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McGavins greet at service
FROM WALTON
Jeff and Shannon McGavin and if interested.
The next WUCC meeting is Oct. 3
at 8 p.m. The meeting is entitled A
Little Good News, a look at the pos-
itive aspects affecting both
Americans anciTanadians, working
towards the healing following the
U.S. disasters.
The Walton Hall board is hosting a
roast beef supper on'Oct. 28 from 4
- 6 p.m.
Karla Kale assisted in the prayer
of Confession. Karla, with her face
painted as a white-face clown, came
down the aisle from the back of the
church holding a large red paper
heart. She had a huge smile on her
face and seemed so full of love and
joy.
Then she began to discover
money, all kinds of money. Soon her
pockets were stuffed with money,
the smile was gone and the the heart
was thrown away.
There were a few with tired eyes
and I'm sure, sore fingers but the
quitters who showed up at Duff's
United Church last week to work on
the 1902 quilt finished the job.
Thanks to Marion Godkin, Karen
Hoegy, Phyllis Mitchell, Helen
Williamson, Kathleen Williamson.
Monique Baan, Audrey Hackwell.
Made Coutts, Mary Humphries,
Brenda Linton, Viola Kirkby, Viola
Travis and Helen Craig for volun-
teering their time and talent to work
on the quilt. Yvonne Kitchener and
Jo-Ann McDonald got some quilting
lessons. Pearl McCallum helped
with set up.
Next Saturday, Oct. 6 is• the
Brussels Livestock 4-H Calf and
Lamb Show and Sale. The show
begins at 10 a.m. when the animals
will be judged and the actual sale
begins at 1 p.m.
These kids will have all worked
hard getting their animals ready for
the fairs and now, the final sale. It is
great to see the support of the 4-H
members by parents, leaders and
buyers at shows and sales such as
this one. A high percentage of mem-
As the hymn I am the Light of the
World was sung, Karla began giving
away her money and soon the smile
was back as well as the heart.
The sermon was Living in Fear.
bers use the monies from the sales
for continued education, most of
them in the field of agriculture.
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AWARDS
Deadline - Nov. 30th, 2001
Contact this community
newspaper for details.
Family and Friends
of the
2001 Graduating
Class
of
FE. Madill S.S.
are cordially invited to
attend
Commencement
Exercises
on
Friday,
October 19, 2001
8:15 p.m.
In the large gymnasium
of
F.E. Madill S.S.
Note: Grads should report to
Gym 228 by 7:30 p.m.
family were greeters at Duff's
United Church on Sept. 30.
Joan Tuchlinsky welcomed every-
one.
Next Sunday is the Thanksgiving
Intetgenerational Communion serv-
ice. Everyone is invited to attend and
together give thanks for many bless-
ings. Donations of canned goods for
the food bank will be greatly appre-
ciated. •
Ten Thousand Villages
International Crafts sale is coming to
Brussels Mennonite Fellowship
Church. They need volunteers to
help unpack and set up for the sale'
on Oct. 11, 12, 13. Call Bev Brown
Piecing together history
A group of volunteers at Duff's United Church in Walton have been working on a quilt, the
pieces of which, found in British Columbia, bear the names of long ago Duff's members. From
left: Marie Coutts, Marion Godkin, Monique Baan, Helen Williamson, Audrey Hackwell. (Bonnie
Gropp photo)
Quilters piece together Duff's history
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen staff
It began in 1998 with a charming
letter addressed to the 'mayor' of
Walton.
"Is there a church in Walton named
Duff's?" asked the writer.
Mrs. Edna Glazier of Vancouver,
B.C. had found some quilt blocks
which had belonged to her grand-
mother Janet Farquharson. Dated
1902 they bore the name Duff's
United Church, Walton, and those of
its members.
The letter explained that Janet
Farquharson had moved with her
husband to Provost Alberta in 1908.
She asked that if there is a Duff's,
someone contact her about having
the quilt completed. She felt that
home base was where it belonged.
Not only was the letter addressed
to the mayor, but there was no postal
code on the address. Yet, it made it to
Walton, where it was placed in the
mailbox of resident Barb Durrell,
who directed it to the attention of the
church's UCW.
Member Leona McDonald, who
has a son living out west, eventually
made the trip to B.C. and after meet-
ing with Mrs. Glazier, returned home
with the 8x10-inch blocks, which
bear the names of 80 people.
Last week, the volunteer quitters
nearly had the work complete.
Though nothing has been finalized
for the quilt's future, UCW members
expect that it will hang in the church
for six months to a year, then be
moved for posterity to the Huron
County Museum.
The names included on the quilt
are: Rev. A. McNab, Mrs. McNab,
organist Annie Ferguson, Alex
Gardner, Mrs. Gardner, Andrew
Turnball, Mrs. Turnball, Johnathan
Moore, Mrs. Moore, James Smillie,
Mrs. Smillie, D. W. Smith, G. Gorst,
J. Ritchie, Rose Lyon, Mr. and Mrs.
McGilvary, Ellie McGilvary, Mrs. J.
W. Rodgers, Mrs. R. Ferguson, Mrs.
W. Neal, Mrs. J. C. Anderson, F. C.
Neal, D. Steiss, J. Leissman, G. E.
Beirnes, Mrs. G. Gorst, Rubie
McVittie, E. Langfield, Mrs. G. W.
Beirnes, Helen Young, Marion
Burbank, Irene Farquharson, R. H.
Ferguson, Jessie Telfer, Maggie
Nolan, Mable Haycroft, E.
McGavin, Mrs. ' J. Smillie, F.
Weekes, J. Hays, Olive Burnes, Mrs.
E. McLaughlin, W. Sholdice, Mary
Smillie, Mrs. W. H. Humphries,
Maggie McGregor, Millie Harris,
May Taylor, T. Jones, J. Murray, J.
W. Morrison, A. I. Ross, W. F.
Goetz, E. H. Cudmore, G. M.
McCartney, J. T. Burdge, D. T.
McCall, Ethel Reid, R. McCartney,
D. Campbell, R. Young, Emma
Murray, H. Campbell, Maggie
Campbell, P. D. Cameron, Mrs. P.
Murray; Lillian Campbell, W.
Smillie, T. Holland, W. H. Manders,
Reta McLeod, Maud Sholdice, Dora
Kenny, Mrs. J. Fulton, Mrs. 0.
Turnbull, G.L.R. Campbell, Mrs. T.
Jones, P.J. Ryan, W. Murray, W.
McCalla, Aggie McDonald, Martha
Smillie, Maggie Smillie, Jemima
Humphries, Mrs. D. McCraig, D.
McCraig, Mrs. H. Hays, J. Smillie, J.
H. McLaughlin, Mrs. T. Holland,
Lottie Weekes, Mrs. W. Maunders,
Ruth Fulton, A. McQuaig, H. P.
Taylor, Violet Pearce, Grace
McDonald, B. Cummings, Maggie
Humphries, Mrs. R. Cummings,
Mrs. W. Smillie, Mrs. J. Smillie,
Jean Telfer, Hannah Ingram, T. G.
Murray, H. W. Murray, Myrtle
McLeod, W. G. Neal, F. Barber, E.
Thompson, E. Hall, G. Tormey, G..
W. Beirnes, W. Hacking, W. T.
Pollard, W. McCann, Belle Telfer, E.
Vant, E. S. Rogers, E. A. Burbank,
W. Love, D. McLeod, B. Leissman,
J. C. Anderson, Mrs. D. McLeod, A.
Lawrence, A. I. Smith, J. D. Beimes,
Maud Johnston, Minnie
McLaughlin, G. Ferguson, Maggie
Fraser, Mrs. J. Leissman, Mrs.
McAlister, J. D. Farquharson,
Gardiner, Mrs. McGillvray, Rev.
Millar, Jessie Gorst, Mrs. E. A.
Burbank, G.. Gorst, Sara Beirnes,
Mrs. Rev. Marsh, Jennie Ferguson,
Mrs. McGavin, Dora McAlister,
Mary Gardiner, J. Nolan, Mary
Nolan, Belle Farquharson, P. P.
Ryan, Alice Kirkby, Annie
McLauchlin, Mrs. J. Murray, Mrs. A.
McArthur, Maggie Ramsay, Carrie
Johnston, H. Taylor, Mrs. A. Souter,
Mrs. H. McPhee, A. Murray, R.
McGavin, Lavinia Beirnes, D. F.
McGregor, Lucy Sholdice, Nettie
Gardiner, Annie McCall.