Welcome to The Club Winter 2023

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Mysterious
MATHEMATICS
1. Multiply the number of your brothers by 2
(if you have no brothers, multiply by 0)
2. Add 3
3. Multiply by 5
4. Add the number of your sisters
(if you have no sisters, add 0)
5. Multiply by 10
6. Add the number of living grandparents
(if you have no living grandparents, add 0)
3. Subtract 150
AND the Answer is:
(Remember zero is a number)
number of brothers =
number of sisters =
number of living grandparents =
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Back in the 50’s and 60’s,
we could count on winter
starting around November
and ending in March. That
was before the ozone and
the climate changes that are
prevalent today. There was
plenty of snow for all those
months and consistently
cold temperatures, providing
a winter wonderland for us
kids to enjoy. Many times after an ice
storm, we skated on the roads or even
in ditches as well as natural ponds
scattered in open fields.
Our good friends and neighbours, the
Murray family, had one of those natural
ponds in the field next door to them.
Roy and his sons would regularly flood
it, turning it into one sensational skating
surface. They set up floodlights and a
radio so we would be all set for hours
of skating enjoyment. The Top 40 could
be heard all over the neighborhood.
We were even allowed to go into their
garage to lace up our skates, where it
was not so cold.
Kids would come from far and wide
both day and night to ‘Murray’s Pond.’
Games of tag and hockey would be
played, along with barrel-jumping for
the daring and crack-the-whip for the
brave, with the kid at the end of the line
taking a flying leap into a snowbank.
The laughter and screaming could be
heard for blocks and if you had any
doubts about where to find the rink,
you just had to follow the sounds. I can
remember so well rushing home from
school, both in elementary and high
school, quickly doing homework and
gobbling down supper, then hitting the
ice as soon as possible. Fortunately,
my house was just across the field so it
wasn’t far to go.
The highlight of the winter skating,
it seemed, was after Christmas when
we would gather up all the discarded
Christmas trees in the neighborhood and
make a huge bonfire. The goal would be
to go from house to house, dragging as
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many as we possibly could from
the curbs to Murray’s Pond. Thankfully,
the bonfire took place in the open field
and the firemen never had to be called,
although there were some fairly high
flames against the evening sky.
Another favourite winter activity in
Corunna was tobogganing and there
were several gullies to choose from, with
all kinds of twists and turns. Actually,
looking back, it was a little dangerous,
but at that time all of us had youth on
our side and were invincible. Making
snowmen, snow angels, and snow forts
was another favourite pastime and we
spent hours perfecting our crafts. But
just like in the story, once the sun came
out, Frosty was history along with our
forts.
I really do not recall ever getting a
‘snow day’ in elementary school, but
certainly remember walking to school
in a blizzard. To my recollection, the
schools never closed and our mothers
never suggested we stay home. They
just packed our lunches, bundled us up
so that only our eyes showed and saw
us out the door. Those who travelled by
bus usually made it as well, sometimes
a little later than normal.
A fact about childhood is that most
of us are so busy being kids that it isn’t
until we are adults that we think back
and realize how someone impacted
our lives. When I remember all the fun
times skating on Murray’s Pond, I reflect
on our neighbor Roy Murray and all his
efforts and good deeds, not only with
the rink, but all year long to make our
growing up years special in many ways.
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(Dec 14, 2010) Military helicopters rescued stranded motorists in snowstorm near Sarnia.