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HEROINE - Cela Sloman talks to some of the children in the cast of Fires in the Night about the schoolroom on
wheels which is -the basis -of the- hit -play currently at the Blyth Theatre. The children are Jarrod Button , Blyuth,
(left), Earl Thomson-, Auburn, (partially obscured), Marie Cronin, Blyth, Sara Johnston, Seaforth and Wendy
Thompson; Goderich.
FIRES IN THE NIGHT - The actors who portray the Sloman family are shown in a scene from the play commis .
sioned by the Blyth Festival. Carol Sinclair plays Cela Sloman, and John Koensgen her husband Fred. Marie Cro-
nin plays Joan, and Sarah Johnston is Lizbeth.
GRADUATES
William Ross Jeffery Pamela Postian Jeffery
On June 10 , 1988, William Ross Jeffery an,. F',,mo... Postian Jeffery gradu-
ated together from the Master of, Busir. A,Iministration program at the
University of Western Ontario. William the of Spencer and Doris Jef-
' fery of Staffa and Pamela is the ,', ter c• anald Postian and the late
Nancy Postian of London. Both . ,) and Pamela previously obtained
Honors undergraduate degrees from .Western's School of Business Admin-
istration. William has accepted a position with the Corporate Banking Divi-
• sion of the Toronto Dominion Bank. Pamela will be joining the firm of S.A.
Murray Consulting Inc. as a Senior Consultant. Bill is a graduate of Upper
Thames Elementary School, Mitchell and Seaforth District High School. Pa-
mela is a graduate of A.B. Lucas Secondary School in London. They will re-
turn to their home in Toronto. •
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Another hit at Blyth Theatre
BLYTH - The. Blyth Festival has
done it again. "Fires in the Night",
commissioned by the big theatre in •
the .little village, is another great
original play destined to entertain
audiences near and far.. •
This play, which could easily be-
come Canada's "Mr, Chips", or "To
Sir, With Lovc", is enhanced by an
equally strong female role, a Mrs. .
Chips. a Madam.
• "Fires in the Night" is the heart-
warming, inspiring story of Fred
and Ccla Sloman, who for 40 years •
rode the rails of Northern Ontario in
a converted dining car to give chil-
dren in remote areas their only op-
portunity -for a formal education. -
Pcrhaps "formal" is the wrong
word. Fred Sloman was one of that
rare breed, a born teacher, who met
his students where they were, and
adapted the prescribed curriculum to
the reality of their ordinary lives. .
Ile opened his pupils' minds to the -
mysteries of the world around them
by such simple yet profound tech-
niques as teaching matli by discov-
ering why a rifle is called a .303, or
introducing the magic of geography
by finding on a globe the origin of
the freight cars that clattered by the
schoolcar windows. - -
Fred's faithful partner throughout
ARKONA - On Sunday, August
14 the Arkona Lions Museum and
Information Centre at the Rock
Glen Conservation near Arkona
will be holding a Carolinian Canada
Day. There will bc special presen-
tations including slide shows, guid-
cd tours of the park•and pcoplc to
answer questions.
A representative will bc on hand
to talk to people W' ) own property
designated as Carol diian Canada are-
as about the Land Stewardship Pr
grain.
The museum, which has a large
collection of local fossils and Indian
Artifacts, will be open and free re-
freshments will be served. The
Carolinian Canada Day event will
run from two until four in the after-
noon.
For further information -contact
the Rock Glen Conservation Arca -
Arkona (519) 828-3071.
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this time was his wife 'Cela, anoth-
er rara avis, a loving wife who sup-
ported and encouraged her husband,
knowing he was doing what he
Most wanted to do. Cela, herself a
teacher, reached out to the lonely
• women in the isolated communities
along the tracks. A. shared pot • of
tea, .or an English lesson from an •
Eaton's catalogue, often kept the
-school-car lantern burning late into
the. night.
Playwright David Craig's engag-
ing script cover.: almost 40 years,
froth Pre -Depression to post -World
Way 1I, moving the Slomans from
engagement through raising a fami-
ly to a couple in the sunset of their
lives, agreeing to three more years _
-in the schoolhouse on wheels, be-
cause when Fred retires he will not
be replaced, arid "there arc 22 chil
dren who will have no school".
John Koensgen .as Fred, and Carol
Sinclair as-Ccla, skilfully and sym-
pathetically portray two real pcoplc,
taking them from the.. igor and en-•
thusiasm of youth the slower
pace of advancing age. Ten children
from Huron County give highly
professional performances as a sam-
ple of the variety of students wIio
passed through CNR.car 15089.
The ingeniously,vcrsatilc set de-
serves special -mention. One side is
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Women on the Move
on at Alymer Museum
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AYLN11 R - Women on the County. Special tours of the
Move" aptly dcecritzs the exhibit at
the Aylmer anti 'District Museum,
which wil! remain until September
16th.
This display recognizes the con -
contributions, history and
..�:iievements of the Women's In-
stitute and highlights their in-
volvement and concerns on behalf
of all Canadians. Featured is the
Museum's salute to local notable
members and their particular efforts
plus attention to the current and fu-
ture concerns of an organizational
composed of "Women on the
Move".
This exhibit was inspired by the
fact that several items and artifacts
were donated to the museum when
the Alymer W.I. branch disbanded
in 1987. The Museum felt that the
Women's Institute rightly deserved
attcntion, not just to their past,
but because they offered s� much .
•forthe future concerns of society.
The exhibit is sponsored by Mrs.
Iva Hayman, Past President of the
former Alymer. W.I. branch, and
her husband Arthur Hayman.
The first display-is-a.recreation
of the founding -of the first Wom-
en's Institute, with models of Ade-
laine Hoodless, credited with the
idea of Women's Institute, and
Mrs. Janet Lee who, with her hus-
band Erland, -wrote the draft of the
original constitution in 1897.
The first local person saluted is
the late Dr. Backus, who was thc
first president of Elgin East Dis-
• trict in 1907. Displayed arc some
of thc medical supplies she would
have used in her practice.
Mrs. Janet llieplch, of Malhidc
Township, a recent past President
of Federated Women's Institutes of
Ontario, who helped rewrite thc
present constitution, is one of the
featured women.
Artifacts from thc Museums per-
manent collection help to show
what life was like for early W.I.
members. Symbols, such as a loaf
of bread to show the role W.I. had
in getting bread wrapped, show
some of thepast concerns that
W.I. have been involved in. The
current concern of Waste Manage-
'-'•-hrent--Recycling is well featured
,with several ideas that pcoplc could
use. To help you remember there
are hand outs with patterns'. These
of course arc on recycled paper.
Also featured arc some paintings
of Ross Butler, thc noted agricultti-
• ral artist. Oxford County Women's
Institute hope to get copies of his
• farming prints into all the schools
in Ontario. Although this exhibit
features Women's Institution it is a
tribute to the work of both past
and present Women of Elgin
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the exterior of a railway car, and the
other is part schoolroom, part liv-
ing quarters. It is on a turntable,
and moved back and forth • by the
cast as part of the action.
''Fires in the Night" succeeds --
without any of the expletives delet-
cd,•gratuitous sex IV violence that
seem to permeate many modern
plays. It -captures its audience with
a compelling story of two
"ordinary" people who lived extraor-
dinary lives, all unaware. Only re-
cently have their. exploits -been, off i-.
daily recognized.`
Fred. Sloman -died in 1966 aged,
78, two years after retiring. Ccla,
now.9.1, was awarded the order of
Canada in 1982. She was in the
front row to sec the premiere of
"Fires in the Night". A floral trib-
ute presented to actress -Carol. Sin-
clair was immediately passed on to
the real-life b roinc of "Fires in the
N ight".
Program Ending
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in Exeter for Operation
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1988 at 3:30 p.m. at SL James Ro-
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