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Suppliets of local firms will
also be receiving a letter in the
mail asking for their support.'
All donations of $5 or over will
receive an official receipt valid
as a charitable donation for in-
come tax purposes.
• "Get In The •Swim" , welcome
the .canvasser when he calls on
you and remember that it is' in the
interest of the entire community
that he iscalling.. It is hoped
that the canvass will be complet-.
ed as quickly 'as •possible and ,your
assistance will be appreciated.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1601,
Relates Interesting Events
Of First . Year In Ghana
Rose Family an To Visit Great
Britain and Europe This Summer
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Canadian High Commission.
p.o..Box 1639
Accra , Ghana , West Africa
June 14, 1972.
Dear Don,
It is almost a year since we
left Canada to come to Ghana and
Ifelt that our friends in the Luck-
now-Ripley area might. be interest
ed in some of our activities and
ur life in Ghana during the past •
ear.
To date our stay in Ghana has
been very pleasant. Perhaps the
eatest frustration that we. have is
hat--a ,large-amount-of-our-mail
oes not arrive from Canada and
e often wonder how many' of our
tters'fail to arrive in Canada,
• Fortunately the Sentinel arrives
egularly within a week. 'We
have even had it arrive on the
Monday following the week of
being published and this is faster
ban we used to receive it' in '
Rainy River. (Editor's note: Dan's ,
aper is sent air mail now. Regiil-
r surface mail proved useless).
can assure that every issue is ,
eally appre-c-iated. We en-joy
b Wylds' colurn on Ripley as it
eepsus up-to-date on that corn-
unity as well. Somehow Can-
ada does not seem so far away
hen you get the local news from
ome regularly. In addition we
e always interested in 'the • '
citiVites of people and organiza-
ions in the district. We certain-
y look forward to the time when
e will return to Can4da to take
rain those activities.
Despite the fact that we look
rward to returning to Canada we
re enjoying our life in Ghana' and
n many occasions we have been
age to realize just, how small
ead thoroughly ; When you're--Pialed-'-anid-as-ther"trici-+e— inany modern city while outside his far away news from home is
My work since our arrival has
volved teaching at the Univer-
y as well •a.s assisting with the
velopment of extension work in
e Faculty of Agriculture. There
e eight of here-from-the Limy -
sity of Guelph working 'in Food
fence and Nutrition , Home Ec-
,ornics and Agriculture, The
ograrn is sponsored by"the Can-
ian International Development
ency (c D. A ) and pur -
e is to assist the development
the various departments by
allowing them to send faculty and
graduate students to Guelph for
further training, On their return
to Ghana they will take, over the
_positions of the staff members
from Guelph who will then
return to Canada.
Since our arrival we have been
able to take a number of short'
trips to neighbouring countries.
Namely Togo, Dahomey, Niger-
ia and Ivory Coast. We are also
planning a short trip to Northern
Ghana and Upper - Volta. All of
these trips have been most interest-
ing and have included visits to the
Universities of Ibadan and_Ifeja_L.
Nigeria, to Ganvie (a stilt village
out in a lagoon) in Dahomey and
to Abidjan a very modern city in
Ivory Coast. •
:the sidewalks are crowded with members of the Lucknow may not receive a letter , will be that are being,taken to get the
The contrasts in these 'develop-
ing countries are tremendous.
Its not .unusual to meet a new
M.F. 165 tractor on the highway
and in a field alongside see a
al farmer working his plot, with a
short handled hoe and cutlass.
In the cities are modern depart-
ment stores where goods are dis-
is that imported goods are becom-
ing extremely scarce and we ex-
pect that in the future all but the
rnost-most -krnported goods
will be unavailable. The reason
'for this situation is 'the
country's foreign exchange has
been depleted and the govern-
ment is attempting to build up,
reserves and strell•gthen the econ-
omy. In conjunction with ithis
there. is .a great drive on to in-
crease the production of food
locally. I'm sure that there will.
be plenty of food produced but
there .may be prohlemi of distri-
bution and storage at harvest
tim e ~.D~pi.te,.this._orle~mus
recognize the value of the steps, Out in support -of the campaign • Any, donations from :others ,.who
are
.KINLOSS. - Barry Johnston, G.
W. VanderKlippe, Don Bushell,
Gordon MacDonald, Ken Houston,
John Hodgrtil;a'Led-Miiifay;Grant
Eckenswiller, Dunc Campbell,
Ernie King. •
'DUNGANNON - Mrs. Cecil
Blake.
Fotmer residents at a distance,
Who are .on The Sentinel mailing
list, will be receiving a letter . ,
from the committee inviting them
to be part of the project. "It is
felt that many, who retain an
interest in their. home community,
will be willing to assist.
• III " countr yts-eLTonermy-bac-k-orr-a
sound basis.
Also since the coup there has
been a.great campaign 'against
tax evasion and corruption in
general. The army seems very
efficient at tax collecting and
there have been great line-ups -
of people waiting to pay their
leyy. •The army has also been
active in getting more product-
ivity out of government operated
enterprises. Shortly after the
Coup_, army officer_s_started
visiting government, offices and
"baskets of falm produce and
a mattress to wheel barrows, tubs
of water , tools, chainsaws, huge
ed to Aliattarydrilling-irt-pirb- •
anyone not at work on time , was
locked out. Thoie who came
late were assembled and subject- ,
and given lectures on the import-
ance of disCipline. The methods
may seem harsh by our standards
but they were effective and in a
country where there is much un-
employment I a.m sure 'the drilling
was much more acceptable to
those affected than outright dis-
missal.
•
At present here at the Univerr
sitY we are busy marking papers
And preparing the_ final reports of
the academic year. Examina-
tions are over and the'long vaca-
tio_a_will start . t the end' of June.
We plan to visit Great Britain and
Europe this summer with a'rented
camper. We are all looking
forward to the holiday, particu-
larly the phange_in climate._
We are always pleased to hear
of our friends in Canada both in
personal mail and through the
-local papers. Please note that
Since January 13 , 1972 Ghana our address has been changed and
,h as been under the corkol of all mail should be sent to D. I.
Military government. T coup. RoSe c/o Canadian High Commis-
was bloodless and aside from ar,Tri- skin, Box 1639, Accra , Ghana.
ed soldiers -gtrarding s rategit Hopefully this will-result in more
buildings such as the airport , consistant rimail delivery.
radio stations, telegraph offices
and Manning roadside check
points things went on quite norm-
ally. In recent weeks the army
personnel have disappeared from
the cheek points and everything •
is normal. The one big change
• . • • •
Many others have volunteered
' Died InHospital their services as canvassers and,
as of Saturday of last week,' they Mrs. William T. ROulston, a
were: resident at Pinecrest Manor, Luck-,
now , passed away at Wingham WEST WAWANOSH t Harold
Fzrington, Bill. MacPherson, Keith and District Hospital on Monday, August .14th in her 87th. year. Kilpatrick, Vern Hunter, Frank The funeral service will be.
IyIcQuillin, Joe Hickey. held on. Wednesday, August 16th
SWIMMING ,POOL
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club members were present.
These 25. men personally pledged
$2500 from their own pockets, as
well as agreeing to canvass in
support of the project.
It-is 'assumed that the other 15
club members who were unable to
be present that evening will also
be willing to assist financially, •
making quite a sizeable base•to
start the campaign on.
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ally-is-gettingl—For great bundles of firewood are car , xample, the week that we arriv-
ried in this manner. Small child' in Ghana. we had to visit a
ten are as proficient. as adults and octor (Ghanaian) and found that
it is rare to see .a headload had practised in Seaforth. Later .fall
even when the person is running en visiting some friends I met to avoid traffic.• Needlets to school teacher from Hamilton
say the posture of the people is o had worked in the Rainy
excellent ,. • ver District with people we
ow. A few weeks ago, Sheila
, he wt fe6-1 a doctor
om California , told us, that her
other from Winnipeg had inqUir-.
d about us. It Wins out that she
related to pep* in Rainy
er by the name of Smith that
e-know-quite well. I believe
s lady's mother and also the
miths or their ancestors ,
riginally came from Ripley.
st recently we met Jane.(Stein-
rg) a girl from North Bay who
related.to Mrs. Jadk Farrell 'at
pley and who has vadationed in e Ri pley -Kincardine area.
The Ghanaian people are gen-
erally very'happy and friendly.
They respond to a wave or a
greeting with great smiles and
Waves in return. The children
are beautiful and when they dress
for church or .some 'special occa-
sion are a sight to behold-.---0-f
course as in any society there. are
those who spoil'it. Here in
Ghana petty thievery is a.problem
that one must always guard again
-st but-on the other hand
violent crimes seem to be declin-
ing, particularly armed robbery.
Perhaps the recently instituted •
sentence of death for,this crime
is serving as a deterrent. '
petty , traders selling an endless
array of goodS from trays carried
on their heads or from small
stands. Most farm produce moves
froin the farm by headload.
There are •no beasts Aburden in
these countries. The women '••
carry almost 'everything to. market
Headloading may seem very
inefficient but I have seen people'
carrying loads on their heads
that could not possibly be carried
by a single person in any other
way for any appreciable distance.
Everything from a' bed, including
Sincerely,
'Dan.
Ruth, Dan, David, Allison and
Sheila Rose.
We all send our best wishes.
309. The 'Legion have earmark-
ed proceeds4rom their weekly'
bingos in August and September
towards the pool fund, as well as
proceeds from.two dances in Aug-
ust and September and any rent
money for the. hall received from
groups raising 'money for the pools
fund.
A thermometer, located at the
post office, will chart the progress
of the campaign as it progresses.
All donations will be acknowledg-
ed in The Lucknow Sentinel.
Bob Finlay, campaign chair-
man, reports that in addition to
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ASHFIELD.- John Austin, Jim ial Chapel, Lucknow.
Bradley , Warren Zinn, Ernie Gib- Interment will be in Greenhill
son, Grant Farrish, Ross Eedy• Cemetery,
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