Hi....My name is Kathy Kalmin I was introduced to this sight a few days ago and havent been able to leave since ..lol...I went to St Thoma more then V.C.H. I was raised on Osborne but have moved around Verdun alot...I lived on Second for 20 years and now I live in Hemmingord right near the border its been great seeing the old pictures and the memories are just swamping me...love this site..
THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
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Hi Kathy, Welcome to the site. I graduated from VCH in 64. What year did you go? I remember Sunday drives to Hemmingford. Do they still have African Safari? And I loved the apple orchards. I miss the smell of cider and apples in the fall and the trees forming a canopy as we drove to the orchards to pick apples and buy cider....what a sight! Dolly
hi Dolly...I left VCH in 1971....Yes Park Safari is still here....I live across from Petch Orchard which is one of the largest around...I love it out here....But still miss Verdun after 8 years...
Hello katkal2,.......I had a car of mine stored in a friends barn ,.....directly across the street from Parc Safari African........that was my winter storage spot for my old BigBlock Beaumont,......which drew more than it's share of attention from the local gendarme,...in Lasalle at that time.............Fun Stuff........... the Barn where it was stored was owned by a friend of my oldmans,......and my employer at the time. a Mr Bob Dibblee (not to sure of that spelling),..........but I kept my old car in that barn for a couple of years (winter time of course)...........Bob owned a few companies in Montreal ,....and I worked for two of them,........I also worked on the refurbishing of his old Farm House (the one across the street from the Parc Safari),...........He was the last employer (other than working for my oldmans company) when I left LaBelle Province for good...................neat old memories you 've prompted from my old memory banks ,......Thanks for forcing me to make a 'withdrawal' from the old bank..............hahahahhah (...........and I still own the whole power train from my Crazy Beaumont...........also wasn't far from Napierrville ,where the car got exercised often)............hahahahha
Hi Kathy, I have two Hemmingford memories. One, my grandfather had a friend who had an apple orchard farm in Hemmingford. I think his name was Harold Palmer. I went there with my grandfather one time. It was a beautiful area, Mr Palmer's daughters went to school in the US. They had permits to cross into the US on a dirt road that ran by the farm. Hemmingford & Clinton Counties had an arrangement on schools. In some areas American kids went to Canadian schools & in other sections Canadian kids went to US schools. The second memory was in 1963. The Canadian Railroad Historical Association ran a special Fall Season chartered Canadian National Railroad passenger train from Montreal to Hemmingford. It was a really nice ride & not too expensive. The tracks stopped at the United States Border but we were told that the train at one time continued on to Lake Placid & then on to Utica, New York. I think I read that the Canadian National Railroad stopped freight service to Hemmingford some years ago & removed the tracks. I hope I'm wrong & that the tracks are still there.
Hi Kathy, Yes, the Petch name sounds familiar. I think that's where we went. Do you know Maurice King and Janet Hicks? They lived in that area. He founded the Equality Party I believe in 1989 and is publisher of Dialogue. Janet is the editor. They both live in BC now. I had a column for 10 years in Dialogue...call it my apprenticeship in writing. Thanks also for the info re the Esquire and Edgewater. Does anyone remember the El Morocco on Ste. Catherine in the late fifties? Dolly
the names that were mentioned are not familiar...Unfortunately the train tracks are gone...and there are too many old barns to pinpoint which one was refered to...Hemmingford is full of apples and barns lol...Oh and carrots lol always driving over carrots on way to work..Im in bunny heaven...I work at the Duty Free in Lacolle...A short 10 minute drive its great...Except last night when I couldnt tell if I was on the road due to the heavy fog...was asking myself on way home from work at 11pm why I liked the country so much.
Hello Kathy, I'm gonna throw another name at you. My grandmother, Bessie (McNaughton) (Lummis) Main lived in Hemmingfors as well after she retired from teaching. They lived in an old farmhouse that the local Indians had helped build many years before. I still remember the old outhouse with five "seats" all at different heights. When the one room schoolhouse in Hemmingford was slated for demolition, grandma had it moved to her property to preserve it. In later years, grandma had a smaller house built on a small piece of land on the property and she sold the main house and most of the land. Grandma stayed in that house until the late 80's. She drove the snowplow in the winter as well. The new owners of the "main" house restored it and were kind enough to let us tour it when we were there in "88. That was also the last time I saw my grandma. Thanks for the memories.
NING TO ALL THE NEWBIES WELCOME TO THE SITE WHEREVER YOU MAY BE. FROM INDIAN SHORES FLORIDA, V.C.H 1962. CAROLYN BENNETT. 84 DEGREES TODAY GOOD MOR
Hi Maggie, Yes I do know the McNaughtons...My youngest son is friends with Chris...and I work with Scott who often talks of the old days on the farm...There is also Pearl the mother of Chris...they must be your relatives...I will tell Scott the next time I see him...
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Isn't that the beginning of a meeting...................lol
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No Grammah2can't stand preaching...........hahahaha but we've had enough examples on TV and a few 'steps' on here as well...........hahahaha
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Know , that Grammah2..................hahahahahah
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ok...ok...who terminated their membership?????
Not me but I had a hard time getting on the site for a few weeks. It kept telling me I wasnt a member and had to make a new membership and I didnt want to..So I just waited until it let me back in...How is everyone?
HI katkal5 ,.....if you ever experience trouble 'signing in' then let us know ,..so either MaggieMck,..or Sharon,..or myself can try to help solve the problem,....We will be happy to try at least,......but it seems you were at the mercy of the Demons of MSN,..............glad everything is OK now,....... HF&RV
Hi I tried to contact but even then it said I was not a member I could only read not write anything...But thank you Great to be back on....A big hello to everyone
Just realised you called me katkatl5 actually I think I may be katkal1 2 3 4 5 is there anyway to correct this....No big deal but for the records maybe we could fix this Thanks
hi again katkal5 ,.....in the membership list,...there are only two ,katkal2, & of course the katkal5,.......I can remnove one for you,if that's what you'd like,....but why don'y you try signing in ,under the other one ,and if it works ,.then you can use that 3mb of storage that come with each ID,...and once it's full,....I can then remove it for you,......let us know what you want to do. Have Fun & Remember Verdun
Hi, Kathy!~ What years did you go to St. Thomas More and VCH? I went to St, Thomas More in 1960 and then to VCH in around 67 till 1970. My step dad worked for Northern Electric on Shear St and got transfered to Kingston, Ontario. His name was Raymond Snow.
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