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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-09-19, Page 9Dungannon Agricultural Society needs help raising funds for bali diamond By Cam Mins As•. auyvne who plays, or is in- volved with, -volvedwith, ball on the Dungannon diamond well knows, the diamond is in bad need of repairs and rePlneernent of lights, fences, etc. The approximate cost fur the neces- sary work will be $32,000.00. Application for a grant which would cover one :third of the cost has been made. The township of Ashfield and West Wawanosh have agreed to share another third of the expense and the Dungannon Agricultural Society will be respon- sible' for the last on a third of the cost,.) Having the ball diamond located on its property is of absolutely rtgr: advantage to the Dungannon ,Agricultural Society. However, since the organization does not want the community to lose the. facility, it decided to attempt. to raise the required money through a Lottery which is now progress under licence No. 51, .d.. Tickets are $10.00 each, with a chance at four $10000 prizes each month with the last draw our May 27, 1991. At that time. an additional grand prize draw will be made for Draws Draws started June 25, 1990, with the four $100.00winners being: Nancy Michie, RR 4, Brussels; Greg Alton,. Lucknow; Jamie Dionne, London: and Ken Dunn, Goderich. • The July 24 winners were: Jim and Margaret, Farrington, Dungan- non; C.A. Becker's, Lucknow; David Souch, I R 3, Brussels;. Del- mar Sproul,RR 3, Auburn. The Au 27 winners were: Sue Brown, RR 6; Goderich, Willis: Sr.,RR4, Goderich; George Ander- son, Lucknow and Pam, Peter and Paul McDonald of Ripley. At this time, there are still 37 chances at $4600.00 in prize money and the good news is that there are still tickets available. Tickets, may be purchased fmm any Dungannon Agriculturap !'f Rapinalsor 1 0 Society director, at Dawson's Store, Dungannon or call 529-3175 or 529.7494 or said a cheque to Karen Mathesonsecretary of the Dungannon Agricultural Society, Dungannon, Ontario, NOM IRO. Also, this Saturday mSeptem- ber 22, a fund-raising ftice will be held at the Dungannon Agricultural hall from 9 p.m. to 1 am. Music will .be by a D.J. and lunch is provided. Admission of .$10 per couple includes a free lottery ticket and all proceeds will, go toward the Balt Dilrtond Bund. Age of Majority is required. • Now,. the ball .is eumi ng to you, so to speak. If Yon want to ensure. that there will be a place to play ball in Dungannon in the future, please get•you r lottery . ticket now,. or come to the dance. Donations will also be accepted. toward the Bail Diamond Fund. The Dungannon Agriculture Siocty is trying their best to. `do their pant, but they Cannot do . it without assistance from you nowt Touring Pennsylvania by -armchair CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 'O"nrW*at*, accountia‘ WINS PIAR41141 WON. , compottr and amoussommot services. HANE* WALKERTON MOUNT FOREST PORT *LO,$ NAPM. Atierstey, FCA •J llota aw, FCA Kt. Mkt, CA MX lob" CA Vfvaka, CA R.l. FARENKI CA NC Kibler, CA tj, , CA CM. Munoz VA Tbuir,I 36437961 :$1,1211 923.23St 033-2049 To Friends, Neighbours and Supporters of Bruce County I would like to :uresis my, sincere gratitude to the many people who supported and worked for me during the P vin l„Election period ending on September :6,1990. During the campaign, irony issues were ,disused relating .to both our economic and sehal conceerns,1 have no doubt, with Bob Rae As Premier leading the many New Democrats elected to Government, we will be able to address the many problems our county and indeed our province erlertern ►. Once again, thank you for your continuing support, and we will keep in touch.. Suwerely, The Sept. 6 meeting of the Dune by Olive Chisholm, international The peopleall : wear traditional gannon Women's Institute was held affairs. convener, Were Norman and black with white, 'with black prayer at Nile Church with, Roberta Nancy Pickell, who spend March, caps: for women, and tall hats Linskill and Peg Purdon in charge, break. in. Pennsylvania, 'taking their, •• straw hats for the men. The roll call was "name a country children to tour the Hershey • The county of Lancaster is.a. very~. that starts with the fust initial of . Chocolate. Factory. The factory was fertile, well 'kept land with super your name." . Fifteen members and built right in the heart of the dairy highways -going everywhere and the three guests attended. • country. Lancaster County,home: of houses' are quite-;large=to ,acC,om- One ;.special guest was Jill the Amish or Pennsylvania Dutch.- ~ modate many people, sometimes Bndgma of New Zealand. She and These ate very religious people apartments for married children or her husband are on , an exchange who don't ' want to conform to grandparents. with the Huron County Health Unit. Modern world of luxuries like Phil Paquette and his. wife Laurie electricity and telephones. candles ' are used for .lights and have taken on Mark;s job in New Telephones. were used only for there are no curtains for, windows, Zealand and: will live in the business and were'located in phone only blinds Six hitch teams .of Bridgma's home fon a year to learn booths in the centre of three or four: horses or nules ate used to till ,the. the customs and climate over there. fauns. William Penn founded this land and windmills are still in. use. .' -The Bridgma's are looking forward. Lutheran community in 179'1 and The. only firm • of modernation are to a Canadian winter replicas of the settlers : may be gas generators ler" themilk coolers Qur other two guests iroduced found in the wax museum in the dairy barns, (compulsalry) • Sunday services held in homes • and: last all o1ay ass there aro no School belis- ring char i ng, Schools are still one -room • from traits 6, eA late lunch was served, followed by cake and ice cream and presents, While Brandon was happily playing with all his presents, the older guests enjoyed a game of hor- sehoes. Many family members from both the Dixon and Geddes families attended the festivities. Happy birthday, Brandon. Seniors' News Twelve tables of eager card players participated in the weekly euchre party held on Wednesday, September 12 at the Senior Citizens Hall. High gentleman for the evening was Clarence Cunningham, with low man being 'John Harris. High lady for the evening was Irene Markham,. with low lady being - Kathleen Glen. . Gregory Henderson, son of Ivan and Jean (Errington) Henderson and. Roslyn Glazer were united in mar- riage at the Riverside Emery United” Church, Toronto, on Saturday, September 8. The Errington aunts, uncles and cousins from this area attended the ceremony and later reception. Church News '• The regular worshipservice of, the Dungannon United urch was held on Sunday, September 16 under the direction of Reverend Garth Bogart. The sermon theme was, "It's hard to forgive". The Sunday School. lesson was on the theme of the Ten Commandments. Nile Anniversary"Service will be held on Sunday, September 23 at 11 a.m. with George Cowan as guest speaker and Debbie Culbert as soloist. Our other three churches will be closed for that Sunday so that jeveryone will be able to 'supe. port the Nile Church. Plan to at- tend. ttend. The Explorers and Messengers groups are starting up again.. The first meeting will be Wednesday, September 26 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Ages are six to eight for Mes- sengers and nine to 12 for Explorers. This meeting will be held at the Dungannon United Church. If you have any news for• our column, please contact Sandra D'Aoust at 529-7390. YOUTH DARTS One evening a chosen few tourists were invited to dine at one of the houses that catered to serve typical Amish dinners. As you can see. the Amish people and their different customs were ,much more interes- ting to the Pickett family than the chocolate factory they originally went to see. Olive thanked her guests for our armchair trip through Pennsylvania. • Jean Errington read the financial report and correspondence was read by Roberta . Linskili and Joan . Doherty. ten. Rope - Candidate and Jroident, Bruce New Democrats • , THANK YOB would like to thank each & every:. meson for their support & °encour-; agement and, of course their votes Thanks to all of you, we dld, great! • e*( ,cv,eieweleit 4001, . Your comments &' suggestions ':would, be appreciated. -. Contact your Family Coalition Party in Bruce at Box 2144 Walkrton, Ontario • NoG 2v0". . Lunch was server!. by Olive Chisholm and Mary Robson. ' Roc Bail Light$ Saturday;Sept�niber .22, 1990 pm i toO Dungannon Agricultural Hall Music by D.J. Lunch Door Prizes "FREE" . Dungannon Agricultural Society Lottery Ticket for 'each couple with $1000 adrnission All •proceeds" go to Eall Diamond Fund. Age, of majority, required. Any youth interested in playing -darts Monday nights, we are looking for new. players. •Darts Supplied 'Beginners Welcome shirting\ • Monday October 15th 600PM-800PM For information or registration contact Phyllis Matthews at 528-2431 or the Lucknow Legion 528-2745. * * • . * * CKNX4BREAKFAST AM920 MORNINGS! in NASHV1LLE" coinpfimenhof Hanouer HoIida Toiirs •