The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-09-22, Page 144
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'ennlal committee chairman had a
busy day keeping on. top of things
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es did all her committee. Pres-
ident and directors have their var-
ipus duties to ,perforin• and. don't
Manage , to . see much of the fair.
Mrs,. Fred McQuillin, the ,secre-
tarytreasurer,. ,has her office in
the front of the arena and is con-
' fined there for most of the . day,
with many chores to perform Ll-
oyd Ackert, who acted as program
chairman, did a fine job of keep-.
"• ing things Moving . throughout the
day., Extensive _changes' were made
in ,the set-up of the grounds for
this fair with a large fenced area
giving a much larger crowd the
opportunity to see what was going.
on. Other interesting events . were
going on in other areas at, the
' same time and the. 'fair had "some-
thing kir everyone" everyone" throughout
the . day.
A: last minute idea of provid-
ing chairs for those who :: wished
to sit proved rewarding. The con-
cession was well received '& was
operated by the Girl, Guides who
suggested "rest a while . for 5c".
Thea chaired area had " a good
;view . of the program area.
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Booths did a :' brisk business
throughout the day. ,Soft drinks
were consumed, in large . quantity
in an attempt .to . beat the beat.
The midway was a busy spot with
the kids and young people ,'keep-
ing all rides active until well af-
ter snc, o'clock, t„.
A popular • feature: for thea kids
on. Saturday was pony ' rides on
local popies.. A . number.district
ponies were used throw ut'the
day. We were advised that rant
Chisholm was in charge,of this so
we hope we were advised correct-
ly. * t
Mrs.—Oliver McCharles,
Mrs. Ira Dickie, . Mrs. Har-
ry, Lavis . and Mrs. Jake Hunt-
er won the prizes for the best Gay
90s costume worn by a lady dir-
ector in that order. Prize winners
for :costume in the. "visitors' to the
fair class" were. Mrs.. 'Tom Ma
Kenzie, Mrs. Ken Mowbray, Mr .
Ted' Collyer and Mrs. Lloyd Mac-
Dougall
Miss Jessie.: MacKay of .Luck -
now was . the oldest lady . at, the fair
Miss `MacKay` will be 98 years of:
age. on October/ 28th. :Wesley W
Hill, at age 89, was the oldest gent
at the fair. Both Miss MacKay- and
Mr. Hill'' thoroughly enjoyed the
afternoon add spent the entire. •af-'
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.Mr. and Mrs. • Donald Simpson
of Lochalsh and their family of
nine were the ;largest family at
the fair Aging out - the Gordon
Morrison family, boundary east,
by one. The Simpsons won .10 lbs;
of cheese for 'the largest; family
award .. •.• • '
Fred : Mote • of - Bayfield thrilled.
the crowd with his 1929 steam en-,
gine and many of the sold thresh-
lers:of the area had,the opportun
ity.; to runit. through the day., The
entry. was sponsored' by: Wesocit
Lumber of ' Lucknow.,
The , 'MacDonald orchestra of
Ripley provided some old time.
fiddle. and piano music throughout
the day and the. Ripley Town and
Country Square, Dancers perform-••
ed 'on. the Stage to their, accompan-
invent. ..
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Five-year-old Cecil Webster.;,
son of Mr and Mrs. 'Wellington.
Webster of Highway 86 near Am
berley, : won, the free pony draw ;
at the '.fair arid.: Cecil took home
the 21 month • old .pony colt. The
pony was. donated by Fred 1Vtartin:'
of Paramount. Free tickets. were.
given to all children. on the grounds.
but ''it was' necessary ' for the par-.
.ents •of the winner to be present
at -the fair. It took only one draw
to produce a Twinning ticket.
Donald Gaunt; John R.tltherford,•
Ed.. Blackwell and „Bob .Lyons. of
West Wawanosh filled the.. role as
'clowns . for the day and the boys
had, a hot job cut out for .them..
In the. livestock . parade: at the
end of the . day, a 20 lb. turkey
donated :- by Doh Carter was won
by; Bert'' 'Pepper of •Seaforth and
50 lbs. of mineral donated by
Frank MacLennan was won" by
Jim Aitchison of St, , Helens. Tic-
kets ' were. gjven the showmen 'as
they entered the• ring. •
Ralph Adamson of:Weston won'
the : guessingcontest sponsoredby..
Bob Maclntosh. 'He guessed the'
weight .of -'the cattle' beast at 729%
lbs. ' with :. the correct weight,; .lie=
ing 730 .lbs. Three were •tied :for.
second, Ernest Ackert.. • Jr of
Holyrood..•: guessed •731. and Ed
McClenaghan ; and Mrs. ` William
Cranston. guessed ' 729: About 500,
guessed the weight at this '. popu-
lar fair feature.
We learned of an unfortunate
incident•' : on Monday, , Apparently
sometime over -the the. ..weekend ' ''the
large tent, loaned . by 'Alexander
Brothers of•. Pinkerton, was slash='
ed with a ';knife:: Leave it to some
of the local . hoodlems . to marr'' an
otherwise,: . pleasant weekend for
fairofficials. Several youths were
seen. in .the • location on Sunday ev-
ening'and it .is hoped they: get
'their ears pinned 'back.,
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: Another:. item on the . ugly side'
of , the fair, apparently an organ-
ized group of young• hoore
at ' work on 'Saturday and :tes were
izing. young boys on the grounds,
y' ou gavetherm your money,
or you got your face smashed
and we heard of, at, least one- who
got smashed.
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:It's hard • to - Write about. a lair
• we didn't see. We. Were 'tied to.
the. • platform_ all ,, day keeping
track of: .winners' and 'late in the
afterhoon, when we finished, we
vent to the, antique . display only
to find that much of it had • been
removed.. Then into the arena,„to
find that the walls were' bare. We
were unable . to make •it, to the
arena the night before because.
of the necessity to the
a
float, but they tell us the exhibits'
were excellent. •
The Lucknow Lions' sponsored'
bingo and games : during the day
'and then took-, them into the ar.-
ena for - the evening dance, The
dance was well patronized, quite
a change from' • a few. unpleasant
'experiences in other years. '
.It always amuses us when • the
. daily press make their estimates
of the number' et People in atteny
dance.' anything for a head -
lin I guess. We don't go for this •
ours lves Nobody 'ever knows
how ,many people are 'ilii town for
an event like this. 'A daily press'
report Monday Said 6000 people,
passed through the new gates in='
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to. the fair. grounds.
In.. the next paragraphy the said
gate receipts were 'about, $1609.
Now- if, youwere much ,in' arith-
metic in ;. school, or even ; if you
never. passed.: t h e , first year in'•
arithmetic, you would realize that
6000 people. at '75c means a ,gate
of about $4500. ; Of course, many
admissions are ' children . and' quite
a =nMu tu•b e r manage • to squeeze
through without paying, , but •the
figure is' still a -ridiculous' one.
NO doubt there are many hun
dreds -who watch the parade for
free and.: then 'go their way. The
"on' street crowd" would, defin-
itely be much larger than' ` 'the
"fair" grounds crowd" but who is
in a • position to estimate, "just'
for a headline" ,: c
' Gate receipts were $1670:53, ,the
dance' netted over °$100 and the
arena .opening on . Friday . night
brought in $74. A real boost for
those who worked . so hard and'
spentso much' to make. the Cen
tennial' Fair a success.
The :worst rain storm of:t h e
summer on Friday had the fair
officials .wondering ' but by Satur- .
day the grounds were fairly dry
and the •sun shone all day.
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We probably' have .missed; • many, :'
worthwhile things about °the fair,
and, if so, please tell usn. The, job
of recording the event is " a, large
one , and ` only ; ' a partial,. list , of
winners' will appear in this week's
paper, because of lack of time and
spat' / :':
MILLION!
THANKS FOR,' YOUR .;CO.OPERATION ` IN ENTERING
FLOATS AND VARIOUS 'OTHER ENTRIES TO MAKE THE
LUCKNOW FALL FAIR CENTENNIAL . PARADE ONE. OF
'THE 'BEST ON RECORD IN• THE VILLAGE ,: °
THANKS ALSO TO OTHERS WHO WORKED AND HELP-
ED ORGANIZE THE, PARADE. WITHOUT •'THE • HELP. OF
MANY PEOPLE, THE ' PARADE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE: ' .
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