HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-06-30, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2011. PAGE 7.Students plan swimming, biking, trips for vacation
The news doesn’t change about
the weather much. Rain, hot, cool,
dry, work between showers, cut lawn
when you can and hope for better
weather to come.
When the newspaper comes out it
will be the last day of school and
summer vacation will have started.
Many parents are not exactly happy
about what to do with the kids all
summer, but I can tell you, there are
many excited children with big plans
for the summer. They are telling me
that they are going to Canada’s
Wonderland, camping, swimming,
working, having a babysitter,
helping mom or dad, or “I don’t
know”, nothing. I can report that I’m
happy to be having a break for the
summer from that job and I know
that time will fly and that 10 weekswill pass quickly. Happy summer toeveryone.There were some happycelebrations this past week. For theoccasion of Mary Humphries’
birthday, several Walton ladies took
Mary out for a birthday lunch. They
went to Millington’s in Brucefield
and enjoyed a leisurely lunch and
visit for a couple of hours. Enjoying
the afternoon was the birthday girl
Mary, Marjory Humphries, Anne
Ryan, Audrey Hackwell from
Walton and joining them was
Marilyn McDonald from Grand
Bend and Barb Tervitt, Wingham.
The ladies had an excellent meal and
day.
More than one celebration was
needed to usher in Shawn Rennick’s
24th birthday. A group of
Walton/Seaforth friends gathered at
the Seaforth bakeshop to surprise
him for his June 16 birthday. Karen
Braecker, Sherry McCall, Carol Ann
Campbell, Jennifer Vellinga, Garry
and Irene Finlayson surprised him
with a birthday luncheon and fun
time. A second party was held the
following Saturday for his many
family members at the home of his
parents, Bert and Carol Rennick.
Happy birthday Shawn!It is still the season for showersand one was held on Sunday at thehome of Tom and Joyce Williamson.Joyce, along with daughters Sarah,Katie and Nicole and Dianne Blake
were the hostesses for a shower for
Sarah Van Loon, fiancée of Devin
Blake. The come and go shower
welcomed everyone and Sarah
received many beautiful gifts from
the Blake and Wasson relatives. A
seasonal lunch of angel food cake
with fresh strawberries was enjoyed
by all. The wedding will be held
Aug. 6.
A wedding anniversary gathering
was held on the weekend for Paul
and Carolyn Somerville to celebrate
35 years of married life. The couple
was wed in Blyth on June 26 and had
a family of three boys – Craig, Brad
and Scott. The boys were unable to
attend the day but 22 members of the
family and wedding party met at the
White Carnation to enjoy a delicious
dinner together. The group was then
invited to the home of Jim and
Evelyn (sister of Carolyn’s) Blake’s
home for a social time together.
Congrats to Paul and Carolyn.
It was birthday party time and
celebration for Edna McLellan on
Saturday night. Edna has reached theripe old age of 75 and kicked up herheels dancing at the Brussels, Morrisand Grey Community Centre.There were many Walton areafarmers who attended the grand
opening of the Parrish and
Heimbecker white bean processing
plant in Hensall on Friday. The
afternoon included many guest
speakers addressing the over 300 in
attendance on a variety of issues
facing farmers today. The day ended
with a delicious meal prepared by
Pine Ridge Caterers. Some of the
many locals attending included
Lorne, Ken and Betty Glanville,
Don Dodds, Ken Dalton, Henry
Grobbink, Rick McDonald, Ralph
Bos and Ken and Paul Johnston.
Paul and Cheryl Ryan, along with
a few other bikers friends from
around the area and some from
Kitchener had a trip away last week.
They went to Baconia, New
Hampshire to attend a bike rally.
They had a nice trip and a good time.
Margery Huether has returned
from a trip across the pond. She flew
to Ford Lauderdale, Florida where
she boarded the cruise ship. The
cruise headed up the east coast of the
U.S. and after reaching New York,
headed east across the Atlantic to the
Azore Islands. It took five days to
sail across and it was very
enjoyable. The trip toured Portugal,
Spain, France, Belgium and
Holland.
When the cruise ended, Margery
met a teacher friend in Zurich,
Switzerland for a few days’ visit.
Margery returned weary but reports
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PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
NEWS
FROM WALTON
There were many local folks
attending the Buck and Doe for Brad
Stephenson and Becky Bylsma at
the Listowel Agricultural Hall on the
weekend. Brad’s co-workers
surprised Brad and Becky with a gift
for their new three-acre property and
home near Seaforth. They wanted to
boost his farming experience and
gave him his first little black goat.
They are sure that the goat could use
some friends to share the barn with,
so any donations of more goats
would be appreciated. Checking
with Brad and Becky first, might be
a plan.
Our get-well wishes go out to
Maryanne Bone who is coming
along nicely from her shoulder
injury and surgery. Ruth Lowe is
feeling better since they drained the
infection-filled knee and removed
the solid mass of clots that had
formed. Both of these ladies are at
home and recovering. Ladies still in
hospital include Isabelle Workman,
Doreen Hackwell and Mary Mann.
We are hoping they are coming
along well.
Our sympathies are extended to
the family of Elsie Shaw. Elsie was
in her 100th year and had been a
patient at Fordwich Nursing Home
for just about a year. She will be
missed by her surviving children
Jim, Harvey, Dorothy and Edith and
their families. Our condolences to
the family and extended family.
Duff’s United Church, celebrated
its anniversary service on Sunday. It
was the 99th year for the building
and the 146th anniversary of the
congregation. The near 75 members
and friends of Duff’s were
welcomed by Gloria Wilbee. She
thanked the many involved in
making the service a celebration
including musicians Marion Godkin,
Margery Huether and Phyllis
Mitchell, special singers Darlene
Vander Veen and Deb Siertsema,
those who placed flowers in memory
of loves ones, and the cooks outside,
Lorne Glanville and Steve Dennis
and Judy Valley for the barbecued
hamburgers and hotdogs everyone
would enjoy for lunch. She
introduced the guest speaker of the
day and former minister of Duff’s
United, the Rev. Randy Banks. Rev.
Randy conducted the service with
help for Rev. Peter of Duff’s. Rev.
Randy read a from a book he has
kept for many years, the names of
the babies baptized during his four-
year tenure in Walton, 1992-1996.
He also read from the history book
of Duff’s Church that he has kept all
these years about the beginnings of
our church.
His sermon was entitled, “The
Church in All Its Might/Mite” and
he spoke of how the drawing
together of many people is the
“mite” to become the mighty. Even
the smallest of gifts will be blessed
and multiply to become more if all
believe in the name of God. Rev.
Randy spoke of the joy of living in
this community and of the sadness
experienced here as well. It was a
wonderful service and everyone
enjoyed visiting with Rev. Randy
over lunch.
Announcements include that the
church is on holidays the month of
July. The month of July has two
events for UCW – Blyth Festival
dinner and catering the McGavin
75th anniversary late lunch.
There were five members of the
UCW cater to the first Blyth Festival
dinner this past Saturday evening.
They fed 31 folks following the
afternoon theatre performance.
Helping the UCW were Gloria
Wilbee, Helen Craig, Jo-Ann
McDonald, Annalies Ringgenberg
and Heidi McClure. Thanks ladies.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week to finish June include Jill Fritz,
Mary Humphries, Kendra Wilts,
Tabb McCallum, Nora Humphries,
Larry Kale, Stephen Todd, Ken
McCallum, Sandy Terpstra, Kevin
Huether and Caden Lee. Happy
birthday to all.
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The month of June is known as
Seniors Month and the Seniors
games are held. They actually start
in May and finish by mid-June
(before it gets too hot). The Seniors
Clubs of Ontario have just
completed the five weeks of
competition at the local level.
District 29, Huron, Perth and
Middlesex Counties, had their
banquet June 18 and presented gold,
silver and bronze medals to the
winners. The Seaforth Club received
a plaque for the greatest number of
participants in the “B” Division.
Local woman Joan Perrie has
participated in the games many
times and this year was no
exception. She participated in the
Prediction Walking event held in
Stratford on one of the hottest days
in May, but it was a pleasant three-
kilometre walk along the river. Joan
estimated her time for the walk at 32
minutes and completed the walk in
31.5. She placed fourth. Joan also
Goat given as buck and doe gift to Seaforth farmer
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