HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-04-23, Page 8J'age .8 — Lireknow Sentinel, Wednesd ay, A ,priil 23, 1997
New j,resid.•ent for .Kairshect . I Jariet.
Gladys Johnston was hostess for the
April 18 meeting of the Kinloss Kairshea
Institute, Alice Ritchie opened with. an
Institute jingle.
Sharon MacDougall, Gladys Johnston
and June Gilchrist attended the' Roots of
Bruce in Walkerton recently, representing.
the Institute. They found it most reward-
Twenty members answered the rollcall
with the payment of their, fees..A beauti,
ful quilt, made bythe ladies,, was dis-
played and will be donated ,to
Participation Lodge and sold at their auc-
tion. $100 was given to :the Durban)
Flood Relief and $250 recently forward
to Pinecrest for the exercise machine.
Janet Amos, artistic director at the
Blyth Festival, was guest speaker.,Janet
spoke on the growth of the Blyth Festival..
Livestock report
Fed steers and heifers sold $3` $4 high-
er,, with cows selling on a steady higher
trade at Brussels last week.: Veal sold on a
steady trade, Heavy. latnbs sold strong with
lighter lambs selling, steady., AU classes of
stockers sold ona steady market.
400 steers sold from 90.00. to 96.00 to
the high of 105.00. ;.
342 heifers sold from 90.00. to 96.00 to
the high of 102.75. '
299 'cows sold from 45.00 16 154.00 to
the high of 67.00. .
21 bulls° sold from 64,00 to 69.50 to the
high of 7530.
330 veal - Beef: 80.00 to' 1.15.00;
Holstein: 70.00 to 85:00, Plain Holstein:
50.00` to 70.00.
Lambs: unde. r SQ lbs. 180.00 to 23230;
to 79 lbs: 197,50 to 237.50; to 94 lbs.
190.00 to 220.00; over 95 lbs, '82:$0 to
187.50. Sheep: 60.00 t� 9000
Goats:35.00 to 1.17.50; `
In itsfirst year of operation the tickets
were $2.50, with a budget of $10,00 and
a profit of $1,000. Last year the budget
was $900,000 with a profit of $110,000.
Pat Livingston attended to, hear Janet
and: take pictures. ' •
Following lunch served by the hostess
and directors Roely VanderKlippe and
Ruth Langen, the annual reports were
given. The meetingshave been interest-
ing, enjoyable and educational. •
• Una Matthew presented retiring presi-
dent Alice Ritchie with .a gift. Alice has
served in that position for four years.
• ' Donna McBride will host the April 28
meeting when the 97/98 programs will be
planned. •
Anne MacDougall installed the -new
executive, as follows: President Donna
McBride, first Vice June Gilchrist, sec-
ond Vice Gladys Johnston; Secretary, Una
Matthews, Assistant Secretary' Anne
MacDougall, Treasurer Marion
MacKinnon, Assistant Treasurer Ruth
Langen, District Director Alice Ritchie,
PRO Allene Bradley,_ Assistant PRO Elsie
Houston, Program Coordinator Muriel
MacKenzie, Curator. Una Matthews,
Financial Examiners Alice Doelman,
Gladys Johnston, Sunshine Committee
Sharon. MacDougall, Donna McBride,
Directors Muriel .MacKenzie, Roely
Vander,Klippe, ,Maime Roulston, Pianist
Elsie Houston,
. Standing committee= include:
Agriculture - Sharon MacDougall, Vera
Schmidt; Canadian Industries Roely
VanderiClippe, Alice Ritchie; Citizenship
-.Margaret Mowbray, Anne MacDougall;
Family, and Consumer Affairs Alice
Doelman, Gladys Johnston; Education
Elizabeth Dickie, Irene. Haldenby;
Resolutions - Elsie. Houston.
Janet Amos, now in her
last season as Artistic
Director .at the Blyth
Festival, reminisced with
members of the Kairshea
WI when she was a guest
speaker last week.
Amos recalled those
early days of thesmall
town theatre. Mouse Trap
and Mostly:in Clover were
playing in that first season
in 1975. About 3,000 tick-
• ets were sold, said ,Athos..
They had a budget, of
about $10,000, with five. -
or six actors and some
local people. At the end of
the season they had a prof-
it of $1,000.
She recalled the first
three yearsthere was
always this swishing
sound in the theatre,: It was
the people fanning the m -
selves - no air condition-
ing. Then during the inter-
mission on the first night,
there was a slurping sound
- .the sound made as peo-
ple' rose from -.the seats
they were stuck to:
Amos said: the 'theatre
still has thesame style of
seats it had in 1920. There
were: no cushions on those
hard seats in the early
days, but the people still
came.. The 'theatremain-
tains the same small seats
so .that almost 500 'people
can view the performance.
She shared the story of '
1
osremithsces
how James Roy invited
her in 1977 to 'direct a,
play, and, take a part in it.
She was pregnant and her
baby was due in July. In
those days there were no
frills, and working, condi-
tions were not as comfort-
able as now. But they
pulled it off and one day
after the opening of the
Blyth Memorial History
Show, her son was born.
Then there was 'the
comic situation of getting
a cow in an,d out of the
theatre for the production.
He Won't Come in From.
the Barn. With no ramp
available towalk the cow
in, :they resorted to using a
front end loader. Amos
said this vvas the play that
saved Blyth. Festival.
And what's in store for
Amos at the end of this
season. She says she'll be
"between jobs" and is.
looking forward to six
months of travelling and
then she'll .see what hap-
pens. • .
'Janet Amos,artistic director for the Blyth.
Festival. Theatre,was the guest speaker at the
Kairshea: Wi meeting last week. After her, pre-
sentation . she took time: but to Speak with
Maime.Roulston, mother of Keith Roulston,
who was one of the founding members of the,
theatre, (Livingston photo) '
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