The Citizen, 1992-01-29, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29,1992. PAGE 3.
Blyth Rutabaga Festival plans new events
People
Edward and Florence Quinn
received word of the death of the
Rev. Daniel Wayne Sargent of Erie
Beach in Chatham Public Hospital
on Monday, Jan. 13, 1992 in his
43rd year after a lengthy illness.
Rev. Sargent was a former Rector
of Trinity Church, Blyth and St.
John's Church, Brussels from 1977
to 1981. The funeral was held from
Blenheim Anglican Church on Sat
urday, Jan. 13 at 1:30 p.m. with
cremation to follow. Rev. Sargent
is survived by his wife Mary and
his children Kimberlee and Jason,
of Barrie as well as by two sisters,
Barbara and Linda and a brother,
Barry.
The Blyth Rutabaga Festival
Committee held its first meeting of
1992 Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Discussions at the meeting
included the events for the Ruta
baga Festival June 26-27-28. A
Craft Show is being organized for
this weekend with an invitation to
all crafters to join in. A Variety
Show will be held Friday night in
conjunction with the opening cere
monies. Local musicians and artist
are invited to join in. It was report
ed that local clubs and organiza
tions in Blyth will help out with
displays and attractions for the
weekend. The Rutabaga Baking
Contest will be held again this year.
Five new categories have been
added to the 1992 parade they are:
Best Comedy Theme, Best Use of
the Rutabaga Theme, Most Imagi
native Entry, Best Youth Entry to
Participants ages 16-25 years, and a
trophy for the Best Decorated Bicy
cle.
Many other activities arc being
planned for the Rutabaga Festival
details will be released as plans are
complete.
Community Play meeting tonight
A meeting of people interested
in organizing a community play in
Blyth in 1993 will take place at the
Blyth Festival's rehearsal hall
above the administration office
tonight (Wednesday) at 7:30 p.m.
A community play is a play in
which residents of the community •
become involved in telling the
story of their community. When a
community play was held in Ero
mosa Township near Guelph, 1000
people got involved either on stage
or behind the scenes.
The proposal in Blyth is for a
community play in June 1993 to
take place in the G. L. Hubbard
Rutabaga Plant.
Speaking at the meeting will be
John Orum, who has helped orga
nize several community plays in
Britain and who helped organize
the Eromosa project. Also involved
will be Dale Hamilton.
Before the meeting, Peter Smith,
Artistic Director of the Blyth Festi
val, will talk about the six plays
that will be part of the Festival's
summer season for 1992.
The Rutabaga Festival Com
mittee will be having a Pub Night
at the Blyth Inn on March 7. This
will be a fun and fundraising night.
Several draws will be made for
prizes.
The first prize will be four gold
tickets to the Maple Leaf Gardens
in Toronto to sec the Maple Leafs
and the Quebec Nordiques play on
March 17. Prize will include West
side Limousine ride from Blyth to
Toronto plus a $100 dinner
allowance. Tickets should be on
sale by the end of this week and
available from all committee mem
bers and participating merchants in
the village.
High scores at the Wednesday
night euchre party at Blyth Memo
rial Hall were recorded by Dorothy
Daer and Lloyd Appleby. Lillian
Appleby and Murray Scrimgeour
had the low scores. Nora Kelly and
Millar Richmond had the most lone
hands. Those at the lucky table
were Ruby Pattison, Hazel Reed,
Dorothy Daer and Graeme
McDowell.
Blyth United hears of liberation
At Blyth United Church on Jan
uary 26, John and Vera Hessel-
wood were greeters. Ushers were
Lloyd Sippel, Kathy Fraser, Kim
Lee and Julie McNichol. Junior
congregation was led by Luanne
Taylor and nursery by Karen Stew
art.
Cheryl Cronin led in sing-song
DIAMONDS group roughs
out agenda for future
The DIAMONDS - united physi
cally challenged people in Huron
County - have been busy. Forty-
five people attended the second
general meeting at the Wingham &
Area Seniors Day Centre on Jan
uary 11.
A logo was approved for use on
membership cards and stationery.
A large diamond represents the
whole group and small diamonds
signify that many different disabili
ties are included.
Secretary Margaret White of
Goderich reported on the contacts
she had made with all levels of
government and the Ontario Office
for Disabled Persons.
Treasurer Cheryl MacLeod of
Blyth reported that donations had
been received from DIAMONDS
members as well as from the Clin
ton Kinsmen and the Wingham
Seniors Day Centre. The DIA
MONDS voted to sponsor a
fundraising event for the telethon
for Children's Hospital, which will
air on CFPL-TV London in June.
Co-Chairman Glen McLachlan of
Vanastra mentioned a multi-county
committee of disabled that planned
to meet in Stratford on January
20th. He also warned of a light bulb
scam in which telephone solicitors
give the false impression that
money collected from selling light
bulbs goes to handicapped causes,
and urged anyone who received a
suspicious call to alert the Better
Business Bureau.
Co-Chairman Ron Airdrie of
Clinton remarked on the excellent
accessibility of Westmount Mall in
London, which has handicapped
parking, automatic doors and
accessible washrooms. The secre
tary was asked to send a letter of
commendation to the mall and a
letter to the Editor of the London
Free Press commending West
mount.
Bill Jones of Bayfield volun
teered to sit on the Service Com
mittee of the Wheels Away
Program in Wingham, an acces
sible transportation system in the
Wingham area. Transportation
remains the most difficult problem
that the DIAMONDS, as a group
and as individuals, encounter.
After a delicious lunch provided
by the ladies of one of the Wing
ham churches, the DIAMONDS
were entertained by Wild Pitch, a
talented father and sons band from
Bluevale.
The DIAMONDS Executive will
meet in the Home Care Board
Room in Clinton to plan the next
general meeting, which is tenta
tively scheduled for March 14th
(snow date March 21st) at 10:00
a.m. in Exeter at an accessible loca
tion, perhaps the Lions' Youth Cen
tre.
Several members attended the
Board of Health meeting on Jan
uary 15 in the Huron County
Pioneer Museum in Goderich. The
Board usually meets in the Court
House, which is inaccessible to
wheelchairs, but changed the loca
tion for this meeting so that
DIAMONDS members could hear
the discussion with Murray
English, a representative from the
Continued on page 6
prior to service. Rev. Ramirez
opened service with call to worship
and the hymn “Praise My Soul the
King of Heaven”. The responsive
reading was Psalm 31. The scrip
ture lesson was Luke 4: 14-21.
“Amazing Grace” was sung.
“In Shadow, In Sunshine”, was
sung by the choir with Phyllis Boak
accompanist. Rev. Ramirez' sermon
“The Liberating Jesus” was very
inspirational, saying how fortunate
we are to be free to worship Jesus
and, like him, to make a habit of
attending church regularly.
The service closed with the hymn
“Lord Speak to Me”, Benediction
and Choral Response. In hospital
are: Barbara Musty in Victoria and
Earl Fyfe, University. The Evening
Unit of the U.C.W. will meet at
Gayle King's home Jan. 29 at 8
p.m. demonstrating “bulk recipes”.
Childreach “The Work of Parent
ing” will be held Thursday from
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. All are Welcome.
The Session meeting is Monday,
February 3 at 8 p.m.
1st Blyth/Londesboro
Venturer Company
DUCK
DINNER
to be held
^FEBRUARY 14, 1992V
at
Londesboro United Church
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Adults: $8
Children: $6
For more information call:
Greg
McClinchey
523-9660
Terry
Gredanus
523-4420
NOTICE TO
BLYTH WATER
CONSUMERS
Due to anticipated capital
cost at the pump house,
maintenance repair to #1 well
pump and proposed #4
highway construction the
Blyth Water Commission
deem it necessary to
increase the monthly flat
water rates by $2.00 of which
500 will be considered
toward capital expenditures.
Effective February 1st, 1992
monthly water rates as
follows:
Residential - from
$10.00 to $12.00
Commercial - from
$12.00 to $14.00
Metered - from
$1.10 to $1.30 per 1,000
gallons
Helen R. Grubb
Manager
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