The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-07-09, Page 1$5.00. A Year i.n Advancs = $2.00 Extra To U.S.A.
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
WEDNESDAY, :JULY 9th, 1969
Single :CoPy,1S'c, Pad
CORRIN AMO
FINALI'
Naney'Corrin , 18: -year-old ,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.. Mel
Corrin of Lucknow , has brought
_ .L...:.honour to herselLa itaher comm:.-:
unity by placing inthe top five
contestants in. the•Miss Dominion
-of Canada contest held in Niagara
Falls • over the July lst• weekend'.
Seventeen girlsfrom all parts of
Canada competed in the Miss Dom-
inion' finals. Nancy' represented this
area 'as ,Miss Midwestern :Ontario:
The •Miss Midwestern Ontario con
test has been held annually for a
few .years in'connection with the
Lucknow Fall Fair •
.Nancy spent close to,a.week.at
•Niagara. Falls with the other girls
in the contest She went to the .
Falls on Thursday, June 26th and
joined' the other girls at the
Sheraton Brock Hotel where ;they
were,. guests at a series of social
functions on both • the Ontario and ,
NANCYCORRIN
am44 Wnfches As
�Aa� I�'lled In .
t.0 Air:Sllww
A tr'age' accident in Cranbroot ,
British Columbia has claimed the
. life of R.T; Edwards husband of.
'the former Ann Stothers, and a
niece of S. B:' Stothers of LucknoW
eve s • rot er, saac e tot
ers and Mrs.: Stothers of .Vancouver
were visiting in Cranbrook with t.
' their daughter and son-in-law and '.
their family at the time of 'the.
Y m
accident.
.They 'were ..watching some. July 1st
entertainment from the:son-in-laws:
back yard which overlooks the park.
Part of the show was an aerial dis-
play and they Witnessed the death
of their son -in law ina plane
e -was paiticipat-itg-in=th
Lucknow
Held At Kincardine'
The Lucknow Women's Institute
Motored to, Kincardine for • their
annual picnic ..on. Thursday after
noon, July 3rd
'On theircardi e the e
way to'1Cm lnt
h
Institute' ladies took a tour through
Pine River Cheese factory and in `
cardiac -visited -the -show -room
of Malcolm Furniturefactory.:
The •ladiesthen went .to the park
at Kincardine Beach where contests,:
were•conducted, after Which 'a pot
luck'supper was enjoyed .
show
`The :son in-law , Mr. Edwards,
• was an experienced pilot and had:.
done lot of forest spraying`'in B. C
:a
and New Brunswick..He was pract-
icing law in Cranbrook
He is survived by his 'wife Ann;
Stothers, who has visited in this.
•
community; and a young family..
, ;i r` .
Some time•.ago:, the other •daugh-
ter.of;.Mr . and Mrs._ Ike Stothers
was;. bereaved in the death of her
husband at a young age. He: also.
• left a"young., family.
At Convention.
• Mrs. Ford Cunningham and son
Ray, second of Kinloss, left by •
train on Thursday for Western
__ Cauacla, la�y wall -ars tz th t
cousin Lloyd Webster at Big Valley
Alberta and also, with:.their uncle
Jack Webster in Edmonton.
Eunice will attend the:Canadian�
-Order of,For. in
Edmonton July 14, 15, 16.
While there, a visit to the: Cal-
gary Stampede and Banff is
• planned. They will return by air,
arriving in London on Saturday!,
July 19th,
'NeW .York side of"the border. The
girls -were greeted, by the
mayors of both Niagara Palls, Ont
-ario- and: Niagara :Falls, Ne ,_York:_
During their. time together they'
were briefed and instructed on
their duties in, the contest. •
The girls. were judged on Tuesday
night, July 1st and Nancy was in
the. group of five finalists. Winner
of the Miss. Dominion of
Canada award was 21 -year-old
Jacquie Perrin of Toronto,• a third'.
year student at York University and'
the reigning Miss Toronto •Argon-
aut . '
Present for the .Tuesday
-evening performance and judging
were. Nancy's parents, Mr1and •
Mrs: Mel Corrin,:Mr.:and Mrs.
Stuart Collyer, Mr:. and Mrs.
•Charles Webster and .Mr. ,and 'Mrs.
'Lloyd Ashton,' all of Lucknow.
$�condNember.
Cochrane Family
filed ByTree--
An 18
year old Thedford- area
youth: was killed last week in a
bush accident in McGillivray
Township;.a few ye•ars, after his
uncle died in a ;similar bush accid=,
r-at-L-urgah-in-Huron=T-ownship •
Dead is Frederick Cochrane of
'Thedford,.:an employee of the
Thompson, Lumber. Company. He
was felling:' a tree : when it lodged in
another tree; In attempting -to -cut
the second tree, a limb fell`:on the
youth and killed him, He was
found by a fellow employee and
cousin Robert Smith, 20. Both were,
.save 7oda For:
Overseas Tour
• A, group of ladies, most of whom;
• are well' known in this community,
leave'Toronto by plane today •
;(Wednesday) for a .21 day conducted
tour ofthe-British Isles and Europe:'
Miss Lena Robinson of'Goderich,
Mrs; Jean Papernick of Goderich
and her sister Mrs. Robert Irvin of
,Dungannon, Mrs Marie Boyes of
6.oderkltandesge Twwam-
ley,of Goderich rriake `up the party
of five,
They fly to England and from
there •will tour Belgium, France,
-, - Gernany`; ` "ustria•, ital.y wtrier
land, England'and' Scotland before
flying hone from Edinburgh;
aruu
rY rgsma
�afrv�H
Mr. and Mrs: HarryBurgsma of.
the Port Albert Area in Ashfield
Townshi : will leave this' Frida on
a trip which will take them, and
theinfamily,of five, .back to 'their.
native Holland.
''2Mr. and Mrs. Burgsma and
Ronnie 40 , Hughie' 8, Bernie 5,
Wayne 2 'and one -month-old, Jeff
rey'will go by plane to New York
early Friday and; will
sailon the New Amsterdam on the
8 -day voyage to'Holland• with stops
en route at Scotland and England `'
The<hip_il.lsiic.k m Rotterdam: •
Harry first' came to. Canada in
1955,.returning to Holland in 1956.
for a Visit 'when he'became
engaged to his .future wife Mr's.
Burgsma joined Harry in Canada in-
1958 when the. couple : married',
Harry has not been back to 'Hall-
and since 1956 arid his4:wife since
1058. arents on both sides-resideTN:
in Holland as well as two brothers '
and two sisters for Harry and two
sisters and four brothers for Mrs.
Burgsma . Harry has •a sister resid
'ing. in Listowel while no rhernbers
:CONTINUED: ON PAGE. 2.'
four Adventurers
Navigate River '.
To LakeHuron'
Some.Tom Sawyers and Huck.
Finns recently navigated the :18
mile River to its mouth at the foot
of the 12th of Ashfield •
Russell and Alex MacDonald, sons.
of Mt and •Mrs:`David" MacDonald
of Lochalsh; Walter .Murray,. son of
Mr.. and Mrs:, Donald 'Murray of
Detroit who was spending some
time with,,his aunt and .;uncle •Mr
and Mrs Finlay: MacDonald -of
Lochalsh arid Thain Johnston, son
of Mr': and "Mrs. BillJohnston of
Toronto who was also spending a
feW, days at the Finlay MacDonald',
farm were ••the .foursome ,who built•
a raft: and set •sail on Monday,' June,
flanOy MacKay is
Representative
• The raft was'built atY
'Finla�`
MacDonald's and with the river ".
unusually high after.a rain storm,
g
the boys ,had little difficulty.
'moving along in the swift current
Nancy Y g.MacKa. ,, daughter of, Mr.
and Mrs..Allister MacKay cf Ripley.
who ,was selected .to' represent Ont
ario 4-H 'Homemakin Clubs' on the
inter Provincial exchange, left on •
Monday for B`. C,
Nancy is one of nine club
'members from Ontario chosen,as a
delegate and will visit British
Columbia from July 7 to July 21
While there she will attend a Prov-
incial 4-H Club week in Vernon.
From July. 12 to 19 she• will be
hosted in the Courtnay area which
is located on Northern' Vancouver
island. As well, she will tour the '
Vancouver and Fraser Valley area:
Nancy;' who is the Bruce County
Dairy Princess, •is making the trip.
by air, She will be unable • to com-
pete.'in this year's Dairy Princess
•
Contest, 'held annually, in Kincar-
dine, as she will•be in the
West at the time of the contest.
'On Monday, prior to departure, ,
the group were briefed at the Royal,
^York -Hotel in Toronto, were -taken
out to•1dinner.and to the O'Keefe •
Centre
•
'ear Old lad
IomeTown
Mrs Lalla (Berry) Smith of'• :
Shelburne attended the funeral of •
• her niece, 'Mrs...D.J. Sinclair of
Beaverton 'held in Lucknow; on,
• Monday -of this'' week •and also
wed. on a' few-friends-irrtlie• vii
age
Mrs.. Smith, who is:in•her 102nd
. .•
year, enjoys 'remarkably good'
healthw.;as The-the'B--nerowr :Home.W.Jo atoney .
lime- J'. nt� •
Horne just'.irnrnediately; south of
les about -five -mules o- he oitth--c
of the river on Lake Huron and the
bays .did it: in :about 1.1/2hours
.
the raft as it
They abandoned
rnsluckil
entered Lake Hu o and• o.
Watched it g o
_as�the_y._sfood and w
over the horizon .toward the '
Michigan: shore, .
The foursome: walked".most of .the:
way home and,had a real
tale to tell their friends upon',•arriv-
ing.
the• village .
Mrs. Smith,,;the former Lalla.
.Berry, as a young..girl sang in the.
Lucknow Methodist Church
choir.
`enew Acc u�i ntcrnces On Ab` Wylds Nigh
:t
o 'rs
Canada.'
The family. plan to be away
about 6 1/'2 weeks returiiing by air
in late August. During this ;time
RoberrD.amsmnrorf
Lucknow will reside at the •
Burgstna farni in ,Ashfield.
-• o•f-those-w•ho-par�ate
in the Ab , Wylds night at Ripley,Dis
trict High School on Saturday night
are pictured, left to right: Mrs. Joh
C. MacDonald of Ripley, secretary -
treasurer -of -the Riplcy D€str4et4I g
Board for many ears;`
School. , y y
Donald MacLennan of Toronto,; .a'
t'dho�-bgh'.
greetings on their behalf; Ab
Wylds,retiring principal of. Ripley
High; Walter Eifert of Elmira a
former principal of Ripley High
wlaeM: -Wylds i�egata�liis
teaching career; Sandy McCharles
of Huron Township who presented '
lds ath ainting" in "r.
behalf of those present; Willram •
Harris of London; •formerly' of Rip-•
o board
ley and.a former High school • o
member:,
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- Photo. by Ted Row' liffc.;