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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-08-30, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012. COMING EVENTS at the BRUSSELS LEGION for September SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Euchre tournament at 1:00 pm. Bring your own partner. Cash Prizes. Lunch. $5.00 per person. —————————— SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Sunday Night Dance from 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm $10 per person. Lunch. Enjoy the music of The Red Rascal Band. —————————— FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 22, 23 Food Booth at the Huron County Fast Ball Tournament. Comrades contact the Branch to help. —————————— SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Euchre tournament at 1:00 pm. Bring your own partner. Cash Prizes. Lunch. $5.00 per person. ———————— SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Sunday Night Dance from 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm $10 per person. Lunch. Enjoy the music of The John Heaman Band. —————————— SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Fish Fry with all the Fixin’s 5:00 - 7:00 pm $13. Adults, $6. Children 6-12, Preschool Free . —————————— Look for this ad the first week of the month only. Auditorium and small meeting room available to rent. Catering available. Info and general inquiries 519-887-6562 or 519-887-6570 At the BranchCaan, McDonald attend council, president meetingBy Jo-Ann McDonaldComrades Deb Caan and Jo-Ann McDonald attended the Fall Counciland Presidents’ meeting held in Clinton last Tuesday evening.President Deb presented her report for the last six months and ComradeJo-Ann presented her PRO report.The upcoming dates for meetings and the Zone and District Convention dates were distributed. A reminder that we are collecting pennies for Parkwood and the goody bags will need to be readied for Sept. 22. The Saturday afternoon euchre at 11-and-a-half tables of players. Winners were: high, Dianne Weber and Shirley, 71; second, Bill Nethery and Bill Logue and Lorraine and Michelle, 69; third, Grace Corbett and Bill Coleman, 68; lone hands, Louise and Mary; low, Jean Bewley and Elunid McNair, 36. Thank you to Jean Davidson for helping Bush Whittard with this week’s euchre. The fish fry crew had an event very close to home at the farm of Brett and Laura Fischer for their Pioneer Seed Customer and information day. The crew of Rick McDonald, Randy White, Barry Currie, Eric and Deb Ross looked after the nearly 100 farmers and families at lunch time on Saturday afternoon. The Branch was the venue for the open house and later, family dinner for the occasion of Leslie and Yvonne Knight’s 50th wedding anniversary. The couple welcomed alarge crowd for the afternoon socialand everyone enjoyed the delicious light lunch provided by the family. The couple invited family and friends to join them at the farm for a visit between the social and the meal. A roast beef dinner was served at 6:30 p.m. to about 90 family and close friends. Entertainment after the meal was provided by grandchildren and various relatives of the couple. The couple had three boys – Rick, Jeff and Gerald and have five grandchildren. Congratulations to Leslie and Yvonne. The meal was provided by Deb Caan, Jo-Ann McDonald, Mabel Glanville, Sharon Robinson, Rick McDonald and Mary Bradshaw. Youth volunteers included Emily and Sara Mitchell and Ashley Stevenson. Comrades Eric Ross and John Lowe attended the District Council meeting held at Mitchell Branch 128 on Sunday afternoon. At the Sunday night dance folks enjoyed the music of a new band, the Tri-Country Band. There was a good crowd of over 85. The great music and evening was enjoyed by all. Just over 50 years ago Yvonne McTaggart and Leslie Knight were wed at the Moncrieff United Church on Aug. 25, 1962. Presided over by Rev. Arthur Higginbotham, the ceremony was witnessed by best man Harold Knight, maid of honour Geraldine McTaggart, ushers Jack Knight and Scott McTaggart, Bridesmaids Dorothy McTaggart, and Marg Sherwin, flower girl Kathy Ward and the ringbearer, Leslie’s nephew Daniel Caryl. Yvonne, the daughter of Allan and Phyllis (nee Ward) McTaggart of RR2 Brussels, and Leslie, son of Gordon and Elsie (nee Smith) Knight of Grey Township, then had their honeymoon in the eastern Canadian provinces before moving to RR3 Brussels where Leslie farmed and Yvonne, formerly a teacher, sold insurance after marriage. Yvonne retired in 2000, and Les is semi-retired as of 2009. The couple have three children: Jeffrey (husband of Nancy), Rick (husband of Naomi) and Gerald (husband of Twyla), as well as six grandchildren, Will, Andrew, Kaitlyn, Elisa, Chris and Dan Knight. The couple are members of the Cranbrook Presbyterian Church and Huronlea Volunteer Auxiliary. Leslie is a member of the Masonic Lodge while Yvonne is a member of the Majestic WI, the Brussels Horticultural Society and the Brussels Agricultural Society. The anniversary party was held on Aug. 25 at the Brussels Legion with an open house from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. and dinner following at 6:30 p.m. The guests of the event were very generous with their donations to the local food bank and the Cranbrook Presbyterian Church. Leslie, Yvonne Knight celebrate 50 years Celebration Leslie and Yvonne Knight celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Brussels Legion on August 25. (Shawn Loughlin photo) The Citizen offices will be closed on Monday, September 3 for The deadlines for the September 6 paper will be Friday, August 31 2 pm in Brussels and 4 pm in Blyth 413 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 NEWS FROM BRUSSELS Keeping the diamond shining The Brussels Optimists received two donations form local baseball clubs to help with the maintenance of the Brussels ball diamond which saw significant improvements last year. Shown are Shawn Daw, right, of the Brussels Tigers donating $3,000 to the Optimists’ Corey Campbell and Mike Thomas, left, donating $1,000 on behalf of the Brussels Men’s Town League. The money will help with touchups made by the Optimists as well as some work on the infield. (Denny Scott photo) Get information on Huron County attractions on the Stops Along The Way section of our website www.northhuron.on.ca #3 And We Try Harder Recent circulation figures for the 8 paid circulation newspapers serving Huron County show The Citizen has the 3rd highest circulation. The Citizen ~ Proudly Community-Owned Since 1985