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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-07-22, Page 1• 1: :;. , . . • , • THE LOVELY WINNERS were all smiles following the Western Queen contest held Thursday night as one of the kickoff events for the Hoedown. Heather Brent tAk .P.9* •*Ater .8, expeeted4 won the title, with Christine Kissner left, and Kim Mc- 1Wallter Atte event was Gregor right, aS runners-up. •m Hoedown is like! ecome an annual eve of the past indication, f Wingham the Western ming an an- .. organizers ekend was a s than was Irman Shirley , TOPS IN TA L E NT—'Casey' Casemore of the Wingham Lions presented awards to the winners of the talent show Thursday night. The Mcquaid sisters from Seaforth took top prize for their step dancing, Anne Marie McQuaid (centre) was first runner-up for her dance solo and Heather Brent (foreground) was second runner-up with a piano solo. BIKE PARADE WINNERS—Individual winners in last Friday's bicycle and chuck wagon parade were: In back; Lisa 'Chapman (7 and 8 years), Leanne Simpson (9 and 10 years), Julie Cameron and Louise Yocco (11 and over), and Lisa Keay (5 years); in front, Aaron Chapman (6 years), Deanna, Ryan and Jennifer Chandllsh and Neil Mowbray. "indeed a success" • from a ntonetar&andpoint and for deattiOgekti#14. Organi*Wo not yet have a'defiaite-ainhunt 'of profit ;eo adeiraent weekend,tohobut full et r t4.1umeetingbe a pwt ri ewt hs hei tht he dae. It was :74ntioned that perhapstIOnoney will go into a trust fUnd to be used for next year's Hoedown. • Mrs. Walker said she hopes. the 4 Hoedown wijl become an:annual event, and • added thaentganizers will be meeting soon to make plans ' to ensure that it is. at a The featiVities commenced last Thursd with a Lions talent shp, -4nd the crowning oftheWea • %men •-•The-M r :id."' sisters of Seaforth Walltett, away with top honors at the talent show. The, girls won firstprize of $100 for their down -East Fed. checites at town hall next Wed. Emergency arrangements have been made for the distribution of all federal cheques, a post office spokesman announced this week. Persons who normally would receive their cheques through the mail can pick them up instead at the council chamber of the Wingham Town Hall bet- ween 9 and 11 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. next Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, July 29- 31. Proper identification will be required of all persons picking up cheques: Federal cheques include Old Age Security, Guar- anteed Income Supple- ment, Canada Pension and a variety of veterans' and other allowances and super- annuation payments. Provincial and municipal cheques will not be inched in this distribution. Some area newspapers , at The A4 For the duration of the postal strike, subscribers to a number of other area newspapers can pick up their papers at The Advance - Times office. Subscribers to The Listowel Banner, Blyth Standard, Huron Expositor, - Lucknow Sentinel, Brussels Post or Walkerton Herald - Times can pick up their papers here during business hours Monday through Friday, beginning on Thurs- day of the week of publication. This applies only to those persons who normally receive their papers by mail through the Wingham post office. Should the Mail strike continue while The Advance - Times office is closed during the first two weeks of' Aug- ust, we will attempt to make alternative • arrangements for pickup. dance routine and Anne Marie McQuaid received second prize of $50 for a dance solo. Heather Brent of Wroxeter won $25 for placing ihird,in the talent competition with a classical piano solo. Miss Brent also was selected as Wingham's Hoedown queen from a grnup of eight girls. Chlristine Kissner of Teeswater and Kim McGregor of Wingham were runners-up. • The Wingham Towne Players presented a one -act comedy called "Big Annie" with an all -female cast. Unfortunately the arena acoustics .are very poor and the crowd had become quite restless, so it was virtually impossible to hear the ac- tresses. Dennis -Charrette off the Wingham Kinsmen reported very good crowds at the casMo 'and saloon . held Thursday, . Friday and Saturday at the arena and added; the group made between $750, and $1,000 in • profits. • • • The bicycle and Chuck wagon "parade drew close to 125 individual and family entries. Prizes were awarded to Lisa Chapman, Leanne Simpson, Julie Cameron, Louise Yocco, Lisa Keay; Neil Mowbray,. Aaron Chapman and Deanna,. Ryan ,and Jennifer • Chandlish. The children rode their bicycles from the Josephine Street ball . park to the Armouries where a penny carnival was held. • Recreation . Director Rennie Alexander reported that approximately 250 children attended the car- nival. ' After the penny carnival, the Junior Citizens held a teen dance in the Armouries. Two adult dances were held at the arena over the weekend. The Friday night dance to Richard Knechtel was well -attended and the Saturday night "Drumlin" dance drew a capacity crowd. Blaze blamed on fuel leak Fire severely damaged a. car on the B Line of Turn - berry' Township last Thurs- day evening. Fire Chief Dave Crothers reported the 1976 Mercury sedan owned by • Dan Kleist of RR 2, Wingham, was pretty well a total loss. He attributed the blaze to a possible fuel leak in the engine compartment. Ther, were no injuries as everyni* got out of the car in time, he reported. STAFF HOLIDAYS The Wingham Advance -Times office will be , closed from AUGUST ST 3 AUGUST 15 inclusive Advertising intend- ed for the holiday period if ordered before Aug. 3 will be ploced in . . . Crossroads. en I ICI ra Saturday's big event was the Hoedown parade, which featured over 30 floats, two bands and horses and riders. The award for the most float went to Readrnan's Cleaners with the Wingham Ladies Softball team float placing second. Other prize-winning floats were: most original, the Wingham 'Junior Citizens and the Red River Cart; best commercial, McGee Auto Electric • and Lynn Hoy Enterprises; best non- commercial, Maitland Women's Institute and Laurie Campbell; most humorous, the Western Foundry and The Burnt Outs; antique vehicles, Hodgins. Buildall and Lloyd Fowler; best horse and -rider in dress, Sherry Green and Sandy Merkley; best horse and carriage, Mac Arm- strong and Sunrise Dairy; best horse team, Omar Brookes and Ernie King. The Town and - Country • Homemakers •sponsored a • two-hour • program for childrenin the Armouries Called "Kidsworld". Approx- Mkately 75, yOnfiketerl pla.yed , • kinnes,4'"safik •stinks. ark - watched a magic show per- formed by Andy Forgrave of Owen Sound. The Wingham •Optirnists sponsored a flapjack break- fast on Saturday morning. Optimist Jack McPherson reported serving breakfast to almost 150 people, which was not as many as the group had hoped, but it still made a profit. • The Optimists did very well at the food booth, selling sausages and sauerkraut, and also provided lunch.for the Saturday night dance. The - Belgrave. Kihstnen were in charge of the beef barbeque. Allen. Bridge, of the Kinsmen said that while - tie didn't know how many dinners the groupad sold; it considered the barbeque a success. Sunday was a famiry day, with almost all • adivities held at Riverside Park. Only one entry Showed up fOr the canoe race, therefore rt was cancelled, but the other events staged were: quite successfUl. The motorcycle show a large numb of - The horseshoetoss 11 the Sportsmen's Club ,ais� was 001sk.141dils,44'isLwip',. The third annual,CKNX' slow-piteh, totutatpent, al:eatb:tbali PirilAilentr;;5 oth"Rniersaid he. was happy with the outcome • 1):1:1:1421:71!!!!:11: drthisawrryi"eageg's°DdteUraw14„*.t;'''': the ehaOpiorislit cLoc 00 intbdoe9ineTeht, ef* Car .weiti‘e The "B" went ' to Serns-k BookiespMWingharn, i I nt , The Western -Hoedowny celebrations mine to a close with a family picnic held, Sunday afternoon at ' Riverside Park. SPECIAL SERVICE—As a public sqvice, Ltd., publishers of The, Listowel Banner, The vanoin Advance -Times and The Mount Forest ;Cont,cderhte •44As gleA4-910(rgA01)Yelq@ 1*VO.,0„:„Orlif three rmn •"..--Benags•••areN,00':'itrAW,_rectpints that mail will be available for pick-up at the &hie' M. win& it has been sent, usually the following day. Five Ontario Scholars at Madill Five students from F. E. Madill Secondary School have been recommended to the Ministry of Education as Ontario Scholars this year. TheYare:. Lynn Miller, son of Mrs, Eileen Miller of RR 1,' Lucknow; Faye Ann Forster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Forster of RR 1, Lucknow; ,Marilyn Kieffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George. Kieffer Of RR 2, Tees w a t er : Kathryn 'Under- wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George: Underwood of RR 1. Wingham, and Debbie Sjaarda. daughter'of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sjaarda of RR 3, Wingham. Ontario Scholars " must have achieved an overall average of at least 80 per. cent on any ,Six Grade 13 courses. Successful • can- didates receive a $100 scholarship .from the Ministry of Education. Debbie Sjaarda, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sjaarda of RR 3, Wing - ham, is one of five Grade 13 graduate $ of F. E. Madill Secondary School this year to be recom- mended as Ontario Schol- ars. Detibie will be con- tinuing her education at Centennial College, Tor- onto, in the field . of mental retardation coun- selling. Lynn Miller, son of Mrs. Eileen Miller of RR 1, Lucknow and the late Allan A. Miller, is one of five graduates from F. E. Madill Secondary School this year who have been recommended as Ontario scholars. Lynn will be attending Queen's Uni- versity, Kingston this fall in the commerce pro- gram. . Kathy Underwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Underwood, has been recommended as an Ontario Scholar by F. E. Madill Secondary School this year. Kathy present- ly is spending a month as a counsellor at the On- tario Pioneer Camp near Port Sydney. She will be entering McMaster Uni- versity, Hamilton this fall in a combined arts and sciences course aiming her toward a career in medicine. Marilyn Kieffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Kieffer of RR 2, Teeswater, is one of five students from F. E. Madill Secondary School recommended as an On- tario Scholar this year. Marilyn plans to attend the University of Western Ontario in the fall. Faye Ann Forster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Forster of RR 1, Lucknow, has been recommended as aitOn- tario Scholar from E. E. Madill Secondary Sch \ Faye Ann will be stuIP• ing natural sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton this fall. 5