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.our Weeldy :Mouse Letter •` • •
Dear 'Friends. I am sitting in
our Dorm, `,t coking across the
•Firth. of • Forth ;to::the ..lovely sky=
line of the • :Kingdom . of Fife and
the soft colours; .of trees, .fields,
sun .and shadowss of early even-
ing. Thea: sky is blue' `with just . a
few . soft gray: clouds, :sand , there'
are white sails on the,',quiet blue.
water. It is a ,:very peaceful scene
and there ,isn't even ;much, traffic
on the Marine Drive disturb
the quiet.
•
We , are back , in Edinburgh a-'
gain . for a week or so, for : two
reasons. We are enjoying the Fest-
ival and we are, .receiving mail
' from home: There was : quite an
accumulation' in Manchester and
we . enjoyed . .' every. word, .period
and comma: Two things I.'wish to
mention in particular. One was a
card with 'a picture of Point -Clark
where we have spent : many. sum-
mer ' holidays. The other was in
a letter from one of the Manchest-
er nephews ;I may: have told you
before . that Tom left us early . in
a
001.1,:'44:401.0 tune
Today. young Bill likes to tinker but totnorroW.
he will be deciding on his career. Whatever'
profession or vocation lie ',traysettle on, there
will
be::no' financial :pxc?f.�1enn. ; A life. insurance.pg
ro ram with Siin LiFe not only, guarantees the
"funds'fo,r Bill's education but provides an income
for the whole family if Dad 'should die pre
Maturely. :.
fns associated with Sun Life of `
Canada, the Coritpany with the t' , ` y
that's right for you and your family.
Why' not call meV today?.
WILIAMJ. 101NAHAN.
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R.R. 2Lucl no7-1987
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SUN LIFE SSIIRANC ' .r~ �� OF CANADA ere•
Burn,'' nnn.,^r ...�,..;> t'i; st iv) , h
August • to attends the repnion . of.,
the Princess; Pats in ,Germany.,
where the present Pats are on a
tour of duty.., Princess Patricia
was • to be. there ' ,present new''
colour,. and there was; to .be . a
whirl of parties, c lebrati&is,'.'.of-
ficial ' and social; of airs, .because"
the Pats .were` 'formed .exactly
:fifty. . years ago. There are. very
few of the originals still living.,
Tom and one- other were the. : only,
originals .from Canada and there
were not many more from Eng-
land:
Well, Tom .returned from the
continent, a "Freeman of the City •
Of Ypres," where the Pats receiv-
ed that first Horrible and decima
ting gas ''attack • in 1915.. I 'expect
the honour ofbeing made . Freeman-
of
reemanof the city . was 'conferred on all
:the originals -who were -en -:the -trip -
this summer. ,"... ` '
Now,. what" else to tell you from.
•allthat' has happened this week.'
Monday was • • an interesting ' and •
•varied day, 'so 1. shall. tellabout it.
We were it Ayrshire, most •of the.
time ' in Burns, Cpuntry. Ayrshire
is: just about everyesing that.' a
county "could be., '.t is highly, in-
dustrialized in 'some places, and,
those places'' we avoided where
'possible. It' has many mines. and
these.you 'cannot avoid. You find:
them in the 1,middle :• of towns,
farms; ' wadods. or moorlands. It
has a ' lovely. coastline, : part 'bold
cliffs ,With. several castles and: part:
beautiful sandy bays ` with 'white
breakers on the ,blue water.. Prest-
wick, the most. fog 'free airport in
Britain is; in Ayrshire. But whatwe.
remember most..are the farms.
•
Generally; speakingthea farms
are dairy farms and asp' yoti:.might
expect the cattle are mostly Ayr-
shire, with a sprinkling of Hol-
steins. In some fields :there seem
ed to 'be barely standing; room for
the cattle, but, thanks to the Gulf
Stream.. bringing ' abundant ,ram-
fall.the, .pastures were. -lush and
green.. Milking: time is • a bit ear -
tier . than at home.. and .the ' milk
is collected from ' the farms, • once
a day: ` Regulations are very':strict.
regarding ' cleanliness • and sani-
tation.. The barnyards. • all. seem
to bepaved: and both stables(by-
res) ,and. yards. are hosed - off after
milking, The farm buildings are;
almost one storey high, : hence they
cover twice the :area they .do ":at
home: and `seem to be strung , out
over. a long distance: The f arra!
where we ''camped • had ' the build-
ings. includi ig ,the'. house and:
•'airy built around 'three :: sides
of an open courtyard ,On the ,dairy.
farms there is.; not much 'grain
grown, so there is not much straw
'for• bedding, and. sawdust 'seems
to be used• instead
On farms ' wh re Seemed
was.
more `grain, oats Seemed to be the..
principal ; crop, -.with . some.' bar-
ley; and a very little wheat. Some
of .the :grain was still completely
green; . some , .was. ' ripening . and
some was combined• and the straw
all baled. In one' area the oats was
in stooks,: lovely straight lines of
;.stooks_ the :-width of the .;field and
seemingly only, a ,few feet apart.
But again thanks to the gener-
ous 'rainfall many fields of grain
were, :completely `flat.
The fields are fairly large. • We.
saw ' wire fences, rather . rare in
Britain ' and many lovely green'
hedges, There arc marry trees in
, 'Ayrshire also. Sometimes .just'
single trees; • sor:e"mes little
:groups); sometimes ' sneiter belts
arid. sometimes large forests. Then
gradually, we moved from the open.
fertile -farms 'to the bare moor-
lands, at; first with stone walls for
fences and then warning notices,
`S'atcl for Sheep, Unfenced Past=
ures:" 'And sheep there were, the
usual black and. white •'Scottish.
sheep but some • were yellow or
\orange! That, was a real myst-
ery until we found that the sheep
dip, colours them for a time. The
Coven,
nter sstron Ayrshire old
strongholdsand we were told
g
that an Annual Conventicle is
still held' in one remote place,
I • mentioned the mines, • mostly
coal mines Some are Very large,.
very modern and very , produc-�
tive. Some;'' 'ire ol,.. abandoned
mines, the. only signs 6014 some
derelict buildings. ' and the ` old
conical mine tips Some of. the
tips • are flat on top, as if behead-
ed.. Some are raw and red, the.
colour of the 1o' a1 rock, but sonic
are covered with grass and. weeds.
A ,,
LO,ClIALSH
'The, Kirwan '(omen's Institute
met on Wednesday afternoon at.
'the home. of ' Mrs, Dupcan Farr-
ish , and spent the' afternoon quilt-
ing.
• Visiting at •the' MacLeod. 'home
is Mr. Rod' MacLeod of:Medicine
Hat, Alberta.• `
Mr. rand.; Mrs. D. A. MacLe
spent. Monday in London •and vis-
ited with Kenneth MacLeod who
is still a patient in hospital: there.
The .•C G.T.T.. of Ashfield ,
Pres-
byterian Church met
on Monday.
evening' in the Church for their
regular meeting. •
ed. We looked .:at. the : "auld clay
biggin,�._at. Alloway, w h e re
Butns was; born, .'We ate our lunch
between the 1G g:; ornate' Burns.
Memorial : :a..d the `auld brig' '(a
boo-backit brig) at Doon. We visit-
ed Souter Johnnies House at Kirk-
Oswald... and saw . the life-size stat-
ues of four of Burns' friends in
the` garden. The old. curator 'of
the little Museum ' there fairly
caressed them as he .pointed out
the beautiful details of the carv-
ing. " `
What are some Ernemories we
'have ;':of Ayrshire? The movement
of layers of rain clouds sweeping
in from , sea; one •tall 'Standing
Stone in a .field; sunshine Streaks
on the clouds and patches of sil-
ver on the • sea `hundreds:. of sea
gulls following' a:plough: in a' field;'
the dark red of rocks, buildings,
mine tips and roads very : cheery
on a' rainy ;day; • and as, a . contrast:
a lovely : creamy. coloured stone
church in one town Wish you had
been along.
. : The Country Mouse
:Edinburgh'
The' congregation was :few . •an.
number on' 'Sunday, at'..Ashfeld
Presbyterian Church due to 'the•
stormy, weather.. •
Miss, • Elaine Robb, who has.
been, practice teaching 'in Kitch- •
• ener, . spent. the • week -end with,
her :. mother' Mrs. ,:'Harvey Robb
and Donald
Several from the community at-
tended• the funeral on Saturday in;
Lucknow for Miss Mary MacLen-
nan, a one time resident of Loc-
hal�sh -
We are . sorry to-.,. report ,that. .
Jimmy Simpson, son of Mr. and
Mrs; Donald Simpson, is• a pa-
tient in 'Wingham hospital:
Miss Ursula • Courtney has been
absent from North 'Ashfield Pub-
lic School 'since:before the_Chris4-
tmas holidays • with rheuinatie •
fever. Ursula is a patient in God ,
erich 'hospital. ' •
OL.I VET . NEWS
.Week -end:. ;guests .with ' ;Mr and
Mrs. Ray —Hamilton and family
were Mrs.. Jean -Hamilton of the
S.S. Red Wing and Mr :arid Mrs.
Gary Hoefm'an of Sudbury. , .
Mr. and Mrs. Jim, McNairn of
Seaforth and Miss Helen White of
Winghain visited" on Sunday with
•Mr,. and .. Mrs :Oscar :Whiteand
family.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs..
Harry Collin on the birth of h
The flower committee of the
Ripley and Huron Fall . Fair met
at the home of Mrs. Norval Stew-
art
tewart on ,_Wednesday- to revise the
prize list for this year. Some new
'varieties a r e- being included.
Members of the . conunittee are
Mrs. Stewart, Mrs'. Oscar White'
and Mrs. ` Ewan' McLean
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