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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-08-12, Page 6Page +6--tucknow S.0 thael, Wedae.dey, Aught 12, 19e1 The. KNOW SEF1TINELI "The Savoy Town" F,stabltskod 1673 heitre With all the nostalgia of an old tithe gypsy caravan, the,; Caravan. Stage Company rolled into Wingham last week with its ,majestic Clydesdales,hand carved wagons and' colourful ,performers. The people of this area are truly privileged to have the Company touring this part of the province, because the company :Is based in British Columbia and this is their 'first tour east. Financedby a Canada Council grant and sponsored by the NDWT theatre company of Toronto, the Caravan will visit 17 Ontario communities on its 16 -week tour. Caravan's fours er and managing director., Paul Kirby, comments that the company is trying, to reach people in a way that is "more attractive and, more imaginative'. They are trying, he says;. to popularize theatre and -take it out of the confines of the *titan elite setting to a more informal and relaxed one. "Most of the people whoscome to see our shows are not theatre -goers. In fact, people who goto the theatre for 'all the wrong reasons, to wear their finery and jaw at intermissions, don't come. Our shows are closer in feeling to a sporting event." ' And what magic! Borrowing from the traditional American theatre, travelling repertory companies, the tent shows and the medicine shows, Caravan's productions provide a lot of movement, a lot of music, and a style that's open and broad. For those of us born too late to see real-life ,gypsies bring a show to town in years gone -by, Caravan Stage Company is . something from a storybook come' true. And what a fantastic experience. Their .theatre under the stars touches you in .a Magical way that no other threatre experience can capture. Just seeing the Caravan company come intoour towns captures our imagination. Many of us who dreamed of running away with the circus as children, can only imagine travelling around the country -side in theatre wagons for the summer. The very idea is full of mystery and Yet, delightful: For some of the performers the summer's end will mean a return to conventional theatre. But.for,some of the company it means a return to the finis, in Briti:th Columbia until next summer when they can be on the road again: As Paul Kirby says: Being on the road is like going home. A PLACE FOR KIDS 444-41 "Pt 1 Sports Riddles and . Football Facts 1.Why did the athlete chirp on, the playing field? He was playing cricket. 2.Why did the politician get on her horse? Itwas her riding. 3:Why did the baseball captain put a jug in front of home base? Ile needed a pitcher. . 4.WIhy were the fans making a lot of noise at the tennis match? • You°have to have a racket to play the game. 5.Why did the fan takea.vase to a football game? He heard it was a rose bowl. 6.Why did the jeweller go to the baseball game? It had a large diamond. 7°Why did the player put glasses on the baseball bat? He'd heard that bats were blind. Famous Football Fads . 1.The person who made the most fumbles ever is Roman Gabriel. Ile blew it 96 times! 2.The longest punter is Steve O'Neil --- he kicked 98 yards 'in 1969. • 3 e llon est winning stre s 47 games in a row by O4.George Blanda played 340 games in his lifetime. This i\s more than any other professional football player. (c) Canada Wide Feature Services Limited by MacKay Fairfield Tate •_•t \ ' • t 1 ,° ', 4. 4 / / - •i - w.c,/J / / •, s!—.i / .y.• W.-% SHARON J, DIETZ • Editor ANTHONY N. •JOHNSTONE • AdvertI ng and! Genet"' Meager PAT LIVINiSTON • OM ee Manager ' MERLE ELLIOrT • T penetter JOAN HELM ••Composition • •I Busiiews and gditorini Office Telephone 528.2822 ' ll Meiling Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2110 Second Clue Mail Registration Number -0817 • Sab 1pdss rata, 813.$0 par yawls Nevoacs - , Sealer CIO* onto, $11.50 per your hi.Wanca U.B.A. and F.1*, 523.00 per year M advisee Sr.1.Clt. ti,S.A. and 1r'inlrY, S21,S0 prtryew r adva a one foot in the furrow No other 'industry in the world is as messed up as agriculture. „More than. 1,200 million people go to bed hungry every night. Famines still occur with astounding regularity. People will starve to death in northern Africa and southeast Asia this year. World population expet/ts say more than 2 million people will starve in Africa alone. Starve to death. Russia and China scour the world to buy grain. They have the money to buy it and theyget it. India, once one of the world's greatest grain -growing nations, a country that exported wheat, can no longer grow enough grain : top fill the millions of hungry bellies in that beleaguered part of the globe. Yet, farmers in this country are held to quotas in producing milk,chicken, turkeys and eggs. If as many farmers as wantedto do.socould grow all those commodities, the country would be swamped with food. Not long ago, the U.S. government actually paid . farm- eranot go grow grain. The stories are , rampant about . the inanities that cropped up. Comedians told jokes about farmers sitting around, getting paid millions not to grow corn. The farmers sat and listened attentively to the corn they weren't growing.. You know the stories. Even Canada: got into the act with legislation paying farmers not to grow redtrees grain but to diversify in the west. Yet, today, world grain stocks are lower than they have been in 10 years. Until the new crop comes any time now, grain stocks are enough to last the world about 10 days to,two weeks. Canadian agriculture is setting "out a program to sell, sell, sell as many products as possible 'around the world. Guessperts roll Ottawa have just released ,a . report indicating that Canadian farmers can increase ex- ports and decrease imports so the industry will become more than self- sufficient. But the guessperts also warn that it will need to be . a hard - sell program, especially in European countries because those countries have a' protectionist policy, the EEC, that • will' . effectively stop the rest of theworld from selling farm products over there. So, where will Canadian agriculture sell its products? To the more affluent countries of the. emerging Third World such as Mexico, Venezuela, Nigeria, Algeria, and to the richer countries such as Saudi Arabia, Japan and South Korea. That is,; if they can persuade those countries to trade.. All this information is contained in' an optimistic outlook for farming and agriculture in Canada, a paper produc- ed by the high-priced help in Ottawa to be tabled for cabinet. The bureaucrats • make . everything sound rosy in the report, as easy as, well, gettingpaid for not growing grain. They say foodprices are going to increase between 21 and 63 per cent because of population increases, high- er incomes and constraints on food production. I'm getting a little tired of white fPers, green papers, red , papers, ilet . papers, Royal Com- missions, special committees, stand- ing committees, sitting committes, parliamentary committees and all the other paraphernalia that goes with our bureaucratic jungle called govern- ment. ;, If they would just let farmers alone, they could solve most of their own problems 'without interference. They need help in the way of •'a few subsidies at this time; . they need some surcease from these crushing high interest: rates, usury, really. Theyknow the direction they want to go. They know where they should be going. Now, if we can get governments to give . 'a little and then get farmers together to go the way they know they should, maybe a few more people in .the countrywould catch the .. faith and we would all help the werid get back on an even keel. Maybe fill a few million empty bellies, too. By Don Campbell When Hamish Murdoch finally had the cabin finished to the standard he expected, he wrote to� Pierre Bechard toreport his progress. A few weeks later he received a reply, thanking him for his diligence and asking him to continue. his work in clearing the land. Between the lines Hamish read a note of pessimism in Pierre's letter. The tough French Canadian woods- man was not recovering satisfactorily from his injuries. There was a distinct doubt if, in fact, he would be able to return to Richmond Hill in the spring. Although he was sorry for Bech- ard's . incapacity, Hamish saw an opportunity for making future ar- rangements. He again wrote to Pierre and, explaining his upcoming betroth- al, asked if Bechard would allow him tobring his intended bride to the little cabin in Richmond Hill. The reply was both humorous a d delightful. My dear friend: I am very happy for you to be marrying in my house. My malade will keep me from you I think until the summer or maybe before that. If I am not seeing you, I will be sending monies for you and the Chippy man. If I come and the cabin is too furl we shall be building some more house I am thinking. God bless you your .Pierre Bechard. and woman Bythis time winter was firmly established iii tipper Canada. Shortly after Christmas, the Reverend. Duncan MacLeod paid his last visit of the year to Blake's Folly. At this time Hamish revealed his' marriage plans and they all agreed that it would be a Highland • wedding to be celebrated in Toronto, where hopefully all the Friends of Skye would be in attendance. Hamish asked the minister if he would visit Kate MacQueen when he returned to town and explain the good fortune that awaited her in her new home at Richmond Hill. Meanwhile; Kate MacQueen had spent a quiet Christmas with her two children at her lodging at the corner of Newgate and York Street. She had at that time received three letters from Hamish. They were shy, uncomnlit- ting letters which spoke only of his work, and the building of the cabin. Secretly she feared that Hamish may have a change of :heart. There was little to do after the children were in "bed. She tried to read newspapers by the light of the lantern but it was difficult to follow the language of the press. There seemed to be little news of consequence to her, It was all 'politics, tarriffs, taxes and religion. From time to time she would go and sit by the window and look out onto the streets below. She 1 would watch the horses and sleighs gliding by, the jingle of the harness, sharp and clear on the cold crisp air. Sometimes she followed the stag- gering gait of revellers as they passed by until their stumbling figures and singing voices disappeared 'into the night. Kate was indeed a lonely woman filled with apprehension. One evening there was a knock on the door and for a moment her heart. raced. Could it possibly be Hamish? She went quickly to an old\ mirror and tirade a vain attempt to straighten her long flowing hair. She pinched her cheeks to bring back some colour before she went to the door. The man who stood before her was the Reverend Duncan MacLeod. "Good evening Mrs. MacQueen. May I come in?" Kate did not hesitate but it seemed to the minister there was disappoint- ment in her voice. "Why of course Reverend. Please come away and make ye sel comfort- able." MacLeod came into the dim yellow light and took in the poverty of the surroundings. The two childrenwho had been sitting at the table, rose from their seats in respect. "I would like you to bring the childrenand come with me," the minister Said. All kinds of fears entered Kate's head and she wrung her hands in anticipation of what she did not wish to hear. "Is there something amiss ir?" she asked hesitantly. "There's no h anything happened tae Hamish Murd- och?" urd- 1 "Och no woman," MacLeod reas- sured her. "What would be amiss: wi Hamish and he waiting for spring and the corning of his bride? Put some clothes on ye sel and the bairns. I have a sleigh . waiting outside and all ye friends waiting tae greet ye at the Masonic Hall we have rented down the street a ways. Conte along woman, do ye no ken what night this is? Tis the last night o' the year. Tis hogmanay! Well hae some haggis and aye, Ill turn by back whilst ye sit a wee dram We'll all hae a grand time with everything we could wish." He sighed and then added. "All except the fine piping of a highlander like Neil" MacCrimmon.