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 […]
GO FIGURE! For the year 2024 by ANON DON’T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST. This will take perhaps 60 seconds to accomplice. Pick a number between one and nine (1-9). Multiply that number by 2. Add 5. Multiply that number by 50. (You may need a calculator.) If you have already had your birthday this […]
BANCROFT JACK HUTTON by Barney Moorhouse 2024-02-13 In 2017 I corresponded with Jack Hutton, formerly of Bancroft in the 1940s. While filtering through my own archives I came across the following information. Jack attended North Hastings High School in 1946, the year it first opened. He reasoned that piece of information made him older than […]
Mother Goose by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 OLD MOTHER GOOSE BY I.W.T. Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, where have you been? I’ve been to London to see the Queen. Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, what did you do there? I chased a wee mouse under a chair. Childish, no doubt, but delightful and […]
LAKE ST. PETER PROVINCIAL PARK 2024-01-21 During 1973-75 the Cashel Junior Rangers spent time carrying out maintenance programs at Lake St. Peter P.P. – from painting to cleaning up….I recall one day we were so very hot that after we finished painting for the day we just ran into the lake to cool off. We […]
