The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-09-16, Page 5Lueknow Sentinel, Wedaesday, September 16, 1981—Page 5
Gain Wright
If 1981 -is anything like last
. year, ,Bruce,cpunty may soon
lot* more Scottish than
Scotland. •
Last year the county's
..,appointed agents sold -ore
than 526,000 worth of Bruce
county tartan, and this year.
• they'd like to double the
-
That's.. not 2 to mention •
several thousand dollars'
worth of miscellaneous souv-
enirs made up in the county's
tartan,' colours,. a bright. red
•
with contrasting shades of
dark green, yellow and
white.
The 'fact is - • as •Bruce
people will soon remind you A,
this IS the only county
Canada that has ever been
permitted to have its .own
registered tartan.
What's more, says a rec-
ent letter from .the Lord Lyon
'of Scotland, it's the only
county in Canada ever likely
to be permitted such a dist,
inction..
•
And the Lord Lyon -Should
know. Presiding at his 'offlc.
ial court in Her Majesty's •
• New Register House in Edin-
burgh, Sir Thoinas hums of
Learney alone decides who
will be empowered to own
and wear the checked Scat,
• fish cloth called tartan.
As a matter of fact, until
the Lord Lyon gives his
approval, no piece of cloth,
even thoughit be a plaid, can
correctly be called a tartan.
What it boils down to • is
•that Bruce county enjoys the
kind of monopoly most mer.
chants dream about.
Not only does it have the
only county tartan in Canada,
but it also has his lordship's
writtettword thatitht er coun-
ties who 'might like a similar
disfinction, haven't got a.
hope.
The exclusiveness of the
county's position is confirm?
ed in a January 8 letter to
The Record from his lord-
ship's secretary In Edin-
burgh. Her name just hap-
pens to be Elizabeth A.
Bruce.
The letter says in part,
"...I confirm that this is the
only Canadian county tartan
... The significance of tartan
would be destroyed -if every
,county or town was to have
its own tartan."
Since Bruce county won
the rare privilege in 1965 the
• rules haveapparently been
tightened. -
Por the. past five years the
Bruce. County Women's In-
stitute has had the exclusive
right to "promote, produce
sell and license the manufac-
tare ar cloth and souvenirs
of any kind carrying the
county's tartan. •
According to. Janet Mac- -
• Kenzie of Tiverton district,
who recently stepped down -
•
after four years on the tartan
committee, the women have
been doing';a bang-up job,
At one plowing . match
alone the group sold $8,000
worth of the cloth, and the
women have about :40 stores
Scotland
• and shops in the county and up herein new Scotland,
selling the fabric for them. the tartan bitsiness has been
The county's efforts to booming ever since. The
secure its own tartan began women's institutes have
in 1963 and met with a flat been making about a 40 per
refusal from the court of the cent markup. Most of the
Lord Lyon. ' proceeds go for county pro -
The county's tartan coin- motion and the rest goes to
inittee event sent its repress- cover administrative costs.
entative to the Edinburgh ' According to an instruc-
court. Dorothy Wimperley of tiiinal pamphlet which ac-
Sotithainpton got the same companied the Lord Lyon's
firm refusal the committee letter to The Record, unless a
had previously received by person has the correct name
trial or his ancestors came from
At this point,the county the right district in Scotland,
decided to pull some strings he has no "right" to wear a
and work on its Bruce family tailan.
connection. After all, it was One of Canada's largest
Lord Bruce, the head of Clan designers and suppliers of
Bruce, then governor-gener- plaids and tartans is John
al of Canada, who gave the Richardson of Toronto's Tar
county his name back in tan Shop at 546 Yonge
1849. . Street.
The county appealed in He sells more than 300
1964 to his grandson, the types of registered tartan
present Lord Bruce and Earl and dozens of unregistered
of Elgin, to exercise his plais, but feels it would be
influence on the Lord Lyonrediculous to restrict sales to
Itwas like waving a niagic people the Lord Lyon says
• His lordship spoke ar?rheentiBtlieucicetovornrtytatartartansn.
wo and. friend the Lord Lyon
and presto, vvelcome mats merchants feel the same
appeared at ail the doors way. They're grateful to the
L. ord Lyon for the monopoly
which had been closed be-
ne gave them, but they have
fore. Bruce county was inno intention of bothering
In the process, the Lord with his lordship's minim.
Lyon insisted on scrapping rules. •
the previous Bruce county As far as the Bruce county
crest and replacing it with a Scots are concerned, anyone
coat of arms of his own who can pay $13.95 a yard for
design, replete with a Latin , the stuff is entitled to
motto which means; "The become as Scottish as the
power is in God, but the Lord Lyon , himself.
people administer."
Al! this was 15 years ago -Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Langside children begin kindergartert
By Mho Young
With school going strong
again we wish all students
• good hick in this year's
• studies. Two children from
this diatrict starting kinder-
garten this fail are .Chad
• Thomas and Chris Jones.
• Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wiens
and 'boys of Cambridge spent
the holiday weekend with her
sister. Mr, and Mrs. Ian
Thomas and boys.
Pa 1 Horbatiub of Toronto
'visited with Mr. and Mrs.
• Russell Young on Monday,
September 7,
Wesley Young of Lucknow
visited with his brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Young on
• Tuesday.
Fall fairs have been quite
• prominent this last few s.
weeks and this weekend
Lucknow will be holding their
fall fair,
Sympathy of the commun-
ity is extended to relatives of
(r -
Jack Morrison who passed
away in Southampton on Sat-
urday, September 5. • Jack
• Morrison was born at Lang -
side and later the family
moved to Whitechurch where
• he *spent most of his life.
John McInnes Sr. of Wing-
harn and Mr. and Mrs. Bob
McInnes of Brampton visited
on Saturday with Mr, and
Mrs. Clifford Young.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Young visited on Sunday
• 1.11CKNOW CENTRAL
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Phone 5284113
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OCTOBER 28. •
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The course Fees, will be 57.50
There will ha st 1116.00 charge hy the instructor for ell
the supplies you will need Men, Nibs, Pi r, lnk, Etc.)
' AdditiOnal courses can be Offered it sufficient numbers
are interested. Please contact the Principal
•‘' , Registration and First doss
with his cousin, William Pin-
• fled, who is a patient in
Walkerton Hospital.
• Mr. and Mrs. Ron George
and Susan of Ailsa Craig,
formerly of Langside, visited
friends in this district on
Sunday.
Jamie Young returned to
Lambton College in Sarnia
for his second year in an
accounting course. He spent
this weekend at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Young.
11101$ALE FIEEIRIO •
• Yiednesday, Septtniber 30
' • At 8t00
• Dimensions: 94 inches in diarneter; 4 feet in height
Will feed 18 head at one time. , •
WE CAN ALSO SUPPLY YOU WITH
BALE FORKS
DONT'T Foncirr
THE LUCKNOW FALL PAIR :
THIS WEEKEND
• The. Kountry Kats will entertain Saturday
afternoon and have as special guests Nick
and Kay Lang and their square dancers of
Mildmay and The McMichael step dance
• sisters of Wroxeter.
• FEES Pull Course 120 weeks] 'a $20.00
a Half Course (10 weeks' - $10.00
Subject to change •
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Allan Miller
R. R. 5, tucknow Phone =am
PLAN TO ATTEND THE LUCKNOW FALL FAIR
ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Unibtoch
Phariticic
• Lucknow Phone 52830t14
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