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The Citizen, 1989-08-09, Page 6PAGE 6. THE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1989. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thakkar Newlyweds reside in B.C. THAKKAR - JAMIESON Good Samaritan Community Church in Breslau was the setting for the wedding of Michael Ashok Thakkar of Calgary, Alberta and Elizabeth Ann Jamieson of Brus­ sels. Reverend Rodger McEachen of Shakespeare Presbyterian Church officiated. Mr. Thakkar is the son of Dr. Chotalal and Dr. Elizabeth Thakkar of Calgary while Elizabeth Ann is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Victor Jamieson of RR 5, Brussels. Heather Lynn Jamieson of Ottawa, sister of the bride, was maid of honour. Bridesmaids were Browen Jones of Ottawa, Brenda Reddick of Vancouver and Laurie Early of Ottawa, all friends of the bride. The groom’s brother David Thakkar of Calgary acted as best man. Ushers were Jeff Hayashi of Vancouver, Paul Proctor of Cal­ gary, friends of the groom, and Ken Jamieson of Brussels, a broth­ er of the bride. Scripture readings were given by the groom’s grandmother, Mrs. Marian Jacobs of Calgary and the bride’s friend Evelyn Bensen of Guelph. Soloist Brenda Reddick was accompanied by organist Jo­ anne King of Brussels and flutist was Donna Dyck of Calgary. A reception was held in the church hall following the cere­ mony. Tinu Ruparell of Calgary, a cousin of the groom, was master of ceremonies and special music was provided by Ruth Ann Clayton and Gordon Springle of Toronto. Guests attended from Africa, India, England, United States, Sudbury, Toronto, Vancouver, Cal­ gary, Kitchener, Guelph, Kings­ ton, Picton, Renfrew, Holstein, Ottawa, Baden and Brussels. Following a honeymoon trip to Peurto Vallarta, Mexico the couple will reside in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they will both work on their Masters of Theology at the University of British Colum­ bia. marries in Brussels Mr. and Mrs. James Poyntz Festivals in Zurich and elsewhere BY RAYMOND CANON I have written before about one of the most famous of small town festivals in this part of Canada - that of the Bean Festival which is held on the fourth Saturday of every August in Zurich. Some of the time I am able to make it; at other times I am likely to be in the bigger Zurich in Switzerland but, regardless of which side of the ocean I am on, I like to think of it as one event worth an afternoon’s outing. Apparently a lot of other people think so to, judging from the number of licence plates that one sees there. The Zurich festival is a modern version of an event which is as old as history. If you go back into your earlier history books, you will find that man was always prepared to celebrate in some festive way the joys and fears that he had, the things that he understood only partially, the blessings he was grateful for or even if it was only to get through the long season. More often than not a festival was the answer. The early festivals tended to be rather uncomplicated in nature. The sun was a favourite object of attention if only because it brought both light and warmth. A close second was the moon because it helped a great deal in taking away the darkness and terror of the night. It was very shortly after­ wards when mankind started to develop a number of primitive religions that people got around to offering up the first fruit or grain of the harvests to the gods or godess- es which they felt were responsible for the bountiful harvest. While there may be a touch of this in the Zurich celebrations, I doubt very much if there is anything of another aspect of the early festivals. When someone died, those still living thoughtfully held a feast in his or her honour COUSINS - POYNTZ Brussels United Church was the setting for the marriage of Gwen- dlyn Merle Cousins and James Todd Poyntz, on Saturday, June 10, 1989. The bride is the daughter of John and Merle Cousins of Brussels and the groom is the son of Jim and Ruth Poyntz of St. Thomas. Rev. Rea Grant officiated at the double-ring ceremony. Organist was Betty Campbell, aunt of the bride. Soloist was Julie Campbell, cousin of the bride. Donna La Pointze, a friend of the bride, was the Matron of Honour. Bridesmaids were Penny Poyntz from St. Thomas, sister of the groom, Sheila Cousins from Brus­ sels and Sheila Anderson Cousins of Woodstock, both sisters-in-law of the bride. The groom’s best man was Stan Simon of St. Thomas, friend of the groom. Ushers for the ceremony were Dave La Pointe of St. Thomas, friend of the groom, Ken Cousins of Brussels, brother ot the bride, Doug Cousins, brother of the bride. Following a reception at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Com­ munity Centre, the couple left for a two-week honeymoon vacation in the Dominican Republic. The happy couple are now residing in St. Thomas. and put some food in the grave of the departed one so that there would be enough to eat in the other world wherever that was. In order to make Christianity more palatable to the common people, many of the original festi­ vals were taken over by the Church; thus we have a number of religious celebrations today which have a goodly quantity of paganism mixed in. There is no reference to Santa Claus in the Bible nor is there any trace whatsoever of Easter bunnies. There is not much scope for that in the Zurich event but it might come to serve as a manner in which people’s minds could be distracted ever so briefly from such things as the hot humid summer, or the increasing amount of time in which we have to work in order to pay our taxes. Some researcher might even come along with a discovery that would create out of beans a sort of miracle cure for some of the things that ail us. Who knows? The potential is certainly considerable. This year the Zurich bean feed is to be kicked off by that week’s ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA August 13/89 Pentecost 13 HOLY EUCHARIST REV. RUTH POGSON 9:15 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Trinity, Blyth St. John’s, Brussels Melville Presbyterian Church BRUSSELS Rev. Carolyn McAvoy 11 A.M. MORNING SERVICE SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 A.M. BELGRAVE SERVICE HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY CHURCH AUBURN PASTOR JAMES H. 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If I were the government of Ontario, I would be a bit ashamed of the odds that I give in order to win a major prize; I once wrote a paper to that effect but I have to admit that, on both sides of the ocean, such lotteries have become something of a weekly festival in themselves. The weekly football pools in Britain and elsewhere are big business and nobody can deny that those held in Ontario manage to drum up a considerable amount of money for the government. While all this is going on, Zurich will continue doing what it does best - having a basic enjoyable festival without having the beans buried with somebody or blessed on a local altar. One thing is certain, the festival itself doubt­ lessly creates as high a level of co-operation on the part of the local citizens as you will find anywhere. In an age where individuals some­ times runs rampant, that in itself is an admirable thing.