From column #1079 June 1963 THE TIMES TRAVELLER SPECIAL DAY FOR FATHERS To a child, father means safety, security, a refuge from pain and defeat. Father means discipline, the setter of rules and regulations that govern a small world and give it direction. His guidance increases to meet our ever changing needs. His strength and […]
FIRST MOTHER’S DAY A picnic for mothers – at the end of the Civil War – when the hatred of men, who had once been friends, still existed – was the first organized Mother’s day in history. The mother who planned the picnic; who on that day saw these men become friends again and just […]
OCTOBER 1ST to 8TH is NEWSPAPER WEEK in CANADA The dates have been set by Newspaper Associations in Canada and the United States for the purpose of inviting readers to visit the Newspaper to see how type is set and newspapers and job printing put together. To this end The Times invites you to visit […]
DUNGANNON SCHOOL TEACHER HELD UP and ROBBED Miss Alice Mitchell, teacher at S.S. No. 1 Dungannon township, about eight miles south of here, on her way to school Monday morning, at a lonely spot in the old Hastings Road, was held up and robbed by an unknown armed man, who sprang from a clump of […]
749 October/November 1940 THE TIMES TRAVELLER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Murder Charge to be Heard at Hastings County Fall Assizes Frederick Thain, Rawdon township farmer, faces two charges of murder, being accused of murdering Mr. and Mrs. Wellman at their home, Rawdon, last February. He will be defended by Robert McCulloch, Belleville barrister. /Nov. 1940 […]
749 October/November 1940 THE TIMES TRAVELLER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Hunter Decamps On Finding Bear With Gun A bear in the wild woods is usually a terrifying sight for most men, but a bear in the wild woods with a gun proved to be too much for Martin Bierworth, of Bancroft, an experienced hunter and trapper. […]
THE TIMES TRAVELLER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights call Access 1-800-893-5777 SINGER CASTLE Quickie Quiz. Multiple Choice. At any given time, the building in the accompanying photo was: a) a castle (beware the obvious) b) a fishing camp c) a hunting lodge d) a religious retreat? Crossing at the Ivy lee Bridge, we entered […]
CURRENT BEAR RESEARCH A recent study by Emily Puckett, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Memphis, concerning the colour of black bears researches why the various colours include brown, cinnamon, blond and chocolate. No mention of Canada’s west coast ghost bears. Published in Current Biology Puckett wondered if the brown colouration […]
DESIGNATED DRIVER I believe the year was 1967, our Canadian Centennial year. It seemed that everyone was going to Montreal, to Expo, to celebrate Canada’s 100th birthday. My friend Doug Smith went and suffered an experience that, for him, was to become rather typical. These were the days of the F.L.Q. (Federation Liberation de Quebec) […]
WOMAN in the OUT of DOORS Kathryn Troubridge and her husband Bill own the Excalibur Crossbow Company. When I first tried to arrange an interview, Kath was “off to Wyoming for a pronghorn hunt.” The next time it was to La Belle Province for Moose. “You should have married her,” commented The Resident Wife. “How […]
