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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 12, 1983, 3 MAKÜN-ATKINS WEDDING The marriage of Karen Jean Atkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Atkins, Orono, to Thomas Gordon Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Martin, Newcastle, was solemnized in a double ring- ceremony by the bride's uncle, uncle, Rev. Keith Henderson in the Newcastle Baptist Church, Newcastle op Saturday, Saturday, November 20, 1982. The bridal attendant was Irene Martin, sister-in-law of the groom, and the best man was Don Martin, brother of the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are now residing in Bowman ville. Dear Nancy, Jim and Jamie, As usual I'm behind schedule in getting this letter of to,you people in Stoney Plain, but then better late than nevçr. I do hope the letter finds you in good health and with a good measure of happiness. By the way, that grandson, by his Christmas pictures, has really grown over the past year and to say the least we do enjoy his few words over the telephone. How time flies. In three years he will be going to school while at the same time Kelly will be closing in on Senior Public School. , . . ' I do like the sweater you sent for Christmas and especially the colour. Unfortunately, y*>ur Dad is barrelling barrelling out around the middle and it was just a little too small. It was good thinking on your part to send the sales slip along with the sweater; Your mother took both to Sears in the Shopping Centre to get a larger one but was unable to get the same colour. Knowing I liked the colour colour she took the cash refund ^nd then made a purchase of an extra large sweater of the same colour and of a similar design. As the After-Christmas Sales were on she had a sum of money left over and added to your gift with the purchase purchase of a digital watch which were also greatly reduced in price. Incidentally my other 'ticker' had just given up the ghost and was being most unreliable. Now this watch with four push buttons, gives you the hour, the minutes, the seconds, whether it's PM or AM, has an alarm with an indicator of whether its on or off, a light can be switched on and can also be used as a stop watch. It's everything a man would want and would be so if I .could only find out what button or sequence to push to get it properly set. Fortunately, your mother Rad the time set when she matje the purchase. Getting the rest 1 set. baffles me as much as did Rubik's Cubé. . I was telling Bill Bunting of my prpblejn and he said h uld set it for me. "There's nothing to it", he said. In that case I'm not about to let him make the settings- because I would never hear the end of it especially if Rutherford found out. I can just hear Rutherford now, "You can't set up a simple thing like a watch, what's wrong with you. Why don't you let your grandchildren set it for you." Bill that is not the only problem. The date numbers are so small 1 would have to use a magnifying glass to read them accurately. Further the light is so dim I'm unable to know if it's on the dark and the alarm is so soft it would never wake me up. Do the manufacturers not realize the population is aging and the senses of sight and hearing are deteriorating. I guess not. Fortunately, Fortunately, I can see the hour, minutes and seconds and really that is all I need. Nancy and Jim you will get a kick out of this and it is authentic. I always get home for dinner at about the same time every noon hour. Last Tuesday I had arrived home and was making my usual trip to the washroom when on the stairs landing I could hear this sound, something like a small metallic cricket or a small unoiled bearing would make. I stopped and tried to figure out where it was coming from and what it was and even backed off the stairs. When I had reached the landing the second time the sound had quit and really I forgot about it. Just one of those things, I thought. On Wednesday at noon when I hit the landing again the same sound was there and this really aroused my curiosity this time. At first 1 thought it must be the smoke detector but that could not be the case as we had taken it down. It so happens that Taylor's big diesel was passing the house early one morning last summer when it belched out a cloud of diesel exhaust. The exhaust fumes blew through the screen door at the front of the house and set off "the detector. The alarm never stopped and we had to pull the battery and take the detector down. I have tried the detector a couple of times since but it just keeps ringing. The fumes, which were quite heavy, must have ruptured the sensor. So the sound I was hearing now could not be from the detector. Actually there is nothing at the landing to make the sound so 1 went to the kitchen to ask your mother if she could hear the sound. When I got to the kitchen and sat at the table the sound was then coming . from under the table which fact I made known to Don- na. Your mother came over and took my left arm from under the table and drew it across my ear. It w^s the damn alarm on that digital and to say ihe least I felt somewhat humiliated. When they,had set the time element on the watch they had also set the alarm for 12:10 which 1 had not known. If nothing else it proves how punctual I am as I had hit that landing within the same minute two days in a row. No, life is not getting minotinous. Nancy there is Other news in the Village such as the use of the Town Hall for a movie production and of course your mother told you of my experiment with the wine in her last telephone call. The,wine caper I'm letting letting cool out for a while. I've been: told I have to get your mother in the act to have success. Now that may be easier 'said than done. Well that is it for now and, I close sending all our love. Dad. 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The classes will begin at 9:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and -2:00 p.m. The classes will be preceded by a one half hour registration period. We will accommodate accommodate up to forty, par- • ticipants in each time slot. This event is being offered free of charge, although regular parking fees will be in effect. We are operating on a first edme, first served basis and you must bring your own equipment. Refreshments will be provided free of charge to the participants. We are requesting that each reader, think "White" this week and join us on the snow to begin the season. The alternate date will be January 16th in case of inclement inclement conditions. For more information,, please contact 797-2721. RED & WHITE Cut from Canada Grade "A" Beef - Regular CROSS RIB Rib Roast* k g 3.95/, b i.79 Produce of Canada, Canada No. 1 • • . P.E.I. 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