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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-08-30, Page 16• .‘ ntario is nowputting together ebiggest municipal eninneratiow— in i ithout you i won't be right. Sudbury route. They were shown great hospitality in Northern Ontario. They stayed at Kakabeka Falls, the Niagara of the north. -- RUBBER STAMPS ti WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30th, 19; PAGE SIXTEEN THE 'LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO •I r • 1, . Area Residents Judge At Northern Fall Fairs BY AB WYLDS Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McChar- les returned late Sunday from Coe Hill in the Bancroft area , north of Peterborough. Mrs. Bert Mason of Kincardine accompanied them. They were at the Coe Hill Fall Fair on Friday and Saturday , act- ing as departmental judges ap- pointed By the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in the Ontario Parliament Buildings. This was the second time they have acted in this capacity at Coe Hill. Mr. •and Mrs. E. A. Starr of Toronto were there. Mr. Starr , head"of the Agricultural Society's Branch for Ontario, officially opened the 'fair on Sat- urday. Oliver judged the Field Crop competitions on Friday and on Saturday at the fair he judged the livestock.. Mrs. McCharles judged the flowers and fine arts, while Mrs. Mason judged the clothing and needle-work on Saturday. While at Coe Hill they stayed at the same motel as Mr. and. Mrs. Don Holhan of Mississauga • and the group spent a social° evening together. Mrs. Holhan is the former Kathleen Campbell of Huron Township. Mrs. -McCharles reports an interesting and practical use of . the old-railway station—People there rnbved the Coe Hill station to the fair grounds and use it for three purposes. One end was remodelled to serve as a-booth, the centre part as an, office still retaining the old desk and furn- ishings and the other end ro house a concession. At this fair a young artist from Toronto was using it' as a studio for doing paintings: In mid September they will makethird trip to Northern Ontario, when they are delegated Honour Couple On 35th Anniversary About 100 guests, from Kansas, Toronto. Ripley, Lucknow and Wingham, attended open house at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. J40 Reavie of Wingham on the occasion of their 35th wedding anniversary. Hosts for the occasion were their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Elston. The tea tables were centred with coral gladioli and pink care-• ations. Assisting'in pouring tea were Mrs. Elmer.Osborne of Rip- ley , Mrs. Merle Nelson of Salina, Kansas, Mrs. Robert Cushnaghati of. Islington and Mrs. Farish Mof- fat of Winghath. Serving the guests were Mrs. R. S.• Reavie Mr a, Murray Mac- Lennan, Mrs.' D. K. Cameron, Mrs. William Reed, all of Wing- ham;' Mrs. Duncan McCallum of Hanover and Mrs. Robert Camp- bell of Lucknow. 'Geddes Reunion. At Purple G:liove., The weatherman provided a • damp, dull day for August 27th,"1 but the weather did not dampen the spirits of the 'members of t he, Geddes Family as they gathered at Purple Grove Community Cebtre for their Annual Reunion. Mrs. Norman Lamont of London and Mrs. Jas. McEwan of Kinloss kept all ages busy and entertained withsports and contests. Miss Es.sie Geddes of Kincardine *on the Queen of the,Day .Contest and Bill Arnold, the King of the Day. Wilfred Taylor-,,s also lucky and Mrs. Glen.•Geddes, also of Kincardine , is the best guesser for a jar of buttons. Mrs. Jim McPherson of Teeswat• er had the lucky telephone num- ber. Fred Geddes of Teeswater , and now Walkerton area , was the eldest man present and Mrs. Sam Geddes of Riple y , the eldest ladypresenr. Ron Geddes of Goderich had the, largest family present.' Roy Geddes of Kincar- dine conducted the'business per- iod', assisted by Mrs. Douglas Lamont of Kincardine. Officers elected for 1973 Re- union to be held at the same place on the fourth Sunday of August are to be: Chairman, Wm. RObt. Ged,des of Brlmpton; Secretary-treasurer Mrs. Jas. McEwan of Kinloss; Sports, Mrs. Jack . Hewitt of London and Miss Elsie Arnold of. Kincardine; Lunch, Mrs. Lloyd Arnold and Mrs..._Otto. Hewitt._ Mrs. Wm. Arnold used the blackboards to explain the var- inns branches olthe W. R. Geddes and his bride had, received a Geddes Crest drawn by an artist and given to them a a Wedding gift. They were hind enough to bring it so' the family members could all see it. A delicious.smorgaskird suppe was in charge. of Mrs. Glen Ged; and Mrs.' Charles Polfuss. The family spirit was shown when all members joined to tidy up and was with regret they said their (good-byes. MONUMENTS For sound counsel and a fair price on a monument correctly designed from quality material, rely on SKELTON MEMORIALS Pat O'Hagan, Prop. • ° ESTABLISHED OVER SIXTY 'YEARS WALKERTON PHONE $1114234 ONTARIO ,to judge at Bracebridge. Their first trip which lasted a whole week was to.judge at the • Thunder-Bay_EakFair—_,ILhat,...:= an attendance of 12,000 people 0 _and is a three-day event. It is held in the village of Iviurillo, population 200, just outside the city in Oliver. Township. . Here. Oliver judged poultry and fancy fowl, beet cattle and dairy cattle. Marion judged the fine arts and clothing exhibits. . is fair was on thel8th;19th and- 20th of August. Mr. and Mrs. McCharles motor- ed up, to Thunder Bay with the trip taking two days each way. They went by Sarnia and through c gan an returned by the just voters' lists. Whelps determine the divisiotibt' education property 'taxes between the public and separate school systems. It lets the Province more fairly distribute grants to local governments to help reduce municipal tax bills. And it also helps provide us with an accdrate popUlation count. - Collecting'nearly 8. million names and ad- dresses, as. you can imagine, is a big job. The This is an election year for municipal councils, school boards and other local bodies in most" of Ontario. An early 'step in these elections' is the documenting of yoters',Ikts. To assemble voters' lists we need to make an enumeration. This is done 'by the Province for each municipality. But our municipal enu- meration involves more than Province is employing 8,000 people to visit every residence .in Ontario. When the govern- ment representative knocks on your door, the procedure , is simple. The enumeration puter with the names of every- one currently on record in your .household. If you agree that the information is correct and complete, you simply sign the notice. Ifthere-are-changes--such-as-an addition to .the family, corrections are made on the spot, Verified and signed ,by you or any other adult in your household. If you are not hoine the notice is left, together with simple instructions. you mail it, postage free; only if there are-changes.- , You -will 'be counted sometime' between September 5th and 18th'. • The Municipal Enumeration: September 5-18. Without you it won't be right. Government ofthitatio Ministry of Revenue- Hon. Allan Grossman, Minister. Donald A. Crosbie, Deputy Minister. • 4