HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-01-06, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011. PAGE 15.
The Christmas season and New
Year’s has wrapped up 2010 with a
wide range of parties and weather.
Our daughter Kelly’s wedding was
on the weekend of Dec. 18 and all
our extended family from the west
was home. They stayed to celebrate
Christmas with everyone and the
McDonalds gathered at Karin
McDonald Calhoun’s in Bayfield for
a Boxing Day celebration. The first
time since 1999 that the family of
Leona and the late Ken McDonald
were all home. There were only five
grandchildren, and since then all
have added spouses and two great-
grandchildren have arrived. The
group of 17 enjoyed a wonderful
afternoon together but unfortunately,
Leona was unable to attend.
Family members spent time with
her during the day and kept her up to
speed with amusing stories and
pictures of the day. The westerners
have returned to their homes in
Calgary and Vancouver, Charlie to
North Carolina and Kelly and Adam
on their honeymoon to Europe. How
quickly things return to normal.
The family of Neil and Marie
McGavin also gathered for their
family Christmas the weekend
before Christmas. Bryan and
Heather Kelso and family of North
Bay along with the area McGavin
children, Brian, Jeff and Cathy
Melady (Seaforth) and families all
gathered for a great time. It was a
very full household with about 21
filling every available chair. Neil and
Marie attended the Johnston family
Christmas at Terry and Teresa
Johnston’s the next day.
Murray and Ruth McDonald,
Duncan and Elizabeth were home to
Betty McDonald’s over Christmas.
They all went to Waterford to visit
family and Betty had a chance to
visit with her 99-year-old sister and
her 90-year-old sister. The cousins
had a great time catching up with
each other over the couple of days
spent there.
Some people like to be away
during the Christmas break, but
many probably haven’t been to this
place. Iqaluit on Baffin Island, is the
capital of Nunavut and is located on
the inland tip of Frobisher Bay. Jeff
and Shannon McGavin, Jake,
MacKenzie and Teagan went to visit
Shannon’s aunt Jan (Elliott) Riddell
and her husband Bill. The family
drove to Ottawa to catch their flight
to Iqaluit for their five-day visit.
They landed at the Iqaluit Airport
that Jeff says resembles a large train
caboose. They dressed warmly for
the trip but were lucky to experience
temperatures that were around only -
2°C, although one night it was -
19°C. It can get as cold as -50°C but
they were thankful they missed
that.
Where Jan and Bill live, they can
look out and see the water of the
Bay. The area claims to have the
second highest “high tide” in the
world. The water rises 23 feet every
night to recede the next morning. It
is a very different way of life there.
Hunting is a big part of the culture,
but the hunting has not been very
good so far. There has not been
enough ice form to get to what’s
known as the flow edge, so fish and
seal hunting has not been good. The
family enjoyed some different food
including moose ox stew, but Jeff
thought it tasted a lot like beef. The
family enjoyed dinner one night withanother local away from home, Pauland Theresa Glanville and girls. Paulis the son of Lorne and BonnieGlanville and is an RCMP officer.The McGavins returned back toOttawa on Dec. 31 to spend NewYear’s Eve in Ottawa. They expected
to see the usual fireworks, but were
disappointed when there was no
display. Jeff assumes it must be
cutbacks by the government. They
stayed at the Chateau Laurier and it
was a beautiful hotel. They returned
home the next day and now it is back
to routine.
The Christmas season has also
been a season of sadness for many
area families. Our sympathies are
extended to Marie Blake and family
on the passing of George
Blake. George was the husband of
Marie for 65-and-a-half years and
from the time they were married,
lived on the corner of Moncrieff (8th
of Morris) and Brussels Line.
The couple had 10 children, Gerald,
Anne, Jim, Murray, Phil, Joyce,
Bruce and Julie and son Bob and
infant William, who predeceased
him. George farmed alongside many
of his sons and raised cattle and cash
cropped. He loved to drive the
combine and be in the field. He was
also a dealer for Pride Seeds for
many years in the area. A devoted
family man and husband, he would
be seldom seen without Marie or one
of his family by his side.
Our condolences to all the family
and the extended Blake and Deitner
families.
Our sympathies to the Higgins
family on the sudden loss of Marilyn
Higgins. She will be missed by her
children Ken and Deb and their
families. Our condolences to the
extended Higgins and Goll families.
Our condolences are expressed to
the Terpstra family on the sudden
loss of Brian Terpstra. Left to mourn
his passing are wife Annette and two
small children and parents Nick and
Cathy Terpstra of Donegal.
Our sympathies to the extended
Terpstra and Lockhart families of the
area.
The loss of a loved one also
touched the McDonald family, with
the sudden loss of our Aunt Mary
Huether. Our deepest sympathy is
extended to Brian, Dave, Joyce and
Joan and their families on the loss of
Mary. Mary will be remembered as a
long-standing teacher at Brussels
Public School. Many a time in
conversation a name would be
mentioned and she would say, oh
yes, I taught them. Mary was a great
community supporter and attended
almost every function that was held.
She had a great memory for names
and family connections and was the
one who kept the family up to date
with family events. She was an early
bird, a hard worker and would have a
day’s work done before many were
out of bed. She was always busy,
was a former curler, played cards,
entertained her friends, helped at the
church and thought of others with
phone calls, cards or small gifts.
Mary was many things, but she will
always be remembered as a kind and
thoughtful woman to all she called
family and friend. Our condolences
to the extended Huether and
McDonald families.
Our sympathies are extended to
Bill Brown and family on the sudden
loss of wife Clara Brown. Daughters
Betty Glanville and Nora Eckert and
families are offered our condolences.
The hospitals have been a busy
place to visit this Christmas season
with many local folks having stays
there. Seaforth Hospital has Leona
McDonald and Carla Knight as
patients. Howard Hackwell has been
in and out and in and out. Allan
Searle was in Clinton Hospital and
has been released and Kathleen
Williamson is in recovering from hipsurgery there. Doreen Hackwell isout of hospital and is coming alongpretty well. Marie McTaggart is nowin her new bed at Huronlea and EdnaPearson (Alec) is now at theSeaforth Manor. Catching up withHenry Grobbink was easy as he is
recovering from hip surgery. He is
doing very well. We hope Jim
McDonald recovers quickly from a
arm/shoulder injury suffered on a
fall.
Congratulations to Kent and
Jasmine Moffett on the birth of a
wee daughter, Annabelle (Ella). Ella
is a granddaughter for Ken and Gail
(Travis) of Bayfield. A note of
interest is Ella arrived on Tuesday
before daughter Kelly’s wedding and
mom Jasmine was a bridesmaid for
Kelly. Jasmine was a trooper and so
was new daddy Kent and Ella
behaved very well for the day’s
affair. Congratulations to all.
New Year’s Eve marked the
wedding of Scott McNaughton and
Sherri Fields at the Arden Park in
Stratford. Scott is the son of Art and
Joan McNaughton and Sherri is from
Clinton. Ron and Pauline Bennett
are the grandparents and report that
it was a beautiful wedding with a
black, silver and burgundy colour
scheme. Congrats to Scott and
Sherri. The couple is living inHamilton.The year 2010 was a busy year forweddings, but 2011 is looking to bejust as busy. Engaged couplesmaking plans for the upcoming yearinclude Katie Emmrich and RyanJohnston, Katie Williamson
and Darren Janmatt, Sarah
McDonald and Barry Young and
Devin Blake and Sarah Van Loon.
Sounds like a busy summer and
congrats to all.
Congratulations to Howard and
Audrey Hackwell on celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary.
They had family members dropping
by this past week including Pam
from Toronto, Dean and Kelly from
New Hamburg and Patricia and
Sebastian from Toronto. Happy
birthday to Audrey as she celebrated
both occasions on New Year’s Eve
Day.
Celebrating birthdays over the
Christmas season include Michelle
Blake, Reagan Blair, Anne Curreri,
Kerry Blake Dale, Blake Dale, Mark
Gillis, Rob Dionne, Bryan
McKague, Alaina Poland, Kandice
Jacklin, Greg Fritz, Elise
Ringgenberg, Judy Emmrich, Paul
Flaxbard, Audrey Hackwell.
January kicks off with Dave
Linton, Brent Melady, Claire
Mitchell and AlexandriaShahshahani followed by CharlieCalhoun, Michael Craig, Don Nolan,Steve Henderson, Ben Hoegy, JodiMcIntosh, Sarah Stephenson, MarieBlake, Julie McKercher, CalebRinggenberg, Logan Terpstra,Evelyn Blake, Marjory Fraser, Luke
Fritz, Judith Glauser, Rob Mitchell
and Lucas Jacklin. Happy birthday
to all.
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