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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2019-05-02, Page 13THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019. PAGE 13. North St. West, Wingham Mac & Donna Anderson 519-357-1910 A cemetery is a history of people, a perpetual record of yesterday and a sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always Distinctive Memorials of Lasting Satisfaction BOX 158 WINGHAM ONT NOG 2W0 Fletcher memorial lantern walk scheduled Friday JAMES “JIM” ROBERT CHALMERS James “Jim” Robert Chalmers passed away at Huronlea Home for the Aged, Brussels on Sunday, April 28, 2019. He was in his 83rd year. Jim, formerly of Blyth, will be lovingly remembered by his wife Joan of 60 years and their children Christine and Brad Knight, Mitchell; Dwight and Pam Chalmers, Blyth; Darryl and Lynn Chalmers, Blyth and Michael and Kim Chalmers, Caledonia. He will also be lovingly remembered by 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Jim was the dear brother and brother-in- law of Richard Chalmers and Audrey; Mary Louise and Ken Phillips and Gail Chalmers. Jim was predeceased by his parents Robert and Anne (Benninger); and brothers David and Wally Chalmers. Jim was the last cheese maker in Blyth and then pursued a career as a stationary engineer at Huronview, Clinton. Jim was involved in his community serving as a past Associate President of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 420, Blyth and past Master of the Blyth Masonic Lodge. Jim’s interests included camping, fishing and finding a bargain at garage sales. As per Jim’s wishes, cremation has taken place. A private family service will be held. Memorial donations may be made to the Clinton Public Hospital or the Alzheimer’s Society. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Falconer Funeral Homes, Clinton. Messages of condolence for Jim’s family may be placed at www.falconerfuneralhomes.com “BOB” ROBERT SMITH Robert Ross Smith of Brussels passed away suddenly at home on Friday, April 19, 2019. Born in South Porcupine on June 3, 1947, he was in his 72nd year. Bob was the dear brother of James of Stratford; Donald, Ottawa; Rae, St. Marys and Douglas and Colleen, Guelph. He was also loved by his nieces and nephews, Karl, Kenneth, Leif, Kassandra, Jessica, Matthew, Andrew, Shirin, Anisa, Jimmy and John and by many great-nieces and nephews. Bob was the loving brother-in-law of Susan and Burnelle. He will be missed by many cousins and extended family. Bob was the beloved son of the late Douglas Smith, who predeceased him in 1956 and Adah (Grasby), who predeceased him in 2009. Bob was also predeceased by his sister Joan, his brother Larry and his sisters-in-law Mary, Aline and Mary. Bob was a private guy, but genuinely cared about his community and the people in it. He is reunited with his mother, whom he missed dearly. Friends and family were received at Riverside Funeral Home on Monday, April 29 for visitation prior to the service to celebrate Bob’s life. Interment is to take place in Brussels Cemetery. In lieu of flowers and as expressions of sympathy, donations to the Brussels United Church or the Huronlea Volunteer Auxiliary would be appreciated. Cards of sympathy may be forwarded to Box 340, Brussels, N0G 1H0. Condolences may be left at riversidefuneralhome.ca Creating Memories in Stone for Over 95 years Goderich/Clinton Michael Falconer Memorial Counsellor 519-524-8457 | Cell: 519-525-2281 www.stratfordmemorials.com Funeral Planning Workshop Everyone Welcome 401 Albert St., Brussels at Wednesday, May 8th from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Pre-arranging your funeral services can have a significantly positive effect on your family. It reduces stress and worry during an emotional time. Find comfort in knowing your wishes are taken care of. Learn about all your options in this no obligation, free discussion surrounding common myths and questions about funeral services. For more information please call 519-887-6336 Obituaries There are several events happening this coming weekend in the village which may interest you. On Friday evening, several women of Londesborough United Church are holding a memorial lantern walk in memory of Rev. Terry Fletcher. If you wish to participate in the walk attend at the Londesborough ball diamond between 8-8:30 p.m. Following the walk, amongst the trees on the school property along the highway, there will be a time of fellowship and reflection at the church. You may also just attend at the church. Rev. Mary Fletcher plans to be in attendance that evening. Saturday is the Lions Club fish fry at the community hall. That would be a good chance also to buy a duck for their waterless duck race later this month. Tickets for both events are available from any Lion. Saturday, May 4, the Huron County 4-H organization will be holding its annual e-recycling day at the Londesborough Cooperative. So, load up those items for a win- win participation. Fifty years ago would any one of us have believed that garbage would become such a big issue? Even 30 years ago when the situation brought about dump closings and searches for new areas for our garbage began, I don’t believe the majority of us recognized how serious the situation was becoming. Now every week there is a news item on some form of media or a dire warning about climate change which is a consequence of our neglect. Regular readers of this space will remember my report back in January of the UCW meeting when the subject of our blue boxes arose. All the ladies present that evening learned some new facts about recycling. Since then there have been many occasions when the topic has come up. Then, a couple of weeks ago, the Bluewater Recycling Association, which handles the pickup of garbage and recycling in Central Huron, sent an updated schedule to all homeowners. It also noted the acceptable materials and explained recent changes to their process. I appreciated that the company explained in detail why items such as beverage cups, milk boxes and yogurt containers are no longer wanted. We all need to make changes in our purchasing habits. Recent articles in the Toronto Star about plastics caught my attention. We have all heard the horrible facts about what plastics are doing to our environment. According to one article, Canada recycles only nine per cent of its plastics. The rest clog up our landfills, 3.2 million metric tonnes of it in 2016. For many years, China accepted bales of our crushed recycled plastics. But, guess what, they were swamped with plastics of all types. This is where the word contamination really applies to our garbage. Seems plastic containers can be made from a variety of plastics. Who knew? And those different plastics are too difficult to separate. So China banned those shipments in 2018, meaning Canada must change the way plastics are consumed and dealt with here. There have been efforts to make producers of plastics responsible - perhaps by making each item contain a percentage of recycled plastic or coming up with new packaging/marketing ideas. The efforts of individual Canadians are necessary, but we must also encourage producers and governments to become more environmentally responsible. That same paper carried an article titled “Ralph Lauren unveils shirts made out of plastic bottles”. Again, who knew this would be possible? Asking producers of the things we buy to be more environmentally- responsible may produce results. However, it will take years for science to really make these differences. It seems this maker of polo shirts has launched a line made entirely of recycled plastic bottles and dyed through a waterless process. This is part of their company’s strategy of fresh environmental goals throughout their manufacturing processes. This Ralph Lauren polo is expected to remove at least 170 million plastic bottles from landfills and oceans by 2025. Each shirt uses an average of 12 bottles. If one company can affect such changes so can others, with pressure to be more environmentally-friendly. NEWS FROM LONDESBORO By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296 PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO SHEAR TALENT Hair Design & Tanning Men’s Cut $957 + tax 45 West St., Goderich 519-524-6555 Great company The Londesborough Lions welcomed a number of diners to the club’s old tyme breakfast on Sunday, where they enjoyed the most important meal of the day. (Denny Scott photo)