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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-09-22, Page 1or 1 Wintario Grants To Local Projects The Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation has, announced a Wintario grant of $432 to Lucknow Recreation .Association for sports and recreation equipment. The Kinloss Kairshea Wometi's -Institute is eligible for a Wintario grant of $536 for siding for the exterior of the Institute Hall. These were two of the Bruce County,,grants announced this ‘i,eek by the Ministry. . WOO A Tim- In',AdValsoo Extra To 114A. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1.914 . , . , , • „ . $40010 Copy .200' •28 Pegs Dundalk Girl, Peggy MacTaggart, Is Choen Miss Midwestern Ontario At Lucknow Fall Fair Fine.: Weuther. Give, The Fcll Fair An Added Boost Well, they s did it again. 'With threatening weather all around, and heavy .rain in some localities,o I ucknow Fall Fair; known as. the "Fair Weather Fair", came up with their usual good weather for fair day and were favoured with, sun • and warm temperatures. Good weather, coupled with an extremely well organized program, made the, annual event a very successful one.. Attendance at the 111th annual fair was estimated /as being up slightly over last year according to gate receipts, the only measure of attendance which the Agricultural. Society has to use. However, for those who viewed the parade-on the street and for those who observed the -crowd in the park, one, would have to assume that the attendance was up considerably over last year. The Lucknow arena was open to the public Friday evening for viewing the exhibits at the Luck- now Fall Fair. • , Russel Irvin, president of the. LuCknow Agricultural Society was master of ceremonies for a program Consisting of the following local talent: musical numbers by the Cameron family (Don, Barbara and Colin) of Lucknow; Kin Huron CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 Douglas Point Pi•plecti.. Main Reason Foii . Substantial Popu lation-Increase Brute Brian Johnston Heads Kinsmen Club gone For Upcoming Chub Year • . . Lucknow and District Kinsmen Club opened a new Kin year recently. Last Wednesday night the Kins- men had as their guest speaker, Bob Santavy, a heavy weight oronto Graduate DALE LIDDLE . leLiddle, son of Mr. and Mrs. . Robb ,of R. R. 1 Ripley, boated. from Radio College 'of ads as a Senior Engineering ttlatician. dilation ceremonies were September 16th at the Four 4 Rotel, Toronto. alas accepted a position with Univac, Mississauga. champion weight-lifter, who repre- sented Canada in the recent Olympic Games. Bob lives in Kincardine. The new executive for the Kinsmen this year is composed of: president, Brian Johnston; vice presidents, Evans Helm' and Gary Ritchie; treasurer, Archie DeGro- ote; secretary, 'Ken/ Taylor; regist- rar, Jim Morrison; directors, Tom Andrew, Herb Barger, Barry Hackett and Wayne Jerome; bullet- in editor, Fred Flanagan; assistant, Ken Taylor; 'past president, Terry Rathwell. The Kinsmen have contributed a new set of bleachers for the ball park and are presently working on the new screening at the. ball diamond'. A decision has been 'made to purchase new hockey sweaters and stockings for the ,Tyke Hockey team. The Kinsmen will again look after the Santa Claus parade. Ott October 30th the Kinsmen, will hold their annual Hallowe'en Dance, so get your costumes ready and join the fun. Ttiere will be' prizes for best costumes:, Plans are being made for a Senior Citizens Bus Trip this Fall. Summer Fest Weekend is again planned for next, year. • Peggy MacTaggart, Miss Dun, dalk Fair, is the . new Miss. Midwestern Ontario _having been selected at .'the Lucknow Fall Fair on Saturday from among 17 contestants. Peggy, 18, is pictured _ in the centre. She is the• daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ian MacTaggart of Dundalk and is a grade 13 student at Grey Highlands Secondary- School at Flesherton".' On the left . is last year's Miss Midwestern Ontario, Jo-Anne Pal- mer, 20, of Clinton. On the right is Miss Dominion of Canada, Pamela Mercer, 20, of Burnaby; 'British Columbia'. The new. Miss Midwestern Ontario, Peggy MacTaggart: is' interested in becoming a physio- therapist and training handicapped ,children to swim. Her hobbies include swimming and most sports, Junior. Farmers and Sunday SChool work. Peggy was chosen by a panel of three judge's, Miss Dominion of Canada and, Mr. and. Mrs. Ted Glincan of the Hamilton area. They spent much of the day with the girls and had dinner with them in the evening. Second place winner was Janina Anne Kulhay; 17, of R. R. 1 'Terra Cotta, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. F. A. Kulhay. Janina was the Miss CONTINUED ON PAGE 2. Port Elgin has become the largest town in Bruce County, taking over from the county town, Walkerton, which has been largest for nearly a century. Latest count .shOws a population Of 4,910 compared to 4,591 for Walkerton. Kincardine is also growing much faster than . county town and its, present 4,133 population is expected to pass that of Walkerton within two years. Development tl.in the area of Ontario Hydro,'s Douglas Point project is the main reason for greater growth .along the Lake Huron shore. Southainplon is .for the first time Showing substantial growth from the Hydro project and its ,population is now 2,708. All towns in the south of Bruce showed, growth over .the, past fiVe years. Port Elgin leads with :71 per cent; ,Southampton, 33 per. cent; . • • Kincardine 27 per cent; Chesley, eight per, cent: and Walkerton two per cent. All villages also increased popu-, lation since 1971, and, like the towns, those closest.' to Douglas Point or those which coped with the population influx best, show the greatest growth. ,Villages with population and percentage increase.since 1971 are: Lucknow, 1,127, eight per cent;. Paisley, . 1,021, 29 per cent; Teeswater, 977, orie per cent; Mildmay, 965, one per cent; Tivertm.815, 43 per cent; Tara,' 648, One per cent „and Ripley, 571; 27 per cent. Kincardine Township showed the greatest grovirth of rural municipalities, its population. up' 1,324 to 3,240. Other likeshore townships also reflected, the influ- ence of the. Hydro project. • Huron Township 'is up 590 persons to 2,175; Saugeen grew 574 to 1,663 and Bruce Township went up 562 'to 2,109. -The inland township of Brant remains the most' populous in Bruce County. growing 307 to 3,549. Carrick Township is the only one to experience a population drop with 33 fewer people at 2,483. Port Elgin, is not only the largest town in Bruce it is the latest one to get town status from village rating. This municipality became a town in 1949. Weekend Sighting Of Strange Light In Sky BY AEI WYLDS On Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Simpson of the Lbchalsh area drove into Ripley to report a most unusual thing. Donald and his wife Edith were CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 MEN COULD LEARN A SEW' LESSONS Do you have your winter wood in? Anne Pritchard and Grace Hopf were two of the several ladies who. showed their skill with the cross cut 'saw at the log sawing contest at the Lucknow Fair on Saturday. „They showed up many of their male onlookers who proved to be.much better talkers than sawers. Anne and Grace placed , second in the ladies' division with :a 59 second score.