MY FIRST and LAST RACE by B.M. February 1987 “Aaaar, rruuff, urrr, aauurru….” 33 dog teams yelping, howling, dare I say crying, begging to go; sounding like they were being choked to death. BUT – these were happy sounds albeit somewhat frustrated for they had come to race, not stand and wait. The veterans had […]
Al Purdy Born at Wooler, Ontario Dec. 30, 1918 – died in B.C. April 21, 2000 My friend Marguerite McColl’s first teaching school was Wooler Public. I wonder, if Al attended Wooler did she teach him? But then I wondered if Al had any connection to Purdy, Ontario, near Combermere? In fact Al Purdy attended […]
HENRY TAYLOR – A Legend in His Own Time In November of 1999 Henry Taylor, then 95, received recognition from the Ontario Museum Association as Bancroft’s Citizen of the Century. At the same time the iconic outdoorsman also received the association’s Lifetime Achievement Award of Merit. “It was a great shock to my nervous system,” […]
