The Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-08-30, Page 16• .‘
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Sudbury route. They were shown
great hospitality in Northern
Ontario. They stayed at
Kakabeka Falls, the Niagara of
the north. --
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30th, 19; PAGE SIXTEEN
THE 'LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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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
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• ° 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'.
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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. •
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