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The Citizen, 1988-09-14, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1988. Fred and Mary Howson admire a portrait of their grandchildren as one of the gifts they received to mark their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple was honoured by family, friends and neighbours at an open house Saturday at Blyth United Church. Howsons celebrate golden anniversary Groups line up for grants Blyth Village Council found itself with an embarrassment of riches at its September meeting when it came to recreation projects seeking grants under one provin­ cial government program. Three projects were competing for grant money when the village couldn’t be sure any money would be available at all. Given the shortage of money available under the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation’s Capital Conservation program, Ministry officials had asked municipalities to rate projects in order of priority. It left the council in an embarrass­ ing position of having to decide which order the three projects (one municipally originated and two from community groups) should be put in. The projects include: •The Blyth Figure Skating Club’s plan to build a sound booth at the Blyth and District Commun­ ity Centre which would make it easier to play music for skaters and could be used for public address announcements for everything Brussels can't please both sides of street Faced with the problem of how to keep people on both sides of a street happy when a sidewalk can be built along only one side of the street, Brussels council agreed Monday night to leave a sidewalk nowunder construction where it is. Danny McKay approached council questioning why they had decided to build a new sidewalk on John Street along the east side of the street instead of the west side. There had been sidewalks on both sides of the street before construc­ tion began. He pointed out that further south on the street, the sidewalk is only on the west side of the street past the ball park which meant people would have to cross the street to continue on the sidewalk. If it had been located another block back from main street he wouldn ’t have worried about having a sidewalk across his property, he said, but people walking from downtown to the ball park often use the sidewalk. He also suggested the lack of a sidewalk would lower the property value of his house. Councillor Malcolm Jacobs con­ firmed that another neighbour on the same side of the street was also upset about the sidewalk decision. Councillor Bruce Hahn said he from hockey games to trade shows. It would cost $10,487 and would be eligible for a grant of $3,496. •Replacement of the roof shin­ gles of Memorial Hall, fixing the Belfry and upgrading windows to makethem more insulated. The total cost would be $31,550 and the grant, if obtained, would be $10,500. •Renovations to the Radford Diamond at the fairgrounds as proposed by the Blyth Slo-pitch league. The workwould include stripping the topsoil off and putting a new surface on the field, planting grass, installing six light towers with 12 1500-watt lights, and installation of a perimeter fence. The cost of the project, Ken Siertsema and Dave Medd of the league told council, would be more than $30,000 with a grant available for one third the cost. Mr. Medd pushed for the ball diamond work to be pushed to the top of the priority list. He noted that council had known for some time the ball league was raising money for the project. In addition, he said, costs had risen $4,000 for would like to see sidewalk on both sides of the street but didn ’t know if there was enough money there to do the work. Later in the meeting he wondered if some of the money allotted to road paving could be used for the additional sidewalk but was told that money spent on roads qualifies for subsidies from the Ministry of Transport while sidewalks don’t. Later in the discussion Council­ lor Hahn and Councillor Jacobs agreed that it would make more sense for the sidewalk to go up the west side of the street to connect up with the sidewalk further south but others pointed out that it wouldn’t meetup with the sidewalk in the block to the north that is on the east side of the street. Reeve Workman said the two councillors might be right in their wishes but they had better be prepared to field the complaints from the people on the east side of the street who would lose the sidewalk (some of the forms for pouring cement for the sidewalk had already been install­ ed on the east side of the street). Councillors Ruth Sauve and Gertie Kellington proposed a motion to leave sidewalk plans as they were. The council split on the vote with Reeve Workman voting in favour of the motion. the lights in the last two years. He said that 500 ball players in the league andthe parentsof young ball players would all agree another lighted diamond was needed because of the problem of booking time on the present diamond. The group has raised $16,000 toward the project and Radford Group has agreedtodonate half the cost of the stripping and resurfacing the diamond (about $3,000) and the Radford and Scrimgeour families have promis­ ed a further $2,000 toward the project. The group would need the backing of the village for about $6,000 until the grants came in. Councillor Bill Howson made a motion, approved by council to approve applying for the grant but decision of which project should get priority was left until later at the meeting. Worried that three applications didn’t stand much chance of getting approval, council later decided to reduce the odds by withdrawing the smallest of the project, the sound booth. Council approved a motion that would see the village itself donate up to the amount of the grant to the figure skating club instead. This would also allow the club to go ahead immediately with its project. No projects applying for grants will be allowed to go ahead with construc­ tion until the grants are announc­ ed, in December at the earliest. After more discussion council decided that the replacement of the roof on Memorial Hall already put off twice, was most urgent and so made that the number one priority with the ball park as number two. smco $unoco Gold. The highest octane under the sun. NOW SERVING HOMEMADE SOUP DAILY SPECIALS Try our Chicken Wings with BBQ, Sweet & Sour or Honey Garlic sauce. WALSH’S CORNER CAFE BLYTH 523-4793 Mary and Fred Howson were honoured by family and friends on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Septem­ ber 10 with an open house at Blyth United Church. Mary Margaret Orvis and Wil­ liam Frederick Howson were mar­ ried at the bride’s home in Wingham on September 10, 1938. They lived in Wingham where Fred Worked with his father Frank in the Howson mill. In 1951 Fred and Mary moved to Blyth where Fred managed Howsons Mill until his retirement in 1983. Ethel woman weds at Brussels church BLACK-STEVENS Although it was raining outside the church, love and warmth radiated inside the Brussels Unit­ ed Church when Sherry Lee Stevens and Bradley Thomas Black exchanged their marriage vows with Rev. Charles Carpentier officiating, September 3. Sherry and Bradley were given in marriage by their parents Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Stevens of Ethel and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Black of RR 1, New Hamburg. The bridal attendants were Cindy Stevens, cousin of the bride as maid of honour; and brides­ maids, Shelly Lockie, Kim Subject, Kendra Keffer and Kathy Hicks and flower girl was Crystal Pruden. The groom’s attendants were best man Leslie Black, the groom’s brother and ushers Brian James, Calvin Subject, Rick Hicks and Roy Jacobs and ringbearer Mark Ste­ vens, the bride’s brother. Music was provided by Donald Dunbar of Ethel and the groom’s uncle Brian Prescott of Plantan- genet was the soloist. Eollowing the ceremony a family dinner was held at the Elma Community Centre in Atwood with SUNWORTHY wallpaper sale tTVN WAHCOVIRINti:. SEPT.15T00CT.17,1988 You’ll Save on Reg WALLPAPER $19.99 s/r NOW $9.99 s/r Come in today for your wallcovering needs. MCDONALD Nothing is as good as Gold. Sunoco Gold has the highest octane than any major unleaded gasoline and all Sunoco’s Premium Blends of gasoline contain some Gold. The Howsons have seven marri­ ed children: Jim and Mary Ann; Bill and Susan; Doug and Barbara; BruceandCandice, all of Blyth; also Ann and Bob Crawford of Wingham; Mary and Mark Arthur of Auburn and Margaret and Brian Craig of St. Jacobs. Nineteen grandchildren and one great- granddaughter complete their family. During the afternoon and even­ ing, Mary and Fred received best wis hes from their many friends and relatives. Family members, with assistance from the U.C.W., serv­ ed a dainty lunch. an open reception following. Guests attended from Chatham, Shallow Lake, Plantagenet, Kirk­ ham, England; Listowel, Brussels, Ethel, Monkton and Toronto. Locals do well at 'Silver Dollar' Gwen Holland, Clinton, of the Kippfield 4-H Beef Calf Club, was the Overall Grand Champion Beef Winner at the United Breeders sponsored Silver Dollar Competi­ tion. This Competition, which drew 4-H participants from 11 counties in Central Ontario is designed as a challenge of intelligence, self expression, showmanship and knowledge. Other 4-Hers in the beef section were Steven Bean, RR 1, Brucefield and Karen Campbell, RR 5, Seaforth, also from the Kippfield Calf Club. Huron County was also well represented in the dairy class. Art Bos, Shannon Hallahan, Sharon Ramsey and Mike Pentland all made a good showing. They are all members of the Hallrice Dairy Calf Club.