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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. t 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! ! ! See the CANADIAN NATIONAL E TI Special Busesjeave Bus Depot in Daily Except Mt& GODBRICH (GoderichTaxi) 9:Sund55ays A.M. CLINTON (Bartliff's Bakery) 8:20 10:20 SEA1 ORTH (United Trails) 8:35 10:35 MITCHELL (Cosy Grill) g:50 10:50 STRATFORD (Gray Coach) 920 11:20 Niedissummeasissiesiterw Daily August 15 - Sept. 3 For reservations ca Goderich Clinton Seaforth Goderich Taxi Bartliff's Bakery United Trails 43 West St. 46 lbert St. 100 Main St. 524-2092 48 •9727 5271222. Coach House Trave 59A Hamilton St. 2'4.26;1.5. or call United Trails 527-1222, M itchell Stratford :Cosy Grill United Trails 25 Ontario Rd. g Market 1'1. 348.8741 271.7741 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... • from page 1 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. PART-TIME ' STUDIES AT WESTERN Are you interested in beginning or continuing your worktoward a•B,A. Degree? The University of Western'Ontario will be offering the following courses at the centres 'listed below ' during the coming Fall -Winter. CENTRAL HURON SECONDARY SCHOOL - CLINTON - 7:00 p.m. Politic.020 Introduction to Politics Wed. Sept. 12 History 147 Women In History Wed Sept. 12 Visual Arts 040 History of Western Art Thurs. Sept. 13 GODERICN DISTRICT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE GODERICH - 6:30 p.m. Psychology 150 Human Adjustment Mon. Sept. 10 KINCARDINE DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL • KINCARDINE • 6:30p,m, Religious Studies 021 Introduction to the Bible - • ' Mon. Sept. 10 Sociology 140 Social Problems Tues. Sept. 11 English 130 Canadian Literature 8, Cuft'bre Wed. Sept. 12 NEW APPLICANTS MUST BE OFFICIALLY ADMITTED to The University of Western Ontario before registering. Admission Application Forms may be Obtained by writing to the Office of the Registrar -Admissions, U.W.O. For further information or for an Extension Handbook, contact the Facul}'y oft art Time and Continuing Education, Room 1.70, Stevenson.Lawson Bldg., 'he ltniy .rsify of Western Ontario, Lopdon, N6A 5B8 (679.3632), NOTE: All Part•tinie 'Students registered with the University within the past year will automatically receive a copy .of the Handbook, ,l From Christian Marriage, Let's Go 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 / Ntik r _'1411k4 AND SAVE A BIG i1111 BUNCH,ON OUR.. 700.Tativecti ill II 0 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. 4,„ Y'ALL COME"^ AQUA -FRESH TOOTHPASTE FOR ONLY ALKA-SELTZER BUFFERIN TABLETS IVORY LIQUID DETERGENT ONLY -Y'ALI. COME AND SAVE NOW, TA NEAR! GODERICH SS The Square CLINTON Main Corner SEAFOR' H Main Corner torts 1,10