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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2003. PAGE 3.
Arena debate gets more clarification
Seniors
enjoy
potluck
Twenty-four seniors enjoyed a
delicious potluck dinner at Memorial
Hall on Feb. 26 at noon.
At 1 p.m. 20 members of the Blyth
Public School band arrived. They
were led by teacher Kendra Pearson
and played lively band music for a
half hour. Corine Falconer sang a
solo and Kathryn Peach and Alex
Raynard played piano solos.
Seniors enjoyed their fine music
and presented them with a gift of
money.
One-minute silence was observed
in memory of Dorothy Daer, a long
time member of the club.
Those with January birthdays were
Ruth Shiell and Isabelle Craig.
February celebrants were Elsie
Walsh, Lawrence Plaetzer and Vera
Hesselwood.
The spring rally will be held in
Exeter on April 17 with registration
beginning at 9:30 a.m. The meeting
begins at 10:30 a.m.
Half-back winners were Bill
Craig, Jean Nethery and Vera
Hesselwood.
11 ucw
members
attend
meeting
The Blyth UCW met in the church
parlour on Thursday, Feb. 27 with
11 present.
Adeline Campbell opened with
worship. She spoke on choices.
Throughout life people make
choices.
Ollie Craig spoke on the women
of Sudan (Northeast Africa). The
government in Sudan is dropping
bombs on their homes to clear them
out to drill for oil. But the women
want to stay and are doing all they
can to remain.
Myrtle Badley served lunch.
The World Day of Prayer is on
Friday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Community Church of God. Emily
Dow will be the speaker. She has
been to Lebanon (Middle East). The
service was written by the women of
Lebanon.
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By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen editor
With much debate occurring of
late regarding the rental fee at the
Blyth and District Community
Centre Clerk-Administrator John
Stewart did some cost comparing for
North Huron councillors at their
Monday night meeting.
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.2Making music
Students of the Blyth Public School band entertained the Swinging Seniors following their
monthly dinner at Blyth Memorial Hall last Wednesday. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
Don’t forget euchre at the Blyth
Legion Monday, March 10 at 7:30
p.m.
Here are the results of the Legion
euchre on Monday, Feb. 24 with six
tables in play: high lady, June
Giousher, 75; high man, Marie Park,
67; low lady, Thelma Johnston, 45;
low man, Gordon Radford, 49; lone
hands, Joann MacDonald, four; Jean
Nethery, two.
Winner of the door prize was
Effie McCall and the winners of
share-the-wealth were Dini Nethery
and Thelma Johnston.
Friday, March 7 is inter-church
will be closed
SATURDAY,
MARCH 8TH
and will re-open,
THURSDAY,
MARCH 13TH
with our regular
hours
Sorry for the
inconvenience
Using figures from a recent letter
to the editor in The Citizen, Stewart
estimated a difference in profit for
the Blyth and Brussels facilities.
The Brussels rental according to
the letter is $440, with no additional
costs. However, as the facility owns
the liquor licence it takes all but 50
cents of each drink sold, Stewart
said. Using 1,000 drinks sold, based
World Day of Prayer in the Blyth
Community Church of God. The
service was written by the Women of
Lebanon. The guest speaker will be
Emily Dow who returned home from
Lebanon last Friday.
Dorothy Elliott has been in
hospital and is home again. We wish
her a speedy recovery.
Dorothy Scott is still a patient in
Wingham Hospital.
Birthday wishes to Sophie
Schroeker on her 50th birthday,
celebrated this weekend and on
Tuesday with a luncheon with the
eighth-line ladies.
Greeting at Blyth United Church
Sunday, March 2 were Barb and
Doug Howson. Ushering were
Shirley and Earl Fyfe. Guest
minister was Rev. Cecil Wittich.
Guest musician was Margaret Kai.
The choir sang Precious Lord Take
My Hand.
The children’s hymn was I’ve Got
Peace like a River. The children’s
story was about talking to and taking
NOTICE
CHANGE OF
PHONE NUMBER
Anyone wishing
to book the
Blyth Lions Park
please call
Ken Stewart at
523-9620
on an attendance of 250 people, this
would mean a profit of $60 for the
renter.
In Blyth the rent is $400 but there
extra costs and hassle involved with
liquor purchases, etc. Also there is a
set-up fee should the renter choose
to do this work the evening
the event.
Taking
before
care of your pets. He compared this
to how God had sent Jesus to earth in
order to be able to talk to us.
The responsive Psalm was 103
apd the gospel reading was from
Luke 11: 5-13.
Rev. Wittich’s message to the
adults was The Promises of God
from Romans 8: 28, 1 Corinthians
10: 13, 2 Corinthians 1: 20, 2
Corinthians 12: 9, Hebrews 13: 5
and 1 John 1: 9.
consideration and using the figures
from the letter a profit of $560 could
still be realized.
This could vary depending on
whether or not bartenders were hired
or friends or relatives volunteer for
the job. The number of drinks and
the people in attendance could also
change the figure.
One thing not in dispute is the
convenience of the Brussels set-up
as the renter need not worry about
purchasing, picking up, selling or
returning the liquor.
The general consensus of council
was that there were benefits to each
depending on the type of function.
“It may seem like more at Blyth,”
said Stewart, “but there are other
factors to consider before the bottom
line.”
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March 5, 2003
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