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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-06-22, Page 2Single copy 35c n foree Published in Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, June 22, 1983 Lucknow women's Institute. celebrates 75th anniversary w womwwwwNw: M��r wrn.�rurrw�.owwr► Lucknow Women's Institute celebrated their 75th anniversary on June 14 at a special meeting attended by several area institutes and the Lucknow Junior Institute. Shown cutting the cake are from the left, the institute's two life members, Mrs. A. J. Wilson, Mrs. PhWIp Stewart and the guest speaker, Mrs. Maluski of Chesley, a past president of the Federated Women's Institute. [Photo by Sharon Dietz] Plan mammoth Jamboree parade The Jamboree executive aims to entertain everyone at Jamboree '83 from Thursday night right through to the wee hours of Monday morning. A mammoth parade on Saturday featuring floats, horses, bands and a special children's section is being organized by Bob McIntosh. The entries for the parade are coming in quite well but Bob McIntosh would like tohear from those still wanting to enter, either by phone or mail, so he can make lists of each category for the judges. The children's section of the parade is to assemble one block north of MacTavish Sunoco Station on the lower lot of old Public School, at 11 a.m. These entries will be judged before the parade starts. The four categories are: best decorated tricycle, best decorated bicycle, best decorated wagon and other. No entry is needed. There will be no parking on main street, so bring your lawn chair and enjoy a great parade on Saturday at 12.30 p.m. and on Sunday at 1.30 p.m. when the Ontario Massed Legion Pipes and Drums will parade to the Lucknow Legion Drumhead Service. A giant fireworks display will take place in Caledonian Park immediately following the Barn Dance Friday evening, July 1. The Souvenir - edition of the Lucknow Sentinel will be published on Wednesday, June 29 and will be available at many outlets in Lucknow. it will include the revised Identifies picture Eldon Bradley was the first to identify correctly the picture of Marie Greer as a baby in last week's issue of the Sentinel, However, no one phoned in to identify five bathing beauties from the gay '30s. They were from the left, Jessie Chester, Peggy Henderson, Helen Brisbin, Marion Mundell and Rozella Ard. Official Program, the history of prominent Lucknow families, stories of by -gone times and many pictures of local interest. Harvey Wightman is to be the Official Photographer for the Jamboree '83 execu- tive and will take pictures to record a pictorial history of the 125th birthday party of Lucknow. Jim Sutherland will make a video tape of the parades which will be shown at a later date or can be made into duplicate video tapes for home movies. A painting by a local artist has been donated to the Jamboree '83 executive. Tickets will be sold on it and the draw will be held on Sunday evening. Harvey Wightman has designed a sou- venir postcard of several scenes of the Village of Lucknow and these will be on sale during the weekend. Many of the events scheduled for the weekend's entertainment charge no admis- sion. After the Official Opening Ceremonies there is something for everyone from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - a Jamboree Play Day at Lucknow Public School, a Fashion Show at the United Church and a Scrub Ball game at the Park. On Sunday afternoon the Drumhead Parade and Service and on Sunday evening, the singalong, the dance in the arena and the shirttail parade are all for your enjoyment. The Shriner's Fish Fry on Saturday, July 2 from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. and the Ham/Salad supper on Sunday, July 3 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. each cost $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for children. The admission to the events in the Community Centre on Thursday night is $4.00 per adult or $10.00 per family. The CKNX New Barn Dance - Road Show will be $6.00 per adult and children 14 years and under 53.00. All dances at Community Centre and Arena will be 55.00 and this will include lunch. The Street Dance will be $2.00 and the Youth Dance $1.00. Admission to the Leahy concert will be $5.00 adult and 52.00 per child. A large crowd attended the LucknoH Women's Institute meeting on June 14 to celebrate their 75th anniversary. Neigh- bouring institutes attended. The room was attractively decorated in blue and yellow by the committee in charge, Mrs. A. J. Wilson, Mrs. Alex MacNay and Mrs. Bill Campbell. Mrs. Wes Ritchie played the piano as the crowd gathered. Mrs. Omar Brooks and Mrs. Stewart MacGillivray, both past pres- idents, welcomed the guests. Mrs. Winni- fred Gammie was in charge of the guest book. Mrs. Marshall Gibson opened the meeting with the Ode and Mary Stewart Collect. She read a poem entitled, Home. Mrs. George Whitby, the secretary, called the roll which was, How I enjoy and what do I get out of the Institute meetings. This proved very interesting. Mrs. A. J. Wilson chaired the meeting for the program. 0 Canada was sung with Mrs. Rice at the piano. Mrs. Cyril Brown paid tribute to former members in a few well chosen words and closed with a poem, Take Time. Mrs. Bert Moffat and Mrs. Ivan Conley delighted the crowd with their musical numbers. Mrs. McAdam, the District Board Director, brought greetings, as did Mrs. P. Lowry, the District President. Mrs. Alex MacNay gave a summary of the great work the Lucknow branch has done for 'the community in the past 75 years. Elmer Umbach played some musical numbers on his accordian. 20 Pages Mrs. Brown introduced Mrs. Maluski, a past president of the Federated Women's Institute. Mrs. Maluski comes from Chesley and has been,and still is very much involved in the work of the F.W.I. She chose as her them, Forward Together. She brought best wishes and congratu- lations to the Lucknow branch. She gave a very inspiring message. She stressed how like the Lucknow Ladies everyone should share with others. She advised the conven- ers to work a little harder. Build a better home and build a better You. Let us not walk in last years rut. She suggested some interesting ideas for roll calls and mottos. Ever continue to go forward she advised. Mrs. Harvey Webster thanked her and presented her with a gift. Mrs. Edward Brown sang two lovely solos and was accompanied on the piano by Mrs. William Henderson. Mrs. James McNaughton was in charge of the draw for the quilt the members have been selling tickets on. Mary MacGillivray was the lucky winner. A delicious lunch was served. The birth- day cake, was cut by Mrs. Phillip Stewart, the oldest life member. She came from London to attend the celebration. Guests were present from Reid's Corners, Ripley, Holz - rood, Kairshea, Whitechurch, St. Helens and Dungannon, as well as the Lucknow Junior Institute. Recreation director wants public input for programs Lucknow's first recreation director says he took the position after much thought and consideration. William Hunter, who has served as the village's rec director in an unofficial capacity for close to 20 years, was recently appointed Lucknow District_Fgc- reation Director to co-ordinate recreation programs for the municipalities of Kinloss, Ashfield, Lucknow and West Wawanosh. He has set up an office in the Ross Street pump house in Lucknow. Hunter says the councils of the four municipalities should be very proud of their efforts to co-operate to provide services to the four municipalities. Their co-operation on the Medical Centre, Fire Department, Lucknow Arena and Swimming Pool and now the appointing of a recreation director provides services to each of the municipalit- ies which they could not afford on their own. Hunter says his job is not to dictate but,to assist young and old with present and new programs to be developed, bearing in- mind cost and feasibility are a priority. His main concern has always been with the youth in a troubled world today and he feels it is important that they gain the education of fellowship, whether it be in team sport or individual competition, in victory and defeat. Sportsmanship is import- ant to their growth and development to become respected citizens of tomorrow. Hunter wants input from the people of the municipalities he represents as rec director. He looks forward to their comments, good and bad, their ideas and their constructive criticisms on any program. Without public input problems cannot be resolved and programs cannot be developed. He also urges people to become involved in the supervision of programs because it is not the rec director's responsibility to lead a program, only to mount the program, co-ordinate it and work with the supervisors and participants to see it runs smoothly. While coaching a hockey team or ball team can be frustrating, it is rewarding. Many people in this area have treated Bill well during his association with MacTavish Ltd. and he looks forward to representing the people of Lucknow, Ashfield, Kinloss and West Wawanosh in this new venture. Plan Kingsbridge playground The St. Joseph's Community School Association will receive funding from the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation to operate a Summer Playground Program at St. Joseph's School, Kingsbridge again this summer. Funding is restricted however, and only two students will be hired through the ministry grant. in the past, three students have been employed through the program and the School Association has agreed to hire the third student through their own funds. Several applications for the positions were received and Diane Van Osch, who was a leader with last year's program, has been appointed Playground Supervisor this year. Bonnie Sinnett and Teresa Van Rooy will take the other two staff positions. The program will run for seven weeks beginning July 4 to August 19. Children 4 - 14 years will be accepted and the rates will remain the same as last year. The staff will attend a two day Leadership Training Workshop in Hanover at the end of June, sponsored by the Lake Huron Zone Recreation Association. Last year's program was a success with many new games and crafts being added in the program, according to Delores Van Osch, Playground Liaison on the School Association. Swim- ming at the beach has been eliminated from this summer's program, says Delores, because some parents of small children did not approve of their children being taken to the beach several times a week. This year the children will be transported to a supervised community swimming pool occa- sionally. The main idea, Delores says, is to create enough activities and crafts so the children remain at the playground or school.