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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1995. PAGE 3.
Snells greet at United
Blyth business gets
new name, new owner
Revved for the new year
Blyth Service Centre, located on Queen Street has a new
owner. Gerhard Rempel of Grand Bend took over the
operation from Art Hunking recently and is looking forward
to serving the Blyth community.
Greeters at Blyth United Church,
Jan. 8 were Bev and Cliff Snell.
Ushers were Steven and Laurie
Sparling, David Sparling and Dick
Poore. Phyllis Boak was organist
and Erica Clark played the piano.
Call to Worship was led by Rev.
Stephen Huntley followed by
Prayer of Approach, invocation and
words of welcome.
The opening hymn As With
Gladness Men of Old was followed
by litany of confession repeated in
unison.
By Janice Becker
With a desire to hold onto the tra-
ditions and quality taught to her by
Harvey McDowell and yet incorpo-
rate recent innovations and devel-
opments, Ruth Uyl is opening
Picture It Photography.
Mrs. Uyl, who worked part-time
with Mr. McDowell for three years,
took over the business upon his
retirement. The studio will eventu-
ally be moving into the new addi-
tion under construction at her North
Street home.
"I hope to meet the needs of the
people in the area. I am willing to
go anywhere to shoot what the cus-
tomer wants," says Mrs. Uyl.
Last year, Mrs. Uyl did the pho-
tographic work for five weddings
as well as several anniversaries and
birthdays, but says the other possi-
bilities are endless.
"I am looking at doing special
pictures for graduates, local sports
teams and hopefully glamour pho-
tography, eventually."
Mrs. Uyl credits much of her
technical skill to the teachings of
Mr. McDowell, a veteran of more
than 45 years in the business, and
the creative touches to his wife,
Feme.
"Mrs. McDowell attended some
of last year's weddings with me to
assist with the extra little things
people like in their pictures." Mrs.
Uyl says the McDowells' knowl-
edge has been invaluable.
Aside from on-the-job training,
Mrs. Uyl studied film arts at
Seaforth District High School and
completed a small business course
offered through the Canada
Employment Centre.
"I felt a business out of my own
home would allow me the time
with my two young daughters as
Children's time was about how
sometimes people don't listen or
don't hear. But there is someone
who does listen to us, Rev. Huntley
said. God has lots of time and is
always available. God will listen
and will speak.
Rev. Huntley sang God Will
Listen to you accompanying
himself on guitar.
Psalm 27 "The Lord is My Light"
was read in unison followed by
Continued on page 17
well as develop employment," she
says. "I had been employed in
Kitchener for nine years as a dental
technician and have communted for
the past five. The idea of making
money from my hobby and being at
home more for the family seemed
very appealing."
"I have received a lot of encour-
agement from the community and
feel very positive about my endeav-
or. Blyth needs a photographer who
is home-based and affordable. We
need to keep business in our com-
munity instead of having to travel
to the city for a service."
Mrs. Uyl is now working from
Mr. McDowell's home until her
studio is ready, hopefully by late
February or early March, she says.
Mrs. UyI and her husband John
have two daughters; Hannah, 3 and
Emily, 4 months.
Anyone wishing information on
her services may contact Mrs. Uyl
at Picture It, 523-9892.
VILLAGE OF BLYTH
REGULAR MONTHLY
COUNCIL MEETINGS
The Council of the Village of
Blyth deems it necessary to
revise that portion of the
Village Procedural By-Law
governing regular monthly
meetings as follows:
1st and 3rd Monday of each
month. Meeting dates on a
Statutory Holiday revert to
the following day. January
16th - 7:30 p.m. next regular
meeting.
Helen R. Grubb, AMCT
Clerk
Blyth
People
A special thank you goes to the
volunteer canvassers of the
Canadian Diabetes Association
who collected $892 in the
November campaign.
The canvassers for the village
were: Arlene Wood, Thelma
Johnston, Donna Hamm, June
Bolger, Joan Chalmers, Ann
flulzebos, Donna Govier, Mary
Lou Stewart and Ruth Stewart.
The Blyth Power Skaters have all
been skating very well this season.
Nicole Walker, Kyle Nixon and
Mark McCracken passed
Participation.
Wesley Moore and Melissa
Delyea passed Bronze I.
Josh Albrechtas, Darcey Cook
and Mark Moore passed Silver I.
Darren Hart, Ryan McClinchey
and Aaron Nonkes passed Gold I.
Scott Folkard passed Bronze II.
Justin Peters passed Silver II.
Paul Walker and Michael Bean
passed Gold II.
Judd Hakkers passed Silver III.
By Janice Becker
For Gerhard Rempel of Grand
Bend, the ownership of a three-bay
garage on the main street of Blyth
has offered him the opportunity to
become an entrepreneur.
Mr. Rempel took over proprietor-
ship of the business which was
once Ares Auto Repair, now Blyth
Service Centre, Jan. 3. He is in the
process of setting up the business,
getting the government paper work
completed and generally organizing
the operation.
An assistance of Art Hunking's
for two years at his Exeter garage,
Mr. Rempel has been a licensed
mechanic for three and a half years.
He will employ a part-time
mechanic, Darcey Brintnell of
Exeter.
"The business will offer the same
basic services as it did previously,
but I hope the community will bear
with me while I get organized,"
says Mr. Rempel.
Building a business
Ruth UyI of Blyth, gets help from Brent Brooks for the
construction of her photography studio being built onto her
North Street home. Mrs. Uyl already offers her
photographic services for weddings, family gatherings and
other special events and plans to expand the business.
Photography studio to open