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ABOUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF“PonyTales,”“TheAmputation
of AuntAnnie’sLeg”andthe
othershortstoriesthatfollow
weresubmittedbyBeulah
Lennoxonbehalfofherlate
mother,BessieWilson.Bessie
passedawayonNovember3,
2000,justfivedaysshortof
her 90thbirthday.Shelefta
beautifullegacyintheendby
fillingeightexercisebooks
full of her candidchildhood
memories of growingupon
a farm in ruralOntario.“She
wrote those storiesdespite
being nearly blind,andsome
of the words ranrightoff
the page. Luckily,I was
able to catch them,”wrote
Beulah in an emailto
Harrowsmith.
Please notethat
“Pony Tales” was
originally titled
“Things Children
Will Do.” Bessiewrote about the beloved pony
that her uncle, Neil, bought her
for companionship. There was
quite an age gap between Bessie
and her younger sister, and Polly,
the pony, filled that spot nicely.
“I guess Mother was pretty
special in Uncle Neil’s heart.
Mother had an old black pig she
rode too,” Beulah explained.
Beulah asked that these
stories also be published in
memory of her only sibling,
George Wilson. George, who
suffered from Alzheimer’s
disease, died in Coldwater on
May 23, 2018, at age 70. Keeping
these precious family stories
alive has become paramount
to Beulah, and we’re beyond
happy to share them with our
Harrowsmith community.Bessie Wilson, 1918
Age: 8