The Brussels Post, 1979-04-04, Page 4We congratulate the winners at our recent.
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Dennis Murray
Peter Lefor
Hugh Feagan
Jane Hoggart
Leon Louwagie
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R.R.2, Brussels
R.R.5, Goderich
R.R.1, Londesboro
R.R.3, Mitchell
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Danny Louwagie R.R.2, Gadshill
Rob Cardiff R.R.5, Brussels
Piet Hoste R.R.5, Seaforth
Andrea Reinink R.R.4, Walton
Karen Johnston R.R.2, Bluevale
Ann Marie Anderson R.R.1, Bornholm
Tony Greidanus R.R.1, Dublin
Sandra Wynja R.R.4, Seaforth
Julie Anne Fisher R.R. 2, Clinton
Jeff Robinson R.R.4, Walton
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The old smoothies
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
They started their skating act when she
was 35 and he was 40 and now 30 years
later Irene and. Harold Avery or The Old
.Smoothies as they are known are still at it.
The 'Avery's come from Brantford and
belong to the Brantford figure skating club,
where they started learning the steps they
put together in their act.
In 1958 they held the Western Ontario
Veteran's Dance Championship, a title
which they retained from 1958 to 1961. In
1967 they joined the Holiday on Ice
International Show.
"We were with them for four years and
skated 1144 shows without missing a
performance," Mrs. Avery said.
They went into countries like South
America and entertained in Buenos Aires,
Rio De Janiero, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
They also entertained in Monterrey and
Guatelhara.
Since 1976 when the television show
Stars on Ice started the Averys have been
an pretty well at least once a month and
next week they are planning a_Rerformance
in Sidney, Nova Scotia:••
When the Averys first started' their,
performance was announced as the smooth
style skating of the Averys and so The
Old Smoothies was a name that was
attached to them by others.
The Averys have four grandchildren and 1
a great grandchild. Although their two
daughters skate some they never did go
into skating extensively.
• But just what is it that keeps the Averys
going? "We go dancing every Saturday
night," Mrs. Avery said.
The Averys go to Petersburg to do their
dancing and as if skating and dancing
weren't enough to keep her busy, Mrs.
Avery has recently copyrighted and ,
registered a song. she called Smoothy,
Smoothy, Smoothy.
They run extension cords under rugs.
The cords get frayed and worn.
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Some people use electricity carelessly...taking risks
that can take lives. But the real shocker is that the
mistakes they make are so easy to avoid.
TWdathitiii O*11*iring...
-0Wd don't have it inspected Ttity mix eiectolcity and Water
You wouldn't take risks like these, would you? your hydro
They mess with appliances while theyle plugged in.
K. R. 114...
4 THE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 4, 1979
Sugar and spice
r.
By Bill Smiley
have your veal and your calf-skin gloves.
When it is proved to me that the harp seal
is an endangered species, I'll join the
protestors. Not before.
Where were all these silly twits when it
was not baby seals that were being
slaughtered, but baby brothers, and uncles
and cousins and fathers, during the Great
Wars? I don't remember too many letters
to the editors in those days. The same sort
of people who write protesting letters today
about the seals, are probably the spiritual
descendents of those nasty old women (of
both sexes) who went around pinning white
feathers on guys in civilian clothes during
W.W.I. And gave you surly service and
short measure in W.W.II, always ac-
companied by the snarl, "Don't you know
there's a war on?" This to guys in
uniforms.
Ah, dear, it's an age when some people
seek to swell out of their little selves, to
engorge themselves, on publicity. If it were
not for the ubiquitous media, ever seeking
to touch the lowest of emotions, there
would be no problems about the seal hunt.
The Newfies would run a few protestors off
the edge of an ice flow, and that would be
that.
How did I get away over here in
Newfoundland, if I'm so apathetic? Well,
maybe I'm not. And that's a good sign.
Apathy leads to constipation. Constipation
leads to hemmorhoids. And the next thing
you know, my daughter will be saying to
her kids, "Don't worry, boys. We never
seem to have a cent. But Grandad has
piles."
(Continued from Page 2)
This apathy is reflected in all sorts of
phases of our society. It's considered a big
deal if there is a 60 per cent turnout for an
election.
Outside the larger cities, where there is
constant hype from the sports writers,
sports are dyring out Small towns and
cities that used to pack their arenas and
baseball grandstands to watch the home
boys fight off those infidels from the next
town, draw only handfulls of spectators
these days.
Well, what's the cause of all this apathy,
you might ask. I believe it is the result of
modern communication systems, which are
supposed to bring the world closer together
and are, instead, making individuals
harder and more self-centred, as they find
themselves drowning in a flood of world
-wide miseries which they feel helpless to
alleviate.
Does anyone really care about the killing
of baby seals except those directly in-
volved: the Newfie hunters trying to
supplement a meagre living; the protestors
who enjoy the publicity they get; and a
number of old ladies of both sexes who
compose ferocious letters to the editor
condemning the hunt, while downing a few
slices of spring lamb and mint jelly?
Not me. My sympathies arc completely
on the side of the sealers . It's hard, dirty
work they do, and they don't do it because
they are sadists, any more than the illers in
a slaugther-house enjoy knocking sweet
little calves over the head, so that you can
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