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Blyth Public School band and
young soloists entertained the 20
seniors who gathered for a potluck
lunch together at Memorial Hall on
Wednesday, Feb. 25. It was good to
see that so many of the members of
the band are still with it several years
later It was also good to learn that
there are new members who are
equally keen about music.
The president said that she had
read that children who study music
develop better powers of
concentration and longer attention
spans. She paid tribute to Jane
Badham, the conductor, for her
dedication to the music program.
Jean Nethery reported on the
annual bus trip. This year it is to be
to hear the Walters Family
Christmas Concert on Saturday,
Aug. 15. There are still a few seats
left.
Kay Hesselwood invited the
members to a luncheon that the
Legion Ladies Auxiliary is putting
on March 12 to raise money for their
building addition fund.
The Seniors will meet again on
March 25 beginning at noon with a
potluck lunch. All seniors in the
community are welcome.
Sympathy is extended to the
family of Don Glousher who passed
away this past week.
Jean and Lawrence Plaetzer’s
granddaughter, Kaleigh Foran is in
the Dominican Republic as part of
her university course in social justice
and peace. She is there learning
about inequities and injustices
happening there and is also working
as part of a group helping to build
houses and get a clean water supply
and schooling.
There are people who have been
lured there from Haiti by being told
that they can get a job on the
plantations, but when they get across
the border their immigration papers
are stolen. They are blackmailed to
work on the plantations basically as
slaves or be reported and jailed.
The corruption in the country
makes this continue and those
people live in extreme poverty.
Kaleigh can get clothing directly
to these people. If you care to donate
a cheque may be given to Kaleigh’s
mother Sherry Foran. The used
clothing is purchased at Value
Village where clothing items cost
approximately $2 each. Sherry will
provide a copy of the sales receipt if
required.
Results of the Feb. 23 euchre
were: high lady, Betty Archambault,
71; high man, Dorothy Carter,
playing as a man, 75; lone hands,
Ruth Shiell and Marie Glousher, tied
with three each, Lawrence Plaetzer,
three; low lady, tie - Kay
Hesselwood and Jean Nethery, 50;
low man, Russell Cook, 45. The
door prize went to Ruth Shiell and
share-the-wealth was Wilmer
Glousher, Pearl Mason and
Lawrence Plaetzer. There were 6 1/2
tables in play.
The next euchre is March 9 at 7:30
p.m. in the Legion Hall.
Happy birthday to Brendan
Hallahan, March 6, Barry
MacDonald, March 8, Grace
McNichol, March 9 and Nellie
Mason, March 10.
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Greeting at Blyth United Church
on the First Sunday of Lent, March
1, were Myrtle Badley and Doug
Howson. Ushering were Cliff Snell,
Joann MacDonald and Larry andMyrtle Badley. Nancy Parks wasorganist. Call Joann MacDonald to ordermeat pies at 519-523-9274.The call to worship was followedby the prayer of approach andconfession. The first hymn wasSpirit of the Living God.The scripture lesson was Genesis5: 28 and 6: 22. Bryce Glousher
carried the candle and the children
went downstairs for the time ofworship after singing the song, Deepand Wide.The second scripture lesson wasMark 1: 9-15. The choir sang theanthem, He’s Everything to Me.Rev. Gary Clark’s message to theadults was God has Us do CrazierThings. The stories in the scripturewere Noah and the Ark and Jesusgoing into the dessert for 40 days
and 40 nights by himself.
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NEWS
FROM BLYTH
By MarilynCraigCall 523-9318From Marilyn’s Desk
Hoop dreams
Jumping in the hula hoop was just the beginning of the
obstacle course last week at Blyth Public School’s Winter
Carnival. Braedan Fleming was one of the first students to
have his name called, heading out onto the course. (Shawn
Loughlin photo)
Continued from page 1at this stage, an idea.”Director of education and ARCchair Mike Ash explained that thefinal draft recommendations will be
presented at the March 12 ARC
meeting in Wingham Public School.
Then there will be another
opportunity for public input and
change before the recommendation
is brought to the trustees. The target
date for this is April 14.
Ash said this will be followed by
a 60-day period during which the
public is invited to bring any further
information to board meetings.
The final vote will be “around the
last week of June,” Ash sad.
At the end of the meeting, Susan
Underwood, a Turnberry parent
representative invited people as they
left to look at the sketches on the
walls showing all the one-room
schools that came together to be
Turnberry school.
“We can imagine what they must
have been thinking in those days,
and what a big school Turnberry
must have seemed.”
ARC looksinto April
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