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Lake Huron The Daytripper AYLMER & COPENHAGEN, and on to TILLSONBURG, VITTORIA & WATERFORD MI ONTARIO SHOP NY LOCAL HANDCRAFTED SOLID WOOD FURNITURE 9600 Walker Rd., RR#4 • AYLMER 519-765-4771 to leave message GPS address for directions: 9600 Walker Road, Malahide, ON N5H 2R3 to St. Thomas Highway #73 North to London AYLMER Hacienda Rd. Glencolin Line Highway #3 Springfield Rd. Walker Rd. Carter Side Rd. to Tillsonburg Traditional, Contemporary to Urban Chic... for every room. Live Edge Table HANDCRAFTED EXCELLENCE - Customized to your style! Bedroom Suite OUTDOOR OOR FURNITURE URE ORDER EARLY! Rustic Wood or Recycled Plastic Composite CUSTOM S CABINETRY in our showroom oom SHOWROOM HOURS: November through March: Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm • April through October: Monday to Saturday 9am-6pm LOCALLY MADE! At Copenhagen's Biggest Store, Where Your Project is our Specialty! • Wood Crafts & Supplies • Kempston Router Bits • Lang Calendars • Country Home Candles • Tole Painting Supplies The “White Pass” Train replica runs in the store! OPEN Mon., Wed. to Sat. 9-6 & Sun. 10-5 • CLOSED Tues. PORT BRUCE AYLMER Hwy. 3 John Wise COPENHAGEN 5048 Imperial Rd. Just 11 km South of Aylmer 519-773-9049 The Extinction of the Post Card By Nancy Loucks-McSloy, London F rom Dear Daytripping, Our Readers The article in the March-April edition about CJ’s Antiques, reminded me about my experience with the owner, Keith Koopman. Several years ago, my friend Betty and I had some furniture there being refinished. The day came when we could pick up the articles. Living in the London area, it makes a nice trip. It was beautiful outside, we didn’t have a worry in the world and the day was ours! After a visit to the bakery in Norwich, we eventually arrived at CJ’s. While Mr. Koopman went for our furniture, we wandered around the store admiring the beautiful pieces and sharing memories that they brought to mind. When we went to the counter to pay, I noticed the sign “We take cash or cheques.” I knew I only had $20 in my purse and who in this day and age carries a cheque. But I had Betty! I told her my problem and she couldn’t open her purse fast enough. I noticed she was doing a lot of looking and then the dreaded words, “I left it on the table.” By this time, the furniture was loaded and Mr. Koopman was approaching us. My first words were, “We have a problem.” Betty chirped in, “My cheque book’s at home.” There we stood, Betty in her 90’s, I in my 70’s and I’m driving a ‘94 Ford Explorer. Now he could have unloaded the furniture and told us where the nearest ATM was located. But he didn’t do that. He looked us over, told us he thought we looked honest, gave us his business card and told us to put our cheques in the mail. We left with smiles on our faces and sang his praises as we went to Port Dover for supper. I don’t know about Betty, but I was walking to the mailbox by 7:30 the next morning. The day turned into a nice memory for us. I hate to admit this, but since then the Explorer has required the least maintenance. Jean Johnson, Springfield Publishers note: CJ’s Antiques is long time Daytripping customer on Hwy. 24 north of Waterford and yes, Keith is a great guy! Recently I have had several discussions and have seen many comments on social media about cursive writing and the fact that it is not taught in schools anymore. This has made me think about how much I miss “snail mail” and how I used to love receiving handwritten letters and cards, especially post cards in the mail. This also made me sad to think that I seldom send a post card anymore when I travel. With cell phones and access to the internet almost anywhere in the world it is easier to send a text saying, “Having a great time” or to send photos of your vacation while you are still away. As I was looking through some old files a few days ago I found two old post cards. One was from July 1945 that I had found in the wall of our kitchen when we were renovating. It had been sent to the previous owners of our house. I thought about the era, WWII was in the process of ending. The post card was a picture of Cove Island and appeared to have been taken from the shore at Tobermory, Ontario. Back then it was probably about a seven-hour drive from London to Tobermory. That was probably a fairly major vacation then. The message was a handwritten note saying, “We haven’t been able to fish much because the water is rough, the days are nice, but the nights are cool. Be seeing you soon.” The postage cost three cents. The second post card was a picture of several houses in Leith, Ontario and was sent to someone in Park Head, Ontario in July, 1922. The distance between Leith (a beautiful hamlet on Georgian Bay close to Owen Sound) and Park Head is about 32 kilometers. Again thinking of the era, mail was probably the best way to communicate back then. The beautifully handwritten message was an invitation from a young woman to her cousin, inviting her and two of her sisters to come and visit in August. On the back of the post card above the message and address were the words “Private Post Card”. Really? How can a post card be private? I suspect it was read by the people at the post office in Leith and again at the post office in Park Head and who knows who else. The postage cost two cents. Is it the cost of postage, or the fact that we live in a world in which technology has taken over in nearly every aspect of our lives? Or is it the fact that people just don’t write anymore and our youth are not being taught to write? Whatever the reason, it is sad to think that the personal touch of a handwritten message could become extinct. With the ease of taking photos (just click and send); post cards could also be a thing of the past. Publisher’s Note: I’m all for nostaglia, but do think the post card has seen its finest years. However, I wonder if technology didn’t bring letter writing back, but in a different form. It seemed that fewer people had been sending letters to one another and that the advent of email brought the act of writing back again, but didn’t do much for the art of writing. Proper grammar may have been the greatest casualty of all. Page 28 Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life. Mar-Apr 2021
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