The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-07-08, Page 5e.
WEDNESDAY,
JI1LY'':8th, 1944' •
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HOME FURNISHINGS
/Q'fOFFAT ADPL %A NCES
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By BILL:SMILEY
THAT WAS SOME `HOLIDAY •
I. feel sorry for my kids, be. squeal` as . the fife and drum. units'
cause the Twelfth of July,_ for tuned up for the'• big day..
them, is merely the • day their ;When. the Twelfth's -arrived, it
mother says, "Oh, . dear, ,, this is was ;always the absolutely : hottest,
your. aunt's' ,birthday . and I, for- brightest day 'of the ,whole .sum
got to :send'. a card 'mer.•
A whole generation of.Canadians I B10' eginning about' a.m , "the
" •.
has. arisen to. whom! the ,mighty ! first ` isolated lodges would.: begin
Twelfth is just another .day • to go to: 'arrive in; town, and shabby
water-skiing, or enjoy •a barbecue. ! and . ashamed was;.the• lodge that
The poor- youngsters. They •don'tcould not produce ••at .least ;one
know what " they've missed. What drum and one fife.
a :grand and• -1 glorious day' the j They: were .hard,, • lean, bronzed
Twejft i�_was _when • .as a boy,.mem,, those from the farming ' and
compare to 'the. feeble,'.. ordeerl.. hill .•communities around''the. town.
p dOrderly ,
skeleton it' is today!. • There was a :lurking' hint' of vie
About the middle of June, :the fence behind•.the great•; good hum
lodge rooms of the Orangemen of their 'Uproarious _greetings.
and the Young Britons began to ` •, When the hotels- .opened, • the
throb and 'thur4 and:;.shrill'"'and streets were .suddenly :denuded: of
the . hundreds of . white-shirted,.
blue=trousered, straw -hatted men,
'and everywhere perspiring wom
en • produced , •
lunches,• and sat in
, the shade with their' broods • look
ing anxious,.
•About ,1:30,. the ': grand parade
would get under way,' after a
'gr-eat..deal.--of.- 'rearing : and back
ing and shouting among the , var.
ious mounted lodge masters on
their old ..white' plow -horses, deck
ed out like chargers. •
And the . whole' .town ;would. be
out to see them, Protestants and
R.C.'s and Jews' and '•Holy Rollers
• alike. Down the blazing street
they'd come, a . Mile and a half
of solid , Orangernen, sweating out
!.the beer `in the :strange; dignified.
"vvaljt," to the wild squeal of the
fifes .and the, rattle and blam and
thud of the drums:. • •
And there'd . be. a cheer, as :one
elated Irishman •broke ranks and.
did - a . rumpety step -dance and
slipped back into his .place• 'in
. line. And a round; of clapping for.
a ladies' lodge, /trim and dainty
•''in .their. white dresses": and fancy
hats.,
Then 'to the park ' for• the speech-
es, Ah, what grand, unenlightened,
intolerant speeches ' we • had in
those • days, 'when ' everyone was
bigoted and prejudiced and didn't'
even know it.
It was there, that_.1 first learned
catholics," whoever they were, and
cathoics," whoever they were, arid
. , '.the . danger • of. the pope, whatever
that was, and the •bravery and
goodness of King, Billy, whoever he
was, and it" was there' that f
first learned that somebody had
' got .licked at the Battle of the
i. Boyne, ' wherever that was.
There is something as, pitiful
„and gallant and stirring 'and fad-
ed' about the •Twelfth, ,nowadays,
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P.ur .-lie'. Grove W.I.
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JulMeeting
Purple Grove W,I. held their
July . meeting in • •'Purple Grove
school with the Bervie ladies. as
guests. ' Mrs. George' .Harkness and
Mrs , Don Gillies were in charge:'
The Scripture lesson, was . read by
Mrs. Cecil Sutton. Mrs Francis
Boyle • acted . as pianist for the
opening exercises.: The members
gave" many interesting; items as.
they. told.about Prince Edward
Island during the roll call. Mrs.
Peter • Leeson reported a success-
ful • picnic . had been held at the
close .• of the school term. Rev.
Benson Cox thanked the members
for remembering him on his 90th`
birthday;. Mrs. Helen Swan re-
ported that Rosalind had arrived
at her new work. in . Hazelton Hos-
pital in North B.C. and was en-'
'joying the beauty of her surround-
ings.. The next historical -,meeting
was ' announced for July 16 , at
Cape Croker. The members felt
they would like to.. go by bus so
Miss Eva • Culbert and Mrs. •• W.
J. Arnold are. to' inquire about a
bus. Mrs. Don. McCosh. was; con-
venor , for the .program. Bonnie,
Kerry and Heather Boyle.',sang.,
Mrs Victoria. Smith ' read a fine
paper: on Prince 'Edward .• Island
which -told something of • its' fine
beaches, fertile land,' industries
of fishing and agriculture, . and
history: Mrs. Francis Boyle led
in:' a sing -song. Mrs. Frank : Dore
read a "A bag of : tools:" Wilfred
Steele' acted as. projectionist for
films on. • Prince Edward"Island.
The pictures: were very: lovely.:
Mrs. Cecil. 'Sutton thanked Mr.
Steele. Lunch• was served :by Mrs:.
Howard . Thompson,, Mrs. Victor
Gawley and Mrs: Helen "Swan: A
card. was 'signed to send to Joan.
Thompson. •A. social time was en-
joyed by Bervie, Ripley and Pur-
ple Grove ladies: •
HAVENS:
as there' it abbot Anzac Day or
. Armistice Day.
Plumbing and 1lcatirrg• 41c11ow-Ulste'menl •Le't's s t o p
hating James Il (or iS it William
I�ss
O OIL $URNEtt, • ... of Orange4), I'll ,rove my wife
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ce
Serviand, anybody else: s wif who
. Sa1ea andshows up on the Twelfth? How
0 HEAT
SERVtC about you?
OLIVETNEWS.
rmer
Among the-foresidents and
friends who were. . present. at the
reception and 'seventy-fifth anni-
versary .•services in Olivet .United'
Church on.Sunday were: Mr: and
Mrs. Fred Darrah -.and family of
Toronto, Mr. and . Mrs. Eldon
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Mrs. Duncan McCallum: and fam : Reverend '' Douglas Brydon of
ily of Hanover, Mr. and • Mrs. °Ray'Mount ' Forest' • and Mrs. H. A
Pennington' of Teeswater, Mr. and Street 'of. Kincardine., Mr: Wm. '
Mrs. Level McGuire and family 'McGuire was unable to be ,present
;and Mr. Howard McGuire of due to illness.
,Brantford, Mr. Charles Smith, ,1 Misses Sandra MacCharles,
Mrs. .W., J. Roulston, Mr. and . Sharon Colling, Barbara and Jean
Mrs. J. E. Reavie arid Lynda,. ,all . MacTavish were all . successful in
of Wingham, ::Reverend Benson passing. music exams recently.
of Kinloss, Mr. ; and: `Mrs. Donald- C -aster- of Mitchell—is
Clark' Coning and• family of De-; visiting with Mr. and Mrs.Walter
troit, Mr.Wilbur Walden' of Van- Black and family.
couver, B.C., Mrs.. Jens Thue of Mrs. Jean Hamilton, cook<`oh
Saskatoon, Sask., Mr.:and Mrs.. the S.S.`Rede Wing` is spending: a
James McLeod of Kitchener, Mrs..two week vacation at her home
Ross .:Black of Ripley, -Miss Ruth with Janet. and Michael.
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