HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-05-30, Page 7WPRNESDAY,' MAY „.30th 190
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TILE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW. rIo
•Thinkt Jessie cLauglip 'Tops Among.
Entertainer s Who ''Played" Lucknow
• Port Credit, Ont., new area, of retrospection, Hav-
1653 Centre Rd. ing thus prepared the ground,
and in the hope that this letter
gets better as, it..goes oh, 1 now
reVeal • that it's theme;. nothing
more or less, namely and to wit,
is that' of the field, of,' entertain-
ment .in • Lucknow'S yesteryear.
In my . boyhood, •of course,
there was no ,"cannect• theatre"
in your living -room. Radio and.
TV, had not .yet glimmered on
the scientific horizon and were
not included in •people's dreams.
• However, with out sound and
picture beamed through the
ether as nOw, we •had the old
reliable telephone and telegraph
to bridge the gaps in commun-
ication almost as .efficiently as
•obliged 'me to explore. for some, in recent years...•
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• Dear Mr. Editor;
• 'As Sentinel readers, ,in the.
main, aPpear. to• have survived.
my two previous letters, and still
in the reminiscent vein, gib.
again yielding to the• urge to fare
Orth ver'bally about the venerable
bygone days of Lucknow.
„ So don't say you weren't Warn-
ed!
. have grimly decided to make
• this third 'delve into the Med-
iaeval history of my native
health, despite the • serious risk
becoming: knoiWn as :"Hark-.
back Ilarry." . •
• HaVing already virtually sat-
. iirated the subject of ;sport, has •
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TO A BETTER
SOCIAL JUSTICE
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It has been a 'natter
•• GREAT CONCERN
TO MANY s PEOPLE
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GOVERNMENT
Thanks to a. _govern-
ment which under -
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probleni With realitir
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Old Age Pensions Have Increased
from $46 to $65 a month
"'Theatre" at • that day was
strictly apersprfrto-person bus-
iness, and ' it wa's natural, there-
fore, that any people, foreign
or domestic, qualified to enter-
tain, were regarded with special
interest. It Was 'the .era of • the
road show and the concert troupe
and, of theseiL uckllow TeceiYed
quite .a reasonable share. .
The yearly • visit could almost
be relied upon of G. uy
-Minstrels; :Marks Bros., :chicle
Tom's Cabin, Sunny South Co.,
Ruthven McDonald, Jessie* Alex-
ander, many others; and later,
the Chatauqua.
But, in my opinion, the •most
commanding individual enterthin-
er to include Lucknow in concert
itinerary • Was the 'tarried S'Cot
tish singer, Jessie McLaughlin;
Immensely populark" her 'annua1.
engagement was viewed .• wltli
°continuous expectancy and So
associated with • the • cOnitorting
assurance, to all concerned, of
a crowded house. Jessie was•pro-
fessionally billed as the' "Pet of
Royalty and the Pride of Scot-
land." This ,wasadmittedly. pub-
licity with a vengeance, but in
fact was well deserved for she
Was a magnificent -singer. .I re-
mernher Jessie McLaughlin as a
strikting personality, Possessed as
she was of a • robust physique
'and effective dramatic instinct
and urbanity: that' 'addedi, much
of •the theatre to her stage Oresence. Her rendition of' "Afton.
Water",, • "Annie Laurie", the
•"Cameron Men", and . kindred
•belle& —. :rich in the. ,glovg ' of
old romances --- • carried a stim-1
ulating : impulse. To the Scots.
in the audience, especially, her
songs 'Stirred wistful ,sentiments
in' their eloquence Of, the mist
on the ,ino,ori, the: heather, and
the • skitl :of the pipes. •
An amusing incident connected
with acertaiii 'Visit stands, •Otit
•in my ,recollection. Jessie:.was
appearing - ,for •the: • customary
• Friday 'night concertand the
sign was" up.- I recall; in -
• itially, as she stepped to the front
of. the stage she was resoundingly
▪ • weleomed. Although.' somewhat
beyond her prime she ..Nvas
great ' forin, that • evening:- She
iwafted' across 'the sea the echoes.
Of the glen and the pibrock and,
brought ;"Bonnie. Scotland" right
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into :the: hall.
•. Jessie and company were
•: lodged' oVernightat the Cain
• 11 • liotise and •were' due to leave On
. • the One o'clock: train' on Saturday
for ;Kincardine. USually in. those
• .11•BY A CONSERVATIVE . GOVERNMENT
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' • i , SUPPORTE6. BY. ANDY ROBINSON ' ,11.
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days the • village bus was ,seen
in the business Section of town
about - 12.30 • p.m. and "today"
was stationed at that time before.
the hotel: It .was late :atitumn
and the weather quite cold. As
JesSie emerged from the • 'front
door it was immediately, app.arent
that• 'she had fortified , herself
against the chill with a sub-.
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essed of exceptional.vocal talentS.
° Very %truly •yours,
. Jack. Newton.
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Thinks Candidates
Should Be Free To
Speak In Schools
' . •'May .22,, 1962,
• • •Kintail, Ontario.
To the 'Editor, Lucknow Sentinel,
Lucknow, Ontario., •
.Dear • Sirs'. •-. • ' •
Allow me space in , join. pa-
per .to '.express ,my ' grievanCe
•regarding One :aspect of a
ler Credit candidate,s election
campaign., ' •
. High School Boards and Prin-
cipals are • opposed • to political
Campaign 'speeches addressed to
stantial dose of personal ! anti- the students Of these educational,
freeze and was "all mellow With 'institutions, The Majority of cit -
'the •mountain dew of her .native izens realize that isSues.inyolving
land." A group , Of local folks
standing., around, to watch 'the
departure of the glamorous singer
got quite d lift outof ;seeing
her accompanist and her •com-
edian ,giving her a much-needed
hoist into the bus , .•
• Jessie McLaughlin, • in her
'heyday; toured; cost-to.coast, in
Canada many times, From Massey
Hall's to the average village,' she
had sung, she, estimated, Halifax
to Vancouver, in n6 fewer than,
five hundred comniUnities • Be-
fore middle life she had arnasSed
a fortune.. She • did, not ,live to
be old, passing on in, the morning
of old age' at fifty-five.
• NOW as •inevitable after fifty
years her name and fame haVe
been eddied into back waters
and have' become, in • the• dim
light of aging lore, much less
than grandeur in the distance.
But by a scall Minority of el-
derly Canadians who in the early•.
youth of this ' century always
made it .a' "must" to listen to
her voice, she is remembered as
the most corispiCUOuS figure of
her day in the realm Of Scdttish
song, ••• •
A contemplation of the -value
of this story provides the thought
how, with few ekceptions, 'time
and naturehave conspired to per -
A CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT • :.'")
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SUPPORTED BY ANDY. ROBINSON
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The, man who . will continue to Work in 'your 'interests
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p and who has had 13 years experience at luttawa
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•Social Justice is but another in the lengthy list of
Benefits to Canadians behveen the years of 1957
and 1962.
• VOTE.ANDY ROBINSON
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Inserted by, the gruce Progressiv,e,
Conservative Association ,
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politics and religion, are aVoided.
by the High,sch,00l staffs; this
attitude causes many of: us to
seek the reason for this evasion
of controversial subjects. ' ••
• .illigh-school students are • en-
couraged to.. study Politics . from
• their tet -books; why shouldn't
they be allowed to study. politics.
inaction? •'
• , That the .platfOrrn of •a- pol-
itical party„ if • im.pleniented,
'will : effect their entire future,
,no-one will deny. It ,is'' they,
more • than • our 'senior citizens
who will reap the reward or
bear ,the burden of decisions
made by .our present National
,leaders.
'The Social Credit Party has
adopted as one:. of its planks,
extension • of the • franchise to
Canadians Who have reached the'
age of eighteen. Inevitable, some
• Citizens of this age would be
.high-school students. To vote
• intelligently, they would be en-
titled, to hear .each •Party's Prin-
ciples .and policies preSented
their auditorium.. •
• Students may listen to pol-
iticians on their own, time 1--,•
not ours, is One of the arguments
of the High School Staff; Yet
for a • highschool student study-
ing' for Departmental exarnt,
there is little time:for watching
•mit only• : essential brevity or hearing political broadcasts.
of leading years to ,thOSe• poss- Our Canadian Democracy guar-
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antees freedom of speech to th,e
individual. Let 'the High School
Staffs and Boards adhere to that
principle- ,I3y ,political
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candidates an • opportunity • to ••.• •• , • :.' '''•'-''' ''•
speak' wi:thin their schools. •
Yours for ,a better Canada, .
. :. A. N. 'Sandy MacDonald; -' ... . • . 4. *
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Social Credit Candidate for • .. - ..
The Riding / of • Bruce. , • • •
ettersTo, Editor
; • , Dungannon Ont.
• • May 211st, 19,q2
.To The. Editor, .' .
I..fucknoW. Sentinel,
Liicknow; Ontario., •,
Dear Sir, •.
',In 'a recent',issue of The Sen-
tinel there was a report of the
possibiLity. of a' new...school ..for
South •Ashfield.. •••• ••• '
I. wish to state _that there
was no legal petition •circulated •
in Crewe last fall. And there
is certainly, not a 70% Support
for,. rejoining _the area. In fact,
the 'Majority •are determined to •
do • all we •can to keep our 'own
school, S.S. No. 16, Open as we
feei•it is riot in the best interests
of: cybung children •th be 'trans-
ported in • buses to distant
schools. • ' / .• ••
.• Yours, truly; •,
• • • D. L. Paquette.
(Trustee S.S. 16, Ashtfield)
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• : . BIRTHS, .
GIBB—At•the Wingham General
Hospital on 'Tuesday, May 16th,
1962, to .Mr. & Mrs. DavidGibb,
R:R. 6, Brussels; a son: . •
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IVII.TRRAY — At the Winghain
General. •IHOsPital • •on Thesclay,
• May 22nd, 1962, to Mr, aud Mrs.
• Charles . Murray, R. :.1,
Holy -
rood; a son.•
BUSHELL --, On Sunday, May
20th, 1962, at •'Kincardine .Hospi-,
tall, to Mr, and Mrs. Elmer BUsh.-
ell of R.R, 2 Ildlyroad, a datigh-•'
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wife who drives from 'the" back •
seat isn't any worse than the
husband who cooks from the
dining room table, .•
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