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_ . County resident is hailed ““"VVZAuthor and Hillier" resi- “Library Association for . dent Janet Lunn got a lot of “The Root Cellar." fpre'ss recently when she But . how many have ‘ won the prestigious book of heard of , ”the year award for home pwn author,_ Gail children from the Canadian Hamil (in, who , has suc- another, Janet Lunn a'nd Gail Hamilton (right) were pleasantly surprised when they bumped in- cessfully" cracked the literary market as the Canaâ€" dian, Authors Association's mol‘s‘t ' ‘ promising young writer in Canada? . ‘ Secretary of the organiza- ‘e “A, to each other at a conference in British Columbia, where each receiVEd an award. Both are successful authors. Both are from Prince Edward County. Miss MRBARA uoxsea, . who. win the Prince Edward County Duir'y Princess compoâ€" . tition at Bellovillo June 21. It was her second consecutive ‘ year for tuking the title. Ont: ,ot‘her contestant outer-ed from the counly. Miss Kathy Alex- ander of RR. 2. Hillier. Miss murmur. along with winners hum other county computit: ions, nos (in to Um ()ntm'in ”Haiti told at the CINE in Tm" With. The mnhpi'titlnn involves an exnn‘iinutirrn n! the gll'ls‘ knuwltyrigv of liw dairy indus- try. n hrioi' :xyimwh until rm mat hul rnliklng mutt-st using mml‘ arn nurolrirmry mu] mellindfi . year of effort. (IS Promising young author? tion, 'Cail received 'the honor at the national conâ€" ference in Kelowna, B.C. in June. . She started her career as an advertising copy writer and soon plunged into the competitive free-lance field, placingl stories in Har- rowsmith magazine and the first piece of fiction in the University of Toronto Graduate. But her forte is romance story and moved. from writing short stories for magazines to a full length novel, "Fool’s Gold." ’ Two more novels of‘ Gail's are due out in" February; ”Tears of Gold" and a Harlequin ‘super‘ romance, ”Precious ln- terlude.” Gail says her shorter novels took six months to produce, while the 400â€"page super romance required a the Drawing on her memories of a three-month trip to the Sahara seven years ago, Gail has provid- ed a desert setting "Precious Interlude." She divides her time bet- ween a home in Toronto and her parents‘ farm near Demorestville, where she loads . hay .and tends a vegetable garden when she's not busy writing. visr'ron FROM ISLANDHMiss Elisabeth Hughes. lest, yummy 6mm, she ‘ for . i 3'" z . , mam: ‘éhbiw, .. v, ‘ e BLlCiSPEAKiNC â€" Andrea VanVIeet, winnerffif't'hq . Grades 4 to 6"catego‘ry Of the public speaking contésli} held by thé Picton Legion, Was overlooked in a report to! The Gazette about the Zone competitions held in Tweed‘ March 7. Here she is holding the trophies she won for be-: . ing second best in Prince Edward County. 1 Tyrone, Northern Ireland. was a special guest at the oldsing futlvi. do of the Apple Blossom Festival. She was at guestin the county tor ‘ ‘ days on exchange between young farmer orgamlmttoua of the miter! Kingdom and Canada. She is pioturedhore wit centre, mm the Apple Blossom Queen for 19171, Elizabeth Booms. r1 W it- il Worden doom 141%