The Creemore
Echo
Friday, November 4, 2011 Vol. 11 No. 44
News and views in and around Creemore
Log Cabin Board chair Chris Raible speaks at the grand opening.
CABIN “A MAGICAL THING” by Brad Holden Clifford Barnard, whose greatgrandfather James Scarrow Jr. lived in what is now the Creemore Log Cabin well over 100 years ago, summed up last Saturday’s grand opening event in a beautiful speech, in which he reminded the Creemore residents in the crowd just how “magic” our village is. “Creemore is a magic place,” said
Barnard, who was being supported by his middle-aged son while he spoke. “When I grew up here, there was a train that came in twice a day, and I was there both times to greet it. That was magic. My childhood here was magic. And when I was older and I lost touch with the town, in about 1940, I couldn’t get it out of my mind. I come back to visit every chance I get. (See “Crowd” on page 12)
A GREAT AND GHOULISH DAY
Six-year-old Creemore resident Ari Fitzgerald was one of hundreds of kids who costumed up for last Sunday’s successful Hallowfest event (though not many were more scary than him!). Like the first (annual we hope!) Children’s Festival earlier this year, also organized by Laurie Copeland, Hallowfest drew families from all over south Georgian Bay and beyond. With costume contests, Jack-o-Lantern auctions, spooky science shows and of course, a classic Creemore-style Haunted House which stayed open on Halloween night as well, Hallowfest offered chills and thrills for all. And on top of that, it raised a still-to-be-determined amount of money for the General and Marine Hospital Foundation. For more pictures of the event, see page 6. For many, many more pictures, visit our Flickr site at www.flickr.com/creemoreecho.
INSIDE THE ECHO
Seated in this picture are the descendents of James Scarrow Jr., who lived in the Log Cabin in the 1880s. At far left is Scarrow’s great-grandson Clifford Barnard. In the wheelchair at right is Leisureworld Creedan Valley resident Marlyn Shaw, who was the last person to live in the cabin.
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