The Citizen, 2006-11-02, Page 2By Betty
Graber
Watson
Call
887-6236
887-9231
RE-ELECT
LVIN MCLELLAN
for Councillor of Grey Ward
on November 13
Foe information or a ride on election day,
please contact Alvin McLellan
(519) 887-9456
On November 13
RE-ELECT
FRANK
STRETTON
COUNCILLOR
BRUSSELS WARD
PROGRESS WITH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
COMING EVENTS
at the
BRUSSELS LEGION
for November
SATURDAY, NOV. 4
Craft Show and Bake Sale
from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Free admission. Door Prizes.
Lunch available downstairs
11:30 am - 1:00 pm for $5.00.
SUNDAY, NOV. 5
Craft Show & Sale continues
from 12:00 noon - 4:00 pm
SATURDAY, NOV. 4
Euchre Tournament
downstairs at 1:00 pm.
Admission $5.00 per person.
Cash prizes. Door prizes.
Bring your own partner.
SUNDAY, NOV. 5
Sunday Night Dance
from 7:00 - 11:00 pm.
Admission: $10.00 per person.
Lunch.
Enjoy "John Heaman Band."
SATURDAY, NOV. 11
Remembrance Day Service at
10:30 am. Church service at
Melville Presbyterian Church
to follow. Lunch available
at Branch following
church service.
Huronlea Service 2:00 pm.
SATURDAY, NOV. 18
Euchre Tournament at 1:00 pm.
Bring your own partner.
Cash prizes. Lunch.
$5.00 per person. Door prizes.
SUNDAY, NOV. 19
Sunday Night Dance
from 7:00 - 11:00 pm.
Admission: $10.00 per person.
Lunch. Enjoy "Georgian Bay
Islanders."
SUNDAY, NOV. 25
Brussels Branch 218
75th Anniversary Banquet
Tickets $10.00. Guest speaker -
Royal Canadian Legion
Dominion President - Comrade
Jack Frost. Contact Branch for
info and tickets.
Look for this ad the first
week of the month only.
Auditorium and small
meeting room available to
rent. Catering available.
Info and general inquiries
887-6562 or 887-6570
Brussels Legion Annual
Craft Show & Sale
Saturday, November 4
10 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday, November 5
12:00 noon - 4:00 pm :A.
• Bake Table
• Door Prizes
Lunch available Saturday
Everyone Welcome
Icrt
Brussels
Agri Services
Ltd.
Fall Specials
Call
for.
Details
• Hay Feeders • Feeder Wagons
• Processing Chutes
1 km East of Brussels on Newry Rd.
519-887-9391 Toll Free: 1-877-887-9391
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PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 2006.
The weather continues to be the
main subject of conversation. The
amount of cold and wet that has
come our way is enough to depress
even the cheery folks. Crops, work,
events and moods have all been
affected this fall by the amount of
moisture and with that all the cold
windy days. A small bit of sunshine
is just enough to get everyone to sit
up and take note.
At the Branch
By .10-Ann McDonald
Everything is in full swing at the
Brussels, Legion.
The Cadet drill team is meeting on
Monday evenings and regular Cadet
meetings are on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Young people 12 - 18 are still
encouraged to attend if interested.
The Thursday night darts are off to
a slow start with some of the regular
players away. Come on out for a fun
night at 8 p.m. and enjoy blind
mixed darts.
The Friday night supper of sweet
and sour meatballs with rice was
enjoyed by a good crowd. This week
is Salisbury steak.
The annual craft sale is on
Saturday and Sunday, so members
have been contacted for baking
donations. If you haven't been
called, accept this as your reminder.
It will be poppy canvass on
Saturday morning with the Cadets,
and Legion members are needed to
accompany and/or drive the Cadets
around Brussels. Be at the Legion by
9:30 a.m.
The Tuesday night general
meeting was the annual visitation by
the Zone Commander Shirley
Chalmers and Deputy Zone
Commander Stew Taylor. Reports
were given by the many chairpeople
with positive reports given.
The early bird membership drive
As I'm writing this the sun is
actually shining. Hurrah, better days
ahead.
We can pack the Halloween stuff
away for another year and in my
case it probably needs to be looked
at with a critical eye as the boxes are
stuffed with the years past. Only the
precious granddaughters look at it
with anything near admiration. Now
that would not be the emotion noted
on other faces here.
The stores in the city are enough
to confuse a person at any time. Last
week it was even worse. The aisles
of Halloween merchandise subtly
moved into Christmas as they tucked
the seasons together. Checking the
candles and orange and black items
in an aisle soon turned to red and
green things without an
announcement that time had gone
missing. Awareness finally took and
is coming along well with 61
comrades paying to this point. Let's
help Comrade Greg Wilson,
membership chairman, get his job
done by paying before the dues rise
to $50 on Dec. 1.
The veterans banquet was held in
Hensall on Sunday. Sixteen attended
from Brussels. They enjoyed a
musical afternoon of singing, and
songs by the orchestra of the
Christian Reformed Church of
Exeter. There was a delicious
chicken dinner served.
Attending were seniors
chairpersons, Charlie and Grace
Proctor, Ross and Marg Bennett,
Glenn and Jean Bridge, Max
Oldfield and Audrey Chambers, Lyle
and Alice Brothers, George and
Maxine Adams, Bush Whittard and
Olave Papple, Bill Steadwell and
Cecil Moore.
The poppy campaign was
launched last Friday and I see many
people are wearing their poppy. The
poppy is to be worn on the left lapel
above the heart, a sign of respect and
remembrance.
Poppies are not sold but donations
are gratefully accepted. The funds
raised are not used for the general
running of the local Branches but are
designated for use for Canadian ex-
service members and their
dependents.
I realized that yes that was a
pumpkin tucked in with the
Christmas cards. After that I realized
that it isn't any wonder that we lose
all track of time and that the days
just disappear.
Congratulations to Marie
McCutcheon on receiving the
Bishop's Award for Excellence in
Ministry at The Cathedral Church of
Saint Paul in London on Sunday,
Oct. 29.
Lacking sufficient numbers of
children for the Sunday school
presentation in the United Church on
Sunday Cathy Goetz and Sandra
Cable used the resources available to
present the creation story. Tori,
Sophie and Albert had their parts
and Cathy was able to view the
'congregation and see the potential
players in the story to be shared.
The creation story, oh probably
swing at
The funds are distributed in
accordance to the rules of the poppy
manual.
The Cadets and Legion members
the whole book of Genesis will
never be the same. Sparkling stars,
chirping birds, flipping fish, graceful
trees, mighty animals and some not
so mighty, all made the story come
to life. Each new day was a new
creation.
I'll never see the sun and the moon
quite the same now that I've seen
Frank and Murray in action. And
God said it was good. And it was.
It always amazes me who reads
this column. Max Willits, a friend of
my brother Clif's called last week to
check on the Danes whom he knew
from Turnberry and saw that Ralph
and Alma had visited. So
connections continue to be made in
some mostly unlikely spots. To B.C.
and Nunavik, Ottawa and London
hello from all your friends at The
Citizen.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
will be canvassing door-to-door on
Saturday morning in the Brussels
area. We thank you in advance for
wearing the poppy and for your
FROM BRUSSELS
donations.
The Cadets hosted a Halloween
dance for teens on Friday evening.
Activities in full Brussels Legion