After placing a Canadian flag at First World War veteran John “Jack” McPhee’s headstone in Davidson Cemetery, Camryn Oliver and Noah Schneider take a rubbing of the stone. The rubbing and a short history of McPhee’s service will be included in Davidson’s Nov. 11 Remembrance Day service. McPhee was 101 years old when he died in 1995. Last Thursday, Grade 8 students from Davidson School placed flags on nine gravestones of First World War veterans in Davidson Cemetery.
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This speed radar sign has been at the corner of Railway Street and Government Road in Davidson for a few months. Council decided to purchase it with the intention of encouraging motorists to slow from 80 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour as they approach the residential area.
DAVIDSON—Now that the speed radar sign has been functioning for a few months, town council wants to look at the data it collects.
At Davidson town council’s Oct. 16 meeting, Coun. Jessica Foster asked who has the data and if council could view it.
The speed radar sign was installed at the corner of Railway Street and Government Road in August. Council had decided to buy and install it to discourage motorists from speeding through town. The Government Road and Railway Street location was targeted due to the significant reduction in the speed limit, from 80 kilometres per hour (km/h) on the old Highway 11 down to 40 km/h on Government Road and Railway Street.
The sign collects all sorts of traffic data including traffic counts, minimum and maximum speeds and percentage of speed violations.
Rita Mary Anderson was born to Jacob and Frances Brkich and was raised on a farm with her 8 siblings near Bladworth, Saskatchewan. She later became a nurse and completed her master’s degree in nursing at McGill in Montreal. She met and married her husband in Toronto and moved to Germany, where they lived for 3 years. Upon returning to Canada, they spent some time in Halifax, where their daughter was born. The family moved to Victoria in 1980 and that is where she spent the rest of her years, although she was always a prairie girl at heart. She was an active member of the Catholic Church throughout her life. She will be dearly missed by her husband Terry, daughter Stephanie, son-in-law Patrick, granddaughter Thea, and her 3 surviving sisters Beth, Theresa, and Vera.
The funeral mass was held at St. Patrick’s Church in Victoria on Nov 3, 2018. Prayers will be on Nov 10, 2018 at 1:00pm at St. Andrew’s Church in Kenaston, with the burial and reception following.
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Loretta Thunstrom keeps track of the sales while Dave Marcotte shows the crowd the cake that’s up for auction. Luke Palmer, grandson of Neil and Sharon Palmer works as the ringman, keeping track of the bids.
A large crowd filled the Bladworth Hall on Oct. 20 for the Bladworth Elks annual Steak Fry and Hall Fund Auction. The Elks barbecued and served 200 steaks to feed the hungry crowd. After the meal, a small and large item auction provided the entertainment as people paid top dollar for homemade buns, pies and bread.
Local businesses donated items giving people a variety of goods on which to bid. Agricultural services and inputs were also auctioned off, helping to bump off the auction tally. The auction raised more than $16,000, proceeds will go towards completing renovations of the hall, which are nearing completion. The hall is much improved with new drywall, windows, doors, siding. A new suspended ceiling has also greatly improved the building’s acoustics.
Dave Spelliscy is surrounded by Gambia children during a trip to The Gambia to distribute Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes for Samaritan’s Purse.
DAVIDSON—A toothbrush may not seem like much, but for children who don’t have one of their own, it’s a great gift.
It means they don’t have to share one.
From Oct. 3 to 10, Bonnie Jean Low and Dave and Colleen Spelliscy had the chance to witness the joy the gift of a toothbrush, or a pencil and paper bring to children who have nothing.
They recently returned home to Davidson from The Gambia, a small West African country, where they distributed 1,891 shoeboxes on behalf of Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child.
Samaritan’s Purse is a Christian organization that puts into practice the Bible story of the Good Samaritan. It provides aid to hurting people in need due to war, poverty, disaster, famine, disease and persecution, regardless of race, religion, culture, gender and socio-economic standing.
Operation Christmas Child is a hands-on project that brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes packed by Canadians. It is one way to remind children suffering as a result of war, poverty, famine, disease, and disaster that they are loved and not forgotten.
The shoeboxes are collected from across Canada and are filled with toys, hygiene items and school supplies.
It doesn’t seem like much, but the Spelliscies and Low can attest to the joy and excitement the shoeboxes bring to their recipients.
Dave says people have a sense of how spoiled and lucky children in North American culture are, but distributing shoeboxes to children who truly have and expect nothing is really an eye-opener.
“You go there (Africa) and what our kids take for granted, they couldn’t even imagine,” Dave says.
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After placing a Canadian flag at First World War veteran John “Jack” McPhee’s headstone in Davidson Cemetery, Camryn Oliver and Noah Schneider take a rubbing of the stone. The rubbing and a short history of McPhee’s service will be included in Davidson’s Nov. 11 Remembrance Day service. McPhee was 101 years old when he died in 1995. Last Thursday, Grade 8 students from Davidson School placed flags on nine gravestones of First World War veterans in Davidson Cemetery.
