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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1975-03-26, Page 23Ripley. Lions Club News The bi-monthly meeting of the. Ripley and District Lions Club was held on March 12 following a smorgasbord supper catered to by the ladies of Purple Grove. The meeting was opened by Lion Bill Kempton who announced the annual Lion Skating Carnival would be held on Thursday, March 27. Special features this year will be costume classes representing the old Boys Reunion 'in August. A motion was passed to support . Jim Elliott in the .sale of, shaving permits to anyone not growing a beard for the Ripley. Reunion. Lion secretary Charles Liddle was asked to write to the Woodstock Choralaires to obtain a date for a concert to be held sometime in the fall. Plans were set for District A-9 Convention in Stratford and Multile District A convention in Hamilton. Bob Fair reported on an interclub visit to Teeswater to which Lions Dan MacDonald, Bob 'Fair, Alan McLean and Bernie Twolen, had attended. They heard the final speeches that are being sponsored by that club for the Lions Public Speaking competition. The meeting closed with a Chinese Auction won by Lion Bob Fair. ATTENTION -.FARMERS. Have you considered For the past .two years Flax as a cash crop has shown a net return per 'acre equal to, and in most cases better than, most cash crops available in the. area. We have cleaned a limited amount of FLAX SEED and this is now available for booking. Interest in this seed is strong and we suggest you• phone and order now to avoid being disappointed. For, seed please contact:' QPNOTCH ,TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED Milverton, Ontario phone 595-4941 or ANDERSON FLAX PRODUCTS Lucknow, Ontario phone 52"2026 for your 1975 cash crop? ENERAL ARNOLD'S GSTORE R..R. i Lucicnow — Lanes — Phone 529-128 CATELLI LONG' SPAGHETTI, '16 oz. 36c TIDE OR CHEER REGULAR 64c PARAMOUNT SOCKEYE SALMON, 8 oz. $1.25 CHEMICAL MEETING THURSDAY, MARCH 27th AT THE LUCKNOW LEGION HALL LUNCH SERVED AT 12:00 NOON MEETING TO FOLLOW Representatives from various chemical companies will be in attendance to answer questions. DNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1975 LUCKNOW DISTRICT CO-OP the C SPONSORED BY THE . L CKNOW- SENTINEL, LUCieHOW, ONTARIO Variety Show Was Successful Event On Friday Night An excellent Variety Concert, sponsored by the Lucknow Agricul- tural ,Society, was presented in the Lucknow Central Public School on Friday evening, March 21st. A large crowd was on hand to enjoy an everting the community has come to look, forward to. The program opened with a vocal; trio by Nancy; Ruth and Grace Alton accompanied by Barbara Cameron on the piano. A guitar solo by Gordon Alton, brought back mem- ories for the audience. The president of , the Agricultural Society; Glen Walden, welcomed all to the program and announced some of the coming events of the society, noting especially the Lionel Thornton dance on April 4th at Brookside School. A humorous play "The Rest Room", with its setting in the lounge of a local department store, caused many laughs for . the audience. The cast, all members of the society, included Mr. and Mrs. ,Vernon Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Errington, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Irvin, Mrs. June Gilchrist, Mrs. Marilyn Johnson, Mrs. Marlene .Struthers and Bob- Campbell. Steven Pritchard favoured the audience • with a vocal solo, accompanied by 'his mother Ann Pritchard. Charlie Farquharson arrived in the persdn of Murray Gilchrist and entertained with his wit and wisdom. A skit revealing the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Errington, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Struthers and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hunter, in, song and spoken 'word, proved very enjoy- able. The singers for this number were Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Cranston, Mr. and Mrs. Ming Cameron, Mrs. Ruth Bell and Don Cameron. Mrs. Ruth Alton. was. pianist .and Frank Alton acted as narrator. The audience enjoyed an accord- ian solos by Lori Hackett.. A group of young people from Teeswater entertained in a unicycle act. Riding the unicycles were Sandra Thompson . and Kathy McGlynn with Philip Thompson, Patricia Stewart and Sheila Whitehead assisting in the performance. David Hartin of .Dungannon entertained' with his impersona- tions of many television personal- ities. Appearing for the first time on live stage were "The Whist- lers" resembling Herb Wilkins, Bob Gilchrist, Bob Struthers and Ross Errington„ The concert was brought to a successful conclusion by the choir • of the Christian Reformed Church singing "The Happy Wanderer" and "The Old Rugged Cross". They 'were directed by Don Cameron and accompanied on the piano by Barbara Cameron. The singing of 0 Canada closed, another very successful and enter- taining Variety Show for the Agricultural Society.. ASHFIELD PASS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 purchase the MacDonald Garage in Lucknow for a fire hall, providing • the other municipalities are favour- ' able. By-law 5, 1975, to provide for the registration of 'dogS., the collection of a licence fee from the owners and for , regulating the running at large of dogs in the Township of Ashfield was given three readings and passed. Duncan Farrish was engaged to call on all owners and issue ,a dog tag for every dog within the Township and, collect the licence fee as followS: For 1 male dog or spayed female, $5.00 per year; for 1 female dog, $10.00 per year; for each additional dog, $10.00 per year; for a kennel licence, $25.00 per year. Any dog, whether on the premises where it is kept or if it is found running at large without a tag will be impounded and the owner will be required to pay to the Treasurer of the Township of Ashfield a sum not exceeding $10.00,. plus $4.00 per day, until the owner shall have caused, the dog to be licenced. ' It shall be lawful for the Reeve of the Township to direct that a dog be destroyed if it is running at large and can not be impounded. A request for , supplementary allocation of subsidy , monies of $33,000 was passed and forwarded to the Ministrb of Transportation and CoMmunication. If this is granted, .the total road program for 1975 would be approximately $220,000. The meeting adjourned and the next regular meeting will be one day early on March 31St, at 7.30 p.m. DONALD M. SIMPSON, Clerk. AGE TWENTY-THREE PURPLE GROVE Seven tables of euchre were in play at the card party held, at the community centre on Monday evening. Awarded high ladies' prize was Mrs. Howard Thompson ; after a cut between Harvie Thompson and Don RobertsOn high '- men's went to Don Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. Burton, Collins visited with Mr. and Mrs.. Bob Thompson on Tuesday evening. Mrs.• Claude Dore Sr. of Bervie and Mrs. Harvey Thompson visited on Sunday afternoon with Miss Merele Stuartof Brucelea Haven in Walkerton. Mr. and Mrs. Don Reid visited Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Needham. Mrs. Wilda Thompson, Wray Thompson and Mrs. Claude Dore Sr. of Bernie spent the early part of this week in •Port Huron, Michigan shopping and visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Don Reid and Mr. and Mrs: Bob Thompson leave Thursday for an EaMer week end trip to Nashville, Tenn. Happy "birthday to Mrs. Don Reid, son Larry, daughter Sandra and to Don Reid (March 29) also to Robbie Thom'pson, who all cele- brated their birthdays in the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Gawley visited on Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Collins, . and family and on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Don Chadbourne and Tracey in Kincardine. Mrs. -Chadbourne (Velma Gawley) has been confined to her bed for the past week and a half with back trouble.. Mr. and. Mrs. Don Robertson visited on' Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs-. Russell Collins. "Family Night" at the commun- ity centre has been, re-planned for the evening of April 4. Although hinch arrangements are incomplete as yet, it is no longer planned as a pot luck supper. Mr. and" Mrs. Burton Collins visited Goderich on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed McGillivray and Kelly and on Sunday. with Mr. and 'Mrs. Wib Emmerton. • Mr. and Mrs. Francis 'Boyle attended a couple's Leadership Conference in Bolton near Toronto over the week end. • Kathy Farrell, daughter. of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Farrell, visited with the Boyle family on Sunday evening. Kathy spent the week end in Toronto at a Jr. Farmers conference. • Mrs. Joyce Farrell and Miss Dianne MacKay are taking the leadership training 'to teach this years 4-H Garden Club. The Ripley Bantam "E" team won 'two straight games over Zurich and, will go on to meet Tiverton in the consolation series. Blyth has claimed the champion. ship in this league for Western Ontario. Visiting al the Don Dore household over the past week were Bob Needham and' Joan Hender- son.