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f LOCAL _ n hn on Th o io t n a ie en nc on eecncon.n n onciomamen ie nmemaiae ie aenenae n ie e snn s 0 ces Lawn mower won‘t deter 60th By Manoy MaRTIN Ivy and George Maskell. Throughâ€" "I came down to my sisters Srare Wairer out their 60 years of marriage, . farm and I met all my sisters and There have been some tense they have. dedlcatfed themselves to _ brother," Ivy notes. medical moments in the past few commumty service and support,' While visiting here, she met months for Ivy and George ‘pe it mthe oygamzed agencies, or George. George 1_1ad e.migrated Maskell, both 86, but the day that in their quiet, generous_letters from Englgnq with his mothgr nearly took the cake out of the and phone calls to shutâ€"ins and and two siblings in 1919. His 60th wedding anniversary plans friends. § father had died in World War I for Ivy was the day she found "If you can brighten someâ€" and his mother remarried a Canaâ€" George laid out flat on his back body's_ day, you should do it," Ivy _ dian soldier. ; with the lawnmower on top of S8YS simply. .. C "I was wearing short pants and Hita. Tvy was born in Canada. When _ socks in March when we landed," George has always loved yard hger father died, she and her three George recalls. The fqmily, told of work to set Ivy‘s gardening skills sisters and a brother were on a farm home awaiting them in to best advantage at their Percy their own. Ivy, as the younge'st, Canada, landed north of Bancroft. + Street home. One morning, he Wa8 raised as an orphan, moving "It must have been an awful was determined to trim the grass from ho_me to home, often treated . way to start life for my mother," on the hillside beside the house. 38 nothing more than hired help, George says now, "but we kids The lawnmower wheels spun on told to eat in the kitchen separate thought we‘d died and gone to the wet grass, George lost his footâ€" frO}:Il a family. » heayen. One fall, my father came â€"/_I . ing and the lawnmower rolled At the age of 16, they no . to pick apples in fall for Fred Morâ€" back on top of his chest. Miracuâ€" 1onge.r had the say," Ivy says. "I row east of Colborne. He was a . lously, he wasn‘t chopped to bits. got a job and.saved my money to good worker, so Morrow asked "He cracked three ribs, and make the trip to Canada," she him to stay on and we moved to ... had a few bruises, but it could‘ve recalls. Her s'{bl'mgs, wl'xo she had Colborne." ~. been a lot worse," Ivy says with lost contact with, were in Canagda. The family settled in a house only the very slightest hint of Once in Toronto, the Salvat.mn across from what is now Fox‘s s reproach. "He shouldn‘t have Army made the cqnnectmn IGA. George‘s stepfather died of .. been doing it." between Ivy and one sister, May . tuberculosis in 1931, and George‘s o Not to do something of service Branigan who lived on a farm in mother and the three kids dug in . 4s against the very natures of both Cramahe Township. â€" to support themselves. ; x : rpppeumrerean â€" a For several years, Ivy and ; 5 yra hunar es ; George kept up their acquainâ€" went on to work 10.5 years at s F3 We mss e tanceship between Colborne and Eldorado until his retirement 17 | $ F . e ue Toronto, visiting back and forth. YeAT$ aso. f | ffi en five! Ivy eventually relocated to work When I first started working, I ‘Algets. *\ as a waitress in Cobourg at the _ Made 15 cents an hour, 25 cents an 7ME _ then British Hotel across from â€" hour when we married," George . * ‘~ LO Victoria Hall. In 1939, when they â€" ecalls. "It‘s hard for people to A :â€" a were both 25 years old, they mar. _ believe that today." ® ' o & oo ried at Trinity Anglican Church Ivy had worked for $7 â€" a $ y & Re? > "< p in Colborne. If there has been one _ MONth! â€" in England. h /. :‘ a n teg | constant fixture in their lives With the end of the war, ; 0 ym eiite * ~ 1 since, it has been Trinity chureh. _ George and Ivy qualified for vetâ€" > ‘:il“” * ». % %; T Ivy‘s coâ€"workers gave the couâ€" eran‘s housing. Their brand new e ie .a';f . [ & ple a night in the honeymoon $6,000 home made the front pages y hy 7A l sz s i suite of the Genosha Hotel in Of the local newspaper when it $ * § k: ¢ ># ::A _Q{‘ | Oshawa. Returning to Colborne, _ Was built in 1950. It is the same ’ e . 3.'1, (f George recalls with laughter, they house they continue to live in =â€" ols % § | were so broke they shared a sandâ€" today â€" several renovations and a se â€"< & I h wich for lunch. beautiful sun room later. Ivy has .. t * â€" ts P "But a lot of people at that time @lways gardened â€" with magnifiâ€" &4 o8 c.2Â¥ t 1 1° 0 didn‘t even have a job," George . C°Nt results. George, until this y [ vip NYR i:, $ed notes. The newlyweds were actu. Year, maintained the vegetable . 6 e s ‘,;g’__g j ; _\ ally quite pleased with their lot. garden. 3 1e i ts e For the first 10 years of their The Maskell‘s have shared \..) _ . 9 HMEDRRRNEE Y . married lives, they lived in half of . thelr love of iHe and all their tal tx (hekar o § _( | _ | George‘s mother‘s house across ents and capabilities with the i TV ut ,:;_;‘“-:?'},? is ; from the IGA. George signed up greater Colborne community. : i. t 106 N O _\ _ _| with the RCAF; son George was 2 G°Orge has driven thousands of aata F i TA N3 and Reg 1. George Senior went miles for sports organizations, d ",;;i ‘,;; & io } \?; w4l 3 overseas for 3.5 years. : raising funds for the Colborne K\ve & . 6 i Wwhtay " "It was lonely, but so many. Cramahe arena, delivering care o ; _( . e J were doing the same thing in Packages of soup and vegetables, i 14e E ty i _ _ | those days," Ivy recalls. "And, taking seniors and shutâ€"ins to % w OV f ) . WO | financially, it was the best we‘d appointments and visiting. Ivy im 10\ °0‘ ° TR ever been." has shared in the caring and supâ€" *‘ .\ . . _ _| _ Ivy had remained work at the port work, volunteering thouâ€" h o s Je (\> s \6 e ,; British Hotel when they were . Sands of hours for the church, for s e 1e 3 %\ m* first married, and then worked the horticultural society, for . Moaee / * Ts hh .n oo __"" "W§ N |_| for 10 years United Car electronâ€" 8°0101S, with shutâ€"ins, bundling â€". k ; x *# = _ __| des at Salem. George worked for Ub care packages of baked goods ~> MR es f : 4 (/ _|the former Crane Foundry is Port 420 bouquets of flowers. The |: / m is s=N _ Hope for 28 years when the indusâ€" :’villsdflf thglr h(:il?e are lined with ‘try suddenly closed, leaving ards and certificates of honour j IVY & GEORGE MASKELL retirement funds almost nonâ€"exisâ€" anc% flpgli_e?atfiign for local, provinâ€" o3 } & tent for most of the workers. He â€" Clal and federal organizations. t & SEPTEMBER 23, 1939 Asked for the secret of their ~Ffrte i Tsm eeiie s snn teeta nal ce es ancneind uen .