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ny 1881 Simcoe County Atlas |RSS now85 88 a, PENETANGUISHENE. A plug for a first-rate book on our area's early history by Tom Grand County and want to start, If you are interested in or enlarge on a collection the history of Simcoe of historical books, you should seriously consider purchasing a reprint of The 1881 Atlas of Simcoe County. But before I say anything else about this a It's clearance time at P.D. Murphy's! Check this list of bargains featuring a wide range of specially priced items suitable for gifts, in the home use or to sparkle up your patio parties. This End of May Sale is a great time to save, so buy now and make each dollar go a little further at Murphy's. Apple Salad Set His And Hers erareo NOW SA Q8|| Gruen Watches SERVERS s This attractive salad set Reg. $49.50 to $125.00 sever 'ats Aone snore || 3 Off now® 33, 0°83,33 glass bow! about 10 ins. with servers of International Silver plate. Neatly boxed. 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Having confessed to the gift, let me add that I was not bought, that my high opinion of the publication has nothing to do with the fact that Markle Com- munity Newspapers did not have to shell out $14.00 for the book. It simply is an excellent publication. For those of you who may doubt my sincerity -- a few' words. Individuals and groups are always trying to in- fluence newspapers. If they're willing to pay for it, the easiest way to get their message across to a newspaper's reading audience is through advertising. Otherwise a person, a company, a politician, or a political party has to rely on an editor considering whatever they are in- volved in, as_ being "newsworthy"': Sometimes people try to get an article in a newspaper which should really be paid for as an ad. The problem is they don't want to pay for the advertising space, so they send "filler" material, such as stories on the blankety-blank compa- 14 Flavours - Diets, too! $ 2° 24-10 oz. 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If I didn't believe that the 1881 reprint of the Atlas of Simcoe County was a good buy, I would have followed the above course of action. But I want it, so I'm taking up the hint in the form of a note which accompanied the atlas. This is how it goes. "This is your com- plimentary review. We hope that you will review this, and feel free to use any of the material. Some news offices sell our atlases. Should you wish to do this see the discount schedule en- closed." This newspaper won't be selling copies of the atlas, but it is giving it a good review. The atlas contains sketches, maps, and other historical writings relating to Simcoe County and fisrt published bet- ween the years 1870 and 1890. It is an invaluable collection of historical material on the townships and municipalities of Simcoe County, and the people who lived in them during the latter part of the 19th century. Only 1000 copies of this hardcover edition were printed. For the Simcoe County Atlas and any of the other 22 similar reprints of atlases on southern Ontario counties write: Cumming Atlas Reprints,} Port Elgin, Ontario, NOH 2C0. And that folks, is a plug. De =the bookworm A'corking good book for Holmes addicts' out thanks toDr.Watson by Shirley Whittington Romance and lust come and go on the paperback racks, but crime goes on forever. Good detective stories remain bestsellers in spite of the Hollan- derizing of current literature. Sherlock Holmes is the daddy of all crime busters and his unemotional self assurance have endeared him to millions of fans. Not the least of these is his chronicler, Dr. Watson, who followed him about with admiring astonishment as Holmes unravelled clues and knit up solutions. Holmes rides again, just in time to cash in on the sudden interest in cocaine. The Seven Per-Cent Solution is titled "a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, edited by Nicholas Meyer." The 'manuscript was allegedly typed by an elderly lady (at Watson's dictation), and aban- doned in the attic of her home after her death. It's a corking good story for Holmes addicts, told with the conservative elegance and undisguised admiration that was Watson's hallmark. The doughty Doctor finds Holmes in his study "thinner and paler than usual...and his eyes were without their usual twinkle." Holmes, it turns out, is a bundle of paranoia, brought on by his over-use of cocaine. He sees the infamous Professor Moriarty behind every shutter. "'He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson!" cries Holmes, and Watson twigs to the fact that his Invernessed friend is higher than a kite. He determines to take him to Vienna for treatmnent of his ad- diction, at the hands of guess who - Sigmund Freud. Holmes is with Freud for only a few minutes, and then delivers himself of the following: 'Beyond the fact that you are a brilliant Jewish physician who was born in Hungary and studied for a time in Paris, and that some medical theories of yours have alienated the respectable medical community, I can deduce little. You are married, possess a sense of humour, enjoy playing ecards, and _ reading Shakespeare and a Russian author whose name I am unable to pronounce." Freud comes right in on cue: "I should like very much to know how you guessed the details of my life with such uncanny accuracy," and we're off again as Holmes unravels one of Freud's cases, and Freud tries to unravel Holmes. There's a great train chase in the final chap- ters, and Holmes saves the day with his cool courage, and ingenuity. Having freed the munitions heiress, identified Moriarty and kicked cocaine, Holmes observes, over his brandy, 'We have not really prevented a war. The most we can be said to have done is postponed (ey) So that, friends, was what Holmes was up to raeibhe ci, peer Pole Type Drive Shed 32 ft. x 48ft. for Dale Weatherill Anten Mills, Ont. Experienced Planning and Designing Service -- Custom designed buildings, built to your requirements -- Competent, reliable, experienced work crews "Take advantage of the drop in Lumber Prices. 4 | | | BUILDINGS Sales Rep: Mr. Mervin Parker, 24 Castle Dr., Barrie -- 728-4365 e QUALITY FARM BUILDINGS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS ~ Contact us today." -- You'll be glad you did P.O. Box 732 18 Alliance Blvd. Barrie, Ont. j _LaM4Y5 _ (705) 726-9791 SE Page 4, Wednesday, May 28, 1975 ( "+ ett * OO OREN OER, hk RN RD DRED PLA LLLP PPP IPP DR PPP PLP PPP PLP DP Dm Pm Prana ont -- PLP PPP BAG AS~P LPL PD during the mysterious Great Hiatus when all the world believed him dead. The Seven Per-Cent Solution is refreshingly circumspect, as_ all Holmes novels are. If you're a Baker Street regular, you'll enjoy this book. Agency, by Paul Gottlieb is a modern tale of intrigue and menace, set in the schizophrenic world of advertising. The premise of the novel is fascinating. A Higher Power, (never fully identified) attempts to undermine the North American way of life. Recognizing that ad agencies are the propagandists of the capitalist system, they commission subversive agents to buy an agency (Dolittle and Bragg!). Philip Morgan, a young adman on the way up, gets caught in the web of hyped double-think and eventually falls victim to it. Gottlieb has injected good satirical bits in his story, like the Franken' Stein beer-and-sausage outlets which feature Transylvanian Blood Pudding a la Dracula, Beef Ghoulish and fibre glass cobwebs. A memo announcing the firing of two top executives begins, "'The spectacular growth of our agency requires tighter management control due ~ mainly to an increasing interest by our clients in dealing with a unified and more consolidated management, period, paragraph." ; Agency would be fun to take to the beach. But if you're going to settle down in your digs with a glass of brandy and a wing chair, try The Seven Per Cent Solution. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, edited by Nicholas Meyer. 253pp. Dutton Pub. Agency by Paul Got- tlieb. 221 pp. Paperjack. (Original publishers, Musson). pe w. eichmmeraentad hana | | . |