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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-07-16, Page 26Sesquicentennial Greetings to Colborne Township - for 150 years in the making. Armstrong Cwt.= OW WM" Hams WARRANTY PROGRAM GENERAL CONTRACTING REGISTERiU 'BUILDER Ridgewood Park, R.R. 5 Goderich, Ont. NIA 3Y2 -11110414:: •Colint OjitOrtrft • ",.:4 wSdooflupp • rimly *St:g.‘.::::)..4 • 44.,:n:.,:.:<•54 ;••••• • , •••• • • • • "0 . •,• • • • :"i* „. 140:14:050:: spGODE1thH jampacked weekmd is the decision of Colborne, Steering Committe . BY MIKE FERGUSON It's going to be a ijam-packed weekend at the Colborne Township Sesquicentennial celebrations. That's the decision of the Steering Committee and it Chairman, Shirley Hazlitt. In a process that began in February of 1985, with the placing of ads in the local newspaper, Hazlitt says she was first ap- proached by Reeve Russell Kernighan to help plan the events. The members of the steering committee, Keith Homan, Bill Vanstone, Lorna Milburn, Bob Jewell and Hazlitt, met in September, 1985 to talk over ideas about whether a weekend or festivities for the en- tire year should be planned. "We wanted events to interest people of every . age group," says Hazlitt, adding things started to roll after the committee had a game plan. She admits it was difficult to round up the necessary volunteers,. as it "took a bit of arm -twisting at first, because they knew it would be taking a great deal oftime to , plan." But once they realized how much fun they could have, the volunteers came on their own and the community started working together, indicates Hazlitt. As an example, Hazlitt points out that with the Choir there were initially 20 people to help, but "now there's 40." As chairman, Hazlitt asked the committee to try and gather people from all areas of the township, and "they've done a super job at that," she says. Hazlitt reveals that one of the most in- teresting things about the job was the meeting of people ,they didn't know who liv- ed in the Township. "Some in the northern part didn't know residents in the southern • portion," she adds. One of the interesting things Hazlitt says She found out was the trend to urban reas from rural ones. Shirley Hazlitt, Colbdrne Sesquicentennial Committee Chairman and Colborne Con- nections history book editor. "It has changed dramatically," she says, revealing that now in Colborne schools the children are 75 percent urban, and -25 per- cent rural. It is a turnaround from years ago, when about 75 percent of the students were considered rural. "The children just aren't staying on the farm," says Hazlitt, while also acknowledg- ing the. fact that farms are now about 500 acres in size, whereas in the past, farms were generally smaller. Hailitt says she anticipates Colborne Township's Sesquicentennial Celebrations will offer something for everyone. She credits the long hours and hard work put in by all the Committees, volunteers and com- munity as a whole to make the event the big success she predicts it will be. SI appy..Sosquicentenni • to-...Coibprne.-Town.slit r m.. your. tdortd010crint lONGRATULATIONS Your On behalf of all the citizens of Clinton we'are pleased to extend to the citizens of Colborne Township congratulations on your 150th Birthday: . MAYOR: John A. Balfour REEVE: Bee Cooke DEPUTY REEVE: Rosemary Armstrong COUNCILLORS: Case Buffi9ga, Ross Carter, John Cochrane, Gord Gerrits, Ken Holmes, Bonnie Jewitt. THE ,CORPORATION OF • THE TOWN OF CLINTON Anniversary Colborne Township Peter S. MacEwan insurance Brokers 38 St. David 524-9531: elel • I I •'SI1.