HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-10-10, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2013.
Brussels Farmers’
Market
CUSTOMER
APPRECIATION DAY
Friday, October 11, 2-6 pm
Thank you from the vendors for your patronage this year.
The Citizen
will be closed
Monday, October 14
for Thanksgiving
Deadlines will be
Friday, October 11
2 pm in Brussels
4 pm in Blyth
for the October 17 paper
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Happy Thanksgiving weekend for
you and yours! It’s a beautiful time
of year to gather and celebrate our
many blessings with family and
friends. A time to stop and consider
the world, and see how our lives are
affected or influenced by events notin our control. It’s also a good timeto ponder what we do and how welive, that also affects others, oftenwithout our awareness. Oh yes, we
are blessed.
With weather changing daily the
traffic on the roads does too. Crops
coming off on the good days, show
the moving combines and then the
wagons and trucks filled with the
products of the field. On the rainy
days the large equipment is scarce
but the maintenance vehicles are out
and about. No matter the weather,
spring and fall are full of times to be
very careful in your driving.
Agnes Schell received a unique
gift from her family and we werepleased to share. The gift, high tea atLangdon Hall in Cambridge, alovely old inn that has retained allthe good things of the past. Agnes,
Alma, Ralph and I put on our best
behaviour and enjoyed many
delectable treats and the wonderful
atmosphere and view that is
Langdon Hall.
The winter sports teams are hard
at practice already preparing for the
winter season in area arenas. There
are new skills to be learned, new
teammates to greet and then figuring
out where everyone fits and then
practicing hard to make all the
details work into their life. Parents
are very important in this bigadjustment, ensuring travel plans,offering encouragement and moralsupport, providing good nutritionand some clean laundry. So this
team thing goes far beyond the
dressing room and the adjustment
period is now.
One of the joys of retirement is
watching the world go by at a
leisurely pace. We are able to choose
our work as and when we like. When
paid employment doesn’t have to be
factored into a daily schedule, the
pressure is off. Time becomes a very
precious commodity and the
freedom is now available to make
interesting choices. Volunteer work
becomes a place to contribute to
society and the reasons for working
for a specific group have to fit.
Retired people with varying abilities
are making clear choices to tell the
world that their chosen work fills a
need for them and the community.
So as groups detail their intended
work, clear goals, established
guidelines and expectations of
volunteers are very important
if committed volunteers are
sought.Putting the shorts and lawn chairsaway is a job for this week, Octoberis time to move on and get into theseason the work that goes with it. I
like the saying “you can’t get ahead,
when you’re looking back” so I
better get at it.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
Schell shares gift of Cambridge High Tea with family
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
By Betty
Graber
Watson
Call
887-9231
A NOTE FROM BETTY
CAFÉ
More than just a great sandwich!
We will be closing
early this
Friday, October 11
at 4 pm
By Jo-Ann McDonald
It was a busy week for the
Brussels Legion Branch. Monday
evening the Branch was the venue
for the customer/hostess
appreciation open house for
Alloette. Sheila Bauer welcomed a
nice crowd to the evening.
Glenn Bridge has been busy filling
in as the bartender as Sandra Josling
is off on vacation. We hope she is
enjoying her time away from the
Branch.
Saturday was very busy with
cards, the first fry crew away and a
birthday celebration.
The afternoon euchre had 13-and-
a-half tables of players. Winners
were: first, Jim Devereaux and Earl
McNaughton, 81; second, split two
ways between Charlie Shaw and Jim
Pollard and Joann MacDonald and
Dorthy Carter, 74; third, split two
ways between Marie Glousher and
Dorothy Airdrie and Lorna Ellis and
Ethel Walker, 72; low, Marian
Harrison and Olave Little, 45; lone
hand, Bruce and Carol Hoelscher.
A birthday celebration for Shirley
Wheeler was held upstairs at the
Branch. There were about 30
members of the Machan family
joining Shirley for an early
celebration of her 80th birthday,
which is on Dec. 5. They enjoyed a
social time together before having a
roast beef dinner catered by the
Branch. They also had a small cake
in celebration of Carol Wheeler’s
birthday, celebrated on the actual
day, Saturday, Oct. 5. Happy
birthday Shirley.
Helping the Branch for the
catering was Judy Lee, Judy
Emmrich and Jo-Ann McDonald.
The fish fry crew was in Mitchell
feeding around 200 folks. The prep
work was handled by Deb Cann and
Jo-Ann McDonald before the crew
headed away. Helping at the
Mitchell Hawks celebration meal
was Peter and Terry Grey, Glenn
Bridge, Greg Wilson, Deb Cann and
Rick McDonald.
The fish fry crew went to the
Howick Community Centre on
Sunday to do a fish fry for the fair
folks. They had a good crowd of 200
again enjoy the dinner. Helping for
the Branch with the work were Rick
McDonald, Randy White, Murray
Lowe, Ron and Daisy Schmidt and
George Adams.
The Sunday night dance crowd
enjoyed the music of the John
Heaman Band. There was a great
crowd of over 85. We welcomed
back Mary Bradshaw to help in the
kitchen after being off for a couple
of months. Deb Cann looked after
the door duties with Jo-Ann, Judy
Lee and Andy Overholt helping for
the night.
The Friday night suppers will
resume after Thanksgiving. We hope
everyone has an enjoyable time with
family over the holidays. The first
meal being served will be everyone’s
favourite roast beef.
A reminder about the general
meeting on Oct. 22. It is important
for members of the Branch to try and
attend. A “notice of motion” to all
members to attend regarding
discussions about making the
Branch accessible will be held.
At the Branch
Friday suppers resuming soon
Parade to feature jalopy
Error...
In the Oct. 3 issue of The Citizen
in the article titled “Fair delivers
despite midway setback says
Noble,” it was reported that the
inflatable rides present at the
Brussels Fall Fair had been acquired
through no cost to the Brussels
Agricultural Society.
The Brussels Agricultural Society
did, in fact, pay for the inflatables,
but did not charge children to use
them at the fair.
The Citizen apologizes for the
mistake and any confusion it may
have caused.
Famous wheels
Don McNeil’s famous jalopy, shown here during Brussels
recent fall fair parde, will be featured in Kitchener’s
Octoberfest parade this year. (File photo)
Brussels’ own Don McNeil and
his famous “Brussels Hillbilly Car”
will be featured in this year’s
Oktoberfest parade in Kitchener.
Kitchener’s celebration is the
second-largest Oktoberfest
celebration in the world, second
only to Berlin, Germany.
The parade will run through the
streets of Kitchener on Monday,
between 8:30 a.m. and noon. It can
be viewed locally on CTV Kitchener
(CKCO TV).
For the parade, one of the largest
McNeil has ever appeared in, Randy
Zinn will be riding “shotgun” next
to McNeil and McNeil’s son, Dan,
will be in the back, on the drums.
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