HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-08-06, Page 1Business I Photo feature I Review
Blyth entrepreneur opens
laundromat and
apartment building
See page 3
3 pages of pictures
highlight some of the fun
at Homecoming ’97
See page 8
Norm Foster’s ‘The
Melville Boys’, a real
winner
See page 19
Homecoming ’97_
What a party!
Well, the numbers aren't all in
yeL, but there is no question in any
one's mind about the success of
Brussels Homecoming '97.
With streets jammed packed
throughout the Civic Holiday
weekend as thousands poured into
the village for all the events, the
weather co-operated as well. A
brief storm on Saturday didn't do a
thing to deter the street dance
crowd of 1,000 and shirttail parade
participants braved Sunday evening
drizzle for their trek to the arena
family dance.
While registration does not pro
vide an accurate picture, as many
people drop in for just a few events
and don't sign in, it does give some
indication. Homecoming Head
quarters volunteers quick Monday
morning count revealed the names
of 1,063.
Leona Armstrong said that 722
people had registered for Saturday's
school reunion.
And they all arrived in town with
appetites. There were 1,300 tickets
sold to the beef barbecue, spon
sored by the Agricultural Society.
Child hurt in farm accident
A Morris Twp. child is in Lon
don hospital following a farm acci
dent, Thursday, July 31.
According to poliee David Gar-
niss, nine, was helping to feed pigs
when he was trapped between a
tractor's front end loader and the
Busy Saturday for firefighters
There was little relaxation for
Blyth firefighters on Saturday
night, with three calls in just over
two hours.
At 7:30 p.m., firefighters were
called to a single-vehicle accident
about two miles west of Blyth on
County Road 25. According to Fire
Chief Paul Josling, it appeared that
the driver, Horst Gunz of Wellesley
may have suffered diabetic shock,
and lost control. The truck, which
was carrying an assortment of
items enroute to a flea market,
Special night planned for Barndance
A pork chop barbecue, concert
and dance featuring originals from
The CKNX Barn Dance, with
special appearances by some of the
Blyth Festival’s Barndance Live!
cast, will be presented by the Blyth
Lions Club and Blyth Festival at
the Blyth Community Centre on
Sunday, Aug. 31. This is a
fundraising event for the two
groups.
The Blyth Festival play
Barndance Live! was the hit of the
1996 season and will be brought
back this year for a two and a half
week run (Aug. 26 - Sept. 10) due
to popular demand. The show pays
tribute to the great touring radio
show, The CKNX Barn Dance.
The Shriners Fish Fry was attended
by between 700-800 people, while
at the same time St. John's Angli
can Church congregation grilled up
pork chops for over 600.
The Legion breakfast on Satur
day morning saw a turnout of 400,
while the following day there were
over 600.
The Friday night dance, featuring
Lulu's Roadhouse Band had a
capacity crowd of 1,200, while the
next night's Bam Dance attracted
1,000.
Organizers of Friday night's
Cruise Night were delighted with
the numbers having 95 vehicles
making the trek to Wingham and
back. A total of 200 vehicles,
including motorcycles, firetrucks
and classic cars lined up at the
show on Saturday.
The streets along Sunday's
parade route were lined with spec
tators, who were not disappointed
by the many entries. Though the
number of entries was not available
at press time, the parade lasted for
well over an hour. Traffic after the
event was backed up on some
streets for nearly that long as well.
barn’s cement wall. He was taken to
Wingham Hospital where he under
went emergency surgery before
being transferred to Victoria Hospi
tal's Critical Care Unit.
His condition was listed as sta
ble.
rolled.
Gunz was taken to Clinton Public
Hospital by ambulance, then later
transferred to Stratford. Josling said
he had a number of bruises and
cuts, some major.
About 10 minutes after returning
from this call, firefighters were
summoned to a medical emergency
at the arena, where a young woman
had fainted.
Then at 9:45, the department
responded to a possible bam fire in
McKillop. This turned out to be a
false alarm.
which was popular during the
1940s and '50s.
Every Saturday night it was
broadcast live from various venues,
featuring local talent as well as
future stars like The Mercey
Brothers and fiddling sensation Al
Cherny. During its heyday, more
than 40,000 people attended the
remote broadcasts annually and the
show could boast 150,000 listeners
weekly.
The barbecue, concert and dance
will offer some toe tapping,
nostalgic fun. The barbecue takes
place from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.; the
concert from 7:30 - 9 p.m.; and the
dance from 9:30 p.m. - midnight.
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Vol. 13 No. 31 Wednesday, Aug. 6,1997 7o».s«Gsr750
The atmosphere at Brussels Homecoming ’97 this past weekend was all about down-home
friendliness and pitching in when needed. After passing around some potatoes to a few
children to snack on while they were patiently waiting in line for Sunday night's fish fry, the
Shriners got some assistance and Claire Mastnak, eight, discovered a rather nifty way to
slice up French fries.
Fatal hunting accident in Hullett
Huron County Ontario Provincial
Police from the Goderich
detachment are investigating a fatal
hunting accident which occurred at
Lot 16, Cone. 5 in the Hullett
Conservation Area of Hullett
Township, northeast of Clinton.
John Douglas Windsor, 29 years
of Exeter, was fatally shot while
hunting with a male companion at
approximately 5 p.m. on
Wednesday, July 30.
A Huron County coroner
pronounced the victim dead at the
scene. The coroner also ordered an
autopsy which was conducted at
the St. Marys Hospital in Kitchener
July 31. It revealed the cause of
death was death as a result of a
single 20-gauge shot to the
deceased's neck. A firearms
examiner from the Centre of
Forensic Sciences attended the post
mortem.
The 52-year-old male companion
is not being named due to the
continuation of the investigation.