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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-03-29, Page 4Ronnenberg Insurance Agency INCOME TAX PREPARED Farmers — Businessmen — Individuals —At Reasonable Rates File early to avoid the Rush and delay in refunds [24 years Experience] NOW PAYING % Compound and Annually Brussels Office Open Monkton Office Open Tuesdays & Fridays Monday thru Saturday Phone 887-6663 Phone 347-2241 THE BRUSSELS POST, MARCH 29, 1978 Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley Travel tips One of my favourite indoor sports is leafing through travel brochures, .and I've been indulging myself lately, while planning a jaunt to Europe this summer. revel in the colourful, descriptions of exotic and romantic places,. ewnthough I know they are generally a lot of hogwash. It is common knowledge that Venice stinks like an open sewer, but I still ,want to have a gander at the Doge's palace and the Bridge of Sighs. I am perfectly aware that being a Canadian tourist in Paris is like being an open safe in a houseful of burglars. But that doesn't stop me from wantingto visit Notre Dame and have a dekko at the great - bells where the Hunchback thLreof swung so merrily, I'm pretty sure that I won't he having an audience with the Pope, but I'd still like to stand ,„in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, gawking at Michel.mgelo's magnificent ceiling with all the other tourists. I'd love to ride down the Rhine wiz/ling, pilsener and looking, at 'castles, with one eye peeled. in case we spotted Die Lorelei sitting on a rock in the middle of that polluted stream. I'd delight in a real I un,u,ariao goulash, Bavarian sauerbraten, Italian pasta, Or even an honest Sy' iss steak. If would be great to drop.in on old prison camp friends like Nils ,lingenson in Oslo, Milan Kari(' in Duhroynik, Jean Morai in Liege, Belgium, Rostislav Kaminsky in Morava, Cleehoslovalda. rye') though I know (11 cY would no loogOr he cl;tshing young. fightf.sr pilots, hut pot-bellied burgers headiugto\\ aid senior cititenship. In fact, I could happily lake oil every sit mmer and spend siN ,'cks Or Wore kicking around (heat Britain and Europe, looking op old zw(llmilllance'e making new friends and devouring scenery and history. 'There arc only two hingS that stop me froni doing this. One is money. Tlw other is my wife, There's not enough of the first item. And it almost take dynamite to get the second item travelling. Looking at prices, I am shaken fairly rigid by the way they have shot rip in the live years since we last %vent abroad. Hotel prices in London have monied by 50 per cent Or more, to make that city, once a real bargain. one of the more expensive places to visit. For example. by taking advantage of a "special discount" connected with our tour, we are able to stay for one night at the Ponta Hotel for a mere $56.00, Regular rate is $62.00. Last time we were over, we stayed at as middle-class hotel, with bed and breakfast for $32.00. And while 'the Ponta is a new hotel...and no doubt very smart, it is far from being one of the„great hotels of London. At that rate of increase. a double room.at the Dorchester or the Savoy would now set one back about $150.00. Probably the answer is simply London's popularity, Although many new hotels have been built in the last decade,there still an enormous demand' for rooms, with hundred of thousands of North Americans, Europeans and Asians pouring into the fabulous old town. every summer, mouths open, wallets bulging,and cameras Nor does it help that the pound has got back some stability, while the Canadian dollar has sunk to Depression levels. A colleague who was over there last SW-timer suggested, 'fake as much money as you think you'll need, then. double it. They whack you a buck for a cup of coffee." When. I was young and in my prime, as they say, the British pound was the soundest security in the world. A pound was worth about five dollars. Today. the pound is one of the least envied and most unstable units of currency in the western world. It used to he an evening on the -town, albeit not a wild one, hut. a couple of drinks, a show and something to cat. Now it's an averaged-sized tip after a meal. That's what happens when you win a couple of wars and lose an empire, But it isn't the money that bother's me about making a trip. It's the Old Lady. Firs( of all,. she can pack so much shill' into a suitcase that it takes an adult male gorilla to life th'c thing. That's why I came home from our last trip with my arms stretched to down aroUnd my knees. Second of all, she is somewhat of an insomniac:. Hot milk, nightcap. sleeping pills, you name it and her system shrugs it off as you or I would a lifesaver, That's at home. Imagine what she 's like when we 're on the move constantly, sleeping in strange beds every - night. eating strange food, getting excited at new sights and sounds and people. She knocks off one or two hours a night and the rest of the time is an advanced case of somnamhuliSm. Why am I so selfish then, you may well ask. Why do I drag her off to foreign fields, where she'll be lucky if ,she sits down on the edge of a fountain and people don't think she's a statue? Because she won't let me go alone. Many a time I've offered. "Why don't you just stay home, dear, and have a nice, quiet time around the house? I'll send you a card every day. and I'll he hack in only six weeks. before you know it." She doesn't trust me, even when i tell her it's the ladies, not the men who get pinched hi Rowe. So that's why I'm saving quarters in the cookie jar and refurbishing my one-fluent French, German and Italian. "Arrivederei. Mademoiselle. was =ken sic hier? Nix offnen der tor bevot' der zug halte. Avez-vous des bluejinsi? Mein epouse rich sch I a ffen prima . " Expect there'll be no problems when y6u can handle the lingo like that. Win at Brussels bingo Recent Brussels Bingo Winnerg were: Pat Theodore, Listowel; Geo. Subject, Ethel; Barbara Marshall, Ethel; Jean Bridge Jr., Brussels; Mary Lynn Glew, Sea- forth; 1st Special Helen Adams, Brussels. Shirley McLean, Acton; Mrs. Schuler; Geo Subject; Mrs. Hislop; David Jamieson; Lynda Mayer. " Mr. Schuler; Jean .Bridge Jr.; Geo. Subject; Mrs. Helen Subject. Share the Wealth: Geo. Sub- ject; Mrs. Jacklin; Pat Theodore. Pat Theodore; Liz Sholdice; Helen Adams; Betty Glew; Miss Mary McInnes, Fordwieli: Share the Wealth: Mrs. Mclnnes; Mrs. Schuler: Huron view enjoys monthly song service The monthly song service sponsored by the Clinton Christian. Reformed Church an d led by Dick Roorda was held in the Auditorium on Sunday evening, Mrs. Elsie Henderson accompanied at the piano for the hymns, with special musical numbers by Peggy Slootengraaf. Molly Cox led a sing-a-long' and accompanied the Huronview Orchestra at Monday's old-tyme music program. The Goderich Township Women's Institute volunteers assisted with activities. Eight members of the Flolmesville 4-H club visited the. Home on Wednesday afternoon and assisted the residents to and from the bingo. Visiting and helping seniors is one of this year's projects for 4-H Clubs. Many thanks to the girls and their leaders, Mrs. Case Brand, her daughter Jackie, and Mrs. Bill Brand who provided transpor- tation. Did you get Unemployment Insurance in 1977? If so, you have probably received a tax information slip (T4U) in the m,ail. If the slip hasn't arrived... If you didn't get a T4U from us, go to your local post office. Pick up a postal reply card to apply for duplicates. Fill it in and mail it. You'll get your duplicate T4U in time to file your tax return. If the slip has arrived... If you did get a T4U but need a replacement for any reason, also use the postal reply card. Mark "replace- ment" on the card in the upper right hand corner. If the slip has arrived but you need more infor- mation... If you did get a T4U and still need an itemized state- ment, fill in the same card. You must write the total UI benefits you got in 1977 somewhere on the card. This is impirtant. It will help us get your statement to you in time. You'll find the total benefits figure in Box "B" of your T4U slip. Canada's Unemployment Insurance Program Working with people who want to work. Employment and Emploi et , 'Tr immigration Canada Immigration Canada Bud Cullen, Minister Bud Cullen, Ministre