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AIjapacked weekend is
the decision of Colborne
Steering Committe 1
BY MIKE FERGUSON
It's going to be a jam-packed weekend at
the Colborne Township Sesquicentennial
celebrations. That's the decision of the
Steering Committee and it Chairman,
Shirley Hazlitt.
, In a, process' that began in February of
1985, with the placing of ads in the local
newspaper, Hazlitt says she was first ap-
proached by Reeve Russell Kernighan to
help plan the events.
The members of the steering committee,
Keith Homan, Bill Vanstone, Lorna
Milburn, Bob Jewell and Hazlitt, met in
September, 1985 to talk over ideas about
whether a weekend or festivities for the en-
tire year should be planned.
"We wanted events to interest people of
every age group," says • Hazlitt, adding
things started to roll after the committee
had a game plan.
She admits it was difficult to round up the
necessary volunteers, as it "took a bit of
arm -twisting at first, because they knew it
would be taking a great deal of time to
plan."
But once they/realized how much fun they
could have, the volunteers came on 'their
own and the community started"working
together, indicates Hazlitt.
As an example, Hazlitt points out that
with the Choir there were initially 20 people
to help, but "now there's 40."
As chairman, Hazlitt asked the committee
to try and gather people from all areas of
the township, and "they've done a super job ,f'�
at that" she says_
Hazlitt reveals that one of the most in-
Eteresting things about. the job was the
meeting of people they didn't know who liv-
ed in the Township. "Some in the northern
part didn't know residents in the southern
portion,"she adds.
One of the interesting things Hazlitt says
she found out was the trend to urban areas
from rural ones.
Shirley Hazlitt, Colborne Sesquicentennial
Committee Chairman and Colborne Con-
nections history book editor.
"It has changed dramatically," she says,
revealing that now in Colborne schools the
children are 75 percent urban, and 25 per-
cent rural. It is a turnaround from years
ago, when about 75 percent of the students
were considered rural.
"The children just aren't staying on the
rfi," says Hazlitt, while also acknowledg-
ing the fact that farms are now about 500
acre's in size whereas in the past, farms
were •generally smaller.
Hazlitt says she anticipates Colborne
Township's Sesquicentennial Celebrations
will offer something for everyone. She
credits the long hours and hard work put in
by all the committees, volunteers and com-
munity as a whole to make the event the big
success she predicts it will be. .
Happy Sesquicentennia
to Colborne Township
from your friends iriCiirto
On behalf of all the citizens of Clinton we are
pleased to extend to the citizens of Colborne
Township congratulations on your 150th Birthday.
MAYOR: John A. Balfour
REEVE: Bee Cooke
DEPUTY REEVE: Rosemary Armstrong
COUNCILLORS: Case Buffinga, Ross
Carter, John Cochrane, Gord Gerrits,
Ken Holmes, Bonnie Jewitt.
THE CORPORATION OF
THE TOWN OF CLINTON
CONGRATULATIONS
on
Your
Anniversary
Colborne
Township
Peter S. MacEwen
Insurance Brokers
38 St. David
524-9531