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Visiting with Rhetta Mac-
Lennan on the weekend and
attending the Lucknow Jam-
boree we Danny and Marg-
aret MacLennan of Orange-
ville, Jack and Annette Mac-
Lennan of Stratford, Marion
MacLennan and Dick Evans
of Sudbury and Louise and
Bruce Millar of Palmerston.
Finlay MacDonald had his
steam engine in Lucknow for
the Jamboree on the week-
end and he was in the
gigantic parade on Saturday.
Congratulations Finlay on
winning a prize.
Finlay MacDonald went to
Teiriglto on Friday morning to
meet his grandson, Thomas,
son of Tom and Gloria Mac-
Donald of Fort Nelson, Brit-
ish Columbia. Thomas will
be staying the summer on
the farm with his grand-
parents.
Some of the company that
were with Ross and Jean
MacKenzie on the weekend
were Ray and Edna Mac-
Kenzie of Toronto and three
of their sons, Danny Mac-
Kenzie of Calgary, Alberta
and Kevin and Bob MacKen-
zie of- Tof+o;Anto- The three
boys Danny, Kevin and Bob
accompanied by Martin Scott
of Ashfield Township took off
the first of the week to Unit-
the
cjprthe Maritime Provinces.
Jim and Betty Blue of
Windsor were at Wynn Gam-
mie's in Lucknow for a few
days to attend the Jamboree.
On Tuesday evening they
called to see Wellington and
Kae Webster, along with
Wynn Gammie of Lucknow.
Jim Webster of Waterloo
was at home on the weekend
with his parents, Wellington
and Kae Webster and saw
many of his friends in Luck -
now at the Jamboree.
Visiting recently with
Charles and Mayme Wilkins
were George and Louisa
Greenway of Surrey, British
Columbia.
Barbara Shepperd and
Janet Wilkins of Paris, Ont-
ario and Arlen Peek of Wal-
laceburg were weekend
guests with Charles and
Mayme Wilkins.
Bob, Sandra and Heather
Darling of Hanover visited on
the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Robb.
Dorothy Finlayson had a
number of her family at
home on the weekend to
attend the °Lucknow Jam-
boree. They were Barbara
Rogerson and two sons of
Toronto, Paul and Jane Em-
berlin of Toronto, Mr. and
Mrs. Rod Finlayson and
family of Sarnia and Allen
Finlayson and a friend from
Toronto.
A large number of area
people were at Point Clark
Friday evening to watch the
fireworks display put on by
the Point Clark Kinsmen. It
was enjoyed by old and
young. Thanks from the com-
munity for all the good things
you do.
When viewing the parade
in Lucknow it was nice to see
our area was represented by
both a float done by the local
people and the steam engine
owned and operated by Fin-
lay MacDonald and his son,
George MacDonald. Finlay
MacDonald won first prize in
his class.
Visiting on the weekend
with George and Betty Mon-
crief were Dr. Russell and
Lesley Moncrief of Aylmer;
George, and Jane Ullrich and
their three girls of London
and Joe and Betty Vilet of
Chicago, Illinois.
Lorne and Maxine Luther
had some company with
them from Ridgetown for the
weekend.
Visiting on the weekend
with Elmer and Edna Culbert
was Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Culbert, their son, Rick and a
boy friend from Southfield,
Michigan.
Kinette Club
holds barbecue
DUNGANNON
DOINGS
Merle Perk, 15129-7719
Harold Stirling of Thames -
ford visited for a few days
with his grandmother, Elsie
Irvin.
Cora Sherwood and Elsie
Irvin visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Fowler in Exet-
er Hospital on Sunday.
Jim and Margaret Erring-
ton were dinner and over-
night guests with Doug and
Darlene Mole at Edson,
Alberta on their western
tour.
Karen Hernandez and
David Bere of London spent
last week with grandmother,
Mary Bere.
Brenda and Craig McNee
of Sudbury are spending a
month with their father, Eric
McNee at Nile and grand-
parents, Graham and Bessie
McNee in Dungannon.
Marie Park returned home
on Saturday from Goderich
hospital after being hospit-
alized for five days.
Nels Pearson is a patient in
Wingham hospital. He was
admitted two weeks ago with
bronchial asthma. It is hoped
his confinement will not be
much longer.
Harold Elliott has been a
patient in Wingham hospital
with infection but is home
and feeling better again. His
mother, Emma of Goderich
was released from Goderich
hospital on Sunday after a
week long stay with pneu-
monia.
Other area residents either
in hospital or just getting
home are Thelma Brown,
Dorothy Errington, Elmira
Finnigan, Florence Berry
and Phyllis Boak. 1t is hoped
that everyone will soon be
well and able to enjoy our
beautiful summer weather.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Park
and Holly and Val Bendig
and Joel visited with their
parents on Sunday.
Sympathy is extended to
the families of the late Laura
Pollock, formerly of Ashfield
Township, who passed away
on Saturday, July 9 at
Maitland Manor, Goderich,
in her 92nd year. Interment
was in Dungannon Cemetery
on Monday afternoon.
Dungannon KInettes
The June meeting of the
Dungannon Kinette Club
was in the form of a bar-
beque supper held on the
shores of Lake Huron at the
cottage of Jerry and Mary
Martin. The Martins are par-
ents of Kinette Sharon Balt-
zer.
Ian MacAdam of Goderich displays the medal and two plaques he was awarded recently as
a participant in the International Tugboat Race held near Detroit as part of the Windsor -
Detroit International Freedom Festival. Over 20 tugs participated in various categories.
MacAdam and his crew'member, Jim Boyce, travelled the furthest for the event. (photo by
Dave Sykes)
Large crowd attends Jamboree '83
LUCKNOW - Unofficially it's
estimated that 5,000 people
came home to Lucknow to
celebrate the village's 125th
anniversary. According to
Shirley Montgomery, who
was in charge of
registration, approximately
3,000 people stopped into the
During the business por-
tion of the evening, the old
Executive members present-
ed the new ones with their
name tabs. The new officers
took over on July 1.
The Dungannon Kinettes
recently donated six baby car
seats to the Goderich Hos-
pital. The hospital will loan
them out to new parents for a
nominal fee with the seats to
be returned in approximately
six months time. The Club
raised the money for the
seats through work projects
and also by saving Zehrs'
tapes. Thanks to Jim Hayter
Chev-Olds. the car seats
were provided at cost price.
On June 25, the Kinettes
had a Pie and Fudge Bake
Table at the Dungannon
Garage Sale. This Kinsmen
sponsored event turned out
to be a highly successful and
enjoyable day.
On June 30, the Dungan-
non Kinettes sponsored a
Red Cross Blood Donor Clin-
ic. The response from the
community was super and
hopefully this will become an
annual project.
During the summer
months, Dungannon Kin
family members will be
working at the Playground
every Monday evening.
Jamboree registration office
to sign the guest book.
The mammoth parade on
July 2 drew large crowds and
according to parade co-
ordinator, Bob Mclntosh, 175
floats and seven bands
participated in the parade
which lasted more than two
hours.
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society will sponsor queen contest
On Tuesday, June 28 the
monthly mee jxig of the Dun-
Fannon Agricultural Society
was held at the ;.:'cultural
hall. It was re i .t.; r.- that Bill
Wiggins has b..... , hired for
grass cutting ' season.
Fan' q; :. en, Carol Ann
Smyth was present. There
will be ads placed in the
papers for entries for the
1983 Dungannon Fair Queen.
The girls must be 17 by
August 1. Only the fust 10
entries will be accepted.
Also, .Miss Smyth is busy
designing posters to adver-
tise the up coming events
this season.
It was announced that the
Huron Strings will provide
entertainm8nt from 1.30 to
3.30 p.m. fair day. They will
be accompanied by some
young step dancers.
Four teams have returned
entry forms for the Slo Pitch
Ball tournament, July 29, 30
and 31.
After lengthy discussion, it
was decided that, after Sept-
ember 1, an extra bar rental
fee will be in effect. The
society regrets this is neces-
sary because of escalating
costs.
The Society has purchased
a lovely patio set consisting
of table, umbrella, lounge
and chair with thickly padded
covers. Directors will have
tickets available for a draw
on this furniture for a`11ost of
S1 each.
Some 400 tickets have
been prepared for the Pork
Barbeque, August 14. it was
decided to wait until a later
date to distribute these tick-
ets to directors. An admis-
sion fee of 52.00 per adult
and elementary school child-
ren free was decided for the
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Horse and Antique Tractor
Pulls which will be held
earlier in the day, August 14.
A discussion on new ways
to advertise was held. Broch-
ures will be prepared .con-
cerning the summer's events
and invitations will be sent to
area groups to inform them.
Advertising in local papers
and on CILNX radio -televi-
sion as well as posters will
continue.
A flea market and a com-
mercial display section will
b' available at the fair this
year. An interest from indiv-
iduals and businesses is
anticipated.
The meeting closed with
the reminder that the Soci- -
ety's meetings are open to ,
anyone interested in keeping
Dungannon Fair alive and
the public is welcome to
attend.
Village teams doing well
The Enterprising Seniors
will meet July 21 in the
Community Centre in
Holmesville at 8 p.m.. The
Enterprising Seniors sent
get well wishes to Ruth
Morrison, who is a patient in
Clinton Hospital and to
Elmer Potter.
Many from the area were
in Goderich on the evening of
July 10 to enjoy the band
concert in the park in
Goderich. It was nice to hear
Andrea Jackson, one of
Holmesville's girls singing.
Ball News
Tyke boys one were
defeated by Colborne.
Tyke girls squeezed by
Goderich.
The Squirt boys won over
Colborne.
The Squirt girls defeated
Clinton.
The Pee Wee boys lost to
Londesboro by one run.
The Pee Wee girls won
over Varna.
The Bantam boys defeated
Londesboro.
HOLMESVILLE
NEWS
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The Christian Reform
Church young people hosted
Owen Sound this weekend.
Our local boys were defeated
by Owen Sound but our local
girls won.
The. Goderich Township
slo-pitch team was defeated
by Auburn this week.
Porter Hill men's slo-pitch
defeated Auburn.
The Hohnesville's Store
slo-pitch team played an
exhibition game against a
Norholme Industrial fastball
team and won. They also
defeated Vanastra.
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aid so would we.
200 pound safe stolen
ST. MARYS - A 200 lb. safe
was stolen from the office at
St. Marys Landscaping Ltd.
sometime during the night of
June 29 or early morning of
June 30. The safe contained
about $2,000 in cheques and
cash.
Entry to the premises was
gained through a back door
and a window was roken in
the incident.
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