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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2009-07-22, Page 11Ali. MUM= 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, Linda, Steve and families 46-30x1 41. ISS if Thi 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. 47-30x 1 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 47-30x1cc 81.Conk etThanks 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 I would like to thank everyone who attended and 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 MARKET Saturday July 25th 9:OOam to 5':OOpm ✓Mstsgdr Meat Products tIhraty Hu Baker Products o✓Mayler's Turkey Products ✓Jerrryr Rude Nomsigrl. Products MUSICAL E N Suncoast Mall Goderich 519-440-5151 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 •l 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 S• ILMO .JJiY27 8-10 a.m. Walk for Wellness, Seaforth Arena. if tti itiefst r l �rtr�ll►�wr��rfid r frllM w r' ' O Et** astit.koal,0! oats • MON. JULY 27 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.