SERVING THE MAPLETON COMMUNITY
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COMMUNITY NEWS VOLUME 49 ISSUE 49
DRAYTON, ONTARIO
Santa Claus in Moorefield - ABOVE: Sawyer and Felicity Signer were among the children who took the opportunity to visit with Santa after the Moorefield Optimist Parade on Dec. 3. BELOW: The Drayton Kinsmen and Kinettes and some friends rode the clubs’ float in the Moorefield parade. Photos by Caroline Sealey
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Drayton Christmas parade - ABOVE: Members of the Guiding organization in Mapleton Township were all bundled up for the ride along the streets of Drayton during the Santa Claus Parade on Dec. 2. BELOW: The arrival of Santa and his team of reindeer was a highlight of the event. After the parade children visited with Santa at the Drayton Fire Hall. Photos by Caroline Sealey
Jean Campbell honoured posthumously for volunteer role with theatre By Chris Daponte and Patrick Raftis DRAYTON - Longtime community volunteer Jean Campbell has been recognized posthumously with one of the province’s highest honours. On Nov. 30 she was named one of 20 recipients of the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship, which recognizes people who have made “exceptional long-term contributions to the quality of life in the province.� Campbell, who died in June, was recognized for her “generous volunteer work and cultural advocacy,� which “helped grow the Drayton Festival Theatre from its humble beginnings into the seven-venue phenomenon it is today.�
JEAN CAMPBELL The citizenship medals are the second-highest civilian award given by the province, next to the Order of Ontario. They were presented by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell at a ceremony at Queen’s Park on Dec. 1. “Through their inspired and long-term contributions,
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and without any expectation of recognition, these exceptional Ontarians have positively transformed the lives of countless people in communities in all parts of our province,� Dowdeswell stated in a press release. “I thank them for their exemplary service, which enriches us and brings us all together.� Drayton Entertainment artistic director and CEO Alex Mustakas has always been quick to recognize the vital role Campbell played in the growth of the theatre company. “She volunteered from day one in many different capacities, from front of house, from ushering, to house managing, to making costumes, taking actors into her home - you name it,� said
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Mustakas in a Nov. 5 telephone interview. Mustakas noted Campbell was employed briefly by the theatre company, but continued to offer her services as a volunteer at the same time. “There’s nobody quite like her because she also had the respect of so many in the community and rallied a number of other volunteers as well,� he said. In fact, it was Campbell who first helped convince Mustakas of the theatre’s potential during a 1990 tour of the historic building, which once housed Drayton’s municipal office, council chambers, library, fire hall, garage and jail. “I couldn’t believe it ... Here was this beautiful opera house basically at the crossroads of two county roads,�
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Mustakas told the Advertiser several years ago. Campbell became secretary-treasurer of the Drayton Festival Theatre, which was originally run through a committee of Drayton council. In addition to an administrative role, Campbell also headed up the theatre’s wardrobe department. She was one of a number of volunteers who helped grow the company from modest beginnings into one of the largest and most successful theatre companies in Canada. Today Drayton Entertainment welcomes over 200,000 theatregoers annually at seven locations: the original Drayton theatre, the Huron Country Playhouse and Playhouse II in Grand Bend,
King’s Wharf Theatre in Penetanguishene, Dunfield Theatre in Cambridge, and the Schoolhouse Theatre and Country Playhouse in St. Jacobs. But Campbell’s volunteer work didn’t end with the theatre. Over the years she also played important roles with the Mapleton and Wellington County historical societies (including a column in the Community News), Drayton Rotary Club, the local agricultural society, Drayton Citizen’s Association, the Mapleton Cemetery Committee and Wellington Community Services as a volunteer driver for. Campbell’s lengthy resume of volunteer work led to her being presented with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
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