Gingko tree story brings back flood of memories.Dear editor, The reference to Bishop William Charles White William Charles White (August 31, 1865 – June 14, 1943) was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Newfoundland (1918 - 42). Born at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, his father was Dr. Robert White. William White was the first native born bishop of the Diocese of Newfoundland. in the April article (Oddly, nobody recalls gingkos' origins) brought back a flood of memories. Bishop White spent some of his retirement years (late 1940s and early 1950s) in Fonthill, Ont., and he attended Holy Trinity Fonthill during that period. I was in the junior choir choir [O.Fr.] 1 A group of singers; traditionally the chorus organized to sing in a church. Usually, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran choirs are composed of men and boys, but occasionally in these churches and customarily in other Protestant and was a server in those years. When it was announced that the bishop would be the guest speaker we would all shudder in anticipation of a long rambling rambling Neurology Fragmented non-goal directed speech most often caused by acute organic brain disease. See Organic brain disease, Word salad. lecture about "my days in China." We generally closed our eyes and tuned him out. What a shame that we who were young were so shortsighted short·sight·ed adj. 1. Nearsighted; myopic. 2. Lacking foresight. short  sight . Looking back 50 years, I realize that we all missed the opportunity of a lifetime to learn so much about history in the making from a man who was there. I am sure that there are others who still attend Holy Trinity Fonthill who were not as juvenile as I was at that time and who could relate many interesting stories about that amazing man
Jim Casson Welland, Ont. |
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