HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-09-11, Page 1t�_vE
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The year's Lucknow Fall Fair is
fast approaching September 20, 21
and 22 are the cornet days, pot as
listed in last week's paper;.
As usual on the Saturday evening
'Of the weekend -long event, the local
Agricultural Society has booked
ial entertainment for the fall
fair dance and Miss Mid -Western
Ontario Pageant~
Good Times Music Han l .agtime
Revue, .JO St, Thomas, featuring
e Hoy and` his honky Conk pial
entertain during the concert
portion of the evening.°Thisrofes-
,p
-sional v ie bow;�d
by `Dave and his wife Lynn,.: will.
provide song, dance and . comedy
D e Fishers a St. OW native
an agraduate of the, University of
Western Ontario retired : ii 1982
after 33 years as a teacher. He has
acted ut, dart and designed. over
30 productionsin St, T'tom ,.Lon-
don and, Port Stanley
enny Miller ►ai+ s from Birmin-
ghat, England and v .is a. former
member of, ..the ..popular; British
comedy duos ° Kennedy and Miller.
Hee has rfarxnned, at club', 3 the
i id d' dNor hexa naland d
now lives�,he London, O t o*
87—ood-T-i res a
also play for , your dancing ;en
joyment;following the crowning of
Miss .1�?id-Westerrn Ontario.
A special highlight of the.Miss-
MidWes. ern•Pa tthisis a
t ,.. 8 y
reunions ' of :: the former_Miss-Mid
Westerns.The. Agricultural Societ
•S tin anywhere r.
i eic g ariyw ert`e froth 10 to
15 Queens to�return
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tlli�'i to ,u Wr
Another special. guest , will,be
Lucknow's own Charlie. Webster,.
who created the idea of the; pageant
to stimulate interest.in the ;fair, The.
routines. Gloria Messenger,
secretary of the Agricultural
Socleiy, calls them "fantastic ;per-
formers.. .
Some members of revue
include. Dee Ryeid, Dave Fisher and
Kenny Miller..
Dee Reid was born in Liverpool,
England and is a graduate of the
Royal College of Music. She has
taught and sung in England, Canada
and the`US °ia:
first pageant was held.: n 1965. At
that time the winner went on tO
compete in the Miss .Dominion 'of.
Canada Pageant, . In1980 The Luck- ,
now Agricultural Societyobtained :a
franchise for the Miss Mid -Western
Ontario,pageant to assure it Would
continue u conjunction with. *the
fair: .
Mr.. `Webster retie : from~ activ
duty- as . pageant co-ordinator .:in
�`, r
1981, following a '15 -year as-
soc alt Oar with the A 'curltr l
of course, Miss f?i ckiio v
1991,E _Melissa L ogten
ono the area be y ,will be
o do .
o
tssa
competingfarthe.tit a ofMissMid-
es
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Saturday,21
September
promises
to be a jam:packed evening of
en e : Ticketsf•
ter# nt. . or th+e..
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Pageant and to be.held at the
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Lucknow Community Centre, are
„on sale now. Advance $8 for adults,
students $6, and public . school
ohrin . Tickets at the door will:
cost l more.
16 -year-old,. Lucknow
teenager, Mchelle Andrews.:died
Tuesday morning 'as a result of.:
injuries sustained in a_'single
motor veh cle-accident on .Sun.:
day, September S.
Kincardine
Ontario Provincial
Police report that the accident
occurred around 4 p.m,' Stay,
on highway 06i a tely
three Miles:: east : Way, -21,
t....prtears_ . ,eauntd.-r''
vehicle ,lost con tnd on'ilrre tti
s der and
way striking a tree in the nom"
ditch.
Michelle was taken to xincar� .
.dyne Hospital and later
t
sferr�:d to University>wan e
sal Conlon, where she
died `l rtes ay
wing.
Apassenger run the vehic ,17-
yet -old Clement " tai, off in.-
is ` listed in serious co>n-
dtin0, in London's' university
Hospital,; after ting treated at a
Kincardine Hospir-.
Funeralarm*
Michelle were
dor
incomplete at
press, time. ,
A
quarter
of a century
� tury �
what started out as a means of
raising funds to support an oy+ei'
sears : ado "ted, child is going
p still g g
strong. The : annual rummage
sale, sponsored by the Huron
Bruce Children's Helpers,.
marked its. 25th anniversary last
Saturday.
The idea cameabout, in -the
`spring of 1966, when: the Mes-
senger..gro i of Olivet Church,
along with leaders Lorraine
McGuire. and, Mary Black, stuck
their necks out and decided ito
adopt a child through the Chris-
tian Children's Fund. Once the
red. tape vas taken ewe of, the
next hurdle to overcome was
raising the $10 per ,month. to
help support their first little girl.
In the fall of 1966, Lorraine
and Mary rented a store .in.
Ripley for one day, where they
held a fall tea and sold crafts
and Christmas decorations, they
had Wade.
Believing there had to be an,
easier way, they opted, along
with the Messenger group: to
hold a Rummage Sales Crafts
and Tea. The first sale was held
in the spring of 1961, in the
present Lucknow Farm Supply
ceding, They were charged .S
rent, Proceeds from the sale
amounted to $88.
Prom 1966 to 1983 two sales
were held per Year, Vrioui
locations were used such. as
1 inlay's warehouse, the former
Christian Reformed Church on
Ross Street, the old Silvery/ds
building on Campbell Street, and
the ares What had started out
as a small rummage sale had
mushroomed into d giant
In 1975 it =beam necessary t
find more storage ,luta for the
donated otieles and so an old
-buswas ns purchased for OK
In 1978 : the rru g _ e e,
-
founda, hone.. m : e . order .to:
tut' delta a lith On • the`" work
involvedr 'the sale "wast -held'. at
the holm of Mrs., McGtiu`re in
Huron Township, `thus
eliminating the time .consuming
job of : " packing, unpackini ,
repacking and transporting e
donated ° articles from place to
placer:
When the Olivet church closed,
the ladies of the area still main,
W ned • their UCW �' grew.
Through. .° the' 'sporisorshig an
help of the UCW the sales con-
tinned on until 1980.
It was at .this time that ti e
Huron °Bruce'Childten's Helpers'
was born. The desire was .strong
in the hearts of four arealadies -'
Lorraine McOuirc, ary.Bl k,
Ethel White and Blanche Mac -
Callum - to continue on with
support for needy overseas
vhildreen.. As well, they were
aware of the fact that many area.
residents 'needed an 'cutlet to
donate their out -grown clothing
to, These' ladies shudder when
they hear of"good used clottriing.
being sent to=the dump!'
For siX to eight years the
group sponsored three over.
children. Currently they have
two children,' whose 'sponsorship
is paid in advance for three
years, Any funds left over from
the now annual rummage sale
are donated to severcharitable
organizations. Unsold articles are
always paste On to' spades
_That can put them to good rise,;
such as the Salvation Army and
n' SOW storeby , the Catholic
church in Goch.
Children
Rada Krishnan, is a i .year-
old boy from India, r,ame
the group's foster -child in 1187,
'sfatherg
dha sunable to work
Ofamily,e
to support so th
entire burden of working as well
as taking care of the family has_.
fallen on the mother to shoulder. .r
it :het theagte income eyed`
as a labourer unable: to support
the family,-: the parents. sought
aid from the Christian Children.
-Fund.
A hardworking boy,:- Radha's'
favourite subject is Tamil 40 the
regional language. He also en-
joys, collecting pictures and Mrs.
MacCallurn, who looks after the
money and correspondence, has
Contributed to this enjoyment by
,Sending him pictures of animals
from n calendar.
Radha has two sisters.
Ten -year -91d, LourdesItOxatia.
of Mexico, is one of a family of
five " children, the other four
being boys. Her father works as
a watchman, but what he earns
is.low and he was not able'to
provide essential things for his
family. His wife takes care of
the family hut, which is hi poor
condition...Tftcy have little fur.'
niturre and their daily meals were
not well-balanced due to the lack
of resources.
Lourdes, a friendly, cheerfetl
but restless little girl was
adopted by the Huron Bruce
Children's Helpers In 1990.
Over the years many children
from Korea, India and M+exicc
have had better lives thanks to
this local group.
Those ho are directly in.
volved with the Anton, Bruce
Children's Helpers puta great ;
deal of time and eff rt into this
annual fundraising event.
however,., aS with most or-
turn to page 8
t unday r ternoon,, epi crrher,
8, rends, 'relatives and former
neighbours of Iva Carr, of Dryden
Manor, Lucknow, gathered at the
,Dungannon Agricultural Hall to
honour her.
Over 100 people attended the tea
arming from Wingh,, Seafo,
:
;i lsonburg, Vienna,t:; Edmonton,'
Kincardine as well. as 'tinymore
local us
The hall was decoratedwith
�•
irrC! Miss
Carrs,hall
including her
Ptings, hierso
pool Days
teacher, °;and time declarations :she
received when she :,celebrated her
90th birthday on January, 1989:
Miss Can came .from Winggam
Wit* her parents, the late Mr, and
Mrs, William Hr carts and 'sisters'
Hazel . (Mrs. Lloyd , M Whinneey),
Irene (Mrs. Carman Hayden) and
y.
brothers,".�dgar" and" }lank, when;
she . was a child. They took up'
residence on, her grandfather:
turn to page 6 •
Over 100 people attended the tea in honour of Iva Carr, held last
Sunday at the Dungannon Agrr-iculturral Hall. As a young woman she
gave up her teachingposition to care for her mother and in latter years
her two brothers. Mi.% Carr, formerly of Mogan" now re`ides in
Lucknow, In the background IC a painting of` Miss Carr by artitt
Debbie Doers (Pat Livingston photo