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Clinton News-Record, 1970-07-30, Page 7Recent _storms have played havoc with trees in Clan Gregor Square in Bayfield, This one took a beating last week, -photo by Eric Earl, Kippen district news NPm-figPrci., Thurso ay,, 414,ty .5p,..i970 7 mostly in fun • wow Keith iRophion Check With Us - WE HAVE CORN STORAGE AVAILABLE WANTED New Crop . WHEAT, OATS and BARLEY Top Prices Paid Modern Unloading Facilities For FAST SERVICE Cali Today W.G. 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ALSO AVAILABLE: HOMEOWNERS PACKAGE POLICY For complete details, coritactt JOHN R, CONSITT, ZURICH — 236-133Z ED HENDRICK CREDITON 234.6250 JACK SCOTCHMER4 BAYPIELD r6i-5270 We are Buying Wheat, Barley, Oats, Corn, Flax and Mixed train We are equipped for fast unloading service. —Our automatic grain handling facil- ities eliminate wait- ing, when you bring your grain to Top- notch. THE ELEVATORS WILL BE OPEN 6 DAYS Or THE WEEK AND WILL BE OP- EN AT NIGHTS IF GOOD HARVESTING WEATHER OPNOTCH TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED Phone 5274910 Sea forth Rambling with Lucy I-UPY R. WOODS Out of memory's storehouse,, n Sunday 80001 class picnic of her 11000 comes this week to Ltipy, Some of it is quite in vogue, It was probably in the summer of 1$11 or 1912 that Miss Mize upuis held a picnic for the girls in her class et Trittity Church nday Sehool to which several ethers were invited. She asked the girls where they'd like to hold it, NoW Lucy was ways chuck full of suggestions and so she named the lawn down at e former home of "Cousin Lena" (Mrs. George Woods who had Id the farm to William lieerd). She had such happy memories of sits there with her cousins, Raby, Nan and Isobel Woods. It was a ritable fairyland in her memory, Mrs. Fred Baker helped Miss. Dupuis and they all walked down to e farm carrying feed including lemon and orange juice squeezed to jars ready for water to be added. The girls inclnded Muriel King, Marian Jennings (the youngest ughter of a former Rector, Rev, E. C. Jennings, who was here on cation), Lulu end Greta Baker, May Howard, Reta Tippet, Beulah rker and Lucy. There may have beep others who have escaped ucy'e memory. The first disappointment to Lucy was that the lawn which was so en, shady and tidy in her memory had grown up in hay since the use (built by a school teacher, William Plunkett, and named Bona Vista") had not been occupied for some time. William Heard ad cut the grass and weeds around it with a bay mower so there was bit of stubble. A well and water had been one of the drawing cards in Lucy's awning. Imagine her disgust when the pump would not draw water the leather on the sucker having dried from disuse. Couldn't they p some water out of the well? With what? asked someone else. hey peeked in the window and saw a large table with dinner plates led up as if they might have been used for serving dinner to reshers. Mrs. Baker lifted a loose plank and looked into the well. She ecided that it hadn't been used for some time and the water ouldn't be good. Then up comes Lucy with another idea. She had once gone down ith Raby to get drinking water at a spring in the sandy beach hind Thomas H. Elliott's farm. So she and Lulu Baker set off gaily ith containers to get water there. Lucy recalls going down the cliff where her cousins had made teps in the clay and erected a cedar railing which was down in spots. so the railing around the top of the gully was down in places as hey peered down to the stream below. Another disappointment! It was August and the springs in the sand had dried up. There was nothing more for it but to go on to Cousin Will Woods' farm (now Marsville). Of the walk up the bank and over to "Woods Villa' Lusy has no recollection. It was quite natural that she would o and ask permission and she has a hazy idea of seeing "Cousin ella" standing in the shady doorway. Perhaps she said that the ump, which was away out in the front field near the" stable yard, ight have to be primed. At any rate, Lucy recalls her immense lief when they got water with the second or third stroke of the ooden pump handle. Then the two girls walked across the field, own the hill again to the beach and up again at the Heard farm now Paul Bunyan Trailer Camp). No doubt the water was warm by his time, but they had water! They were greeted with: "Where have you been all this time?" he whole afternoon had gone and it was time to eat. Mrs. Baker id they could have gone back to William. Heard's on the Sauble ine (they had come down the sideroad between his place and ameron's to the Lakeshore Road). It wouldn't have taken nearly so ong. Evidently there had been some concern felt about Lulu and Lucy ing gone so long. Greta recalls that Marian Jennings remarked: "I ould advocate going to Luey's cousin's place to see if they are here." And Reta remembers that there was some talk of a patch of uickaand where the creek empties into the lake at the Woods farm. Lucy ;had "heard Wes ofeoxen or cows disappearieg in this spot. hey wReirsikked irikattiVas faiWili te*re44 PieVglietnew about this spot and to give' it a wide berth. In later years She'd go close to this quicksand at, the creek as she dared and stick one oot into it, removing it hurriedly when it began to sink. Of course Lulu and Lucy had missed the games. But even if the ater was tepid, the lemonade and orangeade tasted mighty good. They sat around on the ground and there were such good things o eat. Mrs. Baker had brought a large jar of onion rings and sliced ucumbers. Lucy's tongue fairly dripped for them. Needless to say there was nothing left but the vinegar at the end of the repast. Miss Dupuis had sliced tomatoes, plain bread and butter sandwiches and cake. Not a crumb was left for the birds. Lucy thoroughly enjoyed the outing except that all her suggestions went awry! And 'ever has lingered in this memory the thought that if she hadn't been so forward with her ideas another ulet spot might have been chosen where facilities were available and he girls would have been together all afternoon. Nina Heard was a member of the class but was away from home at that time. Never-the-less she retains happy memories of a picnic on the bluff with Raby, Nan and Isobel Woods when they lived there. And one day she went with the girls to visit their uncle Will Woods. "Aunt Bella" gave them bread, butter and honey. It was probably new honey and the bread would be homemade as was usual on farms in those days. Nina enjoyed it so much that the memory of it still tickles her palate. On such occasions simple items of menu were great treats to children in those days. We might have the same food at home but it always tasted better away from home. The Annual Cochrane re-union was held at Clan Gregor square, Bayfield, on Sunday, July 12 with 52 attending. A full line of sports were conducted with Mrs. J. McAllister and Mrs. Glenn Goff in charge, Mr. Stan Love, Exeter. conducted a short business meeting after a bountiful picnic supper. Greetings were received from Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Fordes and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Smith of Edmonton who expressed hope of being present at a future re-union. Officers for 1971 are: President, Ian McAllister; Secretary, Margaret Jones; Treasurer, Jim Love; Table Convenors, Mrs. Wm. Elliott and Mrs. Alex McMurtrie; Sports committee, Mrs. Glenn Goff and Mrs. J. McAllister. Next year's picnic is to be held on second Sunday in July in Bay field. PERSONALS Myra Gackstetter of Guelph spent two weeks in July with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones and Ken spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gackstetter and family of Guelph. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stokes of London visited Mr. Robert Thomson on Sunday. Mr. and, ,Mrs. Tqm „Hill of Brantfordtarisited_ThersdaYeWith Mrs. Long a cousin to Mrs. Hill. Guests during the weekend with Mr. ' and Mrs. David Triebner were: Mr. Brock Parker, London; Lynn Parker, Nobel; John Kreller, Kitchener; Marshall Quarry, St. Thomas; Faye Jackson, Parry Sound and Brian Triebner of Fergus. All were in the wedding party at the Parker-Robins wedding Saturday in Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. David .Triebner and Brenda attended the Parker-Robins wedding in Exeter on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McQuarrie and Dianne spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Dawn of Meaford. David returned home with them after having two week's vacation. Mm, M. A. Parker of Winnipeg who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Hood, left Saturday for Toronto to visit relatives before returning to Winnipeg. Nelson Hoed has returned home from Clinton Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Elroy McDale of Hermiston, Oregon is visiting a cousin Miss Jean Ivison. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Carter and family of Harrow visited over the weekend with Mr: and Mrs. N. Hood. The Misses Gloria and June McKenzie of Zurich visited a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McLochlan, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Deichert of London spent the weekend with the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McLochlan. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Priestaf of Mitchell visited with Robert Thompson. The Women's Institute will meet on Wednesday evening August 5. Guests from Tiger Dunlop and Blyth Institutes are expected. Roll Call is naming different ways in which wheat comes to the table. A bake sale will also be held. The Berean Unit of the rrieLat. the home of Mrs. Laura Lyon. A discussion and questionaire with Miss Vdra Lyon on the native customs of the people in Kenya, Africa, where she has spent some time was most interesting. Mrs. Livingstone read several letters from World Missions. Guests with Mrs. Harold Livingstone during last week were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sinclair and Bradley of London, Mrs. Bessie Steel of Teeswater and her son Mr. and Mrs. Don Steel and family of Sudbury. Mr. and Mrs. William Jelly of Bradford spent Tuesday with their cousins Mr. and Mrs. Tom Airdrie. Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson and Glenise of Wroxeter spent a few hours on Sunday with Mrs. Bert Allen. On Tuesday evening July 14 a shower was held at Kippen United Church to honour Wendy Jones, bride-elect of July 25. Program members were introduced by Mrs. Orval Workman. A sing-song led by Mrs. Ross Broadfoot opened the program. Two contests followed conducted by Dianne Dewys and Gwen Hendrick. Debbie Consitt and Sharon Finlayson played a piano duet. Another contest followed, Gwen Hendrick read the address to the guest of honour. After opening the gifts, Wendy thanked everyone. A lunch was served. Mrs. Irving Gibson and Mrs. Gary Jones attended the shower for Wendy Jones at Kippen United Church.' Mrs. Milly Bentham of Oshawa is visiting at present with her sister Mrs. Tounsend and Miss Dorothy Little. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shobbrook spent several days last week enjoying a trip to Muskoka visiting Huntsville and friends in, Toronto on the way home. Wear a govornmeni- approved LIFE- JACKET when Water Have a lookout man in your tow-hoot. Today we pay g second visit to our favogrite town of Mule. They Say When a Man and woman live together for a UM period of time, they begin to look alike. That's the way things are with the people of Mule. It isn't that All the husbands and wives looh alike but that the people, ,after nearly 200 years in the town, have begun to take on the characteristics of their town's founder, Herman the mule. No, they don't have the long ears like Herman or a paint-brush tail, but "they've picked, up his behavioral traits. In short, they've become as stubborn as an Irish fish wife, It's only natural for a small town to be on the conservative side, inclined to take a long look at something new before they give it their seal of approval, but Mule is a little more than ordinarily staid. Sociologists speak of the cultural lag when they talk about the length of time taken for innovations in the urban life to get to the small towns, but even they scratch their heads over Mule. For instance, the Depression didn't hit Mule until 1939; John Diefenbaker is still regarded as prime minister and the latest fashion craze is the mini-skirt which only the most daring young girls are wearing and the locals are claiming will never catch on. Many of these aspects might be regarded as quaint by knowledgeable city dwellers. But there's another aspect of the Mule personality the city dwellers just cannot understand, at least any that are modern and up-to-date. For one, there was the case of the town police force. The provincial government wanted to take over Mule's one-man police force and run things properly by using provincial police. Instead of a 1949 Chevy coupe for a police car, they would provide a supercharged, 1970 model. They'd have tear gas and radar and riot equipment and all the paraphernalia needed to fight modern crime. And so what if their police would 'be stationed 15 miles away in a nearby town? What's 15 miles in the space age? But you know something? Those hard headed nuts from Mule turned the whole thing eeid they'd just as soon keep -old Mac Johnston as their cop, with his beat-Op buggy and his .45 revolver that was a little rusty because he'd never bad a chance to use it in his 35 years on the force. Talk about Mule-headed. Of course they got their new policeman with all his modern equiPment anyway because the government just stepped in and Wok over their small force. The same thing happened in education. Mule had this old six-room high 'school. It was clearly inadequate. It didn't have closed-circuit colour television and the poor principal, Tom Maloney, had to suffer in a little eight-by-ten office with no air-conditioning. The government suggested that the people of Mule close their school and bus their students to the town of McMichael, 20 miles away where there was a big school with 1600 students and gizmoes that would amaze even the office boys down at the department of education. But the yokels of Mule just wouldn't go for it. Government big shots came up from the city to try to convince them. They pointed out that big schools could attract teachers more easily. And everybody knew that things became more efficient when they got bigger so the big school would be more efficient. Still the Mule.. didn't agree. They weren't really worried about attractir ' teachers because only two teachers had resigned in the last five Years, Miss Morrison who passecl away At age 80 and Mrs. Theinaa who quit to have a Why, And the replacement teachers who carne liked Mule so much they decided to settle down and live there. The efficiency bit didn't go over too well either because the People of Mule don't consider efficiency very important. As Sam Cleaver, the butcher said, "If it was efficiency we cared about, we'd have moved to the city long ego." So for about 15 years they held out stubbornly, Luckily the government won out and the young Mules are now getting a proper education. They appointed a county school board and it quickly voted Mule High School out of existence and shipped all the students over to McMichael by bus every day. The population of Mule has fallen a little since then though. They lost three students on their first day in the big school and haven't found them yet. Think, don't sink! Be water wise! Learn and practise water safety every day. News of Londesboro BY MRS. BERT ALLEN