The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-04-20, Page 32Page 2—Crossroads—April 20, 1983
That's shoe
Back in the days when vir-
ginity counted, and gay
meant happy and hash
meant supper, a pair of well -
shined sole -mates said good
things about the wearer.
If you can remember a
world without garage sales,
Ph levels, or salad bars, then
you'll be able to recall the
names of at least five brands
of shoe polish. Kiwi, Nugget,
It, Two in One, and Propert's
— there's a beginning.
In the days of Lux Radio
Theatre and the Happy
Gang, most kids had' two
pairs of shoes — a pair for
good (church, music festi-
vals and going to Aunt
Ethel's) and old (for school
and kicking rocks around).
The old shoes were the good
ones demoted, and they were
on the road most of the time,
skipping, roller-skating, run-
ning bases and climbing
things. Mine were routinely
invalidaded to the shoe-
maker for new half -soles, at
fifty cents a pair.
Good or old, shoes were
made of leather and they had
to be cared for. Mine were
regularly • nourished and
burnished with shoe -polish
and elbow grease. A kitchen
drawer held my father's ar-
senal of shoe care necessar-
ies — tooth brushes to apply
the polish, two brushes
(labelled BR and BL) to
work up a shine, and for the
final rub, long strips of soft
wool flannel. These were
legs or arms amputated
from cast-off Stanfield long -
johns, and there is nothing
like them to buff up a great
oxford shine.
Each morning before he
set out for work, my father
would brace a foot on a kit-
chen chair and whip one of
those long underwear legs
around the heel and toe of
HEY KIDS! LEARN TO DRAW
1
WITi DANNY
COUGHLAN
1. Here's Danny's complete drawing.
2. Finish what Danny started.
3. Now try it yourself!
each shoe.
Then, bright of foot, he was
ready to start his day. I am
told that even during De-
pression years, when he was
jobless and living on his sav-
ings he went through the
shoe polishing ritual every
morning. He may havenbe0n.
on his uppers, but at least
they were shiny and well
cared for.
You'll understand that I
learned early about the
importance of shining one's
shoes.
Like most maidens of the
time I wore saddle shoes to
high school. To wear clean
saddle shoes was to join that
dread legion of kids of whom
one's mother approved. ("I
saw Angela Gorf today and
she looked so neat and tidy
and she always is so polite
and gets such good marks
and goodness knows it
doesn't cost anything to be
clean ..." and so on and so
on.)
In order never to be identi-
fied with the Angela Gorfs of
the world we all spent a good
deal of time giving our
saddle shoes a lived-in look.
Imagine my dismay on those
mornings when I would come
down to breakfast to find
that the shoe -polishing fairy
had been at work, and my
saddle shoes had been re-
newed! Side by side they sat,
beside the shoe polish
drawer. The white parts
glistened; the brown saddles
shone like rubbed chestnuts.
Even the laces were laun-
dered, for Pete's sake. My
reputation was ruined.
"Jeepers," I'd groan. "I just
got them all broken in."
"Naturally
Yours"
Naturally yours. The
CUCUMBER.
It's a vegetable that's
used in so many ways that it
would take a week to name
them all. Cucumber is the
name for various types from
the gherkins to the minia-
tures to the giant large slic-
ing burpless cucumber.
In every case, they can be
eaten right from the skin,
including the skin. You don't
have to waste a bit of them.
They are greaty,in salads.
They're even good when
they're steamed and served
with a vinaigrette dressing.
They mix and blend well
with all other vegetables
and still retain their own
distinctive flavor.
Cucumbers have been
around since the ancient
Greek civilization, maybe
even before that. Believe it
or not, they are from the
melon family, and the food
value of a cucumber is very
low.
Their water content when
freshly picked is about 97
percent. That's why cu-
cumbers are a dieter's
delight. No calories to speak
of, no carbohydrates, totally
non -starchy. But they'll fill
you up and even help you to
slim down. As a matter of
fact there are several popu-
lar and proven cucumber
and water diets around that
seem to work.
The cucumber — natural-
ly yours.
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What happened to the cult
of shoe polishing?
For one thing, shoe manu-
facturers began to make
shoes of plastic which needs
no polish, just a wipe -off now
and then. Shoe polish itself
changed, and came in a
bottle with an applicator and
announced itself as self -
polishing, just like the stuff
you put on the kitchen floor.
Anyway, by this time half
the world wore work boots
and .the other half track
shoes — neither of which
needs polish.
But some of us still cherish
old comfortable leather
shoes. Today I brought them
home from the shoe hospital
with new soles and heels.
This afternoon 1 rubbed deep
brown, waxy -smelling polish
into them and let them dry
briefly, before attacking
them with a good stiff brush.
They shined up just 'fine,
and then I applied the final
buffing with a bit of old flan-
nel sheeting. I have no long
underwear legs, but I'm
looking, I'm looking.
Now my old shoes are
bright again and I feel like
singing "Shine on, shine on
leather shoes, down on my
feet."
Bring on the spring. I'm
ready.
Gigantic Farm Equipment
Monthly Consignment
AUCTION SALE
Friday, April 2211983
Sale Starts at 10 a.m. Sharp
Sales held on the 4th Friday of each month.
NEW & USED EQUIPMENT: Including approx.
75 to 100 tractors, some industrial equipment,
skid -steer loaders, approx. 30 combines and
over 300 pieces of all types of farm equipment
plus lawn and garden equipment.
TERMS: Cash or good cheque day of sale. Not
responsible for accidents on property. Truck-
ing and lunch available.
Auctioneers:
CLIFF GILBERT and
ALEX PARR
Don't miss it, see you there.
WAYNE WARD FARM EQUIPMENT
Hivy. 6, Wiarton
534-1638 or 534-2988
AUCTION SALE
Of Household Effects of:
OLIVE UNDERWOOD
Wellington St., Gorrie, 1 block east ofyain
St., north side of river. Watch forsigns on
Main St., on:
Saturday, April 23, 1983
11:00 a.m.
APPLIANCES: Small Gibson fridge; Frigidaire
electric stove; Phillips B&W TV; small electrical
appliances.
FURNITURE & ANTIQUES: Day bed, good;
Lazy Boy chair; pressback nurser rocker; 5
oval back chairs; 2 Targe armchairs,
reupholstered; 2 wooden fern stands; wicker
fern stand; covered occasional chair and
rocker; high back sideboard with mirror and
glass doors; 5 oak chairs and armchair with
leather seats; extension table and.3 leaves;
open washstand; sofa bed; magazine table;
end table; parlour table; washstand and
dresser; washstand; combination washstand
and dresser; bonnet chest; dresser and mirror;
small wooden table; kitchen cupboard with 2
flour bins in bottom and solid board work top;
cast iron bed with 10 brass knobs; chair for
caning; pressback commode chair; old cup-
board, rough; chrome table and 4 chairs; trunk;
metal utility cupboard; iron beds; TV tables;
card table; old Spartan radio.
CHINA & GLASS: Approximately 25 china
cups and saucers; RN small cups and saucers;
cocoa pot with blue trim; LH moustache cup,
HP; 2 HP cups and saucers; 3 Carnival glass
bowls; salts and peppers, 1 green depression,
1 occupied Japan; old cheese dish; 3 cut glass
salters; HP bowl; HP teapot; comport dish with
lid; HP cake plate; HP Nippon candy dish; Targe
cut glass fruit bowl; Bavarian toothpick holder;
Noritake finger dish; small Noritake dish; pink
depression pitcher; teapot stand with Queen
Mary and King George; odd plates; pink glass
bowl; cut glass vase; pedestal cake dish; 2
bowls and 5 nappies, green glass; 3 blue
plates glasses; HP dresser plate; 11 plates,
platter and gravy boat, Johnson Bros.; 7 piece
washstand set (large pitcher, cracked), Stanley
Pottery Co., blue and pink; Austria vase; many
other misc. dishes.
MISC.: 1981 Farthing; 1934 1 Ib. New
Zealand; May 7, 1945 Toronto Star; oil Tamp;
Players cigarette tin; old kaledeiscope and pic-
tures; wooden jewellery box; tea tin; pieces of
granite; crocks; pots and pans; picture frames;
Miller brass lamp converted to electric; floor
Tamp; electric heater; bedding; quilt patterns;
quilting frames; buttons; sad irons; child's
sleigh; garden tools; stepladder; tools; copper
boiler; Lewyt vacuum; 8 community plate cof-
fee spoons; 11 Wm. Rogers dessert forks; odd
pieces cutlery; 9' x 12' green and rust carpet
and underlay; mirrors; Forestville Westminster
chime mantle clock; .Ingraham gingerbread
clock; many other items too numerous to men-
tion.
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. day of
sale.
Mrs. Underwood is living in a Nursing Home.
Lunch Booth.
Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for
accidents day of sale.
Any announcements or corrections given
verbally day of sale.
Auctioneers:
BARRY & KITH GRAY
(519)338-3722 or 343-3607
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was born on April 7, 1770.
Mayflower voyage
The Mayflower started on
her return trip to England
on April 5, 1621.
AUC' ION SALE
Of Appliances, Furniture, Dishes, Antiques,
Ride -On Lawn Mower, Tent Trailer, Tools,
and Misc. Items, for:
MRS. LOIS BELL
Newry. Sale will be held in The Atwood Com-
munity Centre, on:
Friday, April 29, 1983
6:00 p.m.
APPLIANCES: Kelvinator small size
refrigerator; Hot Point heavy duty. automatic
washer, good; . Westinghouse heavy duty elec-
tric clothes dryer; Inglis electric clothes dryer;
small electrical appliances.
FURNITURE: 2 Chesterfields and chairs, green
and gold floral; coffee and 2 hexagon tables;
Electrohome console stereo, radio, record and
tape deck; bookcase with glass doors;
footstools; lamp and end tables; wall mirrors;
recliner chair; kitchen chrome table and 4
chairs; oak desk and chair; utility table; 2
upholstered chairs; child's rocking chair and
desk; magazine rack; rocking chair; fireplace
screen and accessories; continental bed with
headboard; chest of drawers; double size foam
mattress; double bed; dresser with mirror;
clothes hamper; working telephone; 12' x 12'
brown rug; pictures and frames; bedding and
linens. -
ANTIQUES: Combination china cabinet desk;
dining room extension table with 5 leaves; set
of 6 early Canadiana chairs in original finish;
harvest style table; wooden table with 2
drawers; sideboard; press balk chair; bonnet
chest; dresser and mirror; typewriter; plus
misc. items.
DISHES: Variety of dishes; pots and pans;
willow pieces, woodware, glass, copper and
silver pieces.
LAWN MOWERS: Ford 5 hp ride on mower;
gas push mower; push mower; broadcast
seeder; weed eater; wheelbarrow; 3'/2 hp belt
drive garden tiller; garden tools; lawn furniture
and some hand tools.
TENT TRAILER: Hard top tent trailer, complete
with propane fridge, furnace, stove, and sink,
sleeps 6 and in good condition.
MISC. ITEMS: Poulan chain saw; electric skil
saw; electric jig saw; man's 10 speed bicycle;
boy's and girl's bikes; 10' aluminum steplad-
der; 6' aluminum stepladder; Coleman coolers;
fire extinguisher; Coleman lantern; vise; 14"
Michelin snow tires on rims.
SPORTS EQUIPMENT: Golf clubs and bag;
cross country skis; roof rack for skis and bikes;
plus misc. items.
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale
day.
Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for
accidents or loss of property sale day.
Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE
AUCTION SALE
Of Farm Machinery, Shop Tools, Some
Household Effects and Misc. Items, for:
ALSON CLEMMER
Lot 8, Con. 5, Peel Township, located 10
miles west of Elmira or 2 roads north at Mac -
ton and west 2nd farm, on:
Wed., April 27, 1983
12:00 noon
MACHINERY: White 2-62 diesel tractor, 3
years old, complete with all hydraulic loader
with dirt plate; David Brown 990 diesel tractor;
IHC 510, 16 disc drill with grain, fertilizer and 2
grass seed boxes (good); NI 165 power
spreader; MF 124 hay baler; NH Super 717
harvester with pickup and 2 row corn head; two.
Dion self unloading forage wagons; IHC 56
forage blower; approximately 40' of 9" blower
pipes, hood and elbow; gravity grain bin with
self unloading auger; hydraulic motor; MH 4 bar
side rake; NI 36' hay elevator with 2 hp electric
motor; 2 farm wagons with hay racks; 8 sec-
tions of harrows; double auger NI 7' snow
blower; IHC 8' wheel cultivator; potato digger;
Gehl zero grazer.
SHOP EQUIPMENT: 30 KVA pto generator on
trailer; Linde 295 amp welder; cutting torch
with gauges and hose; Jet -Set cutting band
saw with '/2 hp electric motor; Markito grinder;
0 speed heavy duty drill press with 3/4" chuck
and 1 hp electric motor; air compressor; Rigid
pipe thread cutter with 7/16"-1" with handle;
Rigid pipe thread cutter with handle; Homelite
XL 76 chain saw.
HORSE EQUIPMENT: 3 seater 2 horse car-
riage; buggy; set of carriage harness.
BUTCHERING EQUIPMENT: 45 gallon kettle
stove; meat grinder; meat stutter; butcher
table.
MISC,: Scraper blade; Stewart electric cattle
clippers; 2 steel water troughs; 400 lbs.
scales; baler twine; 8 gallon milk cans; used
lumber; used steel; chicken crates; propane
brooder and regulator; cattle dehorners;
hydraulic cylinder; 3 pth draw bar; steel weight
box; quantity mixed stove wood.
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: Propane light, globes
and mantels; ice cream maker;' baby carriage;
baby sitter; screen pie cupboard; cabinet; 2
wooden tables; 3 chests of drawers; wooden
bed, spring and mattress; push lawn mower; 6"
stove pipes; hockey game; swivel rocker; baby
crib; 2 single beds, spring and mattresses.
SALE ORDER: Starting with household items at
12 noon, followed with wagon of misc. items
and shop tools, then machinery.
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale
day.
Lunch Booth.
Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for
accidents or loss of property sale day.
Proprietor:
ALSON CLEMMER, 698'-2272
Auctioneer:
B013 GILMORE,
485 Victoria Ave. S.,
Listowel, Ontario.
291-3489
Of 2 Tractors, Machinery, Misc., Household
Items, for:
DELMAR MARTIN
Lot 8, Con. 12, West Luther Township, 21/2
miles east of the Conn -Arthur hardtop road or
second farm west of Centre Sideroad, on:
Saturday, Apr. 23, 1983
1:30 p.m. Sharp
INCLUDES: IHC 414 diesel tractor with IHC
1505 manure loader, hydraulic bucket and
chains, good condition; IHC W-4 gas tractor,
good condition; IHC 155 pto manure spreader,
has top beater, good condition; Case No. 77
pull -type combine with pickup, good working
order; JD 14 T hay baler, working order; IHC.3
pth trip beam 12" bottom plow, good shape;
Lilliston V -type back up snow blower, good
condition; IHC 3 pth 7' hay mower; Cockshutt
older model 15 run seed drill on rubber; 10' 3
pth cultivator with guide wheels; older model
10' self propelled swather with Wisconsin
motor, running order; Martin 7 ton good wagon
gear with good 16' flat rack; 1974 Ford '/2 ton
truck, no box, running order, sells as is; 2 farm
type trailers.
MISC., HOUSEHOLD, ETC.: Set of plywood '/2
ton truck racks; Farm King 5" 16' grain auger
with 3/4 hp motor, real good shape; homemade
tractor driven bench type saw; homemade 8'
plywood grain box with auger; approximately
150' litter carrier track; hangers and good
bucket; old pto shafts; farrowing crate; part
rolls of barb wire; jackall jack; heavy logging
chain; wagon load of small items, forks,
shovels, etc.; Co-op fridge, running order;
chesterfield and chair; small school desk; bed
type chesterfield, good condition; other small
items not listed.
TERMS: Cash sale day. Cheques with I.D.
Farm is rented. Everything to be remov-
ed by April 25.
SALE ORDER: Wagon load, household, misc.
Machinery sells approximately 2:30 p.m.
Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for
accidents, injury or loss of property
sale day.
Proprietor:
'DELMAR MARTIN, 3234765
Auctioneer:
JOHN McPHEE,
Mount Forest. 323-4058
AUCTION SALE
Of Car, Household Effects, Piano, Gun, Tools
and Misc. Items, for:
ESTATE OF
MRS. DOROTHY SCHADE
325 Argyle St. N., Listowel. Sale will be held
in the Kurtzville Community Centre, located 2
miles north of Listowel on Hwy. 23 and 4
miles west. of Gowanstown, on:
Saturday, Apr. 30, 1983
12:00 noon
CAR: 1979 LeSabre Buick, 4 door, 305
engine, new tires and only 27,000 km. Selling
with safety and like new.
APPLIANCES: Findlay 20" electric stove; Vis
count single door refrigerator; Woods 17 cu. ft
chest freezer; Frost King refrigerator (needs
repair); Speed Queen spin-dry washer and
stack Speed Queen 110 volt electric dryer,
both like new; GE- wringer washer; electric
broom with power foot; small electrical ap-
pliances.
FURNITURE: Chesterfield and chair, colonial
style, floral, beige and rust, like new; chester-
field bed and matching swivel rocker; Marconi
stereo with radio, record and 4 track player and
recorder; quantity of records; portable
cassette tape recorder AC/DC and tapes;
Panasonic portable colour TV, TV stand; Dun-
can Phyfe drop leaf dining room table; 2 Lazy
Boy vinyl chairs; coffee and 2 end tables; 4 din-
ing room chairs, velvet seats; Bridge table and
4 folding chairs; smoker stand; footstools;
table, pole and floor lamps; Admiral portable
colour TV, also stand; occasional armchair;
book table; Eiectrohorne humidifier, chrome kit-
chen table and 5 chairs; chrome stool;
Magavox portable record player; 2 card tables;
utility table; chesterfield and chair (sun porch);
double pedestal desk; GE portable 12" B&W
TV; table radio; desk lamp; Kenmore vacuum
cleaner (new); chrome clothes rack; 3 piece
bedroom suite consists of double bed, dresser
with mirror, chest of drawers (good suite); 3
single beds with headboards; night table; small
table; luggage; pictures and frames; bedding
and linens.
PIANO: Bell upright piano in good condition;
piano bench; violin and case; 2 bows (needs
repair); piano stool; Gibson amplifier.
DISHES: Variety of mixed dishes, pots and
pans; 12 old wooden handle knives and 3 tine
forks; set of 8 stainless steel carving set.
ANTIQUES: Corner what -not; spool hall tree;
wicker fern stand; rocking chair; bottom part of
back -to -wall cupboard; 2 washstands; 3 mat-
ching press back chairs; hurricane lamp, New
Williams treadle sewing machine; dresser with
mirror; parlour table; end tables; table radio;
cabinet radio with record player; Beatty cistern
pump; cellar table with drawer, crocks; Empire
tobacco cutter; plus misc. items.
GUN: Cooey model 60 repeater rifle, 22
calibre. Buyer must have F.A.C.
MISC. ITEMS: G.E. electric lawn mower (new);
Sunbeam electric snow blower; 100' electrical
cord on reel; push hand lawn mower; coal oil
heater; charcoal barbecue; Coleman gas
lantern; lawn furniture; garden tools; B&D 3/8"
electric drill; electric motors; bench vise; '/2"
drive socket set; quantity of hand tools;
wooden stepladder; plus misc. items.
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale
day.
Executors or Auctioneer not responsible for
accidents or loss of property sale day
Auctioneer:
BOB GILMORE
291-3489
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