Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-07-01, Page 10Page thy'
Ingham Advance -Times, July 1, 1981
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performing in the play "Quiet in the Land"
at the Blyth Festival Theatre. The children auditioned for the part
is ready to open shortly. The production has an Amish theme. The
Rachel Thompson, six, of Belgrave, Peter Cook, 15, of Blyth and
13, of Blyth.
"Quiet in the Land"
opens season at Blyth
This Friday at 8:30 p.m.,
the premiere of Anne
Chislett's "Quiet in the
Land" will open the seventh
season'of the Blyth Summer
Festival.
The evening. will . begin
with the traditional opening
supper in the basement of
the . Blyth Memorial Hall:
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
Bainton of Bainton Ltd.,
Blyth, will be the guests • of
honor and will be piped in to
supper.
Following the supper, if
the weather is fine, the piper
will play on the lawn of the
Blyth Memorial Hall:
"Quiet in the Land" was
commissioned specifically
for the Blyth Summer
Festival and researched by
Ms. Chislett in this area.
The play is a gentle drama.
set in an Amish community
at the time of the first.World
War. War threatens the
country and threatens to
destroy the separateness and
pacifism that have preserv-
ed the Amish throughout 400
years.
The production is directed
by Guy Sprung, and stars
Janet Amos, Beth Amos,
William Dunlop, David Fox;
Sam Robinson, Keith
Thomas and Kate Trotter.
Actors Dean Hawes, Denise
Kennedy, Graham Mc-
Pherson and four local
children, Deanna Bearss,
Peter Cook, Rachel
Thompson, and Susi Walsh
complete the cast.
"Quiet in the Land" will
play in repertory , until
August 1. The second play of
the Blyth season, "tove-,or
Money", will open on July 7.
Tickets are still available for
all dates; and can be obtain-
ed by calling 523-9300 or 523-
9225.
MRS. GEORGE BROWN
Gorrie
A number of Gorrie
residents attended Fordwich
United Church garden party
on Tuesday , evening of last
week.
An. auction sale sponsored
by the Gorrie Park Board
was held at the town hall on
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Edgar and Miss Faye Edgar
of St. Thomas attended Knox
Presbyterian centennial
service on Sunday.
Miss Bernice Brown and
Mrs. Ivy Abbott of Hamiltoh
visited. Tuesday of last week
at the home, of Mr. and Mrs.
John ,Freeman, RR 2,
Gorrie, and attended the
Fordwich garden party.
Mr. and Mrs.•,George Keil
have returned from a trip to
Texas.
Mrs. Ken Hastie has
returned home from
Wingham and • District
Hospital.
A number from Gorrie.
attended the Carrick Camp
Meetings near Deemerton.
Rev. Wesley Ball of
Thamesford was the
Speaker.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Stewart and Jason of Mayne
Corners visited at the. home
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stewart
and attended , Knox
Presbyterian Church cen-
tennial service on Sunday.
Canada richin minerals
Canada is the world's
leading producer of nickel,
zinc and asbestos and second
or third in gold, uranium,
molybdenum, titanium, gyp-
sum, potash, silver, sulfur,
cobalt, platinum metals and
lead.
Canada also ranks high in
output of iron ore, magnesi-
um, copper, barites and sev-
eral other minerals.
BY MURRAY EL ,' i1PP (HURON,8
rt from Qu = - n's Pa
EMERGENCY RELIEF
FOR FARMERS
The beef and pork pro-
ducers of Ontario have
finally received some
assistance from the Ontario
government, after concerted
efforts by the opposition and
farm organizations for the
implementation of new pro-
grams.
Producers of beef cattle
for the slaughter market will
recieve $40 for each animal,
shipped for slaughter. Only
producers who shipped 10 or
more such animals will be
eligible for the assistance,
which could total $30 in all, to
cover animals marketed in
19.80.
No other details were
available on the program,
but application forms.will be
made available through
agricultural ministry offices
in mid-July and will contain
more specific information.
The program has been
described by Treasurer
Frank Miller as, "an at-
tempt to help them (far-
mers) stay alive", and not
meant to cover producers'
losses in total.
b
It also was announced that
consideration is being given
to formulating a plan to
cover beef cow -calf opera-
tions, although no announce-
ments are expected until
mid-July.
Pork producers can expect
to receive cheques this week
under the sow-weaner pro-
gram: Approximately $10
million is to be paid out
under this program, which is
funded by contributions from
producers as well as the On-
tario:government.
HOME -HEATING
ASSISTANCE
The government has an-
nounced a $125 million
temporary home -heating
assistance program,
designed to help' an. esti-
mated 1.4 million senior citi-
zens and low income families
pay their higher heating bills
over the next three years.
It is estimated that by 1984,
the average home owner will
have to pay an extra $440 a
year for oil, or about $205 for
natural gas. The program
will apply to all senior citi-
zens in the province, and to
families earning less than
$6,000 in taxable income. On-
tario Treasurer Frank Miller
said theprogram is intended
"to cushion shock,' not ab-
sorb it on a long-term basis".
Opposition spokesmen say it
doesn't go nearly far enough
for low income families,
some of whom will qualify
for no more than $10
assistance in tlfirst year. '
FOAM INSULATION
• TESTING
The heath ministry will
undertake a program to test
all homes in the province
which were fitted with urea
formaldehyde foam insula-
tion. Health Minister Dennis
Timbrell has announced that
the province will tag on its
testing with asimilar federal
government project, to begin
during the summer. Ottawa
banned the use of urea
formaldehyde earlier this
year after studies showed
that the material might be a
health hazard.
Mr. Timbrell also said the
Government would continue
to press the federal govern-
ment to compensate con-
sumers who purchased the
Towne Players present
,plays at town hall
The Wingham Towne
Players presented an en-
joyable prograni of' drama
and` music last week at the
town hall. •
The group staged two one- '
act plays as well as a. four -
act comedy. The F. E.•Madill
Drama Club also presented a
play from its spring
' production. There were
performances Thursday,
Friday and Saturday
evening.
Joan Black. • and Dale
Edgar portrayed a coupleat
odds in the openone-act
comedy called "Fishing
Hat". The play was from the
Ethel and Albert corhedy
series.
• Next, the Madill Drama
Club paralleled courting
habits of 1931 and 1981 in
`.`Present -Day Courtship".
Alice Vanderklippe and
Paul Craig portrayed the
would-be lovers in the 1931
sequence, , with Lizann
Morrison and Kevin
Wamsley in the'modern-day
scene.
Singer -guitarist Phil Main,
formerly, of Goderich, en-
tertained the audience with a
variety of music from soft
l?alads to rollicking country
tunes. He performed songs
by Harry Chapin, John
Denver and an outrageous
composition of his own. •
The .action 'moved at a
steady pace. in the one -act
thriller "Heat 'Lightning",
featuring Nancy Laing; Ian
Deslauriers and Sandy
Thomson. .
Mrs. Laing portrayed a
young woman who was
witness'to murder 'and. was
convincing in her fright.
Ian. Deslauriers played a
helpful stranger who tried to
calm the distraught woman
JOAN BLACK AND DALE EDGAR portrayed Ethel
and Albert in last week's Towne Players' production
at the town hall. -The group presented three plays and
the F. E. Madill drama club presented the play "Pres-
ent -Day Courtship". Joan and Dale were in "Fishing
Hat" a comedy which pegged a man against his wife
in the battle over a dusty, but beloved, old fishing hat.
THE F. E. MADILL DRAMA CLUB presented
"Present Day Courtship", at the Towne Players' pro-
duction held last week at the town hall. The students
had presented the play earlier this year at the high
school. Starring in "Present -Day Courtship" were
Alice Vanderklippe, Lizann Morrison, Paul Craig and
Kevin Wamsley.
HEAT LIGHTNING—The Wingham Towne Players presented the play "HeatLightning", a one -act thriller, at last week's production In the town hall. Ian Des-
lauriers, Nancy Laing and Sandy Thomson starred in the play. The group pre-
sented one other one -act play and a play In four acts as well. The high school
drama club presented the play "Present-Da'y Courtship" from Its spring produc-
tion.
and Sandy Thomson played a
rather rude and loud man
waiting fora bus.
The scene took place in a
bus depot and the thunder
and lightning effects were
well done. The suspense built
to an unexpected twist en-.
ding.
After a 15 minute in-
termission the Towne
PP'ayers returned with a four -
act comedy entitled "Beast
of a Different Burden".
Louanna Alexander stole
the show With her portrayal
of the klutzy . Gladys, a
woman so desperate to find a
husband that she falls in love
with a hy and retiring
Shy
vampire, played by Ian
Deslauriers.
Despite a rather . disap-
pointing audience, the
evening's entertainment was
enjoyable. The play was
well -advertised but perhaps
was held at a time of the year
when people find the town
hall too stuffy and would
rather spend an evening
outdoors or at the beach.
The. Towne Players will
present a one -act play called
"Big Annie" July 16 at the
\arena in conjunction with the
Western Hoedown talent
show.' It will be a western
farce with an all female cast.
foam, which was originally
approved by the Canada
Mortgage and Housing Cor-
poration. He rejected some
claims by the New Demo-
cratic Party that the pro-
vince is also responsible for
the use of foam insulation.
Anyone who wishes to have
their home tested should,
contact their local' medical]
officer of health for
assistance. The health min-
ister said that not all local
health units would have the
equipment, but that lists of
pi'ople wishing the tests
would be made up and facili-
ties made available.
BANCROFT DUMPSITE
A 2,958 name petition pro-
testing against the dumping
of radium -contaminated soil
in Faraday Township has
been presented to the On-
tario Legislature, following a
meeting at which more than
400 area residents voiced
disapproval of the decision of
the Ontario Government to
allow the Atomic Energy
Control Board to move the
contaminated soil from
Scarborough backyards to
the Madawaska mine site
near Bancroft.
Happy Canada Day to
everyone as we mark. the
114th birthday of Canada on
July 1st.
•
TE EI NG AEF—Ray RochonoffhgWingham Kinsman
Club prepares to drive off the tee during the annual
service clubs' golf tournament. Kinsmen, Lions and
Optimists took part in the friendly event held at the
Wingham Golf and Curling Club last Thursday.
LADIES' INVITATIONAL winners June 24 at the Wingham. Golf and Curling
Club were Irene Nugent of Walkerton with the low gross and Ursula Wallis of Kin-
cardine with the low net. Dianne Simpson of the club executive .made the
presentation. ,I .
Stinson clan
has reunion
On Sunday, June 21, the
Harriston-Minto Auditorium
was the scene of a happy
gathering of descendants of
the late James and Harriet
Stinson. The" event is tradi-
tionally held on Father's
Day.
President Jean Stinson
and secretary Joan
(Burrows) Rajballie re-
gistered the relatives as they
arrived. A family tree and
many family pictures
gathered by Rev: John W.
Stinson were on display for
all to enjoy.
During the afternoon,
young and old shared in the
games, races, and other
sporting activities led by
Robert' and Lynn Nesbitt,
John Raymond, and Jamie
Robertson,
At 5 p.m., relatives
gathered around the dinner
tables and joined in singing
the;grace "Be Present at Our
Table, Lord". Everyone then
enjoyed a buffet supper
served by Leigh and Jackii
Ziegler, Robert and Susan
Thackeray, and Ron and
Mary Ellen Woodisse.
After dinner various mem-
bers of the family brought
greetings from absent rela-
tives. Sending their love
from distant places were:
Rev. Mark and Patty Aitchi-
son of Plenty, Sask., Dr.
Dora Ann Stinson of Halifax,
N.S., Bert and Gertrude Hill
of California, David and
Heather (Binns) Stinson also
sent greetings from their
nursery in Oshawa. David
and Heather are rarely ever
absent from this reunion.
The youngest additions to
the clan were Rebecca, born
to Mary Ann and Larry
Binning on April 29 and
Ryan, son of John and Jo-
anne Richardson, who de-
lighted all when he entered
this world on May 28, his
grandpa, Tom Richardson's
birthday.
The family was reminded
of the recent and untimely
deaths, of two young rela-
tives. Sympathy went out to
Mary Beth (Jewell) on the
loss of her husband Gerald
Darlington, and also to the
family • of the late Jim
Thackeray, son of Gladys
and the late Geordie
Thackeray of Saskatchewan.. •
After enjoying piano selec-
tions by young Don Aitchison
and Bill Raymond, the
family all joined in singing
"My Wild Irish Rose", ac-
companied by Wyn Overend
on piano. This is the favorite
song. of her mother, Mrs.
Grace Ziegler, who. although
not present. was in the
thoughts of all.
A prize was given to the
eldest relative, and this was
shared by Austin and Ethel
Stinson of Fordwich, while
Warner and Gloria (Ziegler)
Tomlinson, were rewarded
for having travelled the
farthest. They live in Minden
and are faithfully present
every year al the reunion.
R. W. Bell
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