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FEDERAL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT BANA
To theEditer
"To the Ripley Midget
hockey tournament •
committee"
,The Brussels Midget '
Hockey .,team,. coaches
and parents, would liketo
express. their *. ap-
preciation - for the
hospitality shown us at
the Midget Tournament
on Saturday. •
Having had a tour-
nathent in. our own town
We realize the expense
and •work involved in
-having -things ---;run.
Smoothly.
' The individual trophies
will be treasured by the'
boys. .
Both boys and'perents
enjoyed the delicious hot .
lietterS Oto.e
SO-y.
Dear Editor:
Enclosed is money order
for our Sentinel.
We enjoy it very much. I'
would hate to be without our
home town news.
Wishing all our old friends
--the, best in --1980.
beef dinner served after
the game-
An undertaking o this
type is certainly •a redit
to as ma 11 cern M ItY•
Thank ou again
Bru SSel fidget
Hoekey eam
Jack and Alice ThomsOn.,
Notthflay,
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career has crossed those
of some of Canada'S most
celebrated figures.
The' cast will include
stage, film,and television
performers David Fox.,
and Anne Anglin,
Arnos'S husband, actor-
_anther Ted Johns, is
'writing the play about the
Bruce nuclear centre at
Dotiglas Feint and about
its impact -on nearby
CQUirpunities.-
Pioserit, best known'as
the • star of • the CBC
television Serieg•AGift To.
Last and as author and
star of the film and stage'
play The Rowdyman,
reworking ,John And The
-McLaren show herself._ Missus to, get it down to a
McLaren, 84, is the only scale die Blyth:Sunimer
survivor of the famed Festival earl afford.
First World 'War DUm- 'The Original version's
bells vaudeville troupe got too many characters
and an artist - whose for us," laughed' Amps.
1;313kPlyth Suinmer
Festival will include new
'plays about the Bruce
nuclear wer
development 'and en-
Miller 'painter; J ck•
.1V1-eLaren, artstie
director Janet Amos
says
Gordon Pinse t is also
writing a version Of
his John And' The
Miss for the festiVal. •
The season's fourth
show has not yet been
confirmed. Performance
rights for it are still being
negotiated.
_Amos, who took over
• the artistic directorship
last fall, is shaping the
SOMETHING FOR THE LADIES_
Come, visit our-unusual country resort for,Tee today!
Wye •prepared' betteied toast, freshly , made scones,. •
home made jam, 'Devon bream, cake, biscuits and Earl •
Cray tea for.the occasion. Relax and enjoy as we 'serve
you in front of errOpen hearth log fire in one of .our two
lounges. (reservations not required)
$ 00
just , r.--0 4 per person
Complement your -on ti
with a visit to THE HOLLOW. A unique Oft shop
just steps from our Inn
.Behrhiller
Inn
Nestled in Benmiller; Ont., just 7
kilometres east *of cloclerieli on Iluron„
l'ounty :Rood 1, just off, highway
, phnne 524-2191, tl
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Over the, years I have accumulated ..hundredsl•of .their respects Whilstlhere was still time for talking',at
newspaper • clippings of, my articles, columns and .leisure • • .
editeriels,:and there is One-in particular .Which I wilt' There 'Wee no mention `of •• :the • livestock and
always treasure. It would not haVe won a prize fpr equipment sale either;The sale was.schedUled fOr the
excellence but a'' favoi4rite. mine - the • final . following. Saturday, betppbpdy. talked .ebotit it. Angus •
editorial I wrote in the Grunt and :Thi,inder The item is . knew only too well that. on Friday the neighbours
too lengthy •to ,quote in • its .entirely •,but the..last'.few would be there ,to cellect anything .saleable,from all
lineeWillgivean insight lotO.rny.feetings at that time,. the, hdOkS and crannieS,.'end place them:on-the old hay.'
It 'reads long as"therele truth te .beepeken prI. Wagon.. : , •
Written and 'one•men 'to 'speak 'or -Write' it, there: „ There' was no•reason.to talk ebdut refreshments for
always tor survIVal .Of the clemocractic sYstern ,the sale. NeXt • Saturday morning the" women would
came as- a stranger„ in your, midst and -even if my • arrive with beskets of baked goods, and set up.a table
Writings gave you nothing, be assured that:my corning • near the-.-activitieS- Somebody would borrow
• was not vain:. It was here I rediscovered a people ' .copper Urn from the Chorch,frem which coffee would
who have still time to stand; ,stare, think and wonder • "be-CITSpensed. This'item bad appeared-at Wary sale as
at thepower of nature. If home is where the heart is, . far back as.,anyone could remember., .
then one day I 'Shell return to Recitrees.." , ;Angus' and l„. of. course,' had to make' plans. My.
Th-VSUTidarafterthe7•kiet ,ed-itiorr-,-rnienr-peop le fail -that--we'-d -:,-stey-at--the4errit,
visited the Hungry Hundred. It seemed as if my wife right up until the day of the -pale: All the furniture in ••
was continually, rpeking, :coffee, or tea The ledies the house belonged to. Angus, so on the following . .
gatherer:1:ln . the .old parlour and. their menfolk: sat Saturday everything would. have to be moved out of
• around.:•:in,.the . slimmer 'kitchen, . ehlpying, • a little . the house early. All that is, except the bare necessities
stronger - liquid refreshment. There was one man for Angusto live there,: until the land-Wee:finally-sold.
however,''Who only drank strong black coffee and that He would be the last to leave the Hungry .Hundred.
was Windy Perkins.:•He was:dreseed in theeUnifol--rn of •• I .would depart with: little ,More than I had first
"the SeiVation- Ar my and beside him on the floor was a brought with me: My old '39... Dodge; Molly, would
well scuffed leather, case which contained his trumpet. • proVide the transport .tor, my faMily and I to: the city. I.,
Windy had Come' ..straight „frOM his weekly'. band • had visions my old heap being impounded by the
performance at. Pantown., wondered what passed ..• police as soon as I entered .the city lirnite It was
through fire- mindeehe sat in the midst of his drinking • , '.inevitable-that Molly and-t-wouictsoon ,part company.
companions, The desire to hit the bottle.was alwaye,. She was, my first, car and somehow I still think .of her
present ..:As he:told •`-`Onte en alcoholic, always an with affection - almost as if she were e„living,thing.
alcoholic1 A man 'as ter fightlt, but. I gOt • One by one, ap'chere•time approached, the: visitors
As. far eel know, ,Windy never went left.•The school teacher, a little glassy eyed from what
back to the 'bottle. •••• • must have been his first .encounter with e beer bottle) :
The conversation followed the usual pattern the , toltr me he would be beck on Saturday to, say .a
. weather, crops, livestock and the poOrniarket•priCes. goodbye to the kids.' He left' in a ehiny • new
Occasionally-,, hUmorous-artecdotes-were-intredueed-r--=•-eUternebilera vehitile.-which represented a.etatus far_ _ • • . • •
They had heard them all .before, but everybody aboVe that of a school teacher in. those days, and no
laUghed loudly, enjoying the lighter side of farm' life. doubt,, the property of the finance company,.
"Say, do you :remember the time, that Baldy It was Sunday and for the' first time since I came to
BroWne's cow got stuck down: the well r I ain't never Redtrees, I would not be going' to the newspaper office
gonna feroit, that. We' got tepee an 'orses an' just on the following morning. I lied feelings of, both
aboUt'eVerybody iii the district tryin' ter git 'er up, but ,sadness.and relief, and had time to contemplate the'
couldn't do it. We 'ad ter git a crane. Cost one 'ell of a life ahead. • .
pile of money 6 lift 'er outl” • There would be some compensations for living in
This story'was new to me and I was interested in thecity - real toilet facilitied,„ hot water and oh, luxury
finding out if the poor animal was :rescued alive, of, luxuries; a real modern: bath with 'a shOwer. No
'HAlivel Well I guess•S'o, she's still the best milker In more, braving tmWinter'storrn to reach the.outhouse.,
'Baldy's herd, so she - •• or sitting boa cold seat. with the icy winds blowing the
Charlie ,Grant; the. blacksmith, told the% tale abbut ' squares of newspaper stuck on ,a nail. I had to laugh
• the'horse which' caught hiM a swift, kick in the when I realized what real purpose the Grunt and
backside and sent him. head first into the water Thunder had served!
trough, . • . • If it was all going to be so,eaSy, then why did I feel
The young school teacher waethere too, trying ,to sad? What kind of an idlotvould live in this primitive
behave ,likea real man should, in nip opinion, He only environment if there Was some other•Wey of making e
drank one bottle of beer 'all 'afternoon but) would have bubk? I guess Ailgtie gave me the 'answer:
sworn he Was :thrpe sheets to the wind by the. time he He limped towards me as I stood watching our
left! • viSitor!s vehicles disappearing downthe road,
The reason for the itnprompt6-gathering would not "Youkriow eornethin'? I ain't got much ter show fer
have been Clear tO, anybody except those accustomed •,a lifetime o' farmin'. Never needed much anyweye. 'I
to the. rural way . of life. in their rough way, and guess compared to 801116; a man is wealthy if 'e 'as.a
without even making any, reference to It,. they had' roof, a suit Of Clothes an' a full` belly. Meet important. •
come to say goodbye. It was true we were not leaving thing Is doin' what,yer want ter do. I guess I always
the farm for some days; but :this was, the day to pay did that, come sell or Igh water!, Wouldn't 'ave lived
any other way -.hot Mel!'
wners
rovide.
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