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T THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, October 29, 1999 DENTURE CLINIC COMPLETE DENTURE SERVICES SENIOR RATES FREE CONSULTATION DENTAL & WELFARE PLANS WELCOME REPAIR & RELINE WHILE YOU WAIT PERMANENT SOFT LINER SPECIALISING IN PROBLEM LOWER DENTURES Haunted happenings around town (Continued from page 27) Bronte Plaza 2302 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville, Ontario Across From Tim Horton's Doughnuts 827-2066 based on multiple sightings of the Holy Ghost. Mayor Ann Mulvale, who attended the book's launch and was first in line to buy two copies, said she feels the book is invaluable for the glimpses it reveals of Oakville's heritage. "It captures the history, and so much of our history is in the minds. And we are all getting older, so it is important to find a way to get it written down, to preserve it," said Mulvale, who also admitted she has never seen a ghost. Most of the ghosts in Burnell's book are friendly, but some are more dis turbing, such as the one that haunts Erchless, once the family home of the Chisholms and now home to the Oakville Museum. lOMERjAPPR ECIATI0 N SALE for S av e $K00 $5 17 kg. Natural Choice T h e W o rld 's N o . 1 S e llin g L a m b a n d R ic e S av e $1°° on anv Nutro Biscuit Feeding a Grocery Brand Pet Food? Step up to Nutro and S ave $5 301b. Natural Choice :_ _ Senior Dog Save How old is your dog A s k for y o u r F r e e S a m p le d Max Cat with Salmon Meal Choice Large Breed Large Breed 37.5 lb.Large Breed Adult 31b. ^ |s a Save $ 4 ° ° Only Offer valid from October 29th - November 7th. 4002 TRAFALGAR RD. Corner of Trafalgar & Burnhamthorpe REN257-4611 www.toronto.com/rensfeed In the book, an employee describes numerous odd experiences including the time she opened the museum one morning and found the lights on the alarm panel flashing, the fax ringing, the photo copier spewing papers, and the typewriter tapping away on its own. The alarm monitoring station, however, registered no record of any activity. Other ghosts, like Barbara Savage's, are more reclusive and seem to shy away from contact. The story of Sav age's ghost, whom she describes as being about 40 with reddish brown hair, cut like a monk, and dressed in a long brown robe, was the one that orig inally started Burnell on her quest. "I've lived in this house for over 16 years, and I've seen him twice," said Savage, whose house is on Reynolds Street opposite George's Square and was built in 1882. "He just glowered at me the first time I saw him. Then I saw him again three weeks later and he walked by me and totally ignored me." For those without a ghost o f their own, but who wished to see one, Eliz abeth and John MacCallum brought along a Polaroid shot of theirs to the book launch. John believes the photo, which shows a murky image of a slender woman with her black hair piled into a bun on top of her head, is o f his deceased mother, who must have fol lowed them when they moved to an old house in St. George from Oakville. Their son had taken the picture of what he thought was an empty kitchen prior to renovating it and only saw the figure after the Polaroid developed. "We always had a feeling there was something in the house," said Eliza beth. "My daughter and I kept thinking our things were moved around, and we had some odd experiences with our cat." Luckily, Elizabeth said, she had a good relationship with her mother-inlaw when she was alive, so she did not mind her new guest. While many of the book's hauntings occur in old homes, they are not con fined to them. The Oakville Centre for the Per forming Arts, which was built in 1977, for example, is home to at least one ghost the staff has named Alice, and possibly more. Besides spooking technicians, Alice and her friends have expressed a dis like of computer technology. When the Town attempted to install a computer system two or three years ago, they could not make it work no matter what they did, yet the same com puters worked perfectly when plugged in off the property. Burnell suggests the haunting may be linked to the centre's location, which was a meeting place for natives and housed the local community hall and school in 1834, as well as a ceme tery (containing victims of the 1830s cholera epidemic). In total, 21 spooky tales, accompa nied by playful sketches done by Oakville artist Don Sutherland, fill the pages of Burnell's book, which can be purchased just in time for Halloween for $8 from the Oakville Historical Society at 112 King Street or by phon ing 844-2695. All proceeds from the sale of G hosts o f O akville will be donated to . the Historical Society.