HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-09-23, Page 18PAGI EIGHTEEN;
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 19
FAIR WEEK, NEW. S •
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
award but to find No 3 it is.
necessary to look in a master
book of numbers. Actually ,
p very efficient. method for the'
Fair secretary,. but for the news-
man it's murder. As this was
compiled on the Sabbath., no..
•results for the bikes,' some specials
events, costume classes or rodeo
had been'turned in to the secret-).
ary, Consequently they may .be:
.missing this week. So may 1oth'er.
results astime runs put.:.
The Fair opened on Friday...„
ght th_'the. .sewing-::of_..exhibit, „
-in the arena. Commercial ex-
hibits at, this year's. Fair were •
',the best ever. You could see
everything from:. a ladies wig .to .
a coloured pair of libckey skates,.
from, a stuffed toy to.a piece of
finished driftwood. The ' exhibits
added, much to .the. Fair. ' Entries
in the .frog• jumping contest and
the ;turtle .race proved nil. We.
looked' for the pie eating and bal
. loon contest but couldn't : find
them.: -Mrs • .Bob• Gilchrist won -the'
Indies nail driving contest and
there were several other winners •
whichweren't listedon the judges�I
sheets. ,'Neither was tfle children's
event,' Ivlusicai..encertai:ninent by
Phillip Paquette, Peter' Walden
atid:':LazryT[rwtn was enjoyed".'
'Lucknow. Fall Fair .Parade was
once again a dandy Music was
supplied by • the Lucknow School
Band,' St; Johns Drum and Bugle
Brookside K.ids10
4I�:9 Acrsss anada
BROOKSIDE HAPPENINGS
SQ_ a List Our, .new'.font_ hundred:
and forty yard track, at Brookside
we are beginning a project called'.
"Let's. Jog Across Canada" , Work-
ing in partners , the ' pupils are
recording the, number of times that
they, jogaround the quarter mile '.
track, Each room is reporting the
accumulated total•to Mr Erring
s— ton each r- eek hes ttre-whol
school's total.equals.the•distance•
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aerossCanada (4,000 miles), the
project will be completed, •The
total for first week was,over .six.
hundred miles even though there •
were several wet days.
OUTSIDE FAINTING
The school colours, white :and.
blue , have been used to paint the
baseball screens.; soccer posts
and teetertotters while the climb-
'fig apparatus has -been. painted
red. Also ,• the covered entrance
to the portable ('Room Two) was .
Two phone calls later .., • .
Ca.mpbe.11`is 87 and Mr. McAllis=
Ler.-89. .
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Crawford .Dpuglasof Wingham.
was a very capable masterof cer-
emonies and'•was on, the job until.
after 6 p.m. when the rodeo ,
eventsiUs e : at orris guests
for •t -: • , , •
Corps of 'Brantford , Bruce County
"Junior Pipe -Band— -i rano„ e
Lites rma jorettes :marched in the
parade , participaied on'the •
platform-'at't re Pair and again••in-
the evening in the, arena when
they did a baton n.umber:with
lighted torches;An interesting
point was that when the hydro was:
shutoff lathe arena ,. the girls ,
had no music to keep.in•time :
' with. ` When the;lights'were• on
the torches were not nearly as
effective.' • They _took the lesser.
of two •evils , darkness but no
• music. •
Getting back to the parade
the. St. Johns Girls•'band.,led the
parade and then made' a second ; .
trip down town at the rear.of the'
• parade to:finish' it off. Contest-
ants in the Miss Midwestern Ont •
-
ario beauty contest rode in open
ail
,,
converts • es .as i iss �. • mm'-.
ion of Canada` and,.Miss Bruce
County Dairy Princess.
The parade had many •fine
en tries.�:Worthy_o£.,.mention. ander
•.bit. different, was the Maitland:
Valley Saddle Club of Listowel,
with about 20 horses and riders
sponsored by the,Lucknow. Dist-
ie C=cr�op,� The-clink=perfarrn°ed pr yyAt iened=,
.Bob 'Campbell, Fair' president;
Jack Bowers, director 'of educa-.
tion fns Bruce -County- who offici
ally opencd'•:the Fair; Miss'Dom:-
inion of Canada; Mrs. Oliver'
McCharles of Lochalsh.; District
10 lady director on the OQnya rio .•
Fairs Assoc.; 3. D. Thorripson,
district' director who was judging'.
-at-rh tiro and was not able to
speak when called on; members
of parliament, Bob McKinley,
Boss Whicher and Murray Gaunt;
Reeves George Joynt 'of Lucknow
Bob Lyons of West Wawanosh
Orville Elliott. of Kinloss.
The horse lovers 'were treated
to a fine :show this year: Besides
the show horses.., there were some '.
excellent rodeo events:for. the
• usiasts• a nil these
.•i
were keenly contested.
Cam MacDonald was chairman.
for the evening varietyprogram
in• the arena when Vince, Mount
ford'and a group of a dancer
singer juggler, and cartoonist
entertained very well. As was
on the 'grounds' in the' afternoon.
A small steam engine from. Tees-:
water was sponsored. by Treleav
- en's:Lucknow Feed Mill and an. ;
old stagecoach. from Cargill was
sponsored: by •John W. Henderson
Lumber Limited.
• Mrs..' Rod Campbell of Lucknow
received the award for the oldest,
lady at the -•Fair. ' David :McAllis-
f Weser Waw l was: the old-'
est gent. Hold on now , the judges
sheet :doesn't say how old
over.Hi=Lites entertained as the
opening number and the, town
and country Swingers, a •locate
square dance group; wound.`up`the,
evening's. entertainment,• They
had alsoperformed in the after-
noon.
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That about rounds it up in gen-
eral terms.
en=eral.terms. -It. is irnpossibie to
mention everything .that has taken
place but: other writeups ibis
week and next may•fill in some
loopholes.
'Educational Funds
through Life Insurance?
CONTACT
K.R. �Wm JKin�ahan
n P gam 357 1987
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY OF CANADA
painted blue. The painting was
done by -the caretaker and his
fatmily_.during3he_sWniner
holidays.
_ This has brightened up the
'school.' grounds,
KINDERGARTEN HAS FORTY'`
PUPIL$
We' have two 'Kindergarten clas-
ses. at Brookside with tw.enty'.pup-
iijuii each one .. Each -class is •
Mere for a fu'l1'day, .but they 'come
day about. They are known as:
Class One and Class Two.or KC -1
and K-2.
The children in the Kindergart-.
en classes here have been busy
this week. They are learning the
story about "The Little Red Hen"
•and dramatizing. it. They hope.
to plant some wheat and try to
snake some bread soon; AIso,
they are learning aboutcircles
and .trianglesand starting to do
. some'. painting. • :
OUR FOSTER CHILD
This year we are again sponsor=
ing'our foster child Victoria .
Orr s••ota'
ombia.in South •America.' She
will celebrate her twelfth birth-
day. on September.20 1970:.Dur
ing .the school year Room Twelve.
and Mr. Cameron are in charge`
of creative ideas for raising mon- •
eycto continue this worthwhile .
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