HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1999-04-21, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1999. PAGE 3.
Spring beckons Scouts outdoors
The arrival of spring weather has
benefited all Blyth Sections of
scouting as more activities are
planned for the outdoors.
In March the Beavers enjoyed an
evening of bowling. For Easter the
Leaders planned an Easter egg hunt
that was great fun.
On April 6, the Colony enjoyed
an evening hike, and planned a
campfire at the home of Beaver
Leader 'Rusty' (Lisa deGans) for
April 13.
The third-year Beavers attended
the Regional White Tail Day at
Listowel District Secondary School
April 10 for a full day of crafts,
games, stories, songs and good fun.
After testing their Kub Kar
racing skills at a regular meeting,
most of the Blyth Cubs competed
against Cubs from other Groups at
the Huron District Kub Kar Rally
March 13 in Zurich. Every boy was
proud of his own accomplishment
no matter how well his car placed.
As part of the linking between
Cubs and Scouts the third-year
Cubs attended a Scout meeting in
March to get an insight into the
Troop program and activities. All
Cubs constructed a camp chair with
the help of Nancy and Gerald
Hakkers, and collected non-
perishable food, used clothing and
toys as part of the requirements for
the purple star.
Scouts held one meeting at Barb
and Ray Storey's sugar bush during
the maple syrup season. As part of
the requirement for the World
Conservation badge some of the
Scouts did a presentation on
woodlot management.
In preparation for a wilderness
canoe trip the first weekend in May
the Troop is working on outdoor
skills, such as topography and the
wilderness code of ethics.
All Sections are looking forward
to the opportunity to plant trees in
April as part of the National Wild
Turkey Federation's ongoing plan
to improve wildlife habitat and to
establish tree corridors between
woodlots.
The annual 1st Blyth Scouting
Bake Sale and Bottle Drive will be
held May 8. Homemade baking
will be for sale in front of
Memorial Hall from 9 a.m. until
noon. Auburn, Blyth and
Londesboro will be canvassed to
collect returnable bottles.
Also this year the Cubs will be
selling hot dogs and pop in the
parking lot across from the post
office from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. This is
the last major fundraiser of the
Scouting year, which wraps up at
the end of May with the Huron
District Camp at Benmiller.
Thompson reaps bumper crop of memories Pancake Breakfast
Truck of treasures
Director Paul Thompson’s research for his Death of a
Hired Man, has brought in a truck full of well-worn
pitchforks and pounds of pulleys, all generously donated
to be used in the Blyth Festival production which opens,
Sept. 2._____________________________________ _
Kathy’s Korner
By Kathy Bromley
Who knows best about their own community than the people who live
there? April 21 (tonight) in Bainton's Art Gallery at Memorial Hall at 7:30
p.m., the monthly Community Policing Committee meeting will be held.
Everyone is welcome to attend. This will give the public a better idea of
what the committee and meetings are all about and input would be
appreciated.
Come out to meet Const. Dell Mercey, the liaison between the police and
the committee. Any questions you may have will be dealt with.
Remember you cannot say anything about something if you have
absolutely no idea of what it is all about. This evening will give you the
opportunity to meet all the representatives from the villages of Blyth and
Brussels (who have the Mobile Watch Units), along with the Twps. of
Howick, Tumberry, East Wawanosh, Morris and Grey.
Let's show the other areas the enthusiasm Blyth has!
CORRECTION
"If you're gonna do a play about
thrashing you got to make sure you
get the costumes right."
Hardly what director Paul
Thompson expected to begin his
research interview, but obviously
very useful. "I don’t want to see
those one piece outfits," his host
adds, "you know the ones that
mechanics wear."
Thompson was in Seaforth with
Tom Kale, Lou Rowland and Frank
Bruxer, old colleagues from the
threshing circuit, and he was
getting a complete education -
everything you wanted to know
about bam and stook threshing but
were afraid to ask.
He was delighted that these
seasoned threshers' memories were
so vivid that the events they were
reliving could have happened
yesterday. His visit was supposed
to last an hour. It lasted closer to
three. Thompson came away with
wonderful stories.
That’s what the director/creator
of The Farm Show, 1837 and
Barndance Live! is doing these
days, driving the gravel roads of
All the stories farmers tell
Thompson will feed back into the
writing and rehearsal process for a
new play about the threshing era
for the Blyth Festival's silver
anniversary season. And the pieces
of machinery - well-worn pitch
forks and the couple of hundred
pounds of pulleys that folks have
Continued on page 23
Sunday, May 2
8:30 a.m. to 12:30
at the
Blyth Memorial Hall
Adults - $4.50, Children
Grades 1-8 - $2.50
Kindergarten & under - free
Proceeds to the Blyth Public
School computer lease
With regards to information in last week's Kathy's Korner, the piano and
the Stool were moved from Blyth Legion. The Citizen apologizes for the
error.
Kathy's Quote of the Week: If you find that you are having trouble getting
to sleep, lie at the very edge of the bed - you'll soon drop off.
southwestern Ontario, visiting,
talking. He's finding people eager
to relate fascinating anecdotes and
technical advice about that very
special time.
Blyth
Results from the euchre party
held at Memorial Hall on April 12
were: high lady, Jane Giousher;
high man, Bernice McClinchey;
ladies' lone hands, Effie McCall;
men's lone hands, Ted East; ladies'
low, Vera Hesselwood; men's low,
Margaret Nesbit.
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