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rs. alter ' cNeish writes Colborne memorial on other's passing
This is an article written had gone to Ottawa Normal
by Mrs. Phyllis Diana as that was the only teacher
(Walter) MacNeish as an 'In training college in the pro-
Memorian' to her late vine in the 1800s.
mother Jean Walter who was Jean was a serious student
buried in Colborne Cemetery and had excelled in Latin,
June 20a 198L It is an English and history at
obituary recalling memories Goderich high school- After
and happenings in the life of she retired from the Canada
the deceased ° and her Permanent Mortgage Cor -
daughter, cularly for poration, she had, taken
the Col cousins. " courses in geology, art,
Ever since my childhood history, anthropology and
when I used to come to Col- Spanish at the University of
borne Township and. Toronto and"was always in-
Goderich with my mother to terested in learning more.
visit relatives, I have fond We recalled outings to the
recollections of those Benmiller woollen mill, a
holidays and in the years wonderful adventure and
since have enjoyed frequent there was the joy of a sleigh
visits renewing friendships ride through the Kernighan
and seeing my relatives. woods in winter. On looking
It is just a month since I back they give me more joy
was in Colborne on a very and seem more exciting than
our European travels, or our
'Rhine River trip.
We drove past the old
"YOUNG" school house and,
tried .to name the roster of
relatives who had taught
there at No. 3. Grandmother
and Florence, mother and
Isabel and Tina Johnson,
Mona Walter and many
others. As we passed the
creek, we 'remembered the
taste of spring watercress
and Aunt Maude McBride's
home-made sausage.
We passed the old
homestead which is • now
Vere Cunningham's home
and wondered about the
lawn tennis courts we had
there and how Uncle Reuben
Sallows would arrive to take
all those pictures.
Remember the photo of the
five sisters taken with the
prize ran "Hillside B" with
Julia then the baby perched
on his back.
We passed farms recalling
strawberry socials and
remembered the church sup-
pers, Sunday school and
Masonic picnics, Arbor Days
and country fairs.
When we came to Smith's
Hill (Carlow),_we recalled
the church the Colborne.
families helped to build and
wondered was it Uncle
William Young who gave the
bell, and did both his
brothers Uncle John and Col-
in preach there? Mother and
It I
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sad mission to say farewell
to the last remains of my
dear mother, Jean Christina
Walter. But it is comforting
to kbow she now lies with her
deceased sisters, Ruth
Young and Mrs. E. V. '
Florence (Young) Lawson
and she will be reunited with
her parents, Roderick Mur-
dock Young and Diana
Wilson Sallows and her
grandparents Alexander
Young and Christina
MacKenzie and other
ancestors in Colborne
Cemetery.
Mother is survived by two
sisters, Isabel Young of
Toronto and Mrs. Leonard
(Julia) Westbrook of
Goderich and myself (her
daughter) Phyllis Diana
(Walter) MacNeish and hus-
band Scotty and our two sons
Roderick and Alexander
MacNeish.
Mother Jean was the
granddaughter of Alexander
Young who was one of the
seven Young brothers who
had immigrated frbm Nairn,
Scotland to buy 1,200 acres of
land along the 8th concession
from the Canada 'Company
in the 1830s and so being a
daughter of earlypioneers, it
was fitting to bring Jean
home to Huron.
I appreciated the friendly
atmosphere at the funeral
home and visiting with kin
and friends before and dur-
ing the day of the funeral. It . others played the organ in
all helped to lessen the pain that church.
of earthly separation. It was a joy to see Arnold
Later we said our private Young's farm as he is one
farewells in Colborne descendant who still lives on
Cemetery and strolled the 8th concession. Then if
among the well -kept graves. you turned there, we were
There, among other inter- close to the Sallows' place
connected graves we walked and were reminded of those
and talked and remembered wonderful quilting bees at
many as we read the names Aunt Elizabeth's The Glen
on the tombstones: Sallows, farm was nearby where
Green, Glen, Morris, there was the wonderful
Lawson, Bogie, Bisset, peach orchards and on the
Clarke, McBride, Young, road to the beach at Dunlop
Walter and many others. Corner we used to call on
Later in the evening we Aunt Alice (Sallows) Tufford
took a drive around Colborne and enjoyed meeting so
passing many of the familiar many friends enroute to the
places and often paused to beach.
remember. There was the At Tiger Dunlop Cairn we
old Benmiller School where thought of the Colborne Cli=
mother had taught after she que stories and remembered
and Florence and Isabel had visits up on the hill at
been to Stratford Normal. I Saltford Heights with the
recalled Grandma Diana . Bisset cousins and tasting
their famous delicious ice
cream out ori the lawn.
Then we drove by the Har-
bour
Tyson to perform
at Playhouse
Huron Country Playhouse
in Grand Bend will celebrate
its 10th birthday with a buf-
fet dinner and special con-
cert by Sylvia Tyson on Sun-
- day-,-August-16
un--iday�-August-16 ----------____._
"The material on her
albums, as well as in her
club performances, reveals
a Sylvia Tyson with far more
depth arid' versatility than
the one who used to sing har-
mony with Ian and an occa-
sional song of her own. There
is a sense of liberation and
freedom in her music and
the need to communicate to
audiences that the Sylvia
theysaw a decade ago was
only a fragment of the actual
singer and songwriter who
was capable of faramore that
hoping
to
see
a
beautiful sunset that Jean
loved and looked forward to
seeing over Lake Huron. It
recalled that poem of Ten-
neyson "Sunset and Evening
Star",,that Jean often recited
a�'n:d��., climax
made a memorable
climax to the day's happen -
While we think fondly of
Mother Jean and the happy
days of long ago we cherish
our small family that we still
have withus,
Time passes on and pre-
sent happenings in a few
short years will be just
memories we shall often
recall. And as we thought of
\that passage, "And God
a
shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes", the fond
memories helped us to bear
our sorrow and carry on.
conditions and cir-
cumstances at the time
allowed, She describes
herself as a singer -
songwriter, a well-earned ti-
tle__as..evidenced by her two
albums. Woman's World is a
true accomplishment and ar-
tistic achievement, a
testimony to her singing and
songwritingability:" :--:—..-.
The .dinner and reception
will begin at 5:30 p.m. and
the, concert at 8 p.m. and of
course, no birthday party
would be complete without
birthday cake.
All proceeds from this
special,,, ,fund raising event
will go towards the Huron
Playhouse Wintario Arts
Challenge Fund.
Play starts Aug. 11
Allan Stratton's pas-
sionately funny new farce,
Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii,
begins August 11 at Huron
Country Playhouse in Grand
Bend.
When Vivien Bliss
(Miriam Newhouse), writer
of Harlequin romances and
creator of Nurse Jane Pr-
ingle, comes to spend an il-
licit weekend With respec-
tabiy married Edgar
Chi'shdlmi (Stanley Coles),
husband of Doris Chisholm
(Barbara Wheeldon) a.k.a.
Chloris Bienfait, advice col-
umnist, she's already
beyond the deadline for her
new Harlequin. How Vivien
gets her novel finished in the
face of, behind the back of, in
spite of, and with the help of
rapists, the United Church
Observer, a man with a cake
and Helga, the evil Russian
physicist is the story of
Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii.
Maurice Good will - direct
this uproarious new comedy.
You won't want to miss it.
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