Last Saturday

The Winton Church of God in Christ Mennonite celebrated their centennial this past weekend. It started Friday night with a supper for the out-of-town (and state) visitors and the locals. They rented a large tent, shown in the picture above, round tables and lots of chairs. The tent was set up on the Mennonite School grounds on Central Avenue in Winton.
Saturday was an all day affair beginning at 9:00 a.m. with registration and the program beginning at 9:30. Rosalie, Carolyn and I were there with the "Memories of Winton 1911-1950" books, the Winton Historical Society's Winton Centennial recipe books and the souvenir mugs. We stayed until 8:00 p.m., so it was a long day, but a very good one. Carolyn and I got to see some relatives from out-of-town and met some other people for the first time.
Three people were given prizes for having traveled the fartherest, one was from Canada and the other two from Southern States and South Carolina. People also came from Kansas and Wisconsin. Probably other states as well. I don't remember what the other prizes were for. The prizes were: A Winton Centennial recipe book; 3 mugs and a membership to the Winton Historical Society.
On the back wall were pictures, stories and articles depicting the past 100 years in Winton with the focus on the Mennonite Church. Several committees were set up with a 20-year span to report on. I understand they are going to make up a booklet with all the information that was posted on the wall and maybe more.
In one corner was the "museum" with old kitchen utensils and other tools, also hanging up were wedding dresses from the past usually sewn by the bride or relative.
In the opposite corner a long table was set up for Rosalie, Carolyn and I. When there was a break in the program, people would come up to our table and buy books and mugs. It was a very good day for the Winton Historical Society.
The program consisted of the main speaker, songs by various groups, which was very good; the committee members for each 20 year span got up to tell about their time period. Many people talked about their memories of Winton.
It was a very interesting day and I'm glad we were invited to be there.