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THE LUCKNOW' SENTPNEL; 'LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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iBrUc'�BoardW$Ii.BUyl. 2;Acrs:At 5 ... , .
Per AcreAsSitOfHeadquarters e ,
The Bruce County Board 'of • , having•been>suggested as 5 acres,
'Education's administrative building'lvirc Marv. PT cc
• :will be located'in Elderslie committee' recommended'.;buying
Township, at the northerly limits of 12 acres:' Committee chairman
e Chesley, if soil tests: rove':that'the Maitland
�,l 4 Maitland Warder. explained that'
; r• land is suitable for: the building`•' the' price was low enough to make
• tl
� rtry l-has-been-g-iv.en-by--the---this=a vis move s -circ -other -site
rnmd .
• Mr.. Warder advised that ,no.,
decision had been made on the
method of financing'construction .
of the .building. The Board could
build on its own or, rent:�a building
ILasked 'why the erected tci its
specifications , but -
decision; would not be made.
until. all' the grant. .factors are .
know, n 'so that the arrangement
Will be.most advantageous to the•. .
13oa d Otlier:iitembers of the ;
committee are Mrs. Doris Milne:,
Ross Fowler and ,George 'Loucks
Temporary•accommodation .will
be .rprovided . by leasing the second',
" ' Ontario Department of Educ.ation•to
would have: cost as• much for .only'.
•ocate.the building on the site prop- 5 .acres
osed, an .option on .the land; at a If any future' expansion of the Eld-
:price of $500 per acre has.been tak- erslie school .is needed., Mr. •.
Warder -suggested -the land--could-be--56Or--of-the-t-hesley Towri Hall •
en and arrarigerrie.nts were-•made..at •
:the recent meeting of the. Board to. .
.hire .an ,architect; 'havew•sketch plans
made and the soil tests taken..
12 ACRE SIfiE
The 12 acre site .• has .396': frontage
on Bruce County Road 10, is
a• jacent to t 'e • ers e entra •
School property and can be serviced
with town water and sewers: With
•
the original req ir'ements
used for'that,purpOse,as'well; and
it would. undoubtedly' be more val-
uable in the :future
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aimed that this
so that. soil tes
with a speciaic type of structure in
`When ,the tom
mittee's'recoirtrn
endaton, tn,pre
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pare sketch plans- `
r: Wider expl-
step was.necessary.'
tS could be taken
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CHAS. HOOISMA, .PROP.
AEATTOI<R 395-2905. STORE 395-2.961. •
until December 31, 1969, ata rate
of $2.00 per square • foot per annum
The• rental charge includes heating.:
and! all 'utilities, with- the'town do-.
•ing a complete re -decorating job
.on the, council, chamber and install-.
new light (ixtiires:
in
ASHFIELD
Mrs Colin MacGregor is visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. George
Leadbetter 'in Toi`onto .
Mrs: Violet' Drennan ,is home after
two weeks' in Goderich Hospital;
Miss Jean Drennan of London wa
home for the•weeken4, •
Church School opened on Sunday
in Ashfield,, :..Presbyterian. Church
with Mr. Gordon Robb as Superinte-
ndent and an attendance of 82; .
' ,A number of the members of the
W.M.S. attended the Synodical in
Goderich. - . '
Misses .A nna and Charlotte Mac-
kenzie are visiting their sister,
Mrs, Earl Howes :
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16th; 1969
m ,
eet' my other-tn-.law
For years, the: mother-in-law
has. been the. butt of jokes with
a •.touch of bitternessin them,
They have been pictured as
domineering, interfering wom-
en, ruining the grandchildren,
breaking up marriages. They
•: have been' caricatured as, un,
• welcome visitors who criticized;
made trouble. and' 'generally
Were a great big pain. in the ,'
arm.. And often with. good rea- •
son. ;
I've- never bee -Tr -able -to -write
sarcastically about my mother-
in-law. In• the first place•
she'd have liad my. hide for .4
door -mat: In the second, she.
was one of the sweetest and.
'most gentle persons I have
ever. ,known. •
Now,,, don't get me wrong..
She was :no• saint. She was no
little; old. white=haired lady :.
handing out cookies and. , be
nevolency all over the 'place.
Far• from it.' She -was born •
and 'raised in County, Antrim,
Ireland, and she 'had mostof •
the traits of that peculiar, race.
:Equally -,quick • to tears • and
laughter.: Witty 'and, stubborn.
Quick tongue , and quick tem-
per. Warmand fiercely loyal to; ;
her. ownand With a wonderful
capacity for giving love
Her children loved her 'and
her . grandchildren:adored her •
and her husband. :worshipped,
'her. Like so many. :grannies,
she had spanked; , her, ,oviin•
children•'. when: they'neededit,
.,but. grew furious ' and tearful
when they spanked .theirs:
She came out: to. Canada as a'.
young woman beautiful of
face and figure, with • long,
'black. curly :hair, a:. haughty;'
fine=' ., -k•---air.
warm''and , •lively spirit. She':
sang like -an ;angel.•
' She was thrown into ' a sober
puritan 9! .community and mar=
ried a 'shy: young, farmer who
loved •her deeply for 46 years.
and. still does..' • v'
Perhaps. she was' not car
to
be ` a farm wife.' But .she
pulled her: weight-' She Worked.
and •. how she; worked! :Milk
ing, , gardening, 'scrubbing
clothes and floors.by hand. She
was indefatigable, in her .pur-
suit of the desmon dirt; and her
house was always spotless.
But it: was 'never, sterile as
some :spit -and -span. houses .can
be;• It was: never a house,:but a `
home, filled with' the . warmth.
and love andlife that only an,
unusual person can provide,.
There was singing and laugh
"ter and clatter and a complete
lack of tension. '• . "
It wasn't roses all the Way.
She went through the depres,
, sion . and the • mortgages, and,'
those rending decisions. about
whether the last • 50 cents - •
available was going for a music
lesson or dress material• for tlic' -
'girls or feed . for, the hens.
And she didn't go through it
�-p'atiently and submissively;`;She-
w•as. too Irish.' She complained
like hell: But she didn't whine.:
Her complaints and .comnion
sense (this is one thing that is:
seldom attributed to the I;rish,.•'
and ': should, be) , produced re;.
sults. '
Despite, her fire,: she had a;
wonderful way of -coming to
terms with the situation,,
whether ,it was . emotional or
material or spiritual. '.
She bore • three handsome
children. She was pregnant,
and terribly sick with; one .of..
them, when:. she got word that
her younghusband had. lost an
•arm in a threshing machine.
She learned that one of . hers•
daughters was• going to: marry .:
a'' broken-down' fighter pilot,
with a, total income of $60 a
month, and no .prospects. Most
•:mothers would ..have. -fought
like a .. tigress to 'avert, or at:
least postpone the marriage.
She gave encouragement,
though her heart. must have
beer] sore, and -it. was then that
I fell in love with her.
.:My instinct' was right. 'When
my wife attacked me, she :at•:.
'tackedmy wife. When I: 'wrote
a bum column, ' she told ..•me.,
lin r- a
, trouble, . she:,was right; there,
'with .ancient` charms. and; .cures
that worked:.. ' ,'
She was. not a pious.:woman,
thank ,God. She was a 'virtuous
- woman, ..and a real- Christian.
She ' fed tramps, gave
. stren _ w en it was > needed,
and love without stint.
Dying, she didn't whirnper to;...
God. Most .of.. her thoughts.and:'
words were about ' those • she
loved..,She didn't want toacaive;'..
'and fought to'the ,last breath.
Life is going to ,be different
without Granny, .but I have a
feeling she won't .be faraway:
'She couldn't. stand it. She'll be
around' as long as'those. who
loved her,' are.:
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