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McDonald family rings in new year with wedding
PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
By Jo -Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
Welcome to the new year and our
family has grown! Rick and I
welcomed a new son-in-law to the
family on Dec. 31. What a way to
ring in the new year with a wedding!
Our daughter LeeAnn and Craig
Ellis were married at the Walper
Hotel in Kitchener in front of about
80 family and close friends. "Ring in
the New Year" was the theme and
champagne, gold and sparkle were
the colours of choice for the
bridesmaids who looked great
alongside the black suits of the men.
LeeAnn's attendees included good
friend Val Collins of Seaforth and
sister Kelly McDonald Jarosz and
sister-in-law Alicia McDonald. All
five McDonald nieces and nephews
were flower girls and ringbearers:
Brea, Connor, Owen, Wes and
Elaina. Craig had cousins attend
with him.
Following the emotional ceremony
and social time, a lovely dinner was
served with good friend Sarah
Grobbink of Walton, as emcee
setting out the evening's agenda. A
photo booth for dress -up was popular
and New Year's hats and horns had
everyone festive to welcome in 2018.
It was a wonderful evening and we
are happy to welcome Craig to our
family. Congrats to LeeAnn and
Craig, who are honeymooning in a
much warmer climate!
A couple of families in Brussels
did not start the new year with as
much fun as we did. It was quite a
shock when around 8 p.m. New
Year's day night, the Paul Machan
family had a man come into their
home uninvited. It was the family
pet that alerted them that something
wasn't right when he was frantically
barking. The dog had backed the
uninvited guest into a corner and
when confronted by Paul, the man
was soon convinced he was in the
wrong home. He left and wandered
up the street to another home and
went into the Wade Stephenson
home. He was soon escorted from
that residence. The police soon
arrived and escorted the lost man
somewhere, other than the streets of
Brussels. Note to all- keep your
doors locked!
It was very sad returning to work
this past week and not being able to
stop at Cinnamon Jim's for coffee.
Jim and Lois Lee have closed the
popular cafe to have more time for
themselves in their retirement. I
understand they had a wonderful last
day and a special element was Jim
Armstrong, who was served the first
coffee 11 years ago when they
opened and was served the last
coffee as they closed.
The special part of being in a small
town are those memories of good
friends and customers made over the
years. Special music was enjoyed
during the afternoon, by the many
talented musical folks of our area,
and many folks stopped in to say
goodbye. Thanks Jim and Lois for
your years of friendly service and we
wish you well in your retirement!
The weather for the start of 2018
has certainly been cold and windy
and snowy and blowy. Not very nice
for children wanting to play outside
or for travelling. There have been
road closures most everyday since
New Year's, hindering travel and the
roads that were not closed, were not
that great. We had family, Neil and
Karin McDonald fly in from
Vancouver and Calgary, to attend
LeeAnn and Craig's wedding, and
taking them back, to the airport on
Tuesday, meant we had some nasty
roads to travel on. My brother Doug
and wife Eleanor, left from
Kitchener New Year's Day to drive
back to Florida for the rest of the
winter, also went through some
nasty areas, but have made it safely.
Christmas and New Year's would
not have been an easy time for Pat
Gillis as she had an unfortunate fall
and broke her upper arm. It is kind of
tough to get things done, but I can
imagine John has been a great help
to Pat. We wish her a speedy
recovery.
A surprise for Alice Martin was
the three-day visit by son Gary and
family over New Year's. Gary and
wife Kim and children Simon and
Avry were spending Christmas in
Pennsylvania with her family and
decided they would slip up to
Brussels to see Alice. It was a quick
and short visit but enjoyed by all.
The family drove back to
Pennsylvania, and then flew home to
Eagle River, Alaska.
Our condolences to the McClure
family on the passing of Joyce
McClure. She will be missed by her
children Janice, Debbie, Cheryl,
James and Keith and their families.
Joyce will be remembered for her
deep love of baseball, from playing
to coaching to umpiring, to being a
long-time member of Tri -County
and organizer of minor ball in
Winthrop. She will be missed by her
family, extended family and friends.
Our sympathies to all.
Our condolences to the Lee family
on the passing of Ron Lee. He will
be missed by his wife Joan and
children Christopher and wife Judy
and Christine and their families
including four grandsons, eight
great-grandsons and one great-
granddaughter. Ron served in WWII
and came to Canada with his wife
Joan and his family from England
over 50 years ago. They became
dairy farmers near Walton until
Majestic WI plans for 2018 quilt raffle
The Majestic Women's Institute
held its December dinner and
meeting at the home of Lucy Hesse.
Twelve members enjoyed a delicious
dinner provided by Lucy Hesse,
Kathy Bridge, Bev Craddock and
Bonnie Lindsay.
President Yvonne Knight opened
the meeting with a Christmas
reading, followed by the Institute
Ode and the Mary Stewart Collect.
Secretary Leona Armstrong read the
minutes of the November meeting
and Treasurer Janet Haertel gave the
treasurer's report.
Janet also gave a report on the
group's 2017 quilt raffle. Members
are very grateful to Janet who
donated another quilt for the WI's
2018 raffle.
Each member will give Bev
Craddock money to make up a
basket of items made in Huron
County for the second prize and the
third prize will be a gift certificate.
Members were reminded of the
Bear, Blanket and Book Project,
which needs to be handed in at the
February meeting.
Leona Armstrong gave a reading
entitled "Remembering the Best
Christmas Gift". The roll call was
answered by telling how you send
your Christmas greetings. Christmas
gifts were exchanged and
18 shut-in boxes were packed and
delivered.
Everyone thanked Lucy for
hosting the organization's Christmas
party.
Have
you
heard?
retirement. He was a wonderful man
who could turn his hand at most
things, who loved to sail, and loved
being involved in family gatherings.
Our sympathies to the Lee family.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week includes Marie Blake, Julia
Mitchell, Caleb Ringgenberg, Laura
Dawson, Logan Terpstra, Evelyn
Blake, Marjory Fraser, Luke Fritz,
Judith Glauser, Susan McLachlan,
Rob Mitchell, Stewart Steiss, Lucas
Jacklin, Sal Curreri, David Huether,
Ryan Marks, Jaxon Bromley, Jarrett
Humphries, Brian Marks, Rick
Pethick, Canon Beuerman, BJ
DeJong and Sherri Hackwell. Happy
birthday to all.
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Getting their ice legs
The Blyth Brussels Minor Hockey Crusaders Senior Initiation team welcomed competition
from Mitchell on Saturday morning to the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre.
(Quinn Talbot photo)
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