Happenings
By Carolyn Adriaansen (926.4436)  

With the snowflakes falling all around us you may be in the mood to plan a bus trip getaway. Isabelle Bushart has planned a trip to beautiful Vermont from May 3-7. You will be in Burlington, Vermont area and events included will be a dinner cruise on Lake Champlain, a tour of the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory and the Shelburne Museum and these are only some of the schedule. Call Isabelle at 926.7764 for more information and reservations.

Enjoy candlelight Valentine's dinner on Saturday, February 14 at Mary Ellen's Main Street Cafe on North Main Street, Marion. Music will be provided by Lance Hoffman Trio. The main course is listed as Surf & Turf, Chicken French, Shrimp Scampi and Prime Rib. Reservations only and are required by February 9. Inquire within or call Jo Jo at 926.2000.

Snow, snow, beautiful snow! This makes me remember the 'Good Old Days' when we walked to school, no matter what weather. Sometimes the snowbanks were as high as the telephone wires.

'The secret of happiness is not doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.' - Sir James Barrio

Happy birthday wishes to Peg Pembroke on January 29.

February 10 to 22 are the dates of the Marion Earth Shuttle candy sale.

Bill DeWandel is recuperating from knee surgery.

A new lift is now operating at St. Gregory's Church and thank to the men of St. Gregory's for the generous gift of time and skills they have to make this possible.

Lila Shoales is at home recuperating after a hospital stay.

Chicken & Biscuit Dinner, January 26 at the Marion United Church.

The Red Hat Society members were invited to a lovely tea at the new home of Pat VanderMolen in Williamson on Saturday, January 17. The gracious hostess presented an array of delicious treats not to be surpassed.

Lena Ross is recuperating following cataract surgery.

'My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.'

Ever Think of This?

There are fancier towns than our little town; there are towns that are bigger than this; and the people who live in the smaller towns don't know what excitement they miss. There are things you see in the wealthier towns that you can't in a town that's small; and yet up and down, there is no other town like our little town after all.

It may be the streets through the town are not long, they're not wide and maybe not straight, but the neighbors you know in your own little town all welcome the fellow - it's great.

In the glittering streets of the glittering town, with its palace and pavement and thrall, in the midst of the throng you will frequently long for your own little town after all.

If you live and you work in our little town, in spite of the fact that it's small, you'll find it a fact that our little town is the best little town after all.