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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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PAGE TWENTY -'.THREE
aft Trip
Down The ,,rent C..anaiSystem
rooked on board with the boystak-
(By Allen Colwell)
Our 150 'mile adventure began '
in late February With a boat safety
course giverf by Russell Tout, . Sea
Scout Leader in lincardine;
Tile building of the raft. was be
gun at, the same time at the farm
of Lloyd A.citert. When finished •
the' raft was 30 feet long and 15
feet wide and- consisted of *20
forty-five gallon barrels and 1
two -hundred gallon•tank,.
The "Ark Lark" , when loaded,
consisted of a. tent, plastic 'roof , .
a 'little, out=house(which provoked
'laughter all the way along.the
• Trent Canal)', 15 venturers ,anal •one.
•: lu"cky7? leader •, and their., belong
•o
The "Ark Lark": was powered by
a 20,. and 14 h.. p. motor .and. was .
steered from the front by.means.
of. an 'ingenious rudder, control,;
motor shift and throttle
•On July 22nd the '`Ark Lark"
and all our belongings were loaded
on a. truck, and along with 3 car
loads of venturers, headed for
Lake Simcoe; After assembling
;.our raft it was launched, at Game.;
bridge.. .
During the first night,' :he 'raft. ; '
had to be. moved under the swing
ing turns at cooking, washing and.
bridge (.at 2:30 a m . )'because the '^steering the raft.
rough waters of Lake Sirncoe caused Our voyage took us through Stur-
the raft to hit against the pier. geon Lake, Pigeon Lake. Bockhorn
The voyage through locks 41-37 • and. Lovesick Lake and on to -sur-
passed withoutincident and passed ' ieigh Falls, At Burleigh Falls we
under' 3 swing bridges before comings eneduntered rain. and because
to anal Lake where we entered. our •themostdocof
kthe, boysthere were.asamad sleepindasgh.on
t hydraulic lift lock at Kirkfield
w .
Continuing. on we crossed -Mitchell ' for a dry place to sleep on the
Lake 'and then Balsam Lake which , raft.
was very rough, .but the "Ark Lark After passing through locks 29 -. •
stood up under the test. We stayed 22 we carte.to the hydraulic lock
at Ros ale Saturday night where , at Peterborough the highest of its
. • .w
them "quitoes ere very bad. Sun-
kind in the, World. '
day morning'we went on to Fenelon Because -of advance publicity:•we.
Falls where .we attended church, At wore greeted with newspaper and
church'we were•pleased ;to. meet television cameras at :the dock in
milt Schmidt and Ed Chadwick "and' Peterborough. Crowdsyof People.':,
boys of the hockey school -at Lindsay ,came to look at the "Ark Lark"
,saying. they had heard'about it
who. were: staying in Fenelon, Falls:" , ,
W left b h id
on the radio -or. had seen �t on T.
We invited them to the lake to
admire our craft.
Along the route we met many .;.
yachts; and crafts :of all:types who
came up close to admire the_"Ark
Lark" and to.ask many 'questions.
People •:along the banks waved,. .. •
'called to us and photographed .its
En route we had. ;ample time to .
swim,:, sun-bathe', sleep, and enjoy
the • scenery along the 'banks, and on
the yachts., All. the meals were
les Ballentine l�ppoi�ed Manager 01
Hamilton $ronclvOf Bank Of Montreal
: Leslie..D. Ballentine manager of
he Bank of Montreal in Listowel
or the past four years, has been
transferred to Hamilton. He left to
issunie charge of his new branch on
Sepreinber 12.
. Mr ..Ballentine went from Luck
ow in. July of ;1962 at :the,time. the
ank of Montreal ;returned to List.
�'wel after an absence of over 20
He will assume charge of the: :
yekman Corner branch' of`the
rank of.Montreal' in Hamilton..
ike',the branch.:when.he went io
istowel,' the one in Hamilton is
:omparatively new, having been
Ln' operation only . four years.
L: D. BALLENTINE
He will be,'succeeded in Listowel
y Thos. Pride of Waterlog. Now
n aiccountant with the bank, lvtr
rule •is being promoted to, the
atus of manager. He has been in,
aterloo four years; ' •
Since. going to.Listowel,.' Mr ".
allentine has been active in com-•
unity affairs. He is a member 'r
f the Listowel Rotary Club, Golf
nd Country Club, Curling•Club",
nited Church .and the 'Masonic
od.ge. .
Mrs. Ballentine and• children ,
hos. 10 , Ted 9. John 8 ;and "Lisa
will.rnove .to Hamilton as soon
s• housing accommodation is •
vai1able.
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BarkwellReuni�n
Heid In Goderich
The'Barkwell annual 'picnic was: •
held July 23rd ,at .Goder.ich Harbour:
Park, for.'another enjoyable get -to
gether. . After the.soft ball game
races mere held. for ail ages, incl=
uding great grandmothers .
Eldest lady,.present. was Mrs,, Daisy
Macdharles. Youngest .baby `present•
was Karen Barkwell. Family .com-
ing thee -farthest was Mr.. and Mrs.
George Taylor and family from
Sudbury.
A `lovely basket lunch' was enjoy-.
ed by fifty six guests. A imeeting
was then held and it Was decided
that lastyears of cers be appoint-
ed
fid"" pp
ed for another year. Officers re-
elected.
e-elected. were: , President Frank
Barkwell, Vice -President'- Jack'
Barkwell, ` Secretary -Treasurer -.
Mrs. Oliver .Maceharles and Recor-
ding Secretary Mrs. Mae Smith.
A one minute silence was:' held
• in. memory of Mr. Henders Bark
well who passed' away 'in March . '
Relatives were present from our
surrounding'area and. from Sudbury
Sarnia; Dundas,. Kitchener,. Thorn
hill;
Willowdale, Scarboro. and'
Downsview.
All •tire clan were very pleased
by our usual visit with one. another
Time and place were:again• left
Up to the officers for the 1967 re-.
unions •,
-More than 70: countries have
announced they. will participate
at Expo. Some .80 are expected ,
V..
:e, e t . eter orotlg am many
good wishes and entered the•Oton-
abee River and onto Rice Lake
where the mayor •of Campellford
met us at•lock k3 and rode.. into.
Carnpbellfordwith us where .we,:
ended our week of adventure'.
Now began the task of dismantl-
ing ourraft and: getting ready:to
go home . Lorne Eadie of ,Holyrood
who' kindly loaded his truck :for -
transportation:.and•. 3 cars awaited.
us 'to take • us' home . •
The: sincere thanks of the Vent-
urers goes out to Bud Hamilton, .
Lucknow for the loan, of the barrels
to Lorne Eadie, . without whose
truck we could rot have transport-
ed our belongings; •and ,to all our •
parents. who provided the transport-
ation AOto.'everyone ywho helped
in any way; and most,,of all to'
Lloyd Ackert our' leader without
whoseleadership and' encourage
ment this ,adventure would . -never
have been' undertaken, ; •
This'•adventure was one of many
we have enjoyed ;under his lead-
ership and one we will never for-
get..
or= -get.....•
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