HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-10-14, Page 39Ducks Unlimited
holds art auction
The Wingham Committee of
Ducks Unlimited Canada held its
first auction and banquet at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey Com-
munity Centre on October2. Funds
raised by the event will go toward
the preservation of habitat for
North American waterfowl.
The banquet was the first of what
is planned as an annual event, but
it is significant that it also took
place on the 50th anniversary of the
international organization.
A wide array of items, many of
them paintings of wildlife scenes,
were donated by patrons from
across mid-western Ontario and
the rest of Canada to be auctioned
and raffled to raise funds at the
Brussels event.
“Canvasbacks,” an original
painting by artist Frank North
grave, went for the highest price of
the evening, $550, to Sharon Long
of Wingham; while another
sought-after item, a Beretta limit
ed edition shotgun, was won in a
raffle by another Wingham wo
man, Nancy Kennedy.
A n important part of the evening
was the introduction of the Green
wing Program for youngsters
interested in becoming involved in
Ducks Unlimited. A draw for a
special edition Daisy air rifle was
held for those between the ages of 7
and 16 who filled out an application
to join the new club.
The Wingham Ducks Unlimited
Committee takes in the Clinton and
Seaforth areas as well. The parent
organization’s largest contribution
to date in Huron County is the $1.5
million it donated to the Ministry of
Natural Resources to help esta
blish the Hullett Wildlife Area in
1975.
Zurich writer
publishes book
A new book, ‘‘Hear the Pennies
Dropping,” comes on the market
this fall.
Written by Gwyn Whilsmith of
Zurich, Ontario, who for several
years wrote a column “Singing
Waters” for several local news
papers, the books is a personal
account of one family’s capacity to
bear hardshipsand share bless
ings when the latter were few and
the former all too common.
It’s a story told with humour and
reverence that draws the best out
of what was a bad situation: the
Depression years on the Prairies in
the 1930s.
Whilsmith’s parents left Ontario
in 1913 to settle on a Brock,
Saskatchewan farm, and she
weaves a story of a pioneer
community, its characters and
enduring values instilled not only
in a young girl but in a whole
generation.
The focus is sharp, and the
scenes sometimes painful and
harsh, but the grace and solidarity
of family and friends warms even
the coldest of prairie winters.
“Hear the Pennies Dropping”,
lines from an old hymn, had a
literal ring back then when money
was a scarse commodity, but the
community that sang them had
incalculable wealth: rich stores of
laughter, funds of stamina, and an
abundance of hope.
The book was designed and
published by Gunbyfield Publish
ing Limited of Goderich, and is on
sale at Fincher’s on The Square in
Goderich and in Exeter.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987. PAGE 39.
Famous recording star and concert performer Murray McLauchlin will
appear on stage at Blyth Memorial Hall Saturday night in the second of
the Blyth Festival’s fall and spring series of concerts and plays. A
limited number of tickets remain for the concert.
presents
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a performance for young people
Sat., Oct. 17 2:00 p.m.
BLYTH MEMORIAL HALL
BOX OFFICE 523-9300
Library week sees
special events
The third annual Ontario Public
Library Week will be held October
19-25. The theme of this year’s
celebration of public libraries is
“Your Card is the Key”. A library
card is the patron’s key to
accessing the library ’ s full range of
services. In turn, the library is the
key toa vast information network, a
repository of books and materials
that can spark a user’s imagination
and provide inspiration, recreation
or continuing education.
In keeping with the theme,
libraries across Ontario, including
the Huron County Public Library,
will be launching a membership
drive to sign up new library
members from October 1 - 25. The
library that signs up the most new
members, in proportion to the size
of its community, will be awarded
the framed original art for this
year’s library week poster design
ed by Carmen Dunjko Associates.
The competition between libraries
Harvest Bonanza
Blyth United Church
October
21 to 24
U sed clothing: Oct. 21 & 22 from 2 p. m. to 8 p. m.
& Oct.23from2p.m.to5p.m.
Annual bazaaropensat2p.m.to5 p.m.
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Silent Auction-all 4 days
Bid boxesopenedat3:30p.m. on Oct. 24
SPONSORED BY BLYTH U.C.W.
Everyone Welcome
will be a friendly one since all
libraries that hold an effective
membership drive will be winners
no matter who wins the prize.
To add some incentive, the first
100 new members of the Huron
County Public Library, between
October 1-25, will receive a card
holder and key chain with their new
library membership card. Mem
bership in the Huron County Public
Library is free to all County
residents.
Special activities will be held at a
number of branch libraries to
celebrate Library Week. The bel-
grave Branch will be holding an
open house at its new location in
the Women’s Institute Hall on
Saturday, October 24 from 2 - 5
p.m. Everyone is welcome. The
Hensall Branch will be hosting a
free children’s puppet show,
“Puppet Pals” with Marian Dou
cette on Thursday, October 22 at
4:30 p.m.
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ENGAGEMENT-Mr. and Mrs. Ken Fischer are pleased to
announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter
Kendra Michele to Scott Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Murray Cardiff. The wedding will take place at the Melville
Presbyterian Church, Brussels, on Oct. 16.
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