The Lucknow Sentinel, 1952-06-18, Page 6�l.
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL. LUCKNOW'z , ONTARIO
WEANESD•A• JUNE 1.9th, 1952
Sisters Describe
olid, o Ital
bast' Fall .the Salkeld Sisters.
1..., -.2 -Margaret sand Helen -- gave
µ Sentinel readers •an interesting
description of the Old Country
as they saw it during' a summer
holiday ,bicycle tour, • ,
Their Easter vacation was spent.
:fin a •motor. trip to, Italy, • and
from a , letter to their parents,
'Mr:' and. Mrs. T. J. Salkeld;. we
• ,give a resume of theirjourney,
but Which . may be less interest=
ing than had the, girls written
their • own story for publication:
They made • the trip in a 1939
Austin which they 'affectionately
termed "Gertie", but which :prob7-
-ably was called less. endearing'
'James as the ,trip progressed, al
,though., not, altogether ' Gertie's
'fault To "begin .with the service-
man left .the plug' out of the .oil,
but . •thee trouble waS' discov-
ered before any damage resulted.
BY the .time they reached the
south • of France the starter was
the blink, and the girls, had to
Careful to always park "Geri -
ie. on' a grade to :-get started. At
the Italian-iFrencli. iborder, they
had to let "her roll :' backwards.
to get going after border •cross-.
ng . regulations; ;had been com-
plied Finally -in 'Italy,: the
girls" decided ' ' to had re . repairs
Made. On the whole, while lack-
• ing any "get • up and : go'',; the
Austin' plugged .along' very nice-
ly and . •gave them. an, excellent
opportunity to view the scenery,
. which after ...all Was the main
purpose sof" the jaunty But,
'enough. about Gertie. '
The letter was written in .part
at Alassio, Italy, where the wea-
ther was sintunerlike, the flowers-
imost beautiful and the letnons
.and oranges ripe. Alassio .is on
lhe.'Italian Riviera just over the
. border from ,.i!'rance, sand as; did.
so'many other places; still, show -
?ed signs ., of wartime bombard
•
As Sentinel readers generally
know, Miss, Margaret: Salkeld is
leaching' in England :. this.year
under the teaoher exchange ar served .by Miss' Elsie Markle, a
rantgement, . and . her sister, Miss. friend . of the bride: -She -wore-
finally settled for a park '• bench
where they spent the• night
watching the ngon _ over the
Mediterranean and saw the $41
,1
over Monte Carlo; -
The Rhone Valley scenery was.
lush with terraced 'vineyards,
peach,. ;cherry and ,apricot• trees
in ',blossom and flower • gardens.
in bloom. • •
At. Monaco they'. ,crossed into
Italy and proceeded to Alassio,
a lovely seaside town and quite=
Amer'cannized. .they wandered
throtight the old 'streets of Genoa,:
strung• with washing, littered
with garbage and crowded wifh
•dirty youngsters. The concluding
paragraph of the letter was writ-
ten under the leaning tower in
Pisa, one of the many fascinat-:
i'ngm. points of interest in Italy.
From, Pisa the girls ,were' head-
ing to Rome for a couple of days
before starting iback via Swit-•
zerland, and into France again
to ' spend a • couple Of days in
Paris. (before' returning to Eng
land. . .
WEDDING BEL..$
•
ROBB'-BROTCHIE
The Presbyterian 'Manse, Kin-
cardine, was the scene of a `quiet
wedding • on Saturday, June • :7th
.at. 3.30 o'clock ,When Flora Mar-
garet, only ,daughter of Mrs.:.
•Brotchie. and the late Ford Brat-'
chie, .became: the bride of James
Wilmer ,Robb, -'son la, Mr.: and
Mrs:.; Thos. ,Robb of Ashfield. Rev.
Mr. Mitchell officiated:
The bride 'was:becomingly at-
tired in awhite nylon net.
street 'length dress .`with mauve
piping ;and rnauv.,e roses; on the
skirt..' She wore white.: accessor-
ies, Her • attendant, Miss . Margaret
Murray, wore a nylno, • dress with
mauve lace and mauve hat.:' Bob
Brotclie. was . groomsman.., .
Following 'the ceremony the
Wedding . party,. . gathered at the.
bride's home where >a 'dinner was
Helen Salkeld ,. who , .:holds her
• MASA. from, the, O.A.C.; is conn-'.
pleting.post 'graduate studies:
The girls started their trip by
motoring" to ;Dover where they
took ;an overnight ferry.to battle
scarred ;Dunkerque'- where the
dock : area is still .a• mass of..,
tangled barbed, wire aiid con-
'trete and• shattered 'shells of
buildingts. From.. there they went
across northern France through
villa es wi suc nh familiar -Haines
as Arras Camibrai' ' St Cloi'
k p:
'
rx
•
•pastel blue sheer. • • The ',bride's
mother. wore. a pastel nylon:, dress.
,and the' groom's . mother chose'
navy' sheer: Both Wore similar
corsages. • '
The groom's.gift to the :bride
was a wrist watch, • anal•" 'to the
groomsman a tie pin and, cuff
link's. The bride's .gilts to. Mar-
garet and Elsie were silver bread
trays. '
'Pre -Nuptial Parties.
r; •
Prior to her wedding Flora was
Amens.' This routetook their invited to the Rpyal' Hotel, Kin-
jpas xriariy war casualty ce inet 'mine,-:�wherea_she_ had._ worked,
cries, all:'beautifu'lly 'kept withfor the last six i nths.' The staff
the grass trimmed and flo Xrers a Jd board abed la presented• her with
and boarders' pre
growing. • ; ' ' • • lamp..Four .show
At Viiny they . visited the Can- ers'were held at her . home for
adian War memorial which has friends and.relatives.• • The bride
their uncle Lawrence's name. en. received marry beautiful and use -
Standing on top of 'a high hill ful gifts for which sshe thanked,
the, monument is 'moat impressive them' and invited them all to visit
and the land around'. it is pre-. her and Wilmer in . their new
seuved as it was in 1918 with the home.
trenches. and all. Canadian pines A reception is (being' held on
planted in
are
groves nearby. .1 Thursday night for this popular
France is, a very beautiful young' couple at Reid's Corner.
•
eountr they. :said
yy Y , and very.' ..... _ ... .
peaceful looking now. The farins
are largeand the land looks' good;.
but the people .seerned poor and
lack.' many of. the conveniences
enjoyed in rural Canadian homes.
The women• do their washing' in
the ,nearest stream orin the vi11-
ages in , a public wash:house;
•Following the Seine to Dijon
the/travellers. southward
'down the Rhone 'R•iver, valley to
Lyons, and on to Valence where
they made an ov.ernigh.t stop at
z• -.n inn where they 'discovered the
;inn keeper; who 'spoke ,English,
lad ;lived in' Vancouver ;for . sev
oral years. At Avignon they saw
the old bridge and the palace ;of
,the P•apes. They reached Cannes.
on .Easter Day' and. not. being
ablego get a place to stay, Went
tin to Nice arriving after night-'
fall -,amu meet -with: ho- b'eeter--1uek,.-
°l'hey visited the police; "hopiri ;;
They would put us. tip in the
Bastille for trier night, bit • no
jock. They 'couldn't find the hos..,
tel tney,had .been' directed to and
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