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Clinton News-Record, 1985-5-1, Page 7Page 6—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1,1985 Blyth Standard Slides of Holy Land shown in " alton The Blyth Lions Club celebrated their 40th anniversary on April 25 at the Blyth Memorial Hall. During the dinner, Frank Bainton (front left) was honored for his 40 years of ser- vice as a member. Mr. Bainton is the only active charter member. He received a 40 year pin from Orbin Eickmeier, District Governor (front right). Other charter members pre- sent for the anniversary were: (Back left) Gordon Elliott, Hary McCallum, present President Rudy Leibold, and Bert Gray. ( Anne Narejko photo) Blyth tree progra rrc BLYTH - Council is looking into the Larry Walsh, it cost an average of $35 for. possibility of planting the trees required for one tree and another $15 to have the tree the 1985 tree program in order to save the planted. village money. "To keep costs down, we could plant the trees ourselves if the warranty still ap- plies," commented Councillor Manning who. has watched the process being done for the past two years. Councillor Albert Wasson agreed. He noted, "It's• a good idea if the warranty still applies, but we won't be worth it if we have •to give up the warranty." Council will spend .up $1,000 on the 1985 tree program. Boys plant 1,000 trees, raise $300 Blyth Scouts, Cubs. and Beavers took in a it is estimated that $300 was raised. weekend of adventure, work and fun when -Seventy per cent of the money -raised will they took part in the Trees for Canada pro- be used by the local Scouting movement. ject. Thirty per cent will be forwarded to the'na- ,. . Thirty-eight boys, 11 leaders and four tional organization. young helpers took part in the marathon The Blyth event included a camp -out at tree planting session on April 27. They Arnold Riley's on Friday night. Leader planted'1,000 trees on the farm of Bill Shad= Dave Lee reported that the group en - dick. ° countered frost on Friday night and rain on Earlier .the boys had raised pledges and Saturday, but the adverse weather did not,. sponsors for the tree planting program and dampen the boys' enthusiasm. Councillor Bill . Manning and village foreman Mery Ritchie recently toured the village streets to calculate the number of trees that needed to replanted. Councillor Manning told council that theyy counted ap- proximately 25. Last year the village paid for 14 trees to be planted and four trees to be replaced, costing a total of $848.25. According to Clerk By Sheron Stadelmann Nineteen people from Blyth attended the Walton U.C.W. Thankoffering service last Sunday evening. The drawing card was the showing of slides taken by the Wittichs on their tour of the Holy Land in 1984. Cecil and Sharon Wit- tich served tn Blyth United Church for 12 years. Sharon acted as commentator for this presentation. She also rendered two beautiful solos and was ably accompanied on the organ by Marie McGavin of Walton. We are sorry to learn of John Bailey's poor health. He is now in Victoria hospital, London, after being admitted to Clinton hospital one week ago. John's many friends convey best wishes for recovery soon. Ten tables of euchre were played Monday evening at the Blyth Memorial Hall with the winners as follow's: High Lady: Mrs. Hog- gart of Londesbouro; Low Lady: Bernice McClinchey; High Man: Graham McDawell; Low Man: Len Shobbrook; Ladies Lone Hands: Marg Thorndike of Clinton; Mens Lone Hands: Louis Phalen; Special: Mary Shobbrook. Five tables of lost heir was played last Wednesday evening at the Blyth Memorial Hall. The winners were: High Lady: Mary Walden; Low Lady: Winnie Vincent; High Man: Bert Daer; Low Man: Bill Kelly. Wednesday, May 1 is the last night of lost heir,,everyone welcome. The Blyth Horticulture Socity will meet on May 14 at 8 p.m. in the Blyth Memorial Hal),. There will be a film nnrt entertainment A lunch will be served. Everyone is welcome to attend. Ed and Nancy Daer, Terry and Patrica of Wingham visited with Mr and Mrs. Bert Daer of Blyth on Sunday. The Blyth Women's Institute will hold their 75th anniversary banquet on May 2. Women's Institutes members from 12 sur- rounding clubs have been invited to attend. The renovated and enlarged Radford Con- struction building on Queen Street is looking more impressive than ever these days. It now displays an eight foot high by 12 inch. wide steel framed plastic sign, well lighted by eight fluorescent tubes operated by a timer. It reads, Radford's Auto Farm and Industrial Parts. Still another welcome ad- dition for Blyth's main street. Council donates to Hornernakers group BLYTH - The Town and Country Homemakers is a private, non-profit charitable organization the employs over 100 trained homemakers and provides over 66,000 hours of service in Huron County. The county has given the organization an annual grant of $10,000 to help with operating costs. A recent fund raising ven- ture generated $15,000 gross, but they still need an additional $28,000 to cover the costs of the increased demands on their service. In order to raise the money, the organiza- tion is asking Huron municipalities for dona- tions and Blyth has been asked to donate $420. Council unanimously voted to donate the $420 to the Homemakers because "they keep the people in their homes" and, "they help take the work load off the hospitals." photocopier purchased Without hesitation, Councillor Bill Howson matte the motion that a Xerox photocopier be bought for the municipal of- fice at the price of $500. Clerk Larry Walsh explained that the pre- sent copier, an Omega 203, requireq special- ly treated paper and the machine itself re- quires a liquid ink. With these added ex- penses, one copy costs approximately 17 cents and only one side of the paper can be used. A local firni recently purchased a new machine and are willing to sell the Xerox copier, which they purchased as a recondi- tioned unit in 1982 for $2,400, for $500. The estimated cost per copy on the Xerox machine is six cents. Devoted woman dies Eleanor Bradnock Funeral services were held on April 22 at Tasker Funeral Horne in Blyth for Eleanor Isabel Bradnock of Auburn.Rev. L. Royal officiated. Mrs. Bradnock died in London's Victoria Hospital on April 19. She was 70. Born on October 31, 1914 in Auburn, she was the daughter of John and Dora Wilson. Mullett Happenings by Linda Van Spengcbr LONDESBORO - On April 19, the Kindergarten and Grade 1 pupils at the Hullett Central School went to the circus in London. Here are some comments from the Grade 1 students: "I liked when the clown • was going to throw water and confetti came out'".—Mike. "I 'liked when, the clowns were . box- ing". -Shannon. 'I• liked the parade 'at the first".—Jennifer. "I liked when , the monkeys rode the horses".—Ben. "I liked when the clown's pants fell off". -Mike. Grade 3 had a taste test with french -fried -McCains or homemade. Grade 6 will visit Huronview on May 1 along with the Kindergarten to sing and play. The Spring Concert, on April 26th, was a huge success. The Senior Choir and the' Junior Band, started the concert, followed by Kindergarten to Grade 2 - 'The Balloon Tree', Grade 4 -'8 Favorite Fairy Tales' and Grade 7 and 8's operetta "Mirror, Mirror'. Thanks from the students to everyone who helped. On April 26 the draw for the quilt was held. Wai lee from grade 7, won the quilt. • - In 1938 she was married to Wesley Bradnock in Auburn. He died on June 17, 1965. Mrs. Bradnock was one of Auburn's best known residents. She devoted her life to the betterment of her community and to various volunteer organizations. She was a member of the Auburn Women's Institute, the Hor- ticultural Society, the Women's Missionary Society, the Blyth Festival Singers and a trustee for the Village of'Auburn. As well she kept readers of the Clinton News -Record and the Goderich Signal Star informed of news and events and happenings in Auburn with her weekly news reports, a contribu- tion she made for more than 25 years; Mrs. Bradnock is survivied by two children, Sheron ( Mrs. John Stadelmann) of Blyth and George Collins of Auburn. Also surviving are four grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Bennett of Port Albert and Mrs: Beryl Nicholson,of Seaforth. Pallbearers at the April 22 'funeral were Harry Arthur, Ken Scott, -Bill Craig, Jack Armstrong, all of Auburn, Gary Nicholson of Port Albert and John Bennett of Seaforth. 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