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The Citizen, 2017-05-04, Page 14THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2017. PAGE 15. Decades -long friends mark Knight's 85th birthday PEOPLE AROUND WALTON By Jo -Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 Ah, spring is here. Then, as we say, the sweet smell of spring. The farmers are busy spreading manure and of course, there is the distinct odour of success. Many, of course, think of the sometimes very strong smell as awful, but for the farmers, it means they are saving money. The manure will save fertilizer costs for the upcoming spring crops to be planted, that will feed the animals, that will create more manure, that will be spread on the ground again, and the cycle continues. The joy of spring and farming. The weather has not been helping the farming situation to this point in time. There has been some cultivating done, but very few fields are planted. Some early grain is planted but not many fields in our area. They have spread fertilizer on wheat and on some corn ground and many are still just getting equipment ready. Needless to say, when it stays dry for a few days in a row, the wheels will turn quickly. Remember to watch for the large machinery on the roads and drive accordingly. A lovely sign of spring is the daffodils and tulips blooming in the gardens. Trilliums are just starting in the bush with a few early bloomers. Soon the bush floor will be covered by the lovely Ontario flower! The Brussels birthday group gathered to celebrate the April birthdays last week. The birthday girls included Merle Cousins, Betty McCutcheon, Jean Davidson and Alice Marks. Enjoying the dinner at JR's and the social time celebrating with the birthday girls included Isabelle Wheeler, Marci Bremner, Nora Stephenson, Betty Campbell, Lois McCutcheon, Rene Richmond, Laura Barbour, Bev Palmer, Audrey Cardiff, Jane Hall, Sandra Cable, Joan Bernard and Dale Chesher. Happy birthday ladies. We are pleased to hear that Jean Bridge is home again from hospital. We hope she is doing well. Bush Whittard is a patient in Wingham Hospital and we hope he is doing better. We are sorry to hear that Marion Smith has suffered a fall and is having to endure a slow recovery. We hope she continues to improve. Congratulations to Jim and Linda McDonald on becoming grandparents for the second time. Proud parents are Sarah and Barry Young and have welcomed Karter Barry to their family. He will be welcomed home by big brother Dallas! We hope Fannie Somers is feeling better and home from a stay in Seaforth Hospital. We hope she is on the road to recovery. The Cranbrook ladies who have been friends for over 50 years in most cases gathered to celebrate a special birthday for one of their group. Betty Knight turned 85 and was joined by friends for dinner at JR's. The group included Isabelle Wheeler, Marion Smith, Merle McIntosh, Betty McCutcheon, Dona Knight, Yvonne Knight, Tueni Smith and Mary Morrow. The ladies then went to Betty McCutcheon's to enjoy cake and a social afternoon. Our condolences to Jim and Lois A great send-off Rev. Gary Clark, right, presided over his final service at Blyth United Church on Sunday. Clark has officially left the Blyth and Brussels churches and will be heading to a church in Kitchener shortly. (Vicky Bremner photo) Special service bids farewell to Clark Continued from page 2 good reminder that there are at least two sides to every story and every person has an effect of life itself. Then there was a walrus presentation from Iqaluit of and by First Nations and Indigenous people. A few whites were included, if they had relevant issues to present, like Kyle Hill founder of "Teach for Canada". This young man saw a need, noted injustice and then believe it or not, he and others listened for three years before setting up a school system for communities in Northern Ontario. The less we know about something, often the more we express our opinion. This program listened to the affected people about culture, language, education, geography, history and most of all hope. Two good programs — wow. Gary Clark did his travel -on service on Sunday when the congregations of Blyth and Brussels United bid adieu with lots of music and fun. A combined choir and band set the tone for an upbeat celebration of ministry, words were spoken, food was shared and a new chapter for Gary and Kathy Douglas and us has begun. Good memories will be with us for a long time. Enjoy the fine days of May. Bye now, Betty G.W. Lee on the passing of Jim's brother Ed. They travelled to Huntsville for the funeral. Our sympathies to them. Graeme Craig has been doing some cleaning up by levelling the old barn foundation at his place. We hope everyone is getting in the clean-up mode for the upcoming International Plowing Match (IPM). In Wingham hospital for a stay is Sharon Warwick. She would loved to have visitors to help pass the time. I am told that Wingham hospital does not have personal televisions for patients anymore. Yikes, how boring! There are still lots of folks out there that do not have iPads or tablets to watch (like me) and that sounds like it could be a very boring stay. We send our get -well or happy healing wishes to Dawn White who has a knee done. We hope she is coming along well. Joanne Machan has also had a new knee done and is coming along very well. She is out and about again and doing well. We hope Ross Smith is doing well after spending some time in Seaforth hospital. We hope he is feeling better. Celebrating his 65th birthday this past week and looking forward to his brown envelope is Don Dalton. Don and Pat were joined by Gerrid and his family for breakfast at the Walton Inn on Saturday morning. He also celebrated with good friend Jim Ross, whose birthday is May 3, and wives, Pat and Betty, for birthday supper. They enjoyed Chinese food in Wingham and then the ladies handily beat the men at cards. Happy birthday guys! Graeme Craig celebrated a special birthday last week with a party that included family and friends. The group of 19 gathered at the cottage of Dave and Shannon Craig- Soontiens in Bayfield for a delicious catered dinner. Helping Graeme to celebrate his 70th birthday were George and Ruth Townsend, Allan and Karen Carter, Gerald and Nancy Smith, Fred and Karen Uhler, Jim and Janet Papple, Jack and Mary Helen McLachlan, Jim Mcllwain and friend and Dave, Shannon and Michael Craig. Happy birthday Graeme! Congratulations to Jason and Meghan Gemmel on the birth of a son last week. Landon made his an-ival 10 days late but is doing fine. He is welcomed home by big sister McKenna. Landon is another grandchild for Glenn and Marilyn Beuermann of Walton. Neil McDonald has been home for his spring visit to the family and farm. Unfortunately the weather is not co-operating and not much land work is being done. Neil and Rick went to Listowel to have a visit and lunch with cousin Paul and Margery Krauter one day last week. Neil will be heading home before the ground dries up, if this rain continues! The Walton Hall is having some electrical upgrades done to make it better. Some new plug -ins, upgrades to lighting and emergency lights installed. It all will make the hall nicer for everyone. We celebrated our grandson's second birthday on the weekend. Wes loves to get noisy toys and see all his relatives. The McDonald and Dick families gathered at the home of Scott and Alicia for a party and supper on Sunday. The birthdays for the month of April are finished off by Graeme Craig, Paul Humphries, Casey Bernard, Michael Axtmann, Amy Alcock, Brad Finlayson, Jessica Fraser, Kelly Marks, Jenna Regele, Kelsey Eckert, Marcy McCall MacBain, Candace Newman, Pat Parr, Donald Dalton, John Huether, Dave Lewington and Joe Steffler. May starts with Chris Holmes, Chad McCallum, Judy Valley, Bev Fraser, Mitchell Godkin, Lori Nolan, Anneleis Ringgenberg, Kendra Cardiff, Justin Bernard, Don Williamson and Andrea Humphries. Happy birthday to all! FROM WALTON Celebrating East Wawanosh Township's 150th Anniversary The Citizen will publish a special commemorative issue for this celebration which is taking place June 30 - July 2 in Belgrave Make sure you're part of this memorable issue to be published June 29. 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