HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-06-09, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2005. PAGE 19.
PEOPLE AROUND
AUBURN
By Debbie
Bauer
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The Auburn community wishes
Gordon Daer a speedy recovery.
The Andrews families had
Christmas in June at Auburn Hall.
Now doesn’t that sound like fun?
There isn’t enough chance for
presents in June and this solves that
dilemma very nicely.
Jean and Janette Portas from
Windsor were visiting Bill and
Bernadette Andrews and Sandy and
Shirley Andrews.
Sandy and Shirley Andrews and
Greg and Nancy Park attended the
baptism of their mutual grand
nephew Reed Thomas Helm at
Dungannon Church. Following the
service the family gathered at Doug
and Sue Brown’s for lunch. Reed’s
parents are Jenni and Doug Helm.
Congratulations to Jim and Grace
Cartwright who celebrated their 45th
wedding anniversary on Saturday.
June 4.
Knox celebrated communion and
welcomed two new members. David
and Karen Atkinson, into the Knox
Church community.
Auburn community extends
sympathy to Stewart Ament and his
family on the passing of his wife
Mildred. They were from the
Auburn area but also lived in Blyth
for many years.
Some Auburn residents travelled
to a matinee dinner theatre near New
Club carpools to meeting
The women of the Walkerburn
Club met at Deanna Snell’s on May
31 and carpooled to Pat Hunking’s,
near Belgrave.
Mrs. Snell opened the meeting
with a quiz and a reading.
Grandmother’s Wish. She followed
with prayer.
Betty Archambault read the
minutes of the last meeting and took
the roll call, which was answered
with gardening hints. Bernice
Norman gave the treasurer’s report.
A thank you note was read for the
money donated to help send a child
to camp.
Plans were made to go to Stratford
on June 23 to see the quilts for
cancer. They will meet in the
morning and carpool to Stratford.
They will have a potluck picnic by
the river before viewing the
quilts.
The group has been contacted
about making favours for the
patients’ trays at Clinton hospital.
Walkerburn opted to make them for
Labour Day.
Everyone had brought some
plants for sale and Audrey
Boonstoppel proved once again to
be an excellent auctioneer. Needless
to say. the auction was very
successful.
Eileen McClinchey and Pat
Hunking served a lunch of fruit
bread, jelly and cheese. Everyone
enjoyed a social time before heading
for home.
Memorial service held on Saturday
Hamburg last Thursday for a roast
beef dinner with rolled spare ribs
followed by a two-hour concert by
the Walters family. The theatre is a
barn located way out in the country
much like the playhouse in Grand
Bend. The family consists of the
parents and three adult children.
Darren, one of the children, plays 10
instruments. It was a very
professional performance of country
music and fiddle playing. Their
shows go from the end of May to
Thanksgiving weekend.
Congratulations to Matt Thomson
and Erin (Hickey) Thomson on the
surprise entrance, one month early,
of baby girl Cara Isabelle. Cara
weighed in at 5 lbs. I oz.
She is the shared granddaughter of
Pat and Bill Thomson of fort Erie
and Jim and Theresa Hickey of
Auburn. Best of luck to all.
16 at WI
The Auburn Women’s Institute
met May 19 in the Auburn
Community Hall for their meeting.
Sixteen were present.
Erma Cartwright, president,
opened the meeting with the Ode,
Mary Stewart Collect and O Canada
FROM AUBURN
meeting
She was thanked by Lois Elliott
who also gave her a donation from
the group for the Cancer
Society.
Roll call was a recipe for healthy
hearts. A donation of $50 will be
sent to the Children’s Aid Society to
On Saturday. June 4 a memorial
service was held for the late George
Robertson in the church at Ball’s
Cemetery with burial in the
FROM CRANBROOK
cemetery. George was well known
to many Auburn residents and is
brother to Bill Robertson of Auburn.
Our sincere sympathies to the entire
family.
The trustees have had the interior
of the church repainted and it is
Women
attend WI
Several women attended the
Women’s Institute District annual
held in the St. Peter’s Lutheran
Church in Milverton on May 31. At
this meeting the three districts of
East Huron, Perth North and Perth
Centre amalgamated to become the
Huron/Perth District.
Darlene Harding of the Howick
Women’s Institute is the first
president of this new district to
which 17 branches belong. Walton
and Majestic (Brussels) Women’s
Institutes are the two branches which
have members from this area.
much improved. They are now in
the process of replacing the roof.
The church has been designated a
heritage building.
Ball’s Cemetery will be holding
its 79th annual decoration service on
July 3 at 3 p.m.
followed with a reading. The
Clothes Line.
Gwen Bidwell convenor of the
ROSE programme introduced
Paulene Doherty from Listowel. She
spoke on cancer and gave many
suggestions for healthy living.
send a child to camp.
Theatre catering was discussed
and the next one will be June 28. The
Lions dinner is in October.
Janis Vodden had several
interesting contests. Lunch was
served.
M. Huether hosts card party
Mary Huether hosted the card
party in Cranbrook on Friday
evening along with Edna McLellan
and Neil Hatt. Share-the-Wealth
winners were Eileen Mann and
Allison Sleightholm. Viola Adams
won the travelling lone hand prize.
Yvonne Knight had the, high score
on a pink card and Margaret Peebles
was high with a white card.
Not so lucky were Isabelle Craig
and Eluned McNair. The tally card
winners were Judy Hahn, Isabelle
Bremner, Bill Craig, Jeanette Toner,
Leslie Knight, Myrna Burnett,
Lloyd Smith. Leota Thompson,
Marion Harrison, Mary Davidson,
Gail Smith, and Beryl Smith.
Many area residents attended the
Brussels Lions elimination draw and
supper at the BM&G Community
Centre on Saturday evening.
Congratulations to Ken and Bessie
Johnston, the big winners and Marg
and Helen Hetherington from
Cranbrook who made the winner’s
list.
Members of the Monkton
Presbyterian Church spent the
weekend at Camp Kintail. While
counsellors led activities with the
children, the adults worked on
projects to improve the camp
buildings.
On Sunday, members of the
Cranbrook congregation joined
Monkton for their outdoor church
service and barbecue. Johnathon Lee
welcomed everyone to the service.
Catharine Young had the call to
worship, Janice Stahlke, Bev
Bannerman and Carol Bannerman
led in prayer during the service.
Colleen McEwen led the
responsive psalm reading and
Christine Francis read the scripture.
The junior Sunday school sang,
Hope Celebration and the senior
Sunday school class had a skit about
the Good Samaritan.
Cheryl Young based the sermon
on the Good Samaritan.
The camp counsellors sang a song
and all the Sunday school choir
sang, Family of God. Sean Mitchell
played the violin before the offering
was collected by Kristen Stahlke,
Kyla McEwen, Danielle Stewart and
Catharine Young.
Although the teachers may be still
on work to rule, the annual fun fair
and grand opening of the river dock
at Grey Central Public School will
still be held on Saturday, June 11.
The Grey Central School Council is
in charge of the event.
Anniversary greetings to Marilyn
and Rudy Verstraeten, June 9; Bruce
and Jean Knight, June II; and Ken
and Aileen Knight, June 14.
Birthday wishes to Chuck
Terpstra, June 12; Helen Steele and
Rick Knight, June 13; Ethan Scott,
June 15 and Lucas Keffer, June 15.
MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRAL HURON
In partnership with
Clinton Public Hospital Foundation &
Clinton Raceway Inc.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
We are seeking an experienced firm to provide video production and CD-ROM
mastering and duplication services.
The project encompasses on location shooting of raw footage, interviews,
digital photography and video editing to serve as an Economic Development
and Recruitment tool for the partner organizations.
Proposals for the contract services addressed to the Clerk Administrator,
Richard Harding, 23 Albert Street, P.O. Box 400, Clinton, Ontario, N0M 1L0
will be received until 2:00 p.m. on the closing date of June 24, 2005. Bid
documents can be viewed or obtained through the Administration office, at
the address above, or by telephone @ 519-482-3997.
Documents will be available for pick up on or after Tuesday, June 7, 2005.
Submissions must be clearly marked as follows:
Contract #005272005
PROMOTIONAL/LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH CARE
RECRUITMENT VIDEO CD-ROM
Request for Proposal
CLOSING DATE June 24, 2005
Under no circumstances will facsimile bids or late submissions be accepted or
considered.
Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.
The Municipality of Central Huron relies on this advertisement to provide public
notice of this business opportunity and is not obligated to notify any potential
bidders in any other manner.
Richard Harding
Clerk Administrator
Municipality of Central Huron
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