HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-01-03, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1990.
Blyth Festival celebrated 15th anniversary in July
Fun and games
Fun Fest proved a great success in Brussels giving local politicians a chance to smear each other in a
clean way, with shaving cream.
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Church, Belgrave. Mrs. Roberts
was also honoured on her retire
ment from Blyth Public School
where she had been a teacher.
Alberta and Ernie Stephens of
Brussels marked their 60th wedd
ing anniversary.
The Blyth Festival opened its
15th season June 16 but the guest
of honour, Lt. Governor Lincoln
Alexander was absent as his plane
was grounded by fog. Blyth also
saw the opening of the Extended
Service Office of the Ontario Pro
vincial Police. Blyth taxes went up
11.6 per cent in a new budget
adopted by council. Morris Town
ship decided to seek a grant that
would provide 75 per cent funding
for energy-saving renovations to
Belgrave Hall.
Margaret Whyte was named
winner of the Citizen of the Year for
the Blyth area. Nigel Bellchamber
was named the successor to Bill
Hanly as Clerk-Administrator for
Huron County, effective in Decem
ber. A pile of rubble was all that
was left of St. Mark’s Anglican
Church, Auburn after it was demo
lished. The church had earlier been
closed and sold due to declining
attendance.
Huron County councillors learn
ed that the Provincial Ministry of
Community and Social Services
would approve of only two sites for
Huronview, one in the north and
one in the centre of the county, not
one in the south where the province
already funds a non-profit nursing
home. Lloyd Tasker announced the
sale of his Funeral Home in Blyth
after 30 years business. Michael
Schneider of Auburn received the
highest honour in Scouting, the
Chief Scout’s Award.
Brussels FunFest was hailed as a
success by all those who took part
as well as the organizers. A reunion
of those who had been involved
with the Blyth Festival over its 15
seasons was held at the Festival
Dinsley Street complex bringing
back many former performers and
volunteers.
Hullett taxes increased 15 per
cent under a new budget approved
by council. Blyth Councillor Dave
Medd resigned from office with a
new councillor to be appointed
August 17. Blyth Festival began a
“seat sale’’ to provide new, padd
ed seats for Blyth Memorial Hall.
Rain was reported to be badly
needed in order to save some crops
after the season’s early wet weath
er turned into summer drought.
Brussels imposed a total watering
ban. Blyth library branch became
the first in the county to get a
computer with information on all
books in the library system. Blyth
played host to the Caravan Stage
Company, a horse-drawn theatre
troupe that tours North America.
Steven Souch returned to Blyth
after a year living as an exchange
student in Norway.
The Huron County Federation of
Agriculture supported several East
Wawanosh farmers in opposing a
zoning change proposed to allow a
motor home park near the Maitland
River in the north end of the
township. Straw fires became a
problem for firemen in the dry
weather with Blyth firemen batt
ling one near Londesboro and
Brussels firemen being called to a
combine fire.
The sale of T. B. Allen Limited of
Londesboro to the Hensall Co-op
was announced. The large Auburn
milling and elevator company had
been in the Allen family, first run
by Tom and later by son Keith, for
42 years. Hullett township began to
look at the possibility of building a
new recreation centre for the
township to replace the old town
ship hall. Brussels Reeve Gordon
Workman told his fellow council
lors the village should lobby hard
for the northern site of Huronview
since it appeared the Callander
Nursing Home was likely to be lost
to the village.
East Wawanosh council gave a
grant of $3,000 to the Auburn
Community Hall Board. Steven
Sparling became the newest Blyth
village councillor, being selected
by council from among three
candidates to replace Dave Medd.
Blyth council approved expansion
plans for Memorial Hall as propos
ed by Blyth Centre of the Arts. The
successful skating team of Peter
MacDonald and Kerrie Shepherd
went their separate ways as Kerrie
gave up her skating to concentrate
on university studies.
Hatti and Edwin Wood celebrat
ed their 60th wedding anniversary
in Londesboro. Seven contestants
were named for the title of Queen
of the Brussels Fair: Pat Cowman,
Patricia Albers, Sandra Marks, Lori
Willie, Heather McGavin, Margar
et Cronyn and Tracey Fischer.
Westfield Church had overflow
crowds for services marking the
100th anniversary of construction
of the church.
Louise McGregor, a former
Auburn-area resident was winner
of a $100,000 jackpot in Wintario
when the draw was held in Zurich
as part of the Bean Festival.
Establishment of the Hazel Mathe
son Award at Blyth Public School
was announced.
Attendance was down slightly at
the 28th annual Huron Pioneer
Thresher and Hobby Association
Reunion in Blyth but only from the
previous year’s record crowds.
Threatening weather helped hold
crowds down but a record number
of campers moved into the new
camping section. Rev. Cam McMil
lan was inducted as minister of
Brussels and Ethel United Church.
Margaret Cronyn of RR 2, Blyth
was named Queen of the Brussels
Fair.
Plans for a new subdivision with
33 lots were announced to Blyth
village council. The subdivision
would be at the north end of the
village. The 69th Belgrave School
Fair was a success. The success of
recycling in Ontario proved the
undoing of the Londesboro Lions
fundraising program of recycling
newspapers. So many newspapers
had been collected across the
province and companies weren’t
ready to handle them yet meaning
low prices for used newspapers.
More than a year after setting a
fire that gutted the Brussels Le
gion, Robert Martin Killick and
Lenard Gordon Cowie pleaded
guilty in provincial court to setting
the fire and breaking into the
building. Killick received a three-
year term while Cowie got one year
in reformatory. Huron M.P.P. Jack
Riddell, earlier dumped from his
position as Minister of Agriculture
was appointed parliamentary assis
tant to Lyn McLeod, Minister of
Natural Resources. The attendance
was under perfect weather condi
tions at the Brussels Fall Fair.
Brussels hosted the Legion C-l
Convention. Construction began on
improvements to Brussels ball
park.
A growing Blyth business got a
new home when Larry Bolger, local
distributor for Rainbow Air Puri
fiers took over the former Bowes
Electronics Building on Hamilton
Street. The official opening of the
new Huron County Museum was
carried out with Deputy Prime
Minister Don Mazankowski as
guest of honour. Perfect weather
brought a huge turnout for the
annual fall colour tour at the
Wawanosh Nature Centre near
Betgrave.
The $1.1 million expansion con
tract for Memorial Hall in Blyth
was let to D. Grant and Sons
Limited of Lambeth. Townsman
magazine, a new publication of
North Huron Publishing Company
Inc., the community-owned com
pany publishing The Citizen, was
on the newsstand for the first time.
The Blyth Festival announced that
attendance had topped 47,000 in an
incredible season that saw 97 per
cent of the seats filled for every one
of the 102 performances. The
opening of the new Goderich-Col-
borne Boundary Bridge, replacing
the old Balls Bridge, south of
Auburn took place.
Lower crop yields for corn, white
beans and soybeans were reported
lower due to the dry weather.
Bread and butter issues like streets
and drains dominated discussion
when about 40 people attended the
annual ratepayers meeting at Brus
sels. Auburn-area opera singer
Renee Stalenhoef was back on
stage with a new accompanist in a
concert planned for Stratford.
Rev. David Fuller, rector of
Trinity Anglican Church, Blyth and
St. John’s Church, Brussels was
inducted in a ceremony in Blyth.
Sisters Wilma Scott and Deanna
Snell took over Christmas and
Country in Blyth. Mrs. Scott had
operated a successful flower busi
ness from her home near Belgrave
while Mrs. Snell had previously
worked in the family grocery store
in Blyth. Huron County Councillors
toured proposed sites for the
northern Huronview home includ-
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Mac MacGowan announced
plans to close Callander Nursing
Home in Brussels and move the
beds alotted to the Brussels home
to Wingham where they would be
combined with beds from his
current home there in a new facility
built to meet more stringent
government demands. It would
mean a loss of 45 jobs for Brussels
when the home closed in about two
years.
Kevin Wheeler and partner
Michelle Menzies captured the
bronze medal at Skate Canada
against international competition.
In a bitterly-fought dog-fight,
Brussels won out over Wingham as
the site for the Huronview North
home for the aged. Construction for
the 81-bed home is set to begin
next year on a site in Morris
township, just south of Brussels.
Huron County Council decided it
would like to see the CP Rail Line
right of way remain in public
hands. The County Library Board
approved the move of Blyth branch
to the current box office area of
Memorial Hall once expansion of
the hall is completed.
Katherine Kaszas announced her
intention to step down as artistic
director of the Blyth Festival after
the 1990 season, her sixth. Maj
estic Women’s Institute in Brussels
marked its 50th anniversary.
It was announced that an area
militia unit would be set up in
Wingham in 1990. Mary Rollinson
of Auburn celebrated her 101st
birthday.
Seaforth Hospital opened a new
$2.5 million addition. The Ministry
of Natural Resources reported close
to 450 deer had been shot in the
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Chauncey’s
Hairstyling
Blyth, Ont. 523-9722
are pleased
toannounceour
1989 Christmas Draw
Winners!
• Marg Phelan of Blyth
Wins our manicure, pedicure &
makeup
• Nichole Richmond of Blyth
Wins our Tressemme hair care kit
• Todd Rice of Brussels
Wins 10 suntanning sessions
• Erica, Ross & Shawn Clark
Win our bubblegum machine
• Linda Stewart of Blyth
Wins free haircuts for the entire
1990 year
Thanks for participating