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Art and Norine Turland celebrate 65th wedding anniversary

By Liz Dadson

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Norine and Art Turland (seated) are joined by their seven children, George (L), Rosemary, Robert, Susan, James, Brenda and Charles

Art and Norine Turland of Kincardine can hardly believe they've been married for 65 years.

"We certainly don't feel any different," says Art. "Every day is a good day."

The couple celebrated with family, friends and neighbours in the Anglican Church hall Sunday afternoon, Feb. 21, their actual wedding date.

About 50 people gathered for the event, including one of Art's nephews and his wife from Britain. Ken McFarlan played the fiddle, while the Turlands' granddaughter, Emily Addison of Aurora, played the piano, joined by other musicians throughout the afternoon.

Arthur J. Turland of England met Edith Norine Farrell at a dance, while he was in Port Albert (north of Goderich) with the Commonwealth Air Training program, and she was working at the Malcolm Furniture Factory in Kincardine, making wings for the Mosquito aircraft.

They were engaged on Norine's birthday, Sept. 15, 1944. A few months later, Art was sitting in Moncton, New Brunswick, playing a game of cards to help pass the time while waiting for transport back to Britain. A friend asked asked him what was wrong, and Art said he thought he should marry Norine.

The next day, he requested leave for two weeks, returned to Kincardine by train, and they were married on Feb. 21, 1945, at the Anglican Church in Kincardine.

They honeymooned in Montreal before he had to report back to duty in Moncton, and she had to find her way back to Kincardine.

Art served in the Second World War, posted to the Isle of Man and was responsible for a radio station which was transmitting signals to guide British planes.

Following the war, he and Norine ran a radio repair store beside the Bruce Inn. After their two eldest children were born, they sold the business, their house and their truck and booked passage to England to visit Art's family. When they returned to Canada, they lived in Bayfield to be close to Art's new job as a civilian instructor at the Clinton Radar School.

They lived in Goderich for several years, and then had their current home on Queen Street, Kincardine, built in the 1970s and have lived there ever since.

Art was the audio-visual operator at F.E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham, for several years. He is famous for his flower gardens which flourish around their home and all across the backyard. He is a member of the Kincardine Legion and the Kincardine and District Horticultural Society.

They raised a family of seven: Rosemary and husband, Ed Addison, of Aurora; George Turland of London; Charles and wife, Rhonda Turland of Kincardine; James Turland of Kincardine; Susan and husband Bernard Joly of Quebec; Robert and wife, Eve Turland of Guelph; and Brenda and husband, Bob Colquhoun of Kincardine.

They also have 10 grandsons, six granddaughters, and four great-granddaughters.

Their daughter, Rosemary, offers this tribute to her parents: "65 years of Remember Whens":

Remember when: You were a boy - Father Frank was a grenadier guard, and Mom Rosetta worked for Mrs. Reid
You lived at Ampthill, Leighton Buzzard, Stotfold, and Woodend, Frank your older brother, younger sister Evelyn, and twin brothers George and Charlie
Remember how you owned the 5 mile run at school
And gleaned the fields round home and brought home game for the stew.
Remember when - You were a girl - Mom Sadie and Dad Sam farmed 300 acres on the Bluewater Highway
Growing up with brother Charlie
And all your Farrell cousins from close by farms
Remember the threshing and wood bees,
Hitching the horses also called Charlie and Norine
And feeding the animals.
Dad - Remember when you joined the RAF - Malta, Caron & Port Albert, the Isle of Man,
Mom - Remember gluing mosquito wings at Malcolm’s Factory, and the friends you made at Table three,
Remember when you first met at the dance hall
You got engaged and married in the church right next door.
After the war you learned to plant and harvest crops,
And the Canadian way to hunt and fish and then started a radio shop,
A few years of fun in the sun and fun in the snow
And the real fun starting - first Rosemary, then George, Charles and James, Susan and
Robert and the youngest Brenda.
Remember teaching at Clinton Radar School ,
Remember running the house and looking after seven kids,
Remember sharing the work right down to the dirtiest jobs.
The cottage near the beach in Bayfield, the brick house near the square in Goderich
The farm at the corner of the seventh. And now the corn palace at 28 Queen.
Remember visits from the Waites, gatherings of the Swanson clan, and Farrell picnics at the beach.
Kids played in the backyard, played at the beach, played in the bush, played on teams and in bands.
Remember berry picking, cottaging at Golden Lake,
Hanging laundry by the stream, camping down to the Gaspe,
Remember the big cods, and having good times together.
Remember when “the group of seven” was all grown up,
And grandkids arrived - six girls, 10 boys, then four greatgrandgirls.
Remember egg hunts every Easter and boxes at Christmas, poems and corn in September, parades on Saturday Night, Singalongs by the lake. Good times they’ve been all.

65 years of “Remember whens”.

Art Turland, as a young man, with a pike in front of a store

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Norine Farrell, aircraft worker, beside Grama Swanson's shed, 1944,

Art and Norine Turland on their wedding day, Feb. 21, 1945

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Art and Norine Turland with their 65th wedding anniversary cake, Feb. 21, 2010

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Emily Addison (L) and Ken McFarlan entertain the crowd at the anniversary party

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
TURLAND - FARRELL

A wedding of special interest to friends in Kincardine and vicinity of Edith Norine Farrell, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Farrell, Bluewater highway, and Corporal Arthur J. Turland, R.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turland, Bedford, England, was solemnized in the Church of the Messiah, Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 7 o'clock in the evening, by Archdeacon W.H. Hartley, in a double ring ceremony. Wedding music was played by Mrs. H. Kempson. Mrs. W. Chappell was soloist.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride looked beautiful in a floor length dress of white triple sheer crepe, fashioned with square yoke and basque bodice. Her fingertip veil was caught up with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of roses, lily of the valley and fern, with streamers of white and orchid ribbon.

Misses Irene and Lois Farrell, cousins of the bride, were bridesmaids and carried old-fashioned nosegays. The former wore a floor length dress of pink sheer crepe with head dress of daisies and tulle and the latter blue sheer crepe in floor length with head dress of white daisies and tulle. Little Catherine Swanson, cousin of the bride, was flower girl, wearing a full length dress of flowered organdy and bandeau of pink and white flowers. She carried a nosegay of sweet peas and pink roses.

Sergeant Donald Palmer, R.C.A.F., cousin of the bride, was groomsman. Mr. Glenn Farrell and Mr. William Farrell were ushers.

The chancel was decorated with spring flowers and candles that shed a mellow light over the bride and groom as they knelt to receive the Archdeacon's blessing.

After the ceremony was over, a sumptuous wedding dinner was served in the parish hall, catered by the Junior W.A. The tables were artistically decorated for the occasion. Mrs. S.H. Farrell was hostess and Archdeacon Hartley toastmaster.

The groom's gift to the bride was a necklace of rock chrystals and suitable gifts were given the attendants.

A reception was given to the bride and groom at the Beach pavilion where a host of friends gathered to spend a social evening. The bride's mother received in a gown of orchid crepe with black accessories. Dancing was enjoyed by all.

After lunch was served, Norine and Arthur were called to the platform where a complimentary address was given by Elmer Daniel and a well-filled purse presented to them. The groom made a fitting reply on behalf of his bride and himself.

They travelled by train to Montreal where they will spend the remainder of his furlough before returning to Moncton, New Brunswick.

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