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The Citizen, 2012-10-11, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012. PAGE 7.Condolences, prayers offered to several local families We hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with family or friends or both. Our family gathered at my mother’s home in Mitchell, but with a few absent. My brother was in Texas for the weekend and his wife was at her parents. We will get together at Christmas I guess. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Eedy and Purdy families this week. Dan Eedy and Josh Purdy were victims of an explosion last week and continue to be in critical care in London Hospitals. The Eedy family is from the Winthrop/Walton area and Dan is married to Stephanie Rijkhoff of Walton. The Purdys live near Seaforth. Our friend Carmen Riley is a patient in Stratford Hospital and we hope he continues to improve. Our condolences to the family of John Smith. He was a long-time resident of Brussels. He retired to his country retreat after 39 years as an employee of Morris Township. Our condolences to the family of Helen Bray. She will be missed by her daughter Shirley and husband Stu and family and daughter-in-law Janis Bray. Helen was a lovely lady whom I met when I started to curl in Brussels. She was helpful, kind and quiet spoken and will be missed by her many friends and family. Congratulations to Jason Crawford and Erin Bolger who were married in Las Vegas on Sunday, Sept. 30. They had 14 guests from the area attend the ceremony with them. Among them were Don andBeth Crawford, Ami and Jamie andErin’s mother Faye Bolger and hersisters. Congratulations to the couple. Returning from a trip to the west was a foursome from our area. Emerson, Phyllis and Gordon Mitchell and Emerson’s sister Lillian Beer enjoyed a week away. They went to Saskatchewan to visit with cousins of the Mitchells. Gordon planned the trip and they flew to Saskatoon. Emerson reports a good time and they are still busy with wheat and lentil harvest. Welcome back to the Mitchells. Our condolences to Lavern and Marion Godkin and Murray and Olene Dennis on the passing of their sister-in-law, June Godkin Andrews. June was the wife of the late Mervyn Godkin. They lived on the 10th of McKillop during their marriage and loved the north and eventually had property there. The family members attended the funeral services for the late June Godkin Andrews at Lion’s Head. Our sympathy to all. It was nice to see Aunt Marilyn McDonald on the weekend. Sheattended the McDonaldThanksgiving at the home of Jim andLinda McDonald. Most of her children were able to attend and as usual they had a great and noisy time with about 20 people there. The members of the social committee met at Duff’s United Church to discuss the plans for the upcoming turkey supper. It will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre. They are going to sell only 550 tickets this year, so we expect brisk sales right from the start. The date for cleaning the kitchen and utensils needed for use at the supper is set for Oct. 29. Cleaning times are 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The list of jobs are posted at the church. The committee members will be contacting UCW members soon to discuss their jobsat the supper. Everyone is needed forprep day. A reminder that those incharge of an area are responsible for setting up that area ensuring everything they need gets to the arena and back to the church. The Thanksgiving service at Duff’s United had a good crowd of over 30. They were greeted by Ryan and Adam Baan. Rev. Peter welcomed everyone and expressed happy birthday to four members. Patty Banks read the Minute for Missions and told the story of the Clairemont House program in Hamilton. It is an in-depth program for rehabilitating and rebuilding the lives of those addicted to alcohol for example. The Mission and Service Fund supports this program in Hamilton. Patty also read the scripture passages. Rev. Peter’s message was entitled, “Thoughts ofThanksgiving”. The presentation ofgifts was accepted by Don Baan andJim McDonald. The Liturgy of Communion was served by Neil and Marie McGavin, Diety Bos and Jo- Ann McDonald. Announcements included the joint board meeting to be held at Duff’s United Church at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 and Bluevale United is having a bazaar on Oct. 20 and to invite everyone to attend. They will also have a soup and sandwich lunch available. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Hannah Nolan Slaght, Ken Storey, Matthew Shortreed, Paulene Bennett, Reid Hackwell, Shaye Flaxbard, Paul Kirkby, Dianne McCallum, Kara Godkin, Joyce Hartman and Jared Kelso. Happy birthday to all. New leadership The Brussels Lions Club elected their new officials for the 2012-2013 year. Included are, back row, from left: Lions Greg Ducharme (Tail Twister) Clarence McCutcheon (Assistant Tail Twister), Brian Keller (Two-year Director), Klaas Jorritsma (One-year Director), Frank Workman, (Lion tamer) Neil McGavin (One-Year Director) and Jim Prior (Bulletin Editor). Front row, from left, Lions Jim Armstrong (Secretary), Tim Prior (Second Vice-president), Paul Mutter (President), Gord Mitchell (First Vice-president), John Gillis (Third Vice-president and Treasurer Ron Clarkson. Missing are Lions Gerry Exel (Past-president) and Jim Lee (Two-year Director). (Denny Scott photo) Dear Loyal Donors, THANK YOU! Your generous support of the CKNX Healthcare Heroes Radiothon over the past ten years has raised more than $900,000 for the Wingham & District Hospital Foundation. We hope to continue this great tradition of generosity at this year’s Radiothon. With your continued support we know we will be able to meet our 2012 goal. Kind Regards, Russ Taylor, Board Chair CKNX Healthcare Heroes Radiothon October 20, 2012 Listen live from 9a.m. to 5p.m. on 101.7 The One, AM920 and 94.5 The Bull Wingham & District Hospital Foundation 2012 Radiothon Goal: $106,000 for the purchase of 2 Heart Monitors and 1 Defibrillator Donations can be sent to: 270 Carling Terrace, PO Box 1228, Wingham, ON, N0G 2W0 NEWS FROM WALTON By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON Locals compete and place at plowing match The International Plowing Match and Rural Expo was held late in September in Waterloo Region and several local competitors fared well at the event. In Class 2 Group 1, Jacob Gulutzen of Walton placed second , Scott Baan of Walton placed third, Troy Leeming of Seaforth placed fourth and Lucas Townsend of Blyth placed 10th. Jacob McGavin of Walton placed fifth in Class 2 Group 2. Stephen Haney of Seaforth placed third in Class 2 Group 3. In Class 2 Group 4 Brian McGavin of Walton took second place. Paul Dodds of Seaforth took second in Class 5 Group 1, the Ontario Championship Tractor Class. In the Junior Tractor Class, CLass 7 Group 1, Craig Baan took second place. In Class 7 Group 2, Junior Tractor Plowing with Mounted Plows, Gulutzen took fifth place, Scott Baan was close behind in sixth place and Townsend finished eighth. Leeming took fourth place in Class 7 Group 3. Maitland WMS Fall Rally held in Lucknow “Hand to Hand” was the theme for the meeting held at the Presbyterian Church in Lucknow. There was a warm time of fellowship with delicious desserts prepared by the Lucknow group. The worship service was led by Mary Campbell and Lorraine Clugston from Wingham. They gave an interesting talk on “The Hands of Jesus” taken from the book of Mark. Lindsay Raymond, granddaughter of Grace Gammie performed lovely musical selections on her flute. An Honourary Certificate was presented to Margaret Siertsema for her dedication to WMS. Guest speakers were Cathy Reid and Lyn Hill from St. James Church, London. They gave a very interesting and enlightening presentation of their mission trip to Malawi, working at the Chipegawa School Centre near Blantyre. Many needed supplies were taken and lessons taught. They are planning on returning in May. Two children from Belmore were sponsored by WMS and sent to Camp Kintail this past summer. There were lovely thank you notes from the children. The annual meeting will be held Jan. 21, 2013 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Wingham.