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Browns [ Corners The Tate family picnic was held last Sunday at Brown's Corner’s School house. Among those who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Barry Tate of Embro, Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Pearson, Barry and friend Florence, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pearson and children, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Sims, James and Bonnie Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Wattie and David of Embro and Mrs. Eva Tate of Kintore, Mr. and Mrs. Fred McLellan, Mr. and. Mrs. Ron McLellan of Thamesford and Mr. and Mrs. Max Tate and family of West Hill, Ont. _ Tate Picnic The Wakem picnic was held at Brown's School a week ago%mday, and the; Darling Reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Murray May of London last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Darling and Sean, Mrs. Muriel Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fitzgerald of St. Marys and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fitzgerald of Ilderton enjoyed a birthday dinner at the Garge in London on Saturday, the occasion being the 75th birthday of Joyce's father, Mr. Fitzgerald. Mr. Charlie Martin, a former resident of this area, passed away last week at the Mitchell Nursing Home. Mrs. Anna Rutledge and Mr. and Mrs. Stan Lagenc and family of Michigan spent a few days with Mr. Reg Darling and attended the Darling Reunion last Sunday. 2 David Glover of , Thorndale, a member of the :1 West Nissouri team, said l, Thursday arrangements are I "Wing made to have the match held during the f- Thorndale Fair in , September. The tentative i date is Sept. 26. -He said Toronto, which had held the matches in former years doling the taneidreiii'"riig-Of-war 'LL., "r/ . L-, 'lr To Be At Thorndale "Naiiressiifiil,,i,,_ Canadian vNational Exhibition, was no longer willing to foot the bill for the championship. Even though Molsons,» the Canadian brewery had assisted, there will be no national championship in Toronto this year. 'He said if all things go according to plan, ‘about a dozen teams from Ontario will be competing in the intermediate and heavyweight divisions. ' The Canadian Tug-of-War Championship is expected to be held in, Thorndale this year. West Nissouri is the current intermediate champion -having won the title for several consecutive years. At the championship they will be pulling against the Toronto Police, the heavyweight champions who have always beaten West Nissouri for the honour. //, jet Mr. Gregory was coach during last year's record number of wins and in 1980 when the team captured the \International Plowing Match Championship at Woodstock in the marathon 10 minute pull with North Easthope. This year"s Nissouri tug- of-war team is without the services of coach John Gregory who has stepped down to spend more time with his family. Anchorman Bill Aarts has stepped down for the same reason. ", " Mr. Aarts was one of the original members of the West NissOuri team, anchoring it for seven years. West Nissouri’s win record as of Thursday was 27 wins in " pulls. South Easthope managed to defeat the team when several key members were absent. However, later in that same match when these people arrived, West Niss/ouri avenged the loss by running away from South Easthope in a time of only 'four seconds. t This is a turnaround trom recent years when the police were always successful. However, Mr. Glover said in a recent pull in Oshawa, West Nissouri beat the Toronto Police in a pull lasting 48 seconds. . “ -ehampionsi. FIFTY YEARS of pulling in tug-of-war competitions was recognized when Mel Monteith of RR 3 Thorndale was presented a plaque in Windsor recently. Pulling since 1932, Mr. Monteith has been involved with area tug-of-war teamsffor five decades. He is currently associated with WeiNissouri of .Thorndale, the Canadian intermediate (StpffU?hoto)