t I BIRD'S b. EYE VIEW A Siioeki"ng *Expoeriono. lhe>' tell me an electrie shockç is good for your health so 1 arn mental!>' preparing myseif for what must be the healthiest time of the year for me.' As 1 gaze out the window and watch the* rain fali it dawns on me that the main wiii soon turn to snow and 1 shouid get at the job of putting out my Christmas lights before the snow hits. 0f course i will meditate on the merits 9f put- ing my iights out early until finali>' 1 bave meditated myseif right into the snow season. One year 1 meditated right into Spring before 1 decided it was time to put up the lights and then 1 was quite surprised to discover Christmas had corne and gone. Surprised but not disappointed. 1 hope 1 make out better with the lights and decorations this year than Iast year's disaster. 1 began to suspect things wouid not go right Iast year when 1 took the wreath for the front door out of the box aiQd it crumbied in pieces and fel in a mess>' heap on the floor. Because I'm somewhat of a home fix-it nut 1 decided it wouldn't be much of a job to put it together again. Ont of my caustic friends said it had nothingto do with the challenge of fix-it but rather was related to my Scottish ancestry with the wallet. One thing about my friends, they* sure don't pull punches. Well even after a fi«x-it attempt that wreath looked like a cedar bush that had been struck with the piague so I scrapped the wreath and got to the business of the iights. NaturalI>' no matter how neat you pack away ail the Sometiling for eweryone ... every day of the year! open (0 jbhýeimb& Wilh Mlhoksalel»#*esl -I'lyw GgeJ9acompt7iw our Large Showroorn of Nationally Advertised - Quality Merchandise, and receive our 245 'age, 1974 Colour Catalogue, Free! Showroorn Hours: Monday - Thursday (8:00 am - 5:00 pm) Friday (8:00 am - 9:00 pm) Saturday (9:00 am - 5:00 pm) We are looking forward to meeting you! strings of lights the>' wind up ail tangled to >'ou know what. I was sure I biad packed themn away careufil>' last >'ear but as 1 remember it was a heavy season for Christmas spirit 50 I1 could be mistaken about that. After sorne am ount of blessing and a littie spirited tug- ging i managed to get ail the strings of ligbts on separate areas of the living roomn floor and plugged'in one string to see bow man>' bulbs it would need. Nothing happened. Then 1 noticed it was one- of those fool strings that if one bulb goes out the whoie set up dies. 1 checked ever>' bulb to, nake sure it was tigbt in the socket and still nothing. ¶hen I discovered that one bulb was broken away from it's metal socket and while discovering this the bulb came apart in m>' hand giving me rny first healtby shock of the season. I final!>' wound up having to replace four bulbs on the set and after almost an hour's work 1 had onl>' one set of lights working. The next set wasn't as bad because if one bulb went out the rest sta>'ed on. As 1 walked across the room to get some more bulbs I stepped on the string with my sock foot and after the bulb broke I received my second littie jab of healthiness. If 1 get an>' healthier 1 would be able to stick the bulbs in my mouth and touch themn with my tongue to test thern out. A further complication was that some nut had put hor- rible green bulbs in ail the outdoor strings and the>' looked like St. Patrick's day. I was inforrned the nut was me so i shut up and peddled ni> buns to the hardware store to get a new suppiy of bulbs. While 1 was there I wanted to bu>' some bulbs for a couple of the indoor sets of lights and wben 1 showed the clerk the old bulbs he shook bis head and replied that he hadn't seen a set like that for y'ears. 13> taking ail the bulbs frorn one string for the other string 1 was able to salvage one indoor string and 1 was read>' to put up the outdoor lights. At this poinit iarn preparing myseif for another shocking experience because it always rains when 1 try to put up outdoor lights. 1 think it's some kind of tradition in Wbitby. Tir> it y'ourself, just walk out the door with those lights and down it cornes. Éý Kodak RONSON tpRKER BELL B HOWELL argus - E -0 iha eZ F Coe#8xiiîy 356 DEAN AVE. (A, ONYTARIQU TELEPHONE: 723-3961 cable Ohit -no interterence -no ghosting 14 Ncear chaLiels -Communi#y Programming -no antenna required &.95 per montb first outiet .00 per rnonth additional sets ).95 Connection charge ALL NOW: Whitby 668-933. Oshawa 579-2232 Pine Ridge Cable T.V. Ltd. I ) / Plan your retirement ha rvest now Right now is the time to make a handsome contribution to your retirement fund and, at the same time, avoid the peak of your income tax. Buy Victoria and Grey Guaranteed Investment Certificats earning high, high interest and put themn into a registered retire- ment savings plan. You could contribute up to 20% of your earned income to a maximum of $4,000 - but don't wait until February - act now and start your money earning for you - today - at Victoria and Grey. 'I ~ V I~.. So with the ramn coming down and a ver>' unsteady step-ladder to contend with I started hanging the lights on the front lawn tree. I knew it would be a tough job because even after repairs my light sets always look like the 'before'ý pictures of bad light 'sets the' fire department, shows you around Christmas time. Mine didn't look like the 'after' picture even when the>' were new. Mind >ou 1 bought them from the Navy surplus store so maybe the Navy isn't building them like the>' used to. The whole business was ver>' frustrating because ail the lights wound up lopsided on the tree and the indoor ones neyer blinked in unison and some neyer blinked at al ...the>' just sparked. 1 casually mrentioned to a friend how I got lit up at Christmas and he said 1 shouldn't drink so much. When I told him it had nothinig to do with drink h&~ waiked away mumbling., Tbis year I arn going to the Prime Minister to seè if we can cancel Christmas. If 1 get as bealthy this year as I did last year it will probabl>' kili me. COURT REPORT WAS DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE 0F SPEED THROUGH WHITBY TOWN "You'll have no more responsibility for drîving, when you vvere driving at a high rate of speed through the Town of Whitby, Prov- incial Court Judge H.W. Jermyn told William James Miller,19, of R.R. 1 Whitby. There is a madatory suspension of the driver's licenv for three mnonths and a fine of $200 or 20 days in jaau on the charge of driving with an excess of 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millimetres of blood. Mr. Miller pleaded guilty to the charge. About 11:15 p.m. on September 25th Constable Gray of the Whitby Town Police Department was on patrol on Dundas Street, East., He saw a car travelling at "a high rate of speed" going east on Dundas Street. The Off icer gave chase and' finally stopped, the vehicle. Kienneth Gary Smith of New York was ser'tenced to three months in jail by Provincial Court Judge H.W. Jermyn, on a charge of being in possession of a controlled drug for 'the purpose of trafficking. He pleaded guilty to the charge. The vouth told the Pickering Township Police that he had corne "into Canada to buy 'Speed"'. He thought that "this wouldbe an easy way to make money" for his wife and future family. He told the Police that he had planned on using the money earned from selling 'Speed' in the United States for the obtaining of a home for himself and his young wife. The Pickering Township Police were making a routine check on vehicles in the parking lot of the Uiquor Control Board of Ontario parking lot, Liverpool Road, Pickering Township, last August. During zhe routine check the Off icers found 24.2 grams of the controlled drug Methamphelamene also known as 'Speed', in the car. Mr. Smith informed the Police that he had bought the drug Speed for $1 87. in Toronto. Af ter a bail hearing the youth was released on a $2,000 cash bail to appear in Court on 139ptember 2Oth for hearing. The case was remanded for sentence to October with Provincial Court commenting "you have comaback" for the hearing, "you can corne back in October for sentence." Durin'g the month's remand for sentence Mr. Smith went back home to Moravia, New York as the $2,000 cash bail had "already been deposited" with Canadian Court Off iciaIs. Excellent /?% Selection 0f: Winter Coats Fur Trîmmed£ UntriMmed e AI-Weather Coats 0 Paut Sauis$ a Sportswear a Dreses& Gowns 576-7152 Downtown Oshawa à rr~f 1~ ç AG ,THURSDAY, NOV EMBER i1, 1973, WHITBY FR EE PRESS q f m Insurance Corporation VICTORIAan 37 ýý < ié m