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BLAKE — VINCENT
Baskets of glads and mums adorned the Londesboro
United Church on August 4, 1979 when Mary Lou Ann
Vincent and Donald Stephen Blake were united in
marriage by Rev. Robert Scott. Mrs. Harry Lear was
organist. She accompanied Mrs. Jim Fowler as she sang
Evergreen and Morning Has Broken. Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Vincent of R.R.1, Londesboro and Mrs. and Mrs.
John Blake of R.R.2, Brussels are the couple's parents.
Maid of
honour was Miss Helen Hetherington of R.R.3, Brussels.
Bridesmaids were Miss Yvonne Blake, R.R.2, Brussels,
Mrs. Wilma Vincent, R.R.1, Londesboro, and Miss Anne
Machan, Brussels.
The groom was attended by Wilson Powell of
R.R.2, Wroxeter. Guests were ushered by Randy Woods,
Listowel, Michael Blake, R.R.2, Brussels and Jack
Vincent, Brussels. The supper was held in the church
parlour and later a reception in Brussels, Grey and Morris
Community Centre. After a honeymoon travelling in
Ontario the couple are residing in Ethel. Guests attended
the wedding from London, Port Elgin, Mississauga,
Islington, New Market, Hamilton, Strathroy, Shelburne,
Wiarton and surrounding area. Prior to the wedding the
bride was honoured at several showers, a family picnic at
Harrison Park, Owen Sound; Mrs. Clare J. Vincent's
Londesboro, Mrs. Joyce Kennedy's, R.R.1, Londeboro;
Mrs. Frank Raithby's, Auburn; Mrs. Doug McLean's
Clinton; Mrs. Cecil Raynard's, Ethel and Miss Helen
Hetherington's R.R.3, Brussels.
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BY DEBBIE RANNEY
A summer vacation in
Florida might not be every,
one's idea of an ideal
holiday, but it's certainly an
educational experience in
learning what some
Americans think of Canada.
My girlfriend and I started
our recent Florida holiday in
rather an unusual way. We
were staying overnight at a
Toronto hotel to catch our
early morning plane. We
asked the desk for a wake-up
call at 4:45 a.m. but it turned
out to be unnecessary - the
hotel's fire alarm did the
trick just fine for us at 4 a.m.
If there really had been a
fire, the results might have
been tragic, since the guests
all stood in the doorways
asking each other what they
were supposed to do.
After deciding it really was
a false alarm, we went back
to our rooms, deciding it
would be useless to try and
get back to sleep now. The
hotel desk must have thought
my girlfriend was unusually
wide awake when she cheer-
fully answered the wake-up
call that morning.
FLORIDA, HERE WE
COME
We arrived at our de-
stination in Clearwater
Beach in good, time the next
day and that's where our
education began in what
Florida natives thought
Canada was like.
One gentleman asked what
there was to do up in Canada
and if we had any well-known
stars up here. We proceeded
to tell him that almost
anything you could do in
Florida, you could do in
Canada and then named
some of our celebrities.
He hadn't heard of any of
them!
But, when we asked him if
he'd,ever heard of Margaret.
Trudeau, the answer was a
definite "yes". Mrs.
Trudeau's book was
obviously selling well, since
it was displayed right at the
front of one book store we
noticed, and it was the first
boa to catch your attention.
But, although the gentle-
man had heard of Margaret
Trudeau, he was unaware
that Pierre Elliott Trudeau
was no longer Canada's
Prime Minister. He also
made the mistake of men-
tioning that he didn't see
why there was any border
between Canada and the
U.S. and that it should all be
one country. I was about to
enlighten him on the hostility
many Canadians would feel
towards a remark such as
that one, when it was time
for him to return to his work.
WEATHER MIS-
CONCEPTIONS
We ran into many people
who stated that we must be
quite surprised in the dif-
ference in the weather com-
pared to Canada. They in
turn were surprised to hear
that it was just as hot and
humid in Canada when we
left as it was down there. We
should have clarified hot and
humid to the Milverton area
as many people from Florida
were also under the mis-
conception that weather con-
ditions everywhere in
Canada must be the same.
On another tour we ran
into more people who asked
us where we wee from.
When we said Canada, they,
obviously envisioning
Canada as the land of ice and
snow, replied, "That's
where we want to go. We
want to go skiing."
Aside from this lack of
knowledge about Canada and
Canadians, Florida was
really a friendly place to
visit. 0 or hotel was conven-
iently located on a beach on
the gulf side and came with a
swimming pool for those who
preferred chlorinated to salt
water and less of a crowd.
About, the only complaint I
had was that the hotel's ideal
location on the beach also
meant it was far away from
shopping facilities and didn't
have many eating establishe-
ments within walking dis-
tance nearby.
As a reporter I got a kick
out of the fact that our hotel
was located directly across
the street from the Water-
gate Motel! Shades of
Richard. Nixon. One of the
adventures inour hotel was
when ten maids and other
hotel staff decided to
clamber on board the
elevator with us. When we
got to the lobby floor the
elevator doors wouldn't open
and we were stuck inside for
twenty minutes. Thank good-
ness I'm not a victim of
claustraphobia or as one
maid exclaimed, "Good
thing there aren't any pre-
gnant women in here!"
During our vacation we
visited some of Florida's
better-known tourist
attractions.
We toured Busch Gardens,
Disney World, Sea World,
Sunken Gardens and had a
tour of St. Petersubrg, all of
which proved to be an
enjoyable way to spend our
days down there. Watching
the antics of the trained
animals at Busch G ardens,
Sea World and Disney World
was especially fun and
learning the history of St.
Petersburg where the
founder at one time bought
pieces of land at 75 cents an"
acre also proved interesting.
One of the main reasons
we took a trip -to Florida this
summer was for the re-
latively low cost, something
that's hard to find if you
want to go tripping anywhere
in Canada. But I'm glad I
went to Florida to experience
that friendly attitude that
natives of that State have
toward tourists, those extra
heaping platefulls of food
and the type of atmosphere
where you get down to
relaxing and having fun.
Oh, and maybe now some
Florida residents know a
little more about Canada.
THE BRUSSELS POST, AUGUST 29, 1979 11
Post reporter finds Florida
fine in summer too
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