HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2018-5-31, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018. PAGE 7.
Coulteses celebrate 60th wedding anniversary
Tremendous milestone
Bill and Muriel Coultes of Belgrave celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary on Sunday with family and friends at
the Belgrave Community Centre. (Quinn Talbot photo)
Bill and Muriel Coultes marked guests, gathered on May 27 to mark
their 60th wedding annivesary on their diamond jubilee.
Sunday with a special celebration at Muriel, daughter of Ken and
the Belgrave Community Centre. Gladys Davis of Stratford, wed
The couple, along with special William (Bill), son of Robert (Bob)
and Ellen of Morris Twp., at St.
John's United Church, Stratford, by
Rev. Stuart MacLeod on May 31,
1958.
Teeds to
perform
PEOPLE AROUND
BELGRAVE
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
On Friday, May 25 there were
four tables of cards in play. The
winners were: high pink card, Mary
McIntosh; second high pink card,
Mary Ellen Kellar; most shoots pink
card, Liz Balser; high white card,
Anne Laidlaw; second high white
card, Eileen Miller and most shoots
white card, Gord Machan.
Cards will be played again on
Friday, June 8 at 1:30 p.m. Come out
and enjoy the fun and fellowship.
Everyone is welcome.
The community congratulates and
extends best wishes to Bill and
Muriel Coultes on celebrating their
60th wedding anniversary on
Sunday, May 27.
The 149th anniversary service for
Trinity United Church, Dungannon
is on Sunday, June 3 at 11 a.m. The
guest speaker is Rev. Kate Ballagh-
Steeper from Lakeshore United
Church in Goderich. There will be
special music by Kim and Travis
Teed and Trinity choir. There will be
lunch to follow.
There will be no church service in
Belgrave on that date.
On June 10 Dungannon United
Church service is at 9:45 a.m. and
Belgrave United Church is at
11:15 a.m.
Carmen Weber of Stratford was
the maid of honour while Alex
Nethery of Blyth was the best man.
Ushers were were Bill Davis and
Glenn Coultes. Bridesmaids were
Shirley Davis and Elizabeth Davis.
Lea DeJong (Snell) of Brussels
was flowergirl and Jim Gillatly was
ringbearer.
After the couple travelled to
Atlantic City, New Jersey for their
honeymoon, they returned to their
home at the third line of Morris
(RR5 Brussels).
Bill farmed with his father and
brother while Muriel was a secretary
for Bell Telephone. The couple
retired to Belgrave in 1994.
The Coulteses have five daughters:
Janice Matheson, Joanne Robinson,
Karen Cook, Andrea Stevenson and
Alison Wightman. They are also the
proud grandparents of 19
grandchildren and four great-
grandsons.
Bill and Muriel are busy in the
community. Having met through the
United Church Young Peoples'
organization they continue to be
active in Knox United Church,
Belgrave. Both sing in the choir and
Muriel has been involved locally and
nationally with the United Church
Women (UCW), having been named
National UCW President for the
1994-95 term. They are also
involved with local girls baseball
teams.
Special guests to the celebration
included David and Pat Whitton of
Sarnia, Nora Doig of Listowel and
many friends from the area.
Family remained after the
celebration where a salad dinner had
been prepared. The site was
decorated with large lilac bouquets
and donations were received for the
women's shelter of Goderich.
Police expansion vote defeated
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
While some councillors saw some
wisdom in holding off on a decision
for reviewing policing of the East
Wawanosh and Blyth wards until the
most recent investigation into
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
servicing Wingham was concluded,
others were quick to dismiss the
notion.
Councillor Trevor Seip had
originally intended to bring a motion
forward during council's May 22
meeting to have staff research
expanding the Wingham Police
Service into Blyth and East
Wawanosh for the same cost that the
two municipalities currently pay the
OPP.
However, given that earlier in the
meeting council had decided to
revisit having the OPP service
Wingham, Seip felt the discussion
about policing in Blyth and East
Wawanosh should wait until that
report was completed and a decision
was made once again.
Seip explained his aim with the
study was to see if the cost of
policing East Wawanosh and Blyth
couldn't be kept in North Huron
instead of paying the OPP and
having those funds paid to an
organization outside of the
municipality.
Deputy -Reeve James Campbell
said he felt the discussion was
irrelevant.
"From previous conversations
we've had, East Wawanosh is quite
happy with what they have," he said.
"I think maybe Blyth is exactly the
same. I think we should just leave
well enough alone."
Seip said he knew the change was
one that might not get support
initially, but still felt it was worth
investigating.
"I understand ratepayers don't like
change, I get that," he said. "The
Township of North Huron has a
police service. Wingham ward pays
for it right now. We have the service
in the municipality and we, as a
municipality, pay for a service from
outside of the municipality when we
have that service available to us
here."
He said that Wingham Police
servicing Blyth and East Wawanosh
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FROM BELGRAVE
ooITii'foi local heroes
33rd Annual
Citizen of the Year Award
Nominations Open
There are so many people out there who
do so much to improve their community.
This is your opportunity to show your
Altappreciation for all they do.
Each year a committee chooses an outstanding citizen from each of the Blyth and area and Brussels and area
communities to receive an award for contribution to the community. If you know someone you think should be
honoured, please fill in the form and send it in. You may attach a longer explanation of why you think your nominee
should win, if you like. If you have nominated someone before and they didn't win, we encourage you to submit again.
I nominate
Blyth Brussels
as Citizen of the year for & area & area
I feel she/he deserves this award because
Nomination Deadline July 31, 2018.
Name and phone number of nominator
info@northhuron.on.ca Fax: 519-523-9140 Box 429, Blyth, ON NOM 1H0 or Box 152 Brussels, ON NOG 1H0