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Page 12 THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday November 17 Changing a drover into a driver Have you seen those large love ly travel buses of Denny Bus Line cruising down the highway off on a fun filled trip to watch the Blue Jays at the Sky Dome Sure you have Maybe you and your wife have been on one of his terrific tours that range from beautiful But chart s Gardens to Jeffer sons Virginia I d love to go for a ride with Clarence on one of his buses but I m to ask It goes back a long way For years just me Clarence and a horse knew the real facts The horse is probably in horse heaven or hell but Clarence and I have survived and I thought maybe you would like to know how I helped get him started in the travel business Let me fill you if you ve got a minute Clarence used to be a drover before he became a bus dnver It was at my suggestion Clarence be called to deliver a horse for us Unknown to me the darn horse was a rogue Before poor Clarence got him delivered he had kicked the daylights out of the truck racks broke his new rope and cost him money He was so discouraged he swore up and down he t going to truck anymore of Steamer s old plugs penod Although I ma have put him out of the horse business I in directly helped him launch a new one Clarence eased out of the trucking business into the buses If you follow the of the ad Take the bus and leive the to us make sure Clarence at the wheel if are going to tell him about this column Don cut this out and thrust it under his nose while he gallop ing down the Cartier in cruise control He freeze at the wheel with horror when reminded of the past sad experience name attached extract a of ex pletnes unheard of in the of his successful transportation of satisfied customers a Canadian and American highwa I didn t talk him into the bus business encourage him loan him startup or thing like that but I sure if he tells about the morning he and I tried to load a great big stubborn raw boned broke to halter horse he II spit out name in disgust After his experience with that slave of a horse and me I am sure he decided there was a bet ter to make a living Clarence used to truck horses and cattle around the til that morning he and I tried to WERE YOUR INSURANCE BROKERS WE UNDERSTAND PAUL C ARMSTRONG INSURANCE BROKERS LTD MILL ST Hilton Hills Georgetown Ontario 8770133 fc got Stones by Steamer Emmerson load a horse at the old farm I really think that morning of fighting struggling and battling to load that hard nosed beast of burden and dealing with me a rank inexpenenced beginner he decided on a career change as they say from drover to It was a smart move Galloping over the miles on the way to historic Williamsburg Carter s Grove Gettysburg or Las Vegas if he s at the wheel I am sure if you coax him and if the traffic is not too he will tell vou how helped make up his mind to switch from horses to humans The barn on the farm was at the corner of and Hewson Crescent and sat approximately where houses numbered or are located on the east side of Ewing What a barn Wh that old bam on a Sunday morning was a horse traders ha en Admission as free All needed as our wits money and a bottle of for medicinal purposes The fun n horse stones of experienced traders got funnier as the whiskv heated up the blood and thicken the tongues of the traders even Graham ha been a welcomed guest at these trading sessions even if he wasn a bona fide horse trader because he could have supplied the bible thev were all willing to swear on their horses were sound of wind and limb There were some mornings when the horses were able to stand with degree of steadiness Often I found mvself as the ring master in the old corral just out side the barn door to hold or lead a horse that had arrived at our repository with eer assurance were broke to single or double harness saddle broke halter broke and eer other kind of broke when in reaht were the cnbbers heaers kickers and den misfits of the horse society It was not unusual to show up some morning at the barn and find a fresh face in the stalls or corral That fella that I arena and I to I ad was found in the corral one morning with no halter That made me suspicious The neighbours told me he was delivered after dark fairly late Clarence and I figured whoever delivered him had the same pro blems as we had with him and just opened the tailgate and let him jump off the truck and into the corral When the old boy was traded by my father in law Clarence was asked to do the trucking Now as memory serves me when a horse trade takes place there was always the final discussion about the halter I can t remember whether the halter was part of the trade or not but something tells me it was but I may be wrong The fun started when we tried to halter him in the corral If by chance we got hold of his fore lock we were thrown aside by his strength After all had failed in our attempts to halter him and lead him up the ramp we decided to open the corral gate the tailgate of the truck and chase him up into the truck Clarence had other orders to fill and like mvself was becoming anxious to get him aboard haltered and tied Stubborn why that old horse must have thought he was going to the glue factory because he had no notion of being loaded Finally when the two of us were near exhaustion he ran up the ramp to the truck Clarence threw a new rope over his head and snugged him up to the racks All vou could hear was whining kicking and other natural noises as we took a few minutes to get our breath Clarence told me later that the old horse had snapped his brand new rope and kicked the racks to smithereens before he got him delivered he damage was greater than Clarence charges to deliver the crusty old nag So if chance you are on one of his as a troubadour and you ask him how one of his new beautiful buses handles and if he knows you are from old Georgetown and a reader of this column I will bet you he replies A heck of a lot better than Steamer and his darn old horse Nells DRIVING SCHOOL NEXT CLASS JAN 14th FEB MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS P Christmas Gift Cerlif Now On Sale I I For Information About Courses or Private Lessons phone 8772671 FOR ASSISTANCE WITH ALL TYPES OF MORTGAGE FINANCING PRIME RESIDENTIAL CONVENTIONAL Months to 1 Years 1325 I Residential Commercial DAVE KRAUSE 873 4991 ESTHETICS SO TANNING TONING We Specialize Full Body Cere Make Up Man Electrolysis Back Treatment Sun Tann Pass Machines 8736013 The Indoor Mai Georgetown Or Your Christmas shopping will be easy on your pocket book when you shop at IHtvuf 57 Ontario St GRAND BEND 2386441 formerly Maezingly Fit THE CORPORATION OF THE own of Hills I Hollon 111 Dr P O Bo HALTON HILLS Coofgeiown Onlor 5G2 873 RECYCLING WEEK 90 PROCLAMATION Whereas the Council for the Town of Hills acknowledges the need to in crease the awareness of area residents of the growing problems of waste management And whereas the Town of Hills in the Region of Halton recognizes that reduc re use and recycling contributes positively toward resource and energy con servation waste reduction and economic development And whereas our Municipality par ticipates in recycling programs and supports recycling Therefore be it resolved that I Russell Miller of Halton Hills do hereby proclaim the week of Nov to as the Annual Recycling Week The Future Is Miller hi Mayor