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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 1981
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Lucknow Agriciltural Society sponsored
their eleventh annual. craft festival this past
Weekend.
EarlY. Thursday morning the committee
began setting up tables and measuring out
space , for the various crafters. Murray
Moffat assisted with his aerial ladder.
At two -thirty in the afteinoon; 'Lynn
HelVvig arrived to set up her candle display.,
By late evening many crafters took the
opportunity to set up in preparation for the
next two days.
Walter, Alton and Edgar Watson were in
charge of registration. Many people regist-
ered from various parts of Ontario as well as
13 SA., Great Britain, Germany, Holland,
Switzes:land and Australia, Quebec, Mani.
toba and New Brunswick. Alit
Leo Murray was responsible for assigning
the directors to the allotted hours for guard.;
duty on ThUrsday and Friday evening,
las appointed a number of workers
to take money at bath the east and .West end
of the arena. .
Northan and Eva Bolt and their assistants
were busy. scooping ice cream and serving •
the cool, refreshing, pop.
Kairsheti W.I, catered to the meals on
Friday while Hazel Hackett organized the
ladies from the Agricsiltural Society to
supply the foodfor the booth on Saturday.
Anna Mae Hunter and her assistants sold
various kinds of candy.
Kass and Elaine Errington were in charge
of concessions. This year all space in the,
arena was booked and 'four exhibits were set,
up outside. Some exhibitors were placed on
the waiting list for next year.
Vern Hinter was in Chargeof free draws.
This year when the hidden alarm clock
sounded, the person or last person to sign
the registration book received a prize
donated by the various craftamen. They
include (donor, item winner): Betty .Hamil-
ton, scarf, Lynn Fischer; Teeswater; Vida
Eckenswiller, pot holder, Gwen Adair,
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Lauren Petreski, 9, of London *was 'ilelighted with Ms enchandna
dAPs. bed when ,she attended the lacknow Craft Festival on the
weekend. The old fashioned bed was created by Donnie Skater who
with Isabel Gaunt had a display for Ataberley Crafts at the show..
Approxkultely 65 crafters participated in the lltb unreal festival
Organized by the Lucknow Agricultural Society. The tosapeddas for
exhibit.space is keen sadlour crafters set up outdoor exhibiti t the
west tide of the arena. . (Sentinel StiOnstej
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"Horseplay" moves into Wingharn this week
By Shelley McPhee
Praised by MacLean's rMagazine for its
"infectious charm," and described by The
Globe and Mail as, "When it was all over.
people clapped till their arms ached,"
the highly acclaimed musical comedy
Horseplay will be rolling into Wingham for
three performances on Thursday, August 6,
Friday, August. 7, and Saturday, August 8,
Horseplayls no ordinary stage production,
• but an extraordinary play, that The Hamilton
• Spectator called, "a once-in-a-lifetime ex-
• perience,"
Along with, superb acting, costuming,
singing and dance, Horseplay gains special
recognition as the only horse-drawn play in
North. America. Originating from Arm-
strong, B.C. the Caravan Stage Company.
with its 11 Clydesdale horses, five hand -car
ved circus wagon and 22 performers have
been, taking to the road for the past 10 years
with their unique variety shows. This year,
the troup has ventured beyond the mount -
sins and the prairies in a 16 -week Ontario
tour, which will visit 17 communities,
finishing with a 10 -day date in Toronto in,
September,
The Caravan has been described as a
frontier day group and a company of singing
gypsies, but the Toronto Sunday Sun
captured the magic, the excitement and the
Wonderment of the performers and their
show by writing, "The troupe mesmeriied.
excited, delighted the city folk. They wove a
kind of magic, but they are no rovinb band of
gypsies. •Musicians, actors, writers, terriers,
teamsters, cooks, graphic artists, puppet
makers, clowns, horsemen, technicians -
they are a group of highly professional,
dedicated thespians who come together
(some with their !families) every summer to
live and perform together."
After a held -over stop in Stratford, and
performances in Mitchell, Settforth, Clinton
and Myth, the Carvan will be rolling into
Wingham and setting up their delightful
production at the Josephine Street Ball Park.
Horseplay • will be performed under the
• stars for two nights and the actual Clydes-
dales will be resting before moving onto
. Wroxeter, Mount Forest, Fergus, Brampton
and Toronto.
The 11 horses are beautiful, well -cared for
.animals and were trucked east' from the
Caravan farm in Armstrong, B.C. To make
their tourney through the backroads
Ontario more comfortable, they have been
shod with' special plastic shoes and rubber
• plates to protect against hoof injuries.
Caravan also boasts four more, not
so -lovely, but highly entertaining . Clydes,
Lincoln, Chevy, Dodge and Ford are the four
• singing and dancing horses who, through
the aid of Grandma Mulvaney,, are fighting
against a quick end in the slaughterhouse -
and that's what Horseplay is all about, The
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Lions exrlattt.g visitors tour southern-. Ontario
Three young men from the United States,
• West Germany and Finland are visiting. with
Lucknow Lions Club members and their
families on this year's Lions International
Youth Exchange.
Charles Andres of Minnesota is staying
with Mr, and Mrs. Earl Stever of Kinloss
Township. Markus Hanninen of Saarijarvi,
Finland is with Mr. and Mrs, Allan Gibson,
Ashfield Township and Axel Boringer of
Hannover, West Germany is visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Livingston.
• Markus is entering his final year of high
school, and looks forward to studying
economics at university to take, a job which
will include travel. From a family of two
• sisters and a brother, the 18-yearaold enjoys
ice hockey, scouts and tennis. He had the
unique opportunity of attending the 1980
Olympics in Moscow where he saw track and
field -events and rowing,
He stayed a week in Moscow while on his
trip to the games and visited several of the
tourist attractions. He observes that hii
group's .guide remarked that many of the
people who live in the city had been sent out
of the city for the period when the games
, were Ott.
• Despite his difficulty with the English
language, Markus has enjoyed ..his trip to
Canada and appreciates the friendliness of
the people he has met,
Axel Boringer of West Germany is also 18
and entering his final year of high school, He
has plans to study aeronautics at university
to work in the construction and design of
airplanes.
Interested in tennis and basketball, Axel
comments that the one • big difference
between Ontario and European teenagers is
the age teenagers are permitted to drive, In
West Germany, a youth must wait until 'his
18th birthday to learn to drive a car. Axel
says the lack of a driver's licence does not
change the European teenager's lifestyle
drastically from Ontario's teenagers, as they
use bus and train to travel instead of car.
Axel made the observation, whets ques-
tioned about an interest in Politics, that the
recent economic conference held in Ottawa -
*as good because governments should act
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as an example in their concern for the
economic difficulties faced by the world's
nations.
t. He observed that while Germany does
- devote money to the poorer nations, they,
suspect there is' a problem of corruption in ,
the receiving 'nations. Axel pointed out that
one sometimes wonders where the money
goes when it reaches the poorer nation.
Charles Andres is entering grade 12 and
plans to 'study business administration at a
vocational school fallowing graduation from
• high school to prepare for a career its
business management. The youngest of a
family of seven, his father owns a hobby
farm about 20 miles northwest of Mimesis -
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