So you seem to like stories about Parkdale…reflections
Here are a few to add to your collection:
THE YEAR WAS 1963
THE PLACE WAS PARKDALE C.I.
I think my dad was startled when it became apparent that both my brother and I were to become high school history teachers…both accepted jobs at Parkdale because of John Ricker and Evan Cruickshank. Senior teachers…admirable teachers…real teachers.
“Alan, if you come to Parkdale Collegiate, you will never leave.” Both John and Evan said the same thing which was odd. And I thought false. I mean, who stays in the same job for his or her entire adult life? Lots of other things to do in this world. Why would anyone stay at PCI for 35 years? Well John and Evan were right. I stayed at PCI for 35 years and am damn glad I did. Just full of adventures:
WHO WANTS a vintage COMBINE HARVESTER… Running order $500 (BRYAN MARSHALL FARM SALE OCT. 13, 2018)
(I like to put a little test in my stories just to discover who really reads the stories…I suspect most
people just zip through the pictures and press delete. The test: Who bought the Clipper Fanning mill?)
Note: The following dialogue is just me talking to myself but based on the experience.
BARGAIN…IF ANYONE HAS ROOM FOR IT
(Vintage International combine harvester, perhaps 91 model 1970)
alan skeoch
Oct. 13, 2018
ar Bryan Marshall farm sale
Fifth line south of Milton
(circa 1970 International Harvester / McCormick 91 combine harvester)
“Combine looks like it just from the Showroom floor.”
“Too small for today’s fields…half a century ago it was
a prize machine.”
“Not anymore.”