taking "orders" at steinbergs

hi.

 

anyone remember going down to Steinbergs on Verdun and richard street on a friday night or saturday morning and walking around the store asking the ladies if you could "take their order"???. This meant that you would carry or cart their groceries back to their house and lug them up a couple of flights of stairs in the middle of winter ....FOR A DIME!!!!!

 

jd..

[Fwd: Golden Compass]

Norman

> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:03:31 -0500
> Subject: [Fwd: Golden Compass]
> From: jaynorman@mountaincable.net
> To: jaynorman66@hotmail.com
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: Golden Compass
> From: "IreneGarcia"
> Date: Thu, November 29, 2007 11:23 pm
> To: "Irene Garcia"
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> There will be a new children's movie out in December called "The Golden
> Compass". The movie has been described as "atheism for kids" and is based
> on the first book of a trilogy entitled "His Dark Materials" that was
> written by Phillip Pullman. Pullman is a militant atheist and secular
> humanist who despises C. S. Lewis and the "Chronicles of Narnia". His
> motivation for writing this trilogy was specifically to counteract Lewis'
> symbolisms of Christ that are portrayed in the Narnia series.
>
> Clearly, Pullman 's main objective is to bash Christianity and promote
> atheism. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a
> 2003 interview that "my books are about killing God." He has even stated
> that he wants to "kill God in the minds of children". It has been said of
> Pullman that he is "the writer the atheists would be praying for, if
> atheists prayed."
>
> While "The Golden Compass" movie itself may seem mild and innocent, the
> books are a much different story. In the trilogy, a young streetwise girl
> becomes enmeshed in an epic struggle to ultimately defeat the oppressive
> forces of a senile God. Another character, an ex-nun, describes
> Christianity as "a very powerful and convincing mistake." In the final
> book, characters representing Adam and Eve eventually kill God, who at
> times is called YAHWEH. Each book in the trilogy gets progressively worse
> regarding Pullman's hatred of Jesus Christ.
>
> "The Golden Compass" is set to premier on December 7, during the Christmas
> season (and starring Nicole Kidman), and will probably be heavily
> advertised. Promoters hope that unsuspecting parents will take their
> children to see the movie, that they will enjoy the movie, and that the
> children will want the books for Christmas.
>
> Please consider a boycott of the movie and the books. Also, pass this
> information along to everyone you know (including church leaders). This
> will help to educate parents, so that they will know the agenda of the
> movie. I am sending this to those of you who have kids or friends with
> kids, grandkids or have influence with kids. So many things today are
> darkness concealed in what appears to be innocent. FYI.
>
> Don't let kids see "The Golden Compass"!
>
> For anyone with kids, grandkids other relatives or friends who this may
> concern, I have checked it out at
> http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp and it is true. Read
> the info in the link.

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Just joined a few days ago

Just wanted to say hi & tell you a bit about myself. I left a message on the "looking for" Giblins of Valiquette that bahama865 put up. That person didn't reply, so I guess he or she isn't around anymore.  I grew up on Valiquette St. As a child, I played with Loraine Giblin, Lynn Lean, AnnMarie Daoust, Carol Starzinski & the Salway Brothers & later Steve & Roddy Farrell & Debbie Humpfries.  As I grew older, I hung around Kostas too. Around 1964 & onward. Kostas then was owned by two Greek brothers named Johnnie & Denny. There was Dorothy Meenie, Melton Biffin, Brian  Spence; Johnnie Spascik, Pat Rodrigue, Jimmy Ramsey, Claude Maassen, Harry Daly & his girlfriend Lorraine Deshane(spelling?) & so many others. We all went to the VCH dances every second Saturday, the legion dances on Fridays, & the Point boys & girls club dances on alternate Saturdays. The only person I've kept in touch with was my best friend since I was 10, her name is Brenda Kenny. We talk at least twice a month, she now lives in LaSalle & I moved to Edmonton in  1976. Do these names ring any bells for anyone?

Verdun Population

The currant population of Verdun is 64,069 compared to a peek of 91,109 in 1970.

 

Guy

douglas hospital!!

how many of you took a dare to walk from bannentyne to champlain through the "dougie" (no disrespect intended to the Douglass Hospital) at midnight??? we used to do that and would sit up in the tree's waiting for some unsuspecting sap to walk through and we would jump out and scare the bee-gee-bers out of them..

 

jd

 

john daly VCHS class of '70

hi..

just found this site.. looks like fun.. i am still married to Janice Lawlor (class of '71). we have 2 boys, adam 28 school teacher and matthew 30 computer consultant. Matthew is married to a lovely gal named Andrea and they are expecting in may/08

Ethel Street, Before and After

The top photo was recently posted but the lower photo is recent so you can compare the progress over a hunndred year period. That Church Street at the end of Ethel Street.

Guy