HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-02-10, Page 19The news from Londesborough
Brenda Radford
As this is the love month and
Sunday is Valentine's Day, I decided
to have a look into a song all readers
will know written for Elvis Presley
for his first movie role, a western,
originally titled "The Reno
Brothers:
Hollywood took a chance in 1956
deciding to make movies with Elvis.
But they recognized they would
need to have him sing if fans would
watch the movie. So the producers
hired Ken Darby to pen a quartet of
songs. Thinking it below his reputa-
tion to write for a rock and roller,
having just finished "The King and
I", so he submitted the musical
score under his wife's name. He
may have regretted this as the
movie title became the same as one
of the songs, "Love Me Tender':
Every teenager probably saw the
movie at least once and the song
itself sold millions of copies.
Keeping love in mind, neigh-
bours of the Laxton family who lost
their home to fire on Saturday, Jan-
uary 30, hope to have a drop-in 'day
of support' for them at the Londes-
borough Hall. Haward and Anna
have two daughters and are expect-
ing a third child any day. Conse-
quently the date for the drop-in
hasn't been set. Anna wishes to wait
until the baby arrives. Currently the
family is living in a farmhouse fur-
ther down the 13th, the house
where Haward's parents had lived
at one time which was sitting
empty. I will keep you up to date on
this event.
With snow in the forecast for sev-
eral
everal days this week one wonders if
there will be snow for Snowarama
on Saturday. Community folk can
still drop by for breakfast beginning
at 9 a.m.
Hockley Valley Ski Resort closed
their ski hills last week because of
unsafe icy conditions on the slopes.
Hullett Central pupils have resched-
uled their trip for February 25.
The in -school speech competi-
tion will take place on February 23,
beginning at 9 a.m. Community
folk are invited to drop by that
morning and enjoy.
The senior volleyball team will
take part in the district tournament
at CHSS on Tuesday February 16,
the day after Family Day.
Londesborough UCW
The Londesborough UCW
acknowledged the dedication of
one of their members at their Janu-
ary 25 meeting. Dorothy Carter was
presented with a Life Membership
pin by the group for her service to
the UCW.
In her casual and informal man-
ner Morag Watt spoke passionately
about South Africa. Morag has
fallen in love with the country and
still marvels at how at home she
feels when she spends her sum-
mers there. She has visited this
country six times in five years
The country of South Africa was
settled by the British and Dutch as a
stop off port for the spice trade. That
was the start of the multicultural
aspect and the complex social system
of the country. There continues to be
a great deal of animosity between the
various races. This diversity resulted
in Apartheid which controlled the
govemment for years. Morag feels
Mandela, who was responsible for
eliminating Apartheid, was atrue gift
to the country and the world.
Since the eradication of Apartheid
there have been problems with the
transition from a government con-
trolled by whites to one controlled
by blacks. Consequently there are
many inequalities in employment
and wages, housing, education and
health care. The animosity between
the groups is unfortunate considering
howbeautifulthe country is and how
extremely friendly the peoples are.
The peoples of South Africa are filled
with the joy of living every moment of
everyday.
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