Clinton News-Record, 1984-04-25, Page 21Blyth Festival researches roots
Did you attend the first season at the
Blyth Festival? Do you remember the Blyth
Memorial Hall in its early years? Have you
ever had actors staying in your home? Have
you attended every play since the Festival
started in 1975?
The Blyth Festival is researching its roots
and hopes to publish a booklet. A brief
history of the theatre will appear in the
special Souvenir Brochure for the 1984
season. We are interested in hearing from
anyone with a tale to tell. If you know of so-
meone with a host of memories who is
housebound,_ we would be happy to arrange
a visit to tape record their recollections.
Please contact Philippa Borga_ l or Karen
Melady at 523-9300 or write to us at The
Blyth Festival, P.O. Box 10, Blyth, Ontario
NOM 1H0.
Theatre now accepting books
If spring cleaning is getting you down here
is some good news.
Huron County's largest used book sale,
sponsored by the Blyth Festival, is schedul-
ed for May 26 and 27. Book drops in various
locations around the county will be accep-
ting donations of books, magazines and
records from now until May 19, so just pack
up the books, magazines and records that
you no longer need or want and take them to
the book drop nearest you.
If you can't make it to a book drop call the:
Festival Box Office at 523-9300 and arrange
for someone to collect the books at your
home.
New to the book sale this year is the sale of
used records: Why not go through your
record collection and weed out the ones that
you no longer use?
Books can be dropped at any of the follow-
ing locations: The Wardrobe, Bayfield;
Blyth Festival Box Office, Blyth; Maitland
Valley Insurance, Brussels; Mary's Sewing
Centre, Clinton; Exeter Furniture, Exeter
Public Library or Bank of Nova Scotia, Ex-
eter; Jana Natural Foods or May's
Decorative Accessories, Goderich; The
Listowel Banner; The Lucknow Sentinel;
Culligan Real Estate, Seaferth;,. Scott's
Department Store, Mitchell; Harris Sta-
tionery or Keil Insurance, Wingham;
Taylor's General Store, Belgrave; Church
House Antiques,.Hensall.
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1984--PAGd21''
Genealogical Society hosts annual workshop
The Huron County Geneadogil I Society
hosted ' its second annual Beginner's
Workshop at the Brussels CommUnity
Centre on.Saturdayl, April 7.
Beginners were welcomed by Alison Lobb,
chairman, who began the afternoon by
explaining the function of the Ontario
Genealogical Society (OGS) and that of the
Huron County Branch. Sharing information
is of utmost importance to both
organizations.
One of the goals of OGS is the recording
and transcribing of all cemeteries in the
province with each branch doing the work in
its own area. Over 50 per cent of the
approximately 122 cemeteries in Huron
County have been recorded but as all the
work is done by volunteers, not all have been
completed and ready for sale. Volunteers
are always needed as there is a tremendous
amount of work required to produce each
cemetery. Alison noted that you need not be
a member of either the Huron County
Branch or OGS to assist in this very
important work of preserving these records
for future generations. Just give her a call at
482-7167.
As a 25th anniversary project, OGS is
transcribing the 1871 census for Ontario,
again with each branch doing the work for
their area. Most of Huron County has been
done, but again, all this work must be
checked by someone other than the original
recorder.
Each May, OGS sponsors an annual
seminar and this year it is being held ib
Toronto May 18-20 with the theme being,
"The Yankees Are Coming". This is an
excellent opportunity for beginners to pick
up helpful tips from more experienced
researchers.
The Huron County Branch holds regular
monthly meetings at 7:30 p.m. the first
Wednesday of each month in the board roam
of the Assessment Office building in
'Goderich.
The May 2 meeting will take place at the
Seaforth Public School at 7:30 p.m. with
Russ Waller giving a one-man reading on
the life of a United Empire Loyalist. Mr.
Waller has been travelling around the
country with his drama presentation andit
should prove to be a worthwhile experience
for all.
The July meeting will be held on the 7th at
the Perth County Archives in Stratford and
those interested should call Alison
regarding transportation arrangements.
Bulletins are produced by the Huron
County Branch three times yearly and are
available to non-members for a nominal
Sulci.
Attending executive members were
introduced at the workshop. Research Co-
ordinator, Nancy Kale, outlined the
research policies for the Branch and related
how searches are conducted, working from
Marriage Registers, Gazetteers, Huron
County Atlas, the Ontario Land Record
Index, etc. She also noted that anyone with
time to spare would certainly be considered
for volunteer work on the many ongoing
searches. Just call Nancy at 345-2908 in
Seaforth.
Librarian Yvonne Porter maintains the
branch library at her home and this includes
a large variety of books, family trees,
bulletins from other genealogical
organizations and branches, maps and
miscellaneous documents. Her hours are
flexible but she advises it is best to phone
her for an appointment at 524-9022. Yvonne
also looks after the publications that the
branch has for sale and order forms are
available from her.
Carole Robinson, past. chairman and press
secretary, gave a brief outline of her
specialty, calligraphy as it relates to the
compilation of a family history. Headings,
photo captions, title pages, . covers, etc.
make your book more distinctive when
calligraphy is combined with regular type.
She also advised that the annual September
workshop will probably not take place this
year unless volunteers are found to help in
organizing it. Anyone wishing to help, may
call Carole at 524-2870 (evenings).
After a break for cookies and coffee
supplied by the ladies of Grey Township, a
number of draws were held with the winners
being Jean Bircham of Clinton, Anne Cooper
of Brussels, Emerson Mitchell of Walton
and Betsy Allan of Blyth.
Alison explained the various resources
available and where they could be obtained.
The first thing to look for are births,
marriages and deaths and these are
obtained from the Registrar General's
office in Toronto.
The census is also another valuable tool
and was started in Lower Canada. 1851 and
,Scales of Justice presents re-evaluation of Truscott case
On a warm summer evening in 1959 near
Clinton, 12 -year-old Lynne Harper hitched a
bicycle ride with her classmate, 14 -year-old
Steven Truscott. Lynne didn't come home
that night to the RCAF base where she lived.
Two days later her body was found in near-
by Lawson's Bush. She had been raped and
strangled. Young Truscott was charged,
and so began what is' arguably the most
famous case in Canadian criminal law - the
trial of Steven Trus'cott.tionwas upheld. •
The book prompted a storm of controver-
sy, selling 50,000 copies within weeks of its
publication. The conscience of a country
was aroused and pressure was put on the
government to respond; The Supreme Court
Reference or hearing began in October, 1966
where, for the first time in history, Supreme
Court judges heard witnesses, including
Truscott. ,By a margin of 8-1, with Mr.
Justice Emmett Hall dissenting, the convic-
distinguished British doctors who testified
at the hearing; Mayor Moore, Mr. Justice
Emmett Hall; Max Ferguson, Chief Justice
Taschereau and the other Supreme Court
judges; and Gordon Pinsent, James Byrne,
MP, who took up Truscott's, cause in the
House of Commons.
In 1975, a Canadian film, Recommenda-
tion For Mercy, inspired' by the trial, was
released. A book by journalist Bill Trent.
Who Killed Lynne Harper?, espousing a dif-
ferent theory about the killer, was published
in 1979.
The debate about Truscott's guilt or in-
nocence still rages. While the books and the
film were extremely partisan in their, view,
CBC Radio's dramatic two-part : re-
examination may well be the first objective
treatment of the case.
Twenty-five years later,__The._Scales _of.-_ :-After serving the:mtnunum of 10 years of _
Justice presents a new re-evaluation of the his sentence, Truscott was paroled in1969
case written by Guy Gavriel•Kay, legal -and-+.- andgiverea.new-identity. He resides -in On Gentral Huron Se.COn � School
On -
script consultant to the series, and hosted by tario with his wife and two children.
Toronto criminal lawyer, Edward L. Eric' Peterson plays both the teenaged and
Greenspan, Q.C. Truscott: The Children's 21 -year-old Steven; Reena Schellenbeg,
Hour will be broadcast Sunday; May 6; part Lynne Harper; Diana Belshaw and Sean
-.two,.- The -Darkest ._Hour, wall:_be:heartlMay S41i_v_r F°
an, his parents;`Frank Perry, defense
13: They will be aired at 4:05 p.m. on CBC: lawyer. J.Frank Iionnelly; HarveY Atkin;
Radio's .Sunday Matinee. Producer is crown attorney Glenn Hays; and Paul Soles,
George Jonas; executive producer, Paul the Judge.
Mills. Pierre Berton is heard reading a poem he
Truscott was tried in an adult court; he wrote atthe time of the trial. A violent
did not testify and most of the witnesses response followed its appearance in the
were children. He was convicted and Toronto Star.
sentenced to hang, which was later com- In part two, Henry Ramer plays defence
muted to life imprisonment. Then in 1966, a
Toronto housewife, . Isabel LeBourdais,
published a scathing denunciation of the cir-
cumstances surrounding liis conviction.
lawyer Arthur Martin; Michael Tait, Don
Scott, crown attorney; Nonnie Griffin,
Isabel LeBourdais; Sean Mulcahy and Gillie
Fenwick, Drs. Camps and Simpson, two
Stress Management, a Fitness
Ontario program is sponsored
A Fitness Ontario Leadership Program
entitled Stress Managementsponsored by
the Vanastra Recreation Centre is schedul-
ed for April 28.
The program, developed by the Ministry
of Tourism and Recreation is designed to
help fitness leaders acquire the knowledge
and skills required to enable them to lead
safe and enjoyable fitness classes in the
community.
Program highlights include:
- the relationship between stress and fitness.
- the role of the fitness leader in applying the
principles of management in developing
fitness classes, educating their participants
and in beim an effective role model.
-some strategies for stress management in-
cluding the basic five (grounding, center-
ing, focussing, breathing, visualizing), body
awareness, body isolations; Tai'Chi Chu'an.
yoga and progressive relaxation.
Registration . is limited and preference
will be . given to those . presently leading
fitness classes and who have already taken
FOLP - the basics.
The workshop will be held April 28, 1984 at
Vanastra Recreation Centre. The fee of $30
includes all materials and lunch. '
Registration information is available
from Diane Durnin, Vanastra Recreation
Centre at 482-3544.
Low vision glasses for the blind
Susan Bell and Wendy Hoy explained the
benefits of low vision glasses for the blind at
the Bluewater Blind Ciub meeting, held in
Clinton. ---•---- . -
Held at Wesley Willis United Church, the
meeting was opened by President Gwen
Watson.
Edith Landsborough read information on
benefits for the blind. Members also studied
the new , glasses, received from the Low
Vision Clinic in Waterloo.
The next meeting, to include a dinner, will
be held at Wesley Willis Church.
MOE KOFF
THE JAZZ QUINTET
BLYTH
MEMORIAL
HALL
Sunday. April 29
at2PM
Tickets still
available
523-9300
to present fourth annual Concert
• by Karen Cook -
CLINTON - Central Huron Secondary
School's music department has been work-
ing hard all year long and now intend to pre-
sent the . public with a special finale, the
Fourth Annual Spring Concert.
It has . been a very successful year. The
students . began with a few church ap-
pearances in October, followed by the Se-
cond Annual: Christmas Concert, a Music-a-
thon, a joint concert in February with sur-
rounding schools; and recently the London
Kiwanis competition. They feel that the best
way to end this year is a Spring Concert. • .
This year's concert will be like no other
before and there Will be new added attrac-
tions.
each tenth year thereafter are available en
microfilm up to 1 ,1. The 1891 census will
not become available until 1991 as they are
presently only released to the public 100
years after the census was done. The 1871
census is very complete and contains
marvellous bits of miscellaneous
information. The 1881 census has not been
kept very well over the years and is
extremely :difficult to read in spots and does
not contain as much information.
To check records at the Registry Offices,
one must know the lot and concession
number which of course may be obtained
from the census. The Registry office also
has a Will Book which is alphabetical but
relates to wills where land is involved. Other
wills are Surrogate Court Wills and are in
chronological order and microfilm may be
obtained through public libraries.
The Latter Day Saints is a wonderful
place to locate information. Everyone
should make an appointment to visit an
L.D.S. Stake Library (the closest being
London, Ontario) to check names on the
International Genealogical Index. This is an
index of all the names recorded by the
Mormons world-wide.
As most people are aware, this group is
constantly working around the world to
microfilm and record any records that they
may: church records for births, marriages,
burials etc. If you find a name in a location
that you feel may be one of your ancestors,
you may order the film from Salt Lake City,
Utah and when it arrives you have two
weeks in which to view the film, Again, an
appointment is required.
It should be noted that although they have
a vast number of Irish records, most are not
yet available. As this is an ongoing project
with T.1)5 their records and the I.G.I. are
always being updated so if at first you don't
find anything, please check again in a few
years. It should be noted that Ireland has
been done as a whole country while England
is done by county, therefore it is most time
consuming if you don't know which county to
look under. They are all done
alphabetically.
Newspapers and assessment rolls are also
valuable tools and most newspapers have
been microfilmed and are available for
viewing at local libraries for the area the
newspaper is published in. Again, it is wise
to phone ahead to make sure that they do
have what you want and that reading time is
available on the machine.
Church archives, the Archives of Canada
in Ottawa and the Ontario Archives in
Toronto are also excellent sources for
records. The Canada Company records are °
housed with the Ontario Archives and much
valuable information can be gained through
them regarding land transactions.
Unfortunately the afternoon ended but a
workshop on filing methods, organizing, etc.
will be held at some later date. Alison
expressed the hope that the material offered
at the Beginner's Workshop would be of
assistance to those just beginning and not
knowing where to, look first. She advised
that the branch does have a complete
publication on beginning in genealogy which
is available for sale from the librarian and
wished all happy hunting.
HEY KIDS! ...
ENTER
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The 'Central Huon Band will perform
along with the Music 100 band from the
music program in the school. This is not the
only new feature. The school has two new
ensemble groups plus the regular Girls'
Chorus and full Choir. The Ensembles and
Girls' Chorus are just back from a Kiwanis
competition in London where each had a
successful third place finish.
The CHSS musicians have not only
created some very new and fresh ideas for
this concert; they have appropriately
scheduled it for May 4, just in time to cap off
Education Week.
Please come out and see the CHSS Music
Department at their best! You're ensured a
tremendous evening!
Just print -in 25 words or less
why you think your Mom is
the World's Finest.
Entry will.be judged for
originality and creativity
by an independant judge.
Here's How to Enter
Just come into your local Dixie Lee and pick up an
entry ballot. Children 12 and under are eligible and
judge's decision is final Winner willbe notified
before Mother's Day.
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