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The treasurer's report was given by
Dorothy Cox and the guest speaker was
Helen Owen. Her talk was an up -date on the
plans for initiating a Senior Support
Program.
She began by emphasizing that without
such a scheme in place to help people re-
main in their own homes and "do their own
thing" the alternatives were institutional
care, nursing horl,e or living with one's
family.
She reported that a good deal of progress
had been made and thanked everyone for
their response to the circular letter. This
had provided valuable input, an analysis of
which had identified priorities and
volunteer resources. Following a meeting
with representatives of the Town and Coun-
try Homemakers organization a steering
committee had been formed and would meet
on June 9 to consider policies and opera-
tional procedures. These would include
"wheels to meals" ( with provision for the
housebound), transport and information, as
well as a handyman service. Full details
would be publicized once the steering com-
mittee had met but it was envisaged that the
program would take the form of a Service
Bureau with an annual' subscription for
users and supporters. This would provide
capital funding required at the outset. The
suggestion came from members of the club
that $5 might be the subscription for the first
year.
Helen said that providing the services was
not intended as a charitable venture, so that
charges would be made for meals and
mileage charged for transport. However, it
was anticipated that such charges would be
reasonable and could be subsidized in cases
of hardship. The Service Bureau would be
an extension of the Ever Young Club, but the
Town and Country Homemakers would ad-
minister the financies on their behalf.
In conclusion, she said, this program in
Bayfi+ !d was being viewed as a pilot project
which will be monitored,. and may well.
serve as a model for other small com-
munities. Jeanne thanked Helen for her
resume of events to date.
The next item on the program was the
presentation of a birthday cake to Susie
Pollock who was 87 years young! There
were also gifts and everyone joined in sing-
ing happy birthday. Another member whose
birthday was celebrated with a song was
Frank McClinchey who has just celebrated
his 80th birthday.
Following the taking of the collection the
members settled down to a game of euchre
with the following results: ladies' high -
Pearl Hutchings, ladies' low - Lorna
Merner, lone hand - Margaret Dowson,
men's high - Lloyd Makins, men's low -
Harry Baker, lone hands - Glen Downson.
After lunch members said 'so long' until
September.
Festival director
speaks to
historians
By Helen Owen
HAYFIELD - Interesting, informative
and enthusiastic, was the description given
to the presentation made by the speaker at
the meeting of the Bayfield Historical Socie-
ty on May 25. Katherine Kaszas, Artistic
Director of the theatre at Blyth spoke
fluently and entertainly, beginning with the
history of the memorial hall, explaining the
policies with regards to the selection of
plays, development,programming, and con-
cluding with tempting glimpses of the plays
to be produced this season.
In 1920, she said, the memorial hall was a
building to commemorate the dead, but in
fact became the focal point in Blyth, housing
every sort of community activity and enter-
tainment. Then in the '505 the popularity of
movies led to a decline and the building fell
into disuse and neglect. It was not until the
'70s, when it was proposed to demolish the
hall and use the area as a parking lot, that a
group of concerned citizens and young ar-
tists from Toronto with Huron County con-
nections took action, and as a result of their
endeavours the Blyth theatre came into be-
ing in 1975.
Now in its 13th season, and with a budget
that has grown from $3,000 to three quarters
of a million, the building has been refurbish-
ed and equipped, and offers a series of plays
whose wide appeal is demonstrated not only
when on tour, but by the interest shown on
the theatrical scene as a whole.
Speaking of the type of plays produced at
Blyth, Ms. Kaszas emphasized the care and
refining processes involved in making the
selections. She described the workshops
which considered solicited and un.,olicited
scripts. the ways in which these were
analysed and adapted with the co-operation
of the writers. actors and directors- In this
way plays with Canadian content reflected
history, current affairs and personal con-
flicts, often in familiar settings and yet with
a widespread appeal because of the humour
and humanity of the characterization. The
new play development programming has
thus brought about a series of workshops,
open to the public who are able to contribute
and thus enable the writers to expand their
concepts, and after much hard work and re-
writing, produce entertainment of excep-
tional quality.
Commenting on the seating capacity of
Blyth, Ms. Kaszas said that once the season
is under way the actors play to full houses
night after night, yet there is something
about' the ambience that creates an in-
ttmaey between audience and actors and
this is furthered by the local participation of
young people who become familiar with the
ca'tt and producers. Because of the unique
quality of the Festival theatre at Blyth it
does not compete with others, such as Strat-
foi'd, and continues to attract actors who
welcome the opportunity to take part in the
productions.
A brief outline of the plots for the for-
thcoming season concluded Ms. Kaszas
presentation, all of which promise first class
entertainment. She thanked the Bayfield
people who have supported the theatre since
its inception and hoped that they would con-
tinue to do so - and bring their friends.
The subsequent question session indicated
the popularity of the theatre and the ap-
preciation of all the plays presented to date.
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