caroljane Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 J, did you look up Milltown ?(my home until age 7 when we moved a whole mile to the vast metropolis of St Stephen, a culture shock which y mother never fully recovered from)I think it was the first worker-owned paper mill in Canada, of course it almost immediately closed.Before that my whole family worked there. Most of them hated it, most notably my grandfather, probably the least illustrious employee the mill ever had. Every summer he would get himself fired or just slope off to "work in the woods" ie do very little in blissful solitude/ But in the winter he had to go back to the mill again because he had five children.There is a memorial there now overlooking the mill site on the St Croix, with the names of the workers. Grampy's name is not on it because he refused to subscribe to it. He said he would not pay one cent to remember working in that cussed place.It's quite a beautiful site.I am a unionist indeed a socialist, but when I reflect on the reminiscences and characters of my relatives, I feel a strong sympathy for the management of that mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 This it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 This it?This it?This it?This it?This it?Adam, it is. You are a wonder. Indulge me while I give you more Grampy.He was what in those days was called a "strong Anglican" and marched the family to church every Sunday, even in the summer when he would come in from the woods for the occasion, and to eat Sunday dinner. However in the 1970s he boarded up all the front windows of his house, although the panes were not broken. He said it was to keep the minister from visiting.He was the last person in the "Four Towns" to keep a horse and use said animal for transport. When it got too old to go anywhere, he became the worst driver in town, possibly in the whole province. He just put his foot on the gas pedal until he got where he wanted to go. When he got into an accident, which was frequently, he would just abandon the car and walk home and call one of his sons-in-law to go deal with the situation. It was usually my father because he worked night shifts and was available to be woken up.In his later years, except for the meals his daughters brought him, he subsisted entirely on stew, which always simmered on his old wood stove. He always begged the grandchildren to taste it. He said it contained squirrel, rat. cat and grass snake, and I believe that it did, to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Carol:Maybe the rest from that website may have meaning for you... Photos of World - Photos ofESTADOS UNIDOS - united-states por ESTADOS - Photos estado de MAINE Morningside Spirit, por emmess Local Tribute to the Boston Red Sox, por J.Gaudet ccs3 field, por zhaonan View towards town, por hill_ha Border Crossing over the St. Croix River from Maine to St Stephen, New Brunswick, por Idawriter Chocolate Drive, por Mathieu D. St.Stephen N.B. Oak Bay Campground , por brendajimrest Whitlock Mills Lighthouse, por Deprulon St. Stephen, New Brunswick, por Idawriter carmen's pizza, por flask ehrlenmeyer Milltown War Memorial, por J.Gaudet Saint Croix River, por Nikond40x La Maison du Chocolat, St. Stephen, por er130175 Workers Memorial, Milltown, N.B., por rjeagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 That's the last of them.Enjoy.Internation Bridge St. Stephen NB and Calais ME, por Nikond40xLoyalist Burial Ground - St. Stephen, por J.GaudetMarée basse à St. Stephen, por BogCalais, ME, USA, por er130175Crossing the border, are we arriving to Mexico yet?, por jaragonoPhare de St-Stephen, por Mathieu D.Photos provided by - panoramio.com under the copyright of their owners.In the same address Panoramio.com can upload their photos in the city or town you want. The photos displayed are selected in a range in the vicinity of the town of CALAISso that photographs may appear different places according to the pictures uploaded by users panoramio.com google. They are listed in order of popularity or more visits. In some cases there are no photos incorporated. We encourage you to upload any of your area. Leave your comments and opinions on the images, landscapes and monuments CALAIS sites where you've been with your Facebook profile. ATENCION, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Adam, I am pretty much in tears. i did not get to go home this summer. Every single shot has such meaning for me.Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Adam, I am pretty much in tears. i did not get to go home this summer. Every single shot has such meaning for me.Thank you.Carol:My pleasure.AdamI understand completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Mrs. Gloria Cain gives interview: In her first televised interview ever, Gloria Cain, wife of Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, sat down with her husband and said that the allegations of sexual harassment against him don’t square with the man she knows. “You hear the graphic allegations and we know that would have been something that’s totally disrespectful of her as a woman,” she said, according to partial transcripts of an interview with Greta Van Susteren that will air on Fox News Monday night. “And I know the type of person he is. He totally respects women.”http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/gloria-cain-speaks/2011/11/13/gIQAP16yIN_blog.htmlAdam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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