HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1971-03-03, Page 16AGE'
IXTEEi
[W.
�1
De'
'rot.
�nnna ,
• THELUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,:ONTARIO
1
Monk Toront0
IiT `MRS. aLIVER . cCHARLES
",The 7lst'Annual Convention ofy,
the Qniario AgricuIturarSocieties
Was held, February 24th and 25th
at the King Edward Hotel,.Toron
for Over 1200 delegates from, `
all across Ontario. attended ,
In the Ballroom on, the 17th.
floor, all delegates. were
• welcomed by Lloyd Fetzner. of
West Fla boro -who was,
President for the past year. John
Hughes of Stroud, President of the.
A and B•Fairs, also-expressed,his..,
pleasure at•seeing's.o many thete..
Mrs,; John. McLaren,. President of
the Ladies section and coming, •
from Thunder Bay, brought greet=
ings. Miss: Lorna Hare presented
the financial'statement, E.A.
Starr- , Superintendent -of Ontario
Fairs` Association, reported on the -
years activities,-
-
Showing of prize winning slides
followed and worthy of note was
the .fact that Kincardine Society
was. reserve .grand champion. Luck
now Tiverton,. Tara Teeswater
.Ind several others in this area •.
ere 'among the winners •
Ionourable W.A.` Stewart was
guest speaker and said Agricultural
Societies in this,'province have an
admirable `record of service,. but, if
rho' e„r; iflt„r l-Soele-ties-w-ant to
have relevance. as this generation
demands ',°then they must be pre -
,pared to a c,ept change', to' involve
young people andnew ideas.,::a.nd
to review their role. of service in.
the. communityi ; Progrreessive..
business men change their'Window
Displays periodically to '
reflecttthe''seasonai nature oftheir
merchandise. •P:erhaps we should
'ask ourselves 'whether or not .our
show window clearly1reflects'to-..
day''s community.
. . He; said, he wondered` if 'the ,Ag-
ricultural . Society' were, aware of
tlie.irnportance of the'. lady direr.-
tor' and her, board. Frankly, in.
• .•more' cases than we care to .admit'
but: for the enthusiasm of the '
the
, the, fair Wouldn't amount,
to much..If any group has.made
a contribution to the establish-
eat• of a .cultural identity entity in
rural. Ontario,it is the women on
the Fair: board,:' In the period beg- �
inning 1961 - 62 and•ending 69-70
the Government.of Ontario,
through the 'Department of
Agriculture and .Food; provided.
.'more than $2 tnillion'dollars` to
• Agricultural Societies':,
Tfie a tf ernoonsessions were
divided., the men remaining in
theballroom to• shear . pa net dis
cussions on livestock and -educat
ional exhibits atour Fairs with
moderator W.O. `Kennedy Of.
Guelph_�Fxarikay_ne, t�epart ;
merit"of Agriculture ; Ottawa ; was
guest speaker :arid arott'sed the
' attention Of all in A r ciiitura'1
Societies`. Lotteries ere discuss-
ed .and discouraged at the Fairs.,
'The ladies section was devoted
. tb Junior work , calling it Youth
Fun:for'71. Clayton,'Schniede. of
Dryden,. 1etty Hargraves. of '.WOO-
stock, and'•Sandra' McNaughton of
Ohswekan,expressed: 'their views;
Miss Fair's and Queen of the
Furlow were. introduced. Leading•
the' panel discussion of Youth -er-
a riia--7:-
outh-eratria-7= to cort
.Grafton at 8:15`tliat afternoon:
'!A lively .discussion followed' with
Mr's., H. A ' Dickenson .of Mount
Hope'answering, 'Who'is.to
What at our Fairs".:..'! •
It's not all work arid 'no:play for
Agricultural delegates and at •
S: p.m. about 1500 people jaimm--
ed the ballroom to see: one -of the
most,'rernarkable.programs,..:
Dancing to the Carlton:. Show Band
was, enjoyed, Partiesabounded in.
the hospitality rooms from many
Districts .and District 10 was no
exception with Mr, and. Mrs.
Oliver McCharles, Mr...'and" Mrs';.
Reuben'Schaus ai4 Mr. John
ThonpsotheAl.osts.;
arly next morning g the ladies
were on hand to see craft.
demonstrations on:Indian Craft
Hand crafted artificial, fruit,,
'sugar. 'creations .and/many tiiore;.
The craft rooni was crowded at
all•times,, viewing the displays;
among diem a quilt by Mrs,.
Gordon ,Brid.ge of Ripley , dolls`,
and poncho by. Mrs.. Oliver Mc-
Charles andlxiats by Mrs. E. '
Reid , Tiverton Worthy of note
was. the fact •that, District 10 had
'their 'share of crafts on .display.
The men enjoyed how to i.m-
P
rove:.smaller Fairs for' 71:
Winding up .convention tie
joined in, the •ballrooim to. hear
:results of 'nominating committees ,
winners of P' rizes and John Fisher
who spoke. on •Fairs, a'nd Affai'rs.:
"Kincardine Society won' top.
•
$O ore•,w 0Iive .
.• a:
EDNESDAY MARCH 3rd, 1911'
•
•
-CANADIAN.
HEART ;FUN.D
honors again with the best display
at the convention and 'District .l0 ,
Grey and Bruce Counties, for.the•
.mostdisplays and interest in
having delegates arrive by busses,
numbering almost 200..
Summing. it all up,.after .listen-
ing to speakers in all areas., 'it
was. felt a long hard look. should
be taken at. the Agricultural,
Societies Constitutiori
Attending the convention- from
this area were Mrs. Bill Arnold',
Mrs.: Ernie Thompson.; Mrs. How-
ard Thompson,. Mrs. Morris'. Reid.,`
Gordon Patterson' of Ripley Atgri"-
•cultural •Soc_iety; Mr. and Mr.
CecilHollands of Kincardine .
Agricultural Society; Omar Brooks
Mr.:nd
Mrs.. .Pete Cook, Mr:
and Mrs Oliver Mochartes Mr.
and Mrs., Bob •Gilchrist Mr. and
Bob
Mrs. Struthers M .' and. Mrs.
Russel Irvin of Lucknow' A `ricul.t
ural Society! ' g.
CHAMPION: CORRESPONDENT -•
Mrs .Minnie:. Cryderrnan , 'nattier
of four` rown-> ■
r Hamot ert of six'. is ife a
a h t
g .... �happy
winner of the Ontario. Hydro Award
as Chani p ion• Corres :ondent 'of the
Ontario Weekly;newspapers'
Association. Her column appears•,..
regularly, in the'Lake Sirncoe
I
doubles.as: office nia'nag
. er. Makn .
in the award on behalf of, Hydro
g
is J.J. Durand , Directof of Public'
Relations
This new- award, .:sponsored: by the Dominion Textile : Company,.;
andannounced by by the°/Canadian Weekly<` Newspapers. Association,
is-open�er'•-of--a—e-W-1A r paper, except stiff
members or regular contributors.
A $300 prize is offered to the reader who best describes in his or
,p
her. own .awards just what the - weekly news' - apr- means -to -hi .”
or her. .
The° written expression of frank opnion'should.; be' at least 250
words but should not exceed 700 words.
Q'bjectivers to coura e _CWNA readers. themselves
s to ; think
g...e ve
a. ut what their weekly means to them, their families, their lives
and theLr corru13tes, and to set these thoughts down in straight-
forward ' i zrge: Polished 'literary' -expression : isnot sou "ght.
The be interested in simple, clear exposition that inti " •
0.1 ►F'i '' by the reader. of the role of /the weekl - iii the
�� . excessively high 'praise for the local
J , i'ke • study the judgment. al :week
.. ... w J e understand
n•t. and
understanding hy�eadexs
If ction of the weekly: I'his'could come ,froin a weekly -of
any' size, large or small... . y :
ENTRIES '.1MIUST BE RECEIVED �iT � THE . SENT:I- ; - .:.--- ,_._ . �:
THURSDAY, MARCH '' 18 19? 1 'AND HA1�1._�_.��.�
AND PREFERABLY •EARLIER. .ALL ENT-
RIES lV'IUSTBE PUBLISHED,
MUST. D` IN THE :SENTINEL BEFORE THE END OF MARCH.
The winner will ne announced at the 'CWNA Convention i
For.. Further Information, Contact.:_
•