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. _ ' AF , I Jartim OIhcially N to?) o, launched I967 "3711.9 Bruce County tartan was Hulcéauy launched at the G. C. in SS on Public School auditorium . 911thampton last Wednesday 'ii)7irlPar; when clothing in the ma- " . and bolts displayed. of tartan were In attendance was the B __ V ' ruce " , ' "dx, , (amino Junior Pipe Band from _ - V l p' Mtt _ hmcardine, membeis of which BEN, f trtt,, " were u?lf arms in the tartan which _ " " ' 1 .- ' ' _ I, they Will wear for their Jul a . ' 'll ' n .Y P- - 7 Dearance at Expo. I q , " CThe'new tartan is one of five H t ii' - . _ . anadlan official tartans. The B.e.e.l',lP.liL%, _ - 'rp, V -- F- T others are Nova Scotia, New . tl© .9 ti' Brunswmk, Manitoba and Sask- ' B ' f N, Tr" T atchewan. All have been negis-. IW. , P, I o, t . _ "F ' C -- - - .. t ViFR. . \ . F - - here-d at Her Majesty's Registrar l . ( w, i, L ' _ - 12??" 42:5": = House at Edinburgh, Scotland, by k , - , c, " 'rir'a'igi+a the Lord Lyon, King of Arms for , p tn, " a 1 a: ", . " fr"?- I tr Mtg' Scotland. " 7 _ - , l V , :-. '4. 'Bill ..Uhi A Bruce county tartan was first I IN- Lf'.., ,1 ." 1, " " , " Illmiilit proposed by Dr. J. W. Morton of - - " y" one"? E = - Southampton, when he spoke at " 7 aa M a. ' at Rigger: ' - the annual concert of Bruce Cen-l . " E© , fiiii) " V ' " - " " ' tre District Women"s Institute in g! l y. ItaalBl -, " 1962, and was approved at t he . , ' _ lik TV " , ' Ta e "eounty's Institute's annual meet- , ME 34%. an; ' 1riij, -)ing in 1963. . I , ' ra Pr. . ' . ' Original tartan committee mem- I 'idical f I . Wir, , EE {1 lhers were Mrs. Gordon Hepburn 'C ttalt - " ' ' _rs' . of Hope Bay, Mrs. J. Jackson of ' ' P- Brant Township, Mrs. Edgar Rowe I I' , . Cu" _ of! IC1ncazziine, Mrs Otto Gateman I ' of Southampton. Later Mrs. C. C. , l n ' Wimperly of Southampton, and A I . {Norman McLeod of Toronto were - a, . Q I., added. . ' . f D u 'bl, -r The Lord Lyons originally re- l I , fused to consider another tartan, , 13' but later agreed to an alteration 1 I l T, "t. in the Bruce clan tartan to tepre- rec-Li' ' _ . 'sent Bruce County, which was 7 Frei, ' . named for his great, great grand- _ A; 7 l . "ather. .' a f . I ' Following Lord Elgin's permiss- /' r ' lion, the Lord Lyon stipulated ap- ' LI ' . " m . LI plication must be made by Bruce u ' hr . , I " r ' County Council. Before registra- " , , 7 tion would: be authorized an offic- t " ial coat-of-arms had to be produc- l I ed. _ , _ Council applied for both and by , ' July, 1965, tartan yard goods were placed on sale in Bruce stores. _ ' The same year Mrs. Anna Meyer Loco Euass of Wingham was appointed agent for production of the tartan and a $6,000 loan was made available to her to have tartan clothing placed on the market. The loan is repayable through royalties from. n to; ., .- 'lr' I' no.2. n T i' to: Hi" T "l you sales of tartan, which Were intro-: ' _ V ._ - ' duced to the public Wednesday . night. .' _ -,"t .1 'r'. E _"; _r_-rr. ', - , "rv' ll County council members, mer- chantsandthegeneralpublicwere New" Ci "., .1 W ., ', , _ __'-" .'rl.-,t', . l WNW "rr", 1.o invited tothe event. '." _;1 "T, _,"- :4 ." w'." A _ 7 .", _ '1-'g .. ,'l i, .' 1'1"}! I " nr'"'" 3.1:. _ Cu,"", .. "is: :37. a": _rc.ry,r.s,':,, 1itr " 'ccy , 0'12". 72151922: lion? vi'rl, :2tt.' Ily 2orruf, LtUInT; o, Q?! I'll-VI" ll.) L "; 32"}. l 7-5303???» lr) "tr?ccn,rrrr) _ INLLU'i if 13;"; it; ci'lr Ll": -n, 'r "7 'r"'.-.-.. We "wit"tg'": the Lam, accordion +0 1881301, " 38:17:10.1", {ran/"Wu; 7: brim.) ,, 3H; 53.1., "irciritrlry' on" T 17,327 r. mar-of 5r»: 'mrw Cacti." . "I Viviana "1:33; "a": New," Ir:, o, "rr/rr') gentry ynl in emit?" if» 2"-=l tley . V yrrct "cr: tryr.s,1rr2r.?, Fy or? Lyon, Kin»? a? are in utiinbzu'glo FM?) tutor.) 737,-, Ct when be; if; gar: _ as: oi' 'br, fang"; Jr's ,ch . '"'He. Perri 1,sr,srttE; /curs"syii"t,Wi.ort inc: "#5213: A" 3'2: 3. "CL my" Haj f' 1"». and" t 471'" of' the vc,aitt Jr, 315-": or 1'333 Water" as. ¢':r""4.rtial (/'Ot 2 danish. . . mint 'u t he rut-ritmd to him in blixrtk'ls t"or ' In color. mo.- i/s,.rt, 1363095" i _ _ "we"; tsf .5 5 l' "rs u It.'" i:, "vii,"- (t Pi? WNW? cr? _ 1 "e, , f. I; crp1C; 1: ' ll . (ll tunic» [ _ "' A"! _ o"j"'ir,ee" 0! '",, u? ' if; in , you in} . TF , "Ar-g} in f rt' , WIN", IT' I. nu '79. i is? ', i 'l , Je" f) V' iif' Cr'" lawn 31141;, 't vr--in-'tii'v, album, it up? J. mfg, m ttt'tr? "our" n: vinyl", ,