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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-07-18, Page 1— • :•'497,!;77ez,W*.:',7,'-'"'"11,7 • • • By The Sentinel Overioad 2 Area. veterans obterVed the 35th• anniversary of the A:bay returning:to the site of the invasion along the beaches Of France. Dubbed Overland 2 • after the name of the operation, •the trip toured France, England and flpiland and •attnded • services to mark the anniversary held at , war Memorials, cemeteries and coastal towns in France., Tuirn „to page 2* Dedication. A dedication service :on July 1.1 marked ;the 'Opening of MacDonald • Lodge at Camp Kintail. Itepresen-', • tatives • from Synod of Harlton' and London participated in the service. Turn to page 2!. •Blyth,sthri4er The bucolic mystery, pi Be Back for You at Midnight, Aich is the second _Production being presented • at the Blyth Summer Festival is •a • thriller which according . to Alice • Gibb's review keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. Turn to page 5* Halt Bruce B The Fopd Land Steering Com- mittee has written to the Minister of , Energy stating its opposition to the completion of the huge Bruce B generating station. The committee wants the building of energy centres on • or near food lands halted". turn io page 84, • • tined la hel the skatirs Lucknow figure skaters will be knocking on doors in. the village and the surrounding area this week as their Sentinel Subscription Drive gets into full swing. The Figure Skating Club will receive S2 for each new subscription sold and 50c for each renewal. The new subscriber will receive a 51 cent • reduction on the price of a year's subscrip- tion .to the Sentinel. • SubsCriiitiOns sold by members of the Figure Skating Club during this drive, are the only subscriptions which will receive the he reduced, rate, Only new subscribers and •-renewals sold by club members will assist the Figure Skating Club, New subscriptions and renewals sold at the Sentinel office or sold through the mail will not be included in the subscription driye. If you wish to support the Lucknow Figure Skating Club by purchasing a Sentinel subscription, don't hesitate to contact any of the following club members: • Angela and Arletta Glenn, 528-3234 Kent and Jill Campbell, 395-2209 . .„ „ • • . • . • club Charlene and Colleen Conley, 528-.233 Tracy McDonagh, 528,3821 Patti Barger, 395-2777 Leisa Rau, 528-3547 David Hallam, 528-2834 Heather Priestap, 529.7566 Julie Nicholson, 528-2446 Cathy Chisholm, 529-7524 Melissa Becker, 528-3120 Sharon and Cindy Struthers, 528-204c1 Tracy and Leanne Livingston, 529-7488 Karen, .Sandra & Sheila Campbell, 529-7619 Lisa Collyer, 528-3318 Vicki Owens 528-2170 • • • LUCKNOW SENTINEL 28 PAGES. •WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1979. Single Copy 25c • Overload 2 ark D Day anniversary • June 6 was the 35th anniversary of,the D •rDay.invasion of France which saw the allied • forces push the Germans from western •, Europe. it Wa. the beginning of the end ,to the war. Clarence Greer oflucknow landed on the • shores of France with the forces who took part in Operation Overload, the code name • for the Operation'of the Invasion of Europe. •He, and George Tervit and Ted Elliott of • 'Wingham, who served in the 99th artillery • battery of the 3rd Canadian division return-. • •ed. to France this June to mark the 35th •anniversary -of the invasion, • Eldon Mann, Charles Wilkins and Jim Hunter from the'Lucknow area also went on • the same trip called Overload 2. Ceremonies and services were held 'at the memorials • 'erected along the beaches where the forces . rac or u • • landed and 'in the war cemeteries and the • towns along the coast of: France on June 6 • and 7 to mark the anniversarY. All of the men were accompanied by their • wives on • the trip • which • took them to England, 'France and Holland between June 1 and 22. , ' • 'Tracy Steer pitthes the hill while Julie Nicholson covers the tanner on second when the Lucknow T.ball team played Ripley last Thursday afternoon. The Lucknow girls were defeated by their opponents. 44 33. The team is still in the organization stage and 'holies- to improve as the season progreSses. They play the other game of their home and home series with Ripley this Thursday afternoon in Ripley. (Sentinel Staff Photo] aturday The second Molsen's Point Series Class A Tractor Pull' will: be held in Lucknow this Weekend. • Last years close to. 5,000 people attended the. Lucknow-piill which is held on a track built by the Lucknow TraCtor Pullers' Association ,at the gravel pit north of the railway tracks on Havelock Street, Pullers will compete in six classes of mini tractors and seven classes of super stock and mOdified tractors. This year there is another attraction. as 4 -wheel .super stock trucks will • be competing in a 6500 pound class. Pullers are expected to attend -from the Ottawa Valley, Michigan and- all Over Ontario as they compete to win points in the Molson Series to determine a Grand ..Champion for the 1979 pulling season. They also be trying to win pri4es with a total purse. of .10,975 at this year's pull. The pull begins 'at 1 p.m. Saturday and again at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Bring your lawn. • chair and get in en the action when the "heaviest sport on wheels" comes to •Lucknow this weekend. Jailed on -- theft charge A Toronto man has been charged with break, enter and theft following an investi- gation , into a theft from, the residence of Brian Gamrnie in West Wawanosh in June. Most of the articles stolen were recovered when Goderich OPP searched the man's residence in Toronto. The man was stopped in Stratford by police who were doing a \ routine car check following a break in and theft in that city. • Articles stolen in that incident were found in the man's 'car as well as articles ((tiring a break in and theft in Wingham. Goderich detachment questioned the man following the • Stratford •arrest and he admitted to the theft at the Gatnmie home in June. The police then searched the man's Toronto residence and recovered the missing articles. The man is being held in custody in Walkerton County Jail until July 23 when he will ' answer to charges related to the Stratford, Wingham and West Wawanosh incidents. •