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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-08-24, Page 6editorial page Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 24, 1983—Page 6 LUCKNOW SENTINEL "The Sepoy Town" Established 1873 THOMAS A. THOMPSON - Advertising Manager SHARON J. DIETZ - Editor PAT LIVINGSTON - Office Manager JOAN HELM Compositor MERLE ELLIOTT - Typesetter Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address Y.U. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2)10 Second Class Mail Registration Number 0847 Subscription rate, 915.25 per year in advance Senior Citizen rate, S12,75 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $38.00 per year in advance Sr, Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign, $36.00 per year in advance Better Visitor finds treasure trove of family information Dear Ms. Dietz: I was recently a visitor in Dungannon, Ontario, accompanied by my daughter, Margaret Benton. A most unusual and exciting (to me) experience happened to me on this visit. My mother, Violet Wallace, was born in Dungannon, October 12, 1882. Her parents were Robert Wallace and Olive Young Wallace, Her family moved to Detroit, Michigan when she was 12 years old. Mother told me many stories of her life. She mentioned Wingham, Lucknow, Goderich, Kincardine, and wading in the Maitland River. We arrived in Goderich July 26 and stayed the night there. The next morning we drove to Dungannon, I wanted to take pictures of the Anglican Church that my mother had attended with her grandmother, Nancy Martin. However, the church was gone. We decided to drive through the cemetery to look for familiar names. As we were about to :3{i`t• lkr s: The Dungannon Diggers out tugged the Goober Go -Get- ters during the Tag•of•War competition held at the Dan. Bannon Fair. The Go -Getters gave it their best shot but the Diggers were Just too much tor them. Brian Argyle of the Diggers dhows what It takes to win. f Photo by Anne Narejkol Dungannon Fair results page 17&18 1 Dungannon Fair holds competitions over weekends drive out 1 sa,,v a grave monument with the name McConnell at the trop. At the bottom was the name Charlotte Gibson, 1882-1961. 1 recalled that my mother told me about her cousin Lottie Gibson who was her age, We decided to go to the store (Dawson's) and look in the phone directory. We were fortunate to meet Mr. Kaye Dawson, I told him my story and he took us to see Mrs. Lillian McDonald, She was most gracious, gave us tea, and talked to us for some time. She told us her neighbour's mother was a Gibson and arranged for us to visit her. Miss Beth McConnell listened to my story and then handed me an album, In it was a detailed history of our families, We are third cousins. Her grandmother, Charlotte Wallace (my mother's aunt Lottie) and my grandfather Wallace were sister and brother, I'm afraid 1 became a bit emotional when I read the entries about my mother and her family, and 1 cried a little! it was so thrilling to learn about my family when 1 didn't expect to find any information. My mother was born in the Martin Hotel which her grandmother Martin and her husband operated. The whole experience was a series of coincidences, but perhaps the biggest coincidence was the article published in the Lucknow Sentinel the same day, It was about the McConnell sisters. Lottie Gibson (Mrs. William McConell) was the cousin born the same year as my mother. 1 am most grateful to the kind people who helped me get all this information about the Wallace family. Mr. Kaye Dawson, Mrs. Lillian McDonald, and my new-found cousin, Miss Beth McConnell. 1 hope I can visit Dungannon and nearby area again. It is such a lovely part of the world! Sincerely yours, Betsy Benton, New Boston, Texas, 75570 U.S.A. Dungannon fair activities began on Sunday, August 14, with tractor pulls, horse pulls, and the choosing of the fait queen in the evening, Horses owned by Dave Carson proved to be the best heavy horse team followed by Cleason Martin's team while third place went to Hugh Osborn, The light horse trophy went to Cletus Dalton with Calf shoos* were just one of the many events gahrg an all day Saturday of the Damgannen fah, Winner* of the Grand Champion Female etas* were Perry Van (1<sch of R. 3 Latta**, second, and Andre* Smith, of R. 6 Goderfeh, who placed first, (Photo by barred Xloe el Joe Millar's team. Second place went to Bill Stephen - son's team and Cletus Dalton took third, Forty-one antique tractors competed in the six weight classes in the antique tractor pull. Harry Clements was the winner in the light weight class with Ron Brindley fin- ishing second, In the 4,000 pound class, Morris Greber was the top puller while second prize went to Stan Stephenson and third place went to Gord Foran. Winner of the 5,000 pound class was Allis Chalmbers of Milverton. Randy Pentland finished second with Henry Hendricks placing third. The 6,000 pound class was wan by Wilfred Pentland. Second place went to Steve Freeman while Lorne Aiton pulled third. In the 7.000 pound class David Turner placed first. Jim Middleton second and Fred Phillips placed third. In the open class Paul Black's tractor was best puller, followed by Don Alton and then Harold Cook. Later in the evening over 400 people tested the pork barbeque that consisted of two pigs. Rod McKenzie was head cook. Following the barbeque was the variety show which featured singing. dancing. piano music and fiddle play- ing.