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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-06-02, Page 7cornrnunity news Luckfow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 2, 1982—Page 6 The LUCKNOW SENTINEL "The Sepoy Town" Established 1873 SHARON J. DIETZ Editor PAT LIVINGSTON Office Manager MERLE ELLIOTT , Typesetter JOAN HELM - Compositor Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528.2822 Mailing Address P,O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2HO Second Class Mail Registration Number 0847 Subscription rate, $14,50 per year In advance Senior Citizen rate, $12.00 per year In advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $38.00 per year in advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign, 536.00 per year In advance Thompsons visit on tliefarm Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thompson visited at the farm with Bert for a few days last week. Sunday afternoon guest at the Thompsons was Mrs. Roy Schneller of Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Don McCosh visited Saturday with 'Mr. Currie Colwell of South Kinloss. Over night visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Francis Boyle on. Friday was Francis.Muias of Lexington Kentucky. Mr. and. Mrs. Don Robertson visited the Boyles on Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Don Robertson visited Sunday with Martha .Huston of Ripley. Monday evening visitors at the Robertsons were Mr. and Mrs. Harold 'Frances of Wingham: Overnight guests with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sutton and family on Friday were Brave L° averdure and Gerard Paul of Haiti. Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Farrell were Mr. and, Mrs. George Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Courtney MacDonald of London. Irene West of Stratford was .a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs.. Jim Farrell. Mr. and Mrs. Ha>vie Thompson and Annetta Dore were recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. William McInnes of Teeswater, also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dore, Krista and Darryl of Calgary, Alberta. Don Dore of Dornock and Mary Stewart of Kincardine visited with Annetta Dore on Thursday and Friday last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harvie Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Young of Dungannon spent the holiday weekend with Mr. and Mrs. -Frank Burgstaller, Margaret, and Carol Holmes of Barrie. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Wray Thompson of Scar- borough. • Mr. and Mrs.. Don, Thompson attended the Ontario Television Elec- tronics' Convention in Gananoque on the holiday weekend. This included a cruise of 'thea Thousand, Islands. Mr. ' and Mrs. Wilbert MacDonald and Rick of Kincardine spent a weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Randy MacDonald in Fraserdale, Northern Ontario. The Abitibi. Project . will be completed.. the end of June and Randy is being tran- sferred to Timmins" where • they will be residing. Mr. and . Mrs. William McGinnes of Teeswater are holidaying in the British Isles.' redtrees by don Campbell Jane Cameron was a woman with a mind of her own, determined that her voice should be heard in a world dominatedby men. To this end, she ,had everything )n her favour; beauty, charm., superior education and consid- erable wealth. Had there been more women like Jane, female emancipa- tion would have not taken so long to „y become a reality. One evening, in the early fall of 1843, Jane, Doctor Cameron„ the Reverend Duncan MacLeod and Neil MacCrimmon, wereagathered.together in the Cameron residence, to finalize community plans for the coming winter. 'The main preoccupation of Duncan MacLeod was the procure- ment of basic essential items for the completion of his church. "I realize that there is not time t� properly furnish the kirk," the minist- er said. "We shall have to make do with rough plank seating but we shall need warmth.. Perhaps a cast iron stove can be obtained as a temporary. measure. Now, let me see, what else do we need?". The- doctor and Neil . MacCrimmon remained silent considering the min- ister's words, but the active, imagin- ative brain of Jane Cameron respond- ed immediately. "Potatoes, Sir.!" Jane said decisive- ly, and the minister's face took on an expression of hurt bewilderment. "Potatoes, Ma'am?" MacLeod ask- ed. indignantly. ' "What may 1 ask, have potatoes to do with a church?" Jane Cameron smiled sweetly but there was no mistaking the ridicule in the tone of her cultured voice. "If you want people to attend your church Sir, they wilt be more attentive to your se if they listen with a full belly. By all ans get what you need to finish the ch, but I think we have forgot n to provide for 'a most essenti element in the .winter diet!" The facesof the men showed their amazemen at Jane's analytical mind and basic common sense. They were like schoolboys being rebukeci. by a teacher,, but of course, Jane. was 'a teacher. Neil MacCrimmon felt espec- ially ashamed.. He should not have overlooked such an obvious necessity. "Tis my fault Ma'am," Neil said abashedly. . "In the glens back' hame,' we oft lived on little else.1 hae thought about 'potatoes, Ma'am, but I dinna ken Where sae seek thein. "Where? From the Irish of course!" Jane said.' "I understand they have settled just west of Bolton Town, and •whatever else they cannot do, nobody° can grow better potatoes than the Irish!" In his travels the Reverend Duncan MacLeod had secretly . avoided the Irish whenever possible. Religion may bind a people together, but then as now, it was the main course of.interna=• tional conflict. . "May I remind you Ma'am, that the irish people of. whom you speak are Catholic. I for one, do not condone any dealings with people whose religious" beliefs are ' governed from Rome. Surely Ma'am there must be some- body else from whom we can obtain. potatoes." "Potatoes taste more or less the same whether they be Irish, Scottish or Italian," Jane replied sarcastically. "However, if the prejudice of religion. is 'so strong,. then perhaps you must travel another twenty or thirty miles beyond Bolton Town to find Ole same potatoes at a far higher cost." The smile disappeared from her face -and was replacedby a look of challenge. "Of course, gentlemen, 1 am just a woman and should not be concerned, with giving counsel on such matters," Her eyes narrowed and she added: "Except, I remind you, it is 1 who will be supplying the money to make the purchase!" There were times when Doctor Cameron wished that his wife would. not be embarrassingly forthright in her statements. ° Macteod and Mac - 'L Crimmon remained silent for a while. They obviously resentedthe intrusion of a woman into many affairs, but nobody could discount her logic. MacCrimmon was still the leader of • the community and thefinal decision in matters of administration's was his prerogative. "Ye are right, of course M'am, and tomorrow I shall send wagons and men tae deal wi' these Irish settlers. But can we be sure that they will deal wi' us?" . There was a look of disdain on Jane's face. She had been in Canada for many years, and although she could not be classified as a pioneer, site had more knowledge of the country than these rough, brave, but sometimes naive Highlanders. "Potatoes are just potatoes, Mr. ''. MacCrimmon, and the time has not yet .come when money will not buy. them. It is; strange, is it not, that gold does not discriminate between races or religions?" . Lions and Agricultural Society place bleachers at park BY AB WYLDS With the help of a cash donation from the Ripley and. District Lions Club the Ripley Agricultural Society has added a new set of bleacher seats to •those it already has at the ball dia- mond in Memorial Park back of the Huron. Township hall in Ripley. The bleachers were built at the Ripley Machine Shop by Ron Nicholson and Doug Martyt►. The all metal frame work supports three tiers of wooden plank seatspainted green in keeping with those already there. The seats will be there for the Ripley Fall fair on Friday and Saturday September 24 and 25 - sixteen weeks, away from this weekend. The startling news that George McDonald had died suddenly during the night travelled quickly in the Ripley, area last Wednesday Morning May 26,1982. A cou- ple of days earlier George was noticed over at the coal shed beside the Ripley Grain Elevator. He had some of his antiques rpeding work stored there. The funeral service was held in the MacKenzie Mc- Creath " Funeral Home in Ripley at one thirty last Saturday 'afternoon May 29. Rev. Jim Bushell came back from Aurora to take the ser- vice. , Interment- was in, the Ripley cemetery. On Friday, evening members of the Old Light Lodge A.F. and A.M. 184 - the Lucknow Masons - held a service at the Funeral, Home. Surviving are his wife, the former Erma Shiells, and his five sisters. Margaret Oliver of Goderich, Betty Bobo of Detroit, Christine Wenzel of Florida, Helen McDonald of Goderich, and Jean Brandt of Toronto. He was predeceased by two sisters Priscilla and Agnes, and by two brothers Hector and Murray who • died on February 17th this past winter., ' George was born in the Amberley area, Huron township, on Saturday April 22, 1905. His parents were Alexander McDonald and Catherine MacKay. George, along with his wife Erma and his brother Murray made improvements both at their Spruce Nook Farms on the second , concession west in Huron township, and then at their home in Ripley which will stand for year as a reminder to the folks who knew him. George will be missed here. Sympathy is extended at this time of bereavement to his wife -Er- ma, to his sisters, and to all relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Moore of Hanover were in Ripley on Tuesday afternoon ' last week. Earlier this year Mr. and Mrs. Norval Pollock of Bruce Beach bought the Reg Moore home on Gladstone street in the south west cor- ner of Ripley. Last Tuesday evening May 25 the Mrs. Mae Cotton house at the east end of Malcolm Street was removed by burn- ing it to the ground. Since Tuesday evening is practice night the Ripley Firemen , were in charge and supervis- ed. It was the second sur- prise last Wednesday morn- ing for Ab Wylds when he went over to Malcolm 'Street and there next door t6 his other house were just the black charred remains of the first Malcolm McLay house as we understand. After a lengthy illness Donald C. MacDonald of London and a former native of Goderich died in St. Joseph's Hospital in. London last Thursday May 27. Sur- viving are his wife the former Evelyn Gray who is the daughter of the late Bert and Mabel Gray known . in this area, ,also a brother Robert MacDonald of Lon don, and a sister Mrs. Jean Linnel of Vancouver B.C. also several nieces and nephews. Donald Mac- Donald served in the. R.C.A.F. in the Second World War. He was shot down in Belgiumand the underground people saved. his life . there. He was active in Lon ton service clubs MasonS, Shriners, and Kiwanis. The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Mon- day in the James Harris Funeral Home followed by interment in the Woodland Cemetery, London. Mrs. Orme Hunt (the former Helen Gray) of Kincardine is a sister of Mrs: Evelyn Mac- Donald. Thanks to Mrs. Dorothy Wardell for repor- ting this account. On May 14 Rick Rock graduated from Centralia College of Agriculture, Business Management. At- tending the ceremonies were Mr. and Mrs. Oraen Rock, Mrs. Ruth McKenzie, Miss Jacquie Finley and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Finley of Kincar- dine, and Mr. and Mrs. Ker- mit Goodhue. Rick is now employed withpurina Feeds at Clifford. Mrs. Belle Henry of Huron Villa in Ripley was reported in Kincardine • hospital last week. Stewart Needlaani who was in 'hospital • London last week is report o home. Mrs. Edna Mil Goderich. visited last - Wednesday and . Thursday with Mrs. Evelyn Johnson in Ripley. On Monday morning Harvey Pollock showed us a coloured postcard which he and . his wife Sally had recently found. The top half of the card has the picture of an attractive lady dressed in a fancy hat and clothes of the early part of this century. Right beneath herpicture is printed this - "Let me coax you to the Ripley Fall Fair. September 24 & 25,1912". By coincidence, 70° years. later, the. Ripley Fall Fair this year is September. 24 and 25, 1982. It is a Friday, Saturday fair while back in 1912 it was a Tuesday - Wednesday Fair. at the library mar At the focal library committee meeting this month several suggestions were made sof items which would be useful additions to the library. They included: coat tree, boot trays, a large bulletin board and colouring books for story hour. The craft supplies for the story hour are also low. The committee hoped a local service club would be interested in fuhelping with materials as this is not provided by the library nds. Adult fiction, The World From Rough Stones, The Rich Are With You Always, Sons of Fortune by Malcolm Macdonald. • This three volume series follows the ups and downs of John and Nora Stepehson's railroad contacting business during the great railroad building period of Victorian England, 1830 - 1850's, Set against this dramatic era in English history, this adventuresome pair dare to challenge thetaleaccepted ways of doing business. A rollicking romantic .