HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-08-06, Page 4—Luteknow Senttneit Wednesdayi August ,198ft
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Dungannon 125th Birthday Committee
litoultlikeiollumk the following for
sponsorship of Saturday's Parade
4shfield Federation of Agriculture
Champion Road & Machinery Co.
McGee Pontiac-Buick-Cadillac
M. J., Smith Seed & Grain Ltd.
Hodges Milling
Freeman Olson Sand & Gravel
Hayter's Chev-Olds
Leonard Jenkin's Auto Body
Johnston Bros. Gravel
Dungannon Agriculture Society
,Coateswoith & Cooper Ltd.
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for Dungannon's 125th birthday
celebrations, she broadcast on the BBC
asking for greetings, gifts and money
which she could bring with her,
She arrived atToronto International
Airport jusra-Ridifif a rain storm on
Monday, July 2$ and was met by K.K.
Dawson, chairman of Duagalmon's
Heritage Committee.
On WedneSday a picnic was held at.
DungannonHail on her behalf. ,
"I've been treatedjust like a queen',"
she says.
This is not Mrs. Whiteside's first trip
to Canada: In fact, she was born here.
But her family left SaskatcheWan,
destitute, in the 1930s when she was 10
years old. She has lived in Ireland since
that time.
During Dungannon's birthday
celebrations, Mrs. Whiteside presented
numerous gifts, including several coats
of arms, greetings froth the Lord
Mayor of Belfast and a cut glass bowl
and solid silver server, both engraved.
Dungannon, Ontario in, turn presented
her with such gifts as Blue Mountain
pottery, a souvenir mug, wine glass
an d T-shirt andinaples yrupandinap 1 e
sugar.
While she has been here, Mrs.
Whiteside has had the opportunity to
meet several people she has been
corresponding with, includin g a woman
from Cincinatti, Ohio whom she has
been writing to for 43 years. This
woman made a s4pecial trip to
Dungannon durin& birthday
celebrations just to meet her.
Frank McCarthy, 83, of Vancouver,.
B,C. returned to Kingsbridge, where he
was born, for the 75th anniversary of
St. Joesph's Church there on July 27.
He stalled his trip back to Vancouver so
he could go to the plazuF last Wed-
nesday in Dungannon and meet Mrs,
Whiteside whom he had been
corresponding with. He was thrilled to
meet her,
"My forefathers were all Irish," he
says.
Mrs. Whiteside, who is staying with
Mr. and Mrs. John Spivak of
Dungannon, is spending a total of three
weeks in Canada. She sums up her visit
by saying: "This feeling of friendship
will give the people back home
courage."
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—6i6i6i or inferm-aiiiiiifrliiri—th-e- drct
newspaper, let Mr. Dawson know. He is
pretty sure that it was located
somewhere on the 9th concession of
Ashfield Township, not far from where
Brookside School now stands. But as to
how it got such a peculiar name, he
hasn't a clue.
Can you solve this mystery of the
past?
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The Lucknow and District Lions Club hosted a picnic for Lions Youth ,EXchange visitors in
this area on Sunday afternoon at Al and Gladys Hamilton's honire in Ashfieid Township.
ShOwn clockwise from upper right are Joseph Perez, Rouen, Fran& who was an exchange
visitors in 1977 and has spent the past year with the B. J. Finlay family a-Orangeville.
Joseph acted as host at.the camp for exchange visitors in St. Marys two weeks ago. Cara
Meyes, Uirchberg, Switieiland; Erkki Paatonen, Turku, Finland; Jon Richardson, Beeville,
Teas; Pekka Tanen', Poytyli, Finland and Shannon Daly, Rockford, Minnesota Pekka and..
Erkki are staying with Ripley Lions club Members. Shannon is being hosted and Join
-Livingston;',AihnOiatid Jon is staying with Chuck and Nancy Becker, Luckti0:6nenibers of
the Lucknow Lions Club. [Photo by 'Sharon Dietzj
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