Jul - Amherst Island

20 Pages·2003·0.73 MB·English

The Amherst Island BEACON

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The St. Paul’s Garden Party takes place this year on Saturday July 26th. These Island kids should be recogniz-
able to some- are you or your friends in this picture from many years ago? ... from Vera Hogeboom
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2per issue from a loonie to a toonie. The
- Ian Murray
subscription rate has been increased to
There was considerable discussion
$30 in Canada, $32 to USA, and other
amongst the Beacon staff in the sum-
countries will be on a case by case basis.
mer of 1995 when we considered rais-
You, the reader, will have to decide if
ing the price of the Beacon from $0.35
the Beacon is worth the increased price.
to $1.00. It was finally decided that
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going from a Gestetner printed product
I have included another letter about the
that we did ourselves to one that was
Curran family because Island family link-
done on a good-quality copy machine
ages are interesting to me and, in talking
was worth the gamble. We knew that
to some older Islanders, I know that some
if people didn’t think the paper was
of them are interested as well. Please con-
worth $1 they wouldn’t buy it. If peo-
tact me if you want a copy of Martha Park-
ple wouldn’t buy it we could always
er’s un-edited letter.
drop the price and go back to the
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Gestetner.
I prefer to get submissions by e-mail as
Today we find ourselves in a some-
I am a poor typist. Please do not spend
what similar position:
any time making the e-mail or its attach- Ernest Fleming (R) and grandson Tim
should we continue with
Jameson (L) in June 2002. Story page 2
ment look nice. Before I send anything to
a larger Beacon - 16 or 20
Tom I remove all the formatting to make
pages - in a folded for-
his job of dealing with the Beacon text
mat, or should
easier.
we go back
Material can always be left at the store
to a stapled
or sent by Canada Post or left at the ferry
12-page
or whatever works.
standard.
Remember: text to me, photos to Tom,
As you can
if possible; dead-line for written material
see above,
is the 25th of each month. New column on page 7
Canada Day Parade by Peter Large SCA
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mary Room, are Sr. Kindergarten grads, school fund raiser, but it wasn’t very well
Nick Varga and Dakota Wolfreys. attended by the community.
AIMS held their 2nd House Tour and We hope everyone has a great sum-
Strawberry Social in June. The tour was mer!
very successful, with approximately 200
passports being sold.
ISLE held an excellent Father’s Day
Brunch. Unfortunately, is was not very
well supported by the Community.
Canada Day Celebrations kicked off a
little earlier this year with John Monro’s
successful swim from Bath to the Island.
A good number of Islanders as well as
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supporters from the Mainland turned out
to cheer John on as he came ashore - Nancy Dunn
across from the school. The parade was Although the Amherst Island Wom-
excellent and has grown again this year. en’s Institute does not have a regular
Following the parade were, kids and meeting in July this does not mean that
adult games, “Cow Paddy Bingo”, mu- our group of willing women is sitting
sic, food and of course the PCW’s about idle. (“Willing women” is not to
Strawberry Social. be taken the wrong way - it’s just that
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more modest than wonderful.)
The Amherst Island Rec
As the summer progresses some of
Association would like to
their recent work will become more vis-
thank everyone for their
ible as the flowers in the four half-bar-
support and participation in
Township office on Canada Day Peter Large, SCA rels and three beds in the parkette by the
this year’s Canada Day Cel-
Island ferry dock flourish. W.I. members
ebrations. To the excellent
will be tending them throughout the sea-
participants in the parade, many thanks
son. In the same area two benches and
for your creativity and imagination, es-
some posts were painted and a truck-
pecially the kids on bikes, walking and
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in or on vehicles and floats! Con-
gratulations to John Monro for his suc- - Lyn Fleming of blooms is in Centennial park where
cessful swim from Bath to Amherst Is- June has been an extremely busy month the market is held. Further activities
land, and thanks for being a big part of for the school! The Primary students vis- included preparing and serving the straw-
our day. Thanks to Reeve McEwen and ited Fort Henry and Kingston School of berry social segment of the AIMS house
Council for participating in the parade, Art and the Senior Class took an over tour for the benefit of the Neilson Store
the A.I. Emergency Services for their par- night trip to RKY Camp in Parham. and Museum project on 21 June and
ticipation, activities and for standing by Graduation was on June 24th, and we making ready for the 2 August booksale.
during the fireworks, and of course, our said good bye to this year’s graduates: The W.I. coffee/cold drink/muffin table
thanks to Canazon Fireworks for another Laurel Brady, Justin Hutchings, William at the Farmers’ Market occupies several
great show. Special thanks to Alan Glenn Reed and Chris Varga. Awards were given souls every Sat. also.
for the music he provided and to Shan- to students in a variety of areas as well as Don’t forget everyone is invited to hear
non Youell for organizing the kids games diplomas for the grads. Amanda Knapp, Public Health inspector,
and prizes, as well as a couple of games On a sadder note, we said good bye to speak on “The West Nile Virus” on Wed.
for the “grown ups”. Finally, thanks to Sr. Class teacher Cathy Secker, who will 16 July, 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church Hall.
all who came out for the day or part of go on to Elginburg P.S. and to our Princi- *****
it and for choosing to spend the holiday pal, Dave Wyatt who will go on to a po-
on Amherst Island - it wouldn’t be a suc- sition at the Board Office. We wish our
cess without you all! A.I.R.A. graduates and Cathy and Dave much luck
***** in your new adventures, but we will miss
them all!
ISLE held a Father’s Day Brunch for a
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look at the width of the boards inside our He told me about the people who came
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- Janet Scott have produced such boards. They must must be exaggerating about the num-
“Westering home and a songin the air, have been tremendous and the saws were bers of cars on that road. Remember at
Laughter o’ love and it’s good-bye to manual. I have always felt at home here this time Sandy hadn’t introduced us to
care, from my very first visit in 1971 to the the wonderful world of Owling. Now I
Laughter o’ love and a welcoming there Coulsons not ever dreaming that I would walk that road with my Granddaughter,
Isle of my heart, someday move here. Bill Coulson and I his daughter, and discuss weighty sub-
mine own one. and my oldest son walked up that jects like why the worms are lying in the
bottom of the puddles and why
There are no folks like the folks of strawberries that are white
the west, blossoms can be red berries
Canty and couthy and kindly the later. A word of wisdom for you.
best, She says,”Don’t eat the green
There I would hie me and there I ones they taste like garbage.”
would rest Go for a walk with a four year-
At home with my own folks on Is- old ! They have a very different
lay.” perspective on things.
When Hans Krauklis was work- When my great great great
ing on the Island CD he asked me great grandmother Susannah
what I called my house and I ex- Maxwell ran away from
plained that I called it “Westering Farnham in Ireland to marry
Home” from an old song. There is Lord Maxwell’s groom William
something about the old place that Forsythe I don’t think she ever
speaks peace to those who stop thought about her descendants
here. Visitors from various places living some day on Amherst Is-
both near and far comment on the land but here we are. She un-
feeling of relaxation that surrounds fortunately didn’t survive to
them once they arrive on the take up their lot in Cedarhill
Southshore but this wraps all those near Pakenham. They came with
who visit our welcoming Island. their son and his family in 1822
They of course are not here when but she only made it to
the depths of Lake Ontario, our in- Brockville, where she’s buried .
land sea, are swept up into rollers
that send waves smashing against The entry of the Internet into
the cliff and spray flying halfway up my lifestyle began to expand my
the laneway but that too is a wrap- #2 School, Amherst Island (now 4125 South Shore contacts to relatives that I
ping of peace and stability as the Road)- Back Row, L-R: Harvey Eves;Avery Brown; hardly ever see and a cousin in
old house standing on this spot Melville Filson; Johnie Cochrane;Wilmer Eves. Calgary e-mailed me to tell me
since 1877 just shrugs and faces Middle Row:Isabell Eves; Dorothy Corke; Mary about our family’s connection
that sea. Do you ever wonder about Corke; Jennie McCormick; Annie McCormick. to Amherst Island . She’s inter-
the settlers who first built here? Front Row: Jack Filson; Jack Taylor; Harold ested in genealogy and talks to
Cochrane. Picture by teacher Marj Bulch Maxwells and Forsythes all over
This house was built for Charles the world. It’s strange isn’t it
Girvin in July of 1877 for the sum of $175 Marshall 40foot while he told me about to imagine that instantly you can talk
by Joseph Gardner and Alfred Kent. Un- the Island. He explained about the friend- about people who took over a month to
til Evangeline Carter (granddaughter) sold liness of the people and the beauty of their cross the Atlantic over 180 years ago
the last remaining lot to Reeds at least children and how on my earlier visit to with someone who lives that far away
that much was still in the family from the Wires on the North side I had not now. Remember Your Heritage and
1876 with the original grant. The Irish waved to everyone and that he had heard Good Birding!
that we were not very friendly. My friend
settlers came to build some sort of fu-
Heather and I tried then to remedy that
ture for later generations. Their daily work
impression.
must have been horrendous. When you
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year with the termination date being the
- Ian Murray
following December 31st.
1) “Moved by Councillor Ashley ... that
This appears to be a comprehensive
the CAO’s report ... re: The MV Amherst
agreement and will hopefully work as well
Islander as a Diving Platform be received
for Island residents as previous agree-
and that Council forward a Letter of In-
ments have: the service is well-run and
tent as an expression of interest to
its costs are reasonable. Perhaps we have
OSTAR indicating support in principle ...
seen the last of ferry studies; is there any-
for a project to sink the MV Amherst
one living here interested in participat-
Islander and to develop an underwater
ing in another go-round?
tourist site for divers. The project is in-
The biggest fly-in-the-ointment may
tended to develop a tourist product in
be escalating insurance premiums which
Loyalist Township ....”
must be reflected in the price of ferry tick-
Motion carried.
ets.
2) Correspondence from Carol Morgan
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regarding Wheelchair Accessibility on
the Frontenac 2 was referred to the Di- AAAAAIIIIIMMMMMSSSSS
rector of Engineering Services for a re- - John Kuti
port back to Council. The assistance com-
3) “Mr. Guy Laporte reviewed the mittee under Allan
Don Smith throwing to the Purser’s
Amherst Island Landfill-2002 Annual Glenn, reported eight to
bollard on Stella dock.
Report and discussed the evaluation rate 10 calls for help, which
Terry Culbert Photo
which is 1% per year growth in popula- were answered. John
tion and 1% growth rate in waste....” TTTTTHHHHHEEEEE FFFFFEEEEERRRRRRRRRRYYYYY AAAAAGGGGGRRRRREEEEEEEEEEMMMMMEEEEENNNNNTTTTT Kuti reported that the
4) AIMS has been officially “recognized - Ian Murray perennial sale raised $344 and there
as being a sub-committee of the Loyal- The following are points of possible in- would be some additional money from
ist Township Recreation Committee”. terest. The more concerned rate-payer can the sale of seedling trees donated as a
5) By-law 2003-66 - Ferry Agreement obtain a copy of this Agreement from the bonus to the ones purchased by the
with MTO. Loyalist Township. Cataraqui Conservation Authority.
“Councillor Ashley thanked staff ... for - Loyalist is responsible for the day-to- Doug Williamson gave a draft report
their support in achieving the comple- day operation of the ferry service for the Amherst Island Fair. The many
tion of this agreement. He noted that - MTO is responsible for providing a ves- events were outlined and discussed.
this issue has been ongoing for the last sel for Loyalist to operate the ferry serv- Stanley Burke reported that the issue
nine years and started before amalga- ice (but it can and will remove the of wildflowers along Island roads was
mation. He thanked Council and noted Frontenac II when more important islands
that amalgamation helped them obtain need to be served)
an agreement from MTO.... - MTO is responsible for maintaining the
Moved by Councillor Ashley ... that vessel in good repair
By-law 2003-66 being a by-law to au- - MTO is responsible for providing and
thorize the execution of agreement with maintaining the bubble system
Her Majesty The Queen in Right of On- - MTO will try not to affect ferry service
tario as represented by The Minister of between May 15th and October 15th
Transportation be approved. Enacted and - MTO will be responsible for 90% of the
Passed this 9th day of June 2003.”... Base Operating Costs - laid out in detail
[Later in the meeting] Councillor in Section 4 - of the ferry service and Loy-
Ashley noted that another accomplish- alist is responsible for 10% (from ticket
ment has been the continuation of the sales)
principle that the ferry does not cost the - Loyalist must have enough insurance
people of Loyalist who do not use it. coverage to protect MTO from all possi-
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- either party may terminate the agree-
Everyone welcome to W.I. meeting on
ment by advising the other party of its
Wed. July 16th 7p.m. at St. Paul’s Church Canada Day on the North Shore
Hall. Public Health Inspector Amanda Peter Large, SCA
Knapp will speak. ALL ARE INVITED.
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raised with Township counsel, and the the chance.
Reeve would come sometime to speak He described working at Spar aerospace
to the group on the issue. in Montreal, and then in Ottawa at
Allan Kidd then spoke about his life Telesat designing the first national com-
story. He told his experiences having munications satellites in the world for
come to the farm 30 years ago and fi- Canada. Because of this experience he
nally retiring here full time last fall. consulted all over the world on commu-
He told stories of growing up in Florida nications satellites.
and Alaska while his father was attached He also described his experience work-
to the American military through the ing in England and the circumstances JH
American Red Cross. He told stories of around the conception and birth of his 2
driving from Jacksonville to Anchorage children. food. She soon knew when we would be
in six weeks in 1954 when the Alaska Moving back to Canada, and commut- at home and was sometimes waiting by
Highway was only a two lane gravel ing to Ottawa was difficult, and so it was the door. I would then take food out to
road. He told of living in Germany and only last fall when he took early retire- her ..... and talk to her. I could have fed
playing in the bomb craters and going ment so his family could come to Island her from my hand, but she was a wild
to the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958 and to retire at last. animal and so I thought better on that
seeing Sputnik and becoming interested The Meeting was adjourned after idea.
in astronomy and space. Michael Shaw agreed to speak at the next
If she wasn’t outside when we came
He graduated from Florida State in meeting.
home, I would call her and she would
physics and then went to graduate
[Staff: Amherst Island Organic Farm come running from afar in no time at all.
school in Michigan to study astronomy.
changed its name in 1977 to Topsy Farms.]
As the snow melted, we saw her with
When he was drafted he came to Canada
*****
what was later to be known as her mate,
and it only took a half-hour filling out a
AAAAA SSSSSIIIIILLLLLVVVVVEEEEERRRRR FFFFFOOOOOXXXXX NNNNNAAAAAMMMMMEEEEEDDDDD BBBBBEEEEELLLLLLLLLLAAAAA
the red fox. He was only seen a couple of
form to become a landed immigrant. He
times and didn’t stay around.
discussed the anti-war movement and - Jeanie Visintin
some of the people he knew. She came one cold winter night, her sil- We gave her a name. We called her
He told of using a small inheritance to “Bella”.
purchase land on Amherst Island. He Then spring arrived and she was look-
told the story of his winter pig feast ing very healthy and friendlier then ever.
when all his friends from Florida came Then all of a sudden she became very
and 16 inches of snow completely closed thin, and when I fed her, Bella would take
his lane-way. He described the winter it away and hide it all over the place.
of 1970- 71 when there was no ferry,
After weeks went by she appeared
and snow piled to the top of telephone
down by the water with one baby - a red
poles. He described how farmers had to
one. She put it under the boat house.
pull milk across the ice by snowmobiles,
Then, over the next four days, there was
and how he had to walk seven miles on
one more fox each day until there were
snowshoes to Stella for supplies
five - four red ones and one silver one.
He told about going to Queen’s teach-
The silver one looked just like Mom only
er’s college and teaching for a year in
with a little red on the sides. All of them
Cornwall. He also described having some
had white tips on their tails.
involvement at the beginning of the
Amherst Island Organic Farm. For the next month or so it was great
After going back to school at Queen’s JV watching Mom and babies at play. I took
to study astronomy, he worked in a lot of pictures as well as some video
Algonquin Park on the big radio tel- ver coat glistened wet and she was very footage of Bella and her precious babies.
escope, but because there were few jobs hungry. We watched as she looked for Soon they grew. Bella moved them to the
in astronomy he went back and got his food without any luck. So we threw out fields, but she still came around for a visit
masters degree in electrical engineering. some bread which she gobbled right up. once and awhile.
From there he worked in Princeton de- Her beautiful long silver tail with the white While my husband was on his way to
signing communications satellites, and tip ........ she really was a beautiful fox. the six o’clock ferry, on Sunday, June
he said how he would always come back 15th, he spotted the little baby silver fox
Weeks went by and she made regular
to his place on the Island when he had lying dead on the side of the road. On
trips to the house now for scraps and dog
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his return at 8:30, he saw Bella herself
Just to the East of Lyra lies the con-
lying just a few feet away from her baby
stellation of Cygnus (the swan). While
.... she must have been trying to get the
Vega is a very large and bright star,
little one when she too, was killed.
Deneb, the main star of Cygnus, makes
I feel very sad .... it look dim in comparison. Deneb has
I am going to miss seeing Bella roam 170,000 times the luminosity of the sun.
all over Amherst Island. She brought Deneb appears less bright than Vega only
many hours of fun; watching her play because it is 2500 light-years from us.
with her babies and giving them her love. JJJJJUUUUULLLLLYYYYY And a good thing too. Any star as large
and bright as Deneb is a good candidate
I hope the four other red babies are
for a supernova, and being far away from
safe .... they are orphans now.
- Alan Kidd
a supernova is definitely a desirable lo-
This is my story of a beautiful silver
July actually isn’t the best of months cation.
fox who gave many people pleasure for
for stargazing. For starters, there isn’t a
Cygnus, also called the Northern
a short while.
lot of night for looking at the stars. Then
Cross, is a easy constellation to identify
***** there’s the mosquitoes..... To top it all,
in the summer sky. It is just to the east
a lot of the brighter and more familiar con-
of Lyra and Deneb is at the top of the
stellations, like Orion, can’t be seen. Still,
cross. Cygnus lies right in the middle of
PPPPPeeeeeooooopppppllllleeeee ttttthhhhhaaaaattttt mmmmmaaaaakkkkkeeeee AAAAAmmmmmhhhhheeeeerrrrrsssssttttt there are some interesting features of the
the Milky Way. However, most summer
IIIIIssssslllllaaaaannnnnddddd WWWWWooooorrrrrkkkkk sky in summer. nights are hazy and the sky is rarely clear
At midnight, on July 15th, a very bright enough to see the Milky Way, even on
star is almost directly overhead. This is Amherst Island.
Vega in the constellation Lyra (the Lyre).
The sketch below shows the relation-
The other stars in the constellation are
ship of Lyra and Cygnus to each other
considerably dimmer that Vega, but you
and to the Big and Little Dipper.
can usually make out sort of kite shape
The planets are not particularly nota-
with about four other stars. Vega is bright
ble in the skies this month. Jupiter is
for two reasons. It’s big and relatively
low in the West at twilight, and thus
close. Close in the astronomical sense,
sets not long after the sun. Mars doesn’t
that is. Vega is about 25 light years from
rise until after midnight. The other plan-
us, or about 250 trillion kilometers. That’s
ets are too near the sun to be visible.
still considered to be in the local
Mars will be much more noticeable in
neighborhood, and virtually all the stars
August, but that’s a topic for next
you see on any given night are much fur-
month’s article.
ther away. Vega also puts out 60 times
as much light as the sun, and is consider-
ably bigger.
Laurie makes all our Canada Post visits
a pleasant experience. By law she is flu-
ent in both official languages of our
Dominion: “““““IIIIIssssslllllaaaaannnnndddddeeeeerrrrr””””” and “““““MMMMMaaaaaiiiiinnnnnlllllaaaaannnnndddddeeeeerrrrr.....”””””
She is the one who makes sure the Bea-
con goes through with the right post-
age, sells you stamps and money orders,
sorts your mail (with Helen, of course!)
and answers even the most esoteric
postal questions with amaxzing grace
and aplomb!
(Is this where the writer comes out from
behind the curtain and says “Smile,
Laurie, you’re on Candid Camera!”? Not
on your life! :^)
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An Interview with Clinton Kilpatrick
c E
- Zander of DUNN INN
Clinton Kilpatrick sented in the school at 8:30. Once again
Willard and Reg
was born November 5, all the dignitaries got in on the act. Af-
Willard. Clinton
1934 at The Kingston ter the chairman’s remarks greetings
moved with all the
General Hospital, the were extended by Dr. H.A. Stewart
other kids in De-
only child of John M.L.A., George J. Trustin M.P., Col.
cember of 1947
Fleming Kilpatrick and T.A.Kidd M.P. and Fred Jackson, Warden,
into the new
Anna (Annie) McKee. Lennox and Addington County. A flag, a
Amherst Island
John, who took over gift from William Clute, was presented
Consolidated
the family farm at 850 by Reeve T.E. Cochrane. Miss Elsann Reid
School.
on The Third Conces- sang a solo after which Col. B.A.
sion, had a twin On Wednesday, Watson, Assistant Superintendent of
brother, Eddie, who June 23, 1948 sev- Elementary Schools in the Department
farmed on the Island eral major events of Education of Ontario was the guest
for a short while before occurred. speaker. This was followed by Greetings
he moved to Pittsburg First, at 10 a.m. from R.H. Wallace. The evening con-
Township and farmed the school was cluded with the benediction by The Rev.
in the Abbey Dawn dedicated in an im- J. Caswell. It was a full, historic day.
area. Annie McKee had pressive ceremony.
Clinton completed his grade nine in
three brothers, Fred, All the members of
the new High School. He speaks highly
Francis and Ross. the Board of Trus-
of Bill Williams and Anna Neilson, his
Clinton has heard tees of the Town-
high school teachers. Unfortunately, he
many times the story ship School Area of
had to miss several weeks in order to
about the day of his Amherst Island
work on the farm. In spite of the help
birth. Bert Glenn, in were there: Chair-
the farm next door, man, Ernest
yelled over to Irwin Henderson who was Fleming; Secretary Treasurer, Bruce
plowing, and announced, “There’s a new Caughey; and Edwin C. McDonald, Wilfred
package at John’s.” Miller, William Cochrane, William
Clinton attended Public School No. 5 McCormac and Fred Neilson. The staff of
from grades one to four, and remembers the new school was as follows: Principal,
well his teachers - Clarence Hogeboom David C. Harwood; Vice Principal, John
(his first teacher), Elsann (Ann) Reid who Kerr; teachers, Ruth Gibson and Elsann
taught music, Billie Griffin, and Frank Reid. Among the dignitaries were Robert
Slingerland who used to take the kids out H. Wallace, Inspector of High Schools, and
on a “hare and hound chase” which eve- John R. McCarthy, Inspector of Elemen-
ryone enjoyed. tary Schools. A prayer of Dedication was
offered by The Rev. Canon W.B. Williston
One of the tasks the boys had to carry
and addresses were delivered by Col. S.A.
out at No.5 School was to clean out the
Watson, The Rev. R.K. Earls, Inspector
horse shed. Snakes abounded and the
McCarthy, The Rev. Father Lamarche and
girls either got locked in the shed with
The Rev. J. Caswell.
the snakes or were chased by the boys
brandishing the snakes. Second, the motorship “Amherst Is-
lander” was christened at the township
From the fifth to the eighth grades
wharf at 3 p.m.
Clinton was taught by Jack Kerr at the Clinton and his homebrew 6 cylinder
old Carr building across from the present Third, at 5:30 p.m.the Amherst Island welder. The 49 Dodge engine and 49
land-fill site. Clinton’s school mates in- Women’s Institute served a supper in The Chrysler transmission gave a 4 1/2”
cluded Keith Miller, Tom Miller, Nina Victoria Hall. stroke and RPM’s needed for the
Wemp, Grace Wemp, Ted Wemp, Elmer Fourth, an evening program was pre- welder to operate TR
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eral Hospital. This was costly in more
ways than one because Clinton had no
O.H.I.P. coverage and he had to remain
in the hospital for two weeks. With his
hands bound in bandages Clinton was
unable to do much for himself. His un-
cle, Art Kilpatrick, came in each day to
help feed him when the nurses were too
busy to provide that service. Clinton re-
members that well, not only for the kind-
ness of his uncle, but also because one
night Art told him he felt unwell and
needed to get home. The next day he
died.
When Clinton returned home many Is-
landers pitched in to help. For example,
Wilfred McCormac helped Clinton and
his mother feed and milk the cows and
Ernest Fleming took the milk for him
down to the Stella cheese factory.
Clinton on the Gleaner TR When Clinton set up the Vehicle In-
spection Station that meant even more
employment for him as a mechanic. His
Anna Neilson gave him with his French chinery, fixing tractors and repairing cars.
work as a mechanic involved him in sev-
and the support of the other teachers, I, personally, can attest to Clinton’s ex-
eral escapades. Once, during the cold and
Clinton left formal schooling behind in pertise. He “saved” my old 52 Ford on sev-
snow-laden winter of 1977, the steer-
order to tend to the farm. eral occasions 40 years ago. He became
ing-motor on the grader broke down near
so popular as a mechanic on the Island
Clinton was needed on the farm. His
where John Kuti lives today.
he decided to get a licence from the gov-
father had been injured by a dairy can
ernment to run a garage. He got letters of Clinton had to drive out to analyse the
falling on his foot in 1930 and never re-
recommendation from Peter Oliver of situation and remove the broken part. He
covered from that accident. Instead, he
Napanee and Stirling Glenn in Stella for and Keith Miller drove, by snowmobile,
went from a cane to a wheelchair, leav-
whom he had worked, and wrote and down The Third Concession to Marshall
ing Clinton and his mother to care for
passed the exams. Stirling Glenn, who Glenn’s farm, through the barnyard,
the animals.
operated a garage where Jim and Lynann across the fields to Keith Miller’s farm
In those days everyone was involved
Whitton live today (175 Stella Forty Foot), (all the fences and fence posts were bur-
in mixed farming and every farm family
gave that up to work as an engineer on ied), then down the lane to the creek.
was independent. They raised cows,
the ferry. This left Clinton as the only li- They followed the creek up through the
pigs, chickens and grew all manner of
cenced mechanic on the island and he was marsh to the lake. They travelled up the
fruits and vegetables. The first thing in
kept busy. Soon he was servicing all the lake shore to the grader. They ordered the
the Spring four pounds of peas were
school buses as well as repairing many parts only to be told the only parts were
planted followed by onions. When the
Island cars as well as trying to keep his snowbound in Buffalo. Days later when
Spring work with the animals was done,
own vehicles operational. Clinton never the parts arrived they had to go through
then beans, carrots, corn, cucumbers
thought of it as work. It was, for him, a the same process of getting to the
were planted. Gooseberries, raspberries,
rest from the work of farming. stranded grader and installing the parts
rhubarb also abounded on the farm.
in bitter cold and blowing snow.
About 40 years ago Clinton had a bad
While such diversity made every farm
accident in his shop. One night he was On another winter occasion Gen
family self-sufficient, groups of families
using a welding torch to cut a chain off a Fleming had to get to the hospital and
would join together to thresh the grain
tractor when a spark set alight a bucket called upon Clinton for help. He got her
in the fall and slaughter the cows and
of gas. Clinton picked up the bucket in to ride behind his snowmobile in a sleigh
pigs as they prepared for winter.
his bare hands and took it out of the shop. trailer. Around the Second Concession
Clinton, always mechanical, and fa- As a result his hands were badly burned they came across a big hole. Gen got out
mous as handy man with a wrench, and the ferry had to make a special trip so
naturally got involved in mending ma- he could be taken to The Kingston Gen- Continued on page 12 ~>
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The days are just packed!
July 1: The start (left) of John Munro’s Y-Knot marathon swim, from Bath to Amherst Island (that’s him in the
stylish bathing cap, pointing at the camera). John, accompanied by a flotilla of kyaks, sailboats, and a pontoon
boat, made landfall (right) across from the AIPS in 2 hours and 20 minutes. Further information can be found at:
www.amherstisland.on.ca/yknot
The auction sale of the collection of Eldon Willard on
July 14th. People began arriving at 6:50AM for the
10AM start... anxious arrivals even helped remove
the tarps from the 8 1/2 haywagons of sorted memo-
rabilia. There was one of everything... and sometimes A ships compass goes to the highest bidder
two... or ten! The sale ran until 5:20PM... with one
auctioneer, no breaks, no PA system...and no rain!