HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-06-22, Page 7New tree to honour special Clinton resident
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
Sloman is a name that many people in
Clinton will recognize. There is a Sloman
Memorial Park on Victoria Terrace; this
park is home to the CNR School Museum
on Wheels. This museum, which is a rail-
car, was home to the Sloman family.
Now this park is home to a new tree
that has been planted in honour of Mar-
garet Sloman who passed away on
November 21, 2015.
The Clinton Horticultural Society
planted the tree on Wednesday, June 15.
Members of the society gathered around
the site and secretary Jeannette Martin
gave a short speech about Margaret's life.
Margaret was the third daughter of
Fred Sloman who was a teacher. Their
family lived and traveled on the railcar for
10 months of the year from 1926 to 1965.
They traveled to remote areas of northern
Ontario to educate children living there.
Margaret was also educated on the
school car until grade 12. In grade 13, she
attended the Clinton Collegiate Institute
(now Central Huron Secondary School).
After graduating, she attended the
Mothercraft Society Institute in Toronto
and earned her certificate as a mother -
craft nurse which is similar to being a
professional nanny.
She cared for babies in Toronto, Lon-
don, Montreal and Paris, France before
retiring to Clinton to care for her mother.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 • News Record 7
Photos by Justine Alkema Clinton News Record
The Clinton Horticultural Society in front of the tulip tree they planted in honour of Margaret
Sloman. The woman on the far right is Toby Rainey who is Margaret's sister.
The Clinton Horticultural Society
planted a tree for Margaret because she
was an active member of the society for
many years. She was the president in
1981-1983.
In 1973, she and her mother intro-
duced the society to the wild -flower
`Clintonia Borealis' that became the soci-
ety's floral emblem. She also attended
several OHA conventions and in 2010
was presented the Ontario Horticulture
Association's Horticultural Service
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Margaret was a devoted gardener
and was known to care for public
flowerbeds.
The tree that has been planted in her
honour is a Tulip Tree which has large
pink tulip -shaped flowers in the spring.
They chose this type of tree because it is
beautiful and they believe Margaret
would have liked it. It is the fledgling
tree on the left side of the park; a small
plaque will be put up beside it.
Secretary Jeannette Martin reads a short speech on the life and
contributions of Margaret Sloman to the Clinton Horticultural
Society and Clinton in general.
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