The Citizen, 2015-05-07, Page 23THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015. PAGE 23.
Recently returned from the trip of
a lifetime are Betty Hulley and Ken
Carnochan and Betty’s children and
their spouses. Eleven in all visited
Scotland tracing Betty’s family’s
roots. They left Wingham on March
31 and returned on April 11.
Betty’s great-grandfather, George
Addison, and his wife, Jane Webster,
emigrated to Canada about 1850.
The couple settled in Bandon, one of
those small communities that has
ceased to exist now for it was
dependent on water power for their
mills. Betty, who owns the land of
the site now, is able to recognize
remnants of the settlement just east
of Londesborough off Bandon Line.
In the summer of 2014 David and
Fiona Addison of Falkirk, Scotland
came to Canada to meet Canadian
relatives. Addisons have settled in
areas of Ontario other than Huron
County. The couple spent some time
in this area and were given the
history and tour of Addison interests
by Ken and Betty. There are some of
these original Addisons buried at
Hope Chapel cemetery. This visit
encouraged Betty and plans were
soon being finalized to ‘go home’.
The group flew into Amsterdam
and on to Glasgow, Scotland where
they rented two large vans for
travelling. Ian and Wayne
successfully chauffered the family
despite driving on the wrong side of
the narrow roads and encountering
roundabouts every few miles.
They stayed three nights at
Dumfries touring the southern part
of Scotland. They visited the farm
where Ken’s family lived before
coming to Canada in 1832. The 400-
year-old house, still in the family,
has been added to and remodeled
and has been a bed and breakfast.
On to Falkirk to be reunited with
David Addison who acted as tour
guide for some interesting travel.
They visited Stirling Castle and
Edinburgh Castle, along Loch Ness
[saw no monster] to Inverness and
on to Banff on the North Sea. This is
the big farming area of the country
and home of the Addisons. Farmers
were busy planting their spring
crops, mainly barley for the
distilleries, and also wheat and
canola. Betty remarked that most
farms were just 50 acres in size.
They visited several cemeteries
where Addisons are buried.
According to Betty very few of the
Canadian Addisons have traced their
roots home to Scotland.
Daffodils by the millions were in
bloom and much larger is size than
ours. The weather was sunny and
spring-like for their visit but has
apparently reverted to cold since
they came home according to David.
Betty is quite excited about the
holiday so be sure to ask her about
the trip and to see some of the many
pictures they took. John and I met
Denise in Stratford on Saturday and
she, too, was still excited about it.
Regular readers of this space will
remember that I occasionally remark
at where life has taken one of our
village residents. This week I want
to tell you where Rob Johnston, son
of Jim and Rosemary, spent his
winter.
Living in London, Rob had driven
a truck for Prance Trucking out of
Exeter hauling a dump trailer,
flatbed or tanker for 11 years when
he was encouraged by a good friend,
J. J. Hern, to head west. Along with
another trucker friend, Vern
Zurbrigg, Rob headed for Grand
Prairie, Alberta last October where it
was rumoured jobs in his field were
plentiful and the pay was enticing.
Rob landed a job driving a 2013
Mack truck with a pneumatic ‘blow’
tanker and hauling sand for Sand
Boys Trucking Ltd. of Fort St. John
near the Alaskan border.
Temperatures there could fall to
-45°C. This company hauled sand
for Calfrac Well Services, which
used the sand for fracking.
Fracking, hydraulic fracturing, is a
method of extracting gas from deep
in the earth by creating fractures in
the rock. The fractures are widened
forcibly by pumping a water/sand
mix into the well. This releases the
pockets of natural gas. The six types
of sand the truckers hauled arrived
on site from the United States by
rail.
Rob had a week of safety training
and orientation which included CPR,
an H2S sour gas and wildlife
recognition. Fireproof coveralls and
hard hats were daily attire and
medivac units were always standing
by.
Rob and the other drivers travelled
roads developed by Progress Energy
to the wells and many times needed
tire chains. Because of the steep
incline of some of these lease roads,
tow cats were strategically located to
winch the trucks up the gravel roads
10 feet at a time and over bridges.
This work is being carried out in the
Rockies after all.
Johnston worked seven days a
week until mid-March. Sometimes
he manned the skid steer or retrieved
trucks broken down along the route
to the well.
Taking a short time out at his
parents’ home in Londesborough,
Rob, who enjoyed the winter
experience, is headed west again to
haul gravel up more mountain roads
in Red Deer, Alberta for the
summer.
Speaking of Canada’s north, our
son Brent was on a short work
assignment in Iqualuit recently and
remarked that sitting out on the
tundra under the northern lights was
a marvelous experience.
The Londesborough United faith
community lost a valued member on
Sunday, April 26. Dorothy Tamblyn
had been a faithful member of
Londesborough United Church until
she took up residence at Huronview
a number of years ago. Sympathy
and prayers are extended to her
family and friends by the
community.
Martin Wilts has given up his
scooter for a few weeks as he
recovers from hip surgery last
Tuesday. Best of luck with the
healing process, Martin. He’ll be
looking to get back to coffee time.
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maintain the status with the Ministry
of Environment by using it
municipally and saving those
operational costs.”
Deputy-Reeve James Campbell
stated that, while he wasn’t against
closing the site, he felt there should
have been more notice. He said he
had already observed illegally-
dumped garbage near the site
because people thought it was open.
Campbell was informed, however,
that the site was never intended to
open until June.
Reeve Neil Vincent said the
illegally-dumped garbage would be
dealt with accordingly.
“We will have staff check and see
if they can identify whose garbage it
is, because that is an illegal dumping
no matter what,” he said. “We had
this discussion all through last year.
This is an expensive way to handle
things. Yes, there is a little extra
mileage for those in the south, but,
for a lot of years people in the north
[of the municipality] had to travel
just as far to Moncrieff Road and I
think it’s just too expensive.”
Councillor Trevor Seip moved to
adopt the recommendation with
Councillor Brock Vodden seconding.
Councillor Ray Hallahan, who has
long been opposed to closing the
site, said the low use at the site was
due to the municipality limiting what
could go into it. He said that banning
tires, bailing twine and shingles, as
well as e-waste, led to the reduced
usage.
Seip said he did understand that
$2,300 was a relatively small amount
of money, but that this was what
council had promised to do: find
efficiencies.
Hallahan, however, felt this was
the wrong place to start.
“I guess this is the start of us
cutting services,” he said. “I don’t
understand why we would start in
East Wawanosh. As it is, we get
garbage pick-up bi-weekly.”
Council voted to close the site to
the public with both East Wawanosh
representatives dissenting. Later in
the meeting, council approved a
motion to have Church bring a report
on all the waste and recycling
services and cost back to council in
hopes of finding efficiencies or ways
to enhance services.
Landfill site closes
Locals trace history back to Scotland on trip
Johnston finds success in western Canada
Tracing their roots
Betty Hulley is seen here with her children on Addison Street, which is located in Port Knockie
in Scotland. The family recently went to Scotland for a vacation and to learn a little bit more
about their family history. (Photo submitted)
Playing the walk
The Norm Barlow Band took centre stage on Saturday as the Huron Perth Alzheimer’s Society
held its Walk for Memories in Clinton. Dozens turned out for the fundraising event. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
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