The Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-09-25, Page 1;ti.OU A yr In Advance. -- $2.00 Extra To U.S.A.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1974
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lncprdine Area Girl, Sandra Peter, Is Named
iss Midwestern Ontario At Fair Night Program
Peter, 16 -year-old
of Mr. and Mrs. Loran
R. R: 2.Kincardine, Was
sMidwestern Ontario at
ow Fall Fair on Saturday
She was chosen from
girls representing area
ties, each a winner of a
her home community.
ented Kincardine in the
,centre,;is Sandra Peter,
s Midwestern Ontario.
is Sandra Campbell of
, Miss Dominion of
d on the right is Lorie
Listowel, last year's Miss
Ontario.
.a student at -Kincardine
gh School, by virtue of
becomes eligible to enter
Dominion of Canada
WI is held each summer
to Falls.
las crowned by Miss
of Canada, Sandra
iofleamington who spent
Lucknow and acted as
'he judges. The other
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Id Win The
ap'wnship In
ight's Game
a Intermediate Softball
red in Mount Forest on
last Week and won 8-2.
them a 3-1 lead in the
seven series for the
Intermediate 'A'
chip. _
Let Forest on Sunday,
lest by a 4-3 decision.
lead "the best of seven
Ines to 2 and could wrap
tie to -night (Wednesday)
Kinsmen Assist In
Purchase Of
Team Sweaters
The Lucknow and District
'Kinsmen Club held their second
meeting of the 1974-75 season last
Wednesday night at the M. and R.
Mayfair Restaurant.
A decision was made to pay half
the cost of shirts for the Youth
Bowling League at the Lucky Wood
Lanes in Lucknow. -
Hockey sweaters for the six
teams in the House League are also
to be supplied by the club.
On Sunday, September 29, the
localclub will take part in the Zone
Kinsmen Ball Tournament in Ex-
eter.
The District One Kinsmen Walk-
athon for Cystic Fibrosis, will be
held on Sunday,. October 6th.
Members of the Kinsmen and
Kinette clubs will walk to Wing
)am. An ad appears elsewhere in
this issue with further information.
September 13th, the SOOth Kins-
men Club in Canada was chartered.
The club is the Tecumseh and.
District Kinsmen. The Canadian
Young Men's Service Club gave
over 15 million dollars in servic e to
their communities last year.
Fire Guts Kintail
WeklingShop
Fire badly gutted the Kintail
Welding Shop operated by Armand
Forgett of Ashfield Township.
Lucknow -Fire Department received
the call shortly after 5 p.m. Friday
afternoon.
Mr. -Forgett had just left for
Goderich to secure paint to paint
the car of Peter VanDiepenbeek
which was in the shop and which
was destroyed. 1 -Ie returned to find
his 'business badly' gutted. Lost
also were many of the tools and
equipment used in the business. It
is uncertain, as yet, whether' the
compressor will be damaged.
While the building was not com-
pletely destroyed, many of the
timbers will have to be replaced.
Armand bought- the business in
May of 1972 and has operated it
since then at the Kintail location.
Faulty stovepipes is believed to,
have been the cause of the blaze
which was turned in by a neigh-
bour. Mr. Forgett was insured and
hopes to be back in business as
soon as possible.
John Pritchard Seriously
Injured- By Runaway Horses
At Fall Fair On Saturday
John Pritchard of West
Wawatiosh suffered serious injury
at the Lucknow Fall . Fair on
Saturday when heavy horses in the
show ring stampeded, broke
through ' the snow fence which
circled the ring, and landed among
`the. Pritchard family.
Four exhibitors were showing a
unicorn hitch in the heavy horse
ring at the time of the problem. A
unicorn hitch is three horses, one in
front and two. behind. In the ring at
the time were entries of Bob
Aitchison of . Lucknow, George
•••...
Gregg of Paisley, Arnold Young of
Goderich and Clarence Bacher of
Cayuga.
The Aitchison hitch went out of
control. Some at the scene thought
the horses might have been
frightened by a dog or a balloon..
The wagon and horses clipped the
snow fence on the north s ide of, the
ring doing minor damage to several
cars parked along the fence. At the
same time, Bob Aitchison, the
driver, was thrown from the wagon
and. dragged for a distance along •
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Lucknow Agricultural Society
seem to have the 'magic touch for
producing good Fall Fair weather.
For quite a number of .years, :the
weatherman has smiled on the
Lucknow Fall Fair and this year, for
the 109th Fair, it was no different.
The day . started off with threat-
ening skies and very cool, but by
early afternoon, the sun had come
out and the day had warmed up
considerably. This lasted until
early evening when rain com-
menced, too late to do any damage
to a very successful day.
Friday night, at the arena, the
inside exhibits were open for the
public to view and a continuous
program of local talent entertained
those in attendance. Fair president
Glen Walden acted as master of
ceremonies. •
Entertainment was by Lucknow
Junior Concert band under the
direction of Gordon Cayley; The
Don Cameron family and Rick
Orr; David Miller and Greg Schultz
on guitars with vocals by .Kathy
Taylor, Karen Campbell and Mar-`
sha Alton; Lori Hackett on accord-
ian; . Stephen Pritchard on vocals;
the Nicholson sisters, Lynne and
Caryn with baton numbers; and.
the Swamp Stompers•arranged by/
Allan Miller of Langside' and
featuring Allan on fiddle. Bill
Zettler on piano. Jim MacLean on
banjo, Clayton Bell on washtub, Ed
Blackwell on gzuitar, Mrs. Francis
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Official Opening. On Sunday
The new 61 -bed Pinecrest Manor
Nursing Home in Lucknow was
officially opened on Sunday after-
noon of .this week. George and
Mary, Newbold, who have operated
Pinecrest for the past 14 years,
moved to the new facility in mid
April after operating for many
years on Gough Street in the
village. The new nursing home is
located on Bob Street, south'of the
Public School.
Dr. Jack McKim of Lucknow was
chairman for the informal opening
ceremonies. Following the playing
of the national anthem on'`the piano
by Barbara Cameron, Rev. Douglas
Kaufman , of Lucknow United
Church gave the invocation.
Those who were called on and
who had high praise for the
facilities offered at the new home
were George Joynt, Reeve of
Lucknow; Mrs. B. Guldiken and
Mrs. June Watt of the nursing
inspection program. Ministry of
Health; Dr. M. H. Corrin of
Tractor Pull Attracted 50 Machines
Members of the Lucknow
Tractor Pull Association are en-
couraged by the results of their
attempt at staging a tractor pull in
Lucknow on Sunday afternoon.
With the weather against them,
both temperature and rain in the
early hours of Sunday, the pull
went off as a decided success
attracting SO different tractors for
competition.
The Tractor Pull was for 'out of
-the field' machines. machines that
normally do the work on the -farm
and not the machines geared' for
competition alone.
About 600 spectators attended
on the chilly day and the proceeds
of the event are to be spent on
fitting up a new track where it is
hoped to stage two pulls a year in
the future.
The classes, the competitors and
the order each finished are listed.
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Lucknow; Crawford Douglas, M.
P. for Bruce; Murray Gaunt,
M.P.P. for Huron Bruce.
George Newbold, administrator,
and Mrs. Mary Newbold, in charge
of nursing care, spoke of'the fine
co -Operation of the contractors,
Ministry of Health, staff and more
recently the new Candystripers
under the sponsorship of the local
Kinette Club. all making their
contribution in : seeing that the
home operated efficiently and in
the interests of the residents.
Barbara Cameron played 'Bless
this House' on the piano and Rev.
Kaufman pronounced the benedic-
tion. A large number of 'area
residents then had the opportunity
to.tour the new home and visit with.
the residents there. Lunch was
served to all attending.
Broken Pelvis
In Farm Accident
William Johnston, '73 -year-old
Kintail' area farmer, was seriously
injured it a farm accident on
Wednesday of last week.
Mr. Johnston was at the farm of
his son Allan on the 12th conces-
sion of Ashfield. In backing a
Wagon into the barn, Mr. Johnston
was crushed between two wagons.
He received a broken pelvis and a
ruptured ureter and underwent
emergency surgery at University
Hospital in London.
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