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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-07-25, Page 17,001. attend' Attendance at this year's , Lucknow Molson's Point Series Class A tractor, pull was up by 2,000 people over last year, when about 7,000 people attended the two day event, July 21 and 22. Sponsored by the Lucknow Tractor Pullers' Association, the pull was held at the tractor pulling park just north of the village on Havelock ;Street. . Willard Sallans, Kitchener provided his colourful commentation when pullers com- peted for a total purse worth $10,975. The Lucknow team of Glenn Porter and Art Helm took a third in the 9,000 lb. The modified class on Sunday with The Noisy Lady, On Saturday, the Noisy Lady placed ninth in the 7,000 lb; rrnodified. Art Helen's V-12 Packardktook a fifth in the 9,000 modified on Sunday . after placing seventh in the 7,000 tnodi ed. on Saturday. Henry Hendrik s, R. 7 ucknow, placed seventh in the 1,000 rodied mini class 'en Saturday. - . Two 100 foot extensi n ,cords donated by Whitechurch Sand and Gr yel were pres- ented to the first pia* .inners in the S,000 modified and 9,000 modified classes. The prizes were won by Bill' Douglas of )lvinston and: Willy Theeland of Ottawa, respectively. Two cases of Kendall oil were donated by Ideal Supply as prizes for the winners of the 7,000 and 12,000 super stock classes.. They were won by Gord Oughtred, Brantford and Jack Grant of Chatham: Pullers attended from all over Ontario, as far• a*ay, as the Ottawa Valley, and from Dryden, Michigan: Food booths were operated by the Lucknow Lions Ladies, the West. Huron Junior Farmers and the Lucknow Figure Skating Club. The Lucknow Lions .Club operated a beer garden. nuc 28 PAGES ' WEDNESDAY,, JULY 25, 1979 1 1 By The Sentinel Stngietopy 25c Hermarcand Cornelia' de Brayn,;concesslon 13 of East Wawanosh.have sponsored two refugees from Laos. Hyng. Ngoc Dlmh,.19, and . his sister, Lley Thi, 16, arrived In Toronto on July 13 from a refugee camp In Thailand. They are shown :with Mrs. de Bruyn's brother,' Harry van . • Whitechurch family OflSO,r Two ..Loatian young people . arrived at Toronto airport on. Friday, July 13 to begin a new life in Canada: • Hyng Ngoc Dimh, -19 and his sister Liey Thi Dimh, . 16,. are being sponsored. by Herman and Cornelia de Bruyn, concession 13 of East Wawanosh` Township. They arrived from Bangkok after spending time ina refugee camp ,in Thailand. Although they speak very little English, the de Bruyn's son, . Vincent believes Hyng swam across a river to escape Laos. There were 30 children in the group who tried to swim the river to get out,. only Hyng and two others made it. They do not know how. Liey got out of Laos to the camp in Thailand: Hyng and: Liey are picking up English quickly and Hyng knows some French. The de Bruyns have been able to learn more about their new fancily through Mrs. de'. Bruyn's brother, Harry Vali der Heist who speaks some French. Harry is visiting with the de Bruyns from New Zealand. The de Bruyns applied to sponsor der Hulst; left, who was. Orating .from New Zealand during the past.. week. Standing liehhul Mr.: and. Mrs. de Bruyn are left to .right Liey,. their son, ,Victor: and Hyng. [Sentinel Staff Photo] refugees in March before the pathetic situation of f the Vietnamize boat people was well publicized and Canadians started to sponsor them. The de Bruyns attended a meeting, of the area Catholic Church parishes in Wingham last January when they. learned about sponsoring` refugees from Laos who were living in refugee camps in Thailand. \'rt'hey learned how to apply, to become sponsors through Brian ven Hove from the Jesuit seminary . in , Toronto, Mr. ven Hove is associated with Terra des..hommes, an Ottawa organization which works through tie United Nations. The organization works with Unesco and specializes in bringing refugeechildren to Canada. The de Bruyns . applied to become sponsors through\ the immigration depart- ment epartment in Kitchener. . They were screened by the immigration officials before being accepted. They had to provide information about • their background, their ability to support refugees and their . pla»ns for the refugees when they arrived:: The de Bruyns asked ' to sponsor two members of one;,family., They sent in their application the end of March and then were informed they would be receiving a brother, and sister.. . When they went to the airport to meet the plane they had only., the names of the refugees who were to find a home with them. Mr. de Bruyn was upset with theimmigra- tion. official at the airport. He usheredthe refugees into a room where their sponsors were waiting, and announced, "Here they are, take your pick." Mr. de Bruyn said his attitude was similar to a man dealing with a bunch of cattle. ' They went from refugee to refugee asking if their names were Hyng and Liey and. identified their new family when Hyng nodded upon hearing his naine. The de+, Bruyns realize there may be difficulties in sponsoring refugees. They ' know they may encounter racist attitudes and they admit they didn't know what to expect. Says Mrs. de Bruyn, "You k"now you Tern to page 4• Tctor pull results Pictures of the action and a list of the results_ of the .Lucknow tractor pull are featured in todays' centre spread pages 14 and 15. Conservationists r. t study watershed Junior conservationists are 'study- ing 'the Pine. River watershed to determine its physical outline and to gather, information. on the opinions of those who live in the area concerning the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority's incorporating the water shed. The group of girls who are doing the study are living in. Lucknow for the summer, while they complete their 4.vork on the project. See page .2. Lucknow's new doctor Meet Lucknow's new doctor, Don- ald T. Jolly, who will practise family medicine as an associate of Doctors McKim and Corrin at the Lucknow Medical Centre. See page 4.