The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-09-20, Page 2PAG TWi
'I.UCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
The Centennial Year Lucknow
Fail Farr and'•homecomng cele-
brations connected .with it are now
past history' ;The: Fair; .held on
r Friday and Saturday of last, week,
was very successful .for the Lucknow
Agricultural Society who were
sponsoring the, day for the 102nd,
year
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The ,Fair got off to its start on
Fridaywhen exhibits started pour-
ing.in at the office of ,Fair ,
secretary Mrs. Fred • McQuillin ;'
located • in the ,Lucknow arena : 'Mrs.
McQuillin' was on duty there on
Friday and Saturday and'as well wa',
there two days •previous to that to •
facilitate the handling of exhibits.;
Judges were busy all day Friday •
when the indoor exhibits were jud
ged . and then put on display for the
• general public to 'view on. Friday
night. A good crowdturned out
Friday evening to•;inspeet. the inside
showing.
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Perfect weather helped make a•
success of the Fair but without the'.,
many willing "'behind the scenes"
workers, 'weather could do'little
to assist., Saturday dawned 'sunny
and warm and gaye he` parade ..
committee
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ommit ee their l � bito
a
encouragement towards what has
been :described•as the "best parade
ever"'.. A word,' of praise is c ertaitrl)
due 'Charlie• Webster who, with a
..committee of workers. pulled ,off'
the parade spectacular,, and it
certainlywas • all of that. Charlie
has .been.!working on the parade for
months and :has .'travelled many
,,Tiles and spent many hours in
,search of parade; attractions., His
efforts speak for .themselves. But
Charlie' would be the :first to admit
that the parade would be nothing
without the excellent ee operation
of ; organizations and individuals
an this area and in nehbourin
•. communities. '
Well over 100 units in. the parade
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'kicked off;. sharp at 1 p.m.' led by •
the St. Marys•Band.and the 21st ~.
Field Regiment, Royal Canadian
Artillery. This, was followed by
Miss Dominion of Canada; Donna
Barker' of Toronto and: nine beauty
• queens from district towns and .
Lueknow. A complete list of the
parade, entries appears elsewhere
in an .
• article• • .•
There was music aplenty, and
good inusic .at the Fall, .Fair. ' With
a :parade .the size of the one Satur
day, several bands were needed.
and the St. Marys bandmade the
trip down street twice•, at the -head
and.at'the rear of the parade..
Lucknow, District"High School Band
with only ten days or so of school'
"under their belt" :performed as if
they had been together all summer,
Lucknow Pipe Band .were never
stronger in recent years. With •few
" imports" , to strengthen their num -
bers, they performed in fine: style
and. 'set .the roes a tappin' for all
loversof the pipes. The Stover••fam
ily clowri band performed for an •
as
Dandy
club days. Reeve George Joynt of
Lucknow welcomed the gathering
on behalf of the town and also
introduced Miss: Dominion .of Can-
ada and the nine beautycontest=
ants. Miss Dominion spoke: briefly.
Others speaking were Donald Mac,
lntyre, president of the :Fair board ,
Who, has been. working hard for
•
many months in lining up the Fair
program; Donald MacKenzie,
Reeve of Ashfield Township. and.
,Warden,of Huron County; Bob'
McKinley of Zurich;, member. of
parliament for Huron; John Loney I.
of Tiverton, member.of parka.
meet for. 'Bruce; Bob Lyons,, Reeve
of West ,Wawanosh; P.A. ,Murray..
formerwarden of Bruce; Roger
West of W ingham , provincial
Conservative candidate.
Judges` for the parade were Mrs,:.,
.I Morrey and*. and Mrs . 'How-
ard Sherbondy
How-ard'Sherbondy of Wingham'and.
.Mr'. and WS,. Don Lemon of
Owen Sound. They•.also judged
the special costumed. •events; at:the
grandstand in the park..:They had
their hands fullwith the many
and varied entries.
Miss Jessie MacKay of 'Lucknow.
was:again'at the Fair and won the
award: for the oldest won%an pre
sent. Jessie will be 100, years of age
on .October 28th; a 'fitting,age for
Centennial .year. Needless to say,,
her 'competition was 'light for the
oldest lady award and has been for •
,
several years . Robert Webster of
Kincardine, and' formerly of Luck -
now'. was the oldest man 'at the Fair,
Bob is 89. .
Saturday was a visiting day"for •
many who returned to the old borne,
town for; the Fair and to renew , ..
acquaintances' with old friends. .Ask
them if they had a good time Satur-
day : and they Will be quick to tell'
you that :it'was one of the best • •
weekends ever in,the 'Sepoy Town.
The midway on the grounds was 'a,
busy spot for the ,duds and the• moms
and dads • and grandpas: and• grand- • •
mas that stood inline fora Consid-
erable tine so the.kids'could.get,
a ride; ' Seems' the ferris wheel line-
up could have stood some hardline
policing as those with enough nerve
found. it. quicker to cue; up at the
side of. the line than -at the end.
This. hardly could. beconsidered
the responsibility of the Fair board
and unfortunately the :manager of
the midway took ill., in the morn-
ing and• wasnot on the grounds •
when this w as happening.. The
Agricultural Society operated thei
own booths on the grounds and"in.
the arena this year and the ladle: •. "
of the society, along .with many
willing volunteers ;from the area.,
found it to be 'a successful venture.
Several, men were also . ,
interested audience; as did the indispensable in the booths through
accordian•bandin the parade. :. out .the'day and.. into the. wee small,
• hours of Sunday 'morning.'•
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Ga e receipts were up slightly
over last year as. the crowd poured , .This reporter, endeavours •to cover
• into'the ark following the .parade , as uch of the Fair as possible but.
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Donald B.' Blue.,: who for se many tied to the .parade route and the
years has acted as master Of ro4meere• •. grandstand' for the .entire day., We
onies for..the afternoon
P ram � therefore do nor have a clear plc-
• at...the park,: was again on the Job. , ture On what took place in the
after a temporary holiday last year • arena during the;af,ernoon or on. `
because of'sickness With the the•outside away from the' grand-.
assistance of Jim Boyle's public 'stand . Horse 'lovers certainly had •
address system, Donald kept the " , the opportunity to view many fine
program "moving along throughout saddle horses and :ponies in the '
the afternoon. The Fair was•offic parade and on the ground"during
Pally .opened by Murray Gaunt of# • the day, 'The 4-H show was con
Wirigham,' M.P. P. for Huron sidered excellent we are told and
truce :who .has bad tong''the pet show' alwa s Captures the
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association with the Lucknow' , fancy of young and bid i No matter
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-Agri ,tiltural Society from his 4H' ', where we stop sornethingwand'
someone of importance will be
missed and for; this we are sorry.
If we have made any glaring ;om-
issions, put a bug in our ear for
next week's issue.
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The twenty-five gun salute by
the 21st Field Regiment, Royal
Canadian Artillery, under the
command of Major H. D; .
"Bud" Thompson of Lucknow , was
an interesting spectacle in the
park at 7;15 Saturday evening.
The event attracted a large crowd.
to the park to, view the military
manoevre:
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• The 102nd annual Fall Fair will go
down :as the "Swinginest" event ;
since Eli Stauffer danced the polka •
on the mill site on the' nine mile
river 111 years ago. The village of
Lucknow; provided two rock and'
roll bands from' Toronto for the ev-
ening dance in the arena. The
bands were secured by; George•Joyne,
through the booking agency, of
Billy O'Connor of Toronto, former
TV`personality and one-time per-
former in Lucknow
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Two' groups, The Cynics and The
Bed Time Stories provided Contin-
uous entertt'ainment :from 9 to 1
a.m. and continuous" it was. ' The
show was "on the road" by :nine and
the youthful grouPs never missed a
beat until quitting. time. Only for •
about half an hour, when 'the. Miss
Midwestern Ontario, Beauty Contest
was,held did the rafters stop ring-
ing: A. reporton the beauty contest
appears elsewhere in this issue.
The two bands alternated every
half hour 'and took about 'ten
seconds between every number,
,just long enough to straighten your
vertebrae or cool your bare a . feet.
The Luekhow Lions Club had set
up for bingo and.games 'ripe
arena on Saturday night; a
continuaion of what they had oper-
ated outdoorsin the afternoon. Un-
fortunately the noise from the • ,
d'ance.:band made it impossible for
them to operate and they. were.
forded to call their.. part of the:
evening off.
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From a personal standpoint, the_ `
noise was:the only, faint we could ' •
find; with the whole .show .• The
acoustics in the arena are certain
ly not the best but 4110S,
something that cannot be .
overcome; The. word was that. the
bands•had their amplifiers turned
down, to "low gear" .. We shudder
to think what it might have been
like 'if they had ` been turned . up.:
One of our teenage acquaintances
told us in.all sincerity that` these'
bands were not as loud as sortie.
'We enjoy themusic,: but
personally feel that the volume'.
distorts it. and lessens its effect.
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Don't get us wrong though, we
enjoyed every minute of it althou-
gh watching from the sidelines,. It
was a pleasure to see hundreds of
people dancing in the arena'as
compared to former events we car.
think •of.where;you'd be lucky to
get a dozen couples on the floor;
It was. a young persons night in •.
Lucknow or those who were youg
in years y and young in' heart. No•
doubt Many did not appreciate the
type of entertainment provided butt'
nobody can deny the fact that :it
wasa s
uccess : It •was ' new' and diff
erent for the Fall Fair, andisn't
this exactly what •a 102 year old,
,:organization is looking for:
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Lucknow Ministerial Association
organized a community Centennial
! Church Service on Sunday afternoon
lin the high school • auditorium which.
:....,, .Od. taauemnrabie occasion
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20th, 190
The IUCKNOW SENTINEL
'LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20th, 1%7•
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. district
About 500 people, from the stct. ,
attended. The event was originally
advertised in The Sentinel for the ,
Park ifweather permitted, however
this information was' wrongly supp-
lied to us and we regret any con-
fusion that might have. arisen.
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Lucknow took: nine months of
Centennial year to create a
major Centennial weekend -but it:,
was well worth waiting for.
MakePIans For -
Annual :Djnr..
The Bruce County -Historical
Society executive.'met Septem-.
ber 12th at the'home of Miss Marg.
.aret McKenzie, •Inverhuron..'
Planswere made to have the
annual Dinner 'meeting 'at : Reid's •
Corners Community, 'Hall on High-
way 21. Reid's. Corners women •
will ca ter "fo r banquetthe -which•
will be at -7 pan.. on Octob-
er '1O,th.Tickets should'be pur-
chased by October 3. Ripley and`•
vicinity will provide' program,
which will include;the Theme' of
The Lewis Settlement in Bruce
County,..
F.131:RT
LENNIPS in Wingham and Dist-
rict
ist-rict Hospital,, on Sunday, ' Septem-
ber 10,, 1967 to. Mr.. and, Mrs. Albert
: Lei rips, R. R,. : 5 Lucknow, a daugh-
ter,
aughter.:..
ENGAGEMENT
JOHNSTONE NEVILL.'
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Nevili , of
traffordville,, are pleased to
announce the engagement of their
only daughter, Janet Mae, to Mi.
James Harold Johnstone of Parkhill,
son of Mr. and Mrs Harold John
stone, Parkhill; • Ontario The,
wedding will take place on
Saturday, October 7, 19670 at
3;00 o'clock in Straffordvilie Unit-
ed Church.
KAISER--HENDERSON
Mr. and Mrs: Joseph B. Hender-
son of Essex.. announce the engage:
mint of their elder daughter, Mary
Margaret to Gordon. Keith Kaiser,
son of Rev.. Gordon and Mrs. • Kai-
ser of Lucknow The wedding will
take place at 430 p.m. October...
2rat..the Essex United 'Church.'
Surprise Dinner
On 88th birthday
• Mrs. Albert Alton•observed her •'•
88th birth'day.on.Tuesda�-,Sept-.
y Tuesday;'
ember 12th at the home of her.
daughter,. Mr. and: Mrs. Leonard
Ritchie and fainil y with relatives
On 'Sunday: she celebrated her
birthday • by a surprise dinner in, the
afteriioon.with the members ofher•
family being present for this occ-'
asion. present w
s .Those„presen were .Mr. and
Mrs.. Blake Alton and family ,.Mr.
and .Mrs. Wallace Flogeboom and.
family,Mr: and Mrs.'. Leonard
Ritchie and. family, Mr. and Mrs.
'Roy Pennington AOfamily, Mar-
jorie,' Douglas. Alton and Mr, and
Mrs. Bob Harris. and .family.
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 26th
'FROM DAWSON'S CORNER 12:45' SHARP
LtJCKNOW DISTRICT: HIGH SCI:100L BAND
.., 1VIIWAY RIDES,
HORSE RACES
ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN FREE FOR
AFTERNOON, PROGRAMME
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DANCE
FRIDAY NIGHT, .gpmeaL 29
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