July 29, 1928 - Fred E Bentley, his wife, Mary, Marion Shaffner, Doris Bentley and Bernice Bentley Fisher. Mr. Bentley was Middleton's third Mayor, 1915-16. The Bentleys and Shaffners lived in the matching homes at 189 and 185 Main Street. My mother was married the previous year. - NF
A few images ago, I mentioned the Planters. Dick Morse answered with this picture and note: The burial place of Abner and Anna Morse who came to Nova Scotia in May 1760 and settled near Bridgetown. All the Morses in Nova Scotia descended from these two Planters. They are my great, great, great, great grandparents. The cemetery has been designated an Heritage Site and is being cared for by The Morse Cemetery Care and Maintenance Society, a chharitable organization.
Some of that Middleton gang probably around 1950. Who's the dude in front all dressed up ? Any comments on where or when it was taken ? I forget who gave it to me awhile back. - N
2010-2011 are years of celebration. Communities in Nova Scotia are marking the 250th Anniversary of the Arrival of the New England Settlers or Planters. Truro will give greater import to next year, but there have been announcements. I believe the Annapolis Valley has begun its celebrations this year. My mother's side of the family, the Bentleys, were Planters. T mark the occasion, I drew two Planter children and placed them near the present day Palliser Restaurant in Truro, close to where the settlers landed 250 years ago. - N
Two pictures from a Macdonald Reunion some years back - 1998, I believe. You'll see lots of familiar faces and hopefully some names will come to mind. I see Denny and I are in both of them. The top picture includes Nancy Hudgins, Jessie Cumming, my brother, Fred, Fred Grimmer, Audrey Giffin, Helen Hankinson, Sonny Dowell and Len Dention, to name a few.
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Class of 50-51 Attendees at the 2010 MRHS Reunion. I think I've come up with the names. Front: Corning, Phyllis Palmer, Gwen, Marni and Jessie; Middle: Maxine Lightfoot Giffin, Phyllis Mosher Cipolla; Coop; George Dodge, Gerald; Back: Denny, John Giffin, Eric and Hanson (Sonny). Shame so many good-looking people were missing when the photo was taken.
We have been weeding our photograph albums. Came across this one and had to add it to the blog. This was taken around 1990, the view from the cottage we rented from John Fox. Jessie would know this view well. I can't resist pictures of Margaretsville and the Bay of Fundy.
This Middleton town team competed in the Nova Scotia Basketball Playoffs in 1953. We know all the players but one. Back Row: Shirley ........... , Mary Miller, Bette Young, Fran Whitman; Front row: Esther Crawford, Diane Hankinson, Kaye Cox, Nellie Hoogerwerf, annd Coach Al Peppard. Any help with shirley's last name would be appreciated.
The hub of much of our activity growing up was the Bruce household. Getting Bev off to school, playing catch with the pro ball players, eating fresh, homemade doughnuts, chatting with various generations of Bruces. It was a happy, caring, lively home, the memories of which will always be treasured.
Back Row: Gerald Ray -P, Pat Hampsey - P, Ted Marshall - CF, Paul Ward - RF, Larry Marshall - LF, Bev Bruce - 1stB, Steve Howe - P ; Front Row: Roy Doucette - 3B, Bernie Parent - SS, Harry Coleman - C, Mann Deveau - 2B, Murray Wentzel - P. Steve Howe was a New Englander who had played in the HD League with Truro, and Roy Doucette was from Yarmouth. The Bat boy was Alan Henderson. Thanks for the update, Paul.
To cool off during this heat wave, let's take a drive to Port George. I can give a closeup later, but I like this picture of the road and shoreline too. Although Margaretsville seemed to be the preferred site, I also enjoyed an outing to Port George. Thanks for the picture Bette and Rick.
The second class to graduate from MRHS. There we are in all our youth and with the world and our lives ahead of us. Great group! It's very special that many of us have kept in touch over the years. Unfortunately a number have passed away. Yet, the rest of us have a Reunion coming up in July. How many will we recognicze ?
Received this thank you card from the Toronto Fishers awhile back. It was printed from an original watercolor painting, "Margaretsville Light," by Christine Ritchie. Margaretsville was an important part of our youth. Hey, I need a picture or painting of the ice cream parlours.
An eBay postcard mentions the Laura Secord Motel in Middleton, circa, the '50s. Did we decide if this was the one across from the hospital ? What name changes has it gone through ? "The Laura Secord was built by doug MacNeil but the other Laura didn't approve of the name. It becane the Driftwood Motel and later the Fundy Spray. A corner store was added and the units are now rented out to students and low rental housing. It is just west of Maple Ford across from the bowling alley." Thanks, Gerald.
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I was searching eBay for CF Fisher postcards, but didn't find any. I found this one, however, Commercial Street, Middleton, 1906. 
This picture came in recently from Wilf Morley. Front row: Neil Fisher, Gloria Connell, Rosalind Dorey, Eleanor Wentzell, Phyllis Mosher, Maxine Lightfoot, Anne Cox, Betty Ann Dodge, Kay Cox, Phyllis Palmer, Blanche North, Bob Montgomery; Second Row: Bill Gates, Phyllis Baltzer, Gwen Woodbury, Phyllis Johnson, Janette Mathews, Phyllis Acker, Joan Haley, Vivian Banks, Monica Morse, Francis Mosher, Gladys Reagh, Dennis Johnston; Third Row: Dick Phinney, Benny Parker, Fred Grant, David MacLean, Bev Bruce, Hanson Dowell, Jim MacKenzie, Eric Wright, Wilfred Morley. Absent from this photo: John Appleby and John McClare.
Time to leave the heat of the Valley, go over the mountain, and enjoy the cool breezes of Margaretsville. This picture, submitted by my nephew, was taken in 2008. I wonder if the cottages are getting closer to the edge.
Anyone remember Hurricane Hazel. I believe it was the hurricane that toppled the trees at my grandparents' home. A search mentions 1954 and that it hit Toronto and southern Ontario hard. Do any of you have hurricane stories or pictures ?
This picture of Canadian Canners elicited numerous comments in some of my recent emails. Some of my buddies found summer employment which no doubt encouraged them to go on in their education and find different employment. My Middleton summer employment included the Peat Moss fields in Alyesford and McKenzie's Cold Storage in Middleton. Any other industrial pictures ?
This picture from a newspaper clipping is the first MRHS hockey team 60 years ago.
These two pictures, forwarded by Wilf, were in a brochure celebrating 60 Years of Hockey at MRHS. Hope the celebration events in Middleton were a great success. Most of us remember the old rink. I always got a skating pass as a Christmas present (didn't help my skating much), and most of the hockey teams pictured earlier played in that rink. The new one must have been quite an achievement and improvement.
