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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1988-11-09, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988. PAGE 3. We deliver, Burt Lobb says as he lifts Steve Cooke of Clinton during the fundraising auction for the Bly th Festival Saturday night. Steve, a noted naturalist and hunter, offered a hunting trip to “deepest darkest Huron County ” as part of the auction. That and other prizes helped raise more than $20,000 for the theatre expansion. Auction raises $20,000 More than $20,000 was raised toward the $1.8 million expansion program of the Blyth Festival as the Festival held its dinner auction Saturday night at the Blyth and District Community Centre. stripped the outcome of the last auction two years ago when $11,000 was raised. The event was theatre itself. After a gourmet dinner served by mem bers of the Festival’s board of directors, staff and volunteers, the entertainment began as auctioneers Richard and Burt Lobb put on their usual show. They were aided by show stoppers like the live goose that showed off for one of the prizes and a Dalmation dog to help attract interesttoa stuffed toy. Guests from a wide area boosted the bidding. Items ranging from a trip in an open-cockpit aircraft with Jim Arm strong of Brussels to dinner parties of various sizes prepared in your own home, to trips to various glamorous parts of North America were auctioned off to enthusiastic bid ders. The money raised far out- W/ hears about Post Office The Blyth Women’s Institute met in the Memorial Hall on Thursday, November 3. Brenda Brooks and Enid Arnold were the leaders for the meeting. Enid read a poem, “Why wear a poppy”. Ben Arnold performed two piano selections. Brenda read a poem, “A scarecrow’’. Lindsay Anderson entertained with two stepdance numbers. The speaker for the evening was Faye Bolger, Postmaster of Blyth. Postal services began in Canada 300 years ago, she said. The first airmail flight for first class mail was in 1919. Canada was first country to have airmail. She said over sized letters must have more than 37 cent postage. Priority Post is for parcels which are handled very quickly. Postal codes are required on parcels as well as letters. Brenda gave some bits of humour. Enid read a poem, “The Key”. A report of the Institute Rally was given by Lenora Davidson and Isobel Craig. A report of the Area Convention was given by Isobel Craig. The theme was Recycle-Re use. Everyone must participate to make it work. Jamaican visit shows destruction While the plight of the Jamaican people, following the worst disaster in their history, is no longer headline news, it is still quite vivid in mind, and weighs heavily upon the heart of one former Jamaican family living in this country. Former Blyth resident Joyce Stevens, who with her daughter Vivienne is now living in Clinton, has just returned from a two-week visit with her mother and other family members who live near Port Anton io, Jamaica. Her trip went quite smoothly, although she said she had some anxious moments when she saw the luggage being weighed before departure at the Toronto airport. Despite the fact that hers was considerably overweight they let it pass, as they did also at customs in Jamaica. Arriving at her mother’s place about 13 miles from Port Antonio, she found a house with no roof and consequently much damage to the contents from the rain. The banana and other fruit trees that were strewn all over had been pulled out by the roots, and coffee plantations were completely wiped out. Many people lost their only livelihood as well as their homes and belongings. One brother had only the brick walls of his house - no windows, doors or roof and another brother was left with only the place where his house once stood. When it became obvious that the hurricane had indeed struck (people had always stayed in their homes before when a storm threatened because up until now the prediction never came true - theirs’ was a God-blest island, they said) Joyce’s mother and sisters ran from their mountain home to a friend’s house in the valley where the storm was much less severe. Many people found refuge in a church building about a half mile from there. Although there was much devastation and itwill take the country a long time to recover, everyone was thankful it didn’t happen at night, when it would almostsurely haveclaimed many lives. While money is worth over four times as much as ours, everything is very expensive and scarce. Close on the heels of the hurri cane, a big explosion at the flour mill killed three men, and brought to a halt the manufacturing of flour, thus closing all bakeshops and making all flour products unavailable. The people of Jamaica are coping well with their situation, but it will take a lot of hard work and much endurance to restore their beloved island to what it was before “Hurricane Gilbert.” family and neighbours in Jamaica, to thank everyone who donated to the relief fund, which she delivered in person during her two-week visit there recently. It is a gross under statement to say it was greatly appreciated. In all, ten families benefited from this kind expression of love and concern from friends in Blyth. Final Clearout of 1988 Models... This Week’s Feature 1980 OLDSMOBILE CIERA, 2 door, AM/FM stereo, bucket seats, console, wire wheels, paint stripe, 2.5 engine, automatic, freight, delivery chg. $13,850. j.l. mccutcheon “X Your Chev-Olds Dealer BRUSSELS, ONTARIO 887-6856 ■ CLIP & BRING IN YOUR ORDER ■■■ ■ ■i■■■ FROZEN FOOD CASE SALE!IS HERE IN BLYTH. ORDERS MUST BE RETURNED TO WILLIE’S BLYTH SUPERMARKET BY NOV. 20/88. Omstead Fancy Vegetables 22.79 Kg- Joyce and Vivienne Stevens who lived in Blyth beiore moving to Clinton, would like, on behalf of their Blyth People ■ ■■■ ■ ■■■ i■■■ KEVIN LEE Kevin Lee, son of Ken and Bette Lee received his graduation diploma at the Fall Convocation of Fanshave College. Kevin was enrolled in Construction Engineering Tech nology [Mgt.] course and has accepted employment with Bruns- wickDryall [Ont.] Ltd. of Missis sauga. In January, Kevin will become th« Chief Estimator of their London Region. There were seven tables at the weekly Lost Heir card party at Memorial Hall Wednesday night. Mary Holland and Evelyn Smith had the high scores while Gene Snell and Edgar Howatt had the low scores. Margaret Nesbit won the special prize. Evelyn Popp is home from Victoria Hospital following surgery. Esther Moffat and Ted Fothergill had the high scores when the weekly euchre party was held at Blyth Memorial Hall October 31. 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