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Gordon, Bernice Gross celebrate golden jubilee
Celebrating
The Grosses celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at
the Auburn Community Hall on July 9. The couple were wed
at Knox United Church in Auburn on July 15, 1967. (Shawn
Loughlin photo)
Gordon and Bernice Gross
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary early this month,
marking a half -century since they
tied the knot on Saturday, July 15,
1967.
On that day, Bernice McDougall,
the daughter of Ken and Marjorie
McDougall, married Gordon Gross,
the son of William and Ida Gross.
Both families were raised on farms
in the Auburn area.
The service took place at Knox
United Church in Auburn and was
conducted by Rev. Maldwyn
Roberts, as well as the groom's
uncle, Rev. Lawrence Gross.
The couple was attended by Elva
Brown, Marie Millian, Helen
Peterson, Carol Lovett and Sheila
Cope and Ron Gross, Allan
McDougall and John Brown.
After the service, the Grosses
drove to western Canada for their
honeymoon, travelling through
Banff, Lake Louise and the Rocky
Mountains.
Upon returning to the community,
the couple resided on the groom's
farm, known as the Gross
Homestead, in the Auburn area.
There, Gordon would spend his
life working as a farmer, while
Bernice's career included teaching
in a one -room school in Westfield,
before continuing to teach at East
Wawanosh and Blyth Public
Schools.
Bernice retired from teaching in
2000 and Gordon still contributes to
the family farming operation.
The couple had three children:
Anita Gross, who is a chiropractor
and is married to Scott Allen and
they live in Saltford; Bryan Gross,
who is the fifth generation of Gross
to take over the Gross Homestead
and who is married to Mary Ellen
and they live at RR1, Auburn and
April Gross, who is a property
inspector for the Municipal Property
Assessment Corporation (MPAC),
who lives with her partner Dan
Legacy in Courtice.
Gordon and Bernice have a
number of grandchildren: Olivia and
Tanner Allen, Loralei, Holly, Gavin
and Logan Gross and Tavish and
Keaton Legacy.
Over the years, both Gordon and
Bernice have been involved with a
number of community organizations
and have remained active throughout
the county.
Both Gordon and Bernice are
members of Knox United Church in
Auburn, where Gordon has served as
an elder and trustee. Bernice is a life
member of the United Church
Women and has shared the position
of church organist for many years.
Over the years, Gordon has been a
director for the Huron County Beef
Producers, the Huron Pioneer
Thresher and Hobby Association
and the South Easthope Mutual
Insurance Company.
Gordon has spent his extra time
over the years restoring antique
tractors and refurbishing furniture,
while Bernice has committed her
spare time to baking, needlework
and playing the piano/organ.
The couple's main priority now,
however, is to spend as much time as
they can with their family and their
eight very special grandchildren.
The Grosses celebrated their
milestone anniversary at the Auburn
Community Hall on Sunday, July 9,
where they welcomed many guests.
Gordon and Bernice say they
enjoyed reminiscing that day with
many friends, neighbours and
relatives who came out to help them
celebrate.
Arts and
crafts
A Vacation Bible School held at the Brussels Community
Bible Chapel last week included fun activities and some
arts and crafts. Shown putting the final touches on their
planters at the event are Sammy Bell, left, and Lorenzo
Hiebert. (Denny Scott photo)
Medieval festival to be held at Cowbell
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the site after the event.
A proposed schedule shows the
plans that are necessary for
everything from waste to volunteer
services to vendors and food
concessions and outlines when these
plans have been or will be made
available to the municipality.
Council approved the rental
agreement.
After the meeting, co -organizers
Nathan Swartz, President of
Transfigured Town Inc., and
Amanda Swartz, Chief Operating
Officer, announced that the change
of venue has allowed them to
include some new events.
In a press release it was
announced that the ice pad at the
arena is going to be used for a
`Death Day Celebration' which will
feature a `Haunted Ice Bar' serving
non-alcoholic specialty drinks from
fictional magic universes. The
release states "ghosts will skate,
twirl and dance to ghostly music."
In the release, Amanda said the
move to Blyth from Goderich has
proven to be a benefit to the event.
"All in all, this has been a very
positive and much needed change
for the festival," she said. "While we
know that change can be difficult for
some, the overall experience will
actually be far more exciting for
those attending than we had
originally planned."
FESTIVAL OF THRONES
The release also outlined two
more events being planned by
Transfigured Town Inc., another
Festival of Wizardry which doesn't
have a date or location yet and
Festival of Thrones, an event
celebrating medieval fantasy genres
like George RR Martin's Game of
Thrones, set to take place June 2-3 at
Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company.
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