Dear sir: My aunt’s maiden name was Jones. She lived in a village called Tingrith in Bedfordshire, England many years ago. I am trying to find her because I have received information that she is in Fort Frances somewhere. She served in the W.R.N.S during the second world war and […]
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By Sam Anderson
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Earthworms, nightcrawlers, wigglers. Whatever your choose to call them, they are by far the most popular bait used in freshwater fishing. While most live baits are limited to certain species of fish, worms are taken by most anything that swims. I have found the very best time to catch crawlers […]
It was a simple little board game. Actually made of flimsy cardboard. But we played it often and had lots of fun. The game came from the Shell gas station and was entirely based on traveling around the country in a motor car with Shell gas as a partner. As […]
Blueberries. In a pie, muffins, blueberry crisp, on your morning cereal, or straight up by the handful, right off the bush. You can’t beat ‘em. They are truly one of the real treats of living in the north. Of course anything worthwhile takes some effort. With blueberries it’s picking them. […]
Mr. Norman Lyle Meyers of Wildwood, Alta. passed away Monday, Aug. 16, 1999 at the age of 51. Left to mourn his loss and cherish his memory are his loving wife, Linda; and his daughter, Nona and husband, Murray Bratt, and their children, Sandra, Brian, and Laura, all of Hinton, […]
On Sunday, August 15, 1999, Irene WIlliamson passed away at the Victoria Hospital, Winnipeg. Irene was born Sept. 11, 1906 in Clandeboye, Manitoba to Alexander and Sarah Jane McBain. She married John Clarence (Kelly) Williamson July 6, 1929, and over the years they made their home in Griswold, Clandeboye, Portage […]
With great sadness the family of Lloyd Robert Tilley of Blackhawk, ON, mourn his passing at home at age 64, on Saturday, August 14, 1999 after suffering from a long illness. In his earlier years he did what he enjoyed most as a hunting and fishing guide. He cherished and […]
Minnie Susanna (Min) Caspersen, born in London, England in 1903, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of Monday, July 12, 1999 at Cascade Residence (CR2) at Burnaby General Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, Harald (1978); her son, Donald (1990); her grandson, David (1994); and […]
There are few things I enjoy more in life than garden herbs. I love the flavour they add to cooking. Even more, I love to see them thriving in my back-door herb bed and think of drying them for winter use. Oh, how they run riot when the sun is […]
There is only one thing more satisfying to a woman than being right. That in the process of being right, she proves her husband is wrong. I know this to be the truth. I’m a husband. Brian and Evie were off for a short drive. “Did you lock the front […]
Dear sir: To that dear young whipper-snapper who wrote the piece on Vern O’Donnell and his grandkids in last week’s Times. For a young whipper-snapper you must be to cast vile aspersions on the facts by suggesting Mr. O’Donnell is less than a legend in anyone’s mind. Not just his […]
To the editor: The letter in the Fort Frances Times on Aug. 4/99, entitled “Fed Up,” was not submitted by me! The opinions expressed in no way reflect my views. Signed, Bill Baranowski
