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yyipx tht acton ma press thursday february 8th mb1 chromcles of ginger farm written specially for th act ok frw pruts by gmtmmmiu clarke last week if you rtmember t was wjbinfi we bould hqvc just a little more imow we got it all right but ii wrfta just a rnw now the lfctta ha filled in too much for mc to attempt taking the car out although i noticed a picture in the paper lheqhir day show intf a little english car like ourtf mak ing its way golly through deep snow while bigger cars were get ting stuck just for fun i uou like to see what our cjn woujddo in fact i would trv it if it wer not for giving par ner the trouble of hauling me out supposing i got stuck right now i am working u ith one ear cocked for a telephone call as we are expecting isitore this weekend rand fnnkh i am a little worried trvlng to hent th house against high wind and 7ero temperature is hird enough when we are alone but to have isitors and not be able to keep them warm and comfortable u a headache for one thing people always feel the cold more auay from home as they ore natural 1 less active umth no ordinary evorv dnvc t well for goodness sake it isnt s and he had to vralk up our long lane at 12 below xero unfortunate ly he said thcrw was nothing hr could do until she regained con- kciousners and that we had better make preparations for getting her to hospital first thing in the morn ing preparation included getting a xnowplough in to onen up the lane an ambulance to take her to hos pital long distance calls to her daughters and to maintain a con stant uafch at her bedside by ten next morning jennie was in a hospital bed nnd receiving the best of care colln came back to dinner as he fell hn was only ip the w and could be no help nt all sh6rtly after dinner be wiin recalled to the hospital hut wife wan sinking fast hurry n hou up u anted to ijurry but te car wouldnt start 12 below liacf been too much for it there are all kinds of taxis in town but not one coufd we get colin started out walkjng- i fallowed halfonhour later at the hospltql uc sat bv jessie s bed watching and u siting wan dering if it uould be too late when the girls arrived the bus was due i in at 3 o clock it was ten minutes i late just when every minute j counted one daughter was in time but nor the other two betty of ri ed bv plane from north bav joy and i drove to ma1on to fetcn her but here we ran into difficult ies igaln knowing we could not be there in time we hnd telephoned aheid to hae her paged and advis ed to wait until we enkjel she did not get the call and had gone on to to b means of a lot of tone calls between the airport ind toronto we flnallv located her and she came back to mai on so now all three are here qur daugh ter came with one of the girls from toronto and bob arrived from matheson during t jftht the funeral ii o wednesday ttq i need hirdly say how busv we expect to be from now until then what struck u all no very forc- ably at this time is the amazing kindness of our friends nnd neigh bours jessie was only known t a few of them yet there ore offers of help in the way of accommodation nnd extra biking cotrung from so many quarters sometimes we are inclined to think that in tftbf dny and age people everywhere seem jcuhegrowunjtapnr ubu tlnoe rlu we find there is still nlerdy of kindness just as much kindness atlimielp an were alwny was and eare vepr deeply touched nnd nppreclatlvip it is tome thing we shall atwars remember to colin and his famltwit has meint a lot to know thit jesslea last resting place will be among kind and frlendlv people iwiu- put yourself on your own payroll with tv ox a telephone rail but pur visitors yea at least this very minute a taxi u chugging up the lane whether it gets through or not is i questman bye for now the foregoing w is ntten fri dav night what follows is one of thoscdreadfultragcdie that some times strikes with unbelievable swiftness partners brother colin and nu wife jessie arrived on our door step carefreeand happy apparen iv in the best of health and prepar i ed tn enjoy a qulel farriitv week end we sat around tilkmg until nearlv tw elve oclock ind then went to bed sometime during the night colin called out to me come gwen come ind look at jessie there a somethfng wrong she cant speak to me tbere was indeed something wrong poor jessie was quite un conscious we sent for the doctor last year ihiri were 1 7m 000 horses on camdian farms i mil skinnymen women gain gtw fp vim vigor vrui tfcrillr iuw llmha flil out utlr um all up nd uhwt mtmamr bod blf aur4 ilcur aa poll imiu thm- und of hit woowtt wa lw artrt emild nia b for arc bow proud ef hftpl7 baalthr looklac tawilm tbrr thank utapa- tul irtwilldtnf fli-h- ixilldioj loalr uitrai i a t uis uimuluia in laon tnrt ima uainui ii j eai- iun mftch blood impra aipmt and ulimtioa m load k1m yen an unmh o nourtihmmh put ua hr honaa cat lawly citrv hon i ttxr cnunj too tui mtui wl in jou n calnrd ih 10 13 or id lha you for normal weight colli llitlntw t 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