HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-09-01, Page 5WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1st,. 1965
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL,.' LUCKNOW,: ONTARIO
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FIVE
Your Weekly Mouse
(Intendod For .Earlier Issue)
Dear Friends -- Now what, to.
tell you today:, So much to ,choose
from I hardly know wh1ere to
start.We ' are `A Rollin' Home'
now. We left our dear old ' Teign
Valley on March 17th and were
at' a;. welding : in Reading on the
19th. Since then we have -just
poked along ` enjoying thecoun-
try, and tonight are - at Dempsey
in Worcestershire If :,any. of you
are from that county you may
be* able* 'to. see :what we can.see
the blue •bulk of 'the Malverns.
against • a 'pale sunset ' sky. There
are: two Beacon Hills and between
them a medium high hill. This
morning we parked the Dorm at
Old' Wyche �=- isn't, that a. delight-
ful name ? I'm not sure of the
pronunciation -- wish or witch;
but;' either is fascinating. I ,got
into socks and..rubber soled " shoes
and started up a steep road "un-
fit' for motorized vehicles." I was
winded.. several times • before ;
reached the top ` but the view
across . the smooth green pastures
of Worcestershire made 'a' good'
excuse to stop; I was surprised
at the. straight roads I could :: see
one - a' grass: road. At the top of
the road,. I stepped. across -into,
.Herefordshire.. .Again lovely fields,
smaller, .hilly, ' and. some. . reddish
in colour. Also, there seemed , to
be .more • wooded .patches: A. rail-
way snaked across, the country'
into. a tunnel through..the bill, and.
out'. again to snake across .Wor-
cester.
I turned to .the:, left'.and started:
'up the soft. • turf . and rocky out-
crops of the •hillside A skylark
sprang up alrnost at my 'feet and -
fluttered' up into the blue, singing
its beautiful song: song:: (Yesterday, ;I
saw Penguins swimming in a
huge glass tank and I can't im-
agine• a ; much greater contrast in
birdland!) • The: , climb . up .to;'. the
.ridge was easy and pleasant, ".and
I .use that word !ridge': advise-
dly. 'It was `only, .a. few. yards
.across with steep .slopes •gorse
and dry .bracken covered, -on each
side. And those views! The high-
• er peaks . -ahead .• were . very. 'en -
'tieing but time gave out when I
reached the medium :peak. • One
of ` theBeacons, and a' bit to one
side an ancient hill fort . en an-
other peak, coaxed .me on but . I
hadto turn back...
The. Malverns : are crisscrossed
with foot. paths ' and. they were
alive .with -walkers like me, and.
Letter..
hikers with packs on, their shoul-
ders this first nice . Sunday . of.
1965. I saw three ' children from
smoky old. Birmingham having a
wonderful time rolling in t. h e
bracken, and .turning somersaults
on the hillside. And. I saw people.
just lying in the :sun. I saw a,.
small white -poodle gambolling
around in circles and leaping hp
like
our lamb •friends' back in.
Devon And I. saw a few mag
Ines. and . crows ° flying about ; I.
probably should have . been in
-church, but being . up•m'there . was
almost like being •in a.,Cathedral.
of the Hills. From cne • hignest.
hilltop 'One can see 14 counties on
a clear day.
• We have . driven through or
near some places with '.delightful
names. This morning we drove
through Cropthorn, Fladbury,
Wyre. Piddle, Pershore, Upton -
upon -Severn, .Welland, . Little Mal
Vern, Malvern Wells., 'Great Mal
vern and ; Wdrcester. ,In .the Mal-
verns we saw roadsor: paths, to;
Holy ' Well, Eve Well and Pixie
Walk In .the. Cotswolds we saw.
Chipping ' Norton. „ and : Chipping
Campden,, . Moreton • in , O'Marsh;
Stow, . on the .Wold, Bourton on
the .:Hill .land • Bourton :- on 'the Wa
ter . (the Water is the Windrush
River), Upper Slaughter and Lo-
wer Slaughter,' Upper Swell . and.
Lower Swell. •
• Earlier' in"
the -Week we were
in ` the " Wantage ' area.: where Al-
fred the Great, was born.- .That
is .a 'very, ancient part.'of•:,Britain.
A fewmiles. away. is ,:the Uffing
ton' White Horse • It ,is 'a stylized
design 374 feet ' long. carved in the
hillside .dee • enough p g to .expose the
underlying chalk It was probab-
ly.
robably.• done: about ' 100 .8.C. A few
yards away is an ancient. hill fort,
in. another Dragon : Hill where , St
George' slew. the 'dragon,'• and a
long .the, ',ridge of the ,, . hills are;
old trackways which- were used
hundreds of years. ago when the
valleys were dangerously :infested'
with 'wild animals.. That is prob-
ably .pre -history; There have been.
several more recent battles • in
the same part of the country We
were in Oxford for 'a: day `admir-
ing many` of the college buildings.
The. old. abbeys and parish chur-
ches .all week have ' been•• large,
interesting and beautiful.., And.
we were. in Harwell . where .one of
the . atomic research : stations is.
located. Imagine 100 B.C., to the
atomic age in probably. 10 miles.
. -Then :we have .. also seen some.
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ou::never had to' *Or,
about retireme�t"
Not this happy couple ! Many years ago,
Bob invested in a Sun Life Itetirenient In-
come policy and, now that he is. ' 65, he will
bd receiving 'from Sun Life a $400 cheque
every month. And when Bob dies, his wife
will receive two-thirds. of this amount each
month as long as ,she lives: '
Chances a ,re youtoo may look forward:to
many happy retirementyears. r+ allow Bob'a
\example. Why not give me a call today?
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WILLIAM J. KINAHAN
" R.R. 2 Lucknowv...
Phone Wingharn 35 lel 98.7.
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Cerhetery.Plaque
(West Wawanosh Council' Minutes)
The regular August meeting • of
the West Wawanosh ,Township
Council was held on , August 10th,
with ail. ' members 'presen't.: The
minutes of, the regular. July meet-
ing and of a especial meeting held:.
on : July 22nd, in connection • the
'tender• for the: 'St. • Helens culvert.,
were read and ..adopted ons' a ' Mot
ion by' Councillors. Smyth arfd. Ly-
ons.
' It , was.. moved by Councillor
'Jefferson': and. seconded .by Coun-
cillor Smyth,.: that Council :accept
the tender of G. A. Gibson and
Sons of Wroxeter for the construe-
hop
onstrue tion of -the culvert at St,• Helens,
due to the failure of the Flow ten-
derer to produce a performance
bond or certified cheque' .:hi • the
full ° amount of '• the tender ' and
that Gibson's certified cheque for
10% of the tender be', returned
to him.
By. -law. No. 7, a Supplementary.
By-law to coyer road expenditures
in 1965.' for $2,000.00 made nec-
essary ` by the acceptance of, the
second lew ;tender on the St. Hel-
ens culvert; was read. and , passed
on' a motion . by Councillor : Lyons',
seconded by . Councillor: ,Erring-
ton:. .
Bert Thompson; Clerk of East
Wawanosh 'Towrship�,attended
the meeting with a request that..
Council , give their ':approval to
the ' construction of a building for
bathing facilities ., at the East and
of , the;, best ;agricultural areas
Britain. • This . morning; ' we . were
in the Vale of .Evesham.. It
one vast • garden ' in ; the . bottom
land, and orchards on the: slopes'
— miles.: and .miles. The gardens
are being planted now ' and cab-
bage plants, etc. , are set out al-
ready .—
lready= before the' end of. March.
The Vale is 'famous for dessert
apples. and plums. A few ,centur-
ies ago, ,the: Cots*o1d,; Ii1ls,;,were
covered . with sheep '°and ,fantastic
fortunes were made; out ..of wool.
Many of the. Cotswold " churches
were built• or ebuilt..by the weal-
thy wool merchants.. Wantage :; is
on' the edge " of the : Vale of the
;White Horse: and .;we ',saw.. many
orchards :and' -gardens: there. also.
There were sheep On -the • hills : and
many.. signs of race ,horses. ,Then
of course, there were large farms
:of -arable land, all cultivated 'and
ready for.' ' seeding or ' already :see-
ded. ,There have been. "dairy herds
in all these_ parts but, not as .many
as I; • expected. Today I saw hop
gardens and. just ',down the.• road
are sorne .,oast houses..And ..flow-
ers
,flow-ers ..everywhere! , England is burs-
ting into: bloom. Right now there
are : daffodils and early iris, hy-
acinths and ;, e a r l y flowering
shrubs.
The . countryside is' lovely with
the' honey coloured ' Cotswold
buildings, ora the black and white.'
thatched cottages. Today I• saw
a number. of houses' built of un-
evenly 'cut, stone much . like the
home, but these were a 'mottled
old stonewalls of the. barns .at
reddish brown` . colour. And a
most unusual • sight today was 'a'
wayside,,' Calvary; ' very rare' in
England, Wish .you were here..
Sincerely,
• The Country Mouse•
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West .Township; Park. Councillor Robert Jefferson,, brushing, $26.00; .
Imperial ppit Lg.: fuel el and
tax,
$ 5.45; D.R.M:C.O Ltd., bulldoz-
er.: .,
. blade,`;`starter: and.. clutch. parts,,
$885.93; B. M. Ross, Survey,
plans culvert, $470.00; Louis Blake,
spray g • brush, . .$132.00; . Murdie
and n, .pruning shears, $11.28;
Pannabecker's, steel posts •, and '
wire, $6.80; Harvey: Culbert,.. cut-
ting grass, ,paint, ; plywood, , sten-
cils, $42.66; Jack McGee, .mowing,.
$148.50; N. McDonald, backfilling
culverts, $92.00, : N. McDonald,
hauling;; gravel, ' $64.00; : Graham
Cook, . bulldozing, $48.00; • W. , :J . •
Routly, County Road Superinten-,
;dent's Assoc., $10.00;: George
:Smyth,: 'safety, helmets., chain,
$12.75.
Joan' C. Armstrong, Clerk:
Jefferson made such` a motion and
Councillor 'seconded ;the motion.
Carried.
The: ,application of. Grant , Chish
olm for a ° loan under . the Tile
Drainage Act • was. presented to
Council and approved. The Clerk
was. instructed to; send. the 'appli-
cation :as .required, 'to o the Provin-
cial Treasurer for . approval ' .
The Road Accounts were : pass-
ed for payment : on .a motion• by',
Councillors Smyth and ' Jefferson.'..
The -Ro'ad : Superintendent was in-
structed to have a plaque pre-
pared for the Cemetery at Lot 13
'Concession 2, commemorating the
Township pioneers interred there -
The .general " accounts were .pass-
ed. for. payment . on a motion by
Councilliors Lyons and Errington 4H. BEEF CLUB
The Lucknow Sentinel; Clerk's The Dungannon 4H Beef Club
envel es, •.' - 7:.15 • ' 1 h; District met ; on. August 17,- at the home of
Fire Area, Robertson tractor , and RalphFoster. Cecil `'• Cranston. op
Delbergue house, $250.00 Graham `erred -the , Meeting • with •: the, 411
Cook, 'bulldozing : dump,' $30.00; pledge. The.: minutes : were read"
West, Wawanosh-Mutual Fire Ins., by.. Donna .McKenzie. The mem-
insurance .premium on township bers then judged a class .of mat=
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buildings,. $6.25; Ontario'.: Hydro, ure Hereford:,' cattle. Bob Fedy
Township shall power, $6.07. gave a . demonstration on:how to
I .readyto : show by
Road . Accounts Harvey, Culbert,. get a'' 411; calf ,
salary 195.50 Angus MacDonald, I washing and brushing..., Ambrose
grader ,operator, $219.65, ' 15 mac 1 Redmond thanked Mr. Foster for.,•
;Donald', -labour; 'culverts: $16.00; the, uses -of his barn. .
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