WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987, PAGE 13 Brooklin Profile ROXANNE REVELER News & Features Editor Phone 655-3637 Does anyone out there have parents living in Florida, be better right? Wrong! Stili cool and growing cooler with Arizona, Texas, or anywhere else where the climate is severe storms on Juîy 4. Happy days. By July 17 there will warm, who would seriously ljke to adopt a polite, nice be a surprising heat wave, but its duration wilunfor- daughter who would be eternally grateful, for say, the tunately be short-lived. Mercury levels will drop once next twelve months at least? 'î more and remain resolutely cool to month's end. The ram I recently received a copy of the Chase Almanac, and P that will start just before the end of July holds on for the from what I have read, I really don't want to be up here in by Roxanne Reveler first few days of August bringing with it severe thunder- the northern climes for the rest of this winter, or the storms. Temperatures remain abnormally cold until mid- summer to follow either. month then rise to more salubrious levels. But although I don't know how many of you believe in these type of the thermometer readings will be more moderate, the last almanacs, and to tell you the truth I wonder how anyone two weeks will bring continuous ram which will cause can possibly know what the weather is going to be like heavy flooding. many months down the line. Appears the local weather Let's save the details and just say September will be the forecasters have their share of problems prophesying pits. More of the aforementioned crap. Ram, cold, severe what it's going to be like tomorrow. But true or not, it's U 1 oradoption storms. We'll get a littie bit of Indian summer for a two- certainly interesting reading. week period in mid-October and then, although the skies Leafing through the pages (there are only 48 of them), it will be clear, the temperature will drop slowly. This clear, appears we are going to have some dandy storms during ends. but cool, weather will hang around until the second week the end of this rnonth. These will vass and temneratures The cold will stay for the first week of April and then the in November and then a crisp cold will settie in and stor- are supposed to rise slowly in the first few days of the new strong winds are supposed to stop, the temperature rise, ms will move over most of Ontario. year, but only for a few days. By the second week more and the skies clear. But only for two weeks, then cornes Well we're back to December and 1 don't like what's in storms are going to hit and after a slight moderating the cold and the ramn again. The almanac doesn't promise store for next year at ahl. With the exception of the first trend, we're going to get socked with more bad weather. any better for May. As a matter of fact, there will be a two days, inclement weather and icy temperatures will February should be a joy to behold, if you're a polar frost as far south as Toronto in mid-month and the ther- bring a major blizzard on Dec. 10. From here it is al bear. Cold, cold and more cold the whole month long, en- mometer will stay well below normal heading into June. downhill with storms closing out the year. ding with heavy snowfalls they say wil cause serious traf- This supposed month of weddings and roses isn't going to So what do you think? Nice to look forward to, isn't it? fic pioblems in urban areas. And it doesnt appear that be a bed of roses, however. Up and down temps, complete As I said before, there are many who think this almanac March is going to be a heck of a lot better. Cold and icy with touches of frost as late as the middle of the mon- stuff is a bunch of hooey. I'm flot so sure of it myseif. But winds till the middle of the month. A bit of rain to tease us th... there goes my garden! to be on the safe side, does anyone out there have parents a little and then a plummet in temperature as the month Ah! But te summer months of July and August have to living in Florida, Arizona, Texas. 1:: Reflections of a Golden Age By MABEL M. McCABE This is the time of mad and dash shopping, but I do not think about that now. My mind is drifting back in time to joyous holidays when the snow showered down in big fluffy flakes and each house had the smell of spices and turkey stuffing, the days when my sister and I took a sleigh and delivered gifts to relatives and friends. We walked through snow that was white and powdery. We sang Christmas carols as we went. Then my memories jump forward to the days I was the one preparing the cakes and puddings. Making the cookies with many little hands to help. Of course there was flour and butter scattered all around as well as on those wee ones. It was work then but it is a time of joy to remem- ber now. The happiness of family is something that no one will ever take from me. There is a joy when one gets older just sitting down and leafing through your book of treasures. There are so many things I have to be thankful for that they overshadow the sorrows that came along. My mother's beautiful voice sounds in my ear still. She and Dad taught us to love one another and I hope I have managed to pass that along to my children. No one goes their whole life without trouble but at this time of year the good seems to outweigh the bad. Look back to your own past and see what you can find. I recall dad helping to stuff the turkey and mom taking fresh mince pies from the old wood stove. How she ever made them so perfect with such old-fashioned equipment is still a mystery. The special dishes were brought out to hold the Christmas candies. Remember those wondrous jawbreakers that were so big you looked like a chipmunk. I haven't seen them in years yet the taste still lingers in my mouth. Dreams at this time of year are filled with people from the past and situations that could never happen now. I wallow in reverie and play music that brings tears to my eyes. I'm not sad just nostalgic. We of the older generation gave traditions to our kids and they in turn have put in their touches and are giving them to their own children. I wonder if Christmas Eve will bring a soft snowfall to usher in the day or will it be cold and wet? I can even recall some holidays that seemed more like spring, but the pendulum swings and all things come around again. I take this time to wish my readers a very happy holiday season. I pray you will be able to build memories to carry into your future. Scouts hold paper drive The boy scouts in the Brooklin area will be holding their regular paper drive on Saturday, Dec. 12. Newspapers (only) should be securely tied both ways and at the curb by 9 a.m. The area covered includes the village area of Brooklin, Cedar- brook Trail, Robmar St and the Macedonian Village area. Residen- ts in rural areas can leave their papers at Ashburn Community Centre on Friday evening. The monthly paper drives are a source of revenue to keep the scouting movement operating in the Brooklin and Ashburn area. Whitby's operations committee has accepted a final design for the new look to Brooklin Memorial Park, a look that includes building two new soccer pitches, one lighted baseball diamond and an additional ice pad. Pat Bollenberghe of Milus, Bollenberghe, Topps and Wat- Last season's perfect climatic conditions have been singled out as the major contributor to the above average corn yield in this area during the 1987 growing season. At last week's annual dinner of the Durham West 150 Bushel Corn Club, top winner was David Hunter of Brooklin with an unprecedented 202.6 bushels. Richard Roe of Brooklin placed second with 182 bushels and Tuenis Berhoog of Sunderland third with 179. According to David Hunter's father Bob, the exceptionally good yield this year was due to "the best weather in 30 years." He indicated the average yield in the Durham West area (formerly Ontario Coun- ty) which runs as far north as Brock Township, was 130 bushels. This year, the average yield hit a high of 155 bushels. The Brooklin area fared excep- tionally well in this year's com- petition with Bruce Batty placing fifth, Bill Robinson sixth, James Morley seventh, Windermere Far- Food drive for area needy begins Once again, the people of Ash- burn, under the auspices of Moyra Griffin, will be holding a food drive for the needv Griffin uses her business, Asn- burn General Store, as the home base for the drive. Griffin asks local residents to be generous this year and to have all donations at the general store by Thursday, Dec. 17 to allow time for delivery to Whitby, and for Salvation Army volunteers to make ;p the Christmas hampers. chorn, the landscape architects that carried out the design, told cmmittee the new look "will meet the needs of all the interest groups while enhancing the Brooklin rural spirit." Besides the added recreational uses, plans call for the construction of a memorial garden, a dedication ms eight, Lloyd Harbron ninth, Erie Blackburn loth and Bob Hun- ter 11th. There were 33 entries in all. The Durham West 150 Bushel Corn Club in one of the oldest agricultural clubs of its kind in On- tario, celebrating its 25th anniver- sary this year. garden and a veterans memorial monument. The race track is to be removed. Two show tracks, for use during the Brooklin Spring Fair will be built. Two additional buildings are also to be constructed for use as meeting places or possibly for teenage dances, Bollenberghe told committee. Parks and recreation director Larry Morrow said his department will now look at phasing in the recommendations. which will not start until at least after the 1988 fair. The seven-month study cost $30,000. But Morrow said the Town is eligible for a 50 per cent grant for the study from the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. He could not give the cost of implementing the recommendations. RECENTLY ELECTED executive members of the Brooklin Horticultural Society are (front, 1-r) first vice president Joan Brak, president Veronica Colangelo., treasurer Margaret Davis; (middle row 1- r) second vice president Bill Burgess, secretary Ken Brown, past president Betty Van Buuren, director Aldine Wick; (back row, 1-r) directors Dr. John McKinney, Lois Daw, Carol Catton, Jane Hughes and Penny Hosken. Absent when photo was taken were directors Maryann Shingler, Moyra Griffin and Margaret Beath and auditors Allan Downey and Audrey Young. Free Press photo New park look approved Corn yield high in '87