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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-10-29, Page 7• WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th, 1969. ewe Bob Johnstone, son of Mr. and Mrs Harold Johnstone of Parkhill former residents of the Lucknow community, was recently ordained into, The United Church of Canada. He•and his bride have arrived > " at their first charge in Saskatch- .'ewan and a letter, penned 'to res- ldents- af-t1 '. n ..kt. i� -e a—w b .. ... .. L�c""r�ri-.crr� ��1...1�e of ,interest to •many: here , ' The letter read;;., The Manse, White Fox ; .. Saskatchewan, September,17, 1969 Dear Friends,, When., was'the' last time. you tray• gilled through Northern Ontario? What•a rugged and beautiful land :.'of rocks and lakes and trees.:. Our. trip was'too early for any signific— ant ignific • ant.colour in the trees;: however, the birches. had already started to. show some yellow. a He and: • •.In Winnipeg; we enjdyed a home= cooked breakfast at the home. of -Bill -and -Eileen -Moore-, friends of many in Parkhill since the days of their ministry at, the' ' Unit'ed Church " Then later .:'that •. same day,. we' stopped in•Grand view•; Manitoba, for.•a,brief visit with Mrs. Harold Lawson, a sister of Mrs. Clark Logan,of Parkhill, On Friday ,. September 12; short- ly hort-ly after lunch,, we ;arrived m White Fox, a small village. of 400 nestled in. the :eilbow of highways '° .35 and 55 which.border, the 'eastern and northern 'village limits °respect= vely: `-The;.manse: and•the United Church in `White Fox are on adjac- ent lots in the central part `of the ,:village: Both buildings are grey' 'stucco, "Empty cement block 'TIE .LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,,ONTAR110, n flower boxesextend., across the frontof the 'manse on either side of the:: door. White Fox. Pastoral Charge has.- 3 as.- 3 points; Garrick; 11 miles to the west, and 'Pine Torch 10, miles ;north' of White Fox. Each church is relatively anew', cheery and , rrg t y-. ecorate a A:pprox- imately 100 people could be *seat- ed in each of the churches Both the church at Garrick and at •White Fox have new .electric. organs', All 3 points are administered by. one board which has representatives • from all three churches..: Timidly, as we paused in: our car on Friday, we noticed a .few sly glances from behind curtains' along our street. Just then, a . lady walked across the unpaved, road and escorted '• us into our new home; 'All the boxes'.and cartons which, had. Seen,delivered- by. the .: mover a week earlier Were stack= the -front --of 2 bedrooms •. ,from wall to wall and:floor to ceiling The hvingroom about 21' x 16' in size ; is' carpeted in a cinnamon, brown.. „Off this:rOorare 2 bed rooms, the front one measures 8' x••12 , and thfe. other is 12' square. • At the, back , the kitchen also is 12' square,with.a long bath room: off'it..; We have a new,,.ref- rigerator and electric stove, and a larger kitchen table'. and chair set a dining maroon} suite, a hide- away bed '2 bedream suites • •Not many people have telephon es and -those -who do, -avet at rareexperience:of making .all phone -bails through a "central" • whose office is in the front room in the hone' across from us.' Our unpacking has been 'great- ly delayed br the frequent inter- ruptions - friendly gestures of wel.- .come usually, in the form of home made bread., rolls , apple pies, • . butter tarts , frozen straw berries etc. Our clipboard,. on our arrival was already stocked .with,some e.` • oods e " s mar_ `ari.ne ,and, vegetables.,'.. • • Sunday Was unbelievable! In fact, had we known.what hat was store for ,us','we would not have had courage to even start. The White Fax service 'was.'at 9:30'a. and attended' by some 75 cur- ,•ious souls all eager to see (and hear?) the new 'Preacher.' With just enough timeto catch our breath, we dashed off to Garrick for :the 11..3.0 a.m. service.. Here were gathered, about 50 people who, at •the close•,of'the service 'presented us with several boxes of vegetables, preserved 'fruit,,' jams and honey. Thankfully. .: we rushed home 'for ul nch (a ;peanut butter:sandwich) which was. interrupted. by a parish- oner whoaoppedby to make arrangements'for her father's fun eral to be held on the ,following Wednesday'.. 'Still swallowingsa last drop of coffee we left .for, the Pine Torch service which started..' at 2 p.m. About 45 people had: gathered in this church justbuilt 'e' r about 10 :After. y ,a s ago; the service , . we descended to the basement where we were showered;, with 'floral "corsages, tea ;:•sand- wiches' and. cookies, and another several. boxes 'of beets ,':tomatoes., ca.! 'ages , carrots,.eggs,- , jams `jellied Chicken relishes and:past.... ries. At 4.30 p , m_ we dragged our SHUR-GAIN milk production rle • leadership in nutrition --EocAocT .' •. hen, feed the rest the best -i iter-Cain--Datry--p rogram. in ' .isit-.. f he' continuous research ,n, uCts, management skills en you recall that an average ,cow costs you the price.: of 2 tons of hay and over 3.% tons of cirri silage, per year, you know there is no room in your' herd for; loafers that won't produce �'or even potential producers that • can't because of inadequate:. feed, intake. Ship the loafers keep the producers—start 'a ' growing animal health service Shur -Gain feeding program.: `Frigidaire "Flowing. 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I.:.wondered ., what could be seen:after dark, butathat:see.rned unimportant; They drove. u's directly to;the: White.- Fox • Church where; were gathered about 40 :of .the local. `congregation.1/ We sang, :tried' out wits at some'conte•sts'and why,'... of .course ate• more sandwiches and chocolate brownies and cake!. Farming here .is':largely grain:: but th.ere, is also a .lot>:of,cattle raised..Everyone has a garden There is no rural mail delivery and hence no mail •boxes to guide the stranger.. "hto one gives directions; interms of left and 'Fight , but: rath• er•in terms of north,. south, :east' and•west But :that is not too help- ful when you hardly know the dir- ection you're 'facing! • Increase your returns from your total. investment in feed with a sound .gr` ro am.. p from Shur -Gain. See 'us, about the most. suitable Shur -Gain Dairy feeding, program to fit your particular needs. • roducts CKNON itiiit PHONE 52 -tib La. ck_fhe_weather was•=hritl. in the low .80's but since then it has changed andthe low tenperat- u -ret -he 'past -couple .nights his been 30 'deg'rees F, . And so for those of you who have. wondered if we have arrived, we have. Periodically 'We'll keepyou inforrned., ' In the Meantime, we • Must' get back to,the unpacking: Marl ; Fondly; and Bob' Johnstone t .eight months each year • iscuss tyre year agreemen In answer to 'a request from'.•, Middlesex County Board of Ed= ucation, the Huron County Board of Education passed :the following resolution: • "That the. Board endorses`.in principle'.the' resolution submit-.' ted by Middlesex. County Board • of :Education,respecting- a three year salary agreement with teachers,, .but feels that .all the ramifications anddifficulties of. implement -ins -such a p 1-4-n should be discussed at the trus- tee organization.level at •region= al meeting. in Stratford o�n'Oc-• tober18•, before further action is taken,�� • ,Vice—chairman R . M El- liott,' l-liott,' Goderich'Township , fa- vowed endorsing the original resolution in principal but felt that it should be discussed furth er' atthe regional meeting. D. J. Murphy Goderich, fa- vored the ofiginal motion which did, not include discussion at the. regional level. He thought -"three Years .:wou1d a a -goo' deal" for the employer, the school board. ; Chairman John B. Lavis, Clinton, said he had "mixed feelings" on the matter:. •* The Department of Education had stated that costs must be pared;. Gordon Moir; Gorrie, said he had been advocating this pra- cedure for some time•' to do away with "haggling for six' to:, 1*'v J l4 *AH. ;< A certain •pat'akect• atnuvt .with ' this simptc pronr)tlncernetn;. ' "I can talk. Let's see you -fly," mil