Postcard Memories

Author explores Tiny's beaches when everyone enjoyed unfettered access

A fixture on King Street since Joe Lan started it in 1916, the Café closed for good after Qua Lee’s death in 1965

The first Catholic Mass in Ontario was held in 1615 at Carhagouha, not far from present-day Lafontaine

Author hopes kids will be able to enjoy an idyllic summer camp experience this year

'Helen is well into her nineties now, and taking it easy hanging out with her friends and family and still visiting the vets and the shut-ins every year, author notes

Graham family matriarch 'a force to be reckoned with'

'As a cub, then a scout, I marched with the men and women, wrapped in their thoughts and on the edge of tears always, as they moved slowly and deliberately through the act of remembrance,' writer recalls

Dr. Walter Mandler, a physicist (summa cum laude), specialized in optics as the VP Research and Development for Leitz Canada

'John was the head of the program and the orchestra played music from the forties featuring Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Harry James and others from the era,' author recalls

'At that early date, we learn, there were few cottages and these houseboats were moved from place to place,' author notes