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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-06-26, Page 144 ;Page 2A --Crossroads —June 26, 1985 From Heerlen to SHAPE (Continued from Page 1) At this hour it's deader than a do -do — hardly a soul • on the streets. We get sepa- rated at the f kst bar. About half of the up pile through the door and the rest of us back out almost as soon as we enter. The smoke filling the' place has a scent other than that of just tobacco. The pub we settle in fea- tures two terrier dogs and a dumbwaiter which conveys drinks from the lower level up to a balcony. It is the first time I have seen such a con- traption in actual use. W.e take stools along the bar and amuse ourselves by tossing cardboard coasters to the two terriers. These dogs are as ugly as sin. Ev Van Duuren tells me one of them is a bull terrier. All I know is that while one can't chew up'andspit out the coasters fast enough, the other one clamps on and growls whenever anyone tries to coax his prize away from him. It isn't long until the floor at our 'end of the bar is lit- tered with pieces of coasters. I am thinking we have pro- bably thrown the profit from our couple ' of beers to the dogs when someone comes and whistles thr terriers through a door at the far end of thebar. We hit one more place — this one with a totally forget- table strip act — before heading back to the hotel at around 1 a.m. On the way back we pass the pub where half of us cut out. The radio man of our group, Richard Collicutt of Kentville, N.S., comes flying out the door and yells at us to join the group inside. A couple of our lot turn back, the rest of us have had e- nough pub -crawling for the night. ' We are to hit the lroad at 9 a.m. for Mons, Belgium and NATO's Supremle Headv ar- ters Allied Powers ope (SHAPE). But before turning in, I de- cide to try the pant -presser. It's a nifty gadget. Before I'm through with it I press my two pairs of slacks, my stat skirt, the back of my suit jac et, the skirt of the one dreI have packed and the tails and sleeves of my blou- ses. When I turn out the light at 2:50 a.m., I think I might have gotten a bit carried a- way. TO SHAPE Down for breakfast at 8 HEY KIDSI :LEARN TO DRAW WITH DANNY COUGHLAN c 1. Here's Danny's complete drawing. 2. Finish what Danny started. 3. Now try it yourself! a.m. on March 14, I am sur prised to see only Capt. Ani do off our group at a table. 0 this tour; despite the late nights, we have been a bunc of early risers. We are soon joined by Mr Duuren uuren and then our Wdriver, Cpl. Leo Landry hen we mention the ab- senee of the others, Cpl. Lan dry looks a bit sheepish. "Some of us had a rather latenight last night, sir," he says to Capt. Anido. "How late? 'asks the cap- tain. "Five o'clock, sir, Cpl. Landry replies. The captain looks at him. "Are you going to be all right to drive, coral?" "Oh yes, sir," Cpl. I.4ndry 'replies, "I'll be fine." Not many more of us make 'it down for breakfast, but we pull away from Heerlen's ,.,Grand Hotel at nine o'clock Ion the dot. We're hardly on i" .the road when the men insist we stop at customs. They want their passports stamped. I don't bother. I haven't had mine stamped once on this trip and now I'm curious to see if I can make it through without a mark. It was chilly, and damp ,when we left Heerlen and we, soon hit heavy snow. We've been told it's about a two- hour drivel()Mons, Belgium, located about 45 km south- east of Brussels. It looks as though it will be slow going. On the highway I again now: tice the number of East Ger- man transports ' with their TIR licence plates. Earlier in the week Capt. Anido told us there is considerable trade between East and West Germany. In Belgium we finally run out of the snow and I see. the farms along the highway here have traditional build- ings — farm house, barn, etc., — within sight. Travelling lion.' Lahr up to Bonn in Germany, I had seen acres upon acres of prime farmland without a building in sight and had wondered who owned the land. In Bel- gium we are passing what looks to be family farms: About 70 km east of Mons, there is a restaurant built overhead, across the lanes of traffic. It's . unusual, but I, wonder how relaxing it would be for a motorist wanting to escape the mov-, ing mass of cars, buses and trucks. No doubt children would love it though. ted boulevard to point the - way. n As we get directions and pull away, the guys laugh h outright and tell us what has happened. The guard has walked into one of the short posts surrounding the guard- ,)ouse. hitting himself where most hurts. Obviously recalling our confrontation with a guard at CFB Lahr on the day of our arrival, besides the guard episode at Baden-Soellingen, une of the men remarks, "We finally got a guard," I notice neither Capt.. Ani - do nor Cpl. 'Landry Took a- 'iused At the SHAPE Officers' (14p,, Ye are welcomed by Li -Col. Claus of the Belgian Forces who is to b our guide for the day. He is h tall, slim aian with black, thinning hair, a soft voice and a gentle smile. We are again running be- hind schedule and"so opt for lunch in the Club's pub ra- ther thanlgoing to the dining 0 0 n n GATE GUARD It is now just after 11 a.m. and with the exception of Mr. Eedy and Mr. Kohler who are deep in conversation, everybody seems to have nodded off. I guess thelate nights are catching up with us. " We come to the Province of Hainaut and a sign says it's 52 km to Mons. I can tell by the large steel electric power' towers and lradio transmit- ter station Ye must be com- ing to a larger centre. At 11:35 we are on the outskirts of Mons, passing an indust trial area. By the time we pull up at the guarded entrance to SHAPE it is closer to being three hours than two. since we left Heerlen. There is no confusion here. The officers are alert and courteous. They have been advised of our visit: I am remembering thlit hassle at CFB Baden-Soel- lingen three days ago when the guys on the other side of the bus — the side next the guardhouse - start to break up. We can't see the cause of the stifled laughter. Cpl. Landry has asked dir- ections to, the Officers' Club and one of the guards has started to cross the cemen- crossroads Published every Wednesday by Wenger Bros. Limited as the lifestyle and entertainment section in The Listowel Banner, The Wingham Advance - Times, The,Mount Forest Confederate and The Milverton Sun. Members of the) Canadian Community Newspaper, Association, Ontario Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Press Council. Controlled distribu- tion in Arthur, Drayton, Harriston, Moorefield, Palmerston; Elmira, St. Jacobs and Wallenstein Display and Classified advertising deadline — 5:00 p m. Thursday week prior to publication date " Advertising and Production The Listowel Banner 188 Wallace Ave. N., P.O. Box 97, Listowel, Ont N4W 3H2 Accounting and Billing The Wingham Advance -Times Josephine St., P.O. Box 390, Wingham, Ont. NOG 2W0 The Listowel Banner 291.1660 The Wingham Advance -Times 357-2320. The Mount Forest Confederate 323-1550. The Milverton Sun 595-8921. room. We've been advised t change approximately 20 Deutsche Marks into Belgia francs, but haven:t had a opportunity to do so. Capt. Anido and Lt. -Col. Claus ar- range to pay for our lunch, trusting us to -pay them back later. SHAPE PAPER Someone has ,provided us with copies of the SHAPE newspaper, "SHAPE COm- munity Life" i After we've ordered lunch, Frank Kohler and I take a look at the pa- per. We can't believe our eyes. It is printed on better qua- lity paper than newsprint, but that's about all one can say for it. Smaller 'than tab size, it's 14 pages of advertis- ing interspersed with fillers. We can find only one page of community news. We know the total number of military and civilian per- sonnel assigned to SHAPE. is approximately 2,500 and Lt. - Col. Claus has told; us the en- tire SHAPE community comprises about 12,000: We were expecting something approaching a regular com- munity paper. Mr. Kohler and I are ex- pressing our disbelief at they front page which features it- ems and illustrations on the "Girl Scouts" when a rather rotund, ruddy -faced man blusters up to our table. He introduces himself as Roger Allan, the editor of the SHAPE paper. It is obvious he's overheard our com- ments and his very English nose is out of joint. However, Mr. Kohler and I are too surprised by this pa- per to be subtle. Where is the news? Is this -a typical pa- per? How often is it pub- lished? What's the circu- lation? Lt. -Col. Claus is seated at our table and I notice he is listening toour conversation with some interest., Roger Allan makes a big point of telling us that,when he took over the-paper"eight years ago it wiasn't paying.its way. "It was costing SHAPE money," he exclaims. "I've been able to increase adver- tising to the point where it's paying its way:" He adds that SHAPE is pleased with the results. The paper has a circulation of 7,000 and is published every 15 days. Perhaps a bit too bluntly, Mr. Kohler and I continue to criticize the paper for its lack of news content and ask Mr. Allan if subscribers are pleased with the paper. K Mr.Kohler also draws at- tention to the fact it is prin- ted only in English. His own paper, "Der Kanadier" is printed in English and French. Somewhat heatedly Mr. Allan replies the language of SHAPE is English and then glancing at his watch, says he must get home for lunch. He takes a seat at the bar within easy earshot of our ta- ble. I ask Lt. -Col. Claus if the SHAPE paper is widely read. "1 would say so, yes," he replies. About a half hour later when we have finished our lunch and are about -to de - 'part for briefings, I notice Mr. Allan is still at the bar, in deep conversation with the officer beside him. I guess his lunch is ready when he is. Lt. -Col. Claus notices me looking at Mr. Allan and nods and smiles. Mr. Kohler also marks the SHAPE edi- tor's presence. "He'll pro- bably make it home in time for high tea," he says. • You can learn a lot about blacksmithing from Dean and Eileen Piesner. They're a.,,.couple of young black- smiths in the village of St. Jacobs. For example, a blacksmith doesn't shoe horses. That's the job of people called far. riers. "Blacksmiths used to make farm equipment, tools, and things like that," Dean told me. "These days they make functional and decora- tive wrought -iron products," he said. ",Then machines took over during the Industrial Revolution, blacksmiths had to turn to shoeing horses to make a living ' and that's what caused the confusion," he added. The couple came to St. Jacobs in the Kitchener - Waterloo district, after run- ning a blacksmith shop in Nova Scotia for some years. They had a chance to build ,an addition on Jon Martin's traditional shop which is right on the main street of St. Jacobs, where tourism be- gan to boon in the late 70's.` Dean and Eileen ` are in their 30's, are self taught, and. use the familiar forge and anvil. They make wood - stove tools, door knockers, Christmas tree stands and weathervanes. And they make ingenious iron puzzles that tourists gobble up for gifts. I also learned that there's a renaissance in blacksmith - Mg. A real revival. "The renaissance is just beginning,"' said Dean. "Young people are gaining a proficiency that hasn't exist- ed in 50 years, and the more work that's being done, the more the craft is in demand. There's room for another 1000 blacksmiths in Canada if there was some way they could be trained," he claims. Once, called the, King of Trades, blacksrhihing al- most disappeared between 1920 and 1970. Dean says if it hadn't been for the recent renaissance blacksmithingN would have died out. Dean and Eileen are rep- resentatives of a new' breed of blacksmiths. They're stu- dents of the craft. In their small office"adja- cent to the shop, are books about the history of black- smithing and old black- smjithing technjques. They, V'tsn subscribe to various -trade magazines, and are • members of the Aa'tist Blacksmith Association of America. They attend work- shops called "Hammer Ins" which are held periodically in different parts of the con- tinent. Perh ,j s you • remember - the poem that begins "Under the spreading chestnut tree, the village smithy stands." These days, apparently, the smithy is moil likely to be standing there reading a trade paper, or planning a trip to a "Hammer In" down in Southern California or someplace, to find out what's new in the old business. LANGSIDE AUCTION SERVICE available for your upcoming sale. - Allan R. Miller auctioneer - 392-8240 21/2 TRACTOR - TRAILER LOADS. of filing cabinets, desks, bookcases, etc. all at our' usual low prices. Up to 55% off list prices. Imperfections on Some items. We have a .com- plete line of new desks, chairs, stand- ard filing cabinets and insulated file cabinets. We service and sell electric and electronic typewriters, along with an 'excellent line of plain paper copiers, electronic cash regis- ters, . time clocks, cal= culators -and paper shredders. K. A. HAMMOND & CO.' LIMITED Moorefield, Ont. CaII Keith or Greg Hammond (519) 638-2914 or (519) 638-2912 or call Charlie Johnston (519) 343-2910 CONSIGNMENT .AUCTION SALE will be held at the LANGSIDE AUCTION CENTRE 2 corners west of Whitechurch and 3 corners north on: Monday, July 1st 11:00 a.m. .Consisting of household furnishings including buf- fet, dressers, couches, tables, school desks; cars; machinery; new tools; used steel roofing; 26' barn trusses. LISTEN TO CKNX JUNE 28 AND 29 • For Listing Anyone wishing to consigngood clean articles for this sale please phone: 395-3157 395-5142 392-8240 528-6043 AUCTIONEERS Bill Haldnby Allan Miller 1 W v7 ots 0 J 0 z 0 0 •0 o� 1 w 7 co 0 J U ---CLIP 84 SAVE— offer expires Sep d0/85 BRUSSELS PET FOOD SUPPLIES TUl-L 1-800-265-9680 FREE or 887-9334 24 Hr. Service • 7 Days A Week WIMP HIGHEST PREVAILING PRICE PAID! for animals over 500 lbs. smaller animals picked up free "of charge. CLIP & SAVE THIS AD L AIM for an additional on your next Dead or Disabled Fresh Cow or Horse 1 0 0 0 co 0 .z rim 00 D' rTf -.CLIP & Newborn babies can see reds andeens all right but can't make out blues till they're about 3 months old, say University of Washing- ton researchers. YODER ROOFING - CONKLIN PRODUCTS Specialty roof. coatings for flat or sloped roofs. Urethane roofing and coatings. Workmanship guaranteed. • Free estimates. . Paul (519) 335-6497 Al (519) 335-62,28 P.O. Box 117, Wroxeter, Ontario NOG 2X0 , AUCTION SALE Large, Clearance & Consignment Auctio0 Friday, June 28th 10 a.m. at Wayne Ward Farm Equipment Approx. 75 tractors, 30 combinestr and over 300 pieces of new & used farm gquipment ALSO FEATURED will be two farmers' complete lines of farm equipment. All selling in one row. For more information dial 519-534-1638 Don't miss this auction at: WAY -NE WARD FARM" EQUIPMENT Hwy. No. 6 Wiarton FARM FOR SALE LOCATION: 3 miles south of' Millbank in the Poole area. LEGAL DESC.: N3/4 of Lot 17, Con. 3, Morn- ington Twp., Perth Co nty, containing 150 acres of which approAjmately 120 acres are workable. Land is believedrto be "randomly tiled. BUILDINGS: Excellent 2 storey stone house is ful- ly renovated and ready to move in. Very large col- ored steel over timber frame barn set up for 75 sow farrow to finish, plus 3 granaries. NOTES: 1. Possession of the crop land is subject to a lease for 1985. 2,. Asking price $144,900. For more information contact: FARM CREDIT CORPORATION Reference File No. 38609-5A7 Attn: A. van Niekerk Box 39, Listowel, Ont. Tel: 519-291-3450 (District office: 519-824-6360) FARM- FOR SALE S1/2 Lot 20, Concession 12, Township of Arthur, County of Wellington. 100 acres with approxi- mately 75 acres workable. Large attractive brick and frame home with stone fireplace in rec room and attached garage. Good pole implement shed, Targe timber frame barn and addition used for feeder hogs, liquid manure tank, silo and granary. Located on paved county road Wellington No. 6. Approximately- 6 miles northeast' of Palmerston. Land subject to lease for 1985 crop year. Asking price $131,900. For information contact: Ed Van Hoekelen, Farm Credit Corporation, Box 39, Listowel, Ont., N4W 3H2 Telephone: 519-291-3450 FARM FOR SALE The Farm Credit Corporation, via Power of Sale offers for sale LOCATION: 2 miles east of Kenilworth. LEGAL DESC: ,fW-'/, of Lot 1 &. Concession 2, Arthur Township, Wellington County. LAND: 100 acres with approximately 95 acres workable. Perth silt loam- some tile. BLDGS: Attractive large two storey modernized brick house. Well built facilities in good repair, Barn set up for 100-120 sow -finish operation, liquid manure system, Slurry Store & large concrete tank. NOTES: 1. Approximately $75,900, 8 3/8% mortgage owed to Farm Credit Corporation calling for payments of $3,807.32 semi- annually may be assumed as part of the purchase price. 2.' Approximately $5,100, 10°/o tile drainage loan calling for payments of $1 .041 'year is to be taken over in addition to the purchase price. 3, The land & buildings are leased Land until October 31, 1985. Buildings until September 30, 1985, The purchaser of this property must rely 'on his or her own inspection and knowledge of the farm and not on the above or any other particulars or representations made verbally'or in writing by or on behalf of the Farm Credit Corporation. An offer 'to purchase must be made on a form obtainable from the Farm Credit Corporation on request to the address below or from any office of the Corporation A certified deposit of $10,000 must accompany the offer Offers to purchase must be received at the Field Office listed below by July 1 2, 1985. Closing is normally 30 days after acceptance unless other arrangements approved by ven- dor. Before making an offer, those interested should ascertain that the property can be used and occupied for the purposes intended in4 accordance with ' Provincial Legislation and Municipal Regulations. Cash offers are preferred. If F C.0 financing is required, this must be discussed prior to offering with the Corporation's local representative listed below. The highest or any offer' will not necessarily be accented. The Corporation could request new offers to purchase after the above mentioned date, if deemed necessary Purchaser will be responsible for all taxes and all assess- ments whether local improvements, tile loans, or otherwise charged or assessed against the said property from date of closing subject to the usual adjustments All offers to purchase and inquiries should be addressed to FIELD OFFICE - FARM CREDIT CORPORATION CANADA Attn: E. Van Hoekelen Box 39, LISTOWEL, Ontario Telephone: 291-3450 If no answer, telephone 024-6380. 4 - Please refer to file number: 28149-$C9 4