have eggs for supper that night! Mom Chisholm also taught me how to make pickled cabbage; her secret was “to use a wooden barrel for flavor, to pound it well until the juices formed, then add a sprinkle of salt and more cabbage.”

Halloween was a fun time, except for one near tragedy. Some young boys attached a lady’s purse to a cord which they strung across the road. When a car approached, they tightened the cord. The car happened to be the RCMP! The officer chased the boys over to the Thomas barn V where the boys hid in the loft and pulled up the ladder. However, they disturbed a hen who squacked and gave their location away. The officer was certainly annoyed, but eventually gave up the chase.

Another occasion, which is worthy of note, was the night when 91 carnival entrants, parents and friends travelled to Bedeque. It was the Bedeque Winter Carnival. Days had been spent preparing elaborate costumes, the event could not be missed! During the evening a storm materialized and everyone was stormed in. The rink management, know- ing the night would be long, kept a steady supply of hot chocolate and sandwiches, and also provided a rink-a-phone to the children’s delight. Anxious parents were called and everyone was happy to see Reg Thomas with his plow the next day. Everyone arrived home, tired, but happy, as they had cleaned up on most of the prizes.

Winnifred Thomson Howatt displaying her Ice Carnival dress deco- rated by her mother with paint chips from her Uncle Sheldon’s General Store. Ethel Thomson collection.

The Thomas children had a little pony called Smoky. All the children at the corner spent hours riding and grooming him. The children would sneak him in the back door of the Thomas house and fill their pockets with Enid’s home made molasses cookies to enjoy themselves and to feed Smoky. When it came time to take him to the Crapaud Exhibition, they all pitched in. One cleaned his teeth, another scrubbed him within

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