The Citizen, 1988-09-07, Page 124-page Thresher
Reunion special
included See page A11
Blyth Merchants
hold sidewalk sale
Queen
awaits crown
7 seek
Brussels Fair title
See page 2
Blyth, Brussels to host British investors
Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
VOL. 4 NO. 36 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1988.45 CENTS
Chery! Regele crowned Queen of Furrow
A 20-year-old Winthrop area
woman with a sparkling personal
ity and a newly-acquired skill in
two-furrow plowing has been
crowned Huron County's 1988-89
Queen of the Furrow, while a
raven-haired beauty from the
Zurich area was named as runner-
up.
Cheryl Regele of RR 1, Dublin,
the daughter of farmers Bob and
Laurene Regele, was crowned
Friday at the 61st Annual Huron
County Plowing Match, held this
year at Huron-Bruce MP Murray
Cardiff's farm in Grey Township,,
taking over the role from Huron’s
1987-88 Queen, Audrey Bos of RR
3, Auburn. The new first lady will
serve as goodwill ambassador for
the Huron County Plowmen’s
Association throughout the next
year, and will represent her county
at the International Plowing Match
tobe held in Essex County, near
Windsor, next September.
Marina Rawlings, 18, the
daughter of Bill and Pat Rawlings
of RR 1, Zurich, was named
runner-up in the closely-fought
contest, and will take on the duties
of Queen of the Furrow if Miss
Regele should be unable to
continue for any reason. Other
competitors were Laura Hallahan
of RR 3, Blyth; Marlene Albers of
RR 2, Bluevale; Barb Fothering-
ham of RR 3, Seaforth; and Anne
Robinson of RR 4, Walton.
None of the competitors had ever
entered a competition of this kind
before, and none would admit to
ever having done any plowing, not
even Barb Fotheringham, who
comes from a family of champion
plowmen which includes her bro
ther William, who w as later named
as Huron County’s Junior Cham
pion Plowman at Friday’s meet.
Each of the Queen of the Furrow
contestants received expert in
struction in plowing from some of
the county’s top plowmen prior to
their own plowing competition,
which was held as the first event of
the day and counted as 100 points
towards their overall final scores.
Miss Regele was coached by
Murray Townsend of RR 3,
Seaforth, while Miss Rawlings
learned her craft from Bevan
Shapton of Exeter, who was later
crowned as the match’s Senior
Reserve Champion Plowman.
A graduate of Seaforth District
High School, Miss Regele is now in
her first year in Office and
Administration Studies at Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute in Toronto,
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The 1988-89 Huron County Queen of the Furrow was crowned at the Huron County Plowing Match held
near Brussels last Thursday and Friday, when the county’s 1987-88 Queen, Audrey Bos of RR 3, Auburn,
left, handed her title over to the new first lady, Cheryl Regele of RR 1, Dublin. Miss Bos’ last duty will be to
represent Huron County at the International Plowing Match near Stratford Sept. 20-24, while Miss Regele
will hold court at the 1989 IPM.
Rabid llama causes concern
Huron County Health Unit is
trying to contact anyone w'ho may
have had contact with a llama that
died September 1 of rabies.
The llama owned by Harry
Burgsma, RR 6, Goderich, on Lot
10, Concession 3, E.D., Ashfield
Township, north of Dungannon,
was confirmed to have died of
rabies. It was part of a private
collection of exotic animals that
often drew visitors to see them.
While County Health Inspector
Klaus Seeger said that there isn’t
any reason to believe anyone came
into contact with the llama except
two teenagers who were taking
care of the animals, anyone who
did visit the farm between August
20 and August 30, 1988 should
contact the Health Unit at 482-3416
or 524-8301 between the hours of
8:30 and 4:30, Monday to Friday.
Several zebras and another
llama have been quarantined on
the farm.
Blyth and Brussels will next
week be among the southwestern
Ontario communities hosting Bri
tish investors hoping to invest $30
million dollars in Canada.
The Opportunity Tour organized
by the Ontario Ministry of Industry
will bring the investors to Middle
sex, Huron and Bruce counties and
the city of Owen Sound for a week to
explore business opportunities. Of
that week, nearly three days will be
spent in Huron County. Wayne
Caldwell of the Huron County
Planning and Development Office
saidthecounty had done well in
getting so much of the tour’s time.
Hesaiditwasa reflection of the
number of opportunities that had
been identified in the county. At
latest count, 25 or 26 investment
opportunities had been put forth in
the county.
The investment ideas matched
well with the interests of the British
investors, he said. The investors
are interested in everything from
hotels and restaurants to pharma
ceuticals. The visitors are interest
ed in investing amounts ranging
from $200,000 to $10 million.
The tour will arrive in the county
Tuesday and stop for lunch in
Bayfield before visiting Goderich
for the afternoon. The county will
host a banquet for the visitors
Tuesday evening.
Wednesday after leaving their
hotel in Bayfield the group will tour
Vanastra and Seaforth. They’ll
arrive in Blyth about 4:30 and tour
the opportunities outlined by the
local Tourism and Business Com
mittee. They will then be guests at
a dinner at Memorial Hall then
attend a performance of “Border
town Cafe’’ at the Blyth Festival
before returning to Bayfield.
Thursday the group will visit
Winghamandwill makeastopover
in Brussels where a bus tour of the
village will take place. The visitors
will be hosted at a final luncheon in
Wingham before leaving for Bruce
County. At the luncheon represen-
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Thresher
Reunion
starts Friday
Volunteerswere hardatwork
Monday preparing for the 27th
annual Huron Pioneer Thresher
and Hobby Association Reunion
that will begin Friday in Blyth.
Members of the association
were busy Labour Day putting up
fencing around the perimeter of
the fairgrounds to control crowds.
Meanwhile the trucks have already
begun rolling in with steam and
antique gas tractors from all
corners of the province.
The Thresher Reunion has
become one of the biggest events in
Huron County in the nearly three
decades since it began. Last year
despite wet weather that was
unusualfortheevent, about 12,000
people still saw the show.
Besides the steam engines,
antique cars and other old farm
machinery there is a craft show in
the arena, dozens of model steam
engines and other models, con
tests in everything from log sawing
to bag tying, fiddle and step
dancing competitions, an old tyme
jamboree and an old tyme dance.
For full details see the special 24
page souvenir edition enclosed in
this issue of The Citizen.
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