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VAN DYK: In loving memory of 2 very special
people -
Margaret Van Dyk, our dear Mom, Grandma and
Great -Grandma who passed away 9 years ago -
July 23, 2000
AND Nick Van Dyk, our dear Son, Brother, Neph-
ew and Cousin who passed away 1 year ago -
July 29, 2008
God saw you getting tired, when a cure was not
to be. -
So He closed his arms around you and whispered
" Come tome. '
You didn't deserve what you went through so He
gave you rest.
God's garden must be beautiful, he only takes the
best.
And when we saw you sleeping so peaceful and
free from pain,
We could not wish you back to suffer that again
Always in our hearts and remembered with Tots
of love, -Mary, Marg, Ken, Ed, Ted, Wilma, Rosie,
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CARNOCHAN
Our thanks to family, friends and colleagues who
attended the party to help Bob celebrate his re-
tirement. Your presence, support, best wishes and
gifts were greatly appreciated. Special thanks to
all who organized planned and were involved in
the food preparation and serving in order to make
the event happen. It was a great party, made great
by all your support ! -Bob and Jean and family.
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WILSON -
Patricia Wilson and family wish to sincerely thank
the doctors and nurses at Seaforth Hospital for all
their help. Especially Dr. Percival who looked after
him during the years of his illness. Toour friends
and relatives, thank you for all your prayers, cards,
flowers, meals and loving support. Our thanks go
out to Pastor Dow for her lovely service and to the
Ladies of Egmondville United Church who made
the wonderful lunch. 47-30x1
RYAN/ARBUCKLE
We would like to thank our fabulous wedding party
, friends and family for the 'Pigroast' held in hon-
our of our upcoming wedding ! We had such a
great time and really appreciate all the hard work
that went into planning this day. - Jenny and Kyle
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DINSMORE
The family of Elsie Dinsmore would like to extend
our sincere thanks to all our family and friends
who sent flowers,gifts and meals to our homes,
for all the calls of sympathy and condolences.
We appreciate your support. Thanks to the staff
at Seaforth Manor Nursing Home and St. Eliza-
beth Home Care for the care and compassion
you extended to Mother. Thank you to Whitney-
Ribey Funeral Home for their services and
guidance during this time. Special thanks to Rev.
Karine Farmer and Suzanne for the wonderful
tribute to Mother. Thank you to the choir, organist
and Casey Van Bakel for the music and to the
ladies of St. Thomas Anglican Church for the
lunch. Mother would have been so pleased. - Bill
and Liz, Bob and Shirley, Betty, Bill and Shirley
and families 47-30x1
GILUS
The family of Mildred Gillis would like to thank
family, friends and neighbours for all the sup-
port given to us following her death. The visits,
cards, food sent to our homes, plants, memorial
donations to S.H.C. Foundation and emails were
much appreciated. Mildred made her home in this
community over 60 years ago and enjoyed work-
ing many of those years at Seaforth Community
Hospital on the floor and in the lab. Special thanks
to all the ambulance personnel/paramedics, who
responded to her many calls for assistance due
to ill health over the past few years and to Dr. Per-
cival and S.C.H. emergency and nursing staff who
attended to her. Thank you to Frank from Schi-
manski Family Funeral Home and Reverend Jeff
Hawkins for their professional guidance. For her
short term residency at Seaforth Manor, we thank
the staff for their support ,loving care and concern
and to Louise who took her home for her last four
months and fulfilled Mildred's last wish. - Dillman,
Gillis and MacDonald Families 47-30x1
DOLMAGE
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contributed to my community shower at Cavan
Church. The kindness and generosity of commu-
nity members is greatly appreciated and will not
be forgotten. Special thanks to those who orga-
nized it, made the treats, and helped in making it
a fun and memorable event. - Jill 47-30x1
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The Huron Expositor • July 22, 2009 Page 11
News
Ted Johns brings to the stage
The Bootblack Orator
The stories are inquisitive
quirky, y,
and sometimes laughable.
Seaforth-born playwright and Johns
searched through more than 100 of
them from Huron County' newspa-
pers of the 1880s, to colour his script
The Bootblack Orator with the distinc-
tive flavour of 19th century rural life.
There's a story about a rat running
up a man's pant leg in downtown Clin-
ton, who proceeded to "squeeze the life
out" of the animal.
There's another one about town coun-
cil advising residents to build fences to
contain runaway pigs and cows.
Then there's the one written by • a
man with a questionable reputation
who is imploring readers not to believe
rumors that he's been sleeping with
another man's wife.
"There are all sorts of glimpses of life
in 1886. as newspapers saw it. They
were very inquisitive and pried into
people's lives. There's a good deal of
discussion about how people should or
shouldn't be living." says Johns, who
used some of the stories as inspiration
while while writing Ms Blyth Festival
play, which is based on the lectures of
John R. Clarke.
Clarke toured Huron County in those
• days giving lectures with such titles as
To and Fro in London, Famous Boys
and Girls and, perhaps most notably,
The Moral Heroism of the Temperance
Movement.
In the play, Johns plays Clarke, an
ex -drinker, who makes it his mission
to denounce alcohol and its devastat-
ing effects on Huron County's rural
amilies in the 1880s.
in the -
"As I look out upon the audience, I
can see some of you are intoxicated.
I can smell it," Johns calls out to the
crowd in one scene of the play.
While Johns may kid with the audi-
ence in some scenes, he says alcohol-
ism was a serious problem for many
back then.
"It really was a terrible blight," he
says. "There was a massive movement
against it. People lost their families
and businesses."
Johns says that his character is not
angry with his audience, but is merely
pleading with them to choose the high-
er moral ground.
He begins his address with the
words, "I stand before you, deeply,
gravely disappointed."
Clarke himself is drunk on the verse
of Alfred Tennyson and Johns uses po-
etry frequently in the play.
Science, religion and Darwinism
are also hot topics in the play. Johns
notes that literary societies, debating
clubs and youth improvement groups
were popping up at that time in such
places as Varna, Winthrop and East
Wawanosh.
"It was amazing how many people
were trying to better themselves,"
Johns says. "People were curious to
hear ideas about science and geology
and wanted to be a part of what was
going on in the world."
Clarke, as The Bootblack Orator,
was described in one newspaper ar-
ticle from 1886 as "one of the most im-
pressive and pathetic speakers of the
day."
Johns can't
say for sure why
Clarke was called
The Bootblack Or-
ator, but he has a
guess.
"I suppose he
used to darken
his hair with shoe
polish," he says.
"I thought it was
a joke but I was
at a hairdresser
in Blyth and was
told that people
actually do that."
Johns has
written about a
dozen plays for
the Blyth Festival
since 1978.
He stars in The
Bootblack Orator
with Janet Amos.
The play will run
until Aug. 15.
To order
tickets, call the
Blyth Festival at
519-523-9300 or
1-877-862-5984 or
email infoOblyth-
eestival.com.
WED. JULY 22
8-10 a.m. Walk for Wellness Program,
Seaforth
1-4 p.m. Seniors Shuffleboard at
Seaforth Arena
4-6 p.m. Knitting & crocheting circle,
Platinum Oak
6:45 p.m. Walk at Hullett Provincial
Wildlife Area. Meet at Main Office.
WeatherlJ RS.t
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JULY 23
8-10 a.m. Walk or Wellness Program,
Seaforth Arena floor
5:30-8:30 p.m. Twilight Tunes,
Victoria Park, Seaforth.
• FRI. JULY 24
10:00 a.m. Rural Response for
Healthy Children Morning Out
Program, Bethel Bible Church,
Seaforth
10-11:30 a.m. Play and Learn,
Brussels Community Centre
10:30-11:30 a.m. Preschool
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8-10 a.m. Walk for Wellness, Seaforth
Arena.
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2:45 p.m. Agent 009 TD Summe
Reading Club for children 4-6
3:45 p.m. Agent 009 TD Summe
Readin Club for children 7-12
• TURS. JULY 28
8-10 a.m. Walk For Wellnes
Program, Seaforth Arena.
10-11:30 a.m. Baby & Toddler Tim
Seaforth Co -Operative Children'
Centre
• WED. JULY 29
8-10 a.m. Walk for Wellness Program
Seaforth Arena.
1-4 p.m. Seniors Shuffleboard
Seaforth Arena •
4-6 p.m. Knitting & crocheting circle
Platinum Oak
6:45 p.m. Walk at Hullett Provinci
Wildlife Area. Meet at main office
Weather permitting
7:30 p.m. General Cancer Su
Group, Seaforth Manor, 100 Jame
St. Seaforth. Info: 1-800-294-0086
• TIIURS. JULY 30
1-2 p.m. Detective Science. Ages
and up. Seaforth Library. Pre
register.