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The Colebrook Chronicle
Friday, March 11, 2016
Around The Region
The weather was perfect for last week’s spring break, which led to some taking to the ice at the Sawyerville
Skating Rink. Corey Bellam photo.
Pilot and aeronautics buff Elmer Andrews told us that this plane,
seen at the Hope Community Church this weekend, was a Tiger Moth
made in 1930, powered by a Gypsy 4 cylinder engine. Corey Bellam
photo.
GRANT AND MAYOTTA
CELEBRATE 70 YEARS
On Saturday, Grant Taylor
and Mayotta celebrated 70 years
of marriag e. Back in 1946, the
war had just ended and a young
soldier by the name of Grant
Taylor was shipped back home.
Soon after, Mayotta Winslow
caught the eye of Grant and
before long they were pretty good
friends and soon after wedding
bells were ringing for this couple.
A son was born and they named
him Gary. Gary was their pride
and joy. He passed away about
18 years ago, but is still held his
memories close to their hearts to
this very day.
Grant worked for Canada
Post as Postmaster in Lennoxville, both sorting mail and dealing with the customers. Mayotta
was the perfect wife and looked
right after the house. She loves
Grant with all her heart. We
don't know their secret to 70
years together, but they sure
have one. Mayotta was asked if
she ever thought of leaving
Grant. “Nope, but I thought
about killing him a few times!”
she said, with a chuckle. They
just took the good with the bad
and stayed strong. Mayotta said
all she has to do is say “If you
don't like it, there's the door,”
and that door was never taken
by these special two.
Grant and Mayotta are now
in their 90s but they are still very
active and seldom miss a good
card party or dance. Grant is the
only living Charter member of
the Army-Navy-Air Force Unit
#318, a fact that he is very proud
of. Kevin MacIver, President of
the ANAF Unit 318, presented
Grant with a lovely platter
engraved for the occasion. Richard Grey Vise-President of Bury
Canadian Legion Branch 48 in
Bury, Que., which they have
belonged to forever, presented
Mayotta with flowers.
The hall was packed to the
rafters with family, friends and
Legion members from both far
and near. The band featured
David McBurney and friends and
they kept all entertained with
old time music all evening. The
dance floor was packed all night.
Grant got up and sang a few
songs like only Grant can do. It
was a very nice party for two
very well-loved people.
–Corey Bellam
FRIENDSHIP FORCE
WALK IN SHERBROOKE
Tuesday evening, we went to
Parc Jacques Cartier in Sherbrooke to attend the 12th annual
Sherbrooke Friendship Force
walk. This small walk was done
in honor of World Friendship
Day, which is March 1. They
walked around the Lac des
Nations with lit torches. This is
an excellent chance to open up to
all cultures in the world, despite
the many conflicts taking place,
and to meet people from all cultures in one place, under the
theme “Living Together.”
This event is organized with
the help of Destination Sherbrooke and this year’s Honorary
President was Mercedes Berra.
Owner of Mercedes Travel
Agency. She also sits on the
supervising board of the Lac des
Nations Caisse Desjardins. This
event is done to bring all together
in a very friendly atmosphere. It
was amazing how many countries were represented at this
walk.
The walk kicked off at around
7 p.m. after a very brief talk and
all getting their handheld
torches lit from two friendship
torches outside. It was then time
to walk around the lake. The
International Friendship Force
has been around for 38 years and
has brought people from all over
the world together and formed
many solid friendships over the
38 years. Sherbrooke has only
held this for 12 of those years but
fully intends to hold it for many
years to come.
–Corey Bellam
HOPE CHURCH
DONATION SALE
Saturday morning we took a
drive over to Lennoxville to
attend the Hope Community
Church 2nd annual Indoor Donation Sale. Hope tried this type of
sale for the first time last year
and it was huge. This year they
decided to have it again and it
was even bigger. The hall was
full of treasures that people had
dropped off over the past few
weeks. All these articles were
donated to Hope to be sold to
help raise money for the Cornerstone Food Bank in Lennoxville
and also the Hope Community
Church Refugee Fund. This caring Church has sponsored four
families that are escaping war
overseas. The refugees haven't
arrived yet, but according to the
Church they will be coming soon
to be safe in Canada.
–Corey Bellam
LUNENBURG PIE
BAKING CONTEST
The Lunenburg Top of the
Common Committee invites bakers of all ages, with residence in
any state, to participate in their
maple-flavored pie-baking contest. The contest is part of the
day-long activities at the Lunenburg 11th Maple Festival to be
held on Saturday, April 2.
Entries should be brought to
the Lunenburg Primary School,
49 Bobbin Mill Road, off route 2
in the center of Lunenburg, Vt.,
the morning of the festival. Judging will begin at approximately
10:30. The entrant need not be
present. A first place prize will
be awarded in each of the three
pie categories–cream/custard,
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Sports
The Canaan Girls B Division Runners-up from 70th Annual Newport Rotary Basketball Tournament.
Front, from left: Emily Noyes, Baylee DeWitt, Jessica Tracy, Amanda Hughes. Back, from left: Coach
Tim Harris, Lelah Hailey, Morgan Becker, Ayva D’Aeillo, Paige Hughes and Assistant Coach Wayne
Howe. Courtesy photo.