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Vol. 16, Issue 33
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WWI cannon on its way to Ottawa
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By Mark Ribble After 29 years, a beloved neighbourhood relic is being relocated. A 1915 First World War German cannon has been situated on the lawn of Pat and Gary Adams’ home on Crozier Crescent in Leamington since 1996. Gary, an avid collector of many things, traded an antique train set to Len Phillips that year and had it installed on his front lawn. “The kids in the neighbourhood had a lot of fun over the years,” he says. “I’d hear Fire One! Fire Two!” Recently, Gary and his wife Pat began to wonder what would ever become of the piece in the future so they contacted the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa to see if they might be interested in taking it off their hands. Lo and behold, the museum had records on that exact piece. “They asked us to look for a serial number and when we looked, they could tell us everything about it,” says Pat. The Canadian war trophy ledger lists it as a German Minenwerfer (trench mortar), which was captured in Northern France in 1918. It arrived in Cottam, Ontario, on March 22, 1922 via the Canadian National Railway and somehow made its way to the Phillips farm near Manning Road. Gary says it was moved from the Phillips farm to Matheson’s Machine Shop in 1996 and restored by Don and Mike Matheson, Keith Abbott and Gary himself. It then got moved to the Adams’ front lawn. SEE CANNON - CONTINUED Page 2
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Gary Adams with the German Minenwerfer from the First World War. It’s been part of his front yard since 1996.
They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away and that was certainly the case for the flocks of fun-seekers who walked through the gates at Thiessen Orchards for their opening weekend. The popular family fun spot was teeming with fans of all ages after they officially opened on Thursday, September 4, for a season that will continue through October 26. In the top photo, Ryan Laporte was having fun on the Busy Bee’s Derby, one of many rides and attractions for kids to enjoy as part of admission. In the bottom photo, it was a good day for apple picking for the Telan family from Windsor on Sunday, September 7. Catherine Telan, left, was showing her daughter Kim the precise way to pick an apple. SUN photos by Mark Ribble
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