Eulogy

Cantor Fogel & sons Bob & Evan Eulogized their father Harry at his funeral.

Marlyn Stein Writes

I promised to send you some stories, so here are a couple that come to mind.

Velvet Hammer

As you know, we had our annual or bi-annual (or more) lobster parties when we were in Sutton. Well, we all contributed something toward the meal.

Harry made his "famous" drink, called the Velvet Hammer. He actually made it in a large tupperware container (nothing fancy in Sutton). This was a delicious and potent hard drink. Never knew what he put in it, but it was delicious. So, after the first batch he made, we all clamoured for more. But the deal was, only 1 container per party. And good thing too. We couldn't walk a straight line after.

So, Harry became "famous" for his Velvet Hammer.

Square Dancing

I think that square dancing with Harry was one of the best experiences we all ever had. Firstly, he was far too large for this activity. Secondly, he never learned the moves well. But he LOVED it. He loved the music and rhythm and danced his head off. He would give us all a turn to swing us around (the ladies) and we'd end up in the air. And when we decided to help him through his moves, we actually had to push him with force through a step / move. He loved it and we loved watching him love it. He was so funny.

Liquor Commission

Harry discovered (maybe Normie too) that the Quebec Liquor Commission had an outlet to purchase wine very inexpensively. What you had to do was bring your own bottles, wash them there and fill them from huge barrels of wine. (Which was bottled by the SAQ) for their stores. And the public was permitted to go there on weekends. So, naturally, we did!!

One Saturday, Normie and Harry decided to purchase one case of red and one case of white and that we'd split them both. So we did our thing........ washed the bottles , tasted the wine and filled the bottles. (We actually did quite a bit of tasting). Then they put the 2 cases in the trunk of Harry's car and they proceeded to divide the bottles , so that each case had 6 white and 6 red. As Harry was transferring, he had one bottle in each hand and they smashed together and broke, thereby filling the trunk with the contents of both bottles.

You can only imagine how we laughed!!

Chinese

Harry (and Thelma too) introduced us to Sheczuan (spelling???) Chinese food by taking us to Dick Chen. Dick had a house on Victoria St for this purpose. Harry always prearranged the meal and menu beforehand and surprised us all with this delight.

What made me think of this was that Dick Chen had a staff working there and of course, Harry spoke to him in Chinese. So when his staff heard this, they all came out and stared at him in shock. How could this very tall and large man who was caucasion, be speaking in their language.

And of course, whenever we all went out for Chinese food, Harry did his thing. And we always howled with laughter.

Hope this is good for now, Evan. My typing is tiring.

Luv, Marlyn