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The Fist Canadian Bank MO Bar* of Montreal • WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1976 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO PAO'S' TINPLVIE gat Oral History IS All 'About" BY SANDY NICHOLSON Oral History • is a method of collecting and preserving historical information by interviewing with 'a tape, recorder. The Archives of. Canada, the Archives, of the Provinces and some organizations. in Canada have started to collect . and ,preserve these •tapes. Unfor- tunately, all Archives have, been " unable to get enough funds to do the essential work they mist do - and they do not have funds to have anyone on a,salary to interview the people who have made •hi:Siory and 'should be interviewed. While I was Minister of Social Welfare in. Saskatchewan, 1960-64, I was responsible for the Geriatric Centres and the supervision of all the Nursing Homes. During that period I interviewed a number of pioneers 'as a volunteer for the Saskatchewan Archives. Sine retiring. in Toronto in ,1973 I have volunteered to interview some of my friendi for the Archives. The, Archives would supply the tapes and make a copy available to the people interviewed. The United Church and 'the Canadian Medical Association Archives have since' been keen to get copies-of the tapes 'of friends of interest to them. Since I was born in 1900, I have known seine very interesting people. Those interviewed include two well known Doctors, Bob McClure and Wilder Penfield of Montreal. I' started, to, interview Victor Johnston over a, year ag'o, but we bCith decided we would do it over again. He phoned me long distance about 48 hours before he aied,, asking me to come to Lucknow as soon as Possible .to do the interviewing again. He was •getting a tape recorder and would be interviewing, for the Medical Archives, eight Huron, CouritY Doctors and he ,would like some tips froni me. I'm very , sorry Victor's voice will 'not be in' the Archives. I have friends in all 'political Parties,- and interviewed Hon. M. J. Coldwell a month before he died. Hon. Syl :Apps was interviewed While in the Cabinet, I did not know' that he had been Canada's champion pole Vaulter before he was captain of the Maple Leafs and one of the finest hockey players of all time, Murray Gaunt M.P.P. was interviewed, partly because of himself, but especially for his, forbears, pioneer settlers in Huron and Bruce. Much has been written about all of these, but our tapes are the, only records the ArchiVes will have of their voices, telling how and why they happened to do what they did. This article is prompted by a remarkable person whose name has rarely appeared in the Sentinel, Annie Ross Macintyre. . Our interview in December 1975was one of the most enjoyable I have done. You see that she is in good company with . those mentioned above. Unfortunately, the' head office of the Presbyterian Church does not have a full time Archivist or any program to collect this type of history. More than one hundred of her friends had a party on April 3rd' to mark her .80th birthday which was. on March 24, 1976. A few impromptu remarkS made at the party resulted in several requests for me to write sonfething, Annie's grandparents, Alexand- er Ross and Ann McLeod, were born in the IS,le of Skye and curie to" Prince EdWard Island about 125 years ago. Annie's father John. was born there and was abbut two when the family moved 'JO let 1,. concession 5, .Kinloss. There was no,school available until John was 8: By the time he was 12, when there were 7 other• brothers. and sisters and they were expect,. ing a baby, he brought home the measles. His mother caught the disease and she and the baby died. Alexander never married again.' . With . the help of John and the eldest daughter, they raised the family. When John, married Emily MacDougall, he brought the bride to live in the log house with him and his father. Annie's happiest and earliest recollections were about Grandpa Ross. He had a great way with children., He lived with them 'for the rest of his life. As he grew older, the datighter-in- law could not have given her own father more affection.. The only other' of the eight children to stay in;Kinloss was the youngest daughter, Mary who, married. John MacMillan who spent their lifetime 'on the same conces- sion. Hugh.. their eldest son, was my last teacher in public school and was, chiefly responsible for, my following his example in becoming a minister. He and his wife Donalda spent most of a lifetime in Formosa as missionaries. Ross and his wife Chrissie MacKenzie ed from the family farm. George was a carpenter, arid. Clarence, a well known Toronto. Doctor. The boys have all died. The 'other members of the Ross family moved to various parts of Canada and there are many distiaguished •descendents of Alexander and Ann Ross all across' Cariada and United States. Annie's maternal grandparents, Angus and Margaret Lamont McDougall, were also born• in Skye. They came dirctly to Canada and Kinloss -Township, taking lot 1, concession 2, Kinloss. • This happens to, be one of the very few Kinl‘ss, jprins on; which a descend ent of the original settler resides. Freda (MicDougallYMacInnes is a granddaughter. The first night that MacDougalls were at DuillOps, Goderich there was a great ,crowd of settlerS with people, sleeping all over. 'At 'the suggestion of Mrs. MacDougall, Angus gave his bed roll, to a poor woman, with a • sick baby and. he slept on the ground. He caught cold and never had as ' good health again. He spent the last 18 years of his life bedfast, his wife giVing him the best of care. The year • before Emily was married, a sister died leaving seven children without mother or fath&r. There were only two of 'the 9 MacDougall children at home, at the time, Emily and John, Freda's father, but they took the 7 'children, age 10 months•to 18, and they were given the same care as Margaret had given Ifieir own children. Emily consi4ered postponing her marriage, but brother . John and Grandma insisted, they could man- age. These Were the days • before family allowances, old age pen- sions and welfare. One• of the •children said years later, "How did you ever manage, Grandma, did you not consider putting vs out. fief- adoption?" "Oh we couldn't de that*, we loVed you all, You might' go to a home where you were not loved and you would not get a Christian upbringing," Annie later married William MacIntyre of the 4th of Kinloss and went as a bride to Saskatchewan. The story of the life daring the to: HURONIA HOCKEY CAMP BOX 103 - LS WATERLOO, ONT. Phone 884-4050 drought and depresSion 35 miles from -town and doctor will wait for anotherAirne. They, with their son Donald John, returned to take over the- MacIntyre farm after- Archie and Norma and, children came down where Donald and Marilyn and children are living now. After William's death and Annie was over. 65, she was looking forward to taking life easier.• Jessie.and Annie MacKay had reached the point that they could not manage alone. Their niece and nephew from Edmeniton could not come down to,' care for them. The, only alternative was to sell 'the house, all• their treasurers and move them to Walkerton. There was just no one willing to take the job of looking after two elderly folk. Annie MacIntyre was finally persuaded to try for a month. Things 'went so well that each pleaded ,"Annie you can't leave us." And she didn't for ten long years. She remained with them till they both died and gaiie them the same loving care she has given to everyone. Annie and Jessie had ten of the best years of a long lifetime. I know' of no one over 65 who ever undertook such a difficult assignment:. That is what oral history is all about.' Thank you .Annie fot making this valuable contribution to Canadian history. LANGS1DE Some of, the ,Holyrood Girl Guides . met at the, home 'of Ann WAster Saturday' • afternoon to' work on some, of their projects for badges including a hike through the country. Mrs. Bongertman attended the trousseau tea at Mrs. Pearl Whitehead's in. Teeswater honour of her daughter Ruth, bride-to-be. Mrs. Eugene Gardner, Sandra, Greg and Shelley of Lucknow and Ken Young of Langside, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Young. Mary Bongertmari, Listowel and Helen• Weirsma of Palmerston, both spent the weekend at the home 'of „their parents. • Mrs. Robert Stewart of Teeswat- er, formerly of Langside, plans to visit her sister in London on Friday and both plan later to attend the Tulip Festival in Ottawa. Special Mother's Day service was held in Langside Presbyterian Church On SundaY with several members of the congregation taking part: Seven junior girls sang "Pass My lave Around" with Nancy de Boer at the organ. • The Langskle-Whitechurch Young Peoples - held their regular meeting at Whitechurch Sunday evening. The Langside Ladies' Aid will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday evening at the home , of g . INQUIRE ABOUT FAMILY CAMP AND DAY PROGRAMS SUBSCRIPTION• • - To E LUCKNOW SENTINEL Please forward brochure to: NAME. ADDRESS TOWN Mrs. Visser.'