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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-04-06, Page 14Page 2 -Crossroads -April 6, 1983 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. N4.W 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 Elmira and District News: Kim Dadson 669-2690. lismilmillowlftw Bill Smiley Open the windows This is a time of year that tries a teacher's patience. The animals come out of hi- bernation, kick up their heels, and go snorting about like young colts, or frisking about like new-born lambs. And that is one of the craf- tiest mixed metaphors since Shakespeare. For four or five months, the students have been in a torpor. This is not some kind of tent, and has nothing to do with tarpaulins. It is a human condition induced by lousy weather, hacking colds, overheated class- rooms, and- droning teachers. The past winter has been tailored for torpor. Lack of snow, lots of rain, and a plenitude of ice have pre- vented adolescents from in- dulging in their usual winter pastimes: splintering a leg on the ski slope; smashing around on a snowmobile; pil- ing up the old man's car in a snowdrift 18 ' miles from home. The kids have been posi- tively cowed by the endless dreary days;_ they have slumbered secretly through the most thrilling math, science and English lessons; they have coughed and blown and sneezed until there seemed nothing left in- side but a dull emptiness. But. Let them hear one crow caw. Let them kick off their winter boots. Give them three sunny days in a row. And look out. The calendar says winter has barely ended, spring is a figment of the Canadian imagination. But these pal- lid, droopy, bored, lethargic creatures burst out of their cocoons and fly. A few bright, warmish days in mid-March, and they're babbling like sea gulls, bunting like young calves. Their blood begins to burble. They hurl costly textbooks out the open win- dows. They fall in love. There's color in their cheeks. They get into fights. They drive their teachers, whose blood is barely sim- mering, and a long way from burbling; right up the near- est blackboard. If the fine weather holds, by the end of March they are dashing about in shorts and would be barefoot, if allow- ed. A feverish few would wear bikinis to school, if they could get away with it. And that's why this is a tough time of year for teachers. Our blood is' thin. We are still huddled in our winter coats. And we look on these exotic creatures, for whom the very bottom line, and I mean the bottom, is schoolwork, like aliens from another planet. We try to cope. We mildly reprimand. We say, "Listen, you people . . ." Nobody listens. We shout, "Shut up, animals!" The decibels in- crease. We threaten, "If you don't pay attention ... ya, ya, ya." Nobody pays atten- tion. Must I admit that, behind the stern contours of my countenance, I envy them? Must I confess that, once upon a time, I drove my teachers, in the spring, even sillier than these birds are driving me? It's a few years back. Sometimes it seems like last week. Sometimes like aeons ago. But I once burbled with the best of them, fell foolish- ly in love with the fondest of them, and caused my teachers to break into stut- ters and spots and tics of the jaw -muscles like the "worst" of them. Falling asleep over my physics, snoring over my science, muttering over my math, and failing my French during those long, dark win- ter months, I too crystallized and emerged in March. My teachers shook their heads dolefully. They couldn't afford a March break to Hawaii in those days, so they had to be dole- ful at home. They predicted ruin, a use- less life, a futile hob in a fac- tory, and other dire straits, if I didn't shape up. In one ear and out the other. There weren't any jobs then, judos there aren't any now. What was the point of a piece of paper, that, with a dime, would buy you a cup of coffee? My inner ear was tuned to finer things than the solilo- quies of Hamlet, rightangled triangles, and la plume de ma tante. I could hear the moose -like bellow of steamboats firing up and blowing off. I could feel the inner ex- citement of heading up The Lakes with a fair sea run- ning, and a cutting breeze blowing. I could smell the familiar scent of "soogie" and engine oil and honest sweat. I could see the hustle at the Sault, and the bustle at the Lakehead, as we pulled into port. My summer job was on the Great Lakes, on a steam- boat, and it was a love -hate relationship. I hated it while I was doing it, and, loved it when I wasn't. But it was the Great Escape from the chalk -dust and the tiresome, timid teachers, and the constant reminders that I'd never amount to anything unless I So. I may be driven into a convalescent home by the high spirits of my students. I may bewail their lack of re- sponsibility. I may be driven to scold, shout and threaten. But it's just an act. I'd give an arm and a leg (preferably my arthritic ones), to feel the way they do, when the sun slants into the class- room, and the windows are opened wide. ESTATE AUCTION SALE Of Farm Machinery, Household Effects and Antiques for THE LATE MARGARET L. BREWER On south half of Lot 25 & 26,, Con. 1, Morris Twp., 11/4 miles south of Wingham on Hwy. 4, then 3 miles east on Con. 1 on Saturday, Apr. 9, 1983 12:00 noon Lunch Booth MACHINERY: AC D-17 gas tractor with fast hitch and 3 pth; MF No. 50 gas tractor wtih G.W. loader with hydraulic bucket; AC WF gas tractor; JD No. 210 riding tractor with 39" mower and tiller; Moto -Mower, 4 hp tiller; 1975 Mercury Montego 4 door car with 8 cylinder engine, automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, 32,600 miles and sell- ing certified; Lucknow 6'/2' snow blower, 3 pth; Roper utility dump trailer, new; AC 4 furrow fast hitch plow; pull -type cultivators; McCormick Deering 13 run seed drill; IH 7' trail mower; MH 4 bar side rake; McCormick Deering hay loader; wagon with flat rack; 30' pipe bale elevator with motor; 2 wheel trailer; NI ground driven manure spreader; 12" post hole digger, 3 pth; buggy with Custom wheels; MH walking plow; wheelbarrow; snow fence; stainless steel ,pail; bench vise; grinder; Master Craft lawn mower (new); western saddle (new); Woods tent trailer; and other articles too numerous to mention. EFFECTS & ANTIQUES: Frigidaire 30" electric stove; Westinghouse 14 cu. ft. frost -free refrigerator; Westinghouse deep freeze; Westinghouse automatic heavy duty washer; Westinghouse wringer washer; Westinghouse automatic clothes dryer; Singer portable sew- ing machine; Philco B&W television; Holiday stereo component with AM/FM radio, record player and 8 -track tape; small electrical ap- pliances; Gourlay-Angelus player piano (con- verted); organ- stool; table and 4 chairs; 4 din- ing room chairs; extension table; buffet; secretary desk; wooden rocking chair; oval and round parlour tables; wicker flower stand; anti- que folding rocking chair; Crosley -cabinet radio; Singer treadle sewing machine; mantel clock; crocks; old books; wooden and upholstered chairs; book shelf; knitting machine; wardrobe; chest of drawers; wash- stand; cedar chest; dressers; antique hand tools; wooden table; dishes; cookware and other numerous items. TERMS: Cash or cheque with I.D. day of sale. Executor or auctioneer not responsible for any accidents or injuries on property day of sale. LEN METCALFE AUCTIONS LTD. Mildmay, Ontario. 367-2791 OUSE L AUCTI'''N S`A'':LE Of Furniture & Antiques, for: ETHEL M. BOYD 295 Livingston Ave. N., Listowel, on: Saturday, Apr. 9, 1983 1:00 p.m. Sharp THE F LLOWINQ -' FURNITURE: 4 burner electric stove; Westinghouse refrigerator; Beatty wringer washing machine; Candle col- oured TV (portable); Heintzman piano and bench (small); china cabinet; large mirror; gate leg table; odd chairs; platform rocker; iron bed; china cabinet; dining room table; chesterfield and chair; Admiral record player and stand; TV tables; sewing machine; Electrolux vacuum cleaner. ANTIQUES: Washstand; antique dresser; table; ice box; trunk; chairs; parlor lamp; brass bed; dresser; china cabinet; hall tree; drop leaf - table; love seat and chair; old radio; round table; parlor table; antique dishes; set of Royal Albert dishes; pots and pans; numerous other articles. TERMS: Cash. 7% sales tax in effect. Selling by number. Auctioneer or Proprietors not responsible for accidents or loss of property day of sale. Auctioneer: GRAHAM `JACKSON Listowel, Ontario. 291-4528 AUCTION SALE Of Farm Machinery and Household Effects, will be held for: GLEN FINES Lot 24-25, Con., B, Howick Township, halfway between Gorrie and Wroxeter on 87 Highway, on: Saturday, Apr. 9, 1983 1:00 p.m. INCLUDES: JD 1830 cab tractor has hydraulic outlets and 1630 hours (good); MF 165 trac- tor has hardtop heat houser, hydraulic outlets, 1700 hours (good); MF 40 heavy duty tractor with chains, 2 buckets and Industrial loader; NI 325 picker shelter; Turnco 250 bushel gravity bin; '2 Elmira heavy duty wagons, as new; 18' bale thrower rack; wagon with flat rack; Kongskilde 11' cultivator with level harrow; 4 section diamond harrow; 6 section diamond harrow, as new; JD manure spreader; AC 3 pth 3 x 12" plow; 2 pump 5' packers, as new; 3,000 Ib. scale with cattle rack; cedar posts; stakes; barb wire; rails; barn beams; plywood; 2" x 4", 2" x 6", 4" x 4" lumber; 1" and 2" plank; hen nests and feeders; water bowls; cat- tle oilers; pistol syringe, as new; tools; 2 hydraulic cylinders; dry well pressure system; used steel freezer; desk; chest 01, drawers; single bed; pool table; wooden doors and win- dows; 23 channel telephone CB; 2, Tents and camp equipment. TERMS: Cash. Farm is sold. Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for accidents or losses. For information, phone 335-3166. Clerk: GEORGE POWELL Auctioneer: BRIAN RINTOUL AUCTION SALE Of Farm Machinery, Farm Tools and Misc. Items, for: EZRA & JEAN SMALL Lot 62, Con. 3, Wallace Township, located 11/2 miles west of Mayne Corners on Wallace-Howick Boundary or 2 miles north of Molesworth and 1/2 mile west, on: Wednesday, Apr. 13, 1983 1:00 p.m. Sharp MACHINERY: Nuffield 10/60 diesel tractor, in good condition; Nuffield Universal four diesel tractor with NI loader (manual trip); JD 45 self- propelled combine,. 10' header and pickup, in good condition; IHC 1050 mix mill, drag auger feed (good); IHC 46 pickup baler; JD Van Brunt 15 disc grain, fertilizer, grass seed drill; JD 95 bushel ground drive tractor spreader; McKee harvester, blower pipes and fittings; Coby farm wagon with new 8' x 18' flat rack; IHC 4 furrow ace bottom trail plow; IHC 3 furrow 3 pth 12" bottom plow; IHC 10' steel wheel cultivator; 5 section harrows and stretcher; Otaco wagon; JD No. 5 7' mower; Moore's 3 pth 12" post -- hole digger; IHC 9' wheel cultivator; 2 wheel trailer with trip '/2 ton truck box; cement mixer; horse scuffler; 18' 5" portable grain auger with motor; 2-12' 4" grain augers with motors; 20' pipe portable hay elevator. MISC. ITEMS: 4 farrowing crates; cattle oiler; hay fork; hay knife; Perfection fanning mill; 40' wooden extension ladder; old harness parts and 4 chime bells; 6" endless chopper belt; Quebec heater; steel water tank; used lumber; wheelbarrow; plus wagon load of misc. items. OLD MACHINERY FOR PARTS: JD pull -type combine; JD ground drive spreader; Case 3 pth 4 furrow plow; NI spreader. TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale day. Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for accidents or loss of property sale day. Proprietor: EZRA SMALL Gerrie, Ontario. 335-6178 Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE Listowel, Ontario. 291-3489 UCTION SALE For the Complete Estate of MR. & MRS. JIM STANLEY Moorefield (watch for signs) Phone 638-2137 (Couple moving to Africa Mission Services) Friday, April 8th 1 Moorefield Community Centre'if Bad Weather FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES: Chesterfield and two matching chairs, several upholstered and casual chairs, card table, four matching folding chairs, two sturdy kitchen tables, four bar stools, chrome swivel chair, five good beds both single and doubles with mattresses, one hide -a -way sofa bed, large trunk, desk, record stand, numerous dressers and book shelves, . picnic table, shop manual stand, wall mirrors, 2 wall clocks, hanging and standing lamps, iron- ing board, clothes rack, bamboo curtains, house plants, numerous miscellaneous household items, camper for pickup fully equip- ped, stove, 3 -way fridge, furnace. APPLIANCES: Electric four burner stove, elec- tric lectric cabinet sewing machine, apt. size washer - spin dryer, cabinet stereo, hand electric kit- chen appliances - toaster, fry pan, kettle, etc., complete stereo system with speakers, manual typewriter, assorted dishes and utensils. TOOLS: Hand drill, orbital sander, skill saw, roller tool- cabinet, numerous hand tools, shovels, garden tools and hoses, new sump pump, 50 sq. feet bathroom tile, 4 ft. bathtub, extension cords, miscellaneous lumber and panelling, asbestos squares, assortment of clay brick, "warm morning" wood stove, stainless steel pipe - 6" diameter new. RECREATIONAL: 350 cc customized Honda, 250 cc Honda Elsinore trail bike, 350 Honda with windshield, 10 ft. sailboat, 6 h.p. 2 cyl. boat motor with tank, camper trailer - sleeps 4, canvas tent awning with screen, 3 h.p. gas lawn mower, no -name riding lawn mower, 2 electric mowers, utility trailer, assortment of trailer parts and tires, truck mirrors, other miscellaneous "handy man" items. CARS: 1973 Ford Capri, selling certified and A-1 condition, 77 Honda Civic, good cond. Several pieces of quality antiques may be included into this sale by the auctioneer. TERMS: Cash - Owner or Auctioneer not Responsible for Accidents Day of Sale. Sale Conducted by STANLEY AUCTIONS RR 2, Ilderton Auctioneer: W. R. (BILL) STANLEY RR 2, Ilderton Ph. 666-0275 AUCTION SALE Of Beef Cattle, Hens, Machinery, Feed, Misc. Items, 'for: HERBERT ELDRIDGE Lot 28, Con. 8,. Grey Township, located 1 mile east of Ethel on south side of river. Watch for signs, on: Tuesday, April 12, 1983 12:00 noon Sharp CATTLE: 7 Hereford cows; 2 Charolais cows; 2 Shorthorn cows; 2 Black -Whiteface cows; 1 Angus cow; 1 Brown Swiss cow; 1 hand milked Jersey cow. 4 of these cows have November calves at side, balance are due from May to August. Dates given sale day. All artificially bred to beef bull. All cows blood tested prior to sale. 12 beef calves -yearlings, 7 to 12 months old (good quality). MACHINERY: JD 510 diesel tractor with Allied 300 hydraulic loader; IHC 82 pull -type com- bine, sund pickup, scour clean, rasp and spike tooth, concave, cut bar; NI 218 tandem spreader (good); MF 81 model 9' haybine; Case 10 trail mower, 7'; Cockshutt 520 baler; Cockshutt No. 19 bale thrower; Miller 10' heavy duty offset disc; Glencoe 161/2' wheel cultivator; Cockshutt 246 wheel 5 tooth chisel plow; IHC 3 pth 8' cultivator; 3 section spring tooth harrows; 3 section diamond harrows; Vicon 3 pth fertilizer spreader; MF 33 17 disc grain, fertilizer and grass drill; JD 494 4 -row corn planter; 2 wagons and 175 and 180 bushel gravity grain bins; IHC 120, pull -type 10' swather; Allied 35'6" grain auger, ' pto drive; Farm King 10'4" auger with '/2 hp elec- tric motor; Golden Arrow 100 gallon stainless steel tank weed sprayer; George White 20' portable pipe hay elevator with electric motor; 3 Wagons with hay racks; steel wheel bolster wagon; 2 wheel truck box trailer; 2 IHC 3 bar side rakes; Hance Vac -A -Way seed cleaner (17 screens); Gehl 50 pto 10" hammer mill on wheels; V -type 7° snow blower; Air-o-rator; barn extension fan. FEED: Approximately 3,000 bales of good mix- ed hay; approximately 500 bales of straw; ap- proximately 35 tonnes of barley; approximately 15 tonnes of rye; some spring wheat and faba beans. HENS: Approximately 450 crossbred laying hens (floor birds), good layers (brown eggs); hen feeders; nest boxes; watering equipment. MISC. ITEMS: Quantity of electric fence posts, steel posts and cedar posts; barn beams and posts; new 2" spruce lumber and 1" hickory lumber; used lumber and steel; 32' school bus colony house; 36' aluminum extension ladder; 2 hp electric motor (new); Renfrew platform scales; Jet 4 speed drill press; 120' of new galvanized eavestrough; 16 pieces 1/2" x 12' new copper pipe; several wooden gates, various sizes; plus wagon load of misc. items and some household items. TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale day. - Farm is sold. Lunch Booth. Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for accidents or loss of property sale day. Proprietor: HERBERT ELDRIDGE 887-6214 Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE 291-3489 UCTI F ' N SALE Of Farm Machinery, Misc. Items, for: GERRIT KUPER Lot 3, Con. 13, Maryborough Township, located 1 mile south of Teviotdale on Rothsay hardtop road, turn south first sideroad, first farm, on: Friday, April 15, 1983 12:30 p.m. TRACTORS: MF 245. diesel tractor, only 590 hours (like new); Cockshutt 1465 diesel trac tor, dual remotes, in good condition. MACHINERY: 850 'Case 10' self-propelled swather; IHC 510, 1,8 disc grain and fertilize drill (good condition); Cockshutt 540, 4 ro corn planter; Triple OK 3 pth 4 furrow plow, ad justable 12-14-16" bottoms, trip beam George White 200 gallon stainless steel tan weed sprayer on trailer; Allied 41'6" grafi auger, pto, drive and hopper; Cockshutt 16 wheel cultivator; Cockshutt 20' whee cultivator with wings and harrow; Allied fold -up pony harrows; Kongskilde 3 pth fertilizer spreader; 12' land packer; Schultz corn stalk chopper; Dettson 7' single auger snow blower; 3 pth 4 row vibra shank corn cultivator; 6 ton new wagon; 175 bushel gravity grain bin; 12' and 8' 4" grain augers; 16' hay rack; 6 section of harrows. MISC. ITEMS: Onan 25 KW generator, pto; li- quid manure pump, 2,300 g.p.m. capacity, pto, portable single cylinder air compressor; 400 gallon stainless steel bulk tank, used for medication; electric 220 heater; 200 gallon gas tank; 5 truck rims and tires, 8.25 x 20; several steel hog feeders; water bowls; electric fencer; exhaust fan; clay 40; stable cleaner schute; plus wagon load of misc. items. TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale day. Lunch Wagon Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for accidents or loss of property sale day. Proprietor: GERRIT KUPER 638-3213 Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE Listowel, Ontario. 291-3489 r w k n EXTENSIVE q.EARING AUCTION SALE' Of 25 Tractors, Antique Tractors, Construc- tion Equipment, Machinery, Tractor Parts, Misc. Etc., for: THE ESTATE OF ,- RON CAMPBELL Lot 16, Con. 5, Proton Twp., 12 miles east of Mount Forest, on 89 Hwy., to Proton Sideroad 12. Go north to second corner, turn right, '/4 mile to farm. Watch for signs, on: Saturday, Apr. 9, .1,983 9:30 'a.m.-Sharp TRACTORS: Ford Super Major 5000 diesel tractor, good shape; Ford Dexta diesel tractor, good condition; 5 JD tractors, 4 in running order; 2 AR's, good shape; 1 D, good condi- tion; 70 diesel; running order; 11 Case trac- tors, 3 running, 3 with loaders; 3 LA's; 4D's; 1 C; 3 L's; 5 IHC tractors, 2 in running -order; MH 22, for parts; Caterpillar D 8, running order; Caterpillar D -W 10, running order with earth mover; Caterpillar D -W 10, for parts; payloader for parts; 2 back hoes. MACHINERY: MH Super 27, self-propelled combine, running order with pickup and reels; MH 60 pull -type combine with pickup, reels and motor, running order; IHC self-propelled 12' swather, not running; MH 12' pull -type pto swather; MF No. 3 baler; NH 78 baler, working order; Case baler, for parts, McCormick threshing machine; 6 plows; Oliver 5 furrow 14" trail plow, good condition; Ford 4 furrow, 3 pth plow; 4 drag plows; 4 flat rack wagons; 4 hay mowers; 4 drag cultivators; 3 discs, 1 JD on rubber; 2 set of chain harrows; 5 land 2 drum rollers, 1 wooden; 2 weed sprayers; grain box; 3 JD side rakes on steel; one way disc; hydraulic single axle dual wheel trailer; 4 manure spreaders, 3 JD, one JD 33 pto, good shape; 2 grain binders, 8', 10'; 2 homemade snow blowers; 4 manure loaders, one 3 pth; 1957 Dodge 3 ton truck, flat bed with hoist; assortment of truck side racks; 2 bale elevators, skeleton and trough; 3 seed drills, 2 on rubber - JD and Case; 2 sets of antique farm scales; 2 portable cement mixers, one is 1 yard mixer; 3 fanning mills with screens; buzz saw; bale stookers; bale forks; 2 vacuum milker pumps; odd pails; old turnip pulper; 2 horse buggies; horse cutter; odd wooden wheels; 2 grain augers: 3 grain aerators; other machinery not listed. MISC., PARTS, ETC.: 4 sets of tractor chains; tractor pulleys; large portable oil heater, not running; belt driven DC welder, working order; small gas motors, running and for parts; wood lathe and tools; water troughs; feed troughs; chicken brooders; chicken feeder system; number of 2 -way cylinders; number of 100' drive belts, thresher belts; antique car parts, etc.; assortment of Wisconsin motors and Chrysler flat head motors; old radiators; truck tires; tract6r tires, rims, etc.; large assortment of tractor parts for JD, Case, IHC, Caterpillar, etc.; heat housers; nuts, bolts, etc.; other misc items not listed. TERMS: Cash sale day. Cheques with I.D. Everything to be sold to settle estate. Everything to be removed by April 25. A Targe offering of small items. SALE ORDER: 9.30 a.m. - wagon Toads, misc., machinery. Tractors sell at 3:00 p.m. Lunch Booth on grounds. Executrix or Auctioneer not responsible for accidents, injury, or loss of property sale day. Executrix: MRS. ISABELL CAMPBELL 323-1119 Auctioneer: JOHN D. McPHEE Mount. Forest, Ontario 323-4058 r