My Mother’s Scrapbook

My Mother’s Scrapbook: A Forced Landing at Argyle Shore

Newspaper Clipping from My Mother’s Scrapbook: Argyle Shore residents were awakened from a sleepy winter 76 years ago this week when a plane force landed in the quiet community on Tuesday, February 18th, 1941. This article was submitted to The Charlottetown Guardian and published March 4th, but the author is not identified. We do, however, haveContinue reading “My Mother’s Scrapbook: A Forced Landing at Argyle Shore”

My Mother’s Scrapbook: Memories of my School Days

I found another gem in my mother’s scrapbook. It’s a Guardian clipping from 1951 where F.H. MacArthur recalls his days at the Old Cornwall School. Something tells me that it may be a similar recounting the students of the Old Clyde River Schoolhouse would have. You tell me.

My Mother’s Scrapbook: Berrigan’s Store at West River

The following is a clipping from Hazel Beer’s scrapbook that offers a detailed description of Berrigan’s store and the flow of commerce at West River. As part of our archives, we now have two record books from the store which lists prices and items purchased by customers from the area. Guardian Clipping from 1973, from WalterContinue reading “My Mother’s Scrapbook: Berrigan’s Store at West River”

My Mother’s Scrapbook – A Herd of Cattle to Dawson City (1898)

Frank Gillespie’s story of adventure during the Klondike Gold Rush has me temporarily hooked on adventure stories from those days. I found a news clipping in My Mother’s Scrapbook about another Island chap, Donald MacKinnon written by Frank MacArthur in The Guardian, 1943. Here’s an excerpt from the story (Hazel Beer’s scrapbook): ******* Mr. MacKinnon was 90Continue reading “My Mother’s Scrapbook – A Herd of Cattle to Dawson City (1898)”

My Mother’s Scrapbook: Early Automobiles – (1913-1919)

“In 1916, W.K. Rogers of Charlottetown offered his car to a young officer to visit his family in Tignish before going overseas. It was the first car to be driven from Charlottetown to Tignish. Rogers was fined several times, but he never paid them.” from The Guardian We continue the entertaining excerpts featured in theContinue reading “My Mother’s Scrapbook: Early Automobiles – (1913-1919)”

My Mother’s Scrapbook: Early Automobiles – (1904-1908)

“Autos must be hung up for all time…a $500 tax…we have no right to allow such a nuisance on PEI…only a foolish fad of millionaires and fools.” From a letter to The Guardian in early 1900s The early days of automobiles in Prince Edward Island are full of humorous stories, although certainly not funny atContinue reading “My Mother’s Scrapbook: Early Automobiles – (1904-1908)”

We are beginning a new website series called My Mother’s Scrapbook. Many of our mothers saved clippings and wrote diaries about daily life in Clyde River. These scrapbooks show us how a small rural community went about its daily life while being impacted by Island and world events. This next editorial step is a significant oneContinue reading “My Mother’s Scrapbook”