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Lake Huron The Daytripper CLINTON, SEAFORTH, BLYTH, HENSALL, ZURICH, LONDESBOROUGH & MITCHELL MI SHOP NY LOCAL ONTARIO anquesrad.com 79 ALBERT STREET, CLINTON Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about. Annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, tropicals, giftware and more! 39853 Londesboro Road Londesborough • 519-523-9781 Hours on Website • Gift Cards Available www.greyhavengardens.com QUALITY Mennonite-CRAFTED Furniture, MADE IN ONTARIO 43 Albert Street, Clinton 226-457-0575 • cinnamoncabinco.ca SEPTEMBER 8, 9 & 10, 2023 BLYTH FAIRGROUNDS • Steam Engines & Threshing Machines • Step Dance & Fiddle Competitions • Daily Parades • Antique Tractor Show & Pull • Children's Activities • Kids Tractor Pulls • Nightly Entertainment • Antique Gas Engines & Working Displays • THRESHERS CAMPGROUND (Opens Sept. 6) • BBQ Sauce & Mustard • Honey Butter • Honey Spreads • Bee Pollen • Skin Creams • Bees for your own hive! •Liquid•Creamed•Comb We Have More Than Just Honey! Thurs toSat. t 9-5 39006 Zurich-Hensall Rd., East of Zurich • 519-236-4979 www.fergusonapiaries.on.ca HURON PIONEER THRESHERS & HOBBY ASSOCIATION INC. - 62 nd REUNION - • FEATURE CAR: 1929 Packard 733 • FEATURE ANTIQUE TRACTOR: Oliver BLYTH, ON • 226-523-9100 www.blythsteamshow.com www.facebook.com/HuronPioneerThresherHobbyAssociation The prettiest little quilt shop p in Ontario! • Sue Spargo Wool, Thread & Patterns • Wool Kits • Eleganza, Valdani & Specialty Threads • Cherrywood Hand-dyed Fabrics • Reproduction o Fabrics 90 Main St. S., Seaforth • 519-600-1646 • www.thecottonharvest.com tonharves com KILDONAN HOUSE BED & BREAKFAST 71 KIRK STREET I CLINTON 519-482-1163 Sisters’ Daytrip By Kym Wolfe • www.kymwolfe.com My sister and I live in the same city, but we don’t carve out time for just the two of us as often as we’d like. A few years ago we enjoyed our first sisters’ road trip, and now it’s become an annual summer tradition. Usually it’s a one-day outing—we set out in the morning with a destination in mind, meandering on country roads and sometimes stopping along the way. This would typically be for something that she (the photographer) can capture with her camera, or that I (the craft beer and wine lover) can entice her to sample with me. Or for something unusual that piques our interest. One year our destination was Cowbell Brewery in Blyth. We stopped in Clinton to see the now side-tracked railway car that for many years served as a mobile one-room school and living quarters for teacher Fred Sloman, his wife Cela and their family. Talk about tiny living—they raised five children on it! Being raised in Northern Ontario my sister and I were familiar with the concept of a one-room school house. When we were toddlers our father taught in a one-room classroom in Kenabeek—a building that Wikipedia tells me is still standing 60 years later, serving as the town’s community centre. Naturally, we were fascinated with the Clinton railway school car, which for 39 years ran between Capreol and Foleyet. Up and down the line it went, 240 km each way, throughout the school year. Clinton School on Wheels Get Paid to Go ... The car was shunted to a side track at different points for a week at a time, so that Mr. Sloman could teach the children in that area. Pictures and stories of the students brought the past to life—Indigenous children who snowshoed to the train once a month, dodging the residential school they may have ended up in; children of newcomers to Canada who worked for the railroad and knew no English; children of woodsmen, hunters, trappers, some of them canoeing or skiing for miles to get to school each day when the train school came to their community. Alton Farms Estate Winery Last year our sisters’ daytrip took us to Alton Farms Estate Winery in Plympton- Wyoming. We told our families we were going to Wyoming for the day—almost as impressive as Paris or Brussels, which are also within our one-day driving range! Dedicated shun-pikers, we drove through the countryside, pulling over to see fields of sunflowers and to wave at the alpacas who live on the same farm. When we arrived at Alton we started our visit by exploring the hiking trails adjacent to the vineyard. Afterwards we enjoyed a glass of wine and charcuterie board on the patio, and a pleasant conversation with owner Anne Kurtz Alton. The winery is just one destination on Lambton County’s Blue Coast Trail, and she left us with a map that revealed an abundance of wineries, breweries and cideries in the area. I sense a future road trip back to the area. Conveniently, Stonepicker Brewing Company is right around the country corner from Alton—and they had beautiful sunflower fields! A flight of beer in Stonepicker’s picturesque setting satisfied both the photographer and the craft beer afficionado, and was the perfect ending for our very pleasant day. Daytripping is hiring drivers to deliver the paper to unique shops, one or two days, a few times a year. We need friendly, mature people with a minivan or truck, who can easily lift the bundles of papers. CALL 1-800-667-0337 Page 34 Ontario has more than 1/4 million lakes and 1/5 of the world’s fresh water. Summer 2023
On a gloomy day... I close my eyes. At camp Immediately, I am at camp again. On the banks of the Ottawa River on a wooded, 40-hectare haven. Living with five other girls my age—early teens— in a bell tent. Girl Guide members, we have bonded during the school year. Now we live together for a few weeks each summer at Camp Woolsey. Away from parents, home, and related responsibilities. Pure bliss. This particular year, in a lucky twist of fate, we five have landed positions on Woolsey’s waterfront staff. Our jobs bring prestige, privilege—meaning we don’t have to peel mountains of potatoes or wash dishes in the Mess Hall. Such duties are relegated to mere campers. Lessons in life However, no matter inclement weather or cold grey river water or black flies, our job is to teach swimming, canoeing, and water safety to campers. All day. Every day. Gunwale bobbing* on canoes was our popular time-off pastime. Today, this game we played astride the gunwales/ sides of a canoe, is outlawed. Too dangerous. Liability insurance is now necessary. And yet, gunwale bobbing gave us the opportunity to take chances, to learn how to balance, to fall into the water and get up again. Valuable life lessons. Night adventure In the evening, after campfire songs like Land of the Silver Birch, Fire’s Burning, and Taps (Day is Done, Gone the Sun...), we were expected to tumble into You can be a part of the Daytripper too. Send us an article, photo, advice, etc. Yesterday By Heather Rath, Burlington our tents and sleeping bags, (flash)lights out, and sleep. Except we waterfront girls never followed protocol. After leaders finished their ‘bedcheck,’ we crept out of our tent and raced onto the path immediately behind our site. Circulating rumours of a boys’ camp not far away had piqued our interest. We decided to raid it. Unfortunately, traipsing along a woodland path in the dark proved difficult. Especially when unidentifiable bush noises alerted suspicious leaders that not all was normal. Also, our no flashlight rule to avoid detection was a liability. Despite our precautions, our deviously responsible leaders came looking. We dove into nearby shrubbery to escape discovery. When we thought it safe, once they paraded past our hiding spot, we ran for cover back into our tent. All this action in darkness. The next morning, we awoke to terrible rashes covering our bodies. Rashes that itched and oozed with scratchy sores. Seems, in our haste to hide, we had chosen a patch of poison ivy. To this day, I swear we saw smirks on our leaders’ faces. Retaliation Of course, we must retaliate. Anonymously. We hope. There were no modern bathroom facilities at camp. But there were those old-fashioned outhouses (with carved half-moons in the door of a small wooden latrine) set apart due to unsavoury odours, from the campsite. One was designated for campers. The other outhouse, placed farther away and delicately surrounded by greenery, belonged to camp leaders. Cleaning these latrines and throwing lye crystals on the odious contents plopped below the hole were tantamount to hell. While some kept vigilant watch, the rest of us took on the smelly job of exacting our revenge. We opened the leaders’ latrine door, lifted the toilet seat, secured saran wrap across the ‘hole,’ replaced the toilet seat, left the little wooden building and immediately hid in the surrounding shrubbery, ignoring the swarms of eternal buzzing insects. Didn’t take long before a leader needed to answer the call of nature. She ambled along the path to the executive latrine. Stifling giggles, we watched her step inside. Lock the door. We heard her screams. Immediately fled the scene. Tried hard to silence loud snickers. Yesterday But all this innocent tomfoolery was yesterday. Now I must return to today and the current sad state of our besieged world. Besides, it’s almost time for dinner. What can I possibly prepare that isn’t too expensive and that all three kids and their father will eat? * A trick called “gunwale bobbing” or “gunwaling” allows a canoe to be propelled without a paddle. The canoeist stands on the gunwales, near the bow or the stern, and squats up and down to make the canoe rock backward and forward. This can be turned into a game where two people stand one on each end, and attempt to cause the other to lose balance and fall into the water, while remaining standing themselves. School on Wheels Museum um Visit the original CNR School on Wheels train car where Fred Sloman taught the children in isolated areas of Northern Ontario from 1926-1964. Open Thursday to Sunday & Holidays, May to September 30th • 11 am to 4 pm Admission by donation. Admission of $5 may apply for group tours. Please inquire about accessibility. Call 519-482-3997 for info. & to arrange group tours. At Sloman Park 76 Victoria Terrace, Clinton schoolonwheels@centralhuron.com www.centralhuron.com Discover more in Mitchell! www.westperth.com/BIA westperth Summer 2023 Ontario’s official motto is “Loyal she began, loyal she remains.” Page 35
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