Articles: 1960's

1962

Submitted by Beverly Straub Watkins
From Kingston Whig-Standard
22 Sept. 1962
Miss Charlotte Wilder-Well Known Resident Reaches Century Mark

1964

Submitted by Bruce Devine--Devince Catches Muskie
Kingston Whig Standard, Friday Aug 28 1964 pg 11, Devince Catches Muskie
Photo Caption:Bruce Devine With 36 1/2 Pound Muskie
Article: Bruce Devine is only 15 years old, but right now he has a fish story he'll be able to till his grandchildren. Bruce hooked a 36 1/2 pound muskellunge fishing off the tip of Brophy's Point Monday night. Devine was with Bruce Woodman, his uncle,when he hooked the beauty. It was 53 1/2 inches long and ... inches around the girth. Devine landed the fish himself with assistance from his uncle on the net.

1966

From George Halladay
The Whig - Standard. Kingston, Ont.
November 26, 1966
News (Wolfe Island)
BROEDERS, Martin
Martin Broeders, a 21-year-old Wolfe Island farmer, was elected junior president of the Ontario Farmers Union at convention held in Belleville.

Thanks to Wilf Garrah
From: Kingston Whig standard
Date: Sat Aug 27 1966
LONG CAREER ENDS
Friday was the official retirement date for Mrs. Evelyn Martin a nurse's aid at Kingston's Ontario Hospital for more than 18 years. Today she marked her 70th birthday quietly at the home of her son, Kenneth Martin in Gananoque.
Supervisors and fellow staff members at the hospital had planned a surprise presentation party to be held on Ward 24 last Tuesday but the party was cancelled. Great disappointment was expressed by all concerned when it was reported on Monday of this week that Mrs. Martin is ill. She was unable to return to complete her last official week of duty at the hospital.
Mrs. Martin has worked in many areas in the hospital during her 18 years' service and has earned the affection of the patients she tended, and the friendship of her co-workers.
Following the death of her husband, William, 20 yers ago, she decided to become a nurse's aid in the same hospital where he had been an attendant.
In addition to her job, she was a keen worker in Catholic Women's League and Red Cross. The former Evelyn Garrah, she was born and raised on Howe Island, and taught school on Howe and Wolfe Islands and in the city before her marriage, she has lived in Kingston. She has two sons, Kenneth of Gananoque and Raymond of Kingston.
The wristwatch and rocking chair, which would have been presented to her Tuesday, will be presented at her home.

1967

Toronto Star, “Pages of the Past”
Wednesday, September 27, 1967
Kingston Asked Opening of 150-Year-Old Canal
Kingston (CP) The Kingston Chamber of Commerce decided yesterday to ask the federal and Ontario governments to reopen a 150-year-old canal to shorten the water distance between here and the U.S. mainland
The chamber endorsed a plan to reopen the canal across Wolfe Island.
Now abandoned and filled with mud, the canal would cut 30 miles off the 37-mile water route between Kingston and Cape Vincent, N.Y.
Out of use since about 1900, the canal used to serve steamboats operating between Ottawa and Cape Vincent.
The chamber also decided to ask the provincial government for an international bridge across the St. Lawrence River at Kingston.

Submitted by Stuart Keill--Daring Painter-Claude Kiell
From: Marinette Eagle-Star, Marinette, Wisconsin, Saturday, December 2, 1967.
Daring Painter - The late Claude Keill, who lived on Route 1 Marinette, is barely visible atop the steeple against a 1939 summer sky as he painted the spire of Trinity Lutheran Church in Marinette 28 years ago without the modern scaffolding and other safety devices. He was 74 years old at the time. Mr Keill, who was injured fatally in 1940 when hit by a var while riding home on his bicycle, was a painter in the twin cities for about half a century. Standing on the steeple ledge, which was 18 inches wide, was a hazardous venture when wages were less than $1 an hour. A door in the steeple and a ladder held by a fellow worker provided access to the ledge high above the ground. The photos were submitted by his son Ornton Keill, ...Marinette.

1968

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Howe Island Students Aboard Bus at Pickett's Ferry
"This picture was taken by the Whig Standard on September 12, 1968. The ferry operator was Cecil Foley (Ann Marie Walkey nee Foley was his daughter). Many a times Cecil and I had enjoyable conversations as not having a cabin over the engine for protection he was a passenger in the car. This was the point in time when SS#1 St. Mary's had an addition put on for the lower grades. As I recall for safety reasons the following year the Island bus dropped them off at Picketts landing and another bus picked them up on the mainland."
Further...(2003)"For a number of years John Pickett and Cecil Foley were employed by the County of Frontenac as employees. Up until the County took ownership John Pickett owned it privately. In this photo the Ferry boat is leaving from the mainland going towards Howe Island, at the Picketts Ferry location. Reason for the busing was that the Provinces educational system was centralized to a County level and know as (Frontenac Lennox and Addington Separate School Board) The high school students had to move off the island to receive a high school education."
Thanks to Wilf Garrah for photo and info!

1969

From: Kingston Whig
Date: March 1969
Howe Island Ferry at Dock after Tragic Accident
Car slipped off end of boat Sunday evening

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"Howe Island Students Leave Bus at wind swept Picketts Landing"
and "Boys and Girls on Ferry Ramp Turn Backs to wind and spray
Condtions on small island ferry have caused councillor to protest."
Kingston Whig-Standard Friday Oct 17 1969
"For your info the student to on the right of the with the bus in the background is Madeline Dowling. Her brother Peter farms on the island and her sister (Mary Munroe) lives on the Garrah farm on the way to Cassidys point. In the second photo in front of the truck 3rd from the right is John Beaubien who now works on the boat as an operator. From the left side of the same photo the shorter student is a Rothwell girl. Her brothers operate a farm down the north shore about a mile before Nakomis lodge. She was later married to Bob Feeney who was a ferry operator as well. Unfortunately her and her husband passed away and their children now live in the house north of the Foley farmhouse." Thanks to Wilf Garrah for photo and info!

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