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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-07-22, Page 6uc know Sentinel, Wednesday, July 22, 1998 • by. Tier COOrtney and. Itlitegliret Ellington Descendants of the late Joseph and Grace (Westrope) Courtney held their annual. family reunion on Saturday at the Lions Community Park in Blyth. Special: welcome was given to 'everyone espe- cially Vivian Bryan. axf Toronto and to Ralph Austin, and family Peter, Jennifer,. and Liam from Langley, British Cpluttnbia, " who had changed holiday plans to arrive early to attend and meet relatives. A bountiful pat, luck dinner provided by approximately 50, mem- bers of the Courtney •darn •was enjoyed, followed by an afternoon of games and Tots of reminiscing Happy birthday was sung to Garb Courtney who celebrated his. 46th that. day: Pictures of each family will be included' in the yearly reunion album. Following the after- noon aeitiw+itaes everyone was entertained by Gary and Chris Courtney et their home, Relatives were present from. Langley, British Columbia; Jackson, Michigan; Allendale, Michigan; Dearborn:, Michigan; " Toronto, Burlington; Glencoe; St, Mary's; London; Point Clark; Goderieh; Clinton;. Lucknow; "Dungannon and Blyth, • ° . .Rose Reber attended the wedding of hev sister Louise, daughter of Rene and Alice. Broehu, tear Steve .Maxwell . in Goderich on: Friday}. July 17. Receptiop" followed at the Blaine and John Dykstra farm, Bayfield.. Janette Hogan of ` Guelph visited recently. • with the coward - Hogan. families. • Rose Reber had. her three nieces Bvanne: Nattiest and Anne Marie Dykstra of .Bayfield spend the. weekend with her. Ralph and Avid Foster were honored by friends and. "neighbors. at a going away party held at the`. home of Bob;and Rose Rising prior to their depan- ture to Goderich,.• This brings the endore pioneer farm "Four Wynd"s" in ' the Foster name from 1920 - 1998. Purchased by Ralph's father Bert in 1920 shortly before 'his untimely death, mother Agnes (Hawkins) Faster, lived on the farm with her tour young, chil- dren. Ruth, Mabel, Ralph and Irene, assisted by her father Wm. Hawkins, until r remarriage, in 1928 to Wm•: Foster, ' when the family moved to Abernethy, Saskatchewan, Upon the ddatln•of her sec - and husband in 1935, the _fa.tnilynreturned to the • Shet perdon area. Son Ralph purchased the farm from his mother Agnes Foster in" :1943 when- has. anarriage to Mair Pentland took place. Mair passed "away in 1953, leaving a young family of three Lynda, . Barbara and Phillip. -.Grandmother Agnes agin returned to the farm offering Ralph assistance. Ralph. married 'vice Bissett, in 1979.and as the story goes lived happily ever after, . Wedding bells rang, -fit 5 p.cnn, on Saturday. July 1,$. when Roney .roan Taylor, daughter • of. Ray - and ,Marion, became the bride of John Nelson Jia rdy, .Son of,Roy •and Ruth, with Sharon 'Willis -Whitwell officiating: at.tungainnon 'United Church, •Artefacting the bride wasmaid of. 'honor Diane Block, and bridesmaids Carol. Hopper, 0e We know that many ole our custonners;'have been,rryi g to call us about billing services'and power • outages. And, we realize that: many "of you have not been able to set *tough:.: even on your second or't"hird .try. °Here's why you qiay be havingtrouble reaching us, With our switch to anew bill and new payment schedules, along with our regular`daily service. inquiries, we are "exper etacing.an unprecedented, high number of calls to our Custoxner Ccunrtnuracatiatis .: Centre, . Although we did add staff tohandle. more calls than usual, we are unable to'lkeep up with;• the high nutnher•of:calls coning 10: For this;, we'd .like to apolaglze• to. each and every caller, We know Char marry customers have.waited a long time;to speak to a customer; setvtce repr'esenterwe.::.. • that others gavetip while on held.... and than; many more of you'..simply:can't-get-throng-in.: o Doii't'worry if you cant get through. .We are doing our best to keep up and ans'ver as many calls as.we can: in the meantime, we'd lake: to assureyouu that you won't incur any additional` charges as a result .ol' delays ire. reaching us. " Our custeMer°service representatives will crake sure "thet you are treated fairly and that questions:you may, have are answered:, l tit:, ax e itre sari)/ roar any iucouven ettc , ; i' .- hristopher Bieber Vice -President Customer Care Services Ontario Castel, ex CnmiTiunicatit'n0 centre, 1 1.403( 57(X) M401001 0440.0 IA fO nix;: t=8BB,02$ 44uI 447a aila vvww.a. tlro.tOU Phone: 1,8$41664.006 : Karen ch, Ts-iBlack orad flLeito v r girlsh Jcnn.a . Pentlen d. The groom's. attendants • were his brother :Kevin Hardy as best mart and ushering. brother Donald :Hardy and. friends Brad Black and Mike Miilian. Jesse Pentland• was ring - hearer A,reception followed Lueknuw Community Centre. A very . elated Dungannongrandmother is Jean Schoebl. withthe arrival of her first grand- child. Luke John. born on June 27, weighing 7 abs„ 11 aati," Proud patents are wrack end Glenda •(formerly Gamble . of Ripley )' ,Sehocbl," who now reside in .Kelowna. British. Columbia. Two 'heel gills- were • heard on the Dusty Hili, . popular CKNX early morning show this. week when they correctly iden- tified the mystery. sound "What the heck is that?' Jane. Lc gten'berg, and Bernice Glenn each won pass to. a Chepstow 'base- 'Lee "Anne Rhinos,;as we l as baqllrnganfodraanCcSppohrl tunity of joining the bits caravan .Lo attend the ,Shama Twain concert at, .. MQlson . park, Acis; 7. ` Margaret Staplers. had the high score of 79 at Dungannon Senior Citizext euchre card party, axa':M Wednesday. evening. Tim Errington, Stuart.: Chaniney " anu: Aileen Troainmer"Were .arlso win. riffs. Jetty., ; and Kaay .` Logtenberg,-arid. family attended the 40th birthday celebration of. her'twin _brothers Roger and Ralph- .. Morrison on. Sa?nclay, Italy WiIkin,, Chesley Juke were weekend" visitors With on Iola hand :Maureen Wilkins; On'Sugday, JOY 5, the; ', descend}tttts of .John -Jackson Hunter gathered in Lucknuwv Jack Hunter was tl son of William A. liu{iter, and Isebella 1-iehn " of Ashfield , Township. Around 1905 he, moved to • Y " the (iocndlands area„. of Manitoba where he raised as family. of 11; six ;boys and five girls, .. Ninety-five Hunter rel- ati,ves from New Rritnswiek, Quebec, •Ontario, Manitoba and tarn to pug1e 7'