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Oùtoba New Book On The History 0f Cartwright Township . A ... .. Local author Sher Leetooze is almost ready to unveil her new book on the history of Cartwright Township. Called "Along Thle Grave! Road: A Brief History of Cartwright Township" the book is the third in a sertes of six detailling the history of Durham Region's town- ships. Local author Sher Leetooze has a new book out. The author of the popular series on the history of the Townships of the Durham Region is set to release her third book, "Along Thie Grave[ Roack A Brief History of' Cartwright Township". Her two previous works ta this sertes of six were "The First Two Hundred Years: A History of Darlington Towniship' and "Fromn The Oak Plains to the Lakefront: A History of Clarke Township". "Once again I have taken a flying visit to a township. It is not in-depth by any means," said Sher. She was a little sur- prised at what she found when she started in on her research. "I thought it was going to be an' uninteresting little township, but it turned out to be anything but." Many of the earlier settlers to Cartwright were the children of United Empire Loyalists liv- ing in Manvers and Cavan. The first per manent settier came ta 1834. -The people that settled Cartwright were mainly Irsh, and right there you can be assured of something happen- ing."- "Blackstock was quite a booming place, -as was Caesarea, believe it or not. Lumber came across Lake Scugog from the Lindsay area and parts northwest as well as grain and other agricultural products. This made Caesarea an important port on Lake Scugog., Blackstock had a number of milis; saw milîs, gristtag milîs, a woolen mill, a tannery, fumniture makers, at least 4 hotels at any one lime. t was a good sized community. 0f course it grew that way because of the gravel road, which connected Caesarea to the port at Bowmanville," reports Sher.,"The gravel road was the Méfline of Cartwright, hence the name." Sher started writing books out of necessity. "The company I worked for was put out of business. I had to have some- thing to do. I fell back full time on my writing." Sher had been writtag part lime for a number of years. "When the Darlington bi-centennial came along, the idea was te, do weekly columns, but they blossomed into a book, and 1 haven't looked back." Hier books have sold modest- ly well. "I am very pleased, actually, because less than 1 per cent (of the population) is actually interested in history. I just happen to have dug them out. She had 1000 copies of her first book printed, and 500 each of her second and third books. "I've considered being a regional publisher. It is very expensive. I haven't made a penny yet. But one of these days..." Sher is presently working on two other books. She has already started on the next ta the series, the history of Hope Township. She is also working Arthur Black A spelling reformer indicted For fudge was before the court cicted Thejudge said 'Enough - His candie% we'll snough And hiLs sepuicher shall ot be whicted." Anon Do you ever think what it mnust be like for a newcomer to Canada? I mean a real new- comer -- someone fromn Sri Lanka or Hong Kong or Ulan Bator who not only has neyer heard of k d lang or W. Gretzky __ but -doesn't even speak English? Can you imagine trying to learn English as a second lan- guage? How long would it take you to figure out what a sign like NO THROUGH STREET means? How long would it take you just to figure out how to pronounce that second word -- is it "throff' as in 'rough'? Thfroff as ta 'trough'? TFhroe' as in 'though'? Thrup' as in 'hic- cough'? Or is it 'thraow' as in 'bough'? No, as a matter of fact it's *throo' as in 'through'. In the labyrinthine logic of English,,w e lie in- a bed but lay an egg. A song is sung but a criminal is hanged. And we don't pronounce the 'p' ta pneu- monia, the 'd' ta Wednesday, or the entire middle of words like Worcester and Leicester. Or, for that matter, the 'gh' ta 'through'. 'Ch' is pronounced one way in 'character' another way in *charter'. Saine with the letter 'g' in 'general' and 'gun'. l'mn glad 1 was born into an English-speaking family - - I don't think I ever could have learned it from a book. Especially if the book con- tained 'Janus' words. Are you familiar with Mister Janus? He was a God the Romans honoured a couple of thousand years ago. Janus was Heaven's doorman as far as they were concemned, and when they buiît statues of him, the Romans gave Janus two faces: one facing forwards, the other astemn. That's where the concept of Janus word-s comes from. They on a book on William Weller, Ontario's stagecoach king. "I have been gathering informa- tion for about a year and should be ready to publish it in 2000." too, have two faces, or mean- ings -- and they face 180 degrees away from each other. Take the word 'cleave'. A loy- ing couple can cleave to one another. But an ax can cleave a chunk of firewood.. Thus, .'cleave' means to stick together and to split apart. Go figure. How about the word-'sanc- tion'? The government sanc- tions the use of seatbelts in Cars, but it also employs sanc- tions against South Africa. So sanction' means to endorse and/or condemn. Huh? Similarly, 'fast' can mean speedy or it can mean immo- bile. You can run fast or be stuck fast in the mud. You can dust' a crop in a field (pour crud on to it) or you can 'dust' the living room table (wipe crud off it). The word 'left' can be used to mean departed or still remain- ing. (He left this morning. There's one cupcake left.) 'Overlook' can be taken to mean inspect or ignore, 'buckle' c an mean to wilt or to tie together. Can someone please tell me how any mere human being can be expected to make sense of a language that features Janus words -- words that can have exactly opposite interpreta- tions? Like the word 'conservative'. My dictionary says it comes from the word 'conserve' mean- ing to preserve and protect (the countryside). So how does that explain Brian Mulroney? Minduay M.5 GANARASKA, LEATHERCRAFT Rd. AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR.- Tandy Craft - The Leather Factory unis *Bristol Leathers rue 401 Closed Wednesdays 8335 Hy. 351115, Orono LOB 1iMO % MUNICIPALITY 0F ONTARIO PUBLIC NOTICE. 1997 MUNICIPAL GRANT PROGRAM The Municipal Grant process was initiated ta assist organizations with funding for programs and services not provided by the Municipality. Applications for Municipal Grants are now available for local organizations that provide social, health, recreational and/or other services that directly benefit the Municipality of Clarington and its residents. A pplications can be picked up at: Community Services Department Municipal Administrative Centre 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario Monday - Friday (8:30 a.m. ta 4:30 p.m.) APPLICATIONS COMPLETED IN FULL WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR A 1997 GRANT IF RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 29.,1996. Date of Publication: P.O. # 5691 Wed., October 2, 1996 and Wed., October 23, 1996 ALONG THE GRAVEL ROAD A Brief History of Cartwright Township name address no. of books- @ $12.0= plus $250 postage and delivery=- (3 or more books add $5.00 for postage> DELIVERY MID TO LATE NOVEMBER - JUSI IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! Mail before Nov. 1/96 to: Sher Leetooze, 80 Rose r Cres. Bowmanville, Ontario, LiC 3N9