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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-03-03, Page 14TODAYS CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN, Gordon Rutledge Brussels native invents puzzles field Hall am weal .ack Purr on, liar ccic An fror aftc witl o'cl Atv invi (From the Stratford Be'acon-Herald. A former Brussels boy, Gordon is the son of Kitty and Hartley Rutledge of of Brussels). Need a Challenge? What do you do if you like games but can't find any that offer enough challenge? One local man has solved the problem by inventing his own. Gordon Rutledge, 26, of R.R.5, Stratford, has devised three word games arid three board games over the last six months. A shipper-receiver at ' Erie and Huron Beverages, he was born in Brussels, Ontario and has lived in Stratford for the past eight years. "I used to play a lot of, Scrabble, but now I prefer my own word games because I've taken out the element of chance. My own are strictly games of skill," he says. His three word games are called Word Doubles, Symmetricals and Make-A-Word He'd li ke to have them syndicated in daily neWspapers the way crossword puzzles are. Mr. Rutledge likes playing chess and duplicate bridge but thinks most games on the market ane far too elementary. "My own board games are, fairly simple, too," he says; "bu. I think they'd appeal to a lot of people. The names I've dreamed up for them are Intrigue, Specu- lation and Goldrush '76." Eventually, he'd like to approach a game company with his games but he's a little afraid they might just take his ideas and tell him to "buzz off" while they reap the profits. Besides making up games, Mr. Rutledge also dabbles at cartooning. "I've done a few political cartoons," he say's, "but I prefer doing birds and animals. The drawing is easy. The hard party is finding captions." He's never tried to sell hi cartoons but every morning, th women in,. the plant office fin cheery samples of his work 0 their desks., With his creative interests, seems a little odd that M Rutledge has worked so long as manual laborer. "My problem is I don't know what I'd really .like to dO,'',11 - explains. I went to Canada Manpower and they gave fine L interest-inventory and intell genre tests. "The result indicated I shoul go into social work. The trotib is, to do that, I'd need a master, degree. I've completed two yea towards a B.A. but I just can afford to stop working and g back to school. After all, I have wife and son to think of. Even if had the necessary peice of pape I'd have no guarantee of finding job." in Embroiderers learn basks * 24 HOUR TOWING •* ri°ednratefly tic .tile lie. handsome; diriii44 • • ENJOYS 1111101P: Al Wally ik nine, the kind at‘titti‘ nadiailein: descent, Wally has bine' eYeS, light . and 'a Iovely Simile. He is healthy, active, muscular OAF. ge:6-it. en sports. Wally is Wing in a treatment home for children with emotional problems but the staff feels he is ready to become part of a family. Wally looks forward eagerly to finding a mother and father with perhaps an older brother as well. Th is lad had trouble in school because he was hyperactive. He more settled now and loves school. He is in a special class where each student gets a great deal of individual attention. Reading is his weakest subject but in math he is at the grade Olree level. Wally loves camping and swimming and enjoys being a Cub. Wally needs a family where he will be the youngest and where the parents will want to spend much time with him. To inquire about adopting Wally, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of community .& Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. In your letter. tell something of your dresent family and your way of life. For general adoption information, contact your local rlildren's Aid Society, MRS. GEORGE MICHIE Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Michie of R.R. 4, Brussels passed away in Victoria Hospital London, on Monday, February 23rd after a short illness. She was a fifty-six years of age. The former Margaret Beattie, she was born in Hullet Township: In 1944 she • was married to George Michie of 'Morris Town- ship in Burnes Chutch, Hullet. She receiv ed her education in Clinton and Seaforth and was a graduate of London Normal School. For the last ten years she was the principal of Blyth Public School. She was an active member of the Women's Institute,. the United Church Women, and in cornmun- ity affairs. - Surviving are her husband George Michie of Morris Town- ship, a daughter, Mrs. James (Ruth) Baker of London, one son, Lloyd of Morris Township and two brothers, Stewart Beattie of Wingham and Leslie Beattie of Seaforth. Funeral Service was held from Knox United Church,' Belgrave, at 2:00p,m. on Thursday Feb- Mary 26th, with Rev. John Roberts officiating, Burial was in Brussels Cemetery. A Guard of Honor was forined by the staff and grade 8 students of Myth Public School. Pallbearers were Glen Van (amp , Leo Sanders, Harold Keating, Jim Lawrie, Graham Yeats and Bill Marsh. 14—THE BRUSSELS POST, MRS. JEANETTE NICHOL The death of Mrs. Jeanette Nichol occurred in Wingham and District. Hospital on Thursday, February 26th, in her 96th year. She had been in failing health for the past five 'years. Born in Grey Township, the brn-ter Jeanette Grieve, her life- rime was spent in this community Surviving are three sons, An- Arew of Port Huron, Michigan, William E. of Harrow Ontario, Robert of Brussels and one daughter, Mrs. Lovetta Spotton of Windsor. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Nichol, in 1948, a daughter, Margaret Ellen (Mrs. Clifford Marks) in 1956, a sister, Mrs. Heaney of Brantford, and brother William S. Grieve of Brussels. Funeral -services were held from the INCL. Watts ,Funeral Home at 2:00p.m. on Saturday,: February 28th, with Rev. Ken- neth Innes officiating. Temporary entombment in Brussels Ceme- tery Chapel. Palibearets were grandsons, Murray Spotters David and Starr ley Marks, Clayton ; Gerrard and TOM MRS. YVONNE QUINCEY Mrs. Yvonne Quincey, 41, of 18 Spartan Avenue, Parsippany, New Jersey, died SatUrday , Feb. 21,, at St. Michaels Hospital, Newark, N.J. She* was the former Yvonne MARC'H ', 1976 . The second eti df the .,t*OpzerS,.. °44111#0004044'. ' ttlit repeated the 4 1 .p4e4e, theri answered the roll can': "The learning stitches article I have chosen to make and why." The minutes of meeting one were read by Kim Ducharme. Next, Mrs. Lewis Cardiff discussed color harmony with the girls. Both leaders demonstrated: - making a pattern; transferring a design to fabric; how to embroider, ie., pulling a thread from a skein, threading a needle, starting & finishing thread and, the back stitch. The girls then proceeded to make their patterns and start both their sampler and learning stitches article. O.Diegel, born in Stratford, a daughter of Mrs. Adeline Diegel of Shakespeare, and the late Martin Diegel. Following her marriage to George Quincey, she lived in • Toronto, Aurora, Montreal and New Jersey. She was a member of the Lutheran Church. Surviving are her husband, her mother, two sons, Martin of Kitchener, and David at home, two sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Joyce) Fischer, of R.R. 4, Walton, and Mrs. Jack (Arlene) Somerville of Toronto. She received her education at S.S. #9 McKillop school' and the Seaforth District High School. The funeral service was held at Zion Evangelical Lutheran . Church, Stratford, Wednesday February 25, at 2p.m. with burial in Avondale cemetery. 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