HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-12-05, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013. Condolences extended to grieving local families
We had a roller coaster of weather
again the past week. Cold, snow, fog,
rain – a little of everything it seems.
We are finally noticing less and less
corn in the fields, but yes, there is
still some out there. It is the second
deer hunt this week and it will make
it easier to find the deer. There have
been a dozen or so out in the corn
field at our place this past week, but
I’m sure they will find lots of places
to hide in the bush. I have seen quite
a few on my treks into Brussels at
night, but have been lucky enough to
have not hit any (yet). I have alsonoticed very few Christmas lights on(ours included). Did Christmas really
just sneak up on everyone, or was it
the weather? It is only three weeks
until Christmas. Christmas trees have
arrived at many places and the Santa
Claus parades of Seaforth and
Brussels were nice parades as usual.
“Merry Christmas” will be greeting
for the next few weeks, so I will start
and say Merry Christmas to all!
The news around our area has
been on the saddened side. Our
condolences are extended to the
Humphries family on the sudden
passing of Bill Humphries. Bill will
be missed by his wife Marjory, and
his children Roger, Susan, Paul,
Greg and Peggy and their families.
Bill spent his life in Walton and will
be remembered for his involvement
in developing, coaching and even
umpiring occasionally, baseball in
Walton. He enjoyed watching many
of the fastball teams and games
around the area. He was a salesmanfor a grocery company for manyyears and operated the Humphries
Grocery store in later years. He
loved to work with wood and spent
hours out in his wood shop. Our
sympathies to the Humphries family.
A shock for the Coultes family on
the sudden passing of Jack Coultes.
He will be missed by his wife Liz
and family Kevin, Blaine and
Debbie and families. I enjoyed my
many meetings with Jack and Liz
and they always had a story to tell of
their latest adventure. They loved
spending time with their family. Our
sympathies to all.
Our condolences are given to the
Martin family on the passing of
Peter Martin of Ottawa. He will be
missed by his brother Don Martin
and sister Elizabeth Procter and their
families, and the extended families
of the area. Our sympathies to all.
A surprise visitor to the area was
Brandon McGavin on the weekend.
He was only home for a couple ofdays and it was kept a secret fromthe extended family. Neil was
driving a McGavin tractor in the
Seaforth parade when a dark figure
ran up to the tractor and asked for a
ride. To Neil’s surprise it was
Brandon!
A familiar face has returned to the
area after spending a few years in the
west. Andrew McDonald has
returned to reside in Seaforth. He
spent time in Edmonton working as
an autobody repair specialist. He has
stayed with the same company and is
now working in London. Jim and
Linda are very glad to have him back
in Ontario and closer to home.
We are glad to hear that Harvey
Shaw is home from hospital after
spending a few days there. He
reports he is feeling better and is
taking it easy. George Adams is still
in Seaforth Hospital and we hope to
see him home soon.
Returning from a week’s holiday
to Iceland are Rick and Margaret
McInroy and Graeme and Helen
Craig. They flew from Toronto to
Reykjavik, the capital, in a little over
five hours. It was a very interesting
trip with a variety of natural sites.
Volcanic ash is used to “salt” the
roads, large glaciers lie next to
steaming hot springs and sunlight
varies from 24 hours a day in June
down to four to six hours during the
two winter months. The couples
enjoyed geysers, thermal hot
springs, waterfalls and the rugged
terrain. The wind on one particular
day was extremely strong, moving a
small car about three feet. Many
places have greenhouses and they
grow many of their greens, herbs,
vegetables including cucumbers,
tomatoes and beets. Farming and
fishing are their main industry. The
travellers went to a dairy farm where
they saw the herd of Icelandic cows.
They were able to go into the barn,
which was very clean, into the
milking parlour and then through to
the attached restaurant.
They were able to look through
the glass windows and watch the
milking of the cows. They had
supper of lamb chop or Arctic Char
which Rick reports was delicious,
with cheese made on the farm,
cream from the cow for your coffee
and ice cream made on the farm.
They also enjoyed a Christmas Gala
at “The Pearl” restaurant, which is a
revolving restaurant built on top on
five hot water storage silos that
provide water for the city of
Reykjavik. The trip also included a
trip to Akureyri, the second largest
city of 17,000 in the country of
370,000 people.
The Glanville family Christmas
was held at the Kinburn Hall on the
weekend. A large group gathered to
enjoy turkey and potluck. The host
family was Ken and Betty Glanville
providing the meat and everyone
else brought the extras. They had a
fun time as usual with lots of visiting
and noise.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Lin Steffler, Kaitlin
Williamson, Cameron Blair, Tim
Dionne, Daniel Fritz, Lilly Fraser,
Jim Fritz, Scott Godkin, Justin
Hoegy, Curtis Wharton, Paul
McCallum, Mary Bernard, Greg
Bowers, Ron Godkin, Pat Langlois,
Devin Bachert, Jeff Robinson, Rick
McDonald and Brea McDonald.
Happy birthday to all!
Big winners
Nanci Ducharme, back left, of the Brussels Legion paid a visit to the students at North Woods
Elementary School to announce that a number of them had won awards for their
Remembrance Day art and poems. Back row, from left: Ducharme; Jayden Fraser, first place
junior colour poster; Ben Bell, second place junior colour poster; John Nesbit, third place
junior colour poster and Alaina Poland, second place junior black and white poster. Front row,
from left: Thomas Warner, first place junior poem; Claire Mitchell, first place junior black and
white poster and Sarah Hastings, third place junior black and white poster. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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