EARLY LIFE IN ALGONQUIN PARK by B.M. Trapping, hunting and fishing played an important historic role in the evolution of Algonquin Provincial Park as we know it to-day. Like a path from the past these passions have woven a common thread through the forests of time. It was the trapper who valued the raw wilderness […]
THE LONG DRIVE by Ralph Bice Wednesday, September 4, 1974 In most all of the stories about Algonquin Park mention is made of the famous and unusual log drive when the Gilmore (Gilmour – Ed.) Lumber Company drove pine logs all the way from their limits in said Park to their sawmill at Trenton. The […]
GOSSIP and COMMENTS by Ralph Bice1974 On the front page of the Toronto Star was a news item concerning the death of a trapper who left money to the extent of $180,000.00, to a school near the area where he had been born. It does seem odd that a man who had trapped ever since […]
TORONTO WINS THE STANLEY CUP 2024-03-11 One day Satan is inspecting Hell and he comes across a farmer working happily at his assigned tasks. Satan is surprised because the farmer doesn’t seem to be at all bothered by the intense heat. He asks the farmer why he isn’t miserable like the rest of the residents […]
Here are some funny epitaphs from real tombstones: Inspired by a Hastings Historical Society meeting: Here lies Ezekial Aikle Age 102 The Good Die Young. In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go. In a London, England cemetery: Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old […]
THE HERSCHEL TOWER 1967 With notes from John Robinson, Northwood Review, July 1999 The year of 1967 was a special national anniversary which celebrated 100 years of Canadian Confederation. Herschel Township applied for and received a federal government grant in early spring of ’67 for its proposed Centennial Tower project. It was constructed two miles […]
THE UNINVITED – A TRUE GHOST STORY The following took place at my parent’s home in Youngstown, near Lewiston, N.Y. Dad had been transferred to Moore’s H.Q. situated in Buffalo in 1970. His voice broke with excitement as only Foster Hewitt’s could. You’d be on the edge of your seat in anticipation, maneuvered there by […]
A POP QUIZ 20 correct – Genius; 17 Correct – Above Normal; 15 correct – Normal QUESTIONS Do they have a 4th of July in England? How many birthdays does the average man have? Some months have 31 days; how many have 28? A woman gives a beggar 50 cents; the woman is the […]
SIGNS, SIGNS EVERYWHERE SIGNS We sell gas to anyone in a glass container. Customers who consider our waitresses uncivil should see the manager. Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. (The Sisters of Mercy) 38 years on the same spot (at a dry cleaners) Good Clean Dancing every night but Sunday […]
From Church Bulletins – To Err Is Human This afternoon there will be a meeting in the North and South end of the church. The children will be baptized at both ends. At 8:30 p.m. there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk are asked to come early. The Ladies Literary Society […]
