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B6 The Free Press Wed January 1976 by Wendy Thomson Before Istart sorting through all the little notes I made since moving here I guess it should be explained exactly where Duck Creek is as it s a community so tiny it isn t on many maps About miles cast of Edmonton and a little south on a map are Breton and Drayton Valley Where the road going straight west from Breton intersects a road coming from close to Drayton Vallcj is an old gas station and a gen era store That is Creek and we re two miles cast that corner on the Breton roiid Roads are laid out in the same north south east west pattern as they are back in Ontario but here they have no names or numbers land no signs Everything is just The second road to the right past the bridge not the big one but the little one or The road you re at when you first catch sight of the double- wide with the blue shutters Its rather confusing The first and I went to Edmonton and came homt late we find our way back And one day I decided to drive around what I figured would be the equivalent of a concession and ended up go ing miles Many roads are oil companies for as their wells There no telling which roads will go through and which will end after branching out to several wells Notes Notes written the first week we were here Hunting and fishing seem to be a way of life here I guess it flits the freezer far more cheaply than anything else Its rather in to sit and listen to the talk of hunting musk rat When I go I don t pack a lunch said one old guy Just take bread and salt catch a muskrat and roast Lie hind legs over a fire back one forme and one or the dog Ileal tasty Out the back of the house sits an old refrigerator which I thought a real eyesore Bull sec now it used as a smoke house for fish There was a real smokehouse here before we were told but first the meat caught fire then the house itself caught fire and that was the end of that For lunch one day we went into a local restaurant and had some of the best fish and chips I ever eaten The fish was fabulous I learned after thai it was catfish And a neighbour sent over a fresh caught salmon one day Who could ask for a nicer snack The hounds think this is great country too and have started running coyote How ever after they took a trial run after a mule deer and elk we decided to keep them tied I kind of like the idea of ing elk in the back yard November November A month ago we spent our last night in Ac ton I remember lying there listening to the noises of the house or lack of noises I should say With everything electrical sold there was si lence like there been for 16 years since we moved in with no hydro I can say that about our first days here The ten had to be weaned and once sepiralcd from their mamas bawled endless The mamas from their side of the fence and the rest of the cattle moaned too Off in the bush the coyotes ky songs quavered and hung he frostj Our three hounds sent out messages of threat and from inside the old log in the Agriculture of ficc FAT LAMB 10 COYOTES CN I WltONG ferret bite fir day not a playful nip either but a definite keep grubby bands out of bite The previous had mink or something here and there dozens of types ind sizes of piled around with Minnie that he go a four storey cage with con to ll id her Family Page etmg wa To accommodate i ferret whims laid it down on its side and now has more of a motel set up than hotel the she can go into room packed to the topwith straw one wood chips the third with wild grasses and the fourth was just big enough to hold her box ever pre sent work sock for sleeping The diy after Mm was put inthere 1 went out to see how she was enjoying it She was still rushing from room to room tunnelling in the straw burrowing deep in the wood shaving illy hiving i Opening the lid to the shav section 1 reaehed in to fluff them up a bit hen Mm tearing down the hall reached in the door There w is no mistaking hat get out ind I got Luckily she got the back of my hand where big is her mouth is she get a mouthful hut left a four fang furrow across my hand Last little note I can fine written in October wis Looked out he window and saw Gord going by on stilts The Alberta air mus be good fur him Christmas meeting for Greenock WI Coyote tracks barely visible Photos by Wendy Thomson Uncover history with note in bottle White taking out some win dows of bis Scene St home Bert and helpers In advertently stumbled upon a bit of history Inside Ihc window f imt is small bottle six and a half Inches high with a piece of piper placed inside it The id a greenish tinge to il and hid imp Coffee Chicory impressed on one side I and Glasgow on mother two sides with tht fourth side free of words the note inside was written on Ismill yd of piper Some of oil had been ired perhaps in in ilfcmpl to preserve it George Caswell In spare lime Potatoes this winter 1Jli 19l2from175 trJ200 per bag butter 32 cents to cents beef steak cents a lb On the opposite side of the paper were names per naps of people who helped build the douse Douglas I Me Gladys II Stellab Joe ind Johnnie Ml were he Whoever Mr Caswell was he seemed to be ahead of his lime placing time capsule in i where it would be discovered eventually He knew tint people would be rested in the prices of Written in ire liihl the note slid is Imill in pencil in of Mr Caswell s ingenuity a Ibis house more of past Ins it mil been unfolded BERT HOFSTEDE made a discovery while removing a window from his Scene St home recently He found a bottle with a note in it listing prices of goods in the year 1911 Miss Morrow Wini Mi ind mill t i Mrs linen of mher hen with her Mrs It II Mr I limit Mr Mrs lick and J met of Mimlre the Mr Mrs llin Mmipric Hill 1 ick for i i from Br where hi his Ixin supervising insl illilion of turbines it i Mr Mi Mis nig I l v Mr mil Mrs mil etf r spent iti is diss i 1 m i lire i Stephen Ir lor mil him win is NIHIL ll till I 1 in dis it 1 muse skiing The Greenock Women In held their is meeting Dec 11 at the home of Mrs Gordon Johnston Mrs Sinclair the presi dent opened meeting with a Christmas reading the ode and Mary Stewart Collect The roll call was To name a Christmas carol and all join in singing one verse Mrs J gave of the carols and How Mrs is Mrs read saved Christ Minnie Mrs Ed Archibald and Mrs J of the program conducted contest Christmas and a candy contest An of gifts some thing you had made brought the meeting close I unch was served the 32 Sideroad is design through high way by Hills council Monday night da oak Jots of mom imret ijpin be 1 1 hi ijotift dim and ACTON AUTO BODY Bnw KiMnn in I Main St S and Agnes St 8531870 RETAIL WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE CARPET KING Thurs til STEELES AVE MILTON si forces ind l ind friend Visiline with Mr Mrs SI ovu lit thtir son mil and Ins wife ind Mirk of I irlmuuth i reporter photo l 1r Mis hum I I of in Inli tin linns durint tin is itlurduliii the she from oiling wikhI the sights of orl I impi World Itruci mdson Mich id Hit Mr mil Mrs J lines I Mid i mil I urn It I Mr ind Mis mil d r lnniftr It llnekwood Mr ind Mrs lordoi I bust hi f he Johnston llu it Pre sin i tliur south What is a year ir is composed of m things Of months and weeks d lys minutes steonds too ious time to which hi art dings brings four si isnns for us to With spring will ihcid of rest summer with ill it ssunshini ind jov Is nearly the best Hut ith winds must llu glorious si ison of ill Whin mvri ids of colour bedeck I lis frost wonders en Winter tomes list with its sleet of whiteness ai It is Icirint illness in ir Refresh Those Dormant Skills New Classes Are Beginning At SHERIDAN COLLEGE South Campus 216 Road East Oakville Commercial Refresher Cost tor book fees Pre requ site typing at p Subject typing off bookkeeping and business Clerk Typist Cost Prerequisite Grade 10or equivalent The is designed to provide students with typing bookkeeping skills Other skill ireas ire filing dictaphone 10 key calculators mac business Commercial Stenographic weeks Cost SB 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