The Citizen, 1990-09-26, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990. PAGE 3.
Scholarship winners
Seven Blyth students received Scholarships at Central Huron Secondary School Friday under the
Norman Garrett Memorial Scholarships awards. Among the winners were (left to right) Sherri
Howson, JodySippel, Mike McDonald and Brent Scrimgeour. Others absent for the picture were Joel
Jenkins, Krista Lawrie and Steve Souch.
Blyth United
plans fundraising
dinner
The Board of Stewards of Blyth
United Church met recently to plan
their Fall Events.
The big fundraising for the
season will be the second Annual
Anniversary Roast Beef Dinner on
Friday, October 26.
Last year the dinner proved to be
such a popular event that all dinner
tickets were sold out several weeks
in advance. With this in mind the
committee has decided that be
cause of the limited seating at the
church, the dinner will be moved to
the Blyth and District Community
Centre. The dinner will be held
Friday, October 26 at 6:30 p.m.
Hopefully this larger area will be
able to accommodate everyone.
Tickets are available at Web
ster’s and Wilson’s stores or from
any member of the Board of Stew
ards or call the Church office at
523-4224.
Any church member interested
in donating potatoes, cabbage or
carrots from their gardens should
call Bev Snell 523-9236, Brenda
Brooks 523-4503 or Candice How-
son 523-4508.
NOTICE
EAST WAWAN0SH
TOWNSHIP
COUNCIL MEETING
has been changed from October 2
to October 9.
Former Citizen of Year dies Blyth.
EV ALENA WEBSTER
BY TED JOHNS
Evalena Nott was bom on March
14, 1908 near Sault Ste. Marie. She
and her brother Raymond grew up
on St. Joseph Island north of
Manitoulin.
“In our house at that time,” she
said, “we had a few visitors. But
we always set a plate for the
unseen guest. We were taught that
Jesus was always a guest in the
house.”
In later life, she had many
guests: airmen during the war,
women needing help, members of
the theatre community, and many,
many friends.
When she was a young girl, her
parents, John and Loreena, moved
to Egmondville where she complet
ed Seaforth High School and
where, in 1932, she married Keith
Webster. This was the height of the
Depression and in that year, in
^Seaforth, there were only two
f weddings.
Keith at that time had a farm
near Harper Hay. Later they moved
to Goderich and, in 1947, they
bought the farm just outside Blyth.
She and Keith had four boys: Tom,
David, George, and Jim. In the
centennial year, they built a house
in Blyth and, in 1974, Keith passed
away suddenly.
All her life, Evalena was a great
organizer beginning with the Farm
Forum and the Women’s Institute
in Seaforth. She later organized
The Friendship Circle which was a
club for women with small child
ren. She was active in the 4H Club
and the U.C.W. and for years was
Social Convenor for the Blyth
United Church as well as being an
Elder.
Both she and Keith were strong
supporters of the Blyth Horticul
tural Society and she was one of the
leading forces in building the
Senior Citizens Apartments on the
edge of town. She played an
important role in getting a roof put
on the Memorial Hall at a time
when it was in danger of demoli
tion. It could be argued, in fact,
that the existence of the Blyth
Theatre itself is in some part due to
her.
She was also key in organizing
the Country Suppers and indeed
the number of suppers Evalena
organized for any number of occa
sions is very long indeed. She was a
great sewer of clothes, a great
driver of people to hospitals, or for
groceries, or to buy cloth and, in
1986, she was honoured by her
community as Citizen of the Year.
She said that she had always felt
“directed” in her life. That God
intended each of us to use our
talents to the full. And to love our
neighbour as ourself. “Some
times,” she once confided, “I find
it hard to forgive people who have
wronged me. Or others. I have had
to pray hard about that.”
People who knew this big,
strong, Christian woman woi
have been shocked this summer to
see how tiny she had become. Tied
to her oxygen cord, she directed
her vegetable garden from the
kitchen window. But she still held
her Tuesday Bible meetings in her
home and still sewed steadily into
the night.
“I’ve got to use up my cloth,”
she said. “I don’t have much
time.”
She died Monday, September 17,
1990. At her request, there was no
visitation at the funeral home. Her
body was interred at a brief
graveside ceremony at Blyth Union
Cemetery in the presence of her
immediate family only. The follow
ing Sunday a large Memorial
Service was held at the Blyth
United Church. In lieu of flowers,
she requested donations be made
to the Blyth United Church or the
Blyth Festival Building Fund.
People
THE CORPORATION OF
THE TOWNSHIP OF
HULLETT
HEREBY PROCLAIMS
SEPTEMBER23-29,1990
AS BUILDING REGULATIONS
AWARENESS WEEK
and urge all citizens to recognize
the importance of the Ontario
Building Code regulations and
the need for proper plan review
and inspections. Among our
bylaws and regulations are those
which provide standards for safe
construction in the home and
workplace.
REEVE & COUNCIL
TOWNSHIP OF HULLETT
NEW YEAR -NEW FACES
by Kimberley Richmond
As the new year at Blyth Public
School begins there are a few new
students coming in to the school to
kindergarten. Also there is our new
teacher Mrs. Armstrong-Gibson.
She is teaching our grade 2 class.
There are a total of 194 students
enrolled in the school. We welcome
all the new people to the school,
and hope that they enjoy the school
year.
This year’s kindergarten class
consists of: Candice Bearss, Char
lene Bromley, Nikki Brown, Gre
gory Caldwell, Mark Caldwell,
Andrea Cardiff, Keith Good, Jesse
Hakkers, Duncan Hamm, Ronald
Higgins, Kyle Irving, Jody
Machan, Bradley Schmidt, Mat
thew Smith, Cole Stewart, Kirk
Stewart, Andrew Toll, Steven Van
Amersfoort, and Laura Walden.
A FAIR TIME AT THE FAIR
by Rhonda Gibbons
and Courtney Sauve
This year’s Blyth, Belgrave,
and Brussels School Fair was the
The Bear Facts
70th anniversary of the only school
fair in Ontario.
The students from 70 years ago
joined in the fun. Many former
students of 70 years ago rode on a
float in the parade.
There were many animals and
exhibits. The students participated
in such games as the three-legged
race, kick-the-slipper and tug-of-
war.
We had a lot of fun this year. The
weather was warm and there was
an excellent crowd. We are looking
forward to many more years at the
fair.
NEW TEACHER ON THE BLOCK
by Chad Haggitt and
Chris Bromley
We interviewed Mrs. Arm
strong-Gibson about how she likes
B.P.S. and this is what she said.
Mrs. A. G. lives on a farm
outside of Wingham. Her husband
owns a business called “Treemen-
dous”. She has a daughter, Lind
sey. Other schools she has taught
at are Lucknow, and Ripley, she
has taught grade’s 8, 4, and 5. Now
at Blyth she is teaching grade 2.
What she likes about Blyth is our
school spirit, and the kids here.
Her hobbies are hiking, skiing
and photography. We asked Derek
Cork, Kendra Brigham and Kathy
Caidwell about their new teacher.
Derek said, “She’s neat”. Kendra
said “She’s good”, and Kathy
said, “She’s fun”. Thanks Mrs.
A.G. for your time and thanks
Derek, Kendra and Kathy.
Congratulations to Marion
Wright at the Rammeloo Rest
Home on her 90th birthday, Friday,
September 28.
Anne and Dan Mclnnes returned
recently from a tour of Scotland and
England. While in Scotland they
enjoyed a visit with Anne’s pen pal,
Chrissie Beverley of Aberdeen.
They had not seen each other for 35
years when Chrissie visited
Canada. They have been pen pals
for 45 years. Anne says their trip
was very enjoyable, but their visit
with Chrissie was the highlight of
it.
Jayne and Mark Marquis spent
this past weekend at a Ballroom
dance competition in Niagara Falls,
Ontario. The couple who have only
been dancing for eight months,
won the waltz, tango and rumba
competitions at the Bronze level
and took top overall couple.
One hundred and sixty competi
tors from Kitchener, Hamilton,
Buffalo, and Toronto took part in
the event.
KNECHTEL
Scrimgeour's Food Market is
pleased to announce some recent
recipients of our Save-A-Tape
program.
Blyth Calvenettes $113.58
Blyth Public School$109.41
Blyth United Church
Women $120.93
YOUR GROUP OR
ORGANIZATION
COULD BENEFIT AS
WELL FROM OUR
SAVE-A-TAPE FOR
CASH PROGRAM.
INQUIRE TODAY
SCRIMGEOUR’S
FOOD MARKET
Blyth 523-4551
Story Hour
BIBLE STUDY FOR WOMEN
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS 10-11:30a.m. beginning October 3
Story Hour - children aged3-5 and nursery at the
Blyth Christian Reformed Church 9:50-11:35 a.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL-
JOANNE 523-4202 OR SUSAN 523-9436
Everyone Welcome!
BLYTH FIGURE SKATING
cjl.
POWER SKATING
REGISTRATION 1
AND
TO BE HELD AT BLYTH ARENA
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October 6 Sat. 10 a.m. -12 p.m.
October 10 Wed. evening 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.