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Crowning their predecessors
The East Wawanosh 150th reunion committee named its two ambassadors over the weekend.
Lindsay Shiell and Candice McDowell gave their speeches and were named to the positions.
Former reunion ambassadors Janice Robinson, who held the title in 1967, and Dawn Kewell,
1992, crowned the two local women. From left: Shiell, Kewell, Robinson and McDowell. (Photo
submitted)
The East Wawanosh 150th reunion
committee has two ambassadors
over the weekend: Caroline
McDowell and Lindsay Shiell.
The two young women will now
represent the committee in events
leading up to the township reunion
that kicks off at the end of the
month.
The duo were named co -
Carter takes
high pink
card in shoot
PEOPLE AROUND
BELGRAVE
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
The community extends sincere
sympathy to Lois Chamney in the
loss of a dear husband Stuart
Chamney who passed way on May
11 and to Barb and Kevin Pletch and
Diane Bridge, Donna and Jim Muir,
Joyce Bloschinsky and Steve and
Joan Chamney in the loss of a
cherished father and to his brother
Gordon "Bud" Chamney and his
wife Laura May and to 14
grandchildren and 21 great-
grandchildren.
There were five -and -a -half tables
of shoot in play on Friday, May 26
at the Belgrave Community Centre.
Winners were: high pink card,
Dorothy Carer; second high pink
card, Muriel Taylor; most shoots
pink card, Anne Laidlaw; high white
card, Ross Peacock; second high
white card, Judy Hahn and most
shoots white card, Bill Logue.
The next card party will be Friday,
June 9 at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is
welcome.
ambassadors in a special ceremony
on Saturday where they gave
speeches and helped with the
planting of the special daylilies for
the celebration.
Shiell explained that those who
held the position in the past, Janice
(McDowell) Robinson of the 100th
reunion in 1967 and Dawn (Dow)
Kewell, who was named to represent
the 125th reunion in 1992, crowned
Shiell and McDowell as co -
ambassadors.
The two entered the competition
for similar reasons, saying they felt a
connection to the village. Their
responsibilities will include being at
as many of the events as possible
leading up to the event and then
being a part of the parade and
ceremonies at the reunion. Shiell
said she is looking forward to that.
"Being a part of the reunion,
getting to see people I went to
school with and families that don't
live around here anymore is going to
be exciting," she said. "People are
going to be coming for it.
"I wanted to represent my family
and my road, the 10th concession,"
she said.
McDowell explained her family
had always lived in East Wawanosh
and it seemed like a great idea for
her to be involved.
Shiell graduated from F.E. Madill
Secondary School and is currently in
the paramedic program at Cambrian
College in Sudbury.
McDowell is also a Madill
graduate. She went to Westervelt
College to study hotel, restaurant
and casino management and has
returned to Huron County and is
working in her field.
As far as the speeches were
concerned, Shiell spoke on a
volunteer trip she took to Ecuador
last July.
"I spoke about the experience I
had then," she said. "The community
supported me a lot."
For McDowell, her speech was all
about the familial connections that
made her want to be ambassador.
"There's big influences in my life.
Talked about how each one of them
made me who I am," she said,
adding that the family connections
continued that day. "Janice
Robinson, who was the 1967 Queen,
she's a distant relative of mine, so
that's pretty cool."
For Robinson's part, she said it
FROM BELGRAVE
was nice to be included in the event.
"It was quite an honour to be
called back to do that after 50 years,"
she said. "I was a McDowell, so it
was kind of neat that I got to crown
Caroline."
Robinson said her term as
ambassador was a little hard to
remember as she was 14 years old at
the time.
"We had a little celebration and I
was there to talk to people and shake
hands," she said. "I didn't have to
speak or do anything."
The East Wawanosh 150th
Reunion is set for June 30 -July 2 this
year. For more information, find it
on Facebook or visit
eastwawanosh 150.com.
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