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NE es â€"_ d Farm machinery interests men during auction at Norwaydale Farm, Bromley Township, Ont. ’;5 ‘i‘n Bs oo e .;’?""( \â€" ~ Celh ts a fnne flâ€"_\ sez _ yertaiuge Auctioneer Eckford (left) disâ€" r fl y e es WO C Opip e ie . cusses sale sheet with a dealer, : zl k: D Neâ€"~_P 9‘*(“ y $ IF F he A Ul & e 3> ‘ peE k ; A:|} esd 2 : fi i : ip y M | ~ cigae, Owner Burchat and wife deâ€" f P i N e it 4* cided to retire to town house. J eeâ€" iti NIFIKZ / ~ c + |\â€" Barton Kurth, one of new Bs Brenda Leeâ€"W hiting (id & â€" W[ / + | owners of farm, tries tractor. PHOTOS BY LARRY LESAGE e s on h oh. i invon n y 8 y k THEY came from miles around to Mr. Eckford believes inâ€" disposing sold for $3.50 while braided mats is M c A. the auction sale at Norwaydale of the "small stuff" at the beginning fetched only 50 cents each, se g '3; g C | Farm, seven miles west of Cobden, of the sale. Top price of the day was realized . @jli@IWigie k‘) ~Houikâ€"sik /‘ Ontario. Many «of them from the "I always keep the livestock until on a fourâ€"yearâ€"old Masseyâ€"Ferguson _A . G < ;f i f Wilnoâ€"Barry‘s Bay area were conversâ€" last in order to hold the crowd," he tractor and, when big money was in e s | JA 5 ::}“:" ks ing in Polish, and that was hardly less said. the offing, the huge crowd fell silent. e uP _ r'% r‘{â€",_,,; ks intelligible to the uninitiated than the Starting off with a collection of Starting at $1,000, the price leapt § % a" r?:;'?_ rapidâ€"fire, singsong delivery of aucâ€" tools and implements, his first sale of __ quickly to $1,800 before the pace â€" i k‘ Fiâ€"_ ‘%E‘%T tioneer Kenneth Eckford of Forester‘s . the day was a fork for one dollar. slackened. There were really only # S â€" C s . ‘Geâ€"< Falls. Spades, axes, chains, etc. sold in quick two bidders in the race and the nz \ wigy A f \ But it was obvious that the crowd succession to a comparatively small auctioncer treated them with all the p .: C8 J EX. | was accustomed to this auctioncer â€" audience. Many of the visitors at this deference of a headwaiter serving 7# j ", and he to them. Rare was the occaâ€" point were enjoying the lunch proâ€" royalty. Leading them gently through 2 d 8. sion when he had to ask the name of vided by the Catholic Women‘s the last bids, in jumps of $25, Mr. mt J‘* a successful bidder, so that his two League of Douglas â€" homemade Eckford finally closed the deal at ] 1 busy clerks could note down the sandwiches, beans, pies and coffec $2,000 to Mr. Kurth, the new owner ns A sale. â€" Retired â€" schoolmaster, Willis for 60 cents a head. of the farm. | R P P Hawkins, and retired farmer, Percy But by the time the auctioneer The traditional words "Goingâ€"goâ€" F 8 ® it Brown, had to scribble fast to keep moved to the houschold goods, he ingâ€"gone" did not appear in this [# 6 . t up with Mr. Eckford who announced commanded the full attention of the auctioneer‘s vocabulary. Instead the e } As at the beginning that he would sell crowd, estimated at 600. operative phrase was "Holdingâ€"holdâ€" uo E* shp everything by 5.00 p.m. And he did. The item which had attracted most ingâ€"holding," while his eyes swept the The sale started shortly after the attention prior to the sale was a 110â€" crowd with a challenging gaze and advertised time of 12.00 noon, but by _ yearâ€"old spinning wheel in perfect _ his walking cane was poised to point 7 . midâ€"morning the first of nearly 200 condition. Mrs. Burchat knew that it out yet another bid. The purch.aser of an antique ‘_)'] cars was raising the dust on the back _ had been in continuous use since the Livestock sales â€"drew the most__ lamp carries away her bargain. roads leading to the farm home of days of her husband‘s grandmother, critical appraisals from the assembled K4 * toass | Mr. and Mrs. John T. Burchat, RR. Mrs. Michael Zivitsky, one of the farmers. As the pairs of Holstein catâ€" + hss ‘; tss . & 1, Douglas. pioneers in the Polish settlement tle were led into the circle, Mr. Eckâ€" a if ul * y j Advertised as one of the finest in along the Opeongo Line. Until this ford reeled off their ancestry and _ ff e ~ m ‘ Bromley Township, the farm itself winter the spinning wheel had been vaccinations and delivered a clinical § * * £4 had already been sold to Allan Kurth regularly employed by Mrs. Burchat analysis of theit sex life and/or apâ€" ’ ' ' . : and his son, Barton, of Pembroke, to spin the wool that she knitted into proaching motherhood. â€" h sA ; Ad<\ Al reportedly for $26,000. socks, mitts and sweaters for sale to _ "A knowledge of what he‘s selling _ 2 â€" L4 (Faka t3 Having no sons to take over the neighboring farm families. is one of the mOStvimponant qualities : e ' property, â€" 69â€"yearâ€"old Mr. Burchat Obviously feeling wistful at parting of a _ good auctioneer," said Mr. it \ and his wife had decided to retire and _ with her heirloom, she was delighted Hawkins, one of the clerks. it !| move to a small house in Renfrew, _ to learn that it had fetched $65 in On this score Mr. Eckford should _ P\ Â¥90\ the town in which two of their three _ the auction. be well qualified. Owner of a 100â€" 9 a a is daughters reside. Their new home Many of the household implements _ acre dairy farm at Forester‘s Falls, ** 2ec [8. could not accommodate the furnishâ€" preâ€"dated the advent of electricity to he clerked for: another auctioneer a S ings of a large farmhouse, so many of _ tural areas. There was a set of solidâ€" before starting in the trade himself Mte i the Burchats‘ household goods, inâ€" fuel irons, oil lamps, a footâ€"operated 12 years ago, He handles ab(_)ut 60 4 " cluding antiques, were offered for sewing . machine, a â€" handâ€"cranked auctions a year, the bulk of them <«â€"«. â€"<ient -§ sale in the auction in addition to the phonograph and a butter churn with occurring in the spring or fall. This Ke e farm‘s livestock and machinery. its wooden molds. Handmade quilts one was his fifth in a week. | \“ Cl it * 38 â€"FAMILY HERALD, No. 21, Oct, 12, 1967 a B 4 + Lal 3 > 2 M Covery CG’YL,W"Z/ amaiude