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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-03-21, Page 6Page 6 Times -Advocate, March 21, 1984 To celebrate 10 years at Blyth Four Canadian premieres and a revival of a Blyth - developed hit will comprise the 10th anniversary season of the Blyth Festival, Artistic Director Janet Amos an- nounced this week. Ms. Amos made the announcement at the first of the Blyth Festival's 10th Year celebra- tions, a Leap Year Auction held at Blyth Memorial Hall. The season opener June 22 will be Garrison's Garage, a new comedy by Ted Johns. Johns, well known at Blyth for The School Show , He Won't Come In From The Barn, St. Sam and The Nukes and The Death of The Don- nellys, takes on Revenue Canada in his new show. At first Garrison's ramshackle garage seems an easy target, but the novice tax collector assigned to the job finds himself hopelessly entangled in the emotions and the manoeuverings of a small town. Brian Tremblay's A Spider In The House will premiere on June 26. Tremblay tells the story of a writer at a country retreat who is mysteriously influenced by the former in- habitants of an old house. A Spider In The House magical- ly blends the world of a modern woman with the woridof a passionate woman of 1915. Put five unlikely con- testants for a cake -baking contest together and you get Cake -Walk, by Colleen Cur - 1 \ help your Heart Fund ran, opening July 17th. In- trigue, assumed identities and – heaven forbid - - a male contestant make this the most unusual and entertaining cake -baking contest the faded Bayview Inn has ever had. Layne Coleman's Blue City premieres on July 24. Set in Blue City (population 2,200) it centres around the country's best women's fastball team. As Lori Walker, star pitcher, warms up for the tournament, an old flame drives in unan- nounced from Alberta. The catch? He is the father of her thirteen year old boy. A hit from the 1982 season rounds out the season. Coun- try Hearts, by Ted Johns with music by John Roby, opens on August 21. Country Hearts, which sold out every available seat in 1982, takes place one chilly weekend in a small town bar where the band the regular crowd and some storm -stayed travellers are marooned by a snowstorm. County hearts plays until September 15' in Blyth, at which time it embarks on a Southwestern Ontario tour in- cluding a one week run at the Humanities theatre in Waterloo. Details on the 10th year celebrations will be released soon. Plans include a reunion. weekend, special opening ceremonies, a music program in a local lounge, a history booket and a commissioned quilt. Voucher packages for the 1984 season are on sale now for $25 adults, $12 children under 14, a saving of up to 22 percent on single tickets. Vouchers and season brochures are available by calling (519) 523-9300 or by writing the Blyth Festival, Box 10, Blyth, Ontario. NOM 114A You're about to celebrate a whole new beginning to your life Let us help make your wedding dreamy conic? true At the Flower Pedlar you'll find the most enchanting floral arrangements for the Bride and for her wedding attendants. Floral Decorations for church and home. We will make evening ap- pointments for the bride and 'her bridal party Phone 235-0221 go14 17. kaitatr9. ARE HERE! 509 f Remaining winter merchandise • Hurry! ! 176 Items Only =�t d ooking. Wood FASHIONS FOR HER 375 Main St. S.. Exeter 235.2460 Y FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE — Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McBride of Exeter are pleased to announce the for- thcoming marriage of their daughter, Kimberley Ann to Mr. Ronald Arthur Dawe. The wedding will take place on April 7, 1984 at Exeter Unitech Church at 6:30 p.m. A reception will follow in Exeter with all relatives and friends welcome. - Computer .course at Clinton campus Although March 12 was the filial winter term starting date in Huron County for BITS AND BYTES, Con- estoga College will again of- fer the popular six-week course on microcomputers beginning the week of April 23. Offered in Huron county for the first time this winter, this series of 12 three-hour classroom sessions is based on TV Ontario's Academy on Computers in Education. To date, five separate sections of thercourse have been offered at the Radio Shack Computer Centre in Goderich. This will also be the location for the spring course sessions. Although BITS AND BYTES focuses on educa- tional use of computers, it is suitable for anyone who wants to learn more about the nature, function, operation and applications of microcomputers. Working in small groups, participants acquire one hour of hands -on -skills with- a TRS -80 computer during each session. Each session also features a 30 -minute videotape from the TV On- tario Academy, plus a one- hour lecture/question-and- answer/discussion period: Course fee is only $55, which includes all course materials, a participant's manual and sample software. However, registration is limited to 12 participants per section. Also to be offered by Con- estoga this spring in Goderich is a 10 -hour course (five week- ly sessions) entitled PAREN.TS, KIDS AND COM- PUTERS. This Saturday - morning course allows parent and child to discover together To celebrate 65 years The 65th anniver- sary of Hurondale W.I. will he held March 28 at the Masonic Hall in Exeter beginning at 12:30. Other Institutes are in- vited. the fascinating world of microcomputers. Free for this course ( one parent, one child) is $60. Classes begin the week of April 23. For registration informa- tion or more details on either BITS AND BYTES or PARENTS, KIDS AND COM- PUTERS, contact Continuing Education at the Clinton cam- pus of Conestoga College, 482-3458. Office hours are 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. from Monday through Friday, plus 6:30 - 9 p.m. from Monday through Wednesday. It's strange the things we remember from our childhood. Vast areas of mine area complete blur , and yet, other things stand out like they happened yesterday. I suppose we remember the events that most deeply mov- ed us, one way or another. By the time you read this, I will be fulfilling one of my childhood dreams...visiting Japan. Strangely enough, the plans for this trip started many, many years ago when I was a little girl going to Mis- sion Band at our church. The leader, Mrs. Chant, a sparkl- ing, bright-eyed redhead, made those meetings so spellbinding that her young charges hung on her words. One day, she talked about a land called Japan and show- ed us pictures of children with round, slant eyed faces and The fantasy comes true thick black hair, dressed in brightly colored kimonas. She extolled the beauty of the land, the magic of Mount Fu- ji and • the enchantment of acres of pink cherry blossoms. Completely enrap- twenty-odd years ago, when one of our daughters made friends with a little Japanese girl attending her school. This beautiful, shy teenager came to Canada with her family, her father being attached to it seems to me... tured, my eyes grew round and misty as I made a small - girl vow to someday visit that beautiful country and see it for myself. As the years passed, the dream faded a little, but never died. It was heightened, UCW meets at Woodham Sy MISS. JEAN COPELANQ Woodham At the March meeting of Woodham U.C.W., 21, members and four visitors answered the roll call. Business opened with a reading "How to catch a Leprechaun" by the presi- dent, Mrs. Dave Williams. Minutes, correspondence and treasurer's report followed. Barbecue business was brought up, and the chicken barbecue will be held Wednesday, June 6. Donations were sent to Camp Bimini, Medical elec- tives and Seeds for Zaire. Bale will be collected until April 22 for Goodwill In- dtistries. The next chapter of the Study Book was taken by Mrs. Glenn Copeland, "Jesus the Poor and Us". The Worship Service was led by Miss Jean Copeland, followed by a hymn and scrip- ture reading by Mrs. Marian Jaques. A beautiful piano in- strumental ofseveral hymns was played by Mrs. Ted In- sley, and a poem by Mrs. Dol - ly Milos. The Worship Service closed with a reading by Mrs. Don Brine, and closing prayer by Miss Jean Copeland. During a delicious lunch,ta silent auc- tion was held for Floral Fund. 08 the co• perato L INSURANCE SERVICES * LIFE * HOME * AUTO * FARM * COMMERCIAL Cali Verna Gingerich 314 Main St. Exeter Clinton Community Credit Union Office t�esidence 235.1109 Business by Gwyn Whilsmith the Japan Tourist Organiza- tion in Toronto. When he was recalled to Tokyo, his daughter, Kyoko, decided to remain behind to finish her high schooling. So, for about three years she came to us for holidays and Christmases, and was almost like another daughter. Marvelously artistic, she could arrange a dish of celery sticks into a work of art. She was also exquisitely graceful, and one time, after she had helped decorate our yard with lanterns and streamers for a church Japanese Tea, she performed one of her native dances, dressed in a flowing, grey and red kimona. Whin the day came for her to depart for her own country, we were all sad, but of course, there were the usual bright, hopeful promises of meeting again. Letters came regularly. She finished her education and finally took a position teaching English to students who would guide tourists through Japan. In a few years she married Eiichi, and we poured over the wedding pic- tures showing her, first, in a traditional white western wedding gown, and then, in a colorful Buddhist costume. Apparently, it is not unusual, in Japan, for a couple to have more than one ceremony. Before long, there arrived snapshots of a cute, chubby baby boy, grinning out of merry eyes under a shock of thick black hair. Four years later, another picture came of yet another baby boy. The eldest is now in highschool and the youngest is about 10 years. The last photo tells us they are handsome young fellows, and that their mother is still beautiful but with gray streaking her dark hair. It's been wise to exchange pic- tures over the years. Neither of us will get quite the shock we might have when we see each other, face to face, after all these years. Anyway, by this time, the reunion will have taken place, and I will have met Kyoko's husband and two boys, and toured through the country of my dreams. Whether the actuality will be as glorious as the dream is yet to be told, but in any event, it seems to me, I'm very lucky to be fulfilling a childhood fantasy. Sugar & Spice Chocolates, Exeter Ltd. 409 Main St. S., 235-1211 15%.ff • Collectors Plates • Dolls • Figurines Story Telle , Meeting on Path Fathers Help and many more Core in and see our Easter Candies and Chocolate Bunnies. 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