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In this week’s photo: the King George Theatre. It was built in 1926 and movies later moved to the Capital Theatre. Do you recall what happened to the original King George? (Photo courtesy of Muskoka Heritage Place.)
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Dave Johns wondered: “Could someone been speeding in the river with that high H.P. ski hull boat? No way!!”
Roger Staig ventured: “The year is 1975. The Police brought in the speed boat behind it for either speeding or the engine failed and they towed it.”
And Stan Dronseika filled us in with more details than we knew (which was only that they had recovered a stolen boat and that the year was 1985): “Yes…. they were bringing back a “J” Craft, but it was later than ’75. At that time there was a lad in town by the name of Jamie who loved that boat. He stole that boat from us on five occasions as I remember. It’s hard to tell if this photo was taken the first time, or on one of the other five times that Jamie “borrowed” it. I remember him quite fondly because of his craftiness at making off with it no matter how securely we thought we had protected it. Not only that but Jamie never harmed the boat. When he finished with it for the night, he would carefully tie it up at some dock where it would be found in the morning. It got to the point that when we came to the marina in the morning, we all rushed to where we had tied the “J” Craft the night before, to see if it was still there. Where ever you are, and if you read this post Jamie, I wish you good roads and God Bless. You were truly a gentleman bandit.
“I can’t remember the year, but the people on the dock are Paul, our mechanic at the time, Gord Broadbend, manager and my right hand, a young lad by the name of Morris. The tall cop is VanHoof I think — and I wish there were more like him, and although I knew the other officer, I don’t think I ever knew his name.”
Thanks, Stan!
The King George Theatre became our local Bowling Alley. I remember working there setting up bowling pins for those playing a game. I was paid 5 cents per game for Five Pin and 10 cents per game setting up 10 Pins & Duck Pins. This was my summer job when I was 12 years old. I could also bowl free when we weren’t busy. And I remember the French Fries were delicious at the Bowling Alley. Sometimes I would help peel potatoes and dice them.