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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-03-28, Page 20March 28. 1974-- Bill Smiley The world can crumble in a week rhElAlpl firms took tconijooid The basic„ ce i try will ontinue its capital spendingboon) in 1974, ac- cording to a recent snrvey !conducted by Cb vat 41k. gtneering hews, weekly newsmagazine of the Amer', can.Ch micai Society. ages Th�e.of Benergey predicts short- materialsmaterials w riot andaffect the chemical industry Until after 1974. Polish priest held for.celehrating. Mass A Roman Catholic priest has been committed to a men- tal hospital by 'Polish authori- ties because he izsistecl on too iservicesi for`his pa c'inhi o vers in his own house. The friends of Father 'yot1K •Zebtelsitii 340. *Ay be -01 quite sane and Is continuing to write .graduation thesis for the Cathie University�y@hospitalization. of f/ �i h during hospita zation. 1 Just back on the job after a week in bed with the doctor, as the Qld gag has it. Actually, it was a particularly virulent flu I was in bed with. I was so, sure I was going to die that I even cancelled my curling dates. Still weak and shaky, but I'm glad I got back on my feet. When a guy is not on the job, even for a week, Iris whole world starts to crumble around him. At school, my students, without my firm hand on the helm, were wallowing in a sea of silliness. They had discovered they could get away with murder with a substitute skipper, and I found it necessary to, flog six of them at the mast and keelhaul a few more to get them herded back into the fo'csle. They're reasonably, subdued again, but there is still some fric- tion. Because the sun is shining, and it's a few degrees above freezing outside, they want all the windows open. Because .I still have a fever and don't want to be in a draught, I want them closed. We compromised. We closed the Windows and opened the door. At home, things were in even a worse mess, when I struggled back to a modicum of health. My family had robbed me blind. Al - BARRY W. REID CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 218 Josephine Streit 357-1522 Van EyI Bros. babe tracks .20 ft. feed racks $375.00 .16, 18, 20 ft. $20.00 per ft. .zero grazing harvesters .whet discs reconditioned with new blades while stock. Iasis./ .cor planters. .cultivators - anew and used .fertilizer spreaders 3. point hitch list $316.00 now $266.00 .Schultz 200 bushel manure spreaders save $300.00 now $1,582.00 .new post hole $175.00 augers .scraper blades 6 ft. $120.00 / ft'. $135.00 8 ft. $250.00 .sprayers 100-500 U.S. gallons .wagons with used $170.00 tiros .ploughs 3 - 6 ft. furrow Clifford 327-8045 most literally. Daughter Kim was home for a visit, with fat and saucy Nikov Shen. The visit coincided with her birthday. My wife, in a state of euphoria and grandmotherly gormlessness, gave Kim a cheque that made myeyes water. with real salt tears, when I heard the amount. Kim escaped with the biggest ripoff of 1974 before I was strong enough to do anything about it. When I was able to bellow out- rage, my wife tried to soothe. "It's just to help the young folks out. After all, you can't take it with you." My response: "Who the hell helped us out when we ,were the 'young folks'? What do you mean 'take it with you.' There won't be anything left to take. Besides, I wa`sn't planning on going just yet", whatever the rest of you had planned for me." That was bad enough. Worse to BETTER ENGLISH By D. C. Williams WORDS OFTEN MiSUSED It is better to use UNDER- HAND, instead of UNDERHAND- ED, in certain cases - as, "He is an UNDERHAND baseball pitcher," and, "He was accused of UNDER- HAND dealings." However, in the sense of being undermanned, it is correct to say, "The team found it- self UNDERHANDED." , D4 not say, "What did you do that for?". Say, "WHY did you do that?" Do not say, "Page twenty is all the farther I've gotten in the book." Say, "Page twenty is AS, FAR AS I've READ (or, PROGRESSED) in the book." Do not say, "It is not as large as you have claimed." Say, "It is not SO large as you have MAIN- TAINED." OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED Assignation. Pronounce' as$• ig-nay-shun, accent third syllable. Gruyere (cheese). Pronounce groo-yair, accent second syllable. Plebiscite. Pronounce plebb- i-sight, accent first syllable; and not "plee-bi-sight," sometimes heard. Libation. Pronounce lie -bay - shun, accent second syllable. Proboscis. Pronounce pro-boss- iss, accent second syllable. PHILIPS & ROGERS MAJESTIC "MODULAR 4" SERVICE DEPOT RON ASKETT TELEVISION SALE AND SERVICE 212 Main St. W. Listowel Phone 291-3704 C c M A Bicycle Built forvbu. WE HAVE DEALS ON WHEELS . 125 bikes to choose from . win $25,000 in our contest . still last year's prices . good selection of used bikes TRADE-INS BICYCLE EXCHANGE Liesemer's Home Hardware Mildmay CANADA'S FOREMOST HOCKEY SCHOOL HURON SUMMER HOCKEY CAMP Central College of Agricultural Technology, Huron Park, 228-6863 Our Staff Makes the Difference! Azk any kid who has been here! They'll tell you that their instructors were educators and coaches who specialize in hockey training. Their names may not be all over the sports pages...but as teachers and hockey players they combine their skills for o dynamic new approach to hockdy instruction. You'll have 3 hours of ke time every day in modern arenas where we'll put you through rigorous training in the funda- mental skills of skaiiing, puck control, shooting, checking and team ploy. Instant replay cameras record all action. And you'll enloy "off ice" activities: swim in our pool, baseball and soccer bn our grassed fields, basketball or work out in our complete gymnasium. Relax around b campfire, go for a hay - ride then relax in your own room and talk over the days activities with your new friends. Write now for full details and brochure - TOM SOMERVILLE, HURON HOCKEY SCHOOL,"HURON PARK come. Son Hugh came home to see his beloved parents before embarking on a pilgrimage to Is- rael-. Every time son Hugh comes home; I put both hands on my wallet and brace myself. He's al- ways just 'a little short'. He's practising to be an extortionist, and promises to be one of the great ones. Sure enough. He had saved enough for the return air fare, but needed some bread for eating and sleeping in the Holy Land. I almost said something blas- phemous about what he could do with his pilgrimage, but bit my lip, reminded him of previous "loans", and told him I might as well take the money and throw it off the end of the dock as give it to him. His logical reply was that there was still ice on the bay, so it would be a pointless gesture. Left to chew on that, I regained my cool. I thought, "Well, I've given money to some pretty crazy causes in my day. I may as Well subsidize this disciple as he walks in the steps of the Master, or 'whatever. He looks a bit Jewish with those dark eyes. Maybe he'll lose his papers, as he usually does, and the Israelis will draft him into the: army for two years." So I told him how much he could have, adding, "That's my first,and final offer." He acceted with the equanimity for which he is noted. I retired to my sick bed. Lying there in a fever, I thought I could hear his anct, his mother's voices going on and 'on, but I wasn't sure and was too sick to care. Next morning 1 was told by my wife, with a certain uneasiness. that she had raised the ante a bit. "Just enough so the poor kid doesn't starve." The "poor kid" is twenty-six, and with his abilities as aeon artist hasn't the remotest pdssi- bility of ever coming within hail- • ing distance of starvation. With real trepidation I en- quired how much. I came very near to having a stroke when I learned she had almost doubled my bid, which I had thought was in trumps. After years of paying interest and mortgages and banks, I had finally got clear, and even had a few bucks ahead. I was looking around for somewhere to invest it, with the hope that I might have a few dollars extra for the odd box of beer when I arrived at the bread -and water level of the old age pension. And there I was, wiped out, practically, in one weak week. Moral. Never have a joint account with your wife. My only consolation was that if I'd invested in something, we'd have had an instant depression, and I'd have lost. every nickel. That would be a sure thing, with my luck. Crossroads Classifieds Copy for Crossroads Classi- fieds must be received by 6 p.m., Wednesday of week prior to pub- lication. • For Sale NEW FARM BUILDINGS. If you need a new barn, drive shed, an addition or just a new roof, call us. Trust our experience of over 40 years. J. & H. Fleming Limit- ed, Hanover, phone 364-1880. E2 CAR STEREOS, speakers, Rally tape decks, quads, Xonex, Rob- erts, home systems, STEP -SUN SOUNDS STEREO CENTRE, Hanover. 30 TRUSSES 24 feet wide, 2 x 4 construction; 32 metal roll -away nests for laying hens - good for small operation. Donald Aitken, 343-2817 Palmerston. SEWING MACHINES New and Used - Service to all makes. Agent for White, Elna, Universal, Bernina, Omega. BAYLEY SEWING MACHINES 805 - 10th St. E., Hanover. 3643606 7-14-21-28 GLENDALE MOBILE HOMES and Travel Trailers for sale; also large fully serviced and land- scaped mobile httme lots for rent. First sideroad west of Stratford on Highway 8, '2 mile north. Crystal Lake Mobile Homes, Court I,td., RR 5, Stratford. Phone 393-6121. tf PHOTOCOPIERS. Two . Apeco Superstat machines available as vendor is upgrading equipment. Apeco will service machines and deliver machines to purchaser. Price $375.00 each. Contact Fallis "and Fallis, Mount Forest, 323- 2800 or Durham 369-2515. rrb 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. My9 SCOTTISH TERRIER puppies for sale. Registered, Champion sired. Phone 291-4817 after 6 p.m. John Visser, Listowel. rr Auction Sale CONSIGNMENT AUCTION SALE AT 1 O'CLOCK SHARP ON SATURDAY. MARCH 30TH One mile north and half a mile east of Mildmay, six miles west of Neustadt, on Lot 11 & 12, Con. 11, Carrick Township. LIN(; RUSSWURM Auctioneer Phone Mildmay. 367-2123 ti Miscellaneous FARMERS, inquire about your J. and M. wagons, gravity binsand hydraulic augers while stock is available. Your complete Lawn & Garden Centre, ' LLOYD'S SMALL ENGINES, RR 1, At- wood, phone 356-2639: We even have Sejune first quality 10 -speed bicycles at '$119.95 and also canoes. 21-28 GUNS BOUGHT, sold and re- paired..Reloading components at reduced prices. ABC Sporting Goods, B. Jenkins, Minnie Street, Wingham. rrpMar Help Wanted EXPERIENCED carpet instal- ler, full time, 48 hours week. Apply in •writing, Crossroads, Box 2, to Wingham Advance - Times. 21-28 SERVICE PERSONNEL for tire business. No experience neces- sary. Leask Tire -Sales Limited, Mount Forest. Phone 323-2070. 21-28 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. 14-21-28-4 WE BUY AND SELL antique furniture, pottery, glass, china, etc. Single pieces, collections and estates. Immediate cash avail- able. Phone 291-4214. 190 Main St. East, Listowel, HICK'S AN- TIQUES. 21-28-441 T4a you euen hen qunct ? C'mon in and try at your friendly trailer dealer DON McPHAIL MOTORS Harriston DURHAM FARM EQUIPMENT 1A/L.:a .J Al 1,.1 VY1111� U`I11u 1Vew lulu .good variety new tractors in stock . good clean used tractors .1555 Cockshutt 92 hours .1265 Cockshutt 320 hours .1265 Cockshutt 322 hours 4 wheel drive with loader .etc. .Glenner Combine .Grain Head .Pick-up Head with pick-up .4 row corn head used one season . manure spreaders priEed to sell MAKE US A PRICE UP or DOWN • 1 BANK FINANCE RATES 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 HURON DEAD STOCK REMOVAL, CLINTON We are now paying $5-$15 for fresh dead or disabled cows and horses over 500 lbs. Two trucks to serve you better. Fast efficient service. All small farm stock picked up 'free of charge as a service to you. License No. 237-C-7 Call us first, you won't have to call anyone else. 24 -Hour Service 7 Days a Week CALL COLLECT 482-9811 - office, travel and tent TRAILERS - truck campers - truck caps - trailer parts and accessories Open 6 days, closed Wed. '/z miles west of Hanover on Na. 4 Hwy. Ph. 364-3748' PLAN YOUR MOTORING FUTURE NOW! Increase the resale value of your car or truck with COMPLETE PROTECTION RUSTPROOFIN(; .517 1 1 th Ave., Hanover Call Les at 364-2832 "A MUST TO PREVENT RUST" CROSSROADS SERVICE DIRECTORY REACHES 30,000 READERS HONDA /1R � LARRY'S CYCLE WORLD - large stock used - sales and SERVICE Walkerton , 881-0984 1 vise Directory NEED A . NEW ROOF? Contact Ralph PHEASANT RESTAURANT Listowel 291.3031 We Tell You Sell 357-2320 W. D. 'BILL' MAY, STATE FARM INSURANCE Auto- Life- Fire UATI /AIM ab 1N/Y11ANC I WINGHAM 357-3280 • w WWIL OUR Phone 356-2802 A.H. BOWMAN MFG. LTD. \ETAL FABRICATING ATWOOD - ONTARIO Also Metered Concrete Mobile Service ATWOOD PET • FOOD SUPPLIES LTD. Due to the increase in meat prices we are able to give you top prices for fresh, dead, or disabled cows and horses. We will pick up your cal s and pigs free. R equipped trucks for a fastest service. CA H -ON THE SPOT Local Calls 'Atwood 356-2257 , Long Distance Zenith 70650 7 Days a Week • 24 Hours a Day Lic. No. 427-C-73 N$URAMcs All Types of . Insurance 335.3525 357-2636 GORRIE WINGHAM USE YOUR HEAD WHEN SHOPPING FOR YOUR FEET - SPECIAL care in fitting for all ages. - attention to groups, clubs sport teems and institutions CUYLER SHOES Palmerston LIVESTOCK FOR SALE Calves - Calves - Calves Good Quality Holstein or Beef Calves, 1 to 3 weeks old. Rea- sonable Prices, We Deliver. OSINGA BROS. 519 Ray 291.4188 LU �rto el LORENZ `Dead Stock Removal $20.00 for Horses lc e pound for Cows FAST SERVICE Phone Collect • 369-2410 DURHAM ,d You Can't Beat SAUGEE.N. VALLEY MEAT Wholesale'. and Retail Service Beef and Pork by the'SIDE AND QUARTER CLIFFORD Phone 327-8401 !a nion FACTORY � .w OUTLET In Their Original' OLD MILL iN BLYTH WOOL lad LEATIER PRODUCTS BAINTON• LTD. Blyth 523-9373 11111111110111 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 on premises for service and major repairs to.tnost other makes. RR 2, Listowel - 291-3810 Mon. Thru.Fri. -8 to 6 WHERE OUR LOCATION SAVES YOU MONEY TRIAN a LE TIRE 4 Distr' •.ut . rs Ltd. W oIes Ie and Retail PASSENGER - FARM TRUCK On the farm service Phone 291.2521 LISTOWEL ommo CARSON'S AUCTION SERVICE Available for All Types of AUCTION SALES Choice Dairy Cattle Bought and Sold ' Facilities Available for Herd Dispersals Call DAVID CARSON R.R. 3, Listowel, 291-2049 Where Satisfied Customers Send Their Friends INCOME TAX 1 PREPARED Farmers - Businessmen - Individuals Reasonable Rates CALL NOW Monkton anytime =,;;,1; • 34g-2'21. Brussels Toes. and fri. 887-6663 Ronnenberg Insurance Agency *Avoid the Rush HUNTER MOVING STORAGE AGENT. th p & F Lawn & Sports LISTOWEL 291-2441 Licensed,Mechanie Visit Us Soon • See the EXPERT on Smell Engine Equipment Bolens A GOOD YARD AHEAD Toro STEVE MEW Power Lawn Mower Centre across from Harriston I1 Drive -in -Theatre Bus. 338-3616 Res. 338-2717 Don McPhail Motors Lot al and Long Distance Class D P.C.V. Licence For delivery or shipping needs CALL THE EXPERTS HANOVER Collect 364.1560 M. C,. Smith Home Service Divisiee 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 291-3810 "Our location saves you money." PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT Harriston 338-3422 LIN( RUSSWURM LICENSED AUCTIONEER No Sale Too Big or Too Small Form Property & Chattels Only 1% Household Sales at 5 % YaUr Patronage is Appreciated N.R. 5, Mildewy, Ont. 367-2123. Al's Collision Service Phone 357-220 6 Conc. 2, Morris Twp. Repair and Refinishing Enamel and Laquer Rust Repair Frame & Body Work ON CARS & TRUCKS If Repairable We Do It