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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-06-20, Page 3Ethel area residents from six to sixty took part in a Walkathon from Ethel to Brussels and return on Saturday to raise money for a tennis court in the village. Shown here are three of those who took part,.Mrs. Doug Evans and son, Roger, in the •stroller and. Mrs. George Pearson. News of Ethel Hold walk for tennis court • • vrias:eetwia,....iit esmistifvoi,ssimatekat • • Mr: ton visited and rS. Ken Fife of „• • BUrling • " 3 Pkgs, 00 6 pearSOn and family: Mr and MrS. Albert Cardiff • Mrs. S ewer y • •- Elsie Cunningham. ItOLLS „ NBR SPECIAL • :HILTS F001) Mr. and Mrs: Howard Klein- Correspondent Mrs. Chester Earl, • A group of 'interested residents organized a walkathon on Saturday to' raise funds for : a tennis court for the community of Ethel. Fifty-eight people joined • • • • • • • 6 4 • 4 4 • 6-4 • • • 6•• 4. • 4 • • 4 . •• • • •4 6 4 • '' Phone 887-9339' • • • 6 *Ai *It 4,4040.44 • 4.1411.6444iiii 6 -144 11,11 it* 4 6 .-1*; ESTON HAMBURG and WM • • • ' • 'SUNKIST ORANGES • t t Henn and family. in the 14 mile walk from Ethel to Brussels and back to Ethel, in- eluding• a youngster of six years all, trie way to older ones who are still young in heart. Only , five children did not finish, and even they walked eleven miles. Mrs. Deng Wardlaw visited We .DetiVer. • Sunday in Wingham with Mr. and • M ARKET • thern Ontario. • . • • •. visited in Ayr thiS 'past Week: Mr. and Mrs: Wm. JOnag of Ktirtzville visited Sunday with Mr. and MrS. Chas. Beheekers Mr. and' Mrs, ken Scheerer and pamela of GoderiCh spent, the Weekend at the same Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dobson and family spent the weekend at 'their trailer at Boiler Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Smith and family, Lakeside. visited Mrs. Layton Smith, Saturday. Mrs. R.J. Annett, Brussels, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Les Crozeir over the weekend. striber spent a few days In Nor- MrS: Estelle Fritz and Eleanor Of Waterloo Visited Mrs. Ruth Colton. Mr. Don Lloyd, Mrs. Joan Lloyd and Tom of Bramalea, Miss Jennie Lyn, Toronto, visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. George Lynn spent Wed. in. Bramalea attend- ing a shower in honour of Miss Jennie Lynn at the home of Mrs. Proceeds of the walkathon are not yet available.' Mr. and Mrs. Chester Earl and Judy, Mr. and. Mrs: Carl McDonald and Mr. and Mrs. Les Earl, Atwood, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Earl, Owen Sound. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Stephenson were Mr. and Mrs. Doug Jess, Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Stephenson re- turned with them to Hamilton for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Hall and family visited Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hail. Visitors on-Sunday with 'mr. and Mrs. Elmer Downey were Rev. and Mrs. Harry Jennings, Wroxeter; Mrs. Charles Laurence , Gorrie; Mr. and Mrs. G. Downey, Mitchell. In scanning the Zurich Citizens News we note, that the Zurich and District Chamber of Commerce are presently studying the possibility of, operating an outdoor street market for the summer months. Officials feel that an outdoor street market in. Zurich would be a great attrac- tion for persons living along the lake during these months. Merchandise restrictions would rule that only locally grown or produced products would be for sale. If the plan should go through, the market would' probably operate for a half or full day each week depending on the customer reac- tion. The Teeswater News reports tht J. Stewart McDonald, clerk • of Culross Township, was honored on Saturday evening by friends in recognition of his forty years service as clerk of the Township. lie received an engraved plaque to commemorate his service to the community. - - - Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuntz, Formosa, were honored on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. - - -Paul Fischer, Teeswater, while dismantling an old barn back of his 'home, found a box of old receipts. The bills-were from Home Bakery, Walkerton, dated September 1933 and were for bread sold to Mr. weishar who operated 'a store next to Meyer's Meats, now a vacant lot. Bread was 7 cents a loaf and was purchased by him in $O bo75 loaf lOts. • 4;1';',I., The Lucknow Sentinel reports that Mr. and Mrs. Nick Perry celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. To mark the occasion the Drennan Clan held a family reunion in. Detroit. Mrs. Perry is the former. Eva Dren-- nan. - - - -Mr. and Mrs. Al -Irwin were honored on the occasion of their 40th Wedding Anniversary. The surprise party was held .at the home of their daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Gibson. The Blytrh standard, beginning Monday morning, will be open for business in its -new location in the former Lavis Insurance office on Queen Street. - - - Mr. and. Mrs. Leslie Bolt . of Belgrave were honored by their family and .friends at a reception and dance on the occasion of their 40th wedding Anniversary, in the Belgrave Institute Hall. According to the Wingham Advance-Times the • 19th Canadian Field Regiment, R.C.A. held their reunion over the weekend in wingham. Men from the '55th Battery of London, the 63rd Battery of Guelph and the 99th Battery of Wingham, gathered from all parts of Canada for this reunion held every five years. One hundred and fifty /Members I registered at the Canadian Legion. Hall and a total of 272 f-- r persons sat down to the Saturday night banquet. -- - Fire at the home of. Mr. , Kirk Vanstone in Lower Wingham,' ; Turnberry Township; on Friday afternoon, damaging the rear attic Of the house with smoke and water damage to the rest, totalling. about $3;000. - -- Howick • Township Council has agreed at' their regular meeting to give a : grant of $1,000 to the Howick Lions Club when work on the 'new swimming pool in GOrrie is completed. The pool, located at the south end of Gorrie, is scheduled to be completed in July. With two weeks to go, according to the Exeter Times- Advocate, before th e Exeter Centennial gets underway, the Centennial committee have opened an office and advance sale of tickets for all events during the week will begin immediately. Chairman Derry Boyle plans to have the office open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will be operated by volunteer help. You are advised to purchase your tickets. early. - - - Exeter area youngsters probably won't have the local swimming pool available to help beat the, heat until next week. Road ConditiOnS in the vicinity of the pool has,. caused the change in the scheduled opening at an earlier' date. - - - Two new dentists,Dr. Jim .Jean and Dr. Russell Lingard have taken up practice in Exeter. They are 're- placing ,Dr. Harvey Cowen, who is retiring after 50 years in dentistry, 38 of those in Exeter, and Dr.'Donald Grafton, 'who is leaving to take a, two-year course at the University Of Michigan. - ,.- ,, Mr. and Mrs. Teunis Berends celebrated their 40th wedding AnniverSary Saturday With a family dinner at' the Dominion Hotel, Zurich. According to the Goderich Signal-Star, the Knights Of ' COlumbus sponsored walk-a-thon of 25 MHOS to raise funds for the anti-abortion publicity campaign realized alinost $2,000 on Saturday. - - - Some 70 out of 130 participants completed the full route. Jein ,Dykstra, . Goderich, made 22 miles and at 64 was the Oldest par, ticipant. ;- - - TWO htindred persons paid $40 a plate raising $8,000 towards a proposed Ripley Bports Complex at a raising fund kick-,off dinner Thursday evening. Guest Speaker' .for the occasion was Paul Henderson of the Toronto Maple Leafs. , ,, , Mr. and. Mrs. Glenwood E. NelSOn Celebrated the 50th Wedding Anniversary quietly With their family on Sunday: The Clinton NeWS.-ReCOrd reports that 12 families from New Brunswick will locate in Clinton and area as a result of skilled labor Shortage in the.iridustries eidlititOn. Three families arrived last ThUrSclay and will start immediate employment in heat industries : ., - The Clinton kinsmen ' deCided last Week to sponsor and fund a Clinton Centennial Band composed Ot Children between the ages .of eight and fifteen years of age. ,., -• Although the chances are only one in ten of diSdoVering oil or gas, a drilling crew from Rawlings Drilling of Chathain began drilling last week on the farm of Merino Martin on the Base Line, two miles' north of Clinton: The crew will be' drilling a test hole to a depth • of 2,000 feet for PoUnder and liarMan of tendon in the hopes of discovering: either bit or natural gas. ,THE BRUSSELS. kitt JUNE` 20‘1033-