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Just to fill you in a little, this
letter I had to write was to a guY
to whom I was introduced on the
phone. With my girlfriend on one
extension, me on another and him
on a phone way down in Arizona,
we had rather a lengthy con-
versation, and decided it would
be a good idea to extend it by
means of letter, with me to write
first. I don't know why I get all
the luck.
Anyway, I thought about that
letter for nearly two weeks, but
did nothing about it - mainly
because I forgot to get his ad-
dress.
When I finally did sit down to
write it, I didn't even have a clue
where to start. The first one came
off sounding like one of the stiff
business letters I mentioned
earlier. My second attempt
sounded like a school girl writing
for the first time to an overseas
pen-pal: "I am ? years old; I live
in a little place called ?; I have ?
brothers and sister; etc.
So we scrap that one and start
again. It really is difficult to have
to sit down to introduce yourself
to somebody. You can't talk
about mutual friends or interests,
because you have only one of the
former and no idea about the
latter. Talking about the weather
is too obvious; and at the same
time, you want to come across
with something at least a little bit
amusing or interesting.
Well, I finally did get my letter
written, but it will be interesting
to see what form the reply takes.
Now it is his turn to either make
an impression or make a fool of
himself,
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY — Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hunter of RR 3,
Exeter celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary Monday. The couple
was treated to a family dinner at the Dashwood Hotel Sunday night.
They were married in 1930 by Rev, Duncan McTavish, The family in-
cludes two sons, Earl of Whitby and Ross of RR 3, Exeter. T-A photo
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Stresses value
of presbyterial
The %Presbyterian Church
Women of CaVert .church held
their Thanksgiving meeting at
the church Monday with vice
president Mrs. C, Ersman
presiding.
Mrs. Carman Cann and Mrs.
David Millar gave the devotional
and Mrs. William Sillery and
Mrs. Charles Hoffman sang a
duet,
Mrs. T.L. Scott, visited the
meeting as a representative of
the presbyterial, of which she is
president..
She stressed how important
each small group is to the
presbyterial.
"As a member," she said, "We
must report the work of the
group, get along with the
members, be a good interpreter,
change .out attitudes, be alert,
adopt the strong points of the
group and carry our load.
The fall rally is to be held in
Listowel October 16,
Minister speaks
about being alive
Xi Gama Nu chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi met at the home of
Elsie Tuckey Tuesday evening.
Marion Tinney introduced
guest speaker Rev. Harold Snell
who presented an interesting
program in "Being Alive".
Plans for an arts and crafts
evening in November were made
by the ways and means com-
mittee.
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MON. OCT-.
Dean caeca ft It
one of her shoes was coming.
unsewed, After the second block,
the heel and sole fell off and.
Matilda ruined a new pair of
panty.-hose because she had to
walk the last helt.block in her
bare feet."
A letter of complaint like that
would blow the mind of any
normal computer programmed
to deal with this sort of problem.
Once in a while, though, you
will hear of a letter like this -
especially if it gets very
favorable results. I'm sure most
of us have heard of somebody
who snaffled a top professional
position because he or she
ignored the cold, formal rules
about how to write a proper
business letter and instead wrote
a here-I-am, tell-it-like-it-is
letter. I guess Pin a bit stuffy,
though, because I'd be more
afraid that the people on the other
end of the letter would react with
something like, "Oh, is this babe
a nut. What kind of a joke does
she think this is?"
But here I'm almost at the end
of the column, and I still haven't
mentioned the very first question
- how do you write a personal
letter to someone you have never
met?
You would think it would be
relatively easy for somebody who
writes for a living. Not so! In
fact, that probably made me even
more conscious that I didn't know
what I was doing.
For some people, I guess it
must come easy. My girlfriend
wrote back and forth to this guy
for several months before she
actually met him. It wasn't long
after that that they were
married.
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Have you ever tried to write a
letter to someone you never met?
I guess just about everybody
has at one time or another. YoU
write to the firm where you
bought your new shoes because
they're already falling apart. Or
you apply for a job without
having had an interview. Or you
write a letter to the editor of a
newspaper because you disagree
with his editorial stance on one
thing or another.
But these are not the type of
letters I'm talking about. These
are business-type letters where
you can state your complaint,
sales-pitch, or opinion and still
remain somewhat anonymous .
You can hide behind fancy-
sounding words or phrases
without revealing any of your
personal thoughts or personality.
For me, this sort of letter is a
lot easier to write then personal
letters.
By the same token, they aren't
nearly as much fun to receive.
You can't get to know much about
a letter writer from something
which begins, "Dear Occupant"
or from a computorized letter
which leaves a special space for
the later insertion of your name.
The very nature of business-
type letters discourages any
familiarity. Can you imagine, for
example, sending a letter to a
friend who has recently had a
baby which begins with "This
communication is in reference to
a matter which came to my at-
tention concerning the recent
addition to your family of a
healthy male infant".
If I got a letter like that from a
"friend" I'd probably think he or
she had cracked up and would
recommend a good doctor.
Not much wonder, when you
think about it, that individuals
often have difficulty in com-
municating with large firms, or
with the government, which is the
undoubtedly the prime example
of this mangled form of
"business-ese".
They lose sight of the fact that
they are dealing with people,
sometimes to the point where
instead of even a "Dear Sir" or
even "Dear Occupant" you get a
"Dear 80074653". That has to be
the ultimate in third person,
dissociation from the individual.
If you read Sound-Off, the
complaint column in the London
Free Press, or any other similar
columns, you will find, that at
least 50 percent of the time, the
problem is a simple lack of
communication. The individual
cannot understand the business-
ese language of the firm con-
cerned and the firm forgets that
it is dealing with a person, not
number 80074653.
It would be interesting to see
what would happen if you did try
to write a more personalized
letter to a firm, with a complaint
about a pair of shoes for example.
Just imagine:
"To the president of the ACME
Shoe Co.: Hi there! I really hate
to bother you with this but
something sort of disturbing
happened the other day and I
thought you might be interested.
Matilda - that's my wife -
bought a new pair of sho'es from
you the other day, and Sunday
evening after supper, we decided
to take a short walk up the street
to visit George and Marian. They
have three lovely children and
just live about three blocks from
us.
Well after the first block,
Matilda noticed that the strap on
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MR. AND MRS. MOZART JOSEPH GELINAS
Hams Whole or Half Newlyweds travel
to honeymoon capital Libbys Choice -
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Peaches
St. Peters Roman Catholic
Church, St. Joseph was decorated
with gold mums and oragnge
gladioli for the wedding of Julie
Anne Corriveau and Mozart
Joseph Gelinas, September 29,
1973.
Father Bensette conducted the
ceremony with music by Mrs.
Henry Rau, accompanied by her
daughter.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a floor
length gown of white peau de sole
trimmed with lace. A chiffon bow
topped the long flowing train.
The bride carried a bouquet of
white gardenias, carnations,
stepehanotis, and baby's breath.
Maid of honor was Barbara
Bischoff and flower girl was
Michelle Davies, niece of the
bride. Other attendents were
Michelle Gelinas, Melissa
Gelinas and Linda Sweeney.
They wore floor length gowns
of orange ice crepe trimmed in
white. The bodice and sleeves
had turquoise flowered trim and
matching rosettes adorned their
hair.
They carried gold and red
mums, orange carnations and
baby's breath.
Best man was George Sweeney
while guests were ushered by
Cyril Corriveau, Mark Gelinas
and Gerard Charette.
Following a reception in the
Community centre, Zurich, the
couple left for a wedding trip to
Northern Ontario and Niagara
Falls.
For travelling the bride
changed to a brown and White
polka dotted pallazo pant suit.
The bride IS the daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Lucien Corriveau, RR 2,
Zurich and the groom is the WI of
Mr. and Mrs. Motart Gelinas, Sr,
a The groom is the employed at
Bendik Home Systems, Hensall
and the bride is employed at
Crest Hardware, Hensall,
The couple will reside in
Zurich.
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