The Lucknow Sentinel, 1949-10-06, Page 5' THURS., OCTOBER 6th, 1949.
W.M.S. EXECUTIVE,
.MET LAST WEEK.
T advancement of our ^church
was the theme. of the worship
service taken by Mgrs. Alex. Mlac=
• .ravish of . Olivet, at a meeting of '
the Executive of the Bruce Pres- •
bY tenial orf the Woman's Mission-
ary .Society ;of, the United; Churc h
in :Southampton,. ' Tuesday, Sep-
ternber 27th; She said .the strong-.
est forces, are love ' to Go'd' -and
l.
ovva for ovw
ur fellotrioti,
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The:_?res'dent, Ins.,. Stephen-
1,.t{,.
„'•• son, Cargill„ conducted : the busi-
• ness, highl kiting the, day with
iii cresting aocouri,ts''"of, her '-rip
• thrpugh '.Westerri • Canada visit
ion rfieldsand miss, -
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n::`ha' itals.
There • were ,..17 presidents': of
• :Auxiliaries present arid 20 out
of 22 e'xecutive,oficers. The
treasurer,Mrs. • Street, repprted
an increase Of $405 in the givingss
of 1949 over 1948 for : the first,
half ;of the • year.. The allocation
fon 1950 will. be ' the , . same . ,as
:1949. • Tribute :was paid . Mrs.'
Aiken,.''an able officer, • who.. is
•leaving this Pres►bytery..
Dr. Armstrong, secretary of thee
Board of Overseas Missions,, ad'
dressed 'the` gathering, represent-
ing: the.' Missionary and Mainten-
» price fundie:...saidLthere „wero
norestrictions of anissionaries'' in
India -and that Japan •needed .:1 its
.sionaries .because the next ten
years will deterrrline the' ,course
that country will take.,
Interesting:; accounts weregiv-
en: by. Mrs. Street, Mrs:.. `Collins
and Mrs Hind of the'. Branch'
Conference, tat Brantford, sand by
Mrs, , NfcGregor.'of the .McMaster,`
Conference for- United Church
• women.
: The• Fail Sectional meetings
will. be •held October 19`th:at,lVac,
Intosh and : October .20th at Al-'
' lenford .With,. Mrs. Autram ”. as
speaker; .October 25th at ` Bervie
and October : 26th •,at . Pott Elgin
with Mrs. 1VIcKillop as sPeaker.
The: executive will meet. again
in March` 1950. /Mrs: Martin',ex-
'pressed,',:,appreciation ,;to the:
Southampton` 'ladies' who served:
such an' excellent dinner, to the
Baptist: church .,wlhere we Met,
and. to all who assisted' in making
' the meeting a - .success, • Mrs
Stephenson closed the .: meeting
with prayer
The ;foll'ow'ing committees were
forined••:,. .
'For Miramichi ,Camp --Mrs. Mc .
Lennan,-: Ripley; Mrs: Gardner,
Chalrners; .. Mrs. .M artyn, • • South-
aTpton. --
Nomiinating cbii* ittee•• Mrs.
Vance,' Chesley, ..'Miss Duncan,,.
Walkerton; Mrs. Dougherty, Tara,
Mrs:' Jamies 'arrell; Bethel; 'Miiss
Sillers,�*kerton i • 1Virs. Mahaffy,
Port`Elgin; Mrs. McGaw, Kincar-
dine.
' Finance , committee Mrs W.
Thompson, Ripley; Mrs. McGreg-
• or, . Centre- Bruce; ' Mrs. MacKay,
Kincardine; Mrs. Street, ,Kinic'ar
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THE LIICKNOW SENTINEL,, IOW, ONTARIO
ANON FAIR''
WAS BIG SUCCESS
Cool bright weather •favored
fair -goers last Thursday, and
brought out a crowd estimated at
more then 2,000 to attend Dun-
gannon's one -day Fall . Fair. Ats
ist usual' at Dungannon fair, beef
cattle were 'the outstanding sec-
tion.'
ec-tion' of the livestock exhibits„
while two junior farm clubs made
Dungannon fair the occasion for
their ;annual 'Achievement Days.
On- ,,club "showed, pig raised b:
Club 'Members,: While the 'other
c1u1$ brought out and, 'displayed
samples: • of ,,Wheat "'grown '• by its
mernlbers: .•
entre
0
'C f the farrs
ga-
on
_ ni�a
tion'Tas
w `1 in 't
he'rie
wly. • •rebuilt
exhibition '�biiilding brought from
Port • Albert '.airfield'; For the 1949
fair, the: (building' had: been •im-
'proved With' a new hardwood
_floor,.' and rebuilt walls: -at '»he
east and along the easterly por,
tions of its '.north and south. sides..
.The building housed the,fair,sec-
retar -'s office, :and, also provid'ed.
attractive :: display 'space . for a
nutnlber of commercial: exhibits
that were a ••newfeature.. at" the
1949. fair:
Pony. Classes'Added
Pony classes were a new feat,
-ture•-otrthe horse exhibits, with
T. C. Shean'.of Mitchell and jack
Tye of New ..• Hamburg bringing
out, stables, or ponies for showing
on the line and in. hnmess
Accomodation was inadequate
for the • hog: and:. sheep :;entries
that .:were ,!brought V to.. the' fair.
The. swine ' show, swelled'. by' the
sows ` broutght : out by • the junior'
farm' club '. used, allthe pens i
available on,'the1. ,grounds, and i.
the sheep had:to .remain on ,the
trucks that' brought •them to the•
fair.
h" :Roy -Pepper, R. R 3, Seafortll
shouldered 'the; biggest.- part '-of
the :::responsibility. , for : • judging;
making ,• .the • decisions ' in .. she.
sheep, swine ''and beef ;cattle''
classes.. : •
A ,tractor `'race ,on 'the haltf-Mile•.
track, which' was ;,axi inoivation,.
drew. one of the •tbTiggest `crowds: of
the. afternoon to the rail, proved l:
to be : no race after ,all: Arthur'
Struthers,. Dungannon; driving a
bright yellow Centaur, took a
long lead . at once,` increased' it
steadily as lie went around,. the ti.
oval, ..and; crossed the finish line'
so. far, ahead. that it didn't look'i.
like a :'race„,,;.'w L
Yolnnteers Dry Track
Track conditions -were 'muddy
'at .the noon hour, abut more than
• 20 ',volunteers; were: persuaded to
go out and drive back and forth
through' the mud' with cars, jeeps
and trucks, to dry out the surface';' •
and get it in shape for the 'after-
noon's Progra4
after-noon'sirogram::
Wrestling "'on ,horseback, :for
many years;.a special feature:'of.
Dungannon 'fair, : Was;, this ,year
absent from the program of
,Events.' , •''
The fair was officially' opened
by Elston Cardiff,',Brussels; M.P.
for. North: Huron,, wiho ...made `'.
trig -from-.-Ottawa . for- the'---pur----
pose: John Hanna, ., Wingii,am,
M.P.P. for ` Huron=Bruce, also
spoke .briefly. Mr. Cardiff and
Program committee Mrs, Me
Tavish, , Olivet; Mir: MacKay,
Kincardine, :Wit's. Hind, ` Walker
ter Mt—Ste Benson, Cargill:-
` ':Convener of • Memorials, a
res'olutions--Miss .Sillers, `Walker-;
tori; Mrs. Cheshire, Wiarton
' !Courtesy; coi'nmittee Mrs. Mar-
t rn, Mildmay's
:Conference branch delegates—
:Miss'Reid, Pinkerton;•Mrs. 'Wal
ter • Steele, Pine Rilver;, Mrs.'
Vance, 'Chesley; • alternates- Mrs.
MacKaY, ' Mins.. ,1Vfills,' »Mrs. 'Ma-
, haffy. "
Auditor Mrs. l.VlaeKay; Kin-
cardine. .
Playing At Fairs .
During, the week Lucknow
pipe Eand has played at ,Fall
Fairs �at :I-Iarriston; Tiverton and,
Teeswater." ,
If men 'were . asp anxious to do
right as, they- are' to, eget their.
t`righ ", the world would soon
be . righted.'
• The fair was directed by an.
executive consisting of Lorne
Durnin, president;: Q#rdon Stewiw-
art and Howard ' Sproule, Iv'ice-
presidents; T. M. Durnin, secret
ary-treasurer. Directors of the
fair included Reg McGee, Cecil
Johnston, Eldon C filbert, Ronald
Treleaven,. Everett. Firingan, Mel-
vin Dickson,; Allan ,Reed,; George
Alton,. Thomas. Webster and,John.
Bennett. •
: Club Competitions',
Winter wheat club scores;. Don-
ald Murrtay, ,..'160, ,George,. Tur°ton
i52,. Ken :Fetrie •1�4U A'r .old.' Al-
ton 135,E Jack ' Reid, 120, • Alvin
Hackett;. 99„; .J. D. Duriniri 97 D
A: Hfaokett 95, John • •Clark 93,
Jim " Clark 90• •
Juni - '= ..swine -
w e '1� .` r .° Al '
o. Club,: sco s
x
b
e
:vin Hac • tt . 393;; D. A. .•Hackett
387,��
, Arnold Alton 386, Donald.
Bean 3$5, • George . Turton• .383,.
no.b: Allan' 382, John. Clark 381,'
Ira Campbell 380. .
:Swine
:Aged boar', Ross .. Henry, 'Luck -
now;
Luck nowboar over six months and:
under , one • year, Richard Kilpat
rick, L'uckriow,. 'Ross Henry, Mar -
Mr. Hanna 'congratulated the 'air,.
sectors of the lair� on the quality
a'f` the' `exhibits '"and' attractions-.
that had been 'brought together,
Judges' at• the..fair were: Wm..
Decker, horses; Boy. Pepper',' cat-
t1e,•. swine "sheep; Fred,• Wilson;.
poultry,; George Feagan,.Richard'
Kilpatrick and Hugh. Hill, horse
races; :Harry Strang,' junior grain
club; F A, Stew,ar't.Toronto; jun
for swig e'club; Ernie Little,'Y ug1h>
Hill, hurdle .events, ,
IGEN McKENZIE son of Mr; and
,Mrs. 'Roy MacKenzie, hurled .YJis-
towel id ',a 14-0 win' in 'the first'
game of' the second round ‘of the
O.B.A.•`.pl•aydowns. Listowel's •big
right hander scattered only 'five
hits, walked but » one Man and
struck out 13. .
cus Berger, Dungannon . Boar un-
der six months, Ross Henry, •,1
and 2. Aged sow, Ross Henry,
Richard Kilpatrick, Marcus Ber-
ger. Sow over fix a months :and;
under one year, D.,. A., Hackett,
Lucknow, 1 .and' 2; Ross Henry 3.
Sow under six months, 'Ross'
Henry. Best brood sow with 'or
without litter, Ross Henry, Rich-
ard ..Kilpatrick. Best exhilbit of
pigs owned by one exhibitor, Ross
Henry, Richard Kilpatrick; . Mar-
cus Berger.. Pen of three export
bacon .hogs,; Richard Kilpatrick..
Pen ''of three(' baton: hogs, Richard
Kilpatrick, .
Sheep
,Leicesters, all 'prizes• won. ,by.
Goldie Martin, Lucknow.'
xtf al r izes •wo
�_O or'd.�?owns 1 �r n
Orval 1VJ cGowaii : B1 h.
}y , s Cyt ; •.
• Shropshires, all: prizes: wwon by
Orval' McGowan.
Dorset Horns, :all prizes won by
Orval NLcGowan
Beef' Cattle
Aberdeen! Angus;all' prizes won
!by .Frank Todd; Lucknow.
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