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Metropolitan Toronto and Saturday and Sunday .ati f'
Region Conservation' ternoon between 2: oo p.fn. I;
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Authority invites you to and 4100 m., u t0
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enjoy' preparations for
An added treat for families' ,
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Creek Pioneer stile, i in Black on weekends will be special
The TraveWn Storekeeper + > > `»' • s`r s
8+r> g Christmas Dinner ,
We think many aspects of life in From now to Januar '4 the (reservntiotis are essential) '
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yesteryears were crude and inconvenient. Village staff demonstrate at Black Creek's Half Way
But, when I was a girl, we did our weekly how settlers prepared and House on the following
shopping without leaving home. A observed the Yule. The Sundays: 7th, 14thagdgist of
travelling storekeepei.-brought a mobile and snuff, cigars, cigarettes, -matches and Village houses display the December. For reservatl'ot
general store to our back doo{. lighters. simple decorations of the telphone 661-6654,' s
Every Thursday about four o'c4ock an For the handy men, the store stocked period -= wreaths of The Village is open week- t r
old ton truck crept dawn our road. Because hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers evergreen boughs, .garlands days from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00,
it carried a fragile load, its maximum speed and hand saws.Th ey•also contained nails, m: and on weekends from'j
reached only ten to fifteen miles per hohr, screws, nuts and bolts, extension cords and of cranberries and popcorn P•
The driver, who was also the store's and the traditional kissing 10:00 a.m. to 4130 p.m. It
tight bulbs. In case of accidents or minor balls. The kitchens are filled will beelosed Christmas Day l a
and clerk, detoured into ever
proprietor Y ailments, the store provided bandages, with the aromas of freshly and New Year's Day only.
farm lane. liniment, aspirins, cough drops, vitamins Black Creek Pioneer
When he stopped, he unlatched two and hot water bottles. Someti s it b ed fancy breads, cakes,
mi meat and puddings. Village, located at Janes
hori�ntal hinged boards on both sides of resembled a travelling medicine show!
g To dd to the Christmas Street and Steeles Avenue in
° the truck. The bottona boardsaserved as
Of course, the children's eyes popped at Northwest Metro Toronto is
counters, and the to ones were propped scene at Black Creek, the psi
P P PP the sight of the licorice sticks, jawbreakers, administered b The .r• i �,:
choir members from St. Y �
up like awnings., Inside were home-made
peanuts and chocolate bars. For school, the • a x
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wooden shelves resembling the ones in the students collected pens, pencils, erasers Islip ton will sirig Christmas Region Conservation
village store.They were stacked with and ink, scribblers, scrapbooks, scissors,
Authority.
literally everything from soup to nuts; glue and Scotch tape. carols in various locations
ever member of the family found g•
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somethingthe needed. },�(
Y that merchandise neatly into a ton truck
'The mothers bought groceries, such, as, remains a mystery.The items were never , ^� .,,�y,.• J 7 r ""',..`• k +1'yd9, y*�+ - ,f,A i 'Sr , tI "J.li`c�rti �i'f,C ,; 5'tP "
bread, potatoes, canned meats and damaged and seldom even dusty. +�
vegetables, brown and white sugar, flour, He hit the road as soon as the snow * 1
vinegar, salt and ei er, tea bags and
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coffee. To . help with tl�ieir baking, they until the return of snow in the fall forced "PREPARATIONS FOR ChiliiSTMAS" From now until January 9th Black Creek
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selected pie plates, cake pans and muffin him to hibernate. Each.,day he followed a ;z y'y � li
tins, rolling pins, wooden spoons and planned route., ' beginning shortly after _ � � Pioneer Village recalls the Christmases of pre -Confederation rural Ontario. The
paring knives. dawnand ending atdusk.' Wh ile he was foods, decorations and rituals of Ontario's early settlers are recreated in special
For house cleaning, they obtained away, his wife tended their village store. demonstrations. The homes of the Village have been decorated to reflect the life
brooms, dust pans, mops and floor wax. Each night they restocked the truck's •
styles and beliefs of the original owners.
They found detergent, dishcloths, pot shelves; sometimes they toiled until eleven
holders, aprons and toothpicks as well as
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toothpaste d toothbrushes. In aLTdition, He visited almost •every ' home in the
they acquir d pins and needles, thimbles, township and calx everyone by nAme, 0 ADDRESS LABELS
thread, yarn, zippers and buttons for 'Few people failed to recognize or to WITH POSTAL CODE[= I
SCWIn **? -' 1,006 Deluxe, Gummed Padded, Address Labels
P • welcome him and his truck., j y Printed 'with -YDui Namk Address and Postal
The portable store carried more that; Of course, the brand names on'"his Code Only $1.95 Postobiv Please Print Your.;
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housewares, though. Hair brushes and shelves were few; the ,selection was Name .and Address Catirfy, 'OrdO Yours Today '"44from BURDEN SALES CO.;''f';>ftt a �stal
combs, curlers, rollers and bobby pins limited. He certainly couldn't•compete with ' ' '"" Station D, Hamilton, Ontario L VI t "
-were available for the ladies. meanwhile, our moderp markets. Nevertheless, his GROUPS: WRITE FOR FUND FiAISING PLA S.
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the farmers outfitted themselves with service was convenient and reliable; it was
overalls, plaid work shirts, polka dot invaluable to our community in those days, • ,.�.
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