A Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Marjorie Hennessy Hodgins, wife of the late Dr. Wallace Hodgins, will be celebrated at St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Saturday, July 21 at 2:00 p.m. Internment will follow in the Village Cemetery. Marjorie was one of Canada’s last female veterans of the Second World War. She joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) in 1941 and served with an Albertan – Margaret (Sadler) Gilkes, who later in life would write Soldier Girl, a novel about the experiences of young Canadian men and women in uniform during the war. Maggie named her heroine Marjorie. Lt. Hennessy met Captain Dr. Wallace Hodgins in the Canadian Dental Corps at the officers mess in Slough at the end of the war.
A memorial service will be held for Rev. Tim Timmons on Saturday, July 21 at 2:00 p.m. in the Holy Trinity Church Radford, Quebec.
The Bells from Weirstead will be celebrating their 100th anniversary reunion on Saturday, July 28 at the Pontiac Agricultural Hall from 1:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. These are the families that were starting from the Stephen and Violet Bell family. Friends and neighbours are welcomed to attend the reunion.
People celebrating their birthdays this week are: Darleen Murphy, Ronald Hodgins, Pam Chevrier, Brian Smith, Sue Evans, Wendy Erfle, Kristen Atkinson, Terry Murray, Ross Taylor, Randy Belsher, Lou Kirkham, Christopher Hobbs, Kenneth Whelen, Lisa Richardson, Kevin Hannaberry, Deb Bean, Audrey Sharpe, Helen Campeau, Lynn McCord, Laurie Barber, Don Corrigan, Dean Pawlett, Marty Brownlee and Dixie Atkinson.
Couples celebrating their wedding anniversaries this week are: Terry and Karen Campbell, Mike and Cindy Smiley, Douglas and Janet Graham, Amanda and Josh Armitage, Tim and Kathy Murray, Robert and Heather MacKechnie, Sylvio and Diane Richard, Bill and Jennifer Telford, Doug and Jane MacDougall, David and Joan Rusenstrom and Henry and Lynda Horner.
The Campbell’s Bay Legion will be hosting a 4-Hand Euchre Party on Thursday July 19 starting at 1:00 p.m..
The Campbell’s Bay Legion is featuring a one-man band with Serge Aquoin on Thursday, July 19 starting at 5:00 p.m. The show will feature contemporary rock and country in both French & English.
The Shawville Country Jamboree will take place at the Armstrong Farm from Thursday, July 19 until Sunday, July 22.
