HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-10-13, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011. PAGE 9.
Winners of the Ethel euchre held
on Monday, Oct. 3 were: share the
wealth, Dorothy Martin and Sharon
Freeman; high, Helen and Norm
Dobson; lone hands, Judy Hahn,
Keith Turnbull and John Subject;
low, Isabelle Bremner and Joan
Jacobs; lucky tally, Joyce Alexander,
Florence Holmes, Marguerite Beirnes,
Iola Subject, Helen Cullen, Allan
Edgar, Dorothy Dilworth, Mary
Davidson and Sharon Freeman.
The Ethel euchre was held on
Monday, Sept. 19 with seven tables
in play.
Winners were: share the wealth,
Allan and Dorothy Martin; high,
Eleanor Stevenson and Edna
McLellan; low, Allan Edgar and Iola
Subject; lone hands, Keith Turnbull,
John Subject, Marion Harrison,
Margaret Peebles and Judy Hahn.
There were many tally prizes.
The next euchre will be held on
Monday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m.
There will be no euchre on
Monday, Oct. 31.
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and working types like the DC3 and
Waco Standard. Flying has taken me
to many parts of the globe – to
northern Ontario and Manitoba,including Thompson, beforeThompson existed and the high
Arctic islands north of Resolute Bay.
I instructed in New Zealand, flew
famine relief in Ethiopia during
the summer of 1986 and flew in
Saudi Arabia semi-disguised. In
1977 I was hired as a D.O.T.
inspector, an achievement of which I
am proud.
“I have had the best flying life
possible for one who never wanted
to do anything else – as a Canadian
who was healthy, reasonably well-
educated (BA ’53) and had the
ability and breaks necessary to pay
my own way by working after school
to pay for an early start, with the
guarded support of both bewildered
parents (Dad was an anti-aircraft
gunner in WWI!). I am lucky,
thankful and pleased to have spent
most of my life doing what I loved.
I would not change anything –
except it might have been nice to be
born 30 years later.”
Lorna had a strong sense of
fairness. She never wanted to be
given a position simply because she
was a woman. But neither did she
want to be denied a position because
she was a woman.
She strongly believed that
everyone should be treated fairly
based on their abilities, knowledge
and experience, herself included. At
times she was outspoken in her
efforts to achieve that fairness for
herself and others.
In 1995 Lorna was awarded the
Order of Canada with the citation,
“An aviatrix for more than 50 years,
she has flown to every corner of
Canada and many other parts of the
world. She helped open doors forother women in the field, becomingthe first woman Civil Aviation
Inspector, the first woman
commercial pilot in the far North
and first Canadian to be inducted
into the International Women in
Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame.
Through her career Lorna has not
only advanced aviation in Canada
but she has brought credit to Canada
within the international community.
She was a dedicated and talented
pilot who has inspired many of us,
young and not so young, to follow
our dreams to pursue careers in
aviation or achieve excellence even
when flying recreationally. Though
Lorna died March 21, 2009, she
continues to be a role model for
many pilots, both women and men,
particularly those fortunate enough
to have known her.”
In 2008 the East Canada Section
of the Ninety-Nines, an international
organization of women pilots,
launched a plan to honour
noteworthy Canadian women pilots.
Through Canada Post’s Picture
Postage program the Ninety-Nines
have designed stamps which can be
used as regular letter postage within
Canada.
Since the stamp program began,
stamps have featured Eileen Vollick,
Canada’s first female licensed pilot:
Vi Milstead, who flew with the Air
Transport Auxiliary during the
World War II and following the war
was Canada’s first female bush pilot
and Dorothy Rungeling, a passionate
air racer, the first Canadian
woman to solo in a helicopter and
an enthusiastic writer about
aviation.
Stamps for these women may alsobe ordered, but First Day Covers arelimited or sold out.
The stamp features a young Lorna
Bray’s early interest in flying as a
child living in Blyth.
Designed by Ninety-Nines
member, Suzanne Wiltshire of
Brantford, the Lorna deBlicquy
stamps are available in three forms:
Domestic postage sheets of 40 can
be used as regular letter postage,
even after the rate increases, for $46.
The keepsake sheet features 20
regular-sized stamps plus one large
picture of the stamp for $32. A
limited number of First Day Covers
are available for $5 each. They will
be of particular interest to the stamp
collectors.
Sheets of 40 stamps, keepsake
sheets and First Day Covers may be
ordered by mail from Bev Fraser,
Box 56060, Fiesta Outlet, Stoney
Creek, ON, L8G 5C9. An additional
$3 cost will be required for mail
orders.
The stamp will be released on
October 19, the 65th anniversary of
the date that Lorna first experienced
the exhilaration of flying.
Stamps and First Day Covers will
be mailed in time for you to use on
Christmas cards, or to give to the
stamp collectors on your shopping
list.
Please note that Lorna deBlicquy
stamps will not normally be
available at postal outlets, except
on October 19. Please join
Lorna’s daughter, Elaine deBlicquy
and members of the Ninety-Nines at
the Blyth Post Office from 1 p.m. to
3 p.m. as they celebrate the release
of the Lorna deBlicquy stamp.
Walton resident Jacob McGavin
has a lot to smile about these days
with his placing in several plowing
competitions.
McGavin, the son of Jeff and
Shannon McGavin, won in his class
at the local Huron County Plowing
Match in his class, took first at the
International Plowing Match in
Chute-à-Blondeau in the 4H Junior
Plowing Day as well as first overall
for the 4H competition, and was
named Reserve Champion in Owen
Sound in Class 2 Group 2, which
qualifies him for the Canadian
Plowing Match in Manitoba next
year.
“That will definitely be a new
experience,” McGavin said of the
upcoming national competition. “It’s
definitely something to look forward
to, and I want to do Ontario proud
there.”
McGavin, a Grade 11 student at
F.E. Madill Secondary School, has
been plowing since he was 10 years
old under the tutelage of his father.
He is proud to have done so well in
Class 2, Group 2 since it is a
grouping that doesn’t have coaches
for plowers 16 years of age and
younger.
“My dad was always my coach in
Class 2, Group 1, where you’re
allowed to have a coach,” he said.
“I’m very happy with the way things
went.”
It’s been a long road for McGavin,
who started attending the Inter-
national Plowing Match when it was
in Peterborough five years ago, and
it’s a different experience from what
he’s come to know in Huron County.
“It’s a lot more competitive, and
sponsored,” he said.
A lot of the win is due to the
support he receives from home; not
only from his family, but from his
neighbours as well.
“My whole family has been great
in getting me where I am,” he said.
“But there’s a lot of support from
Huron County.
“The whole Huron County group
gets together at the International
Plowing Match and has a party tent,”
he said. “Everyone helps. It’s amazing
to have friends like that on the field.”
McGavin will also receive a
$2,500 scholarship given to winners
at the International Plowing Match
from Petro Canada.
While he did finish second, the
scholarship can’t be awarded to the
same person twice, and the
champion in Class 2, Group 2 had
already received it.
The scholarship will give McGavin
a nice boost on his way to school in
a year, however he isn’t completely
sure what he’s going to study.
“Recently I thought about taking
kinesiology,” he said. “I think I want
to go to medical school, and it would
offer me a chance to dip my feet in
before starting there.”
McGavin says that a lot of his
success is due to the infrastructure
for plowing that exists in Huron
County, including both the people
involved as well as the local plowing
youth group, the 4H Sodbusters.
“I learned how to plow through the
4H Sodbusters,” he said. “If
children, or even older people are
interested in learning about plowing,
it’s a great program.
“It’s well setup and really helps
people get a grip on plowing for the
first little bit,” he said.
McGavin also received the Junior
Norwell Dairy Systems and Delaval
Special Award and the Kiwanis
SAGE of Ottawa Inc. Special Award.
Other winners included: Kevin
Haney of Seaforth, who also won the
$2,500 scholarship; Steve Haney,
also of Seaforth, who won reserve
champion in Class 2 Group 3 and
Troy Leeming of Seaforth who
won reserve champion in Class 2
Group 1.
Other local competitors included
Zach Doerr, Kevin Haney, John
Urquhart, George Townsend, Brian
McGavin, Paul Dodds and Gerald
Corbett.
McGavin punches ticket to national match
Euchre party held in Ethel
Oct. 19 event to honour Blyth pioneer
Stamped
Blyth native and aviation pioneer Lorna deBlicquy will now
be honoured on a Canadian stamp (seen above). The
stamp will be released on Oct. 19, the same date Lorna first
flew a plane 65 years earlier with a special gathering at the
Blyth Post Office. (Photo submitted)
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