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THE ARBOR
43 Albert Street
Clinton, Ont.
482-3876
UP FRONT
In cold winter weather like we've been suffering through in
snowbelt country lately, one of the most comfortable places
used to be the railway station waiting room in your home
town where the big pot-bellied stove belched heat enough to
thaw out the most frozen passenger after a long sleighride in
from the country. Those are the kind of memories that
Elizabeth A. Willmot has brought back to many with her
book "Meet me at the Station" which was published by
Gage Publishing this past fall.
The book is full of pictures of old railway stations, many
from Western Ontario. It features stations at Goderich,
Clinton, Blyth, St. Mary's, Kincardine, Palmerston,
Petersburg as well as many from the area north of Toronto.
Exploring the railroad heritage a little further we look this
month at the Butter and Eggs Special, an unassuming little
railway that tied Western Ontario together on a north -south
route for many years and helped cement London as a major
trading centre for the prosperous farming country to the
north.
Our thanks for assistance in researching this article to Mrs.
Jack Legg Sr. of Birr for providing an article by Jennie
Roycraft Lewis on the railway and to the Clinton
News -Record.
We'll also take a look at what we turn our back on in Winter:
the beach. It may not have the pretty girls to look at in
January, but there are still some interesting sights.
We have the usual dining and entertainment information
and a flock of articles by area writers for your winter night
reading.
COVER: The old Blyth Station of the now defunct Butter and
Eggs Special of the C.N.R. is featured in the book Meet Me at
the Station, by Elizabeth Wilimot. Today the station is home
and workshop to a young musician who builds guitars.
CONTENTS
MEET ME AT THE STATION
THE BUTTER AND EGGS SPECIAL
THE WEDDING MASS
WINTER BEACH
THE RELUCTANT CONSERVATIONIST
PEOPLE
THE DIARY
AROUND TOWN
DINING
TRAVEL
SPORTS
THEATRE
P.S.
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