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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-03-09, Page 17Page 2--Crossroads—March 9, 1983 Walking t Shirley Whittington A Turkish soldier, probab- ly not more than 17, grips the barrel of his semi-automatic rifle. He looks cold and men- acing in his oversized mili- tary greatcoat. Three Canadian journalists — part of a study tour sponsored by the Canadian Community Newspaper Association — smile as they walk past. The young soldier doesn't return the smile. He just grips the rifle more tightly, with his small, gloveless hands. The journalists scurry to the security of their United Nations escort and continue the peacekeeping patrol through the battered, crooked streets of Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus. A few metres further on, e eace ee they pass a Greek post. The soldier on duty recognizes their passing with a brief nod. From within the post there is a sudden burst of recorded martial music. Is it the Greek National anthem? "Probably," says our escort, "and played for your benefit." He explains that our names and details of the press visit to the Mediter- ranean island have been cir- culated to both Greek and Turkish officials. The United Nations is a peacekeeper and is non-aggressive and totally impartial. Ahead of us, someone has scrawled a rough map of Cyprus on the side of a build- ing. The cease-fire line (which we are now HEY KIDS! LEARN TO DRAW WI1H DANNY CONRAN 1. Here's Danny's complete drawing. 2. Finish what Dannr started. 3. Now try it yourself! Send to 'Learn to Draw" clo CROSSROADS Box 390, Wingham, Ont. NOG 2W0 or Drop Your Entry into: The Listowel Banner The Wingham Advance -Times The Mount Forest Confederate or The Milverton Sun Name Age Address Phone Danny's Interested In youl patrolling) is represented with an ugly scar drawn across the width of the island. A dagger is drawn, plunged into the northern section which is now oc- cupied by the Turkish Feder- ated State. The remaining 60 per cent of the island is out- lined in blue, and represents the Greek Cypriot State. We can't read the graffiti scrawled under the map, but we can guess at its meaning. All along that 120 -mile cease-fire line, Greek and Turkish forces regard each other with hostility and suspicion. In the middle, in the barren buffer zone, aro the troops of the United Na- tions peacekeeping force in Cyprus, composed of soldiers from Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, Finland, Australia, Sweden and Austria. Canada is currently represented by the 515 -man Second Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Their home base is in Winnipeg, but the men of 2 PPCLI come from all parts of Canada — from Beaver - lodge, Alberta and Brock- ville, Ontario and Verdun, Quebec and Chatham, New Brunswick — from Spring- hill and Victoria, Ottawa and Halifax. The Canadians have the toughest part of the cease- fire line to patrol — that sec- tion which snakes through Nicosia. There the buffer zone narrows to the width of a suburban driveway, and Greek and Turkish outposts are literally a stone's throw apart. When they do throw stones — or insults — at each other, it's up to the Cana- dians stationed in the middle to defuse the situation. "When they start yelling, I just tell them to shut up, and they do," a private from Newfoundland told me. "I feel like a parent who keeps a couple of kids apart." Our city foot patrol winds through alleys and empty lands, and "embassy alley", where formerly elegant mansions stand battered and looted. The lieutenant who leads us shines his flashlight on a window frame from which the glass has been neatly removed. "Someone's taken the glass to provide a windbreak in their observa- tion post. They'll rip off any- thing made of wood to use for fuel. Last week three Turk- ish soldiers were caught try- ing to steal a stove to warm up their observation post." He tells us the story of the Greek and Turkish guards who became friends and who used to visit briefly for a cigarette in the middle of their nightly watch. "Then one night the Greek went across the buffer zone to meet his friend only it wasn't his friend any more. The guard had been caught and the Turkish soldier shot and the Greek dead on sight." ' The next day we were taken on another line inspec- tion, this time in a vehicle. We were shown a basement warehouse which contained 54 brand new Toyotas. They sat on their rotting tires along with hundreds of new bicycles and a pile of new copying machines. "When the Turks came into Nicosia in 1974," said our guide, "the Greek owner of this ware- house was told he could take his stuff out if he'd give one of the new cars to the Turk- ish commander. The Greek refused. The cars are still here under UN protection. I don't see that they'll ever get out." Next door, there's a gar- ment warehouse similarly abandoned. The floors are literally knee deep in brand new clothing. Nobody can 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 distri- bution in Elmira. Palmerston, Harriston, Brussels, Millbank. Newton. Atwood. Clifford, Drayton, Wallenstein, Moorefield and Arthur 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 Milverlon Sun 595-8921 Elmira and District News: Kim Dadson 669-2690 g line touch .a thread of it although Greeks and Turks on both sides of the cease-fire line are suffering through an un- usually chilly winter. We are told about Fama- gusta, once a prosperous tourist area and now a ghost town. Greek -owned high-rise Hotels stand abandoned and empty. Famagusta is now in the Turkish sector. "The Greeks had five hours to get out," our escort tells us. "People say that they even left food on the tables." Our patrol through the winding streets was sudden- ly punctuated by the cry of a baby — a reminder that some civilians still live here amid the shell-shocked ruins. Later in the day, a United Nations spokesman remind- ed us that peacekeeping is less costly than warfare. ''Remember," he said,"that the cost of two jet fighters will pay for a whole year of United Nations peacekeep- ing on this island." So while Greek and Turk- ish representatives are con- tinually struggling to find a peaceful and harmonious answer to the dilemma of the divided island, it seems that peacekeeping itself may have become the solution. Certainly in Canada's volatile Sector Four, where almost every civilian has lost a home, a business or a loved one, in the strife be- tween Grek and Turk, life is only possible as long as the peacekeepers remain. Hounds of Notre Dame He's not one's idea of a typical priest. Pere Athol Murray: his language is salty, he chainsmokes and he publicly denounces Com- munists and Nazis. The year is 1940, the place is Notre Dame College in Saskat- chewarl. Father Murray, or Pere as he is affectionately called by the students,. is. the unorthodox founder of the college. He's also coach of the school's hockey team called The Hounds of Notre Dame, to be seen on CBC Premiere Performance Thursday, March 17 at 8 p.m. on CBC Television. Thomas Peacocke won a Genie Award for his portray- al of the irascible priest. All who came in contact with Pere Murray were moved by him — some to hate, most to love. During the day and a half we spend with Pere he vehemently speaks out against socialism, teaches an arrogant new student a hard lesson, angers his arch- bishop and gets his hockey team home safely through a blizzard. "How you face ad- versity is the test of a man. Adversity is nothing but a bone for the Hounds to chew on!" He's tough and demanding with his students. Especially his Hounds. When half his hockey players are sick and they're losing to the other. team, he keeps pushing them — "If you can't beat them, at least give them the goddamn measles!" But they love him and do their best for him, which is all he really wants. And at the end as Pere heads off to bed after a long and ex- hausting night we hear him say under his breath, "God, I love those little muchers." COPY for Crossroads Classi- fieds must be received by 5 p.m.Thursday of week prior to publication. FOR SALE. POST AND POLES for sale, all sizes and lengths. Phone before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m., 848-5927. 9,16 ARNOLD NASCO cow calen- dar $75 complete; also Surge dumping station $50. Phone Wayne Bowman, 291-1359. BRIDAL LACES, fabrics and tiaras, flowers and feathers, colored laces and linings and crafts. For ap- pointment phone Elmira 669- 5589. CARPETING for four rooms, used year and half; kitchen cupboards, like new; drapes and sheers. Reason for selling, moving. Phone 338-3405. SPRING TIME Specials at Yarns of Tralee. Canadiana Sayelle $1.09 per ball, Afghan kits $8.97 and up, assorted yarns 22 cents per oz. and rug hooking supplies 15 per cent off,, seven miles east of Listowel, junction of Highway 19 and 86. Phone 291-4405, hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ELECTRIC guitar, Gibson L6S in perfect shape with new, Gibson hard shell case. $550 or offer. Phone 334-3596 evenings, 323-1051 days. POOL TABLE, 4' x 8', with accessories. Phone 356-9007 after 6 p.m. POOL TABLES and access- ories, shuffleboards, Bob Tanner, Listowel. Phone 1- 800-265-3228 or 291-3617. 17 FT. FIBREGLASS boat, bow rider, 75 h.p. motor with or without trailer. Phone days 291-4488 or evenings 291-3176. 9,16 THREE BEDROOM modu- lar honle,.pri a riverside lot in peaceful Turnberry Estates, recreation centre and pool, $35,900 or order new home and qualify for $3,000 grant. ( 519) 357-2037. 9,16 FRESH maple syrup, 3-M Maple Products, 3 miles north of Brussels. Phone 887- 9286. 9, 16, 23 1980 SHAMROCK house trailer, 25', 18' roll -up awn- ing with screen enclosure, spruce deck, Phone 357-3862 or 335-3955 ask for Bryan. 9,16,23 BUYING A TRAILER? CALL THE PROFESSIONALS AT LEISURELAND FIRST! 6?s3-7670 CAMBRIDGE HWY 24 South of 401 PIANO & ORGAN HOUSE LTD. Apt. size, Grands, Wurlizer & Heintzman Discount Prices 183 -Ottawa St. S. Kitchener 7434000 LINWOOD GENERAL STORE SPRING SALE MARCH 7 - 26 10% off all Fabrics, Remnants, Table Flex and Quilt Bats. Also featuring a $1.50 per m. counter. 10% off all Clothing including black winter caps and hard hats. 10% off all Footwear, some to clear at $5.00 a pair. 10% discount on all Dishes including complete sets. 10% off Stacking Chairs. Colby Cheese 40 Ib, Blocks $2.19 Ib. $2.10 Ib. Variety of Grocery Specials Numerous Bulk Products Featuring: Home Baking, Homemade Style Sausages, Drug Fr,:e Freezer Beef • and N•.rthern Honey Phone 099-2000 FOR SALE FIREWOOD, hard wood, $25 cord, cut and split. 338-3739. 2,9 SEED FOR SALE - Forage seeds at wholesale prices. Canada No. 1, double cut Red Clover, $2.65 kg. 41.20 lb.) ; certified Climax Timothy, $1.43 kg. (65 cents lb.) ; all seed top quality. Home grown. High germination. Test free of noxious weeds. We are 42 years in pedigreed seeds. John and Clair Hagarty, RR 2, Alma. Phone Drayton, 638-2587 or 638-2749. 23, 2, 9 HEAT RECLAIMERS - Special Introductory Offer. Save heat now going up the chimney. Clayton Gingrich, RR 3, Listowel (Dorking), 698-2827. 23, 2, 9 WATERBED complete with pedestal, pine frame, CSA approved heater and ther- mostat, mattress safety liner, fill kit and chemical, all sizes, $239. Phone 291- 2369. TF FOR SALE 4,000 BALES OF HAY. 1973 Olds Royal as is. Phone 848- 6035 or 323-2429. 9, 16, 23 HONEY BEE pollen. Let's get back to nature. Try our honey bee pollen for all your vitamin needs. Contains all natural vitamins and min- erals. Mail delivery avail- able. Distributors welcome. Phone 357-3642. 9, 16,23,30 SERIOUS about losing weight? 100 per cent guaran- teed. 100 per cent natural. Phone Dave or Rose, Herbal Life Distributors 291-3292. 9, 16, 23, 30 RAINBOW TROUT. Year- round fishing, pondstockers, or freshly dressed. 1 mile south Belgrave, 3 miles west. Dave Hedley, 357-2329. Mar2-May25 COPY for Crossroads Classi- fieds must be received by 5 p.m. Thursday of week prior to publication. GOOD USED FURNITURE Single beds including mattress $79.00, 4 drawer chest $58.50, wall mirrors $15.95, writing tables $39.00, sofas from $95.00 Bed spreads from $2.50 Also Bedroom suites, Kitchen sets, Lamps, Appli- ances and an occasional antique. The Trading Post 356 King St. W. Kitchener (Next to the Corkscrew Restaurant) 743-1131 AUCTION. SALE Of Modern Farm Machinery & Misc. for: MR: & MRS. STAN BROWN of Lot 35, Con. 17, Grey Twp., located 33/4 miles west of Monkton, or turn west off Hwy. 23 at north end of Monkton, on Con. 17, on: Wednesday, Mar. 16, 1983 12:30 p.m. MACHINERY: MF 750 combine with diesel engine, cab with air conditioner and heater, straw chopper, 4 speed transmission, 24.5 x 32 tires, 15' bat real and cut bar, Innes pick-up and MF 44, low profile 4 row corn header. This is a 1977 model, in A-1 condition. MF 1105 diesel tractor with cab, heater, air conditioner, AM/FM radio, quick tach hitch, 1977 model, only 1530 hours (real good), dual wheels to fit 1105 tractors, 18.4 x 38 tires; MF 65 diesel tractor, power steering, complete with MF 99 Industrial loader; chains to fit both tractors; Behlem model H, 375 bushel batch grain dryer, in good condition; MF 880 semi -mount 5 furrow plow, 18" bottoms, automatic reset (good); International 645 vibra chisel 21', 12" sweeps and spikes; International 45 Vibra Shank 161/2' wheel cultivator, with levelling har- rows; JD, BWA 14' wheel disc, with 20" disc; MF 33 grain drill; JD 1240 plate planter, corn or bean, adjustable 28" to 42" rows, dry fer- tilizer, insecticide boxes; Brillion 14' packer (new); Lilliston rolling cultivator, 4 row; MF 7' 3 pth adjustable cultivator; stone fork, 7' to fit loader; Vogel wick weeder, 10' on A frame or fit on loader; Gehl 120 mix mill, with 21" mill, 3 screens, drag auger and 10' unloading auger; MF 10 hay baler (good);, Allied 51' 6" grain auger, pto drive (like. new); 30' transport 6" auger; Snowco rotary screen grain cleaner; 20' pipe, portable hay elevator; Cockshutt 5 ton wagon; Turnco 225 gravity grain bin; Unverferth hydraulic fertilizer auger; 2 JD heavy duty 7 ton wagons; 2 Turnco 225 gravi- ty grain bins; 2 Jessie Martin 9 ton heavy duty wagons; 2 Bruns 260 gravity grain bins; Martin 5 ton wagon, Turnco 165 gravity grain bin; 2-5 ton farm wagon running gears; Martin 5 ton wagon with 8' « 16' hay rack (good); farm wagon with 7' x 16' hay rack. MISC. ITEMS: Approximately 25 bags of Massey certified seed barley; variety of 6 hole implement rims and tires, 6 ply, 760 x 15; heavy duty pto shaft; 2 steel garage doors, 8' x 8' and 7' x 9'; Quebec heater; 2 milk cans; plus( misc. items on wagon. NOTE: The owner is an A-1 caretaker, so all this machinery is in real good condition. There will be a small amount of misc. items, so be on time. Sale starts at 12:30, machinery at 1:30 p.m. TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper identifica- tion on day of sale. Owners or Auctioneers not responsible for accidents or loss of property day of sale. Owner is renting the land. Lunch Booth. Proprietor: STAN BROWN, Monkton, 347-2373 Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE Listowel 291-3489 CLE::, ; 1\IG AUCTION SALE 110 Of Beef Cows, Some Machinery and Household Effects, for: BILL WEBER Lot 10, Con. 7, Minto Twp., 2 miles south of Harriston. Watch for signs on No. 9 Hwy., on: Saturday, Mar® 12, 1983 12:00 noon CATTLE: 21 crossbred cows, blood tested and guaranteed in calf, bred to Registered Hereford bull, due April 6 to June, good big cows. FEED: Approximately 20 ton barley. EQUIPMENT: No. 18 Cockshutt pull -type com- bine, pickup and reels; MH 4 bar side rack; 10 Case drag disc; Cockshutt 1 way disc; MH hay loader, good shape; 8' roller; 10° IH cultivator; horse scuffler; 10" post hole auger; walking plow; fanning mill; C-51 Homelite chainsaw; Cockshutt 15 run drill on steel. MISCO: 3 bales twine; 4 bags treated Herta barley; bag cart; small assortment lumber; 2 piles rails; 12" barn fan; milk cans; 25 steel posts; barb wire; old harness; lawn roller; 3 wagon tongues; Clipper self-propelled lawn mower; 6 pine doors; hay fork; racks for Ford pickup; adze; large wooden cabbage cutter; logging chains; chisels; heavy duty utility trailer; -new 16" florescent light fixtures; glass windows; heavy duty electric cable. HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: Artificial fireplace; Hi- Fi; desk; chrome table and 6 chairs; 2 chester- field chairs; beds; dressers; R.H. golf clubs; bedspreads; old weigh scales; trunk; typewriter; misc. dishes; shampoo chair; fireplace screen; metal ice box; large fan; 9' x 13' red carpet; meat grinder; telephone table; fireplace heater with fan; and other things too numerous to mention. APPLIANCES: Viscount dryer; Speed Queen spin washer; Viscount 21 cu. ft. deep freeze; 2 burner table range; humidifier; B&W Elec trohome TV; Electrolux vacuum. TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. day of sale. Any announcements or corrections given verbally day of sale. Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for accidents day of sale. Farm sold. Lunch Booth. Proprietor: BILL WEBER 338-5883 Auctioneers: BARRY & KEITH GRAY (519)338-3722 or 343-3607 AUCTION SALE Of Appliances, Antiques, Furniture, Dishes, Tools and Misc. Items, .tor-; ESTATE OF MRS. WILMA DUCKLOW 244 Elizabeth St., Listowel. Sale will be held in the Kurtzville Community Centre, located 2 miles north of Listowel on Hwy. 23 & 4 miles west of Gowanstown, on: Saturday, Mar. 19, 1983 10:30 a.m. APPLIANCES: Westinghouse 24" electric stove; Westinghouse frost -free refrigerator (white); Speed Queen spin-dry washer; Westinghouse refrigerator (older); 2 Indesit small fridges (or bar fridges); electric heaters; small electrical appliances. FURNITURE: Dining room suite consists of ex- tension table, china cabinet, buffet, 5 chairs and armchair; RCA radio -record player; bronze kitchen table; card tables; TV snack tables; portable Singer sewing machine; coffee and end tables; 2 small portable B&W TV's; chrome kitchen table and chairs; 5 matching dining room chairs; liquor cabinet; sewing table; book- cases; magazine rack; flower stands; clothes hamper; occasional armchair; 2 kitchen buffet china cabinets; small china or bookcase; table radios; assortment of table lamps; utility table; 2 crokinole beards; books (Reader's Digest); child's wooden high chair; wooden school desk; child's crib; bookcase bed; chest of drawers; 2 steel beds; cedar chest; pictures and frames; jewelry boxes. DISHES: Quantity of dishes consisting of Nip- pon hand painted pieces, Hanley, Royal Win- ton, Noratake, Baveria, Royal Braemar, Depression glass, crystal, glass, Wedgewood; Imperial porcelain dinner plates and platters; 2 partial dinner sets; silver pieces; bronze book ends; old bells; brass jardiniere; everyday dishes; pots and pans; jugs and crocks. ANTIQUES: Pillar front mantel clock; Smith's mantel clock; top part flatback cupboard; jam cupboard; 1 piece kitchen cupboard; wooden extension table; drop leaf table; chest front slant desk; Boston style rocking chair; child's rocker cradle; nurser rocker; arrowback chair; cane seat chairs;l,, press back rocking chair; child's push slei; love seat and matching chair (Bentwood); large wooden 2 door ward- robe with bottom drawer; hall mirror with coat hooks; thread cabinet; wooden floor lamp; 2 Singer treadle sewing machines; 2 coffee grinders; butter print; copper boiler; iron pots; brass pot; washboards; 3 milk cans; irons; 2 coal oil lanterns; box stove; wash tables; odd wooden chairs; flat top trunk; iron and brass bed; dressers with mirrors; chest of drawers. TOOLS & MISC.: Quantity of hand tools; garden toc4 garden wheelbarrow; aluminum lawn chairs sand misc. items. TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale day. Executors or Auctioneer not responsible for accidents of loss of property sale day. Lunch Booth. Aucti.i neer: BOB GILMORE 485 Victoria Ave. S., Listowel, Ontario. 291-3489 •