Comments: Sharon there are two Wessilius's in Brandon, according to canada.411 dot com. I think the second one might be them. Good luck. And tell them about our web site; I bet they would really get a kick out of it!!
Added: April 10, 2009
Submitted by Name: Sharon
Comments: First of all I have no idea how or where to reply to all the great answers everyone gave me on the Guestbook Interactive or wherever they are but I will answer here & hopefully whoever put my question there will do the same with this one. I remember McCabe's stable, it use to be out past the forest reserve then they moved it closer up down the road from the gate because I use to save the .25 per hr. that I got for babysitting until I had the dollar you needed to rent a horse. The horses I am talking about are the ones closer up by the gate near the pig barn. So it was probably Bill Wessilius, the name Bill sort of rings a bell but I don't think I ever knew his last name. I wonder if he would still live in Brandon? It is one of those childhood memories that has come back to me & I keep thinking about it for some strange reason. Thanks again everyone, Sharon
Comments: I remember the Mcabes horse ranch that was at the far end of the forest range. It was bugger trying to peddle our bikes through the sand hills to get there for an 1/2 ride.
Added: April 9, 2009
Submitted by Name: Faye Helgason From: Ottawa E-mail: fayeh51@yahoo.com
Comments: Sharon, if the horses were from the Wessilius's, then I thought I'd tell you that his first name is Bill. Last I heard they were in Brandon as Melody points out. Before leaving Shilo in 68, I was the family's babysitter. That was when Alynne, the oldest, was still alive. She passed away at age 10. (Melody, I remember Janet well. She would have been too young to remember me though).
Added: April 9, 2009
Submitted by Name: Doc. J From: ShiloBrats Trivia
Comments: Sharon posted the following in InterActive:
I lived in Shilo from 1962-67 & it was probably somewhere around the middle of that time that I would go visit the horses in the field by the gate & feed them grass. The nice gentlelman who owned them let me ride one of them for a while. Does anyone know who it was that owned those horses? I cannot remember his name & would love to know who it was. Thanks, Sharon
I remember the McCabe family had horses on their property outside the gate, and hosted the wonderful sleigh rides through the forest reserve in the winter.
Does anyone else remember the horses outside the gate or can help Sharon with an answer.
Let's make this a third entry to begin a ShiloBrats Trivia feature, the first two being Wigle/Waggle Springs, and the parachutes during fire prevention week.
What are your trivia questions, answers or entries.
Added: April 9, 2009
Submitted by Name: Melody Wojnarski From: Army Brat E-mail: Melody@goinet.ca
Comments: Just wanted to add to Sharon's comments and questions. The horses outside the gate, was it part of the pig farm? Wesselius was the name of the family that ran it. I hung out with their daughter, Janet and they had three horses. This was 1977 - 1982 ish. The farm was torn down and they moved to Brandon I beleive.
Added: April 9, 2009
Submitted by Name: Jon White From: Brandon E-mail: joewhite@mts.net
Comments: Hi ,this site brings the kid back to everyone who is a brat ,no dount.I lived in shilo a couple of times,first is when i was in grade two through eight (seven twice with my buddy david mosher) ha ha it happens. I lived at 53 & 55 kingston ave.until i was 14-15.Then moved to Oromocto for a couple of years then back to Shilo and the area for good . We lived the second time at 47 frontenac cres.until our family moved to Brandon. Brandon is where i still live along with my wife JOELLE ,daughters Alexx , Josee and son Ryann. I will never forget the good old day ,they will always stay with me and everyone who was a part of making Shilo the memory we all cling to .I just was reading Cindy Buckman`s comments and remember everyone Cindy talked about .I would like to say hello to my old friends and classmates where every you may be. A reunion i hope may some day happen again . Thank you
Name: Robert Embury
From: Lethbridge
E-mail: Rembury@shaw.ca
I just viewed a photo of a girl that my family & theirs were good friends with. Having lived there in the early 60s. "Barb Derbyshire"