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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-09-24, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, September 24, 2014 www.lucknowsentinel.com 11:eucknow Sentinel PUBLISHED WEEKLY P.O. Box 400, 619 Campbell Street Lucknow Ontario NOG 2H0 phone: 519-528-2822 fax: 519-528-3529 www.lucknowsentinel.com SUN MEDIA A Quebecor Media Company JOHN BAUMAN Publisher/Sales Manager john.bauman@sunmedia.ca VALERIE GILLIES Editor valerie.gillies@sunmedia.ca lucknow.editorial@sunmedia.ca JILLIAN UNDERWOOD Sales representative jillian.underwood@sunmedia.ca JOY JURJENS Office Administrator I ucknow.sentinel@sunmedia.ca MARIE DAVID Group Publisher 519-364-2001 or 519-372-4301 Publications Mail Agreement No. 40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO SENTINEL CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT P.O. 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The Sentinel is available on microfilm at: GODERICH LIBRARY, (from 1875) 52 Montreal Street Goderich ON N7A 1M3 Goderichlibrary@huroncounty.ca KINCARDINE LIBRARY, (from 1875 to 1900 & 1935 to 1959) 727 Queen Street Kincardine ON N2Z 1Z9 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. Canacri ocna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Val's Views Valerie Gillies Clippings Reveal the History of the Lucknow Fall Fair The 151st Lucknow Fall Fair was held this past weekend from September 19-21, 2014. I was pleased to receive typed copies of clip- pings found in an old scrapbook belonging to the Morri- son family. The first clipping did not have a date attached. The headline reads: "The First Fall Fair': "The 50th anniversary of the organization of Lucknow Agricultural Society naturally suggests the beginning. It appears that there were fall shows in the village before there was an agricultural society. The first "show" was held on the present site of Murdoch & Cameron Co's store, among the stumps and other fea- tures of a backwoods village. The exhibits consisted of 2 yolk of oxen, 2 cows, 1 calf and 2 pigs. Our informant says that all got a prize, Mr. Malcolm Campbell giving out of his own pocket $1.00 to a Mr. Webster who had taken in his oxen from Ashfield. Such was the beginning. The next two fairs, or "shows" as the event was then termed were held on the street between the Cain House and the Murray Block and, we presume, were improve- ments on the first. It was after the holding of the third fair, for which there was only a temporary organization, the prize money being secured by a collection, that the society was organized in 1865. W. Anderson was the first president, Robert Graham, to whom we are indebted for the above information, was first secretary, and Wm. Geddes, now of Hamilton, was treasurer." The second clipping was printed in "The Lucknow Senti- nel" in 1962, entitled "The Fall Fair of Seventy Years Ago': "Here's a report that the Weekly Mail, Toronto, carried on October 6th, 1892, in connection with the local fall fair: The fall show of the Kinloss Branch Agricultural Soci- ety opened at Lucknow under the most favourable con- ditions. In every department the number of entries is far ahead of any previous show. The large hall in the part is packed to the doors with the products of the rich and fertile fields of the surrounding townships. The grand display in apples, pears, peaches, and grapes is the admiration of all, and surpasses by far any- thing of the kind ever witnessed in the section. In fruit alone nearly 500 entries have been made. The roots and vegetables are also fine, and would compare favourably with the largest shows in the Dominion. The ladies' department as usual is very attractive and nicely arranged. For the speeding contests, which take place tomor- row, big preparations are being made, and some 15 or 20 of the fastest horses in Huron and Bruce will take part. The entries in horses, cattle, sheep and pigs are also large, and taken all together, the show is the largest and best ever held by the society." Thank you to Gordon Morrison for sharing these clippings. Lucknow News Well the fall fair is over for another year and a great fair it was. All the events, games, exhibits, animals, food, parade, dances and people just having fun helped contribute to this year's successful fair. Now the organizers can relax for a few minutes before they have to start organizing next year's fair. If you aren't all "faired" out, the Ripley Fall Fair is on this coming weekend and it should be a good fair as well. Their theme is "cow- boy boots and country roots" and sounds like it should be fun. Our local library has started up their fall programs including a new one called bedtime story - time. Oh, if only I were young again and still owned a teddy bear. Perhaps if I can convince my cat Smokey to pretend to be a stuffed animal instead of real and if I hide in the back, they won't notice a much older child. Coming soon to Lucknow on Oct. 4 at the United Church is what sounds to be a very interesting and fun show. There was a story about it in last weeks paper. It's called A Sepoy Town Extravaganza and is being sponsored by HAWK Thea- tre. If you haven't recycled your Sept. 17 paper and missed the arti- cle, dig it out and give it a read. I've heard from quite a few peo- ple that not all the things that hap- pen in town are being reported in the paper. The problem is that very often the people at the paper never hear about what is happen- ing, especially if there's no police report, for example, a fire. If any- one hears about a fire, a strange occurance, or an event that will be taking place and it would make for a good picture and story, call the paper and leave a message if there's no one to answer the phone. It would be better to receive several messages about the same event than no message at all. The phone number at the paper is 528-2822. Sympathy of the community to the families of: Josh Murphy, 27, Goderich; and, Frank McGrath, 62, Wingham. United Way of Perth -Huron's Youth United Council Grants Now Open Up To $1,000 can be Requested for Youth Initiatives Submitted The United Way Perth -Huron is now accepting applications to fund youth driven projects for up to $1,000 within Perth and Huron Counties. The purpose of the grant is to assist young leaders in addressing issues that are important to them and their community. Projects must have a lead youth applicant (age 14-25) and an adult trus- tee to assist in the steward- ship of funds. Grant recipients from last year included a 'Let's Talk about Mental Health' Project that brought in a guest speaker to tallc with local youth about issues of mental health and well-being Priority will be given to projects that are collaborative, address priority issues in the community, present a unique and innovative idea, have not received prior funding from the United Way, and promote health and well- ness while raising awareness of youth issues and concerns. Applications open on Monday, September 15th, 2014 and will close on Monday, October 6th, 2014. Details regarding criteria, priorities and timeline for the youth grants can be found on http://perthhuron.unitedway. ca/funding/youth-grant. leeLin Keil Way Perth-HurGen Planning an event? Don't forget to advertise! The irucknow Sentinel 519-528-2822