The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-07-29, Page 8Page 8 - l ucknow Sentbiel, Wednesday, July 29, 1998.
Busy time for Grove folk in ardens an s
Summer time is always
,a busy time and this week
followed the pattern. I'm
sure everyone is enjoying
the fresh. vegetables and
now the freezing andcan-
ning can get into high
gear kis, good`the fanners.
...had good weather to get
the wheat and barley off;
but we need, rain for the •
other crops.
Everyone who attended
the laervie 'garden party
enjoyed' the good food and
excellent program. Thanks'
folks for all your hard .;
work. •
Visiting recently with.
.Gladys Arnold at "R".
Villa were :her grandsons
Jamie and Ken McEwan
and their families.
Our sincere sympathy'
is extended to family of.
the late Bert Nicholson.
His wife Eva and their
children and grandchil-
dren, lois sister Marjorie
Thompson and the other
sister and brothers are in
our thoughts.
Wilda • and .Harvey
Thompson visited with -
Linda and Wray
Thompson, of
Mississauga, who. were
home for the weekend
from , • Hartford,
Connecticut. Wray • is
presently employed: there.
Helen Smith, Audrey
and Mary -Ellen Traher, of
Loudon, visited friends,
and relatives in thearea
one day last week.
Twit special ladies • in
the community celebrated
birthdays this week, name-
ly Katherine CollinS .and.
Edna Stanley. Their fami-
lies and friends enjoyed
celebrating with them.
A group of ladies from
our area enjoyed a bus trip
to Anne of Green Gables
at Jackson's. Point on.
Wednesday.
The Boyle, Finnie,
Harrigan and .L' outlier
families gathered in
Keswiek'bn the weekend
to help Taylor Boyle cele-
brace her fifth birthday.
Maureen and.. Roy
Collins enjoyed a sit
from her brother and his
wife Peter and Ruth
Howell of Toronto last
week. '
Julie Gibson of London
visited with her grandma
Alma. Gillies,
..Anne McCosh• spent' a..
couple of days visiting
with Joyce and: John
Farrell and. Teresa near
Wingbam last week.
Bette MacLeod attend-
ed. the farewell for, Wiltna
and Elwood Elliott held at
McBride's on the week-
end. •
Dana. Stanley of
Osooyes, B.C. has been.
visiting with her grandma
Edna Stanley and other
aunts and, unclesand.
cousins recently.
Bette MacLeod, Olwen.
McAuley, Dori's Rock and
Edna Stanley attended the
play. Yesteryear at Blyth.
Congratulations to
Christine Collins and Eric
Harkey who were married
on Saturday.
Alicia. Thacker and.
Christina Farrell attended
Careermania at the
University of Guelph on
Thursday anti Friday this
week. Fran Farrell visited.
Gerda Dam. of .Guelph on
Friday-
Growing
ridayGrowing in the Grove
4-11 Club toured, members'
gardens on Tuesday and.
Friday evenings this week.
It was .interesting to see
how and what everyone
was growing. We also
found that week called
Nightshade. So now
everyone knows what it
looks . like and .also
remembers that the berries
are poisonous.
• The Jack Farrell family.
been
a busy sib
we're s
,o, al.*
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gathered on Saturday.
evening at the home of
Laura and Gary Farrell
and family near Glatnrrtis
for a barbecue,
FarreI1s
reunite-
at
eun t at picnic
On July 26 the farnily
of the late Ada and Herb '
Farrell gathered 'at the
home of Ron Tiner' with
102 persons present.
Kerrie Tner attempted to
get a group photo of all'
present. Ethel. Nother and •
family were' hosts this
year.
After a delicious pot.
luck dinner, 'relatives
enjoyed reading .scrap
books compiled by •
Marion Cliffe and getting.
to know the younger,
members in the family:.
The youngest child pre-
sent was .Paig:e. Farrell
'daughter of Carolyn ,and
Rob :Farrell. The folks
travelling the. furthest
.were • Kim• Stephen,
Lindsey,:Tara and Leah of
Edmonton. '
We are glad to see'that
Matt Emmerton is rec'ov-
eing well,
Dianne Gambe was' the
'winner of the jelly bean.
guess. at '7`e7 jelly beans...'
Scouts:
home
from
week
ongRri
The first Lucknow
Scout tjr000 retuxned on--- ,-�
`Sa ucday after spending: a,,
week at the Haliburton•
Scout Reserve.
Nine .youth. and leaders
camped at the site and par-
ticipated . in canoeing,
.kayaking, sailing, rap=,
pelling, riflery, archery,. '
snorkeling, survival.activi-
ties for the week. Many.
skills were .learned and.
badge work. completed: :
while beating the hot "spell
in .a very cornfortahle -set-`' ".
ting. on one .of Haliburton`s:•
nicest lakes, '
Shoo
winner
Five tebles,••of • shoot
were in , play' Friday night,:
at the Drop in Centre.
High man rvas•.Lloyd ;•
Moffat, followed by Art.
Ernewein.'High lady. was
Euphemia Cameron with
Donalda Moffat in second;:
'Lenore Glenn. had the
most shoots. •