HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-07-16, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN,THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009.
Holiday time again has taken
many of our local friends off on
adventures. Helen Craig, along with
her sisters Mary from Vancouver and
Emily from Haliburton had a sister-
s’vacation.
They went to Pelee Island for
three days. They stayed at a very
nice bed and breakfast and enjoyed
better weather then we had around
here. They toured the Pelee Island
Winery and enjoyed the wine tasting
and tour.
They can now say they have been
at the southernmost tip of Canada.
They also enjoyed the many walk-
ing trails, the relaxing pace of the
area and some elegant dining.
Pelee Island is also popular for
pheasant farming. They raise pheas-
ants for hunting.
It was a wonderful time together
for the Elliott sisters.
Members of the Ten Pas family
spent time together at the cottage
home of Jim and Dona Knight last
week in Bayfield. Gathering were
Hank and Aggie Ten Pas, Teresa and
Klaas DeVries, Wilma and Henk
Ensing and Dianne and Reid
Hackwell.
Our Hank and Aggie are always
out for a little fun, and for their
arrival at the cottage last Saturday
afternoon, they felt a little dress up
was needed. The pair arrived at the
home with clown wigs and jester
outfits to the laughter of the rest of
the group. Ben and Chris Ten Pas
dropped by and spent a day with the
group as well.
They had great weather for most
of the week and the day that wasn’t
was spent shopping in Goderich.
It is always fun to get together
with family and talk about the good
old days, their family and of course
each other.
Congratulations to Jack Bosman
on celebrating his 90th birthday last
week. An open house reception was
held at Huronlea with a great crowd
of family, old friends and neighbours
gathered.
Jack’s family of Jim, Shirley and
Gwen and their families enjoyed the
day with their father. Jack formerly
farmed on Canada Company Road,
just outside of Walton. He operated a
gas truck business, Supertest and
then BP, before passing it on to son
Jim. Jack even worked at McGavins
for a time.
He has enjoyed life and family and
congratulations to Jack on reaching
the milestone of 90 years.
A family gathering to visit and to
say goodbye was held at the farm of
Lorne and Bonnie Glanville. The
brothers and sisters of Alex and Art
Glanville gathered for two reasons.
First was to have a visit with Alex
and Gail Glanville here from
Melford, Saskatchewan. They have
been in the area for almost two
weeks and attended other (Storey)
family functions as well as visiting
with Glanvilles and friends.
The second part of the party was a
say goodbye to Art Glanville and
Shelley and Kyle. They are moving
to the small community of Leaville,
near Prince Albert in Saskatchewan.
They are moving to a farm of
Shelley’s relatives.
The two brothers will be about
100 miles from each other.
They enjoyed a potluck dinner and
a wonderful afternoon and evening
together.
The Glanvilles gathered a secondtime on the weekend on Sunday. Itwas the 57th annual reunion of thedescendants of Harold and TillieGlanville. Nearly 90 people gatheredat the Winthrop pavilion and enjoyedvisiting with the distant relatives,enjoyed a fantastic array of food,played games and had a wonderfulafternoon together.I attended a family reunion on
Sunday at the new Brodhagen
Community Centre. It was the 53rd
Beuermann reunion and there were
nearly 80 people in attendance. The
potluck lunch was enjoyed, then the
tradition of a family gathering pic-
ture was taken. We missed the old
front steps of the former Hall for the
picture but the bleachers worked out
well, although they are getting a lit-
tle wobbly.
I went to Palmerston to get my
aunt from the Royal Terrace Home
and she really appreciated getting to
attend the reunion. The new Hall is
beautiful and it was a nice afternoon
of visiting.
Welcome Edna Pletch to her new
home at Huronlea. We hope she
enjoys her new surroundings and
being closer to her husband Tom.
The ladies birthday group gath-
ered to celebrate the July birthday of
Mary Morrow last week. Mary and
husband Cliff farmed in the
Cranbrook area before moving to
Stratford.
The ladies enjoyed a dinner at the
Fireside Café, then returned to the
home of Betty McCutcheon for the
afternoon and cake. Those able to
attend were Betty Knight, Mary
Huether, Bev Smith, Marion Smith,
Fran Bremner, Nora Stephenson,
Isabel Wheeler, Leona McDonald,
Yvonne, Dona and Donna Knight,
Betty McCutcheon and the birthday
girl.
They report a lovely afternoon
together.
It was party time at the home of
Jim and Dona Knight. They cele-
brated their 50th wedding afternoon
on Saturday. They had a tent set up
for their nearly 90 invited guests to
relax and enjoy the speeches, meal
and visiting. Special guests attend-
ing were Dona’s brother, John
Alexander and wife Lois from
Carston, Alberta. They will be visit-
ing around the area for about a week.
Jim and Dona have three daugh-
ters, Brenda, Carla and Karen and
their families were in attendance.
Congratulations to Jim and Dona.
Congratulations to Brad Pryce and
Cindy Meldrum who were married
on Saturday at the Winthrop United
Church. Brad is the son of Brian and
Sharon Pryce. The reception was
held in the beautifully decorated hall
of the Seaforth Community Centre.
Dinner, speeches and dancing fol-
lowed with Grandma Maxine Marks
dancing with her grandson a couple
of times.
The couple will reside on Sawmill
Road, RR4, Walton.
We hope that Edith Wey will be
feeling better soon as she is a patient
in Clinton hospital following a fall
and broken hip.
It was the annual reunion of the
McTaggart clan on Sunday after-
noon. The 71st reunion was held at
the home of Dale and Inez
McTaggart in Sebringville. There
were around 45 in attendance
including Marie McTaggart, who is
98 and has never missed a reunion.
They enjoyed a potluck noon lunch-
eon and a beautiful afternoon for
visiting.
Congratulations to Melinda Ten
Pas and Abi Corbett on hosting a
fantastically successful golf day at
Riverview Golf Course in
Cranbrook. They had 21 teams play
and raised around $3,000 for their
Relay for Life cause.
It is Funfest weekend next week-
end and unfortunately no-one or
group has taken up the reigns oforganizing for the event. The lateWayne Lowe was a communityleader who thought an annual eventwould be great for the town ofBrussels. It is sad to note that there isnobody out there who feels thesame. The annual fastball tournament isstill on and the Anglican Churchpork chop barbecue is also still
planned.
Jim Lee has also arranged to have
music and a car show at the corner of
Main and Sports Drive for the after-
noon.
The community church service is
going to be on Sunday morning for
all to attend at the beautiful conser-
vation area and we hope all these
events planned have a good turnout.
The Walton Hall Board was busy
catering on the weekend. They pre-
pared the meal for the celebration of
Jim and Dona Knight’s 50th anniver-
sary. Getting the job done were
members Judy Lee, Judy Emmrich
and Jo-Ann McDonald.
Walton’s Duff’s United Church
will welcome their new minister to
his first service this Sunday, July 19.
Holidays are over for the church so
plan on attending Rev. Peter’s first
Sunday service this week.
Returning from a week’s holiday
on the motorcycles were Gerry and
Anne Ryan and Don and Pat Dalton.
They went to Lancaster,
Pennsylvania.
They toured the area which is
mostly Amish and very interesting, a
different way of life for sure. They
took trips into the countryside and
enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere. Gerry and Don took a side trip toYork to see the Harley Davidsonplant while the women went shop-ping at the outlet mall. One thingabout travelling on the motorcycles,it limits what you can buy, so it’seasier on the pocketbook. They had perfect weather with suneveryday and a great trip.Anne Ryan returned just in time to
have another day away, this time
with friends Marilyn McDonald and
her sisters Janie and Barb Tervitt and
her friend Jean. They went to St.
Jacobs to the theatre and saw Me and
My Girl. Anne reports that it is
excellent, a hilarious comedy that
had them laughing uncontrollably.
Anne recommends it to all.
The ladies then stopped for dinner
on the way home to complete their
day away.
It was a boys’ gathering on
Saturday to celebrate Brad Knight’s
upcoming wedding. The men went
golfing in Mitchell then enjoyed a
barbecue at Steve Rathwell’s. The
men included Rick McDonald, Jim
McDonald, Steve Knight, Steve
Rathwell, three Mitchell friends and
of course Brad. They had a good
time.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week were Steve Fritz, Richard
Gerber, Mitchell Ryan, Gerald
Watson, Lorna Fraser, Neil Mitchell,
Melanie Kirkby, Alicia Dalton,
Nicholas Shahshahani, Doreen
Hackwell, Ed McClure, Monica
Ryan, Tracey McKee, Gloria Love,
Brenda Finlayson, Reece Hamilton,
and Jackie Glanville.
By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
Newlyweds
It is with great joy that we announce Holly Vallis, daughter
of Rev. Bruce and Cora Vallis, English Harbour West, and
Christopher Armstrong, son of Brian and Elaine Armstrong,
R.R. #1, Ethel, exchanged marriage vows on Saturday, June
27, 2009 at St. Thomas Anglican Church, English Harbour
West, Newfoundland — Holly’s hometown. The celebrant
was the bride’s father. After pictures taken by the ocean, a
reception was held at the Lions Club Hall. A reception to
celebrate Chris and Holly’s marriage will be held at the
Elma Community Centre, Atwood on July 18, 2009.
Congratulations Holly and Chris! Love from the Vallis, Cox,
Jacklin and Armstrong families.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
Monday night baseball basics had
about a dozen children on hand to
have fun. Looking after the evening
activities were Blaine Marks, Jerry
Zwep and Chuck Gulutzen. Children
ages six – 12 are all welcome to
come out and learn the basics and
have fun Mondays at 7 p.m.
Freezees followed.
The Walton Brewers had games on
Tuesday and Wednesday evening at
Walton park. The Tuesday game was
against the Goderich Gators.
The game was scoreless through
the first three innings with Paul
Dolmage on the mound.
The Gators opened the scoring
with their lone run of the night in the
fourth.
Barry Young got the Brewers on
the scoreboard hitting a solo home-
run. A string of hits by the Brewers
by Steve Knight, Adam Verkley and
Scott Leonhardt put another three
runs across the plate and the Brewers
defeated the Gators 4-1. Scott Cox
came in to pitch for the final three
innings to earn the win.
The Wednesday night game was
against the Blyth Barons. Blyth
opened the scoring in the first inning
getting two runs off starting pitcher
Scott McDonald.
The Brewers replied with a single
run in their half of the inning on a
double by Darryl Houston scoring
home on a hit by Steve Hopf.
The Brewers evened the score and
went ahead by one run on a string of
singles by Blaine Marks, Scott
McDonald, Adam Verkley and again
Houston earning two RBIs on his
hit.
The Barons replied in the fifth
inning by scoring two and going
ahead by one.
The Brewers were held off the
scoreboard for the next four innings
and in the seventh, the bats came
alive. Houston took the walk and
Leonhardt’s hit put runners on first
and second. Hopf’s hard chopper up
the middle loaded the bases for
Young, who replied with another
hard chopper up the middle to score
the tying run.
The Brewers failed to score the
winning run in the inning so extra
innings and the international rule of
a runner on second started the
eighth. The Barons scored their run-
ner and went ahead by one in their
half of the eighth. The Brewers
scored their runner on a solid single
by Verkley who then moved to sec-
ond on a passed ball.
A clutch hit by Matt Shortreed
scored the winning run for the
Brewers to defeat the Barons 6-5.
The Brewers have won their last
five games.
Their next home game is July 21
at 8 p.m.
Teams
play ball
Huron East council has authorized
for a repair to the slate roof at the
town hall in Seaforth.
In a lengthy presentation, treasur-
er Brad Knight outlined all of the
areas of Seaforth Town Hall that
need improvements, which includes
the roof as well as brick and multiple
painting projects.
Knight said he had already spoken
to someone who works with slate
rooves, which would have to remain
authentic due to the heritage desig-
nation on the building and that work
could potentially begin soon.
The last major improvements to
the hall were in the early 1980s,
with the roof, rebricking and caulk-
ing being the main points of con-
cern.
In 1987, however, the front porch
was installed and several windows
were replaced, both of which are
concerns now.
Huron East council authorizes
repairs to town hall slate roof