The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-05-25, Page 24Page 2 -Crossroads -May 25, 1983
I've been trying to get
some of my students inter-
ested in writing essays for
money, instead of grinding
them out for the teacher.
The local Bar Association
offers a $100 prize for an es-
say on The Rule of Law. The
Leacock Association offers
$50 for thebest humorous
piece by a high school stu-
dent.
Either my students are
leery of the law, and have no
sense of humor, or they al-
ready have more money
than is good for them. There
is a resounding lack of inter-
est in both -competitions.
When I was in Grade 8, my
home town held an essay
contest. I entered it, won it,
walked off with the grand
prize of $2.50 cash, and have
never looked back.
Now, I can see them being
a bit dubious about writing
humor. That's a dicey thing:
one man's bellow of laughter
is another man's groan -
and it requires a special
talent. But surely any dam -
fool can write something
about the law - good, bad or
otherwise. .
Judges, lawyers and poli-
ticians (most of whom are
lawyers) can be expected to
turn out something credit-
able about the law, whether
or not their effusions are
credible.
Gangsters, drug addicts
and murderers can equally
be expected to savage the
.law . in .print, Yas seen :from
their si ight1y_ biased pos iii �_ _
Buteven- great writers
have been fascinated b{r the
Bill Smiley
The la►'s soiled image
law. Shakespeare -said some-
thing like, "Let's hang all the
lawyers." The poor man was
constantly in the courts,
which made him a poorer
man. But his sentiment will
be readily echoed in many a
mind.
Dickens said is succinctly:
"The law is an ass." An
equally popular idea among
a fair population of the popu-
lace.
Thoreau too had a word for
the law: "Unjust laws exist.
Shall we obey them, or shall
we endeavour to amend
them and obey them until we
have succeeded, or shall we
transgress them at once?"
He states further, "If it (a
law) requires you to be the
agent of injustice to another,
then, I say, break the law."
Neatly put.
Of course, if everyone fol-
lowed Thoreau's advice,
military law would become a
shambles, there'd be 'no
more war, and people would
stop killing each other in
massive numbers. That, of
course, would upset the
economy dreadfully, and
where would we be then?
Looking back through his-
tory, we can see that the law
doesn't always appear too
squeaky clean, but somehow
the results weren't too bad.
Christ was crucified by the
law, and see what that pro-
duced_ Joan of Arc was con-
demned
ondemned as a heretic by ec-
clesiastical law, and burned
as witchEn sh-7aw
hat _hadn't happenea -the --•
English wouldn't have been
driven out of France, and the
populace of that lovely land
would have been condemned
to a lifetime of eating brus-
sels sprouts instead of truf-
fles.
Sir Thomas More, a great
lawyer, fought off several at-
tempts to frame him, and
was finally brought to the
executioner's block by per-
jury, organized by another
lawyer. But the results?
England, rather short on
saints, got another one;
Good Queen Bess made it to
the throne and 50 years of
peace; and we got the televi-
sion series The Wives of
Henry the Eighth.
It seems that the law, tra-
ditionally blindfolded, works
like God, in mysterious ways
its wonders to perform.
In modern times, the law is
taking something of &batter-
ing. Ordinary citizens break
the laws freely, especially
when it has anything to do
with something much more
majestic - the automobile
A man who would vomit at
the thought of murder, rape,
robbery, will cheerfully park
illegally, exceed the speed
limit, refuse to fasten his
seat belt.
Because the minions of the
law - police and the mili-
tary - are tools of the estab-
lishment, there was a great
wave of lawlessness during
theanti-establishment
movement of the 60s and 70s.
Because the law seemed to
have lost its teeth; we have
seen_wuons *tyingg-coartinr _.
itinctiona,. _football _fans_eiot-.
ing and vandalizing,
Seeing eye to eye
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East to accommodate Rod.
"This place always had two examination
rooms," Ken said. "We just opened the
other one up."
Ken moved to the Elizabeth Street
location across from Listowel Memorial
Hospital six years ago.
"Before that I had my office above the old
Chainway Store, then over Coates Depart-
ment Store and I was in the Professional
Building for 15 years."
With Rod joining his father the
MacKenzies plan to open a branch office in
Linwood around the end of June.
"We'll start off with one day per week and
expand that as needed," Ken said.
Assisting with the practice are two part-
time office workers, Mildred Beyer who has
been with the practice for about 12 years and
Janice Morrison who joined the staff about a
year ago.
And there's another MacKenzie who lends
more than a casual helping hand.
"Yes, Helen has helped out on a part-time
basis for about eight to 10 years," Ken said.
"She used to spend one or two days per week
in the office and now she does most of our
telephoning."
Advancements
Look up the definition of optometry in the
dictionary and it all sounds cut and rather
dry.
Optometry: the profession or occupation
of measuring vision and prescribing
corrective lenses to compensate for visual
defects.
Obviously the MacKenzie family doesn't
find the profession the least bit dull. They
will tell you there's been a number of ad-
vances in optometry in the past 10 years.
Contact lenses are the big thing now.
"Bifocal contacts are relatively new,"
says Rod, "and I guess the newest thing
right now is gas permeable hard contact
lenses for the correction of astigmatism."
Astigmatism is a defect of the eye or of a
lens in which the rays of light derived from
one mint are not brought to a single focal
point-l-esulting in imperfect images or in-
distinctness of vision..
While the new gas permeable hard lenses
are not as comfortable to wear as soft
contact lenses, says Rod, they are more
comfortable than conventional hard contact
lenses. Soft contact lenses, while com-
fortable to wear, do little to correct
astigmatism.
The new soft progression bifocal lenses
are still going through a trial stage and right
now cost approximately $100 more than
conventional contact lenses.
They're becoming popular for an obvious
reason.
"The largest section of the population
wearing contact lenses are the young adults
of the 1960s," said Ken, "and they're now
reaching the age where they have a need for
bifocals."
Another advancement in contact lenses is
the extended wear variety which is a god-
send to elderly persons who find it difficult
to handle the lenses daily.
"While it doesn't involve the optometrist
as much as it does the ophthalmologist,
there have been a number of improvements
for those people suffering from cataracts,"
Ken says. "They no longer have to wear
those heavy, thick glasses. They now can
have implants, or use a variety of contact
lenses."
Plastic lenses for eye glasses have been a
boon to those requiring spectacles. Not only
have they reduced the weight for the
wearer, but plastic lenses are now pretty
much scratch resistant. The latest in plastic
lenses for glasses is really a mixture of
plastic and glass which combines light
weight and photochromatic quality.
"They're just coming in and right now the
only color is blue," Ken said.
Along with improvements in eye care for
the middle aged and elderly, there have
been advancements in eye care for children.
"We can give successful examinations
now to children of three years," Rod said.
Certainly there is nothing more important
from the cradle to the grave than one's
eyesight. Yet in most communities op-
tometrists maintain a low pirofile. The
MacKenzies are no exception. They worry
about information being misconstrued as
advertising. They don't want to sound
boastful. Their attitude is that of the
professional.
Yet they do recognize that their family
following of a single profession is somewhat
unusual. And yes, they are proud of it.
crossroads
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Elmira and District News: Kim Dadson
mugging in the streets.
Because we see our once -
treasured Mounties up to all
sorts of nefarious tricks, and
see the police closing ranks
when some of their members
are charged with brutality;
we have lost some of our
oQce�-solid faith in the arms
of lire law.
Because we see clearly,
every day in the news, that
there is one law for the rich
and another for the poor, we
have lost some of our faith in
the courts.
Perhaps the most telling
sign of the times is a recent
news story from England,
where the bobbies, tradition-
ally unarrned, are carrying
guns in a British city, on a
"trial basis".
It's not too late. There is
still, at least in this country,
a healthy respect for the law,
an earnest desire to be a law-
abiding nation. But a good
spring cleaning would burn-
ish the image of the law,
which has become somewhat
tarnished in the 20th century.
OTTAWA - Scientists at
the Natural Museum of
Natural Sciences are con-
tinuing with their zooarchae-
logical identification r pro-
jects on bones recorded from
protohistoric Huron village
sites of the Trent Valley in
Ontario and from 18th cen-
tury house sites in Quebec
City.
Strawberries
By B. FRANCIS KLEIN
Naturally yours.
STRAWBERRIES.
What a fruit! Let's start
off with just the words
strawberry shortcake. You
can't be old enough to have
lured in a time in America
when strawberry shortcake
and whipped cream wasn't
an overwhelming favorite.
This year the strawberry
will' be over ..-600 years old.
Somehow, nobody seems to
know where this delicious
popular fruit originated. But
no matter who claims It, it is
one of the really versatile
fruits of all time. Eat
strawberries raw and fresh,
fresh frozen, cooked,
canned, in jams and jellies,
In syrups, and as a flavor-
ing. Nothing, but nothing
tastes quite like the straw-
berry.
And don't kid yourself into
thinking that strawberries
are calorie -free, they're not.
An average small serving
can contain up to 185 calo-
ries, depending on how ripe
they are. Both sugar content
and carbohydrates are pret-
ty high.
But when you want a taste
thrill, one that's different
and oh so good, try
strawberries - naturally
yours.
ESTATE
AUCTION SALE
Of Household Effects, Car, Antiques, and
Misc. Items, for:
THE LATE
ALFERD & MILDRED
-RISTO1Al
.t€1 be held in the: Village of Atwood -on -1-94-- - _-
Ellen St., on:
Friday, May 27, 1983
6:00 p.m. Sharp
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: G.E. portable colour
television; Whirlpool frost -free refrigerator;
Woods upright deep freeze; Simplicity spin-dry
washer; Kenmore sewing machine; round
wooden kitchen table and 4 matching chairs;
apartment size table and 2 chairs; coffee and
end tables; matching chesterfield and chair;
couch; Lazy Boy chair; beds; Beisel sham-
pooer; Kenmore floor sweeper; - vacuum
cleaner; mirrors; pictures lamps; Electrohome
humidifier; bookcase; dishes; clocks; bedding
and linens; Iona blender; slow cooker and other
kitchen tools and appliances.
CAR: 1977 Pontiac LeMans Sport Coupe,
65,000 miles, as is, in good shape.
ANTIQUES: Desk; 2 cane chairs; cedar chest;
plates and bowls; lanterns; night table; crocks;
sythe; and misc.
MISC. ITEMS: Exercise bike; guitar; Toro 4 hp
roto tiller, good; lawn mower; 6' aluminum lad-
der; fire extinguisher; fertilizer spreader;
garden hoses; air compressor; cordless grass
shears; barbecue; lawn chairs; kerosene
heater; welder's mask; trouble light; garden
tools and hammers, etc.
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper identifica-
tion accepted. 7% sales tax will be in effect.
Auctioneer or Executrix will not be
responsible for accidents on day of sale.
Executrix: MRS. JOAN SMITH
348-8909
Auctioneer: JOHN NICHOLSON.
Milverton, Ontario.
595-8596
***'* ************'Ik**
* on:
Friday, May 27, 1983
* 10:00 a.m. Sharp •
* Plus our regular gigantic monthly consignment
* auction sale held 4th Friday of each month.
* NEW AND USED EQUIPMENT INCLUDING:
* Approximately 50 late model self-propelled and *
* pull -type combines; 60 to 100 tractors; skid
* steer loaders; some industrial equipment; plus
over 300 pieces of all types of farm equipment.
71'
SPECIAL NOTE: If you need a combine, don't L.
* miss this auction of approximately 50 excellent
* combines plus assortment of heads. Combines
* sell at 1:00 p.m. with trucking available
* anywhere in Canada or USA. Sale features *
* most makes and models. For example:
MF - 4-760, 1-510, 4-410, 6-300, 1-205, *
W- . 1-92, 1-35;
* IHC - 1-915 LP, 1-815, 2-203, 1-93, 2-82,
* 2=80;
* AC - 1-G, 1-F, 3-C11, 1-E, 2-A, 2-66;
* WHITE - 2-7600, 1-7300, 1-545, 2-525; *
NH - 1-995, 1-975; plus JO and Case com-
bines.
* TERMS: Cash or good cheque day of sale.
* Not responsible for accidents on property.
* Lunch Booth.
* Tractors selling at approximately 3:00 p.m. *
* Auctioneers:
* CLIFF GILBERT & ALEX PARR
)} One of Ontario's fastest growing monthly
* farm equipment consignment auctions. *
SPECIAL
COMBINE AUCTION
it
WAYNE WARD
FARM EQUIPMENT
Hwy No. 6. W iartor . Ontario
Phone (619)634 636 or 0449SO,
CLEARING
AUCTION SALE
Of Farm Machinery, Livestock, Feed and
Misc. Items, to be held at Lot 18', Con. 16,
Logan Township, 1'/2 miles west of Monkton
on County Road 9, on:
Saturday, May 28, 1983 "
12:30 p.m.
MACHINERY: JD 710 diesel, 3300 hours,
good; IH B-275 diesel with IH 1501 loader;
Case 630 gas; IH 163 swather; 2-16' flat
racks and wagons; IH 13 run seed drill on
steel, good shape; 12' Kongskilde cultivator;
MF 82 3 -furrow, 16" trip bottom plow; 3 pth
100 gallon weed, sprayer, good; JD 12' wheel
disc; JF pto side rake; Pincor 16,000 watt
generator; 32' Speed King 6" auger; JD 7'
single auger back -in snow blower; 8' one-way
disc; 5 section harrows; Case 80 pull -type
combine, in good vyorking order; NH 66 baler;
MF 18 manure spreader; 1970 Ford 3/4 ton
truck with 10' livestock rack, selling as is.
FEED: Approximately 40 tonnes of mixed
grain, and approximately 800 bales of straw.
LIVESTOCK: 5 York sows, due soon and bred
to a spot cross York boar; 7 York sows short -
bred; approximately 45 feeder pigs, 70-80 lbs;
approximately 25 chunks, 40'50 lbs; and ap-
proximately 20 chunks, 30-40 lbs.
MISC. ITEMS: Berg dairy stabling for 13 cows;
Bou -Matic milking pump with 5 hp motor, like,
new; '4-5 bushel hog feeders, like new; 400
gallon Mueller bulk tank arks unit; Clipper chop-
per with 3 hp motor; feed cart; wheelbarrow;
heat lamps; farm gates; 17' single chain con-
veyor; Beatty wringer washer; '/z ton truck cap;
portable loading chute; 1973 Meteor car, for
parts; some household effects with a normal
wagon load of small items.
TERMS: Cash or cheques will be accepted with
the proper identification. 7% sales tax will be in
effect.
Auctioneer or Proprietor will not be responsi-
_..
Proprietor; KEN YOUNG
347-2634
Auctioneer: JOHN NICHOLSON
Milverton, Ontario.
595-8596
AUCTION SALE
Of Appliances, Furniture, Dishes, and Misc.
Items, for:
MRS. HUGH DAVIDSON
520 Argyle St. N., Listowel, and
GEORGE & HELEN LEITH
lnkerman St. E., Listowel. Sale will be held in
the Kurtzville Community Centre, on:
Tuesday, May 31, 1983
6:00 p.m.
APPLIANCES: Apartment size single door
refrigerator; Frigidaire refrigerator; McClary
older style refrigerator; air conditioner, window
unit; small electrical appliances.
FURNITURE: Kroehler chesterfield and chair,
Colonial, gold floral (like new); Colonial chester-
field bed, rust plaid (like new); round maple kit-
chen table with 2 leaves (like new); table cover;
Duncan Phyfe double pedestal dining room
table, china cabinet, buffet, 5 chairs and arm-
chair; floral pattern chesterfield and chair; plaid
chesterbed (like new); round wooden kitchen
table with 2 wooden chairs; wooden bookcase;
wooden cabinet; small tables; Easy chair; table
lamps; china cabinet and buffet; bookcase; oak
desk armchair; swivel rocker; wooden rocker;
artificial fireplace and logs; bronze kitchen
table; set of 4 matching dining side chairs;
children's books; doll house; small crib;
playpen; children's furniture; record stand and
records; TV stand; oak hall table with drawer;
bedroom chairs; 2 folding chairs; armchair;
wooden secretary desk and swivel wooden
desk chair; clock radio; desk lamp; Underwood
manual typewriter; portable Viking stereo
record player; dehumidifier; Viking humidifier;
Imperial portable sewing machine; Hoover
upright vacuum and attachments; oil painting
and frame; wicker chair; wooden rocker; lug-
gage; braided mats; dresser and matching
chest of drawers; double size poster bed and
matching table desk; chest of drawers;
wooden bed; single steel bed; iron baby crib;
double bed, dresser and mirror; continental
bed, box spring and mattress (like new); 2 night
tables; bedding and linens.
ANTIQUES: Set of 4 gunstock wooden chairs
(all good); 1 gunstock chair with cane seat; set-
tee rocker and side chair, matching, newly
upholstered; top part cupboard, 2 door, 6
pane; wash table; gas hanging lamp with globe;
aladdin hanging lamp with globe; pine blanket
box; parlour table; 3 streamer trunks; 2 wash-
stands; toilet pieces; 3 organ stools; drop front
desk; gas iron; gas lantern; coal oil lantern;
wicker fem stand; washboard; iron sugar ket-
tle; round pedestal parlour table; 2 chests of
drawers, wooden pulls; wooden hall tree; iron
and brass single bed.
DISHES: Variety of everyday dishes, glass,
Cornflower, silver pieces, good pieces.
MISC. ITEMS: Mini bike; girl's bike; gas push
lawn mower; Remington Yard Master chain
saw; 1/4" electric drill; tool box; selection of
hand tools; garden tools; 8 piece right hand
golf clubs, bag and cart; winter parka coat, size
44 (good).
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale
day.
Owners or Auctioneer not responsible for
accidents or loss of property sale day.
Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE
485 Victoria Ave. S.,
Listowel. 291-3489
AUCTIOSALE
Of Horses, Buggy, Cutters and Harness, for:
ON MacDOUGALt
Harriston, with Additions of Household Fur-
niture and Clocks, at Gray's Auction Centre,
corner Hwys. 87 & 89, 1 mile west of Har-
riston, on:
Thursday, June 2, 1983
6:00 p.m.
HORSES & EQUIPMENT: 10 year old mare, off
a Palomino mare and Hackney stud; 6 year old
mare and 5 year old mare, from above mare
and Hackney stud, all broke, single and double;
antique buggy with single seat behind bench
seat; breaking cart; 2 cutters, 1 needs
upholstering; double set driving harness, good;
single set harness; 2 collars; 2 sets chime
bells; Beaver bells, 43/4" and 33/4"; 1878 bell;
old horseshoeing tool.
APPLIANCES: Westinghouse dryer and 24"
Moffat stove; G.E. dishwasher, almond, good;
Enterprise gas stove, 1 year old; deep freeze;
wringer washer; deep fryer; slow cooker.
FURNITURE & ANTIQUES: A & F Nordheimer
piano; chesterfields and chairs, good; dressers
and mirrors; press back child's commode chair;
chests of drawers; extension table; dresser
with cabinets at side of mirror; wooden
telephone table and chair; hump top trunk; arm-
chairs; country couch; desk; pump organ,
works; wooden bed; small square table; ping
pong table; chrome table and chairs; new cedar
chest.
MISC.: 23 cups and saucers; 6 matching Oc-
cupied Japanese cups and saucers; china
cream and sugar; lamps; glasses; misc. dishes;
bedding; hand crocheted bedspread; small
meat grinders; small cast pot; shotgun
shellmaker; old beer bottles; cabbage cutter;
cash register; ladder; horse collar mirror; old
gas motors; shoemaker's kit; 3 hp gas lawn
mower; Craftsman 30" rear engine riding
mower; antique self -measuring oil pump, Model
2Z, made by Imperial Oil; street cleaning brush
for smaller tractor; many other items too
numerous to mention.
CLOCKS: O.G. clock, works; Peguenant Ward,
works; clock by Black Forest Clock Co. with
1937 Coronation sticker; Gilbert clock; clock
by Remple Mfg. Co.; gingerbread clock case
:with works; weight clock case; -clock pads.
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale
SALE ORDERt: Horses-& equipment and bells at
7:00 p.m. Clocks at 8:30 p.m.
Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for
accidents day of sale.
Any announcements or corrections given
verbally day of sale.
Auctioneers:
BARRY .& KEITH GRAY
(519)338-3722 or 343-3607
AUCTION SALE
Of Antique Furniture, Antiques, Dishes, &
Misc. Items, for:
MRS. SID HENRY
Lot 16, Can. 3, Elma Township, located 3
miles south of Listowel on Hwy. 23, on:
Saturday, June 4, 1983
11:00 a.m.
In case of rain, sale will be held at the Kurtz-
ville Community Centre, located 2 miles north
of Listowel on Hwy. 23 and 4 miles west of
Gowanstown.
ANTIQUE FURNITURE: Featuring many original
pieces from the Ida E. Brooks Mansion in
Listowel, in excellent condition; large dining
room sideboard with high back of 6 mirrors;
bookcase top desk has pull-out writing top,
wooden pull handles, all hand carved; gate-leg
table with wooden hinge, castors, will seat 10
people; 3 pillar, pedestal tea table; pedestal
lamp table with porcelain castors; walnut arm-
chair with castors; wall clock made by Wm. L.
Gilbert Clock Co; large pine blanket box with
original red finish; large wardrobe with double
doors, double drawers and porcelain knobs
(excellent); blue velvet Victorian style sofa;
ladies' and gentlemen's matching walnut fram-
ed chairs; walnut framed armchair; red wing
chair; stool; child's press back rocker; cane
bottom nurser rocker; large oak, hand carved,
rope trim bed, with matching dresser; 54"
spool post bed; Kidney shaped dressing table;
poster bed; jam cupboard; long pine bench;
wooden rocker; slat back bedroom chair;
wooden floor lamp; Knechtel white sideboard;
breakfast table, 48-X40"; Wilton rug, 10' x
12'; old radio cabinet -'with shelves; odd tables
and chairs; 400 day clock; shadow box;
storage box; Belgian tapestry; books; wooden
spice rack.
DISHES: Quantity of good dishes including tea
set for 6, gold and white (old); Lustre pieces,
mirror glass; collection of invalid cups; 6 Japan
tea plates (St. Marys); collection of letter
openers; Reed & Barton 1869 silver teapot;
Wm. Rogers teapot, cream and sugar, Crown
and Beaver design; child's teapot; Canadian
glass; limoges, set of 6, dessert - cups and
plates; pewter; Turkish coffee set;
Wedgewood Queen's ware; collection of bells;
3 piece toilet set (green); hand painted oil pic-
ture Niagara Falls on tin; depression glass; 12
Ryrre Bros. white handle dinner knives; 2
crocks; mounted sets of buttons.
MISC. ITEMS: Electrohome humidifier; 12
piece right hand golf clubs and bag; Burroughs
adding machine; Underwood electric
typewriter and stand; electric fireplace heater;
hand lawn roller (new); platform scales; garden
wheelbarrow; Lawn Boy self-propelled lawn
mower; laundry tubs on stand; door and frame;
pine door frames; plus misc. items.
NOTE: This is an excellent offering of collec-
tables',"°so plan to attend.
TERMS: Cash or cheques with proper I.D. sale
day.
Lunch Available.
Owner or Auctioneer not responsible for
accidents or loss of property sale day.
Auctioneer: BOB GILMORE
485 Victoria Ave. S.,
°Listowel. 291-3489