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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-12-27, Page 7WON, Di :110E8 27, 1005 Mr, and Mrs. Melidy Couple wed In Toronto Tracey MacBride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie MacBride of Sardis, B.C., and Anthony Melidy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Melidy of Toronto, were united in marriage on Oct. 14, 1995, at Saints Con- stantine and Helen Helenic Ortho- dox Church in Toronto in a lovely autumn wedding. Cherrie Rafuse of Burlington, friend of the bride and groom, was the maid of honor. The flowergirl was Lenna Tomou, niece of the groom. Peter Anastasoff of King City, friend of the bride and groom, was best man. The ringbearer was George Tomou, nephew of the groom. The bride wore a beautiful floor - length gown with a fitted bodice embroidered with pearls, with a Queen Anne neckline. The full skirt was overlain with taffeta and fell to a cathedral -length train with a large heart embroidered in the taffeta. Kathy Tsenis, sister of the groom, was master of ceremonies. The dinner and reception were held • at City of York City Hall. Special guests were Les and Liz MacBride of Sardis, B.C.; Karl MacBride of Coquitlam, B.C.; Sandy MacBride of Ottawa; Brian Davis of Denver, Col. and Rob Aitken arid son R.J. of San Jose, Ca. After a honeymoon in Barbados, the very happy couple is now resid- ing at Bradford, Ont. T W7N0W01MADVANCE-TIMES ;twmy Christmas to everyone from your Wroxdter correspondent. Congratulations go to Steve and Cheryl Burbidge and Amanda On the birth of a new family addition, twins Jetnma and Jason, who ar- rived last week. Bill and Shirley Hart visited with Doug and Marsha Hart and family at Bowmanville last Sunday and Monday. Eileen Marks accom- panied thein to Mississauga where she visited with Adrien and Elaine Poirier. Hazel Griffith spent the weekend with Brian and Aileen Manuel and Amanda andall enjoyed an early Christmas on Sunday with Tina and Maud Eaton of Seaforth and Doug Adrian Of Stratford as guests. Eileen Marks accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Davey Marks and fami- lies ' to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Powell's home in Kitchener recently. August Pfister of Switzerland, manager of a Swiss insurance com- pany, visited with Ursula and Hel- mut Werner and George and Carol Oriold recently. He stayed with Walter and Joane Duschey during his 10 -day visit. Santa's workshop Continued from page four Similarly, other workers were no- ticed to have markedly turned -up noses, a condition caused either by the toxins in the paints used on the toys or by riding English tack. Many were noticed to have ex- tremely long feet, curled up at the ends, and their long stocking -style caps covered tiny heads that grown to a point after centuries of slaving in tiny poorly lit rooms too close to the magnetic pole. They reported that other than the fish they could could catch on their short breaks away from their work- benches, they subsisted on a diet of curdled milk and stale cookies brought back by Claus on the one night he was away from the plant - the one night of the year they had off. They jokingly referred to them- selves as elves and laughed ruefully about the time they had gone on - strike for better working condi- tions. "You know the garden gnomes at White Rose? They were the union organizers," said one elf, who asked to remain nameless for fear of spending eternity among the azaleas in Avonlea. "And Rudolf? He used to play reindeer games until he took to sniffing solvents and grew a schnoz that puts the Northern Lights to shame. At least Donner and Blitz- krieg - that's his real name - have managed to stay straight." And what about Santa, St. Nicholas, -Sinter- Klaas, Father Christmas and the other aliases that the Big Boss goes under? "You know he comes from Tur- key originally, eh?" the elf told the investigators. "It's hardly a paragon of industrialized nations. "Anyway, he wasn't really all that bad - his wife's the one you gotta watch out for - until Clement Clark Moore wrote that poem about the night before Christmas. Jeez, for the past 172 years he's been go- ing on and on about being a jolly old elf and shaking like a bowlful of jelly. He believes his own pub- licity and all the time the produc- tion quotas go up and it's hard to get more kids to come here volun- tarily. (You know those kids pic- tured on the milk cartons? Most of them are working here now. - Old Mrs. Claus goes out and re- cruits them. Her theme song is Stalk the Malls.) "The old guy treats his elves the way Snow White treated her dwarves. Always asleep and letting the little guy do the bullwork. Every once in a while. he comes up with a brilliant idea like last week when he wanted to combine girls' fashion dolls with boys' action figures and came up with the Klaus Barbie doll. Even Mattel wouldn't touch that one. "So most of the time he just sleeps and signs marketing and distribution deals with the big toy makers. "And what do we get? Another day older and deeper in debt." Merry Christmas. Robin R. Morris is a professional journalist working at the Chester- ville (Ont.) Record Merry Christmas and happiness throughout the new year to all. Ron and Carol Mann were in To- ronto last Sunday and Janice Mann returned home with them for the holidays. The sympathy of the community is elctended to Mrs. James Alcorn and family in' the recent loss of a dear husband, father and grandfa- ther. Ivan Haskins is a patient in Wingham and District Hospital. Jack and Gwynne Brown were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Allan and Joyce MacDonald of Kincardine recently. Celebrating Christmas at the home of Raymond and Elinor Neill, RR 2, Wingham, last Satur- day were: Ethel Brown; Mrs. James Stokes; Carl and Wanda Miller, Melanie and Alex of Tees - water and Allan Watson of Kes- wick. Dinner guests at the home of Raymond and Jackie Gowdy Last Saturday to celebrate Christmas were: Bverett and Nadine Cathers of Wroxeter; Don and Lois Glmar of Amster; Bill and Joanne King; Bill King Jr.,, Tammy King, Jus- tine, Willi and Kassandra; Joanna and Rachel Speers, Don Dodds and Eliza Jane Dodds, all of Brussels and Phil and Laurie Gowdy, Jessi- ca and Melissa of Strathroy. Marilyn Mann of Clinton visited over the weekend with Velma Mann and other relatives. Bill and Jean Strong visited at the home of Wayne and Vickey Strong of Komoka and attended the children's program at Faith Luther- an Church, London, last Sunday. 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