The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-06-29, Page 12Page 12—The Wingham Advance -Times, June 29, 1983
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Lucknow's old boys and
girls should have no trouble
keeping themselves oc-
cupied this weekend when
the village kicks off its 125th
anniversary of incorpora-
ation.
The festivities commence
Thursday evening with a
variety concert, a beard
contest and the selection of
the Jamboree '83 queen. It
all gets underway at 9 p.m.
at the c,ommmunity centre and
will be followed by a family
dance.
A tennis tournament for
children is Friday's first
scheduled event and it starts
at 9 a.m. A reunion of the
Lucknow pipe band also will
be held that morning at 11.
Lucknow's Jamboree '83
will be officially declared
open at ceremonies slated
for Friday at 1 p.m. at the
fairgrounds. From 2-4
Friday afternoon, an old-
fashioned family picnic will
be held at the fairgrounds
while a fashion show of
heritage wedding gowns is
going on at the United
Church.
The Jamboree princess
will be crowned Friday
evening of the Lucknow
Public School from 7-9 p.m.
Play Day is held for
public school children
By Grades 6-7, WPS
Pupils in Kindergarten
and Grades 1 and 2 par-
ticipated in a Play Day last
Tuesday morning at the
Wingham Public School,
because they were not in-
cluded in track and field
events.
There were 20 teams, with
names such as Darryl's
Devils, Fraggles, The
Winners, Terri's Tigers,
Carolynne's Cubes and
Worm's Night Crawlers.
Each group had four to six
people on the team.
Although the planning was
hard, the Play Day ran
smoothly and the children
had fun- It was hard, but the
leaders maintained
cooperation. Everyone tried
to win, but they didn't mind
losing_ After a fun day, the
Grade 6-7s recuperated by
eating leftovers at Du-Du's
Diner.
Mr. Lisle's Grade 6-7 class
staged the Play Day, which
consisted of nine games and
a rest station. The games
were:
Bean bag throw, Joey
Walker; obstacle course,
Peter Strong, Ian Ward;
sack race, Mike Cullen;
water -filling contest, Bill
Grant; junk relay, Heidi
Robertson; rest station,
Carol Sweeney, Dwight
Chambers and Arjan Ghosh;
crab race, Ernie Johnson;
bean bag race, Kim Martin;
shoe scramble, Charles
Trapp; number game, Ian
MacKay.
The rest station had
names, which were Du-Du's
Diner, Carol's Cookies and
Arjan's Artificial Lemonade.
After Play Day was over,
everyone was rewarded with
first -place ribbons and
everyone is looking forward
to Play Day next year.
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
19 June 83
Tumberry Lyceum
BP Oilers
Smokies
Businessmen
20 June 83
Teeswater
Slushpuppies
Laketet
Tumberry Lyceum
22 June 83
B&T Bookies
Western Foundry
STANDINGS W
1 B&T Bookies 8
2 Smokies 6
3 Businessmen 5
4 Lakelet 5
5 Western Foundry
6 Tumberry Lyceum
7 Slushpuppies
8 Teeswater
9 BP Oilers
10 Bluevale
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Blyth
Sun., July 3, 2:00 pm
Lions Park
Sponsor Minor Sports
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Wingham
Tues., July 5, 8:00
& 8:15 pm
Josephine St. Ball Park
Sponsor. Recreation Dept.
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After the crowning, a teen
dance will follow at the
school.
The CKNX: Barn Dance
Road Show will be at the
arena Friday at 8 p.m. until 1
a.m. There also will be
dances at the community
centre and Legion, each
_going from 9 p.m. until 1
a.m.
A fireworks display will be
held in the small hours of
Saturday morning at the
fairgrounds after the Barn
Dance.
Saturday is the big day on
the agenda and it gets un-
derway with a pancake
breakfast from 8-10 a.m. at
Victoria Park. A school and
school band reunion will be
held Saturday morning from
9-11.
A giant parade with bands,
floats and children's at-
tractions starts at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, followed by
Scottish dancing and a tug of
war at 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
respectively at the fair-
grounds.
A fish fry will be held from
6-8 p.m. at the arena,
followed by a dance at 9 p.m_
Dances also will be held at
the community centre and
the Legion.
Another pancake break-
fast will be 'held Sunday
morning from 8-10 at Vic-
toria Park. Commemorative
church services also will be
held at local churches. After
church, the Masonic Lodge is
holding an open house at the
Old Light Lodge.
The Ontario Mass Pipe and
Drum Legion Band will
entertain at a drumhead
parade and service Sunday
afternoon from 1:30-4p.m. at
the fairgrounds. At 4 p.m., a
tea party will be held at the
Pinecrest Nursing Home.
A barbecue is scheduled
for Sunday from 5-7 p.m. at
the arena.
The Leahy family will
entertain at two shows
Sunday evening at the
community centre: one show
from 6-7:30 and the other
from 8-9:30. A singalong also
will be held at the
fairgrounds from 8-9:30 p.m.
The weekend's festivities
wind down at a shirt tail
parade and dance Sunday
night at the arena.
AgFic. society
judges hay class
HOWICK — Field scores in
the hay class of the field crop
competition sponsored by
the Howick Agricultural
Society have been an-
nounced. The following are
winners: Wendell Stamper
94; Bart Scherpenzeel 93;
Bruce Ruttan 92; Russell
Ruttan 91; Oscar Kieffer 90;
Rick McCann 89; John
Reining 88; Bill Kieffer 87;
Steven Shelley 86; John
McMichael 85; Stewart
Rowley 84; Ron Shelley 83;
Elmer Harding 82; Doug
Harding 81; Sean Kieffer 80;
Cor Reinick 79; and, Ron
Douglas 78.
TRACK & FIELD TROPHIES at the Wingham Public
School this year were won by (front) Midgets Ryan
Deyel! and Leya DeBruyn; Juniors Jane Bateson and
Under the big top
Circus is coming
to town of Wingham
On Sunday, July 3, in Blyth.
and Tuesday, July 5, in
Wingham, the unique
sounds, sights and smells of
a real, old-fashioned tent
circus will come to this area
with the all-new 1983 edition
of the Martin and Downs
Circus.
Designed for family
audiences and billed as an
old-time tent circus, the
Martin and Downs Circus
will present 15 trained
animal and variety acts
aimed to please both young
and old. There will be one
performance at 2 p.m. in
Blyth and two performances,
at 6 and 8:15 p.m., )in
Wingham.
Adults wishing to relive
childhood memories or to
introduce children or grand-
children to the magic of the
big top are invited to the
showgrounds at the Lions
Park in Blyth or the
Josephine Street ball park in
Wingham on circus morning
to see the raising of the big
top and the feeding of the
animals.
The Martin and Downs
Circus presents a traditional
circus performance, 90
minutes of thrills and chills
under the big top. The show
includes prancing liberty
ponies, trained llamas,
aerial trapeze and Spanish
Web stars, an educated mule
and clever canines, wizards
of balancing and juggling,
circus funny men and, of
course, the circus elephant.
Also on the circus grounds
and open before and after
each main show will be the
giant python snake exhibit,
children's pony ride and
other midway attractions.
There are no reserved
seats and one admission
price admits you to the main
performance. Lower-cost
advance tickets are
available prior to the day of
the performance from the
sponsoring organizations,
which include Blyth minor
sports in Blyth and the
Wingham Scouts and minor
sports groups in Wingham.
No advance tickets will be
sold on the day of the show.
Robbie MacKay; (back) Intermediates Jeff Pollard and
Anna Sakasov and Seniors Michael Cameron and Julie
Leedham.
DON'T DROP THAT POTATO!—Playday was held at
Sacred Heart School in Wingham for students from
Kindergarten to Grade 6. The children played games
like the water race and the bean bag toss. The object of
the potato game, pictured, is to carry the potato on a
spoon while running an obstacle course.
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T1UUWWANT ANNUAIL TOUR
MARTIN & DOWN S
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CANADA'S
CLEAN FAMILY
ENTERTAINMENT
TENT CiRCUS
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SHINE
so MINUTES OF
CIRCUS THRILLS
UNDER THE SIG TOP
Six tons of Elephants ... Presenting the Famous
Hollywood Elephants Featured on CTV'S "CIRCUS".
Hand Balancing Acrobats, Unicycle Stars,
Liberty Ponies, Canine Comics, Monkey Actors,
Funny Clowns, Jugglers, Mule, Llama,
Daring Trapeze and Aerial Acts.
Ali Advance Tickets - $3.00
At Door: Adult - $4.00
Child - $3.50
• All Prices include Tax
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
Blyth Minor Spans &
Wingham Recreation
AND AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
Harris Stationery, Wingham,
Triangle Discount, Wingham & Teeswater,
Bain Oroceterfa,,Lucknoae
No Advance Tickets Sold Circus Day
Visit Our Python Snake Exhibit, Pony Rides
and Other Midway Attractions Before end After
Main Show at Small Additional Cost.
GOLDEN CIRCLE BOWLING AWARDS were won this year by Kevin
Scott and Ruth Struthers, Senior high average; Barry McArthur, high
average Junior boy; Alfred Tebow, most improved boy; Jackie Kief-
fer, high average Junior girl; (front) 011ie Crawford, best sportsman -
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ship, boy; Mary Jane Edisbury, most improved girl, and Karen McIn-
nes, best sportsmanship, girl. They were presented last Friday morn-
ing at the Golden Circle School, Wingham.
vaulter wins zone meet
Wingham pole vaulting
sensation Doug Wood set a
new record with a personal
best jump of 4.1 metres at a
Legion zone track and field
meet in Kitchener on
Saturday.
Doug, who was sponsored
by the local Legion branch to
compete at the meet,
responded by winning his
event, qualifying him to go
on to the all -Ontario Legion
meet Aug. 5-6 at Sudbury.
His jump of 4.1 metres was
not only a new personal best,
beating his previous mark by
nearly0.1 metres (about four
inches), but also set a new
record for the zone.
Earlier this year Doug,
who is in just his second
season of competition in the
pole vault, won his events at
Huron -Perth, WOSSA and
OFSAA West and finished
third at the all -Ontario high
school games. He ;;.is a
student at the F. E. Madill
Secondary School,
Wingham, where he will be
entering Grade 12 this fall.
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At
Wingham Golf Club
Starts Thurs., July 7th
Fri., July 8th
NON-MEMBERS: $2.00 per lesson
Thurs., 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
MEMBERS: FREE
Fri., 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Please register in advance
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