b'Harold(continued from page 35) Canada Packers grading beef and overtogetitright.Thehorsespork.TheForderslivedwitha Harold, famouswont mind! his father advised.friend in Toronto.for bringingYou can win! I didnt like the city, said the miniature horsesAnd he did. At age 16, Haroldcountry boy. And we could only to Canada forcapturedfirstplaceinjudgingafford two meals a day.first time contestsforDurhamCounty,atItwasdestinythatheran Guelph College and at the Royalinto an old friend of his Dads, Winter Fair. He was up againstCliffordLoveofPortPerry,at experiencedentrantsuptoagetheTorontostockyards.Clifford 28. offered to sell him his livestock Harold, secondHarold and his older brothertrucking business.from left withHowardtookoverthefam- But I have no money, said prize winningily farm and switched it over toHarold. Oneida atdairy.BothgotmarriedaroundNoproblem,saidClifford. the Royalthe same time. Pay me when you can.AgriculturalTherewasnoroomforHealsoofferedthenewly-Winter Fair. twowomeninahouse,notedweds free accommodations(two Harold, so I moved on. rooms and a bath) at his house on At the age of 21, Harold wedMary St. in Port Perry.NormainMontreal,whereherClifford was like a second fa-Christmas 1956.family had relocated. (They hadther to me, Harold commented.Harold and hismet at a dance in Newcastle.) After eight years ofwrestling girls, RhondaWehad$50whenwegotpigs into trucks, Harolds back on his lap, Gale,married, said Harold. The costgave out, so he took a new path.Anna and wifeof the train trip back to TorontoFollowinginbrother Norma. wiped us out. Howardsfootsteps,hedabbled For a year, Harold worked atinrealestate,butIdidntlike it,saidHarold,althoughhe 36FOCUS - MARCH 2023'