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‘l I had tea with Blandle Wil- liams. u! Gram street in Port Elgin. the other evening. Blanche has just cclebmted her 90th birthday and is mere alert at 90 than I am at 24, Blanche fed me mumns and paslries unlll I Could eat no more. Thls was not the firsi time I had gone to tea a! Blanche's. I had oiien done so as a nine ytarmld Port Elgin youngster. Afltr school [would run down Lhe alley behind her house. and knock on the door uninvited But I knew there would be cooklrs and milk awalllng me there. I would lei] Blanche what 1 had done during my classes. and converse at great lengths about Lhe issues ol the day. VVlk‘n my mom found oLll about my llule laums for free cookies she quickly put a stop lo lhcm. Bul I rcmcmbrr my childhood "Lea-Lime" londly Blanche has a bi of memories ol’ l‘url Elgin. and has seen more than her share of change in [his area. She farmed. along with her husband. Lhe lair- \\'lll \\'llliam<. (nr 18 years on llle Bill of Bruce, and Ialer in Sau geen lownshlp. before moving Inln ihC Green Slrtcl home she 11le Will had bulll for them in 1952 Bum-lie and Will were up al half past llVe in [he momlng (if they dldn'l sleep In unlll SLVl m lhr [arming days. Cuws were rllllkrd .lnd (‘llures were done unlil seven or eight when ll was llmr‘ l'or breakfasl. Grlllng Lhr mall mean! a rwmmlle walk in Nnrill limrr Allloml Blanche's chlldlml lIiPlnnrles were the llmrs \vlll w ml» were unheard of and ll: r M \w‘r‘c llw sole means ul’ Blanche Williams r11 home before her 90in birihdoy. Friends Celebloied her birthday on Sunday. Tea-lime with Blanche transportation. She recalls seven years of going to a one- room school Where a polnier was slapped smarlly across your fingers if your pcnmanr ship Wasn't up to mull. As a ynungsier Blanche was the youngest of 10 girls and had two broihcrs. Mosi of [her rhildren dldrl'l have Slngle beds lei flu": single rooms. Most of the day was spent working. With the meme room Temporarily off-limits because of The consiruchon of on OdleiOn lo SDSS, ihese Grade 12 sludenis most do iheir dissections for biology in The greenâ€"house. l Right lo left, lhey ore Heo‘lher Howlell, Tracy MocGregovl Elizabeih McEwingj/nd Kriain Schwoss. 7 “12 Benton Tlmei. Wednudny. Ocluber 31. 1990‘ Page 93 "\"nu really wander hnw we gni along." Blanche says or those yams. Bur it wasn‘t all work llIE lamin ms 3 ready»made base» ball team. and rould be formed ln an lnsianr ihr a harkyard game. Woorrcuulng bees were alsu Culllmurl in lhose days. 1 'We helped each oLhcr oul. I‘ You know your neighbours then." Blanrhe says. I M a Part Elglu reslrlerli she remembers the leading huslr l ncssmen a! ma day. like H. H. Stevens and Jnhn Hcpner oi the Blush Works, There was . , also MvC-illlvray s clolhlng. * = I l l l l I i i She slurred lo 1ch in l‘crl Elr gin when lhc papillallnn was lusl mulr‘ than 2.000. As lhe hours passed by and Blanche discussed older days Wllhoul Isimsinn 1 heard lhe sounds ill lIFr amlqur rinrk, given to 1m lulu WLil as 2 Wed» dim: gli‘i Afll’r hnurs or l|‘~'“l)’ Chll (~th [ fell 1 should ix on myway. nu: just like my Child-hood led i 1111“ BlJnr‘lle rclllld nrll lei me lPave \vllhoui Iaklllg .. ml of muffins wllh me. it you know af someone who has lastlng memories or this area. let Lu: know. Until next time! At the Bruce County 4~H leader‘s appreciation night, the Lloyd Hutton award of S550 P1115 a Plaque was pmsented. Left to right: Gary Munroe, Barry Bactz) Tim Hallidny- Andy MCCulluch. Mrs. Lloyd Hutton and Stan Eby.