The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-05-15, Page 9n
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by Bev
A lot of political prob-
lem wexe.gdwd around
the wood stove a Grace
and Sam Varnier's genet -
al to in liolyrood.
Mrs. FM'nai wcrw of
Kucadu Tjnd. 90 on
Monday, May 13 and
tembers those days at
the *IC
It was ° 1954 that the
couple Moved to
111)1yrood and tik (over
the st,tre. They had
owned the Silver'Lake
Store in KinlosS a few
years earlier, from 1946
t. 1950. Then they silld fit
and moved back to
Stratford, which is where
they had lived frwm the
.time they got married in
1934 until miving t
Kinloss.
"We left the, area, but
decided to come back
when we knew the
Holyrood store was for
sale."
Mrs. Farmer said it
was the old fashioned
type of general store
where everyone pulled
up a chair around the
stove, "and stayed until
11 p.m."
She said the men
would bring in the gro-
cery list, hand' it to Mrs.
Farmer, then sit and visit
while she filled the' order.
"If the list had tea on
it, 1 knew which kind of
tea that family would
drink"' she laughed.
Besides the usual gro-
cery items,. the store car.
dal things for the farm,
ens work 7dothes, tb
ber brow,. poidatiu for.
as ad coal oil for
lamps. 'rthe store alsi had
gas pumps and was the
(e` St OftiCe.
'We had a Iot of
laughs there%
But there was ryt gos,
sip at the store.
"Sam st tpped that the
first week we were
there."
Mrs. Partner said it
was the fresh fruit and
vegetables, that killed the
country store.
"You could compete
with the big ail -es in gro-
ceries, but there was n
way to compete with the
variety of fresh fruit and
vegetables."
In 1967 the couple,
sold the store to John and
Mildred Frook, and they
retired to Mrs. Farmer's
present home on
Penetangore Row in
Kincardine.
"This is the most
beautiful place I have
ever lived," Mrs. Farmer
said looking,out hr back
window which faVerlooks
a large expanse of back
yard and the lake.
The couple, who had
no children, kept busy
Sentlin 1p Wean a .May 1 age 9
store wn r turn PO
trevelln-an Cund.
spending win' in
Florida. Then in 1982,
Mr. Pamer died.
4GThat was the. worst,
tameof41*.tif041-'?
Partner said she
has .kept young by keep-
ing punger friends.
Weve never ted
our age," she laughed.
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She %rams everyone
her neighborhood,
vihich she.,says is, like a
senall village. In the sum.
met, friends bring their
-lawn chairs to her .front
lawn and chat
'She's a Mlle friend, a
great listener and has
such a positive outtrit
on life. Grace 'has
-
. , .
Grace Farmer, a former :.owner of the ,
ffolyrOOd'aenerat.store,..,now living in..-
: Kincardine, celebrated her 90th birtheimton
.1111413. (Bev Fryphoto) .
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touched a la of litlaSt .64
said Marlene Roi& a'
fiend .ndneighbor.
'Mrs. 'Farmer bas sold
her-housd and
moving to Malcolm
Place thummer,
love this. hoise,:bu
it's time I moved. I'm
ready."
She's looking forward
to sitting on the-verand4h
Maloolra Place and
visiting with fiee friends'
there, instead of her front
Mrs. Farmer's friends
and faml”elebratOd her
birthday with a tea at the
aptist Church. in
Kincardine on SaturtY.
May 11.
ny duties for War
Gr ves Commission
Bradley N. Hall,
deputy secretary-general
of the C imno;iwealth
W4r Graves
Cimmission; Ottawa,
Avas Atte of the guest
speakers at the annual
meeting and workshop
of the Ontario
Genealogical Society
Region ll on Apr. 20.
The Commission was
established by Royal
Charter in 1917, the had
office being in
Madenhead, England.
The duties of the
Commission are to mark
and maintain the graves
of the members of the
forces of ,. the
Commonwealth who
died in the two World
Wars, to.build memori-
als to those who have no
known grave and, to
keep records and regis-
ters. TIvre is no man-
date for the Korean War.
. Hall explained th
the cost of the work is
shared by partner gov-
ernments - the United
Kingd*tri, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa and India
presently employing
some 1260 persons,
mostly in the horticul-
tural field and stone
masons.
The permanent head-
stone commemorates
each known individual
by name and makes no
distinction on account of
military or civil rank,
• race or creed.
• There are 23,100 civil
• cemeteries or church-
yards throughout 145
countries .as well as the
Commission's 2300 war
cemeteries.
AS ecial ‘‘Thank You"!
Bob. and Marion would' like to thank everyone
for their support and participation in the
bowilrig leagues and other ..functions held at
Luckilow, .13"owl and Gaine .-,Centre, also those
who helped wit1i tournaments and kept score
at the .difierent, events. •
A Special' Thank You to Eric Taylor and all the
parents :' that helped with the Y.B.C. program
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