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'Wlt;y ea In me 40 sA vVt to Hamiota the oth«*r d»y introduced us to Mar* Kich-ar ison, father of ou p iice nag-i« rate. who in a lit r e over a ear i vk I cdtbrat* hundredth birthday li talks a* tl it vert but ( yt terday some of the boys in Win np g were p’an- ng to go the pi ice wi* re Brandon now stand a id form a settlement thtre.tie says there were no hotels in Wi(unpeg at that tin e, nothing b ii a I » le its and lie/ called t piace l..*n’ Poitage s em do tx* a n ore imp*lt;tiant c 1. rti ihJi tune thun what has no * Deome the tap.til tny of the provinceHnnough m re than 98 ytars o.d, Mark Richardson is moic at home talking over the gi* d old d »s of the past than tven of the a a zing happei ings thit have , t .Ken place in th.s o*d world dur-1 j i ig the last few eais.It is 78 years ago that the j s.urdy blacksmith, age 20 boarded a three masted b.rque at Huli. J England and set sail lor Canada j It 1-ok seven wetks to make the trip Finding em^ljjm nt at a th 1 umiam a *t dement i 1 Ont tne young settlers d c ded 10 give it a name It wjs iou d hat am mg the shnll population the c iTistijn nuiii s of live of the men wj, Mark and Markdale was decided 1 po 1 and u remains the nam • O) »mch 1 is known to ill s day, The wh msical.ty of ihe 1 Ad brings a roar ot hearty laugh* t r liom the o.d gentleman when he relates the method which was adopted ‘ii fixing the name of wnat l*. now a ti urlshuig town VMth the txctpiiou oi three yea. wiien Mr K chardson look pjrt in the campaign which ended t ic career ot “billing Bail’ in the States, he has rpent the rtst of the t me in ttoi- c juntiy.It was in the late 70s that young Richardson, at er spending some time m Winnipeg and Bran*, d n trekked to Yioladale, southeast of Shoal Lake, where h * faim td until recent years when he took up his residence m Hamiota Hailed out, burned out, frozen out ai d die whole gamut ot the hometeaders dlfficu ties we.e experience. d by this hardy old turn r It is Pus failure to be u duly perturbed by any calamity, great or s:na 1. to which he ascribes the lact that he has already passed t le span of me which is legaidcd at the picdestintd lot of man Mr. Kictiardson carries his age j well. He reads without the aid' ot g asses and tils long distance signt nught well b- the envy ot much yuungtr men He takes a greciidtaiut interest in his h. me garden, and i 111 most respects a truly wondertul min
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Shoal Lake Star
Shoal Lake, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Sep 28, 1922
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