Borden School Community Council hosted a trade fair in the Borden Community Centre Sept. 18 to showcase what the school and village had to offer. Setting up displays were Affinity Credit Union, United Church and the ecumenical youth group, Borden Dance Club, SRC Scavenger Hunt, Borden 4-H Light Horse Club, Borden Golf Course, Prairie Spirit School Division, Village of Borden, Action Bowl, Busy Bees Preschool Co-op, Borden Health Centre, Riverbend Fellowship Church and the museum. RCMP volunteer criminal check forms were available.
Chair of the school community council, Tony Martens, welcomed everyone and thanked those who had set up displays. Principal Dean Broughton introduced the staff present, and announced the sports team name change to Borden Bruins. He spoke about the new scoreboard, new school hours to fall in with provincial regulations and learning goals and explained the response time that happens last period of each day.
The children then did a scavenger hunt and, after asking many questions of teachers and others, were able to pick a prize. Snacks and beverages were available all evening.
Door prizes were awarded. - 13 to children and, for adults, to Barry Thiessen, Kim Anderson, Donna Barth, Rhonda Funk, Lynette Schmidt, Shaun Dyck, Heather Prescesky and Nicole Kaufman. Guessing the number of jelly beans was Angel Tracksell and getting a $25 gift certificate from Gas Plus for opening a credit union account was Logan Hendrickson.
John Newbold will turn 100 in January but, since his family was able to be here for harvest, the celebration was held Sept. 21 with a dance in the Borden Community Centre. Hamps Orchestra provided the music. The hall was decorated with many balloons, 100th happy birthday posters and mini-sunflower bouquets on the tables along with large bouquets, at the big card to sign and cake table.
John still loves to dance and often goes to the city to dances when the Hamps are playing. His sisters Ruth Koberski and Olive Foley from British Columbia along with some of their families were here, as well as brother Don Newbold (Yvonne) from Calgary, Alta. and their children, his late brothers Earl and Ted's families from British Columbia and some grandchildren, for a total of 34 relatives arriving throughout the week.
At the dance, the Borden volunteer firemen had an honour guard for when John arrived and everyone sang For He's A Jolly Good Fellow. The firemen manned the bar for the evening and thanked John for his donations to the local firefighters. The United Church provided the lunch at 10:30 p.m., then the large birthday cake was cut by King John with his crown on, Happy Birthday was sung and, again, For He's a Jolly Good Fellow.
The band began playing and John was up there dancing until the party finally wound down about 12:30 a.m.
