The Citizen, 1991-10-02, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2,1991. PAGE 3.
Rutabaga heads
The committee heading the 1992 Blyth Rutabaga Festival is in place. Members of the
executive include (left to right) Elise Brady, secretary, Bruce Papple, chairman, and Bev
Elliott, treasurer. The committee is already planning a fundraising dance in November.
Rutabaga committee plans dance
The Blyth Rutabaga Committee
held their third meeting Wednesday
at the Blyth Legion hall with 10
present.
The arrangements for a Suitcase
Dance for November 1 were final
ized. The Suitcase Dance is to be
held at the Blyth and District Com
munity Centre. It was also con
firmed that the prize would be a
weekend for two at the Valhalla Inn
in Kitchener. The limousine service
from Clinton was booked to take
the lucky people from the dance to
Kitchener and return to pick them
up on Sunday. It was also discussed
that some spending money should
be provided for this trip and a sum
of $200 was approved by the com
mittee. As the prize is for the week
end of the dance it was also stated
that the person winning the prize
would have to be in attendance to
accept the prize as the limo would
Blyth man drowns in Lake Huron
be scheduled to leave at 11 p.m.
from the dance.
Bruce Papple confirmed that the
Country Companions were booked
to play at the dance. Bev Elliott and
Elaine Scrimgeour also reported
that they have received $425 in gift
certificates and merchandise from
the local merchants for additional
prizes for the dance. Bev also con
firmed that the tickets are in the
process of being printed at Blyth
Printing and should be ready to
hand out at the next meeting.
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The body of Timothy David
Bearss of Midland, and formerly of
Blyth, was found in Lake Huron
near St. Joseph Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Exeter Provincial Police said the
body was discovered by a St.
Joseph resident, at 3 p.m. floating
about 1000 feet off shore about a
quarter mile north of where Mr.
Bearss had last been seen Sept. 19.
Police said the cause of death was
drowning.
Police, using search and rescue
aircraft from Trenton, the Coast
Guard patrol vessel Cape Hurd
from Goderich and two smaller
boats had been searching for Mr.
Bearss after the 29-year-old was
seen diving into Lake Huron from a
small rowboat two-thirds of a mile
offshore near St. Joseph.
Over the next few days police
also brought in divers in an attempt
to locate Mr. Bearss body after they
were sure he could not have sur
vived.
Mr. Bearss was the son of
William and Bonnie Bearss, R.R.l,
Auburn and is survived by his wife,
the former Lori Rau and one son,
Brandon Bearss. The funeral ser
vice was held Saturday, Sept. 28
from the Tasker Chapel of the
Beattie-Falconer Funeral Homes,
Blyth.
A list of activities that could be
scheduled at the 1992 Rutabaga
Festival was handed out and will be
discussed at the next meeting. The
next meeting is scheduled for Octo
ber 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Blyth
Legion Hall and any interested per
son wishing to attend is welcome to
attend.
NOTICE-RESIDENTS
VILLAGE OF BLYTH
Large item pickup scheduled
for October 12th, 1991. Items
will not be handled from inside
buildings. No household
garbage will be picked up.
Bagged Leaf Pickup sched
uled for October 12th, 1991 in
the afternoon. Bagged Leaf
Pickup scheduled for October
26th, 1991 in the morning.
Please have leaves bagged,
tied and at the curb. Village
Work Force ask that
Residents not rake leaves
out to street and leave in piles
due to causing problems with
water back-up at catch basins.
Please consider your
neighbours and refrain from
burning leaves.
Village of Blyth Council
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NOTICE
VILLAGE OF BLYTH
MUNICIPAL
ELECTORS
re: NOMINATION
PERIOD
Please be advised 'Nomina
tion Period* for the 1991
Municipal Elections is
October 8th to October 11th,
1991. Nominations will be
accepted at the Blyth Clerk's
Office between 9:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m. for Reeve (1);
Councillor (4); Public Utilities
Commission (3). Note:
Candidates running In the
1991 Municipal Elections
must, by nomination day, file
with the Clerk a Notice of
Registration. Last day for
making application to revise
the Preliminary List of Voters
Is 5:00 p.m. October 11th,
1991.
Helen R. Grubb
Clerk
Village of Blyth
NOTICE
BLYTH-HULLETT
RATEPAYERS
The Blyth-Hullett Landfill
Site Committee thanks the
ratepayers for so conscient
iously participating In
sorting their garbage into
burnable and non-burnable,
for using the red stickers In
identifying the burnables
(available at Clerk's Office)
and for adhering to the
dumping locations at the
site. This co-operation has
allowed greatly In the
reduction in material
requiring compaction and
coverage reducing the
financial cost to maintain
and operate the site.
Presently we ask each
ratepayer to ensure they
have an 'Identification Card'
allowing entry at the site.
Replacement or new cards
can be obtained through
your Municipal Office. The
landfill attendant has been
instructed to ask for Identi
fication Cards to allow entry
and use of the site.
Blyth-Hullett Landfill Site
Committee.
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