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 […]
THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE CBC I grew up listening to 1050 CHUM radio in Toronto. My parents listened to CFRB with Wally Crouter in the a.m., Gordon Sinclair and Betty Kennedy later on. We watched neighbour Fred Davis, Front Page Challenge, on the television. I still recall CFRB’s weather man Gordon G’s description of […]
GRANDMA’S BUMPER STICKER Grandma bought a bumper sticker for her old Buick. She writes: The other day I went to the local religious book store where I saw a “Honk if you really love Jesus” bumper sticker. I bought it and put it on the back bumper of my car and I’m really glad that […]
GOOD ADVICE You Say God Says You say: “It’s impossible”. God says: “All things are possible.” Luke 18:27 You say: “I’m too tired”. God says: “I will give you rest”. Matthew 11:28-30 You say: “Nobody really loves me”. God says: “I love you”. John 3:16 & John 3:34 You say: “I can’t go on”. God […]
SMILE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE FOLLOWING? “Ontario’s Deer Hunt for the Disabled.” “I wouldn’t recommend dogs for partridge because of their reluctance to fly.” “Almost every whitetail deer that I have been lucky enough to harvest has been shot out of a tree stand.” “While they last, readers may obtain copies of a publication […]
ALLEN C. HILGENDORF Landscape Artist & Muralist 2024-01-03 Born and raised on a mixed farm in rural Ontario Allen Hilgendorf fondly recalled his upbringing remembering chore time, maple syruping and harvests. His deep appreciation of nature was reflected in his early childhood drawings. Wild animals were often the source of his inspiration. His urge to […]
RICHARD D. ROBINSON ONTARIO JUNIOR RANGER 1943 2024-01-01 In 1943 the then Lands & Forests flew a trial balloon for a youth program that led to the Ontario Junior Ranger program that officially began in 1944. Richard Robinson, “everyone calls me Dick”, spent his summer of 1943 as a Junior Ranger in Algonquin Park. The […]
