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The Citizen, 1985-10-23, Page 3izen BLYTH NEWS Blyth council has same faces, different positions THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1985, PAGE 3. Wfkrk. The parking problem for church goers at the Blyth Christian Reformed Church will soon be solved with the construction of anew parking lot beside the church. Making room for the lot meant destruction of a familiar old house on the village's main street. Workmen made short work of the demolition. People around Blyth This is the beginning of a weekly column of "people happenings", things people are doing, places they've been and so on. We're especially interested in people receiving awards or achievements, both current and former residents of the community. What are those old neighbours who moved off to some other part of the country doing? Who's got a new job or won an award. Let us know. People are also interested in who has moved or keeping up with acquaintances who may be unfortunate enough to have landed in the hospital. Keep us in touch so the people of the community can keep in touch. Call us at 523-4792. SELLING AND BUYING A delegation from the Blyth Festival was in Toronto at the Contact Conference sponsored by the Ontario Arts Council from Thursday to Sunday this past week both as buyers and as sellers. Artistic Director Katherine Kaszas, General Manager Brenda Doner and Publicity Director Phillipa Borgal and board members Joan Chandler from Belgrave, Marian Doucette from Clinton and Don McCaffery from Exeter attended to look at the programs that may be seen next fall and spring and also to sell the Festival's touring production of Cake Walk. Interest in Cake Walk, which will return to end up the Festival season next summer before going on tour, was reportedly brisk. MOVED Former neighbours from the third line of East Wawanosh gathered at the Westfield Restaurant on Saturday night for a party to honour Gordon and Catherine Caldwell who recently moved to their new home in Blyth. Their son Gary and wife Joan, who now live on the Caldwell farm and daughters Jean and Linda were there for the event. CROWDS COME SHOPPING It's that time of the year again: the leaves are falling, the frost is on the pumpkins and the streets are lined with cars, particularly on weekends, of shoppers here for the sale at Bainton's. This is the 91st anniversary sale at the factory outlet and like many years before, is attracting shoppers from long distances. NO BURNING LEAVES Speaking ofleaves as we just did, take note of the notice from the village council against the burning of leaves. While a slight scent of burning leaves may be attractive to some, other people have real problems with smoke in the air and none of us like it when our house or car completely disappears in the smog. VISITORS Pamela arid Kent Vodden of Toronto and formerly of Blyth visited their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bean of Auburn and their grandmother, Mrs. H. Vodden of Blyth over Thanksgiving weekend. NOTICE The burning of leaves on village streets is prohibited. Please bundle the leaves for pickup on Thursday -- garbage day. Burning of leaves may cause a traffic and health problem. Village of Blyth, Reeve Thomas Cronin. HOME Village of Blyth RATEPAYER'S MEETING Tuesday, October 29, 1985 at Blyth Memorial Hall 8:00p.m. All ratepayers are urged to attend Council members will be reviewing reports of major projects in the village Questions and comments are welcome. turn the dock back... EASTERN STANDARD TIME commenceson October 27. Remembertoturn your clocks back one hour. Village of Blyth, Reeve Thomas Cronin. Use Citizen classified ads Only $2.50 j Lions Club provides free skating The Blyth Lion's Club will again this year pay for one hour's ice time at the Blyth Arena each week for children who are learning to skate. Beginner's skating will begin Tues- day, Oct. 29 and will run every Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30. This is not public skating, it is for beginners only. Admission is free. The Blyth Lion's Club held their autumn Ladies night on Thursday, Oct. 10. Fifty-three Lions, ladies and guests are served supper by the United Church Women. Mrs. Giselle Ireland was the guest speaker and gave a very interesting talk on the role of the woman on the farm. The Blyth Lions have made donations of $350 to the Blyth Figure Skating Club and $200 to the Blyth Steam Threshers. A $200 donation was sent to Canine Vision Canada. This is for the new Guide Dog School which is located in Oakville and trains guide dogs for all of Canada. The Club is sponsoring the Blyth Block Parent programme which has just recently been implemented. The annual Blyth Lions Hallo- we'en Dance will be held Sat., Oct. 26 at the Blyth and District Community Centre. There will be costume prizes and Oktoberfest food. Admission is $6 per person at the door. The Blyth Lions Christmas Dances will be held Sat., Dec. 14 and Sat. Dec. 21. Some tickets are still available for these dances. Interest- ed groups or individuals should contact Lion Murray Musty for further information. The Blyth Lions Club presently has 30 members and is one of 36,874 clubs throughout the free world. Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. Anyone wishing more information on our club or our Lions projects can contact either Lion President Gerald Kerr or Lion Secretary John Stewart. The faces will be the same, only the positions changed when Blyth council sits down at its council meetings next year. Albert Wasson, formerly a coun- cillor, will fill the reeve's chair. He'll replace Tom Cronin who in turn becomes a councillor. William How- son, William Manning and Lloyd Sippel all return as councillors. Jim Howson and Don Noble return as members of the Public Utilities Commission. It means the voters of Blyth will be going to the polls to vote only for representative for the Huron County Board of Education where incum- bent John Elliott of Blyth faces a challenge from John Gaunt of R.R. #1, Belgrave.