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.. . . 0.0,•., only ,now, theprovince is legislating- -.:!iptultutn't. safety. :*-
standards for their protective sear. A new regulation, issued-.
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have long been a ,fire' fighter's, trademarkit4lhey maybe
good foestnelt fishing, but We're looking at other types of.
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• As there are no provincial subsidies for fire departments,
....--.---, kical taxpayers have tolootthe entire bill for fire.prdtection; .
And Luelmow,Fire,ChielBud Hamilten is quick to-rikohit out ,-, ..,•
• that the four intinicipalities served by Lucknow District
• • Fire Department have an excellent *kiting relationship.
' With the local, departMent. Ksomething is Mandatory, the •
municipalities pay for ole purchase of the new eiattipment..
But a Are iprotectiett. budget which ,lotals $32,336.14. is
nothing. to Sneezeate Since the dePaihnent' will be
purchasing additional protective gear lot the firemen in the
coming months, there just isn't money in the budget right
new., for the purchase of extracation equipment for ' the
, emergency* van. - . • , •
Yet the need for the emergency equipment was identified.
recently when a Luckndw man was injured in an accident,
where he was pinned beneath an overturned tractor. A local -
resident suggested the community raise Money for the
*necessary equipment which couldsave a life, -becanse.Ite
knOws the: department depends on .the tai payer -for its
funds. •
It has been suggested local citizens launch a fund-raising
•• drive or a community service club or organization lake on
the appeal as a Community betterment projeet. So far no one
has indicated they are willing to launch an appeal. '•
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With the additional expense of meeting the new safety
standards to protect our firemen, while they risk their lives
to help their neighbours, it deserves mention that it wik be
the community's responsibility to act on the suggestion to
purchase the new extracation equipment.
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Irish immigrants establish tent city before heading to Redtrees
The gathering of so many Redtrees men in
Toronto was an unexpected occasion. .They
had not been assembled thus in the capital of
Ontario, since they, together with their
women 'and children, had departed by their
own wagon train into the unknown. Now
history was repeating itself on behalf of the
Irish immigrant.
The scene on the field towards the west of
the town was one of intense activity.. There
were , twenty tents arranged in orderly
fashion on the insistence of the Irish leader,
ex -sergeant Dottghertztwo'!'streets" of ten
in neat rows. . • :
With the twentY wagons of MacCrim-
mon's convoy lined up alongside the tents, it
appeared more like an army encampment
than a gathering of ..pOverty stricken Irish
people with their. henefaetors. They were to
depart the next morning, so the, visitors from
Redtrees took the opportunity to take a
nostalgic look at gime �[The places they' had
known in the town.
Ian Jamieson and Chippy Chisholm were
drawn by a natural urge towards the
harbour. In the activity of a summer's
evening, ships were being loaded and
unloaded at the docks, their mists gaunt and
naked with Canvas furled. Ship's officers
REDTREES
by Don Campbell ,
shouted °tilers, itnd seamen moved up and
down the or strained their
muscles at the capstans, hauling the ropes
which lilted or lowered bales, boxes and
sacks to and from. the decks.
There was one fall schooner which held a
fascination for Janiiesow It flew the "red
,duster" of a British merchantman, and on
her bow and stern were the words: "Maid of
Manderlay - Glasgow". She was unloading
casks of tea from the J3ast Indies, and her
shirtless ,Scdttialt seamen were tanned
brown from the oriental sun.
It was easy for Jamieson to visualize. the
ship infill sail, skimming across the blue
waters; dolphins playing in her, bow wave,
and gulls screaming at her stern, as she
headed for, the palms and golden sands of
some enchanting tropical shore.
• Perhaps he imagined himself once again
upon the wheeldeck as Master of his own
ship; a large yellow moon and a brilliant
starlit sky, as background to the restless
canvas. Or did he see again the bejeweled
fluorescence of the ship's wake, dancing
upon a warm sea?
"Does 'it bring back the memories of ye
days before the mast, Captain? Chippy
asked. For he too was caught up in the
fantasies which, the "Maid of Manderlay"
, induced.
"Aye, it does that," Jamieson replied
dreamily. " 'Twas only yesterday it seems,
•when I was master of a ship:" He 'thought
for a few moments and then asked the old
sailmaker: "Well, Chippy, and what do ye
think now. Would ye be rather sailing on yon
ship tae the Indies tomorrow, or taking the
• road back to Redtrees?"
Throughout his life, Chippy Chisholm had
always been a dreamer, and his ambitions
had taken him to the far corners of the earth.
Too old now to climb,the rigging,:Lor cling to
a yardarm in a raging sea, it was time to face
reality, and be thankful for all, that the dear
Lord had given him in the twilight of his life,.
"We both know the answer tae that one
captain," he said, stroking his grey beard.
"When I was young, I might hae thought
differently, brit now, I'm ready tae leave my
old, bones in my ain soil at Redtrees."
There were others who looked around
Toronto to recall memories. For Charlie
Grant it was a building just off King Street
which still bore- the faded sign: "Chat
Grant - Blacksmith".
MacCrimmon stood by the Aineri
Hotel at the corner of „yonge and Fr
Streets, and,recalled the wagon of an Emp
• Loyalist called Blake, who took him and
wife Flora to. work on a farm. That dny.
the beginning of Hope the new land,
rememberedrwith affection, the
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jotfiiiey through. the -NO to Richmond,
thoughts. iishores �f tke iit7saiCilindPlYwlooerkseettx)dd naocrbosylisa
miles to Quebec. It wasihere he had left
wife and children; victims of cholera.
When they all returned to the enema
ment, they beard the Irish immigra
singing that evening; one song was
i'frLeo:ndonclerty Air". The last lines of whi
"For your rgGreen Isle, my exiled heart
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So far away across the sea."
The Redtrees people might have conh
ed the song with their "auld ham"t
Isle of Skye. But it could hardly ave be,
called "given". It was an isle of mist, whe
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