The Citizen, 2012-11-15, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012.Over 250 people attend Remembrance Day ceremony
Annual turkey dinner feeds 550 at Brussels arena
Preparing for the dinner rush
Duff’s United Church in Walton hosted their annual turkey
supper at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre
on Nov. 7. Shown here getting the desserts ready are
Sharon Stephenson, left, and Marie McGavin. (Denny Scott
photo)
The Walton Duff’s United Church
annual turkey supper was held last
week with a terrific turnout as usual.
The sold out supper fed 550 folks
and everything went very smoothly.
The many heads of the different
sections were well prepared with all
they needed and managed to get
everyone fed in record time.
Congrats to all the men and women
of Duff’s United for doing a great
job and thanks to all who support the
dinner.
It was deer hunting season last
week and there are a few less
Bambis to hit on the road. Many of
the groups report actually getting
less deer than other years. The good
weather, or too much corn still
standing may have been why. Maybe
the deer are getting smarter! It is
best to keep your eyes open though
as deer collisions are up across the
County according to OPP reports.
Ross and Mary Procter, their son
Chris and friend Jason have returned
from a two-week trip to the west.
They flew to Edmonton and rented a
car to travel to many of the great
sites of the province. They attended
the antique motorcycle convention at
Wetaskiwin, travelled to Banff and
Lake Louise. They also visited with
an old friend at Swift Current,
Saskatchewan. They had a great time
with Chris as their chauffeur and are
glad to be home.
Our get-well wishes go to George
Cousins who has had surgery on his
wrist. We hope he gets along well in
his recovery.
We are hoping George Adams is
improving as he is in hospital. He
was taken to hospital last week and
is in Stratford at time of writing.
There is changing scenery around
the country side. The house on the
former Fisher farm, now Terpstra, on
Hullett McKillop Rd. was taken
down and the tree stumps uprooted
and burned last week. A second
farm, the former Smith farm, now
Terpstra, on Canada Company Rd.
also had the same treatment. It
makes quite a change on the
properties.
The Gowing/Adams families
gathered for a get together to
celebrate the marriage of Heather
Gowing and her husband Kenny,
who were married this past June in
Bermuda. Heather is the daughter of
Ken and Nancy Gowing, and the
granddaughter of Viola Adams and
Betty Gowing. The two families met
to enjoy a social evening of visiting,
sharing a meal and catching up
everyone, while the couple was
home for holidays. The couple has
lived in Bermuda for seven years and
continue to live there. They played
continuous photos of the wedding
for everyone to enjoy. Following the
meal, a lively and very talented
group of four young people arrived
to provide entertainment for an hour.
The Blazing Fiddles are a musical
group who play fantastic music with
violins, bass fiddle, spoons and
piano. A very enjoyable evening for
all.
Welcome to Roy and Donna
Fisher who have moved into
Brussels. We hope they are enjoying
their new surroundings and being so
close to everything downtown.
Congratulations to Nicole (White)
and Mark Olson on the birth of a
second daughter. Claira Grace is
welcomed home by big sister Lyla
and happy grandparents are Randy
and Donna White and Neil and Ruth
Olson.
Returning from a wonderful trip is
Valerie Gratto. She and a high
school friend took a 14 day Panama
Canal Cruise. They started out on
Oct. 5 from Fort Lauderdale and
arrived Oct. 19 in San Diego. They
took this particular trip because it
had relaxing sailing days between
stops.
They left Fort Lauderdale and
sailed for two days and then stopped
in Cartegna, Columbia for a tour. It
is a very old city with lots of bright
coloured buildings and very narrow
streets. They saw a huge old fort that
overlooked the city. The next
morning, they were at the mouth of
the canal at 6:30 a.m. and their
“time” was slotted for 7:30 a.m.
They were told that the passing
through the canal was booked a year
in advance and you have to be on
time.
You enter the canal from the
Atlantic Ocean into Limon Bay that
takes you to the first lock – Gatum
Lock. You then sail into the huge
Gatum Lake, where the ships wait to
go out into the Atlantic. The Canal
crossing is 38 miles long but is very
slow going. A “pilot” goes on board
in Limon Bay to help the cruise ship
pass through. It takes eight hours to
go through and you slowly follow
the “buoys” to keep the ships in the
deepest part of the passage. The
surrounding area all along the canal
is rainforest and apparently there are
a lot of “mudslides’, as you see
dredging boats all along. You come
to the last two locks – the Pedro
Miguel Lock and finally the
Miraflores Lock, where they saw a
tall building with balconies and
Here it is the first week of
November and on a particular nice
day last week many farmers were
busy. There were some harvesting of
white beans, some soybeans and
others combining corn, even wheat
still be planted. Manure spreading
was also popular since the ground
has dried some. I have heard of
many who have completed the
harvest and now the job of washing
up equipment and putting it away forthe winter begins.
It is hard to believe after enjoying
the beautiful weather on
Remembrance Day, that Monday
was cooler, windy and wet and is a
taste of what’s in the future. The joy
of living in southwestern Ontario is
our changing seasons, and we are
almost through the fall season.
Christmas is only six weeks away, so
if you like to spread out your
shopping, it’s time to start.
Remembrance Day was a
beautiful day and the attendance
proved the fact. There were
approximately 250 people at the
service at the Brussels Cenotaph. It
was nice to see people of all ages in
attendance. Families with
grandparents and small children
participated in laying their poppies
on the wreaths. It is nice to see
adults bringing their children withthe hope that they too, will carry on
the Remembrance tradition as they
grow. If not for the sacrifice of
117,000 Canadian soldiers, we may
not enjoy the freedoms we have
today. The poppy is worn for about
two weeks before Nov. 11 to honour
those who have served and is placed
on Nov. 11 at a cenotaph in respect
of those who have fallen, a final act
of remembering.
The Walton Hall catered to its first
family Christmas get together on
Saturday. The Armstrong family of
which Lillian (Armstrong) Appleby
and her family are a part enjoyed a
turkey dinner downstairs. Over 40
guests gathered then went upstairs to
visit and await the arrival of a special
guest. Santa arrived to their delight
and they had a great afternoon
visiting, enjoying snacks and
watching the youngsters having fun.
The ladies of the hall board who
helped for the day included Jo-Ann
McDonald, Judy Lee, Barb Durrell
and Judy Emmrich. Jo-Ann and
Judy had decorated the hall in its
Christmas finery on Thursday
evening.
The Chesley Saddle Club held its
annual meeting and pot luck social
later on Saturday evening at the hall.
They had a good crowd attend and
reports are they had a very
successful year and great weather
for their trail rides. They enjoyed a
social evening following the dinner.
Congratulations to Chris and Erin
Blake who have moved into their
new home last week. I’m sure they
will find it wonderful and the boys,
Mason and Foster, will have plenty
of room to run as they grow up.
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