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Archives for September 2015

September 23, 2015

Great excitement at the Heritage Centre!

10-year-old Irene Dyck and family wait for a train with all the belongings they could carry.

The fall 2015 issue of The Historian was published with a 1943 photo on the front page, requesting that anyone who was able to identify anyone in the photo, please let us know at the Heritage Centre. I think most anyone giving this any thought would say “fat chance!” These people pictured have all died, […]

Article by Candace Nast / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: Irene Dyck, photograph, The Historian

September 13, 2015

Does it schmeks?

a small cup of coffee

Most weekday mornings you can find a group of folks gathered at the Leamington Mennonite Heritage Centre. The group shares coffee, tea, and treats, along with friendship, memories, and stories. Everyone is welcome. At my last coffee time (September 1st, 2015), the group taught me some phrases related to eating. Special thanks go to John Dick, Helen […]

Article by Candace Nast / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: food, High German, language, Life on Pickwick, Low German

September 1, 2015

The Full Circle Thrift Shop

MCC Storehouse

The story below was written by John Wiens. I had seen glimpses of him at the Leamington Mennonite Seniors Home and when I briefly spoke to him he told me that his wife Margie of sixty-six years, was now a resident in the home. Harry Riediger himself, was not able, at the age of eighty-eight to […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Footprints / Tagged With: Harrow, Harry Riediger

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