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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-11-23, Page 17For Pleasant Surroundings and Good Food THE GODERICH RESTAURANT STEAK HOUSE • and TAVERN Card;ts, , For All Occasions * Gifts * Books * Stationery Supplies * Records ANDERSON'S BOOK C1NTRE 33 EAST St. Goderich : " f iM IW G ERIGH Yi , THURSDAY. NOYMB Mrs. Margaret Thorndike was elected the new Zone Commander of Zone c -i of the Canadian Legion Auxiliary at a meeting in Goderich last week. She succeeds Mrs.. Evelyn Carroll of Goderich who becomes Provincial Secretary. This is the first time that Clinton hashad a Zone Commander for the LA. (News -Record photo) ortation of machinery Trans parts problem for area farmers BY KEITH ROULSTON The biggest problem . in im- proving service of farm machinery parts from manufac- turers to. farmers is tr•anspor- tation. according to"Hal Wright, secretary -manager of the On- tario Farm Machinery Board. Speaking to the annual meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture held Nov. 8 in Clinton, Mr. Wright said that although manufac- turers are trying to improve their parts service all the time, they are hampered bv,j)oor tran- sportation. He said railway ex- press services were no longer in- terested in carrying small items and there are so many trucking companies in the province that scheduling becomes a problem. A possible- answer, he said, 'is the new bus parcel express depot in Toronto which can speed small parcels to their destination faster than other means of transportation. Companies shipping in parts from the United States, he said, often run into delays because customs officials work only 9 to 5 hours and parcels can be held up overnight or over a weekend. Mr. Wright said. that since the new Farm Machinery . Board was formed in,,.June most of..the work has involved investigating farmers' complaints. All but two or three of the $0 complaints have been resolved, , `ie said. Members of the five man board have also toured farm manufac- turing plants in Canada and the U.S. to see what facilities the companies had for parts. In one plant, he said, the parts depart- ment covered 25 acres under one roof. ..,He said' that most problems in companies Were no•t -parts problems but people problems. Often a parts man with a com- pany, he said wasn't concerned about the fact that a combine somewhere may be broken and needing a part, but was only,in- terested in Friday night'and pay day. . He said that anyone who has a complaint should submit it in writing to the board.Mr. Wright said that he would then talk to all parties concerned and if necessary get them together to work outtheir problems. He stressed that preventive mainten�at;ee ',�VtrrfuId often prevent machines from breaking down just when they were most needed, but if an emergency did arise, he said the farmer should let the dealer know that he is willing to pay the extra costs to get the needed part in a hurry. Later in the meeting, the members of the Federation ap- proved a resolution to go to the Ontario Federation of Agricluture's annual meeting later this month, asking for a list of emergency parts person- nel and their telephone numbers to -be distributed to. OFA mem- bers so they could get parts ser- vice quickly in an emergency. Mason Bailey of Blyth was installed for a second term as president of the organization by acclamation. Allan Turnbull of Grand Bend was elected 'first vice-president and Doug For- tune, RRI, Wingham was ac- claimed as second vice- president. ° -Jack Stafford, RR I Wroxeter . Adrian Vos, Blyth; and Mervin Smith, Walton were named directors at large. , MORTGAGES First and Second Mortgages BOUGHT =SOLD -ARRANGED Available For FARMS - RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FAR -MOR FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED 47 Elora Street, 0arr stan, 0i tario Phone. 3384037 OR 338.3038 New Dundee 696-3920 ,Evenings Wingham' 3574656 County delegates to the OFA annual meeting are; Vince Austin, Dungannon; Bill Mann, RR1, Dublin: Gordon Blan- chard, RR4, Walton; and Mer- vin Smith with Mn Austin to be county director to • the OFA during the corning yea r.Representatives from other counties in the area included Bert Hodgins Of the Bruce Federation who said the Bruce group is working with- farmers who will be effected by the proposed hydro line from Douglas Point to Seaforth and did he hoped that Huron ederation would be able to work with Bruce and theOF,A to help farmers get a fair deal from Ontario Hydro. hij 0111. SMILEY • Occasionally, I succumb tt I a great disenchantment with life. At those times I feel that sone days are bad, and all the others are badder. • Yesterday was One of the bad- der ones. It began at 2 a,in., which I •think anyone will agree is a bad time to . start a day. 1, had the Gallipoli' disease. It's called this fpr two reasons. First, it was rampant among the' poor sods trying to capture Gallipoli in World War 1, when the Australians lost more men to dysentery than`' they did to Turks. Second, it keeps you galloping, back and forth, forth and back, until there's .sornething44il -a=-tunnel•.-betweer!= your bedroom and your bathroom. Eventually, you are so weak it's an effort to pick up "tt"`" Kleenex and have a honk. Enough to make a , bad day, you'd say. Oh, no. It •had to be badder. That's the way the gods .work. When they single you out for a going-over, they're not going to be happy with a mere case of dire rear. After waiting for months for me to organize some storm.win- dow work, my wife had finally got cracking, which she should have done'in the first place, and,. hired two young men to take off and wash • and put back the storm windows. Four of- them had been removedlast- ..spring.. and sat in the patio all summer, gathering twigs and dead flies. The others had never come off. The windows, that is. Looking through them was like having a bad case of myopia. You could tell there 'was light coming through, but everything else was just a sort of' blur. Anyway, ,she had hired two of the most unlikely window - washers in town, a couple of former students of ,mine. Per- sonally, though I like the pair, I ' wouldn'thire them to - dig a grave. For a 'cat. However, as they weren't on welfare or unemploymentin- surance at the time, they leaped' at the opportunity. After they'd 4 checked on the goinrrate• aril agreed it was adequate. Barg''. Not that they were immature or anything. Oh, no. They'd done their Grand Tour of Europe. One had s i • t six weeks in jail in the Neth , They'd had four or fi • bs since, in such product) 'r- In- dustries as lea,therwork and making health food. Well, they arrive to do the windows the day 1 am almost on hands and knees with the Gallipoli. Bright and early. Eleven a.m. All I want to do is crawl into bed and feel forsaken. No chance. A brisk ringing of the doorbell. "Well, here we . are", cheerily. A groan from me. They had a long ladder borrowed from a long-suffering father.' Nothing else. I guess 'they were . going to pry the windows off and wash them with the lad- der. My wife mustered cloths a-nd cleaning, fluid: T dug up a hammer and screw -driver, ,which took me many minutes .,,and many oaths. They set to work, and I nearly had a nervous breakdown. I cowered in the living -room. They're right there at the win- dows, grinning cheerfully, smearing the dirt around on the panes. They need" a step -ladder. Haul it up from the basement with the last possible ounce of strength. Retreat to the . bedroom. .There's one' of them up there, perched on the ladder, shouting at me to whack the storm win- dows from the inside. I whack and shudder, waiting, cringing, for the soundof a six-foot storm window shattering into tiny bits. Or ..the sound of the ladder crashing through the inside win- dow. Or the thud of a body hit- ting the turf. Wonder whether I have irlsurance to cover, first, the glass, second, the body. No This went on for a couple of hours. Shouts, imprecations, poundings. I .. was in' a state of collapse.and the old lady. wasn't much better, 1 was wishing I'.d gone to- school, even on a stret- cher. But 1 guess the gods, besides tormenting people like 11'lale, look after•those who need..looking af- ter. Neither of them fell,even as much as eight feet. They finished the job. And they. were there, very business -like, for the cheque. They also had some terse remarks about the inadequacy of our cleaning materials and we felt properly' guilty. Try it some day when you have the Gallipoli and a couple of nitwits doing your storm win- dows. A badder day. 'But it wasn't over. I finally got' to bed, whimpering with relief M'yw if& came�.in- attd' aid -. she's been talking to . our daughter, who has a great rip- off idea. She's going to Cuba, and has a plan. She'll write a couple of :columns for me, free. All I have to do is pay her for them. Baddest. However, silver lining department. By staying at home, I had missed a three -and: , a -quarter hour staff, meeting, which is an abomination on the face of the earth. So, all in all, maybe not such a bad day, after all. • The Argyle Syndicate There is an old saying, 'a little knowledge is a dangerous ffiin . The .Ontario ' arely- League claims that nowhere is this statement more applicable than in pleasure boating. 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