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The Blyth Standard, 1975-07-09, Page 1tie Inside BLYTH, ONTARIO PRICE: 20 CENTS VOLUME 85 • NO. 28 WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1975. Included inside, special souvenir Issue of opening of Blyth Summer Festival Council Okays oiling to cut dust Blyth streets should be well-oiled by this weekend, says Blyth clerk Larry Walsh. Mr. Walsh said Tuesday morning following the regular Monday night council meeting that arrangements have been made to oil the streets on Thursday or Friday once the streets have been properly graded. The decision to oil the streets was made after a delegation at the Monday night council meeting complained about the dust problem. Councillors explained that they had made a decision earlier this year to apply liquid calcium cloride to streets rather than flake because they had been told it would work much better. it was supposed to penetrate better and last longer, councillor Howson said. But the treatment literally went down the drain when the company applying the treatment arrived in Blyth just after one cloudburst and just before another. The treatment never really had a chance to settle in. So the dust problem is so bad that many people never realized that streets had been treated at all. Del Philp was one of those at the council meeting, asking that some treatment be applied to the alley behind the stores which gets heavy traffic. He was informed that the alley had been treated at the same time as all the streets. lasted much longer. Mr. Walsh explained the cost was one and half times the cost of calcium chloride but Mrs. Tasker felt it was worth it in the long run. Later in the meeting council decided that it would have to retreat the streets and authorized Mr. Walsh to order the streets oiled if oil was available at a reasonable price. Tuesday morning Mr. Walsh found it was. In other business, council agreed to see if Marathon Realty would transfer the lease for land near the C.P.R. tracks frons Archie Montgomery to the village council. It if will, council agreed to purchase the coal shed of Mr. Montgomery for $250 for use for storage of sand and gravel in winter and other storage uses. Council found out it could like it or lump it on rental for the room used for the library in Blyth. Council had objected when the Huron County Library cut. its own rent for the room from $600 a year to $500. The Library simply told council that's all it would pay. Another likely costly project is on the way with a drain needed to drain the proposed site of the senior citizens apartments. The Ministry of Transport and Communications is to meet with council on the matter. A three year agreement was signed with the Blyth Pony Club allowing use of the Grandpa and mother greet the local priest in a scene from Mostly in Clover which opened Mrs. Jean Tasker urged to look at the park. A similar agreement is to be drawn Wednesday night at Memorial Hall as the first production of the Blyth Summer Festival Ron use of oil in the future because from her up with the Huron Pioneer Hobby and Swartz, Angie Guy and Gord Bradley star in the scene from Harry J. Boyle's books about life experience near her cottage she felt it Thresher Association. in Huron county. -.staff photo. Farm Show The immensely popular Farm Show is returning to Blyth on Sunday. The show was created by the actors of Theatre Passe Muraille after living in the Holmesville-Clinton area for several weeks three years'ago. The show went on to be a subsequent International hit, pleasing audiences not only in Toronto and a subsequent tour of this area, but in the eastern United States and western Canada. The play. was made into a rather disappointing television show by C.B.C. this winter but now people have a chance to see the real thing. The play was revived for the summer season at Petrolia at the opera house there and is coming to Blyth as a benefit performance to help raise funds for the Blyth Summer Festival. There may . be a Couple celebrate 50 years marriage Saturday, July 5, 1975 proved to be an few changes since the play was reworked action -packed day at the home of Mr. and for Petrolia but many of the familiar scenes Mrs. Bev Beaton of Blyth. such as the haying scene are bound to be in Their house was decked with ribbons, it still. • bells, streamers and beautiful home-grown The show was in Blyth two years ago roses. A stunning three -tiered cake with where it played to a packed house in the pink rosettes caught all eyes as the guests basement of Memorial Hall because the entered the living room. What was the upstairs was unusuable at the time. special occasion? Dorothy and Bev were Director Paul Thompson said at the time he celebrating their golden wedding anniver- hoped to be back when the theatre was in' :aryl use. He leater used the theatre for It all began on July 4, 1925 in Hensall, rehearsals for 1837, The Farmers Revolt Ontario when Beverley Beaton and but this will be the first time he has Dorothy Green were wed. The attendants actually presented a production on stage. of 50 years ago were Miss Pearl Beaton, sister of the groom, and Mr. Bill Green, Curtain time is 2 p.m. Tickets may be reserved in advance by calling the theatre brother of the bride. The anniversary festivities were made all the more box office or will likely be available at the boor, pleasurable by their attendance. Following their marraige, the happy couple resided in Detroit for six years. During this time Bev was employed by the railroad. Later, they made a decision to return to Canada and so made their home in Seaforth where Bev became an employee in a bakery. In 1946, the industrious couple decided to go into business for themselves, Thus, for 11 years they operated a successful bakery in Goderich. At this time, they moved to Hensall where they carried on the "baking business" until 1973. They, retired at that time and came to reside in Blyth where they have made many friends. The numerous cards and gifts received by the couple remind us of the high esteem in which they are held in this community. Approximately 150 guests from Blyth and other areas attended. The bell will toll not tomorrow The bell on Memorial Hall will likely ring again sometime, but not likely too soon. Councillor William Howson is in charge of looking into an automatic system to ring the bell since councillors agreed that it was just too expensive to have someone ring the bell twice a day. Clerk -treasurer Larry Walsh explained • that for him to ring the bell it means many problems since he's often tied up with someone in the office or on the telephone when 12 o'clock comes and can't get away. It's no sense ringing the bell at five minutes after, he said. Jing Warwick had been ringing the bell again, but before his illness last year and before the old bell tower was taken down. But to do this, public works chief Bill Buchanan explained, it meant shutting down work at least 15 minutes early in order to be at the Hall in time and missing the first few minutes of work in the afternoon. This, Councillor Howson noted, was costing a good deal of money over the year. So council voted to look into an automated system for the bell. In other business, building permits were issued to Larry Bolger and Falconer brothers for houses and to Don Ritichie for a shed. Visitors from as far away as Detroit, Toronto and Florida and from as near as Goderich, Mitchell, Grand Bend, Exeter, Seaforth, Hensall, London, Millbank and Listowel were present. The day was made especially meaningful by the presence of Bev and Dorothy's two sons: Beverley and tonald. Naturally a celebration such as this requires many helpers. In the afternoon, Mrs. Joan Beaton greeted the guests and had them sign the register, which will serve as a precious reminder of the day. Mrs. Wes Green and Mrs. Dorothy -Milliken assisted by pouring tea. Those serving sandwiches and cookers were Mrs. Pearl Koechler, Mrs. Marie Green and Mrs. ,Marg Radford. When the festivities recommenced in the evening, Mrs. Ruth Stewart received the visitors at the door. Mrs. Pat Sporting and Miss Isabet'Fox poured the tea while Mrs. Fran Campbell and Mrs. Marge McNall graciously served the lunch. Those who aided in the kitchen for the day were Mrs. Dorothy Gwyn, Mrs. Betty Bowes, Mrs. Connie Bromley and Miss Maxine Bowes. During the supper hour, the relatives of the couple were treated to a delicious banquet of kentucky fried chicken which was tremendously enjoyed by all. To top off the happy day, the couple received congratulatory messages from Prime Minister Trudeau, Governor- General Leger, Robert Stanfield, Robert Nixon, Bob McKinley and Murray Gaunt. in addition, a commemorative scroll from the Ontario Government was presented to them; Federation of Agriculture wants to beat brucellosis Huron County Federation of Agriculture last week adopted a resolution to try to halt the spread of brucellosis, a growing problem in the area. The resolution was sponsored by Stan Zurbrigg of Howick township because of the number of cases of the high-contageous disease in nearby Wellington county. Five herds, he explained had gone down with the disease on one milk route and there was the suspicion that the disease may have been spread by the milk truck. The resolution calls for foot baths for all personel visiting dairy barns and for a bath for trucks to pass their wheels through to disinfect them. A second resolution was passed asking Ontario Federation of Agriculture to look into liability clauses in utility contracts to try to limit the liability of farmers to wilful damage, The resolution resulted when farmers involved in hydro power lines found they were liable for damages to hydro towers on their property and began to worry that theymight be held responsible for losses caused if they knocked over the tower and cut off power to a large portion of the population. Insurance companies contact- ed, including Lloyds of London were uncertain enough of the legalities involved that they refused to quote a cost for insurance to Over such a possibility. The resolution extended the investigation not only to hydro lines but to other utilities. Smile A doctor's new secreta -y was having 'trouble with his notes on a case which read: "Shot in the lumbar region," Completely frustrated she finally figured it out and typed on the report: "Wounded in the woods," PG. 2. THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9. 1975. Squirts continue... their winning ways The Blyth squirts played Belmore on June 18 in Blyth. Blyth took an early lead, and never looked back, the game ended 22 to 8 in favour of Blyth. On June 25 the Blyth squirts played Formosa in Blyth. This was a closely played game until the last of the sixth inning with the bases loaded Bryan Westburg hit a triple to break the ball game wide open. The Blyth boys went on to win 18 to 10. On July 2 the Teeswater Squirts played in Blyth. The Blyth boys were playing very good ball and were leading Teeswater 12 to Info meeting An inforniation session in connection with the 1978 inter- national Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show to be held in Huron County at the farm of James Armstrong, Wingham will be hcid at Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton on July 15 at 8:30 p.m. 4 until the first of the seventh inning when Teeswater came back and scored eight runs to tie the ball game. In the last of the seventh inning Daryl Chalmers walked and scored on an overthrow to second and Blyth won the ball game 13 to 12. On July 3 the Blyth squirts played the strong Ripley team. The Blyth boys just couldn't get going and were trailing the Ripley boys by the score of 21 to 7 at the middle of the seventh inning. Blvth never gave up and fought back with 16 runs in the last half of the seventh inning to win the game 23 to 21. In this wide open inning Rick Scrimgeour had a three run triple, and two run double. Bruce Flunking had a two run homer. it was sure nice to see so many fans out to cheer the boys on to their victory over Ripley. The boys have played seven games to date and have won six and lost one. Decorators'. take first The Lawrie Decorators took over first place in the Blyth industrial Softball League with two victories in the past week, On Tuesday, July 1 the Decorators downed the Mann- ing's Lumber Kings 31 to 5. Robbie Lawrie, Wayne Coultes, and Dale Tasker led the Decora- tors hitting attack. Wayne McDougall homered the Lumber Kings. In the second game the Atlas Raw Hides defeated the Rad - ford's Gravel Giants 20 to 14 in a Donnybrook BY MRS. CHARLES JEFFERSON The 4th meeting of 4-H Garden Club, "P's & Q's of Gardening", was the name that the Club decided on, was held Thursday 11:30 at the East Wawanosh Park. The meeting opened with the 4-H pledge then the roll call was answered by all the members We continued with our discussion on material and talked about our Home assignment also. The meeting was then closed by our leader. place game which went nine innings. Atlas jumped into a early lead only to have Radford's tie the game in the seventh inning. Gary Hessciwood's ninth inning double drove home the winning run. On Sunday, July 6 the Lumber Kings defeated the Raw Hides 11 to 3. Wayne McDougall ptiched a strong game for Manning's and aided his own cause with a home run. In the second game the Decorator's defeated the Gravel Giants 11 to 8. Dick Chalmer's two -out three -run homer in the seventh inning proved to be the game winning bit, The Decora- tor's got a good pitching performance from Don Stewart who also homered. This Sunday, July 13 Lawrie's play Radford's at 7:00. At 8:30 Atlas play Manning's. 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Phone 357.1224 Phone 357-1224 Help your Heart... Help your Heart Fund. Fred Lawrence Electrical Contractor HOME, FARM AND COMMERCIAL WIRING PHONE AUBURN 526.7505. J.E. LONGSTAFF Optometrist 20 Isaac Street - Clinton BY APPOINTMENT ONLY At Clinton, Monday only 9:00 - 5:30 At Seaforth, Tues., Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 9:00.5:30 LARRY'S RADIO & TV. SALES & SERVICE BLYTH 523-9640 IELECTROHOMEI BP GENERAL REPAIRS OF ALL TYPES TOWING SERVICE 24 HOURS A DAY GRIFFITH'S BP Myth 52? -4S01 523.9635 GORE'S HOME HARDWARE Hardware, . Gifts, Philips T.V. & Stereo & Westing- house appliances. WARD UPTIGROVE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS J.C. WARD C.A. R.E. UPTIGROVE C.A. LISTOWEL ONT. 291-3040 LYLE YOUNGBLUT OIL BURNER SALES & SERVICE "Your Oil Heating Contractor" BLYTH ONTARIO PHONE 523-9585 ELLIOTT REAL ESTATE AGENCY Gordon Elliott, Broker R. John Elliott, Salesman PHONES: Blyth Office 523-4481 Res. 523-4522 or 523-4323 `WANTED Listings on Farms, Homes and Businesses DOREEN'S BEAUTY SHOPPE STYLING TINTING CUTTING & COLD WAVES . DOREEN McCALLUM Phone Blyth 523.4511 OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THIS SPACE IS RESERVED FOR YOU onion OLD MILL IN BLYTH Factory Outlet Bainton Limited, Blyth Mon. to Thurs. - 9.6 Sat. • 9.6 Fri. • 9-9 Sun. • 1-6 WOOL AND LEATHER PRODUCTS. YOUR CHOICE FROM ONE OF THE LARGEST INVENTORIES ON THIS . CONTINENT. • Telephone 623.9666 Report from Queen's Park BY MURRAY GAUNT, M.P.P. (HURON -BRUCE( A 90 day freeze has been implemented on the prices of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane and home heating oil until October 1st, announced the Premier William Davis in the House this week. During the prize freeze in Ontario, a one-man royal commis• 5100 will be established to examine price levels, hear argu- ments from the oil companies and recommend to the Provincial Government whal it should do after the freeze. This stove will lix wholesale and retail prices in the province at the levels that were charged on June 23rd, federal budget night, plus the excise tax of 10 cents a gallon imposed by the new budget. '1'o uphold the freeze the Petroleum Products Price Freeze Act was given first reading in the legislature this week and it provides for fines of up to $25,000 for corporations, and up to $2,000 iIOWSON•i OXTON for company officers or directors convicted of raising prices, St. Andrew's Presbyterian as the dress. refusing to supply information or Church, Wingham was decorated Miss Jeanette MacDonald of knowingly supplying false infor- with bouquets of yellow daisies Wingham was the staid of mation to the province. placed in candlcahr•as for the honour% iBridesmaids were Miss As the province does not have a evening wedding Saturday, June Marlene Jamieson, Miss I3arb lot of inspectors to enforce the 7 of Bruce Howson and Candice Skins and Miss Susan Foxton, all proposed law Mr. Davis said .,the Foxton. of Wingham. They wore matching history of this kind of Iegislatioh •I'he groom is the son of Mr. wide -brimmed hats and carried has been that it's sort of enforced and Mrs. Fred Howson oI' Blyth baskets of yellow daisies. by the consumers." and the bride, the daughter of Groomsman was Wayne Mc Liberal Leader Robert Nixon Mrs. Connie Foxton and the late Dougall of Blyth and ushers were supported the Ontario Govern - John Fusion of Wingham, Doug Howson, Blyth, Steve ment's90-day gasoline and fuel Howson, 13lyth and Bob Crawlo-''iU Rev. Robert I1. Armstrong and oil price freeze, but said Rev. Barry Passmore officiated at rd, Winghant' should be extended into the Special guests at the wedding winter season to help offset home the double -ring ceremony. Mr. ' Frank Collar was the soloist and were the groom's grandparents, heating costs Mr. Frank Howson and Mrs. Mr. Nixon also asked Mr. Davis e organist was Mrs. Cora Annie Orvis and the Bride's Robertson. in the House if he has any real grandmother, Mrs. Margaret concern about energy prices that The bride wore a white satin f-oxton of Wingham• he prevent Ontario Hydro's gown with high neckline, long The reception was held in the proposed rate increases of almost slim sleeves trimmed with lace Wingham Legion Hall. Following 30 percent, being reviewed by the and a chapel train. A juliet cap the wedding trip to Calgary, Ontario energy board. held her elbow -length veil which Alberta, the couple took up *** was trimmed with the sante lace residence in Blyth. From the Minister's study Alcohol: Liquid death BY REV. FRED CARSON Man by his very nature knows that the happy fulfilled contented and exciting life is something to be sought. This, 1 believe, can be understood most vividly in terms of the consumption of alcohol in the contemporary world of which the Blyth community is certainly a part. In seeking the better life, we look far too often to this most damaging of all the world's resources, when problems or difficulties arise, an alarming number of persons look for a solution in the one product which is destructive above all others including war. On T.V. and radio, we listen to young men and women having what appears to be the greatest time of their lives, while clutching a bottle of their favourite beer. It seems that all is beautiful; nothing could match the excitement of getting together over a "few" hews: Man, this is life! The advertisement, however, only tells one side of the story. It never mentions that over 50 percent of all automobile accidents are caused by alcohol • that people are dying daily from disease directly related to alcohol (the most common of which is sclerosis of the liver). Nothing is said about the number of homes literally destroyed by alcohol - both in terms of divorce and emotional upheavals. To many, alcohol is a crutch substituting for some inability to cope with every day life. At the best of times, it is a producer of false courage, causing the individual to do and say things which he normally could not. It is a sad situation when one has become a slave to something which drastically changes their whole personality and literally kills thousands in Canada each year. A situation which is evident in our own community. It is obvious to me that there is a very real problem in this community and to think otherwise is to be blinded to the reality of life, Believe it or not, individuals in Blyth are suffering from the abuse of alcohol, lives are being destroyed (marriages are coming to an end and the existence of emotional problems, especially in children, is a sad fact. There is only one hope for this society and this community and that is to be found in the one who truly solves problems and who gives us the ability to cope with life generally. To love Jesus Christ is to love LIFE. No matter what problems you may have - none is too difficult or too 1 Ifof hwhok 1 THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975, PG. 3. SUNDAY, JULY 3 SPECIAL SPEAKER Don Hi of Rowland Hill Shoes London PLUS Special ' usic 8:00 M. Huron •n's Chapel AUBURN .r... r(.p._ EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING CHURCH OF GOD McConnel Street, Blyth CHURCH SERVICE: 11 a.m. The Ontario Government anno- , ; THE ANGLICAN CHURCH unced a programme to stabilize' / income to producers of beef OF CANADA calves, and the plan will REV. FRED H. CARSON guarantee producers 50 cents al : TRINITY CHURCH, BLYTH - 9:30 a,n1. hundredweight for stocker calves j I ST. JOHN'S, BRUSSELS • 11:00 a.m. this year. This guarantee is for 1 -115th anniversary, preacher: the first year of a five-year beef I 1 REV. NORMAN ELLIS calf income stabilization program- • me but the government says the ST. MARK'S, AUBURN • 9:30 ant1. plan "must not be viewed as a TRINITY, BELGRAVE 11:00 am guaranteed income scheme, cath-? THE UNITED CHURCH' i er it is a plan to stabilize the income of beef calf producers" OF CANADA High lot prices in Ontario THE REV. CECIL. L. WITTICII 1. Government sponsored Home I • SUNDAY SCHOOL (Open Session) 1. Ownership Made Easy projects 1 P 1. are under investigation, accord- 9:50 a.m. COMMUNION SERVICE -11 a.m. ing to Housing Minister Donald "0 COME, LET US WORSHIP" 1. Irvine. Mr. Irvine said sonic I i people taking part in the project i CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH � are finding themselves unable to 1 purchase the land on which their WORSHIP SERVICE -10 a.m. homes arc built. SCRIPTURES: MT, 11.16-30 1. Mr. Irvine is going to make a . SERMON: "THE YOKE OF THE 1 policy statement in two weeks GOSPEL" 1. which will determine how fair i WORSHIP SERVICE -2:30 p.m. market value is placed on lot 1 SCRIPTURES: l COR 10.14-22 • prices. *** i SERMON: "LIBERTY IN CHRIST" I\..�..�..�..�..�..�.. M..\ ..�..�.0 .. ..',..\ 60....00,..0.,.$0,..e.....•• ...60....•\.$0. •0 .0 •0. I Royal assent was given in the i W EST F I E L D FELLOWSHIP HOUR Legislature this week to 12 •; 1 bills,including legislation to prov- Special Speakers ide for the province's first � 't ombudsman. 1 Family Bible Study Hour -1 p.m. i • *** ,l Family Worship Service .2 p.nr. 1 Premier William Davis is faced with one of his toughest problems 1 INTERDENOMINATIONAL • ALL WELCOME 1 to appoint a new agriculture i .�..�.. �..�..,.. �.. .� ' minister. William Stewart, who T H E UNITED CHURCH has held this crucial cabinet post ' ( ' since 1961, suffered a heart attack OF CANADA on June 12th and is presently . recovering in a London hospital, 1 SERVICE FOR JULY / I but he is not expected to return to AUBURN, 10:30 a.m. 1 work for "quite some weeks". PASTOR MURDOCK MORRiSON i It is an accepted fact of DONNYBROOK - 9:15 a.m. 1 provincial politics that, just as the les unimportant for God to handle. you are one the seeks many -attorney general must be a(...'..."..'..'..'..'..'..'.,'.."-..—..�.....�.......S..�....�..,..�. the better life through alcohol, only to find its truly poisonous nature lawyer, the agricultural minister and desire to know the true meaning and purpose of your existence, if f must be a farmer., and speculat- 1 ST • MICHAELS I you're now a slave of booze but wish to be set free from it, turn to God ion at Queen's Park as to ROMAN CAT H'0 L I C CHURCH and receive true freedom. "If...the Son shall make you free, you shall Stewart's successor has centred be free indeed," (John 8:36). on three men - Environment ( FATHER JOSEPH F. HARDY1 The choice is ours. We can continue to wallow in the mire of this Minister William Newman, Rob- 1 ' ; world, or can be lifted out of it and know what purposeful existence ' at Eaton, agriculture parliamen- , Mass at Blyth every Sunday at 9 a.m.really means. Jesus calls each of us to "follow" him. How do you I tarn assistant, and Lorne Hendcr- 1 respond to that call? son, from Lambton. ..�.. „..„�„� „",,,,,,,..,.,,,,,.,,.,�„� PG. 4. THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. the • standard Editorials KEITH & JILL ROULSTON, Co -Publishers Published every Wednesday at Queen St., Blyth, Ont. -Subscription rates (in advance) • Canada, $8.00 Outside Canada, $10.00 Single copies: 20 cents Authorized as second class mail by Canada Post Office. Registration number 1319. Box 10, Blyth, Ontario. Telephone 523.9646. Women's Year conference fizzles When the United Nations declared 1975 International Women's Year the highlight was supposed to be the conference held in Mexico recently. Some highlight. How, for instance, can a conference dealing with the problems of women elect a man as chairman? But it did. And like nearly every international conference, the women's conference got so bogged down in extraneous political propaganda that it didn't come near dealing with the real issues. Somehow the Arab•Isreali War managed to get into the picture. Somehow Russia managed to use the conference as a platform for influence. And the conference got involved in the differential between the industrialized countries and the third world countries and the need to redistribute wealth. Of all the issues this final one seems the most legitimate. Probably nothing became clearer at the conference than the difference between the haves and the have nots. Fashionable North American feminists like Germain Greer and Gloria Steinem went to the conference seeking to find solutions to what they consider the problems of women today. These problems seemed a little trivial, however in comparison with the problems of the women of the third world who are facing near slave -labour conditions and who more than likely can't even read and write. Once again we see that even those who feel hard used in our society are immensely well off compared to the people of the poor nations. Socialist advocates safe Listening to the noises emanating from the New Democratic Party national convention in Winnipeg it would seem the answer to all our problems is ending capitalism. Every time you turn around some speaker or other was urging the party to stick it to big business. The operative word of course in the parlance of the socialists is "big". They are careful not to take a smack at little business, that friendly, guy next door type who is one of the myths of our society, The truth is, of course, that every time some socialist action puts the pinch on big business, it's the little businessman who yells. Whenever tough regulations are clamped on business, the big corporations can afford to live with them, The cost of the regulations, however, often puts the litte guy out of business. It's ironic to hear the speakers at the N.D.P. convention cry the hardships of the modern little man in Canada. The speakers inevitably form one of about three segments of our society: the union movement, fat on the wages which they have squeezed from employers (who have then raised the prices of our goods to cover the additional costs); the intelligentsia, led by professors, teachers and writers who are supported by our tax money; and women, nearly all of whom are women who come from one of the two above categories. These people are able to go to their convention and say such strong things about the evils of capitalism, either directly through pay cheques or indirectly through taxes paid by capitalists to support. schools etc. One wonders if these people had to go out and risk their own money in a business of their own, if they had to actually spend 10-12 hours a day like most businessmen do, if they would have either the time or the inclination to trot out to Winnipeg to spout socialist propaganda? Another home abandoned Those were the days 5 years ago WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1970. The stage is set for the big donkey baseball game here on Thursday night, The Lions have announced a few of their starters and several wives have been included in the line-up. The list is headed by Mac and Brenda Brooks, Ken and Heather Rotz, Harold Gross, Chuck -a -boo Charlie Crawford, Rudy Leibold, Robbie Lawrie, Graham Jackson and they are backed up by Bruce and Ula Richmond. The Auburn half of the Auburn-Londesboro All Stars will include Bill Crawford, Tom Trontmer, Harry Arthur, Tom Haggitt, Sam Beadle and John Seers. The Londesboro crew is not devulging their line-up and apparently some surprises are in store. A very enjoyable social evening was held in the Walton Public School Thursday, June 25 •to honor Mrs. Harvey Robertson on her retirement as she had spent the past 13 years teaching in the Walton School. Many of her former pupils were present to share this happy occasion and everyone was asked to sign a guest book. Mrs. Robertson said she would certainly miss the friendship of the pupils and teachers as the past 13 years . had been enjoyable, but she would have many happy memories of her stay in Walton. 20 years ago WEDNESDAY, JULY 13,1955 The annual Decoration Service for Blyth Union Cemetery will be held on Sunday, July 24, at 3 p.m, in the charge of Mr. Bren deVries of Blyth. Street paving in the village was completed last Friday and the village now has an excellent mile of permanently surfaced street, that adds greatly to the town's appearance, particularly so if you take your car and go for a drive on the new road. A large and enthusiastic crowd of Orangemen and well-wishers joined in a most successful 12th of July celebration in Blyth on Reader lauds Ann's answer to atheist DEAR ANN LANDERS: I wish to comment on your response to the avowed atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Your answer was replete with the wisdom of the ages. It was balanced, sane, sensible, beauti- fully worded and nonjudgmental. I admired your restraint, especial ly when Mrs. O'Hair said you were "offending a helluva lot of people day in and day out" by operating under the false assum- ption that everyone in the world believes in God, As you said, many atheists are decent, upright people, entitled to hold their views without being persecuted or harassed. 1 hope those atheists will forgive me if I say, "God bless you, Ann." •- Mr. John • T. of Memphis. DEAR FRIEND: Thanks for those kind words. And now may I say something to my readers? I hereby take an oath on daughter's life that 1 do not now know and have never known Mr, John T. of Memphis and that his letter, as it appears in this column, is exactly as he wrote it. So help me God. DEAR ANN LANDERS: Did you know that Governor Hugh Carey of New York has voluntarily cut his salary ten percent and is donating these funds to the Roswell Park Memorial Institute for Cancer Research in Buffalo, New York, as a token of his interest in cancer research? Cancer victims like . myself would be grateful if you would tell your readers about it. Perhaps it will inspire them to write to their governors, urging them to give more state funds to cancer research and establish centers in those states where there are medical schools. We are hearing and reading a great deal about the promising leads in the fight against this dreaded killer. The sooner these leads can be pursued the sooner cancer will be conquered, so let's not waste precious time, Please, Ann, ask your readers to write to Governor Hugh Carey, Albany, N.Y., and thank him. It might be an inspiration to the governors all over the' United States. -- Cancer Victim In Manhattan DEAR FRIEND: Thank you for letting me know about Governor Carey's act of generosity. Did you know that last March Governor Carey lost his wife to cancer at the age of 49 and was left with 12 children? 1 hope the other 49 governors will not wait for an incentive so close to home before they take your suggestion seriously. DEAR ANN LANDERS: Several of us would like to have a smoking lounge for students in our high school next fall. We think it is unfair that teachers should have lounges and we have to smoke outside. Naturally, we are all very eager to read what you have to say. -- Cool Hand Luke DEAR LUKE: When you see what I have to say, I don't think you'll be so eager. Although some high schools have already instituted smoking lounges, I'm opposed to.the idea. Such schools, in my opinion, condone and encourage student smoking. For those high schools that provide smoking rooms I suggest the walls be decorated with pictures of lung - cancer victims -- during the final days of their lives. *** Are your parents too strict? Hard to reach? Ann Lander's booklet, "Bugged By Parents? How to Get More Freedom," could help you bridge the gener- ation gap. Send 50 cents in coin with your request and a long, stamped, self-addressed envelo- pe to Ann Landers, P.O, Box 1400, Elgin, 111. 60120. ©Copyright 1975 Field Enterpr- ises, Inc. Tuesday. It was the 265th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, and the celebration here was all the more jubilant due to the fact that the host lodge Blyth L.U.L. No. 963 was also observing its 100th anniversary. Haying progressed favourably during the past week. Dry weather still prevails, rain is badly needed. Cutting of wheat started in the south end of the County this week and other spring grains are commencing w turn colour. Milk flow has dropped off considerably and in some cases dairy ,herds arc being put on supplementary feeding. Work on two new residential dwellings on Dinslcy Street is . progressing favourably. The exterior work on William Radford's dwelling is nearing completion. Mrs. Myrtle Young- blut, who recently purchased the former bowling green property from the Corporation, is proceed- ing to build and the basement work is completed. Letter to the editor DEAR EDITOR - What kind of a society are we in? Last night, (July 4) everyone and I mean everyone was awa1rened to one heck of a noise at around 1:30 of a car or cars going up Queen Street at an awful rate. This wasn't the first time it has happened, but last night was DIFFERENT! It was the worst it has ever been. If the smart A ---S think it is smart, they need to be in Goderich Ontario Hospital. Residents.Af Blyth need not put up with 'disturbances. 'disturbances, The O.P.P. are. around in the early part of the evening and never around at the ungodly times when .we are disturbed from our slumbmjf the per'son(s) read this article I hope they realize they are the talk of the country -side and the talk is nothing to be proud of. All Saturday morning people were speaking of the racket which went on. Something must be done, before it is too late - IT IS TOO LATE WHEN AN INNOCENT CORPSE LIES ON THE STREET! Yours truly, One of the Concerned Residents lSum.ur r�rbinr MI6 Al I AN .AU Al I Lord's Supper held Rev, Dcrwyn Dotkcn preached` his farewell sermon "The' Care and Feeding of Ministers" on Sunday, .lune 29, The Sacrament of the Lord's supper was observed with the following serving communion: Graeme Craig; Lan Wilbcc; Herb • Traviss; Ron Bennett; Harvey Walton personal notes Mrs. Russell Marks attended spent the weckcntl at the home of the 13ird•Voison wedding at Varna their parents, Mr, and Mrs, Don United Church and reception that McDonald and family, followed at the Clinton Legion, a Mr, and Mrs. Ron Bennett and week ago Saturday. - Joan and Mr. and Mrs, Gary Mr. and Mrs, Don Krick of Bennett spent the weekend with relatives in London where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Bennett's nephew, Murray Mcrk- Icy, 15, a week -ago Monday. Miss Christine Achilles return- ed hone after holidaying for the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry: Achilles and Debbie in Fergus, Mr, and Mrs. Donald Harris and family of Kingston spent the Hamilton spent the weekend at the home of the latter's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Cliff Ritchie. Miss Vera Gardner of 'Toronto visited with Mr, and Mrs, Campbell Wey and family of McKillop twp. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warwick of Owen Sound and . Neil McDonald of Toronto visited over the holiday weekend at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. ' weekend in the village, they Ken McDonald,. ; visited his father Jim Harris who Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Couper of Ottawa spent the holiday weekend with Mr. and 'Mrs. Harold McCallum. Mr. Earl Bell of London visited at the home of Don and Mrs. Achilles a week -ago Mr. and Mrs. Robert Humphri- es and family of London spent the holiday weekend at the home of the former parents, Mr, and Mrs. Stewart Humphries. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Achilles and Debbie visited over the long weekend at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Rollie Achilles and took in the centennial celebrations in Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. Murray McCall and baby daughter have moved into the Ken Beautty residence west of Winthrop. Miss Ann Clark and Mrs. Kathleen Danby visited recently in Toronto with relatives Mr. and Mrs. David Dunk, Darlene and David of Corunna visited Sunday with the former's mother, Mrs. Phyllis Dunk. Mrs. D.O. Bevan of Haberfield, Sydney, Australia and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Brown 'and little daughter Joanne of Guelph spent Dominion Day with Mr. and Mrs. Allan McCall. Mr. and Mrs. Toni Stevenson and Ronald also visited at the sank home. Misses Heather and Cathy McDonald who are employed at the Bell Telephone in London has been a patient in the Wingham and district hospital recovering from a stroke recently. Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Jim McDonald were Mrs. Henry Regan and Mr. Robert Lewis of Edmonton, Alberta and Miss Mabel Scott of Kindersley, Saskatewan. Mrs, Frank Johnston of Seafor- th visited over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Torrance Dundas. Lesley and Vince Coyler of Winnipeg, Manitoba are holiday- ing for the month of July at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Johnston visiting with their mother Mrs. Joyce Coyler. David Johnston also visited at the sane home. Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Leeming and family were: Mr, and Mrs. Stewart Watson of Dundas. Louise Murray, age 12, R.R.#4 Walton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murray, died as the result of injuries in a single car accident last Wednesday afterno- on cast of Winthrop. Her mother was driving the car and required hospitization. Mr, and Mrs. Emerson Mitch- ell, Doug and Neil were guests of Mrs. Lillian Beer, Hensall on Sunday. They also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Storey of Parkhill. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Cuthill of Seaforth also visited at the same homes. McClure and Don McDonald and ,lack McEwing.The children's story was "Be Fishes of Men," The introduction service for Rev, Ed Baker was held in Knox Church Moncricf on 'Thursday. evening, July 3, when many from the Walton church attended. Mr. Baker conducts first service at Duff's At the Sunday morning, July 6 service at Duff's United Church, Walton the new minister of the Walton Charge and Knox Moncr- ief, Mr. Baker chose as his sermon, "Again Pioneers". They co-operated, built a great land,he said, It is a challenge to make this a good world to pass on to our children, we need a vision today, we need courage to favour needs, we need to work hard to-gether. Cathy McGavin ` rendered a solo, "Keep the Bible in your heart" accompanied by Mrs. Neil McGavin at the piano. The offering was received by Alvin McDonald, Mac Sholdice and Doug Fraser. Next Sunday, July 13 there will be service as usual at both churches, Mr. Baker will be on vacation from July 15 to August 15 but expects to be in the area during the last two weeks of July, getting acquainted, and will be on call in case of emergencies, until the end of July. ONLY YOU CAN GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE! BE A REGULAR BLOOD DONOR THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. PG. 5. • FAN } CO-OP Fertilizer and • -OP Feed, -you wouldn't mix t m but let's combine them to help y of milk from every acre. Let's start with CO.OP fertilizer. F rtilization of forages establishes v;gorous plants and i proves winter survival of legumes. Applying the proper a alysis of CO.OP fertilizer every year boosts the total dig stible nutrients (TDN) you get from every acre of forage In fact, your livestock carrying capacity can often • ouble or triple and your return can be s much as $ for every $1 spent. Now add the proper CO- • ' Feed Ration to balance your forage for optimum prod ction of milk per acre. 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Mr. Robert Hibberd spent a few days last week in University Pork barbecue held About a hundred friends and relatives, from the Belgrave area and from London, Seaforth, Clinton, Brucefield, Whitechur- ch, Lucknow, Burlington and Oakville gathered at the hone of Murray and Joyce Vincent last Sunday afternoon to enjoy a pork barbecue and to extend their good wishes to Don and Carol Vincent before they leave for their new home in Moncton, New Bruns- wick. For the past two years Don has been employed by Auto Haulaw- ay at Talbotville and has now been promoted to office manager er at their Moncton terminal. Carol has worked in the Natural Science Library, U.W.O. for the past three years and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Webster of Whitechurch. Don is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vincent of Belgrave. Swinging Seniors to hear concert The Blyth Swinging Seniors entertained the Brussels Senior Citizens last week. There were 115 in attendance. Miss Susan Street led in a sing song. She delighted her audience with several numbers with which she accompanied herself on the guitar. Mrs. Harold Campbell and her granddaughters Miss Charlene Campbell and Miss Lori Campbell sang several numbers. Mr. Jim Lawrie entertained with several Scottish songs - Mrs. Del Philp was the accompaniment. Plans were discussed for a bus trip to the Pioneer village at Doon on July 23. It was decided that those wishing to go phone Mrs. Webster or Mr. Clarence Craw- ford before July 16. Everyone is to bring their own noon lunch. It was decided to go to hear the band concert in Goderich Park on Saturday July 20 instead of July 13 to allow members to attend the ' "Farm Show" in Blyth on the 13th. Cars will leave memorial hall at 4 p.m. Members to bring their own picnic supper. The social committee served a delicious lunch of strawberry shortcake. Hospital, London. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hibberd attended the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kennedy of Fordwick in Kurtzvil- le Community centre last Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Taylor of Sarnia visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor. They also attended the Memorial Service at Brandon Cemetery. Mr. Ronald Hibberd of Mild- may visited with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hibberd on Thursday evening.,. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Armstrong who celebrated their 55th wedding aniversary at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Craig of Bluevale. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Armstrong and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor were also present. Mr. and Mrs. John Byron of Brantford visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coultes and Mrs. Walter Scott. A Memorial Service was held at Brandon Cemetery on Sunday afternoon with a good attendance, The. service was conducted by Rev. John G. Roberts of Knox United Church. Mrs, George Procter accompa- nied for the hymns, on her accordian, Mrs. Laurence Taylor and Doreen, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson, Mr, and Mrs, Roy Robinson and Steven, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. John Philliou, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Robinson attended the wedding of Michael Coyue and Mary Giavnandrea in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Sarnia on Saturday. The reception was held in the Daute Club, Sarnia. Mr. and Mrs; Kenneth Rath of Massley called on Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coultes last Wednesday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs, Edgar Wightman visited on Saturday with Mr, and Mrs. Wayne Nichol of Brampton. Susan Nichol returned home with her grandparents for some holidays. Miss Ruth Ann Pletch spent last week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pletch before starting to work at the General Marine Hospital, Owen Sound. Visitors at the home of Mr, and Mrs. James Leishman on Sunday were Mr, and Mrs. Cliff Maynes of Lucky Lake, Sask., Mrs, Florence Maynes of Peterborou- gh, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Overend of Milton, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Garniss, RR 4, Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Barker, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baker of Goderich, and Mrs. James Leishman, Tracey and Trina, Mrs. Eric Williamson and baby Patricia. Mrs. Margaret Crich of Clint- on, Mr. and Mrs. Art Hallam, and Howard of Vanastra called on Mr. and Mrs. James Leishman on Sunday afternoon. Can 'LOB elp you? one • MR. WAYNE ROUNDING our representatives will be t W GHAM MOTEL, WINGHAM on t ' e 3rd Tuesday of each month [ ly 15th • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.1 Many businesses including : Agriculture • Manufacturing Tourism Construction • Professional Services • Transportation • Wholesale and Retail Trades, have obtained loans from IDB to acquire land, • buildings, and machinery; to increase working capital; to start a new business; and for other purposes. 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Things, he admits, have gone well for this first season. Oh there have been problems, there always are, but the project has come a long way in a short time. In March, after all, the Blyth Summer Festival was only an idea. It seemed hard to believe the season could even get off the ground. Yet it not only did, but it includes an original Canadian play, something many more experienced summer theatres haven't even tried. A big part of the reason things have gone so well, he says is the fantastic local interest that has grown up around the project. The support, both monetarily and in just moral support has brought a whole series ofsurprises, he says. His first surprise was the donation of money by Blyth village council to support the first season even ; though he knows local councils are usually pinched for financing these days. Then the plans of council to have a rededication of Memorial Hall to co-incide with opening night was also a happy surprise. And there have been many little things like the fact people keep dropping by with gifts of food for the actors. And the dedicated work of volunteers like Betty Battye and Linda Caldwell have really helped make things easier he says. Since there has been a good f deal of hard work to get the show ' on the raod. James has been working night and day, directing the original production of Mostly in Clover in the day time and looking after his many other duties as artistic director in the evenings and doing everything from scrounging equipment from other theatre groups to helping assemble sets and hang lights during whatever spare moment he can find. But just before opening, he seems surprisingly relaxed and confident. And probably he should be since he's doing what he wants to do. He has loved theatre since, his mother used to organize family skits for her family to perform at Christmas concerts when he was young. His first year of high school he saw a school produc- tion, his first real play, and thought "wow" and thereafter was hung up on theatre.. He'd moved around a fair amount with his family from their farm near Blyth where he was born to the Chatham area and then back to Clinton during the latter part of his high school years. He went straight to Waterloo Lutheran University out of Grade 12 but after a year switched to York University where he studied theatre arts. He was involved in summer theatre in Orillia for two years where the situation was some- what the sante as in Blyth. A group of students set up the summer theatre on an Opportuni- ties for Youth grant and they sort of "muddled" their way through organizing the theatre season. Things were a little easier in a way because they had their salaries guaranteed and the local little theatre provided operating funds but in some ways they had to work harder than the Blyth cast and crew is working. Last summer; he and his wife Ann and Steve Thorne, the other director at Blyth were involved in a summer theatre in Quebec city. After that he called up Paul Thompson of Theatre Passe Muraille to 'see if he could get a job and was offered a job in set designing, Even though it wasn't exactly what he wanted, he took it. The job entailed re -designing the set for Them Donnellys which was first seen on tour in this part of Ontario before it was restaged for the Tornto audience last fall. He moved on to be stage manager for the next production and then with the support of Theatre Passe Muraille took on writing and directing a play of his own this spring. It was the first time he'd ever written anything and it was two months of nearly -non-stop work to write the script. He think now it wasn't bad, though he'd like to rewrite parts of it. When the show closed in Toronto he took two days break and then contracted someone in Blyth and the process of starting the Blyth Summer Festival had begun. From then on it was a matter of organizing, working every angle to try to raise some funds for the year and trying to plan a season when it wasn't even known how much money would be available. But magic seemed to be at work. Government grants came through that really weren't expected (some didn't come through either). The enthusiastic local board of directors of the festival helped raise a surprising amount of cash right within the Blyth community as well as outside. Harry Boyle liked the idea of having his books adapted for the stage. The actors got along fine (something not always so in summer casts) and things just seemed generally to fall into place. And. so he can think ahead to coming seasons ' with great optimism. He would like to remain artistic director at Blyth for at least the corning two seasons, he says, and keep a hand in for many years to come, though perhaps not as artistic director since he feels things tend to stagnate if the same artistic director is with a company too long. ' Next year hc'd like to see a CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 JAMES ROY PG, 8, THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. Gord Bradley gives both acting and music to Clover Gord Bradley Audiences taking in Mostly in Clover will be able to see two of Gord Bradley's great loves at the same time. Folk singing and acting have taken up most of his adult life and in Mostly in Clover he gets a chance to employ both. His first interest was in folk singing. He began on the west coast in Victoria where his father was in the air force. He was a folk singer • in the west from 1962 to 1964 when he moved to Toronto, when he decided to go to University. He saw such stars as Josh White. James Roy. Jose Feliciano and Joan Baez early in their singing careers and never paid more than a dollar. His exposure to drama had mostly been on television and it and what little live theatre he had seen couldn't match up to the experiences he had had listening to top name singing stars. All that changed, however, the night he saw Brian Bedford at the St. Lawrence Centre in: Toronto. The Bedford perform- ance in a Molicre play so interested hint in live theatre that he went to New York where he spent two or three weeks 1• CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 longer season, perhaps with more some time in the future take a plays. He has a big interest, year to go over there and work. however, in the non -theatrical ; But that will come after the aspect of the festival. He wants to i seasons he's planned for Blyth see the art displays enlarged, which means the Blyth Summer He'd like to see music introduced Festival should be going strong in the festival and he'd like by then, if the miracle of the first eventually to see some dance season is anything to go by. brought to the Festival. He would perhaps like to see some special things brought in, like good shows from city companies. And he'd also like to see some of the shows which originate in Blyth go on to the city. He has hopes that his many happen with the Summer Mostly In Clover as early as this year. And what's in his own long-term future. Perhaps Eng- Festival land for a year, he thinks. He feels he's worked with one of the top directors in North America with Paul Thompson and would like to see of the things being done in Britain so may Support Con • . tulations and Best shes to BLYTH SU I ► R FESTIVAL hP MAIN CORNER, CLINTON, 482.9732 prowling around the theatres there looking at the plays. "My eyes were open very wide" he says. So he went to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto where he studied acting and graduated a year ago. In that year he's managed to keep himself employed most of the time. He performed in Blyth Spirits for the St. James Town players in Toronto, a children's play, Rumpelstiltskin for the Mad - hatter Teaparty 'Theatre in Toronto, a school tour for the Bramalea children theatres and a play for the Ontario Art Gallery called Chairs. That part called for nun to be on stage for 20 minutes and not say a word. 1t called for a good deal of ingenuity to be on stage for that length of time without saying a word and still keep people from walking out on the play. "Would you sit for 20 minutes and watch me wander around the stage,'" he asks. His plays in Blyth, however, are much more down to earth. He says he really likes the parts he has in both Mostly in Clover and The Mousetrap and he's enjoyed being in Blyth even though through the four weeks of rehearsal he got to see little more than the inside of Memorial Hall. This is the first time he has ever worked in an improvisational play where the actors take material (in this case Harry J. Boyle's books) and developed them and then put them in a playable form. "It's been a real experience" he says. He's also delighted to have been involved in the music. Because of his background director James Roy asked him to guide the musical part of the show, about four numbers in all. He gives much of the credit to the rest of the cast saying he'd come up with a tune and play it for then and they'd tell him if they liked it or not and perhaps suggest changes. He finds it a lot of work on the. two plays at the same time having a large part in Mousetrap as well 1 as the improvisational role in Mostly in Clover. He's looking forward to the opening of the two plays when the grind of rehear- ( sals will be over and the actors can have more time to "putter i 1 around the area and see what's here" since he's never been- to this part of the country before. elcome stinal V' itors Best Wishes to the Blyth ummer Fes ival fr m Elli tt Insura ce Agenc Ii y Bl th 523-44`,� 1 Best of Luck to e Blyth Summer Fest' from BLYTH PRINTING Blyth, 0.nt. Congratulations to the BLY 523-9211 SUMMER FESTIVAL from efinion c:71-1OtEL At tM function of Hwys. 4 & 8, Clinton •Nightly Entertainme •Fully Licensed under the \ CBO Phone 482-3421 est Wishes to the BLYTH R FESTIVAL From ain n ORIGINAL' OLD MILL IN LMH Since 1894 featuring r1 • Telephone 523.9666 a the Railway tracks WOOL AND LEATHER PR DUCTS MEN'S and LADIES' LEATH COATS AND JACKETS - your choice from an inventory of approximately 10, X00 garments Summer Hours! Monday to Saturday - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday • 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Open all Holidays "air conditioned for your co►nfort." THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. PG, 9. Steven Thorne both writer and director in hectic Festival Steven Thorne Comes to Blyth this summer as a triple threat, as the football people say. He's had a good deal of experience as an actor but this summer he's turning his talents more 10 writing and directing. He was the writer behind the adaptation of I -tarry J. Boyle's Mostly in Clover and is directing The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. The native of Ottawa who now calls home Barrie studied acting at York University for four years, Ile's been doing theatre commer- cially for about five years, always as an actor and finally after five years "1 lost the fun", he says. It was becoming too tedious so he began to explore directing and then writing which brought him to 13lyth this year where he's having a "grand time", Ile first began writing last summer at the Frontenac theatre in Quebec city where he was working along with James Roy, artistic director of the Blyth Summer .Festival. They were involved in an improvisational play about the history of Quebec and someone needed to write things down so he took on the job. "Low and behold they seemed to come out all right so I started scripting some things on my own and l just too a fancy to this sort of thing,,, lie wrote one complete script which was published at York University and which was done in Quebec city last year but he said he doesn't consider himself a writer in the trite sense of the word in that he can sit down and completely develop a theme. At present its easier and more interesting for hip) to work with actors, script what they're doing and develop it and use that as a jumping off point. Using the Boyle books was a help too, he says because much of tho work as done for him by Mr. Boyle since many of the scenes are quite rich in dramatic potential. Boyle gave the outline which he had to turn from narrative into dialogue for the stage. Was it hard to do this and still hold true to the Boyle books? "Hold true is one thing- we haven't done," he says with a laugh, "Actually a lot of the stuff in the show is based on the book and adapted from the books but with a lot of twists and turns and additional nuances done by yours truly and Jim Roy and the actors. The true flavour of the books has in some ways been slightly distorted. We've kind of jazzed things up a bit and made it a bit more absurdist than it really is in places, all well intentioned though and not distracting from what Harry Boyle was about'. "But like Boyle himself when he wrote the books, he twisted facts into fiction and so in the adaptations I'm doing a bit of the sane." He finds the biggest trouble he finds with writing is that sometimes the magic is there and sometimes it isn't, Sometimes he can sit down and the words just flow out but other tines when it has to conic, when there's a deadline, he can't make it come. Last year in Quebec he wrote one show aid played in two as an actor, one which James Roy directed where he- played a detective. Most of his directing experi- ence has been in university where he directed three or four shows. He directed Little Theatre in Barrie and other amateur shows. This is essentially, he says, his professional debut as a director in The Mousetrap. He's been hampered in this debut by the fact he was a.sort of last minute replacement when Jeff Cohen, an original member of the company was unable to come to Blyth for the summer, It's a full time job to adapt the Boyle books in itself, he says and he's trying to both write and direct which he finds very hard. Each role has suffered a little he says with probably Mousetrap suffering a little more. ideally, he says, he should have had about NI) or three 'eeks on his own with the script before he ever cane here, he says to study and analyse the play but 11 was when he entered rehearsal he was still working on the first scene so it's been "patchy" in many ways. But, he adds, that's what sun►►ncr theatre is about because often you don't have the time. When you're under the gun, you learn a lot, he says. It develops intense work habits, 1 -le admits he wouldn't want to work that way all the time but it is good training for when conditions are better. The small budget of the Sumpter Festival doesn't bother a director as much as it does the technical crew, he says. He has a nice set for Mousetrap with furniture scrounged from helpful Blyth -area residents and some hard work put in by technical director Ron Ferguson and stage manager Jim Wellwood, The budget hurts in that it doesn't allow as many people as there should be, he says, Ideally he should be either writing or directing but not both. The technical crew should be much larger. Ann Roy, the business manager is trying to fill two rolls as both publicity director and administrator and so one or the other has to suffer at times. As a director he had a tough job in that he has both professionals and amateur actors in the same cast and so has to employ two different techniques. The profes- second signals, he says, are more experienced and have more instinct and need less direction. lite kind of direction he gives the professionals is different than that he gives the amateurs. fie won't tell them, exactly how to move on stage or deliver a line, for instance while often this is just what an amateur has to be told because they don't have enough faith in themselves or enough experience to do instinctively what they should. So you end up directing the amateurs one way and the professionals another which creates a hassle, he says, because when you have the two side by side in one scene it means your mind is going back and forth from one gear to another and it makes things very awkward. Also, he says, acting is reacting, one actor playing off the other, yet it is hard to tell one actor to do things one way and another another, But there are "interesting" advantages he says. First of all it's a lot of fun with the amateurs learning a lot from the profes- sionals and the professionals like to help. It's an unusual situation and provides variety and a nice change of pace. The problems of doing two shows at the same time makes things hectic but, Steve says, it's a bit of a holiday in a way because he's worked on three shows at once before, rehearsing parts for one play in the morning, another in the afternoon and a third in the evening. It's the time he's Don Nicholson enjoys working with pros DON NICHOLSON - As far as actual experience on Memorial Hall stage, Don Nichol- son probably has more than any professional member of the cast of the two Sumner Festival 'productions. Don directed one play this past year for Blyth Little Theatre and acted in another review show. Still, it is he who feels like a novice on the stage these days. He admits working with profes- sionals "quite intimidating". It is one thing to like theatre as he does, he points out, but it's quite another to work with these people who are devoting their whole lives to theatre. He's enjoying it though, even though it's a big challenge to try to live up to the high standards the professionals set. And, he says, he's learning a lot, A native of the Chatham arca, Don says his interest in theatre probably goes back to Grade 13 when his class took a trip to New York on Easter weekend, 1 -le spent the weekend in one after another Broadway theatre and got hooked on live stage productions. He directed and worked on productions while he studied for a year at McGill University in Montreal and after graduating from Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph was involved in Junior Farmer productions. Then he moved to the Blyth area and became involved in Little Theatre Productions. That's how he came to be involved in this production and he's enjoying it thoroughly. yr eStpthoftr 4 clntiquez anti (grafts tr('et 19 Albert OX Clinton, Ontario one (519) 482.9J,94 tulates R FESTIVAL on, and, con BLYTH SU I t on its first sea to the acto >> worked with amateurs and professionals in the sane cast, having clone it in one of his two season with the Mariposa theatre in Orillia. At one time, he said, he thought theatre was gong to be his life, but he's not so sure of it anymore, "The one thing about theatre," he says, "is that you have to give it your life, as with any art. You have to pour your entire life's energy into it. Like this is a 1 6 -hour a clay job here. There's no way around it, 1 go home 1 have to work on the show, 1 get up in the morning I have to work. It's on my mind all day long. It's very rewarding; the satisfactions are there, but it tends to be narrowing in some ways. You focus all your energies on doing a show or writing a show and it leaves you precious little time to look around the world and see what's happening around you; to read the kind of books you want to read; to spend an afternoon on the beach; to socialize 1I►e way you want to, it tends to Well for me life, is very sweet, I like life, I like to relax a good deal, 1 like to read. I like to travel. l like time to myself a good deal, Theatre doesn't give me 1hat....at least most theatres don't, especially this kind of theatre where you're dong so much at once. "So if l keep at thcatrc it's got to be a capacity where 1 can work at my own pace, perhaps as a writer, a commissioned writer, i mean that would be a dream, To be able to go somewhere with a project in mind and write in your own time and when it doesn't 'work', you can afford to take time off and rest. "But it doesn't appeal to me as a kind of full time profession to go at this steadily. It just leaves me no growth,,( don't feel I'm growing as a person, It's work, work, work all the time, Jt's not my cup of tea." *BEST WISHES To/ * BLYTH SUMMER * from BALL ,&'MUTCH * • 'HOME * 'FURNISHINGS * j/ 71 Albert St., Clinton 482-9505 * 11r* MAY YOU MEET WITH SUCCESS! Best wishes to Blyth Summer F stival fro CLI ON CEN ' NNIAL 1 5-1975 1' omecoming week: July 25 -Aug. 4 Featuring Bobby Gimby Festival Vi ors and congrat - ations to BLYTH SUM ER FESTIVAL rom AIK'- BROTHERS Men's ootwear and Clothing L gage -Leather Goods tnton 482-9352 Or PG. 10. THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975, Versatile Ron Swartz will tackle anything but snakes Ron Swartz "There's so much more to acting than just getting up there and learning your lines," accord- ing to Ron Swartz, a young member of the generally young cast of the infant Blyth Summer Festival. Although Ron has been out of York University only for a few months after studying theatre arts, he had a good deal of experience before going to school, A native of Toronto he first got involved with theatre through a drama coach who was "grooming me for Stratford, I think". She gave him a lot of leads and he did some television work and a few films and some theatre before he went to the school. One might think that after actually being involved in the field, going back to school would be a let down, but for Ron it was an enlightening experience. Until then he'd felt it was a matter of learning lines and getting up on stage and going to it. But he learned that there was so much more like training the voice to be able to project in a big auditorium, so there has to be toning of the body and breath control. The actor has to be in good physical condition to be able to do many of the things he has to do on stage. Then there's discovering the subtext and Boyle writings have been on stage before There is probably no more fitting setting for Harry J. Boyle's Mostly in Clover than Blyth Memorial Hall. The mythical Clover, Mr. Boyle says is a sort of a combination of Blyth, Auburn, Dungannon and St. Augustine. The one real location he can see clearly in his mind, he says, is the old railway station at Auburn, long ago departed. Actually, the adaptation of Mostly in Clover is not the first time Harry Boyle has been on stage. Back in 1950, before Mostly in Clover, A Pinch of Sin and Homebrew and Patches were ever written, Harry had written a play called The lnheritant which was produced by Dora Mayor Moorc at the old Museum Theatre in Toronto about a battle background in the script so the actor can flesh out his character, "l'd just been memorizing lines and going off and saying them and thinking I was really great and I had my character, but it's really quite a job," he says. Ron and the other actors do exercises regularly so they can keep in shape physically. "You never know" he says, "when you're going to be called upon to dance or do gymnastics and the more you're able to do as an actor the Tess you limit yourself, You keep all the doors open, so if they need someone who can swing a trapeze or do a tightrope walk and you can do it, all the better. You really have to be a jack of all trades...really a master of all trades to be an actor." Asked if there is any direction he's taking himself in Ron replies quickly, "Wherever 1 gee work". It's a little tough to get a job now he says. More and more people arc graduating from theatre schools and seeking, work and there are a limited number of jobs, In addition the American government has refused work permits to Canadian actors seeking to work in the U.S. because of the heavy unemploy- ment situation down there. But restrictions on Americans coming to Canada are not nearly as strict. Before a Canadian has any chance of going to the U.S. he has to make it here first. Unlike the other members of the cast Ron has been involved in improvised material before. He found getting used to farm terms very hard and so had to do a good deal to get the feel of the Depression era. One of the things that has been hard for him to adjust to has been roughing it. The house he has shared with some of the actors is right out of the period Harry J. Boyle talks about in his books. There is no electricy and no indoor plumbing. He had gained a new respect for the people of the period however and the hardships they had to cope with. The first nights they stayed at the house near between sons and their father in the 1920's over buying a tractor. Later his A Summer Burning became a musical Joey at Charlottetown. The three • books in question grew out of a series of columns in the old Toronto Telegram which ran every Saturday for several years. They were then adapted for the book which was subse- quently a book club selection throughout North America, They brought letters from people all over wondering how he had known about "their town" and been able to write about it. So, though Mostly in Clover has a definite focal touch, it also has a universal appeal. That should make it a popular attraction at the first summer season of Blyth Summer Festival. SNELL , Blyth LONG LIVE BLYTH S UMME STIVAL! Con ! atulations from GROCERY. 523-9332 The Auburn it was cool and they wondered how the people ever got through winters with just the box stove downstairs to keep the house warm. He didn't look forward to the roughing it part of the summer, but has begun to enjoy it. One thing he hasn't enjoyed, however, are the snakes they find around their country home. He doesn't mind back to the earth, he says, but back to the snakes he just can't hack. ffE/L!L7n74!/ to Blyth and the Blyth Sun, ner Festival f(good dining, come to Q ;nit, TRIPLE K RESTAURANT Phone 523-9623 filyth, east on County Road 25 to the Blyth Summer • stival on the openin • its season. We know the co 'munity will appreciate all th ard work which has gone into its production. yth 5c to $1.00 Store Blyth, Ontario. Theatre Passe Muraille Presents M AT BLYTH MEMORIAL HALL Sunday, July 13, 2 p.m. Adults: $2.50 Children: $1.50 THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. PG. 11. If things hadn't gone wrong,Angie would have missed Blyth Angie Guy !f things had gone right, Angie Guy wouldn't be in Blyth this su mmer. But they didn't so she's here in Blyth for the first season of the Blyth Summer Theatre as the only female among the professional corps of actors. Things went wrong after Angie had auditioned early in the spring for a summer stock theatre Ann Roy - jack of all theatre trades The role Ann Roy brings to the Blyth Summer Theatre this summer is about the most unfamiliar one she could have taken. Far from being just the wife of Artistic Director James Roy, Ann brings an impressive theatre background to Blyth as well. But for the most part she's spending her time being administrator for the company, something she's never done before'. Her husband hastens to add she's doing an excellent job of it. Born in St. Johns Newfound-' land she has had a long interest in theatre. She studied theatre in two post graduate years at University of British Columbia and was involved in summer stock both at U.B.C. and in Nova Scotia, She went into teaching after that and taught theatre arts at various schools but mostly in Hamilton. Last year she went with James to Quebec city to the Frontenac Playhouse where she was an unpaid jack of all trades. She was assistant director of one play and did a good deal of work on the sets as well She's done some acting but not for a long time and thinks of herself primarily as a director now. She'll get her chance to apply that skill in directing the cabaret show the company is putting together once the other shows are firmed up. The cabaret show will play in Blyth July 29 but will also appear at the Huron County Historical Jail in a courtyard production. She hopes to put a good deal of new material into the show but expects that because of time limitations there will be some repeats of "old chestnuts" in the production. company in Thunder Bay. She even went all the way north from her home in Toronto before she found out the season had been cancelled because the grant the Thunder' Bay company had applied for didn't come through. Luckily for her, the Blyth Summer Festival was not so well organized and still hadn't held auditions. So after finding out about the Thunder Bay goof up, she still had time to audition for James Roy and be accepted for the Blyth season. Blyth is one of the first stops on the soft-spoken young lady's acting career. Born in Toronto, she was involved in theatre while attending University of Western Ontario where she studied psy- chology and as much drama as she could squeeze in around her studies. For a while she consider- ed combining her interest in' drama with her qualifications gained in college by teaching speech therapy but she went back to 'Toronto and enrolled in the We wish to congratulat BLYTH SUMM FESTIVAL on the ev nt of its �4. I first sea on, and send our best wishes' for succ ss, now, and in the 4iture. `40ILLAND SHOES 1.0%."~revoiraraiiilliormal".. PAlberl, PheGinlon ��' �8 Albert, Phone Clinton 482.9692 Ryerson theatre school instead, Actually, though she'd been bitten by the stage bug a long time . earlier. She took drama lessons from the time she was 12 until she was 18, one night a week ansd,did some children's theatre. In London she did Talbot theatre productions and the mini theatre and the Talbot summer theatre. She knew Jim Schaefer at the time since they were both involved in the London theatre scene but they never played together until doing Rumpelstilt- skin in Toronto last winter. She enjoyed going to Theatre school at Ryerson but gave it up after only a year and a half because she'd spent so much time in school already and because she thought there was a real difference between studying about theatre and actually being involved in theatre. The Blyth season brings some firsts for Angie, like the first time she's ever been working on two plays at the same time. It's also the first time she's been involved in a totally improvised play. "It's like a whole new experience" she says, "but it's a real learning experience. It's good, it's really good for me personally." She finds the imrpovising forces the actor to get much more involved and requires a concentrated effort. Because Mousetrap is a more orthodox play Angie finds it almost relaxing after the rigors of putting together Mostly in Clover, She finds doing the two kinds of plays an ideal combina- tion. What of the future for a young . actress just starting out? Well, Angie says her goal is to become a good actress. "I don't know where that's going to take me and I don't know how realistic that is," she says. "Realistically I should be able to say, well 1 want to be able to support myself in my field, which is a goal in itself, but I want to be good; I don't know why I just do." r .Life in Western Ontario can be great. You can enjoy the pleasures of nearly any interest you want to indulge, if you know where to find it. Village Squire is dedicated to helping you discover that good life. It's our aim to tell you about the new shops that make shopping more interesting...the new restaurants that serve food just a little differently...the craftsman who produces work you've never known about before...the artist struggling to capture the beauty of this wonderful area i which we live. , We work hard to help you appreciate at a wonderful. area we live in. If you w# t to keep up with what's going on in W •stern Ontario, get your subscription to Village Squire today. If you already have one, buy one for a friend. It's only 32.00 - year. You won't regret it. Box 10,. Blyth, 0' tarlo. Phone 523.9848. Clip this oupon and mail it, with payment, to: Village S. ire, Box 10, Blyth, Ontario. Price: $ .00 for 1 year (12 issues). NAM ADD ' ESS: AMOUNT ENCLOSED: ($2.00 per year) r PG. 12. THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. Angie Guy as Mollie Ralston talks with Ron Swartz as Christopher Wren In a scene from The Mousetrap.—staff photo. Pat finds theatre 'fantastic' It's a long way from the grade six classroom at Blyth Public School to the stage of Blyth Memorial Hall but Pat Hulley made the trip in a short space of time. Or perhaps it isn't so far. A teacher, she says, is always putting on a performance. She calls acting with the professional actors a "fantastic experience". She admits, though it is a lot of work and doesn't know how the professional members of the company manage it rehearsing from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. "It tires me just working from 7 to 10 p.m.," she says. She has little past experience in theatre work. She went to a one room school house in Goshen, near Zurich and then to Central Huron Secondary school in Clinton. It was while at teacher's college that she became involved in theatre though she had had little experience since graduati- ing. But fellow teacher and theatre enthusiast Betty Battye told her about the need for amateur actors to fill out the cast of the Mousetrap and that there was a part open that would just suit her. She went out to auditions as much to see what Memorial Hall theatre looked like as anything else, she recalls and was a little surprised when director Steven Thorne called her up and said she had the part if she wanted it. Not only 'did she take the part she became intensely interested in all facets of the production and helped out on sets and with lighting as well. She's really enjoyed the experience and wouldn't have missed it, she says. Now she's interested in getting involved in future theatre work, Pat Hulley and lest of luck to BLYTH SU 1 R FESTIVAL on its st se son GORE'S HAR' ARE Blyth, Ont. 523- 3. to BLYTH SUM E' ' ESTIVAL om A. MANG & SONS LIMITED Telephone .4251 Ann Roy BIYTH, ONTARIO NOM 1110 Arne rare BUILDING CENTRE Melda McElroy... she's been been ;eni t} 1; I.. \ it 1\ 11 t') Blyth u er Fest val for a successful firsts ' ason, l and w - lcomes visi • rs to the area here before It is probably fitting that Melda McElroy be involved in the first big productions to be produced at Memorial Hall. Miss McElroy has been on the old theatre's stage since she was a girl. She was one of those who leant enthusiasm and strong arms to the attempts three summers ago to put Memorial Hall back into use. Miss McElroy returned to Blyth last year after teaching for many years in Guelph. She never really left her home town however because she owned a home here for years and returned every summer. The infectious enthusiasm has been one of the pleasant additions to the Festival rehearsals, not to mention her ability to sell tickets to just about anyone she meets. Couiitry Kitchen Restaurant LONDE;SBORO sends Best Wishes • We wish to congratulate: the Blyth Summer Fes Sal on its opening, and v elcome all visitors to r village. MADILL'S SHOS, MEN'S & BOYS' WEAR "The store with the good manners" INTON DRY CLEANERS PICK UP AT MADILL'S ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SEAFORTH LIONS 40th Annual Summer 3 -,BIG NI - TS - 3 THURSDAY, FRI Y, SATURDAY July 1 - 18 - 19 SEAFO' H LIONS PARK SAFORTH — DIFFEREN PROGRAM EVERY NIGHT— Thursday MARVELLE Ir tornational com . y magician who has appeared in many orld centres Including hina and on TV in •.nada, Britain and the .S.A. in two shows al :.30 p.in. and 10 p.m.. Friday TONYNORBERT featured in an accordion and drum act that keeps you humming and your toes lapping as he prb3enls a medley of English. Irish and Scotch . numbers al 9 p.m. and 1030 p m. Saturday THE HUMMING BIRDS • popular Iour•plece group lealuring Country Western and Rock and Roll. You'll enjoy every minute i.I these versatile musicians as they go all oul to entertain you al 9 p m. and 10:30 p.m. 4 Mons ler Bingo Kids Fish Pond *Gam s of Chance . Ferris Wheel M rry-go-round Penny Sale M dway Refreshment Booths Admission is FREE Parking available at'Iper car Jim Schaefer rises THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. PG. 13. from amateur ranks to professional roles im Schaefer For Jim Schaefer, working along side amateur actors in The Mousetrap will not be a new experience. It might even feel like coming home. Jini, a native of London, began • his acting career in amateur theatre after giving up on journalism as a way to earn a living. He went to University of Wcstcrn Ontario where he studied journalism and worked for The Free Press and Windsor Star and as a stringer (part-time writer) for the Toronto 'I'elcgrani before its demise, When he decided journalism wasn't his career he began getting involved ill amateur productions in London and took part in some 14 productions in all before he began to get paid. During the period he was acting for the love of it, he was doing just about anything to support himself from reading for 0 blind university student to being a bingo caller. That lasted for about two years before he began to get paid for his work. In the three years since then he's worked in both Toronto and London and managed to cut down on the odd jobs needed to keep him eating, He was involved with the Gallery Theatre, London when it started in 1972 and did a couple of school tours and serious shows. There was a lot of politics involved in the London theatre scene at the time however and eventually the Gallery was "wiped out". He then moved over to Thcatrc London and did,a Doug Palmer Acting a nice of pace for Theatre, for Doug Palmer, has been a relaxing change of pace, if you can call the rehearsal grind for The Mousetrap relaxing. Doug, a native of Clinton, is a student at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College most of the time and has used theatre at the college as a sort of relief valve to the heavy emphasis on science in his studies. This summer he came home to Clinton to get a job and get more than he bargained for. His parents home is near that of artistic director James Roy's family and when one part in The Mousetrap was causing some particular casting problems, James suddenly remembered Doug, who he had been involved with in high school productions when they were both students at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. Actually it was Ann Roy who talked him into taking the part, He finds it fascinating, he says, to work with professionals. 'They Support the Summer Festival change Clinton actor give you an education" he says. The work of director Steve Thorne has been impressive. Steve, he says, explains all the different approaches an actor can take to any one line and works with the actor to develop the line. Steven makes each actor really dig into the character and see how the character would react in each situation. So even during school holidays, Doug Palmer is still learning. Clinton JIM WELLWOOD Wingham student stage manager For Jim Wellwood, the Blyth Summer Festival provides an opportunity to get deeply involv- ed in Theatre and still stay close to home. A Wingham residence, Jim has been involved in productions of the Wingham Towne Players and hopes to go on to study theatre arts. He is an apprentice with the Blyth theatre under the Experience '75 pro- gram and has been thrust into the heady position as stage manager for both Festival productions. There's no, better way to learn. Home Hardware .W•,., ne.,Nnnmin. McADAM HA GIFTS • HOUSEWARES - E 482-702 ARE CTRICAL SUPPLIES Wi es the BLYTH SR FESTIVAL A Suessful and Prosperous / Season season with the young company including a school tour and children's theatre and a main stage show The Donncllys and a cabaret show. He also worked at the summer season at the Talbot Theatre at University of Western Ontario before budget cutbacks whiped out the attempt for summer stock on the campus. His final play in London was Sainte Marie Among the Hurons performed last fall just before he moved to Toronto in December. He's been disappointed with the work of some 'Toronto groups. He'd done a lot of auditions and gone to sec most of the gri►ups in Toronto and fot►nd many not as good as he had imagined. He likes the idea of the way Theatre Passe Muraille operates with the actors doing their research and getting the facts about the subject they are doing a play on and improvising the material of the play until they find something good which they slick with. Sometimes the approach can fall down, however, he says because the actors can't build the same kind of structure into their work that a writer can. That's why, he says, the Blyth group is fortunate to have Steven Thorne along to write the material for Mostly in Clover because -he could stand outside the action and see what was good and what was not, He Tikes working with Steven and James Roy as directors even though each is as different as "night and day" in his approach. Rehearsal time found just not enough hours in the day with• the cast rehearsing one play in the daytime and another at night. Learning lines for him is hard, he said. Some days he can grasp them quickly and some days they come hard. Another problem is that work- ing with improvisational work the actors first start out quickly improvising a scene then the scene is put clown in a script and the actors have to start all over again, learning the lines and the blocking (movements on stage) and so it is hard to recapture the spirit that made the scene "magic" in the first place. With Mousetrap, the problems is the pacing of the play with complicated sub plots in the script. He's looking forward to the cabaret show that will be performed later in the year once the other plays are set. Blyth 523-4410 Congratulates Blyth Summer Fest: vaI on the op Hing of its sea on July Welcome II Visitors /1 BI BI BEST OF LUCK to the BLYTH SUMME duringt Ont. STIVAL summer season KER'S FURNITURE 523-4577 WELCOME to the BLYTH S m the FESTIVAL t1i jinn HOTEL Fully Licensed ross the street from Blyth Memorial Hall h, Ont. 523-9381 PG. 14. THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. Ron Ferguson works wonders with small budget Ron Ferguson is, in many ways, the magician of the Blyth Summer Festival, Not only is hc, as technical director, the man who built the sets and directs the lighting of the festival productions, but he's done it all on a penny-pinching budget. The first-year budget for any theatre operation is small and the Blyth budget is really tight. It's meant a lot of problems, particularly to the technical crew, or more exactly to Ron Ferguson who is virtually the crew. The tight budget has meant that he's been left to do most of the work himself with the help of Jim Wcllwood the stage manager and who ever else could find some time. Still, his accomplishments are impressive when one remembers what he started out with with a bare Memorial Hall stage. He transformed the theatre from a building that had been virtually unused for years back into a real thcatrc. He built an elaborate set for The Mousetrap even though he had to watch every penny. When the Festival found out it couldn't borrow a master light control panel or rent one at a rate it could afford, Ron put his talents to work and designed and built a board that many not be the best on the continent, but is functional. Ron picked up these talents at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute where he studied theatre arts. He polished his knowledge last season with Theatre London after touring Ontario last summer with Ontario Youth Theatre. He's a native of Toronto though his high school years were spent in Kitchener and he calls that city home base now. Actually the small budget doesn't bother him too much, Ron says, He's used to working with very little money and making do. It's just, he says, that he either needed more time or more people. Probably as tough as the money pinch was the time pinch, and the space pinch. One of the limita- tions of the Memorial Hall is that there is little space to build sets except on the stage. There is also little rehearsal space except on Jim Schaefer as the father and Mark Battye as Harry as a boy take part in a hunt for a missing neighbour In a scene from Mostly in Clover. Mark, a veteran of local school productions also helped put music down on paper for the production. the stage. So Ron found himself working around the rehearsal times in order to accommodate both the actors and set building, It meant a good number of all-night sessions and brought more than one telephone call from neighbours wondering why the lights had been left on in Memorial Hall all night. The problem is a frequent one, he says, as nearly every theatre experiences a conflict of both actors and technical people for stage appearances. Most of the work for the technical crew is before the opening night when they must build sets, plan lighting and get lighting cues down pat. There is more time to relax, Ron says, once the technical rehearsals are over just before opening, But he'll still be busy. Ron is in charge of both lighting and sound of the two plays, jobs which would normally be separate but which he'll handle because of the lack of staff. The job is complicated by the fact his lighting equipment is a little crude. "I'm trying to grow two more arms," he says wall a smile. Although he plays down the difficulty of running the lighting he admits there are 100 lighting cues or changes in Mostly in Clover keeping hint on his toes. He also is hampered a bit by the fact he'd normally like to have more lighting equipment but has to make do with what equipment the company could beg, borrow or steal from other theatre operations. Even if he had more lighting, though, he'd have trouble getting the power to run therm since he's using the maximum power available in the building now. Still, he says, he's got enough to do the job "but it makes things a little tricky." Ron hasn't seen all his theatre from the lighting booth. He acted for a while, he says, "but I always found myself coming back to the production side. I've found it the most fulfilling for me. He's been involved in produc- tion work since high school. He'd never been sure how to go about getting Into theatre as a career until lac heard about the course offered at Ryerson. He enrolled and found it very good, The course stays away from books as much as possible. The training is what helped him at Blyth because he took a physics course and an electronics course and actually built dimmer boards and other equipment. He also used the help of a friend who gave advice on electronics. Another problem arose because the company neither had the time or money to build its own flats (scenery) and borrowed a good deal from Stratford Little Theatre and then built the pieces in between. It meant adjusting the design of the set for Mousetrap. The stage floor also meant some problems since it's no longer flat meaning extra work hanging doors. The large set for Mousetrap causes problems. With the plays to be on alternating nights, the set must be designed to be taken down after every performance. It would be simple to build a more permanent set, he says, but building one portable enough means problems. There's also the problem of where to store the sets while Mostly in Clover is being presented since there is little B. J. FABRICS wishestocongr. ate the Blyth Sum - er Festival on its pre ' - re, and hopes the season -ill be a great success. Mark Battye J. FABRICS Ron Ferguson backstage space at Memorial Hall, a problem the thcatrc has in common with a good many theatres, he says. All in all, he says, Memorial Hall is a pretty food building to work in. f3ef W4s to the Blyth Su mer Festiv = 1 during its fir.t season May it a joy great su ess We exte d a warm welcome to Festival v'sitors. S WART'S R D & WHITE F ' OD MARKET Blyth 523-9451 Best wishes to BLYTH SUMMER FEST For a successful s son AL DIO and TV SALES &SERVICE ELECTROHOME - In er rid 'leper of 'u'ln'ae' QUEE TREET• BLYTH,ONT. • Ply 523-9640 Sparling's Harthe e Blyth 523-4246 / Sends b 't wishes o the Blyt ySummer Festival and welcomes visitors to the Village 1 1 May this season be the first of 1 ' season to com From the manageme Congratulations and Best Wishe to the Blyth Summer Festiv 1 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 1 any successful k and staff of 523-9675 i Blyt .,eroe''r,.....rrrr dies & Infants Wear nt. Phone 523-4351 .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LONDESB.ORO NEWS Buri a editor MRS lit RI $11Unnk()OK THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. PG, 15, Many people visit in Londesboro and area Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jackson and visited with Mr. and Mrs, and family of Ridgetown are on Glen Bender of RR 2, Palmerston. holidays and spent Saturday night Dennis stayed there for remind - with her parents Mr. and Mrs, cr of holidays to help on the farm. Tom AIIcn. All attended the Allen Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ludwig of reunion picnic at Exeter on Woodstock and son Doug of Sunday. Kinburn visited on Thursday with Mr, and Mrs. Ted Fothergill the Fothergills. and family attended the Centenn• Mrs. Arnold Riley had append• ial Parade in Listowel on July 1 ix surgery in Clinton Hospital on Sunday p.m. Mrs. Harry Durnin was admitt- ed to St. Joseph's hospital, London on Thursday, June 26 for tests, is having surgery on Tuesday, July 8. Mrs. Laura Lyon spent Sunday to Wednesday with her sister Mr. and Mrs. George Neil, Stratford. Mr. and Mrs, Adam Wilson and Adam Jr„ Brucefield visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Riley. Mrs. Laura Saundercock, Mrs. Cliff Saundercock, Mrs. Gordon Shobbrook and Mrs. Bert Shob- brook attended a shower on Monday night by relatives and neighbours of John Gibbings at home of Mrs, Bob Gibbings, for Bonnie Schultz, July bride elect. Visitors with Miss Edythe Beacom on Wednesday evening was her aunt, Mrs. Hilda Pearson, Owassa, Michigan and her daughter Mrs. Russell McGee, Mason Michigan. All visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Neil, Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Rivers of Tweed visited on Sunday with her Greeting worshippers into the Ken Scanlon and Larry Carter, aunts, Mrs. Cowan and Mrs. santuary at United church on The Service began \vith singing of Robinson. Sunday morning wcrc Emerson some favourite hymns with Louise Captain and Mrs. John Pickett, t-lesk and Jack Lee. Ushers were Lovett at the organ. The choir Jeffrey, Steven and Kimberley of Stewart Glousher, David Reid, number was a solo "How Great Trenton visited Friday night and Thou Art" by Louise Lovett Saturday lunch with his aunts, accompanied by Barbara Bosm• Mrs. Cowan and Mrs. Robinson. an, Rev. McDonalds children's They attended the McDougall - story was The wasp and his German wedding on Friday message was from Luke 11:8. He evening. will rise and give him as many as Mr. and Mrs. Ed Crawford, he needeth. Manitou, Manitoba and Mr. and The flowers at the front of the Mrs. Clarence Crawford, Blyth church were placed in honour of visited on Saturday night with the marriage of Wayne McDoug- Mrs. Townsesnd and Dorothy. This past weekend 17 Hi -C all and Debbie German who were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rad - members spent an enjoyable married in this church on Friday ford, London spent weekend with camping trip at Benmillcr Falls. evening. Immediately following her parents Mr. and. Mrs. Bob The weather was excellent for the service Rev. McDonald left to Thompson. the activities of the young people. take a special service at Pine Lake Mrs. Ena Howatt spent a few Most of the time was spent in the Camp, days with her sister Mrs. Elsie water, however several hikes and excursions wcrc taken. Special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Shillinglaw for their leadership and to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Scott for coming and leading the groups in a sing -song on Friday night. Hullett Recreational Ball programgets underway Hullett Township Recreation Ball program got into full swing this week with all of the teams seeing action. On Monday even- ing the Bantam boys played a game between the two Hullett township teams: the A team is coached by Harry Lear and the B team, coached by Keith Mien. On Tuesday night the men's Slmy- Pitch team hosted l3enmiller at the Londesboro diamond, A good crowd was on hand. Londesboro wort 13.11. On Wednesday night the Bantam girls started their sche- dule. The A team coached by Barbara Jewitt and Dorothy Carter lost their first game to Benmillcr A team. The girls B team coached by Rosemary Johnston travelled to play Ben - miller B team lost to Benmillcr 18-16. Wednesday also saw the start of the squirt league teams. Londesboro was defeated by 9th of Hullett team 31.30. Coach of Londesboro is John Radford and 9th coach is Robert 'Anderson. On Thursday night the Kinburn team coached by Don Plant defeated the 13th team coached by Lena Nesbit. Games scheduled for the diamond at Londesboro are Bantam boys on Monday nights. Bantam girls Tuesday night and the squirt teams on both Wednesday and Thursday nights. United Church news Hi -C holds cam pout Aimwell unit holds meeting The regular meeting of the Aimwell Unit of Londesboro; United Church was held at the home of Helen Lawson on June 16 with the vice-president, Audrey Thompson, president. The roll call was answered with an exchange of plants etc. There were 18 members and one visitor present. It was decided that the money from Gail Lears recital go to help pay for the projector. Thanks was extended to the Pork L-'roduccrs for the place mats for the ham supper, the Explorers and their leaders for making the posters and to the Berean Unit for all their help. There will be no July meeting but a regular meeting in August when the roll call will be, "Where I went or am going on holidays". The program committee began with several numbers by John Lawson singing and accompany- ing himself on the guitar. The theme of the meeting was "Senior" and was given by Mary Peel, Vi Burns and some preparation by Joan Whyte who was absent. Lunch was served by Ferne McClure, Velma Preszcator and Helen Lawson. STEWART'S Red & White Food Mark Blyth, Ont. 523-9451 W ****** SWIFTS STEWS HYATT BRAND BEANS WITH PO CARNATION EVAPORATED MILK CHICKEN OF THE SEA TUNA WHITE SWAN BATHROO ISSUE BEEF OR IRIS • • 11111 Dever 69c 14 OZ. TIN 4 FOR K- $1.00 16 OZ. TIN 3 FOR $1 O TIN 59c 2 ROLLS ' 45c UCK LIGHT LUX LIQUID DETERGE MAXWELL HOUS INSTANT PEPPERIDGE ARM WHITE OR CHOCOLATE LAYER AKES 99c McCAINE D r UXE 22 OZ. SAVE 30c ONLY PIZZA EACH $1.99 RISE N S INE ORA GE FLAVOURED 4 PKGS. CRY • TALS89c LARG BOTTLES PLUS DEPOSIT, KIS DRINKS 3 FOR 99c PLUS DEPOSIT LARGE BOTTLES COCA COLA CANNED POP T 2 • 24 OZ. BOTTLES $1.59 LIMITED SUPPLY O F F E E 10 oz. JAR $2.29 3 FOR 89c IN TINS 6 TINS 99c CASE OF 24 $3.89 Shute, Kirkton, Dale Howatt, Stratford returned home with her grandmother on Sunday morning. David and John Milison, Woodstock are spending this week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shobbrook. Mrs. Harry Lear is attending piano teachers work shop for three days this week held at Western University, London. Mr. and Mrs. Colin Paterson, London spent weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burns. All visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smith, Kincardine. Burns U.C.W. unit holds anniversary The Burns U.C.W. met at the United Church Manse Londesbo- ro for their meeting and supper on Wednesday afternoon with a good attendance. Mrs. Rice led the worship service prepared by theUnited Church's 50th anniver- sary committee. Mrs. Jim Scott told of how the United Church got its seal. Mr. McDonald showed a film on the 50th anniversary of the United Church. Muriel Bell was in charge of the business and gave a reading "Hillbilly Haven". Roll call was answered by a Bible verse, and minutes of the last meeting were read. The Treasurer's report given by Jean Leiper. A thank card was received from Mr. Mrs. Wayne Kennedy and famii Burns will supply cookies for Vacation school on July 11. Members will visit the Palmer.! on Hospital August 12. The next meeting will be ;ll Mrs. Eugene St. Louis', July 27, Mr. McDonald closed w1: prayer. A supper %, as served 1, the losing team in the copper contest. The winnu,,, ;provided tit-' dessert. 'LET US MAKE YOUR OLD FURNITURE BETTER THAN NEW! 111 a mm1ianu1''.� I pi I "Put You • pholst•ring Noe • n Our Hands" E HAVE FREE •For a free es0 ate and a look at our newelt�ntples of materials f —CALL CLARK UPHOLSTERY Ph. 523-4272 R. Cook, Prop. Blyth, Ont. PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE '• yrs t nfi 5r r �x : o w..+f : ta6 k .d x ray.<; :\ti cyX?tt.• k .. �?:?:tNt•' x ; ` :•+k¢.::# , : { DOHVT { �•.t:'�k••``t•tiyc k.,-• ;#'.•..\• .�:vti':k:•y>hist:?%:�>::>;:;�ry::%}:ti...;.���1.�kti•;�y;\.XC ON A LASER! SHOP THESE WINNERS 1975 Hornet, 6 cylinde , 4 door sedan [3 to choose fro 1975 Buick Century 4 door 1975 Ford 1/2 ton 1974 Olds Cutlass s dans with air conditioning. 1974 Olds Cutl•ss, 2door, hardtop with air nditioning. 1974 Matador, 4 • oor. 2-1974 Buick C - ntury, -4 door 1973 Olds Delt - 88, 4 door, hard top. 1973 Chev. Impala, 2 door, hardtop. '973 Chrys - r, 4 door 1973 Chev Impala, 4 door 1973 Chev Belair, 2 door hard top 1973 Bui► La Sabre, f door hard top 1972 G , laxy 500, 2 door, hardtop. 1971 ord Galaxy, 2 door, hard top 1/2 tin truck toppers in stock •••••••••••••••••••• amm's Car Sales Ltd. Phone 523-9581 Blyth, Ont. PG, 16. THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. BY BILL SMILEY Many people have a peculiar idea of "progress". They confuse it with change or growth for their own sakes. All too often, these things represent regress, rather than progress. I try not to be bitter, but 1 have a perfect example of that kind of "progress" right outside my front door. When we moved to this house, it was on a quiet, residential street, a leafy tunnel of voluptu- ous maples and stately oakes, with a green boulevard on each side of the street. It was gentle and pleasant and safe for children. The town council, in the name of progress, tore out the boulevard, cut down some trees, and widened the street. Results? We now have a speedway out front, and you can scarcely risk crossing the street to the mailbox. The squeal of tires makes the nights hideous, as the punks try to proclaim their dubious manhood. The remaining trees are dying because their natural environment has been disturbed and because they get a heavy dose of sprayed salt from the snowplow each winter. Much beauty lost, and the only ugly things on the street, dead cedar poles for telephone and hydro, left standing in their nakedness. Just to complete the picture, there has been a "development," which is synonymous with progr- ess in many small minds, at the end of our street. What was once glorious bushland is now an asphalt wasteland inhabited by supermarkets, a gaggle of gas stations, and the inevitable hamburger joints and milk stores. Because of the "development" and its accompanying "progre- ss," traffic on our street has quintupled about five times, with the accompanying multiplication of stink and noise. Tough luck, says you. Right, says 1. But this is not just a private beef. I've seen this sort of thing happen so often on handsome old streets in pleasant small towns that it makes me sick. First move of the progress -hap- py morons is usually to cut down the trees, some of them 70 years old, so that they can widen the road. Grace and shade and dignity are sacrificed to the number one god of North America - the car. In the cities, the same process holds. Potential parklands are turned into instant parking lots. Thruways slaughte'. miles of greenery. Ranking high among the villains are the "developers", In more enlightened cultures, they would be called ecological rapists. They take a section of beautiful bushland, fertile farmland, or lush fruitland. They send in their bulldozers to ensure that the property will look like no -man's land. They then carve it into 50 -foot lots and jam in the jerry-built houses, cheek by jowl, give the whole thing a fancy name, spend a fortune on advertising, and flog the swollen - priced abortions to poor suckers who are so desperate for a house of their own they shoulder a mortgage they can never possibly get out from under, This, when Canada has more land that is useless for anything else but building than it can ever use. That is "progress." Oh,"progress" has many fac- Progress? 1 hate it says Smilie es, and many sounds, and not a few smells. Far below the roar of the over -sized, over -priced cars burn- ing up precious energy as they whoosh down the superhighways may be heard the whimper of starving children. Behind the smiling face and honeyed words of the Public Relations Department can be. Seen something not unlike a mountain range - huge, over- growing piles of non -returnable bottles, rusting cans, and indest- uctible plastic garbage. And the stink! "Progress" will take a cool, clean, sweet trout stream and poison it with chemicals and detergents and other toxic elements, because "We need the industry." And the big, belching smokestacks go right on belching their nauseous 1 gases from their rotten stomachs, laughing hilariously when the government slaps them on. the wrist with a staggering $25 fine. "Progress" hoists, again and again, the taxes on booze, because governments would fall without the revenue, and sets up a cheap and pantywaist program barely hinting at the evils of drink. "Progress" produces bigger cars that go faster and burn more fuel on bigger highways, the vehicles propelled, in many cases, by drivers who couldn't handle a crisis in a kiddie -car race. "Progress" taxes everything but the living breath of the working stiff, but encourages the plumpies with the expense accounts and the credit cards to go out and live it up and lie and STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE Accumulated net revenue [deficit] at the beginning of the year Expenditure General government 10,849 13,307 Protection to persons and property 6,570 7,267 Transportation services 25,817 21,064 Environmental services 4,278 4,097 Conservation of health Social and family services Recreation and community services ' 10,486 10,385 Community planning and development Financial expenses Region or county • share of expenditure Education Other 1974 1973 $ $ (4,757) 6,536 Revenue Taxation Contributions from other governments Other 929 1,127 24,065 14,179 29,283 26,757 8,500 19,775 120,777 117,958 83,562 72,388 42,356 30,147 4,490 4,130 130,408 106,665 Accumulated net revenue [deficit] at the end of the year 4,874 (4,757) Analysed as follows: General revenue Special charges Special areas Police villages 4,874 (4,549)/ (2013) 4,874 ' (4;757) WATERWORKS STATEMENT OF RE AND EXPENDI Accumulated net revenue [deficit] at the beginning of the year 1,946 13,094 1974 $ 1973 Expenditure Operations Water supply Power and pumping Water transmission and distribu Ministry of the Environment charges Administration Total operating expenditur Principal payments and on long term debt Transfers to reserves Capital expenditures o Other Total expenditure Revenue Sale of water Municipal cont bution Fire protectio Other reven Total Reven e 2,596 2,891 n 3,793 4,333 erating terest charges 2,971 3,028 9,360 10,252 5,775 d reserve funds t of current revenue 19,064 26,399 28,424 42,426 Accumulated net revenue [deficit] at the end of the ear 12,106 10,904 8,500 , 19,775 3,222 599 23,828 31,278 (2,650) 1,946 cheat on their taxes. Medical "progress" means turning a great number of adult neurotics into drug addicts by socking the pills to them, and with the other hand giving a stiff -arm in the face to the dirty, sick, frightened kids of the drug age. A pretty dine view of progress? It is, as many people look on the word. But surely there arc enough of us left who believe in the real meaning of the word • moral, social and intellectual progress - to try to do something about the spreading sickness. Sante time next Sunday, please, In the meantime, on "progress" guard people. against STATEMENT OF RE AND EXPENDIT Village of Blyth Blyth Union Cemetery Bra ' ch For the year ended Decemb the revenue Sale of Plots Care of Plots Burial Charges Miscellaneous Revenue Storage Bequest E. Creighton Estate Donations Provided by Municipality ' om Tax Levy Donations • other munici .alities Total Revenue Deficit for year EXPENDITURE 31, 1974 Administratio and General Maintenance and Care of Buildings, Plots and Gr . unds Other Land • rchase and improvement Deb nture Debt Charges P incipal nterest Sinking Fund Instalments ook Value of Plots Sold otal Expenditure Surplus of year 110 1,000 151 4,960 Village of Blyth Blyth Recreation Committee Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the year ended December 31, 1974 Revenue Grants - Village of Blyth • Hullett Township Rentals - Hall • Arena Show hall Fees, admissions & collections Expenses Programmes Salaries Administration Building & facilities - arena - hall 5,000 1,000 1,598 170 703 7,835 524 6,366 1,834 6,275 1,769 785 1,212 1,300 1,261 1,300 2,700 8,558 224 8,782 330 3,492 4,960 8,782 8,782 16,306 16,768 Excess of expenditure over revenue $ 462 AUDITOR'S REPORT To: The Members of Council, and Ratepayers of the Corporation of The village of Blyth I have examined the 1974 financial statements of the ' Corporation of the Village of Blyth and its local boards, which are listed on the attached index. My examination included a general review,of the accounting procedures and such tests of accounting records and other supporting evidence as I considered necessary in the circumstances. In my opinion these financial statements present fairly the financial position ofythe Coportatioit of the Village of Blyth and its local boards as at December 31st, 1974, and the results of their operations for the year then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted for Ontario municipalities applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. City: Goderich, Ontario Date: June 4, 1975 Licence Number: 195 (Signed) Local man dies HENRY IVAN ARMSTRONG Henry Ivan Armstrong of Blyth died Saturday, July 5, 1975 in Clinton Public Hospital, He was 81' years of age, - He was born in Morris township on March 27, 1894 to the late George Armstrong and Susannah Love, and moved from the 5th line to the 9th at age one,. later moving at 10 years of age to the 6th line where he lived until 1938,. At that time he moved to Grey. township near Walton where he lived until retiring from the farm to Blyth in 1964. He married the former Annie Mason on June 2, 1920. She survives him. He was a member of the United Church. Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Donald of Listowel and Ivan Armstrong; one brother, Alvin of RR 4, Brussels; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Three brothers George (Herb) of British Columbia, Fred of Erskin, Alberta and Edwin of Morris township predeceased hint. The funeral service took place from the Tasker Memorial Chapel on ,July 7, 1975 with Rev, C. L. Wittich officiating. Interment was in Blyth Union Cemetery, Pall- bearers were Harvey Brown, Gordon Elliott and Jini Laidlaw, Blyth and Allen Foxcroft, Galt, Gerald Armstrong, Kitchener and Ken Armstrong, Milton. Flower - bearers were Ken Armstrong, Listowel and Gwen Armstrong, Milton. Drama workshops Saturday Part of the plans for the Blyth Sumner Festival' have been a series of workshops using the personel of the Festival to help improve local amateur theatre. The workshops arc sponsored by the Blyth Little Theatre through grants from Theatre Ontario. There will be three separate workshops, each having four sessions. James Roy will instruct a course on directing. Steve Thorne will` lead the group on acting which will be divided into older and younger groups if enough people ,turn out. The final workshop series will be for stage craft and design and headed by Ron Ferguson, techni- cal director of the Festival. This workshop will include stage design, executing the design, lighting design and executing the lighting. The workshops are open to anyone interested in theatre and begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. Blythpersonals INTENDED FOR LAST WEEK Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Camp- ' bell, London visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Howard Campbell, recently. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Campbell, tSyliva and 'Brian of London were guests of M$,•,and Mrs. Howard Campbell, also picniced at Maitland`" alley Conservation Area at Bennihler. Paul Pierce is a patient in St, • Joseph's Hospital, London. Mr, and Mrs. John MacDonald of Windsor Jisited with their aunt, Mrs. Inez McDonald last week. Mr. and Mrs.,Charlie Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. Don Craig of Blyth and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Daer of Wingham attended the funeral of the former's brother Mr. William E. Johnston in Sarnia on Friday, June 28. Mr. and Mrs. 'John Evans of Sarnia and his cousins Mr. and Mrs, 'Tom Sad1e% of England visited on Sunday: with Mr. and Mrs, Don Craig and family and Mr, and Mrs, David Craig, Mr, and Mrs. Harold Carter of Hamilton visited Mr, and Mrs, Wm,, Carter, Mr, and Mrs. Nelson Pattison andMr, and Mrq�. William Knox and friends /In community this week, O.P.P. investigate During the week June 30 to July 6, the following investiga- tions were carried out by officers at Wingham Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police: eight investigations with eight persons charged under the Liquor Control Act; eight charges laid and seventeen warnings issued under the Highway Traffic Act; Thirty other investigations with four parsons charged under the Criminal Code. On Monday, June 30, Kenneth Williamson and Henry Grobbink, both of Walton were involved in a collision on Concession 17.18, east of Sideroad 5.6, Grey Township. No one was injured, , Damages were estimated at $1200. On Tuesday, July 1, Kevin E. Reist of RR 1, New Hamburg and Elmer Hardin of RR 1, Gorric series were involved in a collision on Concession 10.11, east of Huron County Road 30, Howick Town- ship. Injured as a result was Sandra E. Reist of RR 2, Mildmay, Damages were estima- ted at $600, Goldwyn, H. Gallaway of RR 1, Wingham was involved in a single car accident on the "B" line, west of sideroad ' 10.11, Turnberry Township when he went into the north ditch and struck a telephone pole. Mr, Gallaway was injured as a result• of the accident and damages to his vehicle were estimated at $400. On Thursday, July 3, Donald A, Nolon of Walton and Violet M. Scott of RR 3, Blyth were involved in a collision on Highway 4, south of the Blyth C.P.R. crossing. Injured as a result was Donald A MUNICIPAL ELECTRICAL UTILITY BALANCE SHEET Village of Blyth December 31, 1974 ASSETS Current Cash Investments Accounts Receivable Less Allowance for doubtful accounts Due from Other Funds Inventories Other Current Assets (specify) Total Current Assets Capital Utility Plant Lands Buildings Plant and Equipment Transmission and Distribution System Other Less Accumulated Depreciation Investments and Special Funds Due from Other Funds (specify) Unamortized Discount Other Capital Assets Equity in Ontario Hydro Deficit Total Assets LIABILITIES Current Bank Overdraft Accounts Payable Due to Other Funds (specif Customers' Deposits Other Current Liabilities (s cify) Unearned discount' of .ecurities Total Current Liabilitie Capital Debenture D bt Due to C�fital and Loan Fund (General Sec on) Net Other Lo g Term Debt (specify) 36 2,679 12,681 124,245 Due to ther Funds (Other than Debentures) Una ortized Premium Ot r Capital Liabilities (specify) Reserve for Equity in Ontario Hydro Reserves (specify) Surplus Capital Earned Total Liabilities and Surplus THE BLYTH STANDARt, JULY 9, 1975, PG. 17. of accidents Nolan, Damages were estimated at $600, On Saturday, July 5, Terry McDougall of Gorrie was involved in a single car accident on Highway 4, north of the C.P.R. Spur Line Crossing in Turnberry Township, Mr, McDougall was injured as well as two passengers in his car, Doug Krohn and Kenneth Snowdon, both of Wingham. Damages were estima- ted at $800. Raymond A. Clark 'of London, was involved with a single car collision on Concession 13-14, cast of Country Road 12, Grey Township when a horse, which had been in the north ditch attempted to run across the road toward the south ditch in front of • the vehicle, and was struck by Mr. Clark, The horse was owned by Mrs, Joan Smith of RR 2, Brussels, Damages to the Clark vehicle were estimated at $650, On Sunday, July 6, Lothar Luckenhaus of Cambridge was involved in, a single car' accident on Siderod 10-11, north of County Road 7, Turnberry Twp. Injured as a result was Mrs. Irma Luckenhaus. Damages were estimated at $2000. Douglas Krohn of RR 3, Wingham was injured in a single car collision on Sideroad 36.37, south of Highway 86 when the vehicle he was driving went off the west side of the road and struck a tree. Damages were estimated at $800, MUNICIPAL ELECTRICAL UTILITY STATEMENT 01?" REVENUE E ANL' EXPENDI For the year Ended Sale of Electrical Ener : Residential Sales 8,575 Commercial Sale 1,260 3,000 Power Lighting, et . 1,260 Industrial S: es Power Lighti g, etc, 139,641 55,795 1%7,670 114 12,949 83,846 ecember 31, 1974 ENUE 60,266 49,563 60,266 Sale • to Public Authorities (other than own municipality) ower Lighting, etc. Sales to own Municipality Power Street Lighting, Other Lighting, etc. Other sales Sales to Other Utilities Water heater rentals 1,046 2,437 2,437 ' 1,046 Miscellaneous Revenue: Customers' Forfeited Discounts & Penalties 171 Servicing of Customers' Installations Sales of Merchandise Other: Interest earned 222 Miscellaneous 9 Provided by Municipality from Tax Levy: General or Special Area Rates Local Improvement Charges -Owner's Share Total Revenue 402 113,714 127,670 Deficit for year carried forwarrl-to Surplus (Deficit) Account ' 224,465 Total Revenue Section 113,714 EXPENDITURE Administration and General Customer's Billing and Collecting Electrical Energy Purchased 9,625 Generation of Electrical Energy: Maintenance Operation 275 Transmission and Transformation: 162 Maintenance Operation 162 Distribution: 10,062 Maintenance Operation Street Lighting: Maintenance Operation Other -Exclusive of Depreciation and Debenture Debt Charges: Cost of Merchandise Sales 2,831 4,18Q 93,819 110 3,117 Depreciation 4,854 Debenture Debt Charges Matured in Current Year Interest 127,670 Serial Debentures -Principal Instalments 127,670 Sinking Fund Debentures -Sinking Fund Requirements Provision for Debt Charges of Future Years 16,032 70,701 86,733 224,465 Total Expenditure Surplus for Year cattied forward to Surplus (Deficit) Account Total Expenditure Section 108,911 4,803 113,714 PG. 18, THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. AirP_Z7z,zirtfcJ:ZswzzZfar,m Classified Rates Effective June 26, 1974 WORD COUNT Charges are based on the number of ‘vords. Sets of numerals as for serial numbers, street numbers, phone numbers or prices coutlt as one word per set. Words joined by hyphens count as separate words. SEMI -DISPLAY 5 cents per word, minimum charge of $1,25. Box numbers to this office will be charged 50 cents per insertion. Births, marriages;. engagements, deaths are free of charge. DISPLAY $1.40 per column inch, after 10 consecutive insertions with no changes, $1.00 per column inch. 25c DISCOUNT FOR CASH PAYMENT ON OR BEFORE MONDAY NOON OF WEEK FOLLOWING FINAL INSERTION Deadline for classified ads is Tuesday noon PHONE 523-9646 For Sale TV GUIDES NOW ON SALE AT The Blyth Standard. 12-tfn DELUXE, REDWOOD, ABOVE Ground pools, (2) 16 by 24; 16 x 32, complete, 1 year old. Repossess by bank, sacrifice half price. Call Mr. James 519-681-3804. 23-tfn SWIMMING POOL SACRIFICE. Leading manufacturer, and dist- ributor has above ground alumin- um pools left over from 1974 season, '/2 price, guaranteed installation and terms. Call -Credit Manager collect, London, 519-681-3805, days or evenings. 10-tfn ONE BLACK VINYL RECLINER Chair in good condition. Phone 523-4489. 28-3p 1969`S P�Cf ,TIB Best est offe \Mae S23200. 1973 TIGER 750 TRIUMPH Motorcyle 4,000 ' actual miles. Like new condition. Phone 523-9643 28-1p F ISE R C Caly by t ' si Knox 3-9 82. WOMEN'S, MEN'S & Children's magazines now on sale at The Blyth Standard such as: Chatelaine, Ladies' Home Journal, Needlework, Redbook, Lady's Circle, Vogue, McCall's, Good Housekeeping, Weight Watchers, Seventeen, Modern Bride, Movie magazines galore, True Romance, Time, Newsweek, Psychology Today, True, Hockey Illustrated, Field and Stream, Crossword P uzzles, Mad, Crack- ed, Jack and Jill, etc. 12-tfn IIIIII111111IIIIIIIIIIIII111111IIIIIIIIIIIIi11111IIIII 1111111111111111 BROADL OM CLINTO S CARPET C r TRE *Wall to wall ins talions or area carpets •Samples show in your home •Free estima s *Guarantee ' staliations There's a ' elanese carpet for every om in the home. uallty you can trust" , From B & MUTCH FURNITURE LIMITED Phone 482-9505, Clinton 1111UIUIl011Q011111N01m111111111011111111111111111111111d11)I, For Sale WE'RE TAKING ORDERS NOW for straw to be available when we combine. Buy it off the field or baled. Phone 526.7795. 28-1 p 30 ACRES OF STANDING HAY for sale. Call 523-9537. If no answer call 523-4461. 28.1p Free KITTENS TO GIVE AWAY, trained, six weeks old. Barbara Walsh, B. J. Fabrics. 523-9675. 28-1h EIGHT WEEK OLD KITTENS kitty litter trained. Phone 523-9326. 28-1p Help Wanted NEED PART TIME TELLER. Apply in person to the Canadian Imlicrial Bank. of Commer Blyth. THE HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REQUIRES OCCASIONAL TEACHERS to do supply work in the elementary and secondary schools during 1975-76. Written applications, including qualifications, social insurance number, and telephone number must be mailed before July 23rd to R. E. Smith, Superintendent of Education Huron County Board of Education 103 Albert St., Clinton, Ontario Applicants should indicate the grades and/or subjects they are prepared to teach and the schools in which they would serve. From this information lists of available teachers will be prepared for each school. Principals will then contact applicants when their services are required. Persons presently serving as Occasional Teachers in our schools need not re -apply. Names will automatically be included for the coming year unless notifica- tion to the contrary is received from either the teacher or a principal. D. J. Cochrane, W. Shortreed, Director. Chairman. 27-3 Tenders Wanted • CUSTODIAN CONTRACT TENDER PLAINLY marked sealed tenders will be received by the under- signed up to Tuesday, July 22, 1975 for contracting custodial services at Brussels Public School, Brussels. ALL tenders must be submitted on the official tender forms which are available at the Huron County Board of Education, 103 Albert Street, Clinton, Ontario NOM 1LO, THE Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. R. B. Dunlop Superintendent of Business • Affairs Huron County Board of Educatio W. Shortreed D. J. Cochran Chairman Directo Ir Rent For Rent Service Stat' for Le • e ON MAIN COR C R IN SEAFORTH BP Oil 1 00-265-4157 DAYS OR MIKE QUINN EVENINGS AT 482-7782 Notice TUDENTS FOR HIRE ANY jobs, any size. Phone 524-2744. 23-1 & 26-7 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE OF GLADYS MAY FAWCETT ALL PERSONS having claims against the Estate of the above-mentioned, late of the Village of Blyth, in the County of Huron, Spinster, who died on May 29th, 1975 are required to file proof of same with the undersigned on or before the 12th day of July, 1975. After that date the Executor will proceed' to distribute the Estate having regard only to the claims of which he shall then have had notice. DATED at Wingham, Ontario, this llth day of June, A.D. 1975. CRAWFORD MILL & DAVIES Wingham, Ontario Solicitors for the Execu DANCE BAND AVAILABLE FOR Dances, Receptions, Parties or Benefits. Phone "Music Makers" 523-4455 or 482-3119. 28-1p Tenders. Wanted TENDERS FOR MUNICIPAL DRAINS TOWNSHIP OF HULLETT WALLACE; 250 lineal feet of open drain (400 c.y.) 2,762 lineal feet of closed drain (16" - 18") 2 Catch Basins BOWES: 6,479 lineal feet of open drain (11,400 c.y.) 5,587 lineal feet of closed drain (18" • 6") 6 Concrete Catch Basins 2 Township Road Culverts 1Railway Culvert 1County Road Culvert Separate Tenders will be accept- ed for open and closed work. Lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders to state dates of commencement and finish. Breakdown between Crossings and Lands to be shown. A Cheque for 10% of the Tender price to accompany Tender. No Tender accepted after 5;00 p.m., on Friday, July 18, 1975. Further particulars, Plans, and Specifications may be seen at the. Clerk's Office. Clare Vincent - Cler Box 293, Londesb Wanted WANTED TO BUY: OLD FUR- niture, player piano, china, books, photographs by Sallows, automotive books and license plates. 482-9193. 13-tfn WANTED: CANADA'S LEAD- ing Manufacturer and Distributor is seeking a choice residential site to display their new 1975 above ground redwood pool. Your backyard is the prime location we will consider. An excellent opportunity for you the home owner. Call collect 681.3800 days or evenings. 11-tfn Auction AUCTION SALE FOR THE estate of Miss Gladys Fawcett, King Street, Blyth on Saturday, July 19, 1975 at 1:30 p.m. 28-1h At Your Service CONCRETE WORK Expert chimney and roofing re- pairs; specializing in stabling. Don Ives, Phone Brussels, 887-9024. tfn SEPTIC TANK CLEANING SERVICE All work guaranteed. Twenty years experience. Phone Louis. Blake, RR 2, Brussels, 887-6800. 27-tfn I'LL TRUCK YOUR GOODS anywhere in Ontario. Phone 523-9338. 26-4 CUSTOM COMBINING, OF' Wheat, grain and beans, P 523-4583. COMBINING OF GRAIN, FLAX, and beans. Phone 523-9440. 28-4p BERG Sales -. Se ' ce LnstallatiO • Barn Oe ▪ Bunk F •+en • Stabling FREE ESTIMATES Donald ;6. Ives • R.B. 2, / BLYTH Phone Brushes 887-9024 Card of Thanks BOLGER.' We wish to extend sincere thanks to friends, neigh- bours and relatives for cards and gifts received. Special thanks to Drs. Wilkins and Ping and nursing staff at Wingham hospital. -Faye and Erin Bolger. 28-1h BUFFINGA. 1 would like to express niy sincere thanks to all my friends and relatives for the lovely gifts, flowers and cards while I was a patient in Clinton Public Hospital Special thanks to Dr. Street and Dr. Watts and the nursing staff on first floor. Everything was greatly apprecia- ted.-Henny Buffinga. 28.1p HALLAHAN. We wish to thank our friends and relatives for the many cards and gifts which we received for our 40th anniversary. Special thanks to all the Hallahan families. -Dan and Hilda Hallahan 28- l p WILSON. A sincere thanks to my neighbours, friends and relatives for the gifts, cards and the ones that came to see me on my 80th birthday. It was appreciated with thanks. -Rus Wilson. 28 -Ip YOUNG. 1 would like to thank everyone who sent me cards, gifts and visited me while I was a patient in Stratford General Hospital. Special thanks to Drs. Rowe and Schuh and the nurses on Fourth Floor East. - Young, Auburn. At Your Service W.ly wait for wi er? - do it now • Loader and true rental • Washed cemc gravel • Washed sand nd stone • Crushed cem nt gravel • Crushed ro gravel • Top soil • Fill • Pit run Bud amney S D & GRAVEL Aubu526-7799 evenings. Tenders Wanted F ®®I2®®®®EME2 ®®®®®! Einfl DER I FOR SALE BYTE House in Belgrave to be :noved and basement evelled sto one foot below gr de. Is gTenders accepted July 30, • 31975. s Highest or any tinder not a necessarily accepted, CONTACT: United Co-oper ves of Ontario, Belgrave Branc , Belgrave, Onta: to. ATTENTION: Manager. a i amine ®f imein1912MIE 71264 Real Estate Real Estate PETER S. MacEWAN GENERAL INSURANCE REAL ESTATE BROKER 38 ST, DAVID ST. GODERICH 524.9531 PLUMBING, HEATING AND SHEET ETAL BUSINESS Including shop and residence plus a = rge lot 122' x 110' in Lucknow, Ontario. A good business .for a good price. For further details please phone, ■ DAIRY 240 acres, approximately 170 bush. 8 -room brick home, go milking parlour, modern e productive farm is locate good terms available,' Phone Stan J y, Blyth Representative, 523.4464 F'RM rkable, balance ii, mixed d barn with open stabling, ipment in milk house. This miles south of Goderich and has or Jo -Ann Bullen, Bayfield Representative, 565-2421 Real Estate 82 Albert Street Clinton Phone: 482-9371 MASON BAILEY BROKER/MANAGER 50 acres cash crop land in Hullett Township, no buildings. ***** 1 floor brick home in Blyth, 5 rooms, all carpeted, 2 bedrooms, modestly priced. ***** Laying operation' in Blyth, •rice includes all equipment / d egg quota for approx. 5,000 hens. ***** 3 room school Wawanosh To mately 11/2 a 8 room, use in East ship, approxi - s of land. ***** 2 storey brick home in Blyth, 4 bedrooms, large lot with scenic view. • ***** Small 00 nice airC I Io in ***** 1 floor brick bungalow in h, 2 bedrooms, large lot f base- ment. *** We have listed a in Huron Com **** B ricty of farms 100 acres f m in Morris Twp. 70 acres w: kable and drained, 2 floor ck home with 5 bedrooms. ***** 11 storey frame home, 8 rooms' ttached garage, 11/7 bathrooms,' 4 bedrooms, oil heating. ***** 25 acres wooded land near Bclgrave, with a nice setting to build on. ***** FOOD FOR THOUGHT Politics is like love; everyone jumps in head first without understanding the first thing about it. DANCE to STAR TREK at the Clinton Arena (o he floor) July 19, fron Oto 1 Dress is semi-fo n al - no blue jeans Refreshments .Mailable, lunch served. ELP CELEBRATE C NTON'S CENTENNIAL Admission: $2.50 per person Sponsored by Huron County j unior Farmers r.. .:1.1:411.1:1 Couhtry Single Danc SAT., JULY 12 at HULLY G LY 8:30 p m, Dance • nd Camp . ree Refreshme is Served • Watch f r our next dance n July 19 at S forth Legion Mu tc by Tony Nuthers 1 THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. PG. 19. COMING EVENTS MONSTER BINGOS EVERY Monday night until September at 8 p.m. in Clinton Arena, 15 regular games at $50; three sharc•the-wealth games; plus $1,000 jackpot every night. Proceeds to swimming pool fund. 23-13 PARK GOD RICH 10 IHI SOUTAI ' MOH S71.0111 Ila (ON0ll10NI0 ;HUNS FRI SA1 JUL1 10. 11 (7 ELLEN BUF f' FYN KRIS KRISTOF FERSON •, ALICE DOESN'T UVE HERE ANYMORE 404I I 1 NII RIANMI 741 5011YON�1 0 IUI (0 n 11 (1 "CARRY ON DICK" 111 01 'Don't turn tlhe other cheek' WI (7 !HORS (RI SAI JULY I, Ir 11 n ADUI I 1 N111474101 INT • 6 -FOUR M : TEERS ALEXANDER SAI KIND RAQUIL WELCH • RICI ..d MICHAEL YORK as D' CHRISTOPHER LEE. GI JAN PIERRE CASSEL IN A n,.,, OIJVER REED 1) CHAMBERIAIN ... •FRANK FINUY WINE CI W'UN HARD IISTIA FILM "TILE FOUR MUSK FIRS" *RS SIMON WARD ..d FAYE 1)U AWAY.. MB* CIIARLEON IFF:WON*Co d' 1 Rk1.Jk. PROGRAM SURJI(7 TO CHANGE W11110U1 N011C1 OPEN EVERY NIGHT MATH r mill."(04104110 ,• N01, 174 00 THURS., FRI., SAT., . JU Y 10. II, 17 "It's my kind of Iilm. ze, broads, car chases, corr.ption and revenge — all he things that make file worthwhllel" REYNOLDS MWHITiz dJJ' j,MiJJiJS` Biiei AE'ri )it)S . off tow ..,,,,,•3............,•...... -PLUS-ADULT E T RTAINMENT CORNEL WILDE WHET BOITO Sha IEASU SUN., MON.. TUES... JU .Y 13, 14, IS 'Mllllo,,l71Ye's wow • 101E 1-501711.0 x like this. 11.0041 00,0, WED.. THURS., FRI.• I .,. JULY 1/,17,11,10 WAXD VIA DEMO DANCE ILING PLUS "The Terrorists' ADULT ENTERTAINMEN PR00RAMS SUBJECT BUNT RITNOIDI CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Blyth Recreation Program Monday July 14 • 9:30 • 11:30 a.m. Girls (12-14) - Craft (bread roses) and a sports aivity. Boys .(11.14) Basketball. 1:30.4:30 p.m. "Tomorrow's Eve" touring theatr group will be performing this afternoon. 7:30 p.m. an adult performance put on by "T. orrow's Eve" 1 touring theatre group will be present • • free of charge in the evening. Everyone Welcome, Tuesday, June 15 • 9:30 • 11:30 a.�. Girls (12-14) - Bread roses a T . esports activity Boys (11-14) - Basketball. 1:30.4:30 p.m. - working with ay for all public school aged children (boys and girl Wednesday, July 16 • 9:31 • 11:30 a.m. Girls (12-14) • Brea' roses and a sports acivity Boys (11.14) - Ba • etball 1:30 - 4:30 • all pub ' school aged childr5cn - working with clay. 1:30 • 3:00 - 3- . years old supervision and games, at the Lion's Pa Thursday, J y 17 - same as Tuesday. The the re group that is performing for the children Monday fternoon and the adults Monday evening needs, accomn odation Sunday night (July 13th). If you can offer accommodation to 1 or more of the group please contact us at 523-4543. J CASH BINGO, SEAFORTH LEGION HALL, Friday, July 11, 1975 at 8:15 p.m. sharp. 15 regular games at $10.00 each; three specials for $25.00 each and a 575.00 jackpot to go each week. Admission, 51,00; extra cards 25c each or 7 for 51,00 (Children under 16 not permitted.) Pro• coeds for Welfare Work. Sponsor- - ed by Branch 156, Seaforth Royal Canadian Legion. tin NEW BINGO, CLINTON LEGION HALL, 8:30 p.m., July 10, Admission, $1.00 each. Three Share -the Wealth games. One jackpot for $160 in SS calls or less or guaranteed $25 consolation. One call and $10 added weekly if not won. tfn ••••••••••/••••• QUEEN'S HOT)EL BRUOELS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND UNDAY July 7 - 10 ob Lowes from Stratford ••••••••••••••• CLINTON - ONTARIO BOX OFFICE OPEN 8 P.M WED., THURS., FRI. CHARLES BRONSON "MRM JES1YK' FIRST SHOW AT »USK -- JULY 9, 1 Why are they sayi it's the one mor should see this Ask anyon who's seen 11 You Woe. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT United Artists le BIGGeST "WITHORaV aL" In Banking NITRY! ArDULT ENTERTAINMENT GEORGE . SCOTT "BAN SNOT" SAT., SUN. July 12. • ALBERT FINNEY LAUREN BACALL MARTIN BALSAM INGRID BERGMAN JACOUELINE BISSET JEAN PIERRE CASSEI g SEAN CONNERY ; JOHN GIELGUD - WENDY HILLER ANTHONY PERKINS ' VANESSA REDGRAVE RACHEL ROBERTS RICHARD WIDMARK MICHAEL YORK ON., TUES. 14 - 15 JIA Cowin MURDER ri ON Tn[ ORIENT EXPRESS They searched the world... until they found 'each other, A Paramount Release 10,eph nuuonl..ulll Deborah R.lfrfn ADULT ENTERTAINMENT SPECIA FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT WED,, TH RS,, FRI, July 16 - 17 - 18 FREE POP ORN—THURS, NIGHT, JULY 17— FOR HILDREN—BEFORE 10:00 P.M, THE HIP -EST HEIST IN HISTORY! 1N BIGGEST DOG /11 [WORLD Their all new adventure) r • The Biggest HOWL. Ever Unleashed! Coming: July 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 PG. 20. THE BLYTH STANDARD, JULY 9, 1975. AUBURN NEWS 13uredu editor: MRS. ELEANOR j3RADNOCK Friends visit in Auburn and area Mr. and Mrs. George Walker of Belgrave visited last week with Mr, and Mrs. 'Phomas Johnston and Miss Laura Phillips. Mrs. Frances Clark spent last weekend at Por(Stanley with Mr. and Mrs. J.C. McIntosh and fancily. Mr, and Mrs. W,H. Coates of Clearwater, Florida spent last weekend with Mr. Maitland Allen and Mrs. Allen who is a patient now in Clinton General hospital returning a ‘veck ago from St. Joseph's hospital London. Mr. Bradley Andrews is a patient in Goderich hospital. We wish him a speedy recovery. Miss Shelley Haggitt of Zurich visited last week with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haggitt. Miss Diane Hanna of Donny- brook visited last week with her grandmother Mrs. Bert Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McDo- ugall visited last week with their son Mr. Allan McDougall, Mrs. McDougall and new daughter Angie Gail, at Sudbury, Mrs. Melvin Taylor of Brussels spent last weekend with Mrs. l3crt Taylor. Mrs. Gordon Powell entertain- ed little friends of her son Kevin on the occasion of his seventh birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Robinson attended the wedding of their nephew Michael Coyne at Sarnia. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cartwri- ght, David, Derrick and Loric spent the weekend at Chatham. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Livermo- re and sons of Fordwich spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Donald Haines. Children's Day will be held July 15 by the Auburn W.I. in the hall at 2p.m, All children of the community are invited. Program, games and a penny sale will be held. Each W.I. member is asked to bring a gift for the Sale. Blyth personal items Mr. and Mrs. Larry Badley and Rhonda motored to Swift Current, Saskatchewan where they are vacationing for two weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Badley and family. They also plan to attend the Calgary Stampede before returning. Winnie Vincent of Blyth visited at Motherwell with her friend Mrs. Edith Brown and her son Dr. Bert Brown last week. Also visited for a few days with her niece, Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Kelly of Seaforth. Mrs. Sarah Johnson of Mitchell visited last Monday with Winnie Vincent. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kelly of Seaforth visited with Winnie Vincent on Wednesay. Winnie Vincent's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Harmer of St. Mary's and her niece Miss Martha Harmer, R.N. of Toronto visited on Thursday. Used car Savung 1975 Chrysler cordova demon ra- tor 1973 Pontiac Astre, statio• agon automatic with radio. 1973 Dodge 1/2 ton pk-up 1972 Chrysler Newp • t Custom,. 4 door hardtop, full equipped 1972 Datsun, 2 5 oor 1972 Toyota, 4 soot', 4 -speed with radio 1971 Must • ng, automatic, power steering .nd brakes 1969 eteor, 2 door, hardtop, 8 auto tic, power steering and brak •s, radio 196: Chev, 4 door, hardtop CRAWFORD MOTORS CHRYSLER . DODGE • PLYMOUTH WINGHAM ONTARIO 357-3862 Westfield area news BY MRS. CHARLES SMiTH Mrs. Gordon E. Smith of London visited on Monday with Mrs. John A Gear, Mrs, Charlie Smith and Mr. Gordon McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Horne and family of Windsor visited on Friday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Snell and family, Mr, and Mrs. Ross Taylor and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Snell and family visited on Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Eccles Dow, Nelson and Ivan of East Wawa - nosh. Mr, and Mrs., Ray Bryant of Smith Falls, visited on Friday Hallahan picnic • The annual Hallahan Family Picnic was held Sunday, July 6 at the the ho►nc of M►•,' and Mrs. Maurice Hallahan of East Wawa - nosh with an attendance of 80 relatives. The afternoon was spent in visiting, sports and races for the small fry, who numbered 50, At four o'clock .everyone was invited to the larger shed on Maurice's farm where tables and scats were set up. A smorgasbord supper was enjoyed by all. After the meal the meeting was called to plan next year's gathering, at which time Daniel Hallahan and wife Hilda were called to two chairs at the front where an address was read by Michael Hallahan of Walkerton congratulating then on attaining their 40th Anniversary of their marriage, and presenting them with a purse of money. The couple both replied in appreciat- ion of the families thoughtfulness of them. At this time the family bid farewell to Clem Sterner Jr. of Kingsbridge who with his wife and family were leaving by van for a motor trip through the states into Manitoba and Northern Ontario. They expect to be away until school re -opens. We wish them a very pleasant trip. with Mrs. Audrey Biggerstaff and Bill. Miss Heather Campbell of Wingham visited on Friday with her grandparents Mr, and Mrs. Douglas Campbell. Mrs, Wilkins, Marilyn and Denise and Mrs, Orval Welsh of Wingham visited on Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Howatt. Miss Mary Snell of Kitchener visited on weekend with', her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Snell. Miss Pat Stone of London visited for several days last week with Mrs. Peter de Groot. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bos of Guelph visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Peter do Groot. Mr, and Mrs. Ivan Wightman have returned from their 10 clay vacation to North Dakota and 1 aRavicrc. Miss Sharon Cook of London visited on the weekend with her 'parents Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Cook. Mr, and Mrs, Garth McClinchey and Brian of Auburn visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Jefferson of Donnybrook visited on Sunday with Mrs, Muriel McLean. McKillop Mutual Fire 'Insurance Compan Established 1876 HEAD OFFICE: Seaforth, Ontario Mrs. Margaret Skarn. See Treas. Phone 527• It On Little Be Safe 00 tom• Costs Fire, Extend • d Coverage, Windstorm Theft, Property Damage, .t Dire lability, Etc. ors and Adjusters: , 11 t 1. , cr.] Gocfkin, RR 1 alton Phone 5.1-1N77 Robt. Archibald, RR , Seaforth 527-1817 Ken Carnochan, R' 4, Seaforth 527.1545 Ross Leonhardt, ' ' 1, Bornholm 345.2234 John McEwing ' R 1, Blyth 523.9390 Stanley McII in, RR 2, Goderich ' 524.7051 Wm. Pep• , Brucefield 482-7534 J.N. Trew a, Box661, Clinton 482.7593 Donald , cKercher, RR 1; Dublin 527.1837 Ager James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth K.J. Etue, Seaforth Wm, Leiper, Londeshnro Steve J. Murray, RR 5, Seaforth SNELL'S r�e7'!llyb0/lgltallf!'.. GROCE(Y " �cRArcQ 523-9332 CRISCO COOKING OIL 24 0Z. $1.29 SCHNEIDERS BOLOGNA PIECE OR SLICED LB. 89c KELLOGGS RICE KRISPIES 13 OZ. 79 SCHNEiDERS WIENERS FROSTED FOOD: SUNSHINE WHITE OR PINK LEMONADE 12 OZ. McCAINS STRAWBERRY OR SHORTCAKE 32 SAVARIN TURKEY OR S T.V. DINNERS DER $1.59 FOR 79C SPBERRY Z. $1.49 SBURY STEAK EACH 69c FRESH PR•.'UCE: SUNKIS ORANGE ` 138's DOZ. 59c FRESH ANTELOPES EACH 59c YO EANUT BUTTER 3 LB. $2.09 SCHNEIDERS FRIED CHICKEN 2 LB. BUCKET $2.99 CULVERHOUSE FANCY 14 OZ. 2 FOR CREAM CORN 59c DEL MONTE • 4-5 OZ. SERVINGS PUDDING CUPS 69c DEL MONTE 14 OZ. 2 FOR (TEACH HALVES 79c AUSTRAL . 28 OZ. BARTLETT PEARS 69c HEINZ 100 OZ. TOMATO JUICE 99c COTTAGE JAM ' 48 OZ. TIN $2.09 CANADA DRY, GiNGER ALE, WINK POP c•PLUS ORANGE 99c 3 LARGE BOTTLES PLUS DEPOSITS • FRESH CHILLED CHERRIES' 20 Ib. sweet black and . 22 Ib. red montmerency ORDER NOW First expected in this weekend or first of next