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Times-Advocate, 1979-07-11, Page 22THEATRE COSTUMER -- Kathy Baker is spending the summer in the Costume shop at the Blyth Summer Festival. She is the daughter of Chan and Donna Livingstone, Exeter. Decorate your home with beautiful CUSTOM DRAPES Choose the fabrics and the styles you want and Barb Whiting will custom make your drapes for you. You can also choose matching bedspreads and pillow shams. WHITING'S WAREHQUSEj Main St. Exeter 235-1964 $ NOW IS THE TIME FOR $ INVESTMENTS TERM DEPOSITS 60 DAYS - 1 YEAR Currently Paying 10 1/2 % per annum CLINTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION.LTD. EXETER BRANCH Now located in the Old Town Hall 322 MAIN ST. 235-0640 Best interest We represent many Trust Companies. We are often oble to arrange for the highest interest being offered on Guaranteed Investment Certificates. * subject to change Gaiser-Kneale mph Insurance Agency Inc. 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See our Representative RANDY BROWN/BILL SCHUTZ The Devon Building, at: 476 Main St. Exeter EVERY TUESDAY on: (Next Visit: July 17) AteFEDERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK (Branch Office Address) For prior informaiton call 271-5650 (collect) or write 1036 Ontario Street, Stratford, Varied activities at Biddulph An Exeter woman will get a taste of the theatre this summer. Kathy Baker, daughter of Chan and Donna Livingstone of 145 Riverside Drive in Exeter, is employed in the costume shop of the GRADUATES — Steve Hodgins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Hodgins, RR 3, Parkhill, recently graduated from a two year course in Radio Broadcasting at Fanshawe College. He is presently employed as a Marketing Consultant at radio stations CFOS and CFPS in Owen Sound. Blyth Summer Festival in Blyth. Kathy, who now lives in Clinton with her husband and son, will be involved in the construction of the costumes for each of the.. Festival's five plays this summer. Kathy is employed under the Ontario Career Program. tinder this program, the Ontario government assists em- ployers in hiring people who have been out of work and out of school for at least three months in positions that will give them their first job experience. The program is designed to give on-the-job training to young people who are new to the job market. It is hoped that those who participate in the program then will be able to enter the regular job market with a better chance of success with at least one job behind them. Kathy's duties at the theatre in Blyth include helping the costume cutter and wardrobe head Kathryn Kiernan-Molloy t co-ordinate the costumes which have to be found or made for each play. At the moment Kathy is working on costumes for the first two plays of the Festival season, "This Foreign Land" and "I'll Be Back For You Before Midnight", which open on June 29 and July 3 respec- tively. "This Foreign Land" is a play about recent im- migrants to Canada in which each of the actors plays many different parts. It is the job of the costume department to find the perfect items of clothing that will suggest the right character but yet be easy to take on and off quickly. This required scouring of the second-hand shops and begging and borrowing from people's attics and basements as well as actual sewing. The costumes for the second play, I'll Be Back For You Before Midnight, are a little more conventional, so for this play most of Kathy's work will involve con- structing the costumes from patterns that Ms. Kiernan- Molloy has drafted from the designer's sketches. Kathy says that her ex- posure to the workings of a professional theatre has been an eye-opening ex- perience. "Everything is new" she says, "I've never done this sort of thing before." Kathy has had to learn how to use the in- dustrial sewing machines that are used in costume construction and how to adapt her home sewing skills to the demands of the live theatre, "I was surprised" Kathy says, "I thought it would be a small operation. There's a lot happenieg here." Kathy plans to go back to school in the fall to take a stenography course. She is grateful for the chance to have some job experience behind her though, and she particularly enjoys the environment of the theatre. "I really like it. I'd like to come back here to work sometime." The season of the Blyth Summer Festival 1979 opened on June 29 and runs until September 1. There will be five plays presented this summer and details of the plays are available from the Festival brochure or by calling 523-9300. GRADUATES — Joyce Branderhorst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Branderhorst, RR 1, Hensall, graduated from Westerveldt College receiving a recep- tionist secretary diploma. She is a graduate of Seaforth District High School and Clinton-District Christian School. "We had a nice, hot weekend and for the amount of people here there were very few accidents and problems, according to a spokesman for the Grand Bend detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. On July 5, a car driven by Stanley Robbins of Exeter was involved in a single vehicle accident on Gill Road. There were no in- juries, and damage amounted to $500, A minor accident occurred on July 7 when a car driven by Helen Sanders of RR 1, Grand Bend collided with a parked car on Elmwood Street. Damage amounted to $150, Five other minor ac- cidents took place during the week. Grand Bend police laid 93 charges under the highway traffic act, and 30 liquor licence act charges were laid. The Pinery Park detach- ment of the OPP laid 40 charges under .the liquor licence act, and 48 under the provincial parks act. Seven people were charged under the criminal code, and one under the narcotic control act. A total of 16 people were charged under the highway traffic act, and seven thefts were investigated. Film Hit "Outrageous" at Playhouse The supersuccessful "Outrageous" is the second movie in the Playhouse Canadian Mini Film Series which will be shown on Sunday July 15 at 8:00 p.m. Craig Russell and Hollis McLaren star in this movie which is based on the real life experiences of Canadian writer Margaret Gibson, and her friendship with Craig Russell and his fantastic female impersonations. Couples have good sale The Couples Club of Grand Bend sponsored an Odds and Ends and bake sale, on the United church lawn Saturday afternoon. It was most successful and they realized over $500.00 They thank all who donated ar- ticles and baking. Bildge games Winners of the duplicate bridge game held every Wednesday night at St. John's Parish hall were, north-south, Muriel and Ted Hunt east-west, Irene Ward and Marie Weetman. This week the bridge players, played the Howell method. Summer visitors are welcome, GRADUATES — Wayne A. Oke, son of Don and Betty Oke, Zurich received his diploma in Civil Engineering Technology (structural) from Fanshawe College on June 21. He is a former graduate of South Huron District High School, Exeter and has enrolled in Faculty of Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay. Activities in the Biddulph- Lucan School were many and varied since the beginning of the year. The kindergarten to grade 3 enjoyed a skating program as part of their Physical Education during the months of January and February, with instruction from the Middlesex County Board of Education. They wish to thank the Lucan Lions Club for donating the ice-time. A "Floride Rinse" program was started during January and by this fall it is expected this will be done in all schools in Middlesex County. The student council elections resulted at follows: "Core" student presidents • Margaret McGuffin and Jeff Shipley, Secretary Kim Harrison and Mark Dark is the new treasurer. Their term of office is the 1979 calendar year, The Lucan Legion spon- sored essay contest was won by Margaret McGuffin, Jamie Bond, Lezlie Hinge, Janice Gricken, Keith Murray, Bonnie Harloff and Abner Butler each receiving $10. Three of these students had their essays sent to the next level of competition receiving additional awards of $15 each. They were Janice Gricken, Lezlie Hinge and Bonnie Harloff. Several family movies were presented by the students' council "Sammy the Seal", "Robinson Crusoe" and "Now you See him, Now you Don't." The Ontario School competition in Public Speaking for grades 4-8 resulted as follows: winners - Lisa McKenzie and Danny Brintnell, runnersup - Danny Mirza and Laurie St, Pierre. The two top speakers went on to compete at Plover Mills school where Lisa placed in the top 10 from five schools and competed in the County competition at Medway High School. Danny also did a fine job and was a credit to our school. A Valentine skating party for the grades 4-8 students was sponsored by the students' council at the Lucan Arena and was much enjoyed. An Inter-class competition in Public Speaking was held during the winter months with 18 speakers par- ticipating and winners were as follows': Mrs. Rock's Room - Rob Harloff and Peter Schuller; Mrs. Ingley's Room - Laurie St. Pierre and Brian. O'Neil; Miss Plummer's Room - Vicki Hyde and Brent Fowles; Mrs, Hearn's Room - Jeff Turnbull and Ben Bakker; Mr. Eaton's Room - Francois Piroska and Jackie Arnold. Mr. Wilkins' Room - Lori Shumka and John Grace; Mr. McLean's Room - Lisa McKenzie and Danny Mirza; Mr. Steeper's Room - Jeff Nevin and Shannon Fiedoric; Mrs. Clark's Room - Danny Brintnell and Keith Murray. • The french teachers, Mrs. Vladars and Mrs. Wallace sponsored a Winter Carnival for the grade 7 and 8 students and Heritage Day, February 19 was celebrated by many students and teachers dressing in costumes of another period in Canadian History with an assembly being held during which the students depicted 'scenes from Canadian History. The boys' basketball team participated in a tournament at Medway High School with Mr, Dave Wilkins as coach, Members of the team were: Ted Hall, Glyn Knapman, Jeff Liley, Dannie Feke, Ray Hall, Danny, Hodgins„ Keith Murray, Mike Neil and David Jones. In the Middlesex Council of Home and School contest on the "Year of the child", for students in the county, Margaret McGuffin won first for the 12 and over entries. Congratulations are ex- tended to Margaret for her fine entry. A "Talent Assembl• y" was sponsored by Miss Plum- mer's class with pupils from all classrooms being auditioned and the final selections presented for all the students at Biddulph Central. The annual "Fun Night" sponsored by the Home, School and Community Association held in the Biddulph Building was again very successful with many activities and games. Mrs, Hearn's class entered the Ontario Hydro Poster Competition and Mindy Bates was the winner and also one of the Ontario finalists. Her poster along with other finalists will be displayed at the Convention in Toronto and will then travel to other centres throughout Ontario. A number of activities' were planned for the pupils at the Lucan School in order to support the Bunny Bundle Campaign, as it is difficult for the kindergarden to grade 3 students to initiate individual or group activities on their own. An Open House was held during Education week and many parents and friends attended the Science Fair, History Display and Art Show at the Biddulph School, The display of the pupils' work at the Lucan School was held at a Home and School meeting in May. A special program by the London Symphony, was arranged , for all school students ib Middlesex and the grade 7 students, at Biddulph had the op- portunity to hear this ex- ceptional fine program, on May 1st. The Royal Ontario 'Museumobile was at the Biddulph School when a special assembly was held for grades 4-8 to prepare the students for viewing the displays. The theme was "Rocks and Fossils" which was related to the Social Science courses of Grades 4, 7 and 8. A number of grade 5-6 students were very busy during the Spring, preparing to represent the school as they joined over 1,300 other county elementary students at Alumni Hall, University of Western, for the annual concert. In June Constable Taylor of the O.P.P. gave a three- day program on bicycle safety which should prove most beneficial to the children of the community, particularly during the summer holidays, However, this writer still notices some bicycles being ridden against the traffic rather than WITH IT. Perhaps parents should warn their children again in this con- nection, The Lucan Women's Institute provided prize money for the History Project on the topic "Local Studies" and also presented a Canadian Flag to hang in the kindergarten classroom. Our thanks to this group for their thoughtfullness. Eight students entered the Legion public speaking contest with winners as follows: Grades 4-6 Laurie St, Pierre, Brian O'Neil, Vickey Hyde and Francois Piroska, Grades 7-8 Lisa McKenzie, Danny Brintnell, Danny Mirza and Lori Shumka. The following received honours Grades 4-6 Brian O'Neil second, Laurie St. Pierre third and in Grades 7-8 Dhnny Brintnell first and Lisa McKenzie second. A number of students spent many hours after school in preparation for the Middlesex County; Gym- nastic Meet at Althouse College. Students were presented with gold, silver or bronze awards on the basis of their skills. In the "Year of the Child" competition,' sponsored by the Provident Book Stores, London, Ken Beatson, from Miss. Farlinger's grade 2 class was a "runner-up". His story on "Star Wars" won him a medallion. Ken really wants' to be a farmer and raise and train horses, like his Dad, when he grows up, but feels he may also do some writing when he has time. Page 10A Times-Advocate, July 11,1979 Local girl in Blyth Summer work in costumes SALE STARTS JULY 12 ASSORTED CHILDREN'S SANDALS $399 WOMEN'S SANDALS ASSORTED REG. TO $799 $19.95 BOYS SANDALS 20 PR. ONLY $499 WOMEN'S WHITE WEDGE SANDAL REG. . $ 1 2 99 $29.95 WOMEN'S 20% OFF MEN'S WHITE SHOES AND SANDALS. BON E 0 R WHITE SUMMER SHOES. 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