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Afternoon concert
Residents of Huronlea, Brussels, were treated to a concert by Grey Central Public School
students, May 13. The children sang as well as performed piano solos. Here, Lacey McCall
takes her turn at the ivories.
Huronlea Happenings
Residents take mystery tour
By Olive Sproul
Tuesday, April 29 was the
mystery tour for Huronlea
residents. We had a glimmer of
where they were going. We drove
in the general direction of
Kitchener, crossing the highway at
Newry and going straight ahead
past Donegal. I thought we might
be headed for Stratford, but we
crossed Hwy. 19 going through
Newton to Millbank. Steve had
asked me where Vera McNichol,
the fortune teller, used to live. I’d
had it pointed out to me once, years
ago, when she lived on a farm. The
house was quite far from the road.
The place was just to the north of
Millbank.
In my opinion, she was a gifted
psychic. McNichol had been
Millbank's chief claim to fame, and
she did them proud, but nobody
expected that Millbank was our
destination.
Nevertheless, there was Steve
wheeling the van onto a gravelled
parking lot nearly opposite the busy
garage. This lot was very nearly
full, with vehicles bustling about
behind the building which appeared
to be quite new.
This expedition was quite
different, from the last few outings
planned by our thoughtful
Activation Department people. This
time at least one-half of the
travellers were those confined to
wheelchairs. None had ever been
on such a trip. Neither had Jessie
Engel, who had been with us only a
short time. She is looking forward
to her 101st birthday which, I
understand falls in June.
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subdued hum of contented
conversation hung in the air. We
passed through a number of rooms
all occupied by diners sitting in
simple splendor, ignoring us as we
went barreling past. We kept on
going until we reached what
seemed to be our destination, a fair
sized room with a huge dining
table, a square one with plenty of
room for three diners to sit in
comfort without jostling each other.
We settled at the table and studied
the menus, beginning the serious
task of choosing what we'd order.
That was quite a task as all the
combinations sounded (and proved
to be) delicious.
The restaurant was Anna Mae's
bakery restaurant.
Two new RNs have been hired at
Huronlea. They were introduced to
all the residents. These are two
local girls living less than 20 miles
away. The first was Vai (Valerie)
Shortreed, the second to be hired
was Lisa (Elizabeth) Dennotter.
We have a new resident in Freda
Buttons, who was the wife of the
man who ran Button's Meat Market
for many long years in Lucknow,
where I’d often bought meat. Freda
is a jolly woman who enjoys all our
little frolics and is enthusiastic to
join in our expeditions.
Rev. J. Vaudry preached the first
Sunday service in May. The next
week was quite an interesting one
featuring the Nashville Rejects. On
Monday afternoon the UCW and
Brussels United Church held an
inspirational meeting in the sitting
room with several members giving
readings and others harmonizing.
They also brought snacks of
cheese, sliced onto homemade tea
biscuits.
Wednesday, May 7 was a really
special day, when we were treated
to a display of crafts made by our
multi-talented staff. Where they
find time or energy to do the
amount of painstaking effort it took
to produce the beautiful items they
put on it is amazing. I started at the
far end where Bonnie Pletch had
her exhibit. She had three or four
beautiful quilts on display. She's an
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by welcoming everyone, then read
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Institute Ode was sung and Mary
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minutes were read by Kathy
Bridge, secretary. The treasurer's
report was given by Jean Bell.
Correspondence was read.
Lucy Hesse gave a report of the
District Annual held in Fordwich
on Tuesday, May 13.
PRO budget was set. Leona
Armstrong spoke about having
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Roll call was "A tip on travelling
or on packing your suitcase."
Answers ranged from the 10
Commandments, to making a list to
check off or when in Rome do as
the Romans.
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introduced Jean Wilson, who gave
a very interesting talk on New
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spoke on how one should look at a
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quite the same climate as Ontario.
Slides were also shown of the
ACWW convention in New
Zealand. After the convention they
went west across the country to
view the sights and countryside. As
well there was an interesting stop
off down the east coast of
Australia.
New business was dealt with.
Collection for Coins For Friendship
and Sunshine Fund was taken.
Happy Birthday, Institute Grace
and God Save The Queen was sung.
Lunch was served with a plant
auction for entertainment.