HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-07-24, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1996
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Correspondent tells
B.C. vacation tale
Bursting at the seams
The new repair shed at McGavin Farm Equipment and Farm Supply Ltd., Walton, held more
than 1,200 people, July 19 as they gathered to celebrate the opening of the facility as well
as the 60th anniversary of the business. Cool, windy weather forced the official ribbon
cutting ceremony inside as Neil McGavin's Aunt Jennie McGavin Turnbull, 98, was given the
honour.
Rev. Murray plays mandolin
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Val Gauley
The interesting thing abou,t
holidays is that you don't realize
how badly you need one until you
get back and see how relaxed and
somewhat lazy you've become. At
least that is how it feels to me.
'Dings that bothered me before
don't seem quite as huge as they
were before.
The kids and I just got back from
beautiful B.C. where it may be
beautiful but it sure has more than
its share of mosquitoes and black-
flies. We weren't there very long
when I saw blood on the back of
my daughter's shirt and noticed
blood on her forehead and it all
came back to me what it was like to
live in the land of blackflies.
Actually they aren't normally so
bad, but this year it has been the
exception.
Not only were there black flies
but lots of black bears. It seems like
just about everyday there was
another bear story going around.
There is an abundance of bears
around this year. One was reported
to have had four cubs. So with the
wild bear stories we had our eyes
open whenever we rode the horses
into the bush. I never saw one but
my son and his cousins did while
on horseback. I think the horses
they rode made the fastest time
coming home than ever recorded.
Their crops were slow in growing
due to the cold and wet weather.
But we did however manage to
bring the good 'ole' Ontario
sunshine with us.
Gloria and Keith Wilbee and
boys and Don and Pat Dalton and
kids made a trip this past while to
Branson, Missouri. While there
they were able to see the Oakridge
Boys, Mel Tillis and Wayne
Newton. They also enjoyed the
Alvin McLellan and family host-
ed 14 tables of euchre at the Ethel
Hall.
Winners were: 50/50, Ross
Stephenson; high lady, Jean Thedo-
rf; high man, Marion Behrns; low
lady, Annie Wright; low man,
Aileen Mann; lone hands, Jim
Smith and Violet Smith; closest
birthday, Shirley Verstoep; tally
card draws, Vera McDonald, Leola
Harrison, Hilda Holmes, Norman
Coghlin, Helen Cullen, Bill Dob-
son, Isabell Bremner, Keith Turn-
bull, Marguerite Beirnes, Freda
D'Arcey, Margaret Long, Alvin
McDonald, Jean McNaughton and
Frank McKenzie.
The next euchre will be July 29.
Proceeds from the 140th anniver-
sary dance held in the Ethel Hall
will used to purchase supplies for
Silver Dollar Theme Park.
From there the Wi 1 bees
continued on alone and travelled to
Nashville, Tennessee then to
Pigeon Forge where they enjoyed
Dollywood and they also saw
Elvis's home at Graceland.
Gloria said you could say that it
was a country music holiday. Being
involved in the singing and playing
of country and western music this
trip was a dream come true for
Keith and Gloria.
Although I wasn't here to witness
the excitement of the McGavin
Equipment celebratiori and grand
opening of their new building I
have talked to enough people to get
the picture or at least a part of it.
From what I gathered there were
cars parked north, east, west and
south of the business and I'm sure
the Queen herself could not have
gathered a bigger crowd. They
figured that at least 2,500 people
came through the doors on Friday
some during the day and some for
the evening fun.
There were prizes of trips and all
kinds of door prizes. Some local
trip winners were: Alex Veens of
Seaforth, Audrey Hackwell of
Walton and Jim Ryan of
Walton/Brussels.
In the parts department they held
a draw where one had to guess how
many parts were on inventory. The
person who guessed the right
number was Ed VanMiltenburg of
Seaforth. The prize winners of the
airtanks were Doug Shouldice, and
Grant Martin.
The Walton Sports Club put on a
delicious barbecued pork chop
dinner that was served to the
invited dinner guests and the Duffs
UCW served beef on a bun for the
midnight crowd at the dance.
the hall and to provide entertain-
ment for the children attending the
140th.
Thanks to Jane Stewart and her
committee.
Congratulations to Ontario
Scholar winners, Natasha Beimes,
Wanda Martin, Andrew Sproule
and Catherine Terpstra.
Congratulations to first time par-
ents, Larry and Sarah Smith on the
arrival of their son Pearson Robert
Smith.
Congratulations to Barry and
Carol Jacklin on the birth of their
granddaughter Taylor Lisa Marie,
daughter of Tammy and Brad
Wright.
Sympathy is extended to the
Larry Smith family on the recent
loss of a wife and grandmother
Elaine Smith of Belgrave, formerly
Grey Twp.
The news from
thel
Murray and Olene Dennis were
greeters at Duff's United Church on
July 21.
Rev. James Murray greeted
everyone by saying how he thought
that he was moving into a quiet
little place, but after Friday's crowd
at McGavins and not being able to
get out of his driveway, he wasn't
too sure what to think. He enjoyed
being at the McGavin celebration
and noticed that he saw half of the
congregation there. He noted all the
great dancers, too.
He brought out his mandolin
during the children's story and said
that one is never too old to learn
new things as he was 35 when he
took up the instrument.
His sermon was titled - 'Getting
Closer to God.'