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Londesboro
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CCB Club hosts Stratford
Visitors welcome Lawsons home
The Bluewater Gub of the
Canadian Council for the Blind met
Tuesday evening, Aug. 15 at the
Day Care Centre for the home
bound at Huronview with about 50
in attendance.
The club hosted the Festival City
CCB Club of Stratford. The evening
began at 6 p.m. with a pot luck
dinner assisted by Lois Fitzgerald
and daughter Andrea. After dinner
the roll call was taken by answering
your favourite radio program.
The guest speaker was Mr. Neil
Atcheson, General Sales Rep. from
7 am’ topic of sermon
Greeters at Londesboro United
Church on Sunday, August 20 were
Beth Knox and Ken Hunking.
Ushers were Scott Shaddick, Lawr
ence Bergsma, and Kevin Shilling
law. Thirty-six children attended
Bible Vacation School last week.
The Music and Worship Commit
tee will meet Wednesday, August
23 at 8 p.m. at the church. Bible
Blyth Council looks
at relocating industrial park
When Blyth Village Council
opens its five-year revision of the
official plan in the next few weeks,
one of the things it will look at is
relocation of the village’s industrial
park.
Council was in the midst of
discussing a land swap with a local
company to gain a new street
access to the land currently desig
nated for industrial use in the east
end of the village of Dinsley Street
when Councillor Dave Lee ques
tioned the sense of having the
industrial park in that location. He
pointed out that it would be
expensive to put large water and
sewerage systems into this loca
tion, so far from both the sewage
plant and the pumphouse. Why
not, he wondered, designate an
area of North Street right next to
the sewage plant and closer to the
water supply?
Reeve Albert Wasson said he felt
the area currently designated for
industrial development was likely
the proper size for the village and
pointed to easier access to County
Road 25 although this would have
to be through land in Morris
township.
Councillor Ken Brown observed
that at least people in the east end
should know that they are near land
Auburn native
for provincial
Lisa Boonstoppel, Huron
County’s Dairy Princess, will be
travelling to the CNE this Thursday
to compete for the title of Ontario
Dairy Princess.
The 20-year-old Auburn area
native, who won the Huron County
Dairy Princess title last October,
will participate in the event along
with 40 representatives from most
of the provincial counties.
The winner of the provincial
competition will represent the
Ontario Milk Marketing Board as a
public relations figure This is a
paid full-time job that lasts for a
period of one year unlike the county
level when the representative is
non-paid and works on her own
time. The contestant, who must be
single, will have a car for one year
CFCA radio Kitchener. He told of
all facts of radio and his speech was
thoroughly enjoyed by all. He was
introduced by Marjory Lingelback
and thanked by Marjory Maloney.
The minutes were read and
adopted. A hymn-sing followed,
led by Ken Lingelback with Reta
Crittenden on piano. The Ginton
Club was thanked by Chas Pickers-
gill, secretary and Betty Wilhelm,
vice president of the Stratford
Club. The collection was taken up
and the meeting adjourned.
Study is on Thursday, Aug. 24 at
1:30 p.m. at Gail Dobbies in
Auburn. Sunday School beings
again on September 10. The ser
mon was “I am the Light of the
World; Part I - The ‘I Am’ sayings
of Jesus”. The Congregational Life
and Work Committee will meet on
Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 8 p.m. at the
Church.
designated to industry while people
in the North end think they are in a
residential area.
Reeve Wasson agreed with coun
cillor Lee, however, that extension
of services is a growing problem
not just for industrial land but also
for residential land. It costs about
$12,000 to service a lot, he said
“and we’ve (people in Blyth) been
selling lots for $8,000.”
Meanwhile council will meet
with George Hubbard of G. L.
Hubbard Rutabagas to see about
opening up the land in the indus
trial park behind his operation and
officially closing Ann Street which
runs through the middle of his
building.
Reeve Wasson pointed out that
all the paperwork in the office
shows that an earlier council had
planned to officially close the street
years ago but it never got done.
Mr. Hubbard, the Reeve said,
bought the land believing the street
had been closed and the land was
his.
Mr. Hubbard has agreed to give
the village some land to the east or
the west of his property for access
to the industrial land but the
question of who will pay the costs
remains unsettled. Council will set
up a meeting with Mr. Hubbard in
the future to discuss the problem.
competes
title
in addition to winning many of
other valuable prizes.
There will be three days of
preliminarys at the CNE and Miss
Boonstoppel will be on the first
day. An interview is conducted in
the morning followed by a milking
demonstration for public enjoy
ment in the afternoon. In the
evening each contestant will be
required to say one of the six
speeches they have written on
selected topics. These will be
randomly chosen.
Miss Boonstoppel is the daugh
ter of Hans and Audrey Boon
stoppel of RR 1, Auburn. Her last
official duty as the Huron County
Dairy Princess will be the crowning
of the new princess in October, at
the competition which is to be held
in Blyth this year.
Reg. and Helen Lawson returned
on Thursday from a three-week
holiday to Western Canada travell
ing as far as Union Bay, on
Vancouver Island.
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Reg
Lawson and Elizabeth on Sunday
were Mrs. Lillian Turner, God
erich; Miss Marilyn Turner, Toron
to; Mr. and Mrs. George Turner,
Tuckersmith; Barry Turner, Mon
treal; Miss Anne Fernley, Dorval,
Blyth Council briefs
Blyth historical quilt comes home
An historic quilt will find a home
in Blyth Memorial Hall, Blyth
council decided Friday night.
The quilt, which dates from the
early part of the century, contains
the signatures of many Blyth
residents of the era. The quilt was
apparently raffled off to raise
money, was won by a bachelor who
took it to western Canada with him.
When he died his sisters offered it
back to Blyth if a home could be
found.
Council voted to build a display
case for the quilt in the Hall.
*****
Concern with continuing pro
blems with disorderly conduct at
the Blyth and District Community
Centre was brought before council.
Councillor Dave Lee said that the
Ontario Provincial Police complain
about the problems at the centre
but when they’re called, they
refuse to get involved. Attempts to
hire off-duty officers to police the
premises have also failed, he said.
Reeve Albert Wasson said part
of the problem is the size of the
groups at such events these days.
“They come by the hundred,” he
said. Still, he said, he’s tired of
dealing with the complaints and as
far as he’s concerned it’s up to the
community centre board to deal
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Hope Chapel Cemetery Memor
ial and Decoration service on
Sunday, August 27 at 3 o’clock with
Paster James Came as guest
speaker.
Sheila Bylsma, daughter of Chris
and Auke Bylmsa received first
class honours on her recent Grade 2
with the problem. If the problem
ends up before council, then it
should take action. “If the problem
becomes ours and it’s up to me, I’d
bring in the OPP and sit them down
and get answers,” he said in
frustration.
Helen Grubb, clerk-treasurer
said it had been suggested that the
new camping facilities and ball
park improvements might mean
more ball tournaments and such
with more potential problems.
There need to be rules set down
before more people start to use the
facilities, she said.
Councillor Lee suggested it was
one more reason why agreements
should be signed with groups
renting the facilities. “If the group
is to provide security they’re the
ones that are responsible,” he
said.
Councillor Steven Sparling said
that it is really easy to tarnish the
image of a little town by it getting
the reputation it’s a good place to
go and get drunk.
*****
Councillor Ken Brown of the
recreation committee, praised the
work of Michelle Cronin, Sandra
Howson and Krista Lawrie in
running the summer recreation
program. “I feel they did a great
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vatory of Music. She is a student of
Marsha Szusz. Congratulations.
Grace Evans and Grace White of
Ginton and Hazel Watkins and
Beth Knox of Londesboro, returned
home on August 18 after spending
a week at Grace Evan’s son’s
cottage in the Bruce Cottage area.
They enjoyed the scenery in and
around Southampton, Wiarton,
Owen Sound and Sauble Beach.
job,” he said. “I’m very happy
with the way they handled them
selves.”
The group had run a bottle drive,
car wash and had cleaned up the
ball park after a ball tournament to
raise money to take 22 children and
eight chaperones to Pioneer Sports
World, he said.
*****
It’s getting late when Christmas
decorations take up council busi
ness but that’s part of the discus
sion Friday night. Mrs. Grubl
asked council’s wishes about buy
ing more decorations for main
street lamp posts. Council agreed
to let her add to the best of the
current decorations to eventually
develop a theme for main street
decoration.
*****
Although Blyth voters approved
the selling of beer, wine and spirits
in a retail store in last fall’s
municipal election, the village
seems no closer to getting such a
store, council was told. Mrs. Grubb
explained that Rick Aylsworth had
been trying to negotiate with the
Liquor Licence Board of Ontario
(LCBO) for a store in the north end
of Blyth but with no success. The
LCBO has been very unco-opera-
tive, she said.
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