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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-12-22, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2005. Candle lit On the fourth Sunday of Advent, Ron and Betty McCallum greeted those attending the service at Duff’s United Church. The lighting of the Advent wreath candle was by Monique, Ryan, Adam and Emma Baan. The Christmas story unfolded in Rev. Joan Tuchlinsky’s reflections, interspersed with many Christmas carols. The offering was collected by Ron McCallum and Don Baan. The sacrament of communion was conducted by Rev. Joan, Leona McDonald, Helen and Michael Craig. The Christmas Eve service is at 7:30 p.m. Anyone with musical gifts to share may call Rev. Joan or Brian. Christmas morning begins with a carol-sing at 9:15 a.m. and a joint Walton-Bluevale service at Duff’s United Church will celebrate the birth of Christ at 9:30 a.m. The service will be at the usual time of 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 1. Committee reports are due to Monique Baan by Christmas Day. Merry Christmas to all from the Duff’s United Church family. PEOPLE AROUND WALTON By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 Welcome home to Margery Huether who has returned from Florida to celebrate the Christmas season with family and friends. Ed McClure and Bruno Braecker have returned home from an 11 -day vacation in Cuba. They were in the Holquin area and enjoyed beautiful temperatures, great food, the clean resort and of course a good time. Passing time was easy by strolling the beaches, some requiring suits and some not. The Walton Hall was very busy on the weekend with functions Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday evening, it was a birthday celebration for Janet Cochrane. There were near 50 family and friends gathered to enjoy the night. Special guest was an Elvis impersonator from the Kitchener area, who put on a great show for them. He stayed at the Walton Inn for the night and sang for the Walton Inn staff after his breakfast. They report he was very good. Saturday the Heibein family gathered for their family Christmas. On Sunday it was the Bernard family Christmas. The Walton Hall is a great place to gather for the smaller family gatherings and is quite cosy and warm with its new furnace and insulation. Call 887-6735 for info on the hall. There were 42 women attending last week’s United Church Women’s Christmas meal catered by Beth Earl. Michelle Hanson was guest speaker. The program was put on by Patty Banks, Dianne McCallum, Donna McClure and Marie McGavin. They presented a skit about angels. Pat Dalton hosted 14 female neighbours and friends for a Let’s Put Christmas Aside afternoon tea , and social visit. Pat served up coffee, apple cider and a tray of treats to all and they enjoyed just catching up and visiting with one another. The Walton Inn hosted the Majestic Women’s Institute for a Santa’s cheering squad Santa took several elves aside from their busy working schedule to cheer him on while he practiced for his new career in the NHL during the Blyth Public School Christmas concert Dec. 14. Back row, from left: Ally Henry, Paul Ritchie, Dillon Brak, Brandon Marshall. Front: Kathryn Chalmers, Sean Berwick, Amy Boyce, Hunter Dale, Chantal VanSchaik. (Heather Crawford photo) ON $4.00 THURSDAYS Drop into either of our offices any Thursday with your word classified (maximum 20 words) and pay only $4.00 + GST (paid in advance). That’s $1.00 off regular rates. The Citizen Christmas dinner on Wednesday. They then served up a Christmas dinner on Friday for all to enjoy. Lucky draw winners were Vai Shortreed, Howard Hackwell, and Barry MacDonald. Have you ever went into the bush to cut your own Christmas tree? I’m sure this story will be repeated many times over the years and remembered for a long time by the Glanville children. The grandchildren of Lome and Bonnie Glanville said come on, let’s go get the tree. Off trudged Joelle, Melissa and Edward with Grandma Bonnie making their way through the bush and deep snow. They had the perfect tree picked out and this was supposed to be the easy way to get there. Somehow Grandma Bonnie didn’t agree when she ended up face first in the deep snow. Of course gentleman Edward rushed to Grandma’s aid, but others counldn’t resist seeing the humour in the incident. It will be one of those stories that will be repeated many times. Merry Christmas to the Glanvilles. Returning from a quick trip to England were Murray and Sherry your patronage Continued on page 23 Doug & Sherry Howatt & staff Season's Greetings and thank you for Howatt Transport 523-4500 Blyth O Come Let us Adore Him! With exceeding great joy, we wish you and your family a truly miraculous holiday season. It’s been a privilege for us to serve people like you. Thanks! Tom and Marjorie, Steve and Christina, Duizer Plumbing & Heating Londesboro 523-4359 Clinton 482-5267 t- ' FROM WALTON McCall, Orville and Lila Storey, Doug and Shawna O’Neill and Mary McCall. They made the secret and surprise trip over to attend the convocation ceremonies at the London School of Economics, where daughter Marcy McCall MacBain was presented with her Masters Degree in Science. Also attending was her husband John and sister Carali, who also attends that school. It was a complete surprise to Marcy to have her Canadian family in attendance. Celebrating Marcy’s achievement was great and while there, they also attended the live theatre productions of Mary Poppins and Scrooge. Accompanying the family home was Carali McCall, who is home until the New Year to celebrate the * season of Christmas. Celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary with their family was Rick and Brenda Konarski. They went to Niagara Falls with Jason and Lee Ann Konarski and Rick and Jenn Cook. Marilyn McDonald was the hostess for the annual Walton friends Christmas get-together. Enjoying a