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Ben Rouw of the Blyth Beavers was given the honour of laying the wreath on behalf of his
troupe at the Nov. 11 Remembrance Day ceremony at Blyth Memorial Hall. Legion member
Gord Jenkins assisted the youngsters who took part in the memorial.
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VILLAGE OF
BLYTH
4TH INSTALMENT
OF TAXES DUE
The fourth instalment of
taxes for the Village of
Blyth is due on
Thursday, November 26,
1998. Payment may be
made at the Blyth Branch
of the CIBC or at the
Municipal Office.
Interest at 1 1/4% per
month or any part
thereof shall be charged
after the due date.
Please note that people
who have acquired
properties and have not
received a tax bill should
contact the Municipal
Office. Failure to receive
a tax bill does not relieve
a taxpayer from
responsibility for
payment of taxes, nor
from penalty for late
payment.
John Stewart, CMO
Tax Collector
Village of Blyth
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1998. PAGE 3.
The Blyth Horticultural society
held its Christmas meeting Nov. 10
with a potluck dinner. Twenty-two
people sat down to a delicious meal
co-ordinated by Diana Campbell,
Joan Watson and Lois van Vliet.
The hall was decorated by Lois.
Following the dinner President
Betty Battye conducted a short
meeting. Jeannette McNeil read the
minutes of the previous meeting.
Janis Vodden made special
mention about the work the society
does, commenting on how nice the
flowers around the village looked
Fifteen women met in the Blyth
United Church parlour for the Nov.
10 UCW meeting.
Bonnie Shannon conducted the
business part of the meeting. The
UCW purpose was repeated in
unison. The roll call was answered
with the giving of a tea towel or
dish cloth for the church kitchen.
Lenora Davidson gave the
correspondence report and Joann
MacDonald gave the treasurer's
report.
Thanks was expressed to
Edelgard Hoba and Hanni Meier
for their work with grocery tapes.
Volunteers are needed to work
with the Heart and Stroke Society.
On Dec. 6 church members are
asked to bring their gifts for the
Children's Aid Society to the White
Gift Service.
Lenora Davidson and Vera
Badley were in charge of the
worship service. Hymns were sung
and scripture read with an
Armistice Day theme. Mrs.
Davidson read an award-winning
essay that Shawn Clark had written
in 1997, "Why we Remember".
this summer.
Harvey Snell, assistant director
for District 8, gave a report. Blyth
Horticultural Society will host the
District 8 board meeting next May
15 in the Anglican Church Parish
Hall.
Betty Battye talked about the
Communities in Bloom program. It
is a Canadian organization
committed to fostering pride in
communities with beautification
through plants, flowers and
landscaped areas. Blyth will be
participating in it.
Special musical entertainment
Mrs. Badley closed with a poem
written by Sarah Allen, "The
Significance of the Poppy".
Susan Howson presented an
interesting film entitled "Uprooted
by Loneliness". This film showed
the lives of six people who
experienced loneliness in different
ways. Each time the loneliness was
alleviated by reaching out, loving
and reliance on God. She closed
with the 23rd Psalm.
A lovely lunch was provided by
Edelgard Hoba, Hanni Meier and
Ferne McDowell.
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was provided by Darlene
VanderVeen and Deb Siertsema,
singing The Rose, The Gift and
Mary's Boy Child. They
accompanied themselves on
tambourine and guitar.
Special guest was Laura Lucio
from Lucio Studios in Blyth. She
showed coloured slides of her
family's paintings and bird
carvings. She commented on the
intricate details of each carving
process and the many rewards they
have won all over North America.
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People
There was a full house at Blyth
United Church, Oct. 24, when
friends and family gathered to cele-
brate the 50th birthday of Patricia
Pearce, daughter of Henry and Jean
Selling of RR3, Blyth.
Pastor Gary Fischer of Wingham
Baptist Church spoke on people
reaching the age of 50.
Henry Seiling thanked all those
who helped make the day special,
particularly his wife, Jean, for all
her hard work. He then told child-
hood tales on Patricia.
Patricia was born in Listowel
hospital, Oct. 11, 1948, and now
has two children of her own, Daniel
and Heather. She is a nurse at St.
Joe's in London.
She has a sister, Valerie, and
brother, Douglas, who with his
wife, Heather, from Toronto attend-
ed along with 78 adults and five
children.
The evening was filled with
entertainment as the Artesians,
including Patricia's aunt and uncle,
played gospel tunes and sang. John
and Chris McIntosh and Lesley
Pike also sang.
Keith and Marie Dunbar of
Stratford visited on Friday with Jim
and Elsie Walsh.
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Each one is made from the
finest, freshest ingredients.
Buy one, and
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Thursday, Friday
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Lost Heir scores for Nov. 11 in
Blyth were: high lady, Marie
Bromley; low lady, Janet Lawrie,
high man, Graeme McDowell; low
man, Charlie Bromley.
Lost Heir is played next week at
8 p.m., Blyth Memorial Hall.
Euchre winners at Blyth Nov. 9
were: ladies' high, Dorothy Daer;
men's high, Graham McDowell;
ladies' lone hands, Mary Turnbull;
men's lone hands, Effie McCall;
ladies' low, Jean Nethery; men's
low, Bill Craig.
Cards are played every Monday
night at 8 p.m.
UCW gives to CAS
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