The Citizen, 1992-11-18, Page 3Remembering
Murray Siertsema bows his head in silence after placing a wreath for the Blyth Christian
Reformed Church at the Remembrance Day service at Memorial Hall on Nov. 11.
Representatives from many area organizations laid wreaths in memory of Canada’s war dead.
Blyth Group holds meeting
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18,1992. PAGE 3.
Caldwells usher
at United service
The 1st Blyth Group Committee
met at the Blyth Public School
Nov. 9 for the first meeting of the
new scouting year.
Registration was Sept. 15.
Seventeen Beavers are under the
leadership of Nancy Hakkers,
Linda Pease, and Jim Jackson.
Cubs are registered with David
Sparling, Henry Rau and David
Cartwright as leaders. There are
eight Scouts. Scout leaders are
Laverne Clark and Kevin
Scrimgeour. Six Venturers are
registered with Steve Root as the
Advisor. Sponsors for the 1992-93
season are the Blyth Legion and the
Blyth Lions, each of which
contributed $1 toward the
registration fee of each boy. The
Group Committee expressed
appreciation of the clubs for their
support.
September and October were
busy months for those involved
with Scouting, Sixer-Seconder Cub
Rd. Sup’t. finds way to cut costs
By Lisa Boonstoppel-Pot
In keeping with Blyth council's
objectives to keep costs down, road
superintendent John Rinn came up
with several cost-saving measures
al council's Nov. 10 meeting.
In a report to council, Mr. Rinn
suggested council buy or rent a
snowblower for the village's big
tractor saying this would allow
employees to blow snow twice as
fast as with the little tractor.
"If we used a sander on the front,
with the blower on the back, we
could make one trip around town
doing two jobs—sanding and
cleaning up corners and cutting
back banks," he stated in his report.
He gave council an estimate of
$2,000-3,000 for a new blower and
$1,000 to $1,500 for a used blower.
Renting a blower was estimated at
$6.60 per hour.
Councillor Doug Scrimgeour
suggested Mr. Rinn get some
quotes on blower prices, instead of
estimates, so council would be bet
ter informed to make a decision.
"Get some quotes and we'll make
our decision," he said.
Mr. Rinn had other money-sav
ing suggestions. They included
renting or tendering a bigger truck
to haul snow as needed since this
would be faster than using the vil
lage's own one-ton truck.
He also stated the village could
try plowing with one man if the
camp was held Sept. 26-27
weekend. Thanks to the generosity
of the communities of Blyth,
Londesboro, and Auburn, $368.57
was raised on Apple Day Oct. 3,
Boyd Taylor was also thanked for
giving the Group Committee a
discount of $10 on the apples
which they purchased from him.
B.P. Woodsman Camp for first
year Scouts was held Oct. 16-18 at
Parkhill. Woodbadge I training was
the weekend of Oct. 23-25, and the
boys are just wrapping up their
Scout calendar campaign. Most of
the boys who are new to the
program, or who have moved from
one section to another have been
invested now. All sections are
making plans for winter campouts,
and for interesting and educational
work on badge requirements.
Group Committee members were
informed that any photocopying,
which must be done for scouting
purposes, will now be subject to a
plow was only equipped with the
one-way blade. When the snow
plow wing is in place, two men are
required to operate the machine
because one man can't see enough.
This would save money but it
would also mean the streets would
n't be cleaned as well.
"Plowing straight through means
there's snow left on the comers,"
explained Mr. Rinn. "It doesn't
look as nice and people might com
plain but it is a way to cut back."
Cutting back on over-time hours
was another issue Mr. Rinn
addressed. He said if council
agreed to hire one or two standby
persons, it would cut down on
over-time.
"If we do have a bad snow day,
two men could go out and plow and
the stand-by could take care of the
sidewalks which might cut over
time," he said.
Council said the recommenda
tions will be discussed again when
Mr. Rinn presents them with price
quotes for a snowblower.
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cost of 25 cents per sheet at the
Blyth Municipal Office, whether or
not Group Committee's own paper
was used, as before. Because the
scouting organization operates on a
non-profit basis, it was decided that
every effort would be made to keep
photocopying needs to a minimum.
Efforts have been made in the
past to revise the Huron District
badge, without success. With the
upcoming Canadian Jamboree in
July, 1993, some of the 1st Blyth
Scouts have approached the Huron
District Council again with
suggestions for modifying the
badge, to make it more appealing
for trading. As an initial reaction
Group Committee answered a
survey sent by the District Council
on whether to comply with the
boys' request.
On Nov. 11 several boys and
their section leaders participated in
the Remembrance Day service,
marching with the Legion to the
Blyth Theatre. At Hullett Public
School ‘The Last Post’ was played
by Chris Knox.
The next meeting of the Blyth
Group Committee will be Dec. 7 at
the Blyth Public School.
Blyth
People
There were six tables of lost heir
in play at Blyth Memorial Hall on
Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Winners were: high lady, Alma
McCallum; high gent, Jim Walsh;
low lady, Effie McCall and low
gent, Feme Howatt (playing as a
man).
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On Sunday, Nov. 15 Marlene
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entered the Blyth United Church
for the service. Ushers were Tim
Evelyn, Stephen and Joan
Caldwell.
Rev. Ramirez opened the service
with the Call to Worship and
Prayer of Approach followed by
the Prayer of Confession, Silent
Confession and Hymn #465 "God
of Grace and God of Glory."
The Responsive Reading was
selected verses of Psalm 103, "My
soul, give thanks to the Lord." The
scripture reading was Matthew
25:14-30. Hymn "469 "O Master
Let Me Walk With Thee" was
sung.
During children's time Rev
Ramirez spoke about talent. God
made good things, not junk. God
has given lots of things but most
importantly God gave us Jesus to
share with others. Share the
message that Jesus loves you.
The children and Rev. Ramirez
sang "I have a Talent". The
children went to class with Bonnie
Shannon.
The anthem was sung by the
choir "What Is That To Me". The
sermon was titled Partnership with
Christ. Rev Ramirez said God has
given us many talents; some of us
are carpenters, some are chefs,
some are writers. We need to value
our talents because time is
precious. Our time in this world is
limited but God's time is not.
The final hymn was "O Jesus I
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