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Marie and Lisa Rammeloo invite you to spend an enjoyable
stay at their Bed and Breakfast just minutes outside of the
beautiful village of Blyth. You'll enjoy our nice spacious home
as well as our picturesque perennial gardens and a full country
breakfast. It's within a half hour drive from Lake Huron
beaches and historic sites. As well, an hour drive from
Kitchener, Stratford or London.
Marie and Lisa Rammeloo
1 1/2 miles east on Dinsley St.,
Blyth, Ont. NOM 1H0
(519) 523-9478.
Breakfast Style: Full Country.
(519) 887-6697.
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available for a day's travel in different directions. Your extra
guests for special occasions are very welcome. Four double
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Phyllis and Emerson Mitchell
RR 3, Walton, Ont. NOK 1Z0
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A quiet residence set on the edge of town. Go for a nature
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private bath and access to family room with colour T.V.
Murray and Doreen Siertsema
257 Gypsy Lane,
Blyth, Ont. NOM 1 H0
(519) 523-9248.
Breakfast Style: Full.
Open Year Round
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Simple cozy rooms seven miles east of Blyth. Country Inn built
in 1862. Rates: single $25, double $35, taxes and breakfast
included. Laundry facilities. Far from the city, close to nature.
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#1 High St., Walton, Ont. NOK 1Z0
(519) 887-9517
Breakfast Style: Country
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PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1996
Bridal 1996 *
Marital advice from the 'experts'
By Bonnie Gropp
With 50 per cent of today's mar-
riages ending in divorce, questions
often arise about the institution and
what if anything couples are doing
wrong.
After consultation with the
experts (couples who celebrated 50
or 60 years of marriage in 1995)
the answer was clear — there isn't
one. There is no magic formula, no
simple solution to making a life
together, yet one comment was
clear. It doesn't come easy, but if
something's worth it, you fight for
it.
Bob Henry of Blyth, who mar-
ried his wife Isabelle, in May of
1945, said simply that the secret to
a long marriage is "to work at it".
David and Doran Rolston, of
RR3, Auburn, agree. "In marriage
there has to be give and take, "said
David, who married Doran, Jan. 13,
1945. "Today if a couple has a dis-
agreement they don't forgive each
other they leave and never get back
together."
"It takes both parties to make it
work," said Stan Alexander, who
married his bride Margaret Helen
on Nov. 16, 1935. The Ethel-area
resident suggests that patience and
forgiveness and "biting your tongue
once in awhile", are assets to any
marriage.
Marg and Cal Krauter of Brussels
were married June 16, 1945. She
feels that perhaps young couples in
the 90s have too much too soon.
"Newlyweds start marriage these
days with everything. They get for
shower gifts, what we got for wed-
ding presents. Having everything at
the start, doesn't give you anything
to work for, and it certainly doesn't
help you learn how to pull togeth-
er."
Marg says when she and Cal
were first married they lived in a
three room apartment. Their stove
was two single hot plates, which
had two settings, off or on. "We
didn't have anything, but they were
some of the most wonderful times,"
recalls Marg. "Everything we had
we had worked hard to get. Young
people today don't seem able to
work through problems or pull
together."
Jane Grasby, of Belgrave, who
was married to her husband Bob
June 9, 1945, says that young peo-
ple have different pressures than
her generation, but help can still be
found from the same sources. "I
think it's harder today, both hus-
band and wife have to work to
make it financially, yet they seem
Bridal showers evolve
For more than 50 years, the
bridal shower has remained a
constant, even though women's
lives have undergone tremendous
changes. "Bridal showers are a way
of ritually transporting women
from single status into marital
status," says University of Guelph
sociologist Gail Grant, a self-
confessed bridal shower addict. She
has personally hosted more than 50
showers and has conducted a
sociological study of the
phenomenon. Despite the changes
in women's education and career
expectations, the bridal shower
remains "oriented to household
duties," says Grant. "A bride may
be a lawyer, but she is given
kitchenware at a shower."
to expect too much. You have to be
patient and not give up. Anything
worth having is worth waiting to
have. Being faithful to each other
and being together are the impor-
tant things.
Jane also credits family with
being a source of support, while
David Rolston credits a sense of
humour as well as love for each
other and for God as having helped
them through the difficult times.
"Our involvement in our church has
held us together and strengthened
us down through the years."
All five of these couples were
self-effacing with regard to their
success stories, yet it is clear that
their message is valuable. People
don't appreciate things that come
too easily and working together in
the good times and struggling
together in the bad will help to
make you strong. Supporting each
other and having a support system
of people who care will help you
build on the foundation of love you
have laid.
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