Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 28 Sep 2007, p. 7

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With every special chocolate chip Smile Cookie you buy for just $1.00 each, entire proceeds will be donated to St. John Ambulance. Bring a smile to our community. Smile Cookies are coming. Tim Hortons, 2007 *Offer based on first visit enrollment, minimum 12 month c.d. program. Not valid with any other offer. Valid only at participating locations. 2007 Curves International GEORGETOWN 39 Main St. S. Downtown Georgetown 9057020418 ACTON 374 Queen St. Acton, ON 5198530502 The power to amaze yourself. From October 8th - October 20th, join for only $49 when you bring in a contribution of at least $25 to the Canadian Cancer Society. Bring in a contribution Join for $49 service fee.* Acton/Georgetown, Friday, September 28, 2007 7 On the wall in my kitchen hangs a calendar one of those ones with a big square for each day. And on many of those squares is a collection of notes, some of them recognizing dates of events long gone birthdays, anniversaries, and special events in the Brown family from years ago. The calendar is a continuation of the collection of dates that my dad kept on his calendar, which hung in his kitchen. After he died, I took his cal- endar home, and at the end of that year, trans- ferred all the dates to my new calendar a prac- tice Ive continued for the past four years now. Some of the dates remember people long-gone, like my grandparents anniversary, or aunts and uncles who passed away years ago. But its always nice to look at the calendar and remember. August 19, there is a notation which always makes me smile. It reads Bought the M 1946. Now anyone who reads it might think it was a code of some sort, but to me, its quite clear. My dad and grandfather bought their very first brand-new farm tractor, an International Farmall M, on that date in August, 1946. Fondly referred to as simply The M that trac- tor was the only one my grandfather ever bought brand new. Purchased from dealer Ken MacMillan, (who had his shop in the building where the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 120 is now located in Georgetown,) Dad often told the story how they drove to town to pick up The M. He and my grandfather stood there looking at the tractor, as they prepared to drive it home. No one transported a tractor on a trailer in those days it was a short six-mile drive to the farm. You get on and drive it home, Dad said to his father, Its your first new tractor enjoy it. So my grandfather drove it home, the red paint shining in the sun, him feeling proud as a pea- cock, the proud owner of a brand-new Farmall M. In 1958, I was seven years old. That same year, I learned to drive The M, which was 12 years old. The M was also our number-one big tractor. Dad souped it up a bit, adding domed pistons to raise the compression ratio, (more horsepower, ya know) as well as an M&W clutch kit, giving it live power PTO. The M did it all baled the hay, ploughed the fields, seeded them, and filled the silo. But it was most renowned for plowing snow. Equipped with an eight-foot wide snowplow that would push as much snow as the township grader, the old M was simply awesome. Sadly, as time wore on, the M became obso- lete. We eventually traded it for a modern tractor. Occasionally, Id see a restored M at antique tractor shows, and look it over, taking a jaunt down memory lane. But this week, I did more. While at a farm hardware store shopping for other items, I came across the farm toy aisle. Having a grandson in dire need of practical farm equipment education, I always check the newest models (my story and Im stickin to it.) For the most part, the toys are John Deere, with that trademark green standing out on the shelf. But this time, I spotted a red one. I perused the 1/16 scale size model of a Farmall M, complete with unbelievable detail, right down to the oil and temperature gauges on the hood. I was smitten Im now the proud owner of my very own Farmall M, albeit a bit tinier than the original I cut my teeth on nearly 50 years ago. But now, when I flip the months of the calen- dar, I can now add another entry to September 24. Bought the M 2007. Bought the M 1946 Ted Brown (Ted Brown can be reached at tbrown@independentfreepress.com)

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