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Dear i. iendS • -. Thisour'
eleventh.. ,day.:.' in . Edinburghand
the first:' One of .ram, ..The. weather.
has . been perfect ' until today..
ernyesterday, history WaS made, one
R
ofeight hundred • years was.-•
finished • and a new one begun. I
1, mean the opening of . the Highway:
bridge over the:'Forth at. Queens~:
ferry, only a few' miles fron Ed-
inburgh.' Until yesterday the For-
t th had been,. erossed, there .by..
Ferry for, eight centuries. Yes-
terday, the Queen officially . open-
ocL the new suspension bridge,:
rode across it, and then 'came •
back on the last trip of' the Fer-
ry. We celebrated this morning
driving_.,across and, -baek :again:
The approaches were gay with,
'.banners • -- St.., Andrews Cross
` and the IRed Lion Rampant ori
gold .: ground. On the. ' top . of the
two, high . towers were the Union
• Jack and the 'St. •Andrews•:Cross•..
The central span is over ' 3000'
feet ' long only`., as few . feet . shorter
THE LUGKNOW SENTINEL., . LUY1CKNOW,, ONTARIO,
back tri -the skirl of . the 'pipes,' the.
swig ' of the kilts. and . those drum-
mers1 ,
We• attended, ' : several • morning
recitals ,in the, Freemasons Hall.
The -'first was an unaccompanied
Choral Concert -.by' the ' Edinburgh
University Singers. Their tone was
pure •and ' :beautiful' and their dic-
tion .perfect: f n the `game hall we
heard Violin And Piano, and Cello
1 Piano on• other mornings,
'They Were very enjoyable to ..zpe.
trxcept , a` couple of choppy, Kdis-
Jointed, contemporary numbers,
In . Usher • 'Hall we heard the.
pianist. 'Rudolf Serkin and the.
English_ ,'Chamber 'Orcheatma de
ai Mozart programme. + I am ex-
tremely .fond •of • Mozart,. so that
was ' unalloyed 'delight for me.
The ' other concert in. Usher Hall
was by Serkin alone and• again
it was music by the older rias -
I suppose ,'our most delightful
evening concert • was the :Opera
than. Prince Street in, the city, and in the King's Theatre. it ,was La
is '130 feet above the water. A fairy story, Rusalka; music by
few ' yards downstream, the old- Dvorak and sung by' the Opera of
et,...Qantilever railway bridge t'i e..National Theatre Pira e,•
looks ,like • a giant +Meccano. be
Dvorak •writes:•. beautiful music,
side the graceful new bridge with' the voices wereLgorgeous-Wand the-
Lits, Inow ng +lines- .if the" -rabies- a effects literally out. of this
were unwound; ; the fine wires world. 'It • was a scene. of enchanit-
stret�ehed: out.' singly would en-. merit . and +illusion from 'start to
rul
e the , earth one anda quarter ,finish staging, costumes,, light -
times°_ ing:'. We had been • to the zoo that
But Edinburgh has more than afternoon and.'. ad- seen two ev-
a Bridge.:, It' has a Festival and ents,' there and the Penguins Par=.
that Is why we are here. The city ade and; the:'•Chimps' Tea Party.
was 'in gala' attire when . we re= which • were both. fun. Coming
turned. Flags, ' and again St.. back, our motor stalled .in traffic
Andrews. Cross ' was quite con- and that was . not` fun! But we
Victims flew:. from every pub- 'called on the RA.C. for help and:
lir . *wilding There were flag . a friendly . patrol man was along
poles the length- of Prmeess 'St; in ,a few minutes and took a. few
gay 'with ' pennants flags and ban- ;things apart and : cleaned ;them,
ners and the • names of all . coin- chatting a 1 the time, and . then.
`posers and writers. Whose works ° went ahead:.' to the theatre: Sr. saw
were being performed this year., us 'parked.for the evening. ': Best
Day • or . night,: it was •' +a. ,Splendid of all he: addressed' .me„ as `my
splen- 'sight. Of'' course, the most `:len-' lassie' and that . was , a , great'
g
did of all ''was, the •castle. ' Perch-. mor, ale • booster,;after.` m .:recent;
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ed: up there.' on its high, rock,'and ,birthday' All' in : all,` �iy
t.`was quite.
#food=lit : at night; it • looked exact- a .day! . •
ly • like a fairy • tale castle' floating We were at : three • All -Scottish
above'the city: concerts; - The : Golden. Legend. ' of
Before' I. go airy: farther, ' 'I Shults by James Bridie, is 'a sup-
know we . missed certain' social erficially amusing but also
events &::meetings -and 'greetings. thought ' provoking, play mostly:
But those of: you • who know ;us;:. in dialect. The next day. we were
know: that we are riot butterflies,. at a' one woman show by• Leilex
We came to. enjoy''..drama < and ;Milne = . The : Heart . is Highland,
music. ` - +an - . we •, did... I' ;MA. ou in which she played .a number of
could. see the 'Theatres: They characters; some :'in : braid , Scot'
make you feel that you really are and 'some in not 'so; `braid'.: Last;
attending a theatre'.and should be night the• concert was the .Musie
:'. dressed up for the ,,occasion The
interiors' ' are lavishly decorated
with gilt :. ornamentation, ' plaster
work- • fruit, flowers, . 'musical in-
.* struinentts : masks .--.. All . in soft
• pastel •' shades and gilt, As I said.
Also . columns and, pillars either
useful • or :ornamental.' I•sure.
Edinburgh must have • more,• clas
• tical 'pillars & columns per. , acre'
than any cutter city in the world
Ourfirst concert `was" :Shapes-
peare's ,play',• ` in the Lyceum,
'Love's Labour. Lost,, and the first
time; we had seen it:.It is •a good
Shakesp Beare: Comedy and . we .en-
joyed every bit of it. One.: thing
we;, noticed that the • *peaking : was
a lit slower. than it :Stratford and
a bit. easier,;to• follow. ` We saw
Henry V by 'the 'same co.. any.
the Bristol ' Old • Vie.. Our third
Shakespeare . was ' Hertry :IV, ,0
very. ;controversial ''production by
the Theatre 'Workshop. It was
'giver) in the Presbyterian Assem-
: bly +Hall, which didn'tseem quite.
the place :for some of the dialog
gues. I almost. ekpeeted John
Knox', to leave his .pedestal and,
come thundering in. .:
1 am .sure the moat 'thrilling ex-
citing. and. eolpurftil, 'spectacle is
the Tattoo. H you have'seen the
Esplanade at' thee you can
of Scotland, l6th, 17th, .and : 18th through the.
O.B.A. •
Frern :this 'beginning, the Or
ganizationi•. has 'grown. -- until to-
day► it .innludes ;ccen+tres fro the
Bruce . Peninsula in -the' North, . to
Sincerely the St Marys area in the: o
The Country Mouse Sarnia district in the West, Smith; and
• • ' .Edinburgh Orangeville 'in the East. • But con-
petion has : remained with tYI�e
smaller' centres:' 'Two. of 'the,:many
offshoots of the W'O.A.A, sane-
tioned and helped by the • parent
body, 'fare 'the• annual Young Can-
ada Pee. .Wee Baseball Tourne-
ment at Listowel and of :course,
the annual YoungCanada Hoc
key ;Week for Pee 'Wee' prayers,
at • Goderieh.
The. Western ,Ontario Athletic
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Association., fron .'a' small beginn-
ing in, 1945,' has grown into one
of the largest .sport organiza-
tions in the' Province'. In its in-:
:itialyear five hockey : -• teams
took part in W.O.A.A. competi
tion. In 1964, the number of part
icapating teams included 163. in
hockey,' 47 in Baseball; 102 in
Men's Softball; and 22 in Girl&`:
Softball
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comodation. It was hockey' :+timef so uncertain."
of ,the year, and a . new organic In response to " a question ' in
nation, the .. W.0 A.A'. ' came into .the Legislature by r. Gaunt
being ..- to organize and assist: Agriculture' Minister Stewart said
minor ; hockey. At that vinic, it. that : the ha : subsidy. and : • cattle
was:. felt 'many phases of sport -movement. assistance wield. ' con
would • be directed 'through the ,tiriue through the winter months.
W.O.A.A. and baseball was added Both' 'programs.' are a . result `' of,
the;: 'following year; later came federal-Provincia`I agreements.
softball.:' By the. time the •League,
affiliated, with, . the'•. Ontario Base-
ball Associations 'in 1949,' Junior
and .Intermediate series ;had .been •
added, "with. the Minors affiliat-
ing 'with PrvVincia1 bodies
0.M.HA.: and the,
and '19th 'Century music = :Pipes,.
a; small " ehorous, • a small string.
orchestra, a tenor, ,a , Soprano, oa
harpsichord and a piano 'and a
fiddler. : Don't' you wish • you had •
been .,here too?
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Shows Fast Growth
The Western Ontario ' 'Athletic
Association formed at the .. :con-
clusion of World. War: II, is •the
brainchild of, W. T. ,"Doc" 'Cru.ick-
shank, ''President' of CKNX':+Radio
and Television, Wf ghSam: "Doc"
• Cruickshank : always had, and still:
has the 'interest of, youth at' °heart,.
and while the older. `.athletes of.
the, Western. Ontario region had'
plenty of `•competition in ,hockey,
baseball, • •. softball and allied.
sports, he felt something'. should
be done .for. • th;e younger genera
ation.
To help, hien with a plan for
minor., Sport, he contacted 41. • L.
dory'' Gregg. of Kincardine;
who ' had many years experience
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drummers Sand '.brass. bands, mai'- bring the entire district into the
ching there. 'This y .car a Breton picture, B. L. H'Y Bamford,. C FY
playing l! iionying trad t al Breton r.0 11 " Rocher, 'and W M
• pipes Y ,re guests as were t lac Pra o --
also Prat
f Listowel centre
' the Barbados .police. bands, brass .fpr many years • of the:former.
and steel. The 'rhythmic' res- Northern Hockey. League, 'were
' Of some of the latter rontactcd, andAssociationpans werehereby madthee.
Oases' PiaYers had to be seen to be be- for can y w
dieted, There 'were • obstacle children of the smaller comnlun-
races ,.by .a group' of soldiers, Was 'would' have a chance at or-.
Police dog iota; some precision gn ized sport. •
drills and to a . Canadian, a very : The .first Meeting was called
important event was 'a group of for the nw1`ir studios, Wingham.
vete uver Highland /Jiggles whe poeornber 20th, 1945, brit when 40
did several daetes The lighting key theft, from neighbouring towns
Teets were treinendous and adv and villages arrived, the meeting
,.ded. so Much t '.o the evening. per. waswasriioved 0 the nearby Bruns_
Wick. ilotcl fci" mirataat•
torinances. -tut always we
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Slig:oests.. Aid
dor Draught: less
Toronto - Murray Gaunt, Lib-
eral MIP for Iluron-Bruce wants
:the Ontario government to 'ektend
aid to drottght-stricken farmers in
. a direct sub-
sidization
O,ntarro with
of loat income.
• "Last sui'ni:mer 'the department
of 'agriculture offered to pay $10 w
a tan in freight assastance on hay
and the' full cost of eastern far- .. ;! �,.
inert ship+pin'g cattle to .xoroti�to a'
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stoeltyanis, b a coninienteclY it
` however Al* ' , farmers for the ■NI
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"The federal government paysb
.50 per :cent of'any aid.. 'granted .
to::disaster .. :area, farmers and it
is incumbent 'upon the provincial.
government to make the most --ad=
`vantageous .'use' of .this money,"
be ' done by. means of assistance
to cover: ` drilling o f ` *Wells and
water -drawing or in the. form.,. of
a subsidization •• on annual, income
on the. average- income over the'
paat five, years."
Mr. Stewart Said there was no
direct: ass+is>tance program for°:
well -drilling, . but bank :guaranheesr :
were arranged under a loan pro
gram for;digging'wells. "
He
also ':pointed. out that the :
provincial goveriixnent provided aa. .
Subsidy for the digging°::of farm
ponce .. of 50 '• per cent : up • tie.. a .
Mr ,Gaunt said later:. "It. could': irnaximum. of : $500.
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