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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-06-29, Page 12Page 12—The Wingham Advance -Times, June 29, 1983 Luckrow's Jam schedulfor this w 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 12 14 12 6 10 6 9 15 3 3 33 2 2 0 L PTS 0 16 2 12 2 10 3 10 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 4 7 4 6 0 Blyth Sun., July 3, 2:00 pm Lions Park Sponsor Minor Sports 1 Wingham Tues., July 5, 8:00 & 8:15 pm Josephine St. Ball Park Sponsor. Recreation Dept. dialwisalwaniersissimewswisirssaelounaisalwies 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. 1 1 1 dilk T1UUWWANT ANNUAIL TOUR MARTIN & DOWN S 10 CANADA'S CLEAN FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT TENT CiRCUS RA IN OR 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 - r -• 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. 1 JUNIOR GOLF CLINICS 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 357-2179 GOLF CLINICS At The Wingham Golf Club With C.P.G.A. Professional RON KNIGHT 825.00/person for 5 lessons Groups limited 6 people Book now — Space Limited 357-2179 Dates for groups starting: Saturdays, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. starting July 9th Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. starting July 19th Wednesdays, 11 a.m starting July 20th t 4 11 Gatch the fxotenient1 Ontario Sires Stakes Racing GODERICH RACEWAY TOMORROW NIGHT POST TIME: 7:45 p.m. OVER x30,000 IN PURSES See Ontario's finest 3 year old Trotting Fillies and top drivers com- pete in an exciting Ontario Sires Stakes event. It's harness racing at its very best. Ontario Sn'es Stakes "We've got what it takes." GODEM RACEWAY GODERICH FAIRGROUND Post Titre: 7:45 on,