The mail drop from Smithers, B.C., had just arrived and Joe Watson was chuckling over a front-page story about a mayoral candidate.
Those who glanced over Watson's shoulder chuckled even louder when they read that Arctic Frank Rizzo was sampling voter response daily on Main Street.
Since they arrived in Philadelphia, the Smithers Brothers have endured continual torment about their home town. Joe and Jimmy Watson insist it's paradise. City Slickers who have never seen Smithers argue that it's just a quaint village 700 miles north of Vancouver and down the road from the North Pole.
Joe, 34, still visits Smithers during the summers, but he has a home near Philadelphia. Jimmy, 25, spends all summer back home, playing baseball, fishing and generally relaxing.
Ah, but it was bound to happen. After years of living in apartments in South jersey and suburban Philadelphia, Jimmy has purchased his first home. The younger Watson's estate isn't far from Media, Pa., where brother Joe, wife Marianne and son Ryan live.
"Somebody told me I've lived in 100 places since I came here, including a van," said the smiling bachelor. "Now I'll have roots."
Smithers, which is also the home of NHLers Ron Flockhart, Alan Kerr, Michael Wall and Dan Hamhuis, truly is a beautiful place to visit.
2 comments:
as somone who was born and raised there, and lived next to Mr and Mrs Watson (Jim, Joe, and Jerry's mom and dad) on Lake Kathlyn Rd... I agree about it's beauty.
Truly a great place to visit.
Jim and Joe Watson if you are reading this please email me at cg.veandrews@gmail.com My dad used to visit you guys at your farm and went to school with you. I’d like you to be able to talk to each other.
I can give you his contact information. From Smithers BC.
He used to see your mom Mary all the time. But lost contact with you. Steven would see dad and yell across the way to get my dads attention. Dad says they were really good to him.
You used to play baseball and fastball together.
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