COZY CORNER by Janet Isherwood
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YOUR OLDTIME STYLE PUBLICATION WITH TODAY’S NEWS FOR SENIORS JULY - 2020 FRASER VALLEY - LOWER MAINLAND EDITION Volume 25 - Number 8 FREE - Please take a copy or by SUBSCRIPTION see page three CANADIAN PUBLICATIONS MAIL PRODUCT SALES AGREEMENT #40025695 Inside This Issue ACCORDION TO DAN by Dan Propp ......................................................... 3 COOKING UP A STORM DURING COVID-19 by Ursula Maxwell Lewis ...................................... 4 HICCUPS WHILE TRAVELLING by Lenora A. Hayman ........................................... 5 FINANCIAL NEWS by Rick C. Singh ................................................... 6 THE PHARMACIST REVIEW ........................... 7 STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH by Mel Kositsky ..................................................... 8 WORD FIND PUZZLE ....................................... 13 HOME IMPROVEMENT by Shell Busey ..................................................... 13 WRITE AS I PLEASE by Mel Kositsky ................................................... 14 COZY CORNER by Janet Isherwood .............................................. 16 DAPHNI MONASTERY AND ANCIENT CORINTH BACK IN TIME ON MAINLAND GREECE by Chris Millikan ................................................. 17 FOR SENIORS - BY SENIORS Daphni Monastery And Ancient Corinth Back In Time On Mainland Greece - Full Article page 18 WITH NEWS YOU CAN USE Everyone loves the 70s AM Radio Hits! Re-live the K-Tel Classics with the enormously talented Dan Hare as he recreates some of your favorite songs. 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Something that was news to me, recently Do you still remember ink wells, blotter roles, on CBC Radio, the commentator stated that Franklin when black boards were still black, not green and the D. Roosevelt was in New Brunswick when he con- principal rang the bell by hand? The days of playing tracted the polio virus. Apparently the United States board games by Milton Bradley or Parker Brothers or would not let the future president of the United States Solitaire with real playing cards instead of computer return from Canada because of the danger of spread- games. ing the polio virus. It took some convincing to finally THEM’S WAS THE DAZE allow him to return to New York for treatment. Can We look forward to jawbreakers, licorice sticks, one even conceive how history during the Second and good old Double-Bubble Bubble Gum. There World could possibly have been altered if his return to were no convenience stores or adults playing govern- the United States was not finally granted? ment lottery ‘quick picks’. After a day of reading and Because of the past and what the world is experi- writing at school, we’d run to the neighbourhood Ma encing today, media has been taking us back to sound and Pa store to purchase a snack or two. By the way and film clips that bring back many memories for us do you still recollect watching films from the National ‘youngsters’. The following bit of rhyme might also Film Board in the classroom? I bet many of those reprise a national and local memory or two. days tend to return to shore. REMEMBER WHEN Foundations upon what you and I were pro- By the way seniors, does this once modern The days of Prime Minister Diefenbaker, do you grammed have certainly changed. The world appears piece of technology ring a bell? recall the slogan, follow John? Some folks were still to be pouring a different kind of cement, and thus the (Photo: Dan Propp) driving a Studebaker. How about the times of Tommy following. Douglas, Lester Pearson and all those non digital FOUNDATIONS days, now all gone? We used to be a Dominion. Today, many, if Remember the days of Vancouver talk shows with they’re lucky, live in a house or condominium. It’s a Jack Webster, Pat Burns, Ed Murphy and the dry world of high rises, townhouses, homeless tents and humour of CJOR s morning man, Monty McFarlane? many a divergent opinion. Our foundations, if fortu- What about sitting and chatting at the Cave Theatre nate enough, are often cemented with everything from TODAY’S SENIOR NEWSMAGAZINE LTD. Fraser Valley / Lower Mainland Edition Restaurant or Isy's Supper Club. Now that restaurants press board to aluminum and structured with concepts Box 61533 - Brookswood P.O. Langley, B. C. - V3A 8C8 are opening up again with social distance seating and far removed from the days of former appetite--micro E-Mail: [email protected] temperature checks, we’re learning to adjust to a new waved away from songs on a former hit parade such ‘normal’. as Gene Autry singing “Home On The Range”. These Publications Mail Registration #40025695 Do you recall Vancouver’s Ritz and Alcazar days a solution is to always try to maintain a sense of Printed in Canada, Blackpress hotels, Kelly’s Records, and all that normality some humour and generosity. of us still cherish? Does the thought of your first type- Please visit www.Nostalgicroads.Weebly.com Publishers / Copyright Disclaimer: No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transferred writer, still ring a bell? How about Duthies books, Search for Song CD’s by Dan Propp via cdbaby. without first obtaining written permission from the Publisher, but we The Book Bin, and hearing old ‘blue eyes’ singing, com and also www.soundcloud.com do welcome requests. “Love and marriage go together like a horse and car- Plus books via www.amazon.ca The opinions expressed herein are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the publishers, staff or riage”? Downtown there was the Ham Shack and a employees of Today’s Senior. top restaurant called The Sir Walter Raleigh...just a SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE Due care and attention is used in checking advertising copy for few years go, it seems. Playing the Irish Sweepstakes CONTRIBUTES TO BETTER MENTAL AND accuracy and legitimacy, but no warranty is implied or given by the was still a sin and an Imperial gallon of gas cost about PHYSICAL HEALTH publishers. We reserve the right to refuse any advertising or editorial While it’s no surprise that being outdoors contrib- submissions which we believe to be inconsistent with the concept of fifty cents. We still had cents, just a ‘penny for the the publication. thought’. utes to better physical health, a recent study shows it All submissions should by typed (double spaced where possible). When there was far less technology and before can also improve mental health. Submissions and pictures are submitted at owner’s risk. Make copies texting as well as being in a perpetual ‘virtual’ hurry, The study combined data from one million Danish of important pictures and documents please and ensure you are the authorized copyright holder of any supplied content. people wrote in sentence form. It seems shortened residents and found that children who were raised sur- All submissions and columns fall under the Registration of Today’s versions of words or sentences are in daily use. For rounded by nature and green spaces had a 55 per cent Senior. example, “Could I have a bit more mayonnaise, lower incidence of developing mental health issues as adults. As Today’s Senior continues to grow in popularity, an increasing please.” You may hear “I’ll have a bit more mayo, number of people and businesses are advertising their service, please.” Going for walks and enjoying areas like parks, concept or product as either a regular advertisement or in a paid Thus the joke, if you eat too much mayo, the sports fields or even your own backyard has shown to editorial format. Therefore we suggest that you follow logical result might end up with a trip to the Mayo Clinic in provide enjoyment for families and contributes to consumer practices and guidelines when purchasing any products or services.