HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-08-09, Page 3Massed band to play for
The land of haggis and bagpipes can
look forward to an influx of Ontarians
in August when both the Ontario
Massed Legion Wipes and Drums and
the ' Port Elgin Pipe. Band fly to
Scotland to perform.
Six hundred persons will be
travelling with the Legion massed
band group, including the Clinton
Legion Pipe Band, 140 pipers and
dtummers, 24 members of the color
party • and . friends, relatives and
Legion members. They will be in.
Scotland from Aug. 16 to Sept. 3 and
will be housed in the Pollock Halls
residence at the University of
Edinburgh.
"It's our biggest undertaking in the
six-year history of the band," said
senior pipe major Ross Baxter,. of
Meaford.
"There's certainly been a lot of
work go into this trip - both in Canada
and Great Britain.
"The paper work alone has been
unbelievable."
The band's first commitment will
be in the -Edinburgh Highland Games
at Meadowbank Stadium Aug. 18. On
Aug. 19, the band will be in the
Edinburgh Festival Calvacade
Parade which is usually viewed by
about 50,000 spectators.
Day five of the trip will see the band
in Perth early in the day for a parade
with the salute being taken by the
Lord Provost and William
MacPherson of Cluny, Chief of the
Clan MacYhers r ::%,
A tour of a distilikry is planned
before the group returns to Edinburgh
to attend the Edinburgh Military
Tattoo in the evening.
On August 21 the band will parade
in Ayr and tour Burns' cottage and
museum and Brig O'Doon and per-
form at the annual Ayr Flower Show.
,The rj)ext day. there will be per-
formances.in Glasgow and Ayr:
The longest day of the trip will be
August 23 when the band will head up
the east coast to Aberdeen for a
parade and an evening of Scottish
cabaret and dancing. The band will
parade in Dundee August 24 where the
Chief of the Clan of MacPherson will
again take the salute.
The next week is free during which
people will visit relatives or take
optional tours with some visiting
England, Ireland, France or Holland.
On August 31 there will be a full-
scale rehearsal to prepare for the
band's appearance in the Gathering
of the Royal Highland Society at
Braemar.
"This will definitely be the highlight
of the entire trip because we'll be
appearing before the Queen," said
Baxter.
"Therefore we have to come up
with our best performance." "
At Braemar, where the band will
perform twice during the day, the
Queen will be presented with Letters
of Loyalty from towns and Canadian
Queen"
,Legions which are represented by the
Massed PiA.es and Drums from
Midland, Orillia, Collingwood,
Hanover, Kincardine, Listowel and
Clinton and which draw bared and
color party members from areas
surrounding these seven communities
and Owen Sound.
The group will fly home Sept. 3.
In preparation for the trip, the band
has participated in parades this year
in .Clinton, Hanover,, Cobot rg,
Brantford and Orillia lind has
rehearsed' in Owen Sound artd
Listowel.
The Massed Pipes and Drums won
awards twice in the Orange Bowl
Parade in Miami, Florida and once in
the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena,
California. They also led the Grey Cup
Parade in Toronto in 1976.
What's on the agenda for the next
few years?
"Well, we're working on a two-week
trip to Hawaii in September of 1980
and we've -gbt a line on a couple of
other countries after that," said
Baxter. He said he expects 1,000
people to make the Hawaii trip.
Several other bands have ap-
proached Baxter about joining the
Massed Pipes and Drums, one of
which will possibly join the group in
Scotland while on their own tour.
Forty-seven people are making the
trip with the Port Elgin Pipe Band,
which will compete in three Highland
Game competitions.
Hullett Trails good for walk
Visitors and campers are familiar
with it, but not many from this area
know that just outside of Clinton,
people can hike through a naturally
wooded area, study various in-
teresting plants and flowers and
watch wildlife in their own habitat.
The Hullett Trails, situated in the
Hullett Wildlife Management Area,
just north of Clinton is frequented by
campers according to Wendy Tyndall,
trail maintainer, but even so, a
survey she is conducting shows that
only some 10 people a weekend walk
the trails.
The trails, built three years ago,
feature five separate routes, each
with particular points of interest".."The
routes are named; the Tamarack
Trail, the Maple Bush Trail, the Sugar
Bush Trail, the Hawthorne Trail and
the Poplar Trail. Each trail, which is
about one mike "'long, winds its way
through the section of trees it is '
named after.
Wendy pexplained th-at each trail
intertwines with'others, but maps and
signs chart ,the hiker's course. A
pamphlet, received at the first of the
trails, indicates certain points of
interest, like a squirrel nest, a wood
duck, a specialkind of tree or a wild
flower, to name a few. Each in-
teresting feature is marked with a
number and the explanation is found
on the pamhlet.
Wendy, a Clinton area girl, and four
other students, Don Edmunds from
Mitchell,. Robert Thompson from •
Nearly every columnist from the
top syndicated ones to those who
write a weeklyblurb hit a dry spell
at one time or another.
A time hits when the mind goes
blank and there doesn't seem to be
anything to write about. No funny
occurrences in daily life have
happened, no .worldly issue strikes
an opinion and the paper in the •
typewriter remains blank.
No . dedicated . editor, however,
will,accept such an excuse and the
columnist must come up with
something to fill his given space.
In last moments of desperation,
as the. deadline draws nearer, a
columnist realizes that an idea has
to begin forming in his brain and
words must start appearing on his -
her page.
If all considered column ideas
fail, the writer will probably pick
one of the few topics generally used
by..desperate columnists.
As a way to fill the space in such
fruitless times, a columnist may
decide to tell his readers about how t
difficult.it is to write a column.
Another favorite topic for
desperate columnists is their own
faults. Many writers will take a
particular weakness or fear they
have and expound on it.
With any luck, a columnist will
be able to find a new angle to these
sometimes overused ideas, throw
tri a catchy lead sentence and sum
:it up with a witty finale that keeps
the editor and the reader both a
happy.
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I'm no exception to the rule. As a
columnist, I sometimes hit the -'
doldrums too, as I'm in right now, I
My situation, however, is more
a few you see (editor's note: you
do??) and I think that it's about
time that . someone pointed them
out.
So here goes. Well first, I think
I'm an honest person. I'm not very
good at telling lies, even,little white
ones, for when Ido my face usually
goes red, I get tongue-tied and.'
end up with a guilty knot in my
stomach.
Secondly, I'm friendly, most of
the time. I like smiling, it makes
me feel good—and,look nicer. I
always hopethat if I ake an effort
to be friendly to someone, they, in
turn, will do the same to me. I get
very disheartened, however, when
my repayment for being nice is a
harsh word or unkind -and unfair
criticism.
Thirdly, I firmly believe in
having a good sense of humor and I
thoroughly . enjoy joking with
people. It keeps things lively and"I
know that when I take a sarcastic
crack at someone, I really consider
hem tobe a friend, since I'd never
do the same to someone I didn't
know or didn't particularly care to
know. -- '
I try to be forgiving. I don't care
much for holding grudges, they
only make me feel miserable and
I'm sure that in most cases my
opponent could care less whether I
talked to them or not.
A sense of .pride comes into that
rea and I'm quite proud to say
hat I don't have a great sense, of
ride. What I mean is that I'll bend
hen someone else remains
teadfast,-if I want to clear the air.
don't believe in prolonging bad
eelings.
serious than usual. You_ .see, I'm
tired of letting thousands of
readers know the- imperfect and s
sometimes embarrassing side of a
me. a
So, for a complete turn about, c
I'm going to let you know some of e
the good things about me. I do have t
Well, that's it° I don't want to
tart sounding like a braggart,
lthough some might think I have
!ready. Besi,les I've gotten 3,300
haracters written here and that's
nough to fill my allotted space for
his week. Whoopee! ! !
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Seaforth, Stephen Webster from Blyth,
and Art Timmerman from Chatham,
are in charge of maintaining the trails
this summer.
Working under an Experience '79
grant, sponsored by the Ontario
Youth. Secretariat, the workers keep
the grass cut, the direction and in-
terest signs standing and the trails in
good repair. -
While the - job only runs - from
Monday to Friday, there is also
weekend staff now, to guard against
any vandalism on the trails.
Wendy explained that four-wheel-
drive vehicles and dirt bikes, which
aren't allowed on the trails, go on
them anyway and end up knocking
down signs.
Nevertheless, motorized vehicles
have been kept under control and
walking' through the trails is a nice
way to spent an afternoon.
Wendy does advise that people
should not go on the trailsby then:
selves, but should walk with at least
one other person since the six miles of
trails are unsupervised. For a more
enjoyable time, Wendy also recom-
mends that walkers carry "lots of bug
repellent." _
CLINTON NgWS.RFCORDTI UR$DAY, AUGUST ,9,1979- . PAQE 3
Historically speaking: Silcock house
The Silcock House -
circa 1867
In the past few weeks we have
been looking at various homes
within the community. All of these
homes have in someway been
associated with the founders and
developers of Clinton. However,
many homes are not known par-
ticularly, for their .. historical
association but are instead of
architectural value. This week we
take a look at one such house.
The house is situated at 40 Joseph
Street and is known lby many as the -
Silcock house, because of the
length of time Joseph Silcock and
his family have owned the home.
The house was built: for
Alexander McPherson around 1867.
In 1873 he •sold it to James L.
Hearn, an Englishman who had
worked in the California gold
minesbefore finally settling in
Clinton in 1869. After Hearn, the
house passed to William A. Grant,
a stone cutter. After this, the house
passed briefly though the hands of
O.L. Paisley before .being sold to
Joseph Silcock in 1945.
The house 'is, one storey, .built of
narrow clapboard, almost square,
with three bays across the front
and two on the sides. The kitchen
wing is offset at the rear and may
be somewhat later in date than the
main block. Built in the Pic-
turesque style, which .was popular
between the years 1850 and 1870,
the house also has elements of both
the Gothic and Classic Revival
styles. This was, typical of the
period, fc5r the Victorians loved to
mix styles to: create a romantic or
picturesque impression.
The Classical Revivalelements
of the facade include .the end -
boards, . which are treated as
narrow pilasters with wood
moulding at their tops to simulate
capitals. Over these are placed the
wide frieze boards which run under
the heavily moulded cornice. The
front door is, however, the main
Classic feature. It also has board
surrounds at the side which are
treated as pilasters. On these rest
an impressive wood entablature, or
heavy wood trim, -over the door.
The unique feature of the door is
that it was inset, creating a
decorative embrasure at the sides.
The main Gothic element of the
house is the lovely wood tracery
arched window in the front gable,
with its small paned glass surround
and interlacing woodwork. This
glass pattern is also reflected in the
side and transom lights of the main
door. The gable also boasts an
interesting barge board, with
stylized flowers on a twining stem.
The porch which runs the full
length of the east side of the house
has typical Victorian fancy
brackets and posts, completing the
romantic aspect, which was the
builder's intent.
In size and_ style, this house is
typical . of many other cottages
scattered 'across Ontario, which
were built by men of moderate
means. However, this type of
cottage, because they are not large
and impressive, generally suffer
more change. The picturesque
elements, which were so lovingly
built into them, are all too often
stripped away or faced over to
create a so-called modern facade.
40 Joseph Street, however, . still
stands with all -its romantic detail
in place, a reminder of the care and
attention with which our
forefathers built.�Text time you go
past, take time to take a second
look.
(This is one of a continuing series
on historically interesting homes in
the area, and is researched and
written by Rob' Cornish and
Heather Hunter of the Clinton
LACAC committee.)
Bargains galore abound at Library book sale
by Shelley McPhee
From large hardcovered to tattered
.paperbacks, from well-known classic
authors like Nathaniel Hawthorne to
virtual unknowns, the Clinton Public
Library has a book for every reader.
For the price of 25 cents for a
hardcover or paperbacks at two for 15
cents, readers are likely to find some
boo of interest in the hundreds of
choic th ar available at this
year's library b sale.
The outdated or discarded books
which, come from all of Huron's
library stockpile were placed on sale
Thursday morning as part of Clinton's
sidewalk sale days.
Tuckersmith...
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council for projects' they might un-
dertake iri the township. Council will
suggest that they might update the
Century'Farm Signs in the township,
many of which have -become shabby
since they were put up around 10
years ago. Another suggestion was for
them to compile a history of
Tuckersrtlith„ to plant trees in the
township or to construct a community
garden at Vanastra which the
resident's there would then maintain.
Clinton librarian Marian Farquhar,
who usually runs a quiet and calm
establishment, could only shake her
head in amazement as she remem-
bered the state of her library on
Thursday morning when hundreds of
browsers came to find some good,
inexpensive reading material.
Although the ' sale tables were set
outside, an early morning rain on
Thursday forced the sale to be moved
inside.
"People were lined up outside the
door waiting to get in while we set the
books up inside," Miss Farquhar said.
Miss Farquhar would not even
- guess as to how many books were
sold, or How many remain, but she
noted that on Thursday alone over
$240 was taken in.
"Non-fiction books are a real
favorite," Miss Farquhar noted.
"People like to by books o crafts,
cars and antiques and they ere sold
right at the start."
While the cream of t e crop may
have been picked over uring the first
days of the sale, fo any interested
reader and patient argain hunter, a
good `buy, is likel to be found. The
remaining books or sale range a wide
variety of to ics, from romance,
crime novel , religion, geography,
consumer g ides for instance.
The titles of books range a wide
span as well, from Nurse Kelly's
Crusade to Modern Chinese Stories.
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Psychology 150 Human Adjustment Mon. Sept. 10
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Europe to Seek Out And Destroy.
This is the fourth year for the sale in
Clinton, but Miss Farquhar noted that
this year more books than ever before
have been offered for sale. In the past,
duly two tables of books remained
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after the first• sale days, this year five
long tables display the bargains.
The sale will continue to run until
September 1. Books that are not sold
will then be sent on to another library
in the county where they will be fin-
eluded in other future book sales.
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