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The Citizen, 2011-02-10, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011. PAGE 7. It has been another week of sorrow around the Walton area as two wonderful women of our area passed away. Kathleen Williamson passed peacefully at Clinton Hospital on Feb. 1. Our sympathies are extended to her children Shirley and Tom and their families. Kathleen was a quiet, behind the scenes worker. She often would call and offer her services at many of the functions around Walton. She never desired recognition for her donations of food or time, but loved to help when she could. She had a sly sense of humour that would come out when only a few were present. We had many a chuckle with our friend Kathleen over the years and she will be missed by all. The second long-time resident to pass was Marie Coutts. Marie passed away peacefully with her children, Karen and Connie, by her side at the Seaforth Manor. Our sympathies are extended to her girls and their families. Marie was born just outside of Walton in Grey Township and after retiring from the farm, lived in the village of Walton for over 40 years. She worked at Campbell’s in Listowel and at Bainton’s in Blyth for many years. She was a dedicated member of Duff’s United Church and UCW. She would be seen at the turkey supper in the dressing area, selling turkey and taking tickets in the take-out line. She had a love of birds including her budgies, conures and love birds for many years and a delightful pup named SuLing that she would be seen with walking the streets of Walton. Marie will be missed by her brother Ross Bennett and wife Marg and many members of her extended family. Our condolences to the Coutts and Bennett families. Gerald Watson is a patient in Clinton Public Hospital and George McCutcheon is a patient in Seaforth Hospital. Bob Cunningham is now at Livingston Manor. We send out fast healing wishes to Abby McGavin. Our poor Abby has suffered yet another injury while playing hockey for the Saugeen Maitland Lightning. They were in a tournament in Sarnia when the injury occurred. Abby suffered a severely broken collar bone that required surgery at Sarnia Hospital on Saturday evening. Abby has since returned home, but will be awhile before she is back to normal. Happy healing Abby. Neil and Marie McGavin were away winter camping in Quebec last week. They were joined by friends from the London area. It is particularly “rough” camping, but they have a really good time. The McGavins stopped in North Bay on their way home to have a visit with Heather and Bryan Kelso and family. Grampa Neil had fun playing with the grandchildren including skiing and going ice fishing. Heather’s husband Bryan is now spending 10 days in Indonesia for work. Celebrating a birthday just one year shy of turning 80 was Jane White. She and Clarence enjoyed eating dinner out with some members of her family one day and then was treated to lunch out with Ken and Dawn White another day. The folks of the Alexander street apartments were shocked to hear of the death of one of their neighbourslast week. Don Kitchener passedaway suddenly in his apartment lastweek. Our sympathies are extendedto the Kitchener family.Returning from a week’s vacationare Greg and Sharon Wilson. Theyspent a week in the Dominican Republic at Punta Cana. They enjoyed 80 degree plus temperatures and about one minute of rain while away. Relaxing was the focus of the week and Greg can now be heard complaining that he can’t get warm. The Cranbrook dart club had a good night at the boards and their usual fun time. The high shots of the night went to Sarah Joslin hitting 93 and Nathan Klingenberg hitting 100. These are the two youngest players participating, so they showed the older folks how it’s done. Margery Huether had a busy week last week while home and enjoyed watching the grandchildren playing hockey. Margery travelled to Brussels on Friday evening to watch granddaughter Kennedy play. On Saturday afternoon, grandson Kenny, who plays with the Huron Perth Lakers, was playing in Stratford against a Kitchener team. On Saturday evening she watched grandson Ray, who plays with the Stratford Cullitons, as they played against Waterloo in Waterloo. Ray has also had the opportunity to play with the Saginau Spirits in Sarnia and six games during the Christmas break. Ray is living in Stratford and goes to St. Michael’s High School. Ray is the son of Steve and Kathy Huether. Mike and Nicole Noble have returned from a great vacation/wedding in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. Mike was a groomsman for a long-time friend from Teeswater. The groom now lives in Alberta. There were 51 guests attending, about half from Ontario and half from Alberta. The resort was a beautiful “Dreams” hotel and with a big group, it was big fun. The food was amazing as was the entertainment. They went deep-sea fishing for eight hours, but unfortunately, no fish. They did see humpback whales, sea dolphins, whales, sea turtles and stingrays. The couple spent time playing beach volleyball, boogie boarding, and swimming in the ocean and pool. The couple made lots of new friends, enjoyed a magical wedding and had a fantastic time. A large bunch of friends headed off to Jamaica for a fun vacation including our son Scott and wife Alicia. The other Walton area friends included Darryl and Jody Houston, Chris and Erin Blake, and Seaforth area folks Brian and Jess Dolmage, Barry Young and Sarah McDonald, Jason Denys and Mel, Jason and Meaghan Gemmel and Jason Hulley and friend Chris, 16 in total. They stayed at Breezes Rio Bueno for the week. They had a couple of days of rain and overcast skies most afternoons. They went snorkeling, a day’s catamaran trip and went to Dunn’s River Falls. They had excellent food and a good time. Our sympathies are extended to the family on the sudden passing of Jack Shaw. Jack had been in London and had come home, before takingill again. Our condolences to hisextended family and friends.Joelle Glanville had an unusualand special vacation. She spent twoweeks in Iquluit, Nunavutbabysitting her two nieces, Meganand Erica. They are the children of Paul and Teresa Glanville. The parents went to P.E.I. to look at houses before Paul is transferred there with the RCMP. Joelle spent her days getting the children off to school and then was able to ride along with some of the RCMP members she had met working there this past summer. Paul and Teresa are now living in Charlottetown. Our daughter Kelly and her husband Adam returned from a fabulous month-long honeymoon in Europe. They spent 26 days visiting nine countries and 14 cities. They travelled mostly by bus, took the ferry across the English Channel and enjoyed the experience of riding the underground rails of England and the train through the mountains of Switzerland to France. They flew to Heathrow Airport in England and because of the five-hour time difference, had the most part of the day in London to explore. The first meal they had was the traditional fish and chips of the English. They took the “tube” to see Big Ben and the London Eye ferris wheel. They saw Westminister Abbey, where Princess Diana’s funeral was held and Buckingham Palace. It was later in the day by that point, so there were not as many tourists around so they took some amazing photos. They had an early morning rise to get on the bus and catch the ferry boat to France, a 90- minute ride and then headed to Paris. They went to the Lido, which is on the Avenue Des Champs Elysees and enjoyed a cabaret show which was great. Their bus tour of Paris included stops at the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa and the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower was built for the World’s Fair and was to be only temporary, but the Parisian people fell in love with it and it stayed. They went to the Arc de Triomphe where the tomb of the Unknown Soldier is below the arc’s top. The eternal flame has been burning there since 1921. They had a 45-minute tour of the Catacombs which house the underground graves in Paris. When it was excavated, the stones were used for many of the buildings in Paris. Bodies were moved from other cemeteries and placed in particular fashion. The Notre Dame Church is huge and very beautiful. They returned to the Eiffel Tower but were only allowed to go to the second level. It was very foggy and cold but the view even from there was amazing. They celebrated New Year’s Eve on the top of the Sacre Couer Hill which overlooks the city of Paris and enjoyed fun, food and fireworks. New Year’s Day was a travel and rest day as they headed to Lucerne, Switzerland. They enjoyed a traditional Swiss Fondue lunch and then went to see the Lucerne Lion Statue. The statue of the lion is carved in a large rock and portrays the lion laying on a rock with a knife stabbed in his back. It was made bythe Swiss in honour of the soldiersthat died defending the Louis Familyof France. The knife portrays thebetrayal by France for furtherevents. Adam and Kelly spent an extraday at Lucerne to go to the Swiss Transportation Museum. They saw trains, cars, boats and planes. There was a large model display of all the rail tracks that run through Switzerland. The making of the railway was explained in detail including how they make the tunnels through the mountains. The pair took the train to Lyon, France to meet the rest of their tour group later that day. They stayed the night in Lyon, and then stopped at Port de Gard on the way to Spain. It is a massive bridge made of stones. It was built by the Romans and no mortar was used. All the rocks had to fit perfectly so the bridge would not fall. The bridge was three levels high each featuring large arches, six then nine, then 35 small arches on the top. The French/Spain border is an open border so there is no need to stop. A red stone statue marks the crossing which is located at the base of two mountains on each side creating a natural border. They arrived in Barcelona and enjoyed a night tour of the city. The next day was a travel day and it rained most of the time, so they settled into their seats on the bus and enjoyed a movie. The tour guide was great and while driving entertained the group with a French history lesson and interesting facts about France and their kings. The newlyweds had been in three countries at this point and have seen some wonderful sights and some beautiful scenery. The food for the most part at this point has been pretty good and I will continue their adventure next week. Duff’s United Church welcomed Rev. Peter back from his holiday in Sierra Leone, his country of birth. Hopefully, I will get to speak to him about his trip later this week. Flowers were placed in memory of Kathleen Williamson by her family. There was coffee served following the service on Sunday. Next Sunday, Feb. 13, there will be breakfast following the church service. The UCW ladies have been busy this past week serving the funeral lunches for the late Kathleen Williamson and for the late Marie Coutts. Thanks to the many ladies required to organize, provide food and help for the day. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Arnold den Dekker, Karie Dionne, George Kruse, Heather Williamson, Emilee Bennett, Cody Nichol, Dianne Williamson, Lois Todd, Annette Lewington, Aiden Southgate, Harold McCallum, Ken Shortreed, Sydney Warwick, Mike Alexander, Kim Alcock, Sheila Bauer, Lavern Godkin, Kendra Warwick, Weldon Black and Maleah Taylor. Happy birthday to all. To receive, consider and approve of the 2010 financial statement and auditor’s report; To appoint Auditors; To elect three qualified Directors for a term of three years; The retiring Directors are William Millson, Brad Carno- chan and Tom Dawe who are eligible for re-election. To approve proposed amendments to the company by-laws. To transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting. Any qualifying policyholder wishing to seek election must file their intention to stand for election in writing with the Secretary of the Company at least twenty one days in advance of the Annual Meeting. (By-Law No. 21 (d) ) By order of the Board of Directors McKillop Mutual Insurance Company Seaforth, Ontario Ken Jones, FCIP Corporate Secretary The 134th Annual Meeting of the Members 9, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. MEETING NOTICE MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY The upcoming Council and Committee meetings for the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held: Tuesday February 15 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting Tuesday March 8 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting Tuesday March 15 at 5:30 p.m. Budget Meeting Tuesday March 22 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON NEWS FROM WALTON ON $6.00 THURSDAYS Drop into either of our offices any Thursday with your word classified (maximum 20 words) and pay only $6.00 + HST (paid in advance). That’s $1.00 off regular rates. The Citizen