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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1977 PAGE THIRTEEN THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Travelogue On The British Isles
PURPLE GROVE NEWS
A group of friends and neigh-
bours gathered at the community
centre Sunday evening to view
slides of the British Isles, taken by
Bryan Boyle while he visited there
last summer. Bryan toured these
countries from the end of May to
July- and met with many young
farmers as this was a junior farmer
program.
Bryan was the commentator and
delved a bit into _the history of the
British Isles and explained each
slide in turn with fascinating
details and a bit of humor. Among
those were pictures of hog, cattle
and sheep farming, many of sheep
in the lush green pastures of
Scotland. Also in Scotland he had
seen ,LOch Ness (minus the
monster), The Isle of Skye 'where
sheep roamed the countryside
without the hindrance of fences and
a huge hog farm in Kincardineshire
near Aberdeen. Healso had slides
of some of the historic castles such
as Edinburgh Castle.
In Ireland there was evidence of
the bloody war, bombed factories
and whole streets, where shops
were bricked up and the propriet-
ors had moved elsewhere. Also in
Ireland there was a bridge built by
fishermen to carry them to the
fishing village on an Island. The
bridge was of rope and plank and
carried a person 200 feet above the
water and craggy rocks. Bryan
mentioned how this bridge rolled
with every step taken and was not
for the chicken hearted.. It was
situated on the Antrin. Coast of
Ireland.
Bryan also had slides of his hosts
and their families. On showing his
Irish hosts Bryan remarked he had
been lucky to get the picture with
the Irish lady's mouth partially
closed. This was a joke as he spoke
very highly of the people who
opened their homes to him and
welcomed him in their warm
friendly fashion.
In England Bryan attended the
Royal Agricultural Show and had
pictures of Buckingham Palace.
While he was in England there was
no rain and some of the fields were
brown and burned from the want of
water. Only very few farmers used
the irrigation system and had to be
licenced to, 'do so. Bryan was
involved in mixed farming as an
estate where one of his hosts was
employed. He also toured the home
of Anne Hathaway and that of
Shakespeare's mother which was
close to his host's home. He visited
the Shakespeare -memorial gardens
where masses of brilliantly colour-
ed flowers flourished. The gardens
were kept up as they were on, the
lot where his birth place had once
stood. Besides Stratford on the
Avon he saw many of the highlights
in London England including the
changing of the guard.
Folks enjoyed seeing the colour-
ful slides which took them away
momentarily from our own snow,
water and mud. After the slides
there was a question period and
then a delicious lunch was served
by Mrs. Francis Boyle and Bessie
Farrell.
Kerry Boyle and school chum
Joan Callister were home from
Hamilton with the Boyles for the
weekend. Bryan Boyle who is
Assistant. Ag.' Rep. in Peterbor-
ough and Miss Janet Lackner from
Ottawa were also , weekend guests
there.
Mrs. DuWayne Grieg, Debbie
and Ryan spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Gawley and
Sunday dinner guests of the
Gawleys were Misses Ethel and
Lettie Gawley of Ripley.
Night Classes° in Ripley District
Secondary School held their-
Achievement Night on Thursday
which included some of the ladies
from this area.
Also some from here attended
the Midget hockey game in Ripley
on Monday between Ripley. and
Sheddon in the semi finals for the
all Ontario trophy.
Ian Elliott celebrated, his birth-
day on Saturday and with him were
Marty Bolte and Frank Dore.
Also little Teresa, :daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Farrell had her
first birthday. on Monday, March 7.
Helping her celebrate were Mr.
and Mrs. Ezra Stanley of Lucknow,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rider of
Kinlough, Mr. and Mrs. Don
McCosh of Ripley, Bonnie Boyle
and Linda . White.
Another birthday party was held
last weekend at the home of the
Earl Elliotts in honour of Jack
Elliott of Kincardine. Guests
besides Mr. and Mrs. Elliott were
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greenwood and
John Paul and Mr. and Mrs. John
Farrell and Teresa.
Mrs. Brian King and Stephanie
visited on Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. Don Dore.
We have a law in Ontario which permits any pregnant
woman, married or not, to take a 17-week unpaid leave of
absence from work to have her baby. This law covers part-time
as well as full-time employees, provided that they have been
working for the same employer for at least 63 weeks before the
expected date of birth.
When she returns to work, the new mother is guaranteed
the right to her former position or to a comparable
position with no loss oseniority or benefits at the same salary.
Naturally, pregnancy does not prevent an employee
from being dismissed for valid reasons not connected
with pregnancy, but pregnancy alone cannot be the cause
of dismissal where an employee is eligible for leave.
An expectant mother is required to give two weeks'
notice in writing of the day she intends to leave. She is
entitled to begin her leave any time within 11 weeks
before the baby's birth but she must take at least six
weeks of her leave afterwards. If the employer wishes the
employee to begin her leave before she wants to do so.
the employer must prove that she is unable to perform
her normal duties adequately.
The employee is eligible for Unemployment Insurance
benefits during her pregnancy leave (even if she does not
intend to resume work when her leave expires) if she had
at least 20 weeks of ensured employment during the year
before the birth. At least ten of the 20 weeks should have
fallen between the 30th and the 50th weeks before the
birth
If you'would like more information about pregnancy
leave or other labour legislation of interest to working
women, write to:
Employment Standards Branch
Ministry of Labour
400 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1T7
and we will send you a'brochure.
Bette Stephenson, M.D.,
Minister of
Labour
William Davis,
Premier
Province of Ontario