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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-03-04, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4,1992. School thanks snowmobilers Golden moment John and Margaret McCutcheon were the guests of honour at a special family dinner on Friday evening to honour the couple on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Family, friends gather to mark McCutcheon’s 50th The Norwich Presbyterian Church manse was the setting 50 years ago when John McCutcheon and Margaret Durst were married. Rev. Gordon A. Peddie per­ formed the ceremony for the cou­ ple, who were attended by Mr. and Mrs. W. Goulding of Ingersoll. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Durst while the groom was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCutcheon. After the service, the newlyweds enjoyed a honeymoon trip to Toronto. Upon their return, Mr. McCutcheon was employed for a time as a factory worker in Inger- sol. In 1958 they moved to Brussels where they began running McCutcheon Grocery . During this time, they spent 19 years with the Brussels Business Association. The couple's son David and his wife, Janet, took over the business in 1978 when Mr. McCutcheon retired. The McCutcheons are members of Melville Presbyterian Church and during their years in Brussels have been active in the community Mr. McCutcheon has, for 30 years, been a member of Western Star Lodge while his wife has been a member of the Rebekah Lodge for the same length of time. She is a Past Noble Grand. Mrs. McCutcheon is also active with the Melville Church Ladies' Guild. A family dinner in honour of the golden occasion was held at the Brussels Country Inn on Feb. 28. Special guests were the couple's son and daughter-in-law and their children, as well as close family members from this area. Following the dinner a social lime was held at the home of Lou and Mae Ebel. An anniversary cake and coffee were served. BY WENDY THOMPSON AND MARIE KUMM Hello everybody! Brussels Public School would like to thank all the snowmobilers for the respect they've shown to the plantations on our yards. Have fun for the rest of the season! F.E. Madill High School band performed for Brussels Public on Thursday, February 20. They played beautiful music from classi­ cal to the ’60s. Andrew Grant received a Mr. Big chocolate bar for having the correct answer of number of songs they played in the overture. Ross Haley from Ontario Hydro came to visit Brussel; Public School on Friday, February 14 to tell us about nuclear energy. He gave presentations in the gym to kindergarten to grade three and grades four to six. Grades seven and eights were visited in their classrooms. On Friday, February 21, teachers from Grey Central and Brussels Public School met at Brussels to review and upgrade their first aid Brussels People Mrs. Kathy Beemer and Paul Ebel visited their parents Mae and Lou Ebel for the weekend. Ronald Jacklin and friend Doreen of Calgary arrived in Brussels on Wednesday night, Feb. 26 to spend a few days with relatives, staying with his sister Leola and Harvey Hood. A family get-together of the Lawrence Jacklin family was held on Saturday night while everyone enjoyed their visit. Ron and Doreen left on Sunday to head back home. They plan on visiting with other members of his family on the way back. They encountered bad weather and road conditions all through Ontario. Everything was green when they left Calgary. George Langlois, the Optimist Nintendo Chairman, along with Gerry Wheeler and Joe Seili jour­ neyed to Hanover on Sunday to help run the Optimist Mid-Westem Ontario Regional Nintendo Tourna­ ment. Competing from Brussels were Mike Seili, Robbie Burkholder and Chris Burkholder. Robbie and Chris advanced to the Mid-Western Ontario Champi­ onship in April. Congratulations to our Brussels representatives. skills. Under the direction of Mar­ lene Richmond, of Brussels, teach­ ers practised artificial respiration for a variety of situations and pri­ mary and secondary casualty assessment. As well, using the activity-based learning approach Mrs. Richmond had the participants demonstrate proper first aid tech­ niques for a wide range of specific injuries. Teachers found the session extremely helpful in preparing them for possible emergencies. 6n the other hand, the students spent the P.A. Day sleeping, clean­ ing, visiting relatives and friends, playing road hockey and just basi­ cally enjoying life. We asked a couple of parents what they thought about P.A. days. One mother we asked loves it. She put her kids to work cleaning. Another father we asked wasn't really impressed with the day off. He found it difficult to find a babysitter for the kids. Hooray! The new public address system is here at last and boy does it sound good. LIONS YOUTH EXCHANGE Any youth, age 16 to 19, wishing to go on the Brussels Youth Exchange this summer should contact: Jim Armstrong as soon as possible at 887-6753 Thanks to Mrs. Roberton, grades six to eight arc learning about the birds and the bees. Mrs. Roberton is a great help for we all have ques­ tions to be answered about growth and change in the adolescent years. Good luck to our finalists in public speaking, Stacy Hahn, Leslie Stretton, and John Lowe in the intermediate division. For the junior division Jenny Gowing, Mike Cooper, Robert Burkholder will be representing Brussels at the Legion. Bye Mr. Rea. We'll miss you. Good luck in your custodial duties in Clinton. Animals have invaded the primary wing of Brussels Public School. Kindergarten pupils have been having a “bcary” good time learning about bears, while in grade one they're discussing lions and lambs. Grade two has done individ­ ual research on animals loo. Grade threes are making a big splash researching water animals.