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Wednesday August 15, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B3 Brunei provided ` m ost wonderful experiences' (Continued from page B1) "At the same time, I was able to expand my knowledge o f another cul ture in another country. It was a very enriching experience." Reynolds was smitten by the travel bug. "W hen 1 had my leave, I traveled on a troop ship to Hong Kong for a 10-day holiday." She returned to E ngland from Singapore and Malaysia in 1961, "and within a few months I had itchy feet." She ventured off to the United States and worked as a governess for a five-year-old boy in Cambridge, Mass. "I was part nanny, part gov erness. Both parents were professors at universities in Cambridge." She relished the opportunity to travel throughout New England. After her two-year stint was over, she returned - with that family - to England. However, she was no longer needed by them, as the boy, then seven, was going to school all day. Then she heard w ord o f the W om en's Volunteer Service being expanded into Brunei in British North Borneo. She joined the 51 Gurkha Infantry Brigade in 1964, "form ed to protect Brunei. President Sukarno of Indonesia was anxious to get his hands on the oil-rich state o f Brunei." It's oil refineries were under contract with Shell. "Brunei was a British protectorate and British troops were sent in to pro tect the local people and its oil. "Working with this brigade, I had the opportunity on several occasions to be the first white woman to visit a num ber o f villages deep within the jungles. "It was an experience I will always treasure." At the time, tourism was unheard of. "People don't realize how rapidly tourism had developed. There were no tourists back then, in the 1960s." Another one of her "most wonder ful experiences" was to travel by heli copter into the jungles and outposts to visit the men protecting Brunei's bor der at Christmas. "I have pictures of m yself with groups o f men taken in 1964. Many o f these men did not come home." She stayed in Brunei for two years and again returned to England, where her itchy feet began to bother her yet again. Each time she returned from the Far East, she traveled by cargo ship carrying between 12 and 50 passen gers. "We had opportunities to stop at some very interesting ports o f call for two to three days while cargo was being loaded or unloaded." These stops included Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), seeing the Pyramids in Egypt, visiting the Red Sea, and stop ping in N aples, Italy, to see the remains o f the M ount Vesuvius vol cano. Her adventure continued. "I w ent to South A frica." She stayed with an aunt in Durban for about a month before landing a short term jo b with a children's agency. Then cam e a year as housemother at a "very large junior school for girls" Photo courtesy of Ann Reynolds Tenth annual Black Tie & Golf Shoes on Friday The Oakville Red Cross is celebrating 10 years of golf and glamour. The 10th annual Black Tie & Golf Shoes tournament to support the Oakville branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society will be held on Friday Aug. 17. You won't see tuxedos on the greens but in a creative twist of golf and glamour, the tournament pairs a round of golf at Oakville's Glen Abbey Golf Club with an evening of black tie dining and dancing. "The format of our tournament here in Oakville has always been a big winner with participants," says Lorraine Davies, regional director for the Red Cross. "The day is always full of friendly competition, but the real excitement seems to come later with the silent auction and evening entertainment." Golfers pay $500 to participate in this executive-level event, where they are treated like royalty for a day. In addi tion to challenging the course at Glen Abbey, participants are Ann Reynolds visits British soldiers stationed on the Brunei border during Christmas 1964. Most of these men died protecting Brunei from invasions by Indonesian terrorists. in Pietermaritzburg. "W hen I heard my brother and his ing country she hadn't experienced During school holidays, she trav young family were immigrating to was Canada. eled around South Africa, staying in Adelaide in Australia, I decided to go In 1977, she came to Toronto to Johannesburg, "and I traveled the there and help them settle in." The work as a nanny looking after two children for a year. year was 1971. Garden Route" to Capetown. 1"The wildflowers were out o f this "W ithin weeks of my arrival, I had Back in Australia, she stayed for world . . . very lovely . . . breathtak about another year, working as an fallen in love with the country, and I assistant to an occupational therapist truly wanted to stay here." ing.". She follow ed this up with six in seniors' residence and later as a She jo ined the Toronto Field months in Auckland, New Zealand. housemother at a large prestigious Naturalists, and volunteered for the Canadian Opera Company. boys school. "In the fullness o f time," said "I had lots o f opportunities to visit replicas o f - and working - gold Reynolds, using a traditional British treated to complimentary hospitality service, a golfer's gift mines, the Blue Mountains and the expression, she moved to Oakville. R eynolds enjoys speaking to bag full of amenities, sportswear to mark the occasion and an w onderful w ineries o f southern groups about various aspects o f her evening featuring a four-course gourmet dinner, champagne Australia." In 1980, her parents followed her life. Two o f her talks, Brunei, the reception, silent auction, and dancing to a big-band orches Jungle and I, and Germany and brother and immigrated to Australia. tra. A little over four years ago, she and Beyond, deal with her uniformed ser In addition to Royal Bank Financial Group, the tourna ment's title sponsor, other corporations have already signed her mother, then 89, flew to Cairns for vice overseas after World War II. Travels o f a M odem D ay Mary up to endorse the tournament with donations to the silent a 10-day holiday to see the Barrier auction, hole sponsorships and financial support of other fea Reef. "It was an experience o f a life Poppins is a talk about her experi ences o f being a "mother to many but tures of the event. Participation is open to interested individ time. We traveled in a submersible. "I'll never forget the joy o f watch none o f my own." uals, however, corporate foursomes seem to be most popular. H er fourth topic, Women o f ing her see the marine life." Since its inception, the tournament has provided more Today her-94-year-old mother lives Importance in Ontario deals with than $300,000 in support of Red Cross signature programs such as disaster services, abuse prevention, first aid, water in a retirement apartment building. remarkable 19th and 20th century women who have made a difference Her father died six years ago. safety and home support programs. Reynolds found herself back in her in many facets of Canadian life. Interested golfers or corporations can contact the Oakville Anne Reynolds can be reached at branch of the Red Cross at 905-845-5241 for more informa native England during the mid-1970s, and realized the only English speak 905-337-9425. tion. NEWLY RENOVATED! ALL NEW EQUIPMENT! United Way of Oakville IN TERESTED IN JOINING A m & BOWLING LEAGUE! /tn 0 1 .; Mens & Ladies Mix o r Y outh # ^ -- Bowling Starts First Week o f Septem ber C o m e o n in f o r a n ig h t o f FUN!! 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