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DAN'S AUTO REPAIR
Owned and Operated by Dan & Heather Snell
RR 3, Blyth, Ont. N0M 1H0
(on the Westfield Rd.)
DAN SNELL, Automotive Technician
519-523-4356
ELLIOTT NIXON
INSURANCE BROKERS INC.
BLYTH, ON
N0M 1H0
519-523-4481
MEMBER OF HURON INSURANCE MANAGERS GROUP
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519-482-3783
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Obituaries
FRANK FRANCIS DAVID
BURKE
Mr. Frank Francis David Burke of
Brussels, formerly of Wingham,
passed away at his residence on
Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. He was 85.
He was the beloved husband of the
former Isobel McCall of Huronlea,
Brussels, dear father of Stephen and
Ginette Burke of Belgrave and
Sheila and Doug Bauer of Brussels
and loving grandfather of Chris,
Justin, Meghan and Matthieu Burke,
Lindsay and Craig McCulloch and
Adam Bauer. Frank was the great-
grandfather of Alyssa McCulloch.
He was predeceased by his parents
Thomas and Eleanor (Cook) Burke,
his infant son Frank McCall (David)
Burke, great-granddaughter Mya
McCulloch, his sister June West and
his brother Calvin Burke.
Frank was born in Morris
Township on April 7, 1925. He and
his brother Calvin operated Burke
Electric in Wingham for several
decades. The Burke family are
members of Wingham United Church.
Visitation was held at McBurney
Funeral Home, Wingham, on
Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Funeral service will be held at the
Wingham United Church on Oct. 7
at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Wayne Beamer is
officiating. Interment is in Wingham
Cemetery, Wingham.
Memorial donations to Wingham
United Church Window Fund or a
charity of your choice would be
appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
Online condolences may be left at
www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com
A Blyth man is undertaking aproject in remembrance in this, theYear of the British Home Child.He is directing a play that deals
with these children as well as
piloting the creation of a quilt that
will recognize the children who
were brought to Canada from Britain
as “indentured slaves.”
Blyth-resident Duncan McGregor
is directing Doctor Barnardo’s
Children,a play being produced by
the Goderich Little Theatre at The
Livery in Goderich. The play
recognizes the efforts behind
the Home Children program, and
the results, good or ill, that came of
it.
British Home Children were
children who were deported to other
countries to work for room and
board. McGregor said that the youth
were “basically indentured
servants.”
Since starting the play, McGregor
has received stories and picturesfrom British Home Children andtheir descendants.“People came to me with picturesand stories connected to... BritishHome Children,” he said. “I askedmyself, ‘What are we going to do
with these?’”
After researching what other
communities were doing to
recognize the International Year of
the British Home Child, McGregor
found that many were doing quilts,
and has taken the same
approach.
British Home Children is a term
used to describe approximately
100,000 children who were
relocated from Britain to other
former British settler colonies. The
children would then work for
families or individuals for room and
board.
Orphans and destitute children in
Britain who were cared for by The
National Association for the
Reclamation of Destitute Waif
Children, informally known as “Dr.
Barnardo’s Homes.”Some of these children wereamong those sent to Canada to workin the rural settings of the newBritish settlement.This year has been dedicated tothese children, being labelled the
International Year of the British
Home Child.
Typically, the children ended up
on farms, performing agricultural
labour with mixed results.
“Some children worked for goodfamilies that did their best to providefor them, some children ended upbeing whipped, beaten or worse,” hesaid.Displaying the informationbecame important to McGregor. He
noted that all of the stories he heard
were mirrored so well in the play
that showing the historical evidence
would be an ideal way of
recognizing those affected.
“There are so many people whohave connections to these children,we wanted a public way to display itand the quilt seemed to fit,” he said.“I found out that one in 10Canadians are connected to a HomeChild and I believe most of those are
in Ontario.”
McGregor is welcoming
contributions to the quilt to
recognize the strife and struggles of
By Denny ScottThe CitizenPlay inspires quilt with British Home Child focus
Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC)
Drive Away Hunger tour rolls
through southwest Ontario, Oct. 13-
15.
Drive Away Hunger is a unique
food drive that involves tractors
travelling through communities to
collect food and cash donations for
local food banks.
Hunger is an issue that affects all
of Ontario – cities, smaller
communities and rural areas. Each
month, more than 375,000 Ontarians
turn to a local food bank for
assistance. That’s more than the
population of London. And more
than a third of these people are
children under the age of 16.
FCC employees are teaming up
with businesses, community groups
and schools to help fight hunger in
Ontario. We need you to join the
drive and help spread the word about
Drive Away Hunger.
From Sept. 20 - Oct. 15, all FCC
offices will accept food and cash
donations.
The FCC Drive Away Hunger
Ontario tour will start in Guelph on
October 13 with two tractors and
trailers visiting several surrounding
communities to collect food and
cash donations for local food banks.
On October 14, they will be in the
Walkerton and Listowel areas. The
tour will wrap up in the Lindsay and
Barrie areas on October 15.
More information about FCC
Drive Away Hunger is available
online at www.fccdriveaway
hunger.ca
North St. West, Wingham
Mac & Donna Anderson
519-357-1910
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people, a perpetual record of
yesterday and a sanctuary of
peace and quiet today. A
cemetery exists because every
life is worth loving and
remembering - always
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