Senior Moments - The Campbellford Seniors Club Newsletter Issue #22: April - June 2017 | Page 6

c l u u b b m
e r e r s t s o t r o y r y
m e e m m b b
Senior Citizens
Citizens Club
Club members
members
Senior
are like
like family
family
are
BY
BY SUE
SUE DICKENS
DICKENS
Kathy and
and Milt
Milt Cooper
Cooper started
started
Kathy
coming to
to the
the Campbellford
Campbellford Senior
Senior
coming
Citizens’ Club
Club in
in 2002
2002 and
and they
they have
have
Citizens’
made so
so many
many friends,
friends, close
close friends,
friends,
made
that last
last fall
fall they
they made
made the
the decision
decision
that
to celebrate
celebrate their
their 50th
50th wedding
wedding
to
anniversary with
with not
not only
only their
their own
own
anniversary
family but
but with
with the
the club
club members
members
family
who they
they have
have come
come to
to know
know and
and
who
love.
love .
“We invited
invited the
the club
club because
because they
they
“We
are like
like our
our family,”
family,” said
said Kathy .
Kathy.
are
“We have
have a
a small
small family
family only
only about
about
“We
30 (which
(which includes
includes their
their three
three grown
grown
30
children and
and four
four grandchildren,”
grandchildren,”
children
said Milt
Milt with
with a
a grin .
grin. “So
“So we
we decided
decided
said
to invite
invite everyone
everyone at
at the
the club .
club.” ”
to
“We had
had about
about 70
70 people
people come
come to
to
“We
our anniversary,”
anniversary,” Kathy
Kathy commented
commented
our
and the
the couple
couple
hasn’t
regretted
and
hasn’t
regretted
one
one moment
that special
moment
of that of special
event . event.
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When the
the couple
couple started
started coming
coming to
to
When
the club
club it
it was
was because
because they
they wanted
wanted
the
to play
play cards .
cards. Euchre
Euchre and
and bid
bid euchre
euchre
to
are one
one of
of the
the many
many activities
activities for
for
are
seniors.
seniors .
“People come
come from
from all
all over
over and
and
“People
travel here
here just
just to
to play
play cards
cards . . . . . . from
from
travel
Brighton, Madoc,
Madoc, even
even Tweed
Tweed and
and
Brighton,
Peterborough,” said
said Milt .
Milt.
Peterborough,”
After they
they got
got into
into the
the euchre
euchre big
big
After
time, things
things just
just spiralled
spiralled from
from there
there
time,
so they
they took
took the
the bus
bus trips,
trips, and
and enjoy
enjoy
so
the
monthly
soup
and
sandwich
the monthly soup and sandwich
lunch which
which is