It never fails that if John H. Dick catches my ear at coffee hour, he’s got a story or two for me. This week being the first week of the new year, he was reminded of the start of a new year 71 years ago… On New Year’s Day 1945, he’d been out visiting his fiancee […]
"Stories Now" Archive
The posts below include stories told by people living in Essex and Kent Counties at the present.
Arrival Of New Immigrants cont’d Part V
The Period 1929-23 It was only a short time that the church with its headquarters at Waterloo carried the name of The Mennonite Refugee Church, for quite soon the people were dissatisfied with their refugee appellation and attempted to regard Canada as a new home. In keeping with this changed attitude the church was renamed […]
Balalaika Music
During my last visit to the Mennonite Heritage Centre on Pickwick Avenue in Leamington, Ontario, John Dick came by, along with his son Edward Dick. Edward is an accomplished luthier with a school of lutherie in Denver, Colorado where he builds and repairs string instruments and teaches others to do the same. While Edward was in town visiting his […]
