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Krista Lawrie, left, and Nicole Richmond have been hired to man Blyth’s new tourist information booth,
located on Dinsley Street West, immediately behind the village library. The new facility opened last
Thursday to serve the thousands of visitors which flock to the area each Blyth Festival season.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1988. PAGE 3.
Catherine and Gordon Caldwell,
Jean Woods and Edna Mcdonald
left on Saturday on a trip to the
West Coast.
Evalena Webster spent last
weekend with Linda and Philip
Powers at Oil Springs. Bernice
Chambers and Evalena Webster as
former members of Seaforth W.I.
attended the celebration of that
W.I.’s 60th Anniversary.
We are happy to know that Ella
Carter is back home from Univer
sity Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Snell visited
on Friday and Saturday last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson,
Kari and Kurt of London, prior to
their trip to the western provinces
for a vacation.
Harvey McCallum and his team
of Graham McDowell and Isobel
Miller from St. Helens won the
Merchants and Manufacturers
lawn bowling tournament in Mit
chell on Saturday. The prize money
was $90.
Forests: Our Growing
Concern
Bly th tourist booth opens
Two young women have been
hired by the Village of Blyth to man
the community’s first tourist in
formation booth, located just
behind the library on Dinsley
Street West.
Krista Lawrie and Nicole Rich
mond, both of Blyth, will take turns
operating the new facility, which is
being hailed as a long-overdue
asset in a region which attracted
46,000 visitors last year, most of
them Blyth Festival patrons.
In addition to providing informa
tion for the many visitors, Krista
and Nicole have taken on the
responsibility of booking Bed-and-
Breakfast lodgings for theatre
patrons within the Blyth calling
area, during all the hours the new
booth is open.
Bev Elliott, a Blyth councillor
and chairman of the local Economic
Development Committee, says
that this booking service alone
could greatly enhance the value of
the facility, since out-of-town
visitors often find it confusing to
book lodgings on their own in an
area where they are unfamiliar
with the geography.
A tourist booth for Blyth was one
of the needs, identified in a poll the
Economic Development Commit-
teeconductedin the village last
spring, and the idea was fully
supported by Blyth council when
the proposal was presented in
April. The village provides full
funding for the information booth,
after an applicationf or subsidy was
turned down by the Southwestern
Ontario Travel Association
(SWOTA) for 1988.
The information booth opened
for business last Thursday, after
Krista and Nicole returned from a
two-day training seminar for tour
ist information personnel in Lon
don, which was fully funded by
SWOTA.
The booth is located in the front
part of the old public works garage,
a building which has been used as a
storeroom for many years. Local
contractor Paul Josling converted
the original garage door into an
awning and folding counter, which
opens to provide visitors easy
access to a wide variety of
informational material. In addi
tion, staff members have access to
the Blyth municipal office, where
the telephone is located.
The new information booth is
open from 1 - 8 p.m. on Thursdays
and Saturdays (Blyth Festival
matinee days), and from 2 - 8 p.m.
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday. It remains closed on
Sunday.
Compassion
theme
of service
Bruce McLeod of London was
the special speaker at Blyth United
Church on Sunday, July 10. He
represented “Compassion of Can
ada”. He based his sermon on the
story of the Good Samaritan. He
said that the real meaning of
compassion is love in action.
Harvey Snell assisted with the
service and Donna Walsh was the
pianist. Mary Hoonaard and Brian
Walden were ushers with Fern and
Harvey McDowell as greeters.
To send those pesky silverfish
packing, put a few drops of oil of
cloves on a tissue and place it
where the wee creatures appear.
They apparently don’t like the
smell.
i Blyth Christian& Reformed Church ,"
Student Jim Barry from Grand Rapids
10a.m.&8p.m.
523-9233
Sunday School 11:00a.m.
The Church of the “Back to God Hour” and “Faith 20”
Back to God Hour 10:30a.m. CK NX, Sunday
Faith 20 5:00a.m. weekdays, Global T.V.
ALL VISITORS WELCOME
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