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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1998-08-05, Page 3e. S. • • . • We're closing for holidays itizen • • • • GLAD TEA Sponsored by: Blyth Legion Ladies Auxiliary Proceeds to: Epilepsy SOUP & SANDWICH LUNCH: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tea: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Bake Table & Glads Date: August 13 Time: 10 am - 4 pm Place: Blyth Legion Hall Our E-mail address has changed to norhuron@scsinternet.com C The North Huron itizen Blyth 523-4792 Brussels 887-9114 • m will be closed from August 7 to 17 There will be no paper published on August 12. The next paper will be out as usual on August 19. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1998. PAGE 3. Unveiled Dr. Anne McCreary Juhasz of Chicago unveiled the cabinets built by Bill Wallace in which will be housed the collection of Inuit soapstone carvings she has bequeathed to the Bainton Gallery and Blyth Festival. The special reception was held last Thursday evening. Educator gives back to hometown Blyth council briefs Council picks Cowan By Bonnie Gropp Citizen staff The roots to small town grow deep. Dr. Anne McCreary Juhasz has never forgotten her childhood in Blyth. Now a resident of Chicago, the former Anne Phillips has enjoyed an academic career that took her across Canada and over- seas. "But I often wonder how it all happened to a little girl from Blyth," she says. Education in. the village's two-room high school pro- vided over 50 years ago was an excellent foundation. "I learned to work there. It was a good curricu- lum and a really nice start." A child of Harold and Edythe Phillips, Juhasz went off to teacher's college in 1942 and never lived in Blyth again. (With the passing of her sister Shirley Vin- cent a few years ago, her last fami- ly connection to the village was gone.) After being widowed, Juhasz decided she wanted more than being a grade school teacher so went back to university to get her masters and doctorate. Her post doctorate fellowship was spent in Stockholm, then she joined the faculty at a university in British Columbia. It was here she met her second husband and the two later moved to Chicago, where they were employed at Loyola Uni- versity. She was once chosen from her 1,000 colleagues as Faculty Member of the Year. Juhasz spent one year teaching in Rome and has spent a summer in Australia and New Zealand. She also trained psychologists in Lithuania. Now retired, she says, "I do for free what I did for money," as a consultant. Despite her incredible career, however, Juhasz has stayed informed about her hometown. She has paid particular attention to the growth of the Blyth Festival. During the major capital cam- paign she donated the distinctive gallery bench and lobby coat rack in memory of her parents. Juhasz was back in Blyth last week as guest of honour at a recep- tion at the Blyth Memorial Com- munity Hall. On Thursday, July 30, two uhlrquely designed display cab- inets, a gift from her, were unveiled during a special reception. An avid art collector, Juhasz has an extensive collection of Inuit soapstone carvings, which she decided to bequeath to the Festival. So that there would not be any future expense, however, she decid- ed to have the display cases made now. Over two years Artistic Director Anne Chislett met with Bill and Jan Wallace in their Fordwich shop to discuss the project. Calling the reception "lovely", Juhasz said she was proud to have been born in Blyth and happy to be able to support the theatre and Bainton Gallery. "I feel really good when I'm back in Blyth. Every day here was great." Following presentations at the previous meeting, Blyth councillors agreed, at the July 21 session, to acquire village insurance from Frank Cowan Company Ltd., at a cost of $26,155 plus taxes. ** Clerk-Treasurer John Stewart advised council that the Tax Equity Alliance, which had sought support from the village, was more con- cerned with current value assess- ment rather than education tax reform. Reeve Mason Bailey said the Alliance would not be a big help in Blyth's education campaign and Blyth would not be of much help in their campaign as Huron County had been on market value assess- ment for many years. *** Wingham Police Chief Jim Dore indicated in a letter to council that the plan for expanding the force was stalled for the present time as Howick Twp. had decided to remain with the OPP through 1998. Dore said that the cost would be prohibitive to expand the force with the limited participants. A start-up grant offered by the provincial government will also be lost as a plan had to be in place by the end of 1998. *** Bailey and Stewart were autho- rized to sign a garbage collection and disposal agreement with Carter's Waste Disposal. * ** Stewart informed council that there had been no submissions for the flag contest, to acquire a flag for the village. The flag would have been used to represent the village at the 1999 International Plowing Match in Dashwood. * ** The village has employed one person through the Ontario Works Program, beginning last week. *a With a tree having fallen in the village in recent days, council agreed the PUC should look at which trees were considered unsafe and take them down. Dave Pattison asked about cut- ting down a tree if the village had determined it would not be removed. Stewart said the resident should approach council for a decision whether or not the resident could cut down the tree at their own expense. Pattison asked about the village's responsibility if a tree fell on a res- ident's car or house. Stewart said they should contact their insurance company which would in turn contact the village if Continued on page 10 Apples Now Harvesting Jersey Macs Excellent quality for eating or cooking Wholesale or retail - at the farm or delivered cider available shortly Pears and McIntosh ripening soon at Blythe Brooke Orchards 1 mile west of Blyth or phone 523-4383 Harbour Park hosts concerts Sunday evening concerts con- tinue throughout August at Lions Harbour Park in Goderich. Spon- sored by the Goderich Laketown Band, these concerts begin each Sunday evening at 7 p.m. and generally last for 90 minutes. The Celtic Festival weekend wraps upon Sunday evening, Aug. 9. Weekend and day passes for the Celtic music and crafts festival will be available at the gate. On Aug. 16 a local group "The Foghorns" will share their talents. Bonnie Dunn arranges music and leads this group of nine musicians who have entertained this summer at the airport and MacKay Centre. Their music ranges from gospel to dixieland to jazz. During the concert a special tribute will be made to the Goderich No-Notes Jug Band. This group entertained at Harbour Park from 1985 to 1993 with a unique blend of talents and good old- fashioned fun. On Aug. 23 the Kitchener Musical Society Band will return to Harbour Park. This municipal concert band, under the direction of Paul Schalm, plays about 25 concerts each year, as well as attaining consistent high marks in the community band section of the Kiwanis Music Festival. The final Sunday concert of the season will be on Aug. 30, with the sound of the bagpipes and drums filling the park. The Capercaillie Pipe Band, from the Walkerton and Lucknow area, will be on hand to proudly display Goderich Scottish heritage.