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Rattenbury Street has another new store. Last Friday Jaton Lighting opened
it's doors for bushAss. The shop is a first-time venture in business for Jane
Davison of RR 2, Clinton. Her husband Tony is an electrical contractor. The
shop will sell wall lights, table lamps, door chimes and hood fims. (News -
Record photo)
Festival hires Roulston
The Board of Directors,
Blyth Centre for the Arts
is pleased to announce
the appointment of Keith
Roulston as
Administrator effective
November 1, 1979.
Mr. Roulston has been
actively involved with the
Blyth Summer Festival
since its inception five
years ago, and took a
leading role in the
restoration of Blyth
Memorial Hall: As
founding president pf the
Blyth Centre for the Arts,
he and, former Artistic
Director James Roy were
responsible for the first
season in 1975 when the
Festival got underway.
The 1979 ten -week season
saw 22,000 theatregoers
and an operating budget
of. $175,000 compared to
the first season which had
a four week run, 2,800
patrons and a $10,000
budget. It is proof that the
policy of producing
original Canadian plays
that relate to the com-
munity and operating a
theatre that has a
coxa un i„tyo,
weil-founded,_ •
With his involvement
and commitment to the
Blyth Summer Festival,
and his background in
journalism and
knowledge of the media,
hebringsa great deal of
experience to the position
of Administrator.
• Mr. Roulston grew up
in -the Lucknow area and
• is a graduate in jour-
nalism from Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute.
He has an extensive
background in the
newspaper business and
was editor of the Clinton
News -Record from 1970-
1972 and publisher of The
Blyth Standard from 1971
to 1977. He presently co -
publishes the Village
Squire and was co-
founder of the farm
magazine, The Rural
Voice. He also writes a
column for several
weekly newspapers.
As a writer Mr.
Roulston has had three
successful productions at
the Summer Festival:
"The Shortest Distance
Between Two Points,";
"His Own Boss" and
McGillicuddy's Lost
Weekend. As a recent
recipient of a short term
Canada Council grant he
is currently involved in a
new writing project.
He feels that with an
excellent 1979 summer
season, the opportunity of
working with Artistic
Director Janet Amos and
the expansion program
that great things are in
store for Blyth as plans
&et underway for the 1980
season.
Keith is married and
has three children. He
resides in the country just
outside the village of
Blyth where he has a
small farm.
WOAA award given
BRUSSELS- Jim Prior of
Brussels was recently
Chosen as the 25th
recipient of the "Mike"
Weichel Award from the
WOAA for outstanding
•efforts,in.,,sports. .
Mr. Prior was honored
for his outstanding
service to the Brussels
community. He is an
active member in the
minor hockey club and
reorganized the system in
1967-68.
In nominating Mr.
Prior for the award the
Brussels Minor Hockey
Club said that he "gave
the club moral boost and
got it rolling in the right
direction. We feel it has
created the back -bone of
our Minor Hockey system
and the success of our
teams in recent years."
The award itself was',,
donated to the WOAA in
1953 by Mr. Weichel of
Elmira. Each year all
communities in the
Western Ontario region is
requested to submit the
name Of a person whom
they judge as worthy of
the award.
This is the first time
that Brussels has taken
the trophy.
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