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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-08-09, Page 15WAY, AUGUST 9,1995 tit Home on Ieave...Carol and Ed Sweeney are shown with their children, five -month-old Jacob and Amanda, two. Bombardier Sweeney is on leave as a United Nations peackeeper in the former Yugoslavia. Returns from Bosnia Continued from front page But all that was left behind him when he returned for a well- deserved rest and quality time spent with his wife and young family. A highlight of Sweeney's stay was a corn roast last Friday night in Harriston sponsored ' by "Friends Caring and Sharing". Members of this group have taken to writing to Sweeney on a regular basis, even sending him packages. He has come to look forward to their cards and letters very much and is most appreciative of the concern and car- ing of the group. Murray Caulder, Wellington MPP, even was on hand at the corn roast to offer his thanks to Sweeney and presented him with a number of Canadian pins to take back to Bosnia. The rest of Sweeney's holiday is being spent relaxing, visiting and of course, taking the obligatory trip to Marineland at the urging of his lit- tle daughter Amanda. Although life in the military does have its draw- backs, Sweeney is happy with the career choice he has, made and wife Carol is proud of her husband's role. Sweeney returns to active duty on Aug. 17 when he boards a plane for Zagreb. The hopes and prayers 'of his many friends here in Wing - harp go with him. Peyton Scott, daughter of Elaine and Dave Scott, was baptized on Sunday, July 23, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in. Wingham with Rev. John Vaudry officiating. Mr. Vaudry was the minister who married Mr. and Mrs. Scott. Dinner guests of Dave and Elaine to help celebrate the occasion were Pey- ton's grandparents: Harris and Ma- rie Campbell- of Bluevale, Murray Scott of Sarnia and Jeanette Scott, Wingham; great-grandmother Eva Wright of Brussels, great -great- aunt Hazel Campbell of Wingham and her son Bill. Also attending were Emma and Clarence Henning, RR 1, Wingham, Mary Lou John- ston and Marjorie Heuther, Brus- sels. On Sunday, July 16, Grant, Mary and Erica McBurney arrived from Middleton, N.S. They visited with Grant's mother, Robena McBur- ney, at the Seaforth Manor and his sister, Laura Barbour and husband Ken at Brussels. The family stayed with Alan and June McBurney. Last Tuesday, Gail Barbour and her two girls came to visit at the home of Alan and June. Mrs. Donald Stonehouse and her son Richard of Guelph visited with their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse, on July 17. Mrs. Larry Ellis of Whitevale and her daughter Kristen and Mrs. Cal Wenghofer of Guelph visited last Tuesday, July 18, with their aunt and uncle, Lewis and Helen Stonehouse. Last Thursday and Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Smithson of Downsview visited with her sister, Beth Procter. Kim Mayberry of Kitchener visited last Sunday with Mrs. Procter. Ashley Irwin of Ashfield Town- ship and Abby Dander Jagt of Port Carling spent last week holidaying at the home of their grandmother. Betty Irwin. Recent overnight visitors at the home of Thelma Pletch were Gibb and Irene Sauve of Willowdale. All attended the funeral of Hugh Arm- strong at the McPherson Funeral Home in Teeswater. John and Lois Anderson just have returned from a short trip to Northern Ontario: Among the points of interest were the Dionne Quintuplet Museum at Callander and the Science North Museum at Sudbury. While in Elliott Lake, they visited with Rev. Peter Tucker and his wife Nancy. Birthday greetings from friends, family and neighbors are extended to George Michie, who is celebrat- ing his 80th birthday. Congratula- tions, George. Ross and Barbara Anderson, Les and Donna Shaw, Jack and Doreen Marks, as well as Charlie Cook and Ruth King have just returned from a motor coach trip to the Yukon and Alaska. They took the Alaskan ferry from Skagway to Prince Ru- pert, B.C., and then traveled through the Canadian Rockies to Calgary, where they caught a flight for home. Sherwood•Twamley reunion held at Belgrave WI Hall BELGRAVE--The 34th annual Sherwood-Twamley Reunion was held in the Women's Institute Hall on July 16. After grace was said by Donald Thornton, a bountiful meal was en- joyed by a large attendance. Every- one then was welcomed and a mo- ment's silence observed in memory of departed relatives. Grace and Jim Finnigan were in charge of indoor contests and out- door games. Mildred Henry guessed the number of jelly beans in a jar. Myrtle Johnstone and Gor- don Johnstone were the honored seniors. Jonathon Finnigan's birth- day was closest to the reunion date and Jean LePine came the farthest to attend. Grace Finnigan, Katie Thornton and Allie King were the youngest. Kevin Finnigan kicked the shoe the farthest and all the children were rewarded with a prize. Donald Plunkett was chosen as the best soccer player. Anne McInnes was in charge of the draws which were won by Myr- tle Johnstone, Karen McInnes and Noreen. Gnay. Myrtle Johnstone gave a very interesting talk on her family history research and had some information for sale. Officers for the corning year are: president, Alvin Sherwood; vice president, Donald Thornton; secre- tary -treasurer, Anne McInnes; lunch convenors, Grace and Jim Finnigan and sports, Tena and Don- ald Thornton. Alvin Sherwood thanked every- one for attending and all those who helped in any way. Anne Mclnnes closed with meeting with the poem. "Family Ties". The remainder of the afternoon was spent visiting. Next year's reunion will be held at the same location on the third Sunday at 1 p.m. Boundary Continued from page 3 once each week. "You will hear back before the end of the month," said McBurney. "We will send a letter to you." Later in the meeting, council in- structed the road superintendent to spend more time on the boundary, grading it and fixing potholes. THE 'WIN NAM NA!' A AANCETIMESS wilors Dos Peter and Lourdes Isabelle and Jennifer of Mississauga, accompa- nied by grandchildren Heather, Meagan and Danielle Parkinson of Oshawa, spent last weekend at their home here. Jim and Susan Collison and Pe- ter of Kitchener visited with Lyle and Shirley Hart last weekend. We are pleased to report that Wes Newton returned home last week from Wingham and District Hospital where he had been a pa- tient since undergoing brain sur- gery in London. He is progressing very well. Tom and Dorothy Powell of Kitchener called on Eileen Marks last Sunday evening enroute home from spending the weekend at their trailer at Fisherman's Cove. Mrs. Lyle Hart, Mrs. Dale Drumm of Palmerston, Peter Colli- son of Kitchener and Marnie New- ton of Elora left by plane last Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hayton (the former. Nancy Newton). They also attended the wedding of Nancy's son, Pat Hay- ton, at Qualicum Beach on Vancou- ver Island. Charlie and Bea Bodfish of Lon- don visited with Hazel Griffith last Thursday enroute from visiting Dorothy Wake and spending the weekend at Owen Sound. Lloyd and Millie Pfiefer, Lon- don, visited with Eileen Marks last Tuesday. Family honors man on 60th BELGRAVE--Over 50' family members. and friends gathered 'late last month at the home of Scott and Andrea Stevenson, Auburn, to cele- brate the 60th birthday of Bill Coultes. The afternoon was spent visiting and enjoying the pool. A delicious smorgasbord dinner was served to friends and relatives from London, Molesworth, Wingham, Teeswater, Waterloo, Blyth, Auburn, Seaforth, Trowbridge and the Belgrave area. Happy 60th birthday, Bill. Over 80 party held BELGRAVE--The annual over -80 birthday party was held in the base- ment of Knox United Church on Tuesday, Aug. 1. The party hon- ored all those in the community and surrounding area who are 80 years of age or older. Muriel Coultes was leader for the evening and, represented the United Church Women. She wel- comed the celebrants and guests and read out the names of the 40 who had been invited. One half of those invited were able to attend, but many other residents were present. Gord's Old Tyme orchestra en- tertained with several numbers to open the program. The orchestra consists of Gordon.and Ron McBurney, Arnold Buce, Alex Robertson, Jack and Audrey Adair with Mary Coultes providing piano accompaniment. Karrin Marks played two num- bers on the piano and Alice Nichol- son gave several readings. Lila Procter and her boys, Ben and An- drew, sang three songs. Mrs. Coultes read a poem enti- tled "The Old Wooden Tub" and Mrs. Adair sang two numbers. This was followed by everyone taking part in .a sing -along, led by Mrs. Coultes with Freda Johnston at the piano. The orchestra entertained again before Ruth Johnston and Lewts Cook ,cut the birthday cake. After "Happy Birthday" was sung, cake and ice cream were served by Shei- la Nixon and the social committee. Hugo Asselin...was working at the Wingham MNR office as a Quebec exchange student. Quebec student spends three months at MNR By JIM BROWN The Advance -Times For 20 -year-old Hugo Asselin, from the Abitibi region of Quebec, the summer of 4995 is probably one he will never forget. The Rouyn -Noranda resident was one of two exchange students from Quebec working at the Min- istry of Natural Resources (MNR) office in Wingham. Asselin was at the Wingham MNR office from May 15 until Aug. 4. He had. just completed his first year of the ecology course at the University of Sherbrooke. , He stated that the exchange was not organized by the university, but by the governments of the two provinces. Asselin, explained that students from Quebec come to Ontario to work for the summer, and Ontario students go to Quebec. The second'student at the Wing - ham MNR is Catherine Giroul, a 21 -year-old Rimouski University student from Trois Rivieres. She has, been working at the Hullett Conservation Area, between Clin- ton and Seaforth. Asselin said it has been great working in Huron County. "I Tike it,".he Said. "It's more hilly in the Abitibi area, than it is here." While at the Wingham MNR of- fice, Asselin worked on three pro- jects — the evolution of wetlands, the evolution of forests, and the evolution of stream crossings in Huron County. Asselin said that every Sunday they worked at the Pinery Provin- cial Park. He was amazed by all the people at the park, especially during long weekends. Marijuana plants seied from bush A Listowel man has been charged after officers from the Wingham OPP detachment, Mount Forest OPP, District 6 Crime Unit and the Wingham Police Service uncovered a large amount of mari- juana. On Wednesday, August 2, the police officers executed a search warrant on the property at Lot 56, Concession 1, Turnberry Township (RR 1, Bluevale). Approximately 107 plants were seized from a bush area near the rear of the property. Gordon Ash, of 345 Elizabeth Street, Listowel, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with cultivation of a narcotic, possession of a narcotic for the purpose of traf- ficking and possession of a narcot- ic. He was remanded in custody un- til a bail hearing in Goderich on August 4. Constable Steve Shaw, Wingham OPP, is investigating. Campbell picnic is held at park BELGRAVE--The Campbell picnic was held on Sunday, July 30, in the Belgrave park with a good atten- dance. A delicious meal was enjoyed and then there were games. Prizes went to: Bruce Campbell. Susan Campbell, Cindy and Al MacDonald, Kevin VanCamp, Ir- win Campbell, Geoffrey Campbell, Peter Brorhrner, Ivy Cloakey, Joyce VanCamp, Eleanor Campbell, Mary Anne Campbell, Clare Van - Camp, Sandra Brommer. Don Camnbell. Barry and Sharon Bondi. Scott and Judy Campbell, Jean Cloakey, Nancy Jardin, Paul Cloa- key, Lorne Campbell and Pamela Campbell. 9 Joyce VanCamp gave horseback rides, while Linda Campbell had a peanut and candy scramble for all the kids. A great time was toad by all. RECYCLE THIS PAPER It gave us a chance to go to the beach after work," he said. Although this is his first time to this part of Ontario, Asselin said the scenery is great. "Sometimes I'd take my binocu- lars and look at all the wild life," he said. "It's just beautiful." He said that there is a great va- riety of birds, plants, and trees in southern Ontario. He added that he was not able to get used to the heat of the sum - mei, coming frorn the somewhat cooler Abitibi .region of Quebec. He also found out that the mos- quitos were bad, especially when he was working on the wetlands project. But, he said it was all part of the job. Although he would like to come back to the region, he cannot do so through this exchange program as that is just a one-time opportunity. Randy Cl at Mount Jack and Helen Clark of Listow- el and formerly of Wroxeter, at- tended the wedding of their son Randy of Mount Brydges and Terry MacDonald o:>Sarnia on the Lawn of the groom's home on Saturday, July 29. Rev, Bill Thornton of Lambeth officiated. Kevin Hastie of Gorrie was best man and Lexi MacDonald of Sarnia By Ronda Bennett We tried to keep our cool as we discussed "Life before Refrigera- tion" at the Wingham and Area Seniors' Day Centre last Monday. The last day of July was a memora- ble one, as we soaked up the scen- ery at Cruickshank Park. We remi- nisced about sawdust covered blocks of ice and the work involv- ing in storing food to keep. Tuesday, Aug. 1, was an infor- mative day as Anita Guernick came to speak on diabetes. She is a repre- sentative of the Huron -Bruce branch of the Canadian Diabetic Association. We also had a few travel to Vanastra to participate in water exercises. The water was re- freshing and a welcome change from the humidity. On Wednesday, Aug., 2, Mar- guerite Thomas of the Huron County Health Unit's seniors' divi- sion shared information with our older adults, She offered sugges- tions on avoiding falls through changing living patterns in our homes. On Thursday, Aug. 3, we were unable to have a barbecue lunch due to the weather. However, we had a picnic -type meal and games and quizzes indoors. It provided all the pleasure of being outdoors without the ants. Friday, Aug. 9, was an enjoyable day as we traveled to Lucknow, The craft festival in the town of- fered a wide selection of hand- made treasures. We offer a "pat -on - the -back" to all who organized the event. It was wonderful. Here's a word to the wise: "If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." ark .wed Brydges was maid of honor. Among the 120' guests were: 'Brian Hastie of Gorrie; Mr. and Mrs. Don Hastie, Goderich and Ke- vin and .Margaret Townsend of Wroxeter. A roast beef barbecue was served from the tent on the lawn. The bridal couple later left by plane for a trip to British Columbia. Victorian Tea..Velda Douglas of Teeswater greeted guests to the flower show and tea held at the town hall there last weekend. Mrs. Douglas' costume belonged to her grand- mother. r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1995 Advance- Times Phone Books Can Be Picked Up At �¢ ccrngryunc Atitialltesreilittti 5 Diagonal Road, Wingham, Ontario Tel: 3572320 Fax: 357-2900 LLCM,1MDMtn elr„®. 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