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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-05-29, Page 2• pi l • o • !VI etrer Too Good There. seem . to . be so mantif 'People who know how 'oto 'run a -newspaper, we are surprised there are .not more of ,them in the • publishing business. :'Or course, their conception of Nr1iat • should, : or should riot, ,.be published is generally dictted by a. limited ;personal` .perspec- tive, • and .heir own : misun'ter pretation ` . of .a news Atom,' into 'which they .read their, own trend ' thought,. and . which is • not always free of pettiness, and Un- ,reasonableness.! in-,reasonableness.• • Inc :our mail last week we re - 'calved an- anon mous letter: The usual 'procedure iwfhen " a !letter writer hasn't. 'the courage to. sign their name (not necessarily for publication, but preferably) we . quickly consign 'the epistle to the waste paper basket. Ilu t, this letter .tis "too good" 'to withold from..Sentinel read- ers!, . so we toss polity aside. and tiere it is • Lu oknow, , May 21. 'Dear Sirs:. Regarding .your. recent ar- ticle •naming the, ' king -and, queen of ` music of 'the ; Hiigh School, many' pea le 'in . the, village are wondering how .` the; ' Lions .Club had •author - itt r to do It. There are 'many ' fine musicians;' at. the sahoal who play as . well ;and better than 'those named;•. andthe. selection of the laest is' hard:- iy +the ,concern .of the:. Olub and. ' the .unwise awards orf the • member . should . not .'have been . printed. I;ncaid its of a is k` do -t, Put ,'the " kind r;�?o ckib. or 'your paper in ;a good- light, and have cause` • agood:: deal of *bitter ' • feel Ings: . ' • . 1. am Sure when it was printed,- you' did not realize the .undercurrents .at produc ' To THZ I.UCKKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,. ONTARIO But: Aronyous E..t$a rd To WPB MANY . 'PAY TRIBUTE .TO MRS, J. W. COLWELL.. • A huge throng of people ' pass; ed through the MacKenzie Me- morial Cihaple on Monday ev. them on them piano duet .and ening :in tribute Ito. the hate, MI's, piano ,solo by referring to them as the king and queen of music. There was no contest, no • jud- Ong, and no. inference� of the best. , Iht, was simply, a 'neat•, phrase to say :"thank • ,you" and a hu= man interest -story which the, writer picked up and printed,. and. for which we have:no no ap- ologies.. „Since when . did..being "the ' best" • become an 'essen�ti�a1 ingredient . in what makes, "kings" .'and' "que: of • ensany- one? • The 'writer of this anon yunous. letter has; in: our opinion, ad- ded' nothing to their stature by so doing. !Incidentally, . the . above letter • 'to iMr. Cam , Thonmpson, • was iiot -tihe: only "letter-,4wr tte ' handwriting was, it appeared,• ;camouflaged: It 'tresembled' an adult .hand, and in comparing the two tiletters we are. ':aware of, the handwriting on one, was snore "shaky": than. • the other. By . way of explanation (or should: we bother) . the Lions. generally have. soarie musical en- tertainment: it their meetings. On :this occassion two .high school, students - .per,or+med moat . accept stably: . They/ received a '`big hand,. • - : Vit. so happenedthat` the pie - tures of the "High; School King and 'Queen, had appeared ,in the, Free Press that day.' : In 'thank- ing the two enfo7m ers, a •nieni- ber of the club used a • figure of 'Speech. , in • comlplixnenting Q' C's Announce ;Huron-Bruce IVominaton Date Hospital Auxiliary. Benefits By Sale 'Thee Hoapi:tal Auxiliary. Spring rummage' sale was 'held , in: . the Wingham Arena ' on . Saturday afternoon; May. 2!5,. 'Once' again the people • of the area respond- ed well ' to :the ,appeal and as donors,. workers and buyers con. tributed to the success of .the - event. The financial report is as `foil 1ows Men'•s and .Women's Clo. thing, -$266.04;• Miscellaneous ,r ticles, ''169.71..; 'Children's: Cloth= ing, •: 69.30; ` Bats;' : 33,40, : Shoes, 64.25;' Novelties and China, '92.08; :Groceries. and Curtains, 24.92; Furniture, ' 150'58 ',Donations.). 415' Total $874.33 ' : . 'In addition there'. was sent to the Hospital ':a ' parcel of •arti-- pies suitable' for use 'there with an estimated value ' of .$42.00. The . receipts. 'from the . Hospital Tag. .Day , _ were: flout-of_town, .$166 5. Wingh�am, •'$171.00 Total, $337.50.: . 4 The Aauxiluary is grateful to 'all those 'who aback ,them up 'In. this cooperative -ort : whhifin- 'valves mahy Workers and many. kinds : of • Whelp. Women worked hard..all ;day 'Pi'ida y avid on Sat- urday morning and• afternoon taking phone, calls, receiving and sorting., articles.,; • preparing the:. departments, and conducting .the sale. ,Several men of 'the .corn- .munity .alsq +hetliped in' a .car iety of ways: The Auxiliary: ap- pre+ciated - very .much Mr. Jack Alexander's . contribution of : tea- ent , to .the successful furniture auction; At the end of the af- ternoon'. f ternoon'. wearing apparel in, use - ;Ail condition which had not 'been 'sold was ,paeked::for'' shipment to 'the 'Scott Mission and, Fred Victor .Mission for use.. in their Work in Torontq's Inner City. The Auxiliary .;hopes . to be' able, to;; announce' soon. the • use which ' w.i11,'be made of'the pro- fits ':from this ;sale., Over the Years .many ..pieces of valuable equipment and supplies have: been ,purchased as. a :result of the :generous ' support of : these. sales by. the citizens of the .com- munity. IWe auitil realize how 'for- tunate we are to •,be so Well ser,. vice • by our District Hospital, and in many people take pleasure showing 'their appreciation at this time. It is. hoped :,that all those who •are interested in. sup- porting this worthvrhile event in said of- : the Hospital • •.w.i'lll 'keep the autumn sale in mind and start naw settingaside items Which 'might be 'donated then. Save your dopations, and your ,buying power, and we'll. see you in October! John' W, .Colwell of Kinlough, .who passed away suddenly in. St. - Joseph's Hospital, London, on Sunday. . Funeral service was conducted at Kinleugh. Anglican Church on Tuesday with interment .in Greenhill 'Cemetery, .. Meld Open Ro.use. • 'Qn :Shut -Ins ,Qgy Shut -Iris Day, now nationally absertived, .was appropriately! marked on Sunday Men 'Open 1 House was. held ''"at Pinecr.est .I Manor Nursing Horne. Many , visitors . called during the afternoon and evening. They were received 'by 'Mrs.. George ;Newbold, Reg .N., (the former Mary`isher) and Mr. Newbold,' who °are proprietors• of the Nur- sing home. 'They were assisted by their daughters, SYuiriley . and Elizaibetlh, and their . son David: who was at the, door. Tea arid` bookies. were served the guests -At the tea Mable, Mrs. W. G. .Andrew, who is in her. 89th' year, and .4Mrs. John Mac D,ougali, ,who Is '' in her 66th, year, *re . happy with ;their . role tad: pouring,...:Serving .was '4e by' members `'of the stalff.. in theevening tea, was pour- ed' :by Mrs. .Shirley Roach. of the . 'Fairview Nursing ing , home ;f Ianover: Visitors, who are ::not .regular• callers, found • the home and: its furn.ishin,gs . shinin, ` and. spotless.. Tile.. second ,floor'.has recent lv ;been redecorated, . and provision is being- made ,for, an ,upstair Sitting room with .tel;eVisioi ..: • There are at..'pxesent 'twenty- one.' residents in the home. • They are: 'Miss Elizalbeth' Henaerion, Miss. ,+Mar.�garet.:Maticintohsh,::Mrs. W e . d son`"Miss Ld1a :Ir Win, :Mills; 4 'nnie---Pierice , Margaret . MacDonald, ' ; MrS.. Sam Kilpatrick,'" : Mrs. 'Sain Durnin :Mrs; Margaret Dudley, Mrs. .An- nie Struthers, Mss. W. G. Ain drew, Mrs...' John MacDougall, Mrs.'. Matilda ' MacKenzie, Sam Morrison, Mrs, Esther Shoe+battom, Mrs,' Catherine Bic kel;l, .• Mrs, Georgina .McClure, Ted • Dexter, Town. Wall, Russell Middleton, Henders. Barkwell. • In . .addition, . to the , Newbold ffahrni+ly,,•''there, ds a staff of el even employed ..,either full or part time :.They;; include: Mrs:: Philip Steer, Mrs. 'John ' Crow- ston, Mrs. Fred ' Gilchrist, '.'Mrs. Robert MacDonald, . Mrs. Donald 'Cardiss, Mrs .,Harvey: Irwin; Mrs. Harry.' Lavis; Mrs. Jack Famish, Mrs, Les 'Purves, Mrs. :Jack Jordan, Mrs, John R. 'aur-. The • Progressive -Conservative, nornrinati:6n mate • in the provin-. ' . cial riding of Huron Bruce has been set for the evening • of Thursday, June 13th, in Wing tram Town Hall President of the, P.C. ' Riding Association is Allister ...Hughes of 'Kinloss„ : The riding ,is presently repre- sented • hby hurray Gaunt, 'M P.P., 'Who was 'the Liberal 'candidate in. the 'bye+lectibn called 'last tall, to fill the vaoan:ey caused by the death, of the ' late John Hanna. The Progressive Conservative candidate was George McCut- , eheon off. trusses; ieculating: as ;to who: might. be interested in the norniniton, at the fertthcoming convention has resulted in' several names being 'Mentioned, • Included in` the `list, whom we have 'heard, suggested over ` a period of, some time, are, ;George 'McCutoheon, George Joynt, R. E. McKinney, Lloyd Ackert, De Witt ;Miller, Bill Harris. , l;;ar1y October is considered " res ;the best guess for the next Provincial electLbn. People • cannot be judged :'by what 'other people say • abou.t•. them, • but they can be judged by. what • they say about, others. 7 The . only tyrant ,I . accept in • this world is the' "still ,sm.a1l ;voice" • within ;rime.- Mah+atnra Ghandi . An argument is two people trying to get the last word Ain first. • Remember) . it takes' buta moment to place a Sentinel Want Ad and be money in poc- ket. To advertise,)' ,just ;phone WEDNESDAY, MAY Pthip,t$3' Jim Cameron Recals Excitem..nt Barn Raising. Sixty Years Age -. It will be sixty years:the lat- ter . part of June since ;the barn was raised on the Cameron, farm, in Ashfield .Towns; ip, ha short distance east of Lochalsh. The farm on Highway ' 86, is . now owned. by John 1VIaeRae. Jini Cameron of town .recalls most vividly the' excitement` of such raisings,' and this one. in 'particular,; for It Was 'on the dome • farm; Jim and his sister, Finlayson, are, the last. •of .a ; ti am'ily of - fourteen. children born .on that far' m. to Roderick . and • Annie (Douglas) Cameron, • A . log barn and house :were• tithe original buildings onthis. crown (land .farm. The old; /log 'barn was used for. "sleepers" on which to -build the new barn 42 x 60' feet. . The framer was Roderick (.Rory.) MaoChar+1es, Whose' wag- es. were '$1.5.0 Aa oda ,..to rfram'e'the. +barn. • It was on June ' •2264h, '1003 that the *frame was •.wised ' by teams . captained Iby• ►J; • K. Mac- Donald and Angus ; IIVfacDonal d.' Men skilled. and daring in this construction art raced .each other in' raising the main :plate,: the purloin: and:' the rafters., The • raising -attracted scores of far timers,. who. lent a hand Or :were interested spectators: • • 'It ` was somewhat 'Of a social event, too, for the ladies of the communitity.gatthered to 'help pre- pare and serve. 'the food.' feast 'which . concluded the raising .bee: • The stone wall: under the Ca- meron barn was ;built by Angus Matheson of Ripley for 1125.00. Most of tihe stoneswere 'obtain- ed on 'the . Cameron farm,' and here too a "lost art"; was em- ployed ' by : the stone. masons.. A . fire was "built +on -thee. big rocks,: • and 'this, 'made the splitting of Uhem.• somewhat easier.. 'With - -uncan - . skill,. the stone • mason knew . dust where to sledge the • ,+big ,boulders .to .split ';;hear nit efifectively for the wall • con - struction. , • • • Five . Barns That Summer •- Jim . •Cameron 'recalls that there Were five ' • barns • raised that summer in the .northerly part of the . Township. Other: barns were raised, on the Geo: 'Hutchison . farm,nowenry Barkwell's on ;the. Jack Cowan farm, the 'Alex Maciconzie, farm and .the Bill Powell :farm on the lake bank, ' west. of .A7nberley; Built Home Next Year ' I't 'was'the next year, in 1914,, that the Cai1neron dog' • Thome. was replaced by the ,present res,i clence. •. •• But Mr. ,and' Mrs,. CCani eron dad' not long enjoy, the .eoin•f ort$. and cox veniene-es oaf ilheir !Large home. They -died less ",than two Months . apart it July and Sep temiber of that year. ... • Ther, e• were ,two Johns . and two bans .in the Cameron Ia- n -illy of fourteen, one • of " whorn died • in infancy..Others : were • Jack, ' who, Jost. an, `-arum -when. crushed by a log in . the bush', John Dan,;• M'rs. Dan, ,Gillies (Annie), •Mrs: .Harry • Brown (Jennie), :• Mrs. Peter Murdoch.' (Kate), Duncan, • Ror r :Dan, Mrs. Jack • JVIurd ctli' .(Belle);' Finley- Son twirl sister. of Mrs.. A. ' R. Finla son • (Mary) `. and , Jirtnthe young-,. est of the. :family. • . • ray. Scottish At ;Bridal shower Presbyterian Mission 'Band There were' . thirty: -one mem- fibers present' at the meeting held .•n . the. ; •church''iri•hymn ='basement. After sin n 746 'the' mnerrmers singing ym repeated the ' Matto. The- scrip- ture Was 'read .by Gail Jamieson;.: and sentence prayers were read by John:' Henderson and Murray .Johnston The Offe$ory (Prayer Was read by Gordon Mauer; 'A film• strip entitled : "An ' Indian Sweeper" . was much, enjoyed: The meinbers' all joined ..;.:sing-. ing' several hymns and•!the,: meet-- img was•closed with. 'prayer by_ ',Joyce Johnston. Iudch was ser-- .vel, e.r=.vel:, The final meeting 'of, th season will. be :held in the form of' a Picnic on June 1Oth;. A shower was. held on Friday, May 117th,. in Kairshea Hall, for Miss ,Phyllis ..Steer, !bride-to-be. 'with Mrs. Ross .MaolVlillan and Mrs, Mister Hughes in° 'Charge.: Mrs.' `red , ,Collyer,was "c!hhair'lady for the' evening. • • The setting. of the shower` Was Scottish •having in `,mind' her hustiband-to-lie's Sacpteh mine! ancestry Mrs, ' Harvey Houston and Mrs. William' Scott • dere at the, piano for a sing -song, Connie and ': Heather .MacKenzie .danced to the piping of• Tan MacKenzie' and ,Marion and '• Janice Wail sang duets ,to 'the enjoyment of all. ' Mrs.`. 'Evan Keith, gave an' amusing ' reading on marriage while 'Miss Dean., MacLeod . con- eluded the program with one of her interesting. and , informal talks : ,on music and singing, • Phyllis . in tartan''scarf and, fain was ':piped to . thebridal 'chair by Ian Mao1 enzie Mrs, Currie, Colwell and . Ors.. .Evans Keith. ,helped open the lovely gifts for- Which' ' P+hylTis expressed der pleasure and thanks rto all. The efening closed .with an 'enjoy- able lunch. 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