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!tomorrow (May T7) Bided and Grace
Geertsma mark their- 55th wedding; an-
niversary. They were Married in Holland
in 1935 and immigrated to Canada in
April 1952 with a family of seven
children, later to become 10.
Arriving in Ontario they stayed with
Mrs. Geertsma's sister, who had spon-
sored them, in Sarnia. They relocated to
the Atwood area where Mr. Geertsma
worked on different farms. Approximate-
ly two years after their arrival in On- ,
tario, they purchased their own dairy
farm in, Belgrave here they farmed for
six years'..They! next moved to the second
of Kinloss and• carried on farming, retir-
ing to their Wheeler Street home, •
Lucknow, in 1978.
Besides her sister in Sarnia, Mrs.
Geertsma has two sisters and two
brothers in Holland. Mr. Geertsma has
one brother in British Columbia, two step
brothers and one step sister in Holland.
They last visited Holland five years ago.
They both agreed it was nice to visit but
they were glad to get back home to
Ontario.
Their children are Henk and Harmke
Dyk of Blyth, Leo and Greta Van Der
Ley .of Shelburne, Tina and Jack Sytsma
of Caledonia, Peter and Marj Geertsma
of Brunner, Oeeds and Ruth Geertsma of
Lucknow, John and Linda Geertsma of
Chesley, Jim and Marvel Geertsma. of
Gorrie, Jane Devitt of Chesley, John and
Mary Dykstra of Shallow Lake and John
and Maureen Peet of Goderich. They are
the proud grandparents to 29 grand-
Eldert and GraCe .Geertsma marked their 55th Wedding anniversary -with an open bou se
on May 12 at the , Lucknow• and. District Christian Reformed Church. Mr and Mrs.
Geertsma were married on' May 17, 1935 in Holland and immigrated to••Canada is 1962..
(Marg. Burkhart photo)
children and seven great . grandchildren. where family and friends gathered to ea
An open house was held in honour of tend their best wishes.
this special occasion on May 12 at the • Congratulations Mr: and Mrs. Geertsma
Lucknow and District Christian Church, on your .55th wedding anniversary.
One hundred students of Lucknow Central Public School pitched in to help clean up,
the community during in National Pitch -in Week, May 7 to 12. On May 8 the students
made a concentrated effort in cleaning up litter around the village. The school, grounds
had been tended to early this spring. Lending a hand here are, left to right, Curt gum-
phrey, Joe Bodging, Crystal Brindley and Dawne Rhody.
QJFP. seize 10
marihuana
seedlings
Disobeying a stop sign in Lucknow
resulted in many charges being laid
against a 25 year old male of no fined
address. The incident started at 1:30 p.m.
on Monday, May 7, when Constable An-
dy Burgess of the Kincardine OPP stop-
ped a car in the village for •running a
stop sign. The driver of the car fled on
foot before the Constable could awoach
him.' A. search of the vehicle resulted in
the seizure of 10 marihuana seedlings. A
passenger was questioned and released.
The car was neither registered nor in-
sured and was bearing improper plates.
Around 9:30 p.m. the same day,
members of the OPP ' attended a
'Lucknow apartment where they suspected
the driver of the vehicle was staying. 'The
driver eluded capture again by jumping
from a second storey window and fleeing
on foot. He gave himself up to police the
next day.
'he driver faces charges of possession
of a narcotic for the purpose of traffick-
ing, no insurance on a motor vehicle,
disobeying a stop sign, failing to stop for
police, driving a motor vehicle with im-
proper plates and driving under
suspension.
The 25 year old, male passenger is also
charged 'with the narcotics infractions.
FYI
Every bow long it takes own
local to d to the fire
whistle. Wali,
wed alien tipr
ed them on tisk bat caul. From the
time the siren wont ani three
trucks were leaving the *stirs) was
146. Now how's that for repose time?
Holiday hours
Due to the Met d* Day weekaxi, the
Lucknow Sentinel will be clod Mon-
• day,, May 21.-
Please note that all advertising
editorial. copy for the May issue of
the Sentinel must beln this office by 3
p.m. Friday, May 18. '
Remember traffic will be heavy this
weekend - please have a safe and hap-
py Victories- Day Weekend. -
Old West
Sal� days,.
Hey pardner, don't forget to asses► ea
over to Lucknow for two big days of
rustlin' big savings - Friday, May 18
and Sanwfty, May. 19: Why on Friday
afternoon and . evening, The Lone
• Ranger Ida self will be roamin the
streets giving out vouchers for adults
and balloons to the kiddies. Stores will
be open. Friday evening, Until 9 pm.'
Following a rest at the O.K. Corral, the.
Lone Ranger will ride again on Satur-,
day with vouchers and balloons.
Western music playing during the two
days: will get your toes a . tappin' and
your juices flowin:
MO forget folk8 that's this weekend
in the "friendly village of Lucknow
where Old West Sale Days are in effect.
And while you're in town .saunter on
down to the arena where the bigger
than life. Lions willbe auctioning off
and .everythingk One little tip
(make sure you hide your hoorse =
their auctioneers claim they can sell
anything.
Early deadline:.
Gloria Messenger, secretary of the.
.Lucknow Agricultural Society has advis-7
ed the Sentinel that the Miss Lucknow
Fair Pageant has been moved ahead:
earlier for this year. The deadline for]
returning the applicatin forms is June
16.•
Crowning of Miss Lucknow will take
. place on June , 30 at the Community
Centre and she will begin her reign on
September 14.
Full details on *the Miss Lucknow Fair,
Pageant are available in the Fair Facts'
column in this week's paper.
Help!
Pat Livingston, editor of the Sentinel
is looking for a new correspondent for
the folks in Dungannon.
The present correspondent, Karen
Bridges, is moving to Lucknow in June.
Karen is willing to continue • until
mid-June.
If you have an interest in acting as a
correspondent for Dungannon hews, give
. Pat a.call at 528 -Ma.
Congratulations
Troy Ritchie, an apprentice carpenter
with BNPD Construction, recently can=
pleted his first term at Conestoga Col-
lege in Guelph with the top marks in
his class. A grade of four is the best
possible 1. the three subject areas he
completed this term and Troy scored a
perfect four in all of them. His lowest
mark while • at school was 89 percent
and his highest' was 90 percent.
Troy joined Hydro as an apprentice
carpenter in August of 1908. He must
now complete 7,200 hoursof on the job
training and complete two additional
eight week terms at college before he
will be eligible to write the exams that
will lead to his Certificate of Qualifica-
tion and journeyman status.