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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-05-17, Page 3China, antiques, herbs: Blyth Craft show coming up At the Flea Market on the grounds of the Van Egmond House Egmondville near 12 NOon to 5 pan. Continuing activities throughout the ofternodn Sunday, May 21 8:00 p.m. HEAR: Rev. Ward Shantz Missionaire Church Kitchener SPECIAL MUSIC Evil Prevails when Good Men Do Nothing. Huron Moles .Chapel kijitUllt141 Acklev'ement pay honors annoOnced. THE BRUSSELS POST, MAY 17,. 1978 -- 3 Correspondent Mrs. Allan McCall There were 8 441 clubs. attended the achievement day for Focus on Living at the Grey Central School, Ethel on Saturday May 13. In the morning session, they had a quiz and a fun game, also, Mrs. Mathers speaking on fun fur and Mr. De Willer, speaking on Copper Tooling, Tice afternoon program consisted of skits, exhibits and demonstra- tions. Walton 1 club had a skit, "Help on Babysitting" with all members taking part. Leaders were Margaret Shortreed and Lin after. W. Iton 2 club had a demonstration, "Leisure, a creative experience" with commentators Cathy McGavin and Linda. Axtmann. Leaders were Alberta Hudie and Marie McGavin. Miss Jenny Rennick of Walton 2 received her Provincial Honours. Walton and Area. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Dane Watson spent the weekend in London at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pritehard and family. Mrs. Sadie McDonald spent Mother's Day Sunday with ,Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Badley, 13151th. Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Herb Traviss were Mr. and Mrs. Ken Moffett, Stratford, and Dr. Brian and Mrs. Traviss and Alison and Lesley of Waterloo. Mrs. Edna Hackwell accompanied 'Mr. and Mrs. John McLlwain and family to London Sunday afternoon when they spent Mother's Day with. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith, Sandra, Monica and Paul. Mrs. Nene Stutz and Natasha of Waterloo spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Torrance Dundas. Herbs, Glass and China, Etc. front Mr. and Mrs. John Kerr of Brussels will be on display at Blyth, Saturday May '20. High Quality Antiques and Crafts will be on display and for sale at the first Antique and Craft Show at the Blyth and District Community Centre May 20th. The event, sponsored by Blyth 'Centre for the Arts, will bring together 50 of the top exhibitors from across the province. Many of the crai...persons present will also be demonstrating their work for visitors to the show to see. There will also be very little over- lapping, with such diverse items as petit point, china painting, weaving and stained glass work, as well as a variety of antiques, on display. Blanche Pownall Garrett, a successful Canadian author, whose books on using and pre- Serving wild fruits and herbs have become popular in Canadian kitchens. Mrs, Garrett will be present to autograph her books and sell jars of delightfully different jellies made from her recipes. Other antique dealers and craftspersons will be present from as far away as Welland, ,Mississauga, London and Campbelville, as well 'as many centres in Huron, Bruce and Perth counties. The show Will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The admission charge of 50 cents for adtilts, and free admission to Children under 12 is designed 'to Make it 'easy for the whole family to enjoy a pleasaitt outing, There will also Twelve members of the Walton Women's Institute attended the 76th Annual Meeting of Huron East District on Tuesday. May 9 at United Church, Brussels. There were 11 branches present from the district when Robert Carbert, General Manager of the Agricultural Museum,_ Milton. Ontario, was, guest speaker. On Thursday there were eight Institute members from the Walton Branch attended the 75th Anniversary of the Fordwich Institute on Thursday. Babies baptized at Duff s United Church, Walton on Sunday Mother's Day were: Edward Keith, son of Keith and Shirley Clark; Patricia Dawn, daughter of Bruce and Pam Clark; Lisa Christine and Nicole Marie. twin daughters of Roy and Linda Gingerich; Daniel Richard, son of Michael and Dorothy Gulutzen; Stacy Lee, daughter of David and, Brenda Linton; Stuart Hayden, son of Hugh and Donna McKay; Darrell Fredric, son of Fred and Karen Uhler. Special music was supplied by the junior choir accompanied by Mrs. Ray Huether at the organ and Mrs. Neil McGavin at the piano. Flowers placed in the church were in memory of four year old' David Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Johnston, Kitchener and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Johnston, R. R, #3, Walton. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Huether, Steven and John were: Miss Ada W bster, Lucknow; Miss Yvonne McPherson, Wingham; Miss Emma Shortreed, Windsor; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Webster, Mary Ellen and Mark, V. rna; Mr. and Mrs. Watson Webster and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holmes, Danny, Mary and Margery all of 'Clinton. be a refreshment and bake sale. All proceeds from the event go to help support the Blyth Summer Festival, a unique professional summer theatre presenting all Canadian plays. Blyth is located on Highway 4, midway between Clinton and. Wingham. LEISURE ACTIVITIES PROJECT — Cathy McGavin and Linda. Axtmann of the Walton II unit of 4-H pose fora picture beside their 4-H project on leisure activity at the 4-H Achievement Day held in Ethel on Saturday. (Photo by Langlois) W. I. hears energy speaker By Marie McCuteheon The Majestic Women's In- stitute held their May meeting on May 10 with a good attendance with Mrs. Bruce McCall pre- siding. ' A donation will be sent to the Mentally Retarded Association of Wingham and District. Several ladies will attend the 75th Anniversary at Ethel Women's Institute on May 31. Tentative plans were made for a bus trip in August and one in October. Mrs. McCall thanked the ladies who had collected for the Cancer Society and all who had donated. Thanks were expressed to the members who had helped at the District Annual in the United Church on' May 9. Mrs. Leona Connelly gave a humorous reading - "A Terrible lvftxup." • Mrs. Ida. Evans introduced the guest speaker - Bev. Brown from the Lucknow Conservation Centre who talked and showed slides on solar heating in homes, barns, etc. The President of the Huron- view Auxiliary, Mrs. McNichol of Blyth spoke on the need of new members on the board and mentioned that they meet every third Monday of the month. Mrs. Carson Watson reported Five cases of potentially dangerous dynamite caps were stolen from the Teledyne Explor- ations site, at Lot 17, Concession 2. Hullett Township sometime in the last five days. Constable Jim McLeod, of the Seaforth O.P.P. detachment, said the big concern is that children will find the dynamite caps and accidentally detonate them. The caps were stored in orange and. black cardboard cases. The seismocaps theinselves are silver in colour, from 2 1/2 to three inches in length with orange conductor , wires of 10 metres or 33 feet in length attached to them. Anyone who suspects they have found the caps is asked to call the O.P.P. or the local Seaforth police immediately. Constable McLeod said the caps are "highly explosive in the wrong hands." The ' dynam ite was bring stored in a powder magazine on the Hullett Township site. onthe District Annual in Brussels on May 9. and Mrs. Alberta Dynamite caps warning given by Seaforth OPP detachn4ent Alden Ross MacMartin, 49, of Mount Forest, and a 28 year veteran of the force, has bean named' superintendent of No. 6 District of the Ontario Provincial Police. The district covers an area from Tobermory to Kitchener. Supt.' He was promoted to super- intendent and posted to Mount Forest on May 1. Supt. MacMartin and his wife have two sons; Christopher. 27, is a corporal with the R.C.M.P. in Kitchener and David, 25, is with the O.P.P. in Orillia. Supt. MacMartin is filling a position which has been vacant since the death early in April of. Joseph Maxwell Jones, 54. Appointment The theft was discovered early Monday morning. The dynamite caps are valued at about $2,600. Smith reported on the Officers Conference in Waterloo May 2 to 4.