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Georgetown, ON L7G 4T3 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca • awarded readers choice 27 times • Visit our showroom Furnace Air Conditioning Gaslines Boilers Water Heaters Radiant Heating 905-877-3100 proud local dealer of Canadian made products .ca THE WAY WE WERE In this 1920 photo, Miss Morrison poses with her students from Ligny School S.S. No. 1. Located on 5th Side Road, just west of 25, it was built in 1874. Purchased by the Scotch Block Women's Institute who renamed it Ligny Hall, it was used as a community gathering spot until the group sold it. Still standing today as a private residence, it is the second oldest remaining frame school house in Halton Hills, and is listed on the Halton Hills Heritage register. Text courtesy of Heritage Halton Hills. Esquesing Historical Society COMMUNITY I've come to the conclu- sion that there's a conspir- acy out there against us old guys. And it's the garment in- dustry who is at the root of it. You see, I think they're changing the sizes of shirts, making them smaller to save material. Now before all you younger people out there start to smirk and roll your eyes, hear me out on this one. A couple of weekends ago I was doing some odd jobs around the house. I pulled on my blue jeans and dug through my closet to find a shirt to wear. Buried under all the other shirts was one of my old favourites - it was my burgundy flannel shirt. Now this shirt has long gone past its best before date - it's not really pre- sentable enough to wear in public, with its thread- bare collar and faded col- our. (But having said that, judging from some of the outfits I see with blue jeans sporting ripped knees and butts, I could be convinced to rethink that one.) Finding that old shirt opened up a flood of emo- tions as I pulled it out and proudly wore it for the en- tire day. It's one of those real comfort shirts, one that always makes me feel good when I wear it. It's kinda like an old friend that hugs ya when you pull it on and do up the buttons. So life was really good, all day Saturday. Later that night, as I re- moved my old shirt and tossed it into the clothes basket, I noticed some- thing about it. The collar label read "large." And it fit me like a glove? Hmm ... Lately, when I've bought a new shirt, it has to be size XL or I feel like I'm being strangled in it. Not only that, but the sleeves of an XL hardly reach all the way down to my wrists. Yet this 'old' size large shirt fits like it was tailor-made for me. No XL here, just a simple large. I became suspicious - hence the conspiracy the- ory. I suddenly thought of the number of times old guys like me have endured the painful and cruel com- ments about our pot guts and additional pounds, when in fact we're still those lithe, svelte physi- cally fit, six-pack equipped male role mod- els that we were 20 years ago. But those clothing con- spirators have made us feel old, fat and unfit.feel old, fat and unfit.f I felt like writing an ex- pose. I even have the proof in my hands - my old bur- gundy shirt. But until I do all my re- search and gather all the facts, that shirt is beingfacts, that shirt is beingf kept in a protected place. It's evidence dammit! The more I thought about it, I realized these conspirators weren't working alone. The women in our lives are involved too. Yes siree, they are asYes siree, they are asY guilty as the garment in- dustry - they're all in ca- hoots. Think about it, what guy in his right mind throws out a perfectly good shirt in his closet? Never. He'll wear it un- til the last fibre of cloth has been worn to the max. But we all know who does toss 'em, right? It's our wives. Yup, they stand there,Yup, they stand there,Y smile sweetly and look us right in the eye, saying they're just "purging" our closets. I now know that's not true. They're actually destroying evidence. But I'm on to the game, and so long as I keep my old burgundy shirt in a safe place, one thing is cer- tain. I now know I haven't gained a pound, or gotten one fraction of an inch "bigger." Guys, it's time to take a stand and protect those wonderful old clothes we've held dear for so many years. If we don't, I shudder at the countless possibilities. Like, next thing they'll be tossing is our lucky un- derwear. - Ted Brown is a free- lance columnist for the Independent & Free Press.Independent & Free Press.I He can be reached at ted-He can be reached at ted-H bit@hotmail.com. OPINION There's a conspiracy within the clothing industry Old shirt proves we aren't getting bigger, writes Ted Brown TED BROWN Column To the editor: To the people from Scar- borough or Oshawa who bought my brother's trailer full of machinery, tools andfull of machinery, tools andf personal things - left in it by accident were my fa- ther's war medals. Since my brother is wheelchair-bound, he did not get a chance to retrieve the medals, but his friend, Alep, who took over that part of the deal, said he could not find the medal box. The medals were left with the buyer, who must have found them because they called Alep but forgot to leave their phone num- ber. If you did find the med- als, please see my address below. I really want the medals back home where they be- long. My father was a proud soldier who was a Second World War and Korean WarWorld War and Korean WarW veteran. Also, he left letters to my mother from Korea. I would appreciate all the help anyone who may have bought the medals could give. Please contact me at 1127 5th Ave. N.W., Moose Jaw, Sask., S6H 3Y6. Christine (Peterson) Rasch OPINION Woman asks for help finding her father's medals