The Voice of Pelham, December 18, 2013

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Santa Claus brought blowing snow and a cold northeast wind with him to the 16th annual Santa Claus parade.

Parade watchers bundled up in coats, snow suits, hats, scarves and boots in the -9 chill. They huddled near buildings on a wind-swept Canboro Road. Many moved to Church Street seeking protection from the breeze.

The weather may have limited attendance but it didn’t chill anyone’s enthusiasm, said parade

organizer Fred Disher.“The snowy weather

made it very Christmas like.”

About 28 of the 36 units who signed up participat-ed. They provided a range of floats and marching groups.

“We never had that much variety before,” he said.

The parade included three drum lines from St. Mary’s of Hamilton, M. M. Robinson of Burlington and Notre Dame College School’s Spirit of the Irish.

The E.L. Crossley Sec-ondary School marching band did its annual two

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parade performance. It marched in Ni-agara-on-the-Lake in the morning and bused to Fenwick for the afternoon event.

“Crossley made it right on time, I was very impressed,” said Disher. He ex-

pected to delay the start of the parade if the weather delayed the band.

Financially, Disher said the parade committee was in good shape with local businesses and individuals contributing more than enough to carry the day and set it up for next year.

The winter blast was unusual for the an-nual parade. In the past, snow has been rare. Rain was usually the concern.

In Centennial Park the post parade party was limited by light attendance.

Disher said, however, Santa was kept busy talking to children into the after-noon. This year he came without Mrs. Claus.

The Fenwick Lions Club handed out hot dogs, chilli and hot chocolate for donations.

“Bill Ferion’s chilli was a bigger hit than ever,” said Disher.

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A new provincial law, passed last week, requires every home to have a car-bon monoxide detector.

On Friday the day af-ter its passage, Oxford Conservative MPP Ernie Hardeman, who pushed a private member’s bill calling for the new law, joined MPP Tim Hudak at Pelham Fire Station No. 1.

They delivered 60 car-bon monoxide (CO) de-tectors for the department for use during its home inspection program.

Hudak said with the help of funds from the Insur-ance Bureau of Canada detectors are going to fire departments across the province.

The leader of the Pro-gressive Conservative

Party praised Hardeman for his persistence in get-ting Bill 77 the Hawkins Gignac Act passed. It is named for an OPP officer Laurie Hawkins and her family who died of car-bon monoxide poisoning from a gas fireplace in their Woodstock home in 2008.

Hardeman said carbon monoxide has no detect-able warning signs. You can’t see, smell, taste or feel it.

The family of four who died did not have a detec-tor in their home.

The province already has a law requiring smoke detectors on each floor of a house. The new law supplements it by adding a CO detector near sleep-ing areas.

Hudak said Fenwick fire-fighters once responded to a CO detector alarm at his house. While it was a

false alarm, it made him aware of its value.

Pelham Fire Chief Bob Lymburner said the de-partment will use the CO detectors during its home inspection program.

Firefighters go door-to-door checking for smoke alarms and now will add CO detectors. If they find there are none, they will place them in the home.

Lymburner called it a very active education ex-ercise to alert the public to the need for detectors. In the case of neglect, however, the department could suggest charges.

Earlier this year the fire department, through an Ontario Fire Marshall’s of-fice grant, distributed 200 CO detectors to seniors

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LETTERSto the editor

Fifty years ago, Gerry and Regina MacDonald were one of four young couples who took a chance.

They went down to the Imperial Bank of Com-merce in downtown Font-hill and signed a promis-sory note for $6,000.

It allowed the local Pres-byterian congregation, founded in 1959, to buy four lots from Gordon Haist on Haist Street.

The former asparagus patch is now the site of Kirk-on-the-Hill Presbyte-rian Church.

On Sunday, Dec. 8, 50 years to the day of its opening, the congrega-tion celebrated the build-ing’s anniversary with a rededication.

“It was an act of faith,” said Gerry MacDonald last week about the signing the note. “The economy wasn’t too good at the time and we were young couples with kids.”

However, he has seen it pay off as the than rural church, named Kirk on the Hill for its position above downtown Font-hill, flourish into a highly active suburban church.

It is known for its reli-gious activities such as a

strong Sunday school as well as for the role of its members in community services such as Pelham Cares, service clubs and town events.

The congregation re-mains attached to its tradition of maintaining a country style church feeling, said Rev. Calvin Lewis.

“We remain open and welcoming.”

It does look ahead. It plans to upgrade its au-dio-visual system for use in services.

It’s a matter of present-ing the theology with more visual and sound cues, said Lewis. Younger people in particular un-derstand it.

Communications have changed from the 19th century practise of three-hour sermons, he chuck-led, but the message hasn’t.

The church will replace carpeting and do other improvements.

The congregation with a membership of about 120 has evolved with Pelham’s demographics.

“Even though Kirk on the Hill began with people of primarily Scottish origin, we are now blessed to have people from various backgrounds,” said Lewis.

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The three principal categories of intellectual property are patents, trademarks, and copyrights. The nature of the individual’s idea is what determines the most appropriate form of protection. For example, a new process or product should be protected using a patent. A new work, such as a book or film, should be covered by a copyright. A new logo or trade name should be protected by a trademark. With little effort, the business people of our community can learn to use these safeguards to protect their own great ideas.

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Pelham launched its new website Monday at its www.pelham.ca location.Phil Kirwin and Natalie Castelli of Chimpanzee, the web designer, introduced the

site to council at its regular meeting.“It gives the user multiple points of entry,” said Kirwin.It is intended to increase accessibility allowing for increasing font size for easier

reading and searching.Among its features are access to town forms allowing users to fill them out and

send them electronically to the appropriate department such as recreation, plan-ning, treasurer or clerk’s office.

A mapping feature outlines locations and areas such as cycling trails.A business directory allows businesses to update informationKirwin said the new website encourages interactive exchanges with the public.“The social media functionality allows the town to share information and get feed-

back,” he said. “Many features are a first for Niagara.”The site he said is designed to grow and “not go online today but be obsolete

tomorrow.

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Liam North, a Grade 10 student at E.L. Crossley Secondary School, brought the gavel down to begin Monday’s town council meeting.

The Mayor For The Day was elected in a four student race at the high school last week.

He told council during the day he attended a regional audit committee meeting, toured the Region of Niagara administration building, went through the Pelham Arena, works department site on Tice Road, and met with staff at the municipal building to learn what they did.

North joined Mayor Dave Augustyn in handing out cards and certificates to stu-dents whose art work was chosen for the official Town of Pelham Christmas card. Each student received 10 cards.

The elementary students were: Lauryn Bench, Mitchell Carmichael, Megan Dmy-trow, Kelsie Dyson, Michael Giguere, David John Gilles, Avery Horton, Linsay Hor-ton, Tommy Kouretsos, Melanie Lachnit, Liliana McIntosh, and Adrian Papez.

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Last week, I wrote about some of the major improvements planned for the Town in 2014, including “Uptown Fonthill” Reconstruction, Downtown Fenwick Revitalization, Peace Park improvements, East Fonthill Roads / Services, and Port Robinson Road reconstruction.

As Council continues to focus on maintaining and improving infra-structure, we also budgeted for other important improvements.

Roads & Sidewalks:First, the Town will complete the

reconstruction of Highland Avenue next year. (It was great to see the southern-portion of Highland fi-nally being paved last week!)

The Town will also continue reconstructing Effingham Street – next year from Metler to the south (approx. 550 meters).

Some urban roads will be resur-faced: Vinemount Drive, Berkhout Terrace, and Sunset Drive. In these areas, a contractor will mill-off the old road surface, repair the base road, curbs, and sidewalks (as needed), and resurface the road.

Balfour Street (Welland to

Chantler), Brady Street, Cream Street (from Memorial to Can-boro and Chantler to Webber), Maple Street (Kilman to Metler), Metler (Cream to Centre), Moore Drive, Sawmill Road (Moyer to Maple), and Tice Road (Victoria Ave to Balfour), will be resurfaced by receiving a single surface treatment. In addition, Effingham (Roland to Sixteen) will receive the missing top-coat of asphalt.

Finally, as well as our annual side-walk maintenance program, Council also approved the construction of a sidewalk on Church Street, from the train tracks to Martha Court.

Parks & Recreation:At the request of Pelham Minor

Baseball, the Town will be rehabili-tating the existing limestone infield at Harold Black Park Diamond No. 2 with clay baselines, grass infield, and a pitching mound. We also budgeted to replace the rusted backstop and infield fences at Cen-tennial Park Diamond #1 and at Harold Black Diamond No. 1.

Following this year’s improve-ments to Marlene Stewart-Streit Park (Riehl Skatepark and Pool House upgrades), Council budgeted funds to reconfigure and build a proper parking lot.

Finally, Council approved the next phase of the rail trail – from Balfour to Centre Street – on the abandoned rail line that will link with Centennial Park.

Other Items:Instead of counting on major-

ity landowners to involve the com-munity and complete the studies, Council earmarked funds take-over and restart the East Fenwick Sec-ondary Plan process.

So that we can be as prepared as possible for flooding that future storms may bring, Council budget-ed to carry out a watershed master plan study.

Regional Council approved funds to construct a dog park on the for-mer landfill on Centre Street (just north of Hwy 20); following the property’s rezoning, all we will need to proceed will be $10,000 donated by the community.

I look forward to working to-gether with you on these and other improvements in 2014.

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The town council will condense a multi-year project to upgrade Old Pelham Town Hall into a single-year effort during 2014.

At its regular meeting Monday, council decided to move funds totalling $301,303 into the 2014 capital budget to complete the work.

Originally, it would be spread over yearly installments of about $79,000 until 2018.

The change was seen as a way reduce disruption in the use of the hall by regular and casual users.

They include Pelham Seniors Citizens Association and the Fonthill and District Kinsmen Club. The town’s recreation department uses the hall for fitness classes and day camps. The public in rents it for showers, wed-dings, anniversaries and public meetings.

Over the past five years rentals have decreased to 992 hours in 2013 for $6,577 from 1,611 hours for $11,426.

The one-year effort is expected to save money by re-ducing administrative costs of stopping and restarting a project as well as avoiding regular price increases for materials.

Mayor Dave Augustyn said the architect involved in the upgrades said a one-year effort would be cheaper in design and other costs.

In answer to a question from Ward 1 Coun. Richard Rybiak, treasurer Cari Pupo said the change to one year would not increase the tax rate because the money would come from a reserve fund.

Last week, the mayor, town councillors, hall users and MP Dean Allison cut a ribbon to mark the end of the first stage of renovation work to the hall.

A federal grant of $77,000 covered half the $154,000 cost of the work.

It allowed the town to do an asbestos survey of the hall, to repair a ramp at the west entrance, to change the west entry installing a new door, to add a coat room and to build accessible washroom facilities.

Future improvements will include: remodelling the kitchen; upgrading seniors and Kinsmen rooms; re-instating the original high windows in the main hall by raising the ceiling to its original height; upgrading lighting flooring, stage and sound system; replacing the east door, plaster and trim; repair and repoint brick and stone; replace a flat roof and upgrade exte-rior lighting.

The project will also include work on the cenotaph and cannon in from of the former Township of Pelham hall. It honours Pelham township residents lost in the First World War

Old Pelham Town Hall dates back to 1887 and re-placed an earlier township hall built in 1848. Pelham’s administration was moved to the current Fonthill building in the 1960s.

BY WAYNE CAMPBELLfor the VOICE

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It was an evening to cel-ebrate Remembrance.

Branch president Rick Hatt along with organiz-ers Ron Boyer and Cliff Driscoll of Branch 613 Royal Canadian Legion took delight in handing out medals to elementary and high schools.

They were the winners of the Fonthill Legion’s Remembrance Day post-er, poems and essay con-tests.

“Remembrance is what the Legion is all about,” said Hatt as he and Driscoll read through the list of winners.

Boyer said it was a plea-sure to see the enthusiasm shown by the students.

Winners in order were:Primary posters, black

and white, --- Mackenzie Birrell, Cole Stewart, and William Wales, all from St. Alexander Catholic School;

Junior posters, black and white, --- Taeya Carl, Chloe Theriault, and Eden Vince, all from Ecole Nou-vel Horizon;

Intermediate posters, black and white --- Christie Hoang Thuong Tran, E. L. Crossley, Joseph Kawa, E.L. Crossley, and Katelin Hallchurch, Notre Dame;

Senior posters, black and white, --- Sarah Emily Read, E.L. Crossley;

Primary posters, colour, --- Troy Lococo, Kian Ed-mund Ridley, Grace Main, all from E.W. Farr Memo-rial;

Junior posters, colour – Brooke Crossan, Julia Bagarozza, Luc Miklavcic, all from Nouvel Horizon;

Intermediate posters, colour – Meaghan Good, E.L. Crossley, Oksana Groch, St. Alexander, Kelsey Coyne, St. Alexan-der.

Senior posters, colour--- Makayla Corine Milley, E.L. Crossley.

Intermediate poems, --- Sarah Larmet, E.L. Cross-

ley Chelsea Dickson, E.L. Crossley, and Anika Gapc-znski St. Alexander.

Intermediate essay, --- Ja-cob Mergl, E.L. Crossley

Senior essays, -- Liam Elis and Sydney Zides, both from E.L. Crossley.

The more, the merrier... especially during the holiday season!

So we’d love to have you join us in

celebration and song this Christmas.

SundayDecember 22nd

at 9:30 a.m.Christmas Choir Cantata

featuring one of Niagara’s best church choirs under the direction of William Outred

Tuesday, December 24th at 9:00 p.m.Christmas Eve Service

Offering Communion by Candlelightconducted by Rev. Dr. Garry van Bruchem

We’ll see you there!Fonthill United Church is located at

42 Church Hill in Fonthill.(on Hwy. 20 one block west of Pelham St.)

Visit our website at www.fonthillunited.com

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Christmas EveTuesday, December 24th

Candlelight Service 7pm

Christmas DayWednesday, December 25th

Service 10am

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Students from area schools who received medals from Royal Canadian Legion Branch 613 for poster, poetry and essay entries about Remembrance Day gather at the Fonthill Legion hall for a ceremony.


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The Tim Hortons Pel-ham Panthers Novice Rep team took to the ice twice this past weekend taking on both Fort Erie novice teams.

On Saturday, Pelham played host the to the Fort Erie Rep Meteors. The Panthers were out for

revenge as the last time these two teams met Fort Erie won a 7-4 contest two weeks earlier.

Drew Stevenson got the Panthers rolling early finishing off a play set up by Brodie Morrison and Braeden Miltenburg for a 1-0 lead.

Shortly after, Riley Smyth made it 2-0 going top shelf. Stevenson notched his second off a feed from Robbie Law.

The second period was close checking as both

teams traded goals. Strong forechecking by

Hayden Karnay, Merek Triano and Maxx Veld kept the Meteors deep in their end while Meteor attacks were thwarted by strong defensive play from Jake Free, Ben Iannizzi and Walter Law. A fine effort by Luke Breadner assisted by Walter Law resulted in the lone Pelham goal of the period and the Pan-thers entered the third period up 4-3.

Fort Erie tied the game

early in the third. The pe-riod was highlighted with a paddle save as sprawling goaltender Jason Svier-gula during a scramble at the Pelham net.

With five minutes to play Adam Repar scored from the point. An insurance marker by Josh Diraddo and an empty netter from Morrison sealed a 7-4 vic-tory.

On Sunday the Panthers traveled to Fort Erie to play Meteor AE.

This game featured lots of saves. The game remained scoreless until Luke Breadner scored on a feed from Jake Free with less than four minutes to play in the third.

Two quick goals from Brodie Morrison and Ri-ley Smyth wraped up a 3-0 win. Though rarely tested, Jason Sviergula was solid in net.

The pair of victories helped the Panthers claw their way back to a win-ning record. The team looks forward to the Sil-ver Stick tournament later this month in Pelham.

The Panthers return to action this Saturday after-noon when they take on the Dunnville Mudcats at the Pelham Arena.

The Novice Panther Hockey Club is sponsored by Tim Hortons.

Novice Panthers win games

Niagara Centre Skating Club had 4 skaters in the John McKay Memorial skating

competition held in Tillons-burg November 22-24 From

left to right Jillian Nadeau WO Pre-Preliminary ladies

4th, Jordan Reeves 9th Star Skate Junior Bronze ladies,

Coranne MacKinnon 3rd Star Skate Junior Bronze ladies, and Christy Engemann 5th WO Pre-Preliminary ladies. The skaters will be compet-

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Photo special to The Voice

The winning ways con-tinued for the Tim Horton Pelham Rep Novice Pan-thers this past weekend as the team played host to the Dunnville Mudcats. The final score was 7-4.

Riley Smyth lead the way with a hat trick and Brodie Morrison added two goals as the Panthers dominat-ed this game from start to finish. Single goals went to Drew Stevenson and Josh Diraddo.

Strong defensive play from the back checking forwards and a solid per-formance from the de-

fence limited the Mudcats chances. Once again goal-tender Jason Sviergula was steady in net when tested.

The Panthers have a busy schedule leading up to the Christmas break with road games Monday in Thorold and Tuesday in Grimsby and then two home games Saturday versus St. Catharines and Niagara Falls on Sunday.

The Panthers would like to thank Tim Hortons for their generous support this season.

Panthers make it three in a row

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The next edition of the Voice of Pelham will be on Monday

December 23rd.There will be no paper

December 25th or January 1st.

The Voice resumes publication on Wednesday

January 8th, 2014.

Merry Christmas to all our readers

and advertisers from the staff and carriers of

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ONGOING• “A Cappella Niagara”

Men’s Chorus invites sing-ers for fun, fellowship, and fabulous 4-part harmony at the Welland Community Wellness Complex, 145 Lincoln St. in Welland on Tuesday nights at 7:30. For info call Kerry—289-820- 6584. Come and sing with us—you’ll be glad you did!

• Thursdays (first Thurs-day of every month) 1:30 p.m. to p.m. SOS (Survi-vors of Stroke) Everyone is welcome. Info call Ann 905-892-1621

• Fridays 1:00-3:00 p.m.. Knit Wits - Knitting

Club. Work on your pres-ent project while spending time with other knitters. All levels are welcome. Cro-cheters welcome. Knitting tips will be shared at each session. $2.00 includes re-freshments. Drop in at the Fonthill Library.

• Saturdays Art Camp - calling all kids ages 4-12. In the Orchard Program-ming for the Arts is proud to bring you Sat. Art Camps at the Pelham Arena from 9am-12. Registration now available for the new year. Spaces still available. An extended thank you to the The Town of Pelham. Walk

in registration available or call 905-892-1709. $30 per class. Visit www.intheor-chard.org for more details.

• Saturdays Computer Tutor & Gadget Clinic. “One-to-One Help” with a volunteer tech tutor. Get help with web browsing, webmail account set-up, e-books, social media, edit-ing and sharing your pho-tos and more. 12:30 – 3:30. Register and pay ahead in person. $5.00 per 1/2 hour. Pelham Public Library.

• Alternate Saturdays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Computer & Gadget Drop-in: For beginners to

advanced learners. Learn new tips and tricks and share ideas and skills with others in an informal set-ting. Some laptops will be available or BYOG (bring your own gadget). $2.00. Drop in. Pelham Public Library.

• Ontario Senior Games Association (OSGA) for fellowship, friendly com-petition and a more active lifestyle. Info www.ontari-oseniorgames.ca

• Newcomers Club of St. Catharines & District welcomes women new to the region to participate in a variety of activities. Call Maureen 905-397-7593 or Gwen 905-641-9816 for details.

•Volunteers Needed in Fonthill, Fenwick, Ridgeville for the Meals on Wheels program. Friendly Visiting program and also requires volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments. Offer flexible hours and mileage reimbursement. Call Laura Dumas at 905-788-3181 ext. 27 or email [email protected].

December 20, 21, 22. • Joe Barkovich will sign

his book, From an Report-er’s Notebook, a collection of selected columns from his 43 years as a local daily newspaper editor. Sobeys in Fonthill from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Sobeys will donate $2 for every book sold to Pelham Cares.

January 4• Meditation-Marcia

leads you through differ-ent types of meditations. Great for beginners and those who have meditated before. Please bring a pen and notebook. $3.00. Please register ahead. 2-4 p.m.Pelham Library

January 7•Is it Dementia? As we

age, changes to our mem-ory can occur that leave us wondering, This session will highlight the difference between changes in our brain function that can be expected as we age vs. the early signs of dementia. We will also explore the topic of

maintaining brain health and strategies to actively protect and maintain our brain function. Presented by the Alzheimer Society. 6:00-8:00 p.m. Free but please register ahead. Pel-ham Library

January 13• Learning the Secret

Language of Cats. What do cats want us to know? With humour, candor and intelligence, Dr. Carol Teed, D.V.M., provides insight into modern day feline health and welfare issues. 7 p.m. $3.00. Please reg-ister ahead. Books for sale and signing. Pelham Public Library

• Scrappy Drop In. Work on your latest cardmak-ing, stamping, papercraft or scrapbooking project. A swap table will be set out each week. All levels wel-come. 10:30-12:30. $2.00. Pelham Library.

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Christmas Services In PelhamFenwick United Church

Dec. 24 7:00 p.m. Family Christmas Eve serviceDec. 29 9:30 a.m. Joint service at Fonthill U.C.

Fonthill United ChurchDec. 22 9:30 a.m. Choir CantataDec. 24 9:00 p.m. Candlelight CommunionJan. 5 11:00 a.m. Joint service at Fenwick U.C.

Pelham Community ChurchDec. 22 7:00 p.m. Candlelight CommunionDec. 24 4:00 p.m. Family Service, 7:00 p.m. Lessons

and Carols, 9:00 p.m. Communion Service

St. Ann’s Roman Catholic ChurchDec. 24 5:00 p.m. Family Mass, 8:00 p.m. Christmas

Mass, 11:00 p.m Midnight MassDec. 25 10:00 a.m. Christmas MassDec. 31 5:00 p.m. VigilJan. 1 10:00 a.m. Solemnity of Mary

Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchDec. 22 8:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, 10:00 a.m. Christ

mas Eve ServiceDec. 24 5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist (young families),

11:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist Dec. 25 9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Dec. 29 8:30 and 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Kirk on the HillDec. 24 7:00 p.m. Candlelight ServiceDec. 25 10:00 a.m. Christmas Service


For the 52nd year Fonthill and District Kinsmen have thrown a Christmas party of the town’s seniors.

About 100 filled the Old Pelham Town Hall last week for supper, entertainment and poinsettia plant to take home.

Co-ordinator Len Doyle said the dinner is one of the Kinsmen Club’s annual community projects.

The club provides the meal free thanks to local spon-sorships and fundraising.

Not only does it hand out the poinsettias at the event, the club also delivers 100 plants to the Woolcott Wing of the Welland Hospital Site for seniors there.

For the 14th year, the Celtic Fiddle Country Band provided the main entertainment supplemented by tenor David Iannandrea of the Jimmy Marando Swing Band as well as Olivia, 8, and Chloe Trout, 5, who sang and played the fiddle along with their father.

Grant Chase, 78, of Fenwick offered an impromptu step-dance performance.

Highlights of the night included songs and jokes by the Kinsmen and a visit by Santa Claus who invited se-niors to sit on his knee and tell him what they wanted for Christmas.

Doyle said, while they had a full house for the event this year, the club arranged seating a little different to provide more room for diners and servers.

A cool snowy Tuesday night did not affect attendance, but added to the Christmas atmosphere, he said.

Kinsmen throw annual seniors’ party

BY WAYNE CAMPBELLfor the VOICE

Sandy Jacobs sits on Santa Claus’s knee at the 52nd Fonthill and District Kinsmen Club’s Seniors Christmas Party in the Old Pelham Town Hall.


1507 Pelham Street, Fonthill 905-892-2616

The Treblaires perform their annual Christmas Musical

last week.

Special to the Voice/Jesse Johnson


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