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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-08-01, Page 16• Page 16—Lacknow Sentinel, Wednesday, Augnet 1, 1979 Visits grandmother in Dungannon Larissa Aldham of Ingle• wood visited recently for twc weeks with her two gland. mothers, Mrs. Bertha Ald- ham in Goderich and Mrs. Mary Bere, Dungannon. Mrs. Cecil Blake has re- turned to her home following a 10 day visit with relatives in Barrie, Toronto and St. Cath- . crines. Dwayne Rivett left for Newfoundland on Wednes- day to visit with his mother's sister and family. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. James Robe,tson who were married on Satur- day with the reception being in Lucknow ,District Com- munity Centre. Mrs. Robert- son is the former Debbie Maize, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Maize of Ashfield Township. Sunday visitors with Mrs. Mary Bere were Mrs. Joy Vella of Seaforth, Mrs, Ian Hulley of Londesborough, John Bere, David and Karen and friend Debbie, all of London, Maryb,elle and Dwight Aldham, Johnny and Lissa of Inglewood, Greg .Aldham who had been at the Beres for a few days returned home and Johnny stayed in Dungannon for this week. Company on Tuesday with Mrs. Olive Blake were Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Nash of London. On -Saturday, daughter Linda and hus- band, Grant Sowerby of WiI- lowdale visited, also on Sat- urday, Olive received a phone call from Mrs. Fraser McDonald (Gladys King) who had called en friends at Mid -Huron beach. While so close she decided to call Olive, then she and her hus- band and daughter Kathy of Agincourt visited for an hour with Olive. Gladys and Olive had not been in contact with one another since leaving Stratford Normal School in 1929. Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Hill, Wayne, Rob and Barbara of London and Mrs. Joyce Beer of London are visiting for 2 weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Park and family. ASHTON REUNION Fifty-eight persons gath- ered on Sunday at the Bill Park residence for the 21st annual Ashton reunion. In the afternoon, the sports were under the super- vision of the Ron Hill family of London. Some of the win- ners were oldest gentleman, John Mirehouse of London;: Olivet family attend picn.ic in Kincardine BY LORRAJNE McGUIRE. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bennett - and family attended the Ben- net picnic at Lansdowne Park in Kincardine on Saturday.` Mr. and Mrs. Bill Black of London spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Black and Joyce. ; Cindy White spent last weekvisiting with Mr. and Mrs. Jim McNairn and fam- ily of Seaforth. Congratulations. to Mr. and Mrs. David .Black (nee Jana Keller of Port Town- send, Washington) who were married on Friday, July 27th in Vancouver. David is the ion of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Black of the 4th concession of Huron •Township. David is presently working near Burn- aby, B.C. .with : the Arch- eology Department of the Simon Fraser University. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mc- Guire entertained a few friends for a barbeque at their home on Sunday even- ing. • Amy and Jennifer Hamil- ton of Hanover are spending a few days visiting with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond , Hamilton and Wendy. Joyce Black visited on the, weekend with friends in Kit- chener, Tasso Karantonis of Tor- onto spent the °weekend at his summer home here. A large crowd attended the Ripley Craft Festival which was held in the complex this past weekend. Announces more money :.for loans Agriculture and Food Min- ister Bill Newman has an-`" nounced that an additional $2 million will be added to the \\tile drainage loan fund, bringing the total budget for the fiscal year to $20 million. The additional $2 million will be added to the unused portions—of the allocations made to municipalities at the beginning of the year and will be distributed in Sept- ember in municipalities which indCCate they need additional funds. In making the announce- ment, , Mr. Newman said, "This extra money will en- able more of our farmers to take advantage of low-cost s�- drainage loans to improve their productivity." In the past three years, more than 320,000 acres have been tiled, using funds provided under the tile drain- age loan program. One thing about being a politician — your spouse never criticizes you in public. The modern way of life is to dawdle away an hour drinking instant coffee. ±±-i- Practical joggers carry three phone numbers: the' doctor, the hospital, and the taxi. children's 3 legged -race, Kelly and Barb Hill, London, _Terry Ashton, Goderich and Brad Park, )Dungannon; wheelbarrow race same win- ners; 3 legged race, adults, Ralph and Rob Hill;- men's DUNGANNON UNITED CHURCH Rev. C. G. Westhaver preached on the topic, "The Strengthening Angel", bas- ed on the. 22nd chapter of Luke, verse 43. Flowers were This week in DUNGANNON by. Marie Park kick the slipper, senior, Roy Ashton; men's kick the slip- per, junior, Ron Hill; soda biscuit contest, Ralph Hill; pop bottle contest, Ron 01 - son; women's stocking game, Debbie Park; kitchen quiz, Velma Mirehouse; kick the slipper, senior, Bernice Richardson; kick the slipper, junior, Dodie Young; Joyce Beer's team won the water glass relay.' There was 'a candy toss. and peanut toss for the little ones. The draws were won by ,Uelen Jewell . and Gordon Richardson. Following supper . at 5' p.m., president Roy Ashton called' the older folk together while the younger ones en- joyed a game of ball. The results of election for next year's executive were Ron Hill, president; Marline. Hill, :secretary; Ralph Hill, treasurer; sports, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hill. Next year's reunion will be held in Clinton Conservation Park', the second last Sunday in June. placed in the church by the Eedy family in loving mem- ory of Mr. and Mrs. Heber Eedy. The Trustees met briefly after the service. The services on Sunday, August 5 will be taken by Mr. George Cowan, .a layman who has, been serving at Climax; Saskatchewan. Some Dungannonites may, remem- ber that Mr. Cowan taught school here some years ago, went on to be a school super- intendent, and—being retired from that profession, is 'now serving the church as a lay- man. He is ' coming on Sunday by arrangementwith the Pastoral Relations Com- mittee. A good attendance.. would be ,encouraging. There are no church serv- ices on August 12 and 19. On August 26th Rev. C. G. Westhaver will preach his farewell sermon in this charge as he is going to Marmora. The Willing Workers are holding a sale on , Saturday afternoon on the church lawn. Twilite meeting at Van Osch farm The annual Huron County -Holstein Club Twilite meet- ing was held at the farm of Antone and •Delores Van Qsch and family in. Ashfield on Wednesday evening, July 25. About 150=attended includ- ing members, their families and visitors from neighbour- ing counties. The meeting was opened by' president Bob Vodden, who welcomed everyone and introduced Dennis :Martin, Huron County agricultural representative who chaired the evening. Antone Van Osch outlined briefly, his farm operation and cattle history of his dairy herd. Mr. Martin introduced Gordon Bell, fieldman for the Holstein Fresian Association for the Southern Counties, who, using a cow and model; gave a true type demonstra- tion of the characteristics to look for in a good dairy cow. Following this, two classes of cattle were judged; a four year old class and a two year old class with Jim Needham of Bruce. County as the official • judge. The winners were men, Glen McNeil and Allan Wy- lie; ladies, Olga Speiran and Lana McKague; 4-H mern- bers, Jan McKague and Earl Hayden. Winners for gues- sing the height of the tallest. cow in the herd (62 inches) were men, Bob Vodden; ladies, Vanda McNeil; 4-H, Perry Van Osch. Winning a prize for coming the longest distance was Dave Miles of •• London. The door prize was won by 'Murray Donaldson. The winners and prizes were presented by Jim McKague. The prizes were cattle miner- als, calf starter, cow halter, teat dip, milk filters, pipeline cleaner and hard hats. These were .generous donations of local dealers. Mr. Martin introduced the guest speaker, Mark Booth, agricultural. representative for Scotia Bank who spoke on financing for farmers. Fie was thanked by Bob Vodden. Jean Siertsema, Blyth, Hur- on County hairy Princess was also present and spoke briefly on her recent activit- ies. Entertainment was provid- ed by Ron Fleming, Clinton, who played his guitar and sang humorous as well as popular songs. He was thanked by Bob McNeil. On behalf of everyone present, Gordon Bell thank- ed Antone and Delores for hosting the meeting to which Antone gave fitting reply. The evening ended with lunch and a social time enjoyed by all. Johnston Bros.. [Bothwell Ltd.] Phone, Phone , Wardsville 693-4383 Komoka 471-3059 Dungannon 529-7947 Washed Materials — Crushed Stone Cement Gravel Crushed Gravel --- Road Contractors FARMERS! SONiTRON® Ultrasonic Rodent Control Transmitter Protect your investment against costly rodent damage! 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