The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-08-12, Page 9• WEDNESDAY' ,A(001./ST 12, 1964
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By BILL SMILEY
THE COTTAGE FALLACY
Occasionally, I' think how plea-
sant it would be to have a sum-
mer cottage. . Just ' a cosy little
place, on• a. lake, where a fellow
' could get away from it all, do
a little .quiet fishing and thinking..
A. spot to goonthose long, lovely
fall . weekends; as well..
•.Fortunately, this' manifestation
of madness is brief. My well-
developed' sense of reality revives,
and 1 breathe' a little ' silent thanks
that •I have not been hooked.
• A, summer cottage, thirty years
ago, . was 'a joy to .the heart, a
' .balm to the, nerves, a' refuge from
.
relatives, a source of spiritual •'re-.
juvenation '
Today, it is almost . guaranteed
as an ulcer -maker, ' a nerve=wrec-
ker, a , spirit -smasher. It is an
albatross .around the neck of .its
owner, who .winds up, each. 'sea-
son looking.; and feeling a. bout: as
spry as. the . Ancient' Mariner.
. First, and perhaps worst, there
is' the sheer; shocking expense of.
the thing. A; man `could . keep three
mistresses swathed in mink .. for
what. a' cottage ;costs him.
Thirty• years ago, : you bought
• a ` lot from a 'farmer, . who thought,
:you were. out of your. mind, for:
$50. You had . a . local carpenter
whack up a ' cottage for about
$400. For another $35, you picked
up a stove,: some.. beds , and, a
few other odds and sods of, furn-
iture, at auction sales. And you
were in business. •
• -Today you fork 'over about $1500.
.for. a ,lot, • erect a' modest ,cottage
for : anothbr $3500. And you're . just:
beginning,:.It costs a year's salary.
to outfitthe.. place.: Then there's'
:a well to dig, plumbing and ..:hy-
'dro, to .install, and a boat to buy.
that 'bigger than that of the guy
next door: ` .
In 'the old ' days, . a man could
keep his family, in dignified com-
fort at the cottage for about ten
bucks a :.week:' That, gentle read-.
er, is eighty dollars for. the whole.
summer::: They got' ' their fuel in'
e _ a,....
THE:-L..U.CKNOW •SENTINEL, ;L..UCK'40W, ONTARIO
the' bush, They bought vegetables
and milk,. chickens and :eggs,.
front the local farmer at prices
that . make •one .weep ..with rage
today. Once. ' a week, the family
went into town and loaded up
with grub,, coal -oil for ,.the lamps,.
.and a round of ice-cream cones,
for about eight dollars,:
In these enlightened 1960's, 'keep-
ing' the family at the cottage is
like. watching blood pour out of
an open ,wound. There's wood to
buy for the fireplace, and: ` gas-
oline for the boats,.. and hydro.
bills and taxes and repairs to the
plumbing. system... And there's the
thriceftweekly swoop on .the .super-
market and booze outlets, to the
tune Of about 'thirty .dollars a
swoop. •
But it's not only the financial.
aspect that .appalls me. It's : ,the
communications , and -transporta-
tion progress that makes a cot-
tage owner go around • all summer
with a severe facial twitch.,
In the good :old days, a man
drove. his, family a hundred miles
to the cottage • and left them there
until Labour 'Day., He. didn't see
or hear one 6f.. , them • for eight
weeks. • Those • ere, indeed, the
:golden 'days.'
' Nowadays; :' the poor ' guy has'
had a couple of long-distance calls:
'telling:. him 'that the toilet is leak
ing and. the kids' all ;havepink
eye :and: his 'wife has run out of
money ' because she had • quite ' a
repair bill on: •'the 'Volks after
backing. it . into, the . boat trailer.
Then, he's expected . to . drive a
hundred.* .milesw„ ' Friday: night in
traffic that ;would •make a • bishop
blaspheme,. ` He arrives' just • be-.
fore , dark, to , find' that, the pump.
has broken down, :• the kids have
wracked up the boat, the baby
has drowned but. has been reviv-
ed by . artificial desperation, and..
the :next-door .neighbours; who
never 'know' 'enough' to go home,
have been invited in .for a. ; drink:
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Lif�lan� Resident
Laid 'To Rest
RUSSELL, MIDDLETON
Robert Russell Middleton,, the
last • surviving member .of' an early
Lucknow' family, passed away m
Wingham Hospital . on. Saturday,
August lst, after 'a brief r illness..
Mr. Middleton. was ` in his 80th
year, and had • been. at Pinecrest
Manor Nursing Home h Lucknow
for some Born in time; Lucknow on
June 3rd,
1885, he was,, the last surviving
member of, a family of eight child-
ren, born to George Middleton and
Mary Hunter.
Mrs. Middleton, the former' Lucy
McCaul . predeceased her husband
by: several' years. They spent their
married life on' their , farm .on
'Concession 4 Kinloss. Russ, .ashe
was . familiarly known, retired to
the village a few years_, ago,
His grandfather, William . Mid-
dleton, was one of Iucknow's ear-
liest public school 'teachers, in a
building' located on the present
site of Ashton's men's wear. He
wasthe, first teacher in charge
of, the. Public School in the 'build-
ing erected in 1862 near the site
of the present school.
Middleton'S father, George
Middleton also taught in Lucknow.
He• was assistant to Mr. Priest,
with a five -member staff and an.
enrollment of 295 .: pupilsin the
early 1890's. George Middleton.
was on the staff until about' 1892.
Russell w a S 'predeceased by`;
three brothers, Alexander, William
and , George Middleton .and four
sisters, Mary, Pearl, Maggie and
Annie:
The . funeral service was con-
ducted by Rev. G. W. Kaiser of
Ashfield,. supplying • for Rev. H.
W. Strapp . of" Lucknow United
Church, 'of which Mr. Middleton
was a . meinber.'
Interment was in South' Kinloss
Cemetery with ` former :.: Kinloss
neighbours acting as pallbearers
Wm. F. MacDonald, ' Jehe deJong,
Herbert Buckton, Gilbert Ham-
ilton, 'Fraser : McKinnon, ::Lloyd
MacDougall.
Mr. Middleton is ' survived . by
two sons, George . of Toronto and
Mearle of Burlington.
Effective . Septem6er, 1 �t
NEW RATES
For Rentatof Legion Hall
Receptions
Dances.
. Dinners
ginner and Dance
OS MN 111.
Reception with license - - -; $35
MacDONALD GARAGE
,TEAS BATTERIES
DUNLOP TIRES
Top .Quality:, .at. 'Reasonable Price
ROTATE TIRES REGULARLY
'
Wheel= Baloncingand '
Alignment
Shockabsorber Service •
2 Licensed Mechanics
REPAIRS . to ALL. MAKES OF CARS and TRACTORS
Long'; Active In Church And Civic Life.
ALLAN : MacAULEY
The community was saddened
at .theunexpected death of ; Allan
MacAuley on July. 22nd at' . St.
Joseph's Hospital, London. He
hadbeen. hospitalized •for the pre-
vious month and his condition had
improved . to the point where he.
was expected to be ,home soon.'
However,a r relapse. occurred' which
proved' to be .fatale within hours.,
Mr. MacAuley, was.born on Sep-
tember 20, 1884, the son of Arch-
ibald MacAuley a n d. Christina
MacLennan. With the exception of
short periods of time in , Western
Canada : and Detroit,` he lived his
life in. Huron Township, and Rip
ley. : .
In March, 1919 he was united
in marriage 'with 'Catherine Mac-
Murchy'.of Con. 4, Huron Town-
ship, They farmed at Lot 11, Con:
7 ''Huron 'Twp: until .1947, . when
they moved to Ripley. He remain-
ed active in farming up until'
the time he entered hospital:.:
A. man of • high • principles and
integrity, Mr.. MacAuley held the
respect of the community, His in;
terests included'' all local activ-
ities, and his contribution to the
community included 32'' years as
treasurer of Huron Twp. and sev-
eral years service on the Ripley
Public and Continuation.. school
Boards., For almostsixty years
he was a member of 'the I.O.O.F.
Mr.a Knox Chuthe years was the
. church, Brought up in a Knox
Church family, he 'Was an active
member throughout his life, and
he was ordained' to, eldership in
1939. He was congregational eec,.
retary for several years, up until
January, 1964.
Surviving Mr.. MacAuley are his'
wife; his. son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Cameron" 'MacAuley;
four grandchildren John,' Diana,
Mark ' and Gwen .;Ann MacAuley;
two sisters, 'Mrs. ;Katherine . Tap
ert and .Miss Margaret MacAuley'
of Detroit; two brothers,' Angus of
Detroit: and Alexander of Ripley.
The funeral service was conduc
ted by Dr. S. M. Scott ' at Knot
Church: Interment . was: at Ripley
Cemetery.,Honorary was,
were members • of Knox .Church
Session: J. B. Breckenridge, Ellis
Gossell,: John .MoIver and Hamil-
ton MacKinnon. Pallbearers were
friends and . neighbours: Grant 'Mc-.
Lennan, T. Allan ;MacDonald; Rob-
ert Strathdee, . Donnie MacDonald, •
Lot Culbert and Murdock, Mac-
Donald:
Trousseau Tea
For, July Bride
Mrs. ' Roy Keane, nee Marlene.
Hunter; was guest of honor at 0.
trousseau tea: at the home of her
mother, Mrs. W.' G.. Hunter, 'prior
to .' her Marriage.' The tea table
was centred with anarrangement
of tea roses. and shasta • daisies,
placed in'a candelabra.
Presiding ' at the tea table in'
the afternoon were: ,Mrs. George
Hunter, grandmother of the bride,'
Mrs. James Keane, mother df' the
groom, Mrs.. Kenneth Laidlaw and
Mrs,. Edith Gardner; aunts of .the
bride. +
In the evening Mrs. Will ' Reid,
Mrs. Clara . Webster, Mrs, Joseph
Freeman, aunts of the bride, and
Miss Ada Webster, former teach-
er. of the bride.
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