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Round and About.
Quebec,,` district, where, we have,
relatives • and' in this particular
' valley their livelihood was
derived from their maple sugar
products in spring and apples in
the fall. I didn't notice or
remember any talk of summer
income just that they were
very. busy with their trees
both maple and fruit - all
It is a downright shame the way
they were being made to believe
that ---they were,:,gelting-,:mood
money for their beautiful w9rk-
These people seldom, left
their. district "of 10 or 20 miles
around and so had no 'idea what
was happening. , ' .
Another relative, an aunt,
with a heart as big as tali
outdoors, was fostermother to
.about three .' unfortunate
children. She raised them as' if
they were her very' own,hugged
them to her big- bosom'' and
1 pan:ked-�-t-hem----if -they --really
!needed , it. I could feel the
.happi of those children with
their foster pprents =- and it was.
a real heartbreak for all if they
had to leave "home."
We haven't been back in
many years and .I 'suppose they
have modern appliances, etc.,
now, where lugging water and
using a pump at the kitchen sink
With the sugar maples soon to
be ° tapped, many stories are
"WSW— ' " ababout"back-- .
henA
Sugaring -off time was THEN a'
Way of life - now we have.
trouble finding a, farm were
I :they take the time to make
those delicious maple . sugar
squares or the Many shapes
maple sugar came in. ,
Sugaring -off 'takes. -hours and •
hours of slow 'simmering and
�gaUons and "gallons - of sap 'to
. make a pint of syrup.
One spring' late- spring for us- --we--were-lath herbrad ;;s
summer. was quite alright at that time.
On their little farm, which The frost bleached the linens in
looked little from the road, you the 'winter and the sun did the
were amazed at the acreage they job in . the. summer. Their
actually had. To nie, it was twice "whites” were snowy white -
w as much when you considered not the ten 'shades of Mauve and
the miles you travelled up hill blue you see on the lines these
and' down. .It was certainly days.
spread out - and UP! , Recently when I had occasion
a. In' one part of the sugar bush to travel by train = early, on a
they had .their Jittle barns with Monday morning, I was very
the great fires and shallow pans- surprised at the colors of,. the
-- huge bnes of course. It was different lines of washing. Up
very interesting to watch the sap close, I suppose, the whites
travel from one level to another looked white but from a
- boiling all .the tithe, it -seems, distance some of them were a
40 and to taste the different stages distinct .shade of pinky purple
v
Murtba.
than white .ones I 'wonder
what ' `super white" detergent
they were using? ., • .
-With alt ,our
conveniences we all look back to
the "good ' old days" with
entirely different versions of
what the "00: old days"
consisted of. I. know I hated the
sluggingand hard work that was
repeated day ,after day. I was
always looking for an easier way
to do it. I think, sometimes, I
would have been an inventor in
the' pioneer days (probably just.
..been.._ co si fired a _ lazy bum
trying to get>OUT of work).
I have always • taken an
' interest' in how .V things are made
and in being so curious I have
discovered a great many
wonderful things.. • I think
curiosity is a very valuable asset
to us and I feel children should
be encouraged in their curiosity:
--- but let's not get into THAT.
go o
This week I am g g t be
curious about the goings-on in
lower Florida. So if you don't
hear from, me next week you'll
know I've got tangled up in that
southern (creepy) moss, chased
by squealy razor -back pigs and
fell in the swamp - and A big
alligator gobbled•me up! But
don't forget me! -
- Love, Martha.
P.S. Jolly Millers{Variety Show,
March 23 and 24, at Colborne
Central School, ,,8 p.m. The
Horticulture Show on March 31
is at Victoria School with Mr.
George Castle of CFPL as guest
'of its development to the sugar and I saw Mare pinky washes speaker.
stage. We felt it was an awful lot
of work and trouble for'the
amount of syrup which they
bottled,, -but- -they were_ quite
happy about it and tune; it
seemed, was what they .had lots
of. So, selling sugar and syrup .
was practically all profit for
them.
They took us tp. a
neighboring farm where they
had modern equipment and a
very' large-sized operation..They
proudly showed' off this better -,
�-'iriCg
way of procesbelt se ime -tb '
have no envy of it, since they
did not have as many trees
"the�it • old-fashioned way ' of
profit Ging maple syrup seemed
to suit them just fine!
Outside of a very - few
"newcomers" totheir area the
"natives" were a simple, friendly
1,dt-, mostly poor and
hard working. • . •
One uncle proudly showed
some of the wood carving and
special carpentry work at which
he was making his living. We
were aghast at the poor pay .he
received for his beautiful work.
One. of his jobs was as a casket
maker and he was a perfectionist
when it came to this type of
work.
I felt like writing to
SOMEONE and screaming about
,the exploitation . of such
craftsmen, when I arrived home.
onnybrook
The March meeting of the
U.C.W:- was. ' held Tuesday
afternoon at the United Church
manse, Auburn, with a good
`attendance. Mrs. John,,
Hildebrand was in charge of the
meeting, assisted by Mrs. Morley
Johnston and opened with, all
singing "Neverz Further than
''dry ;IC ras'T�
Mrs- Johnston read the
scripture lesson, John 14, verses
16-29 and also led in prayer.
"There is a Green Hill Far
Away" was sung and ,Mrs.
Hildebrand took charge of ' the
topic taken. from a U.C.W. book
entitled, "Wanted Someone To.
Talk To." The chapter used was
"Awareness." There were
questions followed by a
discussion.
Mrs. William Hardy had
•
charge of the business. Mrs.,
Stuart Chamney• read - the
minutes of the previous meeting
and the offering was received.
An 'invitation to a Special
meeting at the Auburn United
Church on March 25 at 8:15`
p.m.` with Mrs. Alton as speaker,
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Chapter NoldsMarch meting
The'Maxch• meeting of the
Ahmeek Obapter of the
was held at the home of WS.
Everett, the regeitt Mrs, fiabel
presiding. • ° •
The roll call was answered by
28 members. and one visitor,
-Therm-mutes--of—the-last -
meeting -were read by Mrs,
Tichbourne and approved,
Thank you letters were read.
• Invitations were exten.dednto-
the chapter 'to attend' a hat, show ,
and-
tea in • North St. United
Church on Mareh 14th, a £ashio4
show in Victoria School ,
o r 18 and a
auditorium n, March.' n
dessert and card party in the
I ,elon,, hall on March 18 at;,1: 50
•
The I,,iberan oil' tanker ,
loaned to the Imperial Oil t.tt
had .run 'aground in Chedabucto.
Bay, en the rocky " shores of
Nova Scotia and. over 806,000
gallons o1 laude-oil9rhad eepe y,:.N
into the waters of the bay.
Eleven miles of coast line had
„ con aminated"" cauahig -
death to all God; sole, lobster,
oyster ` and many other fish as
well as inland -life.
Help 'had been sent front all
over Canada and United States
as , well as advice on how to
combat :,.&>,J,ea, terrible .disaster.
The agent _ remindedall
members of the .coming Red
'Cross Campaign 1Vfarch 16.21. A
,,committee was appointed to
eanvass for the Red Shield May
4. -
----The-next-meeting rttcr„be-held- -;
at. the home of Mrs. Ruffle, 48
Regent St. • -
Mrs.. Henderson thanked the
hostess . and a very enjoyable
meeting was closed.'
n•g•unnon, news.
,p.m.
acknowledged. Roll call - giving
signs of Spring - was taken. The
closing, /hymn was' "When I
Survey the Wondrous Cross."
The hostess served" lunch,
assisted • by • Mrs. Hilliard
Jefferson . and Mrs. William
Hardy.
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Day
The World Of Prayer after purchasing the home of Mr.
,services held in ,Dungannon and Mrs. Dori Aubin.
United Church, saw five leaders Mr. and Mrs. John Leroy
take part, Mrs. Paul Caesar of St. Robson and family df Grand
.. Paul's Anglican,.
Mrs. Art Valley who: purchased the
Stewart, Erskine . Presybterian, Chisholm farm. will be moving
Mrs. Cyril Boyle, St. Augustine, the week of the spring holidays.
Catholic, Mrs. Elwin Pollock, They have -a family of two boys
All reorts from
the leaders
in
s
in charge for the past year were
read and approved. • '
Miss- L. McVicar, convener of
Citizenship and Commonwealth
Relations, gave a very full
account of the disaster to
Canada off the Nova Scotia
coast. Nile United and Mrs. Howard and two girls. The three oldest
Johnston of the host church. children will be attending
The theme this year "Take Brookside school and the family
Courage," was chosen and are adherents of the United
developed by five women from ^ Church.
Egypt, Guyana, India, the ' The sympathy of our
Phillippines and the United community is extended" to the
States who preferred to remain family of the late Annie
anonymous. • McWhinney on her recent
A film, .-"The • Day Thou _passing in Wingham hospital.
Gayest" was . shown to the Congratulations to Mr. and
women present. Mrs. Bill Hay .of Mrs. Ken Park of Bramalea on,
who. was piano accompanist the birth of a daughter. A sister
to Mrs. Dave Rolston and Mrs. for Brian, Grant and Norman,
Paul Hutchins who favored with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ashton
• a duet. These ladies. were also.. , visited' . with Mr. and Mrs. Bill
from Goderich. Park nd family, and attended
The -$18..00 r cblleetivrr-vdill be 'the 4 - musical -program at
forwarded to the •Women's Brookside School.
Inter -Church „Council of Canada • Mr. and Mrs. John Proctor
for a wide variety of Christian and family of Sunset Beach and
Girl Guides
Lieutenantteasar opened the
Girl Guide meeting with a Guide
prayer. Lieutenant Sinnett held
roll call followed by a relay
game with Lt. MacLennan in
charge. ,
Two compass games were also
played, they then did some
graph work which turned out to
be a horse. Captain Tigert
handed ,out hostess, child care,
rabbit-' keeping and artist' badges:
Campfire°was held by Orioles
with skits -and -songs. The Guides
thensat in formation and sang a
number of songs.
• Lieutenant Ceasar said a
• was accepted. prayer, fdllowed by taps and
Thank you cards were dismissal.
P
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Ashfield seeks
recreational
information •
Ashfield Township recently
organized a township.
recreational committee w o• are
presently circulating • a
questionnaire to" make it known
to them the recreational needs
of the community they serve.
The committee is -interested in
promoting the' cultural,
educational; physical acid social
activities whieh ;will capture the
interests of all age groups on a
year round basis. _
Members of the recreational
committee are Bilk Black, Warren
Zinn, Allan ; Hackett, John
Austin, George Moncrief, Finlay
MacDonald and Russel Irvin. -
work.
Miss Rita Sherrat, Miss Marilyn
CHRISTIAN WORK Burroughs and Hazel Stephens
all of Goderich and Mr. John
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Burroughs of London visited an
Chisholm and family will be ' Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wes
moving into the 'village this week Burroughs.
P .
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sprung
of Atwood, '•formerly of
Londesboro, celebrated their
„59th wedding anniversary on
Sunday,. February .22 with a
family dinner at Tiger Dunlop
Inn: • -
'hey have two sons, W. D.
Sprung of Goderich and J. W.
Sprung •of Auburn, and two
daughters, Mrs. Harold Wagner
bf Atwood and Mrs. J. 01 Phillip -
of Penticton, B.C. Their children
and families were present for the
occasion buttheir daughter, Mrs.
Phillip of Penticton, B.C. was
unable to be present. Many
friends and neighbors join in
extending best wishes to Mr. and
Mrs. Sprung and may they have
several more' years = of happy
married life.
Guests during the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Percy LeBlanc
and family were Mr. and Mrs. Al
Darrinont.
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