Yesterday And Today, A Salute to Blyth's 125th Anniversary, 2002-07-31, Page 8Glorious 12th
For. Orangemen the annual parade was a big event. One
people who would join in behind the parade as it passed
Blyth resident recalls how the streets could be lined with
by. (Courtesy Brock Vodden)
Horticultural Society beautifies village
History of beauty
For years the Blyth Horticultural Society has given time and effort to keeping the village looking
its best. One of its biggest and most impressive projects in recent years has been the Butterfly
Garden located in the parking area for the Greenway Trail, behind Bainton's.
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Former Orangeman recalls the Glorious 12th
Society members.
The Society has also made a
lovely contribution to the Greenway
Trail, a picturesque two km walk
Fall project
T. Marshall and Isaac
(Courtesy Brock Vodden)
Cowan packing apples with helpers.
Formed in 1922. the Blyth
Horticultural Society continues to be
active in its beautification of the
village.
Over the years. members have
planted and taken care of the Blyth
Horticultural Park on Dinsley Street,
the tlowerbeds at Memorial Hall and
the beds at the entrances to the
village. They also placed a cairn in
the park in memory of the, early
pioneers. This was dedicated in 1952
at a special service. Rev. W.E.
Bramwell, then rector of Trinity
Anglican Church and Rev. William
Mains of Brucefield led the service.
Dignitaries present were L.E.
Cardiff. MP for North Huron and
John W. Hanna MP for Huron-
Bruce.
Mrs. L. M. Scrimgeour. Society
president at that time, read a letter
from Rev. Robert McConnell, whose
grandfather gave the land to the
Presbyterian Church for a church
site and burial grounds.
For many years a flower show was
held in conjunction with the Blyth
Agricultural Fair. This folded with
the fair's demise in the 1970s.
In recent years, the Society, the
floral emblem of which is the apple
blossom, has added to their list of
projects. Twenty-five planters now
grace the main street of Blyth. These
are planted and tended to by the
Before there was officially a
Blyth there was an Orange Lodge.
However, the Lodge has not been a
part of the community for well over
a decade..
The Orange Lodge is a Christian
Protestant Fraternality. The one in
Blyth specialized in assisting
children from broken homes: They
owned a building in Richmond Hill
that was once an orphange and
children often stayed there for six to
eight weeks.
Blyth Lodge also owned and
operated a home for the aged in
Orillia,
Stewart Ament was involved in
the organization for a long time and
was very active serving as
Worshipful Master and as secretary.
What stands as his greatest
memory of those years was
attending The Glorious 12th.
Hosted by different communities
each year, on July 12, the Orange
Protestants parade to a church
service.
Ament recalls, "They used to
have a great turnout. The parade
could be several blocks long. Every
lodge had its own band and banner.
A lot of people would fall in behind
as the parade would go by and
march along with us."
The Blyth Lodge dates back to
Sept. 23, 1858. John Templeton
received the warrant as the first
Worshipful Master.
The Lodge Hall was one of
Blyth's first building. Located just
off the main street. west on Dinsley
Street, the members continued to
meet there until disbanding, which
happened said Ament, because, as it
is with so many organizations
membership " just got too
small".
until late October.
The executive in 2002 is:
president, Betty Battye; first vice-
president, Arthur Lester; second
vice-president, Dan Taylor;
secretary, Lois van Vliet; treasurer,
Joan Watson and directors, Julie
Wood, Diana Campbell, Janice
Peters, Kim Nixon, Nellie Mason,
Bev Elliott. Shirley Nicholson,
Jeannette McNeil, Sharon Jackson,
Barb Lester, Anne Elliott, Judy
Gleave.
along the river and former railroad
track, with the inclusion of a large
butterfly garden. This is in ever-
changing bloom from late March