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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-08-23, Page 2Page 2--Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 23, 1978 Mary Eadie on Junior Farmers trip Mary Eadie could easily be mistaken for a public relations spokesman for the Junior Farmers organization of Ontario. The young Holyrood stud- ent speaks with uncontrolled enthusiasm about the junior farmers program which is probably one of the main reasons she was one of only two Ontario representatives chosen for an exchange program this summer. Mary and Bruce Living- ston, Peel County, each spent two weeks on farms in Prince Edward Island the last two weeks in July, the only two junior farmers chosen to participate in the exchange. Mary travelled to Eben- ezer, P.E.I. and stayed at the farm of Douglas and Rita MacDonald and their daugh- ter Margaret. Ebenezer is a small community 10 miles northwest of Charlottetown in the central part of the island. In order to qualify for the exchange Mary had to go through rigid interviewing and testing procedures be- fore her selection was an- nounced at the March ban- quet and dance. She admit- ted that she really only filled out the application to famil- iarize herself with the selec- tion procedure in case she decided to try again in the future. To her surprise she was selected. ' A member of the Ripley Junior Farmers, Mary ex- plained that the main pur- pose of the trip was to promote better understand- ing between the provinces and added that the trip also served as a reward to a deserving junior farmer. Mary, 19, will be entering Guelph University in the fall to study Family and Consum- er studies. As mentioned, two junior farmers are selected for a Canada exchange program but also one candidate is chosen for a six week sojourn in New Zealand and four others travel to the United Kingdom. While in P.E.I. Mary ex- plained that she and Margar- et MacDonald "hit all the spots" which isn't inconceiv- able considering that the island measures 120 miles by 35 miles at its widest point. Mary visited the Confeder- ation Centre for the Arts in Charlottetown where she saw Anna of Green Gables, ft playing in its 14th year, she also visited Summerside, the second largest city; ate plenty of lobster and tested her skills at deep sea fishing. Mary expected to find ,a slower paced lifestyle on the island but found the action to be pretty much on a par with that of Ontario. "People expect a slower pace out east, but that depends on the people you are with," she said. "There is a lot of farming done on the island but the average farms are smaller than ours and they Are involved in dairy farming, some tobacco and potatoes." But the cleanliness of the island and the pride the inhabitants take in their buildings was a major point that Mary stressed. She claims the island residents keep their farms in better shape, since most of the farm buildings get regular paint jobs and added there are no run down barns. Mary enjoyed the exper- ience that the exchange provided her and said she owes her thanks to the junior farmers program of Ontario. "Life wouldn't be half as exiciting for me without the AN EXTRA ONE MILLION DOL 100 BONUS PRIZES OF$10,000 EACH EffiN 10:f i41t.s., a: -N< i+;:i•iA sta :s IPa GET VOUR TICKET NOW Wintario tickets for the Aug. 31 draw have two sets of numbers. Regular five -digit Wintario ticket number with series number. For five chances at 5100;000 and more than 90,000 other tax-free prizes. ©Eight -digit Bonus Draw number, If the bonus number on your ticket corres- ponds exactly with one of 100 special bonus numbers drawn, vou,win $10,000 tax-free. •• A BUCK,ANDYOU'RE IN FOR BOTH. •Based On 96 series of tickets • •�:�• v' cF' M� Co 44 •Yffr N u • fit • • For this special Bonus Draw, ticket sales will stop at 6:00 p m., Thursday, August 31, 1978, to accommodate the advance bonus drawing. Tickets are going fast, so don't wait: Get yours now. And don't miss thespecial one-hour Wintario show live on TV from the Monmouth Township Arena, Wilberforce, at 9t0 P.m. —One year claiming period. ' No subsidiary prizes WE ALL WIN 000 ,(l,;f$ fir•. r junior farmers. It gave ,me confidence," she said. "Jun- ior farmers is probably more a social and community betterment club but we -also hold conferences and sports competitions on all levels." Mary is convinced that the Junior Farmers program, which fosters social activity and community involvement, has helped her immensely in her young life. And just listening to Mary talk about it, you have to believe her. Plans made for show The committee for the Lucknow Horticultural Flow- er Show and tea is meeting this afternoon to finalize plans for the afternoon and evening of September 30th, at the Legion Hall. The following are support- ing the show by donations: Loree's Ladies Wear, Greer TV & Electric, Bill's Place, Ashton's Ladies' & Men's Wear, Hair Creations, Log Cabin Restaurant, Mehan's Super Market, Machan Hardware, Bank of Mo.'nt- real, Mayfair Restaurant, Sepoy Stationery & Printing, Poppe Shop, Montgomery Motors, Cut . & Curl, Luck - now Sentinel, Energy Con- servation Centre, . Char - man's Work Clothing, H & B Discount, Bain's Groceteria, McDonagh Insurance & Real Estate, Lucknow Appliance Centre, Bill's Fina, Treleav- en's Lucknow Feed Mill Ltd., Mac's Driv.e'In, Royal Bank of Canada, Lucknow Home Bakery, Barber Shop - Gordon Fisher, Button's Meat Market, Cowan's, Johnstone Furniture, Les Petter Shoes, .Finlay Decor- ator, Ronald Ey co . Forster, Jim Boyle, Jack's Place, Lucknow District Co-op, Staff,of Good- all, Campbell and Brophy, Ph Y, Glenn's Aluminum Sales, Gerry Ross' Auto Body, Sepoy Drive -In Restaurant, Helm Welding, C. A. Becker Ltd., Anderson Flax Prod- ucts, Johnstone's Mobile Feeds, John W. Henderson' Lumber Co., Schmid's Jew- ellery & China, Reavie Farm Equipment, C & M Trans- , port, Chisholm Fuels, Fair- view Dairy and Car Wash, G & E Sales and Service - Massey Ferguson Dealer, Hackett's Fartn Equip. Ltd., Gerrie Glenn Custom Built Domes and personal dona- tions from Donna. Johnstone and Harvey Webster. There are sections for Gladiolus, Annuals, Dahlias and Roses, House Plants, Arrangements and Vegetab- les. A prize will be given for the person with the most entries -- everyone is invited to participate. Mary Eadie of Holyrood was one of two junior farmers in the province chosen to participate in an exchange program this summer. Mary travelled to Ebenezer, P.E.I. and stayed on the farm of Douglas MacDonald. Here, Mary [centre], is pictured with her host, Margaret MacDonald, [seated], and Margaret's mother, Rita MacDonald and grandmother, Mrs. MacNeil. Kinloss WI holds cultural' meeting The Education and Cultur- al Activities meeting of the Kinloss Kairshea Women's. Institute was held Thursday, August 17th, at the home of Mrs. Fred Gilchrist at 8 p.m. The president, Mrs. Evan Keith, opened the meeting with a poem about life in the day's. of Methuselah. After Y • the Institute Ode and Mary Stewart Collect, the scripture was read by Mrs.• Gordon Wall. The secretary treasur- er, Mr's. Lloyd MacDougall, read the minutes, the corres- pondenceand the treasurer's report. It was agreed . that Irene and William Dickie, 4-H leaders for the last club, be reimbursed for the money spent on this course. The Institute and 4-H members will share the costs. Kairshea W.I. appreciates the great deal of time and effort put into. this is club by the leaders. ea der s. For their "campout" the leaders and members went to Hope Bay for two days of fun and learning. The Achieve- ment Day for this club "Outdoor Living" will be held near Armow on August 26 at 12.00 o'clockstarting .with a noon barbecue. The next club will be "Essential Edibles". Mrs. Clarence Rit- chie and Karen Doelman will be the leaders. A motion was passed to purchase tweive'new folding chairs for the hall. Mrs. Frank MacKenzie was chairlady for the pro- gram. Sheilla Clarke played the guitar and led in a sing song. The motto, "Conserva- tion or Starvation", was very capably given by Mrs. Ira Dickie. Mrs. Sheilla Clarke intro- duced the guest speaker, Miss Donna Hazelton from the Energy Conservation Centre in Lucknow. Donna spoke on "Energy Conserva- tion- in the Home", She enlarged on the 3rs, Recyc- ling, Reusing, and Rejecting. She suggested that pupils use recycled, deinked paper at school. She said we could conserve by reusing plastic containers, milk ' cartons, plastic bags, etc. We should reject unreturnable bottles and containers, over -packag- ed or flashy packaged prod- ucts that create more garb- age than necessary. She told us that the energy crisis is coming sooner than we think. She showed slides on solarheating and other sources of energy. The roll call, "Show or tell something recycled in your home", was well answered. Another sing song was enjoy- ed. Courtesy remarks were given by Mrs. Annie Macln- tyre. After 0 Canada and the Institute Grace was sung, lunch was served by the hostess and directors. 114 t RJI,Y•.• If dA, ri.,'Y,'1.'.' t,1+1J