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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-05-16, Page 1"MA86010*100041110W.n Mr: a their 55th Gperts014.'eel:Orate anniversary • !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.