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9-ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, MAY 21st, 1975 Good Turnout at blood clinic Clarke orienteering plan two-dav meet The Clarke Orienteering. Club will hold a Spring, meet in the Ganaraska Forest on June 7th and 8th. Most of the arrangements and work has already been accomlished or well underway. The Clarke Club is one of the most active in Canada and members from its roster do aooear on the active list of both Provincial and federal orienteering organizations. organizations. Tim Blo^r 0 f Newcastle is chairman of the Mapping Committee of the provincial organization with Ian Brennan Brennan also a member of the committee. Mr. Lars Carlson is chairman of the Permanent Orienteering Areas Committees. Committees. Keith Hansen, also a member of the Clarke Club, is an interim Executive Director Director of the Ontario Orienteering Orienteering Association. TWO GOING TO SWEDEN Art Groot and Tim Blaker of the Clarke Club are two of five iuniors who have been chosen and will be sponsored by the Canadian Orienteering Federation Federation for a trip to Sweden in July. The two are to be congratulated in having been chosenfor this trip. PROVIDES 358 UNITS OF BLOOD 358 Units of life-giving blood were collected at the recent Red Cross volunteer Blood donor clinic held at the Lions Centre, Çowmanville. 389 persons persons attended the clinic. THe new hours, with the clinic open continuously from 1:30 to 9:00 p.m. relieved the waiting period for donors considerably. Red Cross officials officials were pleased that so many took advantage of the new hours. The local Blood committee hope to be able to maintain these hours for future clinics, Mr. C.J. Kilmer received a citation and pin for 50 donations. Citations and pins for 35 or more donations were presented presented to Messrs. W. Buma, P. Buma, R.G. Coombes, H.M. Grutyers, T. Kraay, J. Oege- ma, A. Vanderspruit. Mr. W. Brink' G.M. Kimball G.E. Stapleton received pins in recognition of 20 donations. 10th donation awards were presented to Messrs. G. Groenveld, D.G. Hail, W.A. Nozdryn, R.S. Spice, N. Youngman. -- Mrs. M. Flynn, Mrs. T. Vandesteeg, Miss M.R. Bate, Mrs. B. Snowden received 5th donation pins as did Messrs R.J. Balson, S.A. Barris, S. Cox, T. Embley, T. Lowery A. Martin, G. Schlissler, W. Seymour, J.W. Stark, H.K. Yeo. Thanks to the support of many community organizations organizations there is an increased interest in these vital climes, . and Red Cross officials are most grateful to the Pine Ridge and Bowmanville Kinsmen, Kinsmen, Newcastle Lions, who assisted with advance publicity publicity and to the ladies of St. Paul's U.C.W., the K" ettes and Kinettes of Bowmanville and the nurses who gave so willingly of their time to provide volunteer staff to assist the Clinic team from Toronto. Thanks is also due the Royal Canadian Legion who provided transportation throughout the day. The next clinic will be Wednesday August 6th. Please Please mark this date on your "-calendar. ARTHUR A. DRUMMOND In 1891, Arthur A. Drummond was born in Toronto, Ontario, son of A.Â. Drummond, banker and art lover. From his earliest years, Drummond recalls accompanying his father to art exhibits and art auctions in the city. An important influence on the young Drummond's career as a painter was the work of Daniel Fowler. Fowler's daughter, Fanny, married Drummond's uncle, Harry Reesor. Later the works of Sir Alfred East and Corot were to be additional factors influencing Drummond's development as an artist. From 1902 until 1909, Arthur Drummond attended Upper Canada College, Toronto, and shortly after graduation he painted MEMORY OF COLLEGE DAYS (1.). Drummond became a banker with the Standard Bank of Canada (which later became the Canadian Bank of Commerce) working from their Toronto offices from 1909 until 1923. Many of the paintings in this exhibition were executed during tiis extensive travels across Canada on behalf of the bank. When not travelling, Drummond attended evening classes at the Ontario College of Art, where he studied under William Cutts, A. R.C.A., C.M. Manly, A.R.C.A., J.W. Beatty, R.C.A. and George Reid, R.C.A. in 1919 Drummond won the Brigden Scholarship for figure painting, and was the recipient of other awards from the Ontario College of Art. During his years at the College of Art, Drummond worked with A.J. Casson, J.E.H. MacDonald and Arthur Lismer. An accomplished musician, Drummond was a violinist with the Toronto Conservatory Orchestra until he left the city in 1923, to work in the bank in Alton, Ontario. During the early twenties, he sold magazine illustrations and cover designs,, such as HOLIDAY TIME (22.) to the Canadian Home Journal. Throughout this, period, Drummond spent many pleasant hours at'the Arts and Letters Club, in Toronto, where he would meet with fellow painters to 'talk shop'. In rooms above the Arts and Letters Club, Drummond painted in the studios of the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts. He recalls painting with A. Y Jackson, who 'talked as politically as he painted'. Although Drummond was aware of the Group of Seven, he was never taken with, or influenced by, their style or bold approach to the Canadian landscape. He (Catalogue No. 50) LAKE MUSKOKA AT BARLGCHAN - water colour, I960, 14" x 22 does, however, admit to wanting to buy a small sketch by Tom Thompson (for $25) and not having the necessary funds! It was during these years that Drummond knew Fred Challener, whom he would visit at Conestogo, Ontario. VILLAGE OF CONESTOGO (15.) shows Challener's studio in the far distance, and C.M. Manly's studio was '|ust over the hill'. Holidays were spent painting with Manly in the Conestogo area, and Drummond speaks admiringly of the owner of the local Hotel, Mr. Sweitzer, who proudly displayed the works of the artists who were his guests. In 1925, Drummond moved to Orono, Ontario, where he still resides. As manager of the bank, he continued to paint in his spare time, and was, for many years, first violinist with the General Motors Symphony in.Osh^wa, Ontario. In 1930, Drummond received the Jessie Dow Award for painting in watercolour, awarded through the Art Association of Montreal. Another highlight of 1930 was Drummond's election to the American Watercoior Society, the only Canadian so honoured. In 1962, the A.W.S. of which he is still an active member, presented Drummphd with their Certificate of Merit. - In 1931, Arthur Drummond married the former Luplla Buchanan, a singer of note, and for many years accompanied her in recitals. Their son, Alex, was born ip 1935. The Drummonds travelled in Canada and New England during their vacations, and Drummond, who began to exhibit in 1918 with the Ontario Society of Artists, the Royal Canadian Academy and the Art Association of Montreal, later showed with the Canadian National Exhibition, and the American Watercoior Society. He continued exhibiting annually with all or most of these societies until 1937. ■ . s In 1946, Arthur Drummond retired from the bank, continuing to paint with undiminished energy and increased productivity. Equally at ease With water colour and oil, Drummond shows a keen awareness of nature, particularly the details of trees, water, flowers and sky. Although a skilled figure painter, remarkably apparent in TREASURE ISLAND (23.) and the accompanying study, THE BUCCANEER (21.), Drummond's later preference is for the landscapes of Muskoka and the Haliburton lakes - LAKE MUSKOKA AT SARLOCH.4N plate 2 (Catalogue No. 50) and SENTINEL PINE, SHARBOT LAKE plate 3 (Catalogue No. 54). 4. (Catalogue No. 33) PERCE ROCK - water colour, 1931, 20" x 29" THUMBS DOWN ON CLOCA BUDGET CONTROL A thumbs down response •has been given by Leo Bernier, minister of natural resources, to a request from Durham Region council that it have control over thé budget of the Central lake Ontario Conservation Authority. Mr. Bernier noted that council appoints 10 of the 13 members on CLOCA. "I would think such a majority would give the region considerable control over the budget of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority." If the Conservation Authorities Authorities Act was amended to give regional municipalities power to approve conservation authority authority budgets, such a right would have to be given to all municipalities, said Mr. Bernier. Bernier. (Catalogue No, 54) SENTINEL PINE, SHARBOT LAKE - water colour, 1972, 22" x 30" (Catalogue No. 35) PARLIAMENT HILL, FROM HULL - water colour, 1932, 20" x 29