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orrie ends vacation Bible school
Correspondent
MRS. GEORGE BROWN
335.3424
Closing exercises for Gor-
rie Va. cation Bible School
were held in the United
Church hall with many inter-
ested parents attending.
Thirty-five children attended
the Bible School. Mrs. Shel-
don Mann and Mrs. Raymond
Gowdy were in charge of the
music.
Margaret Thornton, Ange-
la Petten and Stephanie Grif-
fith taught the 3 and 4 year
olds; Mrs. Mel Greigand Pam
Wilson taught 5 and 6 year
olds; Christine Sanburn and
There's something for
everyone at the Blyth Centre
this winter. Famous perform-
ers in comedy, drama, music
and puppetry are featured in
the theatre, music and child-
ren's series now on sale at the
Bltyh Centre. Buy your sub-
scription series now for the
best seat selection. Tickets
for individual events go on
sale September 14th. Phone
(519) 523-9300 for informat-
ion.
Television and opera star,
Jan Rubes, kicks off the
Music Series on October 25th
at 2 p.m. with a concert that
blends folk music, popular
tunes and opera. The Christ-
mas season will be rung in at
Blyth by Tafelmusic on
December 13th with their
version of Handel's Messiah,
played as Handel would have
heard it on the original
baroque instruments. On Ap-
ril 14th at 8 p.m. Blyth
theatre-goers will be treated
to a concert by the interna-
tionally renowned Liona
BOYD. Liona Boyd is known
as Canada's "first lady of the
guitar", and has been the
toast of critics around the
world for her delicate inter-.
pretations of the classics of
guitar. A concert by John
Arpin on May '9 at 2 p.m. is
the final event of Blyth's
music series. John Arpin is a
pianist whose concert pro-
gram gives a perspective of
music from the turn of the
century to the present day,
including selections from
ragtime, jazz, stride piano
and film and stage songs that
span the era. Music series
subscriptions are only $18 for
four events; individual tickets
range from $6 to $8 for each
event.
The Theatre Series blends
mystery, comedy and music'
in three events .for the' series
price of $14. Beth Ann Cole,
sings Songs From the Theatre
on October 7 at 8 p.m., a
programme including Shake-
spearean songs, Broadway
and vaudeville songs and
revivals of songs from the
Tammy Dickert taught the 7
and 8 year olds.
Mrs. Leonard Sanderson
and Melanie Sanderson
taught the 9 and 10 year age
group and Wayne Stewart
taught the pre-teen pupils.
Crafts, film strips, brush
painting by mouth and other
things were enjoyed by the
children.
MISS •ROMELDA TAYLOR
OF WINGHAM FETED
Romelda Taylor of Wing"-
ham was feted on the occas -
io in of her 88th birthday.
About 30 relatives and
friends attended Open House
at the home of Mrs. Alex.
Taylor, Gorrie on Sunday,
August 23 in her home,
Mrs, Arthur Gibson of
Wroxeter assisted the hos-
tess. Mrs. Wm. G. Taylor,
Mrs. Duff Bell of Elmira and
Heather Wilson served 'the
guests.
Arthur Gibson, Wroxeter
and Marcia. Gibson, London
entertained with organ
music.
Relatives from a distance
were Miss Betty Robbins and
Linda Lewis of London; Mrs,
Thos. McPherson, Tees-
water; Mr and Mrs. Duff Bell,
Elmira; Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Harrison and Joshua of Har-
the winter. On NoveMber 15,
1981 The Travellers will bring
their particular and venerable
brand of folk music to the
Blyth hall. The Travellers
have toured the world, re-
corded fourteen albums and
appeared in many television
shows over the more than
twenty years they have been
performing.
1981-82 signals an ether
jam-packed season for the
Blyth Festival Singers, who
sold out every concert in their
first year of existence last
winter. This eighty-voice
choir of singers from all over
Southwestern Ontario per-
from traditional choral class-
ics to folk -music to modern
to folk music to modern
popular music. Details of
their concert season will be
published soon.
More information and tic-
kets for any of the event listed
above can be obtained from
the-Blyth Centre for the Arts,
Box 291, Blyth, Ontario,
Phone (519) 523-9300.
riston.
The guest of honour was
presented with a potted flow-
er and a box of candy.
Mr. and Mrs. George
Hetherington attend the bap-
tism of Philip William Graber
infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Graber of Brussels in. the
United Church on Sunday,
Rev. Eric Le Drew officiating
and were also dinner guests
Valuable work experience,
new friends, and a chance to
see many different agricul-
tural set-ups surely makes for
a great summer; as Agricrew
'81 finished on August 14,
1981 these were the thoughts
expressed by the students
who worked on Agricrew.
Eight weeks of travelling to
various farms in the area and
working with three other
students as a team has
provided ample reasons for
He Won't Come In From
The Barn will be held over at
the Blyth Summer Festival
Until September 12 due to
overwhelming demand. The
play has sold 'out most of its
two week run a week before
the play i s schedulee to
open.
The new performances will
run Tuesday to Saturday
Every week more and
more people discover what ,
mighty jobs are accomplished
by low cost Post Want Ads.
Dial Brussels 887-6641.
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Graber.
Mrs. Webster Jacklin of
Listowel spent the week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Brown and visited Mrs. Ira
Neill in Wingham and other
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephanus
Jorissen and Mrs. Adriana
Jorissen of Eindhoven, North
Brabant, Holland are visiting
at the home of their brother
September 8.12 at 8:30 p.m.
There is also a benefit mat-
inee performance on Septem-
ber 5 at 2 p.m., and all
proceeds from the matinee
will go towards retiring the
debt for the addition to Blyth
Memorial Hall. Tickets for all
these performances are avail-
able at the regular prices of $6
for adults, 35 for seniors and
$3 for children. Wintario tic-
kets are also redeemable on
these performances.
Call (519) 523,9300, 523-9225
for reservations and informa-
tion.
He Won't Come In From
The Barn had a similar
sold-out run at the Blyth
Summer Festival in 1977. The
play is an "agricultural com-
edy for cynical times", and
concerns the protest of a
traditional farmer who is
loathe to give up family
Prunes
Black Mission
Figs
Peter Jorissen.
Mr. and Mrs, John Van de
Kemp were on a guided tour
of Niagara and Marineland
with the 60. Pluses .of the
Christian Reformed Church
on Friday.
Paul and Darren Steedman
of Mississauga visited their
grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Cooke,
Huron-Perth and this sum-
mer has been no exception. A
special thank you is extended
to the farmers who hired a
crew, as well as everyone else
who helped to make Agricrew
a success this summer.
Although it is completed
for this summer, Agricrew is
something to keep in mind for
next summer as no doubt
farmers and Acrewmembers
agree - Agricrew is a very
beneficial experience!
farming as he remembers it.
The barnyard set features two
cows, several. pigs and a
rooster in addition to the
regular complement. of ,hu-
man actors. Author and star
performer is Ted Johns, who
is will know for the School
Show, St. Sam of The Nuke
Pile and The Death of The
Donnellys.
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French stage and from Fanny
Brice, Barry Morse stars in
Blyth's next offering, • the
mystery thriller Sleuth by
Anthony Shaffer, on March 2,
1982 at 8 p.m. Sleuth comes
straight from succet ssful
runs in Toronto and at Musk-
oka's Summer Festival. The
magic of Stephen Leacock's
mythical Mariposa is re-
created by former Wingham
and London resident Ric
Wellwood in Leacock at
Leisure on April 21, 1982 at
8 p.m. Mr. Wellwood takes
many of the famous, hilarious
Leacock stories and makes
them as warm and refreshing
as his impersonation of the
gre At Canadian humourist
from Orillia.
The tiny members of the
family have not been forgot-
ten at Blyth either. $6 buys
three afternoons of the best in
Children's Entertainment
this winter--a bargain that
would be hard to beat
anywhere. On October 17 at 2
p.m., the Camerata quar-
tet makes music by Brahms,
Schubert and Beethoven the
craziest and funniest concert
ever. Kids of all ages will be
sure to enjoy the humour and
hi-jinks of these talented
performers. Every child
knows "Charlotte's Web".
the story of Wilbur the pig
and other barnyard animals,
and all will love this
imaginative adaptation for
the stage using masks, mime
and music, scheduiled for
March 13 at 2 p.m. Frog Print
Theatre brings their latest
puppetry extravanza,
"Moments_ Mousical" to '
Blyth on May 8 at 2 p.m. Two
mice stumble into an attic
chock-full of scarves, picture
frames, old "books and all
sorts of treasures. In addition
to these series events, child-
ren's films will be shown
monthly at Memorial Hall
from October through March.
Watch for details of times and
films.
In addition to the series
events there will be several
Special Events throughout
Blyth plans big new
winter season
Agncrew with. 44 farmers •
them to feel this way.
During the eight weeks,
the three crews in the Huron-
Perth area have serviced
forty-four farmers, thirty-one
reside in Huron County while
thirteen are from Perth Coun-
ty, thus giving reason for
placing one crew in the north
Huron region, another in the
Clinton area, and the third
crew in south Perth.
Agricrew, in other years,
has been very successful in
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