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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004. PAGE 9.
Dennises greet at Duff's United
Murray and Olene Dennis greeted
the worshippers of Duff's United
Church on the fifth Sunday after
Epiphany.
An exciting job opportunity for
teens as camp counsellors at Camp
Menesetung is available. For
It was a better week for weather so
a nice start to Heart and Stroke
month. Canvassers will have their
kits and will be knocking on your
door this month. They will all have
official Heart and Stroke receipt
books. Give generously from your
heart.
Mary Humphries has welcomed a
new great-grandchild to the family
tree. Jarrett Humphries was born on
Jan. 9 to Chris and Sarah Humphries
of London. This is the fourth
grandchild for Bob and Nora
Humphries of London and fourth
great-grandchild for Mary.
Spending a few days in hospital
was Mildred Gillis. She is home now
and feeling better.
A slight mishap for Craig Gillis on
his snowmobile resulted in some
FROM CRANBROOK
People
celebrate
Wasn't it great to see the sun on
the weekend? The snowmobilers
could be seen going every direction.
Wish the following all the best on
their birthdays: Lori Bentley, Feb.
12; Don Fischer, Feb. 13; Jack
Knight, Feb. 15; Jenna Fischer, Feb.
16.
Eleanor Stevenson greeted in
Cranbrook Presbyterian Church on
Sunday. Rev. Theresa McDonald
Lee spoke about change and
encouraged everyone to do more
with their lives. The annual meeting
is Sunday, Feb. 15 with a potluck
supper at 6:30 p.m.
Eleanor Stevenson and Yvonne
Knight attended the Huron-Perth
Presbyterial WMS annual meeting in
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
Stratford on Monday, Feb. 8. Rev.
Theresa McDonald Lee was guest
speaker in the afternoon and Marg
McGilvray- in the morning.
The Cranbrook and area dart
players sent along the following
scores from last week: Marie Stute
with 122 and Murray Houston with
120.
We wish for good weather, so
everyone can carry out plans to
celebrate Valentine's Day on
Saturday.
application forms contact Director
Dale Hill at 905-627-5103 or at
schwinnhill@cogeco.ca. These need
to be in before Feb. 27. Applicants
must be 16 plus.
This Sunday is baptism and
reception of new members.
minor injuries. We wish him a speedy
recovery.
Boyd and Gertie Driscoll are now
residing at the Seaforth Manor and
we wish them well in their new
surroundings.
Returning from a three-week trip to
Orlando, Florida are Lavern and
Marion Godkin. They enjoyed a
wonderful visit with daughter Nancy
and husband Rick Schmeltzer and son
Jacob. They celebrated Jacob's
second birthday and spent a day at the
Magic Kingdom at Disneyland.
They had great 80° weather and
enjoyed many family outings and
activities.
Jim and Ruth Axtmann spent a few
weeks vacationing in the Florida and
Orlando area and dropped in on the
Schmeltzer and Godkins while they
were there.
Celebrating and hosting a birthday
party were Brian Black and wife
Joan. Birthday boy Brian welcomed
family, friends and some old high
school and university friends to their
home on Saturday evening.
They enjoyed dinner together and a
night of playing games such as
Cranium. They enjoyed birthday cake
to finish off a great evening.
A full busload of folks travelled to
the Toronto farm show on Tuesday.
The bus was arranged by McGavin
Farm Equipment of Walton.
Neil and Marie McGavin have.
returned home from a two-week
holiday in Collingwood. They stayed
at a condo and welcomed their
grandchildren at various times for fun
in the snow. They had company every
night but one, being joined by either
family, friends or neighbours.
Brian's children, Brandon and
Abby enjoyed skiing and tubing.
Duff's
UCW
meets
The UCW ladies met on
Wednesday evening in the basement
of Duff's United church. The
meeting was conducted by Audrey
Hackwell, Judy Emmrich and Val
Pethick.
The topic for the evening was on
organ donations and their
importance. There were also Heart
and Stroke pamphlets available.
During the business portion the
kitchen renovations were also
Early
Years
play
and learn
The Ontario Early Years Play and
Learn Program held at Duff's United
Church, Walton had six adults with
nine children taking part. Leader
Valerie Watson says the children
enjoyed the interactive games with
the other children and parents.
They meet Wednesday mornings
at 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
Interested parties need to contact
Rev. Joan Tuchlinsky.
The Walton unified hoard will
meet at 8 p.m. Feb. 17.
There were 16 young people
gathered at the front. Rev. Joan
asked them if there were special
Cathy's children Brent, Alex and
Shayna also enjoyed skiing and
tubing and Alex tried snowboarding.
Heather's children Hayden, Jessica
and Jared also enjoyed being taught
by Grandpa Neil, the art of skiing.
Before allowing the children to go
tubing, braveheart Neil tried it first
and thought it would be great for all.
Everyone returned home all in one
piece.
Heading off to Collingwood Friday
for a weekend of skiing, tubing,
snowboarding and swimming was a
group of young folks.
Walton/Winthrop area people
included Scott McDonald, Darryl
Houston, Chris and Devin Blake,
Brian Dolmage, Josh Horst, Sarah
McDonald and Brett Dietz.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week were George Kruse, Heather
Williamson, Jim Duncan, Robert
Stevens, Cody Nichol, Dianne
Williamson, Jim Duncan, Robert
Stevens, Cody Nichol, Dianne
Williamson, Annette Lewington, Ken
Shortreed, Harold McCallum,
Maleah Taylor and a very popular day
that included Lavern Godkin, Kendra
Warwick, Graeme MacDonald, Brian
Black, Mike Alexander and Kim
Alcock.
Home visiting Howard and Audrey
Hackwell on the weekend were Dean
and Kelly Hackwell. They had a
small celebration in honour of Dean
and Kelly's second wedding
anniversary. The happy couple had
celebrated on Monday, Feb. 2 by
going out to dinner but extended the
celebration on the weekend with
Howard and Audrey.
places that were close to God. Some
answered church, home or with
nature.
Rev. Joan explained that being
close to God is a different place for
different people.
The scripture was read by Brian
Black.
Rev. Joan's reflection was titled
For Everything There is a Season.
She reflected on how storms provide
people with time for reading,
cooking, talking and interacting with
family. She read Ecclesiastes 3.
Rev. Joan asked everyone to take
time this week to assess their lives.
The offering was collected by
Barry Hoegy and Murray Dennis.
The Walton Little School Shining
Stars are busy learning about family
and friends. They have been creating
a family quilt on the wall with
pictures.
The Acorn class or kindergarten-
age group is learning about houses,
geometric shapes and their families.
They made groundhog puppets for
Groundhog Day and are writing
Valentines for their friends.
The toboggan hill on the
playground has really—been popular.
FROM WALTON
The children voted that the winter is
great — teachers thought otherwise.
The staff from Walton Little
School hosted their first workshop
for Literacy Educators on Feb. 3 in
honour of Family Literacy Day Jan.
27. More than 30 ECE's and Early
Years Teachers enjoyed learning
about storytelling tips for children of
different ages and participated in
make-and-take stations where they
made resources to accompany the
story The Mitten by Jan Brett.
Stars talk about family