HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1981-04-08, Page 5THE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 8, 1981 — A5
Veteran newsman says
Retirement a .fad, propaganda
by Debbie Ranney
Retirement is a sort of propaganda--a fad
like blue jeans and Big Macs, according to
65-year-old Bill Bramah of the Global
Television network who was in. Brussels
recently interviewing local residents.
He knows whereof he speaks, since prior
to joining Global he' worked as a
newspaperman for the. Oshawa Times, the
Toronto Star and the Financial Post. He
later went into radio broadcasting with
Toronto stations CHUM, CFRB and CKEY
and later moved to Georgian Bay where he
became a news editor withl Midland radio
station.
Not only is. he with Global but he also
works at CFRB five days a week on the
House of Warren on a show called On the
Road and writes a, column that goes into
about 200 ,weekly newspapers.
He has worked five years for CFRB and
two years for Global where he writes and
produces two or three shows a week.
Accompanying him on these trips is his
wife Jenny who also acts as a production
assistant for the programs,
"Bill and I feel -that every day is a new
experience, because everything is so
varied and very interesting," he said.
As Bill says, "I'm working almost all of
my waking hours." He said it takes a
couple of days to get one of his television
features lined up and he's always got the
items to be done for CFRB in the back of
his mind.
Wandering around looking for these
stories has earned Bill and his wife the
name of "The Nomadic Duo."
"I frankly .don't regard the thing as
work. I am a compulsive writer. I have to
have something to write on."
Bill said he doesn't believe in. retirement
"unless you're in a job - you dislike
intensely."
"It's just a fad that's been drummed into
people. I've worked with Gordon Sinclair
(who's 81) and he's still going strong.
"As long as you are creative and doing
()votive work you should be able to go on
indefinitely. I don't think you know the
score till you're about 50 and you get the
idea a little better when you're 60. From 60
to 80 should be your productive years," he
said.
Applying that philosophy to himself, he
said he think,i in--his type of work he'll be
doing better shows when he is 75 and 80
than he is now.
Ask him what he most enjoys about his
work and he sayd, "the essential part is
writing--if you can't write you can't do it.
"First l'ni a newsman because I have to
be. First you're a journalist, then you're a
writer. While doing stories for television,
he judges himeself from the sidelines as if
viewing another person, but says he cip't
really judge what's good and that he might
really like about one show out of 50.
As his wife Jenny said, "I think what
makes Bill's TV a hot show is the bunion
way he goes at a story. He'll try to give you
something to remember and to think about
at the end of the story."
Obituaries
her daughter and son-in-law
Anne and James Cooper of
R.R. 3 Brussels. She was in
her 81st year.
She was predeceased by
MARY M. DENNIS
Mrs. Mary M. Dennis, the
former Mary M. McKinnon
and wife of Clairence M.
Dennis of Atwood died in
Listowel Memorial Hospital
on Friday, April 3 in her 70th
year,
Surviving besides her hus-
band is a daughter Olga
(Mrs. Murray Smith) of Sea-
forth; a son Donald of Luck-
now; a brother Murdock
McKinnon of London and
four grandchildren.
She was predeceased by
her parents, one daughter
and one brother.
The body was at the Pee-
bles Funeral Home, John St.,
Atwood until Sunday, April 5
at 2 p.m. when funeral and
committal services were
held. Burial was in Elma
Centre Cemetery, Atwood.
FLORENCE FLOOD
Florence Lillian Flood, 82,
of Huronvicw, Clinton, died
Saturday March 28 at Clinton
Public Hospital.
Born in Grey Township,
she was the former Florence
L, Machan, a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. William
Henry (Howard) Machan.
She was predeceased by her
husband, Clancy Flood.
Surviving are one
daughter, Mrs. Ralph
(Thelma) .Keffer, of R.R. 2
Bluevale; one son, William
T. Flood, of Mitchell; six
grandchildren, 14 great
grandchildren and one great
great-grandchild; two
sisters, Mrs. Elwood
(Cynthia) Inman, of Listowel,
and. Mrs. Elmer (Betty)
Hood, of Monkton; and four
brothers, William, of Ethel,
Eddie, of Listowel, Kenneth
of Harriston, and Cecil, of
Mount Forest. She was pre-
deceased by one daughter,
Verna McNichol and one
sister, Beatrice Wells, also
one brother, Lloyd Machan
Friends were received at
the Peebles funeral home,
John St., Atwood, where
service and committal was
held 2 p.m. Tuesday, March
31, conducted by Rev. Pletch
of Mitchell. Burial will be in
Brussels cemetery in the
spring.
MINNIE IIURST
Minnie Hurst of R.R. 1
West Monkton the former
Minnie Barron died Satur-
day, Apra 4 at the twine of
her husband William D.
Hurst, her parents and three
brothers, Archibald, George
and Alexander. Surviving are
two daughters Alma (Mrs.
Robert Leslie) of Atwood;
Anne (Mrs. James Cooper)
of R.R. 3. Brussels, two sons,
Kenneth of R.R. I Monkton
and Ross of R.R. 2 Atwood,
four grandchildren and three
great great grandchildren.
The body was at the Pee-
bles Funeral Home, John St..
Atwood where funeral and
committal services were held ,
Tuesday, April 7 at 2 p.m.
Burial was in Elma Centre
Cemetery, Atwood.
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