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CLAREMONT CONTINUATION SCHOOL, 192? (before 1923)
BACK ROW:- Bob McCallum,Neil McKinnon, Edgar Ward, Donald Beer
Ken Reesor,Gordon McBride, AllenMiller, John Willison,
Paul Wilson,Lyman McCullough, Oscar Stephenson
MIDDLE ROW:- Milton J.Wilker-principal, Miss St.John,
Dorcas McCullough(seated),Hazel Wilson,Bert Harvey
Aldene Ward,Edna Benns, Essie Pegg,Vivian Appleby,
Edith Stephenson,Gladys Jones,Edith Toole,Edith Peters,
Margaret Pugh, Alice Pegg,Margaret Gee, Norrine Wilson
?? Helen Chesher, Edna Green, Mabel Bie
FRONT ROW;- Gertrude Tolchard, Eileen Cooper, Alma Evans
Isabel Gregg, Evelyn McCullough
(seated) Rowena Cooper, Georgie Forsyth, Jean Wright
Mabel Bryan
Claremont Continuation Class-1924
Back Row- Isabel Gregg,Evelyn McCullough,Edna Green,
Collin McBride,Horace Lee,Bob McCullum,Alan Miller,Oscar
Stephenson,Ken Reesor,Al Harvey,Edgar Ward
3rd Row -Miss Merle Stephenson(teacher),Alma Doucette,Margaret
Doucette,Gladys Jones,Edith Stephenson,Aldine Ward,Bertha
Bacon,Gertrude Taulchard,Margaret Bingham,Tom Oliver,
Malcolm Spencely,Peter Scott,George Middleton,Mr.M.J.Wilker
(principal)
2nd Row -Margaret Spencely,Hazel Wilson,Adelaide McCullough,Muriel
Jones,Elsie Matthews,Dorothy Harbron,Margaret Linton,
Elizabeth Ward,Doris Gee,Jean Wright,Mabel Bryan,Mabel Bee,
Eileen Cooper,Fred Byers
1st Row -Stella McCullough,Sadie Linton,Edith Benns,Irene Cowie
Margaret Pugh,Alice Pegg,Margaret Gee Alfred Moles,Hugh
Miller,Sam Fingold,Gerald Harbron,Donald Beer
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STANDING:- Mr. M.J.Wilker (Principal),Miss Lucy Barton (teacher)
Mary White, Adelaide McCullough. Stella McCullough,
Dorothy Bone, Margaret Spenceley, Helen Dawson,
Sadie Linton,Marion Spencer, Irene Cowie, Marie Fiss
Mildred Pugh, Elmer Evane, HughMiller, Parker,
George Buyers, Alfred Moles, Sam Fingold
SEATED: -Back Row -
Phyllis Gerow, Isabel Gregg, Aldine Evans, Marion
taylor, Margaret Doucette, Gladys Jones, Allen Miller
2nd Row-
3rd Row -
Muriel Jones, Lillian Dawson, Sadie Evans.
Margaret Bingham, Margaret Pugh, Edna Green
Doris Johnson, Alma Ward,EdithBenns, Elsie Mathews,
Elizabeth Ward, Tom Oliver
TOP - 1930-31
Miss Marjorie Blakeston (teacher), Arthur Lloyst,
Gordon Borland, Russel Gray, Roy Miller, Robert Miller
Gordon Stevens, Joe Ward, Ken Dopking, Ross Wilson
Philip Fingold,Herbert Caskey (teacher)
Grace Lloyst, Hazel Bacon, Grace Selman, Marian Kilpatrick,
Alma Pugh, Kathleen Beelby, Velma Leggett, Islay Green
Muriel Dunn, Margaret Bayles, Roee Fingold
Mary Phillips, Marjorie Ward, Mildred Pegg, Enid Cook,
Gladys Evans, Dorothy Spencer, Jean Stwwart, Myrtle McCartney,
Dorothy Linton, Florrie Deurdon, June Forsyth, Jean Gregg
Earl Booth, Earle Cook, Carl Dopking,Borden Middleton
Bill Tomlinson, Joe Tran, Gordon Graham, Ralph Stevens,
ted Tomlinson, George Brown.
LOWER PICTURE
Arthur Loyst, Lloyd Pugh, Isabel Johnson, Margaret Bayles
?? Doris Linton, Margaret Dopkin
Harold Morgan, Walter Booth, Gordon Birkett, Florie Durdane
Grace Tomlinson, Margaret Overland, Dorothy Miller,
Marjorie Selman
Edna Taylor, Mildred Loyst, Joyce McCoulough, Billie Wagg
June Forsyth, Margaret Johnson, Lena Slack,Frances Loyst
Katie Beaton, Anna_ Forsyth
Jack Morgan, ?? ?? Allen Tomlinson
?? Gordon Spencley
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1932
Back Row-
2nd Row -Francis Lloyst,Anna Forsyth
Olive Basset
Isabel Johnson
Betty Pretty
Evelyn Basset
Margaret Johnson,Billie Wagg,Margaret Overland,June Goddard,
,Grace Tomlinson,Jessie Lewis,Mable Evans,Mildred Lloyst
Joyce McCullough
Mrs. Annie Porter
Mary Morgan
Local Farmers on a tour of Toronto Elevators arranged by
Claremont Co-op
lst Row- Earl Disney,Wm. Bayles,Mel Johnson,Lloyd Pugh,Ralph Jones,
Edgar Ward,Wm. Evans
2nd Row- Wm. Welsh,Chas, Symes,Edward Pegg,Frank McAvoy,Lorne Jones
Percy Jones,Ray Stickwood
3rd Row- Allan Ellicott,Hugh Gregg,Howard Plaxton,Joe Forsyth,Bob
Torrance,Russ Pilkey,elmer Wilson
4th Row- Alex Schneider,Gordon Wilson,Paul Wellman,F. Gostick,Lorne
Bath,Fred Pugh,Milton Pegg,Willie Carson
Back Row -Donald Jamieson,Cecil Disney,Aylmer Hood,Joe Symes,Lloyd
Wilson,Edgar Evans,James Couse
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Upper pictures
1. Mrs. Augustine -
Rev. Augustine
Centre- Miss Florence Beelby and Patient
Loweer picture- Edith Benns,
Margaret Linton,
Mabel Sanderson,
Top Picture
M.J.Wilker,Margaret Overland,C.A. Overland
Margaret Wilker,Mrs. Overland
2nd Picture- Mrs. Wilker,Mrs. D Scott,C.A.Overland,Mrs. Fred
Evans,Mrs. Overland,Mr. D.A.Scott
Gordon Overland,Fred Evans,Mr.M.J.Wilker
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Edith Benns,Margaret Linton,C.A.Overland,Mabel Sanderson
Mr. C.A. Overland and his mother. Mr. Overland was a former
storekeeper in town.
Lower- Margaret Overland- Gordon Overland
Early Scenes from Claremont
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April 18,2002-Our new sign
Margaret Gall,Dorothy Britton,Blair Evanslibrarian-Chris
Carol Redshaw
Lower picture -Dinner out for the Women's Institute -June 2002
Dorothy Britton,Laura Scott,Susan Kelzer,Dorothy Cook,Doris
Norton,Alma Wilson,Sandra Carson,Bernice Ward,Norrine Hill
Claremont Ball Reunion_Sept.,1994
Pearl Ken Dopking,Margaret Dopking,Doug Reynolds
Lower picture -former ball players
Gary Evans,George Redshaw,Earl Pilkey,Allen Pilkey
Ron Hedges,Bob Redshaw,Ronald Jones
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CLAREMONT FASTBALL PLAYER'S RE -UNION
If you or any of your relatives and friends ever played Baseball in Claremont Park, we invite you to come to
Claremont Legion Saturday September 17, 1994, 1:OOPM, and lets have a baseball players re-unionl
Remembering old times - good and bad baseball games - and maybe scare up a baseball game with some
old-timers who are still somewhat able to pick up a bat, see the ball, and able to run or walk!
Younger folks - be prepared to play a few innings.
We will be having a gallery of baseball pictures and memorabilia.
If you have anything to add to this make sure your name is on, and send ahead, or bring same with you.
At the supper hour, we are planning a pot -luck supper.
If you are attending we are suggesting you bring an item for the pot luck.
In the evening we are having a dance.
Thank you to Joe Borland, a local baseball player and disc jockey, who has volunteered his services.
So with your cooperation, let's have a fun day with you and your fanrilies.
For further information please tail Rene Rennie 905 649 2312
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W.I. Meetings
Top picture
Isabel Gregg,Aldine Evans,Mary Hill, Alice Peddie
Isabel Gregg,Lillian Gauslin,Alice Peddie
Mary Hill,Dorothy Britton
A RHYME.
The following rhyme was read at
the last meeting of the Epworth
League of the Methodist church.
At the North end of Claremont, as you
pass through the town,
Lives our parson, and if in his study,
he's BROWN.
We've a PARISH, that reaches as far
as a HILL,
And we have a HOPPER, although
we've no mill.
We have not a steeple, although we've
a BELL,
And the right way to ring we ask you
to tell. "
Our property reaches away UNDERHILL
And we have some EDDY'S, but never
a rill.
We can't drive our COULTIss. for
HOLDEN you can't,
The SADDLER. declares you must
LEGGATT and pant.
We've RUTH out a gleaning and fol-
lowing Bowgs, •
But where is Naomi, guess nobody
knows?
In the Methodist church we're great
on the NEAL,
But you're not obliged to unless you
so feel.
If chilly, we have both a MANTLE and
Hoot,
And a COOPER to make useful things
out of wood.
We have one who HUGHES wood, some
think coal is cheaper,
And we boast of FORSYTHE's, can't
afford a new reaper.
There'sLINTON andBANYARD; BURTON,
COLLINS and STOKES,
LLOYD, RAWSON and GIBSON and
BEELBY's young folks,
With POWELL and PILKEY and HUT-
CHINSON too,
Tom CONDY, GILROY, and of others a
few
Who buy coal from SPOFFORD, and
now comes the fun,
They don't want the dust but the clean
MIDDLETON.
The (Vdren are taught the LAW to
jjLftbey,
_e don't love the darkness_ because
we have DAY.
I've heard of a RumoHn and a STORY
that's queer,
But they're terribly GREEN that be-
lieve all they hear.
A GAUSLIN we own, and no poultry
beside,
Let us cherish and hope that no ill
may betide.
We have TARR when we need it, but
no more to spare,
We value it highly because it is rare.
We have Will's son (WILSON) and
Tom's son (THOMSON), well known
to us all,
So hearty, so pushing, so manly, so
strong.
Each respectable BURGESS I've named
in this song
Are citizens noble and to Claremont
belong.
O what's in a name, fill the life full of
love
Till we get the new name a4id the
mansion above.
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Aldine Evans,Annie Porter,Margaret Cook
May,1989
Front Row -Lillian Gauslin,Alma Jones,Isabel Gregg,Mary Hill,
Alma Wilson
Back Row- Sandra Carson,Dorothy britton,Aldine Evans,Doris
Norton,Mary Winn,Debbie Wilson
Doll show at Jean Drake's home
Mary Hill,Jean Drake,Dorothy Britton
At convention - 100 years-2002
Dorothy Britton,Jean Drake,Marean Ward,Lillian Gauslin,
Bernice Ward
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Claremont Women's Institute 90th Anniversary April 21,1999
Bernice Ward,Isabel Gregg,Dorothy Britton,Lillian Gauslin
Women's Institute meeting at Lillian Gausli's
Jean norton,Bernice Ward,Norrine Hill,Sandra Carson,Marean
Ward,Aldine Evans,Dorothy Britton,Alma Wilson,Mary Morgan,
Doris Norton,Mildred Binsted,Evelyn Jones
Claremont Ladies' Ball Team,1938
Betty Pretty,Myrtle Brown,Edna Meadows,Mildred LloystBlanche Todd
Helen Devitt,Billie Wagg,Reta Flynn,Lena Evans
Baseball Team-1938
Back Row -Myrtle bacon,Edna Meadows,Betty Pretty,Mildred Lloyst
Front Row -Helen Devitt,Blanche Todd,Billie WaggReta Flynn,
Lena Evans
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Last Meeting of the Golden Age Club in the old Hall,1997
Standing -Margaret Gall,Reta Parratt,Malcolm Allbright,Arthur
Parratt,Mary borland,Dorothy Britton,Jean Norton,Jean Harrison,
Dorothy Cook,Alma Wilson,Diane Exley,Norrine Hill
Next row -Gordon Gausli,Vi Boniface,Eileen Ball,Curly Cook,
Mildred Binsted
Front Row -Marjorie Hedges,Lillian Gauslin,Doris Norton,Jean
Drake
Institute Members -Mary Hill, ,Aldine Evans
Laura Johnson,Alice Peddie
Institute Meeting -Olive Vine,Sandra Carson,Clara Carson,
Lillian Gauslin, ,Win Chamberlain,Laura Johnson
Institute Meeting -Margaret Gall,Doris Norton,Olive Vine,
Sandra carson,Clara CarsonLillian Gauslin
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Claremont Women's Institute -Life members
Aldine Evans,Alice Peddie Isabel Gregg
Dignitaries at the official opening of the community centre.
They include Janet Ecker,Wayne Arthurs,Dan Msteague,Rick Johnson
June 1997
100th anniversary of Women's Institute.We joined Altona
branch.
Dorothy britton,Peggy Hood,Mary Elson
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100th Anniversary of W.I.
Elva Symes,Bea Wideman,Lillian Gauslin
June 21,1997-opening of the new community Centre
Mary Borland,Lillian Gauslin,Alma Wilson,Norrine Hill,Dorothy
Britton
Masonic Hall -Claremont
Institute meeting at the home of Isabel Gregg- June,1984
Mary Hill,Mary Winn,Laura Johnson
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Visit to the Foster Memorial-June,1984
Sandra Carson and Mary Hill
Inside the Memorial
Dorothy Britton,Isabel Gregg,Doris Norton,Aldine Evans at
the organ,Sandra carson,Mary Hill and Elva Reid
On the steps of the memorial
Janet Evans,Laura Johnson,Doris Norton,Jean Norton,Jean Rose
Aldine Evans,Lillian Gauslin,Mary Winn,Sandra Carson,Mary Hill
Alice Peddie,Dorothy Britton,Elva Reid,Maud Anderson, Annie
Porter and Isabel Gregg
Margaret Gall with a quilt -the pattern"Lover's Knot"
A/P PAGE 16 NEWS ADVERTISER, SUNDAY EDITION, April 25, 2004
Celia Klemenz/ News Advertiser photo
Drop by and celebrate 40 years
AJAX — President Laura Scott and the rest of the Pickering Village Seniors Club invite everyone to enjoy a 'cuppa' and to reminisce
at its 40th anniversary celebration Saturday, May 8 from 1 to 4 p.m., at the club, 29 Linton Ave.
One of our WI members,2004
District Annual -May 27,2004 at Claremont
Speaker was Elizabeth Peeters from Omeemee.Her daughter ,
Kathy had a brain tumor at the age of 4.She is a survivor.
Her geandmother is Joyce Kelly-Blackstock,a former president
of Ontario District
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An airial view of Claremont,circa 1955
Isabel Greg-'s 80th birthday party at Dorothy Britton's home
Lillian Gauslin,Sandra carson,Alma Jones,Isabel Gregg,Aldine
Evans,Evelyn Jones,Doris Norton,Mary Winn,Mary Hill,Debby
Wilson
A group of UCW at Cullen Gardens=
Mary Borland,Margaret Gall,Norrine Hill,Bernice Ward,Edith
Stickwood,Rosemarie Timms
More UCW members
Mary Hill,Isabel Evans,Dorothy Britton,Dorothy Cook,Bernice
Ward,Mimi Forrest,Aldine Evans,Margaret Blackford
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Durham Region Recycling plant on Gerrard Road,Whitby
Bunny Lockett(staff person),Jean Drake,Bernise Ward,Marean
Ward,Dorothy Britton,Sandra Carson,Alma Wilson and Laura
Scott.
Claremont Women's Institute 90th Anniversary, 4,,)r• All ( q q l ^
Bernice Ward,Dorothy Britton and Jean Drake
Lillian Gaslin,Dorothy Britton and Isabel Gregg
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Alma Wilson,Dorothy Cook,Evelyn Jones,Bernice Ward,Dorothy
Britton,Lillian Gauslin,Sandra Carson,Jean Drake,Doris Norton,
Mildred Binsted and Isabel Gregg,sitting
4 •Friday, April 22, 2005 The Scugog Standard
A grand old institution celebrates its 90th birthday
By Heather McCrae
Scugog Standard
To celebrate .a 90th anniversary these
days is quite an achievement for any com-
munity based volunteer group. Such an
achievement will be celebrated by mem-
bers of the Blackstock Women's Institute
next month.
Cake, ice cream and refreshments
will be served up on May 4 at the
Blackstock United Church, from 2
p.m. until 4 p.m., when the
Blackstock Women's Institute cel-
ebrates its 90th anniversary.
All past, present and future
members are invited, as well,
women who may think they are
too busy with families and careers
to have a night out "for the good of
the community and country."
They may find out they are mis-
taken.
While the 20th century witnessed
many 'remarkable achievements for
women in their struggle for equality, the
roots of the women's movement can be
traced back to the 19th century, whin the
first bill for the enfranchisement of
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The Blackstock Women's Institute is celebrating its 90th anniversary on
May 4, at the Blackstock United Church. Getting geared up for the event
are (L-R) Pat Sleep, Dora Martyn and Andrea Weir. Women's Institutes
Recently, as part of a community proj-
ect, the Ontario District WI presented six
framed Jubilee portraits of Queen
Elizabeth II to six community centres; the
Blackstock Rec. Centre, Utica Memory
Hall, the Scugog Island Community Hall,
the Zephyr Hall, Gamebridge Women's
Institute Hall and the Uxbridge Senior
Centre.
Like all Women's Institutes, the
Blackstock branch has done a lot
over the years in the community.
It assists with the maintenance
of the village's cenotaph, donates
books to the Cartwright Central
Public School library, sponsors
classes at the Blackstock Fair and
makes donations to various chari-
ties, including the Salvation Army,
Operation Scugog and the Port
Perry hospital.
To support these causes, the
women continue to cater to the
Blackstock Lions' Club dinner meetings
and occasionally sell their delicious baking
at farm auctions and have held many suc-
cessful yard sales.
'We may be small, but we're mighty,"
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women.
Between 1942 and 1948 somemos 00from Great
accompanied by 22,n0o children, Yanadian
Britain, landed here at Pier 21 as iv secondes Wnrld War
servicemen stationed abroad during rom ted the
The high number of these wthe anc s pro
with
federal government to providetinn about their
transportation to Canada and inµ r pride clubs helped
adopted country. Across Canada,
the women adapt to new customs an brides urroun cdotlectively
succeeding generation,
dians' emotional ]inks
strengthened many Canawith
Britain.
De 1942 3 1948. quelque 49 000 Spouses de militaires
canadiens prstSs outre-met all cours de la Seconde Guerre
mondiale dcbarquerent ici au quai 21. Venant pour le
a nees de
pre de ces amours de guerre incite
plupan de Gr^ndc-(:rctagne, elles etaient accomp
22 0t10 enfants. Le nom
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1e goue'infortion sr leur pays a
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egurent en outre 1'aideties
de cercles d'ep
pour s'adaptee as Ie:Outus lien, affection etales. kld'amitif a ecct1r
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At the W.I. June outing to Scugog Shores Museum in June,2005.
Sandra Carson,Marean Ward,Norrine Hill, Dorothy Britton and
Jean Drake. Picture taken by Bernice Ward.
W.I. June,2006 outing
We had a potluck lunch at the Senior's hall followed by a
visit to the pioneer Mennonite church in Altnna.
Those present were -Alma Wilson,Sandra Carson,Marean Ward,
DorothyuBritton,Betty Pegg,Norrine Hill,Jean Drake,Blanche
Tindall and a visitor(friend of Trudy Freed who took the
Picture)
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June 2006
Inside the pioneer church at Altona
Back row -Blanche Tindall,Marean Ward,Sandra Carson,Bernice Ward
Susan Cogar,the careraker.
'Ind row -Jean Drake,Alma Wilson,Dorothy Britton,Norrine Hill and
Betty Prgg
Grave stones at the pioneer church
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A very old stonefound in the cemetery.
Alma Wilson singing in the church.She sang He touched me"
Grade 3 Students
Learn How
Farmers "Make the
World Go `Round"
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Durham Region
Farm
Connections 2007
by Mary Lou Harrison
Approximately 1,200 students and
teachers participated in the "Farm
Connections" program held this
year at the Luther Vipond Arena in
Brooklin from April 3rd to 5th. In ad-
dition, approximately 150 members
of the general public benefited from
the educational displays at an Open
House on the evening of April 4th.
The mission of the Farm Connec-
tions program is to:
• provide opportunities for non -farm
people to learn first-hand where
their food comes from, and to fos-
ter a broader understanding of the
importance of agriculture today
• enhance knowledge, understand-
ing and appreciation of agriculture
and the Agri -Food industry within
the Durham Region.
This mission of public education
was well furthered as the participat-
ing grade 3 students rotated through
8 different farm-themed stations in-
cluding: maple syrup, agricultural
technology/crop production, dairy,
pork, beef, sheep, poultry and land
stewardship (soil & water).
At each station, the students met
farmers and participated in engag-
ing question and answer sessions
some of which included live farm
animals (pigs, chickens & sheep
to name a few) as subjects of the
discussions. A few lucky kids even
had an opportunity to try their hand
at cheese -making (see photo).
The 2 hour program, made possible
by the volunteer efforts of close to
100 local farmers, concluded with a
live milking demonstration and the
singing of the 2007 Farm Connec-
tions theme song, "Farming Makes
the World Go `Round."
Farm Connections first took place
in 2006 and received an award
from the Ontario Agri -Food Edu-
cation organization in recognition
of the tremendous success of the
program.
A SMILING SARAH WARD holds
up the stitched blanket she was
presented with as the Top 4-H
Member for 2006 in the Durham
West 4-H Club. For all the details,
see the story below.
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It was an early Sunday morning in
February 1956 when we were
awakened by terrible banging and
shouting at our door! Our bedroom
was lit by fire! It was our barn! I
rushed downstairs in my night gown
calling to our children and my
husband's aged father to get up and get
dressed! I quickly unlocked the door
and asked the man who had roused us
to try to save the car, a nice `54
Pontiac which was in an adjoining
shed. And the tractor with the manure
spreader hitched to it ready for Sunday
morning chores. Fortunately he
managed to get both moved while we
hastily dressed. There was nothing we
could do to save the 53 head of cattle
and the beautiful team of Clydesdale
horses, the Banty hens, the dog, the
cats and the boys' beautiful Angora
rabbit. All were lost! It seemed so long
before neighbours came and it took
ages for the Fire Engine to get there.
We heard later that a neighbor lady
stayed on her phone and continued to
call everyone around 'us. The cement
silo which had been built in 1953
looked like a huge smoke stack. The
ensilage heated and "cooked". The
wooden doors were all burned from it
but it remained standing and the silage
was later fed to the new herd. On
Monday morning friends and
neighbours kept arriving with shovels,
forks and tractors. A bulldozer came
too so a cleanup was begun. It was a
dreadful session! A huge "grave" was
excavated and the "mess" was soon put
aside, but there was so much cleaning
up of remains of roofing, fallen stones,
walls, piping etc. A contractor,
Morley Symnes of Stouville was called
in and at his suggestion barns were
looked at in the growing Metro
Toronto area. The decision was made
that the George S Henry barn could be
reconstructed from the Metro Toronto
Location to our farm. So the
dismantling and trucking began in the
early spring weather. Truck owners
and drivers offered their services, and
friends and neighbours and Morley's
more experienced crew took it down,
marking and numbering its every
beam, which were laid systematically
on my garden lot, A shed was
dismantled from the same location at
an earlier date and a small work crew
raised, sided and roofed it to
accommodate the new herd that we
were fortunate to acquire from a
retiring farmer in the (now) town of
Whitby. When we brought them to our
temporarily fenced yard for bringing
them into the shed to be milked it was
a frightening task! They had to be tied
by chain ties with their heads facing
the shed walls. Several neighbours, our
12 year old sons, my husband, his
father and I had a tedious and difficult
task! Our De Laval agent loaned us a
portable milking motor which ran two
units. What a task, to wash their udders
and put those units on each strange
cow! There was one too many to tie in
the shed. However she was quiet
enough that I could take a pail and
stool to the yard, sit down and milk her
until one day a big buzzing fly
disturbed her and off she walked! After
that we had to tie her in after letting
one out before we could milk her. By
July 3 all was ready and so on that date
friends and neighbours and many more
came for the Barn Raising, What a day
it was! The day before I had made 21
pies, and had 60 lbs of ham cooked
and my local Balsam store keeper
sliced it. There were probably 50 men
there in the morning to have the
"Bents" carried to their exact location
on the barn floor. By 1 o'clock 2 men
were asked to choose their helpers, so
"sides" competed as they raised each
bent. A man rode up on each one as it
was hoisted into place by men with
Pike Poles and ropes and a "Heave
Ho" command from Morley! By 4 pm
the whole frame was in place and then
there was a rush for the table of food
stretching the full length of the lawn. It
was unbelievable the pies that the
ladies had brought! When all were fed
there were 21 pies left. The ladies said
"You keep them for you'll have
workers here all summer". Fortunately
I had a freezer so could handle them.
Finally in the fall we were ready to tie
the cows in our Stanchion stable.
Again, what a task! It was all so
strange to those cows! It was much
more convenient and the built-in Milk
house and cooler were so much
handier! But what a difficult season it
had been! How grateful we were for
health, strength for each day and for
our many friends and neighbours!
Alma Wilson
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LUCY MAUD MONTGONEKY
rn this house the author of Anne of Green Gables" R and
for fifteen n nrs. and here wrote eleven of her twenty-two
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novels. 'including 'Anne of the lsland' (1915) and Anne's
House of Dreams- (1916). Born in is74 at Clifton.
Prince Edward Island. she was educated at Charlottetmm
and Haltfax. From 1303 to loll she lived at Cavendish,
P. E. I_ and there began her career as It noz-list. In
loll, married the Re . Ewan Macdom ild. a Presbyterian
minister. ^mtf came with rim to Leaskdale. Thee moved
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Mand Muni .emery, br world-famous author wbose writing
Launched in Prince Edward Island. Here at
Lyashdalc K- began her tokt as wife- wife and mother, and pemtal
I t boulr.. r"luding ,ducts to A— f r:reen G blr_r. she also
cuntinul, to chronicle her own life in candid and croloarfnl
juu .7 which were posthumously published. The Leaskdale
diary carries portray the maam as -stage for the drama of a
demanding and productive part of her life. and provide
imporraut iasightt into her fiction and issues of the period.
(c prcvbytOm a 06 habits de 1911 1 1920 par Lucy Maud
W,trgvwry. L'auteu de n'putation moudiale qui a ddbutf sa
carrir`rc 1 Llle-du-Prince-Edouard. Ici 1 Leaskdale, elle
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ni sera pubtid apr& sa more. Les Episodes redigds 1 Leaskdale
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rt productive de sa vie. [Is aident en outre h comprendre son
oeuvre romanesque et (es prublt?mes de 1'dpoque.
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