HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-02-12, Page 3Larry Walsh, clerk -treasurer of the village of Blyth stopped to buy a
lottery ticket at the Blyth Mini -Mart on his coffee break last Thursday
and the result more than paid for his coffee. The lottery ticket brought
him an instant prize of $10,000. He took the day off on Friday to collect
his money.
BLYTH NEWS
Dorothy Daer hadthe highest score among ladies and Wilfred
Shortreed for the men when the regular Lost Heir evening of cards was
played at Memorial Hall on February 5.
Low lady was Alice Buchanan and low man was Bert Daer. There
were eight tables in play.
Horticulturalists these days are not only counting but also
measuring the spread of the blooms on their productive Amaryllis
plants. It will be hard to beat the record of Margaret Radford's
Amaryllis, the first she has ever owned.
Supplementing the soil that the bulb came in with some from the
Radford garden plus plenty of T.L.C., Margaret believes the resulting
mixture must be of the right stuff, to say nothing of T.L.C. Her plant
has produced four gigantic orange blooms, and now the same plant is
ablaze with five more, each measuring seven inches in diameter. no
wonder Margaret is overjoyed, for around her, too, are hyacinth in
bloom and daffodil buds ready to burst. There isn't a chance of the
February blahs invading the Radford home.
Harold and Adeline Campbell, accompanied by Steve and Frances
Bearss and baby daughter Candice, have returned from a month's
vacation in Florida. They enjoyed many tours from their central
location, Winter Haven.
They visited their brother John and Dorothy Campbell at Lakeland,
and enjoyed visits from the Cowans - George, Doris, their daughter
Kathleen and granddaughter Brooke.
The Campbell's son Dwight and Joan Campbell from Truro, N.S.
also visited them after attending a Poultry Convention in Georgia.
Dwight and Joan returned as far as Montreal where they flew to
Guadeloupe in the West Indies. Here they combined business with
pleasure before returning home.
At Lake Wales, the Campbells were pleasantly surprised. On
entering a shopping mall there, the first people they saw were close
friends, Alice and Lyle Brothers of Brussels, whom they were on their
way to visit.
There was one sight on this trip which they would like to forget. On
that terrible morning of Jan. 27, 1986, with its clear bright sky, the
Campbells, although they were 50 miles from the lift-off, were shocked
to witness plainly the tragedy of the space shuttle.
Blyth Lions receive
perfect attendance pins
At their Jan. 23 meeting, 19
Blyth Lions received their 1984-85
Perfect Attendance pins from Zone
Chairman John Stringer of the
Goderich Lions Club. Lion John
Stewart received his 10 -year Per-
fect Attendance Pin. Lion Gord
Jenkins received his 15 -year Per-
fect Attendance Pin. Lion Harold
Cook received his 20 -year Perfect
Attendance Pin.
The Blyth Lions and Blyth Snow
Travellers Snowmobile Poker Ral-
ly has been rescheduled to Sat.,
Feb. 15. The Blyth Lions Novice
Hockey Tournament will be held
Saturday, March 8. The Blyth and
Londesboro Lions Vegas Night will
be held at the Blyth and District
Community Centre on Sat., April
5.
The winners of the Lions Hockey
Draws were Jan. 25, Dennis Knox;
Feb. 1, Don Scrimgeour; Feb. 4,
Mary Holland; Feb. 8, Geo. Hamm
Jr.
The next meeting of the Blyth
Lions club is Thursday, Feb. 13.
Deputy District Governor Gorden
Rimmer from Seaforth Lions Club
will be making his official visit.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1986. PAGE 3.
Blyth council supports Threshers
Continued from Pg. 1
Sippel and Bill Howson declaring
conflict of interest, agreed to grant
a severence of property from
Howson and Howson Limited to
Frank Bainton to be used as
parking for Bainton Limited. The
property is part of the old railway
station property on Westmoreland
Street which was purchased last
year by Howson and Howson from
Marathon Reality, the real estate
arm of Canadian Pacific.
Council approved a grant of $40
for the Belgrave, Blyth, Brussels
School Fair but did not act on a
request for a grant to the Day Care
Centre pending a request for more
information on the operation of the
centre and what services it offers.
Councillor Howson seemed to
have support for his belief that if
the centre offered only a "baby-
sitting service" there might be
some single parents who required
the service but most people should
WI holds dessert euchre
The Blyth Women's Institute
met in the Memorial Hall base-
ment for their Dessert Euchre.
The roll call was answered by 16
ladies as to whom their guest was.
Some dates to keep in mind are:
1987 is the 90th anniversary for the
'Women's Institute; June 3, 4, 5
are W.I. days at the Erland Lee
Museum Home; October 1 and 2 is
Harvest Days at the Lee; March 6,
is the Blyth W.I.'s Sunshine Sister
Banquet, at 6:30 p.m., to be
catered to by skating club. The
supper tickets are $6.00 each, and
if you plan to attend, please get in
touch with Lenora Davidson by
February 27.
The executive meeting for the
District is to be held on Monday,
April 7 at 1:30 p.m. in the
Londesboro Hall.
For the year 1987, there are to be
two scholarships awarded instead
of just one to commemorate the
W.I.'s 90th birthday.
There will be a handicraft
competition for W.I. members in
North Bay in July 1987. This is
being fully explained in Hands
magazine.
There is to be a Leadership
Development Workshop on Feb-
ruary 25, 26 in Toronto. This
replaces the regular Officers' Con-
ference.
Prizes were awarded to the
following people in card games:
Euchre, high, Ella Carter, June
Peck; Ione hand, Nora Kelly,
Dorothy Daer; low, Marie Button,
Alvin Proctor.
Lost heir winners were: high,
Mary Holland, Vera Badley: low
hand, Gladys Johnson, Charlie
Smith.
Agnes Harrower, Evelina Web-
ster, Mary Wightman were chal-
lenged by a good game of scrabble.
be able to pay the whole cost
themselves.
Council made no comment on a
letter from the Liquor Licence
Board of Ontario asking if it had
any reaction on a request for a
dining lounge licence by Harvey
Wayne Diermert of The Village
Restaurant.
A letter was received from
Robert N. Morris of the Ministry of
the Attorney General's Office in
reply to the council's letter asking
for more than a token punishment
for the vandals who destroyed flag
poles and stole flags from Radford
Construction's street planter at
Queen and King Streets and asking
if full restitution had been made as
required under the sentence given
to the offenders.
D. MARSHALL
DECORATING
Interior and Exterior
Decorating
at reasonable rates
David Marshall
Box 336
Blyth, Ontario
523-9220
SPEAKERS WANTED
For
Lion's International Multiple District A
Effective speaking contest
for secondary school students
Interested? Contact Lion Doug Howson
523-9391
For that special someone
on Valentine's Day
Heart Boxes, made of real chocolate,
and filled with chocolates inside
A sweetheart of a special
at only 9.99
Blyth Lions Club and
Blyth Snowtravellers
POKER
RALLY
Saturday, Feb. 15
Registration 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
at Blyth Club House
Hands $3.00 each or 2/$5.00
Lots of prizes Cash prizes for top hands
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