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Publishedin Luclmow, Ontario, Wednesday, July 7', 1982
Members of the 1st Kingsbridge Cub Pack went camping at the Wawanosh Conservation
area from Friday afternoon untll Saturday, They met at the clubhouse, the Ashfield'
• Township school, and were assisted by leader George Brophy . of Lucknow in loading their
gear. •Tony M. Miltenburg of R. 7, Lucknow, Club Akelah was assisted by Mr. Brophy, Tony
Miltenbuirg, R. 1, Dungannon, Shaun Dalton and PhII McCann, Ashfield Township, on the
campout. The boys enjoyed a hike, nature hunt, a game of baseball and a campfire during
their weekend trip. [Sentinel Staff Photo]
Festival opener a hit'
By Joanne Buchanan
Janet Amos 'successfully blends .real-life
drama, 'humor, romance and musk in Down.
North, the first production of the Blyth;
Summer Festival for 1982.
From the enthusiastic response received
by the audience at . the preview held
Thursday evening, I'd say the Aestivalhas
another hit on its . hands.
Down North features .14 -year-old Blyth
native TOM Bailey as a lonely young boy
(Guy Deveau) uprooted from his city home
and sent to spend the summer on his grand-
father's Cape Breton' farm while his parents
work out marital difficulties. . The play
revolves around Guy's gradual adjustment
to his`new life-style and new-found relatives..
There are also several other stories within
the play: a romance between Guy's Catholic
40 -year-old spinster aunt ' Lise Deveau
(Nancy Beatty), and a Presbyterian; Robby
Macdonald (Ted Johns); a battle between
Guy's crazy 'old great grandmother, Therese
Deveau .(Anne Anglin) . and her fancy
dressing son Gabriel (Gordon Jocelyn) whom
she fears .wants .to put her in a nursing hoine;
and the struggle on : the land as Guy's
grandfather. (Hugh . Webster) works to get
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the hay off before the rain and contemplates
selling the farm.
The playis set in a parish near Cheticamp,
Cape Breton Island in June 1958. Set design
by John Ferguson, costume design by Kerry
Hackett and fiddle music by Marcel Doucet
,(a Cheticamp .native) bring this place and
time element into focus. The audience also
gets a sense of culture based on tradition.
Webster, a 30 -year veteran of television
and theatre, is superb in his role as Gilles
Deveau, . a kindly, understanding .grand-
father and hard working farmer. He makes.
the audience both laugh and cry.
Anglin ;is also" outstanding as a crusty
eccentric old lady. Gordon Jocelyn who plays
her prim andproper son is very good in his
supporting role as is Kay Hawtrey who plays
talkative aunt Henriette.
Besides Bailey in the main role, there are
other Blyth young people in .the pliiy as well.
Seventeen -year-old Catherine Battye plays
Annie Lejeune, Guy's romantic interest. She
shows the audience that she can dance as
well as act. Six-year-old Craig Roulston is
just perfect as an annoying little boy. And
14 -year-old Peter Cook also does well in his
supporting ,role' ;as yet another cousin.
Rouding out the cast is Robert Nasmith as
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The contract for roof repairs at the
Wingham and District Hospital has been
awarded to Smith -Peet Roofing of Exeter for
518,698.
This is well under ,the $30;000 it was.
estimated the job would cost, leading to
some questions by hospital board members.
during their meeting June 23.
"Are contractors that hungry, or was the
estimate that high?" William Newton in
quired.
Hans Kuyvenhoven, property committee
chairman, said it was a bit of both. Board
Chairman Jack Kopas added that all three
tenders received .were under the estimate,
though one was very close, The Smith -Peet
tender was lowest of the three.
Kuyvenhoven reported his committee` has
been looking at using the money saved on
the roof to start repainting the interior of the
hospital. The plans for repainting, including
recommended colours, have been received
from the architect; he said, joking that "It's
going to knock your eyes, out."
Kopas explained the architect had canvas-
sed those who work in various areas on their
preference in colours and texture, but Dr.
Jack McKim suggested ' that even this
methodhas its problems.
Who gets to pick the colours for the
operating rooms, he wanted to know, the
surgeons or the anaesthetists?
Another' board member, recalling prev-
ious complaints 'that the roof seems to leak
every year, suggested the money should not
be spent on painting b5t should be saved for
repairing the roof again next year.
In other business at the meeting, Kopas
paid tribute to out -going board members Dr.
Al Williams and Dr. Jack McKim. Dr.
Williams had served as finance chairman of
the board for the past three years, while Dr.
McKim was oneof the representatives of the
medical staff.
Board members joined in a vote of thanks
to both men for their efforts during their
tenure on the board.
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Lucknow, businessman dies
A well respected Lucknow resident who
had been in business in the village for 32
years ,passed away suddenly at his home on
Sunday.
Tom ` , Hackett, 73, who owned and
operated Hackett Farm Equipment. in the
village from 1950. 1977, had enjoyed good
health and remained active' in the family
business he shared with his father and then
his sons, until the time of his death.
Hackett Farm Equipment started as a
family business over 40 years ago when Mr.
Hackett's father, Sandy, operated the busi-
ness -from his farm on the 10th concession of
Ashfield Township.' He assisted his father
with the business at this time and later when
the Allis-Chalmers dealership moved to a
Wingham location from 1943-44 until 1950.
In that year Mr. Hackett took over the
business and moved it to a location on Ross
Street in Lucknow where he continued to
operate •the dealership until hesold it to his
sons, Allan and Barry in 1970. In 1977 Allan
and his son, Steven purchased Barry's;share
of the business. Mr. Hackett remained
actively involved. In the business with his son
and grandson. .
Mr. Hackett and his wife, the former Tillie
• Hackett, who celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary in June of 1979, have a family of
three sons, Don of Ashfield Township, Allan
of Lucknow and Barry of Ashfield Township;
five daughters, Donalda, Mrs. Earl Jamie-
son of West Wawanosh Township, Freda,
Mrs. Doug Langton of Winnipeg, Manitoba;
Lois, Mrs. LaVerne Cunningham, Colborne
Township; Joyce; Mrs, Ken Elphick, Ash-
field Township . and Kathleen, Mrs. Ken
Ackworth of London; 30 grandchildren and
13 great grandchildren. . He is also survived
by three brothers, Clifford of Goderich,
Melvin of Port Elgin and Alex of Ashfield
Township: He was predeceased by . one
sister. •
The funeral service for the late Mr. Tom
Hackett was held Tuesday, July 6 at 2 p.m.
from the Mackenzie' and McCreath Funeral
Home, Lucknow conducted by Rev, Warren
McDougall of the Lucknow United Church.
Burial followed in Greenhill Cemetery,
Lucknow.
Criticize farm program
The Ontario Farm Adjustment Assistance
Program (OFAAP) is the Davis Govern-
ment's major response to the financial- crisis
on the farm front. Reporting ,, to the
Legislature on the first.half of /the program,
covering the : six months from January to
June, Agriculture and, Food Minister
Tityibrell spoke in enraptured tones.
He referred to the "high level of success
achieved". He contended that the. program
had "gained widespread acceptance by the
farm community", And he concluded that
"it is proving to be of immeasurable help to
the Ontario farmers".
Onthe contrary, OFAAP has had limited
success; and the help is quite measurable,
according to NDP agriculture critic Donald
C. MacDonald. Despite the • contention of
Provincial' Treasurer Miller in his May 13
budget that the program wouldbe of
assistance to 5,000 Ontario frmers, Timbrell
had to report thatin the first six months
applications and been accepted from oily
1,118 farmers.
Admittedly, it took ` some time for the
program to get rolling, but even with, e
recent ' build-up of applications, it is of
likely to achieve much more than 3,000, let
alone Miller's 5,000 prediction.
In short, instead of being a roaring
success as Timbrell claims, OFAAP . is
proving, like most Tory farm policies, to be
mor rhetoric' than substance, said Mac-
Donald who spoke at an NDP picnic held on
the Lucknow 'area farm of Tony McQuail July
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Receive assessment rollback
An Assessment Review Hearing in Goder-
ichdecided Tuesday that that all members of
the Huron Chapter of HUFFI (Homeowners
with Urea Foam Insulation) will be awarded
a 75 per cent roll back in their tax assess-
ment. The decision was handed down by
George C. Hawson of Toronto.
Approximately 75 people made represen-
tation to the court which also heard a letter
from Keith Fitzsimmons Real Estate of
Wingham which commented: that based on
their 18 years experience in real estate in the..
Huron -Druce area, they estimate a house
with the foam insulation has no real value,
Fitzsimmons said in the letter that as •a real
estate evaluator he would establish the value
of such a house as nil. He would also
estimate the property on which the house
sits to be devalued 25 per cent for demolition
expenses and farm property to be devalued
540,000, .if the farm house has the foam.'
According to Grant Chisholm, of Lucknow,
president of the Huron Chapter of HUFFI,
all members of HUFFI who can show. proof
of the installation of the foam in their homes,
is eligible for the tax assessment roll back.
Chisholm said they should contact him so he
can forward their names to the regional
assessment office in London.
in Lucknow tournament
Ten teams participated in the ladies
fastball tournament hosted by the Lucknow
Noisy Ladies in Lucknow on the weekend.
Goderich Elevators won thechampionship
and Blyth Baitoneers took home the consola-
tion.
Swimming
demonstration
Members of the Burlington synchronized
swimming team will demonstrate water
ballet skills at the Lucknow Swimming Pool
on Saturday, July 10 at 10 a,m., weather
permitting, The public can attend this two
hour demonstration and everyone is wed.
come. 1
Guelph Spartan Electric were runners up..
in the championship round and they as well
as Goderich Elevators and Blyth received
cash prizes. Goderich also received the
Lucknow Business. Association trophy pres-
ented by Syka Sutherlland, president of the
Association.
Other teams participating'in the three day
round robin tournament which began Friday
night, were Auburn Angela's Angels; West
Wawanosh Warriors; Kintail Kuties; Kit-
chener. Sportco; Goderich Art's Landscap-
ing;
Kincardine H t H TV and Kincardine
T'NT.
Goderich Elevators defeated Guelph 12 to
6 to win the trophy and Blyth won over
Sportco 8 • 1 to take the consolation.,