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r. i Plenty of material for book PICTON - "I used to urge her to write a book for she had so many remarkable ex- periences," said Donna Folkard, speaking of her relative, Cecelia Folkard, a well-known church organist. She said Miss Folkard at- tended a domestic science class, in her native Scotland, with the Queen Mother, and she holds several degrees in music from the University of Edinborough. Miss Folkard played in most of the churches in Pic- ton and also was organist at a Kingston cathedral, for a time. In 1944, she played at the Brockville Anglican Chruch and she gave music lessons for a number of years, after her arrival in Canada. A provincial government employee with the social ser- vices department. Miss Folkard travelled widely in Ontario and worked in Walkerton, Owen Sound, Brockville, Tweed and Toron- to. She received a govern- ment citation for her efforts and for 10 years after her retirement she served on a special government advisory committee. She won the Dow Award for heroism and was a liberated and independent woman long before "women's l ib ' ' became fashionable. Her weekends in Picton, often, were spent tuning up her car and she was the only Hill Street resident to have a ten- nis court. She enjoyed boating and used to launch her own rowboat in Picton harbor. Miss Folkard has a twin sister, Flora, (Mrs. George Fisher) still living in Edin- borough and a younger sister, Elsie Folkard, in Toronto. A younger brother, Ernest, lives in London, England. 1 ikt