HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-10-22, Page 21THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009. PAGE 21.
Just a little more than a month ago,
news reached the village that a
former resident had passed away at
Queensway Nursing Home. Bob
Madill had been a resident at
that long term care facility for
three years when he died on Sept.
11.
Bob and Ruth came to
Londesborough in 1983 having
purchased the former home of
Elwood and Audrey Mitchell. The
couple had three children, Paul and
Heidi, who live in the house behind
Bob’s former home, Keith and
Darlene, and Cindy and Tom who
now live in Bob and Ruth’s house.
Ruth passed away in 1994.
Bob was raised in Monmouth
Twp. in Haliburton. His entire
working life was as an employee of
the Ministry of Natural Resources.
After moving to Londesborough hespent time for the ministry at theHullett Conservation Area andWingham.It was that love of the outdoorsthat caused his blindness. At the ageof 19 he was hit in the forehead by atree limb. He spent many months ina Toronto hospital recovering. As heaged the injury affected his eyesight.
His tunnel vision eventually resulted
in very limited vision.
Until his eyesight prevented it,
Bob was an avid reader and he loved
to play cards. Cindy remarked that
he put in many alone hours playing
solitaire.
Like many others in the
community, John and I holidayed on
the Thanksgiving weekend,
travelling to Montreal. Now I would
like to be like Samantha from the TV
show Bewitched, able to just wiggle
my nose and arrive magically at my
destination. That not being possible,
in eight hours of travel time my mind
wanders down a variety of paths.
From Kingston east to that
imaginary line that separates Ontario
and Quebec all road signs show bothEnglish and French languages. Once that border is crossed, onlyFrench appears on the signs. Why is that? It can be very disconcertingespecially in construction zones. We took Hwy. 20 into Montrealwhich takes the traveller through anumber of small communities all ofwhich seemed to be using
infrastructure money.
I mentioned this language thing to
Brent who had just returned from
location in British Columbia. He
remarked that in the areas of
Vancouver and Victoria, he
noticed many signs in both English
and Spanish, in deference to that
area’s large number of Spanish
residents. Why not English in
Quebec?
The Friday we headed east, it was
raining and it rained on and off all
the way to Montreal. The scenery
along the 401 was definitely
breathtaking when the sun
peeked through. The trees east
of the Newcastle/Bowmanville
area were further along than those
here. And as the newscasts reported,we commented on the number ofpolice vehicles we saw on thejourney.As it was a holiday weekend, thetraffic even on Friday was heavy.The rain and the traffic spray madethe visibility poor even for us in atruck. Small cars would have faredworse, making me wonder if it might
be a good idea to allow only dark
coloured vehicles on the roads. In
fog, rain and snow conditions a
white or light coloured car is not as
easily seen.
The pavement is grey, one seems
to be driving into a grey horizon and
snow can obliterate shoulders in
winter driving. Tan, light blue, grey
and beige cars tend to be less
easily spotted in poor conditions.
Perhaps the number of accidents
could be reduced by this change in
paint.
Happy
Gang holds
card party
Sunday, Oct. 25 Londesborough
United Church will hold its
anniversary service. Members of the
choirs are asked to gather for
practice that morning at 10 a.m.
Those members are also reminded of
a practice on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7
p.m.
Members of Londesborough
United are reminded of the
congregational meeting to be held in
the church basement on Monday
evening, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
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NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
By BRENDARADFORDCall 523-4296PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO
Hand to mouth
Lukas Greidanus, one, took the easiest way to enjoy the
pancakes served by the Londesborough Lions Club at
breakfast on Sunday morning. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Anniversary
service at
United Church
The Londesborough Happy Gang
Seniors held their October card party
at the Londesborough Community
Hall on Friday, Oct. 9. There were
16 tables of euchre players that
evening.
In first place by a wide margin
with 83 points were Randy and Paul.
Wilmer and Marie Glousher scored
74 points to be the second place
winners. When all the scores were
tallied, there were three couples
sharing the third place money all of
them with 72 points - Stu and Alex,
Joann MacDonald and Dorothy
Carter and Lynn Wall and Tracy Tait.
Six lone hands played
successfully by Delores and
Dorothy won them the most lone
hands prize. The seniors will host
their next evening of cards on Nov.
13.
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