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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2003-05-14, Page 31rnno vfiapawnw Congratulations go to Allen and Alice Searle on celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss. They were married May 8, 1943 and lived in the Walton area. They now reside in Goderich. Many area people were saddened on learning of the passing of Lila Johnson. She and her late husband Harvey lived on the former eighth of Morris, the present Jim and Evelyn Blake farm. They moved into Walton before moving to Clinton. Condolences to her family which includes Leona and Jim Armstrong and families of Brussels. The McCallum and McClure families celebrated the baptism of Alaina Poland as well as Mother’s day at the Walton Inn on Sunday. Attending the baptism were great- grandparents Mabel Willis, Harold and Pearl McCallum, grandparents Paul and Dianne McCallum, John and Judy Poland and aunts and uncles Wayne and Joyce Hartman, Stan and Donna McClure, Betty McCallum, Ken and Colleen McCallum and Alaina’s mom and dad Chris and Cindy Poland and sister Lauren. Joining them at the Inn were Kelly and Sharon Dalton and other family members. Doug and Marjory Fraser and Doug’s sister Iva Marshall of Bramalea attended the Juliet Public School reunion on the weekend in Stratford. They attended the school 65 years ago and were pleased to meet some of the other students from years ago. The Juliet School is to be torn down. Carolyn Fraser Sullivan also went with her parents for the day. Oh, Oh, look out! Chicken pox is in the area with Ron and Nicole Stevenson having children down with the illness. Having their youngest daughter baptized were Ron and Kim Strome. Abby Lynn had many of her relatives come to church and then to the Strome home for lunch. Joining them were grandparents Jim and Barb Fritz and Ed and Judy Strome. The many aunts and uncles included Tim and Lisa Fritz and boys, Steve Fritz, Jill Fritz, Bonnie and Kevin Teesdale, Sharon and Ken Elphick and Carolyn and John and girls. They enjoyed a lovely lunch and visiting. Of course many families enjoyed getting together for Mother’s Day as we did with Leona, Neil, LeeAnn, Kelly, Scott and myself at the Walton Inn. We enjoyed visiting with Howard and Audrey Hackwell, Anne Ryan and Doug and Marjory Fraser. Former Wai toners Jim, Gerald and Nancy Smith also dropped in for the lovely lunch. Graeme was kept busy between serving coffee, doing dishes and socializing. Gary and Trevor Sutcliffe have their parents here from England for a visit. They also enjoyed Mother’s day at the Inn. Congratulations to Greg and Andrea Humphries who are the proud parents of a new son. Colin William arrived on Friday and sister Alexandra was excited and will be a great helper to mom. Grandparents are Bill and Marjorie Humphries of Walton. Celebrating birthdays this past week were Scott McNaughton, Scott Baan, Brandon Blake, Jim Shortreed, Carmen Bernard, Jordan Thompson, Paul Finch, Edith Wey, Tracy Lee and Jim Cook. Congratulations to all. Shopping jun From left, Katelyn Smith, Jasmin Smith and Jacob Smith tested the product at the Belgrave yard sale on Saturday morning. (Vicky Bremnerphoto) Shining Stars study trees The Walton Little School is celebrating the month of May by starting a new unit of study - trees in the Shining Star Class., They have started a weekly observation journal of a tree in our yard to look at the changes in the next few months. The letter of the week was M. Grade 8s take Celtic trip Many young people from Walton and area who are Grade 8 students at Seaforth Public School enjoyed their graduation trip to Camp Celtic near Georgian Bay. Attending were Laura Black, Shane Cochrane, Cassandra Banks, Nick Halley, Josh Baker and Laura Elligsen. HE works on official plan By David Blaney Special to The Citizen Huron East is coming to the end of its long official plan review. Although there will be another public meeting in June the major decisions have been made by council. The two most contentious issues before council were decided during a long meeting, which finalized discussions concerning minimum lot size and the issue of surplus farm dwellings. County planning staff had recommended that council limit lot size to a minimum of 38 hectares. Several councillors however had argued for a minimum of 20 hectares (50 acres). Councillor Fergus Kelly argued, as he has consistently done during the course of the discussions, that he “... would like to see 50-acre severances because it can give a young couple a foot in the door.” Conversely, Councillor Joe Seili pointed out that the federation of agriculture has come out strongly in favour of a limit of 38 hectares. “It is what the federation wants,” he said, The big project of the week was creating flower baskets for Mother’s Day. The children decorated the baskets themselves and planted flowers in them. The senior pre-school Acorn class is back from Florida and ready to start a new project on dinosaurs. They have been learning tricky There were 39 students, plus chaperones as well as students from two other schools for over 100 campers bn site. They had a chance to play soccer, basketball and go kayaking. They went on nature hikes to a cave and saw the crystal-clear water around the area. “and I think it is what we should do.” Councillor Dick Burgess suggested, “Commercial farmers are moving towards larger parcels because they provide more flexibility.” He went on to comment, “I understand that 50-acre parcels may be more saleable,” but indicated he supported the 38- hectare proposal. A recorded vote on the issue resulted in a tie and the defeat of the motion. At this point Deputy-Mayor Bernie MacLellan proposed a compromise, which he had suggested earlier in the meeting. He stated that although he generally supported the idea of 38 hectare parcels he would “like to see owners of property that had been merged have an option for severances.” MacLellan suggested that where a present owner has lots, which have been merged cn title severances could be considered to recreate the original farm parcels as long as each was a minimum of 20 hectares. This proposal was eventually passed unanimously. The idea of allowing farmers to THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2003. PAGE 31. FROM WALTON dinosaur names and putting on puppet plays. The children were excited to see papa Berenstain Bear at the open house and to show their parents their classroom. They have started buddy reading and are becoming quite the emergent readers. The councillors conducted craft times and other organized activities for the youth. They enjoyed cabin clean-up (maybe) camp games and campfires every night. They left early Tuesday morning and returned Friday afternoon. All reports are they had a good time. sever unwanted farm dwellings was opposed by several councillors. This was principally on the grounds that the houses could pass into the hands of people unsympathetic to the farm environment. Councillor Bill DeJong stated that the experience in Tuckersmith where the practice was allowed was that problems had not occurred. Councillor Larry McGrath felt that council should not base its decision on the possibility of an occasional complaint. He said “If we start setting in motion measures to deal with the one in a thousand we are thinking on the wrong side of the issue.” “I think if a farmer comes in and buys the farm and wants to severe and sell the house he should be able. They (the farmers) are the ones taking the chance.” Council eventually decided to ask county planning staff to draft policies allowing the severance of surplus residences. The planning staff will now produce a final draft plan for Huron East, scheduled for presentation to a public meeting at the Walton Hall on June 4 prior to being presented to county council for approval. K. Hoegy greets at Duffs service Greeting members and friends of Duff’s United Church was Karen Hoegy on this fourth Sunday of Easter. It was a special Sunday as the sacrament of baptism was observed. The children of the congregation stayed upstairs for the service as there was no Sunday school. Presenting children to be baptized were Chris and Cindy Poland with daughter Alaina Marie and Ron and Kim Strome with daughter Abby Lynn. Clerk of Session Leona McDonald presented the parents with their certificates. The choir anthem was Training Up a Child. The gospel reading was by Marion Godkin. Rev. Joan Tuchlinsky called the children to the fiont to include them n the reflection. She placed a teddy bear, elastic band, bicycle helmet, map and vaseline on the table that she e? plained were symbols of care and safety. As she held them up she asked the children which they would represent. Rev. Joan read the book Love You Forever by Robert Munsch. The collection was taken by Jeff McGavin and Steve Gulutzen. Rev. Joan will be off for continuing education from Wednesday, May 14 - Wednesday, May 21. She then will be off to London Conference from Thursday to Monday. She will be home for the Walton board meeting on Thursday, May 15 at 8 p.m. There will be a ministry and personnel meeting prior to the board meeting at 6:30 p.m. 6 tables in play at euchre The Walton Hail euchre had only six tables at play. The lucky couple to win first place was Frank and Kay Baer with 72 points. Coming in second were bob and Dorothy Dalton with 66 points. Tied for third place were Lloyd and Lillian Appleby and Hazel Reid and Delores Howatt. The lone hand winners were Ivan Bennewies and Karen Hoegy. The last euchre of the year will be in two weeks.