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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-09-24, Page 6e 6,--14uelmow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 24, 1986 CANOW SENTINEL .19,,fifELYN SHRIER - Publisher ANTHONY 'N. JOHNSTONE AdvertiSing and,_ General Manager PAT LiviNG$TON - Office Manager MERLE' ELLIOTT TyiNsetter • Business and Editorial Office Telephon 528.2822 Mailing. Address P.O. I3ox 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0' Second Class Mail Registration Number -0847 Subscription rate, $12 per year in advance Senior Citizen rate, $10 per year in advance , U.S.A. and Foreign, $21.50 per year In advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign, $19.50 per year In advance Fair a success The Lucknow Agricultural Society" held another successful fall fair this weekend but it wasn't without its problems. A scant two weeks prior to the fair, Harry Boyle, Toronto broadcaster and author, formerly of St. Augustine, contact- ed the Society to tell them he would be unable to attend to officially open. the fair. On Saturday morning the MacArthur Shows Midway didnoi show up as expected and a phone call to. Seaforth Agricultural Society determined that MacArthur Shows had turned all their bookings over to another company and gone out of 'business. Several 'phone calls later faire officials learned this company had cancelled their phone and possibly they too are out of business. In any event, the Societytwas not informed that a show would not be coming and they could not -make other arrange: ments as' Seaforth was able to do. To top things off, the reporter who was to cover the fair for the Sentinel got his dates confused and missed the fair. As a result, the Sentinel has no picture coverage , of the fair. Despite all of these problems, this year's fair was a great succes and bigger -and better than ever. The reason for its success is the involvement by local people. Regardless of how many celebrities attend, how big the September 22, 1980 Lucknow Agricultural Society, Att: Ross Errington, R. R. 2 Lucknow, Ontario. Dear 'Sir, As, editorial co-ordinator of Signal-Star Publishing Ltd., and in part responsible for the news content of The Lucknow Sentinel, I sincerely regret the fact that the Lucknow Fall Fair will have no picture coVerage in this week's Lucknow Sentinel. A photographer from. Mitchell had been assigned to the job this year, because the Lucknow editor, Sharon Dietz, was going to be out of town to attend a wedding. It is routine procedure that when the local staffer is absent from duty, another staffer from another location in the Signal-Star company covers the event in that person's absence. However, the photographer from Mit- chell got confused on his assignment dates, and the Lucknow fair Was inadver- tently missed. Signal-Star Publishing Ltd.'s manage- ment and the 'staff of The Lucknow Sentinel is embarrassed by this complica- tion. We extend sincere apologies to the Lucknow Agricultural Society and to the people of Lucknow and area for this error. Every effort now is being made by the Lucknow staff to find persons who may midway is or how many pictures appear in the local paper, nothing can make a fair a success unless it. is supported by the community. The number of exhibits in the arena,. the stiff ,competition in the livestock and poultry shows, the entries in the parade, ° the participation in the beauty pageant, and ' the huge attendance all point to the fact that the Liicknow fair is as successful as it has ever been and will Continue to grow. It is people interest which makes a fair a success and Lucknow has an unqu,estion- able number of people 'interested and invelved in our, fair. Not everything w,ent wrong by any means. Lucknow's fall fair queen was, named . Miss Mid-western Ontario and God was , on our Side; the sun shone yet again this year making our fair the fairweather fair. Many communities no longer have a fair and the fact that Lucknow's fair is more successful than .ever is a tribute to Lucknow's Agricultural Society for the fine, job they are doing. As- Charles Webster, who has long been associated with the fair and the Agricultur- al Society commented in a Sentinel story last week, "It's the little things, like the fall fair, that keep a community together.'' have taken pictures at the fair, So that these photos can be included next week or the week following in' The' Sentinel. If you know of anyone who has such photos, please do not hesitate to call Sharon Dietz at the, Sentinel office.. , All results from the fair will appear in this week's issue. We• are very apprec- iative of the Society's fine co-operation in providag this material 'to us year after year. We look forward now to next year when the Lucknow Fall. Fait will be given top priority by The Sentinel, and to when the newspaper and the Lucknow Agricultural Society can work together again to provide quality coverage of a worthy event. Sincerely, Shirley J. Keller, Editorial Co-ordinat. Enjoys Sentie1 Encloied is a cheque for $10.00 to renew' my subscription to your paper for another year. I receive the Sentinel at Peterborough usually every Thursday, which is excellent mail service. Turn to page 7* BY DON CAMPBELL. Neil MacCrimmon was determined to spend as little- time asposSible on the overcrowded quarters he shared' with the rest 'of the steerage passengers. As the Mavis made tier way-down -Loch. Linnhe and into the Firth of Lorn, he moved from one side of the deck to the other, looking for the last time upon the mountainous country of his birth.' The MaCCrimmons had served Scotland well as pipers in the regiments of the crown for several generations, with little or no reward for their loyalty.. His father, Suffering from • the fever he had developed in the West Indies, had been evicted from the small croft be had rented on the Isle of Skye, on which to graze sheep.. Sheep it seemed had become more' important than the people of the Highlands. Neil's father had succumbed to the sickness 'he had acquired in the King's service, but had given his son advice and a few golden coins before he passed away, "The MacCrimmons are no longer respected," he told his 'son. "Even the lands they held by Dunvegan have been split and divided. There is nothing left now for a young man in this country. Go away lad. There is a place called Canada, a braw land where a man might build himself a new life!" Neil pondered his father's words as the heathered slopes slipped behind the mists of evening. He felt as if somebody should speak of the sadness which filled the hearts of those forced into exile by poverty and circumstances beyond their control. As if to satisfy his conscience he went below, and from a, piece of carefully Wrapped sacking, revealed a set 'of bag- pipes which had belonged to his father and his grandfather before him. He returned to the upper deck and as he tuned the drones, a crowd of immigrants were drawn to the sounds. They looked at him in silence and waited, knowing that he was about to 'play 'a pibroch as a last goodbye to the auld hame. The tune 'he played was the famous lament composed by Donald MacCrim- mon in the rebellion of 1745. There were Gaelic words composed to that lament which. were appropriate 'to the occasion. They were translated of course, mach later by Sir Walter Scott. "Too oft shall the note of MacCtimrnan bewailing, Be heard when the Gael on their exile are Dear Land, to the shores when unwilling we' sever, Return, 'return, return shall we never." The Mavis headed westward into the . Atlantic. A larger group of passengers surrounded MacCrinuton and stayed on deck listening for as long as he played. From the forward cabins, the first-class passengers were also attracted by the , sounds of the pipes. The. Reverend Duncan MacLeod was fascinated by the masterful fingers of the piper and sent a seaman aft to enquire; the name of the maestro. "It's man called MacCrimmon," he was told. The minister 'smiled and nodded his head knowingly at the mention of the name. ' "I should have known. Who else but a MacCrimmon could play the pipes like that!" There was a young doctor standing with the minister by the rail. A , graduate of the School of Physicians and Surgeons at Edinburgh, he too was thrilled by the music. His name was Doctor James Cameron. Even when the sun like' a red ball of:fire, had quenched itself 'into the horizon, and the sea was a very carpet of seething endlessness, MacCrimmon con- tinued to play. A steward approached the little group Hof cabin passengers., "Dinner is served, gentlemen!" The minister and the doctor ignored the request to dine at the captain's table, but one man, a merchant from, the woolen mills of Yorkshire, England, was glad to replenish his overweight body with food and wine. "Come on then," . he requested his fellow paSsengers. "Let's go and eat - there's nowt clever about a noise made wi' a bladder and a couple o' sticks. I've heard better music in a pig slaughter house." This was a type of comment often • Tutu to page 7* Regret reporter missed fair Shatina Nickel, 3,1oVes babies and when bet little' brother, Tyler, appeared in the baby contest at the Thingannen Fall Fair she got to hug and kiss all'the babies hi the.Class. Here she cuddles with Holly Park, 9i/2 month old daughter, of SteVe and Debbie Park of Goderich. Shama is the datighter of Barb and Don Nickel of Kinloss Township., [Sentinel'. Staff Photo]