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tMentiOn of Blyth and its ;vigorous theatre Industry.; !Alia: year the
B1th Festival *arks its fed* anniversary - arid 10 years ago many in the
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thousands oftheatfigoers pour into st eqriiputnity that was Only a dot on
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or ' "Myers will not fill an etnntr'bellYl" REDTBEr
TheseMords, spoken by IVIpierimmon dter . .. .
the service of the previoiliSunday, haunted I
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'the Reverend Duncari Mactead.l'beinlaist- ' • by DonCampbell
er had suggested dgring his semen,' that the
congregation pray' for the Irish
Manig'ranta wbit,were begging for food in
• Toronto, where they hadlecentltelartdectns,
epees Irmo' the great potato' &Mine.
• MacLeod 'knew what Mactrimirion .had
staid was true; it was positive actio .aidnot -
empty words of sympathy these tinfertithate
people needed. But if words were of little
consequence, whit .'could he do (fa man. Who
had nothing beyond the' bare necessities Of
life) to relieve the suffering of so Mani? Be
discussed the helplessness of his position -
with his wife Mary and she in turn, relayed
his conversation to Jane Cameron, the
doctor's wife.
Jane listened sympathetically, far she too
was troubled by the Irish immigrants'
predicament. The doctor's wife's character
had undergone a complete traneformation4
since the birth of her child and she had
begun taking an active frderest in the
welfare of less fortunate people. Doctor
Cameron was responsible for the remarkable
change , in her attitude. • His firm, "no
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nonsense", rebuff/A.0f her hitherto sppericir
•.air, synonymous With her, inheritea 'Weelth,
'had brought Jane back to eirth..At last site,
appreciated , the truth of the ' statement -•1,11,,y
'Robert Bunts: "A mates a man for all thatr'
• "I entirely agree With Duncan," she 'told
the minister's wife. "It is our Christian duty
to help those poor people." She took ,Mary's
handAnd patted it SymPathetically. "If it is
only a question of stoney, please tell him he
shalt have all that he needs. I look upon it as
a privilege and duty ter' donate the
necessary funds fromthy. own resources.".
But an assurance of adequate financing
for his mission was not all that MacLeod
needed before he could ride out to the
rescue. There were the duties of his church
to consider and of course, nobody . would
dare to embark upon an independent under-
taking without first consulting and receiving
the approval of •MacCrimmon. So the
minister walked over to the MacCrimmon
homestead that very evening after chores
and found Neil and his wife Flora sitting on
' the 'doorstep of -their cabin. •
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"Good evening Mrs. MacCrintmcm
MacLeod said; hdririg of/ his 'hat in respect
.for-Flotsr.11truselani:riotdisturbing yett."
"Yere rio'disturbmg me MacLeod,
been expecting ye," Neil said and looked -at
his wife With a &lice which signalled he was
about to engage- in man's talk. He waited
untie -Flora had retreated inside the cabin
before he eontitiried. "Aye, guessed ye
Would be' corning, frae the gossip of ye.
schemes came ahead 'of ye."
• The minister was not -sure how to interpret
the tone of MacCrimmon's voice and he
proceeded, warily„ "Then you will know -I
have been considering leaving for Toronto to
help those poor Irish people. As you yourself
said, they need material assistance."
MacLeod smiled slyly and added: 'And if we
are to believe the words of our Lord, they
also need fortification of tl)e spirit - for "man
cannot live by bread alone" - don't you
agree?"
"That I do," Neil said. "And that is
something ye must bear in mind before ye go
off half cocked. They hae spiritual needs
which ye canna give. It's Cathdlic words
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they.'11 be;wanting, no Presbyterian."
•MacLeod didnot needto be reminded
this 4tct and he sensed.a negative res
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!should not interfere in their tragic plig
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didisa. say ye ehouldna go," MacC
mon said a little -sharply,. "I'm telling ye
ride over tae Albion, and get a priest w
understands them tae give,his blessing on
Oatia: I think ye should persuade him
gie with ye." MacCtiMrnon laughed as,
added: "Let an Irish priest fill them with th,i,
heavenly spirit and a practical Presbyterial
Scot fill them' With bread!"
"Then you are in agreement," Mac
said smiling happily. "And of course, 1 sliv
do as you say. It would make my task neg..'
if I could take a tninsiter of their faith Va
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nue."
MacCrimmon rose from the cabin st
clasped the minister's hattd and patted
affeetionately on the arm, "I'rn proud of
MacLeod. The Indians sarye are "the li
spirit which rides the horse" but och mad,'
say,ye are a giant who walks amongst men
• TO THE Enrroa
To -'the Editor:
,In 1979 the Ontario Mii1str of Natural
Resources and Duk a Unlimited Canada
t agreed to a c000perative venture which
would develop a series of major waterfowl
impoundments along the South Maitland
River in the Hulleft Virlidlife Management
Area. After 5 years of construction and the
creation of 20 km, of dykes, this 800 ha (2000
acre) wetland development project has been
completed.
toraMemorate 'this event an opening
ceremony will be held during the spring
waterfowl migration, on April 25, 1984. Dr.
MOM Siriclair, Vice President, D.U.
Canada and Mr. Alan Pople, Ministet of
Natural Resources will officiate at the
• ceremony. A short tour of the marshes will
be available, for those interested, beginning
at 1 p.m. The ,ceremony will commence at 3
p.m. to be followed by a luncheon with light
refreshments.
On behalf of Ducks Unlimited and the
Ministry of *Wel Resources I wish to
eitend to you an invitation for your
gremlin— ce at this event.
Pot further information and to confirm
• your° attendance please contact Michael
Malhiot: Dishict Biologist, of this office.
I look forward to seeing you at Hullett.
Yours truly,
J. H. Hamill, District
Manager, R. R. # 5,
Wingham, Ontario,
NO0 2W0
Telepherte: 519-3574131
To the Editor:
On May 5th, 1984, the Bridgetown, Nova
Scotia Lions Club will be honouring Dr. G. R.
Mahaney in recognition of 50 years as a
general practioner. During the past half
century he has delivered approximately 3500
babies and as part of the celebration these
"children" are invited to a reception that
afternoon.
If you cannot attend, a note of congratu-
lations will be recognized.
Please send your reply to: Roy Mailman,
Box 250, Bridgetown, N.S. 805 1CO.
TO THE Editor:
Competitive Recreational Non -Contact
Hockey has gone the way of the individual.
They establish Metanenetets and reap the
financial harvests personally, with no real
objective in mind other than their oval
personal growth. There are no long and
reaching goals in mind.
• As the president of Canada's larg• 0
independent Hockey League, (we have
• specific arena affiliation), our destiny is
"by the seat of our pants". On a week
week level we handle every imaeinale,
incident frol insurance claims, to where a• ti
the tournaments in Ontario?, to we need,
sponsor, down to, advertising in the loC
patios.
This experienbe has opened up many it
ideas for our organizaticm and we took
iniative and started IRA - Internatiore
ecreational Hockey Association,
This non profit organization is now opefl• .
all organizers and executives of MO,
Recreational Hockey in Ontario,
• Tani to Pr