The Citizen, 2019-04-11, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019. PAGE 9.
It was a wild week of weather, but
we finally got a beautiful weekend.
Saturday was a very nice day with
lots of folks out working on their
lawns. Lots of branches and twigs
came down in the wild wind on
Wednesday, so pickup sticks was the
game of the day.
The Walton Hall was busy on
Saturday with a baby shower being
held. The folks were from out of the
area, but had been at the hall before
and thought it was just a perfect
place for a shower.
I have been noticing some changes
around the countryside in my travels
last week. The barn on Bruno
Braecker’s farm is now gone with a
bit more cleanup to be done, and the
barn on the Van Veen farm is down
with more clean up to happen. A
small pig barn on a Robinson farm is
now missing and cleanup to be
completed. A shed is going up on
Jerry Zwep’s farm and the shed is
almost complete on Matt Shortreed’s
farm.
There are at least two bushes that
have been logged and have piles of
logs waiting to be loaded and
transported. Ground is being cleared
on a property on Sawmill Road and
we will have to wait to see what is
going up.
The Cranbrook Club had 28 enjoy
a roast beef dinner, catered by the
Rollin’ Roaster for their last night of
play. Top for the year was team
George Zwep, Gayle Speiran and
Jim Blake, winning 38 games for the
season. Two ladies tied for the top
lady scores and they were Kathy
Workman and Pat Gillis hitting 140.
The top scorer for the men was
Logan Petersen also hitting 140.
They added another memory name
to their clock. The name of Murray
Houston was added for all the years
he had played with them. He joins
the name of Keith Williamson
(2010). Both are remembered well.
The group then enjoyed a final
night of play. It was Team 1 that
finished the year by winning five
games along with Team 8. Team 1
was George, Gayle and Jim and
Team 8 was Lucas Keffer, Kathy
Workman and John Gillis. The top
lady of the night was Gayle hitting
113 and top man was Logan hitting
133. It was exciting for John Gillis
to hit a 180, but unfortunately, they
did not need quite that many points
to finish the game, but it was a
moment to remember.
Everyone enjoyed their last night
of the storm-interrupted season and
they look forward to a prosperous
summer and fall before darts starts
again next January. The group
appreciates all those who do the
little jobs every week to make the
night enjoyable for all!
Neil and Marie McGavin spent a
weekend in North Bay last month to
attend a robotic competition. They
stayed at the Kelso home and
enjoyed the event. They have a
grandson, Jared Kelso, who is a
member of the 1305 Robotic Team.
The team captured first place and
will attend the provincial
competition in Toronto. Wingham
had a team attending the event in
North Bay and although I do not
know the team members, the mentor
for the team is Ryan Johnston, the
husband of Walton’s Katie
Emmrich. Many of the snowbirds or
holiday-goers are returning from the
warmer temperatures of the south.
Gary and Kelly McNichol are home
after a few months away in Florida
and Don and Pat Dalton are home
after a month in Florida. Jack and
Sue Overholt have also returned
after enjoying the warmth of the
south. Paul and Cheryl Ryan have
enjoyed a month in Arizona.
The Winthrop ladies have
continued to meet for their monthly
breakfast and birthday gatherings at
the Walton Inn. The birthday girl for
April was Carol Reinink, but
unfortunately, she is very busy
getting the greenhouse ready for
opening and she was unable to make
the gathering. The rest of the ladies,
including Karen Braecker, Judy
Beuermann, Jennifer Vellinga and
Yolanda Gubelmann, enjoyed their
time visiting and wishing her happy
birthday thoughts from the inn.
The road has been busy this week
and the lot is getting emptier at
McGavin Farm Equipment.
Everyday more pieces of equipment,
sold at the auction last week, are
being shipped to their new home.
Congratulations to McGavin Farm
Equipment on the fantastic donation
they made to the Huron Hospice.
They auctioned a pink tractor and
the buyer donated it back to be
auctioned again, and again, and
again and then McGavin’s matched
the auctioned price. A donation of
$30,000 was split between the
Huron Residential Hospice and the
Tanner Steffler Foundation. Well
done to all who were bidding and to
the McGavins!
Vincent named to council
McGavin’s welcomes hundreds to Walton for auction
Busy place
McGavin Farm Equipment hosted an auction on April 1, the size of which hadn’t been seen in
the village for nearly 25 years when the dealer last held such an auction. Hundreds flocked to
Walton to see what was on offer. (Nick Vinnicombe photo)
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PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
NEWS
FROM WALTON
We have a lot of young people
around Walton in the midst of
wedding plans, so buck and does,
and showers will also be coming up.
We have Edward Glanville’s buck
and doe in April, Abby McGavin in
May, Melissa Glanville in June and
Rosie Grobbink in June as well.
Collecting for the young ladies’
showers has begun and in most
cases, one trip to collect sounds like
a plan. Be prepared for the
canvassers around Walton and area
to come knocking one of these days.
Showers are planned for May
mostly. If you are wanting to
contribute to any of these showers
and may have been missed, just drop
your envelope off at Jo-Ann
McDonald’s by the end of April.
Watch for the advertisements of
shower dates in the paper.
I had a lovely call from a
gentleman in Calgary this past week.
It was from Mark Nethery, who has
many relatives in our area. He called
to tell me how much he enjoys
reading my article and Marilyn
Craig’s. He likes to keep up with
those he remembers from our area.
Thank you for the phone call Mark!
Many local folks were in Barrie
for the weekend attending the
Ontario Plowmen’s Association
convention. Some of those attending
included Brian and Shelley
McGavin, Don and Maya Dodds,
Neil and Marie McGavin, Kevin and
Jacquie Bishop, Graeme and Helen
Craig, Jeff McGavin and other
members of the Huron delegation. It
was announced that the 2019
International Plowing Match is at
Verner, west of North Bay. That is
where a local fellow, Dave
Lewington lives now. The 2020
match will be held in Lindsay. A
note of importance is that Margaret
Vincent from Huron County group
was elected to the Advisory Council
of the Ontario Plowman Association
and will be a liason for the Huron
Perth Bruce Grey Zone. They had a
great time while away.
We send our get-well wishes to
Val Gratto who has been in hospital.
We hope she is home and feeling
better. We also send our get-well
wishes to her mother, Lily Fincham,
who suffered a fall and spent a few
days in hospital as well. She has
quite a gash and quite a few stitches,
but is doing well. Quick healing
wishes to her.
We send our fast healing wishes to
Marni Knight. She was involved in a
motor vehicle collision and
thankfully, she was not critically
injured. She is badly shaken, bruised
and has suffered a badly broken
wrist, which required several pins to
put together again. She will be a
while recovering and we send our
get-well wishes to her.
Those celebrating birthdays this
past week include: Gary Bennett,
Nate Fritz, Dave Baan, Marlene
Glanville, Colleen McCallum
Bromley, Donna Hannon, Stephen
Gulutzen, Shelley McGavin, Doug
J. Mitchell, Janet Mitchell, Wayne
Regele, Myer Braecker, George
Love, Kevin Wilbee, Marie
McGavin, Heather Dunbar and
Bonnie Hastings. Happy birthday to
all.
The Majestic Women’s Institute
met earlier this year at the Brussels
Library. The meeting began with the
opening ode and Mary Stewart
Collect. Kathy Bridge welcomed
members and guests with a reading
called, “Family”. Kathy then
reported 85 medical dolls had been
cut out, sewn and stuffed and are
now ready for donation to the
Children’s Hospital in London. The
dolls help doctors explain what will
happen to children during treatment.
We were pleased to have Tanya
Brown from the Huron County
Women’s Shelter, Goderich to
accept donations of blankets, bears
and books from the Majestic
Women’s Institute. We hope this will
help a child during a hard time.
Bob Kellington from the Canadian
Foodgrains Bank was the guest
speaker. They work with churches,
the community and local farmers to
help end world hunger. From
farmers’ donations of acres of crops
to teaching about crop rotation in
developing countries, they educate
others about the world shortage of
food and the need for help. They are
making a difference feeding millions
worldwide.
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