Clinton News-Record, 1979-07-12, Page 52A familiar Blyth landmark, the old CPR train station,
took its first triponTuesday when Abra Movers from
Corunna transported the 105 -foot, 70 ton building from its
spot beside the railway tracks to a site at The Old Mill,
south of Blyth. Old Mill owners, Richard and Glenyce
Snell plan to renovate the old station, which hasn't been
used for the past 10 years. (News -Record photo)
Director, actress have .common interests
by Shelley-Me-Ph-ee--....,_._�__ ,__
Janet Amos and Anne Anglin met in
high school.- Since those school days in
Toronto, they have crossed each
other's paths a number of times, most
often through t ieix,,y,.prk with Theatre,.
Passe Mur ill
1? a e _where they have both
acted and followed their husbands'
work. Anne Anglin is' the wife' of -Paul
Thompson, founder of Passe Muraille
and Janet Amos is the wife of Ted
Johns., a Clinton native, and major
contributor to the Toronto based
theatre group..
Although their husbands are well
known in Canada and abroad, these two
highly .talented ladies have no need to
stand in the the . shadows
of their
spouses. They have both proven
themselves as accomplished actresses
on.a number.of stages in the country.
This summer, they will be showing
their talents at the Blyth ---Sumner
Festival. Anne is acting ' in two plays
This _Foreign. Land and the upcoming
McGillicuddYy 's Lost Weekend.
Janet will show her years of ex-
perience, in theatre and television as
she prepares to• take on the job as the
Festival's artistic -director and as her
first task, directs McGillicuddy.
Presently,the women are both
concentrating all their efforts on
McGillicucfd.y whi.c.h ...op.e_.,._nex.t_.
Tuesday night, July 24 and will run
until August 17.
The play is likely to • draw, a large
audience from the community since it
was written lay Blyth's own Keith
h is
tzlston: Keith who nem known for
three other plays is also remembered
by people _ as former editor ' and -
publisher of The Blyth Standard, editor
of the Clinton News -Record, and is
currently editor and publisher of The
Village Squire.
It is on the back pages of this monthly
magazine that the chronicles of the
hardworking, underpaid Constable
McGillicuddy, began.
People have been enjoying the antics
of the small town' police chief for the
past two and a half years, and now they
will be able to see McGillicuddy come
to life through the portrayal by actor
Layne Coleman.
Janet Amos explained that the play
tells the tale cf McGillicuddy's.p;lans go
away for a'peaceful long weekend but
how, at the last minute, he is deluged_
by a rash of problemsoand complaints.
Harriet Moneybanks, played by Anne
Anglin, is onlyone of McGillicuddy's
g Y
headaches.. As the domineering
banker's wife, Mrs. Meney,banks wants
immediate police action after her son is
by
jim fitzgerald
Holy smokes! Plug up your ears,
and put your wigs into safe keeping
as Clinton, and indeed much • of
Huron County is in the midst of an
__earwig invasion,.
Fortunately, though and con-
trary to,, myth, the little critters
don't eat either ears, or wigs and
are not '-harmful to animals or
humans, unless you piclI one up.
Then the little critter will probably
•defend himself (they must be
female though, , judging by their
proliferation) by nipping you.
Otherwise, the little dragon -like
insects are mostly a. nuisance, but
can cause damage to many
vegetable and flowers, particularly -
any species with a lot of nook and
crannies, like the cauliflower,
Bead lettuce and broccoli in the
Fitzgerald garden.
We have foundthe little invaders
everywhere in the house, including
the bath tub, but again, they won't
hurt you (so. the experts assure us)
as their invasion into the house is
mainly for warmth for the winter
ahead.
Because the invasion -this year
represents the peak of a cycle of
several years, earwigs can be
killed with any number of sprays if
yo`u are really bothered by them.
The. .local _.ag department says the
insecticides sevin, mathathion,' or
diazinon are good sprays for
vegetable crops, sand chloradane
sprayed around the outside of the
house will keep them from entering
the .home. ' ' But under • no cir-
cumstances, spray chloradane on,
or near any food or plant that could
be eaten by man or beast.
For the first time in Clinton,
gasoline prices climbed over the $1
"•'• mark last week for regular. By the
sounds of things', it Won't be going:
down again. Some... stations were
selling it for as high as $1.09. '
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The police and the public works
departrnent are warning the'`
public, that even though this ,is the
middle of July, the overnight.
parking ban if still in effect in
Clinton This means,that you can't ,
park °idg your• car on. the'streetbetween
;i. 'ta .n.d'$a
AM.
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n
The pofice ave
been very
'•• forgIVIing thi of late, but they
1..424
are warning offenders'' that the
public works fellows are, trying to
sweep the streets twice a week and
need clear streets, particularly in
the downtown area, to do their job
right.
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The main street sage says this
week: "There are bigger things
than money - bills, for instance."
We,,'d just .like to remind,
everyone again of the importance
of being at the pool meeting next
Tuesday night, July 24 at 7:30 ,at
the Town Hall. Remember,
whether you're for or against the.
new pool proposal, Tuesday night
will offer you a last chance to voice
your opinion..
And still in the recreation vein,
we'd like to apologize to young
Michelle Flowers r for' the ignorant
way a . small minority of our '
townspeople have been treating
her as she goes about her rounds
trying to 'do a recreational needs
survey for the town.
As detailed in a letter to 'the
editor in this week's. eZlifon,
Michelle is running into some very
upset people that are not in keeping
with the town's usual hospitable
image. Michelle's job, is to find out
those who agree and disagree with
the present method of recreation in
Clinton, and so she welcomes your
opinion's, be they good or bad.
You don't have to put your name
on the survey, so ler all your
opinions hang out. If you didn't fill
out your form yet, there' atre still
plenty available at the town hall.
A -ah, just when you were getting
used to the idea of summer, which
finally arrived last week following
a 10 -month holiday in •the Carib-
bean, the news is out • that the
Vanastra Skating School opens
next Monday, and as they say,
where there's ice, there's snow.
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In the busy upcoming Weekend,
-one particular item of interest is
the Medie Elliott Memorial°.Trot
over at the Kinsmen Raceway. As
nlariiy .of you know,
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wifeof Geortge "Trueer"
ORAL
By Jim Fitzgerald,
The Ontario Ministry, of -Culture and'
Recreation has ordered the town of
Clinton to have an open public meeting
on the new $200,000 swimming pool for
Clinton or lose up to $100,000 in
provincial • grants.
The meeting is scheduled for next
Tuesday night, July 24 at the Clinton
ToVvn Hall. at 7: 30 pm.
In a letter to the town, the ministry, -
which controls both the Wintario and
Community Centre Act grants, said
there has not been enough public input.
into the pool plan since a public
meeting last November over-
whelmingly endorsed a,proposal to go
ahead with a new pool.
. The ministry said it wants to see
more "visible community support"
before it gives out the grants, or else
the town will have to come up with the
full cost themselves.
Last week, Clinton Town Council
approved a recreation committee
recommendation to go ahead and
accept the tender of Kelly -Lynn Con-
struction of Hyde Park to build a new
_l idna•pped:- __ --
"Playing Harriett is fun. I don't know.
any, one person like her. She's an
arnalgamation of 'a whole bunch of
people, Anne explained '
Anne, who has worked on television
and with Passe-Muraille enjoying
o in
isg
the play,. "Comedy . is pleasant and
easier to work with, but I like to make a
point as: well, A •play can get boring if
it's too funny." • •', -
Janet noted: "Anne works closest to
the'style of the minor characters in the
play. She makes them crazy, wonderful
and funny."
As direcitor, Janet. enjoys working
with McGillicuddy's• playwrite. "Keith
takes -a character • and gives them'
certain weaknesses and works the play
around that. Some of his characters
were too broad and I had to develop
thein to show their other sides."
"I've been w-..orking with Keith on this
for, a while now. The play's been
rewritten twice but Keith works very
quickly and he easily understands any*
structural changes. It must have
something to do with his- newspaper
training,' she commented:
The changes are now completed and
P
with only a few days left until opening
night, the cast of McGillicuddy are
putting the finishing touches on Blyth's
newest comedy.
"I'm doing things again and again till
everyone's sick of it," Janet admitted,
throwinga quick simile,to Anne.
"If a comedy isn't funny it's nothing.
It's so delicate to get it right." '
Despite all efforts put into the play,
only* opening night and the audience
response will show the true success of
McGillicuddy.
Both Janet and Anne trust that the
generally .appreciative audience will
accept the newest performance,with all
the gusto they have given others.
"This is a unique theatre," :1 anet
exclaimed, "the audiences are just
great."
Both Janet, who has worked with
CBC on the weekly series a Gift to Last
and Anne who worked with the
Stratford Festival for two yearrs, agree
that working in Blyth is a great
privilege.
"It's great to work in a Mace -where
you liketo live," Janet explained.
Not only the rural atmosphere, but
the area people make Blvth an" en-
- Turn to page 3
poolcomplex in the park at a- cost of
$184,602, plus another $20,000 in
engineering fees.
The proposal 'was to includea
regulation Olympic sized pool, with' a
small graining pool beside. The present
bath house and wading pool would be
retained.
The'financing was to have included a
$50,000 'Community Centre Act grant, a
$50,000 Wintario grant, with 'another
$50,000 coming from ,public donations
and the remaining $50,000 to come from
either public donations or tax money.
Any Wintario grant must be matched
dollar for dollar by public 'donations,
and currently the service clubs' Bingo
Committee has raised nearly $35,000
towards that. '
Construction of the pool was to get
underway this fall and be ready for
next spring.
Should the turnout be poor at the
meeting, or should there be significant
opP,9§.4 o i, then the_gaver�nmextt_ co ld._
cancel the $100,000 grants without
further notice, and, the town would
either have to finance the whole
amount by debenture, or cancel the
contract and pay a penalty:
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When you're hot enough, and young enough, the only, suit you need to go
swimming in is your birthday suit, as demonstratred by this youngster, who
was captured bathing in the buff at the .Clinton wading pool last Monday af-
ternoon. (News -Record photo)
Town Talk p. 2
Ontario Scholars p, .2
Readers write p 4
Sports p•. 6 8 7
Bayfield Bugle P. 10
-Lortdes`boroLeader ... p:.20
Classified p. 18, 19, 20
What's showing' p. 21; 22
by Shelley McPhee
The report read, "A quiet but pretty
wedding took place on Wednesday
morning, July 16th, at Wesley par-
sonage, when Grace Lenore, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Strong,
became the bride of Gordon Merriott
Lawson, son of Mr. Luke Lawson,all of
Clinton.
"The bride was smartly gowned in
navy canton crepe, trimmed with rose
buds, and carried a bouquet of Sunset
roses and maiden hair fern. She was
attended by her cousin, Miss Viola
Wise, who wore a pretty midnight blue,
canton frock and a corsage bouquet of
red rose buds. The bride -groom was,
attended by Mr. Clifton J. Proctor. The
Rev. A.A. Holmes officated. •
"Irnmediately after the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs- Lawson left on a'wedding
trip to' Toronto and Niagara Falls. On
their return they will reside in Clinton.
"The friends of the young couple
extend hearty good wishes for a happy
and prosperous future."
It's ,often said that history repeats
itself. This theory seems to hold true
for Gord and Grace Lawson, for after
55 years they again, joined with their
wedding attendants Clifton and Viola
Proctor of Clinton and received best
wishes from"`° good friends as they
celebrated their emerald anniversary.
Times may have changed and much
water has passed under the bridge, but
still after 55 years, the Lawsons are
happily married.
Like their marriage ceremony, the
Lawsons attempted to keep their 55th
anniversary a quiet one, but friends,
family and neighbors caught wind of a
celebration ,and a surprise party was
held for the couple on Saturday night.
Although the couple complained that
they weren't properly dressed •or
prepared for a party, they had to admit
that their friends arid family help to
make their lives enjoyable.
The Lawsons are home bodies, en-
joying a day's trip, but .anxious to
return to their Princess Street home by
the end Of the day. Mr. Lawson, despite
an active mind and good health, is
now mostly confined to his home as
—three knee operations have left him
using crutches. This makes his outside
life and pursuit of his gardening hobby
rather limitM
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Despite present difficulties, the
Lawsons both agree that they've had a
good life and if they had a chance,
would do it all again.
"It's amazing that we're still
together," ' Mrs. , Lawson admitted,
"And we're thankful that, We're as
healthy as we are."
The Lawsons had little to start their
znarri.ed, life with, only a place to live
and a few pieces of 'furniture. Mr.
Lawson worked as a painter after his
marriage and at one time acted as
paint foreman when'; work was being
done at the old Clinton Force Base.
A fire in 1956 at their.Ontario Street
home ,forced" the Lawsons to move.
They made their new °home at 1$,7
Princess Str.'ee, Mrs. •Lawson's family
hOtheand nave lived there since.,
' In 1961, Mr. Lawson jeft his work as a
tupainter and embarked on' a new van.
reMhen he opeir`ated'Gnrd's 1 lilard
Par'Ibur in what is how Jerry.
MacLean's Sports Store on Huron
Street. The Lawson's operated the pool
hall until 1973 when they sold
Ill health then struck the couple when
Mrs. Lawson .broke her hip and her
husband's difficulties with his knees
soon followed.
The Lawsons have no special -secrets
as to how they've successfully main-
tained their marriage or kept•i.lp their
health.
"Our marriage has never been ex-
citing, just everyday living," Mrs.
Lawson admitted. ' '
"But you've got to give and take to
,make it work, that's for sure," she
...added, "If you say you've never had a
scrap, then you're telling a fib."'
Mr.- \ Lawson agreed and also ad-
mitted, "We enjoy a smoke and a
drink. It doesn't do us,_any harm."
"What really makes your life is your
neighborhood," he exclaimed.
"I hope we never have to leave it,"
Mrs. Lawson added.
The couple get great entertainment
out of their, weekly euchre parties, held
each Saturday night at their home, As
well, Mr. Lawson revealed, with a grin,
that his wife hasone uncontrollable
hobby, playing bingo. '
The couple also get much company,
out of their; pets, a dog named Pat and
their cat Boots. As well they have a son,
Frank in London and two grand-
children.
Gord and Grac'e Lawson have no,
major _plans for,their future. They are
conterit 'and hope to stay that way for
years to come.
"We just tell everyone to save up
their -Money to buy' us -d iamonds, ' Mr.'
Lawson laughed as he considered the
prospect of celebrating a 60th wedding
anniversari.
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