Date: 2/15/2012
Name: Marie
Location: pei
E-Mail:
These memories were written on November 11,
1995. I discovered it again only in 2012, in a
box of stuff meant to be shredded. I looked it
over and decided it might fit in with the Sand
Beach stories. I found there also another story
I had written on December 7, 2004, about
Christmases in Sand Beach., so I will include
that story here as well. (Marie)]
My Memories of
the Second World War, of our school and one
special teacher. Continued....
Marie
Date:
2/14/2012
Name: Barb
Location: British Columbia
E-Mail: barb@barbmccully.com
Comments: interested in your book, where can I
purchase it?
Date: 2/17/2012
Name: Bill Boudreau
Location: Oklahoma City
E-Mail: billboudreau@flash.net
Comments: My new website's banner is Wedgeport,
Nova Scotia. You may see it at
www.billboudreau.com.
Date:
2/17/2012
Name: Denise Pothier Nystrom
Location: Rapid City, SD
E-Mail: diz2352@yahoo.com
Comments: My father was reared in Lower
Wedgeport. Hope to visit again soon.
Date: 2/11/2012
Name: Jack A Allen
Location: Hillsborough, Albert Co NB
E-Mail: kworkerjack@yahoo.ca
Comments: I appreciate that you have highlighted
the different communities of Yarmouth
County . I was born and brought up in Carleton
and moved away many years ago. I still own
property there and return as often as I can In
the late fifties I was involved with the YMCA
Camp.I am concerned
that the lakes and rivers that form the chain
of water ways which are polluted now will be
restored.
Date: 2/12/2012
Name: Sandra Waters
Location: Collegeville PA, USA
E-Mail: swaters360@aol.com
Comments: looking for property in the area as an
escape from the nonsense that has become the
USA...hehehe
Date:
2/12/2012
Name: Claire Semler
Location:
E-Mail: cpsemler@aol.com
Comments: I am beginning an exciting family
history journey, as I explore my
greatgrandmother's family line in West Arichat,
Nova Scotia. This is a nice tribute to the
beautiful homes in the area. Thanks.
~Claire
Date: 2/13/2012
Name: Lee surrette
Location: Cape cod Massachusetts
E-Mail:
Comments: I met a gentleman today with the last
name surette. Which down here is not a common
name. We struck up a conversation and he told a
bit of the surette family history. I have to
admit I don't know much about it? I know that my
family is from the nova scotia area. I'm looking
forward to researching more. Very interesting!
http://www.yarmouthvillages.com/surettei/index.htm
Date: 2/1/2012
Name: Anne BT
Location: N H and NS
E-Mail: scotiaserenity@hotmail.com
Comments: Hi folks--now we can offically say
spring is NEXT month. Yarmouth is doing
well--not much snow this winter and mild
temps. It isn't too early to start
thinking about coming to Yarmouth for a vacation
this year. You can fly in from Portland,
Maine or drive on up to St. John, N. B. and take
the ferry on over. Be prepared
though, you will fall in love with the area and
want to come back again and again.
Come and see where your ancestors might have
come from, explore the Scottish culture without
going to Scotland or just take the time to relax
and enjoy the Acadian culture. Yarmouth has all of
that right at its doorstep!
I'll be looking for you!
Date: 2/3/2012
Name: Bill Boudreau
Location: Oklahoma City
E-Mail: billboudreau@flash.net
Comments: Please read my essay at
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/107707/ on
growing up in Wedgeport that made me who I am.
Bill
Date: 2/4/2012
Name: George White
Location: Orleans, On
E-Mail: oldman@sympatico.ca
Comments: Yarmouth----A
Half Century of Changes
With the passage of time, there are always going
to be changes, some good, some not so good.
Yarmouth Town and County have experienced both
in many ways I am sure.
As a former resident of the County, I try to
return to my roots as often as I can, usually at
least once a year. As what I might term being an
“outsider”, I have noticed many changes over the
past half century, unfortunately not all can be
listed on the good side of the ledger.
A half century ago, one could get to or leave
Yarmouth either by trains, buses, airplane or
ferries. Today there are none of these modes of
transportation serving Yarmouth. Read
More .....
George White
Orleans, ON
Date: 2/5/2012
Name: Natalie Crosby
Location: New Minas, NS
E-Mail: wcrosby@ns.sympatico.ca
Comments: Fun to read your note Ossie. I
checked my 1949 Yarmouth Directory and it is
Richards Lane.
"Up the hill from the cotton mill", who could
forget that ad on CJLS?
Natalie (Bain)
Date:
2/5/2012: Name: Janice Hines
Location: Yarmouth E-Mail:
janicehines@mail.com Comments:
Date: 2/6/2012
Name: Bill Boudreau
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
E-Mail: bill@billboudreau.com
Comments: NPR (National Public Radio) affiliate
This I Believe has published, online, my essay
"Character."
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/107707/
The essay tells how growing up in Wedgeport made
who I am. The hard word paid off. Bill
Date: 2/9/2012
Name: Brenda Headley (Gaudet)
Location: Barrie On
E-Mail: brendaheadley@hotmail.com
Comments:
Date: 12/31/2011
Name: marie
Location: pei
-Mail:
Comments: Hello again Godfrey, If you do not
mind, you could add this as "further memories of
Grandmere" Thanks and God bless, marie
............
In May 1937, a few weeks before my sixth
birthday, my older brother and I were to make
our First Holy Communion at Saint Ambrose Church
in Yarmouth. Grandmere Rosalie (Surette)
Doucette (Theodore), who lived only five houses
north of ours on the other side of the road in
Sand Beach, ..................
Continued at http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/sandbeac/index.htm
Date: 1/1/2012
Name: marie
Location: pei
E-Mail:
Comments: So happy to read about Lake
Annis --all new to me-- and to see such
wonderful pictures from the past. What great
pictures they are! Many thanks! marie (who once
lived in sand beach).
Link: http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/lakeanni/index.htm2
Date:
1/3/2012
Name: Gerry
Location: Sydney
E-Mail: gerry_condon@hotmail.com
Comments: My father's parents were from Poulamon
area and mom's from Louisdale. Looking
forward to visiting on this site
Date: 1/4/2012
Name: Dave Murphy
Location: Bracebridge Ont
E-Mail: dave.murphy4@sympatico.ca
Comments: My mother (Olive
Cann) was born in Overton. She married my
father (Murray Murphy) and moved to the family
farm in Brooklyn. Now a sub-division. Of
the 5 children, only Mary Gates, still lives in
Yarmouth.
Date:
1/8/2012
Name: patty macdona;ld
Location: inverness,n.s.
E-Mail: carolmacdonald64@yahoo.com
Date:
1/17/2012
Name: Albert Surette
Location: North Sydney Nova Scotia
E-Mail: albertsurette@hotmail.com
Date:
1/20/2012
Name: Rog Burton
Location: Lake Wal;es, FL
E-Mail: rpg-nan@tampabay.rr.com
Comments: Neat presentation.......FUN checking
out your operation. Keep-up the good work.
Date: 1/22/2012
Name: Brenda Deveau
Location: Salmon River
E-Mail: gbdeveau@eastlink.ca
Comments: Surette's
Island is one of the most beautiful places
I've been...especially Tittle Road....
Date:
1/24/2012
Name: Arthur "Ossie" Perry
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
E-Mail: aperry2@cogeco.ca
Comments: I left Yarmouth in 1957 to pursue a
career in 'Upper Canada'. My father was an RCMP
officer in the county. John Cunningham,
his wife and son lived with us just after the
2nd war. John was PT boat Capt and his father,
at the time, I think was the Lighhouse keeper,
John followed his father as keeper of the light,
and was also the local pilot of the harbour. I
can remember the 'Star of Suez' was entering the
harbour and the helmsman was not following the
pilot's directions whereupon the Capt. gave John
the wheel as it ran aground in the harbour. I
think John claimed salvage of the vessel.
The Perry family lived 'up the hill from the
Cotton Mill', above the tracks and adjacent to
Roger's Furniture. I forget the name of the
street that separated - it might have been
Richard's lane - the house was owned by Harry
Margolian.
Every visit I made to Yarmouth always meant a
visit to John's abode. He was in the lobster
business for awhile and he would always give me
a nice lobster for my mother, along with my fish
purchase.
The last visit was about five year ago , he was
living in a nice little house on the lane next
to False Harbour with his lovely wife and his
'duck tolling dog'. I brought apples so he could
continue feeding the deer on his propertyand he
always had a few stories to tell. I'll miss him
!
Date:
2/20/2012 Name: BRIAN
SURETTE Location:
E-Mail:
Date: 2/25/2012
Name: Mark Jacquard
Location: Edmonton Alberta
E-Mail: mbjacquard@gmail.com
Comments:
Date: 2/27/2012
Name: Richard Amirault
Location: Cumberland, RI
E-Mail: richamiro11@yahoo.com
Comments: My grandparents were both from
Pubnico, both with surname Amirault, but
distant cousins. My grandfather's twin
sister married my grandmother's twin
brother. They had descended
separately from family lines of brothers Louis
and Leon Amirault.
I am interested in the familiar genealogy of
the Amirault, Belliveau, D'Entrement, de
LaTour, Gaudet, Duon, Hebert and Comeau
families, among the many I have in my family
fan chart.
Date: 2/28/2012
Name: Theresa Hebb
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
E-Mail: TheresaHebb77@gmail.com
Comments: Hi I used to live In Port Maitland,
Yarmounth Nova Scotia when I was a little girl
and I loved the country. Then my family
moved into town on Beacon Street.
Date: 2/28/2012
Name: BRIAN SURETTE
Location: LONDON ONT
E-Mail:
Comments: I WAS BORN IN YARMOUTH [1955] I HAVE
EIGHT BOTHERS AND THREE SISTERS,
Date: 3/5/2012
Name: david goodwin
Location: digby n.s.
E-Mail: davidgoodwin7@hotmail.com
Comments: my fathers father was george goodwin
,born in argyle area around late 1890`s i
believe,.he moved to gloucester mas.don`t know
much more, would like to find more
info.presently in florida.
Date:
3/5/2012
Name: Mark Sweeny
Location: Rose Bay Lun. Co. N.S.
E-Mail: merrywood7@gmail.com
Comments: Merrywood,
I spent my summers at Merrywood from 1958 to
1973. Many fond memories of that place. The
Perry road is one of a kind.I hiked & walked
& went trout fishing around many of these
lakes, Upper Crawley & Lower Crawley,Half
Moon Lake, Lake Fanning & Pickle Pond.Bad
Falls is also a beautiful spot.The Y.M.C.A. camp
holds many memories.I remember Nate Bain,a
special person.Hope the water situation improves
on the lakes.
Cheers
Mark
Date:
3/9/2012
Name: Carol LeBlanc
Location: New Hampshire, USA
E-Mail: cleblanc_1@comcast.net
Date: 3/17/2012
Name: Bob McRitchie
Location: Oregon
E-Mail: bobmcritchie@yahoo.com
Comments: Good Day...
My Grandfsther,Gilbert S. White, was born in
Yarmouth, NS in 1875 or thereabouts. I cannot
find his parents. Can anyone help??
Date: 3/18/2012
Name: Rozalyn Flynn Thomas
Location: London, Ontario
E-Mail: thome739@rogers.com
Comments: Hi. My family lived on Chebogue Road
from 1975 to 1980, across the street from Eileen
&(Wayne-late) Cunningham, Eileen is one of
our cousins. Moving east on Chebogue, in the
direction of Starrs Road, is another cousin of
ours, Carol,& Calvin Lace. Both girls
are daughters of the late Evelyn & Ted
Chetwyn. Moving west from Eileen's house,
past the Cook Dairy and moving more toward town,
was another daughter of Evelyn's, and cousin of
ours Mary, & Basil Messenger - both
deceased. They used to have a sawmill on the
property.
My mother was the daughter of Charles and Ina
(spelling)Allen of Yarmouth, her name is
Lorraine Margaret Allen and she married a man
from Sydney, John Joseph Flynn, they also called
him Don and Red. We lived in Yarmouth for some
of my younger years, maybe from ages 4-7 or 8 (I
was born in August 1955 in Collingwood Ontario
(dad was Army then)and then I remember living in
Darlings Lake a couple of years until 1964 when
my father moved us to London Ontario. Mom and
dad operated a Restaurant, General Store and
Post Office on a Corner in Darlings Lake. I
remember it wasn't far from 'Gilligan's House'
or more properly known as 'Churchill Mansion' I
believe. My youngest brother Roderick
Douglas was born on June 20, 1964 and I remember
we were moved to London Ontario sometime that
summer.
When dad had a bad heart attack in 1975,
he moved mom back to Yarmouth and into that
house on Chebogue Road about April 1975.
He died that Christmas and at the time, mom,
dad, Rod and I were in a house in Hebron and my
brother, William Palmer, his wife and new baby
were in the house on Chebogue. In the spring of
1976, my brother went back to Ontario and Mom
and I and my youngest brother Roderick moved
back to Chebogue Road house. I came back to
Ontario for schooling for a time in 1976 and mom
struggled to keep the house going on her
own. She worked for the housekeeping staff
in the Yarmouth hospital. It was my uncle
Clarence 'Cab' Allen who did the carpentry work
on the Chebogue House and straightened the
upstairs walls to make bigger bedrooms.
I loved that house and I loved every day at the
kitchen table looking out over the Chebogue
River. Those few short years are still some of
my favorite memories of my life. So many trips
down Chebogue Road on the way to town with my
friends, heading off to work at Dom Tex.
(Dominion Textiles) I was a spinner on midnights
at the plant.
We were there for the terrible blizzard when the
power was out for 3 days in a row and we
survived with blankets, body heat and kitchen
stoves that ran with wood or oil. A lot
easier to survive that type of thing down home
than it is up here in the city. Almost seems
like a given in the Maritimes.
Just in case anyone is searching their family
trees, I will provide the rest of my family
info. You never know. My oldest sister
Lois Helen, married the son of a shipbuilder
from Salmon River, Clarence Deveau. My next
oldest sister Donna Marie married a German man
she met in Ontario named Roland Schaufler.
Then there is my brother William Palmer who was
in the Chebogue house when my dad died. He was
married to Marty Tuytel and had a sister
Margaret who stayed in Nova Scotia with her
husband when Bill & Marty returned to
Ontario. Margaret eventually divorced and
remarried a man from the Kentville area and they
are still there. They run a very
successful mortuary for animals. Then my sister
Norma Mae Veronica Andrews who married a soldier
here in Ontario, Kenneth George Andrews who is
from Shubenacadie (spelling). All of his
family are in that area and all of his brothers
were in the army. I married a man from a
small town up here called Poplar Hill, Clifford
Ernest Thomas. My sister younger than me is
Debbie Ann and she is up here in London and so
is our youngest of all Roddie. 7 of us
altogether and that is why Mom and Dad felt they
should move us to Ontario to give us better
opportunities.
So there you have it, a family who had enough
time in Nova Scotia who has it in the blood and
no matter how long we live in Ontario, home is always the
Yarmouth area.
Date: 3/18/2012
Name: Rozalyn Diane Flynn Thomas
Location: now in London, Ontario
E-Mail: thome739@rogers.com
Comments: I have a story to add about the
Churchill Mansion. My family lived in
Darling Lake in and around 1964. My mother
is Lorraine Margaret (Allen) Flynn from Yarmouth
and my dad was John Joseph Flynn from
Sydney. They ran a restaurant, general
store and post office on a corner in Darling
Lake. They had 7 of us kids and we used to
play with the Hatfields across the street.
I remember we would sometimes play at Churchill
Mansion before and after going swimming in the
lake. It being in the Maritimes and all,
and us being children, of course there were
stories about the vacant house and of course we
did get into the house to scare ourselves
senseless. I remember one story in
particular about a supposed murder in the house
in the vacinity of the big fireplace. The
story goes that someone was murdered in that
spot and even when they replace the flooring,
the blood stain returns.
The one and only time we got into the house
(most of the time we were too terrified to go
back in there), we were quietly moving around
the place in a line, holding onto each
other. We were heading up to the widows
walk to see the 'coffins' that were said to be
up there when we heard footsteps coming
down. We were screaming and running so
fast that no one ever knew what took place
next. We were out of that house still
running and screaming across the lawn and down
the hill toward home. We never went back
into the place and though I feel quite sure it
was our over-active imaginations, any time I was
near that house again my hair would stand on end
and I always felt like I was being watched.
My mom died in London Ontario in 1992 and we
took her home to Yarmouth to bury her with my
father in 1993. We took the time to go back to
the Mansion. It was being operated as an
Inn. We asked if we could take pictures
and told them of the story from when I was
younger. They did not know of the story of
the 'murder' so perhaps it was made up, we will
never know I guess, but we definitely have the
'scary' story we tell to people of Churchill
Mansion that Gilligan from 'Gilligan's Island'
is supposed to have owned at one point.
I had a boyfriend, (I had returned to Yarmouth
in the late 70's) whose father worked for the
Yarmouth bus terminal. He met Gilligan
(can't remember his real name right now for the
life of me) and the captain when they had come
over from the states at one point.
Apparently they were there because Gilligan
bought the Churchill Mansion. He never
moved into it and sold it within a short period,
and probably because we never really cared about
it, we never did find out if it was a real story
- it was fun to tell.
We used to play with a family called the
Hatfields and spent many a winter day playing in
the woods on their property. I also
remember my younger sister and I used to visit
an older couple up on a hill named the
Hearts. They would have us in for cookies
and let us watch the beautiful cardinals and
blue jays that would visit their feeders outside
their kitchen window. That was when I
developed my love of both of those birds and I
have never forgotten those visits to Mr &
Mrs Heart. The spelling could have been
Hart I suppose, I was only 7 or 8 at the
time. Another thing I remember about Mrs
Heart was the fact that it was at her house that
I first tried Tang orange juice and
Ovaltine. I am almost 50 years older now
and I still think of those times and that
wonderful loving older couple (maybe they
weren't older at all, if if was 7 or 8 older
could have been in their 30's to me,
right?) maybe they had white hair and that
is why I always remember them as an older
couple.
I remember going down one of the streets of
Darling Lake with my sisters and brothers and
the Hatfields and stealing rhubarb from one of
the gardens. We would eat those sour green
apples from the trees and pick and eat
blueberries from the hills. We never had
to go home for lunch because we literally ate
off the land.
I have fond memories of taking the school bus
and everyone singing the most recent Beatles
songs. I remember I was in grade one with
Miss Cann but I can't remember the name of the
school. Those are my memories of Darlings Lake
(I always called it) and they are precious
memories indeed.
Date:
3/28/2012
Name: marie
Location: pei
E-Mail:
Comments: Thank you Guest Book writers from all
over, for all these wonderful Yarmouth and
county stories, personal memories, so
captivating and precious to read and to have on
record! Each and every one means something to
somebody somewhere, even if you think your story
is nothing much, you have no idea how you touch
hearts tied to Yarmouth but living far away.
Brings back memories for them, but more than
that, your story sometimes provides valuable
family information, fills in a "blank" in the
family story of someone who has always wondered
about this or that relative, ancestor, neighbour
or school-mate.
I was deeply moved that someone far away wrote
to the Webmaster and said that part of a story I
sent in, was the only thing this descendant knew
about her GRANDMOTHER! That touched my old heart
deeply, and gave me new insight into how
important and necessary it is for us to write
whatever inspires us, even if it seems stupid
and banal to us, someone will treasure something
from it. Continue to write, write, and write!
[Example, one writer brought back very fond
memories for me of when I watched what (back
then for this town-dummy) was like a 'miracle',
a very young cousin in Lower Wedgeport "pulling
a lot of milk out of a cow" -- a small part of
his busy daily routine. I felt so ashamed for
being so inferior and un-educated when comparing
how I spent my time in our town, with how my
young Wedgeport cousins at that time, showed me
what real "hands-on" living was like. Whoever it
was who wrote in about milking a cow in or near
Yarmouth, thank you!]
Thank
you Marie
Date:
3/30/2012
Name: marie
Location: pei
E-Mail:
Comments: See what I mean?
I was just writing about readers sending in
little stories and bits of information that will
do wonders for someone somewhere, whether or not
we plan it that way. For example, I went way way
back to read some of the entries, and I believe
it was Springtime way back years ago, in about
1996, and someone wrote in and made my day
(today in 2012) when he/she reminded me of the
following (quoted) Yarmouth expression:
"Name: RJD
Location: Yarmouth
Email: marmich@atcon.com
Comment: Some nice in Yarmouth"
.........
--And it's some good to see this again! Yup, you
proved that you have connections to Yarmouth
when you can call the place "SOME NICE"!
Some of us used to think it was SOME foggy down
around Pubnico and Wedgeport. Last time I drove
with an Island friend, through East Pubnico down
toward Shelburne, wanting to brag about the
scenery in West Pubnico from the East Side. But
I was laughed all the way down, because the fog
was so thick we couldn't even see the East-Side
shore line!
So much for my bragging about our beautiful view
across the amazing Pubnico harbour. That harbour
has personality, believe me! Some days, early
mornings or evenings, the water was so calm the
loons echoed for miles, and the least flip of a
sea creature echoed up toward the woods across
the road. Voices of people and sea
creatures over on the West Side could be heard
very well from Middle East and Center East, as
they worked around the wharf across the harbor
on the West Side.
Calm most days, but at one point in my years
spent there, and walking home from Lower East
Pubnico school on a windy winter day, and
watching the dark gray rushing waves, wild and
capped with incredibly high white foam, well, on
those days Pubnico Harbour was showing its
powerful strength even some anger.
Yes, RJD, whoever you are, I echo your words
from 1996:
"some nice" alright -- awesome!
marie
Location:
Port Morien
E-Mail: jacklynnmac@hotmail.com
Comments: My brother in law just returned from
Tusket. He delivered a car to a dealership
there. Lots of trees along the drive there
he said., and the roads were as straight as a
poker (easy to drive on them). My husband and I
must make a visit to your little place.
Date: 4/16/2012
Name: Thomas Crosby
Location: Edgewater Fl
E-Mail: tcrosby600@gmail.com
Comments: Has any of my Crosby clan been in
touch with Bev Crosby of Queensland
Auatralia? I have not been in touch with her
since about 2006 and her e mails come back to
me. I hope she has just changed her e mail and
that she is ok.
Bev and I met through this
site in 2004. The Crosby family is from Yarmouth
but Edward Andrew Crosby jumped ship in about
1860. on board a Confederate ship as the Civil
War was beginning. He never went back to NS and
started a fanily there.
If you are out there Bev
please e mail me, or if anyone knows of her
please do the same.
Date:
4/17/2012
Name: Karen mukherjee
Location: South wales uk
E-Mail:
Comments: I would like to send my best wishes to
Anne Moses who was a very dear friend of mine. I
remember how hard Anne and Tom Moses worked
within their community and tried to support
everyone, by bringing the south Ohio community
centre together. I have very fond memories
of events held at south Ohio community centre
and hope everyone has appreciated it as much as
I did. X
Date: 4/17/2012
Name: Karen mukherjee
Location: South wales uk
E-Mail:
Comments: Missing all the wonderful people that
we met in Yarmouth. Hello all ! Such a beautiful
place and the people were awesome.
Date: 4/19/2012
Name: Dawn Robbins
Location: Essex County Massachusetts
E-Mail: disneydawn@hotmail.com
Comments: I am doing genealogical research and
found your website. It was nice to find out that
Salmon River, Pleasant Lake and Riverdale were
all the same place as those are all the
birthplaces I am finding in the old archives
.Thanks Dawn Robbins
Date:
4/21/2012
Name: Karen Goudey
Location: Pleasant Valley
E-Mail:
Comments: Hey Lillian
We are so looking forward to you returning to
Pleasant Valley :)
Date:
4/21/2012
Name: Lori Biagiotti
Location: Bradenton, Florida
E-Mail: 14gjchs@gmail.com
Comments: I've enjoyed looking at this site. My
husband is a descendant of Philippe Mius
d'Entremont through his paternal grandmother.
Date:
4/27/2012
Name: Thomas Crosby
Location: Edgewater Fl
E-Mail: tcrosby600@gmail.com
Comments: HELP, I am looking for Beverly Crosby from
Queensland Australia. I have lost touch and hope
someone can help.
Date:
4/27/2012
Name: Cathy
Location: Stinson
E-Mail: stinsonsind@bellsouth.net
Comments: Looking for any information on a
family tree for June Nickerson
Stanley - born to Robert and Ethel
Nickerson in 1938- October, I think.
Thanks for your help.
Date: 4/27/2012
Name: cody billy doucette
Location: Wedgeport Ns
E-Mail: cody_doucette20@hotmail.com
Comments:
Date:
4/28/2012
Name: GWEN RAYNARD
Location:
E-Mail:
Comments: MY FATHER WAS MALCOLM RAYNARD BORN IN
TUSKET. MY AUNT STILL LIVES THERE. I LOVE THE
PLACE. WISH I COULD LIVE THERE.
Date:
4/29/2012
Name: Kurt Surette
Location: Elizabeth .Co
E-Mail: Ksurette@mac.com
Comments: A visit is on my bucket list.
Date:
5/1/2012
Name: Toni Cook
Location: Alma, Michigan
E-Mail: Highlandpt@frontier.com
Comments: Decendent
of: Clara E Frost Born in Argyle, Spouse:
Frank Parker Howard Mother: Emma
P Alexander Father: Israel Frost
I notice that the Frost Inn was a part of this
area and wondered if there was a
connection between my GG Grandmother or GGG
Grandfather
Thank you!
Toni Ann Kent-Cook on Facebook
Date: 5/8/2012
Name: Dave
Location: Toronto
E-Mail: imasuperfan@hotmail.com
Comments: I am on a fixed income who lives in
Toronto I am thinking of visiting relatives in
Yarmouth and surrounding area this summer.
I do not drive is there anyway to get from
Halifax to Yarmouth for $ 75 or less
return. I am not sure of the days but it
might be late July/Early August for between a
week and a half to 2 weeks.
Date:
5/9/2012
Name: John Goudey
Location: Toronto, Canada
E-Mail: jgoudey@rogers.com
Comments: Very helpful to update my memory on
the history of Lake Annis, its great citizens
and family members who contributed to its
success.
Webmaster
Comment: It was John Goudey who provided
me with most of the information for Lake Annis
pages (a scrap book he had)
Date:
5/11/2012
Name: Vaughn and Shelley Cosman
Location: Wellington
E-Mail: shelleyvaughn@hoymail.com
Comments: I am looking for old pictures of the area if
anyone has any.I would just like to see our place(#1491) when it
was use as a farm.Thanks Vaughn Cosman
Date:
5/12/2012
Name: Mike Rideout
Location: truro
E-Mail: lonewulf62@hotmail.com
Comments: Nice Pictures Nice place to be miss it
a lot!!!!
Date:
5/13/2012
Name: Bill Boudreau
Location: Oklahoma City
E-Mail: bill@billboudreau.com
Comments: My new novel, REDEMPTION ISLAND, is
released. The cover is an image of Wedgeport.
The novel may be viewed at:
http://www.billboudreau.com/published--hm.html
Thank you, Godfrey.
Date:
5/18/2012
Name: Yvonne Surette
Location: virginia, usa
E-Mail: litknit@aol.com
Comments:
Date:
5/29/2012
Name: GREGG FLYNN
Location: BROOKSIDE NOVA SCOTIA
E-Mail: gflynn@eastlink.ca
Comments: Thanks to a CBC news story I heard
about the "Oldest Acadian |Village" located in
the Publico area. Both my wife and I are
interested in the history and look forward to
visiting the area to explore and to learn more
about the Acadians. Thank you for your efforts.
Date:
5/30/2012
Name: Margaret DesJardines
Location: United States
E-Mail: margaretdesjardines@yahoo.com
Comments: I used to visit every summer Lower
Wedgeport. My grandmother still lives there. My
maiden name is Doucette.
Date:
6/4/2012
Name: Caroline Randall
Location: Maryland
E-Mail: cran2777@msn.com
Comments: Beginning to research Randalls in
Kemptville.
Date:
6/5/2012
Name: laurie doucette sylvia
Location: centerville mass, us
E-Mail: gigi.l.sylvia@gmail.com
Comments:
Date:
6/10/2012
Name: Cary J. LeBlanc
Location: Hampstead North Carolina USA
E-Mail: cleblanc4@yahoo.com
Comments: I first came to the point at age
one and now at age 83 i can tell you this is the
last place God made. I can't accurately tell how
many times ive been there but 45 trips would be
close. My first recolection was 21 houses all a
different color. And sumertime was hay season
and farming and fishing and berry picking and
yes baseball season. Felton Legere was the
pitcher and we would go by boat to Comeau's Hill
to win a game. My Grandad Joseph drawned at the
old wharf when i was a year old and he did see
me that summer. This made Grandma curtail my
playing near or in water when i spent my teen
summers. How ever when the tide was out Rampint
was o k for claming. The old community hall had
a dance with the local musicians every couple of
weeks. And Yarmarth a busaling town on Saturday
nights. As was church every Sunday when everyone
dressed up for the occasion. I cold write
volumes to say what was and now is but for you
who live on God's Little acre be assured you are
very lucky people. I'll make a presnt day
observation as to changing times. Some 45 years
ago my wife and i joined Felton to hawl lobster
traps one buoy with 2 traps all pulled up by
Hand and muscle. He was in a tee shirt and we in
Parkers scarfs mittens ear muffs as this was in
the middle of winter. All this with navgation by
a box compass. Now after being on My Grandchilds
new boat all electronic equipment from hawling
and Navgation it's unbeleivable where you are
today. Perhaps one day i will take the time to
sit down and write a book detailing the
beatiful memories of how lucky i was to be a
small part of your fantastic culture Cary
LeBlanc
Date:
6/12/2012
Name: Car LeBlanc
Location: North Carolina
E-Mail: cleblanc4@yahoo.com
Comments: Let's go back 70 + years ago and
compare Yarmouth then and now. Summertime two
boats a day one from New York [The Arcadia &
St. Johns}and one from Boston { Boston & the
Yarmouth} music and welcoming tourist groups
hawking Breamar Lakeside Inn Grand Hotel you
name it all thriving lodging places to stay.
Wedgeport the world tuna tornaments each year
Famous people coming to this Famous entrance to
Nova Scotia. Arrive and depart by train or bus
Arcadian Bus Lines. And Saturday Nights all the
surburban residents converging in their best
outfits Shopping having a stroll up one one side
and down the other side on Main Street. An
stopping for an icecream and then the Movie It
was like Times Square on New Years in N.Y.
WW 2 brought a halt to this little paradise and
changes took place and Yarmouth lost it's way of
life After war years an Airline flight from
Boston was added and summers a boat from Bar
Harbor the Portland would come. and yes even a
jet boat the Cat Now all this is history and
don't exist. For me at age 83 who saw all this i
can't understand why this should happen to such
a rich heritage that once was. To bad i don't
know Donald Trump who could tell me how to
revive Yarmouth with all it's assets. But for
now i'll settle for all those beautifl memories
of what was once Yarmouth.
Date: 6/15/2012
Name: gwen raynard
Location: toronto
E-Mail: Comments:
Date: 6/17/2012
Name: Bill Boudreau
Location: Oklahoma City
E-Mail: billboudreau@flash.net
Comments: www.billboudreau.com
Expulsion - a 1755 Event
Date: 6/19/2012
Name: Pamela Morgan
Location: Calgary, AB
E-Mail: pamjm403@hotmail.com
Comments: Just browsing every now and then to
see what's new, when I have the time. It's
a nice place to show my children where I grew
up.
Date:
6/20/2012
Name: Bill Boudreau
Location: Oklahoma City
E-Mail: billboudreau@flash.net
Comments: Wonderful recollections by Cary J.
LeBlanc. Thank you.
Date:
6/22/2012
Name: Paul DeViller
Location: Andover Ma
E-Mail: paul.d.deviller@lahey.org
Comments:
Date:
6/22/2012
Name: Pam
Location: Culliton
E-Mail: Mousaba@sbcglobal.net
Comments: My husbands family is from this area
back several generations
Date:
6/23/2012
Name: Tara Taylor
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
E-Mail: medic8593@hotmail.com
Comments: I just drove thru the other day... I
am buying property in Sluice Point... I am
excited to be a part of the community!
Date:
6/25/2012
Name: roberto garutti
Location: boston mass usa
E-Mail: robertog1943@gmail.com
Comments: port maitland
is a beautifull town
Date:
6/26/2012
Name: Guy VanAmburg
Location: Argyle
E-Mail: karguyle@eastlink.ca
Comments: Nice site but you have the "power dam
hand dug in 1964".Did I read this wrong?
The power project was done around 1929, and
certainly not by hand.
gv
Webmaster
Comment: The source of the statement is
found at: http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/tusket/index.htm
It Reads:
"Part of the history of Tusket begins with
Canada's oldest Court House which still stands
next to Carl's Store. This Court House was built
in 1809. It served the Argyle area as a law
court and strangely has a tower area for a bell.
Only a mile or two from the Court House is the
power dam which was hand dug in 1963."
( I do not remember who
compiled that information but for sure it could
not refer to the tusket power dam. )
Maybe some one can provide more
information on the topic. Thank you
They may have been referring to the construction
of the fish ladder ?
Date:
6/27/2012
Name: Carole
Location: Tusket
E-Mail: crobin7074@comcast.net
Comments: How we love coming over to Yarmouth
area for vacation! We are all hoping the
boat comes back on. If so we can see
Yarmouth tourism come back!
Date: 6/29/2012
Name: Cary LeBlanc
Location: Hampstead North Carolina USA
E-Mail: cleblanc4@yahoo.com
Comments: My Grand Dad was Darcy
Fitzgerald, who way back in life gave 5 children
on a sunday in Church after his wife died. This
is about in 1912. My Mother Ella was
adopted by Joseph & Philomene Surette on
Pinkney's Point. Some many years later while
visiting him he remarried and had a son Named
Tim ? To let you now my Mom aunts and uncles are
no longer with us . Could you shed some light on
what happen to end Fitzgerald's on Comeaus Hill?
ate:
7/7/2012
Name: Debbie Doucette
Location: Truro, NS
E-Mail: seasise-escape@hotmail.com
Comments: No matter how
far I move , Surette's Island is always gonna be
HOME.
Date:
7/15/2012
Name: Walter M. Nichols
Location: Kemptville, Ontario
E-Mail: WalterMaxwell@sympatico.ca
Comments:
Date:
7/26/2012
Name: Victor
Location: Bangalore
E-Mail: contactus@indiaflowerplaza.com
Comments: Nice Site. We at
www.indiaflowerplaza.com want to get affiliated
to you.
Date:
7/28/2012
Name: don gillis
Location: halifax
E-Mail: dgillis@ns.sympatico.ca
Comments: Just passing through looking for
information on a lumber mill that my
G-G-G-grandfather was involved with in the
area.
He was employed with the " Alfred Dickie Lumber
Co"
Date:
7/31/2012
Name: Terri Williams
Location: terriw.enterprises@gmail.com
E-Mail:
Comments: My Canfield ancestry leads to Abigail
Hersey born 17 Jun 1791 in Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, Canada. She was married in
1813 in Yarmouth, and she died about 1856.
I'm interested in any further information about
her and her family.
Date: 8/2/2012
Name: Maria Storm
Location: Yarmouth
E-Mail:
Comments:
Date: 8/2/2012
Name: Raymond Surette
Location: Kitchener,Ont.
E-Mail: suretguitars@yahoo.ca
Comments: My grandfather was from Surette's
island.His name was Nicholas Leger
Surette.He was born in 1874.His twin
sister was Leonice Surette.My father's name was
also Nicholas Leger Surette.He was the second
youngest of seven sons.We moved to Ontario in
1947.My wife and I and our grandaughter are
coming to Yarmouth and area for a visit in one
week's time.-----Ray Surette
Date: 8/4/2012
Name: michelle hillison
Location: North Carolina
E-Mail: michelle@hillison.com
Comments: My grandmother was a Babin from Eel
Brook and her parents were living on
Surette's Island when she was born. Lovely to
see this, thanks!
Date: 8/5/2012
Name: Ray Surette
Location: kitchener,Ont.
E-Mail: suretguitars@yahoo.ca
Comments: My first cousin Mary Lou Parker lives
in South Ohio.I lived there for a few months in
1947 with my aunt Odelle Surette before my dad
brought me to Ontario.
Date: 8/5/2012
Name: Lynne Fabricant
Location: Eugene, Oregon USA
E-Mail: lynnefabricant@gmail.com
Comments: I am hoping to learn
more about my great great great grandfather,
Captain Calvin Valpey and his descendents. I am
interested in any history about his father, who
was ship-wrecked in the Tusket Isles.
Calvin Valpey was captian of the
Schooner "Eagle" which sailed from from
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to San Francisco,
California on April 20th, 1851.
He was married to married Elizabeth
Gardner, daughter of Captain Reuben Gardner of
Yarmouth. They had 3 daughters and 3 sons. their
names are Emma, Calvin, Horatio, Lizzie,
Charles, and Alice.
Date: 8/6/2012
Name: Bill Boudreau
Location: Oklahoma City
E-Mail: billboudreau@flash.net
Comments: Read "Expulsion - a 1755 Event" on
website: www.billboudreau.com.
Thanks, Godfrey.
Date: 8/12/2012
Name: Heather Lemoine
Location: Fredericton NB
E-Mail: hlarcher5@gmail.com
Comments: Hi,
Thank you so much for this site. I have
learned so much history. the reason this is so
special to me is because my mother (Mildred Ann
Pitman) grew up in Sand Beach and lived in the
Horton House. I loved this house and visiting in
the summers. I also loved listening to the fog
horn at night as I went to sleep, and watching
the fishing boats go out at sunset. If you have
anymore pictures of the house I would love to
see them. Thanks again for bringing back
such wonderful memories.
Date: 8/13/2012
Name: Jim & cindy Smith
Location: 38 Melbourne Rd., Arcadia, NS
E-Mail: smithbro@eastlink.ca
Comments: I was just interested in finding old
photos of Arcadia, and came across your
site. My husband loves to swim in the
Chebogue River when it comes in at high tide
right in Arcadia by the road; I could see the
remnants of a large post near the edge of the
bank and wondered if there had been a building
there or what, and now we know! You can see in
your photo the wharf on the left. Very
interesting, thank you.
Date: 8/17/2012
Name: William (Bill) Surette
Location: Groveland Ma
E-Mail: wrs244@comcast.net
Comments: Son of Eugene Surette and Cecelia
Surette (White) (Malden Ma) Brother to
(Agnas) Jean Doherty of Nashua Nh and Carol
Killam of Florida
Date: 8/20/2012
Name: Lynda Maciejewski
Location: Alden, ny
E-Mail: Lmaciejew@aol.com
Comments: My mother was Margaret Marchand,
daughter of Alvina and Alfred Xavier Marchand.
If anyone would like to contact me, I would
appreciate it.
Date: 8/30/2012
Name: Margaret Broderick
Location: St. Catharines Ont
E-Mail: margb@sympatico.ca
Comments: Nice to see pictures of where i orig.
came from , lots of changes
Date: 9/7/2012
Name: Alice R. d'Entremont Cote
Location: Baldwinville, Massachusetts
E-Mail: a-cote@comcast.net
Comments:
Date: 9/9/2012
Name: Bill Boudreau
Location: Oklahoma City
E-Mail: billboudreau@flash.net
Comments: My new book, Wedgeport ~ Poems,
Folklore, History, Images ~ is now available on
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Wedgeport-Poems-Folklore-History-Images/dp/1479267597/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347029320&sr=1-1&keywords=wedgeport
www.billboudreau.com
Thank you Godfrey.
Date: 9/11/2012
Name: frank trecartin
Location: dartmouth
E-Mail: whitmantp@eastlink.ca
Comments:
Date: 9/11/2012
Name: EDDIE THERIAULT
Location: SURETTE'S ISLAND,YAR. CO.,NS
E-Mail:
Comments:
Date: 9/12/2012
Name: Alex, (Sandy) Christie
Location: Gulfport. Mississippi
E-Mail: alex.christie@att.net
Comments: If you go way back to 1994 in the
archives you will find that I was one of the
first to make an entry in the Guest Log. I have
made a number of entries since that time and do
go back quite often to peruse the latest
entries.
I have made contacts with some long time
friends and some of them as well have read
my entries and gotten in touch with me. It
is so very pleasant to have that experience.
I intend to go on making the occasional entry,
always with the hopes another long lost friend
will read it and contact me.
I get back home once in a while, to be sure, not
near as often as I would like it to be. And at
age 67, I never know when the visit I am on will
be my last one so I take each opportunity I can
to come home.
Looks like now the next chance I will get will
be in the new year, trying for a nice spring
vist.
Had a wonderful time when a couple of my life
long friends, Joey Haley, (also my
brother-in-law), and Loran Allan came
all the way down here to Mississippi to spend a
way too short week visit with us. We even took
an afternoon and went over top New Orleans which
is only about an hour and a few minutes to get
to from where I live. While we were over there
we took an afternoon cruise on one of the old
Mississippi River steamboat stern wheeler. We
had such a great time out there on the Mighty
Mississippi River.
Always something to do and something to see.
My door is always open to anyone who wants to
come and visit,but please, do yourself a favor
and do not come in the summertime. It way too
hot and humid, you would want to spend most of
your time in the air-conditioning of the house
or a car.
I am very serious about the standing invitation.
Just call couple of weeks in advance so we can
have some time to prepare an entertainment
schedule for you. The next time you see, Joey or
Loran, ask them if it's true about Southern
Hospitality.
Just please come and experience for yourselves.
Have to run ,supper is on the table. Which
reminds me, ask them about the Southern Cooking
they got to enjoy while they were here.
Take care my friends . May the Lord Bless and
always keep you safe.
Sandy Christie
Email: alex.christie@att.net
Webmaster
Comment: Thank you for you letters
All the best.
Date: 9/16/2012
Name: Heather
Location: Berwick, Maine
E-Mail: h.kodzis@getxsi.com
Comments: I am curious about family
history. What I know:
1. Grandfather; Sylvain LeBlanc,
born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia;
2. Married to Mary Hayden, born in
Guysborough, Nova Scotia;
3. Arrived in Gloucester, MA, USA around
the turn of the century.
4. Children: Kenneth, Richard,
Arvila, Rita, Adele, Dorothy, Mariam Patricia,
Eleanor. Mariam Patricia (“Tish” or “Pat”
to her many friends) married Andrew F. Cronin,
their daughter, Corinne Patricia Cronin, is my
mother.
5. The family settled in the
Malden/Medford, MA area.
6. My mother believes that the LeBlanc’s
had been fairly new immigrants to Nova Scotia
comparatively speaking.
Does this information sound familiar to
anyone? I am sure we still have family in
Nova Scotia.
Come to think of it, my husband’s mother’s
family is also from Nova Scotia. Angus and
Gladys Malcolm immigrated to the US and had
Alexander Angus, James, John, Joyce, and
Joan. Joan Malcolm married Robert G.
Kodzis of Saugus, MA and went on to have several
children: Kimberly, Joni, Robert Jr.,
Jayne, John (my husband) and Vikki. I am
not sure what part of Nova Scotia the Malcolm’s
originated.
I wish you a friendly “Hello”/“Bon Jour” and a
sincere “Thank You”/”Merci”!
Date:
9/16/2012
Name: Kathy McDonnell
Location: California
E-Mail: irishmcdonnell@gmail.com
Comments: Love Yarmouth and many other areas of
N.S. but my roots on my Mother's side are in
Deerfield, Hebron, Knowlesville, and early
Yarmouth. The name is Whitehouse and i know the
woods are full of them. I have been trying to
contact Nels /or Bernice Allen as
she inquired on another site about my Great
Grandmother Mary Ethel Whitehouse. I would love
to share info. and answer her questions as I
have answers. My e-mail came back as unable to
deliver. I recently lost my one remaining
contact in Yarmouth, Ruth Porter 97 yrs.a cousin
whose Grandmother was my great grandmother's
sister.Last visit was in sept. 2008 but was in
Peggy's Cove at B&B on morning of 9-11-2001.
People all over couldn't have been more friendly
and helpful. Thank you "Hand to man, heart to
God" Kathy
Date: 9/19/2012
Name: Ed. Smith
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
E-Mail: e.w.smith45@live.com
Comments: Hey Gang:
It's me, again. My latest book, "Write
From The Heart" was released a couple of weeks
ago. I hope to be in Yarmouth for some time in
October, and I'll have a bunch of copies with me
if anyone is interested. I'm hoping to set up a
book signing while I'm there. Will post more
info as I receive it. To all who purchased my
first book, "The Writes Of E.W. Smith", I thank
you very much. According to Google, you've
helped give it a five star rating. Lots more
about Yarmouth in my new book.
Date: 9/22/2012
Name: Sharon Robart-Johnson
Location: Yarmouth, N.S.
E-Mail: samsrj@eastlink.ca
Comments: The stories about Sand Beach, Yarmouth
County Nova Scotia are invaluable. They
keep the history of the area alive. Thank
you for sharing.
Date:
10/4/2012
Name: Joyce (Brown) Belakonis
Location: Dover, New Hampshire
E-Mail: jbela9@gmail.com
Comments: I was very excited to find this
website as I recently found out that my paternal
great-grandparents were from this area. My
great-grandfather was John Lockerd Perry and he
married Minnie Cook. My brother and I have
the sexton and Masters Certificate from the
Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Canada which
was issued to him in December of 1881. I
wish I had learned more information from my
grandmother, Henrietta Cook (Perry) Brown
while she was still alive.
Date: 10/8/2012
Name: Arthur Davison
Location: 543 W Bluefield Ave Phoenix AZ
E-Mail: adavison2@cox.net
Comments: Davison forepeople lived in Yarmouth,
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Date: 10/16/2012
Name: Ed Smith
Location: Ottawa
E-Mail: e.w.smith45@live.com
Comments: Hi Folks:
I'm home for awhile and will be holding a
book signing for anyone interested at the
Farmers' Market on Water Street on Saturday,
Oct. 20,
from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. I'm promoting my
second book, "Write From The Heart".
Date: 10/18/2012
Name: Helen MacMellon
Location: Amherst MA us
E-Mail: Comments:
Date: 10/25/2012
Name: BLANCHE SURRETTE
Location: FAYETTEVILLE NC
E-Mail: surrette77@aol.com
Date: 10/26/2012
Name: Christa Durkee
Location: Reno, NV
E-Mail: litehousegrl@yahoo.com
Date: 11/1/2012
Name: hazel vacon reinhart
Location: Fort Erie, Ontario
E-Mail: hazelreinhart@gmail.com
Comments: My father, William Ambrose
Vacon was the "cookie" or assistant
cook
on his father's expeditions into the wilderness
as a guide for hunters.
I recall my father recounting that he and his
dad, Louis Alexandre Vacon,
were with Babe Ruth during one
such trip.
Link: http://www.yarmouthvillages.com/babe/
Date: 11/2/2012
Name: Philip Caswell
Location: Jupiter, Florida
E-Mail: Philip.caswell@gmail.com
Comments: My grandfather, Frank Stanley
Beveridge, grew up there, until he
emigrated to Mount Hermon School in Northfield,
Massachusetts about 1900.
Any additional information will be greatly
appreciated.
Date: 11/2/2012
Name: Lynn
Location: DC
E-Mail: Comments:
Date: 11/8/2012
Name: Pat Morehouse
Location: Brandon Manitoba
E-Mail: Patmorehouse@gmail.com
Comments: So great to be able to see it again!
Thanks!
Date: 11/15/2012
Name: Ed Smith
Location: Ottawa
E-Mail: e.w.smith45@live.com
Comments: I had two successful book signings at
the Farmers' Market while visiting friends and
family at home in Yarmouth, and I thank those of
you who participated in making my time there so
precious. For those of you who purchased my last
book, "Write From The Heart", I
want to thank you ... right from the heart. I do
hope you enjoy the book. For those of you who
yet wish to purchase said book, the address is:
Baico Publishing Inc., 294 Albert St., Ste. 103,
Ottawa, Ont. K1P 6E6
or, contact: baico@bellnet.ca
Date: 11/29/2012
Name: Marie
Comments:
Here is a collection of stories about
Christmas during the Depression Era, a time
that was called the "dirty thirties".
How little we all had then, and that
material deprivation served to enable us
to really appreciate everything. It
enabled us to feel sensations and emotions
more deeply too, I think.
(Now, ahead in 2004, it seems that
children of today can hardly appreciate
colored lights in the same way as children
did in the 1920s and 1930s, and little
candies, new mittens, for example, because
they are everywhere.)
Christmas time again! A wonderful time of
year when people everywhere seem to be
filled with excitement and good cheer.
People (of our age now) like to reminisce
about Christmases past and share
heart-warming stories. I hope you who read
this story will write your own favroite
Christmas memories and share them with
everyone. I would really love to read every
one of them! Please just write them the way
you would tell a friend your memories, and
send them in. ( Continued... http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/sandbeac/index.htm
Post Cards
Yarmouth Area: http://www.avoiceinthedesert.com/yarmouth/misc/misc.htm
Date: 11/30/2012
Name: Mary Bochain
Location: Vail, CO
E-Mail:
Comments:
Date: 12/7/2012
Name: Geiselle Surette
Location: Delray Beach Florida
E-Mail: Geiselle@comcast.net
Comments:
Date: 12/8/2012
Name: glen raynard
Location: toronto ontario canada
E-Mail: glenray4@gmail.com
Comments: any history sent our way would be
great thanks for this beautiful history of my
family.
Date: 12/8/2012
Name: glen raynard
Location: toronto ontario canada
E-Mail: glenray4@gmail.com
Comments: Thank you Jenessa Trask for
maintaining this site
http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/raynardt/index.htm
Date: 12/8/2012
Name: Jim Petrin
Location: Mavillette
E-Mail: jamespetrin@eastlink.ca
Comments:
Date: 12/12/2012
Name: Mary Healey
Location: Oldham, Lancashire, England
E-Mail: magdalen1959@sky.com
Comments: Beautiful area. Was looking for you
because we've received a Christmas card with a
return address for Pubnico Nova Scotia - it
isn't ours and seems to have been sent via the
diplomatic bag.
Wish we were there now. lol. Have a
great Christmas season.
Kind regards,
Mary. x
Date: 12/14/2012
Name: Ed Smith
Location: Ottawa
E-Mail: e.w.smith45@live.com
Comments: Merry Christmas folks:
I composed this poem a couple of weeks
ago, so I thought I'd share it with all of you
... Do have a very Merry Christmas and a
fantastically Happy New Year.
Christmas Hug
E.W. Smith
Webmaster Comment:
Thank you Ed... Merry Christmas and a happy
new year.
At bedtime, every Christmas Eve,
When our stockings were well hung,
The fire down to ashes
And the caroles being sung,
We, in our pyjamas
Would, by the window, pause ...
To see if we could get a glimpse
Of dear, old Santa Clause.
We would gaze across the snowdrifts
And, we'd stare up at the sky ...
Hoping that we'd get to see
That reindeer really fly.
Then, Mom would tuck us into bed,
Making sure we're safe and snug ...
'Tis then we'd get our greatest gift:
That heartfelt Christmas hug.
Of all the gifts I've e'er recieved ...
And, of all the memories they brew,
The ones that cause the greatest warmth
Are of Mom and Dad and You.
The presents, wrapped, I'm grateful for ...
And, I thank our Lord, above;
But, the greatest gift my soul receives
Is knowing that I'm loved.
So, tonight as my great-grandkids stand
By the window, near the tree,
I watch their faces all a'flush
With innocence and glee.
Tonight, their Mom will tuck them in
Making sure they're safe and snug ...
And, I'll get to share my heart, once more,
With that precious, Christmas hug.
Date: 12/17/2012
Name: Marie
Location: pei
E-Mail: mrcob@eastlink.ca
Comments: What a beautiful and timely poem.
Every child is infinitely precious and needs
hugs every day, it's essential. What
wonderful memories you write for us! Thank you
Ed.
Date: 12/18/2012
Name: clarence
Location: martique
E-Mail: cjoeph7@hotmail.com
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