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LUCKNC)WP, Oh1TARIO:
T�, Lvc�LUCK/49WSEN',
l''‘N'F•Yar , 504 49E2
Western. Fcir. Op..ns'
friday At Htoindon.
. Eight days of Amt. :entertain
rent .and excitement commence
Friday at. Queens Park, 'London,
when Western Mak opens its B:lth.
The Special, ' Events Building
Wi1tl. +hou<s'a, an ,unusual. and at-
tractive exhibit by the Lands
and `Farest Deapartmt..of .the
'Ontario* . 'Government, reiplete
:with acqu'ara+ms •Of fish and wild
A new feature is Western. . Fair
Farmland in the Agricultural
Pavilion. This show is: for young
and old' and will be a. mecca for
adults: aswell as Children.
W'ee*ern°' ;Farr. 'has done itself "
Pirousd ` . in, evening grandstand
performaaices. Beautiful • Anita
Bryant . of radio . and TV. fame,
will ' ;be featured with Aqua
,'` Spectacular, a ;gorgeous` water. '8c
stage Show, Friday, Sep>temiber 7,
•Sa'tW d'aY . and Monday with; • a,
special asippearance. at Monday
afternoon's ' fashion. shioiw.. • "
Famous . singing 'atter. Jimmie
Dean will be a,.• headliner with
.the
Aqua show, 'Tuesy, Wed
. iesday • and 'Illmrsday • evenings
and will take 'a. Prominent part
in ;the: teenage jamboree at 4;39
Tuesday. 'afternoon.
` Hubert Castle's. pular . circus
with: 22 ' acts, will give: -both ma-
tinee and evening perforrrmantces
• the ..last: two days • cif'
There will be four ' afternoons
of Bingo on : the grandstand with
over <$1,,506 worth of prizas. each/
afternoon.. September 7,. • 11, 12
and 13.
• The evening. Horse Shows in
the :,;Ontario• Arena • have.'` more
.out-of-townentries, thin ever.
There will be. keen competition
in every event. ' • •
Livestock entries .`have never
been better. ..• Western. Fair again
have the largest: diSIplay of farm
•maathinei y°of any 'fair : in ,Canada.
'Modern'.' commercial.exhibits
will pack: both Manufacturers &
Confederation Buildings
.The famous " Colgan midway
will .have a number • of rides :be -
'in
e -;in; featured. at . Seattle World's,
Fair.
"Mr. and :Mrs.. Eldon Bradley,
Phylis and Jahn left on Timms-
rday,- of Last week for Brace -
bridge, Muskoka • and . other
points of interest in: Northern'
Ontario.
Mr.', and Mrs., -William Collins
and ; family of • Preston were
guests of .Mr. and Mrs. leg.
Godfrey on 'Saturday and were.
dinner guests of Mir. Tom Blair
on Sunday. .Carol, Louie and
Lois Collins attended ; Pirie:+Rivex:
Anglican' 'Church. and sang; a
pleasing trio.: ` ..
Mr. Mervyn, Coturtney .
' • 'oras:
home over. the week -end., • He • is
engaged as teacher at• Port ;Dover
High School., •
'Mr.: Ross Shiells ' visited: in Ot-
t ara•.last week. Miss Mary Ellen
Shiell s who spent part ''of -her
.vacation. 'in " Ottawa returned
home with hirxr
Mr. and Mins. •,Archie •Courtney.
visited an Goderioh . on Friday..
uA ,nuanlber from, this vicinity.
attended ,the . MoNain and, Duff
wedding. at Tara •,P!reslbyterian
Church. on. Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs:, Grant 'Rice .and
family of London visited With
Mr. and Mm Arthur Courtney
oven the '.holiday. •week -end
}acts ••#t `f he
ntario ,,Farmer
(By , Huron Co F. • of A:)
DM YOv` KNOW'
There were ' 121;338 farms in •
Ontario in.. 1981,• 114% less :than
121'1956.•
• The • average': Ontario farm is
' 153. acres, .12'More than in 1956. '
More than,90 Of. Out Ontario:
farms are owner -operated. , •
Nearly- one-third of ' the • dollar
va'l'ue of Canadian ,farm produce;
• is marketed from Ontario farms.
" Today's Ontario. farmer proyid-
• es food and, fvbre for 2. persons'..
in ma only, 11.3% of Canada's
labour force' were farmers. •
In the. 20 years from 1940 to
IMO the gross. yalue, of output
per • farmer has.. increased. from
$736 to .44,65.
The farmer . is the No. 1 market
for manufactured : iteMs from
many of Our factories. As ebnsum'
err in 1961 • farmers in Ontario
'spent, more, than • $47 • million on
tractors, over $27 .million • on.
trucks, in excess of $2 million.
on automobiles, well over $7 Mil.
lion :on eledtric ' paw'er. They 'pro-
vide :.a Market for' a Marge portion
'of .the•
production' of rubber. tires,
Steel, chemicals, • petroleum pro-
ducts, appliances, etc. Farm lbusi-•
nesskeeps many factories run-
ning, 'thousands of people em-
ployed, • . •
. News Notes:, • .Harvesting • of.
the .winter wheat crop in' Ontario
is no'w general. Production• will .
' : be well betow , that of a year ago
since acreage is down 20 percent
and the average yield is below
norinal :due': ,to ,winter killing:
Theoutlook• for spring -sown oats
and barley, is favourable.
An outbreak' of hog Cholera* in
Ontario and Quebee has resulted
in the •destruction °' of several
thousand animals which ,had
contacted `'the disease or. Were'
suspected ' of having :been expbs-
ed to it; ,The government is corn.
• :,pensat.ing• farmer's for destroyed
animals. ; .
Mr, and. Mrs. S.1'ayd Courtney
and family ,of London attended.
the funeral of • tihe late Darwin:
Pollak. on Sunday; Mrs, Lloyd,
Courtney is a. sister .of the late
Mr, 'Pollock. •
Mrs. Honvell F.raier o . Ford-
wioh :vinas !a..recent guest of :Mrs..
'Wesley Rabb. •
Mr and ,Mfrs. Verner Brown
ef. St,. Jacobs were at their cot-
tage at Point; ,Clark last wreek.
end. ,
Mrs; John'. Dixie held sa quit
ting at her home . during the
week when a number of ladies
attended.
. ateids Corers W.I. • +visited
Bru c*elea Baven at 'Walkerton ori
'Thursday of :lass' Week, where
they held - their meeting, 'for the
month. 'of August, • S'ixteen' anean-
bets att. the W.I. • of : 'Melds Cor-.
•vers atended. and 'met in Ole
auditorium, where the ladies and
gentlemen' of . Brueelea •Haven
joined dein . for ;the program.
After the ..ode and ;Mary ,Stewart.
Collect Mrs. >Hwgh Cameron ,gave
an interesting account cd her
trip to ;Jamaica. She, also had
colored snaps Of . many ' piabur-;
esque places on the 'island, Mrs.
•'James Nesbitt entertained' . the
audience with • Lively • anusvc. after
which Mrs. ` Donald Courtney
gave the. motto, ' xood Health •&
Good. SenLse 4re two at' 1•iites
`• gg't:, in .rwhich.
greatest �blessan
many good su>ggestions ,#ar health
and happiness were ,given. Mem•-
burs... ,of the Institute answered
.the roll pall with a joke which
brought many a smile. . The
meeting .closed' withthe ode and
grace and. lunch was served by
Reids Corners: WL Friends of
Miss Mary McLennan formerly
of Lochalsh'and Luckiow ••enn
chattimg with her as she
em>bered' so many friends of
rifer days and made inquiries
about thean. Mr, Sydney Crane,:
also • 'a resident ,of Rine' River
Vicinity enjoyed meeting,. mern-
hers • of ' Che : Pollock family
where • ' he • had. 'been employed
some years 'ago, He : is employed •
in the •garden, at Brucelea : Haven
and • can be justly proud 'of his
work which tihe ladies viewed
with interest. The WPI. ,was tak-
en ion a tour of ..the >bsuilding
and . everyone "was impressed
with the beauty of the 'structure
,also, the flowers, and grounds
which are well kept: '1411. Wyllds
expressed thanks on : .behalf . of
the, 'patients . for the afternoons
program,. also .,far the . ,treats
donated' by ;Reids Corners W.I.
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OWTUARY.
MRS,'T'o. E. KENNEDY
The death occurred, in. Vic-
toria Hospital, London, on Mona
day, Augus+,271h Of Anna' Z ov-
etas Ba+llan'tyne, , behoved; ,wife.iof
Rev. T. E ,Kennedy, 'iBluevae.
The • late .,Mrs. Kennedy was
born.. in Brussels, on March 25th
• 1897. She was a . graduate of
Brussels High School and 'S'trat
fiord Normal. .
On . September ber l st, '1920.. • she
was. united in marriage to Rev,
T, E. Kennedy ' who " survives"
als
S,hwith�e • one sono' , Jamsusz�vesived of TgIby ; ron>tor.
iso' ,
Qnlotiher mars., Ballantyne, a sister,
Mrs. Dorothy . Canpbesl>l, Moles-
worth and a brother Sydney. of.
Tbrontor She: was predeceased by
two sons, John B. Kenn,eldy
in 1945 and FILt . Will am E.
Kenedy in '1944. The .funeral was
held. • on Thursday, Au+guslt 30th•
in, the Currie funeral home•
W nghamn and' burial was med4
in. Wingham Cemetery. Four
clergymen. assisted in the service,
Rev Fred 'Cron -my 'Kin ca,r'dine,
Rev° S. J: Stewart, Molesworth,
Rev. W. A. Morrison Brussels,
and Bev G. 'C. Mitchell, Blue-
vale.
ANITA. BRYANT
Beautiful, talented
Columbia, recording
star,., Anita will head-
line the. Sept. 7, 8 and _
10' "Aqua Spectacular".
ANITABRYANT
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HEADLINE
BthiEua'
'FOR FIRST 6 DAYS OF
•JIN. IMY' DEAN
Columbia recording
star who had ' 4 • songs
on the '.;hit parade at
one time stere in•
"Aqua . Spectacular",. •'
SEPT.7-i
. LONDOh1.
A'' TORRENT. OF TALENT MAKES THIS YEAR'S GRANDSTAND' SHOW„ ONE OF• rHE`:FINEST.
EVER. AN . OUT OF THIS WORLD WATER' SHOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY -..A REAL LIVE 3 RING
CIRCUS. EVERY DAY'S A. SPECIAL DAY ... EVERY%EVENING SEES 'SOMEONE WIN '$1000.`
TWO GIANT MIDWAYS. DISPLAYS. 'EXHIBITIONS. SHOWS. SOMETHING OLD SOME-
. THING :NEW .. WESTERN FAIR 1S ALL 'FOR YOU!
HORSE SHOW O a a , : ; t.; Except Monday . FORESTS EXHIBIT :Special Events
.,. :. ArenaEvery Nigh ,.. 1 * DEPT.OF LANDS AND •, ,... ...,. Bldg..
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THRILL to the skill of the aerial. ails the
Precision. qf acrobats trained to razor-sharp :
edge ., . LAUGH at .the. -immortal antics .0f
the. clowns ‘ ,. .. HOLD .YOUR BREATH . as
jugglers, cyclists, trampoline and teeter board
experts :display their skill and daring e
ROAR at the all -too -human actiops of trained
members of the animal - kingdom.. ENJOY
THE CIRCUS EVERY MINUTE I
TAc U LAR
This is the famous Miami Beack water show featuring• a talented
cast of 32 and ,presenting five 'spectacular production numbers„
including "HOLIDAY IN HADES", . "SWAN LAKE BALLET" '
"DANCE OF.THE CIRCUS ANIMALS". Headlined by singers Anita
Bryant and Jimmy Dean, the: Grandstand Show will include. 12
acts on stage and water Comedy Routines , ..' .. World
Champion Divers Miami, .Beach's.: Fabulous "Aquamaids"
. . - Waterfalls . . Fountains; ' . Spectacular Underwater
Lighting Effects. •
THE CADEGANS Canada s Singing Famtly`S SEPTEMBER 7r
8
ANITA. BRYANT SEPTEMBER 7,8 O
.TIMMY DEAN, _ SEPT 4MBER 11, 12; 13
PE
Every daj'will close With a dramatic draw for a prise of ,$1000 The drawing will 'commence at 10:30
p.m. when 10 numbers will be drawn. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc wiles chosen by the spin of a wheel. Those' • '
ryhos. ' numbers have been drawn will, if not present at the fair, 'have until 11:30 p:m. to report. • At ,
11:30 m if No. •1 has a. __..W._ . ____ receive the ;1000 and any of the other nine present'
p. appeared he or she will race:
will receive commotion •pr:zes. If Na, 1 has tot appeared the $1000' plie will, be given to the Befit ip
One who k present and consolation prizes will' be given to the others present.
ADMISSION ,
Children under 12
..admitted free until
6 p.m. daily. After
b all admission 50'c.•
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