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Are you sure?
One youngster seems a little unsure about the story being
told by her friend, but they were all smiles as they arrived
at school for the first day of classes. Most children
returned to school Tuesday though some kindergarten
and junior kindergarten pupils will be delayed until later
this week or next as the transition to the classroom is
taken slowly.
Grey PS enrollment
down by 30 students
Smoky skies
An early afternoon fire on Aug. 31 on Queen Street in Blyth caused minor damage to two
garages and destroyed an attached shed. When the fire department arrived between 2 and
2:30 p.m., the garages belonging to Bert Daer and Judy Brown were both involved in the
blaze. A shed at the back of the Daer structure was burned off, said Deputy Fire Chief Bill
Burkholder, with damage to the siding and rafters on it, as well as Brown's garage.
Both structures are repairable, he says.
The North Huron
itizen
Vol. 11 No.35
Wednesday, Sept. 6 1995
610 4-40 GST 650
Gas lines near completion,
soon ready for home usage
Community
4 area girls
vie for title of
Brussels Fair Ambassador
Business
Blyth Mini Mart,
Ethel general store
get new owners
Entertainment
Alymer Clark makes
another triumphant
return to Blyth
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The new school year is underway
and children are filing into freshly-
prepared rooms though some area
schools will have fewer students
than the number that left in June.
The largest drop in enrollment
was at Grey Central Public School,
down almost 30 to approximately
245.
Much of the decrease is said to
be the result of a very large Grade
8 class moving on to high school
and a much smaller number replac-
ing them.
Grey CPS also has one new staff
member, Nisa Howe-Lobb will be
teaching one of the early years
classes.
At other area schools enrollment
has remained fairly constant.
East Wawanosh Public School
realized a slight drop, from 215 to
209, but a few more pupils were
expected.
Monique Gallaher will be a
teacher assistant, helping in various
duties through the school.
The numbers at Blyth Public
School have also dipped slightly,
down three to 197.
There have been many staff
adjustments at Blyth PS, including
some increases from part-time to
A Brussels-area woman sustained
serious injuries in a farming acci-
dent on Monday afternoon at Lot
19, Conc. 7, Morris Twp.
According to Wingham OPP,
Margaret Bernard, 66 was standing
beside a manure spreader that her
son, Carman Bernard was working
on. Police say she leaned against
full-time and vice versa.
Mrs. Buffinga, kindergarten, and
Mrs. Webster, librarian, have had
their time changed.
All the primary grades have new
teachers: Mrs. Pickell, Grade 1,
supply for maternity leave; Mrs.
Thomas, Grade 2; Miss Jewitt,
Grade 3/4, long term occasional
teacher; Mrs. McKee, Grade 4/5,
long term occasional teacher; Miss
Banter, teacher assistant and Mrs.
Nakamura, French.
Brussels Public School's enroll-
ment has held constant at 230 and
they have two new staff members.
Mary Douma is back to teach
Grade 1 and Ann Newington will
be in charge of the Grade 6/7 class.
Resource teacher Jill Johnston
and Grade 6/music teacher Eliza-
beth Stennett joined the staff at
Hullett Central Public School this
year.
Hullett's enrollment is up to 252
from 234 in June.
Susan Elston will be returning to
Walton Public School, to teaching
JK/SK along with newcomers Jen-
nifer Cochrane, a teacher assistant,
and secretary Linda Wilson.
Student numbers at Walton PS
sits at 105.
the spreader and her dress became
caught in the power takeoff that
runs down the side. The force
ripped her clothes and pulled her
into the machine.
She was taken to Wingham and
District Hospital, then was trans-
ported by air ambulance to St.
Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
By Janice Becker
After months of planning and
weeks of construction, customers in
the Blyth/Belgrave/Brussel s/Lon-
desboro area will soon have gas
available for home usage.
"Construction of the steel lines
which run along the highways is 80
per cent complete over the entire
region," says Project Co-ordinator
for Union Gas Jim McBride.
The completion level for "Clin-
ton to Wingham is 95 per cent,
Hwy 4 to Brussels is finished and
the Wingham to Teeswater stretch
is 50 per cent done."
The plastic lines which run
through the villages are also near-
ing completion. Belgrave, Londes-
boro and Blyth are 100 per cent
finished while Brussels sits at 75
per cent and Wingham at 90 per
cent. Teeswater has not yet been
started.
"The project has been going
extremely well because of the
good, dry weather," says McBride.
"We are ahead of schedule."
Union Gas expects to have the
fuel running to homes from Clinton
to Blyth by Sept. 15, in the Bel-
grave to Wingham stretch by Sept.
22, Brussels by Oct. 6 and Teeswa-
ter by Oct. 13.
The number of customers signed
up by the end of August was esti-
mated at 100 for Clinton to Bel-
grave and Brussels and another 100
for the Wingham to Teeswater area.
"We encourage anyone interested
in using natural gas to contact one
of the local Union Gas offices or
the head office as soon as possible.
With the weather cooling off in
September, installers become very
busy doing fall checkups," says
McBride.
Woman caught in PTO