The Citizen, 1996-03-27, Page 3Bigger and better
Charlotte and Lloyd Allen returned to Blyth recently to re-
open their book store on main street. The Book Shop has
been expanded and will now carry 4,000 titles as well as
music, computer software, office supplies, novelties and
gift ideas.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1996 PAGE 3.
Business returns to Blyth's main street
By Janice Becker
Whether it be to satisfy literary
cravings, educational difficulties,
musical desires or special occasion
gift needs, The Book Shop in Blyth
Blyth
Peoale
Five tables of lost here were in
play at the Blyth Memorial Hall on
Wednesday evening.
Winners were: high lady, Alma
McCallum; high gent, John Blake;
low lady, Ruth Shiell; low gent,
Anna Snell, (playing as a man).
has a wide assortment of goods
from which to chose.
After closing the business in
1993 to concentrate their efforts in
Listowel, Charlotte and Lloyd
On March 18 there were six
tables of euchre in play at the Blyth
Memorial Hall.
Winners were: high lady, Kay
Konarski; high man, Jean Nethery
(playing as a man); ladies' lone
hands, Dianne Raynard; men's lone
hands, Lawrence Plaetzer; ladies'
low, Janet Lawrie; men's low, Effie
McCall ( playing as a man); special
most zeros, Graeme McDowell.
Mr. and Mrs. James Boyce of
Goderich visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Daer.
Miss Lana Lawrence visited on
Sunday, her grandparents Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Daer.
Allen have returned to the village
with an expanded shop and inven-
tory.
"We left Toronto in 1986 with
the idea of a better quality of life,
more time to spend with friends,
but the operation of four stores was
keeping us busy seven days a
week," says Charlotte Allen.
As well as the new book stores in
Blyth and Listowel, Aliens ran a
shop in Mitchell and used-book
store in Listowel, before closing
down some of the operations a few
years ago.
Now, with the closing of the Lis-
towel shop, the Aliens have moved
the entire business to Blyth.
"This will be a new experience
for me," says Allen, "as the store in
Blyth was run by a manager before
and I was not here daily."
"This will give us the opportunity
to reach out to the people and get to
know them."
With their many contacts in the
publishing world, Allen says they
have access to 40,000 publishers
and arc able to get books from
smaller houses and American pub-
lishers.
The book shop is now twice the
size it was previously and will
house such items as Canadian,
Christian, relaxation and instru-
mental music selections; office sta-
tionary, an expanded card line,
educational software and CD-
ROMs, coin and stamp supplies,
good quality children's novelty
items, gift ideas and, of course,
books for everyone.
As a bonus for those who enjoy
paperbacks, The Book Shop will
absorb the GST on mass market
paperbacks as well as offering the
Baker's Dozen Club, buy 12, get
the 13th free.
Teen titles are included in this to
allow youth to get -more for their
allowance, says Allen.
The pair will be looking into the
possibility of a book club, chil-
dren's story hour and even guitar
lessons available on site.