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Air Force at the Start of Second World War. but]i;tis faél%i Gounty Road 2 when Mrs. property on Cranberry Lake, likely figure in many of the was not well. He would die of a 4 ghnston got into the field where they indulge their love of conversations at the June . heart attack in 1943, and his son theouE" her father, Floyd gardening and bird watching, 14 celebration at St. * 4 would take over the farm, When Harnden (known as F.$. because â€" they have kept busy with the local Andrew‘s _ United + |_ he was called to duty and ths there were two Floyd Harndens in horticultural club, bowling, Church â€" where it i situation was made known, the Grafton). He had been a Co: church activities and . all began. _ Air Force decided he would s’erve pperators agent for 20 years and shuffleboard. They helped put â€" <w_ _ ; ohis country better by stayin wanted to retire, together When The Lakes Roared, i the farm, ying on â€"â€"" one was one of very few women â€" the 1997 history of Haldimand / ; He always suspected his 12 the insurance business at the Township. Y g : _ mother had something to do with time. They were also key players in Y + i _ that, but he has no regrets, It left "I alway‘s remember the chap securing a Horizons grant to [ |~him in the enviable position of WP° said, ‘I am very surprised build the shuffleboard court in | i â€" being one of very few eligible CY hired you when you were â€" Grafton and a Trillium grant to | j { _ bachelors around, but he y gtill of childâ€"bearing age,‘" she â€" renovate it. y $ | i _ no hurry to get mé\rxgiecli]%was Y said. «We pretty well work _ 4 f’ _ he didn‘t have enough mong"ause» Her children, in fact, were 11, tggether, " Mr. Johnston salid: [ { He still didn‘t have a bf};;he 14 and 17 when she began, butshe "We‘ve always done things ! _ he married Shirley Harnden Juna 10423 L helpful to be working at together, and we‘ve always had | 1 12, 1948, in St. Andrew‘s United 9 I did a lot of my work at â€" an interest in them, We even have J whla. iâ€" Church, where they are still siight eite® thel:bls bad gone to. the same politics, so we never ake | _i members. T'heir‘r‘echtil:m ivlf:ls ‘ped," sbs said. "It was nice and â€" argue about that." , \~ _ i_ held at Mrs. Johnston‘s family 4U%C _ | ~ Mrs. Johnston said common Y | â€" home on nearby Charlotte Stre et'y _0 ‘The agenicy opoâ€"et=: until1982, interests is the secret of their i The Johnstons began t'h'e'i'if when'Mys.-Johnston went to work success, and keeping active is | i~ married life as dairy farmers o â€" at Hamilton Township Mutual â€" what has kept them relatively i\ apolscres miyhnal isessentiéfin Insurance Company for three â€" healthy. | i downtown Grafton now Graftég â€" years before she retired. 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