HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-07-20, Page 3Vassellz
receiveL an &Poston
Blessingnfrom Pope John
'Paul U iii the ooeision
their. d-
ate
A plaque the Pope
wap.. couple
by theiifOilikatp Catholic
Women's League mass held
for them at St. Joseph's
Church; Eingibridge on July
14. Mass was also celebrated
on June 24, the actual date of
the Vassellas' anniversary,
and this past Friday
evening, a reception was
held in Lucknow attended by
family, friends, neighbours
andeelatives of the couple.
Along with the blessing
from the Pope, Mr. and Mrs.
-Vassella also received
congratulations from Prime
Minister Trudeau, MPP
Murray Elston, Leader of
the Opposition David
Peterson and Lieutenant -
Governor John Black Mrd.
Leona Taillon and Fred
Vassella were married on
June 24, 1933 by Father
Sullivan at St. Joseph's
Church in Clinton. Attending
them were Joe Ryan of
Seaforth and the bride's
sister Nora Taillon, now
Nora Hallahan of Oakville.
It was the middle of the
depression but Leona and
Fred were both used to tough
times and hard work_
Fred was born in England
to Patrick and Maria
Vassella but went to live in
40011 ha'
in Corn-,
wail, Ontario to Benjamin
Creellini Eva (Leger) Taillon.
Tiller
first language was
French although she can*
speak it new. She spent some
P. time in at' orphanage when
she was young and later
went to work keeping beim
for a woman in the Blyth
area.
- _Pried Aund__Leona met at
Wasaga Beach and Fred
offered to drive Leona to a
job she had waiting for her in
Guelph. Upon their arrival,
Leona found the job had
fallen through and Fred then
offered to get her a job he
knew of in Walton where he'
was still working on the
farm.
"After I got a raise to $19 a
month, we decided, to get
married," says Fred.
The couple rented alarm
from Mrs. Joe Dalton at
Kingsbridge for five years
and then moved to their
present farm just north of
Kintail which they pur-
chased from the late Neil
MacDonald, owner of the
Kintail store, for a $100
downpayment after selling
three heifers_ They moved
`their house from the back of
the farm closer to Highway
21 at the front of the farm in
1952. They still live in this
house. Fred continued to
milk cows up until 1975 and
he still plants 30 acres of
mixed grain although his
son-in-law Jim Sinnett now
owns the farm.
SvatKeriand... when., he was.
only three years old. He
served in the Swiss Army in
1923 and also worked on the
railroad. He immigrated to
Canada in 1925 after being
convinced it was the land of
milk and honey. He found,
upon his arrival at Halifax
after a rough boat trip, that
it was the land of ice and
snow instead. His only
language at the time was
Italian.
After some hard labor in
the lumber camps of nor-
thern Ontario, he landed a
job on the farm of Duncan
Laidlaw at Walton. He got
paid $10 a month in the busy
season. This was reduced to
$5 in the winter months when
the days became shorter.
Twice he travelled out west
on the excursion train,to help
with the harvesting there.
The-Vaseellaseererdteharde
work and good neighbours
and family for helping them
through the tough times and
making their marriage a
lasting one.
"We lived day to day. We
were busy. We worked hard
and had a good time. We had
our health, We had a good
family and neighbours.
Everybody pitched in and
helped," says Leona.
Fred says he has never
missed a day's work- Along
with farming, he (and his
children) did custom
thrashing for many years
with Joe McIntyre.
Fred and Leona's family of
seven includes: Mrs. Delmer
( Maureen) Maize of Toronto,
Carlo Vassella of ,Chat-
sworth, Mrs. Jim (Yvonne)
Sinnett of Kingsbridge-
Kintail, Mrs. Mike (Betty
NEWBORN NEWS
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With thanks to God, Jim and
Tena Baker with Joshua,
Jessica and Jason announce
the arrival of their new son
and brother, Jordan Philip.
He was born July 16, 1983 at
Clinton Public Hospital and
weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz.
MERIAM
Kevin and Pam Meriani are
pleased to announce the safe
arrival of their daughter,
Crystal Lynn, born June 30,
1983, weighing 7 lbs. 15,oz. A
sister for David. Proud
grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Craven and Mr.
and Mrs. W. Meriam, all of
Goderich.
WRAITH
Bill and Jo -Anne are
delighted to announce the
birth of their son, Jonathan
William, on Wednesday, July
13, 1983, at 4:25 a.m.,
weighing 7 lbs. re oz. Proud
big sisters are Billy -Jo and
Krista. Grandparents are
Mrs. Dorothy Lyndon,
Brampton and Mr. and Mrs.
George Wraith of Goderich.
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Leona and Fred Vassella of Sista recently celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary. Here, they, show this
-Apostolic- Blessing they reeeiv from the Pope to honor
them on the occasion. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
Lou) Dalton of Kingsbndge-
Kintail, Mrs. Danny (Eileen)
Wilson of Kingsbridge-
Kintail, Mrs. Art (Linda)
Bowler of Kintail and Mrs.
Paul (Dianne) Wiser of
Toronto. They also have 23
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
Of Leona's family of three
• sisters and two brothers, just
her sisters are still alive. Of
Fred's family of twin sisters
and two brothers, just his
sisters are alive. He met
them for the first time in 48
years last year when he
travelled to England with his
daughter Yvonne and her
husband. He has visited
Switzerland three times.
Mr. and Mrs. Vassella are
members of St_ Joseph's
Church at Kingsbridge and
Leona has been a member of
the CWL there for over 25
years. She is well-known in
the area for her cooking and
baking and she also enjoys
knitting in her spare time.
Fred keeps busy making all
kinds of furniture for his
family out of scrap lumber.
Joe Ryan, the Vassellas'
best man of 50 years ago,
was at their reception on
Friday night. Fred recalls
fondly that Joe was his first
friend when he came to
Canada and his only friend
for a long time. But that all
seems like a long time ago
now...
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In 1981 the province of
Ontario will celebrate On
Bicentennial and the
government is giving motley
away to help minikipalities
celebrate in style.
In a letter to council,
men-unpal Affairs Mind=
Claude Bennett and
Provincial Secretary for
Social Development,
Margaret Birch said that
municipalities can, play a
major role in helping people
become aware of the
significance of the event and
to encourage local activities.
We are pleased,
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210.190—PAGe3
able for 1984
celebrations
therefote, to announce mat
we are making grants
available to all lower tier
municienlites to assist in
undertaking projects or
events consistent with the
c"a)1 objectiies of
ecomelM- ig our "Ingein
its broadest sense, en-
couraging travel to and
whithin Ontario, and
celebrating at the com-
munity level," the letter
read.
Grants- have been
calculated on a per capita
basis, with a minimum
I
contribution of We and a
maskanin of POPO. The
talon of Goderich is eligible
for a grant 413,704 if it is
inientsted in participating in
the hicentemial.
The pm -wince only requkes
a IMSOifitiiron fronr council
specifying thatthe funds will
be spent on public
celebrations. The resolution
must be forwarded by
November 1, 1983.
Connell asked the ad-
ministrative "tee to
review the matter and make
a recommendation to council
ata later meeting_
Will establish reserve
fund for sound system
A reserve fund will be set
up by town council to
channel funds from the
annual roll-a-thon and
fellowship slowpitcb tour-
nament
The funds from the special
events have been used by a
special committee to
upgrade the sound system in
the arena as well as for the
construction of a sound
room.. In a letter to council,
recreation director Jane
Nenatee- pointed-- ante. that
money seZitZ.ell from the
special events was used for
the purchase of new sound
equipment and for the
"IS IT NEW
OR USED?"
construction of a sound
room
The project was completed
in December 1982 bit the
recreation staff and the
volunteer committee raising
funds for the sound system,
would both the events and
fund-raising to continue.
Council agreed with a
recommendation from the
recreation director that a
bylaw, authorizing the
establishment of a reserve
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upgrading the sound system
at the arena, be approved.
Once the reserve fund is
established, the maids from
the roll-a-thcm and fellowship
tournament will be chanelled
there. Therefore, Netzke
said, neither municipal
dollars nor money from the
recreation operating budget
would have to be usedifor the
sound project at the arena.
The bylaw will be
presented at a future
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