The Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-08-30, Page 10SS LUCKNOW FAIR CONTEST
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IN CONNECTION WITH. LUCKNOW LABOUR DAY CELEBRATIONS
RULES AND REGULATIONS:
1. Contestants must be between ages 16 and 21 at time of fy d. live
in Lucknow or surrounding area.
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dress required).
3. Contestants to be judged forpoise, personality, charm, beauty and
ability to speak. (No prepared -speech required).
4. Meet at Lucknow Central Public SchooLto ride in Parade at 12:45 p.m.•
on Saturday; supper at 5 p.m. interview with judges at L.C.P.S.
at 8 p.m.; introduction of contestants and choosing 'of Queen at Arena
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WISHING TO ENTER TO THIS DATE,' PLEASE CONTACT ROSS.
ERRINGTON, PHONE 528-4693. 1
Lucknow
Presbyterian Church
Rev. Glenn. Noble, B.A., B.D.
Minister
Phone 528-2740
SEPTEMBER 3rd
Sundair- SChoOT tiens
September 10th with a
Rally Day Service
11• a.m. Morning Worship
Joint services at Lucknow
Presbyterian Church
SMITH
Whitechurch United' Church was
,the setting for the marriage of
Carolyn Jean Adams and Janies M.
Smith on July 29, with Rev. Clar-
ence McClenaghan officiating
assisted by Mr. Karl de Koeijer,
Parents of the couple are Mr. -
and Mrs. Robt:-Adarrns-of-R:5
Lucknow and Mr. and Mrs. Robt.
1 • Sniith of Goderich.
Semi _
9, 16
South Einloss, Church
July 23, 30, August 6, 13
Lucknow United Church
August 20, 27, Sept. 3
Lucknow Presbyterian. ChurCh
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PAGE TEN THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST '30th, 191
Spent Honeymoon In Mexico
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- Photo by Snyder
A year ago, I read and enjoyed
a book by Blake and Greenhill
called Rural Ontario, .41 about
early architecture in small vil-
lages and on the farms; The June
issue 'of Canadian Geographical
Journal has an.article by Lyn
Harrington on Gingerbread Arch-
itecture in Ontario.
With these in mind, I was very
conscious of what fwas seeing as
I drOve to Dungannon and'back
to Toronto recently. My head
--goes-like-those-little-toys -r
sees in some cars, and I see the
a road as it goes to nd fro, so I
saw a lot without stopping. I
think someone should write a book
on the Evolution of Ontario Farm
Homes from the log house through
the larger frame hOuse, the perm-
anent brick ot, stone to the present
day ,farm home, either fairly
traditional or Fantasies 'of•the
Sixties.' •
thave read somewhere that
builders of the last century had
Pattern Books showing various
styles then in vogue. And the
person• having •a house built could
choose a general design' whiCh
could be adapted . td suit the size,
style, taste and purse of the own- •
er. I suppose that is one,reason
and-built:in_definitsoutiM, stone
ABOUT HOUSES AND GINGERBREAD
BY TH-E-COUNTRY MOuSE____the highest quality and has deter-
iorated in some houses to the ex-
tent that it has had to be covered
with Other material to preserve
it , and also for insulation.
Another very durable material
is stone. As a child-, I was' fas-
cinated Withjhe many colours,
of stone on our barn foundation.
There are some .farm house's in
Huron built of stone in the same '
random manner. Some, such
as the old Crozier.place, also on .
the 6th; are rnade•of carefully dut
I was looking at that particular
house with George ,Bushell one •
day-TAT-WWI—aid many-of-the . -
stones had come hundreds of
miles by glaciers or the water of
glacial spillways.• The Nine Mile
River was once a spillway but was
muchwider and deeper than now.
East of Wi.ngham on Highway 86
there are three or four lovely old
stone houses. I wonder if there
was a Scottish stone mason' over
there at the time they were built.
Another interesting feature in those
hoUses , is the use of the' old 12-
pane windows, At one time ; •
glass panes of a certain size was
part Of the equipment given to the
settlers by the government , just
the size lor these windows.
ow--to-return-to-the:
bread. Wherr we hear that term,
it has a faintly1ronic connotation
but people are beginningto take
more interest in'it the -last few
years,. Simply , it is the lacy
looking wood .trini on the gables,
porches and verandahs and the
brackets under the cornices of
,man _houses_built_duringthe mid
hissloidBecmultye i
finishing .
not ldhdiu df ta.ssromrnmeel; beautiful in-
otomseesebseocommaz
derelict and, falling down: I .
drove over the 4th of Wawanosh
to the Prosperity Sideroad. What
hilly country - all glacial
deposits. When I was a child,
every farm was owner-occupied
and most of the houses were in
good repair. There is one •log
house on that road , still cared for,
loved, and lived in. Many of
the others are empty and are
tumbling down. One I remembkr
as ,a fine farrn home years ago,
--7.• And this •is one of the
encouraging signs. Mary people
are now buying a farm house and
a few acres of land and returning
to the country. The old houses
are restored, or renovated and
moderniZed and are corning back
to life again. As I. drove south
on the ,sideroad. I saw a beautiful
wide spread valley away, to the
west. [ suppose it was a bit Of the
swamp which 'had been drained7
It was great contrast to.the hills
all, around. • •
Which reminds me of a lovely
hillside along 86 - loyely to me
but not to a practical farmer. It
was covered with a solid mass of
Blueweed or Blue Devil, witlfjust
glimpses of the green grass show-
ing-tlimvh7-111-e-trillfttrr'seemed
greener than usual' for July and
the weeds' more profuse and colotn
ful - white , yellow and blue,
Oxeye Daisies, the ancestor of ou
garden Shastas, Anemones or
Windflowers, Wild Carrot or
Queen Anne's Lace ,at
this time of year , but Bird's Nest
in the fall, I saw_a lot of a yellov
:l LUCKNOW
UNITED CHURCH
Rev. Robert Nicholls,. B.A.
Minister • -
SEPTEMBER 3rd
11 a.m. Morning Worship
Those wishing transportation to
church contact
G. Hunter 528-2741
-ADAMS
. Matron of honour was Mrs..
Andrea Gaunt of Exeter, sister
of the bride. Miss Mary Lou
Adams, sister of the bride, Miss
Jane Smith, 'sister of the groom,
and Miss Iris Miller were brides-
maids.- They wore full length
gowns of pastel chiffon, white
h-at-rand carried. baskets-Of-dais,
Paul Dixon was best •man. Mur-
ray McKenzie, John Adams, and-
Ken Murch ushered the guests.
Following the receptien the
couple left on their honeymoon
in Mexico. They will reside in
Goderich.
Guests from Toronto, WindSor,
London, kitchener. , Stayner,
Milbank and GoderiCh attended
the wedding.
with slight variations. •
I like to speculate on these
early builders and their original-
ity in making the changes. • Some
brick houses are all of one colour.
Some have red and white with
interesting designs in the use of
the 'white brick. Some of the
brick was made in"local brick-
Caesar's:house on the 6th of Ash-
field is built of brick in several
shades of cream and pink/which
ma have conic-from a-brieliyard-T,
a mile south of Dungannon. It is
one of the oldest biick houses in
• the community. Some of the
_brick from that yard was not of
LUCKNOW
CHRISTIAN
REFORMED
CHURCH
J. W. Van Stempveelt
nice one's as I drove through
Whitechurch, and there were ,
others on that road. Some of this
old,gingerbread -became so elab-
orate' that it became fantastic.'
I saw one house in Listowel that
had everything, brick in design,
designs, gingerbread of all
designs , brackets , wrought iron
railings, a real piece of fantasy.
Most were much more restrained.
But the most beautiful house, and
one of,the best preserved and kept.
is on the south side of the eat-
borne-Wawanosh Boundary - the
McPhee -place, 1-think. I pa=led
it twice and did stop there to en-
joy it. It may have been built
about. 80 years ago by a builder
who lived at Dungannon, arid to
me it is just about perfect. I , -
Would like to see the woodwork
of the interior. That builder and
SoirvIcos:
10:00 a.m. Service
2:30 p.m. Service
VISITORS WELCOME
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yards - I ow o oneusenear dle years Of the last century and Toronto which is built.of brick there is still *some to be found. I made right on the farm; Mrs. Pau,.did not go searching but I saw a
,bit here and there. Strangely
enough, most of it is on brick
houses. I saw two or three very
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Mrs. Garnet Farrier as ,organist
accompanied Mrs. Mary Lou
Barger of. Lucknow as she sang
The Lord's Prayer and O: Perfect
Love.
Given in marriage by her fath-
er the bride chose a full length
gown of peau .de soie with a wide
lace panel accenting the front
bodice. She carried a bouquet
of gardenias, white roses and
stephanotis. •
weed which might be a,tansy aria
yelloW Sweet Clover on the road.
sides., There were fields of Must•
and in one place. I wondered if
it was Mustard being grown dorh-
rnercially. Surely no one would
let that much grow wild. Hike
the colour of Curled Dock when
it is at the stage it was that week
and there v•iere several grasses in
blossom which were graceful '
blowing in the breeze. In a few
places, I saw a pretty pink weed
which I could not name. To be
a bit more practical, I lOved the
red and alsike clover', and the
smell of freshly cut clover was a
delight. To finish my story, I
bid An*Arrangement of weeds
and grasses and the shadow of it
Dn.- s be a ut ifu Whet
niy relations say my bonquet,of
weeds, they thought I was crazy
but when I started quoting
is
'Ther
more- beauty in a field of wee
etc. , they KNEW it.
Since-rely,
THE dOUNTRY