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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-07-22, Page 10• A 14, • ,. 3s Itt �.l • • PA'G'ETEN THE UUCKNOW SENTINEL, t.UCKNOW ONTARIO Discovers Old Baseball Picture SUN CACK:i.1).4 now you cang o to college." A frightening figure, you'll agree, but a conserva— tive one, Your son or daughter will thank you and you`will thank the Sun Life for. guaranteeing the needed ;fends. for. a. college education.' How= ever, provision should be made for these funds NOW. With a Sun Life Educational Endowment Policy, your child will be • guaranteed funds for ;; college, even if yoy should ;die in the meantime: May we discuss this most important aspect of your son's future at your convenience? At -an estimate , of college costs in the 'seventies JLLJA...II J KINAHAN •2, Lucknow • .Phone R.R.�WinghaM 3.5 7-198 7 NLI.FE$URANCECQMP4NY' OF CANADA A MUTUAL•:COMPANY Visit Furness Abbey Ruins In :Tile .: Lovely� •. Of . La n ash Ire Dear Friends ; stopped by the side of the road, Now, what : shall I tell you under a ' shady tree to eat our . about today? How 4 ould you like lunch — soup, salad, cheese, buns to hear about one' day — or ' .or and; bananas: And tea of course.' twelve. hours of it? Last Friday, Ournext objective' was Furness June 26, ' .to .. be exact. Abbey. ,rum. Likemost of the We wakened fairly early, as old ' Abbeys Furness is , built . in usual, in our dormobile in ,a field a beautiful valley beside ; a small on :a farm near the village of stream. Also, like many , of ''the, Levens • ,,also ' near Sampool Abbeys the' stones for NOW, the b= Bridge.. That bridge crosses .a ings. were quarried literally on river, which in turn ' crosses ' a the:: spot.' The' wallsof the old drainage ditch ' ' It really does! quarry are right across • the stream The farm was ;so real that the from the buildings. Up until that family were out drawing in: baled time on Friday, . all the houses hay • until ten the night ` before. , and barns had been of grey stone. ' We were near : a river which is To our surprise, Furness was the'. tidal, but high tide ` was .after lovely . mellow, red, sandstone' that dark, ' so' we didn't ':see the—liver I like ' !so . well.. 'Again, ' the ruins flowing backwards; as it were. are of tremendous 'size: It Is al- We got up and ready for the day most impossible to visualize . the following our usualroutine and height . and extent of :the build - before leaving filled; the water Ings, before the Dissolution and tank and the eovered' container:: later .' the Commonwealth. The Then up. to '.' the village '.:to, get sandstone weathers .rather badly •. Toin who had spent the night in 'but . there were still traces of the 'a tiny inn: And then. we . were ' 'On arved doorways and windows our way. which. must -have been very beau - That par cular part of ' Lan-. tiful six or seven hundred years. cashire is 'very flat •and has been .go. Like the face of an old per - reclaimed but , it was done ' hun- soon ' in which: you can 'still' see dreds of years' ago. After driv- traces of youthful beauty.; ing a few miles, we came nearer After the visit to Furness the the mountainsdriving , agreed next thing ,was to find, a suitable' �� andwe a `that we .be from camp site. We had one 'in our Lake ' Simcoe to Lake • Nipissing book and when we. ' got.. there it —the same ,rounded -hills, near was very ,suitable indeed, right' on' and ••,far, the. same smooth 'little the edge of another sandy estu valleys,: even the same rocky out- 'au. It was ,beautiful and .1 had crops. About then I happened . to visions of soaking in the sea and. ask if the book about The Lake the sunshine. However, when we ' District was in the • Dormobile. It tried: to find a' bed and'break had been. forgotten, so back we fast in a .nearby house or.inn . went, for it, causing a delay of there just wasn't. one to be had. probably half an_hourr, very. .for- 'bur •dormobile will --certainly sleep; M unate as -it ',turned out. five or six but not as old as we A.few miles farther on we were are'. 'So we drove on and on and `stopped on asteep hill b a. on, •' And' didn't encounter, a bed motorist who: ".shouted "British and breakfast sign for miles., The Columbia,. British , Columbia." We road was very winding and very stopped and , began . asking giies- hilly and very, narrow just so tions. It •turned out that ' he ,. m was narrow ` that there were nuer W th'e grandson of a lady Ernie had ous L. places specially, built for'` known on the Vinay pilgrimage in meeting only. 'And you, had to 1936. And we had entertained his watc ' ahead so as to stop in,;; father in our home during the one:. f 'these •places if you saw': last war. Ile had seen, our Vis- traffic coming, • itors to Britain- and CAA stickers As We neared Lake Coniston and just wanted to talk ,to some- B and B signs- appeared again, one amo- , but there was 'Still no Strom m� Canada, But ' wh t a • co-incn nce which . would never dation available or if there was have occurred • if we . had .not accommodation, ,'there ' was , n o gone back . Tor the book.,place nearby 'for us and our Dor- f that we went on t4'. where,. mobile. ,dally, one lady sugges• ' I shopped tor food acid then. we ted that we try, Boon Crag.` Farm., '. Al Baker has "discovered" a large framed . picture of .a Luck - now baseball team of; early in the century, It was stored 'away under a stairway where Mr, and Mrs, Baker reside and where Mrs. Baker has her beauty salon down- stairs . The building, owned by • Art Gil- more, il- m. ore, was . the former Legio Tulh and'. at one time was the residence and office of the Tate Dr, A. M, Spence: ' The, picture. is of the ; Lakeside League champions of 1906. • Mem- bers of em=bers,of. the team were "Pelt". Mc- Coy, catcher; V. Brislain,.'pitcher; Russ Robertson, ,first base; Frank Thompson, .second -base; Wilbur Bryan,: short stop 'Met Bryan,, third .base; T. S. Reed, left' field;. Will Johnston, centre 'field; John Habbick, right field; • C. Trevett, . J. Findlater and W, Millyard, Officers of the Club: were: .:Ro- bert Johnston, manager; John 'Mc-, Garry, president'., George IL, Smith was president of the Lakeside League. The • picture . is • on display at The Sentinel Office:.. ,Your Subscription Renewed? Mrs., Oliphant .(think of .; elephant but don't. say it). takes overnight guests and shejust might' ; let you park in :a field. Welly.we 'fol-: lowed directions ; as. well • as we could and found Mrs:. Oliphant and Boon Crag Farm Yes, .,she ,had a room • but it ' was a' .double room.. 'When: , I :learned the ' prree, . I as- sured.' her that Tom would. • 'gladly pay it 'for a comfortable . bed and.: good br..eakfast', . even ,. if it . were a • single, not .a double. Her . hus- band agreed that we might 'park. in the field. And . here we are. We came for . Friday night and are Still 'here Sunday • night. 'If you *could 'see • theplace, you would : understand why. As I sit. here ' writing, I am looking down• a good part df . the.: length" 'of .Lake Coniston.. We are in a somewhat wrinkled valley with . the friendly craggy Mountains or hills of the • Lake District all around. Our WEDNESDAY, ' J114y ; ti, ow INSECTICIDES •FLY. KILLER Push-button. aerosol ,spray—controls flying and .crawling insects in the home FLY KILL 'SPRAY Economical spray for hand spray. guns. Con- trols flies, mosqui- toes, roaches, silver fish, etc. in thehome.,: INSECT KILLER Push-button: aerosol ,,. spray for.convenlent. control of both house-. hold and garden in- sect pests. READ and FOLLOW LABEL DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY . A COMPLETE RANGE OF • CO-OP': CHEMICALS FOR YOUR. ,PROTECTION • Tour support .of CO-OP Chemicals has 'created a multi-million dollar, Co opera• tively-owned chemical operation, • including a .new, Chemical Co hplex'at Saskatoon. 'HC -61-63 _. YOU CAN COUNT ON YOUR OWN PRODUCTS Telephone,. 528-2125 • nearest neighbours 'are. a Mother- less lamb and its daddy. And on the other side ofa holly and hawthorne , hedge.' are the lovely old stone farm .;buildings. We are getting milk;' , lettuce, ' rhubarb and gooseberries from the :'farm. And we have mademore new friends, the , kind, : generous, thoughtful,. people these . hills produce, I wisl youcould know ' them' too. The Country Mouse Boon Crag Farm, Lancashire June . 28,.. ,1964: P.S. 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