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Zurich Citizens News, 1973-10-04, Page 4PAGE 4 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4,. 1973 dous volume, teasing the har- maic!, downing pints and drowning out any attempt at conversation. My old lady, who is not noted for her prudence, mod- esty or reserve. turned around and snapped, "Shut up!" Their jaws fell. The bar- maid silently applauded. I thought one of them was going to wipe her off the stool with a backhander. He was only a little guy, about six - two and 220 pounds. That cost me four fast pints while I babbled that she was only kidding and was' really a delightful, charming girl at heart. Twenty minutes later, they were complaining that we'd missed the great Eis- teddfod in Llangollen, an annual competition of choirs from all over the world, held right there. Because the bus service was slow, one of them packed us into his van, and drove us twenty miles to Wrexham, a forty -mile round trip for him. It may sound like a glorified pub-crawl. It wasn't. There are 800 pubs in Greater London. and we missed most of them. But if you want to meet people, no Netter way. WMS (continued from page 3) new books on display. Huron Presbyterial meeting will be held on October 10 at 1 30 p.m. in Knox Presbyterian Church in Goderich. All members and guests are welcome and are to notify Mrs. Schwalm of intent- ions of going. The next meet- ing will be held Monday, Nov- ember 12. The Ladies Aid meeting fol- lowed with Mrs. Aldeen Voltam acting as president and Mrs. Earl Campbell as secretary. Plans were made for the Nov- ember 3 bazaar, bake sale, garden produce, white elephant, touch and take table, etc., also a fish pond for the children. Get -well wishes and a gift were planned to be sent to Rev. Jarvis who underwent surgery in University Hospital in Lond- on last week. 0 The weary shoe salesman had pulled out half the stock and still could not satisfy the fussy woman customer. Finally, he mopped his brow, sat on the floor, and said: "Mind if I rest a minute, madam. Your feet are killing me!" Bayfield council. (continued from page 1) will be posted. An invitation to attend a meeting of the Holmesville Land Fill Site Committee on Wednesday, October 3, was received. Council delegated the reeve and clerk to attend on their behalf,' An anonymous letter was received, but no attention was given it as it was unsigned. In other business, an extension is to be added to a drain on Tuy1 11 street; ditches are to be clean- ed out; preparation for paving for 1974 is to be continued; gravel is to be laid on the nec- essary streets in the next few days and approval was given for the hiring of Andy McFarland to scrape and paint the trim on the municipal building. The librarian, Mrs. Fred Weston, was given permission to hire someone to clean the library floor once a month and to purchase any small and sund- ry items as necessary. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, Octob- er 15, at 7.30 p.m. OF ANTIQUES and HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FOR MR. PAT OESCH 2 miles North of Zurich on Goshen Line SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 at 1:00 P.M. ANTIQUES; Striking New Haven Clock, coal oil lamps, dishes, flat irons, apple peeler, cutter bells, log roller, Yankee plow point, copper boilers, horse buggy, buggy robe, old pint beer bottles, wash stands, crocks (all sizes) wooden keg, gas engine washing machine. HOUSEHOLD ITEMS - Kitchen table and chairs, kitchen cabinet, wood stove with reservoir, odd tables, fern stands, corner shelf, oil stoves, sewing machines, beds, bedding, dresser, towels, dishes, table cloths, cutlery, picture frames, ceilers, cake tins, radios, food chopper, table legs, mats, new hooked rugs, child's rocking chair, lawn chairs, home-made soap, window frames (all sizes). MISCELLANEOUS; Work bench, wood boxes, paint, grind stories, tool boxes, tools, garden tools, assortment of bolts, and nuts, vice, old tires with rims, three horse hitch, ropes, horse harness, road cart, chains, abundance of fire wood. TERMS - CASH Not responsible for accidents on day of sale D & J Riddell Auction Service Doug 237-3576 AUCTIONEERS Jack 237-3431 ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HER TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 ttp Ar Member:• Canadian Weekly. Newspapers Association j Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association "r!ts Subscription Rates: $5.00 per year in advance in Canada; $6.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 15¢ HERE'S TO PUBS! THEY'RE WONDERFUL by Bill Smiley I promised there'd be no more columns about Eng- land. This one won't be, but it will be about people we met there. Half the fun of travelling is the people you meet. That's why I wouldn't be too keen on taking one of those tours, where you go everywhere with the same forty or so people, and are stuck with them for three or four weeks, and don't meet anyone fresh. For example, while we were in London. I found it pleasant to stroll down to the bar for a pre -luncheon pint while my wife was muddling around in the room, worrying about washing her hair or something. For several days, we formed a congenial group there. A far-flung group. There was old Jack from South Africa, with one aluminum arm and one ditto leg. He'd whack his artificial leg with his cane to emphasize a point. There was Ron, an Australian dealer in stamps. There was a Highland Scot. There was an Irish bartender. And there was your blue-eyed boy from Canada. English, Yanks and Canadians were excluded. Other Canadians, that is. We got along first-rate, and there was an easy toler- ance that I noticed during the war when there might he bodies of ten different nations on one squadron. I didn't go after Jack about apartheid or Ron about Australian treatment of aborigines and nobody went after me about our Eskimos. The Irishman and the Scot were a bit hostile, but only about the English. Rather. we talked about the important things in life: heating bills (about $50 a year in S.A. and less in Sydney): housing costs (about the same everywhere): wives (about the same everywhere): rotten kids (ditto): income tax (ditto). Not very enlightening. you'll say. hut comfortable, easy conversation. with no strain or stridency. Then our wives would arrive and the commonwealth conference would break up until next day at noon. We met dozens of inter- esting people like this. easily and amiably. The pub is the great leveller. In Canada, people in a bar sit in their own tight little groups at a table, a waiter serves them. and they are like an island. no contact with anybody else. Or if they are alone. they sit at the bar and glower into the mirror or into their drink, gloomily. In Britain. it's just the opposite. if you're at a table. you fetch your own drinks, and anyone is liable to sit down with you. Very casual. First thing you know. you're chatting. Next thing you know, you're bosom chums. Example. One night after a show, we went into a pub for a drink and a steak - and -kidney pie. Three people sat down at our table. chattering in what sounded like German. It was Dutch. A girl, newly married and liv- ing in London. and her par-• ents, first time in England. Father spoke a little English, mother had a big smile. In five minutes we were chatting away like old friends. Father fetched his wife a gin. Came hack look- ing ruefully into his three- quarters of an ounce. Said. "Here dey just vet de bottom of de glass. In Holland , .. " and he held up thumb and forefinger about four inches apart. We parted in half an hour, but only after the sire insisted we come and see leer in London. and gave us address and phone number. It couldn't happen here. Our watering establishments are built for masochists or people who have good night vision and can see in the dark. They're not for com- panionship and friendliness. Example. We were hav- ing lunch in a pub in North Wales, at the bar. Four brawny, dirty Welshmen came in and started hooting and hollering at a tremen- imhollturgsmoromminpromp Busines and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS Jo E. Langstaff OPTOMETRIST .5EAFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE 527.1240 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sat- urday a.m„ Thursday evening CLINTON OFFICE 10 Isaac Street 482-7010 Monday and Wednesday Call either office for appointment. Norm Martin OPTOMETRIST Office Hours: 9-12 A,M. — 1:30-8 P.M. Closed all day Saturday Phone 235.2433 Exeter INSURANCES Robert F. 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