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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-01-11, Page 8Morris resident Rollie Marks is 100. Marks reached the milestone on Jan. 9. Marks was born Jan. 9, 1907 at his home farm in Morris Twp. Marks was the pride and joy of Wilson and Martha Marks. Marks went on to marry Clara Willoughby and together they had four children, Shirley, Agnes, Helen and Bob. Marks celebrated his centennial with friends and family at the Belgrave Institute Hall with guests coming from as far as Oakville, his nieces and nephew, to celebrate the milestone. PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2007. A century old Rollie Marks was the guest of honour at a birthday celebration at the Belgrave WI Hall this past weekend to mark the occasion of his 100th birthday (Vicky Bremner photo) There were still families celebrating Christmas on Dec. 30 and 31. The Gerald Watson family gathered on Saturday and Sunday. Gerry and Anne Ryan’s family also gathered for their family Christmas on Saturday. Gary and Kelly McNichol celebrated Christmas on Friday with their family. Home for Christmas was Mark McNichol from Alberta. He stayed around for a couple of weeks to enjoy New Year’s with Ontario friends and is now back to the west and home. Neil and Marie McGavin held their family Christmas on this weekend as well. Daughter Heather and husband Bryan and family made the trip back to Walton from their new home in North Bay. Having a very different celebration for their 46th wedding anniversary was Howard and Audrey Hackwell. They spent the evening with 73 Sunday night dance friends and acquaintances at the Brussels Legion. They did their usual jobs, then took the opportunity to have a few dances and brought in the New Year with some Legion friends downstairs. Happy anniversary to the both of them and happy birthday to Audrey as well. Back to the Walton area for Christmas holidays were Alex and Gail Glanville. They stayed at Orvilleand Lila Storey’s and spent lots oftime visiting with the many Storeyand Glanville relatives. The Glanvilleboys enjoyed breakfast and bondingbefore Alex left and I’m sure theStorey girls did their share of get-togethers as well.Alex and Gail returned to Melford,Saskatchewan before New Year’s.Returning from a trip to Mexico were Rick and Margaret McInroy. A good time was reported and good weather. Jeff, Shannon, Jacob Mackenzie and Teagan McGavin received a special Christmas gift from Santa. Christmas morning found a letter under the tree from Santa telling them about a trip to Disneyland. A while later the phone rang and it was Mickey Mouse wanting to talk to Teagan and hoping to see her soon at Disneyland. They packed their bags and Boxing Day morning they were off and drove as far as South Carolina the first day, then on to Disneyland, Florida the next. They stayed at Disneyland and took in Animal Kingdom, the Epcot Centre, Magic Kingdom and MGM Universal Studies. Unfortunately, the two young girls were under the weather with the flu a couple of days and Shannon took it just before leaving. Jeff drove straight home in 19 hours with rest stops to get home early Saturday morning. They still had a good trip with good weather, although a couple days of light rain. A trip the kids will never forget, I’m sure. Off for the weekend to Syracuse, New York for a broomball tournament was the Sniper Team. Walton’s Matt Shortreed, along with Julie Moffat, Rob Warwick and Aaron Bakker were among those who went. No scores to report but they didwell, had fun, but didn’t win thetournament.Mary Humphries is a patient inClinton hospital at this time. We wishher a speedy recovery.Hosting an after New Year’sgathering for friends were Neil andMarie McGavin. Anne and GerryRyan, Jack and Donna Knight,Clarence and Marie McCutcheon, Bob and Renee Richmond, Fred and Teuni Smith, Howard and Audrey Hackwell, Jeanne Kirkby and John Gaunt and Marilyn McDonald enjoyed dinner and a social evening on Wednesday evening. Hosting an afternoon gathering on Thursday afternoon were Margery Huether. She served tea and light lunch to her many Brussels friends including Mary Huether, Dona Knight, Karen Cardiff, Betty Campbell, Mary Bone, Jane Hall, Doris Fischer, Bev Palmer, Isabel Wheeler, Laura Barbour, Anna Cunningham and Leona McDonald. They played cards and enjoyed a tour of Margery’s home and a lovely afternoon together. Spending the weekend in Toronto at the International Motorcycle Show at the International Centre were Chris and Brett Lee. They were there to promote Transcan 2007 and to launch and promote a new MX Stars-of- Tomorrow program. Amateur racers from across the country including Ontario, New Brunswick and New York attended a marketing workshop by Chris to learn how to promote themselves in the racing world. Chris also held the official release of the DVD - All The Marbles which is from the 2006 Transcan. Anyone interested in the DVD can go to the Walton Transcan website for information.The attendance figures for theInternational Motorcycle show camein over 50,000 and Chris reports abusy and very interesting weekend.There are some sad children inWalton as their seven-month oldchocolate lab has disappearedHershey has a red collar and is veryfriendly and if you see him call me or519-887-9608. A family pet missing just breaks everyone’s heart. Celebrating birthdays this past week are New Year’s babies Dave Linton, Brent Melady, Courtney Bachert, Claire Mitchell, Dawn Marcuccio and Alexandria Shahshahani. Other early January babies include Charlie Calhoun, Michael Craig, Don Nolan, Jason Baan, Steve Henderson, Ben Hoegy, Jodi McIntosh, Marie Blake, Caleb Ringgenberg, Evelyn Blake, Marjory Fraser, Luke Fritz, Judy Glauser, Susan McLachlan, Rob Mitchell, Lucas Jacklin, Stewart Steiss, Sal Curreri, David Huether, Ryan Marks, Brian Marks and Rick Pethick. Happy Birthday to all. Celebrating her birthday a little early at the Walton Inn was Marjory Fraser with daughter Carolyn Sullivan enjoying lunch. The gang at the Inn, led by Patty, sang Happy Birthday to Marjory before leaving. Home for family Christmas with Murray and Sherry McCall were Shawna, Doug, Colton and Jaedon and Carali McCall. They spent Sunday, Dec. 24 celebrating before Marcy and family returned to Courchival, France, leaving Christmas Eve. Carali spent another week with them before returning to work in London, England. McCalls also entertained the Ireland family connection Mary and Joyce being able to attend. Continued from page 7 Goderich and ended in a 5-3 loss for Brussels. The locals took the lead early when Zwep passed to Smith to score. Hastings went in on a breakaway to give his team a point. Smith, got the final Brussels goal, taking a shot that found its mark. Baxter picked up the assist. Penalties hurt the team as Goderich picked up a few short- handed goals to take the victory. The Brussels Atom Reps posted another point in the win column when they travelled to Listowel in recent hockey league action. Brock McLean got his team on the scoreboard with an assist from Lexi Smith. Then Brody TenPas set up the play for Jordyn Sholdice to score. The third goal came off the stick of Mitchell Kellington. Colton Hastings picked up the assist on this one. The final goal for Brussels in this 4-2 effort was by TenPas with Reece McArter getting the assist. Matt McNichol played a great game in net. The team next faced off against Zurich away and glided to a 9-3 victory. Kellington and McLean led the onslaught with a hattrick apiece, while TenPas tallied two and Hayden TenPas scored a single. It was a different story when the squad hosted Milverton and came up short by a score of 7-3. B. TenPas and McLean scored the Brussels goals. To bring in the new year, Brussels played Wingham. McLean started the scoring with an assist from Smith. Wingham came back to tie it, but Sholdice broke it with her first goal of the season. Kellington assisted. McLean, with help from H. TenPas popped in another. B. TenPas followed shortly after to increase the Brussels tally. Tanner Cardiff assisted. Wingham put two quick ones past McNichol, but Kellington bulged the twine one more time for Brussels before the game ended. Tykes still undefeated The Blyth Tyke I team blasted through Christmas holidays still undefeated. Brussels came to town and played a strong game but Blyth had the upper edge. With players away on holidays, Sammy Kerr took on the job of netminder and played a strong game. Damon Allen moved back to defence for a strong showing and pre-tyke Colin Howson skated in his second game in weeks digging aggressively in the corners. Blyth ended the game with a 6-4 victory. Goal scorers were Chad Treble with three, Brendan Howson with two and Cody Treble with one. Assists went to Morgan Howson, Brendan Howson, Colin Howson and Cody Treble. First-year players Parker Gibbings and Brock Weber played a strong game on forward. Once again Blyth’s defence played very well guarding the line and backchecking. WINGHAM & DISTRICT HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS “Excellence in Rural Health Care” The next class will be held on Jan. 16/07 at 1:00 p.m. in the Terrace Room. Physician referral is required. Please call Cherie Dolmage, 357-3210 ext. 275 to register. The next class will be held on Jan. 25/07 from 8:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. in the Terrace Room. A doctor’s referral is required. For more information or to register call Cherie Dolmage, RN/CDE at 357-3210 ext. 275 or Linda Kieffer, RN/CDE at ext. 362. If you do not have a fammily doctor and you require medical assistance, PLEASE CALL 357-3703. The clinic is operated on a limited basis BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Visiting hours are 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. daily. If you are ill, please do not visit our patients. CHOLESTEROL CLASS DIABETES EDUCATION DAY Phone: 357-3210 Fax: 357-2931 Website: www.lwha.ca PRIMARY CARE CLINIC REMINDER TO VISITORS Brussels plays Goderich NEWS FROM WALTON By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON Leading the service at Duff’s United Church in the absence of Gail Clarkson was Marie McGavin. Annual reports are needed by Monique Baan immediately and the annual meeting is Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. A potluck dessert item is to be brought. The service continued with Neil McGavin presenting the children’s story and leading the singing of Jesus Loves Me. Graeme Craig sang the anthem and scripture readings were read by Marie. The offering was collected by Graeme and Brian Wilbee. Worshippers were welcomed by Graeme and Michael Craig and extra musical ministry was provided by Margery Huether at the piano, Phyllis Mitchell playing violin and Glenda Morrison as organist. The Huron County Community Home Child Care is seeking individuals who are interested in providing childcare in their own home. For more information about providing care and services available to families contact Val Watson at 519-482-8505 ext. 204. M. McGavin leads service at Duff’s Atom Reps down Listowel Rollie Marks celebrates 100th birthday