So..here I was..all excited and anxiously awaiting the annual shower,but got a totally different kind of shower..yes rain..rain and more rain..and with that clouds.So much for my well thought out plans for seeing the Perseids,so I fell back to plan B.

I packed up the cot, rolled up the blanket,and put away the good stuff and rolled into the neighbourhood pub,Greenhorns. As I pulled in, I get the friendly greeting from Karen, or as we all know her, Super Scrapper,who has discovered a new hobby,with tales and jokes that are guaranteed to keep a smile on your face.

Behind the bar, yes she is older than 16, is Lisa.Lisa is the new young smiling face behind the bar,and is recovering from a broken elbow.When she first told me this..I thought.. oh here we go again..she did it trying her athletic abilities on the trampoline..or fell doing the 20 k marathon. It seems, alas, that I was wrong, she was met by that sneakiest of all things..yes..I’m talking about..the dreaded open dresser drawer. It would also seem(and thanks to a tip from John, the owner of Sauble Dunes ..another great neighbourhood pub) she also is known as the only person to have ever broken the same wine glass…TWICE!(Thanks for that tip John).

Well..off I went..into the dreary rainy night, back to the warm fire I had left blazing in the Heritage woodstove, and picked up a book lent to me, and what a surprise read this is.

The book is called At the Crossroads, a history of Hepworth, by William Stewart.I can recommend this to anyone interested in not only Hepworth history, but anything in South Bruce. I could barely put it down, he has done an amazing amount of research into this, and the book is rife with pictures and tales of the past.Everything from the gas wells that produced a large amount of natural gas, to the railway stop at Clavering.

Does anyone remember the post office in 1937 at the Knechtel store? Or ads in a newspaper called the Progress in 1917 by Aiken brothers hardware of Allenford(and they are still there to this day!) The population of Hepworth was actually larger than Wiarton in those days.

A small story about a milliner that resided with a sawmill owner named J.E.Murphy, which brings on the question.. could a certain someone be related?

I particularly like the story of how in the 1800’s the Brown family would set off in the morning and walk to Owen Sound, to deliver eggs, and walk back with 100 pound sacks of flour on their backs.

Anyone wanting a good read on any day, I recommend this book highly.It is in limited print, but you can get in touch with the author via the Bruce County Historical Society