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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Former Grey Ox student
Jiving in California
BY SANDY NICHOLSON
On July 9th, 1978 a large crowd from
several provinces and states gatheredat
the Grey Ox two and a half miles north
of Lucknow., The special event was to
dedicate a Memorial Plaque to honour the
pioneers of the district. Two, 1 was happy. •
to see were Peter Sinclair MacDougall
and his wife,' Minnie Richards, who had
been born at Kinlough, five'miles.north of
'the Grey Ox. Peter was known as Clair to
most Sentinel readers, but when .he went
to OAC he decided to use his first name -
the name of his paternal.grandfather who
was the, original settler on lot 11,
concession 4 Kinloss.
Peter's father, Roderick was born on.
the homestead` in ' 1872. Like many
Kinloss.: boys and girls in large families,
he went to Chicago when he was 18. Soon
he was the owner 'of a certificate as air;
engineer, earning good wages for that
era. He -married a farm girl from Wis-
consin, whom he met through another
Lucknow boy, Alex. MacKenzie, who
married a friend of ..Mrs. 'MacDougall.
After their sons; Russell and Harvey were
born anda visit to Kinloss, they decided
that Kinloss would be a better place to
raise a family than Chicago:,' They had
saved 53500 and usedlt to make the down
payment on the Hudson farm int 5,
concession 3, Kinloss. It' was here that
Peter, Blanche and Lloyd ,were born.
Peter had many good teachers, but he
remembers two especially. His first
teacher was finishing two years at the
Grey Ox when he started at'•Easter .time.
She `was Isabelle (MacDiartitid) Mac-
Kenzie, who was given a corsage last
summer as she was the eldest former
teacher living. The gift was made by Ruth
(•Maclntosh) Brown, a first cousin of
Peter, who also started school at Easter.
She remembered Isabelle as the most
beautiful person she had. known...
Peter's second teacher, HughMai-
Millan, was ,a'special favourite. He taught
their school for two years and started a
Sunday 'School Sunday afternoons for the `..
children who were too far from church or
other Sunday School. 'He married Don-:
alda M,aclntosh before going to,Formosa
as a missionary. "He: .later became
Moderator of the Presbyterian. Church...
!' It has taken almost a year todo a one
hour intervievv. ' with Peter. My main
purpose in all my talks has been to
encourage everyone I know to use a tape -
recorder to preserve some of the unusual
• things in your life. If Peter doesnot write
about them out history will be. the poorer.
:One. story on the tape will conclude this
piece.
In 1935,Russell MacDougall carne
down to pick up an eight cylinder Olds-
mobile: Peter was working sevendays a
week in a dairy in Toronto at very. low
wages. He accepted the invitatiotr to take
a few weeks off to travel to B.C. via the
States and Mexico withhis brother. They
had the names and: addresses of friends',
and relatives along the way. The . Alex
MacKenzie mentioned before was a
brother of W. L. and D. G. MacKenzie
and an uncle of Mrs. Jessie.'Allin. The
MacKenzie from Chicago had become
very wealthy and had visited the
MacDougall farm in the twenties with a
chauffeur driven car. They had a bank
and valuable property in Florida.. When
Russell and Peter 'called in 1935, Alex
recognized Russell. He told of the crash
. at the beginning of the depression that
'took everything they had. They were back
in the' restaurant they had in 1903 when
the Rod MacDougalls went back to the
farm. They had quite a .small staff . of
former employees who also lost and were
willing to start over. They met Mrs.
MacKenzie, working In the .kitchen,
baking bisuits. They were not bitter and
thanked -.the boys for their visit.
•
a..laecause every
child has the
right to smile
1979 International Year
of the Child
Unicef Canada
Lucknow people 'can do it. They can
help out in an international crisis. A
Whitechurch family is sponsoring two
Laotian refugees through an individual
sponsorship. The Lucknow Christian
Reformed Church as a group are, spon-
soring a family of nine Vietnamize boat
people.
These people are living their Christian
belief through their daily actions. It is an
important aspect of the Judaeo-Christian
ethic to save human life. These people
are assuming what they believe is their
Christian responsibility.
Our concern for the boat people is
relevant because this is .one international
crisis where. Canadians individually or in
groups can do something. It's a welcome
reassurance to our faith in our fellow man
to see how Canadians have responded to
this situation.
We can bring more refugees to
Lucknow. Settling them in a small com-
munity like ours ' will be an easier
adjustment than learning to live in a big
city like Toronto. It will be easier for them
to learn the language because they will
get to know their neighbours and they
will make friends. A city can be a very
lonely place even for native. Canadians. It
will be easier' to find a job and be
self-supporting Canadians,
All of the reasons we enjoy life in a
small town or a farming community are
good reasons why refugees should make
a new start here.
As Mrs. de Bruyn commented, they are
aware there will be problemsin sponsor-
ing two refugee teenagers. But, if you
don't try something because you wish to
avoid the problems involved., you will
nevertry anything.
In my sun bonnet
Fans of all Ages enjoyed the ttactor pull In
fucknow on the weekend. Probably one
of the •
youngest spectators, Stephanie
Lamond, 17 months, came a long way for
a little girl to see the Lucknow pull. She Is
the daughter of Barb and. Ken Lamond,
Chatham.