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Lake Huron The Daytripper KETTLE & STONY POINT FN, PORT FRANKS, GRAND BEND & GODERICH Grog’s Pub & Grill in PORT FRANKS! MI ONTARIO SHOP NY LOCAL AWARD WINNING Hard Cider & Perry Apple Wine Ice Cider You need to try their Famous Zaney Bread! Gift Boutique Premium Sweet Cider Apples Pumpkins Organic Squash Organic Vegetables Preserves & Pies Nature Trails MONDAY - SATURDAY 9 to 5 SUNDAYS 11 to 5 8169 KENNEDY LINE THEDFORD I ONTARIO I CANADA 519-296-5558 Driving TRIVIA Selected After Hours questions from Annual Trivia Night “The Daytripper” has a team entered every year, but we have yet to win. Beads, Findings ngs & Jewelery e e Supplies plie Water Bottles Purses TAX FREE ZONE Open 7 Days A Week 10 to 6! • Handmade de Crafts by Local Artisans • Huge Selection ec of Craft Supplies • Native Pattern tern Blankets, s , Towels & Baby Blankets s • Quilting Fabric b & Patterns • Sterling Silver Jewelry elry y • Books oks • Winterwear w ea r • Gift Baskets s Answers Below 1. The cities of Cairo in Egypt and Fez in Morocco are generally accepted to have the oldest of these: a] Hospital b] University c] Mausoleum 2. Who is credited with the discovery of penicillin? a] Dr. Charles Drew b] Sir Alexander Fleming b] Dr. Edward Jenning d] Frederick Banting 3. After the American Civil War, many black slaves moved to this African country, whose capital city was named after an American president. Identify the country OR the capital city. 4. On average, how many eggs can a hen lay a year? a] 345-375 b] 230-260 c] 180-210 d] 290-315 5. Who was La Divina? a] Maria Calla b] Cecilia Bartoli c] Diana Damrau d] Edita Gruberová 6. Which tv/movie character has been played by the most actors? a] The Pink Panther b] Sherlock Holmes c] Agent 007 7. Name the movie: “Liar! I’m not a witch. I’m your wife.” a] Hocus Pocus b] Bewitched c] The Princess Bride d] Labrynth 8. What is the maximum number of clubs allowed in a golf bag? 9. Name three of the four Golden Girls. 10. Which character was the second to be disqualified in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?” a] August Gloop b] Mike Teavee c] Violet Beauregarde d] Veruca Salt 11. Which of the following is the world’s highest waterfall? a] Yosemite, USA b] Iguazu Falls, Argentia/Brazil c] Angel Falls, Venezuela d] Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe Od Ordering in person or available online at: Moccasins & Mukluks s WW . COM 6312 Indian Lane, Kettle & Stony Point FN 519-786-4775 ANSWERS: 1. University; 2. Sir Alexander Fleming; 3. Country=Liberia, Capital=Monrovia, named after James Monroe; 4. 230-260; 5. Maria Calla; 6. Sherlock Holmes; 7. The Princess Bride; 8. 14; 9. Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, Sofia; 10. Violet Beauregarde; 11. Angel Falls, Venezuela Page 24 Phobias… The fear of English people and things is called Anglophobia Sept-Oct <strong>2021</strong>
TOWN NAME, TOWN NAME and another awesome TOWN NAME I called my mother “Mommy,” slipping into “Mom” mode when I started school. When I write about her I always refer to her as Mother. Her quiet strength balanced that of my father’s blustery nature, making her the one we all went to when troubles, big and small, weighed upon our shoulders. As a small child, suffering the torments of the red measles, I have a faded recollection of her hovering over my crib, in a darkened room, as she worried over my fevered, little body. That seems to be my earliest memory of Mother. I can still recall the safeness of Mother. Her kind understanding and soothing words could take the hurt out of scraped knees and elbows; a cat that had just died; a dead bunny rabbit that never made it across the road; a mean word from a friend. The only time she seemed out of control, bursting forth a rage so unlike her, was at the sight of a snake. She would summon an axe and shovel, whereby she would sever the head of the innocent creature, shovelling it up and throwing it out onto the gravel road that went by our house. Her comment was always the same, “That snake’s tail will wiggle until sundown.” Her face flushed, her back straight, shovel in her grip, she’d usher me back into the yard, closing the gate behind us. I, of course, kept checking that poor headless fellow and if a car did not squash him, true to Mother’s word, his twitching tail continued until the sun went down on the massacre. An uncle and aunt adopted a baby girl when I was about seven. This was a new word to me—adoption. At the tender age of seven, I was filled with wonder and then sudden horror when my darling sister told me that I too was adopted. I entered the house from Mother By laurie burrowsbreakey, Southampton the yard, where my sister and I had been playing dolls and burst into tears storming at my mother that she was not my real mother. My poor mom was taken totally off guard, and her stern question was, “Where did you ever get that idea?” “Donna!” I sobbed. Mother and my brother Neil had been talking at the kitchen table and now Neil burst into laughter as Mother loudly summoned my sister from the yard. I don’t remember Mother reprimanding Donna, I just remember Neil rumbling my hair, as I realized I’d been duped by my darling sister. Mother was not a pushover—you always knew when you went too far. One summer evening as we washed up the supper dishes, I grew bored with the task of drying them and used the excuse of “the call of nature” to leave my job. Putting down my tea towel, I headed out to the toilet which was attached to the woodshed. Now rural toilets as a rule are not a nice place to go, but my mom made ours very presentable. Scrubbing it each spring and redoing the walls with left over bits of wall paper and sitting nearby, the Eaton’s catalogue. The wood shed door was left open into the back yard where the kittens tumbled and played, so if one left the toilet door open, sunshine and views of the garden could be enjoyed. Now since I really did not need to use the facilities, I sat in that antiquated toilet on the bench with the lids closed, idly leafing through the old catalogue, looking out now and then, chuckling to myself at the antics of the cats playing in the slowly setting sun. After some time, I heard the kitchen door slam and Mother quickly walking through the wood shed, toward me, and without a word she shut the door and locked it. My view was taken away and I sat and contemplated my selfish ways for perhaps ten minutes, before Mother returned and unlocked the door. No words were spoken, but I never neglected the drying of dishes again. Mother was the youngest of ten siblings, many of whom lived in the Hespeler area. So it was not uncommon to have drop in company or if Father felt generous and had enough energy left from toiling on the farm from sunup to sundown, he would treat my mom with a Sunday trip to visit relatives. I remember the excitement of receiving letters from Mother’s sisters in far off Michigan. Every week there would be one or two in the mail box and it was with great importance that I would be delegated to retrieve them, running back shouting, “Mom you’ve got a letter from Aunt Polly!” She would beam at me with her warm smile, especially when the letter was from Aunt Polly, and pocket the letter in her apron saving the news, reading it to us all after lunch. If the news included an upcoming visit from either of her two favourite sisters, Mother would go into cleaning mode scouring even the remotest corners of that old stone house. The multitude of things I remember about my mother have stayed with me throughout my life. I did not have her for a long time but it was quality all the way. Memories of Mother can still bring a smile at the abundant happy times, or a sob remembering the loss of her, to my ever grateful being that I was her daughter. T HE B OOK P EDDLER 100s of Authors • 1,000s of Titles New & Previously Read • Everything from $1 Books to Signed/Collectible Editions • Local History/Authors 34 West St. • GODERICH LIKE US ON 519-524-5224 Trade in the books you've read for some you haven't! 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