HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-10-28, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2010.
It has been a good week for the
farmers of the area with the corn har-
vest being the most popular crop
coming off. There are still, if you can
believe, white beans waiting to be
harvested and even hay still being
cut. I have seen just the odd field of
soybeans in our area yet to be har-
vested, but hopefully the weather
holds for a while yet.
Congratulations to The Citizen on
celebrating its 25th anniversary.
There was a good crowd on hand at
each of the offices on Wednesday
and Thursday nights. My sources tell
me that it was an interesting night
and the praises of many were given
by publisher Keith Roulston. It was
reported that one subscriber of The
Citizen threatened to cancel his sub-
scription because of my article.
Keith did not know how to react to
this statement until the gentleman
explained his comment. The gentle-
man explained that my article
reports about the many wonderful
places people travel to and enjoy
great holidays. He was complaining
to Keith that my article has his wife
wanting to go on more vacations to
some of these great places. It’s great
to know that my article is the
root of some discussion in some
homes.
Congratulations to John and Merle
Cousins on celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary. The Cousins
family gathered at the Fireside Café
to enjoy a family dinner. John and
Merle have three children, Doug and
wife Sheila, Ken and wife Sheila and
Gwen and husband Todd. They have
eight grandchildren. The brothers
and sisters of John and Merle were
also in attendance for the day. They
included George and Emily Cousins,
Betty Campbell and Laurie Cousins
and Ross and Joyce Fitch, Earl and
Audrey Fitch and Ruth and Lucian.
The group returned to the home of
Ken and Sheila Cousins to enjoy
cake and ice cream and a few friend-
ly games of cards. Congratulations
to John and Merle.
Our get-well wishes go out to
Mary Mann who is a patient in
Listowel Hospital. We hope she is
improving everyday.
Our thoughts are with Marie
Coutts who is not feeling as well
these days. We hope she is feeling
better.
Our condolences to Mary Ten Pas
and family on the loss of her mother
Joan Winkle.
Enjoying a great visit with family
members is Patty Banks. The mar-
riage of her son Tanner brought
Patty’s brothers from Vanderhof,B.C. for the occasion. Mike Wheelerwas only able to stay for the week-end but along with brother Tim andwife Charlene, they were able to goto London the day after the wedding.They went to Tanner and Loni’shome and then went out to enjoyChinese food, which is quite differ-
ent from the Chinese food of B.C.
Patty spent the week with Tim and
Charlene and they toured Huron
County enjoying the sights. They
went to St. Jacobs, the Farmers’
Market and did the Mennonite tour.
They spent a day at Niagara Falls
and had the highlight treat of having
breakfast at the Walton Inn. They
met many of the area folks and
Patty’s friends. The Wheeler broth-
ers are ranchers and Tim had the
opportunity to talk with some of our
local cattle farmers and other
farm business folks. Their final
day was spent visiting at niece
Brandi and girls’ home before
returning to B.C. Patty reports it was
awesome having her family around
and was glad to have had the time
together.
Harold and Pearl McCallum and
Wayne and Joyce Hartman spent a
wonderful time at Manitoulin over
the past weeks. Pearl reports the
weather was wonderful and the
colour of the leaves was spectacular.
Winthrop United Church hosted
the special occasion of the baptism
of John and Marci McCall
MacBain’s wee daughter, Indre on
Friday afternoon. The church held
many family and friends of the cou-
ple and was decorated for the occa-
sion by Jillian’s of Mitchell. The
McCall MacBain family was around
for only a few days before returning
home.
The Walton turkey supper is com-
ing up fast and help is needed. The
prep begins on Tuesday morning,
continues into the afternoon and set
up at the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre is on Tuesday
evening. There is lots of equipment
to be taken to the arena and tables to
be arranged and set. Cutlery has to
be wrapped and various other jobs to
be done. We need all hands able to
help and young people can earn
community service hours by help-
ing. Wednesday is the big day and
again, the more hands the lighter the
job for all. Men are welcome to help.
Tickets are available from UCW
members, Walton Inn and George’s
to Jo-Ann’s.
The Walton/Winthrop birthday
bunch of ladies (plus one), gathered
at the Walton Inn this week to cele-
brate two October birthdays.
Birthday girls are Brenda Bernard
and Judy Beuerman. The group
included Marlene Glanville,Yolanda
Gubelman, Jennifer Vellinga,
Jeanette Robinson, Karen Braecker
and Carol and Shawn Rennick. The
group had birthday breakfast and
lots of chatter.
A baby shower was hosted by
Laura Beacom for Melissa Beacom
and newborn son, Daniel. Theyreceived many lovely gifts from thefamily and friends attending.Grandma Judy Beuerman reports hewill be the best-dressed young manfor quite a while.What a surprise to find a familiarface in the Ontario Out of Doorsmagazine Fall 2010. In the section
titled “memory bank” are pictures
taken by family and friends of suc-
cessful hunting triumphs. There pic-
tured beside an eight-point buck she
shot was Joelle Glanville of Walton.
The caption states that she arrived
with a pink camo gun case to start
last year’s deer hunt. The guys kind
of snickered, but she had the last
laugh, when she shot the first deer of
the week. Joelle is the oldest
daughter of Robert and Jackie
Glanville.
A reminder that Monday, Nov. 1 isthe beginning of the first deer hunt of2010. Hunters will not have to risequite so early, as Daylight Savingsdoes not end until Nov. 7. It is stilldark until almost 8 a.m. in the morn-ing, so be wary after that for running deer. Of course that means itwill be light longer, so they will be
hunting longer in the day. Just be
watchful as the deer will be on the
move.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Brett Lee, Lois
McCall, Janice MacGillvary, Doug
Bauer, Wayne Todd, Andrew
Groothuis, Teresa Baan, Tanner
Leslie, Dan Taylor, Murray Dennis,
Douglas Wey, Erma Williamson,
Shannon McGavin, John Steffler,
Brianna Williamson and Liam
Sutcliffe. Happy birthday to all.
A great honour
Mike Noble of Brussels, centre, was honoured in Wingham on Oct. 15 as part of the OPP
Western Region Commissioner’s Awards. Noble, a Brussels firefighter, along with his two col-
leagues, Derek Spanninga, left, and Bill Schmidtz, saved the life of a co-worker on Sept. 15,
2009. Noble and his co-workers acted swiftly lowering the 22-year-old victim to the trailer floor
after he attempted suicide at work. Once on the floor, Noble was unable to detect any vital
signs on the victim and began CPR until they were able to obtain a heartbeat. Noble received
the Commissioner’s citation for life saving and the St. John Priory Meritorious Certificate.
Despite initial reports that the man who attempted suicide would have lasting mental effects,
he has now fully recovered and has suffered no lasting effects. (Photo submitted)
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