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Duff’s marks anniversary
Edith and Campbell Wey greeted
worshippers at Duff's United
Church on Father's Day Sunday,
June 15. This was Anniversary
Sunday and the church was well
decorated with fresh flowers. The
musical trio consisting of Phyllis
Mitchell, Margery Huether and
Glenda Carter entertained people
before and during the service with
their special music.
Rev. James Murray gave the Call
to Worship, then welcomed people
from Bluevale, other visitors, guest
speaker Tony Morris and guest
soloist Margaret Mclnroy.
The choir singing along with a
tape did a fantastic job on a song
called, Lord Can You Hear Us
Praying.
Rev. Murray then called up the
young worshippers. He told them
that he had been reading the history
book and he found out how Duffs
United Church got the name
'Duff's'. Apparently in 1850 a
missionary from Scotland, Dr.
Alexander Duff, came to this area.
He made such an impression on the
people that when they built the
church they decided that that is
what they would name the church.
The actual established congrega
tion was in 1965 and Rev. Murray
showed a sketch of the cornerstone
of this church that was laid in 1912.
He told them that the comerstone is
a very important part of a building
and it must be level as all the other
stones are measured against it.
As Dr. Duff was a wonderful
example of faithful leadership and
devotion and people wanted to
measure up to his kind of life, there
are examples of people that people
today want to measure up to as
well. "We need to measure up and
be on the level in our lives," he
said. Margaret sang two beautiful
songs called Walk a Little Slower
My Friend and Where No One
Stands Alone.
Margery Huether accompanied
her on the piano. Margaret's
husband, Rick, joined her in
singing Amazing Grace, during the
offering.
Neil McGavin was called
forward to introduce Tony Morris.
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Graduation
Cathy and Becky Earl,
daughters of Gary and Beth
Earl, R.R. 2, Listowel
graduated from Mohawk
College, Hamilton on Friday,
May 23.
Cathy received her diploma
In the Travel and Tourism
program and Becky received
her diploma In the Insurance
program.
Congratulations
Love, Mom, Dad, Jeff, Sue
and Sandy.
the guest speaker. Morris, president
of the- Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, along with his wife
and four children, operates a
commercial sheep flock on his farm
near Mildmay. He is a graduate of
the Merrist Wood Agricultural
College, Surrey, Eng. with a
diploma in farm accounting and
management. He has an extensive
background in production
agriculture in the U.K., Europe and
Scandinavia, having involvement
in a wide variety of farm
enterprises.
As assistant manager of a 180-
Jersey operation, further processing
to cream, his experience also
encompasses sales at the wholesale
and retail level.
He spent two years in South
Africa as the assistant dairy
manager of a 180-head Holstein
operation in conjunction with his
duties as beef manager of the
farm's 1,200 purebred Simmentals.
Travelling extensively
throughout South Africa, Morris
gained experience in dealing with
many people of different cultures.
He has served on numerous
committees, having chaired the
OFA Farm Finance Properties and
membership Committees. He was
also involved in the National Safety
Net Consultation Committee/ the
farm Adaptation and Program
Review Committee and is past
chair of the Ontario
and Agri-Food
Committee.
Morris said he was
be at Duffs and that it was a first
time to speak in a church. He talked
about the country needing strong
leadership and in a leadership
position one needs to have passion
for what they are doing and
compassion for the people that they
are dealing with. He said that
agriculture has changed quite a bit
over the years and there will be
even more change in the future to
come. "If we let it, change can be
fun," he said.
He suggested that next Sunday
people should all sit in different
pews or even try sleeping on the
other side of the bed. A negative or
Agriculture
Awareness
honoured to
a positive view can be taken on
change.
Bigger is not better and Canada
shouldn't try to compete with the
Americans as far as quantity goes,
but Canada can compete quality
wise.
"We need to get smarter," he
said, giving some examples of how
a few farmers are being a great
success at what they are doing.
Leadership is about creating new
rules, not about following old ones.
Young people need to be told that
there is a future in farming.
He ended his talk by asking the
people if they could see what they
could do to keep the rain from
coming for a while as his hay is
down and he has to leave the
country soon.
Rev. Murray then did the
dedication of the new hymn books,
'Voices United'. The names of the
families who donated books were
read out as well as the names they
were dedicated in memory of.
Following the service people
went downstairs for a delicious
meal.
Pupils enjoy carnival
It was a perfect evening on
Wednesday for the Walton School
Fun Fair. There were all kinds of
activities planned for kids such as,
limbo, hockey, fishing, balloon
popping, long jump, face painting,
and 'throw the wet sponge' game.
Students past and present of
Walton agreed to risk getting their
faces wet and it was rumoured that
there were a few teachers who saw
their chance to get even with their
students and threw a few sponges.
There were also buggy rides.
Jim Crocker tended to the
barbecue, serving up some great
tasting hot dogs. The popcorn
machine was kept busy and well
over 200 people enjoyed all the
fun.
On Friday, the Early Year
students and parents, grandparents
and friends held their Teddy Bear
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Craigs hold 24th reunion
The 24th Craig family reunion
was on Saturday, June 14, when 34
descendents of the late Robert
Craig and Ada McCutcheon gath
ered at the Walton Women's Insti
tute Hall.
After an afternoon of this occa
sion, at 5 p.m. everyone sat down
to a bountiful potluck supper, with
Francis Deitner saying grace.
There was also a surprise birth
day cake for Annie Wight of Lis-
towel, who will celebrate her 80th
birthday Nov. 21.
The president Olive Faitz chaired
the meeting and Yvonne Irvine sec
retary conducted the business. The
committee for 1998 is: president,
June Pollard; vice-president,
Yvonne Irvine; secretary, Rhonda
Craig; assistant secretary, Brenda
Picnic. They played games, then
feasted on fancy sandwiches,
veggies and ice cream cupcakes.
This past week they also worked
on the letters X, Y and Z and made
canisters for Father's Day which
were filled with bark (chocolate
edible bark).
The grade Is finished their story
wheels this week. They also made
some Dad's cookies (decorated
with smarties) for Father's Day.
They even had enough dough left
over for one mini-cookie for
themselves. A 'footprint' Father's
Day card was made as well.
The Grade 2/3 class held its last
payday on Friday. They even had
money left over and decided they
would have one more buying and
selling day. They spent a lot of time
painting pots for their dads for
Father's Day.
Fizell.
The 25th reunion will be held
June 13, 1998 in Walton WI Hall
with special celebrations.
Those attending came from Sar
nia, London, Port Syndey, Stoney
Creek, Kitchener, Listowel,
Guelph, Hamilton, Elmira, Walton,
Blyth, Ethel and Brussels.
People
The community extends their
sympathy to Jerry and Sandra
Zwep on the loss of their baby.
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Congratulations
Sarah Allan, daughter of
Bryan and Betsy Allan of
Blyth has recently passed
her Provincial Certificate of
Qualification as a
Journeyman Cook with high
marks to receive her Inter
Provincial Journeyman Chef
Red Seal Certificate.
Sarah is currently employed
by Blue Mountain Resorts
In Collingwood, Ontario.
Congratulations from Mom,
Dad and Jennifer.
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