David Gillatt of Lilac Electric held a business closing customer appreciation night at the Maymont Hotel Feb. 25. Many past customers showed up. There were even nine customers from when David worked for the previous employer.
In his speech, David said it had been slightly more than 37 and one-half years that he had worked in the electrical industry. The first nine were with the late Harry Derbowka of Borden. That included the time spent apprenticing and writing and passing the journeyman's exam. Lilac Electric was in operation for 28 and one-half years.
The first electrical job Harry and David worked on was the new RM office in Speers and the building is still standing so they did something right. The last electrical project David worked on was at Julie Primeau's at Richard. David thanked the customers for giving him a call when they wanted some work done. He also thanked Dawn Gray, Jennifer Combres, Pat Beaudoin, Lana Spence and Tracey Pickering for preparing the food and the work involved with the night.
Maymont Memorial Hall annual meeting will be held March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the hall. Everyone is welcome.
Eva Babineau is collecting cans and bottles for Relay for Life. Anyone having any that they would like to donate, please drop them off at Eva's home or call 389-4847 and someone will gladly pick them up.
Maymont hall committee members are selling money raffle tickets for another fundraiser. All money raised will go towards refurbishing the front of the hall. There will only be 200 tickets sold. Cost is $20. There are 15 prizes of $100 and one of $500. Anyone wanting to purchase tickets, please call Mel at 389-2440 and if no one is home just leave a message.
