HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-11-11, Page 12When Johnston was a young girl
the family moved to the Parr Line.
On Christmas Day of 1912, she
married David Johnston and they
lived on the Babylon Line until
1919 when they moved to Pilot
Mound, Manitoba. She never forgot
her friends in Ontario and always
welcomed them to her home where
she lived until she was 101 years
old. She took great pride in her gar-
den as long as she remained at
home. She now enjoys life at Prai-
rie -view Lodge in Pilot Mound.
Last Sunday at the Remembrance
Day Service held at the Cenotaph
in Varna wreaths were laid by Ho-
ward Annsuong for the Township
of Stanley, Floyd McAsh for the
Royal Canadian Legion and
Charles Reid for the Orange Lodge.
On November 29 White Gift Ser-
vices will be celebrate din both
churches. November 15 the Youth
Group (grade nine and up) will
meet in Kippen Church at 7 p.m.
for Movie Night. Please bring a
snack to share.
"I finished high school on a Fri-
day, Monday enrolled at Georgian
and a week later was on board
ship," said Kluka. "I thought I
should give it a good try."
Kluka said she doesn't under-
stand why there aren't more women
entering the field. There have al-
ways been females in the program,
but according to Kluka, most drop
out along the way.
"I'm not encouraging girls to do
this,"the captain admitted. "But
they shouldn't be intimated and do
whatever they like."
Many students were very curious
as to how much time was spent on
board the Comeaudoc by her crew
of 25, considering life at sea was a
24-hour job. As Kluka explained,
there is little time for leisure. Any
few spare moments are spent mak-
ing various preparations or sleep-
ing, because the weather is so un-
predictable one never knows what
may happen next.
According to Kluka, shifts for her
and her three mates four hours
long; work four rest four. Through-
out normal operations, little of the
captains' time is spent away fmm
her vessel, because she must be
readily available should a problem
arise.
"One year i worked from March
25 until December 26 without a day
off," Kluka recalled. "But as cap-
tain 1 usually get a long break in the
winter once the waters freeze up."
When asked how she enjoyed her
life on the high seas, she replied
"Initially, I thought 1 would just
give it a try. i said fisc years, then
10, now its been 18 and I still love
11 it's a great job."
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Page 12 Times -Advocate, November 11, 1992
Captain Ul Kluka visited Huron Centennial -Public School in
Brucefield this week. Here she displays an old sextant which
she last used to measure icebergs while sailing the Arctic.
Sixth annual Musicfest
concert for high school
CLINTON - For the sixth con-
secutive year, the music programs
at four Huron County high schools
will present their Musicfest con-
cert to the public. Thursday, No-
vember 12 will find the concert
bands of Goderich; Clinton, Wing -
ham and Exeter high schools join-
ing for a day of workshops, rehear-
sals and a concert.
The culmination of the day's
work will be a public concert at
7:30 in Central Huron S.S. Audi-
torium. This concert will showcase
each separate band and the com-
bining of all four bands into a
massed group of some 130 young
instrumentalists.
The day's activities are the brain-
child of the schools' music teach-
ers. This year Maggie Johnston is
the new instrumental teacher at
F.E. Madill S.S. She joins Ruth
Hardy, Joh Robilliard, Hugh
McGregor and Al Mullin in pre-
senung tbe.evening concert. .
The massed band will be con-
ducted by Prof. Wayne Jeffrey, of
the Faculty of Music, University
of Western Ontario. During the
day, Prof. Jeffrey will be aided by
several senior students from the
Faculty of Music, who will work
with the different sections of the
bands, emphasising such aspects
as tone production, ftngenng tech-
nique, and musical phrasing.
While the massed band will oc-
cupy much of the space in the
CHSS auditorium, there is still
plenty of room for an audience!
The students are becoming more
skilled as musicians each year, and
the concert promises to be a musi-
cal teat. Go and enjoy it! Like
Christmas it happens only once a
year.
Ship's captain visits Huron Centennial
By Ray Lewis
T -A Staff
BRUCEFIELD - Senior students
at Huron Centennial Public School
in Brucefield got a taste of the high
seas Thursday afternoon, as they
had the opportunity to meet and
speak with Captain Lil Kluka as
part of their Great Lakes theme
study.
Kluka is captain of the Comeau-
doc, a freighter owned by N. M.
Paterson & Sons. For the past 18
years she has travelled the Great
Lakes as well as other regions, in-
cluding a voyage through the Arc-
tic.
For the students it was an infor-
mative experience, as they had the
chance- to learn not only about the
Great Lakes and shipping industry,
but also about the life of a female
captain.
"The company 1 work for is very
forward thinking and gave me a job
when nobody else would," Kluka
told the gathering. "I've been with
them for 17 years now and never
been bypassed for a promotion."
In a practically all-male environ-
ment many would expect at least
some discrimination, but among
her mates Kluka said she feels right
at home.
"Of course I take a little ribbing
sometimes but it's only that," she
laughed. "Anytime something hap-
pens I hear about the women driver
business."
Piloting a 730 -foot mass of metal
around the lakes seems a strange
carver choice, but for Kluka it was
one made rather quickly. At the
end of her grade 13 year, Kluka
sent in her university applications
but didn't really know what she
wanted to do. On the wall in her
geography rooms was a pamphlet
from Georgian College which read
'You Too Can Be Sailor' so she
filled it out and sent it in.
"I had never seen a ship before
and had no notion of what 1 was
getting into."
She entered a three-year program
which was divided into six-month
segments. The terms then rotated
between school and sea.
Varna by Joan Beierling
VARNA - Stan Lee Club mem-
bers are reminded of the trip ar-
ranged by Margaret and Ivan
McClymont to tour backstage of
the Stratford Theatre on November
18. They will leave the Complex at
11:30 and lunch at the Ye Old Eng-
lish Parlour at 12:45. If you plan to
go call Ivan or Anna.
Also keep in mind the Christmas
Party on Wednesday, December 2
at 6 p.m. Please call Anna if you
can come.
A former resident of Stanley
Township, Ann Johnston celebrated
her 103 birthday in Pilot Mound,
Manitoba. Her sister, Elva Sanders
of Clinton, her friend Catherine
Robinson and cousin, Grace
McClinchey sent birthday greetings
by telephone on her birthday, last
Monday. Her quick Irish wit
brought laughter 1,400 miles away.
They reminisced on the changes of
103 years.
Johnston was born on Lot 19,
Con. 10 of Stanley Township.
Goshen Line. She and Elva are the
daughters of Ralph Stephenson and
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