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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1987. PAGE 23.
Tim Chapman resigns
as Festival GM
Puppeteer Marian Doucette of Clinton came to the new Belgrave Library on Saturday to entertain local
children with a puppet show, featuring her own hand-made puppets. The event was sponsored by the
Huron County Library, part of the week-long observation of Library Week in Canada, and timed to
co-incide with the official opening of the new facility.
Festival Archives at U. of G.
The archives of the Blyth
Festival have joined those of
several other Ontario theatres -
including the Shaw Festival, Tarr
agon, Young People’s Theatre,
CentreStage, Theatre Plus, and Le
Theatre du P’tit Bonheur - at the
University of Guelph.
Founded in 1975, Blyth had
distinguished itself by concentrat
UCW hears about Europe
Continued from page 22
will be the Masonic Banquet.
Collection and birthday pennies
were received by Laura Lyon,
Edythe Beacom and Dora Shob-
brook.
A reading, “Talents” was given
by Brenda Radford. June Fother
gill reported that 144 had register
ed at the Westminister Confer
ence.
Group 4 presented the program.
Mary Peel opened with the hymn,
“Count Your Blessing.’’ The
scripture was read by Laura Lyon
from 1st Thessalonians, chapter 5.
Mary Peel read the meditation.
The second verse was read by Gail
Lear and the third verse by Shirley
Lyon. The reading was given by
Mary Peel called “Our thanks to
Thee for Health, Peace, Love of
Family, Friends and Flowers’’.
The closing hymn 196 and prayer
were given by Gail Lear.
Mary Peel introduced Pat Hunk-
ing who told of her trip to Europe,
Holland, England and what im
pressed her. She was accompanied
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strators have been attracted to
Blyth, and its seasons are now
eagerly anticipated.
The Blyth archives document
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programs, posters, box-office re
cords, promptscipts, photographs,
sound tapes, press cuttings,
slides, and other records. Some
thirtyboxesof material are now
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Just a year after taking over as
general manager at the Blyth
Festival Tim Chapman has decided
that the job is not for him.
Mr. Chapman said “personal
reasons” caused him to hand in his
resignation to a recent meeting of
the Festival’s board of directors.
He will stay on until a successor is
chosen and a smooth transition has
been made which means he won’t
be leaving before January at the
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earliest, he said.
He said there were no conflicts
either with the board or other staff
behind his resignation and indi
cated health concerns were part of
the decision.
Meanwhile a search committee
has been formed by the board and
the search for a new general
manager for the Festival is under
way.
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