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Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June I, 1983—Page 6
LUCKNO'WSENTINEL
„The Sepoy Town„
Established 1873
THOMAS A. THOMPSON Advertisow Manager
SHARON J. wiz. Ed,tor
PAT LIVINGSTON • Office Manager
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Can you identify this well known Lucknow woman?
Phone the Sentinel with your guess, 528-2822.
A grand lady
A very grand lady celebrated her 80th birthday last week.
Bernadine Kinney of Kingsbridge, loved and respected by
everyone in the community and highly regarded by
everyone who has the opportunity to meet this wonderful
lady, she has a vitality and zest for life that belies her age.
Indeed many who are years younger find it difficult to keep
up with the pace she sets.
Always active in the community whether it be as a nurse
in Detroit, who worked with senior citizens through the
Catholic Nurses Association or with the derelects who found
their way to a depression time soup kitchen, operated by the
Catholic Workers, she has always given of herself to others.
Following her retirement to the Kingsbridge community
10 years ago, she had planned to write her memoirs and
research her family's genealogy. She has kept an incredible
pace this past 10 years, as a member of the Huron Historic
Gaol Board, the Huron Historical Society, the Goderich
Genealogy Society, the Kingsbridge Catholic Women's
League and the Kingsbridge Seniors Club.
Always at home to company, many friends and
neighbours drop by to say hello and chat for a while, when
they can find her at home.
Her husband once told her before they were married, he
would have moved heaven and earth to get her and it's true,
there aren't many like her anymore. A very fine lady, who
deserves all the love, respect and honour bestowed on her.
Someone whose counsel, friendship and wisdom has
touched all who know her.
Jamboree '83
Final plans for the 125th anniversary, Jamboree '83 will
be completed shortly and the public is invited to attend a
meeting with the Jamboree executive at the Lucknow
Community Centre June 7 at 8 p.m.
if you haven't planned your Jamboree project yet, now is
the time. Get involved, enjoy the fun and support the
Jamboree committee.
In the meantime, the Sentinel staff are busy preparing the
special edition to be published with the regular paper the
week of the Jamboree, June 29 issue.
Many of our readers have brought old pictures to the
office to be included in this edition and many have
contributed Jamboree pictures for identification in our
Jamboree picture column over the past year, We appreciate
the readers' response to this column and to our request for
pictures and information for the special edition. We know
that with your help this will be a memorable edition we will
all treasure as a keepsake of the anniversary.
The Jamboree committee is also anxiously awaiting the
publication of the history book they are publishing with the
co-operation of the Thompson family, former publishers of
the Sentinel and we wish them every success with this book.
As everyone knows, you can't borrow, beg or steal a copy of
the first history book the Thompsons published at the time
of the 1958 centennial and we know Lucknow residents and
former residents are looking forward to seeing this history
book.
it will be an important resource containing our village
history and every family member will want his own copy.
The Jamboree is exactly, one month away and the
anticipation is beginning to mount. Family will come home
for the event and old acquaintances will be renewed. if you
are approached to help, do whatever you can. To?ether we
can make Jamboree '83 an anniversary to remember.
Kitchener ladies visit Mollie in Ireland
59 Killyman Road,
Dungannon, Co. Tyrone,
N. Ireland.
May 23, 1983.
To the Editor:
Neighbours, friends, relatives and
your many other readers will be
pleased tohear that Mabel Murdie and
Irene Brown of Kitchener have been
with us here in our Dungannon during
the past week.
Although they were advised not to
cross to Northern Ireland hecause it
was too dangerous, they said they had
never seen a more peaceful, more
beautiful or more friendly country.
They had a marvellous time with us
and we had a marvellous time with
them; lovely lovely ladies who won the
hearts of everyone they met.
Though they missed . the Dungan-
non, Ontario, celebrations in 1980
when I was in Canada to represent our
town at their 125th birthday, they read
my occasional open letters as publish-
ed in the Lucknow Sentinel and very
wisely contacted me before setting out
on their trip to the U.K.
Their grandfather came from this
area, emigrating to Canada around
1851 and they were anxious to trace
their roots. When they told me this, I
immediately booked them into farm-
house accommodation near our town
with a very kind couple, who take a
particular interest in geneology and
were of great assistance to them in
every way. They soon discovered, too,
as I told them, they were probably as
safe here as anywhere in the world.
Mrs. Murdie and Mrs. Brown were
terrific ambassadors for their country
as we were in the middle of a very
busy week and they supported us in
every possible way, attending a
cheese and soup lunch for Christian
Aid Funds, an Ulster Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Bring and Buy Sale and coffee party
and our Royal British Legion Pension-
ers' Annual Outing, when we took
them on a tour of the lake district of
Co. Fermanagh and they were enter-
tained to a regimental dinner by the
local Territorial Army with a piper to
pipe them in.
In our town they bought Tyrone
Crystal, made by the firm which
presented an engraved cut glass bowl
to your Dungannon and visited the
shop owned by the McQueen family,
who presented the solid silver salver
both now on display out there, They
talked to everyone they saw and
laughed and made masses of new
friends who were really sad to see
them go, as we were ourselves.
My widowed sister, Isabel Irwin,
drove them round our special local
beauty spotswhen i was otherwise
engaged and we managed a visit to
Armagh and though we didn't find any
near relations, again they made
friends everywhere. I'm happy to say
they loved my home, my husband, our
pets, our garden just coming into
summer bloom and everything they
saw, so hopefully they'll give a good
report of us when they return to
Kitchener. You should also ask them
to tell about the pavlovas they found
here, a scrummy concoction of mer-
ingue, whipped cream and fruit which
they couldn't resist!
This year I have been very busy with
Legion work and writing not just for
our Belfast paper but for our local
weekly which means an awful lot of
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Release survey results concerning farm stress
To the Editor:
The economic situation over the
past five years has been hard hitting to
all sectors. The farming community
has been staggered by the double
punch of high interest rates and low
commodity prices.
The difficult times have united
many people. Concerned Farm Wom-
en was formed by women who were
worried about the loss of their lively -
hoods and the effect that it was having
on their families and communities.
One of their various attempts to
initiate a change in the farming
situation was to document the actual
program ie. the human cost on the
women and their families. This was
achieved by circulating an extensive
survey to farm women throughout all
of Bruce and half of Grey counties.
The survey details the women's
opinions and perception of the effects
that the farming crisis has been on
their lives. This survey is the first of
its kind and brings to light the farm
woman's contribution to the farm and
directly to the cost of food production.
As the survey has been supervised by
Dr. E. A. Cebotarev and G. Penfold
from the University of Guelph, it is
statistically valid and representative of
the counties.
At this time I would like to take the
opportunity to invite all the women
who filled out the surveys to become
aware of the results. The survey was
completely anonymous and we have
no way of contacting the respondents.
As well we would be pleased to
present the results of the survey to any
interested individuals or groups.
Three men have been hired to
discuss the survey results in your
homes or any other available location.
Please contact any of the following if
you are interested: Carolyn MacDuff,
Walkerton. 881-2370; Eloise Calhoun,
Chesley, 363-3037; Kristina Maus,
Port Elgin, 368-7420.
Yours truly,
Carolyn MacDuff,
R. R. # 3,
Walkerton, Ont.
NOG 2V0
To the Editor:
Once again the citizens of Lucknow
and District have proven they do care
by giving so generously to this year's
appeal. Over $1,300 has been raised in
the community to help local physically
disabled children.
As chairman of the Easter Seal
Campaign in Lucknow and District, it
is my pleasure to thank all the
concerned individuals who opened
their hearts to the needs of Easter Seal
Children on behalf of the Lucknow and
District Lions Club. Their generous
donations will help physically disabled
children go a long way.
Sincerely,
Orville Elliott,
Volunteer Easter Seal
Campaign Chairman.
Editor's Note: Members of the1 invita-
tion committee for Jamboree '83 have
received interesting letters from all
parts of the world, in reply to the
invitations sent out to former residents
of Lucknow and the surrounding area.
The following letter is printed for the
interest of our readers,
Dear Madam:
I would very much like to be with
you for the Jamboree. However,
distance and budget are a problem.
Have a nice time.
see many of my old school friends
are on the committee: Mary Mac-
Intyre, George Anderson, Barry Mc-
Donagh and Don Thompson.
Russell Barr,
Overport 4067,
Durban, South Africa.
one foot in the furrow
By Bob Trotter
Hal Borland, natural columnist for the New York Times, in
his delightful book about country living, Beyond Your
Doorstep, estimates between 12 and 15 billion birds regularly
spend part of each year in Canada and the United States.
Which, he says, is almost 2,000 birds to the square mile.
A relative of mine who has a backyard in the city spends all
his spare summer hours keeping that postage -stamp yard in
meticulous condition. Dozens of fancy shrubs and small trees
decorate the space. But he hates birds.
"All they do is chirp and leave a mess," he says with a sigh
as he cleans off his flagstones.
A pity. A few years ago, my thoughtful wife and my
daughter bought me a set of binoculars and a bird identifica-
tion book for Father's Day. 1 don't think any present has
brought me more hours of sheer pleasure.
We have discovered dozens of winged neighbours we did
not know existed. Only yesterday when ducking under the
by bob trotter
electric fence around the corral, 1 came face to face with,
Baltimore oriole. He was preening on a fencepost not thi1ee
feet from me.
1 know it was male because my bird book told me. He was
such a brilliant orange -yellow -and -black that I stopped and
stared in awe. He didn't see me for a few seconds and 1 got an
eyeful of his beauty. His spouse is not nearly as brilliant in
color as he is.
Nor is the female cardinal as brilliant as her mate. He
whistles every morning when 1 go to the barn to feed the
horses.
June is, perhaps, the best of all months for birdwatchers.
This precious month is when all the migrants are back again
to add color and delight to the countryside. Although some
people who love birds pay little attention to the many spar-
rows who live with us all year, they have become one of my
favorites. They are so quick and cocky they are fun to watch.
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