Village Squire, 1977-10, Page 31PEOPLE
It's not often a Canadian city can number
a knighted person among its former
residents but Stratford recently marked
such an occasion for posterity with the
unveiling of a plaque in memory of the late
Sir John Cunningham McLennan. The
plaque is on the site of the former
McLennan home at 203 William Street,
near the river in Stratford. Sir John at one
time taught school at nearby Clachan
School in North Easthope township before
entering University of Toronto. He later
became known for his work researching a
submarine detection service during World
War I. his success in liquefying helium gas
in 1923, his work with radium in the
treatment of cancer and his discovery of
the green line in the spectrum of the aurora
borealis. He was knighted in 1935.
For a long time banking has kept the
"man" in manager but Betty Bradshaw
recently broke that barrier when she was
named manager of the Fordwich branch of
the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
But "it's not women's lib." she says as the
reason for her promotion but good old farm
background. Mrs. Bradshaw was working
as an accountant at the nearby Wroxeter
branch of the bank when head office in
Toronto offered the job to her. Her first
reaction was "no way", but her family of
husband Harvey and two daughters Vicki
and Karen encouraged her and after two
months of thought. she decided to take the
job. Far from being a women's libber. Mrs.
Bradshaw said that "My family comes
first, then my job." She's been working
since she was 15 and says "Every
advancement has been offered to me, I
never asked for them. They say you need
an education; it's not so."
If you're worried about the soaring cost
of fuel Charles Smith of Robert Bell
Industries in Seaforth may havd an answer
for you. It's a new furnace that can burn
either a liquid fuel like oil or a solid fuel
and use it to heat a boiler which then
produces steam for the heating system.
The company has put out such a system for
forced air in the past. The system switched
automatically from a solid fuel such as
wood or coal to a liquid fuel when the solid
fuel runs out so that there is no
interruption in heat. It's been bought for
everything from houses to industries to
chicken barns and the company is looking
for a way of cubing chicken manure and
wood shavings used to bed chicken houses
so that these too can be used as fuel.
A weekend away from her third -year
studies at University of Western Ontario
proved a profitable one for Lynne Hill the
pretty Teeswater girl on Sept. 17. when
she won the crown of Miss Mid -Western
Ontario at the annual competition at the
Lucknow Fall Fair. Miss Hill was one of Ib
girls from all over the region trying for the
title. She was crowned by Miss Dominion
of Canada Marianne McKeen. Miss Hill,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hill of
Teeswater is now eligible to enter the Miss
Dominion of Canada pageant next year.
For more years than many people can
remember Art Carr and his wife Freda
were as much a part of Palmerston as the
railway. The crusty but loveable newspap-
er publisher turned 65 recently and
decided it was time to retire. He sold his
business to Laverne and Joan Long and
took an extended vacation travelling to
western Canada. On that trip he won the
gold quill award, one of the rarest awards
given by the Canadian Community
Newspaper Association for 50 years service
in the newspaper business. When he
returned he and Freda were guests of
honour at a dinner given by the new
owners on September 17. Sixty-five he may
be but Art Carr looks far from ready to
quiet down and with all that sparetime on
his hands. Palmerston had better be ready
for some strange developments from a man
who has always been as much inventor as
he has been publisher. ❑
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