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Milestone
Doug and Florence Machan of Brussels were guests of
honour at a 50th anniversary open house at the home of
their daughter on Saturday. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Nicely done
The Palmerston Marlins Midget 91s girls fastball team travelled to the Eastern Canadian
fastball championships, Aug. 27-29 in L’lle-Perrot, Quebec. They qualified in the round robin
play to continue to the playoffs and came home with fifth place. Back row, from left: coach
Dave McEachern, Paige Turton, Lauren Bouillon, Ashley McEachern, coach Val Harrison-
Rowsell, Bryanna McNall, Leslie Rowsell, Staci Miller, head coach David Turton. Front:
Jenna Mason, Lynn Boyer, Kaitlin Baker, Katie Feltz, Lauren Kelly, Nicole Leitch, Danielle
Creed. (Photo submitted)
Wilson says kids will
take values to school
It was Sept. 19, 1959 when Rev.
L. Brown united in marriage the
former Florence Dawson of
Wingham and Douglas Machan of
Brussels at the Brussels United
Church manse.
The bride was the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dawson and
the groom was the son of the late
Lawrence and Violet Machan.
Attendants were Florence’s sister,
Mrs. Alex Nethery and the late
Laurie Black, a friend of the couple.
Following a honeymoon to
Northern Ontario, the Machans
resided at the third line of Morris.
Doug was a farmer and carpenter,
while Florence was a housewife and
bookkeeper.
Over the years, the Machan family
grew to include children, Linda (Jim
McDonald) of Brussels, Vickie (Bill
Brophy) of Wingham and Paul
(Janice) Machan of Brussels.
They also have seven
grandchildren.
Since retiring, Doug continues to
restore furniture, while Florence is a
director with the Brussels
Agricultural Society.
On Saturday, the couple’s golden
wedding anniversary was marked
with an open house at the home of
their daughter Linda.
Special guests attended from
Wainfleet, Cambridge, Kitchener,
Orangeville, Wingham and Blyth.
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that it’s their job to teach values at
home to ensure this doesn’t happen.
“Your children will take your
values to school,” Wilson said.
“To whatever school they go to,
they’ll bring your values there with
them.”
Dow’s presentation concentrated
on the high efficiency and low
operating costs Blyth Public School
brought to the ARC process, and
wondered aloud why such an
efficient school would get roped into
a review aimed at inefficiency.
Dow also questioned why area
teachers, who in many cases, were
affected parents as well, were not
able to comment about the process
and express their opinions.
Wilson said that while the struggle
between being a parent as well as a
teacher can be a difficult one,
teachers are always considered to be
teachers.
“Teachers cannot take off their
teachers’hats,” Wilson said. “I can’t
go out and get into a slinging match
at the school where my child is a
pupil. I have to be careful about it.”
Wilson added that when her
position was a cause for concern for
parent-teacher meetings and school-
related topics, she would ask her
husband to represent the family.
When she was in a senior position in
the education system, she said it
wouldn’t be fair to teachers who
might be intimidated by her, so she
avoided these situations wherever
she could.
“It could have been awkward,” she
said.
While Wilson said that all of the
comments she heard last night and
Tuesday night will be included in
her report, she said she didn’t want
any misconstrued information out in
the public. She let petitioners know
that the ultimate decision still rests
with the Avon Maitland District
School Board, not necessarily with
her report or with the Ministry of
Education.
Brussels couple
marks golden day