HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-08-01, Page 14Page 14--Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 1, 1979
Meet to, discuss seniors' activities
BY FRAN =CLING
The third meeting of inter-
. ested citizens was held in the"
Kingsbridge Parish Hall on
Thursday, July 26th with a
good turnout. Social an&Rec-
reational activities were dis-
cussed with the following list
.compiled: Social - Drama
club, dancing, square danc-
ing, family movies, cards,
quilting and Genealogical re-
search; Recreational" - table
tennis, carpet ball, photo-
graphy, table and floor shuf-
fle board. These were just a
few, of the suggestions of
those attending: There are
many talented people in this
area who possibly would
share their knowledge with
others. They do not have to
be senior citizens, it is open
to all ages who would be
willing to help in many, ways.
Theprogram is for all
denominations and itwas
decided to mail invitations
out to nine different organi-
zations in the area to cometo
the next meeting. By the
dine . you are reading. this
1 write up, you should have
received -your . invitation...If.
,,W... -each of the groups would try
to get a car load to attend,
asking the seniors in their
groups who might not have a
ride otherwise, think 'of the:
good will you could be
spreading. Many have ex-
pressed their support and
hopes . for this type of pro-
gram but we . would like to
see them: coming. out • to the
Meetings, giving their ideas!
The next meeting will be
held on 'August .16th at 2
p.m. Your presence ould be •
appreciated. See you then..
Joe and Teresa.. Courtney
visited Frank • Sullivan ori
;Tuesday; taking Frank out
for a drive. They visited with
friends in Lucknow,. Blyth,
Wingham and. Teeswater.
Among those visited were
Mrs., Tillie MacKenzie and,
Mr. John Boyle of Wingham,
Ewart Jamieson .of Teeswat
er...The.: Courtneys treated
Frank to a birthday supper in
Wingham.
Jerry and Stefanie ` Vogt,
entertained Jerry's uncle,
Frank Sullivan,' on Wednes-
day:, - for his 91.st birthday..
They dined at the Feedlot in
Kincardine. Frank is enjoy-
ing very good health and
loves to visit' with everyone.
The Vogt's . son,,, G.M.T. 3
Peter :Vogt,of the U.S.N.
stationed in, Norfolk, Va. has
beenhome for a .15 day leave
from his ship U.S.S. John
King. His parents drove him
to Detroit on Monday. to visit
his sister, Sue for the day.
He returned to his ship
Tuesday.
John and Rita Howard
visited in Jackson, Michigan
for a few days with tthe
O'Neill families. Peter
O'Neill returned home with
them for holidays with the
Howard and Hogan families.
Recently Marianne Frayne
and -Lawrence Hogan spent
the weekend with her broth-
er,'Danny and his wife, Linda
of Cambridge -Galt. Mr. and
Mrs. Ed O'Grady and family
of Listowel are vacationing at
Lurgan Beach. While there
they are visiting back and
forth with her sister; Betty
and Eugene .Frayne and
family, Doug Frayne of
Brantford is spending a few
days holidaying with- Mrs:
Mary Frayne in Kingsbridge,
and visiting his brothers,
Donald and Eugene and
families.
Thursday callers at Mrs.
Bernadine . Kinney's home
were the Murray sisters,
Barbara "Schmid and Eleanor
Kraemer of Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs, 'Leo Bolland
of Mississauga are enjoying
holidays at the farm of their
son, Dr. and Mrs. Peter
Bolland of Clarkson The Dr.
Bolland family spent the
weekend at their farm on 21
highway.
Yvonne Sinnett, a member
of Kintail Kuties ball team
has her left wrist in a cast, as
the result of being struck by
the ball on Wednesday night..
The Kuties playea against
Kinloss winning the game
with a score of 11 to 6.
Mrs. Nora Sinnett of
Gaithersburg, Maryland,
U.S.A., has been spending
holidays with her son, Jim
and Yvonne and fainily. Mrs.
Sinnett enjoys good health
and has been visiting her
relatives and friends in the
area, Jennifer Sinnett,
daughter of_Denis of Detroit,
is spending holidays at her
uncle Jim Sinnett's home..
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vas=
sella,; Linda and Art Bowler
of Sebringville attended the,
wedding of Art's sister, :Nor-
ma. Margaret, to Joseph
Victor Bator at St. Dominic's
R.C. Church in Mississauga
on July 28th, :
Danny Wilson arrived
home July, 24 to spend holi-
days with his wife, . Eileen.
and family of Kingsbridge. •'•
Danny..: has.:.. a:.month's leave
from his ship, the Gulf
Gat=Gatineau,
• Mrs. Eileen Winger. and
brother, Harold Graf and, his
mother, Mrs. Johanna Graf,
all of Kitchener, spent the
weekend at their cottage at
Victoria Beach. It is located
one mile south of ' Port
Albert. They attend Saturday
night Mass at St. Joseph's
Church every weekend.
Brother Carl's sister; Mrs.
Ed Lienhardt of Waterloo
and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wat-
son of Zurich, a cousin of
Brother Carl.
The .annual Huron County
Holstein Club twilight meet-
ing on Wednesday evening
was held at the farm of
Antonne and Delores Van
Osch. The meeting was well
attended by 150 members
This week in .
KINGSBRINE
Thursday dinner guests at
the home of Walter, Mary
and Mary Luanne Clare were
George King of -Guelph and
his father, Edwin King of
London, brother-in-law of
Walter..
Visitors at the Rectory with
Father Ed Dentinger and
Brother Carl Voll were Sister
Rosario of The Sisters of St.
Martha Order, stationed at
St. Augustine Seminary, Tor-
onto, travelling with her
niece and husband, Mr; and
Mrs. Buckle of Waterloo.
Father Dentinger attended
the Raymond Leddy reunion.
at the farm of their son, Ken
and family: at St. Augustine.
Allthe.:.members of their
family were present for their
annual get together.:.Sunday
visitors with Brother Carl
Volt, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Voll of St. Clements
urtneys gather
at Harbour
Fifty-six attended the
Courtney reunion on a beaut-
iful Sunday afternoon; July
29 at Harbour Park in God-
erich.
The descendants of Mich-
ael Courtney and Catherine
O'Connor •• (married Novem-
ber 7, 1866) gathered togeth-
er for the firsttime in ° many
years.
A buffet lunch was served
after prayers and remem-
brances of, the deceased, sick
and relatives . unable to at-
tend.
They sang Happy. Birthday
to those closest to the date .of
the reunion, namely, Sharon
McClenaghan, Gary Court,
ney and Wayne Cornack. A
Happy Antiiversary was
wished to Mr; and Mrs.
Desmond Courtney. In ap-
preciation of a very special
guest Mrs.. Nora Sinnett,
they sang, "For She's the
Jolly Good Fellow". Teresa
Courtney deserved credit for
hastening her work on. the
"Family Tree" to completion`
for the reunion) and offering
to put together any more
copies on • request. The
"Family Tree" dated back to
six generations.
Mrs,.. Theresa Cornack
took a vote of those inter-
ested in continuing the reun-
• on next year . for the last
Sunday in July and received
a vote of approval.
.After lunch, Gary. Court=
and families, • and visitors
from outside of the county.
The Dutchdale Holstein
Dispersal at Don Walton's
Sale Arena, Durham, for Joe
Van. Osch held last Friday,
was a great' success. Several
from this area attended.
Tom and Karla Hogan and
family returned: home on
Sunday evening after five.
days holidays. They stopped
at the African Safari at Rock -
ton and Marineland, Niagara
Falls, ' camping out on their
way to Rolghton, Ontario, to
the home of Denis and Rach-
elle� Champagne and family.
They •arrived their onwFriday
and . camped;out . for' 'the
weekend: On ;their way home
they visited Santa? s Village
Bracebridge, their trip was
enjoyed by the whole family.
„.,, Pulh�� lv„n,,,,�„,,,Garvey,
C.S.B. from' Houston, Texas
and.. is=hniida<yingn the_areawith
-
relatives and friends. Mike
and Peggy Garvey and farnily
of . Mississauga,, spent the
weekend • at the Gari,ey
Homestead on 21 *Highway.
Gene and: Jerry Dalton. of
Windsor, were weekend vis-
itors ' with the Joe” •O'Brien
family of Goderich. and Clar-
ice Dalton family of Kings,
bridge:
Congratulations to Clete
Dalton, who is the new
President of •Ashfield O F.
,Alarge crowd attended the
annual meeting"of. the Ash
field branch"ill. St; Joseph's
School in Kingsbridge last
Thursday evening. • .
John and ,Genevieve Ow-'
ens of Birch Run, Michigan,
spent the weekend with his.
first cousin, Joe .and .Teresa
Courtney, and boys. They all
attended the Courtney Reun-
ion, ,;held 'on . Sunday, at
Harbour Park in . Goderich:
Floyd and -Carl Courtney re-
turned to their home• frorn
Jackson, Michigan, with
their cousin, Nina Bentley.
Mr. and Mrs. John Miiten-
b'urg's weekend visitor was
Leo's fiancee, Cecilia Gunne-
wieck of Elgin, Ontario,
whose wedding will take
place .in'. August. The Mitten-
burg's new home is progres-
sing well. Jim Martin , is
building . it. Jim also built
Tony: and " Stefanie Milten-
burg's lovely home on the
fourth concession.
Mrs. Marie Judge of Jack-
son, Michigan, returned
home with her son, Joe and
Betty J'ud'ge and family. She
spent the holidays mainly
With her sister, Grace and
John Austin and boys. Visit-
ing with her sister, Vivian
and Con Hogan; and brother
tar_
ney gave boat rides to those
interested and skiing oppor-
tunities to those adventurous
• enough:
After a social gathering in
the. park and .swimming .at
the beach, the day ended on
a happy, but •weary note.
Those attending were -John
J. Owens and Genevieve OW -
ens, "'Birch Run, Michigan;
Kerry and Diane Hogan,
Todd and Chad of Glencoe;
Wayne and Theresa Cornack
and Andrea of Prescott; Joe
and Betty Judge, .Karen,
Timothy and Kelly; Jackson,
c*Michigan; 'Mrs. Marie
•
Judge, hckson, Michigan;
Fred and Florence 'Courtney,
Toronto; Jennifer Sinnett,
Detroit; Mrs. 'Nora Sinnett,
Maryland; Mrs: Reta Bryan,
Toronto; Matt and Ursula
Richardson : and Laura of
Goderich; Desmond and Lin-
da Courtney; Sheila and Leo
of Goderich; Mike and Joan
Courtney and Edward of R. 7
Lucknow; Max and. Helen
. Riegling, Dean, Paul, Jay
and Beau, R. 3 Lucknow;
Percy and Sharon McClenag-
han, Gavin, Scott, Michael
and Shannon, and Marcella
Courtney, Goderich; Joe and
Teresay Courtney, Eric,
Floyd and. Carl, R. 1 Dun-
f gannon; Gary Courtney of
Blyth; Con and Vivian Hog-
an, R. 3 Lucknow; John and
Grace Austin, Joe and Eug-
ene, R. 7 Lucknow; and
Peggy Gibson, It3 Lucknow.
Joe and Teresa Courtney and
boys.
Reis and Marie Milieu -
burg's home on the ninth has
taken on a new look. Once a
plain cement house it has .
been transformed into a very
attractive home, with the
applicatipn of Kwik -Erik.
Marie always has a beautiful
garden and well kept lawn,
making .a perfect setting for
their farm home. ,
Kerrr,y„ and Diane Hogan
and bJys of Glencoe, return-
ed to their home after holi-
days with Kerry's parents,
Vixian and Con Hogan and
visiting friends and . other
relatives. They attended ,the
Courtney reunion in Gocler-
ich on Sunday. .
Weekday company with
the Dirk Logtenbergs were
Dik and Klaasje Veldman
and sons from the Nether-
lands, who spent from Wed-
nesday to Friday with Dirk's.
sister, Mrs. Thys, Groen and
her husband of New Dundee,
staying for a few days before.
returning to the Nether-
lands.pn Saturday, Dirk and
Troia it'd .herr mother, Mrs.
Symon de Boer of Lucknow,
drove Irne and Lies de Boer...
and son Paul to Toronto.
airport to ` catch their flight
for the Netherlands.
The result of Kingsbridge
Girls softball. team .playing
against. North Ashfield Girls..
last Tuesday were, ;28 to 13 in
favour of the Kingsbridge
Girls, The Kingsbridge
Young Men's team played
against Port Albert team on
Tuesday evening past at
Dungannon Park. They also
won 5 - 2 over Port Albert
team. The Kingsbridge Soc-
cer team of . mixed ages,
played against Dungannon at
Kingsbridge last " Thursday,
losing to Dungannon 4 to 1.
The Dwyer family held a
family reunion at Kinkora on
Sunday, July 29th at the
Fergus Dwyer Homestead.
The family attended Mass at
St. Patrick's Church, follow-
ed by a buffet dinner at the
family homestead. Donald
and Rose Frayne (Dwyer)
and .their family of Kings
bridge attended. '
Clem and Phyllis Steffler
and family. attended Mass
Saturday at St. Joseph's
Church. The West seems to
agree with them, they all
looked healthy and happy.
Welcome Home.* Sorry to
learn that Clein's father is
hospitalized. A cheery; "Hel-
lo" • to Mr. Steffler from
Kingsbridge area. Clem and
Phyllis Steffler and family of
Whitelaw, Alberta, Ctem's :
niother of .Brussels, • visited,
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs,
Frank Ritchie of. Lucknow.
Clem, Mark and Frank 'Rit-
chie called on. the Max Meg
ling family in the evening.
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