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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-10-27, Page 4120A e Lochalsh news. ago, she feels that she tog those in the com- She had seriously red quitting her job as h hews correspondent t fault finders criticizers, but she decided that those people who would miss reading ° their com- mtinity news' were more important than the com- plainers. Besides writing the Lochalsh news for the Lucknow Sentinel, she has written the column for the Goderich Signal -Star for the last eight or ten years and her column also appears in the Kincardine Independent and the Kincardine News. She reports anything of big im- o articular r ches ,e, is >kly f.. Ger. Shirts $ 3.95 i) Sales TO $ 3,95 $ 3.50 and rder able to; paper3 304 A2 deliver! McCharles of R.R. 3 Lucknow glances at the Lucknow Sentinel. She has been the Lochalsh news for the Sentinel for 35 years. Mrs. McCharles is endeavoring to e little farm community of Lochalsh alive through her news column. She also ares to the Goderich Signal -Star, the Kincardine Independent, the Kincardine nd occasionally to CKNX and the London Free Press. (staff photo) LE rin is the stuff that' r torso from getting +++ race isn't so 'bad if ig cheese. +++ der Graham Bell the telephone. took him one step they gave us the al. +++ not old when your grey, not old when your y. know that you are that long sleep, your mind makes ents that your body r portance to the London Free Press and CKNX. She gets I' paid next to nothing for her work which can be very time consuming. Many people call her with news items and she does some calling herself. She enjoys talking to her neigh- bors whether it is regarding news for the column or not. "I can make myself busy at home but I wouldn't want to be without neighbors," she says. Mrs. McCharles has a number of activities•besidesa' writing the news that keep her busy. She calls herself a jack of all trades, master of none. She enjoys baking, quilting and embroidery. She has a special interest in painting. She teaches por- celain or china painting at night school in Ripley. She paints nature scenes and flowers of her own designs and patterns on china plates and tiffany style lamps. Painting, says Mrs. McCharles, was something she always wanted to do. She had an aunt who was a beautiful painter andan inspiration to her. She feels that porcelain painting is almost a lost art.. She sent for books on the subject and took a few lessons from a teacher. She also studied art at Beale Technical School in London, Ontario, where she did oil paintings and water colors. Mrs. McCharles is the past president of the Ripley and District Horticultural Society. She has a garden in which she grows all her own vegetables to preserve. She has taken a two year course in Hamilton on flower arranging, growing, exhibiting and judging. She also took a judging course in Guelph and has judged floral exhibits at country fairs all across Ontario. Both she and her husband have. worked for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture- in the --past' as qualified judges at fairs. Her husband judged garden produce and cattle while she judged flower exhibits. Travelling to the fairs, says Mrs. McCharles, was like a working vacation for her. husband and her. Judging is both an interesting and ., rewarding experiences, she says. Fair boards today find their own judges rather than going through the Ministry but Mrs, McCharles is still often asked to judge fair exhibits. She has been exhibiting her own crafts and 'baked goods at fairs for over 90 years. "I could be on the go (to fairs) all the time if I wanted to be," she says. She has received many prizes for her exhibits but she says it is not theprize itself that is important but rather .the sense of accomplishment one feels for having done something well. In 1971, Mr. and Mrs.. McCharles, along with Mr. and Mrs. Reg Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Dan McInnes, founded the Lucknow Craft Festival. 'Mr. and Mrs. McCharles are now one of five couples who make up Huron -Bruce Arts and Crafts Incorporated which holds an arts and crafts show annually in Ripley. Mrs. McCharles served three years as a director on the Ontario Fair Board representing Bruce and Grey Counties. She attended 28 fairs during her term and helped iron out problems. She wasn't paid for this work but she enjoyed helping the ...c`bmmunities she represented. Mrs. McCharles was also one of the first women to represent the ladies' section of the Lucknow fair. She is a past secretary - treasurer of the Ashfield Federation of Agriculture and her husband is a past president of the same Federation. She is a member of St. Andrew's United Church in Ripley and belongs to the UCW as well. Mrs. McCharles was born at home on the farm about two and a half miles from Ripley. When she was young, her father had to move his family from their farm because of his health. They went to London where he worked as a butcher -grocer. He never sold the farm however and when Mrs. McCharles was about 15 the family returned to the farm. Mrs. McCharles completed Grade 13 at Ripley high school before going to London to study art: School• came easy to her. She especially enjoyed math and history. She has researched the history of Lochalsh schools because of her interest in the community and !'istory. Mr 'V1rCh: '' husband Oliv cI raised on the farm whe. , the two of bem live„ today, He raises ef cattle. One of the McCharles' sons died of cancer in 1976. He was a Bell Telephone supervisor in Montreal. They have two other sons. One is a research engineer in Chatham and the other is a funeral director and ambulance supervisor in Petrolia.,.They also have five grandchildren. 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