HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-07-17, Page 6Our sympathies and
condolences are extended to
Lynne and John Davies, Chris
and Shannon, on the passing
of Alvin McDonald. They are
also extended to the rest of his
family relatives and the
McDonald relatives in the
Walton and Brussels areas.
Alvin and his wife Vera
lived on Lot 5, Conc. 16 of
Grey Twp. for most of their
married life. They farmed and
delivered mail on RR2,
Brussels for many years after
retiring from farming.
They were able to spend
several winters in Florida and
in later years moved off the
farm to an apartment in
Seaforth.
Alvin loved playing cards
and had a unique sense of
humour. Alvin will be missed
by his many card playing
friends in Seaforth.
The funeral was held in
Thursday at Northside United
Church with a lovely service
conducted by Pastor Elly
Dow. Special music by piper
Ian McCrae celebrated
Alvin’s Scottish heritage.
Words of Remembrance were
given by grandson
Christopher Davies and he did
a wonderful address.
Lunch and a time of
fellowship were enjoyed
following the service prior to
travelling to Brussels
Cemetery for the committal.
Our sympathies to all.
Goodbye and good luck to
Ralph and Joyce Triebner.
They have moved from
Moncrieff Line to Exeter this
past week. We wish them wellin their new home and hope tosee them back aroundBrussels from time to time. Speedy recovery wishes goout to Felicia Souch who hassuffered a severely brokenarm. It happened while agroup was riding fourwheelers. No one else washurt. Hope she feels better
real soon.
Neil and Marie McGavin
had a nice visit with the late
Glenn Oliver and Marilyn
Oliver’s daughter, Leeanne.
She and her husband Dave
McFayden and children
Christopher and Noah
stopped in for lunch and an
afternoon of visiting. They
were holidaying and visiting
in the area as they are from
Pittsburgh. They also stopped
in to visit with aunt and uncle
Joyce and Bill Henderson of
Seaforth.
It was birthday time and
party time for Dona Knight
last week. The ladies gathered
for a trip to the Wingham Golf
and Country Club for a
delicious lunch. The group
then were invited to the home
of Betty Knight to enjoy cake
and coffee. Attending Dona’s
70th birthday party were
Yvonne Knight, Mary
Morrow, Marion Smith, Bev
Smith, Merle McIntosh, Jean
Bewley, Alice Marks, Leona
Armstrong, Betty
McCutcheon, Isabelle
Wheeler, Donna Knight
(Jack), Nora Stephenson,
Fran Bremner and Margery
Huether. They report having a
wonderful afternoon.
Jack and Donna Knight
have lost their company in
daughter Joanne and husband
Weldon with children Andrew
and Allison. They have
returned to New Brunswick
after having a busy two-week
vacation in Ontario. Spending
time with the family includedgoing to a Blue Jays game inToronto and to see the BlueJays earn a 9-8 victory.While in Toronto they alsovisited the Hockey Hall ofFame. Attending the day’s funwere Jack, Joanne and family,Steve and Marni Knight andBrad, Christine and JanineKnight. They had a great
family time together.
It was reunion time at the
home of John Lowe. The 70th
annual McTaggert family
reunion was held on Sunday
afternoon. Marie McTaggert
has the honour of being the
oldest attending (97) and the
longest attending, being at all
70 of them.
Relatives attended from the
Goderich, London, Stratford
and surrounding area. The
group enjoyed a delicious
potluck lunch and a
wonderful afternoon of
visiting.
It was party time and almost
a surprise for Rob
Burkholder. The family
planned a surprise party for
Rob’s 50th birthday for
outside, but the bouts of rain
forced them to spill the beans
about the party, so they could
ready the shed. Nearly 40
friends and family arrived to
enjoy the evening with the
birthday boy. A special
surprise was the arrival of
Rob’s dad, George
Burkholder from Cochrane.
The group enjoyed campfires
and a buffet provided by the
family.
Celebrating a birthday on
the weekend was Gerald
Watson. Daughter Anne with
husband Sal Curruri and
daughter Kristen, and
daughter Mary with husband
Carmen Bernard and family,
Stephen, Christopher,
Michael and Rachel and
children, Maddie and Casey
arrived bearing birthdaydinner and gifts. An enjoyableafternoon was spent together.A bunch of localmotorcycle enthusiastsenjoyed a weekend ride andtrip to Midland. Leaving onSaturday morning, nearly 45motorcyclists of the CanadianMotorcyclists Club ofGoderich, headed off in
groups to the north. There
were five couples from the
Walton area that included
Don and Pat Nolan, Gerry and
Anne Ryan, Don and Pat
Dalton, Paul and Dianne
McCallum and Harvey and
Cindy Holland. After arriving
on Saturday they toured some
of the area and then went on a
boat dinner cruise for the
evening.
On Sunday, they went to
Port Severn to see the boat
lock system, then went to Big
Chute to see how they lift the
boats through the lock system
with cables and rail tracks.
They had perfect weather, no
rain and a great time.
The Glanville family
reunion was held this past
weekend at the Winthrop ball
park pavilion. There were
over 70 attending the 56th
gathering of the descendants
of Harold and Tillie Glanville.
They travelled from
Hamilton, Sault Ste. Marie,
Barrie, Manitoulin Island and
many closer spots to enjoy a
whole day of fun, fellowship
and food. A wonderful
potluck supper was enjoyed
along with games, baseball,
and lots of talk.
Neil Schade was part of a
very special event on the
weekend. It was the 150th
Wallace Twp. anniversary and
Neil arranged a special
gathering.On April 2, 1934, therewere seven young people whostarted at Little CollegeSchool on Hwy. 86 in WallaceTwp. To commemorate theevent, he arranged for thesurviving six friends to ride inhis convertible in the parade.All over 80 years of age, theyhad a fantastic time reuniting
for the evening.
Joining Neil were Betty
(Daley) Dipple, Edna
Matheson (married name
unknown), Helen (Elliott)
Cullen, Bernice (Smith)
Bartja and Dave Matheson.
The seventh schoolmate was
Eric Coates now deceased.
Neil also had five of his
antique tractors in the parade
and his 94-year-old brother
Waldon Schade leading his
tractors on his scooter.
The parade was held in
Kurtzville.
Taking a trip to the north
were Jane, Randy, Sandra,
Nic and Cole Zwep. They
were off to visit with Danica
Zwep who is working for the
summer in Minden. She is
working through a program
with the Ministry of Natural
Resources being a
Stewardship Ranger. She has
been there two weeks and has
been taking courses such as a
canoe course, pleasure craft
operator’s course, WHMIS
and first aid training course.
The Stewardship Ranger
program is eight weeks of
working for the betterment of
the outdoors. Some of the
duties they will experience is
cleaning river beds and
clearing trails through the
bush.
They will spent time at
Kilbear Provincial Park and
learn about outdoor life andthe wilderness.Jane reports that Danica isloving her adventure but notthe mosquitoes. The onlything she was required to takewere workboots and plenty ofmosquito spray.Minden is about a four-hourdrive, so slipping home forthe weekend probably won’t
happen, but time sure slips by
fast and her six remaining
weeks will soon be over.
A great idea by John and
Susan Van Vliet was to host a
Moncrieff neighbours’ party
on Saturday afternoon and
evening. Families were
invited to bring their
lawnchairs, swimsuits, and
outdoor game items to spend
an enjoyable time relaxing
and meeting old neighbours
and new ones on the line. A
barbecue of hot dogs and
hamburgers was provided by
the Van Vliets and guests
brought along salad and/or
dessert.
There was a great crowd on
hand, some dropping in for
the afternoon and others
stopping by in the evening.
What a great idea by the Van
Vliets and thanks from all
who attended.
Duff’s United Church
hosted a Blyth Festival supper
on Saturday evening. They
fed almost 100 theatre patrons
a delicious roast beef meal
before they headed to the
theatre performance of
Harvest.
Celebrating birthdays this
past week include Lorna
Fraser, Neil Mitchell, Melanie
Kirkby,Alicia Dalton, Doreen
Hackwell, Ed McClure,
Monica Ryan, Gloria Love
and Jackie Glanville.
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Happy to comply
Jamie Zimmerman, right, from the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office attended the
most recent meeting of Morris-Turnberry council to present certificates of
compliance for fire services. From left: Blyth fire chief Paul Josling, Wingham
fire chief Harley Gaunt, and Morris-Turnberry mayor Dorothy Kelly. (Keith
Roulson photo)
A request from a Morris-
Turnberry resident for access
to sanitary sewers in North
Huron raised some questions
for council at the July 7
meeting.
North Huron administrator-
clerk Kriss Snell said that the
recommendation was
acceptable to the water
department, and there would
be a review of the agreement
with M-T.
Councillor Archie
MacGowan, however,
wondered if this was going to
be a request that council
would be seeing more of.
“Yes,” said Snell. “If
provincial policies continue,
and I see them becoming even
more strict, we are going to
see a lot of this.”
Councillor Greg
McClinchey asked, then, if it
would ever become logical
for Morris-Turnberry to have
to provide these services on
their own. He and MacGowan
each expressed concern about
providing a service to people
who don’t pay taxes to the
township. They also
wondered if it would over-tax
the North Huron system.
“We do need to be
cautious,” said Snell, “that
our ratepayers have the
priority.”
He explained that outside
residents would buy into the
system and pay for increased
capacity and expansion.
“That extra should be set
aside to expand as required.”
With upgrades, the system
could go into the
neighbouring municipality
indefinitely.
“The long and short of it is
we have to be cautious, but
the more on, the more
affordable it becomes.”
With regards to a second
request, Snell explained that
when the work was done on
Dinsley Street in Blyth, a
decision was made to put in
extra capacity sooner, rather
than later.
“The sewer was out there.
We did the laterals and water
at our cost.”
Now, Snell said, that have
been inquiries from someone
interested in developing two
of the potential six lots.
“Do we charge for the
entire capacity or a portion at
this time? Do we divide the
costs among six potential lots,
which may or may never
happen or do we just get our
money up front for the
two?”
McClinchey wondered why
the ratepayers of North Huron
should subsidize development
in another municipality when
North Huron wouldn’t see the
benefit through taxes.
Snell said that costs would
be recovered. “My
fundamental has always been
that development should pay
for development.”
McGowan agreed that the
idea would be more attractive
if North Huron was going to
get the tax revenue. “That’s
the point Greg’s making. We
keep extending an olive
branch but don’t get the gains.
This is another example of
people not living in the
municipality, but accessing
the services.”
Snell noted that Morris-
Turnberry has plowed the
street. And McGowan added
that they also donate to
recreation.
While there was no formal
recommendation presented
from administration, Snell
suggested council ask for the
full $11,900 up front.
“Go to the municipality and
say this is what we’ve got in
and this is what we want them
to pay,” said Snell.
“With six houses it doesn’t
take long to recoup the cost,”
said McClinchey.
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