The Citizen, 1996-07-10, Page 3ummer cookout
Lorna Fraser takes a break, while Nancy Roe staffs the
grill during the hot dog day, sponsored by the Blyth
Homecoming Committee, this past Saturday. The event
was to raise funds for the 1996 Homecoming.
Committee hosts hot dog day
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1996 PAGE 3.
Lions board on Main Street.
It's still not too late to put an
entry in the parade. Contact John
Elliott for further parade
information.
Also planned for the weekend is
community yard sales by residents
while the businesses will sponsor
sidewalk sales. Organizers are
hoping for a large number of
participants.
The Homecoming Committee
appreciated the support given by
Bruce Papple and staff at the Blyth
General Store, Don Scrimgeour at
Knechtel's, Luann's Country
Flowers for the balloons, the
Village for the use of the souvenir
booth on Saturday and the
volunteers who helped to make the
day a great success.
from all troubles. "We see the
world through rose coloured
glasses". God wouldn't allow such
and such to happen because we are
Christians."
Rev. Huntley said, that while that
fact is true, it doesn't rule out the
fact that people sin and are saved
by grace, despite best efforts and
others around us.
"God can use troubles to help us
Continued on page 19
Packing up troubles, sermon topic
The Blyth Homecoming
Committee featured a hot dog day
on Saturday, July 6 to raise money
for the big Homecoming weekend
on Aug. 9, 10, 11.
Souvenirs were also available.
Included for sale were school
collector plates and mugs, recipe
books, sweaters and hats. These are
now available at Stitches by M.J.
Barbecue tickets are also available
at the same location. Dance tickets
for the Saturday night dance can be
purchased from any Lions member.
Raffle tickets are being sold with
prizes being — an old school sketch,
an 8 x 10 photo of the new school,
framed in wood from the old school
floor and a school shirt.
A full itinerary is posted on the
It was Pentecost 6 with the
seasonal colour green at the service
at Blyth United Church this past
Sunday. Greeters were Lorna
Fraser and Marg Caldwell. Ushers
were Harvey Snell, Graham
Jackson and Hary and Ferne
McDowell.
Rev. Stephen Huntley, opened
the service with Call to Worship,
and celebration song, then extended
warm words of welcome to the new
director of music, Michael Duthie
for Blyth United Church.
Following the hymn Can a Liule
Child Like Me, Bodie Craig read
the Old Testament lesson from
Genesis 24: 34-38, 42-49, 58-69
and the New Testament lesson
from Romans 7: 15-25a. The
Gospel reading from Matthew 11:
16-19, 25-30 was delivered by Rev.
Huntley.
"Pack Up Your Troubles" was
the theme of the sermon.
Rev. Huntley said this familiar
song is one of a number written
around the time of World War I.
For some people, he said, it is an
annual ritual of life getting things
packed for a summer trip. "It is
much easier to pack up our
belongings to go somewhere than it
is, as the song says, to "pack up our
troubles." It is much easier, he said,
to pack up material things, than it is
to pack up spiritual and unseen
ones. "Troubles don't seem to take
a vacation. Troubles can be like a
dark cloud on a sunny summer day,
blackening out all the sunshine in
OUT lives."
It is difficult he said, for sincere
Christians to somehow magically
believe that God will protect them
By Bonnie Gropp
It's a burning issue, one which
Blyth council was uncertain how to
handle.
Clerk-Treasurer John Stewart
informed councillors at the July 8
meeting that the office had received
several telephone calls from
ratepayers complaining that their
neighbours were burning items
such as brush, boxes and paper.
Stewart told council that there is
a burning bylaw in place which
stipulates the only fires permitted
in the village are campfires. He
said that he has sent copies of the
bylaw to those accused of burning
rubbish, while on at least one occa-
sion he has spoken to the individual
in person. Both of these methods
failed to change anything, he said.
Stewart said that in some cases
when the calls had come in, the
person was reluctant to name the
guilty party. "They wanted me to
walk by and see who it was."
Town Foreman John Rinn said
there were a number of times when
he had seen people burning items
and had told them it wasn't
allowed. "They just wait until your
back is turned and light the match
again."
"There is really little we can do
to enforce the bylaw," Stewart said.
Reeve Mason Bailey stressed his
belief that any complaint coming to
council for attention should be
written. "If we have a formal letter
of complaint then we can deal with
it."
Fire Chief Paul Josling, who was
present for the meeting, said that if
that were the case he could act on
the complaint. "If there is a written,
signed complaint, as chief I can
deal with it because the fire code
prohibits open fires anywhere in
Ontario."
He added that the guilty party
could be charged for a fire call.
_Stewart agreed to inform people
that a formal letter of complaint
would be needed for any action to
be taken.
Burning issue
raises questions
FORMOSA SPRINGS DANCE
The cast of Barndance Live,
will be performing at
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Blyth 523-9381
with Circle of Friends on
July 12 & 20
and with
Doug McNall & Company on
July 9 & 17
Time: 10:30 p.m.
Everyone Welcome
sponsored by:
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