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Former resident wins
at Ont. games for disabled
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hard slide by a Belmore Steelhawks player jars the
Brussels Barons shortstop as he tries to catch a throw in
"B" division action Sunday at the Brussels Fastball
Tournament action. The young Barons got a lesson from
the older Belmore team losing the game under the mercy
rule.
Brussels
People
A one-time resident of Brussels
is celebrating her 90th birthday on
August 10.
Doris Swartman (Ross) is the
second youngest child of Mr. and
Mrs. David Ross, who operated a
drygoods store in Brussels at the
tum of the century and later worked
for R.J. McLauglin, East Huron
Producers.
Doris went to the University of
Toronto. In addition to her studies
she enjoyed playing hockey and
other sports. She graduated with
her BA in the 20's.
In 1928, she married Gifford
Swartman from Wabisheen. The
couple moved to Sioux Lookout the
same year, starting their home on a
spit of land there called Pelican
Point. They ferried all the lumber
over the lake across the gunnels of
two canoes. Doris and Gifford later
built the house where she now
lives, just above the site of their
first home.
Doris was involved in many
sports in Sioux and was a member
of the hospital board for many
years. She also made daily visits to
shut-ins.
Doris is still living in her own
home, looking after her garden,
growing vegetables and fruit,
which she cans for her own winter
use.
In honour of her 90th birthday an
"At Home" is planned for Saturday.
The family hopes to keep the cele
bration a secret, so they can keep
Doris from feeling she has to get
the house and garden ready for the
occasion.
This information was sent to
The Citizen in a letter from
Genevieve and Andrew Swart
man of Pickle Lake, Ontario.
A former resident of the Brussels
area, is preparing to compete in the
Canadian games for the physically
disabled in Brantford on August
19.
Greg Haasnool, son of Hank and
Ada, now of Fordwich, is a blind
swimmer, who won three golds and
a silver at the provincial games in
Hamilton on July 5 and 6.
Blind since birth, Greg has been
preparing, with help from his
father, for the competitions by trav
elling three times a week to a pool
in Stratford to swim laps. Because
This will be the first time Greg
swims in the nationals, but he is
confident he will do well. At the
apartment. His brother Warren is a
police officer with the Waterloo
Regional force.
he is blind, someone has to run
back and forth and touch him when
he gets close to the wall, his mother
Greg's grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Exel of Brussels.
provincial games he placed second
in the 50 metre freestyle and first in
Safe!
A Cambridge Rafters player beats the throw from Blyth Soundproof pitcher John Verwey in
action Sunday at the 20th annual Brussels Fastball Tournament. Rafters went on to defeat
Blyth and went all the way to the final before losing to Cambridge Braves.
way father and son have pulled
together to train for the upcoming
race. Hank, who once owned a
dairy farm outside of Brussels, has
recently retired and now has the
spare time to help his son.
Greg for his part has been using a
rowing machine and doing situps in
addition to swimming to get him
self in racing shape.
Though he doesn't remember
how it started Greg began swim
ming seven years ago at the Brant
ford school for the blind, where he
lives during the 10-month school
term.
the 50 and 100 metre backstroke
and 100 metre freestyle event.
When he is not swimming, Greg
experiments with computers and
will be taking an intensified com
puter course this school year. In
time, he would like to combine
computers and farming in a career,
but is not sure how to accomplish
it.
In the winter months, he enjoys
cross-country skiing, which his
mother says he is very good at.
Greg and his sister Andrea, who
works with the younger children at
the Brantford school, share an
New pastor preaches Legion hosts fish fry, Sunday
at Mennonite service
Tom Warner preached his first
sermon as new pastor at Brussels
Mennonite Fellowship on Sunday,
August 4. He gave a challenging
message based on Ephesians 4: 25-
32. Elwin Garland was worship
leader and Mervin Litchty led ihc
congregational singing. The con
gregation was blessed with special
music by Lena Siegers and her sis
ter, Becky Bauman of Elmira.
On Sunday evening the Church
Family gathered at Martins' for a
Bowlers win prizes
The Brussels Lawn Bowling
Club held a ladies tournament
August 1, starting at 10:30 a.m. fol
lowed by a pot luck luncheon at
noon.
The prizes for this tournament
were donated by Oldfield Pro
Hardware.
All ten greens were full and the
weather and greens were excellent.
Grace Scrimgeour, Goderich
skipped the winning rink with three
wins 38. Second to Mary Fin
layson, Seaforth, 3 wins 37 + 1;
third to Louise Bosman, Brussels, 2
wins 37 + 2; fourth to Vera Linder,
com roast and a time of fellowship.
The grade 7-8's enjoyed a camp
out at Martins on July 26-27.
The Grade 5-6's have an activity
planned for this week, and the
Youth group will go camping later
in the month.
Tom Warner, Elwin Garland,
Yvonne Dettweiler, Bev Brown,
Carl Siemon and Bruce and Linda
Campbell attended a conference in
North Manchester, Indiana, July
22-25.
Atwood, 2 wins 36 + 4; fifth to
Helen Haynes, Mitchell, 2 wins 34
+ 5; sixth to Alma McCallum,
Blyth, 2 wins 34 + 5; seventh to
Ardie Westbrook, Mitchell, 2 wins
31 + 4; eighth to Ivy Preston,
Atwood, 2 wins 29 + 8; ninth to
Marj Solomon, Lucknow, 2 wins
29; tenth to Margaret Green,
Embro, 2 wins 22 and eleventh to
Jean Bewley, Brussels, 2 wins 19.
Consolation to Lillian Horn,
Atwood, 1 win 23 + 6.
Many thanks to Oldfield's Hard
ware for their donation of prizes for
this most successsful tournament.
BY SANDRA JOSLING
The annual fish fry to be held at
the Brussels Legion Sunday,
August 11 will have fish frying
from 4-7 p.m. Cost is $7.50/per-
son and $4.00 for children. Hot
dogs are available.
Results of this week's darts are as
follows: Gord Jacklin and Adam
Smith, first; Martha Logan, Bill
Nethery and Sandra Josling, sec
ond. High shooter for the ladies
was Mary Ross (140) and Bill
Nethery (135) was high for the
men.
The next euchre night will beheld
Wednesday, August 7 at 7:45 p.m.
Cost is $1.50/person with lunch
served.
The next executive meeting for
Branch 218 will be Aug. 19 at 8
p.m. in the lounge. All executive
members are urged to attend.
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ADULTS 2 - 5 P.M.
NOTICE
The Brussels Licence
Office will be closed
from Aug. 19 to Aug.
30 for holidays.
Joan Bernard
YOUTH 11 A.M. -1 PM
$10. Show Fee for adults, $5. for youths, Youths must wear
helmets & proper foot -wear. Children must be accompanied by
an adult.
Admission $1.00 (ALL YOUTHS SHOWING GET A PRIZE) for
further information call:
887-6052 or 887-9316