The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-03-31, Page 4community news
Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 31, 1982—Page 4
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Lucknow group enjoyNew tour to and
N.A.S.A. Space Centre. This aurants and walks along the
was very interesting as pre- San A `onio River.
paratidns for the third flight To s wnsville and across'
of the Columbia Space Shut- the Ri Grande River to
tle were taking place. They barter in the Mexican mark-
toured an area glassed off et. This was fun for all the
from the control centre. Scotchmen. What impressed
On the spacious grounds them also was the( six foot
they were greeted by the chain link fence, topped by
song of their first Mocking coiled barbed wire, along the
Bird. Mexican border.
By • late afternoon they Another interesting day
arrived at Corpus Christi, was the visit to the 8251000
where they shopped for acre King Ranch. Here they
groceries as they were stay saw the beautiful large red
ing in Port Aransas for six Santas Gertruder breed of
days. They stayed in luxury cattle; which, was developed
condominiums among the here from the Longhorns and.
sand dunes on the Gulf of the . Shorthorns; • also .the
Mexico a beautiful wide Quarter Horse which was
sandy beach, stretching for - also developed on this ranch.
miles. This area is being At Port Aransas, on Sun-
developed as a tourist resort,. day morning, around the
but is stili a quiet relaxing swimming pool, the Lucknow
spot. During the time here group organized their own
they visiteddifferent areas: : outdoor church service, led
San Antonio, to see the by Jessie Johnston and ac -
famous Alamo, A • Spanish companied by their own mus -
Mission wherethebattle for 'icians.
Texas was fought. Here they Wednesday evening Music
saw Charles` signature in a Mann Tours planned a fare -
guest book_ and visited . the well Wine and Cheese Party,
Pasio del Rio, 21 blocks of alsoheid at • poolside.
cobblestone walkways, rest- Next day 'they left Port
Saturday, February, 27, very, muddy, the soil seems . -dwelling places and beautiful
was a beautiful mild clear very light, accounting for parks. '
morning, (Viten at 6.00 a.m. erosion. All were wondering 'In the 'afternoon another
• forty-one passengers board- how people . make a living, visit to the French Quarters
ed a coach at Lucknow Post other than farming, when a and, a scenic cruise on the
Offiee for a sixteen day Texas small factory would • come Mississippi River to Chal-
Coast Tour. into .view. melte National Park. It was
Ray McNilly, aetdmpk ited I Memphis is a beautiful city amazing to see the small tugs
by his wife, Mildred, of on the banks of the Missis- pushing the huge barges on
Toronto were the Music sippi in a very flat plain. this busy river.
They left New , Orleans
through the °rich farm lands.
of Texas to Houston. These
ranches , were ..comprised of
thousands of acres - some
with various breeds of cattle
grazing, Longhorns to Aber-
deen Angus. Otherswere
under cultivation.
This was a level part of
Texas ' andthe tilled ridged"
This was very fitting as they fields stretched as far as the
Were the most gracious host- eye could see. Crops here
esses, and they had .an -enjoy- . were sorghum, cotton, soy -
able emeningAssisted .by 'the beans; sugar beets and rice.
travellinng musicians, lra. The Lucknow group saw
Dickie, Harold Campbell and many ranch homes but few
Harry Lavis. that looked' like J.R.'s.
The next morning the tour At Houston they had a
was off into the. deep south .. view of the Astrodome, 300
through plantation lands of acre area of: sports . facilities'
Mississippi and . into the and parking lots.. When they
Bayou Country of Louisiana. left Houston they visited the
The, cotton plantations were beautiful and fascinating
very interesting,. some small,
some large, flat plains of rich
dark loam.
The Bayou country was
ham, Anna Mae. and Lloyd entirely different. Large ac-
MacDougall, Joyce and Dave res of densely wooded
Swan, Etta and Gordon Stru-
thers, Mary and Jack Collin-
son, Jessie Johnston, 'Liella
,Finlayson, Euphemia and
Ralph ' Cameron and Eliza-
beth
liza-beth:and Ira Dickie.
The first stop was in Sarnia
where Mr. ' and Mrs. Rae.
McLellan, Joanne (Hunter)
Magellan's in-laws, joined
the tour. 'Whets they left 16
_ days later, all felt they had.
made new friends as every-
one enjoyed their company
very much.
The first night was spent Orleans. Travelodge Inn had
near Louisville, Kentucky. the New Orleans flavour
This part of thetrip is tiered open balconies around
familiar to most. The second an inner ,court.
day they drove through the Next . day they enjoyed a
hills of Kentucky to Memph= tour of the city, the French
is, Tennessee: Quarter with all the wrought
This ' was quite a driveiron railings and decorations,
through the wooded hills, or • boutiques, patio restaurants
small mountains, . exposing art displays, performing
the red soil: Few inhabitants, artists in courtyards. The
few farms, few rivers, other mansions along themoss
than the Tennessee. Most of hung tree lined streets,
the rivers and streams were • market places, wharves,
Mann Coach driver, , and a Stately oak trees lined wide
more careful courteous, ob- streets Of southern than
liging and cheerful driver, Bions, , many large parks,
would be difficult to find, spring flowers and myrtle
outside of Lucknow., The tour trees coming into bloom.
guide, . the most efficient The group was welcomed
friendly and capable Rhoda at the Quality Inn, with their
MacKenzie, kept `everyone names up in lights. The VIP
on schedule, checked out the passengers, Jessie Johnston
accommodation; and the and,Liella Finlayson were the
group didn't even complain winners of. the champagne.
• about a few early morning
risings. ,
On this tour were Alice
and Rae McLellan, Edna and
Bill Ross, , Beryl and Bill
Hunter, Anna Mae and Ver-
non Hunter, Betty and Roy
Finlayson, •. Catherine arid
Alex Andrew, Thelma ' and
Wilbur,Brown, Ken and
Alleda aidlaw, Rena and
Cliff . Menary, Freda , and
Leonard Maclnnes, Marian.
and Harold Campbell, Mary
• and Harry Lavis, Ella and
Alex Hackett Jim Lavis,
Catherine Campbell 'of Wing -
swampland with small .clear •
ings; several bridges, one 20
miles long. In this area were
waterways,along. which
people lived 'in houses built
on stilts. Small boats, the
only means of. transportation
were tied up to their small
docks: The people here earn-
ed their -livelihood by fishing,,
hunting and, catching snakes
and turtles. •
Early in the evening they
arrived in the Jazz Capital of
the World 250 year old. New
South Kinloss f and ly
holiday Florido.
By Ruth Buchmeler
Mrs. Nancy Maclntyre,
Helen and 'Heather, enjoyed
the winter break holiday pg
in Florida.
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Dickie from Thursday
until Sunday were Mr. and.
Mrs. Walter Dickie of Agin-
court and Tammy and Robbie
Wilbee of Minden. Weekend
guests were John Wilson of
Agincourt and Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Dickie and Erin of
Markdale.
Weekend visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Fraser MacKinnon
and Murray were Mrs. Nor-
ma Wilson and her daughter,
Mrs. Bob Fulton of Hamilton.
and Mrs,' Jim Frayne of
Goderich visited on Sunday.
All visited with Mrs. Jim
Ritchie in Wingham Hospit-
al.
Farewell Service
An evening church service
was held at . South Kinloss
Presbyterian Church on Sun-
day after which a social hour
was enjoyed. Afterlunch and
coffee was served, Rev, and
Mrs. William Munshaw were
called to the platform,
Mrs. Ira Dickie read the
address and Don Bell, pres-
ented them with a beautiful
clock. Rev. Munshaw is leav,
ing the South Kinloss and
Lucknow charges. Mrs. Evan
Keith readthe address on
°behalf of the W.M:S. and
Mrs. Harry Lavis presented
Mrs. Munshaw with a Bruce
County Tartan tray. •Their
daughters, Katherine • and
Anne were given stuffed ani-
mals.
Both Reverend and Mrs.
Munshaw replied with thank
yous.
Texas
Aransas on their ho ward
journey through the heart of
Texas to Austin, Dallas and
overnight to Texarkana,
They drove through Arkan-
sas, playing the Arkansas
Traveller 'to spend one more
night at Memphis. They en-
joyed a tour of Memphis and
visit to Graceland, the home
of Elvis Presley where he is
buried. , Fresh flowers are
placed on • his tomb daily.
They arrived in Nashville
Saturday for a •city tour
including Ryman Auditor-
ium the former home of the
Grand Ole Opry,where theY
all appeared on stage, the
Country' Music Hall of Fame
where • they saw Elvis' Gold
Cadillac, homes of the stars
and attended the evening
performance at the Grand
Ole Opry to hear Hank Snow,
Loretta. Lynn, Roy Acuff and
other starts,' They returned
to Lucknow on Sunday,
• March 14.
They did enjoy their trip
through seven • states and
three countries, .celebrating
four birthdays, one 78 and
three 39, along the way•
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