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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-03-31, Page 2Th ver hen essi arc ere ausi xpet an :ima howl l° he t nn s io inn s acre hrou Th 7,71 h t72haXt nef4r ao tt pr i s hocas ect ma figure Th of th( Food entitl and I held A r Tin- asty, Young meal for a kind favori Well, and a Ontat Agric see quaiii 2 tail I pot Cal Pei He 2 Inc Brussels Post WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976 BRUSSELS ONTARIO Serving Brussels and the surrounding community. Published each Wednesday afternoon at Brussels, Ontario by McLean Bros. Publishers, Limited. Evelyn Kennedy - Editor Dave Robb - Advertising The open road Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association •and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association *CNA \---/ Subscriptions (in advance) Canada $6.00 a year. Others $8.00 a year, Single Copies 15 cents each. To the editor Sends jokes To the Editor: A longtime Brussels Post subscriber sent a few jokes to readers in a recent letter. "I see by the paper that your daughter is to marry soon. Do you think she is prepared for the battle of life?" "Well" answered the father, "she ought to be. She has been in four engagements already," Visitor: "Does your baby brother talk yet?" Freddy: "He doesn't have to. He gets everything he wants by yelling." , The farmer was scolding his hired man for carrying a lighted lantern to call on hiS girl friend. "The very, idea when I was courtin I never used to carry no lantern I went in the dark," he said. . "Yes" said the hired man sadly, "And just look what you got. I am well and wish my friends in Brussels and country thereabouts good health. Keep smiling, spring is on its way, just around the corner. If I knew which corner I'd gladly go to meet it. ' William J. Grant, Brookhaven Nursing Home Friends and neighbours Were you listening to the eleven o'clock news Sunday night and stayed tuned for Provincial Affairs, on CKNX T.V.? Well, I never heard a better P.C. pre-election Speech in my life, delivered by Dennis Trimbell. He was blaming in advance, the opposition parties, who he expects, as we all do, to bring on a non confidence motion, thus forcing Ontario into another election. We are• still licking our sores from last September. In my estimation, it seems he asked for forgiveness, for some of the most childish behaviour that I ever heard of. Already he blames the opposite side, and the P arliament isn't even in session until today. How can he outguess the Opposition? I was quite shaken by his pre-election speech. About an hour later I went to bed, and soon. I was fast asleep, dreams came, as they have a habit of doing. I dreamt I saw Bill smiling about what he had done to Education. Then. D'Arcy laughed right out loud, on what he did to the "Assessment Act" and "Regional" Districts, along comes Frank,, and grinned, when he saw h ospitals collapsing and floating down the "Nile". It was just like the Oscar Awards, but no Oscar, only a lot of angry tax payers, and some poor, older people crying, as well as disappointed mothers. I woke with a start and my ulcers gave me quite a doing ever since. But our education trustees in Huron County don't help much either when just year ago or so, they were allowed a 100 "70 raise after they were elected a month or two before on the old salary. Nothing was said about a raise, during the Election Campaign last December/74. Or am I dreaming again? Let us hear or read ab out these subjects, before salaries are doubled again as no• one seems to stop for anything. "Oinly money", is what people are aiming for. Where is "Conirntrnity Spirit?" George Wesenberg, Brussds An open`letter I(o the Electrical Tr 'e I would like , On behalf of . Hydro in WeStern Cintatie, express the appreciation of Ontario Hydro and the Municipal' Utilities' staff, for the co-operation 'received front manufaetuters, distributors, and contractors during the recent ice storm. While Hydre people were busy repairing damage to their systems,. contractors were simultaneously repairing customers' damaged equipment. As a teStilt of everybody's efforts, the duration of customer outages, while extreme in many cases, , were kept to a minimum, We are all sincerely appreciative for the customers' understanding of our respective problems during: this emergency Situation. Contractors worked long Mortis in difficult conditions-, suppliers kept their operations open at all ilietirSo and manufacturers tan special prodttetion ruins, all alined at getting the customer back on the line. It was a tremendous effett„Thank you. tours- truly, galribridge, itggiorrat 'Manager Western ntgicin s Ontario Hydro Amen by Karl Schuessler I have a thing when it comes to making speeches. And that thing is speaking without notes. I tell myself. No notes in the pulpit or no manuscript at a podium. Why, I won't' evenlet me carry an outline up to the front. I forbid notes in my pocket. And of course there's no cribbing on shirt -cuffs or in the palm, of my hand: I tell myself. The place to have my speech is in my head. And if it's not there, then 'I' don't have it. Now this sort of task mastery can be hard on me. But I've learned to live it. The trouble arrives when I want other people to give their speeches without notes. . I have to do a lot of convincing in the speech courses I give. Because most people numb at my speech-without-notes insisting. They tell me they'd simply die up there if they forgot. And don't I realize their mind can go blank -- actually pralyzes when they stand up before an audience. So for all those terrified souls, I drew up a page in my spee9h work book called "In Case of Memory Lapse". Now go ahead. Say they're tricks of' the trade —sneaky. But if every magician can have tricks up his sleeve, what's wrong with a speech maker having a few up there too. A man doesn't shake a speech out of his sleeve with nothing$ So let's begin: "Tonight I'm going to speak on gerbils. Now gerbils are ..say, can all of you hear me way back there? • "Good. "Tonight I'm speaking on gerbils'. Now a gerbil is a small animal about the size of an overgrown Mouse, ah., er ...mmm. "You've all h eard of gerbils, haven't you? Anyone in the addience who's ever seen a gerbil raise, his hand? "Good. Why, that's at least ten of you. And how many of you have ever kept one in a cage for a pet? I see five hands gOing up. Good." Now, that leadS the to thy next point, my Main point of the evening. Why keep agerbil in a cage When you can have its cousin, the Mouse, run loose in the house o that's what I said, in the house. You may not believe it but that's what I said, in the house. In any kind of a house, bungalow; ranch style or Georgian." '„ See? In my opening speech I've given a fe* lessens on memory lapsing without collap; Sing: Stall for time. Ask' qUeStsions: Involve the audience. Shift the spotlight from you to them. Repeat the last Word. gamble on about it, if you have to. Or repeat the Whole last Sentenee. And for a little variety emphasize a different Word. Raise or' lower your volume as you repeat the sentence once again, "Now a gerbil is a happy little fellow.tte lOve8 to play in all those wood chips' you put down in his cage. And if you give him a little wire wheel, he'll cli mb inside and give himself a merry whirl ...er..uh...a merry whirl. Everyone likes a whirl, doesn't he? And why not a gerbil?" Another lesson. Ask rhet orical questions. Not that they're supposed to be answered by the audience. But if that doesn't get you back on track again, then ask once, more. Only this time, wait for a reply. And if you're still riot tracking, keep on asking. Lead a discussion if you have to. "But to get back to the main point. You can have as much fun watching a mouse run loose in the house ...er...,ah...That reminds me of a story about a mouse we had in our house." Further lesson., Have a story or two in your sleeve. Everyone loves a story, even if it is designed to get you back on track again. "But that's enough of that story. Let's get back to the point. I want to make it perfectly clear tonight the difference between a house mouse and a jiving gerbil. To begin with, well, you see, er...ah. I know. I'll go to the blackboard and illustrate for you. And, while I'm drawing these two little creatures You make note of all the differences." LesSon number four. Illustrate with pictures or drawings. And then let the audience help you find the differences. One hundred heads are better than one! Further lesson. You can always Summarize everything you've said up to this point. But above all never look down. Always keep good eye contact. Keep looking straght at the audience. They may think your pauses are Oratorical. And Maybe your audience Will enjoy a little quiet while you recall where 301 last left off. But through it all, don't panic. No ashen faces. No figety hands. No shuffling feet. Stay calm, Act calm; Look calm. Be cairn. And if all this fails, then m ove into the conclusion. M ake a quick summary and 0 down, I know what you're thinking all along. If 1 didn't have this thing about no notes, I wouldn't have to go through all this. wouldn't have to teach my pasge of In Case Of Memory Lapse. True : True But a speech is Meant to be Spoken: Not memorized. Not react / And now that I'Ve told you about my bag of, tricks, I'M suspect...Whenever ) speak aria tell a story. Or ask a.thetoricalquestion. Or repeat last Wadi. or stittmarize. Or ask for drink of water or Wender if it's toe wart' back there. You may think I'm having memory lapses, But then maybe I'M not, And if I'm a good speaker, you'll never° be able to tell the difference, In case of memory lapse 41;ree.'.