The Brussels Post, 1978-12-13, Page 5Wingham Memorial Shop
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Remember that every purchase of '15' or over'
from now 'till Christmas entitles you to a ticket in
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Good on any item in our shop.
authors that do sell well are
Margaret Lawrence and
Alice Munro. One of the
of expanding but feels he is
getting too old for the hassles
more famous of Mr. Brand's
customers .was Britains
Prince Andrew who was, at
the time, at Lakefield College
Peterborough.
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The ancient and modern 4 Unspoiled Beaches,
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FOR INFORMATION AND BOOKING
as
Mr. Brand is basically a he is doing and the contact above all as he says "it's a
loner, who enjoys the work he has with people, but good business."
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and
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348-8383
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Belgrave family marks
Christmas early
Correspondent
MRS., L. STONEHOUSE
887-9847
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gordon,
Robert and Margaret Ann
spent Sunday celebrating
their Christmas with Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon McPhail of
Petrolia at their summer
home at Bayfield.
A White Gift Service will
be held in Knox United
Church, Belgrave on Sunday
December 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Stonehouse of Guelph visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Stonehouse last Tuesday.
Mrs. Harry McGuire re-
turned home on Friday after
spending a couple of weeks
with her daughter and son-in
law Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Cantelon of Tweed Mr. and
Mrs. Cantelon are spending
a few days with Mrs.
McGuire.
Nine tables of euchre were
played at the Belgrave
Weekly Euchre last
Wednesday evening in the
W.I. Hall. High Lady - Mrs.
Herb Clayton; High Men -
Clarence Roth; Low Lady -
Joe Holmes (playing as a
lady); Low Man - Lorne
Jamieson; Lady's Most Lone
Hands - Mrs. Gordon Nichol-
son; Men's Most Lone Hands
As the time of departure
grew nearer, my enthusiasm
grew weaker. The thought of
trailing 3 miles, through the
Falconer Ski Trail, with two
dozen agriculture students,
who would be "pole pruning'
(what ever that was) trees
didn't strike me as my idea of
a "good time". Little did I
know it would be an ex-
tremely informative experi-
ence.
I discovered that "pole
pruning" is the process of
removing the lower branches
off trees so that they will
make better saw logs. I
learned how to distinguish
several trees and the reasons
why they grow where they
do. We saw a beaver dam
and the problems it casued
by flooding the ski trail.
The students were pleased
to show me the bridge which
they had built in the morning
and assured me that it was
strong by all getting on it and
jumping. (approx. 1 ton of
good ole "F.E." students;
The fellows cleared all fallen
branches etc. off the trail,
and generally made it safer
and more enjoyable for skiers
As a person who really
enjoys cross-country skiing, I
really appreciate the work
that these people did with
very little reward other than
the satisfaction of a job well
done. The boys worked
under the supervision of Mr.
Dan Webster and Mr. Bob
Gibson a Resource Tech-
nician.
During the few breaks the
boys had from work the good
packing snow provided excel-
lent entertainment, as did
watching people (like me! )
with a three-foot leg span
trying to cross a four-foot
stream.
Thanks to a group of hard
working "guys" who made
the Falconer trail a better
place to ski. Alison Roberts
THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 13, 1978 — 5
A PRIZE WINNING FLOAT — The Brussels Optimists won first prize for
their float on which they presented the Nativity scene in the Brussels
Santa Claus parade on Saturday. The Optimists even used real live lambs
for this float. (Photo by Langlois)
- Herb Clayton. be a "Shoot Party" on
There will be no euchre on -December 27. The euchres
December 20, but there will will continue on. January 3,
Madill
A day on the trail
Madill gets annual book mobile visit
Every year about this time
F.E. Madill is visited by a
Book Mobile. It is run by Rob
Brand from Toronto, who
owns, operates and repairs
the mobile by himself. Be-
fore the school year is over
Mr. Brand will have travelled
twelve hundred miles and
visited - various secondary
schools, private schools and
colleges.
Mr. Brand has been run-,
ning the only bookmobile in
this area for the last thirteen
years. Previously, he had, at
age sixteen, driven a truck
for Metro Toronto News,
then, when the war came, he
fought for five years. After
this he tried professional
acting but he admitted "I
wasn't good, so I quit." He`
also was a salesman tor
Metro Toronto Publishers
from whom he bought the
book mobile, and it is
interesting to note that the
first school Mr. Brand stop-
ped at was F.E. Madill S.S.
He says that the business
is demanding and that a
person must be an extrovert,
willing to work, and able to
adapt to all situations whether
it's selling and buying books,
or cleaning and repairing the
mobile itself. He had thought
brought on by an expanding
business.
As for the books them-
selves, the most popular
books are about current
movies and television shows.
Canadian books are not in
demand because of little
exposure but the Canadian