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n a rainy Saturday 22nd October this year,
Belmont B’s went to Texas for our annual Tea
Evening. The Bees transformed our meeting place into
a Texas saloon. Some ‘Bad Hombres’ rode in to the
OK corral on their sturdy mounts. Gloria ‘Calamity
Jane’ Jones had a ‘shoot-out’ with Myra ‘Annie Oakley’
Prentiss to the amusement of all. Sheriffs Harlett
Johnson and Anthony Pierre did their best to keep the
peace as Marcia ‘Billy the Kid’ Johnson and Lillian
’Wyatt Earp’ Pascall drew down in front of the bar!
In spite of the action, at the end of the day, we all rode
off safely into the sunset. Until next year!
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n Saturday 11th June, the Belmont B’s held its annual
Mothers & Fathers Day celebration. St Colm’s Hall,
our meeting place, was transformed by our hard-working
Planning Committee into a brilliant, warm sea of red and
white, a beautiful contrast to the dull, dark grey afternoon
outside.
This year we specially celebrated the centenarians among us
in Belmont: Irene Brizan(104), Talbot Joseph(100), Theresa
Gregoire(100), Anora Fraser(105), Dorothy McDowell(98),
Joshua Toussaint(104) and Eileen Greaves(101). Two of
these “Golden Agers”, Irene Brizan and Talbot Joseph, were
actually in attendance at the function. We also honoured
two of our oldest active members, Millicent Waldropt-Stoute
and Elsie McCollins, who, notwithstanding being in their
mid-nineties, participate actively in our group, attending
monthly meetings and taking part in all our activities.
Our Vice Chairperson, Genevieve Holder set the nostalgic
ball a-rolling by leading us all in a lively round of back-
in-times songs. We were entertained by our regular singer,
Claudia John. The saxophonist, Malcolm Brown, really
capped the evening by serenading our guests and the entire
company with his renditions.
Once again a glorious evening for The Belmont B’s.
With much regret we do express condolences to the family
and friends of Malcolm, who has since passed unexpectedly.
BELMONT BEES
Celebrating Mothers
& Fathers Day
Belmont Bees in
TEXAS
