The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-09-15, Page 11WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15th, 1965:
THE ; LUCKNOW SENTINEL,' LUCKNOiRli ONTARIO `
[KNOW AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LOCHALSH
100 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
(by Mrs. Oliver.
McCharles)
In 1863 an AgriculturalSociety building to the Agricultural Soci-
ws: formed in; Lucknow. known as ety. The old building was doomed
Agriculturali with
g
e Kinloss Soc'et at this'time .and it; was thought
and.. the fist fair was held ' with 'for awhile that a new hall would
James Somerville serving as the be built but the ' arena was re -
first president,.'
•'� placed with .a 'new ' one, in 1938;.
John: Elliott,' a teacher at. Holy- and is used to ' this day ,as, a .'alis-
rood and Belfast many years . ago, play' hall...
wrote an article 'on'..
the Society The Agricultural Society still e
n«`t states i•
ming in 1863, , although ' records
were kept only from ,1865. . .
and i 1 t had its begin -
The bowling. ..green. , 'is now loca-
ted Where the Market. ,square.
once flourished; •Here t h .e
eers of nearby : held their Fair
• and exhibits were first judged in
the Temperance Hall across' the
road. This building was round in
form and stood where , Dr. J. E.
Little's house is now located..
No• records are . available before
• 1877 b at stories of o 1'd timers
bring, to light many .things for us
to ponder over on 'this . the Cen-
tennial year of a' Society which
withstood the' strain and . stress of
time.
A story t o l d by"'Aiss 'Jessie
MacKay • is about the 'Eight . Ac-
res" on the hill used for circus
performances a n d given to the
Society • .for • a ,Fair. Angus : Mac-
Kay showed .turnips and • mangels
at this Early Fair, ` but as Jessie
said • "Big Jim . Webster" won ,
first ;prize with the ; most . wonder-
ful turnips ever grown.
• Another. time Angus showed his
• cow namedElsie and he. ,was the
,proud : winner of first prize.
Miss Jessie MacKay,,, n o : '97
.years of ` :age, , showed a Hair
Wreath,: a bunch ' of paper flow=
Vers,; embroidery in silk -on linen:.
Some 'of t h.e s e ; items will be
shown' .at our Centennial ':Fair this
year, September 18th,' 1965:
• There too was horse racing As
only:2. horses were entered and.
there was. a'3rd .prize, Jock. 'Ad
. ams entered his :team: and cross-
ed'
the field .half,'. way ::round to'
come in `firsts •' ' •
Two presidents had•leng per.-
kids • of office. Thomas; '.Hunter
1876-1884 and P. H. MacKenzie
1876-1906:' ' •
Prize list for spring show
1877 ' Thorough, Bred horses, 1st
prize • $6, 2nd $4,' 3rd $2; Heavy'
Draught, 1st prize medal, 2nd $4,
3rd .$2; General Purpose, •1st prize
$6' 2nd $4; , 3rd. $2; Thorough Bred
bulls, , 1st prize • $4, 2nd $3, 3rd.
$2; Grade bulls, .1st. $S, 2nd $2.
:Report . al' end' of Fair — shows
,15 entries of horses and .4 'bulls.
Judges'for horses were: . Riclard
Hughes; Holyrood; : Mr. Ree d,
Wingham John , Gentiles, Kincar-
dine. Judges for. bulls, 'John
Smith, Pine River;.. George Mof-
fat, Langside; J o hn Matheson,
Ashfield.. As early as 1877 there
were '145 members. •; •
Alex : Hamilton's ' property,: at
the north-east edge .'of .the
, lage, was once used as ,the Fair-
grounds
air
grounds . and in 1878 was leased.
as a. driving park ' from ' James
erville for $125.00 a year .with
Mr. Somerville to erect a :hall,•
. livestock: shed and .a • fence:-'
Not ' being central enough, ..an
• option was taken to buy five ac-
res of land. from .Robert, .Ellis for
• $75000,• one hundred to be . paid.
dovn •. and '$100.00 a year .until
paid and the pasture to be, used
by Mr: Ellis for interest..
The Caledonian Society and the:
Agricultural. Society. ,agreed • t o
have the ground „ rented 'to . the
Caledonian Society for $25.00 a
year... .
James Somerville held the mor-
tgage on .the old fair grounds and
on March . 24th, . 1906, 'the •Fair
hoard sold the Easterly' part of
. the park to David 'Milne for $320.7..
00 which was applied on this moi✓.
• tgage, .When a demand ' three
,years later was, ,made for the
balance of ° the mortgage, mone/
.was borrowed ' and the directors
Were_ given authority to sell' the
• old Fairgrounds.. Early in 1910
the president reported it being.;
sold.
A twenty-five year lease for the:
oins this original 1'a n d: ' bought
from Mr. Ellis. Thomas Hackett
uses some. of the ground• for im:
pienment :storage that was the gift
of Mr. `MacKenzie to the Society..
Lucknow Agricultural Society
has" had two representatives: elect
ted to the Fairs board • �- John,
McDiarmid .1918 and; , Stewart E.:
Robertson .1934. Mr, Robertson is
still an active member of . our
present' board. Lady .directors
were first. appointed. 'in :1916, • In
June 1916 • appointed to judge the
ladies 'department w'e r' e . Annie
Ross and Mrs. Muldoon , of Tee's -
water. ':.
On and • on. goes •the reports of
a'; successful society until. to -day
we pay honor to those who for
us set."up the' foundation for this,
our Centennial Fair. T h"e : gates
have been built in their memory
and, we ;hope will be , an inspira-
tion for those who will follow;the
Agricultural line as a way of life,
`Presidents who h a, v e served
Lucknow: Agricultural' Society are'
1863 James ' Somerville, 3876-84
Thomas '' Hunter, 188.4-1906 • . P. H.
MacKenzie; 1907.James 'Bryan,
1908-11 W a 1.t e r , Wilson,, 1912-13
John: MacDiarmid, `:1914-15 A. B.
MacKay, .191`6-17 Wm., McQuillin,
191819 Alexander, Nicholson, 1920-
21. Wn: Hunter, 1922-23 :Henry
Mathers; ..1924-25" Thos. E. ' Smith,.
1926-27 James R: .Hackett, 1928-
29 James. Alton, 1930-31''' James:
Lyons,. 1932-33 Peter� Watstn, 1934-
35 Jacob Hunter, 1936-37 'John Mc-•
Quillin, 1938-39,, :Stewart' E.', Rob-
ertson, 1940=42 Frank G : Todd,
1943-46. John, Farrish, 1947-48 Wal-
lace Miner, 1949-50'George. Ken-
nedy,' 1951-52 Andrew Gaunt, .1953-
54 Fred McQuillin, 1955-56.. Wm.
Maclntyre, 1957-58 ° Gordon Kirk-
land, 1959 -Stewart Robertson, 1960-
61 Evan Keith, 1962-63 Allan Mil-"
ler, 1964- Oliverr McCharles.
The ' Fair this year; should be
the largest -one on record and
perhaps' 'the 15eginning of bigger
and better fairs in Lucknow.
SWAN FAMILY' HOLD ,FIRST '
• REUNION') IN SEAFQRTH PARK.
• use of the Lorne rink was made
With John. W,. Henderson, and so:'
the hall Was c1Ose • to the Cale-
donian Park Fall_ a it d, Spring
shows had~ been, f field during 811'
the years from as early as 1877.
and as late as 1905.
In 1937 K. it'AfaeKenzie don-
ated two •lots and the 'Old hotel.
• . Ninetyseven . persons ` gathered
at Seaforth Lions Park, Sunday,
September 5th, to hold ' the first.
re -union of the: descendants of 'Wil-
liam Henry ::Swan and..his, wife
Harriett' Diane' Parker.' Relatives
Came. from. Kincardine, Lucknow,
Clinton,-. Wingham, Stratford, Kit-
chener; Toronto, Oshawa, Peter
-
b o r o; Acton,; Ancaster; Exeter,
Galt and London.
• Weather cleared in • .t i. m e to
Make. a; • successful outing and it
was decided .to. hold it as., an ari-
nual • event.' Eldest : in , attendance
were , Mr. and Mrs. Jack New-
combe of Stratford, b'ot •h over'
eighty,' .who. bad just celebrated
their sixtieth wedding annivers-
ary.
Youngest in attendance was
Margaret •Swan;. ,daughter 'of Rus-
sell: Swan of Lucknow..
fORd/NNER,THEATRE
OR THAT IMPORTANT
DAY, WELL, STYLE
YOUR , }IA/R THE
IPROPE7',
Recent , visitors with Mrs. Don-
ald R , McKenzie ,were. Mr. Odd
Mrs. George Carter and Mr. and
Mrs. 'Watson Ried andfamily of
Londsboro. ,
•Home''from 'a holiday in Eur
ope is Miss Audrey. Ross, daugh-
ter of Mr.,: and Mrs. Bill doss..
Congratulations are in' order for
Mr., and Mrs. .Darryl Smith on the
birthof a baby daughter • in Kin-
cardine ,Hospital.
incardine''•Hospital. The Smiths live
in ; the • Jack. Bradley house and
Mr. Smith is employed ' by the
Cheese Factory at Pine River.
Mr. and . Mrs. Allan MacLean,
and family. •of Collingwood spent
the
and,
with Mr. and, Mrs,
Dan MacLean.
To . Take Trip 'To Europe:
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Finlayson
leave this week on a holiday' to.
Europe. ' Mrs.' . Mary , MacDonald
'of Sarnia is staying at the Fin-
layson home while 'Mr.' and Mrs.
Finlayson are on holidays.
l ` A$HFIELD::
(Intended, For Last Week)'
Dr. Frank Scott MacKenzie of
Montreal is visiting relatives here
and in Ripley ' •
Mrs. Emile Norgaard of• Chic-
ago ; is. • a guest ,of her brother,
Bruce MacDonald.
Miss Mabel. MacDonald of Win
dsorr.;was. home for the .week -end'..
M. and . Mrs. Donald Drennan
and son David. have taken up res-
idence
es.idence on: their .' farm:'
Mrs. George Leadbetter; and
Barbara, who have been. visiting
with: Mrs. , Colin MacGregor have:
returned• to Toronto:.s.
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