Our sympathy to the family and friends of Edward Duern who passed away last week. Ted lived here in Ladysmith on Johnson Lake before spending the last few years in the long term of Shawville Hospital. Ted will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Our sympathy to the family and friends of Sylvia Gibson Poulin who passed away last week. Sylvia will be sadly missed by all who knew her.
Our sympathy to the family and friends of Leon Fortin who passed recently. Leon will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
The Bretzlaff reunion took place last weekend and the weather was good for all their activities except a little too hot in the afternoon.
The Ladysmith flea market had a lot of people in on Saturday. We also had a lot of people from the reunion. It was nice to see them and chat. I had a nice chat with Sally Lorne of Edmonton, Alt. Sally is the granddaughter of the late Martha Bretzlaff.

The Ladysmith flea market has 5 more Saturdays to go. We all have been having good sales and we will be adding more items each week. The small furniture is selling good as well as large flower pots at my booth.
We had a little rain last Friday night but could use a lot more. Its getting very dry and dangerous for fires. There are fires in Northern Ontario at Elk Lake and New Lisgard area. We heard from a transport truck driver that has been delivering bottled water to the firefighters up there. When he drives into where they are, they spray his truck with water so that it won’t catch fire when he goes in. Then when he comes out, his truck is black with soot from the fire. He also said that the firefighters go through about 100 cases in two days.
Happy birthday to Darleen Murphy who celebrates July 18. Happy birthday to Ross Taylor on July 20, to Dixie Atkinson on July 24 and also to Helen Murdock who celebrates July 24 as well.
Happy anniversary to Gail and Brock Sharpe who celebrate July 23, also to Jane and Doug MacDougall who celebrate July 24.
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