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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-08-26, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2010. PAGE 9. Walton residents keep busy after motocross The village is much quieter this week without the roar of motocross, but people have been busy. The hot weather has many farmers taking third-cut hay and checking out the soybean crops for any bugs and or mold. The white beans are beginning to turn with all the sunshine and crop specialists report that the crops are ahead of schedule mostly. Let’s hope the fall is as great as the summer has been. The only Friday the 13th this year was celebrated with the annual motorcycle gathering at Port Dover. There were about 30 area folks including Paul, Cheryl and Curtis Ryan attending the 50th gathering of the event. They headed down on Thursday and camped and enjoyed the special festivities and meeting up with folks they have met over the years. ’Tis the time of year for showers and a shower was held for the bride- to-be of Tanner Leslie, Lonnie Horst at the Brodhagen Hall. Mother of the groom, Patty Banks looked lovely to meet the many friends, relatives and neighbours of the area who attended. The very funny creation of wedding dresses from toilet paper entertained the group and the bride received many lovely gifts. The bride is the daughter of Richard and Marjorie Horst. A shower was held for Carali McCall at Cavan United Church, Winthrop. Carali is the daughter of Murray and Sherry McCall and was home from England for a quick visit before her wedding in September. The shower was well attended and an amusing video presentation by Marion Hunt as well as step dancing, clogging, piano and singing numbers were performed. Our condolences are expressed to Joe McClelland and son Mark on the loss of wife and mother, Sheila (Bignell) McClelland. Joe and Sheila lived many years on the Jamestown Road and moved to Walton about four years ago. They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in July with a party for their family, friends and neighbours. Our sympathies to all. Summer is holiday time and returning from a four-day shopping trip to Grove City, Pennsylvania was Lily Fincham. The Great Canadian bus tour featured tours of the area sights, a stay at the Hampton Inn and shopping at the Mill Creek Mall. Lily reports that most everything was on sale and there is no tax on clothes so she accomplished most of her birthday and Christmas shopping. Returning from the west are Clarence and Rosemarie Bishop where they visited with their granddaughter Kayla. Kayla has been working at Werner Bros. Riding Stables at Banff doing carriage rides and more. They were away a week and crammed in a sidetrip to the Okanogan Valley, the IceFields and Vernon B.C. They wenton a three-hour trail ride in a wagoninto the mountains and saw lots ofwildlife including mountain elk, sheep, goats and bears. They also had a chance to visit with a past 4-H exchange student, Ian Marshall. It was a full week with lots to see and do and they returned a tired pair. Welcome home! Margery Huether has returned from a four-day trip to P.E.I. She was visiting with friends she had met in Florida. She was in the area of the Anne of Green Gables home and enjoyed the sights and her visit. Making the trip to the East Coast were Steve and Marni Knight. They headed out to visit with Steve’s sister Joanne and Weldon, Andrew and Allison. They live at St. John, New Brunswick and Steve and Marni spent a lot of time catching up with the kids, while the parents were away at work. They went to Fundy National Park and walked the trails, went kayaking on the lake and enjoyed the beautiful sights. The St. John port is always popular when cruise ships pull in and there is a market and many buskers around. A very popular busker is the “Granite Man”. He looks like a stone statue and stands for hours never moving and many cannot believe he is alive. Unfortunately, there was no ship this day and they missed the performance but instead they ran into the Gay Pride Parade and the many uniquely dressed participants. They had a great time with the Black family and for your information, it is an 18-hour drive to St. John, New Brunswick. We are pleased to report that Edna (Ralph) Pearson is now a resident of Huronlea and is very happy to be among her many friends of the Brussels area. The coffee group of J.R.s was surprised and treated to coffee and cake in celebration of George Cousin’s birthday. It was a special birthday for George but you will have to ask George how special. The ladies coffee group gathered for cake to celebrate August birthdays as well last week. Celebrating in August are Marg Work, Mary Huether, Leona McDonald, Fran Bremner and Nora Stephenson. Happy birthday ladies. A dual celebration for Clyde McClure and wife Cathy McClure was held at their home. The combo number of 110 years young for the two of them was celebrated. When you add 60 and 50 you get 110, you can decide which one is which. They had many family and friends join them in their celebration and happy birthday to both. Congratulations to Brian and Sheila Prescott on celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this past weekend at the Brussels Legion. They had a wonderful crowd of folks drop in to wish them well in the afternoon and enjoyed a family and friend dinner in the evening. Congrats to them. Family reunions are always fun and the Newman reunion was no exception. Marilyn (Newman) McDonald and her family, Jim, Bruce,Cathy,Heather,Pat and Jeanne and their families gathered at the Shall-Be-Inn near Hensall for a wonderful afternoon with over 60 members of the Newman family. The Stevens family reunion was held at the Seaforth Lion’s Park with 26 family members attending. Leona (Stevens) McDonald was surprised when the gathering also celebrated her 80th birthday with cake and gifts. Rick and family, daughter Karin attended along with Leona’s sister Marg Rogerson, and manyextended family members.The Wayne Lowe AnnualBarbecue was a great success lastweek at Murray Lowe’s Barbershop.The many members of the extended family were on hand to man the barbecues and a donation jar garnered nearly $1,800 for the fight against cancer. Great job folks. Chris and Judy Lee had a good and bad experience on the weekend. They were lucky to have tickets to the Toronto Argonauts’ game on Friday evening. They headed to Toronto in the afternoon and had the horrible experience of getting caught in a traffic jam that had them sitting on the road for five hours, moving inches at a time. They arrived at the hotel, well after the start time of the game, checked and found the game was at half time and managed to get to the stadium to see the last half of the game. Good luck to have tickets, bad luck to have the traffic jam and good luck to see the Hamilton Ti- cats defeat the Argos. Celebrating a special birthday was Kathleen Semple. Kathleen’s family celebrated her 80th birthday with a family gathering of about 25 folks at Kathleen’s home with a social afternoon and meal. Kathleen’s children are Calvin, Janis, Robina and Kevin (who was unable to attend). Congrats to Kathleen! A good turnout of family, friends and neighbours were on hand for the barbecue buck and doe for our daughter Kelly McDonald andfiancé Adam Jarosz. It was held atthe farm of Scott and AliciaMcDonald and folks enjoyed abarbecued pig, corn roast and anarray of salads and desserts. A silent auction was held and a wonderful evening was enjoyed. Family and friends gathered for a surprise party for Terri Gulutzen to celebrate her 40th birthday, hosted by her husband and children. She was surprised when friends started to arrive in the afternoon and the party was on. Socializing and a potluck meal was enjoyed by all. Congratulations to Al and Rebecca DeVos on the birth of a daughter Hayden Sophia last week. Gary and Heather Dauphin are the proud grandparents of grandchild number six. Duff’s United Church in Walton held its Sunday service at the farm of Lorne and Bonnie Glanville on Sunday. The weather held for the good crowd of near 40 to enjoy the beautiful garden setting of the service. Special music was provided by members of Duff’s including Gloria Wilbee, Marie McGavin, Marion Godkin, Pearl McCallum and Phyllis Mitchell. 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