by Helen Blackburn | Jun 5, 2026 | Opinion
In July of 1960 Avening celebrated its centennial with three days of celebrations including a dance, ball games, a display of old photos, slide show, children’s choir, Sunday church service, and a grand parade of 50 floats. As I read the report in The Creemore Star I...
by Helen Blackburn | May 1, 2026 | Opinion
Imagine a large crowd one weekend this summer in Avening watching a mile-long parade with 50 floats. The usual Airport Road traffic would be backed up as far as Cashtown to the north and as far as Banda on the townline to the south. Imagine the honking and the angry...
by Helen Blackburn | Apr 2, 2026 | Community
Avening, Banda and Mount Zion/ Cashtown, Creemore, Maple Valley/ Bayview, Glen Huron and Dunedin/ Twenty-three has joined us too. We all came marching in. If you attended Creemore Nottawasaga Central School, you’ll know what that is all about. It is the school song...
by Helen Blackburn | Mar 6, 2026 | Opinion
It was a day in early September, 1927. On board the train slowly making its way to Avening was Miss Audrey Thompson of Kincardine, age 19, a recent Teachers’ College graduate and newly hired by S.S. #14 (Avening) school board. She was tired, having been travelling...
by Helen Blackburn | Feb 6, 2026 | Opinion
Avening has become just a quiet little place and often gets no more than a nod by the busy weekend traffic. There was a time when things were different. At one time it almost rivalled Creemore for size and activity. There were various mills, a cheese factory, a...
