HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-12-22, Page 27TALES THAT
HAVE BEEN TOLD
by
REV. DUNCAN McTAVISH
LONDON
We hope your Christmas glows
with many happy hours spent
with family and friends. Sincere
'thanks for your kind patronage.
GREER TV and ELECTRIC
(Bill Bolt and Clarence Greer)
CHRISTMA
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AND
Y NEW YEAR
In' most grateful
appreciation, we
wish you and your
.family all the • 4
peaceful joy
and happiness
of that
Holy . Night
when hope
was given to
all mankind.
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MUSIC VERSUS NOISE
It was in May , pa.' Rain was
ming down and all construction
k was halted for the day. I was
orking with a concrete gang in
JOE and DEAN AGNEW
SCHMID'S JEWELRY and CHINA
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
parts. The day being wet , there •
were more than the usual nuria-
ber of loiterers around. Among
them was an old man known
throughout the country as "Sing:-
ing Jimmie". Jimmie loved to
sing and only needed to be asked.
The boss, knowing this, winked
over at me' and said, "Sing us a
song Jimmie and Dune will sing
another." That was all that was
needed and Jimmie struck
out with orie'of his old favorites,
' My Grandfather's Clock." I
followed with one of Harry
Lauder's. Jimmie started out a
second time; 'and presently the
crowd was having a free concert.
But Jimmie was.a philosopher as
well as a singer. Years
before he had been given aqew
dollars to drive a horse and buggy
to the County Town, with a.very
old man as, a ,passenger. He was
— being sent to the House 'of Refuge
as it was called in those days,
where he would spend the remaind-
er of his life. They arrived in
time for the evening meal, and in
due time the old man retired to
rest, apparently in his usual
health. But in the morning they
found him dead,: from. Heart Fail.'
ure the Coroner said. The under-
taler in Town:was called to make
arrangements for the removal of
the body back to, his native vil-
lage. lie wanted Jimmie to guar-
antee he would be paid, and he
made it .quiteelear that he wasn't
going to Ship the body until he
was sure of his pay. Jimmie look-
ed at him with his tam a little
to one side' and answered him in
these words: "Well, you Can keep
it." Like a lot of other, folk I
have knoWn, Jimmie was quite
generous in giving away some-
thing that was no use to him, and
very little use to anyone else.
But Jimmie's specialty was sing-
ing: In the prime of life, he lov-
ed' to sit out on a summer evening
And sing some of his old ScOtch
favorites. Especially did,he like
singing when he had had a 'wee
drappee to 'wet his whistle'.
On one occasion he was doing
just that on the back st%ps of his
little cottage home, The hour
was getting late, but' that meant
nothing to him. Around two
o'clock in the morning the local
constable was called out. of bed by
irate neighbours, protesting they
couldn't sleep because of the
noise. Tapping him on the should-
er , he said , "Jimmie, you will
have to stop,this, Folks are phon-
ing in complaining they can't
sleep because of the noise." Jim-
mie looked at him, his, tam still
a little to one side and said:
"They must be a Damn
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Johnston, ' Lucknow general
'practitioner for 30 • year; is .
available from the Ludmow
Sentinel, phone 528-2822 for
$6.95. Also, Paul Henderson's
book "The Fans Go Wild" at
$5.95. Mailed anywhere. in Can-
ada or 'United States at no ad-
ditional charge.
Watch your grammar! Grand-
ma's swimsuit •was a common
noun - this year's Bikini is only
an Abbreviation:
poor judge of music , it they call
this noise."
In these-days when I listen to
radio and television bombarding
us with shouts and screeches, I
Often think of Jimmie. It is sup-
posed to be music and is held in
high regard in many sophisticated
circles ,• but to Me it is just plain
noise, and not even pleasant to
listen to. Sity years ago I would
have been booed off the platform
had I tried anything like the
'noise' I'have to accept as music
today. I suppose that one of the
reasons is that I am growing old
'And finding it hard to adjust to
this new age. Every day 'I hear
records being played, of songs
'that 'in an earlier day wouldn't
have lasted many moons ,.if it
were, not for the millions of dol-
lars made by the recording busi-
ness. At times -We seem to be
doomed to listen to 'noise' and
try to convince ourselves that it
is 'music'.
PAGE TWENTY$EVE
LETTER TO EDITOR
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1,3
25 MO S.C. However since reach
ing the New Stone Age man's pro-
grest has been comparatively rap-
id New Stone Age, Copper &
Bronze Iron & Steel. Atomic and
Space Ages. Looking at the past
makes it easy to see that we arc .
moving towards a fast moving
future in which it is feasible for
the world's different cultures to
blend together making possible a
richer, fuller life for all mankind.
Needless to say; in this new
proximity , the better the peoples
of the world can understand each
other the.greater will be the likeli•
hood of their living together in
peace and harmony. Misunder-
standing among the peoples of the
world can lead to discord and dis-
cord can lead to wars. How un-
fortunate that our educational
authorities should' choose this , ,of
all tinks, to tell our students they
do not need to bother with the sub-
ject of world history. A possible
solution to this deplorable situa -
tion is for 'an aroused public , opin-
ion to be willing 'to
demand of our educational author-
ities what they are trying to pro-
mote in telling our students they,
are not required to bother with the'
subject of world history .
Art Andrew.
NEW STOCK of portable type-.
writers just arrived, Smith
Corona Corsair, $64.95, an ideal
Christmas gift. The• Lacknow
Sentinel.
the Village of Lucknow at the
time*. Some repairs were needed
on the cement mixer that . •
required the skill, of a blatksmith.
The -boss and I started out to the
shop, :taking with us the*needed
r •
JATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1973
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