The Citizen, 1991-06-25, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26,1991. PAGE 27.
Twins mark 80th birthday
Margaret Sweeney and Margery
Ritchie, both of Brussels, celebrat
ed their 80lh birthday at an Open
House at Mrs. Ritchie's home on
June 16.
Il was June 19, 1911 when twin
daughters were bom to Oliphant
and Mary (Ireland) Smith, of Lot 6,
Concession 5, of Grey township.
The sisters received their educa
tion at SS#3 Grey township school.
Margaret went on to Brussels Con-
tinuation School and Stratford Nor
mal School where she trained as a
school teacher. *
Margery became a housewife,
marrying Clifford Ritchie in
November 1943 and raising their
three children, Gerald Lyddiatt,
now of Calgary, Gordon Lyddiatt,
Minden, and Ruth Krick, Hamilton.
Her special interests include
quilting, gardening, UCW and
euchre.
Margaret married her husband
MVCA plants
one-millionth tree
Sam Sweeney on June 29, 1946.
She retired from teaching in 1973
and the couple have spent much of
their spare lime travelling.
Over 150 guests paid tribute to
these special women on Sunday.
Relatives and friends attended from
Hamilton, Mississauga, Hanover,
Calgary, Kitchener, Waterloo, Lon
don, Arva, Pine River, Elora,
Toronto, Tillsonburg, Arizona and
surrounding communities.
Special birthday greetings were
received from the Hon. Governor-
General of Canada Ray J.
Hnatyshyn, Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney and MP Murray Cardiff.
Double celebration
The Maitland Valley Conserva
tion Authority (MVCA) reached a
milestone this spring when the one-
millionth tree was planted through
the Authority's Reforestation Assis
tance Service. This year marks the
40th Anniversary of the MVCA,
and the 21st year the tree planting
service has been offered.
The demand for trees is continu
ing to increase. "Interest in the
environment has led people to
4H club
Twins Marg Sweeney,left, and Marge Ritchie celebrated
their 80th birthday at an Open House at Mrs. Ritchie’s
home on June 16. The two have remained close and even
live next door to each other in Brussels.
learns
judging
BY VERONICA GROBBINK
The Brussels Dairy Club had its
second meeting on May 22 at the
home of Keith and Bonnie John
ston.
Carla Johnston opened the meet
ing with the 4-H pledge. Bonnie
told the members a little bit about
the judging competition on Satur
day, May 25 at the Seaforth fair
grounds. Bonnie Johnston set out
pairs of boots and shoes for the
members to judge. John McFazean
was the official judge. Members
explained their reasons for picking
what we thought was the best pair
of boots or shoes to wear when
working with large animals.
Carla Johnston took her calf out
side to show the members and to
explain what they had to look for
when judging classes of dairy
calves. Members went into the bam
to look at the beef calves.
The next meeting will be held on
July 3 at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Crawford where we will be doing
commodity judging.
become more aware of the value of
trees," noted Dave Grummcll,
MVCA director of operations.
Where was the one-millionth tree
planted? MVCA staff can't be sure,
but it was somewhere among the
106,000 trees planted for 56 private
landowners in the watershed this
spring.
Small seedling trees for field
planting have been offered since
the beginning of the service. This is
the fourth year that larger stock
trees have also been offered. This
spring 4,500 larger stock trees will
be planted by 21 local municipali
ties and 27 private landowners.
Larger stock trees available
include conifers such as white pine,
cedar and Norway spruce measur
ing about half a meter tall. A vari
ety of hardwoods measuring about
two meters tall are also available. A
minimum 50 trees must be
ordered. The cost of the trees, and
the species available varies from
year to year. The MVCA supplies
these trees on a cost recovery basis.
Landowners can also apply for
smaller seedling trees. The Mail
land Valley Conservation Authority
will plant a minimum of one acre to
a maximum of 10 acres. The cost
for planting is $85 per acre plus
$0.10 for each tree. Landowners
can choose to plant the trees them
selves. Those applying for trees in
1991 will receive their trees in
spring 1992/93.
For more information on tree
planting available contact the Mait
land Valley Conservation Authority
at 335-3557.
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THURSDAY NIGHT IS
WING NIGHT
Wings 300 each
MINIMUM ORDER 10
a variety of sauces available
SORRY NO TAKE-OUTS
FRI. & SAT. NITES
5 P.M. - MIDNIGHT
CHICKEN WINGS &
CHIPS $4.95
EAT IN OR TAKE OUT
Little Sparks
Six Sparks graduated to move up to the Belgrave Brownie
Pack in a ceremony wrapping up Guiding activities for the
summer Thursday night. Graduating are (front row, left to
right) Courtney Bakker, Amanda Cook; (second row),
Michelle Nixon, Kerri Meier, Leanne Vincent, Kristin
Hopper; (back) leaders Anne Vincent and Mary Vair.
Brownies and Guides also took part in the ceremony
Zehrs first to use recycled bags
Zehrs Markets has become the
first company in the grocery mar
ket to launch a large, paper, gro
cery bag made of 100 per cent
post-consumer recycled paper.
The company worked closely
with Atlantic Packaging Products
Ltd. to develop Mira-100", a new
paper, now being copyrighted.
Earlier Zehrs had introduced bins
at its supermarkets to allow cus
tomers to return plastic bags for
recycling. Current plastic bags at
the stores are made with recycled
material.
LAST CHANCE
CLUB 284
CAR TICKETS
Available at Todd's Bakery & Brussels Hotel
THIS SAT. 9 P.M. - 1 A.M.
(Doe
for
lori McIntyre
AND RICK THALEN
Friday, June 28
at B.M.&G Community Centre,
Brussels
Dancing 9 - 1
Music by DJ.
Lunch Provided
$5.00 per person
tyt of Majority
THURS., FRI. & SAT.
NITES
PIZZA
BUY ONE & GET A
2ND FOR
1/2 PRICE
5P.M. - MIDNIGHT
EAT IN OR TAKEOUT
ENTERTAINMENT
June 28 - 29
Mike McCullough
523-9381 L.L.B.O.
The family of
SELENA MACH AN
invites you to an
Open House
to celebrate her
70th Birthday
on Sunday, June 30
from 2 to 4 p.m.
at her home
Best Wishes Only