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NORTH NORWICH Town- Norwich. Seated from 1tflt?fjts111"T Standing from left, ship Council held their tirstlare: Darwen Scott, deputy are: Albert Freeman, road meetiny of 1971 recently in thelreeve; Leslie Dickson, reeve; ‘superintendent; Roger Orth, township hall in the villaye ciland Robert Watkins, clerk- Ronald Brackenbury and Ceeili, tidiiiA Nonme TOWNSHIP COUNCIL -.-.-\~.- ' . Pe". .y.. 1“ , 114.3 ¥‘A\’”‘m\53'~h72,§§( yt, .y'r'. Today, he is used as a consultant to some curling clubs which are experienc- ing trouble with their ice. ', When the Canadian Curling [Championship was held at J Oshawa in 1969, several members of the host corn. mittee, enlisted Marcel’s help. m; 3:2: $3.555 If someone ever invents a 25-hour day, Marcel De Witte will still demand more time to keep the keen edge on his ice at the 16-sheet Ivanhoe Curling Club. For De Witte, the jaunty icemaker with the flair of curly hair, it is a matter of pride, coupled with hard work and common sense. That, in a nutshell, is the reason the Ivanhoe ice is said to be the keenest in Western Ontario. Often, Marcel works around the clock to make ice, hon- ing it with the skill of a sur- we”, iWyggRt.haTitim I geon performing a delicate Q”??? ' “W operation. He is in a battle ';,iii:tis1l - - . Isl!ltl'it;;i;, with the clock at times so he “‘3 " - ,2 Blt , sometimes sleeps at the 'tiirf, 2w kT, De Witte did such a ood “' job Witt}: the t2g thegOn- tario c am ions i at Ivan- hoe a montg beforg, that the MARCEL DE WITTE Oshawa group felt that they T - " 24-hour job might learn something from - Mareel's tactics. The job he did with the Ivanhoe ice went without a hitch because De Witte had three uninterrupted days to work with it, It has been , long climb for Marcel, a former Air Force radar expert 1n his native Belgium, who knew little about icemaking when he accepted his first job with the Simcoe Curling Club. That was in 1958 and De Witte was working in theytobacco fields. “I remember one of the members of the Simcoe club rode around with me on a tractor all day while I was culti- vating trying to persuade me to take the job," Marcel recol- ,lects. . He joined a two-man crew at Simcoe. After his stint there, he went to the Sarnia Curling Club. He has been at Ivanhoe for eight years. . ' De Witte is looking forward to London being the venue for future Brier, if and when the championship is held m the l He says the London Gardens has the best ventilation at}; m of any previous Brier site he has seen. tr am. confi- ZZZennd if I stay‘healthy I think I can do something with the den-t7 and if I starileaimy : ice," he says. " _ Even if Marcel does nc has the keenest ice in the fall back on. het:! li 3z§§>¢fl , I: ' "s.1i'iii?ssitjro'rei';y9Ffsii - a <¢ . N ' St wa' "ttr ' 4 "i?iic"r?'::Y:: looking forward to London being the venue for r, if and when the championship is held in the the London Gardens has the best ventilation I m‘evious Brier site he has seen. "r am confi- . . "f a pr "" . .u7t myww '.r.ee& r:y?r.W.YW.??i.t. F.'th' ry..'ge2Pii's;2tePi2;i2iy3y'2ty.; (33‘5“:‘4’.’§avwfg%¢x“a-<~\.¥\<'M :-.-.-:‘.M?5.~.-.-.-:3.<-.»$w.>).-.’-.‘.->.+.-.\-.w,5 not realize his Brier dream, hé still he West (Westtuy ?1tasig that is) tp with Bev Tyrrell 2:53 ACS Y.?. Mingle, councillors. Mr. Orth and Mr. Brackenbury are new members of council. :7/