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THE !LUCKIiO SKM !NKA, 1 UCKNOW ONTARIO.
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2133 Westbourne Avenue
Ottawa 13, Ontario.
November '15 ,:1967
Mr. D.C. Thompson,
Editor,
The Lucknow Sentinel, o
'Luc know, Ontario.`
Dear Sir:
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Thank youfor. continuing sub-
scription
scription to your most interesting
a er. How time slips through one's
PP P g
life
''enjoy the local news and the
. news ctf the various communities 1:.
am i mg part;iz. ri -of t
Zion:communit Y , where.. L.. grew u as
$ P
a young than. There have, been a
few Changes since l waslast there
as I read' in the Zion news.
Expo, used a lot of my free time
and holidays .this yeai. It was'a
credit to the Canadian .people to
build and maintain such'' a wonder-
ful exposition..
1 send my best regards to you all..
Yours truly,
S.G. ''Smith.
•
Stanley Park School,
191 Hickson 'Dr. .,..
'Kitchener, Ontario.
November 9, 1967.
The Lucknow'Sentinel,;•
Lucknow; Ontario.
Dear Sirs: `
I am writing to.youu. for 'my class
. and forr my school's 'library, • The.
•grade seven's at,this school are,
takingthe newspaper as a subiect
.for a while,' and I watld very much
like a paper from you for my.
class and another one for our
library. Thank. you
• Yours truly,
Lynn Taylor.
• '• Editors Note We were pleased to,
send these papers with our
compliments.
Tundra Mines,
nife,
N rth West -rntories,
ovember 18, 7.
Dear Don ld:
Would , otr please change my..
paper ck to 8350 - 76, Avenue, •
Edmont n as, I will be'leaving here
for horn before the end of Noveh
ber.
we had a, taste of thirty -below
Which wasn't too bad .as there was
no wind
I sure like' the old Sentineland'1 ,N
',have been,passing it on to a friend
of mine Mr.' Kilgourthe Manager
•ofDiscove ,, and he: enjo ',it •" '
.very ;muchry
Are you putting any money on
the Grey,Cup. Lots'of western
money camp in ' here; and I look for
,.
the ,west td win it all, •
.see. ` you before s rin . but say
May Y.. P .g Y
'hello to the . old gang. ,
As Ever,
:lg ac ,.-,
.Editors Note - Sorry about alh that
Western money down 'the drain
Jack. Hope you still have travelling
money to: get back home to 'Luck:
now for a'visit.
2418-.54 Ave..S. W.;
Calgary,. Alberta,
. . October 18, 1967
Lucknow Sentinel,
Lucknow, tario,
Dear Sirs:
Mother enjoys reading.the Sentin-
el and coming across names:of old
friends, acquaintances and relatives
It is many years ago since she left:
Luc know . and very few of her age.
range still there are living. She ,
knew Miss Jessie McKay real well
and were friends since childhood.
Also Mr. W,L .MacKenzie. is her
r
•
first cousin and we noted with
interest about his trip :abroad .:
My Mother's maiden name was
Mary ._Ann, McPliee and her mother
was Mrs. Sarah..McPhee who wasa
widow and::raised•her large family
in Lucknow by weaving`. When the
family grew .up:they moved to
Chicago. and then Mother's'oldest
brother Johnny moved back:to
Canada and settled in• Edmonton
and my Mother and •Grandmother
and 'my •UncleDuncan' McPhee
followed. and- they too settled' in •
Edmonton
Mother is in good. health :and " next
January will -celebrate her 86th -
birthday: She would like to, be .remi
embe ed to anyone there who.would
re�mro ether -and -sends -best -wishes
and looks, forward each.week:to.her
Sentinel arriving: y.
Yours Sincerely,
(Miss) ilaine• Beaton: for
Mrs . Mary' Beaton :...
R.R. 2, Mission City,
Bntish' Columbia
November 24, 1967. •
Dear Dori:
Subscription time has rolled
around again, I ani a little late
with it but will give you two years
to make 'up for it: I alike to get the .
paper., It ,keeps me informed of.
what: is going on back there; It is ""
21 years since I left Lucknow so I : ;
can bet thereis quite -•a change all
around..
. I'll give you a -little rundown on
BC. this year. We had the hottest'
a,#
summer, which was quite a record
for heat::It was:hard on the grass in:
a lot of places but .we .did not suffer.
at all. because We -had irrigation•
and ;lots of water. The. um ran::
pump
.twenty, -four hours •a day for about
two months and kept us. in lots of •
grass and hay., We•cut three crops,
and .grazed the :fourth .
The cows.wa out until.,the th
of Novemba .
.t ut thr'. e had.to
p em :
in as it got too wet on the fields.
We, have had -no snow here as..et.
Y
but . can see it every day of the year
on Mount'Barker•, so:w,e don'tfor-.
get what 'it• looks like.
'We are -still in the dairy business,
lots of, cows,. lots of';work keeping
them in shape and production up
- •e I ve-to-date--29--records- fi-nishe
with. an average of 515 lbs butterfat
per cow' this year.. We keep
between 30 and 05 milking'. We..
have 4.4 ;cows• this year so there
are "some: dry and some coming•
fresh all:the time. .
,Well that:should about dolt 'for
this time Don;' best of luck'; to you
and •yours' in the -willing year; and
if you get; strayed out this;way any-
time, drop in and say :Hello..
Yours truly;. .
James' F. Parkes:
The newlyweds were'driving
away' from the church. The groom
pulled'the bride toward him, put
his arm around her shoulder;. gave .
her a loving hugand said,, '''Now .
Honey, what's all this jazz aboft�ti
you quitting your job?"
"Tbionlity.
Arae
4.-.0,111#42#0.SAFETV L4*4#t/0,.
ThER?S FIDDLE
BY REV. DUNCAN' McTAYISH.
It:must be over one hundred yea
old because my father i got m t
Seco
band ,when he was a: .out
�
growing y
g g
and
he was born in 1853 10.4ye�'
a
ago. 'It was a lovely old instrumem
noted, for its sweet'tone. Under
father's' artistic touch it,'was lister
to by a great many folk when I'w
nis
a..loy Father wasn't a vioh t,.
just a ;Scottish fiddler, and we
youngsters ere brought up li
sten
to the "Braes O'Mar»,.The
Flout*
of Edinborough",,.. "The Cripple •.
Boy", "White Cockade' -and, the
."Devil's Dream". I -knew. themal
one-times-and-hit-ye-d=a-hit--m-y_
self
So "much was, this instrument use
that the finger board had become
worn flat where -the third :finger. '
,crossed over on the strings. Years
ago, I had 'it replaced with a new'
one though I regret to say thar`I
haven't. had.. it. tuned in years A
busy life in other matters' and a:
little rheumatism in the joints
seems .to, have foiled my endeav-
our in this. regard . I Wasthe only
one in the family who ever•playe�
it; -But. there was a time. when the
neighbors gathered in the evening
to hearfather play -the fiddle;and
p y
the harmonica while my. sister
chorded•on the :old five octave
organ; We had a little orchestra
our own and had many a happy
taonyuor nien. .h. iway, w,no epense.
.hSlniede"fdoarysompeiaonftomhyagvfe idtohveh
ren with the hope they may learn
.to play .it.Music had a prominen
place In oir home and afrer'a ha
day's work,_ I loved to have lathe
tune: up the fiddle while I did the
Highland. Fling by way of relax
ation. Indeed, there was a time.
when with' the old •mouth,
organ
clasped in/a wire frame held •
around my neck, I played. both
.iristruments with much satisfactme
to 'myself, if, not to. others who
listened.. My_heart still takes a f
extra beats when 1 hear on radio
television the strains of some old
tithe fiddler. •
The
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