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Arthur & District Horticulture Annual General Meeting and Awards Night. 6:30pm. Starting with Potluck supper. Youth awards presented first. At Arthur United Church. *** Optimist Club of Puslinch, Community Euchre. 7:30pm. At the Puslinch Community Centre. $3 per person. Refreshments provided. 50/50 draw. All Welcome. *** Until Nov. 7- Holly Berry Bazaar at Knox United Church, Clifford Friday 5-8pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm. Lunch on Sat.: Adults $7. Children 5-12 $3.50, under 5 Free. Includes silent auction, gifts, decorations, crafts, home baking, pickles and preserves.

Silent Auction, Youth Room, Crafts and Baking areas will be open Friday night 5-8pm. *** Remembrance Luncheon & Bazaar, Royal Canadian Legion 500 Blair St. Fergus. 11:30am – 1:30pm. Meat loaf with potatoes, veg, roll, dessert, tea, coffee. Takeout available only for pickup. Call 519-843-2345. $10 per person. All welcome. *** Grey Wellington Theatre Guild presents the comedy The Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell at the Harriston Town Hall Theatre, Nov. 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 8pm. For tickets call the box office at 519-338-2778. *** Clifford Rotary Club’s annual Homemade Sauerkraut & Pork Supper at the Clifford Community Centre. 4:30-7:30pm. Adults $13, children (11 & under) $6, preschoolers free. Tickets available from Clifford Rotarians. *** Progressive Solo Card Party 7:30pm at St. Teresa of Avila Parish Hall, 19 Flamingo Dr. Elmira. $5. Door prizes, 50/50 draw and luncheon. *** Garage Sale at Melville United Church (St. Andrew St. W. at Tower St.), Fergus. Nov. 6 (8-4pm) & Nov. 7 (8-2pm) in the Fellowship Hall downstairs.

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No high school students please. Light Buffet, Silent Auction. $15 advanced, $20 at door. *** The Listowel Christian School annual bazaar, in the Palmerston Community Centre from 8am - 2pm. Crafts, baking, plants, produce, games, prizes, books, cards, Dutch Imports, buffet breakfast and hot lunch. *** Bazaar at Knox Presbyterian Church, Grand Valley. 9am-2pm.

Lunch, baking, crafts, silent auction. *** The Guelph Guild of Handweavers and Spinners present "Fall Fibres" a weekend show and sale of their art in the quaint village of Elora. 75 Melville St. Elora. Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 10-4 on both days. Admission $1. *** Annual Fall Bazaar. 10am-2pm at Victoria Park Seniors Centre.

Crafts, home baking, quilt raffle, attic treasures, lucky draws & more! Lunch available! Free admission! Call 519-787-1814 for more information or drop by the Centre and see what we have to offer for the month of November! *** Free workshops at Evergreen Seniors Centre in Guelph. 9am-3pm Lunch provided free. To reserve your spot, and for more info.call the Volunteer Centre of Guelph-Wellington 519-822-0912. *** Annual Snowflake Tea & Bazaar at Paisley Memorial United Church, 40 Margaret Street Guelph, 11-1:30pm. *** 10am-2pm- Victoria Park Seniors Centre, Fergus. Crafts, baking, quilt raffle draw, attic treasures, lucky draws & more! Lunch

available. Free admission. *** St. Mary’s Parish Elora, Annual Beef Dinner and Draw. Elora Community Centre, two sittings 5pm & 7pm. Tickets $12/adults, $5/children, 3 and under- free. Call Mary for tickets 519-8469541. *** St. John Ambulance Babysitting Course (11 years & older) 9am4pm at the Hillsburgh Branch, Wellington County Library, 98B Trafalgar Rd. Cost: $50. Space is limited. For information phone 519-855-4010. *** Baking and Treasure Sale Saturday, 7:30am-12pm. Knox Presbyterian Church, Palmerston. Draw, Silent Auction, Baking, New Gifts, Treasures and Tea Tables. *** Video Dance for Kids 7-14 years of age. Centre 2000, Erin. Two huge screens, an amazing light show, contests/prizes, all request music, snack bar, glow sticks and much more are all yours for an evening of fun. Tickets are $10 each, available at the door. *** Come and Join The Hilltop Singers as they present a Concert of Gospel Music & Remembrance at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Fergus. November 7 & 8 at 7:30pm. Tickets $12.

Available at St. Andrew’s Church, or from any chorus member. In support of the Centre Wellington Food Bank & The Door Youth Centre. *** Trillium Waldorf School Open House.10am- noon. 540 Victoria Road North Guelph For info. contact: Connie at 519-821-5140. *** Adult / Senior Skating from 8-9:50pm. Exhibition Park Arena, Guelph. Join us for fun, exercise, music and friendship. Call 519836-1015 for information. *** Arthur Legion Remembrance Day Dance.7:00pm. Tickets $12 each. Available at the Branch or Linda Tremble 519-848-2622. *** Remembrance Day Dance. Arthur Legion 7 pm. Tickets $12 available at legion. Linda Tremble 519-848-2622. *** Eden Mills Next Great Workshop - Going Carbon Neutral. Don Eaton returns to continue his exploration of A Good House. 10 am - noon. Eden Mills Community Hall.

NOVEMBER 8 Memorial Day Service Sacrifices out of Belief and Conviction Guest Speaker Steve Watson from Toronto - 10am. Elora & Fergus Unitarian Church, Victoria Park Centre, 150 Albert St W. Fergus. 1-800-565-2353. *** The Best Dam Tour. Guelph Lake Nature Centre 2 – 4 pm $5/person. Please register at 519-836-7860. Journey 20 meters under the Guelph Lake Reservoir. Join us for a tour of the Guelph Lake Dam, and learn about flood control, the production of hydro electric power, and how the dam helps to maintain water levels in the Grand River watershed. *** Optimist Club of Centre Wellington Afternoon Tea & Craft show.

Fergus Legion 1-4pm. Please bring an item for the Community Pantry food Bank. For more info. call Joy at 519-787-2879. *** Come to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Arthur for an evening of Country Gospel Music. Featuring local talent, Bill Beattie, Elwin May, Carl & Brian Watson and the Bauman Sisters. 7pm.

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NOVEMBER 9 Until Nov. 14- (closed Nov 11) Used Book Sale at the Rockwood Branch of Wellington County Library during regular Library hours. Call 519-856-4851 for more information. *** Puslinch Historical Society, 7:30pm, Puslinch Township Office Rd.34 Aberfoyle. Ray Hutton speaks on Vimy Ridge Farm from first settlers to its days as a boys home. Call 519-658-9923.

NOVEMBER 10 Puslinch Seniors' Euchre Club 1:30pm. Present and former Puslinch Township residents are invited to join us for an afternoon of friendly euchre games at the Puslinch Community Centre on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.

NOVEMBER 11 Rockwood & District Lioness Euchre & Bridge Night. Rockmosa Community Centre, Rockwood at 7pm. $5 a person. Lunch & prizes to follow. *** Turkey dinner at Trinity United Church, Grand Valley. This continuous buffet is served from 4:15-7pm. Adults-$12, Children 512-$5, Preschool-free. Advance tickets only. Call 519-928-5627. *** Remembrance Day Services commencing at 9am at McCrae House, Parade to Sleeman Centre for presentation of Wreaths and full service. Following service, Parade will form on Courthouse Lane and March past Cenotaph.

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The Nelson Twins of Mount Forest: Brothers in Arms

by Mike Robinson

MOUNT FOREST-While it may not seem unusual for brothers to have the occasional scuffle, this pair instead chose to fight for freedom during World War II. Twin brothers Earl and Irwin Nelson, both now of Mount Forest, were just 18 when they enlisted to serve overseas. They grew up on the family farm near Orchardville north of Mount Forest, and the boys were two of seven children.

Irwin said all their friends were joining the Armed Forces at the time, and they were no strangers to the war’s effect on families.

Their uncle, Earl Vollett, had died during World War I at Vimy.

“I was named after him,” Earl added.

Irwin explained that they had gone to Toronto to the horse palace at the exhibition grounds. “We signed up on the 25th of March, and we had three weeks to get our affairs in order before reporting back,” Earl said. “We’d received our uniforms and everything else.”

Earl said, “When we signed up, Mother said, ‘I don’t want you to go, but if you go, I’d like you to stay together.’ So we had that motto.”

The pair headed to Orillia for two months of basic training.

“They were just opening up the camp. We were more or less the workhorses to clean up.”

Earl described much of basic training as simply learning “to do what you’re told. You learned the ropes and how to take orders, to march and everything else.”

Then, Irwin continued, they headed to Camp Borden for advanced training.

Earl said that was where they had the chance to use their weapons.

It was also where they learned about gas warfare used in the previous war.

“It wasn’t very nice; we just sniffed it. There was a room with a stove, and they’d drop a capsule with their gas masks on.”

They were instructed to put two fingers under the mask and take two whiffs.

“By goll, I was sick as a dog and my nose was bleeding, but you couldn’t take the mask off. You’d have to go out and lay on the grass. But it gave you an idea if you ever smelled it. That was the idea - to warn you” Earl said.

He later added that no one used gas in the Second World War because “It was outlawed after the first one.”

After basic training, the twins were on an overseas draft and headed to Aldershot, Nova Scotia, waiting for a ship.

“We were very unhappy; we’d been waylayed there for a month, waiting for a ship. There was 600 of us, waiting. They called us outlaws, when the group was acting up a bit.”

On Oct. 14, they boarded the Queen Elizabeth ship in Halifax, setting sail on Oct. 20 heading to Grenock, Scotland.

Earl said those big ships were too fast for the convoys.

“A convoy only moves as fast as the slowest ship. They said there was 20,000 men on board,” Earl said.

As a result, “We were told we headed up the Canadian coast for air protection, then cut across to Grenock, just outside of Glasgow.”

Then they headed to England and were there for two or three weeks before heading off on another vessel, in Plymouth, to join a convoy heading to Africa.

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Earl estimated they were on the water for two weeks. He remembered heading through the Straight of Gibraltar. They were in Africa, just outside of Algiers, where troops were reassembled before heading out.

“We were just infantry ... reinforcements,” Earl said. “We were there for about three weeks, in tents in a bush. We had orange orchards and everything else. The natives got very upset with us taking their oranges, so we put a guard on. So, then, we didn’t have to raid them anymore; the guards just brought the oranges back with them.”

Then the Nelsons boarded a ship to Naples, Italy and travelled by truck up through the boot.

Earl said there was fighting in Ortona on the Adriatic coast.

“We were allotted to the Brigade of the Seaforth Highlanders which was involved in the fighting at Ortona.”

“When we signed up, Mother said, ‘I don’t want you to go, but if you go, I’d like you to stay together.’

So we had that motto.”

“That’s how we got into the Seaforth Highlanders; they’re from Vancouver.”

Earl said later on they were offered the opportunity to transfer into an eastern unit, “but by that time, we felt we knew these guys; we stayed with them then.”

It was also meant a Christmas meal on the road as the trucks continued up the countryside. Earl said that on the way, they had their Christmas dinner off the truck, with mud and rain - and everything else.

“I think we went down into Ortona on Dec. 27, around 5:30pm and they put us into houses. During the night there was shelling, and a shell landed and blew the door open.”

Irwin thought the German army was coming in. Earl said someone grabbed Irwin’s foot and said, “It’s your turn out.”

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Earl said the Germans pulled out of Ortona around Dec. 28.

“We said it was because they knew we were coming in.”

As the Nelsons headed to the area north of Ortona, they took up residence in a winter holding position in January 1944.

“Of course, they’d keep us busy and we’d go out on patrols in no man’s land ... just to annoy the enemy ... and they’d do the same.”

Each side would attempt to take prisoners to determine the quality of people they were fighting against.

Earl said the Fifth Division finally arrived; the Nelsons were in the First Division. “They relieved us, where we were north of Ortona. We were only out two weeks and they pulled us back in line again.”

Earl explained that the officers felt they had taken their objective, but could not hold it, so they withdrew into the valley and were massacred, “so they pulled us into line again.”

They then headed to a community called Pescara.

“We were in a house right on a dike for a few weeks. We were on one side and the Germans on the other.”

It was a three storey stone house, with great big windows.

“We’d billeted just below the dike.”

They had brought grenades with them and threw them across to annoy the enemy. The trick, Earl said, is the grenades had four second fuses.

“If you just threw them, they land in the water before exploding. We had to get nerve enough to hold them and watch them smoke in our hands before we’d throw them. It took a little while to get the nerve to do that.

“You’d throw it, and then you’d have to duck ... because the 36 grenade has a round piece of steel which would come back screaming over our heads. We were playing games - deadly games.”

Earl said they would make periscopes about the size of a quarter, and when they pulled them back down they would have a hole right through them from sniper fire.

“You’d like to see what was going on, but you daren’t put your head up. A couple of guys did and they ended up with a bullet between the eyes.

Irwin said they made up bombs to launch as well. He explained soldiers filled a steel barrel with anything they could find and rolled it over the dike.

Earl said they figured they had a bridge down there and had dug a portion away because it ended up blowing up part of the dike.

“We annoyed them to the point where one night we were sit-

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REMEMBRANCE DAY - Remembering those who served The Nelson Twins - Brothers in Arms

FROM PREVIOUS PAGE ting down for supper. We were all in the house, when all of a sudden it came under heavy shellfire and the roof started coming down.

“We all got out into the back yard. But there was chainlink fence all around.

“I remember coming out the door and there were three or four guys all around. They were like groundhogs, trying to dig to get underneath. I cleared the fence and all I had was a three-corner rip on my jacket. I don’t know how I got over the fence, but I got over it.

“With the bullets screaming around, that gives you the incentive.”

What they were supposed to do in a situation like that, Earl said, was to withdraw to a defensive position, but we went forward.

“That’s what save our necks.”

He explained the enemy could not shell them from the front of the house because they were too close to their own

lines. A few men ended up going back into the house to gather up their guns and ammunition.

A few minutes later, there was a line of Germans demanding that they give up.

“Some of the boys were telling the Germans in no uncertain terms what they could do.”

The result was the the patrol had thought they would be buried under the house, “but we’d moved forward instead, which save our skins.”

Earl added that the enemy kept saying “You Canadians don’t play fair, you don’t go along by rules. Under military rules, you are supposed to do this or that, but they couldn’t tell the Canadians to do that.”

By May 23, 1944, the pair were along the Hitler Line, a strong defensive position on the east coast. He said there were 80% casualties there.

On the experience Earl said, “I know what a worm feels like. I laid through it all and shrapnel hit me - but spent

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He noted one Irish regiment went in with 58 tanks and came out with three.

“You’ve never seen such a mess afterwards ... They ran into a mine field. It pretty near wiped them out. I survived and never got a scratch on me.

Most of the guys were killed.”

At the time, Irwin was in

He later ended up in the 14th General Hospital.

During that time, Irwin was serving in Casino when gunfire opened up to soften up the enemy as they went in to support the Polish division.

“It was raining, cold, and the bridges were washed out,” Irwin said.

Earl said it was such a hor-

“You’ve never seen such a mess afterwards ...

They ran into a mine field.

It pretty near wiped them out.

I survived and never got a scratch on me.

Most of the guys were killed.” the hospital and word came in that the regiment was wiped out.

“But we survived. I remember the next day, on guard duty it was the 24th of May and thinking, you have to give us a holiday or we’ll all run away.

It’s funny what goes through your mind.”

His group then headed on the road to Rome when they came under shellfire.

Irwin had returned to duty, but was in a platoon behind Earl. A shell landed beside Earl and he was wounded in the thigh. Three or four other were wounded in the arms.

He said the sergeant suggested that Earl be carried out, but he refused.

Earl believed getting carried out would get others killed because the shelling was still going on.

“I was able to walk out,” and on the way, he was able to contact Irwin to let him know his condition was not that bad.

During the night, he was operated on in a field hospital.

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rible night, that even though the Germans were on guard and the bridges washed out, “our boys went right through the German lines and they didn’t even know it. They got into their house, and the next morning the Germans came home for breakfast, and our boys were there.”

Earl said that Irwin noted that they could not retreat because the water was that high.

That’s where Smokey Smith got his VC. He was in the anti-tank brigade then.

Smith was the last recipient of the Victoria Cross.

They then headed to France and Belgium to Ramsell, where they billeted with a family while the division reorganized as it moved from Italy into Holland.

They then went to an area outside of Amsterdam.

The main forces had already gone through and it was the Canadians’ job to clean up the ports along the North Sea. That’s where they were in

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“There was either going to be a big fight ... or peace.”

The pair had a seven-day leave in England.

“When we headed back, peace was already signed. We were in London, England when VE Day arrived.”

But there was still more to be done. When they got back to Holland, they were billeted in the Navy Barracks in Amsterdam.

“We supported the local authorities as police. We were the muscle.”

Our job was be there to support them, because there were still Germans around.

Irwin was sent to Germany to deal with the reoccupation.

When it was time to come back to Canada, Earl wrote his commanding officer requesting that he join Irwin, and Irwin wrote the same letter to his commanding officer.

“A week before, Irwin joined me and we came home together on Oct. 1, 1945.”

Earl said they were put in with the 48th Highlanders to Toronto.

Earl had been hoping to ride with the Seaforth Highlanders right across Canada, “but they wouldn’t go for that kind of goings on. They sent the infantry home first, we marched up Front Street in Toronto where our parents met us.”

“The funny little thing was that neither of us smoked, but Dad was saying that people back home were saying they probably were [smoking], but not [admitting it].”

He remembered his Dad offering him a cigarette. “He just tried to catch me, I guess.”

The brothers stayed together even after the war, purchasing a 200 acre farm in Egremont Township - now Southgate, now where they raised their respective families.

Later on, they served on the colour party for the Royal Canadian Legion. When the

farm was sold, they moved to Mount Forest.

“We’ve had people confused all our lives,” Earl said of being twins. “People would call us Mr. Nelson. We knew when they said that, we knew they knew who we were, just not which was which. In the army, the called us Mark One and Mark Two. When Earl was asked if the experience changed them, he was unsure.

“When we lived on the farm, we never went no place; we were kind of isolated, with horse and buggy and all that stuff. [The war] just opened up the whole world to us. I joined up for adventure, and I got adventure, I tell you.

He said that once overseas, “There were times I wondered, what am I doing here? I don’t regret it one bit. We were 18 when we went in, and 21 when we came out. We did a lot of growing up. We lost our youth years.”

For Earl, there was only one night later on when he woke up having dreamt he was under shellfire.

“After that there was nothing. It didn’t stay with me.”

Earl believed it was his youth that helped. He said he’s heard a lot of people, where the experience stayed with them for the rest of their lives.

For Irwin it was much the same; there were only a few nights where he would dream of places he had been to.

At the same time, Earl said there are reminiscences “and you think, how did I ever make it?

“Out on the front lines, you gotta go with your conscience, maybe that’s what bothers some people. I looked at them thinking they thought they were doing what was right, and I was doing what I thought was right.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY - Remembering those who served Museum’ Remembrance Week with amateur radio Club GUELPH - Remembrance traditions continue at McCrae House with the return of the Guelph Amateur Radio Club.

Now in its 21st season, the group will be sending and receiving remembrance messages at the birthplace of John McCrae from Nov. 2 to 11.

Members of the Radio Club look forward to contacting, via the airwaves, ham radio enthusiasts around the world.

This is their opportunity to acknow-ledge Remembrance Day and exchange thoughts on its significance. The club also assists the museum in educat-

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Student started collecting pop tabs at age 5

by David Meyer For Breanna Spadafore, it was personal.

The daughter of Kelly and Mike Spadafore was just 5 years old when she learned that her babysitter had Multiple Sclerosis and would soon need a wheelchair. Breanna resolved to help.

It was around that time that an article appeared in a local newspaper about the Elora Legion’s pop tabs for wheelchairs campaign. It has been running since the late 1980s.

The organizers have created a network of collectors all over the world, and when they get enough pop tabs, they sell them to an aluminum company through an exclusive buying agreement.

The money is set aside until the Legion finds someone who needs a chair, and the organizers buy one.

That campaign is so successful that one of the pop tab founders, Jack Baumber, of Elora, recently noted the Legion has now presented 1,102

wheelchairs of all types to people from all over who need them. In one instance, the Elora branch provided a walker to a man who once collected tabs for them. The recipient lives on an island off the coast of Alaska.

When Breanna heard about that program, she immediately started collecting tabs. She admitted that, for the first year or so, it was slow going.

Gradually, though, she built up a network of family and friends, including her grandparents. They told others about the tabs, and the aluminum rings began making their way north to Breanna’s home in Fergus.

“I collected lots; they thought they would help me,” Breanna said.

She said her grandparents were in Florida.

“They began collecting there. They told some people they met there, and they began collecting. They gave [her grandparents] a whole bunch of pop tabs.

Breanna is in grade 4 at J.D. Hogarth Public School, and said that school, like many in the area, also collects the aluminum tabs. But, she said, since she started collecting before she went there, she decided to continue on her own.

For Kelly Spadafore, it is soon time for mom to contact the Elora legion to arrange a delivery or pick-up.

“I think she’s almost ready.

You start to run out of room,” Kelly said with a smile.

And, no doubt, the family wants its wash basket back.

Breanna has stacked plastic bags and containers full of the tabs into one of them for the trip.

It has not all been soft drink tabs, either. Mike Spadafore said with a smile, “There’s probably a beer tab or two in there.”

As for the babysitter, she has already been presented with a wheelchair, so Breanna will be helping the next needy person who comes along.

9am there will be a short flag ceremony organized by the Col. John McCrae Legion in the McCrae Garden. Admission to McCrae House on Remembrance day is by donation and the house is open until 5pm.

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Remembrance Day Services Most communities in Wellington County will be holding Remembrance Day services and Legion events during the week of Nov. 11.

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Arthur, Nov. 11 at 11am at the cenotaph; Belwood, Nov. 8 after the local church service, about 11am; Elora, Nov. 11, at 11am at the cenotaph; Clifford, Nov. 8 at 2pm at the cenotaph; Drayton, Nov. 11, at 2pm at the cenotaph; Erin Nov. 11 at 11am at the cenotaph; Fergus, Nov. 11, at 11am at the cenotaph; Harriston, Nov. 11 at 11am at the cenotaph; Hillsburgh, at Ross R. MacKay Public School, 10:45am, visitors welcome; Mount Forest, Nov. 11 at 11am at the cenotaph; Palmerston, Nov. 11 at 11am at the cenotaph; Puslinch Township, in Aberfoyle, and the community centre, at 10:30am; Rockwood (Guelph-Eramosa); Nov. 7 at 11am at the cenotaph; with a special service Nov. 11 at 11am at the cenotaph for school children; and - Salem, Nov. 11 at 9am at the cenotaph.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY - Remembering those who served

Elora’s Battling Bittorf Brothers enlilsed in five different services in 1942

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They have our thoughts and prayers.

War is a terrible thing, but it reminds us how lucky we are when our loved ones are at home safe and sound. We join the rest of the community in wishing our troops a safe return home, and we thank those veterans who have gone before us to ensure our freedom.

NICHOL - The horrors of war are well documented, and people today who either look back at the loss of life and the huge amounts of destruction might be surprised to discover that the young men who volunteered often did so out of a sense of adventure and duty.

Dave Bittorf, who lives at the north end of Fergus, said that for his dad and his four uncles, it was completely natural to enlist.

The tale of the Battling Bittorfs has now passed into his hands. He said there comes a time in a couple’s life when they start asking children what they would like, and he told his mom and dad, Henry and Helen Bittorf, “The pictures.”

His father had dozens of them collected from the years when Canada was at war, as well as family photos after-

wards, and also some old style films from the late 1950s. Dave got them all.

It was the war years where the Bittorf family left a deep impression on Elora. The family grew up on John Street at a time when their house was seemingly the only one on the block, and, like many other families, its occupants suffered during the depression. Dave said his father told him how the brothers used to head to a section of Colborne Street in the 1930s to help push train engines at the turn-around, now the site of a public park.

Henry also told him how the brothers would then walk along the tracks to pick up lumps of coal that had fallen from the cars - so they could heat their home. Dave learned that his grandfather, George Bittorf, used to walk half way

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George and Theodora Bittorf had three daughters and seven sons.

Life, in other words, was not easy - “and five out of seven went to war.”

When World War II broke out and Canada was ready to get involved, the Bittorf boys discovered that if they volunteered, they got to choose which service they would be in.

If they waited to get drafted, they would be told were to serve. They opted for volunteering and for choice. Given their choices, that was probably smart: - George joined the army; - John, the airforce; - Henry, artillery; - Elmer, the navy; and - Doug, the merchant marine.

“Dad [Henry] said at that time, it was the thing to do,” Dave Bittorf remembers.

His father joined the 12th Field Artillery of 1643rd Battery.

Dave Bittorf said his father was on a Bren gun carrier and operated the wireless, which meant being at the front of the action to inform the rear gunners where to direct their fire.

He was also a lineman, and he told Dave about once being at the top of a pole and hearing a shell whiz by his ears.

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It was to Henry Bittorf that two strange coincidents of war took place. When he reached Europe, he had a personality conflict with the sergeant running the Bren gun carrier he was on. So, he went to his captain and asked for a transfer to another one. The captain agreed, and three days later, a shell hit the carrier he had been with. All the men on it were killed.

In another incident, their Bren gun carrier was caught out in the open when a German aircraft came over a rise, just off the ground, ready to strafe the entire group. Dave said Henry told him the entire crew simply stood beside their carrier, realizing they were all dead - because there was no escaping the deadly fire from that aircraft. He said they never even raised their weapons to defend themselves.

That act, though, saved their lives. The pilot actually tipped his wing in salute as he flew past and delivered his death and destruction at another place.

There were other, lighter, momemts, too.

Henry became very good friends with Norm Price, of Acton. Norm was corresponding with a girl back home, but when in England, he fell in love with a young lady there.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY - Remembering those who served FROM PREVIOUS PAGE and told her she ought to write to his friend, Henry.

She did, and the couple married in 1946. Henry and Mike were both on the Acton Fire Department together.

Fighting brothers A local newspaper, and Dave is unable to find out which one, published the photos of the five boys and his grandmother, Theodora, with the title the Battling Bittorfs.

He said his grandfather was disappointed he could not be at home when the photo was taken because he was away at work.

Of course, Dave Bittorf had heard of the legendary American family, who became known as The Fighting Sullivans. Hollywood made a movie about them with that title, and Dave Bittorf was one of the first to order a copy of it when it became available. He got not only a movie, but an extra with features of the Sullivan boys’ pictures.

There were two big differences though, between the Battling Bittorfs and the Fighting Sullivans. The Sullivans all joined the American Navy, and all five were killed when their boat was sunk.

The Bittorfs each joined a different branch of the service, and they all came home healthy. Dave said his Uncle John did catch some minor shrapnel in his torso, but that was the extent of the family’s injuries overseas.

Dave’s parents are now deceased, with his dad passing away in 2005. The brothers scattered after the war. His Uncle Doug lives in British Columbia, and his Uncle Elmer lives near Otterville.

In a strange twist of fate, Dave said his brother’s son in

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For Dave Bittorf, it is a wonder that five brothers could have joined the services and gone overseas. He often ponders how his grandparents felt, knowing that it was entirely possible that none of them would come back.

Like many veterans, Dave said his father would talk only about the happy times they had overseas. He has photos of Henry and Price feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square, some scenery shots, including people of Holland when Canadians freed that country from Nazi rule. He also has pictures of all the brothers in uniform. Later years of photos include many photos of various family wed-

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ENTERTAINMENT ECT season opens this month with That Summer FERGUS - David French’s That Summer opens the 200910 season of the Elora Community Theatre on Nov. 13.

Directed by ECT veteran Julie Wheeler Bryant, That Summer takes place in the summer of 1958 at a little cottage in southern Ontario.

Wheeler Bryant summarized the play, “Summers come and go, but for each of us there is ‘that summer’ that changed our lives forever. Nestle down with that old family photo album of the ’50s, listen to the nostalgic tunes of the hit parade while the waters of the lake lap against the dock…and remember ‘that summer’….

It’s about family, young love, and lives that could never be the same again.”

French is one of Canada’s most popular and critically acclaimed playwrights, whose other plays include Leaving Home, Salt Water Moon, and Jitters. He has won many major theatrical awards including the Dora Mavor Moore, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. That Summer opened Blyth’s 25th anniversary season in 1999 for its premiere performance directed by William Glassco.

Wheeler Bryant has assembled a cast that includes Alma Bennett, Zoe Dunbar, Maurena Taylor, Brianna Hastie, Pat Dunn, Sam Turner, and David McCormick. The show is being produced by Gary Bryant and

You may recognize celebrity Mary Murphy (second from left) from So You Think You Can Dance flanked by locals Ginger LeGrow, Monica Hildebrand, Jenna Oxley and Eddie Rivera from Grand River Dance Academy.

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Local dance students met top dancers, choreographers FERGUS - Dancers and teachers from Grand River Dance Academy here attended an action packed weekend called Coastal Dance Rage at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto recently.

It included Emmy award winning choreographers and celebrity dancers from the hit television series So You Think You Can Dance, in Canada and the U.S.

From long ago - David McCormick as Jack Ryan (with his two daughters), Maurena Taylor as Maggie Ryan, and Brianna Hastie as Daisy Ryan, from That Summer. photos courtesy of Janette Gajic stage managed by Ed Langevin.

That Summer runs from Nov. 13 to 15 and 19 to 21 and is part of a three-play season for ECT; Having Hope at Home runs Feb. 5 to 7 and 11 to 13, with I Take This Man closing the season May 7 to 9 and

13-15. Tickets are available through the box office at the Fergus Grand Theatre, or by www.fergusgrandtheatre.ca.

For further information on That Summer, please contact Julie Wheeler Bryant at jwheelerb@cogeco.ca.

Tickets now on sale for third Hillside Inside GUELPH - The third annual Hillside Inside will take place on Feb. 6 from 4 to 11:30pm at the Sleeman Centre here.

Tickets will go on sale Nov. 7 at 10am.

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It will feature 7.5 hours of programming. Confirmed performers to date include Ani DiFranco (her only Ontario appearance), Hawksley Workman, Martin Sexton, Final Fantasy, Basia Bulat, Bahamas, Woodhands and Delhi 2 Dublin.

Regular passes are $75.

There is a limit of ten passes per person. Tickets will be available for purchase at hillsidefestival.ca or ticketpro.ca, by phone at 1-866598-4455, and the Hillside office. Children 12 and under and seniors over 65 have access to a discount to $55.

Also, the first 500 University of Guelph students can purchase tickets at the CSA Office (US Level 2, Room 274) for $70.

Hillside Inside will feature local food and craft vendors and a selection of community organization booths.

A wide range of volunteer opportunities are available for Hillside Inside. Visit www.hillsidefestival.ca for the application process.

The Hillside Festival is a not-for-profit organization managed by a board of directors and a small complement of year round staff.

The purpose of the event was to train, motivate and inspire dancers and teachers, preparing students for their future in dance with cutting edge dance skills.

Participants take ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop and ballroom classes taught by the professionals from So You Think You Can Dance, who have extensive dance backgrounds and have

Sharpcuts film festival returns for third year GUELPH - The Sharpcuts independent film and music festival is returning for its third year.

This year’s Sharpcuts will take place over three days, Nov. 13 to 15. Admittance to all screenings is free. The first addition is a film competition for Guelph high schools.

The second is Sunday’s clos ing event, The SC Lounge. It will offer an interactive ex peri ence between musician and audience with Hamilton’s Ascot Royals the featured performers. They will be performing songs from their new

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Sharpcuts’ Saturday program will remain the same, a day long presentation of independent short films from Guelph, across Ontario, and beyond. This year, they will be screened in the council chamber of the new Guelph city hall.

Friday means Fright Night for Sharpcuts, and the festival organizers are pleased to be able to celebrate the first ever Friday the 13th Fright Night with a variety of horror shorts and features. The Fright Night will be held at The Synnema.

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Students not only trained but also had the chance to mingle with the faculty, to discuss bringing some of them to Grand River Dance Academy to put on some local workshops for all dancers around the area.

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ENTERTAINMENT New theatre troupe aims to increase audiences, theatre use

by David Meyer FERGUS - William Shakespeare once asked “What’s in a name?”

The Bard went on to answer his own question in Romeo and Juliet. And when it comes to analyzing the name of the newest theatrical troupe in Centre Wellington, he would likely give a nod of approval to the images it suggests.

Climbing Vine Productions has been recently formed and

will be presenting its first play at the Fergus Grand Theatre in December.

“We’re growing,” said Dean Dunbar, a founder of the troupe, who managed with that statement to explain a part of the metaphor the name evokes.

Shakespeare might have added that such vines grow upwards, and that is exactly the hope Dunbar has for the new troupe.

He said there has not been

Just in time for Halloween - The Grey Wellington Theatre Guild presents The Cemetery Club starting Nov. 6.

GWTG presents The Cemetery Club The Grey Wellington Theatre Guild (GWTG) is set for a fun time in a grave setting, when it stages The Cemetery Club in November.

Playwright Ivan Menchell’s story focuses on humour and heartache in the lives of three widows, long-time friends who gather for tea each month before going to visit their respective husbands’ graves. The women, all members of the Jewish community in Queens, New York, each has her own ideas about how to get on with her life, leading to clashes and comedy when one of the group decides she is ready to date again.

Playing the conflicted widows are: Peggy Raftis, of Harriston; Caroline Wollis, of Mount Forest; and Charlene Richardson, of Rothsay. Mount Forest resident Dave Moran portrays Sam the Butcher, who becomes entangled in the widows’ affairs as the love in-

terest for one of the group.

Kelly Lenselink, of the Harriston area, appears as a rival for Sam’s affections.

Director John Hogg said The Cemetery Club contains comedic and dramatic elements, with much of the fun inspired by numerous “twists and surprises” in the plot “This play is not only funny, it is sweet tempered, moving and very touching.”

The Cemetery Club begins a six-show run at the Harriston Town Hall Theatre, on Nov. 6, at 8pm. Other evening performances are set for Nov. 7, 13, and 14, matinees at 2pm on Nov. 8 and 15.

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enough in theatrical productions in the community, and he would like to see the lights on more often at the Fergus Grand Theatre. Another troupe in the community can only help in that cause.

Dunbar said he has performed in a number of productions around the community, but, “There’s no reason why that theatre isn’t active 12 months a year.”

He noted that Trillium funding is helping with current renovations, and a number of groups were involved in working for that grant.

Climbing Vine Productions will present The Diary of Anne Frank Dec. 10 to 12 at the theatre. The troupe is already in rehearsals, the cast is set, props and costumes are being dealt with - and Dunbar’s aim for the troupe to increase awareness of theatre will be taken care of with a full house for a special show.

“We have a matinee performance designed for school kids,” he said. The theatre is full for that one.

Dunbar said there is an experienced cast and Rachel Behling is a well known area director.

He is working with the local Rotary Club and Legion to ensure students get to see the show, and he said the troupe can also help high school students obtain the volunteer hours they need to graduate through its non-profit status.

“Many of the kids in the community will get to see this play,” he said.

Dunbar said the new troupe hopes to run two shows per year, and added that the next

Getting ready - Some of the cast of The Diary of Anne Frank, which opens next month, took a short break from rehearsal for this photo. From left: Karlie Dolderman, Kimberley Young, Henry Wichers, and Zoe Dunbar. photo by David Meyer one will be a little “lighter” than the drama being offered in the initial production.

“Our goal is to put on more shows of quality so people will come and see the theatre,” he said.

Ticket prices reflect that goal, with students paying $5, and adults, $15.

For the Dunbar family, theatre is a passion.

“We’ve all been involved in theatre,” he said.

His wife, Sara, has been the chairman of the Children’s Drama Group.

Dunbar himself has per-

formed with the Elora Community Theatre and Grinder Productions, and he also had a role in Death On The Nile earlier this year, a Vision Theatre Production.

To him, “This is an opportunity to carry on and to do some other work.”

The Dunbars’ daughter, Zoe, is also involved in theatre.

The Centre Wellington District High School student is in the coming play, and she is also in That Summer, which opens in a few weeks for the ECT. Dunbar said there is no shortage of talent in the com-

munity.

“There’s a great talent pool where people want to be a part of something,” he said of local theatre.

As for The Diary of Anne Frank, “We have an excellent play, a good director, and an excellent cast - and the rest will happen.

Tickets for the show are available from the Fergus Grand Theatre web site and also from the box office.

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ENTERTAINMENT Celtic band Hawp to play at Centre Nov. 6

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Jack Grunsky performs at River Run on Nov. 8 GUELPH – River Run Centre presents children’s entertainer Jack Grunsky in a spirited musical journey on Nov. 8 at 4pm.

Grunsky creates a largerthan-life musical playground on stage – where he takes children and adults alike on a musical trip around the world.

His interaction with young audiences has made him a perennial favourite.

A phenomenon in children’s entertainment, Grunsky has won three Juno awards, several Parents’ Choice Awards and a SOCAN award for his recordings and accomplishments in teaching kids through music.

Over the past 25 years he

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Grunsky’s songs have found their way into homes, classrooms and hearts around the world.

Tickets are on sale now through the River Run Centre box office.

Adult ticket prices range from $17.50 to $19.50, and children’s tickets range from $14.50 to $16.50. All tickets may be purchased online at www.riverrun.ca, by phone at 519-763-3000 or in person at the box office.

ELORA - On Nov. 6, the Elora Centre for the Arts will host a concert featuring former residents of the town.

Celtic ensemble Hawp, will be performing its unique brand of music, dance and song as part of its Ontario tour for the release of its debut album Storm & Calm.

Originally formed in Kitch ener by husband and wife team Andy and Niamh Webster, the band includes fiddler Anne Led er man; Philadelphia born, Jason Pfeiffer on flutes, whistles, and bodhran (Irish drum); and Niamh Webster’s brother, Ciaran Myers, on dance.

Niamh and Ciaran grew up in Elora and have lived in the town most of their lives.

Many in the area in particular know her, because the area was where she began her career, teaching Irish dance.

Up until the couple’s recent move to Nova Scotia, she was still giving lessons regularly at the Grand River Dance Academy in Fergus.

The band was formed when they decided to combine their talents to create an ensemble of some kind. Andy, who comes from Scotland, is the band’s lead singer and plays open tuned guitar as well as the bouzouki – a large stringed instrument similar to a mandolin. Niamh Webster, in addition to dancing and choreographing, also sings and plays piano.

When asked what the band’s influences are Andy Webster said, “We have a huge range ... a lot of other

Ready to play - Celtic band Hawp has several local connections to Elora. It will perform at the Centre for the Arts on Nov. 6.

Celtic acts obviously, but also classical composers such as J.S. Bach and Beethoven and rock and pop acts such as Ben Folds and The Beatles. We keep everything sounding traditional acoustically, but our arrangements tend to be a bit more classical or pop song like in structure.”

One big fan of the band is Frank Leahy of the Celtic group, Leahy. A quote from him is displayed on the back cover of the album and says, "This music speaks to me of Scotland, its people and the tradition that inspired much of the music I grew up with.

Each listen takes me home."

The show in Elora starts at 7.30pm and admission is $15 for adults and $5 for children under 12.

Tickets can be purchased at www.hawp.ca or at the door. To hear some of the new tracks from the album, visit www.myspace.com/hawp band.

Rock stars can unite at Grand Theatre Nov. 7 FERGUS - The first Rockband Revolution will take place at the Fergus Grand Theatre on Nov. 7.

A community initiative focused on families, the event will feature a friendly competition involving the widely popular Rockband® interactive game. The event is an opportunity to encourage young people to get involved with interactive music performance as an alternative to standard video gaming. It also demonstrates new possibilities for future use of the Fergus Grand Theatre.

“The Fergus Grand Theatre offers many

opportunities for new types of events,” said Mary Lloyd, Partner at Ralph Basset Associates Inc. “Rockband Revolution is intended to engage young people in community events. We hope to bring attention to youth-related organizations in the area while increasing awareness about possibilities for community usage of the facility.”

Participants may compete in one of four age categories: 8 to 12 individual, 13 and over individual, 13 to 17 band of four, or all-ages band. Bands are encouraged to dress up and a prize will be awarded for the

best-dressed band.

Advanced registration is recommended.

Registration is $10 per individual or $25 for a band of four and includes three attempts to accumulate the highest score.

Prizes will be awarded to winners with the highest score in each category.

Admission is free.

To register, or for more information, contact Ralph Basset Associates Inc. at 519-843-4852.

Download the application form at www.ralphbasset.com and click on Events.

HOROSCOPES - For the second week of NovemberARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Good feelings may be taken for granted this week, Aries, so you might go out of your way to appreciate them.

Appreciate the small things.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Restlessness and excitement start out your week, Libra, but soon this impatience turns to boredom. You need to find a way to keep up your energy levels the entire week.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Your emotions are strong and upbeat this week, Taurus, and foundations laid in the next few days will be firm and long-lasting. Friendships are easily made.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 You will find your intuition is right on the mark and your reactions fit in with all around you, Scorpio. Spread as much cheer as possible so you have a strong fan club.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Be respectful in the company of others, because a little slip of the tongue can cause major problems, Gemini.

Being calm and polite is the way to go for some time.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 It can be difficult not to be overly critical this week, Sagittarius. There is a lot of negative thinking in the air.

Don't contribute to that line of thinking. Be a fresh voice.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, expect some realizations that startle and surprises that change your way of thinking all this week. It's an exciting ride, and you will probably love every minute of it.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 A flurry of activity for several days has the phone ringing off the hook, Capricorn. Turn it off and enjoy some quiet time whenever you can. Challenges are minimal.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Be alert and on your toes, Leo, because the pace this week is bound to be fast and most likely hectic.

Meet others halfway and accept any help you can get.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Your long-range goals come into focus now, Aquarius, and you have a stronger sense of where you should go with your life's direction. You're energized to get ahead.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 You will experience a flow of electrical energy with someone whom you least expected, Virgo. This could change your way of thinking about your love life.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 This week you may change personal habits, Pisces, and others may wonder about the changes.

You don't have all the answers.

Here’s How it Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! Find the answer on page 11

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The Grand Quilt Guild will meet at the Grand River Raceway for a workshop 1pm to 9pm. Drop in and help with Community Outreach quilts and the Canadian Valour quilts. Everyone welcome.

NOVEMBER 12 Arthur Agricultural Society, directors meeting, 8:15pm. Lower Hall of the Arthur Community Centre. All Welcome. *** Parkinson’s Society, Guelph-Wellington Chapter 7pm Evergreen Seniors Centre, 683 Woolwich Street Guelph. Contact: Chris Young 519-829-1749. *** Euchre - St. Mary Family Centre, Mount Forest - 7:30pm. $2.50 includes lunch and prizes. *** David Thompson and the Route of the Voyageurs, a slide show/video presentation by Eric Williams will take place at the Arboretum, U of G at 7:30pm at the monthly meeting of the Guelph Field Naturalists.

NOVEMBER 13 Find your Christmas baking, gifts, etc. at the "Christmas in the Lobby" annual sale at Groves Hospital, Fergus. 9am - 2pm. Jean Gordon, Volunteer 519-822-5289 or Convenor - Joan Winstanley 519-787-0923. *** Knox Holstein Presbyterian Church presents the Black Family, from 7-9pm. Silent auction to follow. Plan to attend this "Song & Sell" event. *** Until Nov. 21- Elora Community Theatre presents a memory play from the 1950s called That Summer by David French. For more info. call 519-787-1981.

NOVEMBER 14 The Bazaar for our Hospital Auxiliary will be held at Mount Forest United Church, corner of Hwy 89 & Fergus St. Lunch available from 11:30 -1:30pm $8 per person. *** Alma Parks and Recreation are serving a pancake breakfast at Alma Optimist Hall. 8-11am. Come and enjoy. *** Duff’s Annual Harvest Ham Supper, Puslinch Community Centre.

Sittings 5, 7pm. Entertainment 4:30 & 6:30pm. / $15/Adult $8/Children (12 and under) Under 5 Free. Tickets 519-763-1226. *** Bethany United Church Ham Supper. 5 and 7pm. Adults $12, children 5-12 $6, under 5 Free. For tickets call Georgina 519-8426548. *** Harvest and Holly Bazaar and Lunch. Mark your calendars!

10:30am - 1:30pm Aberfoyle Community Centre. Wellington Cty. Rd. 46, Sponsored by Mt. Carmel-Zion United Church. Bring a friend for lunch and then shop for baking, crafts, plants, and more. *** Paws For Literacy at the Hillsburgh Branch, Wellington County Library, 98B Trafalgar Rd. from 1-3pm. Our favourite literacy dogs are returning for another afternoon of reading with children.

Register early for your 20-minute visit with Koukla and her friends. For information phone 519-855-4010. *** Treasure Shop held by Grace Christian Fellowship. 9am-12noon.

Free good used clothing, footwear, small household items. Bethel Baptist Church, 675 Victoria Terrece, Fergus. *** The Watercolour Painters Club present their annual Art Show and Sale from 10am- 3pm. Refreshments and draws of original art through the day. Free admission. Evergreen Seniors Center, Auditorium, 683 Woolwich Street, Guelph. *** Moorefield United Church Christmas Bazaar. 10am-2pm at Maryborough Community Centre, Moorefield. Quilts, crafts, baking etc. Donations to the food Bank accepted as admissions. *** Roast Beef Supper & Silent Auction at Burns Presbyterian Church, Main Street Erin. Sittings from 5 - 7pm. Tickets are $13. for adults, children $6. Call Carole at 519 833-2925. *** Roast Beef Dinner, Melville United Church, Fergus. 6pm. Adults $15, 7-12/$5, under 7 free. All You Can Eat full course dinner. For tickets call 519-843-1781/1998/5066. *** Adult / Senior Skating from 8-9:50pm. Exhibition Park Arena, Guelph. Join us for fun, exercise, music and friendship. Call 519836-1015 for information. *** Community Living Guelph Wellington Arc Industries Open House. 8 Royal Road, Guelph. 9am -1pm. Fresh Baked Goods, Woodworking Items, Program Displays, Over 50 Specialty Baskets for Raffle, Various Craft Tables, Bacon on a Bun. Hope to see you there! *** Mom2Mom Sale Fundraiser by the Mam and Pape Bears support-

ing Bears Cheerleading. Fergus Arena, 1-4pm. Indoor sale of new and gently used children’s items. Vendors include moms like you, Partylite, Creative Memories and more. Admission: Donation to local food bank or $2/family. Call Carrie 519-835-7504. *** St. George’s Church Sleigh Bell Fantasy. 99 Woolwich St., Guelph. 11am - 2pm. Admission is free. Lunch - Sandwiches and sweet tray - Adults $5, Children $2. Attic treasures, plants, baking, nursery, penny table and a kiddies game room. *** Old Tyme Dance. 8:00pm. - 12:00am., Band - "Country Ways", $10./person; light lunch provided; St. John Parish Centre, 130 Georgina St., Arthur. *** Arthur Library: Children’s author Claire Eamer will be visiting the library at 10:30am during TD Canadian Children’s Book Week. This is a free event for children 8 and up. If you like: vampire dolphins, scorpions & scientific stuff this is for you!

NOVEMBER 15 Scott Woods Show, Grand Valley Community Centre, 2pm.

Sponsored by Knox Presbyterian Church. Tickets: Adult $20, Child $10. Phone: 519-928-5587. *** CWL euchre party at Sacred Heart Church, Kenilworth, 8pm.

Admission $2.50/person, 50/50 draw, penny table and light lunch.

Everyone welcome. *** Food Grains Concert at Knox-Calvin Presbyterian Church, Harriston at 7:30pm. Featuring: the Hilltop Singers, the Journeyman from Fergus and Country Spirit from Harriston.

Freewill Offering. *** Listowel Legion Branch 259 Sunday Brunch at Parkview Gardens, 10am-2pm.$5 per plate.

NOVEMBER 16 Until Nov. 21- Gigantic Book Sale:, Grand Valley Public Library, 519-928-5622, www.grandvalley.org *** Harriston & District Horticultural Society Annual General Meeting, potluck supper & awards night. At the Harriston-Minto Auditorium at 6:30pm.

NOVEMBER 17 The Schizophrenia Society, Guelph and area monthly meeting.

7:30pm at the Evergreen Centre, 683 Woolwich Street. Anyone touched by or interested in schizophrenia is welcome. Info. 519822-8781. *** Seniors' Lunch, at noon, Arkell United Church. Musical entertainment, cards and games. Call Marj Fitton, 519 824-4909. *** The Guelph Township Horticultural Society annual meeting at Marden Community Centre 7:30pm. Bring a small dessert to share, and a prize for the Penny Table- the proceeds of which will go to a Local Food Bank. Jean 519-822-5289

Grand Valley Lions Club

Annual Turkey Shoots Nov 14th Regular Shot and Slug Shoot Starts 10AM At Lion Dick’s Farm.

East end of Amaranth Street – Grand Valley Contact Lion Josh

519-928-5665 for directions

Thank You for Making Your Coffee Break Count!

September 2009 marked the 14th Annual Coffee Break™ for the Alzheimer Society! Throughout September and October, local businesses, organizations, and individuals hosted Coffee Break™ events! The proceeds of these events will assist the Alzheimer Society of Guelph-Wellington in serving the many persons in our community affected by Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia and their families.

The Alzheimer Society of Guelph-Wellington would like to thank everyone who supported our Coffee Break™. Thanks to our many hosts, our total raised to date is close to $20,000 with more coming in! A very big thanks to Ken & Sandy’s No Frills for raising $3,000!

The Alzheimer Society of Guelph-Wellington would also like to thank the following Platinum Sponsors of our Coffee Break™ fundraiser:

For more information, call 519-836-7672 or email office@alzheimer.guelph.org

NOVEMBER 18 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Mount Forest Ham & Scalloped Potato Supper, 5-7pm. Tickets at the door, limited amount. $11 per person, 2 for $20. Call 519-323-2405 for more info. *** Guelph-Wellington Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. Free Public Lecture: Landscape Architect Wendy Shearer will speak on the topic “Cultural Landscapes” 7- 9pm. 10 Carden Street, Guelph. Susan Ratcliffe 519-822-8236. *** Guelph Arts Council Hands-on Web Training for guelpharts/wellingtonarts Website. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. University of Guelph. Advance registration is necessary. 519-836-3280.

ARC INDUSTRIES

NOVEMBER 19 Guelph Civic Museum Lecture Series in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies Guelph Civic Museum, 6 Dublin St. S. 519-836-1221, 7:30pm, Eric McGeer, “The Canadian Army in Italy”. Free admission. *** Coffee hour. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Arthur, 9:3011:30am. Speaker Vicki Brown, children & family Pastor. Feature Marilyn Theurer, Food Bank. Music by John & Sharon Beer.

NOVEMBER 20 The Naked Truth about Osteoporosis. Free! 9:30am-1:30pm; Victoria Hills Community Centre, 10 Chopin Drive, Kitchener.

Displays, light refreshments, and giveaways. To register call: Kate Harvey 519-500-1440. *** The 5th Annual Christmas Joy Home Tour. Friday November 20, 4:30-9:30pm and Saturday November 21, 11-5pm. Tickets $25.

Contact Didi at 519- 836-8115.

SEND YOUR NON-PROFIT/CHARITABLE EVENT INFO TO events@wellingtonadvertiser.com 20-25 words, 4 weeks prior to event date.

Saturday November 14th, 2009 8 Royal Road, Guelph 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Fresh Baked Goods | Woodworking Items Program Displays Over 50 Specialty Baskets for Raffle Various Craft Tables | Bacon on a Bun

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The

County of Wellington “Connecting Citizens with County News”

October

• The Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Programme launch will be held on November 9th • 13 local schools were honoured by Wellington County Council and Staff with the Gold School Award.

Every student, in each grade, participated in the 2009 Green Legacy Programme.

County Council Highlights

• Order forms for the 2010 Green Legacy Programme are now available!

Visit: www.wellington.ca for your copy. Order early to avoid disappointment.

Preparations for Winter Driving Start Preparing Now! ASSEMBLE A CAR EMERGENCY KIT • • • • • • • • • •

Shovel First aid kit with seatbelt cutter Sand or kitty litter Traction mats or chains Compass Road Maps Cloth or Paper Towels Blanket (survival blankets) Warning Lights or Flares Fire extinguisher

• • • • • •

Extra clothing and/or footwear Flashlight and batteries Emergency food (pack 72 hours) Booster Cables Ice Scraper/brush Methyl hydrate (de-icing fuel line & windshield) • Matches and a survival candle in deep can (to warm hands, heat a drink, emergency light)

Ready made car emergency kits are available at local Hardware Stores, and CAA Travel agencies.

They make a great gift too! Start preparing now!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ROAD CLOSURES Before heading out, check weather and travel conditions. For road conditions and closures in Wellington, contact: • County of Wellington Central Garage Winter Call Centre 24/7: 1-866-799-4166 from November 7, 2009 through April 9, 2010.

• MTO Road Information: 1-800-268-4686 • MTO website: www.mto.gov.on.ca Programme above numbers into your cell phone for an easy reference when travelling.

IF ROADS ARE CLOSED, THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT. WINTER DRIVING TIPS • Listen to the radio or TV for weather conditions before travelling • If bad weather conditions are forecasted or occurring, stay home • If you must drive, plan your route and let someone know when you are expected to arrive • Give yourself extra time and SLOW DOWN, drive according to weather and road conditions.

The Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy Wants to Hear From You In response to the community’s concerns about drug use, the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy Committee has developed several approaches aimed at reducing substance misuse in Guelph and Wellington County.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Mount Forest and District Sports Complex, 850 Princess Street (Leisure Room) Light Refreshments will be provided The following service providers will be in attendance to share information and answer questions: • Stonehenge Therapeutic Community • Community Alcohol and Drug Services

• County of Wellington O.P.P. • Trellis Mental Health and Developmental Services • County of Wellington Housing Outreach Workers

2009 Remembrance Day Schedule Changes CLOSURES All County waste facilities will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

CURB/ROADSIDE GARBAGE AND BLUE BOX COLLECTION CHANGE Garbage and blue box collection will not occur on Wednesday, November 11. The collection reschedule date is Saturday, November 14.

To ensure you are not missed, garbage and recycling must be placed at the curb/roadside by 7 a.m.

Alkaline Battery Recycling Reminder

For more information, please contact Rochelle Devereaux, Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy Coordinator, at: 519-821-6638, ext. 350, or rdevereaux@guelphchc.ca.

County residents can drop alkaline batteries (up to D size) into the top of the Battery Tube located in each County Library

For more information, contact Solid Waste Services (SWS): (519) 837-2601 or toll-free 1-866-899-0248.

County of Wellington Administration Centre 74 Woolwich St. Guelph, ON N1H 3T9

www.wellington.ca

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