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Wednntfay September 11 1M1 Community Page SB Baseball fever rages as World Series Blue Jay fever has spread in our house Theres anger and recrimination if they blow one in the late innings shouting and joy when the Jays come from behind and pull one out of the fire When the Jays are on the tube no business is to be conducted by phone Fax door to door no card games no grocery shopping ab solutely no talking by me Only bathroom privileges are allowed and even then you have to hurry Sometimes Im just itching to tell my family of World Series fever in the back room of Harold Furniture Store and Parlor right on old Mam St Talk about excitement We would gather at game time and watch the World Series By George this was bigger than the Glen and Georgetown ploying off in the final series of the fastball league Why it was just today Jim Jones told me he remembered the little 12 screen wooden box black and white television just like yesterday Main St would gather to watch the magnificent gazelles like Joe Phil Iron Man Lou Gehrig and Bill Dickey prove year after year the mighty Yankees were in destructible boxes of uncrated fur niture embalming fluid and unopened caskets we assembled in anticipation and excitement Harold bad some ground rules that had to be obeyed out of courtesy to those grieving souls that popped in to buy a casket during a day game fa Stones by Steamer The casket room was located where the little submarine shop is today The volume on the TV had to be turned down and there wasnt supposed to be angry expletives uttered when an error was com mitted during the delicate and sympathetic negotiations of the casket sale was located where the Regional Health Unit is today on Main St Starting from the cor ner going south there was Brills Clothing Mac McLaughlins shop Red Bradleys but cher shop then Readys and cent store Cec Jeweller and final ly Harry Chus restaurant Across the street going south was the Bank of Commerce on the corner McBeans and John Peter hardware store John would be in the back playing checkers with a crony and if a customer came in hed say Lets just wait a bit hell probably go away John liked his checkers Then next to him was Goodlets Groceteria Smith Shoes Richardsons hardware store and last but not least was FarneUs grocery store Today the term undertaker is socially unacceptable but our day that was the job description Harold was perfect for the job He looked the part could be ex sympathetic and gave a pallid picture of the perfect undertaker A casting directors quest for the perfect person to play the undertaker in a movie would end when he spotted Harold Harold was the epitome of his Harold even had a side business He acquired the dealership for Evinrude boat motors and sold the odd one to his cronies frpm his Port Sidney cottage However the real fun was wat ching in the back room and listen ing to the booming play by play of Mel Allen famous Yankee broad caster His persuasive coaxing to look sharp be sharp buy Gillette forced poor old Mac McLaughlin to give up shaving in his barber shop Everyone was buying Gillette blades In the excitement of a big game Mel Allen coined the phrase going going gone when a tremendous home run was whacked out of the ball park It was customary in the old days to drive the funeral proces sion along Main St Its rumored the odd faithful Yankee corpse just as the procession passed Mc CIures on a World Series day sat up with delight when he heard Mel Allen shouting Going go ing gone Thats what I call baseball fever Today more professional descriptions of the trade apply and the undertaker has almost vanished Oldtimers tell me his understanding and sympathy were greatly appreciated by grieving families and that for an extra hed cry If by chance a call came in dur ing a game from some grieving soul there were they must have been taken back to hear background cries of Kill the um pire The only place to be in the at World Series time was Mc Cures back room dead or alive Business 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