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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-02-15, Page 11New Chairs , tables arrive The new chairs and tables have arrived and are all in place now. Those who were responsible for choosing and purchasing hope everybody approves of what has been done and enjoy their comfort. The old chairs and tables will be offered for sale as soon ps a price has been established:'" The Early Bird Campaign for 1984 has now been over for a month or more now. The final figure reached was 95 per cent of the membership which has been in line with other years and I hope will still be tops for a branch of our size. The final draw was held at the January meeting and the winners were Royce Laycox, Howard James, Barbara Jean Watson, Ken Doig and Jack Pickard. Sports chairman Jim Watson is holidaying in Bermuda this week but he has left some dates to remember. This Wedhesday, (tonight) is the stag euchre in the club rooms. The following Wednesday is another' mixed euchre. The list is on the sports board. Some future dates to remember are June 23 for the mixed golf and June 30 will be the stag golf. The Zone golf will be held July 7 at Wingham. The branch -sponsored public speaking contest will be held neit Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. Tom Wilbee, chairman would like to see as many members as possible out to hear these kids and promises you will be very pleased with their speeches.. Remember the Provincial Service Officer Harvey Percy will be at the branch Wednesday, Feb. 22 at noon. Anyone wishing 'an appointment please call Cleave Coonlbs. ' To *Dave and Eva'„ T,tti't e bttF.V eiic anniversary celebrating 70 years of mar- riage, the Legion and its members offer congratulations and best wishes for, I hope, many years to come. Dave is a life member of the Legion. Another of Seaforth's First World War vets passed away last week. Though not a member of this branch, Nelson Govenlock was well kngWm in this area where he spent most of his younger life. On behalf of the members of the Legion, I would like to offer our sympathies to his family and friends. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. -Gordon Scott P.R.O. The February meeting of the Ladies Aid of the First Presbyterian Church was held at the home of Mrs. Lorne Lawson. The president welcomed the members and cland the group gave a donation to the Ewart College. Mrs. Crouch thanked the ladies for the gift they gave her at Christmas time and thank you notes were read from the different shut ins that were remembered through the holiday season. George Mr. Duke, guest speaker, showed a film Hear the Good News. Executive fof the Ladies Aid are Honorary President. Mrs. Duke; President -Viola Law- son, Secretary -Ann Agar, Treasurer, Alice Reid, Pianist -Mrs. Crouch, Social Conven- ers -Jean Keyes, Edith McMVGllan, Mary Flowers -Mary McClure, Alice Reid; Cards - Gladys Reith; Buying Committee -Alice Reid, May Habkirk; Nominating -Gladys Reith and Mary McClure. is from giant land Continued from page AS lens. By now you should know that Geo, ge is a CANADIAN, Julie Smith 4A Huron Centennial School GEORGE George lives outside our window. We can hear him on windy days. He has a father, mother & brother. Errs P.J's have maple leafves on them. He came from Paris and then became a Canadaidn citizen in Ottawa. Eris favorite things are his teddy bear's and his =pie leaf. He iikes to visit Paris so he ts can see his parenand `his sister. George has a special hat with George on it. Erin Lobb, Grade 4 Huron Centainial School We have a Giant named George. He lives beside 4A.s class room. He came from Giant land He has a fan time playing. And when it is time tp do our diaries he has half the classe's books. He likes reading our books. He even brings his own lunch to school -but he eats it at the start of first recess and lunch hasn't even been started yet. He has Canada flagged eyes too. His p.js have Canada flags on them. Jason Reid 4A GOERGE George is 100 feet tall, has a mushstash, brown hair and glasses. George has 1 sister named Goerges. His father's name is George the first. His mother's name is ,Georgette. Cteorge is a Canadian citizen. His favorite colour is red. He fives in the snowbank by 4A My class. lige house is shaped like Canada. Amanda Butt 4A. GEORGE George sleeps in the snowbank all day we know that beeause on windy days we hear him snore. George comes front giant land. Geotge is not a mad and mean giant he's freindly giant. This week is Canada week Chats why we're writing about him because he's a Canidian giant. A Canadian giant of coures wear,, Canadian clothes. He wears a Canadian shirt, pants, sunglasses. hat and a Canadian flag sticking out of his back pocket. George's favourite colour is red and white. When nobody is at school George reads all of the diaries when' he is awake and sometimes we cannot find our diary so we say george is reading it and by the next day he will have it back and taken some more. i have been lucky he has not taken mine yet. George combs his hair with maple'leaf comb. George's pj have maple leaves on them. His teddy bear has a maple leaf on his tummy. George even goes to school. He has a pencil sharpener, pencil, rubber, and lunch bag. His school bag is red and white. All Georges animals are red and white. His bedfoom is red and white everything is red and white. His favourite flag is Canadian flag. George will not go anywhere but stay in Canada. Geoges relationship with other people or - freinds is very good. Georges house is under ground in the snowbank. George is bigger then goiter gorge on F le Rock so his house will have to be big. Georges mother is Georgette his father is George the first. All Georges Ants ancels and cousins are very big. Since George is a Canadian giant and his favorite colour is red his favourite day is Valentines day. George's birthday is on a winter day because he likes snowbanks it's on December 17th and he is 27 years old. What do you think the cause of tornadoes are well here's a solution. Georges car is so big that he drives over all the house and in every country he„sobeyed the speed Limit. He gas around Cauda in one day. When George goes fishing he has a red and white boat, pole and tackle box. All Georges hobbies are collecting red and white sticker or stamps. His favourite toys are case tickler it's red and white. Georges father and mother George the first and. Georgette have yobs. His father works in a factory where everything is red and white. Elis mother works in a clothe store where 'everything they sew is red and white. anet Amos leaves Blyth For New THE HURON ,EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 15, 1984 -- All BY'SHELLEYMCPHEE BLYTH - In 1983 the -$lyth Summer Festival celebrated its most successful • }ear. ; 11.4 earned critical .acclaim across the nation for •its unique brand Of Canadian theatre. It was praised by CBC -Radio, by •MacLean's, magazine, by newspapers and other theatre companies. In 1983 more than 30,000 people discovered the Summer Festival and Blyth plays gained further popularity on the south- western Ontario touring circuit. This year. the festival is celebrating its 10th ann};versary with a soon -to -be - announced line-up of five new Canadian plays, special anniversary events and hopes for a continued bright future. It -comes as a surprise then to learn that artistic director Janet Amos will be leaving the famed summer festival. At the end of the season, Janet will be taking on a new position as artistic director with Theatre New. Brunswick. The decision to leave Blyth has not come easily for Janet and her husband Ted Johns. The theatre couple and their two children, Chris, 13 and Joey, 6, have called Blyth home since 1979. "I'm just starting to have good personal friends here," she noted, "and the move will be hard on the children and on our personal lives." So why are Janet Amos and family leaving the place they call home, their successful livelihood, their friends and their secure surroundings? It all began with a few random thoughts in the back of Janet's mind - thoughts of how future seasons would go, doubts about her ability to carry on searching out better plays to ensure Blyth's continued success. After five seasons with the Blyth Summer Festival, Janet realized that it was time for a change and in October she gave a year's notice to the board of directors. Janet first came to Blyth as a director in 1977 for The Blyth Memorial History Show. The next day her son Joey was born. Janet was again invited to Blyth for the 1978 season but at that time she was working on the CBC -TV series a Gift To Last, as well as acting with the Shaw Festival. ,,In 1978 she applied for the position of artistic director at Blyth and in May 1979 the family moved to the village. Janet accepted her first work as artistic director with enthusiasm and gusto. While she began her theatrical career at 16 as summer stock actress with the Red Barn Theatre in Toronto, she had little trouble adjusting to the management side of the theatre. Janet also credits her success to Blyth's former artistic director James Roy. "When I came to Blyth I took James' model and developed it. Now I know how a QUEEN'S HOTEL SEAFORTH **' ***, , +; WEEKEND SPECIALS Steak Dinner 5.50 _ Fish & Chips 2.75 Sunday Breakfast Specials OPEN SUNDAY 11A.M.-9P.M. theatre works and.Jaih,Qs hey'taught me," When it;eoines to management work at the Blyth "Sumner Festival, there isn't .much that- Janet "Amos lasn',t tackled..„Janet ' Hasn't ed her expertise to;the theatliical workings the theatre�She has hashed over $500,0O0.budgeis;with the a dministratorand has worked oh fund ,msth, canvasses with volunteers. . Her' pr n ary job however has been to choose etW develop new plays. This means noirldng with; Writers, seeing a variety of plays and readingclose. to 200 scripts in preparation for this setlson'alone. Janet is also in charge of auditioning and hiring the actors, the stage- crew, and designers and 'the directors, ,She has just finished studying 300'. resumes and will audition more than 200 actors in a week. She+also books contracts for Blyth tours, arranges the' . children's workshop and theatre and organizes the playwrights' workshop. During the height of the season Janet thinks Blyth Summer Festival 24 -hours a day, but she ',finds the work more challenging and exciting than acting. "There are many good actors, but there's a need for administration people,". she notedStill. many people know Janet Amos as a very special character, Rose Clark, the wife of farmer Aylmer Clark from the hit play He Won't Come In Front the Barn. The play was not the first joint effort for the husband and wife team. In fact, back in 1973 Janet Amos and Ted Johns first came to this area with the highly successful Theatre Passe Muraille production, The Farm Show. Ted has kept up a busy writing career for more than a decade now and has offered a new play for Blyth audiences for the past five years. "The nice thing about Blyth was that we both worked on it," Janet noted, but now she will be taking on a new job and Ted will continue writing and working on the "many projects on the back- burner,” as Janet describes them. While Janet's career interests are leaning towards administrative work, when it comes to acting she says, "I hope to keep my toe in the door." Even before she's left Blyth, Janet is already talking about her return, how she and Ted would like to bring back He Won't Come In From The Barn. While Janet's in the final stages of signing a three year contract with the Fredricton based theatre, she is not saying goodbye to Blyth. She hopes that the two theatres can work together, by exchanging plays, by promoting each other and by working to develop even better theatre across the country. this project has begun. Janet will BOOSTER CLUB and JUNIOR FARMERS Valentine, Dance . SEAFORTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRES Friday, Feb. 17 DISC JOCKEY: "Professional Rock Sound" DANCING 8-12:30 TICKETS: $3.00 PERSON Available from Boosters or Junior Farmers - or at the door. Optimists Club & Lions -Club Present Saturday, February 25 SEAFORTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRES Lunch Provided Age of Majority 8-1 $5.00 PER PERSON Tickets available at Seaforth Gulf, Bob & Betty's., Dixie Lee and from Club Members. be taking Ted's 1982 hit Country Hearts to Theatre ,New Brunswick this season. - In April.1985 the bar room musical will, be played at. the National Arts Centre in Ottawa as a co -production between Theatre New Brunswick and the Blyth Summer Festival. ' Blyth's success, Janet believes, is Starting to be' recognized outside of Huron County: She enthused, "Blyth is one of the most Important theatres in Canada." She describes the theatre as a "model for the world," No where else has she seen this type of top rate theatre developed in a rural area.- "It's inspiring and fun to other small communities. If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere," she added. Janet will be leaving Blyth' with mixed feelings. While she may be "leaving home," she Is eager to shput out Blyth's praises in The Maritimes. She's also prepared for the different style MO L DISC JOCKEV.SER,VICE & Country Gold ? Rock Vin' Roll DISCO, POLKAS, WALTZES Good Recorded Music For Weddings, Danser, Anniversaries, Parties, Etc. ETHEL, ONTARIO BRUSSELS— 8x7.6159 — EVENINGS DUBLIN & DISTRICT ATHLETIC 'ASSOCIATION BINGO FRI. FEB. 17 DUBLIN & DISTRICT ' COMMUNITY CENTRE JACKPOT x750. in 55 Calls Brunswick of theatre that the New Brunswick company features. While Blyth has focused on original Canadian plays with a down home, country appeal, Theatre New Brunswick features a wide variety of productions in an effort to appeal to an audience of all tastes. Janet says that the success of the Blyth Summer Festival has helped secureher new work and Theatre New Brunswick is in- terested in developing that same kind of popular following that Blyth enjoys. The new artistic director faces her f$ure with an open mind. She may succeead, she may fail;' but she. believes, "It's most im- portant to do what you care about, then it will be worthwhile in the end, even if it fails." - Janet Amos may look at 'her career change with uncertainty, but one thing is certain,- Blyth's loss will be New Brun- swick's gain. IIIIIIIIIP "" JD!' FAMILY ,PARADISE RR 4 WALTON 527-0629 46 440 I, See us at Family Paradise for your •BANQUETS • RECEPTIONS •OR ANY OCCASION! *Large Hardwood D,Inc t• Floor 'Over 200 Capacity '.Kitchen Facilihe'. 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