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In St. Marys we are proba- was the Kellyanne Conway Have you heard something humorous around town that you think might be of interest to others? bly luckier than most places of St. Marys with alternative Either email them to us at [email protected] with the title "Overheard at The Coffee in the world. facts? This may sound ludi- Shop", call 519-284-0041 or drop by the office to let us know! We have elected officials crous but thank goodness who are elected every four we do not have all that stuff Bravo Boo years and for the most part here like they do in many We have three Bravos this week. We have four Boos this week. The first The first one goes “Bravo to one goes “Boo to the high school stu- elections are never too con- other places. So not only dents that threw a live piglet across the Scott Crawford and the volun- frontational. The Mayor and should we be grateful to live gym during an assembly last Thursday teers who made last weekend’s as well as letting 2 piglets loose in the Council have meetings all in Canada but more so that Induction day a great success”. high school. You should be ashamed the time, people can attend we are in St. Marys, Cana- The second one goes “Bravo of yourselves. Clearly not funny and to the BRA driver in our neigh- perhaps a violation of the law. Some if they want and you can da. example you set”. The second one “I borhood who is efficient and re- be on the agenda to ex- Happy Canada Day to all! would like to submit a Boo. I live by press your thoughts, con- liable. He is also courteous and the town walkway and we have a great does not block my driveway if he sidewalk that goes from the walkway all sees I am trying to drive out of the way to Queen Street. It miffs me it. I have not seen any signs of that no one can use it. They walk, run, jog etc on the road all times of the day The St. Marys rough treatment of the bins”. The and night and year. Use your common Independent last Bravo goes “to Christopher sense and use the sidewalks. They are THOUGHTS Doyle from Twitter Canada for there for a reason, because the road is 36 Water St. St. Marys, ON, PO Box 2310 N4X 1A2 OF THE WEEK for the cars and bikes”. The next one [email protected] live-streaming the Induction cer- “A Boo to the town for not cutting down Phone:519.284.0041• Fax: 519.284.0042 Sponsored by: emony last weekend”. the dead trees at the quarry. They look Publisher RADAR terrible.” The last one “A Boo to the AUTO PARTS 395 Queen Street, West residents who leave their recycling and Stewart Grant • [email protected] garbage bins outdoors in their driveway. The bins are subject to great tempera- God Bless America, but Editor in Chief ture variations which may reduce their God help Canada to put Frank Doyle [email protected] up with them. life expectancy. Also they look messy. • No one likes to see them in the drive- Canada is not a country way day in and day out”. Design / Layout for the cold of heart or the cold of feet. *Please note all Boos and Bravos must be signed in order to Bravos and Boos are submitted by community members and do not Tyler Carruthers • [email protected] be considered. necessarily reflect the opinions of the St. Marys Independent Most Americans don’t Sales Representative understand Canadian political parties. Neither Stewart Grant • [email protected] do most Canadians. Quote of the Week Billing Administrator Canadians have been “I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, so busy explaining to the free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or June Grant • [email protected] Americans that we aren’t free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I British, and to the British that we aren’t Americans pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” facebook.com/stmarysindy twitter.com/stmarysindy that we haven’t had time to become Canadians. Former Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker www.stmarysindy.com St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 5

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James Brine is seated 3rd from left in this family John Mitchell photo. Some great inventions Canada gave the world Believe it or not but Canada gave the world more than hockey and lacrosse Walkie-talkie know we're responsi- son patented the con- ter months?! Canadi- The walkie-talkie as ble for this invention). coction in 1884 and an electrical engineer we know it today was Insulin therefore gets credit Gideon Sundback produced by Cana- Probably one of the for "inventing" peanut made the first mod- dian inventor Donald most notable and im- butter. ern-day zipper in 1913, Hings in the 1930s. He portant Canadian in- Garbage bag improving upon mod- created it for his com- ventions ever, insulin, Thank goodness for els of inventors before pany CM&S in British which was created by Winnipegger Harry him. Columbia and it was Dr. Frederick Banting, Wasylyk, the man be- Telephone Did you know? originally known as a an Alliston, Ontario na- hind the modern-day We all know that Al- There has been a library pay a dollar a year should "packset." tive and Nobel laure- garbage bag. He, exander Graham Bell in St. Marys since 1857. do without reading." Snow blower ate. He shared credit along with Larry Han- wins the prize for in- The first belonged to the In 1904, the Andrew Of course we're the with his colleague Dr. sen of Lindsay, Ontar- venting the telephone, local Mechanics Institute, Carnegie Foundation of- ones behind this help- Charles Best. io, invented a dispos- but did you know that an international organi- fered the town a grant of zation created to provide $10,000 for the construc- ful gadget – how else Peanut butter able green polyeth- he did so while living the means for self-educa- tion of a library building would we get out of Jelly was never the ylene garbage bag – in Canada? Born in tion for factory, office and if the municipal govern- our driveways from same after this Cana- they were first intend- Scotland, his fami- shop workers. The library ment agreed to spend January till March? dian invention. While ed for commercial use ly emigrated to Nova of the St. Marys branch one tenth of that amount Canadian Arthur Si- Native Americans may at places like hospitals Scotia when he was had no permanent home annually to maintain it. Af- card produced the first have been slathering and quickly became a young and hence the and had to rent space ter much discussion, the snow blower in 1925, this sweet and savoury household must. telephone is credited where it could. An annual town accepted the grant and today we hail him spread on toast (?) for Zipper as being a Canadi- fee of $1 was charged. and the library building as a true Canadian idol centuries, Canadian How else would we an-made invention. In 1884, the suggestion was opened on August that it become a free ser- 17, 1905. Miss Lottie King (not… probably very and Montreal native keep our ski jackets vice was rejected; "...any- was hired as librarian. few Canadians even Marcellus Gilmore Ed- closed in the chilly win- one who can't afford to $2.80 SQ FT.

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Life is a slower pace here #6 – 1950 – Opening of St. Marys Memorial was the biggest yet at roughly 2,000 people at- than in the big city, and most things that we need Hospital tending. How many of these 2,000 people will re- are either right here in town, or not far away. We Since 1950, we’ve been fortunate enough to have member what a special place we have here? Fur- don’t spend much time in traffic here, allowing us a first-rate facility here in St. Marys and at certain thermore, on a daily basis for local residents, the more time to relax and enjoy life with family and points in time throughout these years the commu- Hall of Fame with its magnificent ball diamonds is friends within the picturesque scenery that St. nity has banded together to protect this hospital. a Field of Dreams for those of us who have experi- Marys provides. As of this writing, the ambitious $5 million goal for enced playing there. How did we get to present-day St. Marys? What the “Someone I Know” fundraising campaign is at #10 – 2007 – Completion of the Pyramid Rec- were some of the key moments in time that led us the cusp of being realized, representing the most reation Centre here? In chronological order, here’s my list of “the recent testament to the community’s appreciation Yes, it cost a lot of money and it is still costing a top 10 historical events that shaped present-day St. of the St. Marys Memorial Hospital. lot of money. But our community is better for hav- Marys”: #7 – 1956 – Founding of the St. Marys Lin- ing it. It’s a true attraction for those considering #1 – Early 1840s – Settlement colns Hockey Club a move to St. Marys and the second ice pad was The first settlers arrive at the convergence of the Sports is something that can really pull a commu- an absolute must for a hockey-mad town like ours. Thames River and Trout Creek, with the landscape nity together, with one notable example being the Among the other amenities, the Friendship Centre inspiring the community’s early name, “Little incredible nationalistic victory which was Canada’s seems to be a real asset and from what I under- Falls”. 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Well, Canada’s true stand the Youth Centre is really taking off under #2 – mid-1840s – Utilization of the Quarries national sport is hockey, and we’ve had a pretty the leadership of Ciaran Brennan, with attendance Early on in the development of St. Marys as a town, good hockey team here in St. Marys, winning a skyrocketing with his fresh new ideas and energy. settlers discovered the resource that we had here couple of Sutherland Cups along the way, bringing My hope for the PRC is that the Town of St. Marys with our quarries of limestone. St. Marys very people together for fellowship and also bringing takes steps to spark more innovative thinking in quickly became a strong economic centre as a re- talented people with leadership skills into this com- terms of the overall management of the facility so sult of the large commercial quarries. Relating to munity. Many kids came into this town to play for that the PRC can be everything that it is supposed present day St. Marys, the decision roughly one the Lincolns and have gone on to start businesses to be and that taxpayers get the best possible re- hundred years ago not to allow Water Street itself here and start families. St. Marys is a better place turn on their investment. to be dug up and quarried meant that today we are because of the Lincolns and the team’s Alumni. treated to summers enjoying the largest outdoor #8 – 1972 – Highway #7 bypass and installa- swimming pool in Canada at the St. Marys Quarry. tion of sewers Weekend Quiz #3 – 1857-60 – Arrival of the Grand Trunk A hugely significant event to downtown St. Marys Railway occurred when the dam was put in and Highway #7 1. In 1964, the first Tim Hortons opened in The railway fueled growth of St. Marys by develop- no longer went right through downtown. Although Canada. What city was this in? ing industry and providing jobs, with many of the the move certainly hurt many businesses including 2. Name Canada’s highest mountain. descendants of early workers still residing here to- the gas stations (which we had a lot of back then), 3. Name Canada’s longest river day. Well over a hundred years later, the re-purpos- can you imagine the chaos downtown had this by- ing of the Sarnia Bridge as part of the Grand Trunk pass not occurred? In my interview this week with 4. Name Canada’s three territories Trail has made St. Marys home to one of the great former Dick MacPherson, his recollection was that 5. Which sport was invented by a trail systems in the country. during the time that Highway #7 went through St. Canadian in 1891? #4 – 1880-1904 – Construction of iconic Marys, the Province paid for maintenance of the 6. Who was the longest-serving PM in limestone buildings in the downtown road. With this in mind, the savvy town council at Canadian history having served 3 The Opera House was built in 1880, the Town Hall the time arranged the timing of the installation of terms? in 1891 and the Public Library in 1904. These and town sewers such that the cost would be heavily other beautiful limestone buildings set the foun- subsidized by the Province, thus saving St. Marys 7. There are two governing bodies in dation for “The Stonetown”, making this one of taxpayers a significant cost for the much-needed Parliament. Name them. the most picturesque towns in the entire country sewer system. 8. Which province is the largest (in area)? (for more, please read Ken Telfer’s Page 20 article #9 – 1994 – St. Marys to become new home 9. Which province has the largest entitled, “Stonemasons left a lasting impact on St. of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame population? Marys Architecture”). As Mayor Jamie Hahn was quoted in his August 10. In 1965, Winnipeg opened which fast 25th address, “one of the most historic days in #5 – 1912 – Arrival of the St. Marys Cement food chain’s first drive-in in Canada? Company town’s history” took place when St. Marys was After seeing a drop in population in the twenty years named to succeed Toronto to become the new that followed the 1891 census, the arrival of the St. home of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Over This week’s answers are found on pg. 35 8 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition My Family History in the St. Marys area By Stewart Grant My great-great-great-great grandfather William rived in Canada from Ireland in 1830 as a youngster My family has very strong genes when it comes to Taylor along with his family and the Good family, but settled in this area in March 1847, buying land longevity, which is great for a lot of reasons but for left Scotland on a small sailing vessel called the from the Canada Company in Fullarton Township. me personally it meant that I got to spend so much ‘Stirling Dunbar’ in May of 1841, captained by Capt. In that same generation of ancestors, David Brown, treasured time with my great-grandmother Jean Hastie. As described in their words, “The vessel was a Scottish stonemason, helped build the Grand Grant (nee Stewart), who passed away at age 105 neither sea-worthy nor capably manned, but noth- Trunk Railroad bridge on the Sarnia Line over the when I was the age of 24, and my grandfather Earl ing better was available then”. The hazardous trip Thames. Each day of work, he walked the five miles Grant who was with us until 2010 when I was 36. across the ocean was made worse when the captain from Downie to St. Marys and back. Particularly in their older years, I tried to soak up took a wrong turn near Newfoundland, but they ul- The Grant side of the family didn’t get here until as much knowledge as I could from them and al- timately reached Canada after nine weeks and three 1887, when Alma Grant and his wife Mary (nee ways enjoyed listening to their stories. In 2009-10 I days at sea, and being dangerously short on rations Taylor) bought a 50 acre property at East Lot 19, wrote a book with biographies on my ancestors for by this time. By 1845, they made their way to this Concession 12 in Downie Township. Alma and my kids to read some day if they are so inclined. In area and took possession of Lot 19, Concession 13 in Mary took over operation of the Taylor homestead this article I’ll take a few excerpts out of it to share Downie Township. Around the same time, George following the 1899 death of Mary’s brother, Charles some of my family history in the area of St. Marys. Leversage was settling near Carlingford, and the Taylor, who was killed by a kick from a horse. In My ancestors have lived in the St. Marys area since Murray family was also arriving in Perth County. 1916, Alma and Mary moved from the farm into St. the beginning, or close to it... My great-great-great grandfather Robert Clarke ar- Marys, along with Alma’s parents William and Eliz- abeth Grant. Seven Generations Pictured in St. Marys In more recent generations, some of you will remember my great-grandmother Jean Grant who was born in 1894 and died in 1999. She and husband Bert lived at 40 James Street North for a time, and she took a job as a retail clerk for Fred Lofft’s women’s clothing store, later working for J.B. Tudor when he took over the business. Finally, my grandparents Earl and Margaret Grant started Grant Haven Farms just north of town, then moving to Sparling Crescent upon retirement and later to the Fairhill Residence at Kingsway Lodge. I truly feel the pull of family history here in St. Marys. I think of my grandparents and great-grandparents frequently when I drive past a place in town where they used to live. Though as a young adult I Four generations of Grants in March 1915: Stewart (6 months Four generations of Grants in August spent a few years away, in London Ontario and then old…his brother Earl would be born later in 1915), Bert (age 2010: Earl (94 years old at the time), Bermuda, nowhere else ever felt like home, and I 26), Alma (age 55), and William (age 86) Murray (age 64), Stewart (age 36), Jake wouldn’t have it any other way. I love it here in St. (age 4), and Sydney (age 2) Marys and it’s where I’ll always plan to live. Canada 150: The McConnell Club

With the club named in honour of William McConnell of St. Marys who was killed in World War I, the McConnell Club is the only living War Memorial in the country. It’s an independent group of women who belong to no national or international body. The club has been actively carrying out their community and charitable work since 1914, with all funds raised going back in the community. Their contributions to the community are varied as follows: support of local sports; bursary to high school students each year; supporting local families who require assistance during times of crisis; meals on wheels program; maintenance of the Weir Fountain and the garden at the Flats’ entrance, donations to many charities and building funds; HAVE YOUR SAY! support of the Hospital Foundation; and hosting of community dinners. St. Marys VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE AND FILL OUT OUR SURVEY! is such a special place due to the caring of people…such as the McConnell Club. The club meets at the Thames Valley Community Centre in west St. Marys at 7 www.stmarysindependent.com • www.facebook.com/stmarysindy p.m. the last Thursday of each month. For information on how to become a member of this women’s group, contact President Bernice Coulson at 519-284-2457. St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 9 Celebrate Canada 150 By Supporting The St. Marys Smart & Caring Community Fund Stratford, ON – The resources and the do- to help ensure that the Stratford Perth Com- nations raised in each community has the munity Foundation community, stay in that ability and resources to (SPCF) is encouraging community. This initia- adapt.” citizens of St. Marys to tive truly embodies the To make a donation support the St. Marys “give where you live” to the Smart & Car- Smart & Caring Com- philosophy. ing Community Fund munity Fund and to Several generous in your area, call 519- support their local com- families and individu- 271-1503 or visit www. munities while they als have already made spccf.ca and click on commemorate Canada contributions to the the Donate Now button. 150 and Canada Day Smart & Caring Com- You’ll be able to choose this weekend. munity Fund in their the Fund to which you’d In 2015 the Communi- area and the Communi- like to give. ty Foundation initiated ty Foundation is looking 2017 Grants their Smart & Caring to continue that growth. Recently the Commu- Communities initiative “The larger the Com- nity Foundation an- – in response to the munity Fund, the more nounced their 2017 Governor General’s call we are able to invest grants. Through en- to Canadians to build a back into the respective dowment, flow-through smarter and more car- community,” notes Tra- funds and matching ing nation. As a result, cy Van Kalsbeek, Ex- grants like a partnership Smart & Caring Com- ecutive Director of the with CFC’s Communi- munity Funds are being Community Founda- ty Fund for Canada’s built by the people and tion. “These unrestrict- 150 Grant Program, for the people in each ed community funds al- the SPCF has granted of our six local munici- low us to respond to the a total of $174,668 to palities to support a vi- ever-changing needs important projects and ally. Centre, and so many 1503 or visit www.sp- brant, non-profit sector and critical priorities of initiatives in Stratford, St. Marys organizations more within the local ccf.ca and click on the in their own commu- the community. What’s St. Marys and Perth who received grants area. Donate Now button. nity. Anyone can give important now will like- County – the most the in 2017 included St. To make a donation to Select the St. Marys any amount to these ly change 10, 20 years Community Foundation Marys Museum, St. the St. Marys Smart Smart & Caring Com- sustainable funding from now and we want has ever granted annu- Marys Public Library & Caring Community munity Fund from the and St. Marys Youth Fund, call 519-271- list. The Countdown is On your child’s entry into another block to the gram will be arriving Town Hall Auditorium Program this year. For the program. tower. By doing this, quickly. The first two to entertain the audi- anyone who is 13 years Now that school is out, children in the commu- Fridays will be visits ence with his Balloon or older, you can help children can check nity are able to have with St. John Ambu- Making Machine Show. children enjoy these into the Library with a friendly competition lance and Drew Ripley Unlike a magic show, spectacular programs their tracking booklets amongst each other for the balloon magician. every element focus- offered from the Li- and receive awesome which grade is reading On Friday July 7th from es on the creative use brary. Also, high school prizes. Throughout the the most. 1:30pm – 2:30pm, St. of balloons. As each students can use this summer the Library will Before the program John Ambulance will machine appears, the opportunity to com- by Christina Donati be keeping statistics of begins, the town will come and teach the process only gets sillier plete a summer co-op. how often children are be celebrating Canada children about health until the final machine Volunteers will receive The Library Summer checking in with pages 150 at Cadzow Park. and safety, give chil- does the unexpected. experience working Reading Program be- of their tracking book- You can find me there dren a tour of an ambu- This is another free with kids, participate in gins on Monday morn- lets completed. With doing crafts with kids, lance, and teach them event that is part of cool events, and build ing with Tinker Tod- this information, the putting Canada day tat- how to strap people in the Summer Reading skills in areas such as dlers at 10:30am and Library will be show- toos on for people, and the gurney. This is for Program, and it is for customer service, or- Maker Monday crafts ing the members of handing out exciting children of all ages, but children of all ages; ganization, leadership, in the afternoon at the community how of- material such as pen- children under the age however, like all of the and more! Contact the 1:30pm. Don’t forget to ten each child in every cils that change colour of seven must be ac- other Summer Read- Library through phone come down to the Li- grade is reading. for the Summer Read- companied by an adult. ing events, children un- or email about volun- brary and be a part of The Library current- ing Program. Come This Funday Friday der the age of 7 must teering for our Sum- these fun and educa- ly has a LEGO tower join me on Saturday event is also free for be accompanied by an mer Reading Program tional programs. There for each school grade, morning to early after- anyone to attend. adult. 2017. is a maximum number and when children noon by the children’s On Friday July 14th Lastly, the Library is Phone: 519-284-3346 of spots available for check in with a page of games. from 2:00pm – 2:45pm, still searching for vol- Email: summerread- each session, so try to their booklet complete, The first two Funday Drew Ripley will be unteers to help run ing@stmaryspublicli- arrive early to ensure they will be able to add Fridays for the pro- coming to the St. Marys the Summer Reading brary.ca

Deadline for all Upcoming Events and Classifieds is of the week the ad is to be run! Any ads Submitted after MAY NOT MAKE IT IN! Phone:WEDNESDAY 284-0041 Fax: 284-0042 AT NOON Email: [email protected] 10 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 11 12 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Market Prices This Week in Agriculture Sponsored by D S TheHTCH PST Friday Satrday Snday Monday Tesday Wednesday Thrsday 695 Levitt Street Granton, ON Canada N0M 1V0 0 1 5 (Cash bids as of Thursday, 3 p.m.) Risk of thunder Risk of thunder Mainly sunny Mix of sun Mainly sunny Mix of sun Few showers storm storm and clouds and clouds #2 YELLOW CORN Old Crop – $4.35 26 c 26 c 25 c 25 c 24 c 2 c 28 c New Crop – $4.55 Feels Like Feels Like Feels Like Feels Like Feels Like Feels Like Feels Like SOYBEANS 35 33 30 29 29 34 36 Old Crop – $11.52 The Stevens Family & Stonetown Farms New Crop – $11.21 By June Grant farm on the edge of St. SOFT RED WHEAT The Century Plus Farm Marys and in 1943, es- of Donald Stevens, lo- tablished a herd of Hol- Old Crop – $5.59 cated on west river road stein dairy cattle on this 137 (just north of the Sci- farm. This prize-win- New Crop – $5.64 ence Hill Golf Club) has ning herd would go on been in his family since to become one of the his great-great-grand- most prominent herds .. father Faithful Stevens in Canada, exporting obtained the land from quality breeding stock the Canada Company in throughout the world. 1859. Aways looking to ex- David Stevens, Don’s pand into new ventures, father was born and in 1961 David Stevens raised at that farm and completed an important Jake Crowder for 30 stein herd. In 1986, the “it was the location of purchase of 44 pure- years. herd was dispersed and the farm that fostered bred Yorkshire swine, Dave Stevens’ sons attracted buyers from All Purpose Miracle Gro young David’s interest believed to be the larg- were also actively in- around the world. in trapping…” In 1926, est importation by a sin- volved in the farming David Stevens was an W both David Stevens gle Canadian breeder at operation. John Ste- innovator in the agri- and boyhood friend Cal that time. This was the vens managed the mink cultural sector but was SL F Martin made the switch foundation breeding operation which by this also active in the com- from trapping to mink stock in Stonetown’s time was located where munity. He served as ranching. This was the swine breeding and Thamesview Crescent Mayor of St. Marys in $2. start of mink ranching growing facility. This is now and Don Ste- 1955-56 and was also in- in the St. Marys area. facility was managed vens and his wife Leita strumental in bringing At one time there was by long-time employee, continued the develop- Junior B Hockey to St. some 30 ranchers with- ment of the prized Hol- Marys. in seven miles of St. Marys. In 1938 Dave pur- S. N S. M N N 1A P 51 1 51 5 chased an additional

Pictured are D.R (Dave) Stevens with granddaughters Sheila, Sandy, and Sherry at the Perth County Holstein Show in 1984. St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 13 2017 St. Marys Lions Club Car Show

Milt Dunnell Field was the perfect venue for the St. Marys Lions Club Classic Car Show held on June 24. Adams 150 Year Farm

Sunny skies greeted the many exhibitors at the St. Marys Lions Club Classic Car Show.

Lot 32 Conc 9 (now 15th Line East Nissouri (Zorra) Township) This farm property has been in the Adams name since 1854...a total of 163 years and counting. Richard and Catherine Adams purchased the land in 1854, later selling the farm to their son William. Since then the property has changed hands within the family a few more times: next to William's brother Richard Jr., then to Richard's son Stanley, next to Stanley's son Don, who then sold to daughter Cathie and her husband Brian Szmon. The Present owners are Dr. Jim Loucks and Georgina MacGregor sell breakfast and lunch tickets at Brian & Cathie (Adams) Szmon, and sons Sawyer and Sam. the St. Marys Lions Club Classic Car Show held on June 24. Remember when?

The above pictures taken in 1947 show the outside and inside of “Pinecrest Inn”, now known as “The Golden Pond”. It was built and operated by Arthur and Olive Washington and was one of the most popular restaurants in the area because it was on Hwy #7 at that time. The Washingtons also built a group of tourist cabins for travelers. The restaurant was later owned by Jack Traynor and in later years because a Chinese restaurant. 14 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition

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UNIT A 59 LORNE AVENUE EAST, STRATFORD ON N5A 6S4 • [email protected] WWW.JOHNNATER.CA • 519-273-1400 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 15 Staffen’s Food Market: The Store with the Red Pencil By Stewart Grant 8-slide comic, playing out then pass those savings ly thereafter, the bank ty. In contrast, Staffen’s form of big box retail- One of the very first a typical family conversa- along to the customer. called the loan on his would be more of a fam- ers which loomed over advertisements in 1971 tion about a new store in This was the first of employer, and Staffen ily atmosphere: a place small-town independents by the newly-opened town, brilliantly engaged many business lessons saw an opportunity to with a culture of “treat- of all types. The Staffens Staffen’s Food Mar- readers into understand- learned at Staffen’s by start his own shop in St. ing people the way that carefully prepared the ket demonstrated that ing Staffen’s competitive employees and custom- Marys. After convincing you want to be treated.” business for sale and something was uniquely advantage: letting the ers alike, under the vi- his father-in-law to lend Rob Staffen told me this ultimately struck a deal intelligent about this in- customer do a little bit of sion of company founder the initial $10,000 and ne- week that “there’s still a with Loblaws effective dependent grocer. The work to save costs, and Earl Staffen and later by gotiating the remainder group called ‘Earl’s Girls’ November 2000, com- his son Rob. with the bank, Staffen’s that regularly meet at pleting a prosperous As a boy in the 1980s Food Market opened up Jennie’s for coffee, con- 30-year journey for the I remember going to on Queen Street East in tinuing friendships that store with the red pen- Staffen’s regularly on August 1971. began years ago at the cil. Rob Staffen reflects, family grocery trips (the Earl’s time with a big store.” “The thing our family is free suckers were a great chain grocery store One final lesson learned most proud about is the treat!) and reading an- taught him plenty about from Staffen’s is to know incredible co-workers other Staffen’s mantra: business and also al- when the right time is that helped build our Rule #1 – The customer lowed him to learn from to sell. By the end of business; including our is always right. their mistakes when it the 20th century, the many high school stu- Rule #2 – If the customer came to managing peo- grocery store was at its dents who learned skills is ever wrong, please re- ple and always giving peak, but storms brewed on work ethic and how to read Rule #1 back to the communi- on the horizon in the treat people.” Earl Staffen began working for the grocery chain A&P in his late teens, and stayed with the company until age 39 when he was downsized from his job as store man- ager in Kitchener. Get- ting back on his feet, he ended up working for a fledgling grocery store with two locations: one in Woodstock and one in St. Marys operating as BIG 4 Supermarkets. Short- Maxwell name lives on in modern-day St. Marys By Stewart Grant arrived in St. Marys in Since 1888, the Maxwell 1888 when founder Da- name has been a prom- vid Maxwell moved his inent part of St. Marys operations here from life. Today, Maxwell Paris, Ontario. The Street is a key avenue to company’s stone facto- accessing the PRC, Lit- ry was located on James tle Falls Public School, Street South (near and the hundreds of where the skatepark is new homes that have located today) and is been built in St. Marys shown in the photo be- in recent decades. In low, courtesy of the St. the 1980’s, the Maxwell Marys Museum. The name was used for a photograph is taken on the Allied war effort in 1964, some 76 years new restaurant building the loading dock of the by manufacturing 2.5 after starting up in St. which now houses Sub- factory, where goods million grenades and Marys. way and Little Caesars. were shipped and re- other munitions from a The factory building on But the most lasting ceived by railway. company location at the James Street was torn impression of the Max- Initially, the company corner of Tracy & Park down in the 1980’s and well name was that of was a major producer Street (the building lat- the Friendship Cen- The Maxwell Company, of farm equipment and er known as the Friend- tre building was de- which operated from lawn mowers, but lat- ship Centre). molished in 2014, but 1888 to 1964, bringing er switched to house- Following the war, the importance of The scores of new jobs and hold appliances such the company was un- Maxwell & Son’s Com- helping grow the town as washing machines. able to continue its pany in St. Marys will David Maxwell (St. Marys Museum Photo) in the process. During World War II, decades-long success always be remembered The Maxwell Company Maxwell’s helped with and ultimately closed 16 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Newspaper History in St. Marys Chilean Rotary Exchange Student leaves By Stewart Grant disappear for a period Toronto-based Torstar St. Marys with fond memories Since the settling of our of time in the 19th cen- Corporation) acquired town in 1842, a number tury, the moniker was the Journal-Argus of different newspapers re-introduced in 1876 along with 9 other local have kept local citizens following the merger newspapers from Eedy. informed. of the Standard and Vi- A year later, former George B. McIntosh dette newspapers. The town councilor Frank first published the St. Journal’s ownership Doyle started up the Marys Journal in 1853, would change hands St. Marys Independent, but not long thereaf- several times during making the Stonetown ter sold it to John B. the next 10 years until a two-newspaper town Abbott. Meanwhile in John W. Eedy acquired for the first time since 1857, the St. Marys Ar- control of the newspa- 1920. gus would be founded per in 1887. The Journal Danielle Dobi of the Ry- by a man named Riggs. and the St. Marys Ar- erson Review of Journal- Though the Journal and gus would compete for ism wrote a fascinating Argus live on to this day local readership until study of the “Showdown in consolidated form, 1920, when John Eedy in Stonetown” (avail- other local newspapers acquired his main com- able online at www.rrj. Three different host families welcomed Niko into their families during his of the 19th century in- petitor and consolidated ca/showdown-in-stone- year-long stay in Canada; an adventure that Niko described as “the best clude the Perth Stan- the two brands into the town) in the summer year of his life so far”. He began his Canadian experience with Sandy & Luc- dard (later known as St. Marys Journal-Ar- of 2001 when the In- ie Stephens’ family, then four months with Gerald & Deb Weersink’s family, the St. Marys Standard gus. dependent was still in then finished his memorable year by living with Brent & Terri Shackleton. and Orange Gazette) For the next 80 years, its infancy. Bev Thibo- Also pictured here is Youth Exchange Officer Mark Oliver who helped Niko and the St. Marys Vi- the Eedy family would deau was humourously throughout the experience. dette. Less successful continue to control the quoted in the article as papers included the St. Journal-Argus. Lorne saying, “[Doyle’s] gotta Marys Leader (start- Eedy succeeded the have rocks in his head ing in 1892 and lasting first Eedy in 1926, fol- for starting an indepen- for 8 months) and the lowed by John W. Eedy, dent nowadays.” Pen and Platform (1889- and then finally his son Despite initial skep- 1891) Lorne Eedy. ticism about the new Though the St. Marys In June 1999, Metro- paper’s chances, Doyle Journal’s name would land Media (owned by successfully owned and operated the Indepen- dent until selling the newspaper to myself in June 2014 (Doyle continues to be edi- Holidays! tor-in-chief to this day). Happy The Stonetown has now been a two-newspaper From all of us town for 17 years, with ar yl each of the St. Marys Members of the Rotary Club of St. Marys pose with Rotary International Rose, Penny,Cheryl, an d D Journal-Argus and St. Exchange Student Nikolas Lascuello who is returning home to Chile after a Marys Independent wonderful year in St. Marys. 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Dick MacPherson (1981-82 Mayor) “In looking back it’s interesting to see how certain things have come full circle. In January of 1993 we started the process of looking into OPP policing for the Town of St. Marys as opposed to maintaining our town police force. By June, we held a public meeting to consider deployment in St. Marys of the OPP. In July of 1993, Town Council voted 5-1 in favour of a con- tract with the OPP. The OPP had better support, better resources, better training and better professionalism than what the town force could offer.” “On August 25, 1994 was the official news conference “Back then, the Queen Street Bridge was the big thing. at Toronto’s CNE where they announced that the new The controversy was that it was a historic bridge and home of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame will be as such, some felt that it shouldn’t be widened. There in St. Marys, beating out Guelph which was the other were two factions, and together we came up with a finalist. They were impressed with our vision. I noted good design which widened the bridge as much as we at the time that ‘This was one of the most historic days could while keeping the existing abutments. When I in the Town’s 151-year history.” “The first thing I did as Mayor was hold a meeting at was Mayor and we opened the bridge I was very proud “Now we just had the Hall of Fame induction last my house with council to see what everyone would of what we did.” weekend [2017]. There were 300 or so at the golf like to see happen in town in the next 20 years; to learn “You had asked me about the Car-Mar Games, having tournament, and another two thousand people at the what was important to each one of us. You just couldn’t took part in it when you were growing up. It was an induction. The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is un- do that now. Everything must be a public meeting. Un- event that brought together St. Marys, Ontario and questionably St. Marys’ number one attraction.” fortunately this makes it more difficult nowadays to Caro, Michigan. We had a great comradery back and “On June 14, 1995 I announced that St. Marys will now find common ground.” forth between the two towns; it was a great opportu- have a second walkway to beat all walkways. First we “It was much simpler back then. Ken Storey was the nity to exchange ideas, compete in sports, and make had the fabulously successful ‘Riverview Walkway’, clerk, later the CAO. Bob Cousins was the treasurer, great relationships. To this day, Mayor Dick Ransford and now, we have a pleasant stroll over the historic and Len Love the Recreation Director. Eric Taylor and his wife Sue keep in touch with Roberta and I. The Sarnia Bridge. CN’s initial asking price for the Sarnia headed up Public Works and had a team of Public Games ran for four or five years and brought new peo- Bridge and 3 miles of track was $40,000, but Ken Sto- Works workers led by Alan Hawkins. We had a fire ple to our community to see what we were all about.” rey and I negotiated the deal for $2,586 plus HST.” chief, a police chief, and three secretaries that took “The get-togethers with the other towns named St. “Upon announcing the deal for the Solis Foods plant care of all of us. And these were the paid employees Marys (Ohio, Georgia, etc) were also great events to in July 1996, I said ‘St. Marys is more than a pretty that provided governance of the town. Since then, a meet and share ideas. We had special events, a ban- face; it’s a bustling industrial town!’ Back in those days lot of provincial legislation has demanded that towns quet, that type of thing. It was another example of try- it seemed we were opening up new businesses, facto- be run more formally, and the size of government has ing to develop tourism and bring people to our com- ries, and residential buildings all the time. The scis- grown.” munity. As a small town that’s not right off of a major sors were hot and we were buying a lot of ribbon for “One thing that I don’t think is well understood in highway, it’s important to do these things to let people all of the ceremonies.” town is that St. Marys is a “separated town” from know what we have to offer. The Stratford Festival is “They gave me the nickname of Mr. Zero. I scored a Perth County, and it has been this way since the 19th a big opportunity for St. Marys if we can tap into that perfect ten years with no tax increases. We didn’t need century. This is relatively rare for a town our size… and get even a fraction of those tourists to visit the to raise people’s taxes because of all the additional as- at one point there were only 7 such towns in Ontario town.” sessments coming in from all of the new industries that that were separated from the county. Normally all the “My siblings and I moved to St. Marys in April 1966, came to town. I didn’t gamble with taxpayers’ money.” reps of the various communities have a spot on County and Roberta and I were married in June 1966. Since “In October 1996 the St. Marys Memorial Hospital’s Council, and the County sets its own budget and ad- the beginning we absolutely loved St. Marys. I think future was in jeopardy. I said at the time, ‘Nothing has ministers it. We did a study of the advantages and dis- St. Marys is a wonderful community and my time here caused a groundswell like this, the biggest uproar in advantages of joining the County and found at the time as Mayor was spectacular. I really enjoyed the people I my 18 years on council.’ In December about 2,000 filed we were far better off financially by staying indepen- worked with, including all of the councilors. We didn’t into the arena to reject all options that were offered. dent and more easily could make our own decisions. always agree on everything but we always worked to- One of the highest priorities was preserving our hospi- However, it is still very important to have good co-op- gether and tried to do what was best. I think we did a tal, and that’s why I sat on the hospital board for twelve eration with the county, especially for issues such as tremendous job.” years.” bridges, snowplowing and that sort of thing.” “The reason why we now reside in Exeter is because “To be Mayor you’ve got to have thick skin, good lis- “There’s always been some tension about whether we my daughter Donna and husband Fred are there along tening skills, a very understanding family, be acces- should encourage big shopping centres versus pro- with three of our grandchildren and we wanted to be sible to people and be committed. There were times tecting our downtown businesses. Certainly I always close to them. But my family absolutely loved our time when I was away six nights a week to attend council, stood on the side of protecting the downtown. 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Hearn’s Ice Cream is a family business proud to have served St. Marys residents and visitors since 1967. HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY t I C CANADA! Serving St. Marys and Area since 1947 32 Wellington S, St. Marys, ON • (519) 284-1491 20 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Stonemasons left a lasting impact on St. Marys Architecture By Ken Telfer 162 – 166 Queen St. East: Built for Milner Harri- and his arm holding the revolver laid across his By 1867, St. Marys as a town was growing very son in 1855, was Timothy Eaton’s store and now breast. quickly all influenced with industry, the mills and the Chocolate Factory and Shackleton’s Real Es- Stonemason Andrew Knox the train lines. The photo below shows St. Marys tate. Bottom Middle: Photo of the Knox Presbyterian and the downtown area in approx. 1864 and it is M&M Variety: Built for William Veal Hutton in 1863 Church that was located where the Knox Apart- evident that our buildings and architecture were West Ward School: Built in 1865 ment building is now. This church was built in 1878 being well-established even by this time. 216 Thomas St South: Built in 1866 as his person- by Andrew Knox and burnt down in 1891. The population in 1844 was 100, in 1861 had al residence Andrew Knox was born near Paisley Scotland in grown to 2,728, and to 3,120 by 1871. Westover Park: Built in 1867 for William Veal 1831 and came to Canada in 1841 with his par- By 1867 there were 39 active stonemasons liv- Hutton and Joseph O. Hutton ents, settling in Nissouri. He served his appren- ing and working in the St. Marys and surround- 26 Water Street: Built for Theodore Hutton in ticeship in Galt as a stonemason, which trade he ing area. We can not cover all in this article but 1868 and served as the Armories during the first ever afterwards followed, and became one of the will touch on a few who had a large impact on our half of the Twentieth Century. Now Office Solu- best and most reliable workmen and contractors. town and how it looks today 150 years later. tions St. Marys. A number of prominent buildings bear testimony to Robert Balfour John Bartlett’s Store: 21 Water Street in 1868. his honest workmanship, among the number we Now Stowntown Chiropractic Wellness Centre mention the Knox Presbyterian Church, and the Beattie House: 106 Wellington Street North built Maxwell buildings in town, and the water works in 1869 building in London, Ont. As noted earlier stone- 89 Ontario Street South: Known as Mount Pas- masons Francis Anderson, John Whimster and coe built for a Lawyer C.S. Jones in 1870. Andrew Knox built George Tracy’s home (the Mu- Garnett House: 29 Church Street North built in seum) in 1854. 1871 as a Hotel for William Morsehead Stonemason James Elliott St. Marys Collegiate: Built in 1874 Mathieson House: 109 Wellington Street North built in 1874 for Dr. Hugh Mathieson Long’s Store: 143 Queen Street East built in 1874 for Edward Long and now O’Grady’s Clothing. The man who had the greatest impact on our Sharp Store: 139 Queen Street East built in 1881 “Stonetown” and its architecture was Robert for F. Sharps sister-in-law Amanda Phelan and Fulton Barbour, who was active in St. Marys as now Four Happy Restaurant. a builder, contractor and architect from 1854 on- 210 Thomas Street South: Built ca 1883 as per- ward and was responsible for many of our build- sonal residence ings which remain today. This home was Robert Barbour’s third home in St. Although not a stonemason he had a profound Marys. The first was a frame home built in 1854 impact on St. Marys architecture and stone con- where Westover Inn is today, the second was next struction. Most likely many stonemasons and door at 216 Thomas Street built in 1866, and this stonecutters got a start to their career or gained home 210 Thomas Street which he built in 1883. employment in this new land working for him. In March of 1889 Mr. Barbour was not home to Born in Coldstream-on-Tweed, Berwickshire, dinner and as the hours wore by and he failed to Scotland, Robert worked as a joiner from the age put in an appearance Mrs. Barbour became anx- Above: This imposing structure is one of St Marys’ of fifteen in Berwickshire, and is shown to be mar- ious and went out to look for him. He was found most famous buildings. In the late 1870s, many ried to Agnes Robertson and working as a joiner dead in the cellar. There was a target at which he institutions in the town were expanding to accom- in the 1851 Scotland Census. He emigrated to the had been shooting, a number of bags lying on the modate a growing membership; when the Order of United States in 1851 and worked in New York floor and stretched upon them in cold death was Oddfellows outgrew their frame meeting house on City and Rochester as a foreman for several con- Mr. Barbour with a bullet hole behind his right ear Queen St, they decided to replace it with a much tractors. Barbour made his way to St. Marys per- grander building. Their grandiose vision included haps due to an advertisement that George Tracy architect Silas Weekes from a prestigious London had placed looking for a builder of his home which firm; general contractor James Elliott, a prominent is today the St. Marys Museum. local stonemason. Completion was in 1879. When first arriving in St. Marys, he was employed James Elliott was born on August 26, 1828, in Yar- in the James Whimster factory and then com- row, Selkirkshire Scotland, and emigrated to Blan- menced business for himself as a builder and shard Township in 1845. He operated quarries in contractor. St. Marys from 1873 through 1905 when he sold Robert Barbour along with Scottish-born stone- his interest to the Thames Quarry Company. masons Francis Anderson, John Whimster and Along with the Quarry and Opera house he built Andrew Knox built George Tracy’s home (the St. what was known as the Lock-up which was our Marys Museum) in 1854 along with the stone wall Town Hall Jail and School located on Water Street. along Church Street in front of our Museum. His son Jon also a stonemason supervised the He possessed an ability to design and supervise building of our current Town Hall built in 1891. construction projects and was hired by the Town Barbour, Knox and Elliott are only a few of the Council in 1865 as ‘Inspector of the Work’ for con- stonemasons who influenced the look of our struction of the West Ward School. beautiful town and we continue to research our Robert Barbour was the architect and contractor early stonemasons at the museum. If anyone has for: information on their stone property, we would love Tracy House (St. Marys Museum): Built in 1854 to hear from you as this only helps in our quest for George Tracy. Was the earliest large stone residence in St Marys. St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 21 Know your Town Employees! This week’s department is Finance. Pictured (from left) Leslee Sta- cey, Accounting Clerk/ Deputy Division Reg- istrar/Marriage Offici- ant, Jim Brown, Direc- tor Finance/Treasurer and Christine Brine, Tax Collector. Unavail- able for photo was Jo- Anne Lounds, Finance/ Parking Tickets. The Finance Department is located at the Munic- ipal Operations Cen- tre (MOC), 408 James Staffen's Food Market celebrating Canadas 125th birthday, 25 years ago. Street South.

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This would be more benefi- was $1.67 Trillion in pared to 16.9 percent from the US border. accounts for 60% of the cial to learn some key 2016. When you put of land in the U.S., and Canada is one of the Canadian coffee mar- facts about Canada that in perspective, it’s 12.9 percent in Mexico. least densely populated ket, according to Tim and its economy, rather 10% of the US and al- - Canada is the 12th countries in the world. Hortons. than Tax Free Saving most 75% of Mexico’s largest exporter in the Most of Canada's north - Canadians eat 55% Accounts and RSPs GDP. Canada is rough- world. It exports $402 is relatively empty be- more Kraft Macaroni (boring). ly the same size as the billion in 2016, of which cause of the cold tem- & Cheese than Amer- - The name "Can- United States (3.8 mil- 75% heads south to peratures. icans. ada" comes from a lion square miles), but the United States. - Canada produces - About 500-600 moose- 16th-century linguistic only has 10% of the NAFTA has tripled the enough maple syrup vehicle collisions are re- misunderstanding. In people (34.6 million). trade production since to fill 14 Olympic-size ported annually on the 1536, French explorer It's three times the size 1994 making Canada swimming pools. island of Newfoundland. Jacques Cartier over- of Mexico, but only with the largest supplier of - Approximately 15% It has the highest con- heard the Iroquois refer- 33% of the people. America’s energy. That of Canadians visit Tim centration of moose in ring to their settlements - Canada has the most includes oil, gas, uran- Hortons daily. That's the world. The province as "kanata," which most fresh-water on the plan- ium and electric power, about 5.3 million sees somewhere be- closely means "village" et, with 2-3 million lakes. which is why it is so im- people, using the July tween 500 and 600 col- or "settlement." Be- However, the majority perative we get these 2014 estimate for Can- lisions between moose cause of how often they of this water cannot be NAFTA renegotiation ada's population from and vehicles annually, used the word, he as- used for constructive threats under control Statistics Canada. Tim according to a 2015 sumed it was the name purposes due to the with the US. Hortons serves 2 billion report from The Globe of the country. Source: chilly climate we live Now for the stereotyp- cups of coffee a year, and Mail. Every Day is an Opportunity to Celebrate Canadian Multiculturalism By Tom Sproat turalism Day, something immigrants or the chil- I found myself in a flag that I bet comes as news dren of immigrants, with shop on Tuesday. I wasn’t to most of you. I work in immigration becoming there to buy a flag, which immigration and even I the driving force for all I don’t think happens very didn’t know. It’s not that population growth and often (though the fact new either, having ex- economic sustainability that it happens enough to isted since 2002, but as within the century. Toron- sustain an entire industry a day of celebration it’s to is, by many metrics, seems equally unbeliev- oddly absent from any the most diverse city on able). I was there to ask real public announce- the planet. Multicultural- for directions, if you must ment, preparation or ism is Canada, and Can- know. While there I struck recognition; odder still ada is multicultural. up conversation with the given Canada’s estab- So if you are at all like friendly store owner, and lished history of immi- me, surprised at the standing between the gration and the around news of Multiculturalism Canada 150 flags and 300,000 newcomers that Day and perhaps a little flags for the Canadian Air were admitted entrance disappointed that you Force asked him whether into the country just last didn’t go out to celebrate he had been especially year. Even the timing of it properly, don’t dismay busy in the lead up to Ca- the occasion, with only much longer. Multicul- nadian Multiculturalism three days separating it turalism Day in Canada Day. “To what?” he re- from Canada Day itself, is more accurately Mul- plied; “to Canadian Mul- seems to encourage the ticulturalism Days, and ticulturalism Day”, I re- event being looked over there are 365 of them. peated. Surely, in a store for more recognized cel- The next time you are catering to the native ebrations. out enjoying a bowl of pride of every culture— Though perhaps the cozy Thai curry, soaking your flags of Greece, South scheduling of Multicultur- ears in Congolese street Korea, Scotland and a alism Day and Canada drummers or enjoying a dozen others hung from Day is an (un)intention- soccer match amongst the ceiling above the far ally symbolic decision, the palpable electricity wall—the owner would as the two occasions at BMO field, take a mo- have June 27th circled in are increasingly persua- ment to nod in acknowl- red on his calendar. Ap- sive synonyms of each edgement to the growing parently, I was wrong: “I other. Currently, roughly tapestry of which this all didn’t even know there 25% of our population intertwines. This is your was such a thing” he ad- are foreign-born, and by country of limitlessly vi- mitted. 2035 it is expected that brant colour, and every That’s right: June 27th an estimated 50% of the day is a celebration. was Canadian Multicul- population will either be St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 23

HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY CANADA!

St. Marys celebrates CANADA 150 Saturday, July 1, 2017 | Cadzow Park | Free admission

Celebrate the sesquicentennial with a full day Take our free event shuttle! of festivities, featuring: Parking will be limited at the event, so leave ӂ Face painting & inflatables your car at home and ride with us! ӂ Sports & games Our free event shuttle will depart the Pyramid Rec Centre for Cadzow Park every 15 minutes ӂ Hands-on activities starting at 11:15 am. The last shuttle will leave ӂ Historic exhibits Cadzow Park at 11:30 pm. ӂ Flag raising ceremony Trent Severn Don’t forget to bring.... ӂ Food & vendor booths A lawn chair, blanket, umbrella, reusable water ӂ Cultural experiences bottle and cash for food and vendor booths. ӂ Live musical performances Don’t forget to wear... ӂ Outdoor movie Your favourite red and white outfit for the ӂ And more! Colours of Canada contest! Don’t miss the Canada Day parade, leaving from the Pyramid Rec Centre at 11:00 am! White Pine Dancers

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U 265 with canola oil and season very liber- 4. Arrange the steak slices on a platter Makers including Gordon’s Goat Cheese, Stonetown ally with salt and pepper. Grill until well so that the interior of the slices is fac- 23 Wellington St. N. charred on the first side, 2 to 3 minutes; ing up. Top each slice with some blue Artisan Cheese and most recently, C’Estbon Chevre flip and grill until well charred on the sec- cheese. Pour the hot brown butter from Soft Goat Cheese. McCully’s is now carrying Kintore ond side, another 2 to 3 minutes. (The the skillet over the steak. Serve imme- 519-284-4390 steaks should still be raw at the center diately. Coffee and Living Alive Granola. at this point.) Transfer to a cutting board. 3. Slice the steaks across the grain HERITAGE DAYS Nanaimo Bar Trifle McCully’s Summer Day Camp There is still time to register for McCully’s popular Summer Day Camp. Friday July 7th Bavarian Gardens Ingredients Lots of fun, outdoor activities and lunch is provided. (outdoors) open at 12:00pm Chocolate Cake: 3 3/4 cups milk 1 box chocolate cake mix Assembly: The dates are July 10 - 14, 24 - 28 and August 14 - 18. Stop in the store Meat draw at 6:00pm 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped 1 cup 35% whipping cream to pick up an application form or visit our website and sign up on-line. Vanilla Custard: 1 Tbsp sugar McCully’s is offering a horse handling/riding option this year. Check out Live entertainment at 9:00pm to 1:00am 6 Tbsp Bird’s custard powder 1 cup desiccated sweetened coconut the application form for more details. featuring BENDER. 1/2 cup sugar 10 chocolate wafers, crushed Directions 1. Mix the cake batter according to box 4. Whip cream to soft peaks and fold in Saturday July 8th Bavarian Gardens open directions. Stir in walnuts. sugar. JULY STORE HOURS: 12:00pm - Live entertainment at 3:00pm to 2. Bake in a 9×9-inch baking pan ac- 5. Remove cake from pan and cut cake cording to package directions. Let cool. into 2-inch chunks. Layer 1/3 of cake McCully’s will be CLOSED on Saturday, July 1st to allow 7:00pm featuring 3. In a microwavable bowl, mix custard pieces in the bottom of a trifle dish, our staff to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday. THE BAND LANDRY powder with sugar and milk. Microwave spoon 1/3 of custard over cake pieces, Live entertainment at 9:00pm to 1:00am on high for 3 minutes. Whisk mixture un- then sprinkle on 1/3 coconut, then1/3 of Beginning Sunday, July 2nd, McCully’s will be open til smooth then microwave for another 3 chocolate wafer. Repeat twice. featuring HOWZAT minutes. Whisk again, then let stand for 6. Spoon whipped cream on top, and every day 10 – 5 and Saturdays 9 – 5. 1 minute. Cover with plastic wrap flush sprinkle with reserved coconut and to the custard to avoid a skin. Refriger- chocolate wafer. Lunch served from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on ate until cool, about 15 minutes. JULY 1st FREE for all ANAF#265 members ● www.mccullys.ca ● 519-284-2564 ● 26 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Business of the Week Independent Craig’s Garage By Stewart Grant Shorts Our Business of the Week is Craig’s Ga- - The Kinsmen Summerfest 2017 is rage, a three-gener- returning to The Flats in St. Marys, starting ation family business on Thursday July 27. The Summerfest will have the refreshment tent, 3 nights of operating since 1941. bands in the tent, and 4 full days of midway Craig’s Garage, on rides! The scheduled bands in the tent are, Hwy #19 in Medina, Thursday night: Motive Force, Friday night: has been dedicated Metallicats, and Saturday night: Wide Open to great customer ser- Throttle. Headlining bands will be hitting the vice for over 75 years. stage at 10 pm each Thursday, Friday and Kevin Craig has Saturday! owned the business - Tim Hortons is sponsoring a free swim at since 2006, following the Quarry on Friday, June 30th from 1-4pm. his father Rand Craig who succeeded Wal- - The St. Marys annual Town Wide Yard lace Craig in 1975. Sale is set for Saturday July 15th this year. Craig’s Garage is best Starting at 8 am a number of residents known in the area for around town will have various items for sale. Please contact us at 519-284-0041 or info@ servicing small en- stmarysindependent.com if you would like gines and equipment. ka Power Equipment, maintenance months a.m. to 5 p.m., and to place an ad for this years event. As well, they carry Snapper, and Kawa- are busiest at the ga- Saturdays from 8:00 new product lines of saki. rage, Craig’s also a.m. to noon. 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We I thought no matter what pitcher, a tri-light lamp, remembers people taking and this girl who had a husband 28. We had to flew from Alberta to To- don’t do anything wrong, hand embroidered pillow rolls of toilet paper and crush on me! We dated live with my parents a ronto and honeymooned so I wouldn’t let him kiss cases, china plates, cups running them all through- for 3 years. In the sum- couple of years as there in St.Marys, Ontario. Jim me. After the war, I mar- & saucers. Why Willy out the house. Mike re- mer we’d often go to the were no apartments to said he remembers doing ried a man who was 16 even got a horse and a calls someone taking a Mustang Drive-In Theatre rent after the war. After all the housework for the years older than myself dog, a bushel of apples 10,000 foot bundle of in Nilestown, and in the just two years of marriage first month until he could and we had a three day and a basket of plums as twine and wrapping all winter skating at the In- we moved to Canada. find himself a job. wedding celebration with wedding gifts! This was 10,000 feet around the gersoll arena. We went Jim and Carolynne Joan Wildgust also had lots of dancing, drinking, in a war-torn country and couples’ vehicle. Jim skating so often that the O’Hearn were both recall- a short 3 month court- music and singing. It was these were things of lux- Hunter remembers peo- fellow told me my skates ing their short 3 months ship. We also began quite a party! ury at that time. We got ple putting limburger had been sharpened so of courting days. Jim dating in September and Mike recalls starting out our household gifts given cheese on the car man- much they were done said “ I went to a dance were married in Decem- on the wrong foot on his to us at the time of our ifold and others remem- for and there was noth- at the Canmore Alberta ber of the same year. I first date. He and an- engagement. Joan re- ber confetti being put into ing left to sharpen! We Legion and told my friend was 18 and my husband other fellow had a ‘drag members getting a potato the bride & groom's car married the month before I was going to wait until only 17 when we mar- race’ and the girl was not pot and household things vents. my 18th birthday and my the dance started , to see ried. We honeymooned impressed at all. She did for their wedding gifts. Ruth Coulthard recalls wife was 21. Because I who came single. After in Niagara Falls, NY.. My go out with me and just As we remember, at our meeting the neighbours wasn’t quite 18 my father the dance started, I no- husband was too young 5 months later we were weddings guests would in the back field with had to sign a consent ticed Carolynne standing to be enlisted in the war married. I was 20 at the throw confetti as you the tractors and making form for me to marry. alone so I asked her up to but there were simply time and she was 18. On came out of the church plans to just “drop in” Maria Eybergen said “I the dance floor. Neither no apartments to rent our wedding day I had a and tie tin cans to the on a wedding reception. grew up in Holland and one of us could dance during the war time.so we guy sit atop a load of hay back of your car to make They did this so often that didn’t date until after the very well but we were came home to live with to keep watch on my car noise as you drove down anyone having a wedding war was over. There sim- smitten for each other my mother for the first 5 that nobody tampered the street. Some of us automatically expected ply were no young men by the end of the night. years of our marriage with it. He spotted some- recall pranks pulled on to have them drop in on around as they were all We spent all the time Willy Sullivan said “During one tying some tin cans us when our friends and their wedding receptions! at war. Once the war we could with each oth- WWII when I was a teen- to the back, told me and I relatives come to Chiva- Ruth said “We sure did was over there were a er, walking everywhere ager I lived in Latvia. The was able to take them off. ree us. A Chivaree usu- have a lot of fun back lot of street dances and as I didn’t own a car. Russians had invaded I also remember at our ally began by standing then!” Those were the parties. My first date, I Carolynne was a school and we had to hide in wedding reception, my outside your home and days! remember sitting in the teacher and I’d go over the basement during the brother-in-law was ‘pass- making as much racquet Submitted by : Jim Hunt- front window sewing to her place and mark the day and walk all night ing-the-shoe” to collect as possible. They’d bang er, Mike O’Hearn, Maria and waiting – I heard Grade 2 school papers so they couldn’t find us. money for us, the bride pots and pans and holler/ Eybergen, Jim & Car- him whistle and saw him just to spend more time Therefore, we never dat- and groom. He managed yell. Wilma remembers olynne O’Hearn, Joan wave to me. I dropped with her. Carolynne’s ed, especially at night. I to collect $35 –believe it living with her parents af- Wildgust, Willy Sullivan, my sewing and went out 5 sisters helped her plan was 16 years old when I or not, it was enough for ter being married. When Ruth Coulthard, Jessica to meet him. We had lots and put on the wedding. went to the movie theatre us to go on a honeymoon their friends came to Chi- MacDonald and Isabel of fun at the street danc- They cooked a turkey on my first date. It was to Manitoba and back! varee them, they put live Mardlin. many, Adolf Hitler and This Day in History -June 30th his Nazi regime car- ried out an outrageous 1908 – The Tunguska than that of the Hiroshi- humans were inside ous discussion on the purge of both real and Event. ma atomic bomb. the immediate blast topic of asteroid impact potential political oppo- Imagine an explosion Fortunately, this event zone, the shock wave avoidance. nents that officially left so great that it reaped occurred in the vast knocked people off their 2017 marks the third 85 dead but upwards to destruction upon an emptiness of Russian feet and broke windows year of Asteroid 150 or 200 in total. area of 2,150 square Siberia and therefore hundreds of kilometres Day, which was first Within a three day peri- kilometres (roughly the there were no human away. launched in 2015 on od beginning June 30th, size of Perth County). casualties as opposed The shocking power this date to mark the 1934, Operation Hum- ing the way for Hitler This is exactly what to the devastation that of this asteroid that anniversary of the Tun- mingbird killed leaders to consolidate his hold happened on June 30, could’ve resulted in a entered earth’s atmo- guska Event. The pri- of groups such as the on power. On August 1908 when an asteroid populated area. This is sphere has been the mary goal of Asteroid SA (Sturmabteilung), 1st, one day prior to impact event occurred why you’ve likely never constant study of sci- Day is to raise aware- the Nazis’ own paramil- the imminent death of releasing energy about heard of the Tungus- entists since 1908 and ness about a potentially itary Brownshirts orga- German President Paul 1,000 times greater ka Event. Though no has helped spark seri- catastrophic event and nization, the left-wing von Hindenburg, Hitler to in turn take steps to Strasserist faction of and his cabinet passed mitigate the risk, pri- the Nazi Party, as well a law that merged the marily by ramping up as selected establish- office of president with discovery and tracking ment conservatives and that of Chancellor. The of Near-Earth Asteroids. anti-Nazis. following day, Hitler be- 1934 – Night of the In the wake of the came the first Führer of Long Knives. massive and horrifying Germany. Seventeen months fol- purge, opposition to the lowing his appointment Nazi Government was as Chancellor of Ger- largely silenced, pav- By Stewart Grant 28 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Upcoming Events Help Wanted Thank You

Mature Student needed The St. Marys Lions Club would like to thank all the people who donated For general labour. Transportation a must as wonderful door prices for this years hours may vary and we are located in a rural setting. Able and willing to work outdoors in Annual Car Show. With the following different aspects of maintenance at the shop as sponsors generosity, our show was well as helping with service calls to customers once again succesfull. when needed. Action Health Care Jackson's Pharmacy Email resume to [email protected] All Roads Jeep Napa Auto Parts Army, Navy & Air Force Pass-it-on Unit 265 Radar Auto Parts Ashton Tire SDS Car Care & Barista's Detailing Carpe Vinum Sensations Salon Cascade Cleaners Shur Gain Charlie & Evelyn Albers St. Marys Ford Dowler Karn St. Marys Golf & Country Downtown Pontiac Club Dunny's Sports St. Marys Rental The St. Marys Golf & Country Club is Fawcett Tractor Stonetown Coffee HIRING BANQUET STAFF Flower Shop & More Tradition Insurance Harris-Greig Automotive Ulch Transport For Summer / Fall 2017 Hubbard's Pharmacy Village Craft & Candle Independent Grocery Wildwood Conservation Area Willing to work in fast-paced and fun environment

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Congratulations Hadyn on your Gordon L. Smith graduation from Essential Helicopters Commercial Pilot Program. Open House on Saturday July 8th We are so proud of you, at Brown's School House • 1pm - 4pm Love Mom & Dad At Browns Corners (corner of Rd. 42 & Line 13) No gifts please, your presence are his presents.

Deadline for all Upcoming Events and Classifieds isWEDNESDAY AT NOON of the week the ad is to be run! Any ads Submitted after MAY NOT MAKE IT IN! Phone: 284-0041 Fax: 284-0042 Email: [email protected] St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 29 St. Marys Museum SHOOT!!! Mouth-Watering Artifact of the Week There seems to be flap around again about gun control laws. It started when mom warned Angus Beef “You’ll shoot your eye out”. Since my first B.B. gun (a Daisy), controversy over firearms has 30 LB BOXES been bantered about. I must admit that once or twice I may (10 LB STEAKS, 10 have bent the rules a bit in the BB gun era. I did however learn the basics of gun safety and responsibility from my fa- LB ROASTS, 10 LB ther who never owned or wanted to own a firearm (He was HAMBURG) a stern disciplinarian). As time went on I joined the only gun club that existed in St. Marys at the time. (To my knowledge) $275.00 PER BOX You may recall that I spoke of George Bradley as the pres- - Hormone FREE ident and many of the shooters of that time. We learned of - Locally Raised safe gun handling and through the sponsorship of C.I.L. could Contact JJ Deslippe 519-275-1739 through safe practices and marksmanship earn our Dominion This week’s artifact from the St. Marys Museum is a or atie eslippe Marksmanship pins (which I still have). We shot single shot K D 519-274-3882 Hudson’s Bay Company tobacco tin. Established in 22 caliber rifles (small caliber). None of these club members 1670 as a fur trade company, the Hudson’s Bay Com- ever were a threat to public safety. The term Dominion of pany is now a Canadian icon. This is one of 150 Cana- Canada was the term for our country and that is pertinent in recognizing that firearms and their regulation is a Federal/ dian artifacts in our “150 Years in 150 Objects” exhibit country wide jurisdiction. When we generalize and say that that is opening on Canada Day. If you are planning to “In the U.S. they really have little or no regulation” in fact we partake in the Canada Day festivities in Cadzow Park are wrong. States and even counties all have their own regu- be sure to stop into the St. Marys Museum! In addition lations. (Some would say lack of same) to our exhibit grand opening, there will also be a num- From the gist of this you would think that I am against fire- ber of children’s activities happening. The St. Marys arm regulation. I do however believe in gun laws. I believe Museum will be open regular hours all Canada Day that labeling hand guns as restricted is in most cases a good weekend, with additional hours of 11:30am-8:00pm on idea. As I have probably mentioned I can’t see why anyone July 1 for the Canada Day festivities. Happy Canada requires an automatic (prohibited) weapon. They don’t seem Day to all of our Independent readers! For more infor- necessary for hunting or competitive/sport shooting. I’m sure mation about this artifact, contact the St. Marys Muse- others might disagree. um at 519-284-3556 or [email protected]. I have avoided stating my opinion on gun rules to a great degree but regulations regarding transporting a licensed firearm and rules regarding prohibited weapons are in instances ridiculous. Some hand guns have changed little since Brown- ST. MARYS UNITED CHURCH ing, Winchester, Smith and Wesson etc. patented their arms in the 1800’s or early 1900’s. Especially in small caliber guns 85 CHURCH ST. S., ST. MARYS 519.284.3016 it makes no sense to arbitrarily decide magically one year of www.stmarysunitedchurch.weebly.com the gun is subject to different regulation from a year newer Minister: Rev. Doug Loucks version. To me it is a shame to crush history because some Music Director: Timothy Gilbert great expert on criminal behavior has the notion that since Guest Organist: Gretchen Rozak a tiny gun is concealable that it is inherently of great dan- ger. I’d like to see data backing up such folly! I think that Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 criminals use illegal guns. I don’t think they want a small cal- 10:30am Worship Service iber (pea shooter). I don’t think they care if it has a legal (restricted) barrel length or not (prohibited). I think the thought Andrew L. Hodges Funeral Home pattern behind regulations is flawed, outdated and illogical. I do believe in “Live and Let Live” In that vein, responsible Locally owned and operated by gun owners are hunting or sport shooting causing no harm. Andrew Hodges since 2003 Sport and tactical shooting are gaining greatly in popularity 47 Wellington St. South, St. Marys P.O. Box 304 and are based on safe firearm ownership and handling in the extreme. Hunting is tightly monitored and regulated and is Tel: 519.284.2820 Email: [email protected] popular with those who enjoy the challenge and the food on the table. Tightening regulation that appears to be pushed by Website: www.hodgesfuneralhome.ca Ontario (happen to live here) is going to extremes! (My opin- This week we honour the memory of: ion) An RCMP transfer and verification (Federal) can be ac- complished reasonably but only in Ontario can it take weeks John McMurray - June 3, 2017 to accomplish what should require the same checks and time DO YOU HAVE AN UPCOMING EVENT line? Don’t they have computers and data files? It is what it is YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT? For service details please call the but there is room for improvement and people should prob- Andrew L. Hodges Funeral Home Starting as low as $35 a week Contact us at: ably try a little harder to accept that others have rights and 519–284–2820 or visit opinions that don’t have to agree with yours. It’s such a large [email protected] • P:519-284-0041 F:519-284-0042 www.hodgesfuneralhome.ca complicated subject. REMINISCING: There was a time when it was more common to see a pigeon coup in a yard or pigeons on a rooftop. In the Your Fortune Cookie Corner West Ward Dutch Moses was next to the fair grounds and in If it’s your Birthday this week: his yard there were I believe two pigeon coups and quite a An exciting year awaits you Cancer, but you'll have to be willing number of racing pigeons. Perhaps I could have mentioned to leave past regrets behind you in order to make the most of earlier that Black’s had Homing pigeons and Bob Lang had what is to come. A new level of happiness and prosperity await. some beautiful rollers and tumblers (pretty but weird pigeons The choice is yours. Good Luck! that roll in flight or tumble/ summersault). Dutch was well For the rest of us: known locally for his hockey coaching prowess as well as Your Happiness Level can be multiplied this week by staying open to being a good boxer. It was he who helped me get into the last minute offers for fun and adventures not designed by you. A wish homing pigeon hobby. come true awaits. Have a wonderful Canada Day Weekend and Enjoy! “HAPPY CANADA DAY and GOD BLESS” BILL CUBBerley. *Gift certificates now available* Until Next Week, May Peace and Love be with You All. Namaste Tracey Milne AAHP Available for private & Party Consultations*Long Distance Specialist 30 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition The Class of 2017 Graduation Award Winners DCVI Holy Name of Mary School Lions Club Academic Proficiency Award General Proficiency Award Anna McIntosh Ava Bettger, Ben Winchester Dan Storey Memorial (Valedictorian) Anna McIntosh, Lili Smith Valedictorian Jared Lucas French Award Abigail Jeffrey Language Arts (English) Evan Butler English Award Anna McIntosh Science Award Ethan Aarts French Award Ava Bettger Math Award Curtis Taylor Science and Technology Award Jacob Boyd, Ben Winchester History Award Caleb Poel Social Sciences Award Halley Robertson Geography Award Lili Smith Math Award Loghan Hodkinson Missy Little Award (for perseverance) Emily Arsenault OPP Citizenship Award Max Smith William Eckert Memorial (outstanding community service) Ontario Principal’s Council Leadership Award Jacklyn Burge Ethan Aarts Ron Aitken Environmental Award Melanie Martin OECTA Catholic Values Award Abigail Kittmer Jackie Noble Arts Award Kyra McLennan Visual Arts Award Anna McIntosh Music Award Jacklyn Burge, Parker Jamieson Drama Award Abigail Jeffrey Music Award Lauren Dafoe, Madison Haines Most Improved Student Matt Young YMCA Healthy Living Award William Gozzard, Paolo Linares YMCA Healthy Living Award Alex Var, Kaitlyn Dufton Larry Langan Meeting the Challenge Award Madison Corby Pat Latta Friendship Awards Jayden Payne, Santana Mowat, Most Improved Award William Gozzard Ashleigh Treanor, Alex Var Will Simons’ Memorial Award Paolo Linares Nolan Shackleton, Skylar Algra Female Athlete Award Anna McIntosh Top Female Athlete Ava Bettger Male Athlete Award Ethan Aarts, Owen Wrigley Top Male Athlete Sam Sedley, Owen McIntosh

HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY CANADA! We are celebrating our 1st Birthday 15% o ENTIRE STORE June 27 to July 28 ueen St E St arys St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 31 The Class of 2017 Graduation Award Winners South Perth Centennial Public School Downie Central Public School Top Female Academic Achiever Award Emma Bentley Top Academic Award Olivia Beckett

Top Male Academic Achiever Award Owen Zurbrigg Math Award Olivia Beckett

Valedictorian Cassie Bickell French Award Olivia Beckett

Citizenship Award Cassie Bickell Art Award Gavin Hofman

French Award Emma Bentley English Award Sahar Mankal

Music Award Nicole Elliker Drama Award Grayson Good

Science/Technology Award Abigail Marshall History Award Noah Attinger Geography Award Louisa Mueller Social Sciences Award Aaron Waugh Science Award Brendan Burdett Mathematics Award Owen Zurbrigg Music Award Sahar Mankal Visual Arts Award Kathryn Ruthig OPC Leadership Award Ethan Skinner Most Improved Student Award Conner McLean Most Improved Student Award Gavin Hofman Laura Froud Creative Writing Award Mallory Ulch Citizenship Award Anika Sindwani Leanna Amy Tanner Leadership Award Mallory Ulch Marg Eve (OPP) Memorial Award Lily Camden OPC Leadership Award Cassie Bickell Top Female Athlete Award Olivia Beckett Top Female Athlete Award Emma Bentley Top Male Athlete Award Owen Shantz Top Male Athlete Award Graham Thomson 32 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition

HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY CANADA! Serving St. Marys since 1958

‘Row T Toky’ We will be documenting the journey of St. Marys’ own Cody Bailey on his pursuit of the 2020 Olympics in our segments called "Cody Bailey: Row To Tokyo". Cody will periodically keep us informed on where he is and what he is up to on this great journey.

“After racing in May I squeaked into the closed training group at the National Training Centre in Victoria BC. Since then my months have consisted of heavy weeks of training from Monday to Saturday 2-3 times a day in preparation for the upcoming summer season of racing. The days have been long and we have built up to some gruelling training blocks where we are doing upwards of 230 km's a week with additional weights and dynamic stretching sessions. The strongest guys in the group (consisting mainly of guys who have spent years on the team and/or have attended 1 or 2 olympics) have been preparing to race World Cup III in Lucerne Switzerland. I have been with them every step of the way time trialing and racing up and down the lake day in and day out, learning what it is to be a world class athlete. I've been enjoying the intensely competitive environment and have seen quite a lot of improvement in the last few months. My skills are developing slow and steady and I recently pulled the 6th fasted 2km ergometer test (a test we do frequently to gauge raw ﬁtness on the indoor rowing machine) on the team, with a time of 5:55.3s. A few of us who are not attending World Cup III will be heading to Ohio State to race US Nationals for some international experience on a smaller scale. I'm not entirely sure what the rest of the season will hold, but for now the preparation continues!” - Cody Bailey If you are interested in helping Cody’s "Row To Tokyo" Journey then please Contact Don Corby for sponsorship opportunities at 519-282-1942. St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition Friday, June 30, 2017 33 Town Hall Gateway Landscape feature & New Sign

The Town Hall Gateway Landscape feature was completed this week in time for July 1st. It was a combined effort from three companies. Nicholson Concrete did the sidewalks, Red Rock Construction built the planter and St. Marys Landscaping planted the trees and plants. In conjunction with the new landscaping, a new sign was erected at the Town Hall on Thursday. The sign was made by Ontario Signs. Thank You Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, events due to a prior great staff, students Congratulations to commitment. We have and community. We South Perth Centennial very happy memories wish the school another Hyatt School on the occasion of our time at South 50 years of quality edu- The family of the late Leonard "Earl" Hyatt, wish to extend our sincere of their 50th anniver- Perth. Some memories cation. thanks for the many kindnesses, condolences and support that we sary. Also, congratula- are sad as we remem- Sincerely, have received from family, friends and co-workers in our time of tions to the committee ber students and staff Pierre Chateauvert sorrow. We also send our gratitude and appreciation to the Wildwood who organized the suc- who have passed. (1993 to 2004) Care Centre and staff for Dad's care during his stay there, The Andrew cessful community cel- SPCS was a great Mary Chateauvert Hodges funeral home for their help and guidance with arrangements. ebration. We were sor- place to teach, learn (1987-89, 1998 to A special Thank You to Lily Kampferseck for the wonderful service she ry to have missed the and grow, thanks to 2006) put together for our Dad. You all made a difficult time much easier and will not be forgotten. The Hyatt Family. The Week Ahead Saturday, July 1 Sunday, July 2 Canada Day Parade – Leaves St. Marys United Church worship the Pyramid Centre at 11:00 service – 10:30 am ACETAMINOPHEN EXTRA DESLORATADINE ALLERGY FACIAL TISSUES, am, North on James St, West Friday, July 7 STRENGTH, TABLETS 100 CONTROL, 5MG - TABLETS 10 70, 88, 126 on Queen St, South on Water St, A.N.A.F. Bavarian Gardens East on Park St to Cadzow Park ONLY – Opens at Noon, Live $6.39 Canada Day Celebration at Entertainment featuring Bender Cadzow Park – Begins at 11:30 – 9:00 pm – 1:00 am and continues throughout the Canada 150 Play “Carved in day Stone, Etched in History” at the Mac Ridley’s 85 Birthday Open Town Hall Auditorium – 7:30 pm ONLY $7.99 House at 422 Jones St E – 2:00 Offer ends June 28, 2017 ONLY 69¢ – 4:00 pm P.O. BOX 957, 155 Queen Street East, St. Marys ON, N4X 1B6 ● Phone: 519.284.1380 ● Fax: 519.284.1283

Deadline for all Upcoming Events and Classifieds isWEDNESDAY AT NOON of the week the ad is to be run! Any ads Submitted after MAY NOT MAKE IT IN! Phone: 284-0041 Fax: 284-0042 Email: [email protected] 34 Friday, June 30, 2017 St. Marys Independent - Commemorative Edition If you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you may live in Canada If the speed limit on the highway is 80km — you’re going 90 and everybody is passing you, you may live in Canada What Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Ca- live in Canada If driving is better in the winter because the nucks If you know several people who have hit a potholes are filled with snow, you may live in If your local Dairy Queen is closed from Sep- deer more than once, you may live in Can- Canada tember through May you may live in Canada. ada If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, If someone in a Home Depot store offers you If you have switched from “heat” to “A/C” in winter, still winter and road construction, you assistance and they don’t work there, you the same day and back again, you may live may live in Canada may live in Canada. in Canada If you have more miles on your snow blower If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same If you can drive 90 kms/hr through 2 feet of than your car, you may live in Canada. time, you may live in Canada snow during a raging blizzard without flinch- If you find 2 degrees “a little chilly”, you may If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversa- ing, you may live in Canada live in Canada tion with someone who dialed a wrong num- If you install security lights on your house If you actually understand these jokes, and ber, you may live in Canada and garage, but leave both unlocked, you tell all your Canadian friends & others, you If “Vacation” means going anywhere south may live in Canada definitely live in Canada. of Muncie for the weekend you may live in If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife Canada. knows how to use them, you may live in Can- If you measure distance in hours, you may ada Walch Strawberries McCOTTER Buy already picked daily fresh, ML LAW OFFICE or pick your own. OPEN Stephen • Mon – Friday 8am – 7pm • Saturday 8am – 5pm McCotter • Sunday 10am – 5pm Barrister, Solicitor & Notary Public www.mccotterlawoffice.com For daily updates [email protected] call 519-272-1423. Located just outside Stratford on Hwy 7 & 19 south 174 Queen St. E., St. Marys (Erie Street) kitty corner to Ed’s Concrete Products. 226.661.5297 519.284.2840 Capturing Daze Robson Scrap Metal e omes enoations Photography o erin eamless For all your Open 8 to 4:30 aestrouhin Photographer Masonry Monday - Friday located in needs! St. Marys, ON. 8 to 11:30 Saturdays •iin Portrait/Model Specializing 519.284.2800 •ll •intin •eent ok photography and in Heritage •e oos •itions live sports action Renovation, •elceent inos installing brick & stone on photography. custom homes as well as Call ete pointing and stone restoration. capturingdaze.ca arb Vossen Cell: 519-274-3690 206–211 Carling St. 226-236-4145 Email: [email protected] St. Marys

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