Memories & Tributes

Mrs C (as I lovingly call her) befriended my Mom when we moved to Greenwood NS in 1969. It began a friendship like no other and an eternal bond. ♥️
Mrs C welcome me me into her home to play with David and Kevin more times than I can count. I remember her wit from a very young age! But I will never forget her amazing generosity! As a little girl, I toted around a doll I called “rag baby”. That doll was my everything. I slept with it every night. The poor thing was rotten dirty, and Mrs C took the doll and sewed a new outfit on the outside, to freshen it up! She did it all in the one day so that I wouldn’t miss a beat going to bed. To this day, I still have the doll, in the same outfit. ♥️

Love you Mrs C. You are the best and cherished so much!
Sincerely,
Lynn Smith-Langer

Not sure which Christmas this was in Germany. One of Dad's (Ross Walter Cossaboon) slides from then.

Photo from Dad’s (Ross Cossaboon) slides. Taken in Germany. I am the smallest of the children. I have scene this in slide shows when I was a kid. Today posting it here, I wondered what was on the sign, so I posted it to google and it found;

English Translation

Chiana and Samba - We come from India. We have been in the animal park since 1966. Our care and feeding are good. Do not feed us!

I added that it was probably from Germany after 1966 and before 1970. It further refined it to;

Chiana and Samba were elephants! They were the very first elephants to arrive at the Neunkircher Zoo (located in Neunkirchen, Germany), moving into their enclosure in 1966. They lived out their long lives at the zoo as beloved resident icons, and their names are still famously remembered by visitors who grew up visiting the park during that era. If you have any other historical photos or vintage signs you'd like translated or identified, feel free to share them!

So, Mom, if you wondered about the elephants we saw in Germany, they lived well, as we did.