Maddeningly, I can't find any of the colorful reminiscences sent to me by Les Bixby. This is really too bad, because his were really fun and interesting, too. Besides, he sent me all these marvlous pictures. I don't know what happened to emailings. I feel guilty as hell. Did I accidently delete them? I know I wouldn't have deleted them on purpose, because I enjoyed them too much and intended to put them up on the Website along with his pix. All I found was this scrap below. Not nearly enough. Here is Les' Website, at any rate. I'm sure he'd love for you to visit. http://www.poets.com/LesBixby.html

Subject: Re: Churchill Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: Hi, Yes, the train station and the best homemade pie in the country in the railway cafe right next to the station, I didn't see the whaling factory last night next to the grain elevator either. No whaling factory any longer, and alas, no railway cafe. Gypsy's on Kelsey has the best pastries.

Les's Photos (circa 1948-1949)

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Airport. 1948 (Now the town airport)	Private Plane of Capt. Veeche Stolen by soldier and crashed trying to leave Ft. Churchill
7099th	Fort Churchill, 1948-49
Aerial View facing East, Churchill Canada #1 Mountie Station, #2 Hotel, #3 Restaurant, #4 Hudson Bay Store	Government Terminal Grain Elevator
Hudson Bay	The train route over the muskeg into Churchill
Igloo Training	Inuit in Kayak with Beluga Whale
Veeches Piper	7099th Les is in there somewhere
7099th

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