JONI MITCHELL – THE COE HILL CONNECTION On Wednesday March 1, 2023 Grammy Award winner Joni Mitchell received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Washington, D.C. This award “celebrates the work of an artist whose career reflects the influence, impact and achievement in promoting song as a vehicle of musical expression […]
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 […]
My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock Canadian currency, 1914 When I go into a bank I get rattled. The clerks rattle me; the wickets rattle me; the sight of the money rattles me; everything rattles me. The moment I cross the threshold of a bank and attempt to transact business there, I become an irresponsible […]
From The Time Traveller WATSON VOTED TO ALL STARS Congratulations to Bryan Watson of this Village (Bancroft), who is playing hockey with Peterborough Petes Junior Hockey Club in being chosen to the Junior All Stars. Bryan grabbed the other side of the blueline as defenceman. BRYAN WATSON, LOCAL HOCKEY PLAYER HAPPY WITH CANADIANS Bryan […]
