The Brussels Post, 1976-08-04, Page 7Sugar and' Spice
by Bill Smiley
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The congregations welcomed
Larry King of Anondaga, former
student minister, to the union
service in the United Church on
Sunday morning. He assisted
Rev. Wilena Brown with the
service as he told the childfen's
story and sang "Everything is
Beautiful" and "Make me a
Channel of Thy Peace" accom-
panying himself on his guitar. His
sermon was "Spiritual Security.",
He 'reminded us as. Paul did
"Nothing can separate us from
the Love of God" and that fs our
greatest security. Mrs. Max
Demaray, organist, accompanied
Mr. King as he played a
saxaphone solo "I feel the Winds
of God."
After the service a picnic was
held at the Wingham Park. About
70 attended and enjoyed a picnic
lunch followed by a lively ball
game betWeen Whitechurch and
Bluevale Young People.
While in Bluevale Mr. and •
Mrs. King and children Michael
and Pamela were guests at the
manse with Rev. Brown.
Personals
Miss Darlene Bishop is hol-
idaying with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. 'Jack Nicholson.
While there she attended the
Bible School at the • United
Church.
Miss Gisela Moehle of Ger-
many visited laSt week with Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Nicholson and boys.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lobsinger
and family of Kitchener visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nicholson
on Sunday and all attended the
Sharpin picnic in the Wingham
park.
Bluevale Juvenile Girls won
over Kurtsvill 14-13 in Bluevale
Wednesday.
The UCW will entertain the
Sunday School, Messengers and
Baby Band of the United Church
at a picnic in the community park
on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 4
at 2 p.m.
Miss Darlene Bishop is holiday-
ing with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs, Jack Nicholson. While
there she attended the Bible
School at the United Church.
Miss Gisela Moehle of G,er-
many visited with Mr. and Mrs:
Joe Nicholson and boys last Week.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lobsinger
and family of Kitchener visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nicholson,
on Sunday and all attended the
Sharpin picnic in ,the Wingham
park.
Misses Dayle Fischer and
Marie Walker spent the weekend
with Miss Pat Pritchard in
Toronto.
Percy Vincent of London visited
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Paulin and
other Bluevale friends one day
last week.
In baseball, Bluevale Juvenile
Girls won two games last week
both played in Bluevale. Monday
night it was Bluevale 24, Brussels
19; Wednesday night, Bluevale
29, Belgrave '3.
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Well, by the, time this appears in print,
we'll be nearing Fall, and here I am
groping around in my own backyard, not
even started on my way to Paraguay.
It's not that I haven't had a tremendous
response to my ,appeal to readers to help
out with accommodation in such places as
Lima and La Paz, and for someone to
volunteer to fly the. down.
•An enterprising travel agent in Meaford,
Ont. told me his Dad wanted to go to South
America too, wished me well, and offered
to arrange my trip down.
Caroline Ngui of Windosr warned me
that I had my countries mixed up and
might wind up in the former British Guiana
instead of the former 'Dutch Guiana, with
no place to stay. Quite right. The. former
D.G. is now Surinani, and that's where I
aim to go. Perhaps Ms. Ngui has a sister
there, or an ancient aunt, who would put
me up, for a night or two.
But the clincher came when old Don
McCuaig, the newspaper baron of Renfrew
County, challenged me to put up or shut
up. He offered to share expenses, and
presumably he has a plane. I had hoped to
be going along with somebody younger and
better looking.
Another thing. He says he has no ex girl
/friends south of the border. No problem,
old buddy. You have have Maria Rosa
Carvalho. She's the homely one. And she's
just about your age and speed. She does
dance a mean tango, or did, 30 years ago. I
can just see you two living it up in the
ballroom of one of those gilt-edged hotels
off the Copacabana beach in Rio. Never-
fear. I'd stand behind you. With a couple,of
wheelchairs.
McCuaig goes on:, "The way employ-
ment is going in the secondary school
business, you'd never be missed . . .we can
finafice the trip with a travel book, Smiley.
In fact, I have ,a title: SA After 50. (Not Sex
Appeal, Smiley. 'South America.) You
write, I'll take pictures. It should sell like'
hotcakes." Yeah, McCuaig. Or cold bread
pudding, more like.
And more: "One other thing, Bill. Let's
wait until November. No Canadian in his
right mind would leave this country now
that summer is here. November, Smiley.
When the leaves are gone, we're gone,
right? No backing out now."
Well, I have a few holes to pick in that.
First of all, what summer? Around here,
we had summer back in May. Since thefi,
we've been deluged by rain, badly rattled
by thunder and scared skinny by lightning.
When it hasn't stormed, it's been muggy
as Mozambique or colder'n a witch's tit.
Campers are moving into town from
their cottages. Tourists are bundled like
Laplanders. I haven't had a single swim
yet, to the disgust of the bikini brigade,
whose most hilarious moment of the
summer is watching yours truly, white as a
slug, flinch into the water and dog-paddle
off for his first swim of the year.
The strawberries were rained out just
before we got our supply. The raspberries
are "doing poorly." But it's a great year
for grass. The lad who cuts my lawn has
barely finished the front when it's time to
start on the back. Except that he can't
because it's eight inches high and soaking
wet. Pity the man trying to get in all- that
wild growth of hay.
About the only ray of sunshine ' this
summer has been the Queen, that serene
and gracious lady in whose presence even
President Gerald, Ford, for once, didn't
resemble. Boris ,Karloff playing Franken-
stein's creation.
Ah, yes, I'm a monarchist, along with,
apparently, about 90 per cent of the
residents of the U.S., and two or three
hundred other Canadians.
I'm not saying I'd be starry-eyed over'
fat, stupid George the Third, or fat, smart
Henry the Eighth. I'm just saying that I'
think it's essential to have a symbol that is
above and beyond the petty squabbling of
politicians, the' bullying of big unions, and
the arrogance of civil servants.
See how you got me sidetracked,
McCuaig, with your nonsense about
summer" in Canada.
All right, back to business. You fly; I'll
navigate. I'm pretty. good at it. Only bad
spot might, be flying across water, jungles
and mountains. My navigation gets a bit
shaky if I don't have a railway line to
follow.
By the way, I thought rd take my two
grandsons along to see their Uncle Hugh.
So when you're fuelling up, lay in a large
stock of diapers, preferably disposable. We
could blaze a new trail right across the
Andes.
One last thing. I can't wait, until
November. If I wasn't there, cam and
collected, the day after Labor Day, the
members of my English department,
without their leader, would be as bereft
and lost as the Children of Israel without
Moses.
Hasta la vista!
•••
McColeman-Willitts wedding
Knor Presbyterian- -Church,
Bluevale Was the setting for a
seven o'clock evening wedding
which united Flora Lynne Willitts
of Kitchener and Allan Robert'
McColeman of Hamilton in mar-
riage on Saturday, July 3.
Rev. Robert Armstrong of
Wingham performed the cere-
mony. Traditional and contemp-
orary wedding music Was played
by Miss Evelyn Dickson and Miss
Debbie Busby sang the "Wed-
ding Song", "Wave Only Just
Begun" and "Walk Hand in
Hand",
The bride's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jack. Willitts of R.R. 1,
Winghatti. The groom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Neil McColeman
of Timmins. The bride was given
in marriage by her uncle, John
Mac TaNish acting for her. par-
ents.
Miss Norma Willitts of Guelph
Was maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Mrs. Ruth Gardner of
*Ingham, Mrs. Grace Elliott,
Teeswater and Miss Indy
Mceoletnan i
Tint Fex Of Wingham Was best
man and guests were ushered by
Ron Fleming and Dennis Lemire
of Timmins and Ray Willitts of
Wingham`.
Guests from Timmins, Stoney
Creek, Kitchener, London, Brant- , •
ford, Teeswater, Wingham, Mild-
may, Bluevale, Wroxeter and
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, at-
tended the reception which fol-
lowed at the Belmore Community
Centre.
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