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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WD...NASiDAY, OCT. 5th, 1960 '•
on Oldest Gent Prize At Fair
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• Special ` ,prizes were . awarded
this year to the eldest lady and
'gentleman, at. the Lucknow. Fall
Fair. • • •
Here President Evan ' .Keith is
'shown presenting: the prize to
90-�rearrold Wm. J.. Humphrey, of
.St: Helens. " The lady's . prize.
went . to ''Miss: JessieMacKay
who ' will . ibe 93 this month. ,Mr.
Keith presented' ' Miss MacKay
.withher prize at her car in the
show ring . circle.
'At 'least. one othernonagenar-
ian .was at the Fair, but was not
in the grand stand vicinity when.
the 'event' was, ,'announced.' He..
-was _.Thomas Burns, ;age' 92:•
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D:D.O.M. ,TO ..COMMENCE -
HIS OFFICIAL -VISITS
i r .,..1,aXnLittle 'commenc-
es hisofficial, • visits 'this month
as District Deputy . •Grand .Mas
ter of North ,Huron • District of
the Masonic Order. e .
Dr. Little : was elected 'this,
summer at Grand. Lodge in To-
ronto,- succeeding Ken Saxton of
Wingham. .
There.: are 12 lodges in' the dis-
trict which the District r Deputy
will .officially. visit -+- 'six this
.fall and the remainder in the
spring
Dr. Little will commence his
visits N on :October "11th at Brus-
sels; Palmerston, October•. 1,4;
• Listowel,;' October 18; Winghanl,
November: 1; Wroxeter, . Novem-•
ber` 14, 'Tiverton, December 6th.
W.; E.:Collyer', is ::district sec
.retary, -Rev. Howard W.' Strapp
is district 'Chaplain. and: W,. L.
MacKenzie .is • district chairman
Of Masonic education:
AWARDED DOMINION- • I
PROVINCIAL BURSARY
Richard. .Stewart,'19 year-old'
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 'Ste-
wart of Port' Albert, • has been
awarded a' $500, Dominion -Pro-
vineial ;bursary -;:He is graduate
of Goderich . Collegiate and has
entered • his first, year at 'Western
Universes iii arts- .
Richard' is •a' , brother of .Mrs..'
Ron' Alton of town and of Mrs.
Paul Caesar; . R. 1, Dungannon:
W. A CULBERT 'AND SONS
PLAN PRODUCTIONSALE •
W. � A ' Culbert and:. �S ria .:o
ing f
Dungannon , are; plannfor . a
production sale 'Of choice Short-•
horn cattle at their • Maple Entb-
tem' Farms, west of Dungannon,
The .date is . Tuesday,. October. 25,
Thirty-eight, dead ' are being
offered,. which includes 17 males:
All animals' in the sale are vac
cinated:
BMA Meeting Sets Store Hours,
Pian For Visit From Santa Claus
u*
now Business,'1VIen's As:- charge of candy and � oranges for
tociation. 'met On Friday/night the children,.• .
and 'set 10 ' '.m. 'as the. closing Another' meeting of the associ-
hour on Saturday' night until a tion' was set for Friday, Novem=
6hristmai;iii'or.-:t e -,...months of�:be�r!,2: .h Ten business places
anuary; February and •March,' •were • repre-g'entd a=1 -s~-
stores will close at...7• p:rn. ;on meeting.
Rin: closing until. Christmas 10
Saturda nights. The --new
• re` HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
. places the .previous "9 p.m'. hour OF YEAR' IN SEPTEMBER '
�t•'had' been in effect ,.last fall ' •-
, and .Winter.
". .. S t trTblr was 'a fine &very
to Claus day . was set for . •pleasant mon ,
Saturday, beceaniber' 10th. Bust-. on the dry' side' for plowing and
ness places will be closed'Thurs- such. The- rainfall totahed 1..67
day, December 1 and. 8 in . the. inches which is more
& open en all.da ' Tliurs
day, `Decerabe r 15 & 22nd. ,Stores -
Will be Open' evenings until 10
Pn►: froni Monday, December
19th, until ' Saturday, December
:24th,
HAS 91 -YEAR-OLD SET
OF WEDDING DISHES.
When Mr. and Mrs. T. A
Cameron* • celebrated.. ,their
50th Wedding, Anniversary,
last week an interesting item
came to light.. •
Mrs. Cameron has her mo
•' •ther's. set 'of, weddingdishes,,'
which were purchased 91
years ' ago.. The set . is still
completes. except for two.
cups.
0 PRELIMINARY
YORK AT BRIDGE
Preliminary work;: has '•been
started on the Wheeler Street
bridge which will' span the 9-
Mile River a.: block. , north of
Campbell Street. .The contract
for this . job was let a few, weeks
ago , to the Owen King 'Construc-
tion Company.
Some dredging :has been, .: done,.
and fill: 'dumped:' for, the roadway
approach .to the bridge which
will. be a 30 -foot . span .of. steel:-
reinforced'
teelreinforced' concrete: with a 24-,
foot roadway .and a..6 -foot ped-
estrian walk. ' , •
The contract also :Calls , for ..an
access road. (Ward Street) built
on' the. west' side' of the river
to the •stores on the north side
of Campbell St.
The ''bridge is to -be ''built: this
fall, ; we . nderstand, '' and will
i
:rovide' the first Vehicle' crossing.
of • _the stream at this point in
the100- 'Year' history' of the'. Vil-
y,
lage. '
Kids of other generations .will
recall • teetering across the river
on : a log, or, I -abeam;. and' it ;was
at. onetime a watering •spot for
horses, which with the vehicles
could ford the ;'•river at ' t.. eir
convenience. .
• The final project of . the 1960
Village • improvement program
will be the widening of the
block from .Oantram ' to 'Havelock
St.. as part of Highway •:313 The
cost of this 'work ' is assumed for
the most •part `by the Depart
ment of Highways.
TWELVE PAGES,
Fine. .We.1,.....r' Favored Fair
And fine Show Was Staged
! a "A `-peach of 'a day" Would
well., describe last ' Thursday, the
day of the ' Lucknow. Agricultur-,
al ' Society's 95th annual :Fall
Fair 'held.
Park, Luck
It was 'a;
erwise and
in 'the Caledonian
now.; •
"peach both weath-
showwise' as the fair
attendants Witnessed one of the.
best shows in 'recent years.. The
inside: exhibits set a record,
for . recent years at .least, as . to
:quantity . and in ; 'many cases
quality.' Several new exhibitors:
brought their wares,: produce &
livestock to Lucknow this year
which is encouraging to the Fair
Board: Judges of the baking told.
fair officials that they had •
never judged so much baking at
a fair of this .type: Gate receipts
were up.
' The, disappearance of the "'horse
is .having its effect on, the, rural
fair :with . a very :small' entry in,
the• horse classes..A. : very fine
Pony show caught many.people's.
fancy `: and has possibilities for
bigger, and better things.. Apples
were down `slightly, possibly be-
cause' of a poorer apple crop this.
Year.- There . was: a heavy - entry
in the public- school 'cl'asses and
room • for' display became : a pro-
blem in many cases.
Donald : Blue of Ripley•• acted -as.
,
'master of ceremonies :for ..the,
program' on the stage on • the 'ball
diamond Evan Keith, president j
of the Agricultural Society .wel-.�
comed the gathering- He cr. edit-
ed• the success 'of .,the• 'fair as:'
"the work of many":. He thanked'.
lady' and men directors,; Institut-
es and all organizations, • .school
teachers, • the ,horticultural :socie
ty for their encouragement: in
the flower section; business men
for displays and'support, "Stn-
tinel for' ..publicity. and all ``others,
Who' helped . to make the fair . a'
success... • .
Carl Hemingway, Huron Coun-
ty ; Federation.of' Agriculture
(Continued on . Paget .12)
9, SPUDS FILL. PAIL
WEIGH 13 POUNDS
.Bob 1VIaoDonald of town
has. a patch'- of potatoes at
Eldon Eckenswiller's farm-.
on Con, 10 'Kinloss, which
will take ,some beating,
Nine potatoes filled, a pail
to heaping, and. weighed a'
total of 13 pounds. The fact
the spuds were "'grown" on a
piece of ''broken up alfalfa.
od, may account • for the im-
ense „size.. ,
CHOOSE .WINNERS
OF CALF CLUB
Twelve young members of -the
Lucknow '4-H Calf • Club compet-
ed .for honours at their achieve-
ment day'held. at the'Lucknow
Fair' Fair' on Thursday. ' after-
noon: • . •
,Under supervision ,of the On-
tario. Department ..of •Agriculture
the local club • is sponsored by
the Lucknow Agricultural. Socie-
ty with club leaders being .. Geo.'*
Kennedy, Thin Todd, • Andrew
Gaunt: and Fred ..McQuillan.
Ken `Kirkland : had the • cham-
pion calf . in the Dairy. Class, with.
Douglas. Dickie, placing second
and :.Ronnie ':Austin. third:;
" .In the Beef . Heifer 'cl'ass, Mar -
•
j orie Alton won : the . honours.:
Second place went to' Gary Rin-
toul . of Whitechurch and third to•
Bryan Gammie.
Wayne Todd..was. • the winner
in- ;the Beet Steer • •division with
.Terry . Wilson placing • second„
Joanne Alton, ,Barry. 1Vlenary,.•
Kenneth Taylor and Garry Gain.-• •
Mie placed• in• that order:
Gary Rintoul' .of 'Whitechurch,
was• the • winner of the showinan-
ship award with Ken. Kirkland
placing • second and- Terry, Wil-
son third,
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w Main
I: �. �. .. fit. ,.' • '' f��
ewalks L�k..e ., Broad loom•
• ep e e The pouring of concrete for,
San _ .. ..: - • , _ . th although a bit •
The president, Clarence Greer
was `instructed to arrange, with
Santa 'Claim that he be present
on beceniber loth. Gordon Fish
pr was to arrangefor a band for
that` day 'and RFinlayson and
i,loyd hail were. appointed in
' than' some.
received. he high` areas �
temp-
erature for, the year was 91 de
green on September 8th. Low for
`month was 38 degrees. .
''air day, the 29th, was a•
beautiful day but Friday turned.
cold to marl{ September's, de,
parture and: a few snow • flakes,
coin
were seen•.khat ,evening about
6:30. •
war
Generally, it has been a, y
pleasant sumfi'eir, with Cool
nights and few extrernes, „ ./'°
Lucknow's new sidewalks on
both the, north and south side of
Campbell Street (Main St), was
completed last week: The last
sectionpoured was covered, to
protect it at the weekend, but
thefirst of the, week• all walks
were "open to traffic,"
• • Above is pictured the pouring
'Process With redi-,mid cement
being . used' The Owen ..King
Construction Company had the
contract for the jab and the new
walks'
e ll � walking on
r
badloomrocomparison With
the old streets.
The ' sidewalks; approximately
10 feet in width, were :replaced
from the Fire Hall on the north
side of the street to Montgomery
Motors, The Walk narrows • from.
Silverwoods to Montgomery's.
On the south side • the new
walk is from Les Purves' Barber
Shop at the
corner of Outram
;
St. to Roy •Finlayson's store'•'at
the corner of .Ross St., . where
the hydrant was relocated to'
give a Wider roadway 'approach.,,
Walks' are "rounded at- the in-
tersection corners for improved
entrances . onto the main Thor-
oughfare which is a. link of
Highway 86,'
l Anew section• of walk, 4 feet
wide was laid along the north
side of the Arena to the public
rest ' rooms at the• west end of
the building, which were built
at the time • of . the Centennial.'
' Road repairwork with'.hot
mix asphalt remains to be done
' along. the new, walks: This, and
the pending" installationof new
6 -foot flourescent lights along
'Canipbell . Street, should trans-
form . the business section into
a regular "Broadway," •
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