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2 The Acton Freo Wednesday May23 1979 with Jennifer Bar most people spend considerable time fixedly out of the window of a senior citizens apartment Jack never has time to stare out of any window he recently been around the world paints In his spare lime plays the organ and mandolin and is planning a move to Edmonton next month This fascinating Acton resident has out west in the days of the Great Depression he farmed ail over Canada and fought In the Great War Listening to his stones requires more than a brief visit and the story of his life would fill several books with a sequel planned for the next ten years Hound the world at HO plus years Mr McKerracher enjoys shocking ptople by describing himself as nearly He looks decades younger and has hat timeless so very endearing In any human no matter what age His trip around the world a year ago looms large in his current memories It started in Britain where he travelled up and down the breadth of the island even bouncing down a Scottish coal mine They have never let me go down if hey knew how old I was he twinkles From England he went to Israel country he love to visit again Israel is an armed camp he comments describing the constant presence of soldiers with rifles Mr tried to get to Syria and Damascus but was not allowed to go Instead he travelled to Greece where he saw the Acropolis and Greek things Next on the list was Tehran in Inn where he was nearly jailed for not having the proper visa And so to India where he spent time in New Delhi and saw the Taj Mahal Although Mr has driven all his life he says he drive in New Delhi Roads arc crowded with people camels sacred cows and the elephant he says After a visit to Bombay the flight Mr M was on had an engine catch fire over the Indian Ocean and had to return under nerve wracking circumstances He wasn t afraid he figured if he went down In flames it would be just one more trip I d lake Hong Kong wis next on the list the cleanest place I saw then home via Edmonton Mr Hunk he d go round world again it s cold at both ends and too hot in the middle but he d love to revisit parts of it He had a trip to Rome planned this summer but moving plans preempted it He d like to go to Vienna to listen to the music Uneasy soul been an uneasy soul all my life Mr explains He talks of a life spent darting all over this country trymt to settle at farming Originally born in the Chatham area he went out west to homestead in 1910 He had tried to land a job in Detroit prior to that but t do anything because he educated for it So he took stony halfsection of land near Moose built himself a sod shack he tried to make a living Working at a regular job in the summer provided his winter food The landlord provided seed for a crop and half the cost of harvesting splitting the crop profits down the middle w ith young Jack How ever there was no crop that year and Jack had to the land to the owner It was just as well he was fed up wrestling the land from the rocks and had got to the point of hurling his p ck it the horizon Next came a succession of well boring contracts in Northern Saskatchewan while he again farmed in the bush He found some interesting geological fonmtions while well boring including fossilized fish and lare coil seams The University of are interested in Mr McKernch rs findings So the Great War service and marriage followedbyformingmBC Back to the prairies where Mr MeKerncher worked for a dairyman the former mayor of Moose Jaw who is still numbered one of Mr longtime friends At this job he received dollars a month plus a furnished house princely sum at a time when men were lucky to find work at a quarter that salary Following this job came a management position In Central Butte minaging a purebred stock farm for a doctor But this the same as farming for himself So in the McKcrrachcrs bought machinery and set themselves up still Central Butte By now there were five little ind the erash of mirkels After nine years the mud and poplar pole that had served as home was sold and the M came home to Chatham Here a huge old mansion a house the place was a barn was purchased and a broiler operation was set up The large house was traded for a smaller house as the family grew but Mr M continued to raise chickens until he was nearly He quit one day when he suddenly felt he d had enough He cancelled his order for new chicks at the hatchery went home and told his wife they were going to Arizona After the death of his wife in 1970 Mr sold his farm and came to Acton four years ago to be one of his sons Grandpa Moses The painting started when Mr was B2 I Grandpa Moses broidery He paints from memory postcards magazines pictures and photos His easel currently features several two Taj Mahals and some pig portraits His only advice to me young Get an eduea tion it the easiest load you ever carry all your life He always figured if he had plenty to cat a place to live and something to wear he was rich Jack McKerracher is presently busy packing be longings for his impending move A large gap will be left in Acton when he leaves Re from Howard May IC Dear Mr Coultrup It s amazing that you interpreted my com shrieking out fighting words banging musical chords from their tortured insiru to refer to hard rock Nowhere in the column was rock mentioned However if the shoe fits Perhaps you belter read the column again nowhere was their criticism of good clans no matter what their style You denounce Jim Gordon a talent as simple and resulting from being brought up in a simple place Don I let people hear you say that they d probably object to an Actonian calling their town names in such a derogatory manner I d also like o know how a musician who writes poetry lyrics and music plays at least a dozen instruments sings arranges music and organizes the career of himself and two other musicians can be called simple I m very pleased you read he column if somewhat inaccurately though keep reading perhaps wecan argue about something else Yours truly Jennifer Obituary Norma Silcock had respect of everyone 878 3208 A very much loved and room teacher and as respected Acton teacher special Norma Silcock died Sat urday in Grace Hospital Toronto following a She was Bom on June 1936 Scotland she She was a remedial resource teacher for two years alternating be tween and Joseph Gibbons public schools and in the 1977 school year was the daughter of Tom between Me and Lillian Todd On smith and M March 1959 she mar Bennett ried Alexander John Mrs was cock in a ceremony respected by both Falkirk Ten years and parents and four children later the f the family pulled up stakes in lrns put lnt0 her job and came to Can ujtfl special making their home uca pupils Her in went beyond what i key also member of the eratlon of Women Teach Association of Ont Left to mourn her loss are her husband Alex daughters and Mondy sons Greg and Jonathan brothers David Robin Henry and Ronald all of Scotland and a sister Marion Til bury Ontario She was at Acton Once settled In her new home Mrs at tended Lakeshore Teachers College in order that she may re sume her teaching career In Canada While teach ing full time Mrs managed to lend night classes at ted of a teacl as she cared for each dent individually work ing just a little harder make things cosier for them Even through her thy illness Mrs Silcock showed her good will to wards the students She frcd Lauricr University taught as late as this Jan uary pari time to continue to earn her Bachelor of Arts For six years Mrs cock taught at Robert Little school as a class teaching In addition to being a dedicated teacher Mrs FOR ALL YOUR GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING NEEDS Open from Bam til dark Every Day Sunday Jones remanded Provincial Court remanded Dons Jones charged with two counts of first degree murder to further GO days of assessment yesterday The testing is to take place at the Clarke Inst of psychiatry in Toronto Mrs Jones previously underwent 30 days of examination at Ihe psychiatric 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