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KINCARDINE .L PHONE 147
Your Chrysler, ". Plymouth • Far. o: °Dea pt
DONNYBROOK former: Catharine McC inchey ,of
,I
Commencin • ,- :• Auburn,.. are'. two: •son•s, Edward
g last' Sunday. ser '
on
,,the - he
in onn brook. Chxrch' wilt .sed Gordon,'' Win ._.'
-g
• • .be. held at 9.:45,Orf. for Mie suer, ham•• tw: o.
y
daughters;. Jean, •*',s,.mer rnonths,wit-hSunsay- Schol -(Sgt•) H. Dainty-of-RetaWaWa8z-
folowing the church: ':service:
r:irene; 1VIrs: •DougWilIiarns, :Lon-
` . Charles' ;Robinson Passes'
'don,, ten 'grandchildren,.. -one'' ss-
• .Many:'from here attended fun
ter, Mrs.. Elizabeth Naylor, who.
,eral services on Wednesda after is,..at at' 'resent :a, '
f Y � p patient in. Wing•-
, amhospital, and a, large 'num-.
ber of nieces. and •nephews. His
dt;ath ...-xnakes ' the fifth'';bereave
men', •.in • the Robinson family
circle ' in less •than: a .year
. Funeral service was held from
the Currie;:funeral' home and Was
• conducted' by ,. Rev., Durrant of
'Wingham ' United '.,Church . ,and
.Rev. Harold : Snell' `of Exeter, . a.
• noon for the late,' iChar: es Rob '
ham
i
inson;• who passed away on Sun-
.day, Aril 27th in Win 1 'am
A gh.... hos-
' ;pital where : he : ha. d been a .,:pat-.
ient since 'sufferrii � s •�` .
gF ;a eyere
':stroke several weeks ago.
: Mr...,
Robinson,nsonwhow
as the' son.
.of the -late' .
.James and, -Catherine
Adamson Robinson was ,born o
the`fth. Con. •o a_ n
f •West Waw,anosh
where he lived until retiringto
.. • former minister of° Donnybrook
United Church: Pallbearers were
four nephews, . Messrs. 'Scott- Rob=
inson. of :London, W. J. Craig`
and Edwin Mills:of Auburn, •car -
:.man. ,:Horley of 'Sarnia,'. H :Jef-
• fersor:and James ` Leddy of Don
nybro'ok: ' Flow,er • bearers were
Messrs: Gordon Naylor, :"Carman
Wngham about eight •years . ago.
The:. deeeased,.who. was n is
;75th.a
:: e
Y r, was • a 'former
ter'of Donnybrook'. United
church, highly' respected by 'all,
• ';a good neighbor g and; took._an act-
ive interest in• .all community . af-
fairs
Suryi
ving,•besides•h. i;s w..ife, 'the Pratt, •Earl'.LynchburY
: and Chas iii Winghamcemeter ', • :
QUEENS' CLUB :MEMBERS MET PREMIER ' FROST,. IN.
Donal • 'Wilson,': a Vancouver
theatrical' worker,, has been. ;a-•'
Warded a $2,000 fellowship; from:
the (Canada ' Council, 'The award
is to hejp''him further• •hisstud-
ies inthe arts.
He.: is -a, son of Mr. and .Mrs:
Robert Wi'lsori of 'Vancouver.. His.
mother is the former Jennie
Earls, . daughter: of .a former
Lucknow grocer, ' Wxn,
at. Earls, ;-who
-
one: time conducted a .grocery
where 'Henry's' •Fruit. , Market • is:
Ideated.- Mr. 'Earls •sold to Don-
aldC1909,whe
n the`
Earls' family left Lucknow.''
Donal Wilson' is a graduate of
:the University of British .Colum-
`• bia, and • is now .4n, New York
as• 'stage `manager for Broadway
play "The ',Entertainer", starring.
• Sir' Lawrence Olivier.
Players Club, taught anddirect°
ed theatre . at the university and
was a director in Totem ,Theatre:,
In: 1949 he . was awarded' a
$2,,000,00 fellowship by Canada
Foundation and took his mast-
er's degree" in: Fine Arts at 'Yale.
University.e:
For tihtpast• .three years he.
has been"stage, manager. at Strat'
ford •'Shakespearian} Festival:
'WHITECHURCH '.
Mr. . •Gordon' Mitchell' • of Tor-
onto. • Spent 'the. • week -e nd at the
hone of Mr•'.:'and Mrs;'W, Henry.
Mr. and Mrs, Weabber & fain
:ily: spent •Saturday in:Kitchener...
Eldon. Em.mersori deft home
last-. week to' gb sailing; His boat.
left. .from Windsor. •
• 'Mr: and Mrs. ROY Criti '
Y gle' of
Detroit spent the week -end, with
her:Brother Jack `�
,,. . , ..Gillies �-..
•
Mr. ^ and Mrs. 'Albert Coulees
p nt_Sviiclay with-her._father,
Mr. 'Kerry, •who •is in the hospi-
,tal at, Owen .Sound:.: '
• Mr; :and ...Mrs.:, Elro' Laidlaw
Y, daw
.and family spent •Sunday with-
.Nlrs Laidlaw of God-
erich;
Mr. and ':1VIrs Gordo•
n Elliott
'sperit Sunday .With Mr. and: Mrs;
A..Walters:. f Teeswater..
: Mrs: Carp .MoClenaghari, 'assist-
ed by • Mrs :JIM.' Gaunt, :held ; a
shower; . for., Miss. Beth D_owlin'
ong
Saturday • everting: Beth .:
re-
ceived :many lovely..,gifts.:
There will: be a•: variety concert'
and ' dance in ' tle '' Communit
.Y
Hall ..on Friday, ;May 9.th:
Little; 'Joyce Morrison
spent •
"the week -end atthe' the'- home �. of
her uncle:,and aunt r.
• , M , and Mrs. •
T Morrison.,
NEWS.CHILDIttWa PAR:
ADDB WALL
13g C>�WaNNIAI, 'FEATi7RE'
Last week The Sentine11 •• em-
phasized; the importance . of early -
planning' to. make the Centennial
calithumpi'aii parade the best in.
'the history of the Village, Chas.
Websters •the,'man' to see.- This
parade is on Monday,. Au ust '4.
This `week -we • `draw special
:attention. -4. the. chid '
Ydren s •par:=
ade• Which' will be held on Sat-
urday, August. 2nd, r: and:. which
is developing in" such a, way as
to give promise of being a. much
more • interesting 'spectacle.' than
was at firstthought.
classes, •there ,will be ' decorated
bikes, . trikes, wagons, doll car
riages,. etc. •
This • parade is, being 'headed.
up by M.S. Bob.. MacKenzie, who.
draws attention to the'. fact ' that
housecleaning time is', a good
time to "dig out" all; the child-
ren's costumes ' which May .-.be
tucked away and some of, them
forgotten
If any houseriold• has a costume
which will, not. 'be used, • Mrs.
MacKenzie would. :be 'pleased to.
know of it; so ',that 'it can be
pgood use' in, aiding •.'some
chilut'd •to'to get mto .:the .parade.
BUY` STARTED:, Pi LNTIN`
G.•.AS
WORK DIDN'T START TILL 7.60•
•Geon e . A.'
g W. 'matron ' of Van-.
.g n .
couver; , who learned , the • print
irig trade. in The Sentinel Office
o;cer „:a half century "ago,' was
contacted • by The ',Sentinel and
h
as• contributed � soxrie::, rem • is-
•-n
cent items for :publication•. His'
first 'article 'dealt. `wi h some
nostalgic memories of The Sen-
tinel staff under..: James . Bryan s
:editorship:••
Having..': 'o •
•gcmeiiito:�o�
p ssession of
a letter written by rnyself to the
secretary' of .:the. L k
Y ucknow ,
trict :Centennial Committee; the
Editor' of The Sentinel has :rash:
sh.
ly stated. he. 'would be ha if
PpY,.
would o allow 'him to put ' some
Of. my: Memories
,,into .. . _into print . of
My, old "alina mater..•
.
Well,: 'hp -asked for .' !
, . ft it.
1 am' afraid . if I made
contact
with :sortie • of .rn ae u i
�' q a ntanees
of: 50. or. 60 years ago, .:it Would
'take .me Borrie ".ti
me toy .• get,: rid
'of'. m memories, Y e es,. 'so for now at•
least ' 1, will coniine : myself as:
riefly\.as• I can, to .some thoughts
bout ',the tithe 'I �`1'earned ' they
trade" ;on. :this': paper.'.
Thad worked on a farm,•prev-
,a
Mills /n`e' hews
, .p Interrrient was
LONDON
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Sixty-four, y o
ur
. outstandi
n • seen'
any s . g, 'West-
ern
nd
chool students'
ern d � , _,. from WestW
:Onhhrio• were
The honored at
,..... ,Logi
�on
Free Press• `School
�ul�,, Friday, April;2,5th
mere they 'net ,Premier Frost
attended a ban 'udt,enjoyed right: S1‘eila Anderson', Kinca..�
r_
tours,
and received, pins, and cer-
tificates. •
.
The . above picture includes
Qucrc is• froth 13ruco, ',Moon and
Grey Counties, Seated ' left to
a y
dine; Faye Lovo 'ISeaforth• Vera
Sharpe, Winghain; Shirley Court-
ney, Eipley; Ifelen Lawson, Mea.,
ford; Standing, left to right: Bea-
trice
Moloney, Dubiin;; Florence
Culled,: Chesl'ey, Paige Phillips
.Clintbn;. Rosalee Bedard, ("',odea
ich; • Eileen, Chesney W,alketton'.
Chesney,
Louise Andrew, Luckrlow Pato'
ricia Watson, :Durham, ''
• PAGE" NINE
ions, to My apprenticeship. and
liked 'that, life fine. In, fact, for
health reasons, • have farmed af-
ter a fashion 'about.: half' •time•:
since leaving LucknoW,••A couple
of years 'ahead' of time .I spoke '
to Jas. Bryan, the publisher, 'and
was promised a• chance- ‘as~ ".print.-
er'•s devil" after •]° 'Passed. •the
Entrance .exams-;: Theboys -6n the•.
staff' I thought: had: the 'life,
Riley;- didn't 'start work • tih " 7.00 •
and: came home'to dinner dash-
ing up • ,and down and from one"
side of'the road to the other toss
ing ,O • lacrosse ball. •
Just. who' had'. _ left the, office
I do not recall b tib.
=`• • were s,il . on the
staff, ' though: they both left for
larger ;field's not: longe after, and
Q was only • two years at the.
trade. when I was made foreman,
Right here I want. to say that
.Bryan was' a 'prince to"
work for but in the ligh►t,. of.; •
later experience, I think''one . of
the poorestbusiness men I ever
ran across He: would „:sooner
talk polities (municipal, , county,
pravm.oial,
pr federal) :or .curl in
the Winter, than'. Anything' else.
When a nevi 'boy started in,
it was•his duty to: have the place
'swept ''out and 1warmed:. up In .:
.winter so „the •'men • •co.u18' start
work at 7,00'sharp.•,All the time
I. was there . we "boarded with
the boss and I mtlist say ,it was
dust 'like home to: us. In' wages,
'the first,year I received ..50c ,;a
week�,.'the, second -a $1:00 and 'the
third2.00,, o '
$ , ver and.. above
board o'f course.' During ' `iny
fourth•> and fifth: years',I 'reepived
•$2 50 ., per; ...week, which. 'was •' con-
sidered, big money ny .some:Work-
":ng• men. •, We Were not paid reg
•
ularly but "touched up:''' the boss
' :whenever we • re
quired .any; cash
and neither `one' knew which had
a credit • or debit b'alance.
'- unless'
You asked fora ,ataterrent:.Thatb
�
didn't
worry us, '.as .we got.wlat
we asked:
At '''the
end of. 'three: years I•.
asked ,for a set.
element; `as I *as.
going to ;Tarohto •to
try for a,: job
in the city to get more .e eki
'ence, and -found . out. 1 • owe
the.
office. But, Mr. Bryan`d . gave::'ine,.
cash tb' see'. me throw h. a' :co
of • • Weeks? guple•',
w eks, and sand "If: you 'dont,.
get' a ' you. ca.: 'job'
.n, come.Back.,
(,,didn't:' get a job,: I lfnow +hwes
in 'a
woxse 'financial'; position.,' •
when ' 1 *anted to conic.. to $,:C.'
as lI had a job.'in sight He bought
my transportation and • said `he.'
guessed'. :we., were square
certain; 1 still owe='t e': Bryan• •
=b
Estateut that was Jim Bryan!
The newspaper office was in .an
old building on the corner across
from the "Grahari Block";. c;or
ner of Cainpb:ell end Outram:Sts
It hadbe ip•a�stor 'r;tt�uTa fa l;
•
•
•
ing to ?: . .pieces so We � apt . pasting • • ',-
auction.' -sale; and: other: posters
(ncludin:g Caledonian` Day bills)
ori tire :wall to: hold it, togeth'ei
we thought) g t •
' and ' break 'tire•
wind:"A. new floor had ' been •
laid but it vv'as•,,hollow' towards
the •c'entre.'• We `•all. ...,-chewed to-
baceo (for self protection if •tib-'
thing else) ' and•no• spittoon.$ wee
provided so' twice .or..,three tires •
..each suziimer, 'we:. • had' the •n en ;•. ' .
--r • atermg the%'street with. l�ose`.J
from the„.,water systein:.turn. the
'stream .into 'the . buirding: Auger
holes• in the '•. lowest': spot ry ere
plugged .'.:and :got . bpsST
brooms.."When the plugs were re-
moved' aiid the water i;an ,into 'a:
hole unde'r•the' building, the vin
doves. were opened' and ail took
a"holiday:. ^'•
Of course everything was hand
',set: in those days,,': The 'presses,
consisted ofa ti;eadie-power jqb
ter" an ol`d .Washington 'on' whicl ,
we pulled proofs ' and printed
posters. and a Canipbeli cylinder '
pi'bss' whkii t'as so'tiety and of . • • •
twhi'ch We ‘‘;:41%. so r.oucl t'h'at the
printed;'picture of it if we had..
an •excuse'at `•all...'It- Was turned
by hand, power being supplied
by the: staff, young' feaiows.. han
ing 'around,, and saiiiotiii es•
o1c1 • Jock • A,tiams, ''vbc �vas glad'.'
to ear n 25c for a couple' of hours,'
work this .way. '
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