The Citizen, 2008-06-19, Page 15THE CITIZEN. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008. PAGE 15.
Walton is officially a village again
with re-erection of the Walton sign.
The sign on the east side of Walton,
had suffered damage during the
winter and the wild winds of a week
ago, caused it to topple. It’s back in
place and now everyone can know
they are entering the lovely village
of Walton.
Off to Fort Wayne, Indiana for a
conference were Carman, Mary and
Christopher Bernard. They were
attending a Central boiler furnace
convention and left Wednesday and
returned Saturday. There were two
days of seminars, hands-on
workshops, guest speakers and
brainstorming problem solving. It
was a mostly working and learning
time with not much free time for fun
or sight-seeing.
There were five ladies off to the
Grand Bend theatre to see My Fair
Lady. Enjoying the day were
Audrey Cardiff, Renee Richmond,
Betty Campbell, Mary Bone and
Marie McCutcheon. Following the
performance they went into Grand
Bend and had a visit with Marilyn
McDonald. The ladies then all went
out for dinner together.
Having a great time together for a
special moment in growing up was
Jacob Flood with his mother
Dianne. They joined other members
and friends of the Dolmage family
at a Blue Jay game in Toronto. The
Jays played the Orioles and won.
Jacob was excited to have spent the
day with mom, while dad stayed
home with Hayden and Carson.
Having a surprise visitor were
Howard and Audrey Hackwell. An
old school chum, Murray Mills,
along with his sons and grandson,
stopped in on their way to their
cottage at Bogie’s Beach, nearGoderich. Murray was an oldneighbour and friend of Howard’sfrom McKillop Twp. They had anice visit together.Our sympathies are extended tothree different families of GreyTwp. Mac McIntosh and Merlefarmed in the Cranbrook area formany years before moving to
Listowel. They have kept close with
many of the Cranbrook and
Brussels friends and many attended
Mac’s visitation and memorial
service on the weekend.
Our condolences are extended to
Winnifred Mann and family on the
passing of Charlie Mann.
Condolences also to the extended
members of the Steiss family as
well.
Our sympathy go out to the
Sleightholm family on the passing
of Velma and to the extended
families.
There was an unfortunate incident
for the Blake family, when a hay
wagon toppled over on the side of
the road. Just when the day’s haying
was almost over and everything
going well, a broken rim on the
wheel of the wagon, caused the
problem. Thankfully, Bruce Blake,
the driver was not injured. He was
able to get the wagon off to the side
and was off the tractor, when it was
just like slow motion and the wagon
just gently toppled. An hour later,
all was cleaned up, the wagon
righted and wheel repaired enough
to get home.
It was Friday the thirteenth, and
the gathering of motorcycle
enthusiasts were off to Port Dover.
Trying to break the Guinness World
Book of Records for a gathering of
cyclists, they were aiming for
10,000 and reportedly, on the news
there were over 12,000 in
attendance.
Helping out the cause were lots of
local riders including Don and Pat
Nolan, Don and Pat Dalton, Mike
and Faye Devereaux, Paul and
Cheryl Ryan, Doug and Sheila
Bauer, Greg and Trudy Ryan, Brian
Deitner, Cory Quesenberry, Ron
Smith, Duane Gibson and Kevin
and Rose Kellington. They had toregister to be recognized in thecounty and some of those abovedidn’t, so there was probably a lotmore than the 12,000. They reporthaving a great time and report “whathappens in Dover, stays in Dover”.Returning from a trip to DesMoines, Iowa last week was KevinDeitner. He, along with Mark
Donkers and friend, Hans Leder
from Holland, were attending the
Pork Expo. They were away four
days and had a good time.
It was party time on the weekend.
A party on Sawmill Road, on the
farm or Ron and Becky Janmatt was
held for the occasion of celebrating
their marriage. They were actually
married in Jamaica in April, but
held a reception for family and
friends on the weekend. Brandy
Leslie was an attendant for Becky in
April. Congratulations to them.
On the other corner of Sawmill
Road on the farm of Keith and
Pauline Siemon, a wedding was
taking place. The wedding
ceremony for Amy Siemon and
Jason Kellington was held at the
Siemon home in the back yard. It
was a glorious sunny day, and a
beautiful ceremony. There was a
ride in the old Brussels fire truck for
the groomsmen.
A reception was held in Seaforth
and the newlyweds will be living in
Brussels. Congratulations to Jason
and Amy.
An anniversary party was held at
the cottage of Jim and Dona Knight
for Ken and Aileen Knight of
Goderich in honour of their 50th
anniversary. Many of the Knight
family, including Leslie and
Yvonne, Dorothy, Jack and Donna,
Murray and Sylvia, Harold Knight
and Helen Steele along with several
nieces and nephews were able to
attend. Brad Knight and Brenda
Wheeler barbecued a wonderful
meal and the group enjoyed a
campfire, playing games and
watching the sun set together.
Dropping in for an early Father’s
Day were Dean and Kelly Hackwell
with Howard and Audrey. They
spent Saturday with them and had a
great visit and dinner.It was motocross on the weekendat the Lee farm and it was verysuccessful. The weather was a littlebit damp on Friday evening whenracers were arriving, but theweather co-operated until almostthe end of the day on Sunday. Bythe time the rain hit there were onlytwo races left and they were a
slippery affair.
Seaforth Minor Hockey were
flaggers for the weekend to help in
their fundraising efforts.
Having their annual reunion were
the Craig families. The hosts were
Graeme and Helen Craig at their
farm. Near 55 relatives enjoyed the
day of swimming, games and
eating. Attending were relatives
from Philadelphia, New York, North
Bay, Huntsville, London and many
local areas. Bill Craig was also able
to attend from his home at Braemar.
I hope everyone had Happy
Father’s Day. There sure was a
fantastic turnout for the Brussels
firefighters breakfast, so lots of
fathers must have been fed at least
once on Sunday.
Jeff and Shannon McGavin were
the hosts for the luncheon and
afternoon following the
confirmation of Jacob and
MacKenzie at Duff’s United
Church. Special guests were great-
grandmother Berva Rice, Listowel;
Larry and Peggy Rice, Lourgan
Beach; Bob and Colleen Rowe,
Hensall; Judy Hahn, Brussels; Neil
and Marie McGavin, Brian, Shelley,
Brandon, Abby and Tyson
McGavin, Cathy and Shayna
Melady of the Walton area. They
also celebrated Father’s Day.
Celebrating birthdays last week
were Emily Wilts, Kaden Huether,
Kolton O’Neill, Hillary Bachert,
Jason Konarski, Tanner Boven, Paul
Linton, Mary Baker, Jean Buchanan
and Jamie Clark.
Spending a week’s holidays with
Harold and Pearl McCallum was
Pearl’s sister Shirley Preszcator
from Forest. They passed time
together, visiting, tieing quilts and
taking in the Kinburn chicken
barbecue.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
The Walton Brewers had an
unusual home game on Wednesday
evening last week against the
Belmore team.
Walton’s Scott Cox pitched the
full game coming away with the 6-5
win.
It was a strong defensive game for
Walton. It was in the bottom of the
seventh inning and Walton was down
by a run when a string of singles
were put together. Jamie Pearn got
on base with the first single, and
Darryl Houston slapped a second
single to have two men on. Cox in
his own support, ripped out a solid
single that scored both runners to
take the win for Walton.
The next home game for Walton is
June 24.
The Walton Wonders were visitors
to the strong-hitting Bookies team
on Thursday evening. Lisa DeJong
pitched the first full game for the
Wonders and did very well giving up
only two walks.
Good hits by Jolene McNichol,
Sandra Josling and Joanna Wallace
helped keep the game close in this
17-11 loss for Walton.
Brewers
beat
Belmore
6-5
A special service was held at
Duff’s United Church to celebrate
Father’s Day and the confirmation
of two young people.
Greeting the over 60 people in
attendance were Josef and Suzanne
Studhalter. Being confirmed into
the family of Duff’s United Church
were Jacob and MacKenzie
McGavin.
They assisted in serving
communion with Rev. Sandra Yule.
During the Time for the Young at
Heart, Jacob, MacKenzie, Teagan
McGavin and Heather Bone
presented a powerpoint presentation
for the group Kid’s Care. This is a
dedicated group of elementary
school children passionate about
making a difference. Their mission
is to make a difference in the
school, community and throughout
the world by acting on dreams for a
better tomorrow.
They are promoting a Brick by
Brick campaign, to raise money to
build a school in Kenya. It is an
ambitious endeavour to raise
$20,000 to go to the Free the
Children and Adopt a Village
campaign.
So far, their efforts have raised
nearly $4,000.
Their second endeavour is a
petition to promote recycling in
Huron County. They would like to
see the placement of a recycling
container beside every garbage can
in the county.
The third project they are
promoting is to spread the word that
plastic bags and water bottles are
not necessary and are contributing
to environmental problems.
It was a very interesting
presentation.
Contact Jacob McGavin to make
donations and find out more about
Kid’s Care.
A surprise for the fathers in the
congregation was a special treat of a
mint smoothie.
A social time and light lunch was
held following the church service.
Announcements included that
Sunday school teachers are needed.
Contact Sandra or Monique Baan.
Family members are encouraged
to place flowers in memory of loved
ones in the sanctuary for
anniversary Sunday this week. The
service is at 11 a.m. and the very
special music of Audibly Awesome
Gospel singers will be enjoyed.
Lobb family members are part of
this group.
Bruce Whitmore is the speaker.
All the girls
It was a campout weekend for the Sparks, Brownies, Girl Guides and Pathfinders from
Brussels as they enjoyed the outdoors at leader Janet Mitchell’s home near Walton. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
Special service at Duff’s on Father’s Day
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