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And suddenly it's
Christmas!
Down here - with all the
hot weather we have been
having, the merchants
and the powers that be,
have certainly created a
beautiful "Christmas in
July".
Can you picture our
Courthouse Park in our
hottest month decorated
in the Christmas theme?
The large pictures four
feet by five feet that lined
both sides of West Venice
Avenue, are this year
decorating the double
driveway to the Venice
Civic Centre.
Before setting them up
this. year, they were
sorted out - for wearand
tear - and the poor ones
touched up or repainted.
This was done by the Art
League, who created
these lovely Christmas
scenes many, many
years ago.
They are on masonite
with a frame of angle iron
(foil covered). The
pictures were of oil,
acrylic or enamel and at
nearly five feet square
were simply beautiful.
The main driveways in
and out of the Civic
Centre made a fine new
setting for these pain-
tings - some of them
created by well-known
artists, many of whom
are quite famous in their
field.
Some of them, you can
see, were done by
Sheila
Richards
elected
Sheila Richards of RR 3
Brussels was elected
president of the Blyth
Centre for the Arts
recently at the
organ ization'.s... „annual„
meeting in Blyth's
Memorial Hall.
She replaces Blyth
publisher Keith"Roulston,
a founder of the Blyth
Summer Festival, who
will remain on the board.
Audience figures are up
for the 1978 fourth season
of the theatre, artistic
director James Roy told
BFCA members and he
said Blyth is the only
summer theatre in
Ontario that is doing
original Canadian,
locally oriented shows.
The . director who has
guided the Blyth theatre
since its beginning said
he plans to leave his post
after the 1979 season.
He cited the installation
of air conditioning, with
the aid of a, Ministry of
Culture and Recreation
grant as making a major
improvement. Con-
struction is underway
this winter of a number of
important fire safety
improvements to the hall.
Box office receipts for
the 1978 summer season
were in the neigh-
bourhood of $43,000. The
Blyth Centre board has a
deficit of $5,000- and fund
raising efforts to
eliminate it are con-
tinuing, outgoing
president Keith Roulston
reported.
A winter program is
operating successfully,
and it includes Saturday
movies for kids.
Along with the new
president Mrs. Richards,
the executive of the board
includes newly elected
vice-president Lynda
Lentz of Belgrave,
secretary Bev Katzin of
RR 3 Blyth and treasurer
Brock Vodden of Blyth.
Other directors are
Betty Battye, Cenetta
Bainton, Jim Lawrie,
Helen Gowing and Mr.,
Roulston all of Blyth,
Carol Bale and Marion
Zinn of Lucknow, June
Hill and John McKibbon
of Goderich, Susan White
and Rob Tetu of Seaforth.
Get it
off
your chest.
Write
a letter
today!
amateur artists, but you
have to be up close to
examine them since at a
distance they are all just
great.
The Avenue is now
sporting brilliant red 15
or 20 foot artificial trees
and bright green things to
say "Christmas" - but
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people will certainly not
drive by .several times to
enjoy them as in past
years.
And so it goes. It is
called progress.
The Civic Centre
building is just lovely. It
is the size which had been
in the planning for
Goderich - and it ins used
continuously.
It is not set in an
athletic centre as ours
would have been -
perhaps we were trying
to contain too many
activities in the one
building and place.
In our case this seemed
necessary - a giant
swimming pool,
especially for training for
the Olympics - as would
be the running track on
the outdoors' perimeter.
Other. large areas were
especially for meetings,
senior citizen rooms;
dining rooms, (suitable
In a special ceremony held at Victoria Public
School last Thursday afternoon, these tweenies
New
Brownieswere enrolled into the fourth Goderich Brownie
Pack. Left to right, they are Lora Maclnnis, Janet
Sherratt, Lori Steckle, Roxanne Warr and Trudy
° Wade. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
also for theatre and,other
large groups) - about
everything we really
need in one place.
Iff each group had
raised money towards
their share of the footage,
we might have had this
centre today but I guess
there's no use crying over
spilled milk - but, a great
big "E" for EFFORT
should be awarded to
those who tried so hard -
especially Mike Dymond.
Thanks, Mike - you
knew you were up against
great odds at the start -
but a great many people
will realize they have cut
off their noses to spite,
homely faces.
Well, I shouldn't be
bitter but it does hurt
when I see what people
can do with their un-
feeling thoughtlessness. I
can only hope our
younger generation will
not let this happen to
THEIR younger
generations.
You know I really miss
"Port of Goderich" and
all its nice, friendly
people. I am trying to
keep busy - but I can't
help worrying when
watching the weather
pattern or map each
Martha Rathburn ap-
pears weekly in 'The
Signal -Star
night. The hot weather
here is most unusual they
tell me. I wonder about it
the whole time I'm here!
I have one painting
finished and another well
underway. I've started
into art lessons again -
which proves you're
never too old! It is just
great to have a place
where you can set up and
work for several hours.
Mac's
Milk
281 BAYFIELD RD.
OPEN:
7 aem. - 1 a.m.
7DAYS AWEEK
This business of un-
packing and putting away
in less than four hours is
for the birds.
Which reminds me - the
pepper trees are loaded
with bright red berries
but I haven't seen any
robins - drunken or
otherwise, yet. Perhaps
they wait until the berries
are ripe -ripe before
starting their orgy.
There are seeds on a lot
of trees now - but there
are still a great many
trees in flower.
By the way, I find
gasoline is costing almost
as much as at home,
although a full tank is
about two to three dollars
less than up north.
I expect to be travelling
a little =we after the
holiday. We had alovely
Thanksgiving Day with
Linda, Jim, and family,
with other grandma
"Neema" also,present.
Best wishes and love to
every one of you. I hope
Santa is good to you and
you think very seriously
about the New Year. It is
later than you think, so
get whatever it is that you
want most in your future
—started NOW.
Love, Martha.
MOVING!!!
The Co-operators, West St„ Goderich
have agreed to help look after my
business while moving.
I wish to thank the Co-operators, for
their assistance, so that you can
receive the best in service. It has
been a pleasure to serve you. 1 look
forward to serving you in the future.
Thankyou one and all and Seasons
Greetings,
George Turton Insurance
524-7411
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