Another successful Lions Club fall supper was enjoyed by a full house of appreciative people. They came from near and far, and all left with a smile on their face and a full tummy. The ladies did a fine job keeping the food coming to the buffet table, as it left on one plate after another. There was enjoyable socializing going on, too, as folks met up with others they hadn't seen for some time.
The propane tank at the store was taken out this summer and has now been replaced with a shiny new tank and filling station. This will be appreciated by anyone with a barbecue or camper, to have it available here at the store.
Clean-up day at the Do Drop In found eight people with rakes, saws, clippers and other tools and many truck loads of leaves and limbs were hauled away. The outer walls were swept down of cobwebs and all that they catch. Lunch was enjoyed afterwards. There are still a few items to tend to, and the weeping birch tree had not shed its leaves so they will likely act as mulch for next year. The hedge still needs to be trimmed back and several other ones in town also need attention.
Duplicate bridge was played at the Do Drop In Oct. 14 with top score going to Beatrice Novlan and her partner Vern Iverson, and second and third pairs were tied. These were Marnie Davie and Richard Groves tied with Margaret Dyck and Ross Morton. They had a nice evening with lunch after.
The flu clinic was held at the seniors' centre Oct. 15, with a good turnout of 152 people taking the needle. Yvette Lessard was the contact person. She put up the posters and Maureen Campbell did the registering. Two nurses did the administering of the vaccine. The new time of 4 to 7 p.m. seemed to suit folks just fine.
The Community Complex noon luncheon Oct. 17 was great again. There is always something a little different and always gratefully accepted by diners. There wasn't quite the crowd there was in September, but the profit was acceptable. On behalf of the hall committee, Pearl Hawkins reported on this and thanked everyone for their generosity, and told of other events coming up soon.
One example of chaos in Calgary when the power was off recently, was getting clients who needed home care, oxygen or help of any kind, out of upper-floor apartments, where the elevators were not working. Those in charge had to call out first responders and EMO workers for the job. These folks had to be moved to hotels in another part of the city where there was power. Imagine the confusion surrounding such goings on and the clients' families would all have to be told where their relative had been moved to.
Examples of trading through the Internet last week brings two interesting stories to mind. My grandson Greg Lambert had to put his Great Dane dog, that ran with him every morning, down for health reasons. This left a couple of pretty upset children as well as the adults. On the Internet they found a puppy, three months old, ready for them, but way down at Earl Grey, a half hour north of Regina. So it was arranged for the owners to meet Greg and Claudia, who drove down from Fort McMurray, Alta., in North Battleford, at McDonalds Saturday. One happy little girl and her Dad drove back the same day. Linda and I drove into town and had lunch with them and met the new puppy.
The second story is that of a tractor being advertised for sale by a local farmer, Walter Tait. This tractor was a Deutz, rare model, so only of interest to those who know tractors. He had three responses from Alberta and two from Ontario. The one most interested flew Toronto, Calgary, Saskatoon, to come and look at it and he bought it. This Dutchman is the manager of the machinery being used on a dairy farm where they are milking 1,000 cows. The tractor had a feature that few tractors have, and there were not many of these German-made models in Canada. The truck to haul the tractor to London, Ont. will arrive early this week.
In the weekly column written by Victor Hult, he states that he has no use for trees. I find this unbelievable, as I never see a little tree that I don't wish I could plant it somewhere, especially those growing in the ditches where you know they're going to be mowed down. Has no one ever told him that they help deter the wind? The more trees are removed the more wind we get. That's why the Indian Head Nursery for years supplied farmers with free trees to plant in shelterbelts or along fence lines, to save the land.
As we arrived in the city on Saturday last, there was a tractor with a bucket, loading a dead deer from the median, well within the city limits. I do hope because the speed would have been down to 80 km/h by then that the vehicle didn't suffer too badly and that no one was hurt.
The fall supper at Ranger, north of Bapaume, was held Oct. 19, with a good attendance. Willy Kuffert and Herman and Ruth French drove up from North Battleford and got some good visiting in with old friends.
Contract bridge was played at the Do Drop In Monday evening, with top score going to Warren Iverson and second place to Mary Greenwald, another pleasant social evening.
