
-Year-round
service.
=Free est ii aces.
CALL COLLECT
364-3313
Doug Harker
HANOVER
HONDA
LARRY'S
CYCLE
WORLD
iMYM.YIOY✓-
- large stock used
- sales and SERVICE
Walkerton
8814984
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NEED A
NEW ROOF?
Contact Ralph
PHEASANT
RESTAURANT
Listowel
291.3031.
1 ., -
We Tell
You Sell
357-2320
W. D. `BILL' MAY
STATE FARM
INSURANCE
Auto-
Life- Fire
WINGHAM
35.7-3280
W
W
w
Phone 356-2802
A.B. BOWMAN
MFG. LTD.
IifiETAI FABRICATING
ATWOOD - ONTARIO
Also.
Metered Concrete
Mobile Service
ATWOOD PET
FOOD °SUPPLIES
LTD.
Due to the increase in
meat prices we are able
to give you top prices for
fresh, dead, or disabled
cows and horses.
We will pick up your
calves and - pigs ' free,
Radio equipped trucks
for the fastest service.
CASH ON THE SPOT
Local Calls
Atwood 356`2257
Long Distance •
Zenith 70650
7 Days a Week
24 Hours a Day
Lic. No. 427-C-73
i
8N*VMtANCt
AU Types of
' Insurance
335.3525• 357.2636
GORRIE WINGHAM
USE YOUR HEAD WHEN
SH6PPING FOjt YOUR FEET
SPECIAL care in fitting for
all ages.
attention to groups, clubs
sport teams and institutions
CUYLER SHOES
Palmerston
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LIVESTOCK
FOR SALE
Calves r Calves - Calves
Good Quality Holstein or Beef
Calves. 1 to 3 weeks old. Rea-
sonable Prices. We Deliver.
OSINGA BROS.
510.R.l R.S. 1.
*$1.412$ i latow"el
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LORENZ
Dead Stock Removal
520.00 for Horses
le dpound for Cows
FAST SERVICE
Phones Col leict - 349.2410
DURHAM
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YQu Can Beat
SAUGEEN
VALLEY MEAT
Wholesale
and
Retail Service
Neusta.dt
Phone. 327.8401
ain'on FACTORY
OUTLET
In Their Original
OLD MILL
e► ►ha railway hack
IN B1:YTH
Wool and LEATHER
PRODUCTS
Sew,.
14.04
BAINTON LTD -
El lyth
TD.Blyth 523.9373
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SMALL ENGINE
SERVICE. & REPAIR
M.C. SMITH SPORTS
DIVISION
M.. C. SMITH APPLIANCES
Authorized factory
service for:
TORO JOHN DEERE
BRIGGS & STRATTON
AND KAWASAKI °
Licensed mechanic
SilltAelnisestfoe.
service and major
repairs to most
other makes.
RR 2. Listowel - 291-3810
Mon. Thru Fri. - 8 to 6
WHERE OUR LOCATION
SAVES YOU MONEY
P&F
Lawn & Sports
LISTOWEL 291-2441
Licensed Mechanic
Visit Us Soon
CROSSROADS
SERVICE
DIRECTORY
'REACHES
30,000
READERS
PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT
Harriston 338-3422
LINC RUSSWURM
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
No Sole Too Big
or Too Small
Form Property
fi
ChattelsOnly 1 %
Household Soles at 5%
Your Pdtronago is Appreciated
R.R. S, 4111 i , 00. 367.1.123
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TRIAN E TIRE
Distr a alt o rs
W oles
and
Retail
le
PASSENGER • FARM
TRUCK
On the farm service
Phone 291.2521
LISTOWEL
CARSON'S
AUCTION
SERVICE
Availably for All Types of
AUCTION SALES
Choice Dairy Cattle Bought
and Sold.
Facilities Available for
Herd.Dispersals
CoII
DAVID CARSON
R.R. 3, Litiowel, 291.2049
Where Satisfied Customers
Send Their Friends
INCOME TAX
PREPARED
- Farmers
- Businessmen
- individuals
Reasonable Rates
CALL NOW
Monkton anytime
347-2241
Brussels Tues. and.Fri.
887-6663
Ronnenberg
Insurance Agency
*Avoid tits Rush
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HUNTER"
MOVING
STORAGE
• AGINT,
ALLI E
Local and Long Distance
Class D P.C.V. Licence
For delivery or shipping needs
CALL THE EXPERTS '
HANOVER
Collect 364-1560
M. C. Smith
Now Service Division
Now offering complete
service for TV, radio, re-
frigeration, ranges and
other appliances. Backed
by factory -trained service-
men, a huge parts inven-
tory, sophisticated repair
equipment and one of Mid-
western Ontario's largest
stocks of major appliances.
RR 2, Listowel
281-3811
"Our location
saves you motley."
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AI's Collision
Service
Phone
357-2206
Conc. 2, Morris Twp.
Repair and Refinishing
Enamel and LaqUer
Rust Repair
Frame & Body Work
ON CARS & TRUCKS
If Repairable We Do It