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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-09-16, Page 1;11 ' * • Inailin label o 4., . , • r • Sin 36e , • .1 .SEPTEMHER 16, ,1981 .4,410 ,1k. urrct. ts nam s Lucknow Fair 'were , Floyd Stanley of Ripley, Betty Johnstone of Kincardine and Wilson Gregg of Paisley. Paula Murray, 17, of R. L Holyrood, was crowned queen of the Lucknow Fall Pair at the annual pageant held at the LucknoW Community Centre Saturday evening. Elev- en ladies participated for the honour of representing :the Lucknow Agricultural Society at this weekend's fair. Paula Is a wade 12'.• sitidettt. at Sacred Heart Senior School in .WalltertOtt. She is interested In persuing• a theatre art% *rite in college with a career in acting to follow. • The daughter of Frank and.Bernicti Murray, • Paula represented Lucknow Cut and Curl in. the. 'pageant.. She 'received silver tray • donated by Joe and Dean Agnew . of • . . • • .Paula will participate in: the ,Miss MI& western Ontario pageant at the Lucknow Fall • . Fair this Saturday. She . will also represent the Lucknow 'Agriculture • Society. In next • , summer's Queen of the Fairs pageant at the Canadian National Exhibition, This is the second year in a row that Lucknow Cut and Curl's representative in the pageant has been named Miss Lucknow Fall Fair. Last year's winner, Lois Hanna was also sponsored by Delores. Cross of Lucknow Cut and •Curt. Lois went on to be crowned Miss Midwestern Ontarie and placed •iSth in the CNE Queen of the Fair pageant. She was °ahead Saturday evening to crown her successor, - Judges. for the pageant Saturday night •11 Runnerup in.; the pageant was Debra Arnold of .Lucknow, daughter of Walter and Lorraine Arnold, representing Quinn's Flow. ers and Gifts. Second runnerup was Michele • Edward of R. 2, Holyrood, daughter of Fred • and Melita Edwards, representing Fisher- man's Cove Tent and Trailer Park. Participating in the pageant Were ,Debbie Hayes of IL 4-, Kincardine, ,daughter of Alvery and 111strile Hayes, representing the Mayfair RestaurantDonna Drennan, R. 7, Lucknow, daughter of Henry and Berrdce Drennan, representing Lucknow Variety end Dry Goods; Lynn Taylor, Lucknow, daughter of Bill and Marg Taylor, representing Fairview Foods; Helen Simpson, R. 3, Goderich, daughter of Donald and Edith Simpson,. rePiesenting Ashfield Federation of Agriculture; Janice Hackett, Lucknow, daughter of Allan and Margaret °Hackett, , representing Lucknow and District Kinsmen and Kinettes; Laura Raithby; R. 2, Goderich, daughter of Dr„ and Mrs. Mark Raithby, representing Finlay Decorators.'Kathleen ,Foran, R. 2, Auburn, daughter of John. and Sophie Foran; representing Lucknow and District Lions Club and Karen Metzger, R.'3, • Lucknow, daughter of Joe and Katherine Metzger, .represetiting the Superscoopf lCe Cream' Parlour. "0/ Paula Murray, 17, of R. 1 Holyrood was crowned Mist Lucknow Fair at the annual pageant held it the Lucknow Community Centre Saturday 'night. She 'received her. crown from last year'. queen, lads Hanna; R. 1, Holyrood. Paola Ira grade 12 student at Walkerton Sacred.: Heart Senior Schad Olans4a career In theatre roProlintat, the, too* Agrictdtuiral Soekty In the Quwi of the radriilompeddini neat summeiand *RI partleIPMs. in iiiiii,'!ISISSAVIldwestent Ontarlipisgeant at 'this •weekend's Lucknow Fall Padr.. • • • • (Sentinel Stiff Phoiot * •• iselose insurance fund to cover UFFI homeowner Homeowners 'with urea formaldehyde foam insulation installed in their homes have • ,formed a Huron group of HUFFI, an • organization which is lobbying the federal government for compensation for. homeown- ers who wish to remove the foam from their • homes. Approximately 40 people attended the - meeting at the Lueknow•District Community Centre on 'September 9, organized by Grant Chisholm of Lucknow. Mr, Chisholm was elected president of the Huron group and Herb Storey is vice-president. Lynn Peck volunteered to act as secretary and the group Bin Bremner, interim chairman , of Iran Wm with MP* Murray Cardiff, left, and Gary Ourhin, right, at the organizational meeting for a Huron hranch of the **UM group held in tillefilIOW September 9. ' f Sentinel Staff Photo) will seek someone to serve as treasurer. Guest speaker at the meeting wok- Bill Bremner of. Mississauga, interim chairman of HUFFI, who is a former distributor of the insulation, He became involved with ,HUFFI as a matter of conscience since be was involved in recruiting dealers for the since banned insulation. Bremner told the meeting the companies iselling and installing the insulation were • misled by the goyernment and manufactur. ers on the proper procedure to install the product. Bremner said they, should never have, installed the f tit in brick houses or houses with siding. The ould only be placed in wood houses with etnOty wood studs. Urea formaldehyde foam insulation was approved by the government in 19/7 despite the fad that many countries had banned use \ of the foam. Many homeowners took advantage of the federal), funded Canadian Home Insulation Program (CHIP) tel install the insulation, but the government banned its use last year. . Bremner said he . attended a meeting October .2, 1980 when members of.'the insulation industry made a proposal to government suggesting the industry be responsible for ;any homeowner who finds himseltroctini adversely to the foam. The proposal said the honeowner would be relieved of this aggravation and the industry would be responsible. A proposal to establish an insurance fund • to protect people from dire failure of the produet was also approved. at the meeting, Bremner said the industries were to pay $30 per drum of resin to create this insurance fund, "Where did this 'money go?" asked Bremner. MPs Murray Cardiff and Dr. Gary Gutbin were shown copies of the minutes of this meeting and Cardiff said, following the meeting, he would take a wily of the minutes to Ottawa to learn what involvement the government had in the creation ef an insurance fund to protect homeowners from the failure of the foam, Homeowners attending the meeting asked questions of Mr. Bremner, the members of parliament, Harold B. Stevens, a consultant applied chemistry and accredited corosion specialist, Port Hope and Ed Harrison, director of inspectors with the Huron County Health Unit. • When Cardiff spoke to the meeting he said he hoped people were not becoming unduly alarmed about the bad effects of the foam. Cardiff said the government was doing testing of homes in the county and that he would prefer to wait until the results of the tests were known before making a judge- ment, He said he wars surprised to find so many of the people attending the meeting, had insulated their homes because the CHIP prograni had • been introduced by the government. Cardiff said he believes people should stop to consider whether an incentive program is right for them before taking the government up on their offer. He used the example of the present • Turn to page 40 Child remains in critical condition A six year old Huron Township boy remains in critical condition in London's Victoria Hospital following an accident last Wednesday morning., Paul giggling, son of Ma* and *Helen giggling, was struck by a pickup truck as fk crossed highway 86 to board the school bus. He was rushed to Wingliant and District Hospital by his father and transferred to Victoria Hospital. London for treatment of head injuries, Driver of the pickup truck was Le Roy 'Oder, 20. of Wrotteter. Driver of the bus was Beryl MacDonald. 46; ofR, L Goderfch. Kincardine detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigagecl and •no charges will be laid, '