HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-11-27, Page 3n: h couple celebrates e 50 years
marriage; relive special memo
by Pat LiVingston.
Memories are special. And for
Wally and. Mares &rendes, of .nth-
to hg one u has,
lasted through 50 yews ofplumage
This month they relived that•.:.
mems �
by : rerng 1o, the scene
of .their' `honeymoon in .the clwen •
Sound
Married onNovember . f, 1
Wally and liar travelled 1• en
Sound. Holding a place of honour
irk one -Of their1y Pletture alba.:.
are two holos I►ne ot~each of the
sitting on, a„ bridge the day thy
were ed,Returning'tha this month'
to retake the pictures, Wanly said,
"We weathered 50 years WO than
the bridge~, thereris now -a new nne .;
at that Iocation "
Their lovef each other h' ext
enriched over the years rho doubt by{
their sense of humour. When aid.
where Mary was: rn and raised,.
Wally jokingly referred to her as
"baseline Mar?', referring.to, her.
.home in Kinloss Toship. Waiy,
born in Toronto, shoved to the• area
in 1935 when his parents purchased
Fishenrlan's n .Cove, where they
farmed and ran a simmer resort,
The first meeting of these two
took place ally .has
. dint y's parents, tete
Bushe ll's farm. He teases her by
sayinv=he: figured she was a pretty
good cook, Their" fust official date
was .,to the Old Boys' Reunion) 'i in
Walkerton. Neither revealed 'how
long they courted, but Wally said
after one winter, when he wrecked
a cutter and harness and almost
killed his team of horses, he
declared, "This is enough of this,
we're gettinthitched!" And so they
did. '
In January of 1942, Wally was,
called up to thef army and was in
Kitchener for two ninths and then
based in London. He shipped over
seas°on,Jun-8, 194.3 butnot before:
their est child Dura- was Wei n.
Marywra and: young) moved back
to Kinloss Township, wherethey
lived with. her • mo(her. ,Mary
remulis s that these must have
been hard times for a lot of young,
women,those whose
children weft born while .their ..-- ----�..
ailunwe�rs y�' recentl p'olU� :,,
husbands. were overs'
' 'a>1y returned ai`n► i ecem r t ire family, they ,pet'onnr ` rite . ,...,...
• . F tine at the' lion* •of t ✓.
fes. =They, lived I.u►clmot, and :- ` - r ',rat
during those year's Wally worked at
the furniture factorys. factofor Gil
lolhrough , where they made
aluminum. to let Wit hinges and
then ,for Elmer Johat in .his
garage R Streetmay.still recall purchasing their
home ' Rots Street for .$650.
Mary hos Vivid memories of one
year in that. house viten :it was sol:
col .she thought she'd never be
warm ngai. It owned out they had
a bad load of coal. When the next
load came in, Mary said she sta
to thaw out.
Warty. was a volunteer fire,
'when they lived,. in Luc ow. WS .,
job was to run downto the :o
pump house.and get the motors.
•
going' when, the h t
sounded.
In 1952 they took up residence in
IChtlough, purchasing theirI home
and property fromJun .ylc. ard
Proggeded to oPersto :their own
ggeriiydoing the
mechanical.work and Mary looking
after the
Now in their retirement yeas,
Wally keepsbusy "tinkering" in his
workshop and: Mary is a member of
the PentecostalWomen's.tea
ung the summer .they ..enY
la i►gtheir trailer to Adolphustown°
andSandbanks : ProVincialt Parka.
a y takes advantage of the oppor-
tunny' to get in as much fishing as
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