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we service television iamos all makes kconuras cm tmmos apftlancts kam leutara mc ernies radio 24 years servicing hamilton construction 66 prince charus drive ra 73480 homes garages concrete work industrial requirements renovations building supplies mariposa stones add topical touch to bond conversions every building need the most famous nail town in canada u mariposa population 1000 location almost anywhere mariposa b famous became it was created and populated by ste phen leaeock bestknown of all canadian humorists it also has an important connection with the can ada conversion loan of 1988 be cause almost everyone in mariposa still owns victory bonds and is going to convert them for the new issue fifteen years ago in 1943 mari- posans in common with the people of this town and other communities across the nation were busy buy ing bonds to help win the war the only difference was that thanks to leacocks fluent pen people throughout the country read all about what mariposa was doing and about what its citizens thought about the victo loan leacockj wrote about them in detail in dt scries of ten articles which he contributed to the campaign and which were distributed to news papers by the canadian publishers war finance committee fortunatelj some one on the committee recognized the literary value of the handwritten articles and gathered them up at the end of the campaign by good fortune they wen sent to the bank of can ada in ottawa where some far- sighted economist possibly a for mer pupil of pro leaeock at mcgul stored them away in the banks vaults there they were discovered few weeks ago when the public relations committee for the can ada conversion loan of 1988 mov ed in typical of the canadian humorist at his best the series of articles is a charming piece of canadianna and represents an in telligent and gentle approach to wartime propaganda today more than two million canadians still own the victory ootids they bought during the war many of them bought their bonds in 1943 influenced no doubt by the whimsical appeal of the great humorist today they are being given an opportunity to exchange these botiflfot ne issu pay a higher rate of interest that is something the people of man posa would understand the same security the same patriotic pur pose and higher return for their investment if leaeock were still living at the old brewery bay the people of mariposa would once again be gathering in jeffs bar ber shop talking about the big convertible of 1988 just as they talked about the big loan in ims they would not be talking about six billion dollars though they would talk as they did on hay 8 1943 when leaeock reported a conversation about a country auc- during the past four years your hydro in partnership with the power authority of the state of new york has brought the international rapids section of the st lawrence river to the power producing stage on september 5th we will join hands with our partner in a ceremony officially opening the great power project the 32 generating units half of which willbe installed in ontario hydros powerhouse will have a maximum capacity of 1880000 kilowatts more power for living better electrically the sate clean modern way electricity does so much costs so little next to me in jeffs barber shop in mariposa he wrote there sat this morning a co feuervj at a guess from 38 to 68 ye old were you out at the sale crittendens yesterday he asked no i said wheres cntten dens crittendens he answered in amazement why light next the ames place wheres that i asked the ames place just beyond iem crowders i let it go at that no i said i wasnt there well sir said the country fellow youd oughter been it was a caution i seen a sulky go for thirty dollars i didnt know whether that meant a lot or a little but the audience in the barber shop did gosh they said yes sir a sulky ten years old and with a broken trip for ten dollars more than it cost ten years ago there was an old lumber wag on there said a man from across the room fetched a hundred and ffty dollars gosh said the room i suppose said the country feller to me jou wouldn t be much interested in farm sales no not altogether yet as he said it 1 was carried back sixty five vcars in rt collection and was standing in the april sunshine in the slush and snow of a barn jard a farm auction sale while the purchasers who didn t purchase the v had no momv w alked up and down among the lian cattle and the broken mach intr for sale the farmer of the farm was treating them to whis k ami laughing it off as bist he could hl was sold up and was jomg to moe thev said to this mamtobah inside the farm house the wo- nun the lad of the farm was cutting sandwiches for the pur chasirs who couldnt bu but cojld i it 1 11 tat the children were help- georgetown gueste at mabefmoore wedding guests from georgeto atten ded when ella mae moore and james gilbert maher were united in marriage by rev william weir in a double ring ceremony in brampton presbyterian church august ifijh tall standards of pink and white gladioli formed a beautiful setting for the wed ding the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs russell thomas moore and parents of the groom arc mr and mrs william maher of fort prances mjs g little played the wedding music and ac companied the soloist mr robert wallace of woodbridge the bride entered the church on the arm of her father wearing a floor length wedding gown of pois dc sole with a scooped neck line appliqued with a floral de sign back interest was created by the single loop of semi tics which fell som over the full flounced skirt a scalloped plea ted tulle headband trimmed with seed pearls held the nylon tin gertip veil she carried a cas cade bouquet of red sweetheart roses and white stophanotis mrs william tcasdale of guelph was her sister s matron of honor miss helen maher of fort fran ces the grooms sister was the bridesmaid they wore taffeta gowns with overskirts of nylon net fashioned with a high bodice crossed cumbcrbund and v neck line ji the back coxcred head bands with circular net tullevcal loped veih trimmed with pearls completed their outfits the ma iron of honour carnedellow and bronzi mums with a small cascade whuh harmonutd with htr apn cot coloured gown the bruits maul wore a vellow gown and car ncd matching flowers i william mdhir of vancouver was hi- brothers rooniamiin and usliinns were w ill tarn mann of miukdii ail wiliam mooi of calabuu reicpuon was held in hi church hall tv i ruli mohir rccditd the quests in a dor b in late own with a pi ated bodice ind hand skirt she ne w hit acct sorii s iid a corsage thb qftoftcarrown i wednesday eveg sept 3rd t pages of white feather carnations the young couple whl their home in fort frances for i honeymoon in northern the bride donned sheath dress brown patterned silk on whtttj and a brown duster lined with t dress material and white i ies parents scouts cubs limehouse corn roast on saturday evening the cubj and scouts of limehouse have been operating under a proj visional committee to learn bauefl scouting were treated along i thenir parents to a corn there were sixty people for the evening of fun the roast was held in the grove near memorial hall and wasf charge of the provisional tee charles james and ed firiolay were responsible i the gift of the corn butter prizes the members of the j gave thier grand howl and pit isc and led their guests in a fire singsong si glen taxi 3cabs3 radio equipped reliable drivers tr 72432 the name j tells the story knowledge halt and evidently so tickled with himsi if that he couldn t hold it ins her i was one i could hear ln dd 0 lhe iu ft mnminnnp hlllp like the people who used to be sold up in the seventies there was a chorus of how are vou mr crittenden how are ou tom the old man nodded a round just come over jeff he said i to get cleaned up then unable to hold it any longer he added the voice of the auctioneer hear i it still across sixtj five ears of meraor calling i now gentlemen this fine dou i ble seated cutter as good as new what do i hear make a bid gentlemen come give rac a start four dollars thank ou four dollars going at four dollars j t hfteenhundved doi ng gone at four dollars arj he sueel in thls vlc tory loan es sir fifteen hun dred dollars that explained you sec his need of a shave farmers of look back i coutse are people who shave reg ot ularly never miss a saturday ex pect for the remembrance of aue- wpt harvcsl but whe a far mer hits town one of the things to do is to get a shave a real one reliability organization and labour we bring life insurance i going going gone those were the hard times of the seventies when the govern mint had to borrow a million dol lars but couldnt find it in canada i but one need not across sixt five v cars of retros tion farm sales the tragcd of tb canadian countryside five years is enough just five ears right here in mariposa every month of ma brought with the spring birds the little leaflets the dodgers that fluttered pinned up to the telephone and tight poles and pasted up in the window of the mariposa newspacket auction farm sale lot this concession that to be sold regardless of reserve price and then follows the list stand here a moment and look upon it and reflect upon the tragedy of our economic life item 1 two yoar old grev mare do vou get that thats fanc the family driving horse theyve had her for vears and ears on the tarm there a bo now in tunis remembers dnvinc her lhtv loved her that s wh the put her down at two vears its not a he shes still two rars to them those tw o excellent milch iw s part je rse nev er mind the other parti and thesc mixed poult r all that in the life of i fimih doing coin 4 gone i or look at the last item llousi i hold furniture books do vou realize that those are the hooks that grandfathers fa ther brought out from the old country 100 years ago look walter scotts lady of the lake half of part of macau lays england nothing you read now of course and with that i came back to myself still in jeffs barber shop and they were talking of the sale at old tom crittendens place they were saying that he clean ed up their very phrase fifteen hundred dollars what else could he do vfith both the boys it ap peared overseas and sally tom himself is spry effbugh and not a da over seventy five but he and the old lad cant run the place alone and just as they were saying that in burst old tom himself when i say burst that is he appeared outside the glass door leant his stick outside the door frame pulled the door open a little then got his shoulder to it i took up his stick again and burst clarence kroll r r 2 georgetown tr 72027 sun life assurance company of canada so there he was hearty and with a roman massage and shampoo under machine brushes facial massage lilac powder and flapping towels the whole thing youre next said jeff giving him priority over all candidates sit right down and with that crittenden was draned and wrap ped and pinned and whirling brushes played round his bent head when anvone spoke to tom the barber stopped tom answered and then jeff went at him with the brushes again where are the boys now mr i crittenden j both overseas jim s in ice- 1 land with general montgomery and dick s right there in london with general macarthur now i got fifteen hundred in this vic- i tor ioan thats five hundred for each of the bovs and five hundred for sallv s the dialogue had progressed i jeff had gradually transformed old mr crittenden shampood massaged shaved creamed pow dercd and at the end splashed with lihc till he smelt like the 24th of ma itself he was disen gaged out of the chair fit for the i bees to settle on him i dont have to explain a thing said old tom i leave that to these here economists i saw jeff look at me apprehen- sivel at the word economist he knew by instinct that econom ics wont go in a barber shop whats more thered been some talk there one day about cutting out unnecessary industries and some one had claimed that shaving was nonessential jeff himself claimed it was a war service so as i say he looked appre hensive when i began to speak what the government intends to do i said is to make the most of every productive industry like this farm of mr crittendeifs and to keep the consumer away from everything not absolutely essential j jeff looked across again youre next he said thats how stephen leaeock helped sell the victory bonds that everybody is converting today in to- canada conversion bonds kosedale floral flowers for all occasions wedding work corsages a specialty cut flowers and funeral j designs 32 albert st tr 7295 we wire flowers extra heat col com hkit i smamts smarts jr hr ik hb ata a n rhthompsc hardware or gas hemwm hardware ft humiinq photht 1 71971