HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-07-22, Page 3Homecoming parade
Ashfield Twp celebrated its homecoming with a special parade this last weekend. The Huron
Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association entered this float as its contribution to the festivities.
Blyth
People
Stephen and Joan Caldwell,
along with Joan’s father Paul
Klemke of Centralia, just returned
home from a beautiful two-week
vacation to the eastern and western
part of Germany. They had a nice
reunion with Mr. Klemke's brothers
and sisters, whom he hadn't seen in
50 years.
loan says though most of the
time was spent visiting family, they
got plenty of opportunities to tour
the lovely scenic countryside.
Mrs. Pauline Buie and Dorothy
Poplestone of Kitchener-Waterloo
were visiting local friends last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Timpany of
Aylmer and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Johnson of London visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Snell of Blyth.
They attended the open house in
honour of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
Snell's 25th wedding anniversary.
Keith, Jill, Christina, and Erin
Roulston attended the wedding of
Jill's niece, Natasha Wiebe and Joel
Trotter in Windsor on Saturday.
United choir sings anthem
Greeters at Blyth United Church
on July 19 were Dorothy and
Laurie Scott. Ushers were Marlene
and Vaughn Toll and Herb
Shannon.
Rev. Ramirez opened the service
with call to worship which was
followed by the hymn “O Son of
God Incarnate”. Responsive
reading was Psalm 25: 1-14, while
Former Blyth resident
retires as principal
A former Blyth resident, John
Siertsema, age 55, retired as princi
pal of Stephen Central Public
School this year after 34 years of
teaching.
Born in Holland and raised in
Blyth, Mr. Siertsema began his
career in 1958 as a teacher in a one
room schoolhouse, SS 4 Goderich
Township. In 1960 he became prin
cipal of Holmesville Public School
for 12 years before moving onto a
vice principal's position at Exeter
Public School in 1972-73.
Mr. Siertsema spent the next 11
years as principal of McCurdy
School in Huron Park and then four
years at Huron Centennial Public
School near Brucefield before land
ing a job at Stephen.
He and his wife Kathleen have
lived in Bayfield since 1963 where
they raised four children. He is
unsure of what he will do during
his retirement, but he does have a
few dreams. He would like to work
with the Lions and Lionesses as
well as do some travelling and rais
ing birds.
the scripture lesson was taken from
Luke 12: 13-34. The congregation
sang the hymn “Will Your Anchor
Hold?”
Conversation with children was
“Anchor” and a shelter in time of
sorrow.
The choral anthem, “It Is No
Secret What God Can Do” was
beautifully sung with Phyllis Boak
at the piano. Rev. Ramirez' sermon
was “Our Relationship With God
Our Greater Concern”.
The service closed with hymn “In
Full and Glad Surrender”. Rev.
Ramirez pronounced the bene
diction and choral response.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22,1992. PAGE 3.
Pharmacy coming
to Blyth in October
The village of Blyth will be get
ting a new business in October
when the Blyth Apothecary moves
in to the building now home to The
Saga.
Pharmacist Dan Taylor and his .
wife Donna, have recently moved
from Kitchener to the Londesboro
area. Mr. Taylor worked for many
years at K-W Hospital then al
Shopper's Drug Mart in Wingham
and at Elmer Umbach's in Luc
know.
The Taylors get possession of the
building the first of September and
will be opened for service by Octo
ber 5. It will be a full-service drug
store with prescriptions, personal
consultations, delivery and a com
plete line of health care products
available.
A questionnaire will be placed in
The Citizen later this month for res
idents of the area to fill in so the
Taylors can best ascertain the needs
of the community. "We are essen
tially hoping to gel information on
special needs that people may have
for specific illness or condition,"
Mr. Taylor said.
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Thieves steal license plate corner
Sometimes you've just got to
wonder what people are thinking.
Wingham OPP were called to
investigate a rather peculiar theft in
Blyth recently. Harvey Gamiss dis
covered that the corner of his
license plate, where the validation
sticker is had been cut off. The
incident occurred sometime
between June 20 and July 16, when
the 1987 Pontiac was parked in a
Queen St. parking lot.
A spokesperson from the depart
ment said at first they were unsure
how to handle this unusual crime,
but it is being treated as theft.
Anyone with information is
asked to contact the police in
Wingham.
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