Randy Evans After the First World War the congregation of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian decided to erect an Honour Roll to commemorate the church’s fallen. There was no question the names of Bentley, Bissett, Chapman, Cowan, McGibbon, Soper and Towers would be added to the Roll. After all, the remains of [...]
Tom St. Amand and Tom Slater The house was in ruins, but he found a box to sit on and placed a blank sheet of paper on a rickety table. It was February 1945, war-ravaged Germany. When he picked up his pen in the candlelight, Lieutenant [...]
George Mathewson Sarnia’s military contribution to Canada’s defence is second to none. More than one in 10 residents of the city enlisted to fight in the First World War, and a staggering 16% of the population signed up for the Second. From the Boer War to Afghanistan, the call to [...]
Tom Slater and Tom St. Amand The grave marker reveals little about Albert Edwin Potter, beyond the fact he died at the age of 22 on Aug. 6, 1918. It certainly doesn’t tell us about the determination of the man, or the extraordinary steps he took to fight for his [...]
By Phil Egan From the very earliest days of the Sarnia community, people looked to the cool, clean waters of the St. Clair River for their daily needs. They would make the short journey to the riverbanks – short, because most of the villagers lived within a brief walking distance [...]
By Phil Egan for First Monday In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. The words are an echo of our childhoods – words taught to every [...]
2014: Cathy Dobson for The Sarnia Journal Look closely at the sidewalk on each corner of the Lochiel and Christina streets intersection and you’ll see a pink granite stone embedded in the concrete. Each is only about six inches in diameter but the stones are a colourful curiosity in a sea [...]
2014 from The Sarnia Journal. Students from the Confederation Street School Rhythm Band pose for a photo while competing in the 1953 Lambton County Music Festival. This image, courtesy of the Lambton County Archive, is a contender for a Centennial book celebrating Sarnia’s first 100 years as a city. Churches [...]
2014: George Mathewson of The Sarnia Journal. Sarnia resident Joyce Williamson identified herself in a 1956 photo of teens jive dancing at Kenwick-on-the-Lake in Bright’s Grove. Glenn Ogilvie A photo published in The Journal of teens jiving at a 1956 “rock and roll night” tripped memories for many Sarnians of a [...]
2014. Written by George Matheson for The Sarnia Journal. Musical director Ian Crosbie leads the Bluewater Chordsmen in a rehearsal of Yes Indeed! coming to the Imperial Theatre on April 6. Glenn Ogilvie When you wear flashy suits and sing in four-part harmony you’d think people would pay more attention.But [...]
