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Blyth CWL
meets
The regular monthly meeting of
the St. Michaels Catholic Wo-
men's League was held at the home
of Joan Middegaal on Monday,
April 14. The meeting was opened
with prayer by President Joanne
Campshroer. Roll call was answer-
ed by 12 members with a short
verse from the Bible.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. A letter
was received from the regional
convention asking members to
vote on the following issues: 1.
Affordable housing for low income
people; 2. Farmers in crisis; 3.
Nuclear arms or hope for security.
There will be a C.W.L. convention
in London on July 8, 9 and 10.
There will be a gathering for
women of the diocese if anyone is
interested. The league bought
tickets received from the Jesuit
mission and sent a $25 donation.
There will be six children taking
their first communion and six
confirmations on May 20. The next
meeting will be May 12 at the home
of Mary Sanders.
Everyone is asked to bring
plants as there will be a plant
auction. The meeting was turned
over to past president Nellie Van
Bakel for election. All offices
remained the same except for
secretary. New secretary is Wilma
Rammeloo who took over from
Theresa Machan and new com-
munications convenor is Anna
Vander Hayden. Coffee Sunday
will be Mother's Day, May 11.
Cookies will be brought and the
men will pour coffee.
The mystery prize was won by
Judy Van Beers. The meeting was
closed with the president leading
in prayer. Lunch was served by
hostess Joan Middegaal.
Blyth United
Church
holds service
On Sunday, April 20 Blyth
United Church followed the World
day of Prayer service "Choose life
in its fullness".
The subject was beautifully
expanded by Sister Reta Coin of
Goderich. She used the story of the
Samaratin woman. She said "If we
choose life in its fullness, we must
choose Christ and all He stands for
and we must share Him with
others."
Melda McElroy led the service,
and other elders led in readings
and prayers. They were John
Blake, Bill Howson, Harvey Snell,
Bodie Craig and Adeline Camp-
bell.
The choir sang - "Calm Re-
pose".
Sunday afternoon, June Peck,
Lenora Davidson, Marion Wright,
Vera Badley, Evelyn Smith, Ruby
Pattison arid Evalena Webster
attended the U.C.W. Thankoffer-
ing service at Walton United
Church. Miss Mary Ellen Knight
told of her experiences teaching at
Mossonee and Moose Factory.
The "new Life Singers" of
Wingham were enjoyed.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1986. PAGE 23.
Theatre Review
Exciting discovery of oil told on stage
BY KEITH ROULSTON
There's a fascinating story to be
told about the discovery of oil in
Canada and Oil! Oil! Oil! which
appeared at Blyth Memorial Hall
Friday night manages to capture
part of the excitement.
The play with music was per-
formed by Victoria Playhouse
Petrolia, the new company found-
ed by Uwe Meyer who spent four
summers at the Blyth Summer
Festival as production manager.
Like many young companies it
means the founder has a lot of work
to do and Meyer wrote the play,
built the set and designed the
lighting as well as assembling the
set for this touring production.
And, as often happens when too
few people have to do too much, the
results can sometimes show.
But the play has many high
moments, particularly in the se-
cond act when telling history gives
way to having fun. Martin Julien,
for instance, has a hilarious turn as
the butler who knows everything
when Meyer lampoons the preten-
tions that the newly rich people of
Petrolia took on in an effortto outdo
each other after the oil boom.
There's a touchingly tragic
moment when death strikes a
young husband just after he has
struck it rich in the oil patch.
Few of us in Ontario know that
the discovery of oil at Oil Springs in
the 1860's was the first oil well in
the world. The first discovery was
when someone trying to dig a water
well found the well filled with
oil. (Good water became more
valuable than oil in Lambton
county during the oil boom).
The difficulty with telling such
stories on stage is the limitations of
the stage. It's a huge story that
almost demands a film treatment if
the Canadian film industry ever
gets its act together. There was the
day in 1867 for instance, when fire
started in one of the oil refineries in
Petrolia and quickly spread
through the entire oil field. Ten
acres of ground, ditches, rigs and
oil tanks finally were ablaze in an
inferno that lasted for two weeks.
When it was over, the ground was
charred two feet deep. It's a story
that would make a wide-screen
spectacular but can hardly be
conveyed in
words.
The play was performed by a
talented cast of four taking on
many different parts in an effort to
tell the history of the oil boom. Ian
MacDonald not only performed
well but provided lively music to
add spark to the story. Norah
Kennedy and Wendy Pawson
played both female and male roles
well. All have both the comic touch
and strong singing voices.
Victoria Playhouse is on the
resurgence with both a winter
program providing theatre for the
schools and plans this summer for a
summer season for the first time
since 1977 (when VPP exchanged
plays with the young Blyth Festi-
val). Oil! etc. will be one of the two
productions presented in this first
season. It's got plenty of potential
to be a crowd pleaser.
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Are there any old photos of your
family farm hidden in your attic?
The Visual Arts Committee of the
Blyth Festival is sponsoring a
special exhibition of old photo-
graphs of areafarms, taken prior to
1930.
These old photos will be treated
with great care. A reproduction
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each of the photos selected by the
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Festival Gallery over the summer.
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Another Season's Promise by
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which opens the Blyth Festival on
June 20. and the exhibition of
photographs and artifacts showing
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the century which will be oh display
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of the Huron County Pioneer
Museum.
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your great Aunt Minnie have an
early farm photo you would like to
submit, please send it to the Visual
Art Committee, Blyth Festival,
Box 10, Blyth NOM 1H0 by May 16,
1986. Photographs not selected -for
the exhibition will be returned to
the owners as soon as possible;
those chosen will be returned at the
end of the exhibition together with
the mounted copy which the
participant will be able to keep.
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