The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-05-12, Page 1Single Copy 3S*
.orae '83
• publisheddllle Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, May
2,. 1902
20 Pages
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Lucknow and District Lions Club celebrat-
ed
etebrated the 25th Anniversary of their charter.,.
Saturday, Mai 8 at the Coinmunity Centre.'
Lion President, Cliff Livingston,' welcom-
ed the 258 ,members and guests .' and
introduced•the chairman of the evening, Past
District Governor, ' Grant Chisholm,
Anne Pritchard entertained , with piano
music throughout the evening:
A• .delicious roast beef dinner was served
by -Lion Al Hamilton's Mayfair Restaurant.
Following a minute's silence remember-
ing departed Lions, Lion Governor Bill
Hanna proposed'a toast to Lions Internation-
al with. Past Deputy District Governor Walter
Arnold replying; The toast to the Ladies was
proposed by President elect, Bob Struthers,.
with Elsie Houston replying.
Reeve George Joynt, a charter member,
gave a civic welcome 'on behalf of the area
. the Lions serve. It is significant to note that
Lion George gave the civic welcome 25 years
ago. on Charter Night.
Governor Bill. Hanna presented four
Lucknow Lions with25 year, perfect attend-
ance pins - : Lions Bob Finlay, Alvin
-Hamilton, . Harvey Houston and Donald ,
MacKinnon. Eighteen Charter members,
who are still members were present.
Lucknow District Lions donated a memorial
shield in honour of the founding president,
Rae J. Watson, District A 9's first Governor.
The shield is for annual competition for the
Club with the best membership, increase in
the District. Mrs. Edna Watson presented.
the shield to Governor Bill Hanna who in
turn presented it to this year's winner, the
Sauble. Beach Club. •
Donald MacKinnon introduced the guest
speaker of the evening, Judge F. G. Carter
of Goderich, Judge Carter's humour and.
timely message on Canadian Unity left the
audience thinking about what people must
do to hold our wonderful ,country together.
Lion Bob -Finlay thanked the Judge and
presented. Judge Carter and his wife with a
gift as a token of appreciation.
Many past and present District Officers
attended the anniversary along with repress
entatives from 'clubs in Howick, Ripley,
Orangeville, Wingham, Goderich, Harris -
ton, Atwood, Clifford, Mildmay,: Paradise,
Brussels; Auburn; Mitchell, Dublin, Walker-
ton, Sauble Beach, Kitchener, Midland,
�und jetttn
For manysenior citizens; different factors
make it' difficult for them to, remain active:
Whenwinter approaches 'especially, they
become homebound. .
If a person does not have access to a car, it
can be very difficult to go to social activities.
In .the elderly years, the loss of a spouse, or
lifetime friends can deter one from remain-
ing -active in their . community: : •
'Sometimes it is a physical problem which
hampers the ability to get out for a day or so
a week. More Leisure time is available in the
senior years and .Il a person needs the •
opportunity to spend this time in an enjoy-
able manner.
•
For threeears now, the Wan ham and.
y g
Area Day. 'Centre for the Homebound has
been-operatingfrom the Wingham Armour-
cies as a social and recreational ,centre for.
area seniors,. the area served includes the
town of Wingham, the villages of Teeswater,
Lucknow, 'Belgrave, Belmore, .Ethel, Gorrie
and Wroxeterand the townships of
Turnberry, Culross and Kinloss.
An innovativegroup ofpeopie from. Huron,
County and the University of Guelph, were
influential in getting the Centre started: The
group includedpublic health nurses, minist-
ers, interested citizens and people working •
25 years perfect attendance
Four members of the Lucknow Lions Club were honoured for 25 years perfect attendance at
the club's 25th anniversary dinner on . Saturday night. District Governor Bill• Hanna t.
presented the 25•year perfect attendance pins to, from the left, Donald MacKinnon, Robert
Finlay, Harvey Houston, Alvin Hamilton. • [Sentinel Stag' Photo]
• Shelburne, Exeter and Linwood. Represent- Pleasant hours of fellowship and dancing
atives • from the Lucknow Legion and to •Glen Boyd's Orchestra concluded a
.Lucknow Kinsmen also attended." • memorable evening. '
t,o. a centre
participating in all programs and a delicious
full course meal at noon: Variousfund
raising events are held to raise money to
offset costs and numerous' service clubs and
organizations help : support • the Centre's
operation.
Any individual who has difficulty paying
the daily fee is assisted by the. Centre. .
Presently the program operates three days • .
a week with a different group coming in each
of those ,days. The. Centre is staffed by one
full-time co-ordinator, Rita Rice, • a part time
co-ordinator of volunteers, - Millicent Stuart,
and one part time cook, Margaret Pollock.
The number of volunteers total 'about 25,
including volunteer drivers, and people who
assist in the kitchen and with.the programs.
A typical day's program would include tea
and coffee, a sing song, an exercise session,
lindividual activities, cards, crokinole, shuf-
fleboard, pool, etc. A hot full course meal is
served at noon and the afternoon activities
vary to ' include a guest speaker, crafts,
entertainment, etc. Special' trips and events
are also planned.
Many. of the seniors enjoy chatting with
old friends and meeting new acquaintances.
An ' individual becomes involved. in the
Centre program usually through a referral to
the Centre's ,staff. The staff' member will•
visit the individual.•to explain the program
and its opportunity and a day is designated
for that person :to participate by the driving
schedule. • There is no commitment to come'
every week. It ` is. up. to the individual's
choice.
• A. referral can come from anyone'•.in the
community who recognizes an individual's
need. A senior can express a desire to come
by contacting the, staff without a referral.
Centres for Seniors are fast becoming
common place in our society. In retirement
years there is more time to devote to leisure''
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for agencies who carne in contact with the
homebound.
An efficient transportation network oper-
ates inclining a number of volunteer.drivers
to bring the homebound . .to • the. Centre. A
driver's gas expenses are reimbursed but
their time and effort is voluntary. •
The Centre is financed by, two sources: .50
per cent from user fees, fund raising and
community donations and the remaining 50
per cent is matched through the provincial
Ministry of Community and Social Services.
Each senior using the Centre pays a daily
fee: of 55 which covers transportation,
Mrs. Graham's grade 3 and 4 class presented Twenty -One Trolls and
a Dragon
theBrookside
MaicSchool spring conceit Thursday
evening. er played vid
Dragon, Deanna Greene played
Chris Cricket and Jennifer Mahon played George. Trolls have names
like Hirple, War*, Snuffle, Snarkle, Thunkle and Grande and, they
•
were played by Melissa Logtenberg, Duane Durnin, .Travis Drown;
Jason' Cameron, Chris MacLennan and Denali Park. The concert
featured songs, stilts' and ,dances enjoyed by a capacity crowd.
(Sentinel Stiff Photo]
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Jim Burt names
.mystery family
Jim Burt of R. 3, Holyrood phoned the
Sentinel office to correctly identify the family
picture which appeared in last week's
Sentinel as our Jamboree '83 picture of the
week. They are Donald*, Allan, Mary • and
Alex MacIntyre, the children of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Maclntyre. The picture was '
taken in 1945.
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